On March 1st, fourteen anxious Endi-cott College students from the School of Hospitality Management travelled to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston

to participate in a two-day sales blitz. Three Hyatt branches along with their sales executives were represented at the sales blitz including the Hyatt Re-gency Boston, the Hyatt Regency Bos-ton Harbor, and the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. The students spent the fi rst day of the blitz becoming acquainted with the unique characteristics of each

branch, and then breaking into teams of two or three and proceeding to call prospective customers to inform them of the Hyatt’s latest promotion titled: “Eat well, be well.” Students practiced tactics of cold calling with Hyatt sales managers before conducting their own calls to prospective clients. Through-out the day the students completed ap-

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The Key to Being Prompt & Prepared ...Non-Profi t for Social Change Class ... Q&A with Brian Wylie ...

It is up to you to make sure that you do every-thing you need to do and most importantly, ensuring that you arrive to your classes on time.

Students have been clearing their schedules in order to fulfi ll a requirement of 20 hours for the semester.

What to look forward to in the coming season for baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, equestrian, and track.

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IN ENDICOTTATHLETICS

STUDENT-ATHLETES AND STAFF ATTENDGAME DAY GALA FOR TEAM IMPACT

The Fall 2016 athletic seasons had signifi cantly fewer concussions than previous years with help from new prevention methods implemented by athletic staff, and other rule changes in specifi c sports.

This past fall semester had 15 athlet-ically induced concussions, which is down from last year by at least one third. The football team had 5 concus-sions this past season, which is consid-erably less than previous years.

Greg Hadley, Strength and Condition-ing coach for student athletes and De-fensive Coordinator for the football team, stresses the importance of neck strength to prevent concussions.

“As a football coach, I try to teach proper technique in blocking and tack-ling. As a strength coach, it’s about strengthening the neck, traps, and sta-bilizing those hot areas. Strengthening your neck means you can sustain more impact,” says Hadley.

Hadley has seen his athletes across the board develop stronger neck muscles; giving them a safety advantage in play and in their daily lives. Even in low or no impact sports, Hadley still enforces student-athletes to participate in ex-ercises such as the “manual neck”, to strengthen the muscles that help with-stand a head injury. “You can only get as strong as you want, and these exer-cises will benefi t your overall health,” says Hadley.

Football helmets and regulations for tackling in practice are continuing to develop and improve in safety. The Ivy League has banned tackling in prac-tice. Some schools and coaches have players tackle without helmets so they can learn to tackle without hurting their heads. By eliminating tackling during practice time, players can learn tech-

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Music for the Common Gull

Featuring tunes from Van Halen, Baauer,Hundred Waters, Oddisee, and Dirty Art Club.

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On Thursday, March 24th, Associate Athletic Director Sean Quirk, Five En-dicott Men’s Lacrosse players (Ethan Baer, Fr., Cole McGarrigle, So., Josh Hedrick, So., Doug Richardson, So., & Bobby Perez, Jr.) and Associate Head

Athletic Trainer James Daley all at-tended the fourth annual Game Day Gala in support of Team IMPACT.

An evening full of high energy and enthusiasm, with 11,000 people in at-tendance, and Wendi Nix from ESPN as the MC, It was all together a great evening, said Quirk. The Kraft family was there along with Dion Lewis and

other Patriot players.

Josh Hedrick, one of the mentors for the Endicott Men’s Lacrosse team was also taken back by the event. “This year’s event was like nothing I have ever experienced. There was so much positive energy around the event and the great things Team IMPACT has done to change many kids and Student

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A MESSAGE FROMDR. WYLIE

NEWS

Dear Students and colleagues,

Welcome to spring semester 2016! Congratulations, you’ve made it through another New England win-ter. The days are getting longer and the weather’s finally getting warmer. It’s been wonderful to see you all out with your shorts and shirtsleeves, even if I don’t always agree that it’s warm enough for it!

With that fervor comes a type of colle-giate spring fever. I see it every year with joy and a bit of chagrin; seniors are itching for graduation and ready to make their way out into the world, while underclassmen are primed and ready to become upperclassmen. It is a time for growth and celebration. I urge you to do both, for there is nothing like springtime at Endicott.

Our Month of Giving is shortly draw-ing to a close and I’d like to thank ev-eryone for their donations. It is with great pride that I witness the kindness and generosity of you all – student and faculty alike.

I know it can sometimes be difficult to decide to give back to the College with a financial gift - especially in the midst of paying tuition or loans! However, I want to assure you that each dollar is appreciated immensely and so import-

ant. The impact of philanthropy can be seen everywhere on campus. The new Gerrish School of Business, Judge Science Center, and Manninen Center for the Arts are products of the gener-osity of students, parents, and alumni. Tuition, room and board covers 86% of each students costs, the rest comes from people who believe and give.

I’ve watched our campus change and grow over the years. I’ve seen students come and go, and come back again – to teach, to work, or to continue their education. Endicott has a strong pull and I consider it a great testament to the hard work we all do. Our faculty is second to none and their commitment to you, the students, is indelible. The Physical Plant works tirelessly to keep our campus clean and beautiful. Ev-eryone, from support staff to the Presi-dent’s Council, take great pride in this institution. I urge you to do the same.

Students who take pride in their col-lege enhance the image of that col-lege, which is a hallmark of any great institution. Our bookstore is part of a national chain, and they report that we have among the highest sales volume of branded products when compared with many other similar institutions. I wear the Endicott logo whenever pos-sible and I am proud to do it. I appre-ciate those who wear it with the same

pride.

This is your school; take care of it during your four years. Support the Gulls by going to a home game that needs more support or go to more than the required swipeable events. Be curious. It goes by more quickly than you realize - just ask a senior who is not sure they’re ready to leave yet. It is your education and experience to shape as you will - I urge you to make the most of it and ensure it’s something you can look back on with fondness and pride.

I know this is no surprise - but, despite our efforts, there is no perfect school, and Endicott is no exception. Issues abound in colleges and in the world at large. But it’s what you do about them that matters. It’s showing up, it’s hav-ing a voice, it’s finding solutions, it’s being present, it’s asking questions - even if you don’t like the answers. It’s working towards a common goal.

I ask you also to be aware of the peo-ple around you - to look at them and not judge them on quick appearances or split-second interactions. You never know what others are going through or what is happening behind-the-scenes in their lives. Be kind first and foremost.

