sports: men’’s basketball lose 79-73 to stony brook

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Late free throws result in nal away win

ADAM MANISON
The women’’s team improved its conference record to 10-5
with the win over Stony Brook on Wednesday.
By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
The Hartford women’’s basketball
team won Wednesday over Stony
Brook, winning its last away game
of the season.
After ending their six-game win-
ning streak against UMBC Sunday,
the Hawks (13-15, 10-5) traveled
to Stony Brook, N.Y. to repeat their
performance against the Seawolves
(5-22, 2-13), who started the streak
almost a month ago.
Unfortunately, the Hawks couldn’’t
shake off their last game by the time
the rst half began in Stony Brook and
they began the game without scoring
a bucket for the rst three and a half
minutes. But the Hawks wouldn’’t
count themselves out as they had a
7-4 run of their own in the nal ve
minutes of the half.
With a missed three to beat the
buzzer the women’’s team had put
themselves in a comfortable position
to win, ending at 19-25. The long-
range shots had been the downfall
for the Hawks as they shot only 18
percent, 2-11. The only thing keep-
ing the Hawks in the game were the
14 bench points that had come in the
rst half alone.
The women’’s team quickly regained
composure coming back out of the
locker rooms for the second half and
tying the game at 28-28. But each
time the Hawks drew near the lead
Stony Brook’’s offense would surge
out in front leading by as much as 10
at one point in the game.
As the clock wound down to 7:13 it
was solely a story of free throws, as 11
points in a four minute span, seven of
which went under the Hartford section
of the scoreboard. After the last set
of free throws by Nikkia Smith, the
Hawks had pulled out a lead of 63-59.
But the Seawolves would comeback
with their own free throws to tie the
game at 63. The game appeared to
be turning in the Hawks favor, when
senior guard Jackie Smith was fouled
and sent to the line to shoot not two,
but three free throws.
Smith could not make a three-
pointer ““the easy way”” by missing
the third freethrow, but with a steal
and free throws by Daphne Elliot, the
Hawks increased their lead to four
with four seconds, which had been
too much to ask from the Seawolves,
who couldn’’t even manage to get a
shot up as the buzzer sounded.
The Hawks’’ next game is at home
against New Hampshire Saturday,
Feb. 26, whom they had previously
bested back on Jan. 12, 57-50 in New
Hampshire.

Rally
planned
to protest
funding cuts
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-chief

A rally on Monday at the Capitol

in Hartford will coincide with an
appropriations committee hearing
on higher education.
Gov. Dannel Malloy, inaugurated
last month, proposed funding cuts
to the Connecticut Consortium of
Independent Colleges that would
affect the need-based scholarships
of 549 University students. The cuts
would result in a 50 percent decrease
in student aid coming from the state
over the next two years.
The current budget would be cut
from $23.4 million to $17.6 mil-
lion next year and to $11.7 million
in 2013. SARAH WILSON
In an e-mail sent to students poten-
tially impacted by the budget cuts,
Associate Director of Admission
and Student Financial Assistance Peace vigils a Wednesday ritual
See ““Cuts”” on Page 4 Staff and students participate in weekly peace vigils on the academic campus lawn each week. Read more on page 2.

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The weekly Peace Vigil stands outside Wednesday in protest of the ongoing war in the Middle East. Students, faculty and staff can be seen there every
Wednesday between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Persistence for peace: group advocates harmony

