Tickling is the act of touching a part of a body in a way that causes involuntary twitching movements or laughter . The word "tickle" evolved from the Middle English tikelen , perhaps frequentative of ticken , to touch lightly.
79-577: The Hofstra Pride (formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen ) are composed of 17 teams representing Hofstra University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women’s basketball, cross-country running, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and track and field. Men’s sports include baseball and wrestling . Women’s sports include volleyball, field hockey, and softball. The Pride compete in the NCAA Division I and have been members of
158-413: A joystick to control a "tickling robot", they could not make themselves laugh. This suggests that when a person tries to tickle themselves, the cerebellum sends to the somatosensory cortex precise information on the position of the tickling target and therefore what sensation to expect. Apparently an unknown cortical mechanism then decreases or inhibits the tickling sensation. While the reasons for
237-420: A vestige of the primitive grooming response, in effect; knismesis serves as a "non-self detector" and protects the subject against foreign objects. Perhaps due to the importance of knismesis in protection, this type of light touch is not dependent on the element of surprise and it is possible for one to induce self-knismesis, by light touching. Gargalesis , on the other hand, produces an odd phenomenon: when
316-461: A "moving itch", is a mildly annoying sensation caused by a light movement on the skin, such as from a crawling insect. This may explain why it has evolved in many animals. For example, a dog exhibiting the scratch reflex is an example of knismesis. When stimulated in the saddle region, most dogs will exhibit a reflexive rhythmic twitching of their hind legs. This reflex can be brought on by actions such as scratching, brushing, stroking, or even tapping
395-403: A European method of tickle torture in which a goat was compelled to lick the victim's feet after they had been dipped in salt water. Once the goat had licked the salt off, the victim's feet would be dipped in the salt water again and the process would repeat itself. In ancient Japan, authority figures could administer punishments to those convicted of crimes that were beyond the criminal code. This
474-562: A charitable, scientific or humanitarian purpose, to be named in honor of her husband. In the spring of 1934, the estate was offered to be converted into a sanitarium for those suffering with polio by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, specifically offering to President Franklin Roosevelt , but nothing had materialized from it. Two friends, Howard Brower and James Barnard, were asked to decide what to do with
553-519: A fellow inmate. He describes this incident in his book The Men with the Pink Triangle : "The first game that the SS sergeant and his men played was to tickle their victim with goose feathers, on the soles of his feet, between his legs, in the armpits, and on other parts of his naked body. At first the prisoner forced himself to keep silent, while his eyes twitched in fear and torment from one SS man to
632-431: A form of paraphilia . Tickling can also be a form of sexual harassment . Some of history's greatest thinkers have pondered the mysteries of the tickle response, including Plato , Francis Bacon , Galileo Galilei and Charles Darwin . In The Assayer , Galileo philosophically examines tickling in the context of how we perceive reality: When touched upon the soles of the feet, for example, it feels in addition to
711-435: A grieved state of mind, yet cannot sometimes forbear laughing." One hypothesis, as mentioned above, is that tickling serves as a pleasant bonding experience between parent and child. However, this hypothesis does not adequately explain why many children and adults find tickling to be an unpleasant experience. Another view maintained is that tickling develops as a prenatal response and that the development of sensitive areas on
790-399: A ludicrous idea; and this so-called tickling of the mind is curiously analogous with that of the body. Laughter from being tickled [is manifestly a] reflex action; and likewise this is shown by the minute unstriped muscles, which serve to erect the separate hairs on the body". Tickling is defined by many child psychologists as an integral bonding activity between parents and children. In
869-504: A person touches "ticklish" parts on their own body no tickling sensation is experienced. It is thought that the tickling requires a certain amount of surprise, and because tickling oneself produces no unexpected motion on the skin, the response is not activated. In 1998, Blakemore and colleagues analyzed the "self-tickle" response by using MRI technology to investigate how the brain distinguishes between sensations we create for ourselves and sensations others create for us. When subjects used
