The Student News Site of Quinnipiac University

The Quinnipiac Chronicle
The Student News Site of Quinnipiac University

The Quinnipiac Chronicle
The Student News Site of Quinnipiac University

The Quinnipiac Chronicle
Cat Murphy

Cat Murphy, News Editor

All content by Cat Murphy
People talk, don’t let the things they say define you

People talk, don’t let the things they say define you

Cat Murphy, Former News Editor
April 24, 2024
‘Historic’ student participation drives Quinnipiac SGA’s spring 2024 election

‘Historic’ student participation drives Quinnipiac SGA’s spring 2024 election

Cat Murphy, News Editor
April 16, 2024
A total solar eclipsed viewed in Shelburne Vermont.

[Photo] Quinnipiac students gather on the Mount Carmel Campus Quad to witness the partial solar eclipse

Alexandra Martinakova, News Editor
April 9, 2024
Underrepresented communities less likely to feel comfortable at Quinnipiac, campus climate survey shows

Underrepresented communities less likely to feel comfortable at Quinnipiac, campus climate survey shows

Cat Murphy, News Editor
April 2, 2024
Quinnipiac’s two highest-ranking women of color resign days apart amid string of administrative turnover

Quinnipiac’s two highest-ranking women of color resign days apart amid string of administrative turnover

Cat Murphy, News Editor
March 29, 2024
Senior forward Nina Steigauf prepares for a face-off during a 3-1 win over Cornell on November 17, 2023

[Photo] Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey’s Nina Steigauf enters transfer portal

Colin Kennedy, Associate Sports Editor
March 28, 2024
Quinnipiac University brings on three new high-level administrators

Quinnipiac University brings on three new high-level administrators

Cat Murphy, News Editor
March 19, 2024
Hartford Business Journal ranked Quinnipiac University President Judy Olian on its ‘Power 50’ list alongside figures including Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont.

[Photo] Olian ranks 21st on Hartford Business Journals’ ‘Power 50’

Alexandra Martinakova, News Editor
March 19, 2024
Quinnipiac sees spike in on-campus vandalism

Quinnipiac sees spike in on-campus vandalism

Cat Murphy, News Editor
March 5, 2024
Senior defender Maddy Samoskevich maneuvers by a Cornell defender during the ECAC Quarterfinals on March 2, 2024.

[Photo] Women’s ice hockey swept by Cornell, awaits slim-to-none NCAA tournament fate

Colin Kennedy, Associate Sports Editor
March 5, 2024
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey senior defender Kendall Cooper and graduate student goaltender Logan Angers share a heartfelt hug after the team's 5-0 loss to Cornell in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals.

Quinnipiac takes 5-0 beating in Game 2, knocked out of ECAC Tournament

Cat Murphy, News Editor
March 2, 2024
Junior forward Maya Labad skates with the puck during Game 1 of the ECAC Quarterfinals on March 1, 2024

[Photo] Quinnipiac drops Game 1 to Cornell in overtime heartbreaker

Colin Kennedy, Associate Sports Editor
March 1, 2024
A swastika and other anti-Jewish hate symbols carved into a bathroom stall in M&T Bank Arena on Feb. 27. Vandalism accounted for 40% of campus crimes in February.

Quinnipiac officials, Hamden police investigating on-campus antisemitic vandalism for third time in three months

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 28, 2024
Hundreds of demonstrators gather inside Hamden Memorial Town Hall on Feb. 20 to voice their opinions on the proposed cease-fire resolution.

PHOTOS: Proposed cease-fire resolution stirs controversy in Hamden

Cat Murphy, Aidan Sheedy, and Jack Spiegel
February 28, 2024
'It should not have occurred': Student ambassadors pressured to post positive reviews of Quinnipiac

‘It should not have occurred’: Student ambassadors pressured to post positive reviews of Quinnipiac

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 28, 2024
Graduate student forward Julia Nearis scores a wrap-around goal in Quinnipiac’s 9-0 win over Harvard in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Tournament on Feb. 25.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey returning to form as quarterfinal series with Cornell looms

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 28, 2024
As of June 2023, Quinnipiac University has $48.4 million invested in three hedge funds in the Cayman Islands.

Quinnipiac’s $48M hedge fund portfolio

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 21, 2024
Quinnipiac University President Judy Olian told student media on Feb. 9 that a variety of factors — namely, family reasons and external opportunities — contributed to six departures within the university's diversity ranks.

[Photo] Student media interviewed Quinnipiac’s president. Here’s what to know.