By Ben Gyurik
Staff Writer
““Peace,”” ““Pais,”” ““Damai”” and
fteen other translations send their
message of tranquility to passerbys
on the academic side of campus.
Armed with a single blue ag
piercing the snow, a small but de-
voted group stands in silent protest.
Every Wednesday for the past
ve years, regardless of weather
conditions, Professor of Educational
Leadership, Donn Weinholtz, has
stood vigil for peace with a small
group of students and faculty. In
addition to Professor Weinholtz, fac-
ulty that regularly attends the weekly
vigil include Associate Professor of
Sociology Jay Stewart, Professor
of Psychology Sharon Shepela,
Professor of Biology Mary Dowst,
and Professor of Education Nursing
and Health Professions Peter Oliver.
““The vigil’’s purpose has been to
serve as a reminder to people that
the war in the Middle East has per-
sisted for a very long time; and to
provide as a motivator to people to
take some kind of action,”” explained
Weinholtz.
Any student or faculty interested
in attending can go between 12 p.m.
and 1 p.m. on any Wednesday, where
the vigil meets on the main campus
lawn near the Auerbach Computer
and Administration Center.
““We haven’’t had too many stu-
dents that came to the vigil, it’’s
rare. But I have to say that the drum
circle started by Hannah Kluger, a
student who is a sociology major,
and the circle has attracted some
more attention to the vigil,”” stated
Stewart.
Weinholtz expressed that the
vigil isn’’t just trying to keep people
informed about the war, but as he
explained, is ““for those of us who do
it it’’s a reminder of what you should
be paying attention to in terms of
news, and we don’’t do the vigil to
convert people, but rather to keep
them informed on the war.””
Stewart and Weinholtz are both
a part of a group on campus called
the Campus Alliance for Progressive
Politics and Action [CAPPA], and
Stewart explains that Weinholtz
originally got the idea to hold a
silent peace vigil on campus to keep
people updated on the war in the
Middle East.
““As soon as I found out about
the vigil, I emailed people and we
started to have the vigil weekly,
and one day Donn and I [Stewart]
were speaking at the vigil together,
and we realized we should make it
a vigil without silence so people can
get a better message,”” said Stewart.
The vigil itself is more than just
informing people, and updating
them on the war, since it has been
going on, it has inspired faculty that
attend to continue informing the
campus through other ways.
““I actually started a blog because
of the vigil, and is in relation to the
vigil because it’’s about transform-
ing the military budget towards the
war, and it’’s interesting to see how
the vigil has inuenced people to-
wards keeping not only themselves,
but others knowledgeable about
what’’s going on overseas,”” explains
Weinholtz.
Weinholtz and the other faculty
members are also working on a
proposal to have a peace pole set
up near the site of the vigil, where
a four, or six sided pole would be
erected, and would have the phrase
““Let Peace Prevail,”” be on each side
of the pole in a different language.
““Donn and I [Stewart] are really
working on getting the pole put up
because it bears a lot of meaning.
We have the support of Walt Har-
rison and Norm Young on campus,
but we are awaiting a conrmation
from John Michalewicz, the senior
director of facilities in order to
have the approval to have it set
up,”” stated Stewart.
The vigil goes on every week,
and has even motivated Stewart and
other faculty to work on proposing a
minor on campus for peace studies
and conict resolution.
““I got the idea of working on a
proposal because I think it would
be helpful to people interested in
being more educated through learn-
ing about various forms of conict
resolution,”” says Stewart.
Since the beginning of the vigil
there have been peace conferences
held on campus and other areas due
to discussions that occurred during
and after the vigil.
““The vigil means a lot, but it
denitely had an inuence on how
other things like the peace confer-
ences, and peace pole came into
being –– and whether or not people
can attend, by supporting the vigil
there can be more opportunities to
learn about what’’s going on outside
our own country,”” said Stewart.

America East: What you need to know about tourney week

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
With the America East Tourna-
ment coming to the University next
weekend, anticipation of heavy
trafc on campus will affect parking
and Sports Center hours.
Due to the large amount of attend-
ees that will be entering the school
during the tournament games, the
university is asking students to
move their cars from N-lot to free
up parking for visitors.
Students who move their cars
from the lot sometime during the
late morning and afternoon on
Wednesday, March 3 will receive
Hawk Cash in return for the incon-
venience, as well as get entered into
a drawing for prizes.
The Sports Center will also be op-
erating on alternative hours in order
to accommodate the tournament.
As the weight and workout rooms
will likely be converted into press
rooms, much of the Sports Center
will remain closed to students and
outside members.
With the success of last year’’s
tournament, Vice President of
Student Affairs, Lee Peters, and
President Walter Harrison will be
providing tickets to students. Last
year, they set aside a number of tick-
ets specically for students. More
information will follow within the
next week on price and how many
will be available.
Sports Center Schedule During America East Week:
Monday: Pool: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free Weight Room- 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Tuesday: Pool- 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Pool- 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday: Fitness Wing- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday: Fitness Wing- 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: Fitness Wing- 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: Sports Center is closed