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#1732772952569948-435: A very high level of embarrassment and anxiety associated with tickling. However, in the same study the authors found that the facial indicators of happiness and amusement do not correlate, with some people who indicated that they do not enjoy being tickled actually smiling more often during tickling than those who indicated that they do enjoy being tickled, which suggests that the facial indicators are not produced in response to
1027-408: A year of free lectures, conferences and other events about politics and public policy. The program featured national media and political figures as guest speakers, including George Stephanopoulos , Maureen Dowd , Ari Fleischer , James Carville and Mary Matalin. "Educate '08" gave way to "Define '09", a program which brought to campus various speakers to examine the impact of the historic election of
1106-431: Is a playful leisure activity in which two people, or sometimes more, tickle each other to the point where one of the participants gives up. It can occur as a sudden outburst without consensus about it, or as a carefully designed challenge with clear ground rules. Tickle fighting is similar to pillow fighting , in the sense that they are both silly and playful activities, usually not taken too seriously. Tickle fighting
1185-438: Is especially enjoyed by young children. Tickle fight should not be confused with tickle torture , which is an abusive and serious torturing method. A participant in a tickle fight can be called a tickler. Charles Darwin theorized on the link between tickling and social relations, arguing that tickling provokes laughter through the anticipation of pleasure. If a stranger tickles a child without any preliminaries, catching
1264-416: Is often to portray the sense of domination the tickler has over the victim. As with parents and siblings, tickling serves as a bonding mechanism between friends, and is classified by psychologists as part of the fifth and highest grade of social play which involves special intimacy or " cognitive interaction ". This suggests that tickling works best when all the parties involved feel comfortable with
1343-439: Is scarcely felt. This titillation belongs entirely to us and not to the feather; if the live and sensitive body were removed it would remain no more than a mere word. Francis Bacon and Charles Darwin believed that humorous laughter requires a "light" frame of mind. But they differed on ticklish laughter: Darwin thought that the same light state of mind was required, whereas Bacon disagreed. When tickled, noted Bacon, "men even in
1422-514: Is suggested to possibly correlate with a less pronounced ability of these people to track and attribute the results of their own actions. Although some consensual tickling can be a positive, playful experience, non-consensual tickling can be frightening, uncomfortable, and painful for the recipient. Heinz Heger , a man imprisoned in the Flossenbürg concentration camp during World War II, witnessed Nazi prison guards perform tickle torture on
1501-435: Is that which forms between siblings of relatively the same age. Many case studies have indicated that siblings often use tickling as an alternative to outright violence when attempting to either punish or intimidate one another. The sibling tickling relationship can occasionally develop into an anti-social situation, or tickle torture , where one sibling will tickle the other without mercy. The motivation behind tickle torture
1580-660: The CAA baseball tournament . The Hofstra University Pride Wrestling team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships . In 1977, Hofstra wrestler Nick Gallo won the NCAA National Championship in the 126 lb weight class and was a member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling teams, he was also given the title "Most Outstanding Wrestler" in
1659-884: The Colonial Athletic Association in most sports since 2001. They were previously members of the America East Conference . Until 2001, Hofstra's nickname was the Flying Dutchmen (shortened to simply "Dutchmen" or "Dutch"), an homage to the Dutch heritage of university founder William S. Hofstra . The Pride refer to the two lions on Hofstra's longtime logo, which school officials felt was more meaningful. The men’s basketball team experienced its most successful period in 2000 and 2001, winning back-to-back America East men's basketball tournament titles and making their first appearances in
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#17327729525691738-688: The Division I championship since the 1970s. Jimmy Hall played for the team in 2012–13. The team most recently won the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association Championship. Speedy Claxton, the star on the 2000 team, was named the head coach in April. The Hofstra Pride baseball team represents Hofstra University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team plays its home games at University Field in Hempstead, New York . The Pride qualified for its first NCAA Division I baseball tournament in 2022 by winning