I had a reminder of that last week when

I bought dinner for all the guests at La Chanterelle. It was my personal gift to the students and families present; a decision I made on-the-spot. Lat-er that same night, someone posted a comment on social media that I was spending tuition that should have gone to students. Sorry, those were not En-dicott College funds. It was my dime and a kind gesture tainted by cynicism and lack of information. If only some-one had simply asked a question before jumping to conclusions.

I am proud of Endicott, and the peo-ple here, and I encourage everyone that shares that feeling to show it with un-derstanding, enthusiasm, and compas-sion.

Sincerely,Doc Wylie

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niques to minimize head injuries.

According to James Daley, Associate Head Athletic Trainer, rule changes and education on concussions are the real fi x. “The most important thing is the pre-vention of concussions. If we prevent them, then the less we need to research diagnosis,” says Daley.

“With any type of athletic, competitive setting, athletes do not think about the harm that they are doing to themselves,” says Daley. “As more protective gear is added, the less regard an athlete has for safety.”

Daley uses the USA Football techniques, ‘Heads-Up Football’, that teaches play-ers to see what they hit. Athletes are taught to hit with the front of their head to reduce concussions and spinal injuries.

Both Daley and Hadley are focused on mitigating sports related head trauma. “When a teammate has a concussion, it provides a reminder of how serious head injuries are, as well as how easy it is to get hurt,” says Hadley.

Freshman pitcher for the baseball team Kyle Wollman was recently diagnosed with a concussion. After being hit in the head with a cleat during practice, he experienced symptoms of blurred vision, headaches, and neck pain. Wollmans recovery is an expected two weeks, and he cannot begin playing baseball until ten days after the concussion. Wollman comments on concussion awareness in athletics: “People need to be more serious about their heads. Head injuries can lead to more serious brain problems or head trauma in the future,” says Wollman.

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- Athlete’s lives. It was an honor to be there wearing the Endicott jersey showing off the great things our college is able to do to help better the surround community.”

According to Quirk, “The most special thing that went on was Wendi Nix had a panel of four Team IMPACT kids and their men-tors. Wendi Nix asked questions such as, why do you love Team IMPACT and what is the most the special thing during the season? The mentors or we now call them close friends were also up there to give their perspective.”

After the panel and the event presumed one parent of a Team IM-PACT member stole the show, said Quirk. The father is a Baptist preacher and his son is a Team IMPACT member of the Spring-fi eld Football team.

“He stood up and said I preach every Sunday. I prepare for when I speak every Sunday, I have a week to prepare. I’ve had a lifetime to get up to speak to you all tonight and there’s no preparation that can go into it. Three days ago my son stopped breathing. The place was already silent, but it was mute,” said Quirk.

He continued on, “The doctor came in and resuscitated him and he’s in the hospital instead of celebrating with all of us here to-night. He went on to say that when someone gets sick or passes away, people give their condolences and those things are really nice to hear. The Springfi eld Football Coach and players went to the hospital before the dinner tonight to see my son and there was no awkward silence, they came in and said “Let’s Go, Let’s Go you’re going to do this.”

Quirk summed up the Father’s speech by stating how Athletes face challenges everyday and sometimes you just need that “Let’s Go” attitude to get through. When practice is tough, or you’re losing in a game, “Let’s Go”.

The impact that the Student- Athletes have on the Team Impact members seems to be unprecedented. What really goes unnoticed is the impact these young men and women have on the Student - Athletes.

Hedrick has felt the impact of Ken, the Team IMPACT member of the Men’s Lacrosse team. “I now see how easy I have it. When I don’t want to go to an early class or study after practice because it’s too “hard” or I am too “tired”, I think about Ken and all that he has to go through just to live as normal of a life as he can.”

Bobby Perez another mentor to Ken, recently was abroad and the distance didn’t stop their relationship. “When I studied abroad last semester, I actually face timed Kenny more than I did my own family. We would use that time as a geographical lesson to help him out with his homework. He became very knowledgeable in geography because of our conversations.” Perez continued on say-ing, “I would hang out with him all the time not for the recogni-tion, but because I genuinely wanted to. Kenny is family now and we love him.”

Team IMPACT is an organization that places local children with life threatening and chronic illnesses that have a passion for a cer-tain sport, with a local College team. Each child is drafted and signed by the team and they attend games, practices and other functions just like they are on the team. Both parties benefi t from this program, the young men and women become part of some-thing much greater and the teams get a new inspiring teammate.

For the last four years Team IMPACT has hosted this special event for each member and their respective teammates. The event hopes to raise money and awareness to support these young children and all the benefi ts that come from the program.

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proximately 910 phone calls and confi rmed 74 appointments for the following day.

Day two of the sales blitz consisted of the teams of students travelling throughout various parts of Boston to deliver promotional material and meet with probable clients to answer questions about the properties’ qualities and function spaces. While the students had to battle through rain, wind, and blistered feet their hard work paid off in the form of $127,500.00 in potential revenue based off of the leads gained from the meetings. The students of the School of Hospitality Man-agement greatly appreciate the opportunity to learn more about the sales world. Shelby Elwell, a sophomore, refl ected on the blitz saying, “I never thought I would be interested in sales before this experience, but now I’m considering it for the future!” James Dwyer also commented on how benefi cial it was to make connections with professionals in the hospitality industry. Overall, the students displayed an immense amount of drive and professionalism and expressed appre-ciation for the opportunity to experiment with hotels sales in a real world setting.

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75 DAYS ‘TIL GRADUATION

NEWS

On March 23, Endicott College hosted its annual “75 Days ‘Til Graduation” event. The event, which is strictly for seniors who will be graduating in May, was hosted at The Lodge this year. The small log cabin was full of delicious fried food, wine and beer (for those of age), and a live DJ. Students mingled, caught up with friends, and took a much¬ needed break from thesis.

The 75 Days ‘Til Graduation event is a big college tradition planned by the college administration, and executed by the class officers. The Class of 2016 officers are responsible for many aspects of the event, including the most important: event date and location. As many seniors noted, the event was ac-tually held 59 days before graduation, not 75. When asked about the date choice, Class President Sar-ah McDonald ensured that it was not a mistake or miscalculation; “The original date was closer to the 75-day mark,” McDonald notes. “However, we had to reschedule so that Doc could attend the event.”

Proceeds from the event ticket sales go not only to-ward hosting the event, but also toward purchasing the class gift. Seniors were able to submit ideas for the class gift, but the final decision was made by the Student Government officers, and individuals who volunteered to be a part of the senior gift commit-tee. When choosing a class gift, the officers had to consider many factors, including cost, realism, and appeal. According to McDonald, many of the gift ideas that came from seniors were major-¬specif-ic or too expensive; the officers ultimately pulled from a list that came from Doc’s office.