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UHa to compete in RecyleMania

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
University of Hartford is com-
peting along with 630 universities
around the nation in a competition
to promote recycling in college
communities.
““RecycleMania”” is a 10 week
program where students are urged
to collect as many recyclables on
campus as possible. The competi-
tion started on Feb. 13, but teams
are still eligible to sign up and
participate as the contest is running
to March 27.
Over the 10 week period, stu-
dents are encouraged to sign up in
teams, and bring all recyclables to
commons every Sunday. Not only
will the individual teams compete
against each other, but the Univer-
sity as a whole will be competing
against other schools as well. The
schools will be ranked according to
““who collects the largest amount of
recyclables per capita, the largest
amount of total recyclables, and the
least amount of trash per capita,””
CONEST GUIDLINES
-all teams must register and make a banner with the team name
to be hung in commons
-all recyclables must be from on campus
-recyclables must be brought to commons every sunday between
2 and 4 pm
-each team will receive ve trash bags, more will be given out on
Sundays if needed
according to the RecycleMania well as the school’’s.
web site. The RecycleMania national com-
In terms of individual teams on petition aims to raise awareness
campus, the team who lls the most of waste management on college
trash bags with recyclables by the campuses, as well as promote the
end of the competition will win. waste management programs of
The winning team will receive individual schools.
their choice of a pizza party or a The competition, which began in
six-foot sub for up to 50 people. 2001, is sponsored by the College
Ongoing updates will be posted and University Recycling Council,
each week in commons so teams and has been seeing an increase in
can track their own progress, as participation ever since.

Potential scholarship cuts spark debate

Continued from front page
Shane Ciccarelli wrote, ““We need our sup-
port and are asking all students like you that
will be affected by these devastating cuts to
join in a rally in Hartford.””
Mackenzie Manning, a sophomore at the
University said in an interview with the Hart-
ford Courant, ““I understand the cuts have
to come from somewhere, but cutting out
students who want to make Connecticut their
home……I felt not angry, but disappointed.””
The president of the CCIC, Judith Grei-
man, said the program might be eliminated
in the near future, according to the Hartford
Courant.
For students who rely on state funding
for attending the state’’s higher education, Student Aid Rallyy
a major source of it could be eliminated,
meaning students may drop out or leave
the state where it may be less expensive, When:
Greiman said. Monday
According to the Courant, Benjamin
Feb. 28,
Barnes, secretary of the state Ofce of
Policy, said private colleges were not the 3:30-6:30 p.m.
only institutions affected by the cuts. Where:
State-wide, 6,000 students receive grants
from the CICS. Conn. Capitol
The rally will take place from 3:30 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. in front of the Capitol building.

Vagina Monologues to
return to UHa
By Sarah Wilson cally, the event will be sponsored
News Editor by the Connecticut Sexual Assault
Crisis Services (CONNSACS),
The University’’s drama club, who have also sponsored the event
Dramatis Personae will be holding in years past.

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the annual Vagina Monologues play
this weekend.
This Friday and Saturday the show
will be put on at 7:30 at Auerbach
Auditorium.
Each year the production has a
global and local sponsor. The global
UVM Summer University offers a variety of science courses in sponsor this year will be Haitian
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medical, health, biological & physical sciences with credits Merlet, a leader in women’’s rights
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away in the 2010 earthquake. Lo-
on the requirements that you really need. Post-baccalaureate
summer premedical programs available, as well as
over 400 general requirement courses.
The event will also be sponsoring
the annual silent auction. Half an
hour before and after each produc-
tion those interested can bid on
the items, and donations are still
being accepted for any person or
group who would like to. Women
for Change will also be fundraising
by selling their annual calendars
before the show.
Tickets are available at the door
and can be purchased for $7 for
students and $10 for non-students.

Registration begins February 15.

Summer classes start May 23.

Catch Up. Get Ahead.