1817-572: The Flying Dutchmen until 2001. The Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary at Hofstra University has a collection of diverse trees and reflecting its Dutch origin, and displays an array of rare and colorful tulips in the Spring. The campus has approximately 117 buildings on 244 acres (99 ha), and is located in the Uniondale section of Hempstead, a mile east of the town center. The part of
1896-759: The New York Jets held summer training camp at their on-campus headquarters before moving to their new headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey . The area has since been used for the construction of the medical school building, which was completed in 2015. On December 3, 2009, the university announced it was terminating the football program. Under NCAA rules, any football players who chose to transfer to other schools were eligible to play immediately, and not subjected to normal residency waiting periods. Scholarship-holders who wished to stay at Hofstra were permitted to keep their scholarships. Funds previously used for
1975-547: The Zucker School of Medicine and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law , Hofstra has hosted a series of prominent presidential conferences and several United States presidential debates . The college was founded in 1935 on the estate of namesake William S. Hofstra (1861–1932), a lumber entrepreneur of Dutch ancestry, and his second wife Kate Mason (1854–1933). It began as an extension of New York University (NYU) under
2054-453: The nerve fibres while lightly stroking the skin with a piece of cotton wool . Zotterman found that the "tickling" sensation depended, in part, on the nerves that generate pain. Further studies have discovered that when the pain nerves are severed by surgeons, in an effort to reduce intractable pain, the tickle response is also diminished. However, in some patients that have lost pain sensation due to spinal cord injury , some aspects of
2133-521: The 1977 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships . Dennis Papadatos is the current head coach. The Pride wrestling team competes on campus in the Mack Sports Complex. Former Pride wrestler Chris Weidman was a 2-time NCAA Division I All-American (6th in 2006 & 3rd in 2007, both at 197 lb) and is a former UFC Middleweight Champion . Hofstra can claim 30 All-American honors among 19 wrestlers through 2018. Hofstra’s wrestling team
2212-421: The 92nd 'best value school' by U.S. News & World Report for 2020, with its undergraduate engineering program ranked tied for 33rd among schools where doctorates are not offered. U.S. News also rated the part-time MBA program tied for 154th and the graduate programs in education as 133rd, among others. The Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College, whose admissions policy is more selective than that of
2291-591: The Axinn Library. The campus is located across the street from the "Nassau Hub" and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum , former home of the New York Islanders , Long Island Nets , New York Riptide , and New York Open . Hofstra University is accredited in 28 academic areas and 32 total areas. Hofstra University offers 185 undergraduate and 170 graduate program options. Hofstra was ranked tied for 160th among national universities and named
2370-527: The Commission on Presidential Debates announced it had chosen Hofstra for its second 2012 presidential debate on October 16, 2012, the "town hall" debate (between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney ). Hofstra University hosted the first 2016 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on September 26, 2016. Hofstra maintains a test-optional policy for admissions. For the cohort entering in 2023, 35% of enrollees submitted test scores and
2449-667: The East, and the New York Jets began holding their summer training camp to the North Campus, until 2008, when the Jets moved to Florham Park, New Jersey . The university's founder, William S. Hofstra, was proud of his Dutch roots and that is reflected throughout Hofstra University's campus. It is one of three major American universities named after Dutch Americans , after Rutgers University for Henry Rutgers and Vanderbilt University for Cornelius Vanderbilt . Hofstra's original logo
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2528-464: The Hofstra Pride on- and off-campus image campaign that began in 1987, during the university's dramatic recovery and growth. This followed a financial crisis in the 1970s that forced the layoff of more than 100 employees. In 1977 Hofstra wrestler Nick Gallo won the 126 lb weight class at the NCAA National Championship and was a member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling teams, he
2607-685: The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools accepted Hofstra for membership on November 22, 1940. In 1941, the college was elected to membership in the American Association of Colleges and Universities . In 1950, Calkins Gymnasium was the site of the first Shakespeare Festival. It was performed on a five-sixths-sized replica of the Globe Theatre . The festival is now performed on the Globe Stage,
