Basketball has sprung into season, and Hilbert Sports Industry Management students got into the spirit by putting on a successful  fundraising event.

The Sports Events and Operations class raised money to benefit veterans, with a three vs three basketball tournament. , “Veterans One Stop of WNY; is an organization that works to bring people, organizations and resources together in time, space and effort to effectively improve the well-being of all WNY veterans of the Armed Forces and their families.” said Chad Goodwin.

The event took place on Sunday November 10^th, at 10am in Hafner Recreation Center. Three students ran the event from SIM 410. Two seniors, Hunter Martineau and Ian Moran. Also junior Dan Munn was involved.

“I thought the Hoops for Hero’s was a success.” said Martineau. “We had eleven teams come out; raised a little over $300 from team registrations, concessions, and raffle prizes. I don’t think there were any problems, which I can conclude it as a success. I come from a basketball mind as well.”

“Personal experiences kind of goes in my everyday life. It is a hard tournament to get organized, just because you are not entirely sure who will participate. I kind of relate it to my life, because I took initiative in it. My dad is a veteran, so trying to make sure that I can now only just spread the awareness just for him.” said Ian Moran.

“We are trying to replicate involvement in sports management.” said Professor Roland.

“Sports Events and Operations, I would consider a good class.” You learn behind-the-scenes, that goes behind trying to market your event.” said Moran.

Hilbert College holds held it’s annual Wellness Fair last month, an event aimed at helping students maintain good health and well being throughout the stresses of the semester.

A variety of vendors that specialize in financial, medical and mental health information set up shop in Franciscan Hall in an effort to help students and staff members achieve health and wellness in their academic or home lives.

Barbara DeLaRosa, the administrative assistant to Dean of Students Greg Roberts, was one of the organizers of the event. She said the gathering, now in its 11th year, is meant to help the campus community get through the semester happy and healthy

“The Wellness Fair is held every year for students, faculty and staff to come a get information about any type of wellness such as financial, medical, and mental health,” DeLarosa said. “It’s such a good way to obtain such valuable information.”

Dietra Steed is a marketing specialist for Best Self Behavioral Health, a mental health and substance abuse clinic that provides many services for people of all ages. She said her company values coming to the health fair because it helps them get in from of people who might need their services, but don’t know where to turn.

“Best Self is an organization that provides services to those how have mental or substance abuse disorders, including people of all ages, and in different stages in their recovery,” Dietra said.

Sade Garcia, a Hilbert Campus advocate whose main goal is to help Student that have suffered from sexual assault or domesticated violence, said she hoped the fair would help raise awareness about her presence and the services she offers to the campus community.

“We are trying to eliminate the stigma pertaining to suicide prevention, domestic violence, daily violence, and sexual assault, Garcia said. “How this is done is by outreaching to students and making them aware of the resources that are available to them. I find it helpful to the student for me to start the conversation regarding their problem that is being addressed so the student may feel comfortable talking about the problem at hand.”

After years of struggling on the field Hilbert Athletics officials are hoping that new fields being built as part of a deal with a developer will help them build success in the baseball and softball programs.

Both teams have not had much success for the last decade: below .500 records, no real playoff success and have not had a good reputation for building a winning culture. Now athletics department officials say the new fields are a good first step to turning things around.

Last May, the college reached a deal to have contractors build a new baseball and softball complex right on campus behind trinity hall. A developer stepped in and purchased the land where the baseball and softball fields are in order to build on the front half of the land. In exchange the developer is building new baseball and softball fields for the college.

The hope is that the new fields will help the programs regain a winning culture and start obtaining some success on the fields, which are supposed to be ready sometime in December, making the complex ready for conference play next spring.

Head Baseball Coach Drew Fittry said the new fields are a huge stepping stone in getting athletics to the next level at Hilbert College.

“Ultimately we have struggled to play games on campus in recent years and with the field we want to show the players that they have support,” Fittry said. “Hopefully this will create a home field advantage and a sense of comradery “.

Last year, the baseball team only played two home games and they had to drive 45 minutes to Niagara University for home games, eliminating home field advantage.

“A new field will also help for player development, being able to get out on a field and get daily work in whether coaches are there or not,” Fittry said.

The new field will also show the support the athletic department has in the baseball and softball programs, hge added.