After introductions from the Class of 2016 Officers, the much¬ anticipated gift was announced. The Officer’s official description of the class gift was “a commemorative space honoring the men and women in our military, and all those who serve.” McDonald acknowledges the vagueness of the offi-cial explanation, but describes the space as being a granite walkway that will be placed near the pond closest to the Callahan building. She notes that the gift is not just for veterans, but also for teachers, nurses, and other individuals who have served time making our world a better, safer place. The path-way, which will be bordered by cubes of granite, will decoratively display commemorative words re-lated to heroism and service. McDonald added that she will be able to release the official model soon, as tweaks are still being made.

Once the gift had been announced and more moz-zarella sticks consumed, Doc took to the Lodge steps to give out prizes. Prizes included: gift cards to popular, local restaurants such as the Depot Din-er and the Hale Street Tavern, and a lobster dinner for twelve at Tupper Manor. Doc’s gift giving was well received, and much appreciated by attendees. A few lucky students received VIP Senior Week tickets. While no official information has been re-leased about Senior Week, McDonald was happy to announce details about the week’s activities will be released soon.

AYLA GRANEYLayout Editor

Students in the Non Profit for Social Change class are getting the chance to learn outside the class-room by volunteering at a non-profit organization in the North Shore. Students have been clearing their schedules in order to fulfill a requirement of 20 hours for the semester. This class is allowing students to get personal experience in the field of human services.

The class meets every Thursday for three hours and teaches students the importance of non-profit organizations and their powerful impact on mem-bers of the community. The class focuses on civil society: the idea of a community coming together for the greater good. Students are also taught the structure and logistics behind a non-profit organiza-tion. The class started fifteen years ago by the End-icott Chaplin and was since taken over by Nathalie Saltikoff, an associate professor of human service. “[The class] gives them exposure to the field of non profit and an opportunity to put hours in,” she said. “My hope is that there is a product at the end of the class.”

Caroline Judd, a freshman, and Maiya McNaughton, a sophomore, chose to volunteer at the North East Arc, an organization that provides housing as well as includes activities such as cooking classes, danc-es, bingo, and other events for adults and children on the spectrum. Judd and McNaughton volunteer on Friday nights helping with adult cooking classes and any other events that may be taking place.

Going to the Arc every Friday night allows the students to connect with the children that may be around the same age. Suzanne Ryan, Director of Volunteer Services explained that having students come to the North East Arc is the best because if they didn’t have volunteers from Endicott College, it would just be the teens with disabilities; they would have no one to connect to or socialize with. “I really value the community at large,” she said when discussing the overwhelming support and do-nations that Endicott has been offering.

Students have chosen different organizations to vol-unteer at, approved by Saltikoff. There are a variety of different non-profits on the North Shore and even Boston. For example, three students are volunteer-ing at Family Promise, which is an organization that aids homeless families. Another three students are helping at Stars Family Promise where they collect money and distribute scholarships to those strug-gling with drug addiction.

McNaughton who is volunteering at the North East Arc, has been helping with adult and children cooking classes as well as attending the teen danc-es. “I like the hands on approach of finding a non profit organization on the North Shore,” she said. McNaughton also added that she enjoys the learn-ing in the classroom but thinks it is special that the students are personally helping children and adults at these non-profits. Saltikoff stressed the fact that the class is unique because the students are applying what they have learned in the classroom to the field of human services at the organization of their own choice.

As Ryan explained, working in a non-profit can be difficult. There are new people, possibly with dis-abilities, and some students may not know how to interact with them. Volunteering at a non-profit can also be very rewarding by the end. Organizations have students from Endicott that volunteer even af-ter the semester of Non Profit for Social Change has finished. Past students have even gone on to start their own non-profits or to find a full time job at an organization. Saltikoff described the students vol-unteering as a “mini internship.” “I hope that peo-ple go out after this class and become leaders in a non-profit,” said Saltikoff.

NON-PROFIT FORSOCIAL CHANGE CLASSVOLUNTEERINGON THE NORTH SHORE

LAUREN LACAVAContributing Writer

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Former Endicott Grads and current MBA students have started social media market-ing from the ground up for Soderberg Insur-ance Services, an insurance company out of Lynnfield, MA.

Endicott Grads Mark Vogel, Jason Tarpey, and Hunter Slade, are all enrolled in the MBA program at the Van Loan Graduate School of Professional Studies. Part of the program is a class called field study conso-lation where the students have to participate in a field study project similar to the intern-ship program for the undergrad school, with the ultimate goal of getting a job.

“Those that are successful with their field study immediately get jobs and that’s the goal of mind for this program,” Dean of the MBA program Rich Benedetto said.

The three students still in search of a field study project, were enrolled in a class called Leadership Principles with Endicott Pro-fessor and Soderberg Board Member Bahar Uttam, who approached the three about a possible field study project.

“The three of us took very well to the class, he noticed that and asked me if I was look-ing for a field study project, which I was at the time,” said Vogel. “We then talked more about the project and he asked me to put a team together which is where I came across Jason and Hunter and now they are over there with us completing the project.”

Soderberg Insurance Services is a small in-surance firm, that works with customers and companies from the North Shore in Mass, New Hampshire, and Maine. The Family owned company which is entering its 50th year of business, is looking to become more current and market their company through the new media platforms available today.

The three participate strictly in social media platforms which include Facebook, Twit-ter, Instagram, email marketing, and digital media, such as YouTube and podcasting, to

help the company become more current in the 21st century.

“I felt that the insurance industry, Soderberg in particular, lacks the 21st century media as a mechanism to get the word out,” said Uttam. “I, coming from a technology back-ground, thought it was a perfect opportunity to get these MBA students to make an im-pact on a company that needed to do some-thing like this. So it is really a win-win for both the company and the students.”

While they have not brought in any new customers or sales yet, the three students and these platforms are helping Soderberg educate the consumer about insurance and the insurance industry which is an important asset for the company.

“The new sales approach for a lot of com-panies is to inform the consumer, not jam the product down their throat, and Mark and his team have done a great job educating,” said President of the company Kathryn So-derberg.

“Whether or not a sale is made through the use of the marketing, I know one thing that is important is education. The thing about insurance is most people need insurance … and educating people about what insurance can do for you is definitely a huge aspect that people need to understand a lot more especially with our generation,” said Vogel.