2686-536: The average scores for the SAT were 1230-1410 and for the ACT were 27-33. Hofstra admitted 62% of applicants with enrolled students having an average 3.7 GPA . Hofstra University teams were nicknamed the Flying Dutchmen from 1935 until 2001. The school's official team name became "The Pride" in 2001, referring to a pair of lions which became the school's athletic mascots in the late 1980s. The Pride nickname evolved from
2765-827: The basketball jersey number 22 to honor senior Charles Jenkins before the end of the season. Jenkins, the school's all-time leading scorer, ranked fifth in the nation at 23.3 points per game last season (as of 22 February 2011 ) and was the front-runner to win Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year honors. "I think it's very rare," head coach Mo Cassara said by phone to reporter Jeff Eisenberg. "We have 25 other athletes that have had their numbers retired here at Hofstra, but none of them have ever been retired while they were still here at their last games. He's been such an integral part of this university on so many levels that we thought that
2844-460: The brain foresees this contact between body and hand and prepares itself for it. This removes the feeling of unease and panic, causing the body to not react to tickling in the same way it would if someone else supplied the stimulus. However, some people with schizophrenia have the ability to tickle themselves. Non-pathological individuals high in schizotypical traits also have a greater self-tickling ability than people low in schizotypical traits. This
2923-704: The campus located south of Hempstead Turnpike (NY Route 24) and west of California Avenue is located in Hempstead Village . Hofstra also offers an MBA program as well as other classes in New York City from a center in Manhattan. The campus is roughly 7 miles (11 km) east of the Borough of Queens in New York City , and the entire New York City skyline is visible from the tenth floor of
3002-406: The child by surprise, the likely result will be not laughter but withdrawal and displeasure. Darwin also noticed that for tickling to be effective, you must not know the precise point of stimulation in advance, and reasoned that this is why most people cannot effectively tickle themselves. Darwin explained why we laugh when we are tickled by saying, "The imagination is sometimes said to be tickled by
3081-414: The common sensation of touch a sensation on which we have imposed a special name, "tickling." This sensation belongs to us and not to the hand... A piece of paper or a feather drawn lightly over any part of our bodies performs intrinsically the same operations of moving and touching, but by touching the eye, the nose, or the upper lip it excites in us an almost intolerable titillation, even though elsewhere it
3160-439: The estate. Calkins remarked to Brower that he had been looking for a site to start an institution of higher education, and the three men agreed it would be an appropriate use of the estate. Calkins approached the administration at New York University, and they expressed interest. The college was founded as a coeducational, commuter institution with day and evening classes. The first day of classes at Nassau-Hofstra Memorial College
3239-406: The fall of 2011, the university welcomed the first class of students to its new Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine . In 2012, it established its school of engineering and applied science, featuring programs that partner with regional industry leaders, and its school of health sciences and human services, housing a new master of public health program. In August 2017, after a $ 61 million donation to
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3318-521: The fetus helps to orient the fetus into favourable positions while in the womb. It is unknown why certain people find areas of the body to be more ticklish than others; additionally, studies have shown that there is no significant difference in ticklishness among the genders . In 1924, J. C. Gregory proposed that the most ticklish places on the body were also those areas that were the most vulnerable during hand-to-hand combat . He posited that ticklishness might confer an evolutionary advantage by enticing
3397-542: The first presidential debate in New York since the 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and then vice-president Richard M. Nixon , focused on economic policy and domestic issues. It is remembered for McCain's introduction and frequent references to " Joe the Plumber ". Hofstra's successful bid to host this presidential debate in 2008 provided the springboard for a broad, campus-wide program called "Educate '08," featuring
3476-544: The football program went into the creation of the medical school, and enhancing a variety of programs, including hard sciences and engineering. Hofstra Stadium was home to the New York Lizards , a professional lacrosse team in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) that played prior to the merger with Premier Lacrosse League in 2020. On February 26, 2011, Hofstra Senior Day, the university retired