“Our big thing here is trying to increase enrollment, especially in athletics and when you have a nice facility to show a recruit it definitely helps,” Fittry said.

Freshmen baseball player Colin Windle said the players are looking forward to using the new fields next semester.

“The whole team is extremely excited for the new fields as well, and this is adding to the anticipation surrounding the upcoming year,” Windle said. “A new field signifies a fresh start for Hawks baseball and softball and will allow to us get better every single day as we can be on it and utilize it to our advantage.”

Hawk Radio took over the Student Activities Center in early October to celebrate National College Radio Day for the third consecutive year.

The 24-hour broadcast and party was full of events and the video game contest was a huge hit for everyone that attended.  Like with all live broadcasts and moving parties however, Murphy’s Law was in full effect.

On the day prior to the event, the station was informed that they would need to change their venue, as the main space in Franciscan Hall was needed for faculty purposes. With a few small changes to the plan, Hawk Radio managed to pull together and relocate their broadcast only a few feet away from their new studio in Franciscan Hall while making good use of time to transform the space. The broadcast day was scheduled to begin at 3pm, but the Shoutcast broadcasting service used by the station was not operating properly.

Station crew along with faculty advisor Don Vincent continued forward with everything they had planned related to the event while waiting for the servers to get back up and running.

“It was unfortunate, But I think it didn’t effect the event itself, if you were there you were still hearing the music and hearing people talk and stuff” Vincent said.

Sometime before 6 p.m. the station was fully operational and a new star was born. Nykeria Brockington, a new addition to the station proved that she truly has the gift of gab and is a natural broadcaster. Her shift involved over an hour straight of talk and laughter leading up to and a live music performance by the Midnight Ramblers. Program Manager, Rosalie Constable complimented the first year member of the station

“It was phenomenal,” she said

This was one of the best turnouts for a College Radio Day here at Hilbert and the video game tournaments helped to retain interest throughout the day.  Vincent earned a spot in the finals of one contest before suffering a crushing defeat.

“I thought the Mario Cart tournament was kind of like a fun way to wrap up the night,” Vincent said. “It was the last big event that we did.”

In the morning breakfast was served and the event was combined together with a farmers market along with a pet blessing ceremony. The station members expressed their gratitude toward all of those who attended and participated. By the time the microphones went cold, their new station was transformed from a blank walled room with a laptop on a metal desk, into a real radio studio that they are proud to show off.

Plans for next year’s event will start to take shape in the spring semester, but Constable was proud of the hard work that everyone put in along with the turnout from students and staff, she said.

“I think it was a huge success, I think it was the best one that I’ve seen yet,” Constable said.

Hilbert students have one or more classes each semester that require the purchase of course materials, whether it is digital or paperback copies. The Scribe sat down with the manager of the Hilbert bookstore Bill Herne to talk about the cost of text books and the shift to digital materials.

The Scribe:  According to professors’ class curriculum, which formats of books do the professors ask the Hilbert bookstore to stock preferably?

Bill Herne:  Twenty years ago, we thought digital books were going to replace paper books. But that did not happen. There were even some schools that would give students iPads when the students enroll at their college and the Professors would have the student’s course curriculum already downloaded on the iPad for the student. But you also have some professors that don’t want no electronic devices in in class, if the professor tells me that then I write down for that class “No Electronic device In class” which means that student will have to buy a paper copy of that teachers curriculum.      

TS: Which of the Formats costs the most to Purchase eBooks or paper back?

BH: That depends on the publisher, because with some publishers their ebooks cost less than their paper copies. For example, you have one publisher’s paperback book band new that is $195.00, and the ebook that is $199.00. But this publisher’s paperback book brand new is $286.25 and the ebook is $32.99. Most Publishers ebook formats are less expensive than the Paper book format. But there are a lot of students that buy the paperback book anyways because the it is hard to toggle between screen with ebooks.

This summer, the filming of A Quiet Place 2 took place in Akron, New York, a town with a population of less than 3,000. The filming stirred up quite a bit of talk throughout the peaceful, quiet village, a place that doesn’t often see much attention from the outside world. The Scribe spoke with Mike Cheasty, the proprietor of Freeman’s Sport Shop, on Main Street in Akron, a business right in the heart of the action a few months ago.

The Scribe: How did the filming seem to affect the town of Akron in General?