Throughout their three months at Soderberg the three students have learned a lot about insurance, social media, and how to organ-ically grow an audience and with a month to go on their project hope to use what they have learned to convert some online users into new customers.

PRESIDENT’SBALL AND RELAYFOR LIFE

Continually one of the most popu-lar year-end events held by Endicott, President’s Ball is predicted to draw a large crowd. Held at Tupper Manor starting at 6:30 pm, President’s Ball is an evening of fine food and com-pany, as well as dancing. Besides the draw of a wonderful time, there is a noteworthy cause behind the proceeds from ticket sales for presidents ball. Each $10 ticket sold for President’s Ball equated to $10 donated to Relay for life, a charity that benefits the fight against cancer.

Relay for Life fundraises to research cancer and provides education about prevention and treatment to the com-munity. Additionally, it provides ex-tensive support for people and fami-lies that are affected by cancer, with aspirations to make a positive differ-ence in quality of life for cancer pa-tients and their families.

Relay for Life holds many more events to fundraise, with an event at many of the colleges and universities as well as communities in the Boston area. Information about getting involved in relay for life, as well as information about upcoming events can be found at www.relayforlife.org.

CARRERA NOELSCHERStaff Writer

MBA STUDENTS START SOCIAL MEDIA

CAMPAIGN FOR LOCAL INSURANCE AGENCY

ANTHONY RINALDIContributing Writer

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FEATURES

Once you’re in college, there isn’t as much supervision. Your parents aren’t there to look after you anymore. Ba-sically, you’re on you’re own. Thus, it is up to you to make sure that you do everything you need to do and most importantly, ensuring that you arrive to your classes on time.

Normally in grade school, you would take the bus into school or would have your parents drive you in. In college, you walk to your classes, or drive there yourself depending on whether you have a car on campus or not. You prob-ably had a routine going in high school, but that is completely changed when you get to college. If you didn’t get

enough sleep the night before, you will more than likely be extremely exhaust-ed the next morning and won’t want to get up to go to class. So, there is the chance that you will either oversleep or decide not to go to class that day, if for no other reason that your parents aren’t there to make you go.

Once in a while, it is fine to skip class if you are too tired or aren’t feeling well. However, once you do it once, chances are that you will do it again... and again and again, because you don’t think anything bad will come of it. Your professor may not even talk to you about your constant absences. In college, they aren’t even required to care. If you miss enough classes, odds are you will be withdrawn from the course and there is nothing you will be able to do about. Needless to say, don’t let that happen. Don’t be that guy. The

solution is simple: get to class on time and you won’t have anything to worry about.Being late to class on a consistent basis will make you look bad to your class-mates and especially the professor. You look bad before the class even starts! That’s never a good thing. Simply put, you have to will yourself to get up and not sleep in. Sure, the easiest thing to do is just press the snooze button on your alarm over and over again and just stay in bed for the rest of the day, but sometimes the right thing to do isn’t al-ways the easiest. The more class time you miss, the more you will be falling behind. It will be harder to do better on tests because you weren’t in class to learn the material, and the only person you will have to blame is yourself.

In addition to arriving to class on time, be sure to come prepared. Forgetting

your books and notebooks will force you to either look on with someone else or sit there in silence, which is pretty embarrassing. I understand you might be a bit discombobulated in the morning after just waking up (especial-ly if it is an early class), but you can easily get prepared the night before by making sure everything is in check in your backpack (or whatever you use to carry your stuff) to avoid forgetting anything essential. Being prompt and prepared when coming to class in col-lege, or just in school in general, are the keys to success and are crucial is getting good grades. Think about it this way: will you ever regret being on time to a class, or coming with everything you need? I didn’t think so.

PROMPT&PREPAREDGRAHAM MIRMINA

Features Editor

THE KEY TO BEING

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On Sunday, March 13, 22 students and two chaperones travelled to Pittsboro, N.C. for Alternative Spring Break; a community service trip where students work building homes for those in need.

Students who attended worked closely with Habitat for Humanity’s Chatham chapter to finish five homes. Partici-pants, including sophomore student Lauren Yandow, worked on home

flooring, siding, window installation, and painting. “I worked on flooring all five days, and that was a really cool ex-perience to see from beginning to end how much progress we made through-out the week,” says Yandow.

Students arrived in N.C. on Sunday, March 13, and began work the follow-

ing Tuesday. They worked with Habi-tat volunteers and staff members to get their tasks done on time.

Elizabeth Machado, sophomore ‘18 and one of the three student leaders for this year’s trip describes her experi-ence: “Lauren and I got to work with a really awesome woman named Whit-ney. She was laid off of her job about a year ago and she’s been volunteering with Habitat since then. It was wicked awesome to hear her story and see how passionate she’s become over the year to work with them,” says Machado.

Participants stayed in lodge-style cab-ins at Camp Royall. The lodge is used as an overnight camp in the summer months, and located about 15 minutes from their work site.

The trip is planned annually by Lauri Rawls, Director of Community Ser-vice, and George Kuntz, Community Service Programs Assistant and staff chaperone.

Rawls describes reasoning for the trips name; “It’s an alternative to going on a trip with your family or friends. In-stead, you decide to do a week of ser-vice. It’s called ‘alternative’ because it’s an alternative to experimenting in the party scene,” says Rawls. “It’s a service trip and that is the goal; to help others that are a little less fortunate, but the personal relationships and the per-sonal impact that it has are just crazy.”

According to Rawls, Endicott registers for an Alternative Spring Break trip through Habitat for Humanity Interna-tional; and typically looks for locations that are a shorter flight (about one to two hours), relatively affordable, and can accommodate more than 20 stu-

dents.

Rawls explains the trip registration process: “If you have a nationally rec-ognized chapter club, you get to regis-ter before other people. So they register a few weeks earlier, before we do. So with programs like ours that don’t have a registered club, they don’t always get the cream of the crop. Sometimes the choices are more limited. So, instead of 300 places there might be one hundred left when we go on,” says Rawls.

Prior to attending, students had to fill out an application back in October. Following the application process, stu-dents must have been selected to par-ticipate in the trip.

Overall, according to participants and those who planned the trip, it was a success.

Recalling the trip brings back positive feelings for Machado. “It’s such an in-

credible experience, and knowing that you’ve made a difference in someone’s life, there’s no feeling like it in this world. I’m starting to get emotional talking about it. It’s just so amazing being able to say I did something with my spring break. I made a difference,” says Machado.

