THE HOFSTRA
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 93 ISSUE 9
CHRONICLE
TUESDAY February 10, 2026
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935
Hofstra study reveals new data on Catherine O’Hara’s lasting legacy decrease of white births in United States NEWS
By Mark Lussier
years of data (2016-2024) and found that minority births including Hispanic, Black and Asian, among others have surpassed A groundbreaking Hofstra white births in the U.S. University study found that It was found that 49.6% of white births are now the minority those births were white, while in the United States. This study was conducted by two OB-GYN professors at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/ Northwell. Dr. Amos Grünebaum and Dr. Frank 50.4% of births were of any A. Chervenak are professors other racial and ethnic group, of obstetrics and gynecology who published their study in the capturing the major demographic Journal of the American Medical shift that’s underway in the U.S. Multiple trends discovered that Association (JAMA) regarding the data showed yearly births in the shift in race and ethnicity the U.S. declining by 8.4% over births in the U.S. the eight years amongst major The study examined eight STAFF WRITER
A&E
racial groups. However, Hispanic births went up by 3.9%, the only group to have a significant increase. The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that collects race and ethnicity data following birth. This collection process is done through selfidentification. Due to self-identification, all these data trends are impacted because the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other organizations utilize birth certificate data to determine the specific number of births from a particular racial or ethnic population. With an abundance of data and information, both Grüne-
By Paige Sanacora, Vanessa Flannigan, Katelyn Buchalter
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
“Our study is meant to show that we are a country of immigrants, a country of new and old people.”
CONTINUED ON A5
It is only fitting to pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara during her favorite season: Awards! On Friday, Jan. 30, O’Hara passed away at the age of 71. Her career spanned 50 years as an actress, comedian and screenwriter, during which she played iconic roles in beloved movies and television shows, including “Home Alone” and “Schitt’s Creek.” Her career began on Canadian sketch comedy show “Second City Television,” which ran from 1976 to 1984, for which she won her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Writer for a Variety Series. O’Hara kept acting until her death. Most recently, she appeared in the TV shows “The Last of Us” and “The Studio,” securing Emmy nominations for both.
Photo courtesy of NBCUniversal
CONTINUED ON B3
Hofstra snaps eight-game losing streak SPORTS
By Thomas Montana STAFF WRITER
Lilith Walpole / The Hofstra Chronicle
Hofstra led for the final 37 minutes of the game.
The Hofstra University women’s basketball team snapped its eight-game losing streak in a blowout 75-59 over Hampton University on Sunday, Feb. 8. The Pride played its best game all season, and now sits at 4-18 and 2-9 in Coastal Athletic Conference (CAA) play. “I’m just so proud of this team. We talk a lot about how they continue to show up, how they continue to fight,” said Hofstra head coach Danielle Santos Atkinson. “It’s a hard season, and for them to continue to show up the way that they do, and continue to work on the things we’re asking of them, and buy into the
connection that we have to have, it just says a lot about the character of the players that we have on our team.” Every game through this conference run felt the same, but this game was different, as Hofstra trailed for just 33 seconds, regaining the lead with just under seven minutes left in the first quarter and not giving it up. Hofstra led by as much as 22 points. “I don’t care if it’s just us and the people in that room that believe it, but this team has it,” Santos said. “We have everything we need in order to go get this thing done, it’s just getting over the hump of being able to close.”
CONTINUED ON A15