Mike Cheasty: The filming was actually very good for the town. It brought in a lot of money, publicity and business that everybody in the area seemed to benefit from.

TS: How did the filming of the movie affect your store specifically?

MC: Actually, my store was closed up throughout the filming, so I had no business. The film crew approached me when they were starting production and told me I could either operate my store through the back door during the week, or I could be paid to take a vacation until they were finished. I chose the second option, and they had me name my price.

TS: What did the film crew do to prepare you and other businesses for the filming?

MC: They sent people around to all of the businesses and asked us not to let anybody come in and out of the front of the store. Instead they would have to stay off of Main Street and use the alleyways to get around.

TS: Did the filming negatively affect you or your business in any way?

MC: Not at all. I got to take a paid vacation.

TS: Had you ever heard of the studio or the movie A Quiet Place and its sequel prior to their decision to film in Akron?

MC: No, never. I’m more partial to classic westerns than these new horror movies.

TS: Is there anything else you would like to add about the experience?

MC: It was really cool to see the whole town painted. They did a really good job, and Main street looks really nice.

With the conclusion of the MLB season, some big names could be on the move, with players like Mookie Betts, Kris Bryant and Francisco Lindor being discussed as possible targets.

The San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and the Philadelphia Phillies are all possible locations for the former AL MVP.

At least one player among the Mookie Betts/Francisco Lindor/Kris Bryant group will be traded this offseason, in the opinion of multiple @MLB team execs I’ve checked with over the last 24 hours. @MLBNetwork

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 11, 2019

Lindor still has a couple of years left on his deal but all signs point to him leaving Cleveland. The Indians tried to extend Lindor but he turned down the deal because he is looking for a lot more than $100 million, and rightfully so. RADIO.COM listed four potential destinations for Francisco and they include the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, and the Texas Rangers. I think that he will end up with the Yankees and it makes sense, especially since they did not offer shortstop Didi Gregorius a qualifying offer. The Rangers could also end up acquiring Lindor. Yes they are are rebuilding team but if they could get him, it would be a huge boost to their roster.

Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant could be on his way out of Chicago. Like Lindor, Bryant still has a couple of years left on his contract but he has filed a grievance against the Cubs.This article ranks all of the teams where Bryant can land.

You can make a case for these three players but I think Lindor will be on the one who will get traded first. It’s very possible that each player will get moved but you just never know. One thing is for sure though, it’s going to be an interesting offseason.

The highly-anticipated iPhone 11 Pro is billed as one of the best smart phones on the market. But what makes this iPhone any different from the iPhone 10? The Scribe visited the Apple store in the Walden Galleria Mall to ask an apple advisor why this version of the popular phone stands out.

The Scribe: What made Apple Decide on three cameras Instead of one?

Matthew: Now obviously I can’t speak on everything because I am not one of the engineers. By having the constant drive to want to offer more while some how fitting a camera in this same physical size phone. I would assume that every year Apple goes over what products they have, while going over the data they have of what people like to do with their products ergo the iPhone 11. Then Apple saw that the biggest thing that people like to do is take pictures with their iPhone’s, with the whole market-wide push for better camera’s, better photography. I think that Apple decided that this is what we would like to tackle especially with the technology at their disposal they threw on a third camera lens on a new iPhone and all the functionality people would gain with having that ultrawide lens. Whether it be with night mode, fusion core photography photos, which enhances the experience of taking a photo and can only be used with A13 Bionic processor which the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, only has. Then by giving the iPhone a longer battery life with being water resistance on top of a better camera the iPhone can now take pictures in such great detail and in places they could of never before taken.

TS: The A13 Bionic Chip is said to be the faster chip which is in the iPhone 11 compared to the A12 Bionic Chip that is in the iPhone 10. How much faster is the A13 Bionic Chip A12 Bionic Chip?

Matthew: The A12 Bionic Chip is 20% faster and consumes 15% less battery Power. While the A13 Bionic Chip is 20% faster and consumes 40% less battery Power.

TS: What are the top features of the iPhone 11?

Matthew. A new dual‑camera system that captures more of everything. The fastest 13A Bionic Chip ever in a smartphone. Longer battery life lets you do much more with less time to charge. It has the highest‑quality video in a smartphone, so your memories look better than they ever did before with more detail.