THE HOFSTRA
CHRONICLE
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 70 ISSUE 2
TUESDAY September 26, 2023
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935 NEWS
Hofstra hosts local businesses on Food Truck Fridays
Sophia Guddemi / The Hofstra Chronicle Students wait in line for Trini Bites on Friday, Sept. 15.
By Sophia Guddemi ASSISTA N T N E WS E D I TO R
On select Fridays this month, Pride Park hosted three different local businesses in the Office of
Student Leadership and Engagement’s Food Truck Friday event series. These events featured several different cuisines from the community’s food trucks,
free for students to try. “Culturally, food brings family, friends [and] people together,” said Paul Ferrante, the assistant director of student leadership and engagement for fraternity and sorority life. “We are at the start of the academic semester; this is a great opportunity for students to get engaged, listen to music, connect with other people [and] enjoy some comradery over some good food.” The first event of the series took place on Friday, Sept. 8, with Pies-on Wheels, featuring wood-fired, brick oven pizza. The next event, on Friday, Sept. 15, featured Trini Bites, an upscale Caribbean takeout truck. And finally, on Friday, Sept. 22, Bistro on the Go provided a
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A&E
The Museum of Art at 60: A celebration of Hofstra
Photo Courtesy of Alexander Ferreira The museum frequently sees student visitors for class assignments.
By Alexander Ferreira SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O N I CL E
The Hofstra University Museum of Art is a place you’ve most likely passed at some point on your way to class, whether you’ve seen one of the 75 outdoor sculptures, the Emily
Lowe Gallery near Bits & Bytes or the David Filderman Gallery in Axinn Library. If there’s any point in your Hofstra career to visit the Museum of Art, now is the time. The museum is currently proudly celebrating its 60th an-
niversary in the current exhibition, titled “New Perspectives: The Museum of Art at 60.” The exhibition looks back on its history and focuses on what has made the museum thrive. The Emily Lowe Gallery is no larger than the size of a classroom – a tour of the museum can take up to 10 minutes or as long as an hour – but it’s a space where students can decompress after a long day. More importantly, the museum provides meaningful experiences by encouraging other perspectives, inviting movement and enhancing how we handle information compared to the stationary crunch of our temporary buffers.
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SPORTS
Albert Kang helping the Pride conquer the CAA once again
By Arcangelo Iurato STA FF WRITER
next. “When I went into the portal, I talked to them about their time at Hofstra,” Kang said. “I talked to the coaches as well, and I thought it’d be a good fit for my last year.” Hofstra head coach Richard Nuttall had a front-row seat to watch Kang on the pitch for the Rough Riders. Eventually, Nuttall decided to bring in Kang in his efforts to secure a third consecutive Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) title. Nuttall was certainly impressed by Kang’s abilities on the pitch, and the midfielder had a decent first impression of the experienced head coach. “He had been in and around the Rough Riders,” Kang said. “I heard a lot about him. A lot of good things, very positive energy. He cares a lot about his players, and that’s obviously something, as a player, you want to hear.” Today, Kang is one of seven graduate students on the roster for Hofstra men’s soccer and dons the number 11 jersey. It’s still early in the season, but Kang has been proving thus far why Nuttall decided to bring him in and why he’s the man to help the team return to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship.
Albert Kang was picked up in the spring transfer portal this year for the Hofstra University men’s soccer team. Given his experience, Kang has surpassed expectations and then some with his impactful technical play and extended amounts of playing time. The midfielder’s presence at every inch across the field has been beneficial. The connection between his style of play and the system in which he’s involved has been second-to-none. It all began when he was on the pitch for the Long Island Rough Riders, a USL League Two team in the fourth-tier league of American soccer. Kang was a player for the Loyola University Maryland men’s soccer team but was not convinced it was time to call it quits on his collegiate career when his senior year came around. He did, however, feel the need to make a change. “After four years I thought it was time for a new challenge,” Kang said. “Switch things up a little bit. That’s why I decided to do my grad year somewhere else.” A handful of Hofstra men’s soccer players played for the Rough Riders alongside Kang in the past couple summers, including midfielders Ryan Carmichael and Roc Carles, defender CONTINUED ON A18 Pierce Infuso and goalkeeper Wessel Speel. After playing alongside Hofstra athletes on the very same pitch they call home yearround, there was no question in Kang’s mind where he Albert Kang has the fourth-most minutes on the wanted to go team at 732 in nine games.