SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 • VOLUME 93 • ISSUE 2
The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929
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‘For students, by students’: On the Rocks relaunches, run only by students
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PHOTO BY ALEX BAYER/ CONTRIBUTED BY PEP BAND
A&L P.6: Attention to the stands Quinnipiac Pep Band is always there to spread school spirit
ILLUSTRATION BY PEYTON MCKENZIE
OPINION P.4: Eliminate tattoo stigma Contributing writers Michael Bunce and A.J. Newth explain why their ink does not affect their hireability
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SPORTS P.11: Behind the Bobcats Women’s soccer head coach Dave Clarke pulls back the curtain on the Bobcats’ style of game management
Long wait times, student frustration: QU postal service reopens in Carl Hansen Student Center By NICOLE MCISAAC Managing Editor
Amid loosened COVID-19 restrictions, Quinnipiac University reopened the Carl Hansen Student Center Post Office on the Mount Carmel Campus this fall. However, the resurrection of the location has resulted in increased wait times and disappointing experiences, some students say. “I have kinda given up hope,” said Elena Dean, a first-year film, television and media arts major. “I am not going to be ordering from Amazon a lot anymore.” The Carl Hansen Post Office was temporarily shut down in 2020, due to social distancing measures. Supervisor of Mail and Print Services Joseph Camporeale said the university decided to move all mailing services on main campus to the mailing center, located on New Road past the College of Arts & Sciences, as a way to relieve congestion in the Student Center of students trying to retrieve packages.
“We’re in a bad spot as far as location wise, sandwiched between the bookstore and dining,” Camporeale said. “The lines were just out of control. So we said, ‘Well, we’re not going to solve the problem, we’re just going to move the line.’” While the Rocky Top Student Center Post Office on the York Hill Campus remained open during that time, many students who used the mail center during the pandemic said they still endured long wait times. Brian Ortiz, a senior biology major, said he would wait in line at the mail center for anywhere from 15-30 minutes, depending on the day. “Most days I’ve had mail and walk all the way down to CAS which is almost over a mile,” “That was really tough. And then once you got there, it was pretty packed.” However, on the administrative side, Camporeale said that utilizing the mailing center building was a great alternative for services because it moved the lines faster due to the amount of
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Students said they have had to wait in long lines at the mailroom location in the Carl Hansen Student Center.
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