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Volume CVI, Issue 2
Fenwicks Announces “College Nights” and a New Closing Time Jilleen Barrett
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100 Years In The Bronx Signs decorate campus to remind Jaspers of their campus’ history. JOCELYN VISNOV/ THE QUADRANGLE
Manhattan College Celebrates 100 years in the Bronx Jocelyn Visnov
Production Editor/Web Editor The beginning of the fall 2022 semester marks the centennial of Manhattan College’s residency in the Bronx. Having been originally established on the island of Manhattan, Jaspers first began taking classes at the “New Manhattan” campus in fall of 1922. The college was originally founded in West Harlem, Manhattan, nestled between 131st to 132nd. According to manhattan.edu, the school began offering college level courses in 1859, and began using the
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name “Manhattan College” in 1861, and was officially chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1863. As the college began to grow in size and increase enrollment numbers, so did the city surrounding the campus. When the MTA made the decision to expand the 1 train line, this created disruption for the already crowded property. Amy Surak, the director of archives and special collections, told The Quadrangle how this issue led to the idea for relocating the campus entirely. “Literally the rumbling of the subway would shake the buildings of Manhattan College,” Surak said. “So this was
1901, 1902, when it [the subway] extended and so at the time, we [at the college] were like, ‘We can’t stay here anymore. We need more space. We need it to be almost in the country.’ And if you think about it at the time, at the end of the 19th century, the country was up here [in Riverdale].” The land for what would be referred to as MC’s “new” campus in the Bronx was bought in 1902. Students continued taking classes at the “old Manhattan” campus in west harlem while the college raised money and worked on plans to develop the land for the new campus. __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Fenwicks Pub will now host “college nights,” a revival to the rule that was enacted last semester wherein only Manhattan College students could enter the bar on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. This rule was developed in February after a fight broke out between two groups of people, none of which were students. According to bar staff, someone in one group had put enough money in the jukebox to skip over someone from the other group’s selected song and play a different song instead. This semester, however, students can expect to see non-Manhattan College students in the bar again — but only if they have an ID from a different college. “I’d love to open it up to other colleges in the area — mostly Mount St. Vincent and Fordham University students,” Rich Puentes, the owner of Fenwicks, told The Quadrangle. “I think that we might just open it up to them as well.” Nicole Leone, a senior at Manhattan, wanted to go into Fenwicks with her sister last spring, when bouncers only admitted those with Manhattan College student IDs. Her sister, who attends a different college, was not able to get in that night. Leone said this may influence where she takes her sister if she ever visits her in the Bronx again. “Honestly I think it probably is for the better because of the incident with the gun, they want to keep it safe which is understandable,” Leone wrote in a message to The Quadrangle. “However, next time she comes I probably won’t bring her because there are other bars we can go to without her having a student ID.” Despite the checking of
many young persons’ student IDs at the door, some students have noticed that a usual crowd of non-MC students, or those who do not look “college-aged”, have been admitted to the bar. These customers, Puentes told The Quadrangle, are locals of the Riverdale area. Puentes feels strongly that certain locals who have spent a lot of time and money at Fenwicks — especially during the pandemic — should be allowed into the bar, as long as they arrive before 8 p.m., on the nights that are designated to college students. “They’re family, they’ve always come here and there’s no way that I could deny entry to the locals that come here and spend money every single day,” Puentes said. “The college kids have to understand that … I’ve also just set up a specific slot for them to come and enjoy the time as well. So I try my best to kind of keep both crowds happy.” Jessica, a psychology major at the college who chose not to reveal her last name, frequents Fenwicks and feels this poses a challenge for college-aged women when they go out with their friends. “I mean, most of them are harmless, I would say, but it’s a little creepy when there’s the older men hanging around, and they approach you and you just don’t really want to be in that situation,” Jessica said. Jessica added that she only feels safe in Fenwicks because she usually goes with a group of both men and women. Having male friends who can intervene, she said, is important to her as she has witnessed women in Fenwicks who have had to face those situations alone. “It’s very frustrating,” she said. “As a young girl … you can be taken advantage of, even if they just want to talk to a young girl and flirt with them. It’s still uncomfortable and you __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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