Katie Langley, Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2024
Internal documents obtained by The Chronicle cast doubt on the accusations that reportedly led to the termination of Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse head coach Tanya Kotowicz. (Photo courtesy of Quinnipiac Athletics/Photoillustration by Cameron Levasseur)

What happened to TK?

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 11, 2024
Senior forward Nina Steigauf shoots the puck during a 2-1 loss to Clarkson on Feb. 10.

[Photo] Gut punch: Women’s ice hockey suffers second overtime loss of weekend, 2-1 to Clarkson

Colin Kennedy, Associate Sports Editor
February 10, 2024
Quinnipiac sophomore forward Madison Chantler takes a shot in a game against St. Lawrence on Feb. 9.

[Photo] Quinnipiac nearly completes 3-0 comeback in overtime loss to No. 7 St. Lawrence

Michael LaRocca, Opinion Editor
February 9, 2024
A wall in Quinnipiac University’s Theatre Arts Center displaying images of past productions. Quinnipiac’s Faculty Senate voted Jan. 22 to discontinue the university’s theater major after 15 years.

‘A slap in the face, actually’: Quinnipiac sunsets theater major

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 7, 2024
Scenics of the Center for Communications and Engineering on Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus on August 31, 2021.

Quinnipiac names first Black dean in 95-year history

Cat Murphy, News Editor
February 5, 2024
Permanent Title IX coordinator tapped to take over in March

Permanent Title IX coordinator tapped to take over in March

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 31, 2024
A timeline of the recent turnover within Quinnipiac’s diversity ranks

A timeline of the recent turnover within Quinnipiac’s diversity ranks

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 31, 2024
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration fined Connecticut Mason Contractors, Inc. over $5,200 for violating federal safety laws while constructing Quinnipiac University’s new residence hall.

South Quad contractor fined $5,200 for safety violations

Katie Langley and Cat Murphy
January 31, 2024
Financial management a consistent issue for Quinnipiac, audit shows

Financial management a consistent issue for Quinnipiac, audit shows

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 31, 2024
Freshman forward Kahlen Lamarche skating during a 4-1 loss to Brown on January 27, 2023.

[Photo] Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey drops four straight for first time in five years

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 28, 2024
Graduate goaltender Logan Angers skates off the ice following a 2-1 overtime loss to Yale on January 26, 2023.

Women’s ice hockey loses third straight, takes 2-1 overtime loss against Yale

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 27, 2024
QU loses second Title IX coordinator in last year

QU loses second Title IX coordinator in last year

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 24, 2024
Graduate forward Alexa Hoskin readies for a wrist shot during a 4-3 loss to Cornell on January 20, 2023

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey comes up short against Cornell, loses second straight

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 20, 2024
Graduate forward Julia Nearis fires a slap shot during a 5-0 loss to Colgate on January 21, 2023 at the M&T Bank Arena.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey blown out 5-0 by Colgate in first home loss

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 20, 2024
The extent of the flooding in Quinnipiac University's Mountainview Residence Hall as well as the cause are still unclear.

Burst sprinkler head floods residence hall days before move-in

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 18, 2024
Graduate student forward Jess Schryver dangles the Union goaltender Sophie Matsoukas during the Bobcats game against Union on December 1, 2023.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey closes out non-conference play with 2-2 tie against Minnesota Duluth

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 6, 2024
Quinnipiac women's hockey sophomore forward Emerson Jarvis protects the puck from a defender in a game against Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 5.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey wins seventh straight, 2-1, over Minnesota Duluth

Cat Murphy, News Editor
January 6, 2024
Freshman forward Kahlen Lamarche takes a shot while getting elbowed by the defender against Union on December 1, 2023.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey beats Princeton in wildly lopsided game

Cat Murphy, News Editor
December 10, 2023
Wayne Gersie, Quinnipiac University's vice president for equity and inclusion, is leaving the university at the end of December after less than six months. (photo courtesy of Quinnipiac University)

VP for equity and inclusion leaving six months in

Cat Murphy, News Editor
December 7, 2023
Former Quinnipiac student arraigned on charges relating to alleged Halloween arson

Former Quinnipiac student arraigned on charges relating to alleged Halloween arson

Cat Murphy, News Editor
December 5, 2023
Quinnipiac University officials removed two the three missing locker doors in Quinnipiac University's York Hill Campus mail center due to antisemitic graffiti.

Quinnipiac officials discover second swastika in mail center in 15 days

Cat Murphy and Zachary Carter
November 29, 2023
Olian speaks out about hate two weeks after antisemitic incident

Olian speaks out about hate two weeks after antisemitic incident

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 28, 2023
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey claimed its 11th Nutmeg Classic tournament title with wins over UConn and Yale on Nov. 24 and 25.

