Logan Reardon
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Quinnipiac Chronicle

Quinnipiac Chronicle

Fellow Chronicle writer Peter Dewey (right) and me (left) prior to Quinnipiac men’s basketball’s game at the Nassau Coliseum in New York.

Fellow Chronicle writer Peter Dewey (right) and me (left) prior to Quinnipiac men’s basketball’s game at the Nassau Coliseum in New York.

I began working for the student-run school newspaper, the Quinnipiac Chronicle, within my first weeks on campus in 2016. I was quickly elevated to Associate Sports Editor after my first year (April 2017), then Sports Editor the next semester (December 2017). My jobs as Sports Editor included posting all sports content (recaps, features, etc.) online, assigning my staff of 10 writers to cover games each week and coordinating interviews with athletes through SIDs for feature pieces.

After a year running the sports section, I took a managing editor role as Web Director, which allowed me to oversee the entire group and online publication. This included editing and posting all written content on our website and on social media platforms (Twitter and Facebook). While serving this position, I retained my role as men’s basketball reporter and covered sports when needed.

Some of my fondest memories include road trips with my fellow sports writers to cover men’s and women’s basketball games.

All my work can be found right here on this author page.

In his mother's memory

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Toughness. Strength. Courage.

For Quinnipiac men’s basketball sophomore Ja’Kwan Jones, these are much more than just words – they are ways of life.

On Jan. 16, 2017, Jones’ mother, Valerie Carlton, passed away due to an unknown form of cancer, just about a month before her 40th birthday. Having lost someone so close to him, Jones was determined to do right by his mother.

Although Carlton passed away back in his home in North Carolina, Jones and his family needed support to raise enough money to have his mother flown up to New York to have her proper funeral. Jones started a GoFundMe page online, where people could donate money and write a message to the host for the cause. The support was overwhelming.

“I didn’t really have a money goal, I just put a number out,” Jones said. “I was able to raise $10,000, which covered everything. It was really successful. We raised enough money and got her up here and everything worked out.”

Read the full story here.

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