Aside from building homes, Yandow and students also made connections with people they might not have oth-erwise. “I gained twenty-four new friends. Going into this I didn’t know anyone, coming out of it I have a whole group of friends who are all so close,” says Yandow.

Students returned back to campus on Saturday, March 19. Applications for next year’s Alternative Spring Break will be available in the fall.

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22 STUDENTS TRAVEL TO NORTH CAROLINA FORALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK

BRIANNA MEAGHERContributing Writer

“It’s such an incredible ex-perience, and knowing that you’ve made a difference in someone’s life, there’s no feeling like it in this world.”

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OPINION

MUSIC FOR THE COMMON GULL

THE BEN PINETTE COLUMN

Dirty Art Club – “Sun Burn”

Let’s ride out to something peaceful. My boy Dave found this duo of producers from North Carolina called “Dirty Art Club” early last semester, and we’ve been playing their music ever since. Their songs have a simple serenity about them, and are always fun to listen to. Music doesn’t always have to be complex, or serious. Sometimes you need happy-go-lucky tunes to get by. Shouts to Dirty Art Club for providing us with plenty of them.

Van Halen – “Runnin’ With the Devil”

Time to travel back to 1978. The fi rst Van Halen record. The band’s career took some interesting turns in the mid 1980s, but nothing can taint the early days of their music. “Runnin’ With the Devil” is a powerhouse of a rock song, and is liberating to the ears. Van Halen was something special back in the day, and this track perfectly represents that.

Hundred Waters - “Show Me Love [Skrillex Remix] (feat. Chance the Rapper, Moses Sumney & Robin Hannibal)”

I gotta give it to Skrillex. The man is versatile. This is a remix of the song “Show Me Love,” which was released by Florida ‘Hundred Waters’ back in 2014. Chance the Rapper steals the show once again with a memorable performance, lighting up the beat a vivid verse. More good vibes on this one.

Oddisee – “Wouldn’t Be Surprised”

The world has been sleeping on Oddisee for far too long. The D.C. rapper/producer has been put-ting out quality hip hop for nearly a decade now, and is a hidden gem when it comes to instrumen-tals. In just the past four years, the dude has put out seven dope projects, all while mostly staying under the radar. His new EP Alwasta and last year’s The Good Fight album are both good proj-ects to check out if you’re interested in him, and his discography runs deep. Mad props to Oddisee.

Baauer – “Kung Fu (feat. Future & Pusha T)”

Baauer. Future. Pusha T. What’s not to like here? This collab is from the producer’s debut studio al-bum “Aa,” which dropped late last month. Baauer provides a thunderous, booming beat. Future lays a catchy hook. And Pusha raps two fi lthy verses. When that happens, the song is destined to be good.

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Father John Misty: Paradise Rock Club, Fri. 4/22, 7 PM, Tix start at $30

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GET READY FOR OPENING DAY WITH PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2016 MLB SEASON

The 2015 MLB season saw what is the new generation of teams pop up and have success. These teams that haven’t been historically great, built from the ground up and had some of the strongest farm systems over the past decade. The Kansas City Royals were a joy to watch in 2014 when they broke into the scene and fi nally won a World Series over the upstart Mets last year. The Royals were a team that got it done by committee with players like Mike Moustakus, Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer leading the way.

Fast forward to 2016 and we have a whole new crop of talented young

teams set to make their mark in history. The Astros, Cubs, and Mets should be three of the top teams to watch this sea-son. The strongest team of the bunch is the Chicago Cubs with the moves they made in the offseason adding Jayson Heyward, Ben Zobrist and John Lack-ey to a team that won 97 games last season. This team no doubt should and will win 100 games. Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant will lead the way for this team offensively and NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester will boast a solid 1-2 punch in the rotation.

Staying in the National League and moving onto the champions of that side, the New York Mets will again be in contention for a World Series ring as they fell just short in 2015. The Mets have the best starting rotation in baseball with Harvey, DeGrom, Syn-dergaard,, Stephen Matz, “Big Sexy” Bartolo Colon, and the return of Zack Wheeler. This six-man rotation alone will win tons of games for the Mets, with the offense also adding a few key pieces to the fold. Adding outfi eld depth with Alejandro De Aza, adding Asdrubal Cabrera to start at short-stop, re-signing Cespedes and having a healthy David Wright will bring the

Mets back to the NL Championship se-ries.

Moving over to the American League, the favorite has to be the Houston As-tros followed by the Royals. The Astros bring back a great arm in Dallas Kuec-hel along with the dynamic second/short duo of Jose Altuve and the 2016 AL MVP (my guess) Carlos Correa.

Moving onto predictions for the sea-son I’ll start in the AL East. This is the Toronto Blue Jays division to lose with Tulowitzki, Joey Bats and Edwin Encarnacion. The Orioles and Yankees I believe will follow, once New York brings back Chapman they will have the best back end of the bullpen we’ve seen in over a decade. Don’t count out the Red Sox with the signing of David Price but they still need a solidifi ed number two arm.

AL Central will go to the Royals with the Tigers putting up somewhat of a fi ght but falling 10 games short. The West will go to the Astros followed by the Texas Rangers. The two Wild Card teams will be the Detroit Tigers and The New York Yankees (as much as it pains me to say). The Blue Jays and

Royals will meet for the pennant with the Royals headed to the series.

NL East will be the Mets followed by the Bryce Harper’s. The Central is the best division in baseball with Chicago, St Louis and Pittsburgh but I think the Cubbies will come out victorious. The West will go to the Giants who have a fantastic pitching staff with the addi-tion of Johnny Cueto. The Wild Card teams will fall to Pittsburgh and the Dodgers. Winning the National League will be the Cubs over the Mets.

The Cubs will meet the Astros in the World Series (who thought anyone would be saying this three years ago) and the Cubs will end the 107-year drought and claim the title for their dedicated fans. Carlos Correa, the 21-year old sensation will take home the AL MVP followed closely by Mike Trout. The Cy Young will go to Chris Sale of the White Sox. The NL MVP will be a heck of a battle between Harper and Paul Goldschmidt and The D-Backs fi rst baseman will pull off the upset. Cy Young goes to Jacob deGrom of the Mets. There you have it folks… the key to success.

SPORTS TIME BY NICK WEINSTEIN

WITH FINE WEIN

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Q: How did you personally, fi rst decide that you wanted to be at Endicott?