3555-482: The gargalesis type of tickle triggers a defense mechanism for humans in the hypothalamus conveying submissiveness or fleeing from danger. It appears that the tickle sensation involves signals from nerve fibres associated with both pain and touch . In 1939, Yngve Zotterman of the Karolinska Institute studied the knismesis type of tickle in cats, by measuring the action potentials generated in
3634-599: The individual to protect these areas. Consistent with this idea, University of Iowa psychiatrist Donald W. Black observed that most ticklish spots are found in the same places as the protective reflexes . A third, hybrid hypothesis, has suggested that tickling encourages the development of combat skills. Most tickling is done by parents, siblings and friends and is often a type of rough-and-tumble play, during which time children often develop defensive and combat moves. Although people generally make movements to get away from, and report disliking, being tickled, laughter encourages
3713-402: The inhibition of the tickling sensation during self-tickling remain unknown, research shows that the human brain is trained to know what sensation to expect when the body moves or performs an action. Another reason may be the lack of awareness of many sensations arising from self-movement, such as not paying attention to one's own vocal cords. When we try to tickle ourselves by grabbing our sides,
3792-426: The medical school, and enhancing a variety of programs, including hard sciences and engineering. Two of Bill Cosby 's early comedy albums include routines about a game between the now-defunct Hofstra football team and Temple University . The routines are "TV Football" (from I Started Out as a Child ) and its expanded re-telling "Hofstra" (from Why Is There Air? ). An entire episode of Everybody Loves Raymond
3871-662: The most accurate Globe Theatre replica in the United States. With the approval of the New York State Board of Regents , Hofstra became Long Island's first private university on March 1, 1963, thus becoming Hofstra University. Also that year, the Board of Trustees resolved to make Hofstra architecturally barrier-free for individuals with physical disabilities, stating that all students should have access to higher education. This later became federal law, and Hofstra
3950-439: The name Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University . It became the fourth and most recent U.S. college or university named after a Dutch American , and the only one that occurred in the 20th century. The extension had been proposed by a Hempstead resident, Truesdel Peck Calkins, who had been superintendent of schools for Hempstead. In her will, Kate Mason provided the bulk of their property and estate to be used for
4029-700: The nation's first African-American president and the policy challenges facing the Obama Administration. In September 2009, Stuart Rabinowitz announced the appointment of two senior presidential fellows at the university's Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency: Republican strategist and former presidential advisor Edward J. Rollins and former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean . In October 2011,
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#17327729525694108-536: The nearby Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation. Hofstra Stadium served as the site of the first-ever NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game in 1971. The university reorganized its divisions into schools in the 1960s. Hofstra was authorized by the Board of Regents to offer its first doctoral degrees in 1966. In 1968, the Hofstra Stadium became the first to install Astroturf outdoors in
4187-502: The other. Then he could not restrain himself and finally he broke out in a high-pitched laughter that very soon turned into a cry of pain, while the tears ran down his face, and his body twisted against his chains. After this tickling torture, they let the lad hang there for a little, while a flood of tears ran down his cheeks and he cried and sobbed uncontrollably." An article in the British Medical Journal describes
4266-456: The palm of the hand is far more sensitive to touch, most people find that the soles of their feet are the most ticklish. Other commonly ticklish areas, in decreasing order of effect, include the armpits , the neck, under the chin and the ribs. Some evidence suggests that laughing associated with tickling is a nervous reaction that can be triggered; indeed, very ticklish people often start laughing before actually being tickled. A tickle fight
4345-455: The parent–child concept, tickling establishes at an early age the pleasure associated with being touched by a parent with a trust-bond developed so that parents may touch a child, in an unpleasant way, should circumstances develop such as the need to treat a painful injury or prevent them from harm or danger. This tickling relationship continues throughout childhood and often into the early to mid teen years. Another tickling social relationship
4424-816: The planting of thousands of tulips in the springtime. In 1985, the commissioner to the Queen of the Netherlands presented the university with the Hofstra University Tulip, a flower hybrid named after the school. It is a focal point of Hofstra's annual springtime Dutch Festival. An on-campus housing complex is known as "the Netherlands" and features residence halls named after cities in the Netherlands , including Delft , Groningen , Hague , Leiden , Rotterdam , Tilburg , Utrecht , Breukelen and Amsterdam . Hofstra's athletic teams were known as
