This week, on the Q30 Newscast, see a preview on the Hamden mayoral race. Get the story on how public safety is dealing with theft problems in dining halls along with student reaction and a house on Whitney Avenue with particularly disturbing decorations — all this and more on the Q30 Newscast.
Newscast 10/30/25 | Hamden Mayoral Race, Dining Hall Theft, Controversial Haunted House
October 31, 2025
About the Contributors
Brittney Bronleben, Bobcat Breakdown Associate Producer and Field Hockey Women’s Basketball Beat Reporter
Brittney Bronleben is a Graduate Sports Journalism student from Mount Sinai, New York. She is an Associate Producer of Bobcat Breakdown and a Field Hockey Beat Reporter and is in her fourth year as a Women’s Basketball Beat Reporter. She was formerly Chairwoman and a Broadcast Manager of the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network (QBSN). She was also President of Quinnipiac’s chapter of the Association of Women in Sports Media (AWSM). As a first-year student, she broadcast the men’s basketball home opener and travelled to Wisconsin to broadcast the women’s volleyball team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. She is a huge Brooklyn Nets and college basketball fan. You can find her on LinkedIn and X.
Sophia DiBona, Newscast Associate Producer
Sophia DiBona is a 3+1 Communications and Media Studies major from Easton, Massachusetts. She is a Newscast Associate Producer. She was an honorable mention in the nationwide NASA Hunch video competition, has had two honorable mentions at local film festivals for her two short films, and was President of her high school media club. Some fun facts are that she has met Vanilla Ice and her favorite movies are Little Women and Step Brothers.