A: That’s a long story. Just to cut to the chase, I started out by coaching La-crosse here, and I was the Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach as well as the coordi-nator of student life so I worked in Stu-dent Affairs while coaching Lacrosse. That was the fi rst year we went Co-Ed in 1994 and so I had a taste of it then. It wasn’t something that I had visions of becoming an Athletic Director when I was growing up or in school. Original-ly I wanted to go to Law School which was my passion when I went to Saint Anselm, but quickly found out that was something I really wanted to pursue, and teaching and coaching was what I had passion for, what I had a deep thirst for. I started here as a coach, working at student affairs, got into working with Intramurals, and that’s when about 9 years ago, took the Athletic Director position.

Q: You mention that sports just came to you one day. Was there a specifi c mo-ment when you said I wanted to end up in sports and not go to Law School?

A: I don’t know if it was one particular moment, as much as it was where I saw myself as getting the most enjoyment out of, and the most fulfi llment, and I think working with young men and women daily, with coaching, teaching, that was something I really realized early on. I can’t really say there was a moment, but athletics have been a strong part of me growing up, and my family, and I have a great desire and

passion for it. I feel it brings so many students together, being involved as part of a team. It provides so much to a student, whether it is leadership or per-severance, so many different qualities outside of the classroom.

Q: Endicott is almost taking over the CCC these last few years. What would you say, Brian Wylie, since you took over as Athletic Director 9 years ago, what would you say is your proudest moment of being at a game? It’s a big question, but…

A: Zach, there have been so many great moments, but I think the fi rst I think that I’ll address is that you said sever-al of our teams are on the rise. I agree with that but I also disagree because I feel that a lot of our teams have real-ly achieved a great amount, and you mention football as being on the rise. Two years ago though, our team had a run as one of the best programs in New England, and with a new coach, he’s done some phenomenal things here, and you’re right. I think Coach DeWall is going to bring a different culture and philosophy to the football team of what his expectation for being great is. I think he did a heck of a job this past fall. But, if you look at the past 10 years, we won 54 championships, 75% of conference games. Out of con-ference, we’re scheduling the best. We want to schedule up, we always have, and if that means that we’re going to get a loss in that experience than so be it. We’re going to give our student athletes to be successful not just in our conference, but also as the postseason turns and winning a conference cham-pionship and in the NCAA’s. I agree with you, we do have teams on the rise. We put an emphasis on all of our sports, including our club sports. We want to

make sure we provide the best expe-rience for our student athletes. That’s why we put a great deal of emphasis on the ancillary things that make us really great in athletics. That’s what makes us really great. You look at Sports In-formation, and we have a great group leading up that department; great stu-dents that have the same pride of ele-vating our programs, and the work that they do separate us from our compet-itors. Strength and conditioning has a lot of emphasis because that’s some-thing we’ll do to get better and be great by being stronger, faster, and quicker than the others. We’ve put an empha-sis on being great in everything that we do. We don’t do everything great and I’m reminded of that everyday in what I do and the things I need to improve on. That’s our ethos and culture here, and how we can get better everyday. Intramurals is something. We’re rated in the top-50 Intramural program in the country. So that gives me great pride. I can’t identify one championship, or one moment, or one goal scored. There are so many moments I’ve been a part of; I couldn’t identify just one moment.

Q: You look back at basketball and the success of Coach Rowe, but Coach Bettencourt has come in with two ti-tles. Look at Coach Haley in Baseball, Coach Calabrese in Soccer, Coach Howard in Tennis, we can name every coach and talk about the great things they’ve done. When you sat down with these coaches, what exactly did you see that you believed you could hire them and see them take Endicott to the next level

A: Zach, you really just mentioned some great coaches, and that’s really what makes Endicott great; because of the people that work here, with great

faculty and professors, students. We have some exceptional coaches like you said and you know we get lucky and we do our work and try to identify the best fi t for us as a community for us as a culture that is going to identify a coach that is going to embrace what we’re trying to do. Be great, and not just win the conference championship, but its recruiting student athletes that are getting it done in the classroom. Our women student athletes have a higher GPA than our men, the women at a 3.3, the men at a 3.2 The women are not only getting it done in the class-room, but they’re winning a heck of a lot of championships and games. The men are right there too, and we have a department goal of a 3.3 for all of our athletes and we haven’t reached it yet, but we’re getting closer. In the last sev-en years we’ve dramatically increased that to where we’re right around a 3.2. All of our coaches that are doing re-ally well they work at it. They’re im-proving the communication between their philosophies and student athletes. Good leaders, instilling in them, the qualities of getting it done academical-ly and having the priorities of academ-ics, athletics, and socially in that order. All of the coaches you’ve named have all done an incredible job.

Q: If you had to identify any new goals to set in the next two years that you’d want to reach with this school, are there any?

A: We’ve set out a lot of different goals and I think that we’ve achieved some and haven’t. It was a long time ago that we started talking about Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey and so it was great to fi nally achieve not just getting the Raymond J. Borque arena here, but applauding the work of Coach McPhee

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ZACH WEISStaff Writer

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and Coach Tolen and the incredible in-augural seasons they had. They both got to the championship game, which is unheard of in those sports, especially in their fi rst year. We do have goals. We have some goals from a facility stand-point, the goals for our student athletes to academically achieve a 3.3. Every year we attack our goals, we change our goals a little bit, and we work hard to achieve those, but at the end, our de-partment has a goal of being the best academically and athletically. Playing the best, and aligning ourselves to get better each and every day. Providing the best student experience in the class-room that we can.

Q: Something I’ve noticed in my sec-ond year as a student now, that when student athletes are done as students, they come back whether or not they’re head coach or assistant. You see Coach Chapelle with the Volleyball team, Lance Greene and Tell White with the

Basketball team, and those are just a few of many examples. But what does it mean to you, as the Athletic Director, when you see these kids, coming back after they graduate, and especially Eric Hagarty, who has been 11 years… how do you feel when you see these peo-ple with all the success, and wanting to come back as a Gull, being proud what they identify with?

A: You know Zach that certainly is an indication, that our alums are coming back and helping us coach. They’re also coming back and traveling to games, being on our sideline and cheering us on. That just shows and reaffi rms to us that we’re trying to do what we’ve sought out to do and provide the best possible experience that we can. To have some of these people, and keep them around the Endicott Community, to be a part of our culture, you mention some of the programs. Women’s Soc-cer has alums, Lacrosse as you said, but there’s so many more. To have

these alums coming back (baseball has a couple) to work with those programs, because they’ve lived our culture and been a part of what we are and been a part of the building blocks, of what we’re trying to build, and if you’d ask them, they’d say the same thing. They want a piece of building the success that is and will be special. Somewhere down the road here we’re going to get a National Championship so we keep challenging our players and coaches and they’re working harder than any-body. It’s going to be special to see.