4503-566: The radio home of the Long Island Nets and New York Islanders , producing over 675 NHL broadcasts since 2010. It is the only student-run radio station to receive four Marconi Awards from the National Association of Broadcasters . Tickle fight In 1897, psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin described a "tickle" as two different types of phenomena. One type is caused by very light movement across
4582-421: The same emotions as under typical circumstances. It has also been suggested that people may enjoy tickling because it elicits laughter as well as the feeling of being tickled. Social psychologists find that mimicking expressions generally cause people to some degree experience that emotion. Excessive tickling has been described as a primary sexual obsession and, under these circumstances, is sometimes considered
4661-510: The school, it was renamed the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The Zucker School of Medicine was ranked No. 55 in primary care and No. 71 in research, according to U.S. News & World Report , despite it being only being two years since its first class graduated. Hofstra University hosted the third and final 2008 presidential debate (between Barack Obama and John McCain ) on October 15, 2008. The debate,
4740-522: The sensitive area. Horses also exhibit a response to knismesis, as they can be observed twitching the panniculus carnosus muscle in response to insects landing on their sides. Gargalesis reactions refer to a laughter-provoking feeling caused by a harsher, deeper pressure, stroked across the skin in various regions of the body. These reactions are thought to be limited to humans and other primates , although some research has indicated that rats can also be tickled in this way. A German study also indicates that
4819-459: The situation and one another. It can also serve as an outlet for sexual energy during adolescence, and a number of people have stated in a study that their private areas were ticklish. While many people assume that other people enjoy tickling, a recent survey of 84 college students indicated that only 32% of respondents enjoy being tickled, with 32% giving neutral responses and 36% stating that they do not enjoy being tickled. The study also found
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#17327729525694898-434: The skin. This type of tickle, called a knismesis , generally does not produce laughter and is sometimes accompanied by an itching sensation. Tickling results from a mild stimulation moving across the skin, and is associated with behaviors such as smiling, laughter, twitching, withdrawal and goose bumps . The tickle can be divided into two separate categories of sensation, knismesis and gargalesis . Knismesis, also known as
4977-499: The student activity fee and advertising, it is published in tabloid format every Tuesday evening each semester, with additional content available online. The university operates Long Island 's oldest public radio station, WRHU-FM (88.7). The non-commercial station was founded in 1950 as WHCH, a campus-limited station, and received its broadcast license on June 9, 1959, using the call letters WVHC. The station became WRHU (for Radio Hofstra University) in 1983. WRHU currently serves as
5056-485: The subjects laughed just as much when they believed they were being tickled by a machine as when they thought they were being tickled by a person. Harris goes on to suggest that the tickle response is reflex, similar to the startle reflex , that is contingent upon the element of surprise. The question as to why a person could not tickle themselves was raised by the Greek philosopher Aristotle . Knismesis may represent
5135-404: The tickle response do remain. Tickle may also depend on nerve fibres associated with the sense of touch. When circulation is severed in a limb , the response to touch and tickle are lost prior to the loss of pain sensation. It might be tempting to speculate that areas of the skin that are the most sensitive to touch would also be the most ticklish, but this does not seem to be the case. While
5214-406: The tickler to continue. If the facial expressions induced by tickle were less pleasant the tickler would be less likely to continue, thus diminishing the frequency of these combat lessons. To understand how much of the tickle response is dependent on the interpersonal relationship of the parties involved, Christenfeld and Harris presented subjects with a "mechanical tickle machine". They found that
5293-411: The university as a whole, offers rigorous educational opportunities for high-achieving students. The School for University Studies provides a program for students whose abilities are not reflected in standardized test scores; while New Opportunities at Hofstra (NOAH) is designed for students whose educational progress to date has been restricted by limited educational opportunities or economic status. In