Dynamic goaltending fuels Quinnipiac’s fourth-straight Nutmeg Classic title

Alexandra Martinakova and Cat Murphy
November 28, 2023
Connecticut DOJ investigating Quinnipiac PA program’s compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act

Connecticut DOJ investigating Quinnipiac PA program’s compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act

Cat Murphy and Katie Langley
November 28, 2023
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey celebrates its 3-0 victory over Yale in the 2023 Nutmeg Classic on Nov. 25.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey blanks Yale, brings home fourth straight Nutmeg Classic

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 26, 2023
Freshman forward Kahlen Lamarche stick handles during a game against UConn on November 25, 2023.

Quinnipiac women’s hockey to vie for fourth-straight Nutmeg Classic after beating UConn in semifinals

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 25, 2023
Second Quinnipiac student arrested after apparent Halloween arson

Second Quinnipiac student arrested after apparent Halloween arson

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 24, 2023
Quinnipiac University's Department of Public Safety is investigating after officials discovered a swastika scratched into a mailbox door in the Rocky Top Student Center on Nov. 13.

Quinnipiac officials investigating after finding swastika carved into campus mailbox

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 21, 2023
Graduate student forward Julia Nearis takes the face-off during a 4-1 loss to Colgate on November 18, 2023.

Quinnipiac women’s hockey takes six penalties in 4-1 loss to Colgate

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 18, 2023
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey is on a five-game win streak against Cornell dating back to November 2021.

Quinnipiac women’s hockey hands Cornell first loss of season

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 18, 2023
Student 'no longer enrolled' at Quinnipiac after Halloween arson

Student ‘no longer enrolled’ at Quinnipiac after Halloween arson

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 15, 2023
Incumbent Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett speaks with the media shortly after winning reelection by nearly 1,500 votes on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Election Night in Hamden

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 15, 2023
Quinnipiac rugby gets into a scrum during a 38-8 loss to Dartmouth in the NIRA semifinals.

Rugby drops second consecutive NIRA Semifinal to Dartmouth

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 12, 2023
Quinnipiac student arrested, suspended from university after apparent on-campus arson

Quinnipiac student arrested, suspended from university after apparent on-campus arson

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 8, 2023

What to know about Quinnipiac’s three new buildings

Cat Murphy, News Editor
November 8, 2023
A look at the vandalism behind the Ledges guest ban

A look at the vandalism behind the Ledges guest ban

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 31, 2023
Six reported rapes and six reported sexual assaults occurred between 2020 and 2022, per Quinnipiac University's most recent security and fire safety report.

Annual campus safety report details five reported sex crimes in 2022

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 31, 2023
Quinnipiac physician assistant program put on accreditation probation

Quinnipiac physician assistant program put on accreditation probation

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 31, 2023
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey left upstate New York winless for the second straight season after falling to Clarkson and St. Lawrence on back-to-back afternoons Oct. 27 and 28.

Women’s ice hockey drops second straight, swept in North Country

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 28, 2023
Junior forward Maya Labad scored Quinnipiac's only goal in a 3-1 road loss to Clarkson Friday afternoon.

Penalties doom Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey in first loss of season

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 27, 2023
The Northford-based Small family poses with the Quinnipiac University men’s hockey team at a fundraiser held at Hamden’s Louis Astorino Ice Arena on Sunday, Oct. 22, for their son Luca (center, in wagon) amid his multi-year battle with brain cancer.

Small kid with a big reach

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 24, 2023
Quinnipiac women's ice hockey improved to 7-0 with a win over Brown Friday.

Women’s hockey shuts out Brown in ECAC Hockey opener

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 21, 2023
Quinnipiac University officials closed the human anatomy laboratory for several days in October after discovering mold growth on two of the lab's 48 cadavers.

Mold shuts down cadaver lab for five days

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 17, 2023
Senior forward Nina Steigauf celebrates after scoring the go-ahead goal against Providence in her 100th career game on Oct. 13.

Four-goal third period keeps women’s ice hockey undefeated

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 14, 2023
An unidentified trespasser speaks with a Quinnipiac University student on the Mount Carmel Campus quad on Thursday, Oct. 12. The Department of Public Safety was made aware of two trespassers just before 2 p.m., though no officers intervened before the men exited the campus at approximately 3 p.m.

Quinnipiac hit by second trespassing incident in two weeks

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 12, 2023
The Quinnipiac student section cheer on the men’s hockey team against Boston College, a game where tickets ranged up to $300 for standing room only access.