Q: Everybody I’ve ever interviewed since I came to Endicott, too many to count, this is the one question that seems to stump everybody. Three words to describe your experience at Endicott College

A: 1) Belief is a big word. When we all started converting and transforming Endicott into a Co-Educational school, adding Men in 1994, it was believing in something we hadn’t formulated yet. It’s something that would be the fi rst thing that comes to mind.2) The Passion & Pride of what we’re building and believing in what we’re building goes along with sweat and failure and success and identifying people that not only believe, but know how to work hard and identify the peo-ple that are going to make us great. 3) Lastly, the other word would be NEVER SETTLING. Not becoming complacent, trying to be better and schedule harder, challenge more. That starts with me, and with the coaches to our student athletes. It’s commitment to not being complacent.

Q: Every morning when you’re driving into work, what’s the one thing you’re

most excited about when you can say I’m the Athletic Director

A: It’s working with great student ath-letes and coaches, and with people that believe and want to work hard, and are all part of the team. And Zach, you know this, you walk around, and the doors are open, and the coaches are willing to talk whether you’re a basket-ball fan, a baseball fan, or a women’s soccer, it doesn’t matter. There are not a lot of egos. It’s just a collaboration of great people that work here. The thing I love most is that it’s one big team. On the academic side, the student af-fairs or athletics, we’re all one team, we all collaborate, we all work togeth-er. We’re all driving for the same goal, and that’s to make Endicott the best we can because we’ve changed quite a bit. The success if a lot to do with out student athletes, coaches, and everyone that works hard everyday that makes it possible.

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The Endicott Athletics Department is proud to introduce the department’s first-ever four core standards of leader-ship just in time to celebrate NCAA D3 Week (April 4-10, 2016) and what it means to be a Division III student-ath-lete.

According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), “Divi-sion III Week is an opportunity for all individuals associated with a Division III institution or conference to recog-nize the powerful impact of athletics and student-athletes on campus and the surrounding community.”

“We at Endicott are excited to intro-duce our core values and get everyone on the same page,” said Dr. Brian Wy-lie, Director of Athletics.

The four core values are: Committed, Character, Effective Communicator, Confident.

“We talk a lot about leadership in our department and about how our stu-dent-athletes should be great leaders on the field, but also equally and per-haps more importantly, off the field, in the classroom, in the community, and what it means to truly be a leader, “ said Sean Quirk, Associate Athletic Director.

Over the course of the past seven months, the athletic department has been cultivating and developing the above four core values in order to bring the department and athletics communi-ty together to reach common ground, foster relationships, and create more unity across the department and those it impacts.

According to Wylie, the development of the four core standards was a way to compliment the pre-existing cul-ture on campus and strengthen the athletic community through our four core standards (Committed, Character, Effective Communicator, and Confi-dence) because, “This is what is going to make us better than our competi-tors. This will create an ethos that our hope will not just rest with our coaches and student-athletes but will permeate through to all our students and Com-munity. We will all be speaking the same language.”

THE PROCESS

“We’ve been talking as a department for the last several years about lead-ership development both with our coaches and student-athletes. Over the last several years these conversations moved from general concepts to more theoretical and practical strategies in how we implement our leadership plan,” said Wylie.

“With that in mind, we wanted to dive more into it to see how we can be more supportive with leadership and provide more training and we came up with a model that we really wanted, not just the student-athletes to look at, but the coaches and everyone in our depart-ment,” said Quirk.

In the fall, Quirk and Wylie started meeting monthly with 85 to 100 stu-dent-athletes that form the athletics’ leadership group comprised of team captains and designated leaders select-ed by their coaches representing all 20 varsity teams at Endicott and that has since evolved to include emerging leaders.

“We started with an assessment of what the student-athletes thought of leader-ship and how they perceived it to be, then we did the same exact thing with our coaches and staff with what they feel leadership is, “ said Quirk.

All staff members were handed a “Per-sonal Leadership Inventory & Reflec-tion of You” Assessment to complete before the next staff meeting in late October 2015.

From there, the athletic department de-veloped a definition of leadership as it applies to Endicott Athletics: “Leader-ship is a process where an individual influences a community to achieve a common goal.”

“There are a lot of definitions of lead-ership out there, but this one is our own that we feel really fits Endicott Athlet-ics,” said Quirk.

“This leadership definition and four core standards is tethered to everything that we strive for and expect from the athletic department” Dr. Wylie said.

THE CORE STANDARDS EMERGE

Then, the core standards devel-oped based off the assessments and round-table discussions took place at staff meetings to spur conversations about different mantras and buzzwords the coaches associate with leadership that make up the core standards.

Through the work of Quirk, Wylie, As-sociate Athletic Director/Senior Wom-en’s Administrator Jodi Kenyon and the entire athletic department staff, the four core standards of leadership were presented to Endicott’s group of cap-tains and emerging leaders at a session in late January.

With over 500 student-athletes on cam-pus, making up roughly 24 percent of the entire campus population, it is im-portant for the coaches and the teams to not only have the same type of stan-dards on the field, but equally off the field, as emphasized by Quirk on how this message can carry beyond game day.

“Our student-athletes can apply what

they are doing here to their everyday lives whether that be in that classroom, in their social lives, and then ultimately when they graduate here to look back on their experiences here as a stu-dent-athlete and say ‘These standards are things that I lived up to and I im-plemented into my everyday life’ and hopefully that will carry with them into the game of life when they graduate, “ said Quirk.

When the core values were presented to the student-athletes, the reception was “refreshing”, Quirk added.

“When we encouraged the captains and leaders’ group to come up with their own set of core values, their responses were dead on to what the coaches said, so that was really refreshing as we are starting to link the two together because that says both the student-athletes and coaches support what we believe our culture is here, that we are a tight-knit community and athletic department for we believe in the same things.”

KEEPING IT ON CAMPUS

When asked why the athletic depart-ment did not pursue an outside lead-ership group to come in and train stu-dent-athletes and coaches, Wylie had this to say:

“Quite simply, we weren’t looking for a cookie-cutter approach to improving our leadership. We could have brought in countless experts or companies and have them explain what they felt would be effective for us…but that wasn’t what we were looking for. My experience with those approaches is that the concept is effective for a while but it fades. We really wanted to dig down into what was important to our student-athletes and coaches. I truly believe that the process that we have set out on is going to have the most

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effective transformation of our cul-ture. I think we already have a strong culture…one that is routed on expec-tations, standards, and excellence in everything we do. Our philosophy parallels the College’s mission in pro-viding young men and women the best possible educational experience and one that challenges each student to be prepared for life after Endicott. Ath-letically, we seek to do the same while keeping our sights set for competition and ultimately Championships.”