5372-411: Was September 23, 1935, with 150 students enrolled and an equal divide between men and women. The first class of students was made up of 159 day and 621 evening students. The tuition fee for the year was $ 375. The college obtained provisional charter status, and its official name was changed to Hofstra College on January 16, 1937. Hofstra College separated from New York University on July 1, 1939, and
5451-566: Was a seal created by professor of art Constant van de Wall in 1937. The insignia was derived from the official seal of the reigning house of the Netherlands , the House of Orange-Nassau . Used with the permission of the monarch of the Netherlands, the seal also included the Dutch national motto Je Maintiendrai , meaning "I stand steadfast" in French. Hofstra's flag is modeled after the Netherlands' Prince's Flag , and its orange,-white-and-blue pattern
5530-424: Was also given the title "Most Outstanding Wrestler" in the 1977 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships . The school's revival was credited in large part to the man who led the university from 1976 to 2001—educator, government official and former Hofstra football star Dr. James M. Shuart. Hofstra Stadium , the school's main outdoor athletic facility, has been named James M. Shuart Stadium since 2002. Prior to 2008,
5609-407: Was altered to feature the school's colors of gold and navy blue. In 1939, the Dutch ambassador to the United States left behind a flag of the Netherlands before he returned to his country for World War II , which influenced Hofstra's school colors, university seal and coat of arms. Hofstra also pays homage to its Dutch heritage with a miniature windmill structure near the admissions building and
5688-410: Was called shikei , which translates as 'private punishment'. One such torture was kusuguri-zeme : "merciless tickling." In Vernon Wiehe's book Sibling Abuse , he published his research findings regarding 150 adults who were abused by their siblings during childhood. Several reported tickling as a type of physical abuse they experienced, and based on these reports it was revealed that abusive tickling
5767-461: Was devoted to a main character, Frank Barone, catching a record-setting field goal ball kicked by a Hofstra player at a game against Northeastern that Ray Barone predicted to be a " tickle fight ". Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York , United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939. Comprising ten schools, including
5846-503: Was formerly a member of the CAA like all other Pride teams until the CAA ended sponsorship of wrestling in 2013. The school fielded a football team from 1937 to 2009, when the sport was cancelled due to costs and declining attendance. The team was an associate member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 2001 until 2009. Funds previously used for the football program went into the creation of
5925-416: Was granted an absolute charter on February 16, 1940. In 1939, Hofstra celebrated its first four-year commencement, graduating a class of 83 students. The first graduates had strong feelings for the new institution. When they were allowed to choose whether they would receive degrees from New York University or Hofstra, they overwhelmingly chose Hofstra degrees. Academic recognition of Hofstra was affirmed when
6004-580: Was originally located in the former Ricks estate, Chanticlare , in Flower Hill, New York . Jesse Ricks was the former president and chairman of Union Carbide , and Mrs. Ricks was a volunteer church organist who often held organ performances at the estate for friends on Sundays. The organ was scheduled to be installed in the Hofstra Playhouse the following fall, and enabled organ music majors at Hofstra to practice on-campus - as opposed to at
6083-460: Was subsequently granted 110 acres (0.45 km ). Remnants of the concrete runways from the Air Force base are now parking lots for Hofstra's North Campus. The Hofstra University Museum was also established that year. In 1968, a three-bank Aeolian pipe organ was donated to Hofstra by John T. Ricks and Jane Ricks King, in the name of their late parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ricks . The organ
6162-512: Was subsequently recognized as a pioneer. Other forward-thinking programs and events followed, including the New Opportunities at Hofstra (NOAH) program, which was established the following year. NOAH is Hofstra's Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program . In 1963, Mitchel Air Force Base was closed by the military and declared surplus property. The university asked for part of the area to be used for educational purposes, and
6241-488: Was the highest honor we could give him." No other Hofstra athlete in any sport has received the same honor. The Hofstra University Pride Wrestling team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association , as wrestling is not supported by the Colonial Athletic Association. The Hofstra Chronicle is the only student newspaper at Hofstra University. Established in 1935 and supported by
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