THE HOFSTRA
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 89 ISSUE 7
CHRONICLE
TUESDAY April 25th, 2023
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935
SPORTS
Hofstra dance team brings home second world championship Dance Association National Competition, and they weren’t expecting to compete at all in the spring offseason. That Photo courtesy of Erin Quinn didn’t The team now holds 10 national championship titles and stop all 23 two world championship titles. dancers By Michelle Rabinovich from Hofstra University from SPORTS E D I TO R giving Orlando, Florida, a show Winning a Premier Pom world worthy of the gold medal at title at the International Cheer the International Cheer Union Union World Championships World Championships from wasn’t on the Hofstra University Wednesday, April 19, to Friday, dance team’s bingo card for the April 21. 2022-2023 school year. “I’ve been competing in the The team placed second in the dance team circuit for now eight pom division at the Universal years and going to the World
Championship has always been a dream,” said Marina LoRe, a senior and team captain. “As a leader and a captain, it means the world that I can say that I led the team to the world championship and that we came home with the gold.” Being chosen to represent the United States at the ICU World Championship is an honor that few can share, and even fewer can speak to the thoughts and emotions in the middle of performing their craft in hopes of bringing home the gold. “When I got on stage ... that’s when the nerves actually hit me, like, wow, I’m representing the United States of America right now,” said senior Gabriella Marinelli. “All we wanted was to be proud of what we had done and represent the Pride in the best way possible.”
OPINION
Update the college admissions process
Photo courtesy of Michael Marsh College admissions force students to find the “right” school.
By Allison Siegel
SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O NI CL E
It is no secret that the college admissions process is a long and arduous one. The system is, quite frankly, outdated. The reality is that the college admissions process needs to be altered to maintain enrollment rates. Those who are lucky only
apply to college once. I have unfortunately had a great deal of experience with this process; I went through the application process three times. My first experience was as a high school senior applying to enter as a freshman. My other two applications were to enter as a transfer student. I was fortunate enough to have attended a private institution for high school, but when April of my senior year came around I felt helpless. I had no idea where I wanted to go, or what I wanted to do, which later resulted in me transferring from Bucknell University to Hofstra. There is a remarkable amount
of pressure put on students leading up to their senior year to choose the “right” college. Although standardized testing is now optional for many institutions, the college admissions process is said to be even more cutthroat. The extraordinary amount of pressure imposed on students is the reason why colleges around the United States have seen a decrease in enrollment by nearly 4.7% from fall 2021 to spring 2022, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Students are looking for alternatives to higher education.
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NEWS
Hofstra hosts 13th presidential conference
Moriah Sukhlal / The Hofstra Chronicle Scholars Craig Burnett, Jeff Bloodworth, Daryl Carter, Jonathan Lightfoot, and Aisha Wilson-Carter (from left to right) analyze the Obama presidency with the input of discussant Wendell Primus (far right).
By Moriah Sukhlal N EWS ED ITO R
As scholars, public officials, political experts and White House and congressional staff filed into the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center Theater on Wednesday, April 19, Hofstra’s campus buzzed with anticipation for the start of Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference: “The Barack Obama Presidency: Hope and Change.” The conference, which took place from Wednesday, April 19, to Friday, April 21, included concurrent scholarly panels, plenary sessions and special exhibits which examined Obama’s historical terms in office and the impact of his legacy on the American presidency and politics. “This conference provides scholarly analysis and key insights into what it takes to become a president,” said Susan Poser, president of Hofstra University, “to build and lead a team of policymakers, to work across political lines and to engage with journalists as they document for history, the arc of a presidency.” While the plenary events, Media Coverage of the Obama Presidency, The Leadership and Legacy of First Lady Michelle
Obama and Enacting the Affordable Care Act, welcomed the address of administration officials and journalists, scholars participated in 15 panels to examine a range of topics including public, foreign, domestic, education and health care policies, as well as presidential leadership. On Friday, April 21, researchers participated in a scholarly panel to analyze the “Party Politics, Public Support and Policymaking” of the Obama administration. The panel, moderated by Craig Burnett, associate professor of political science at Hofstra, consisted of researchers from across the United States including guest discussant Wendall Primus, senior policy advisor on budget and health issues to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi from 2005-2023. The panel began with Jeff Bloodworth, professor of history at Gannon University, presenting his research on “The Obama Coalition’s Kryptonite: Ralph Stanely, Bruce Springsteen and the White Working Class.” “Barack Obama was a master coalition builder,” Bloodworth said. “Only Obama could have united the kings and queens of bluegrass merengue, blues, jam
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