A COACH’S TAKE

From a coach’s perspective, Kenyon, who also is in her 11th year at the helm of the Endicott women’s soccer pro-gram, spoke on how the creation of the four core standards of leadership has helped to build more team unity.

“It creates a model for everything, from the training to providing more support. It’s been a progression as we are all be-ginning to speak the same language. I have been meeting with my leaders and players individually, as well as within our team we have had conversations about what leadership looks like. For example, we like to send inspirational messages through our team group mes-sage thread,” said Kenyon.

“It’s more than just saying we are on the same page and knowing what the standards are. It is critical that we go beyond that and actually see what it looks like through the “I live it every day” action. When we are in a diffi cult situation and facing adversity, this will be something we can turn to as we learn and grow through each situation.”

Some of the expectations Kenyon has set out for her captains, rising leaders and team as whole is as they be am-bassadors of the program by displaying the characteristics of leadership and doing the right things. As Kenyon said, “It’s more of a walk the walk, instead of just talk the talk.”

“Fostering team culture with these four key pillars is what will ultimately make our team, our department, our school more unifi ed as a whole. Much like many schools have adopted the John Wooden “Pyramid of Success”, this is our version that we can take pride in,” said Kenyon.

For her leaders, she hopes this will help set the standard so underclassmen and the team can aspire to be more like them and make the them a “we” and an “us” as they lay the foundation that will transpire from year to year.

As for how this leadership campaign has made its mark on the athletic de-partment and campus wide, Kenyon has already began to see the impact as it is creating more of a positive iden-tity and is hopeful for the community to embrace it as the Gulls continue to grow their reach.

The four core standards of leadership in the form of an assessment as devel-oped by Endicott Athletics are as fol-lows:

Committed

“Totally invest yourself socially, ath-letically, and academically to your team, department, and Endicott.”

• How do you evaluate your invest-ment, engagement, and personal accountability while encouraging others to do the same?

Character

“Be the best version of yourself to con-sistently do the right thing and own it when you don’t.”

• Describe how you would demon-strate and measure “character” of yourself and your team.

• What are your greatest strengths and areas of improvement you can work on as a person and as a pro-

fessional?

Effective Communicator

“Be the best version of yourself to con-sistently do the right thing and own it when you don’t.”

• What has been your traditional method of providing feedback to student-athletes and co-workers?

• Does your feedback yield encour-agement in others or do you see ar-eas for improvement in your com-munication?

• How would you assess your listen-ing skills?

Confi dent

“Show mental and physical toughness and believe in yourself even in the face of adversity.”

• Describe your level of confi dence in each of your responsibilities here at Endicott.

• How do you handle adversity and in making diffi cult decisions?

• How do you evaluate your success and/or failures?

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During the month of March, the Endicott Ath-letic Training department celebrated “Nation-al Athletic Training Month.”

The month of March is celebrated across the United States to spread awareness about what athletic trainers do. The Endicott Athletic Training Department is responsible for all of the 21 Men’s and Women’s varsity sports teams on campus.

Endicott has fi ve senior members of the Ath-letic Training staff that help teach the pro-spective students as well as coordinate for a variety of the varsity teams during their re-spective seasons. As well as the senior mem-bers, the student Athletic Trainers also assist with helping the varsity team’s as they get as-signed teams during their second semester of junior year.

Members of the Athletic Training Staff in-clude Abbey Cahill, James Daley, Jenn Con-cannon, Jon Williams and Kelsey Steube.

During March, the goal of Athletic Training Month is to promote the profession and create a “Safer Approach to Work, Life and Sport,” as mentioned on the National Athletic Train-ing Association website.

The media focus during the month is to spread awareness on all things that athletic trainers do, not just treating for concussions and typ-ical injuries. Also, helping athletes with the rehab process and studying the body to gain better analysis for future injuries and injury prevention.

Senior member Renee Lucia is an athletic training major graduating this spring, when talking about the month being celebrated she said, “Usually this month is spent spreading awareness of our profession. The big con-ventions are held in January and June so this month is all about fundraising and spreading awareness.”

Endicott holds a fundraiser on its own as well during the month of March in which varsity team’s had the opportunity to participate in, Lucia said, “Endicott’s athletic trainers held a bowling tournament to raise money this month and there was also a bulletin board in the athletic training room set up as a triv-ia game for extra credit. Students received points for correct answers to the daily ques-tion.” Over 60 of the students in the athletic

training department showed up at the event as well to help support the cause and spread the word.

Lucia explained the process of the month at Endicott, being a senior she will graduate from the program this May and move on to graduate school at nearby Merrimack Col-lege.

One of the members of the athletic train-ing staff, Jenn Concannon, spoke about the month and how much of an impact the seniors have had on the whole athletic department at Endicott.

“When they are in the athletic training clinic they are helping to evaluate student athlete injuries, design and implement treatment protocols and rehabilitation programs, they assist in documentation, maintaining the ath-letic training room, they assist in practice and competition coverage as well as mentoring the underclassmen in the athletic training ed-ucation program,” she said.

Collin Montgomery, freshman member of the Men’s Hockey team said, “The athletic train-ing staff here at Endicott makes it easy for us to compete. They are always a text message or phone call away and are always willing to help. It is great that they have a month to cel-ebrate because they are some of the hardest working people on this campus.”

The month of March was one that the athletic training program at Endicott had the opportu-nity to spread awareness about what they do, and celebrate the commitment they put in on a daily basis. The program joined all of the others across the United States in taking part of the month.

NICK WEINSTEINStaff Writer

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APRIL 10Baseball, 12:00 and 2:30PMSoftball, 12:00 and 2:00PM

Men’s Rugby, 1:00 and 3:00PM

APRIL 12Softball, 3:00 and 5:00PM

Men’s Tennis, 3:30PMBaseball, 4:00PM

Women’s Lacrosse, 4:30PMMen’s Lacrosse, 7:00PM

APRIL 13Softball, 3:00 and 5:00PM

ATHLETIC TRAININGDEPARTMENT CELEBRATES NATIONAL MONTH IN MARCH