Inflated ticket prices define men’s hockey’s season opener

Michael LaRocca and Cat Murphy
October 10, 2023
A car passes the $150,000 guard booth Quinnipiac University officials constructed behind the College of Arts and Sciences buildings over the summer to monitor incoming traffic at the facilities entrance.

‘Jeff’ incident reignites Quinnipiac campus safety concerns

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 10, 2023
Between regular season and exhibition, Quinnipiac women's hockey begins the 2023-24 campaign with seven straight games against Hockey East opponents.

Bobcats snag OT win over UNH to stay undefeated

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 6, 2023
Someone introducing himself as "Jeff" has perpetrated the same comedy club ticket scam against college students on at least eight campuses across five states in the last decade alone (Infographic by Lindsey Komson, Amanda Riha and Connor Youngberg).

Serial scammer ‘Jeff’ targets QU — again

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 3, 2023
Infographic by Peyton McKenzie

Quinnipiac’s 990 filing reveals drop in Olian’s salary, $50M in foreign investments

Cat Murphy, News Editor
October 3, 2023
Public Safety searching QU campus for ‘suspicious person’

Public Safety searching QU campus for ‘suspicious person’

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 28, 2023
Quinnipiac University's Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity had been a campus constant for nearly half a century before university officials suspended the Kappa Psi chapter for four years in 2015 for violating the university’s hazing policies.

Tau Kappa Epsilon returns to QU eight years after hazing incident

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 26, 2023
Committees responsible for advising QU president impacted by key administrative departures

Committees responsible for advising QU president impacted by key administrative departures

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 26, 2023
Quinnipiac field hockey falls to 3-4 on the season with Sunday's loss to Yale.

Field hockey loses second straight in bout with Yale

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 24, 2023
Incumbent Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett (left) will face Republican mayoral candidate Crystal Dailey in the Nov. 7 general election after beating challenger Walter Morton IV in the town's Sept. 12 Democratic primary.

Lauren Garrett wins Democratic primary, pivots toward general election

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 19, 2023
Quinnipiac University officials over the summer updated the Office of Student Accessibility's accommodation platform, the Braille signage in the Ledges residence hall and its shuttle services. The university's new shuttle provider, Valet Park of America, operates an accessible seven-passenger van on the Mount Carmel Campus to transport students between buildings.

Quinnipiac addresses campus, classroom accessibility barriers

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 12, 2023
Hamden firefighters rescue a student from the K wing elevator in Quinnipiac University's Crescent residence hall just before 6:15 p.m. Friday amid a storm-induced power outage.

Storm causes power outage on York Hill Campus, traps student in elevator for half-hour

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 9, 2023
Fire consumed a vehicle at the bottom of Quinnipiac University's York Hill Campus after the driver crashed into a tree late Thursday.

Crash ignites car fire on Quinnipiac’s York Hill Campus

Cat Murphy and Connor Coar
September 8, 2023
Quinnipiac to keep student centers open overnight due to excessive heat

Quinnipiac to keep student centers open overnight due to excessive heat

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 6, 2023
Quinnipiac University unveiled more than 1,000 package lockers on the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses after reconstructing its campus mail systems over the summer to reduce student wait times.

‘You Have Mail’: Quinnipiac overhauls campus mail system, installs smart package lockers

Cat Murphy and Alexandra Martinakova
September 6, 2023
How Quinnipiac’s tax-exempt status affects Hamden’s finances

How Quinnipiac’s tax-exempt status affects Hamden’s finances

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 6, 2023
A quiet lounge sign, as seen on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, can be seen outside of a repurposed common room, which first-year students will be living in, in The Commons residence hall.

QU moves dozens of students out of overflow housing, starts second week with eight freshmen still in lounges

Cat Murphy, News Editor
September 6, 2023
The New York Knicks accused former Quinnipiac University men’s basketball player Ikechukwu Azotam of sharing confidential team information with the Toronto Raptors.

Former QU basketball player named in major NBA lawsuit

Cat Murphy and Ethan Hurwitz
September 6, 2023
Jennifer Brown, dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, will return to the classroom as a tenured law professor in the spring of 2025 after stepping down as dean in June 2024.

Law school dean becomes third QU dean in nine months to announce intention to step down

Cat Murphy, News Editor
August 31, 2023
A Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was involved in a head-on collision with a Quinnipiac University dorm building Wednesday afternoon, as shown by a photo posted to the @QUBarstool Instagram account.

Pickup crashes into QU residence hall during move-in

Cat Murphy, News Editor
August 23, 2023
Load More Stories