THE HOFSTRA
CHRONICLE
HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 91 ISSUE 3
TUESDAY March 12, 2024
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935
NEWS
International Women’s Day event inspires students
OPINION
The residential side of Hofstra isn’t up to snuff By Tom Norman A SSISTA N T O PIN IO N ED ITO R
Annie MacKeigan / The Hofstra Chronicle Guest speaker begins her lecture by wishing the audience a “Happy International Women’s Day.”
By Sophia Guddemi NEW S E D I TO R
In anticipation of International Women’s Day, a crowd of students gathered in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
on Thursday, March 7, to hear from a guest speaker about the progress she has made in women’s rights and the change that still needs to be made globally.
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While touring Hofstra for the first time, I remember wondering what the dorms looked like. There was this mystique to it. What could be over there? What was hiding just beyond the Unispan? I had to know. It turns out, there’s a good reason they don’t always show you any dorms on tour: Hofstra University’s Achilles’ heel is how drab and boring the residential portion of campus is. There are a multitude of reasons for this. The biggest is how dead it is on weekends. Most of this problem can be attributed to how many students are commuters. According to U.S. News & World Report, only 41% of Hofstra students lived on campus in 2022. That is a remarkably
Photo courtesy of Hofstra University Office of Residence Life Dorms come at a hefty price with Hofstra’s website estimating a range of $6,000 to $8,000 a year.
low number. When over half of your student body is not around when they don’t have to be, you are doomed to have a lackluster environment for the other 41% of students.
To be honest, I don’t entirely blame commuter students for not wanting to come back on the weekends.
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SPORTS
Hofstra sees season end to Stony Brook 63-59
“Hat’s off to Stony Brook, they made big shots when they needed to, so congrats to them and good luck to them in the finals,” said Hofstra head coach Speedy Claxton. “Hell of a year by my guys, super proud of them. There’s Michelle Rabinovich / The Hofstra Chronicle no head-hanging here. They gave us all that This is the third year in a row Hofstra has we wanted game after lost to a lower seed in the CAA tournament. game.” Stony Brook’s Tyler By Frankie DiCalogero Stephenson-Moore was the SPORTS E D I TO R story of the first half, leading It’s hard to beat a team the Seawolves with 14 early three times in one year. That points and shooting 50% from sentiment reigned true on 3-point, going 3-6. Chris Monday, March 11, as the Maidoh continued his strong Hofstra University men’s CAA tournament play in the basketball team was defeated post, by attacking the glass with by local rival, the Stony Brook 6 easy points and two offensive University Seawolves, 63-59 in rebounds. the Coastal Athletic Association As is custom, the Battle (CAA) tournament semifinals.
for Long Island was a tightly contested affair from the opening tip. With both teams struggling from the field, physicality and tough-minded basketball became the focal point of the first half. CAA Player of the Year Tyler Thomas led the Pride early on with 11 points on 4-9 shooting, 3 of which came from behind the arc. He wasn’t the only one connecting from long range, as Jaquan Carlos added two threes after 20 minutes of play. The second half pushed the physicality and grinding nature of the game to its peak. Hofstra eventually took their first lead of the game since seven minutes before half. At the 11:19 mark, Darlinstone “Dstone” Dubar trained a 3-pointer off an assist by Carlos to put the Pride in front 44-41. With Hofstra still in front,
51-48, Stony Brook kicked things up a notch, scoring 13 unanswered points 61-51. Despite an end-of-game sprint in the final 30 seconds for the Pride, the Seawolves held on to advance to the CAA Championship game, overcoming their own 15 giveaways. The sluggish turnover play of the first half didn’t translate to the final 20 minutes of ball, but still, Stony Brook pulled off the upset with their clutch gameplay down the stretch. Stephenson-Moore continued to guide Stony Brook, putting up 23 points on an efficient 7-14 shooting, while also cushioning the stat sheet with nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Maidoh continued his persistent presence down low, finishing with 13 points by the
end of the night. Aaron Clarke contributed 12 points and gathered eight rebounds. Thomas played all 40 minutes, despite coming down with an injury mid-second half. Thomas shot 10-27 from the field, good for 32 points thanks to six made 3-pointers. He also pulled down nine rebounds and handed out six assists. Carlos once again was the iron man, dishing the rock six times and picking the pocket thrice to go along with his 13 points. It was an off night for Dubar, as he only attempted six shots and made two of them. It was a 5 point, six rebound and two steal effort for the junior. The Pride finished the season 20-13 overall, Hofstra’s third straight 20-win season.