On Campus. Online.
uvm.edu/summer/hartford
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Of all the stories CNN could be focusing on they choose to highlight the least newsworthy;
Justin Bieber’s new haircut.
Justin Bieber’’s hair is not news
New Zealand’’s earthquake, the
ongoing protesting in Wisconsin,
and Libya’’s political strife were all
issues covered in CNN’’s breaking
news section on Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, (or apparently
fortunately for many people), so
was Justin Bieber’’s haircut debut.
But don’’t be alarmed just yet.
Read the following article and you’’ll
soon nd out that Justin wasn’’t try-
ing to upset his teen-dream facade,
he did it for charity. Win the auction
and all 2 inches of those luscious
Bieber locks could be yours.
And sure, while the fact that Justin
Bieber gets hair cuts might be the
rst thing on thousands of middle
school girls’’ minds, I can’’t help
but think about what news story
could have been in it’’s place had it
not gotten bumped off the ““latest
news”” section.
More and more frequently, the
latest developments in actor’’s
lives make appearances in local
newscasts on slow news days, even
days that aren’’t slow. It’’s clear that
the line between hard news and
entertainment is becoming increas-
ingly blurred, almost to the point of
inexistence.
While it’’s no surprise that the lives
of those in the spotlight have become
everyday conversation, there’’s no
Sick of winter, spring break is right around the corner
After three months of frigid
temperatures many are feeling that
it’’s time for the winter season to
come to a close.
Day in and day out of waking
up to dark skies and slippery
sidewalks can take its toll on the
average person and lead to the
feeling that it’’s never going to end
despite whatever Punxsutawney
Phil thinks. What does Punxsutaw-
ney Phil know anyway; he’’s just
a groundhog.
It’’s frightening to see that on
average 1 in every 4-college stu-
dents and adults has a diagnosable
mental illness, according to psy-
chcentral.com. These range from
eating disorders to depression.
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Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
way Lady Gaga’’s egg stunt at the
Grammys is more important than
Americans who were captured by
Somali pirates. The ever-increasing
uff in the news is only a reection
of the nation’’s disinterest in actual
events.
Sure, reading about negative
events that make up the majority of
the news can get a bit depressing,
but what’’s really happening here
is that we’’re losing sight of what’’s
important.
Entertainment news shows such
as Entertainment Tonight or Access
Hollywood started out by giving
us the regular updates on celebrity
scandals or budding romances.
But over the years those shows
have transformed gossip to break-
ing news, programs racing like
actual news afliates to break the
story of Lindsay Lohan’’s latest
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
Many of these cases of depression
strike while the winter season is in
full swing, due to the dreary nature
of the season and it can drag on
for quite a while.
Often referred to as the ““winter
blues”” or ““cabin fever,”” seasonal
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burglary rst.
Better yet, those who were once
unknown and become involved in
news stories are becoming trans-
formed into celebrity. Radio-voiced
Ted Williams was just a guy who
spoke in a low tone until he liter-
ally walked off the streets and into
fteen weeks of fame.
Meanwhile, former House of
Representatives member Tom De-
Lay was sentenced to jail for money
laundering, but people were more
concerned about William’’s entry
into rehab.
Unfortunately, in today’’s news
society people are losing sight of
what’’s important. We know less
and less about what’’s going on in
the world around us as we immerse
ourselves more and more in the
lives of people we’’ve never even
met. News is essential. It brings
issues to the surface and provokes
change in communities and our
nation as a whole. Charlie Sheen’’s
drug problems, on the other hand,
are really only bad publicity for
cocaine.
If things keep going the way
they’’re heading, pretty soon Justin
Bieber’’s twitter is going to be the
next BBC, and I don’’t know about
you, but news from a pre-pubescent
singer isn’’t my cup of tea.
depression is not something to
be overlooked, as the symptoms
are just as debilitating as normal
depression. Things to look for if
you’’re feeling a tinge of the ““win-
ter blues”” are fatigue, persistent
sadness, oversleeping, overeating,
difculty concentrating and social
withdrawal.
Some may even have the effects
of Seasonal Affective Disorder and
not even realize that’’s the case.
Even the mildest cases of seasonal
depression can be reversed with
increased exposure to sunlight or
even light therapy. Although not a
guaranteed x, tanning beds can be
really helpful in the ght to avoid
seasonal depression, however
America East Back at
UHa, great exposure
Once again, the University of
Hartford is hosting the America
East Conference Tournament for
both men’’s and women’’s basket-
ball teams next week.
Last year was the rst year
the tournaments for both men’’s
and women’’s teams were held in
the same arena. The tournament
being back in the Chase Family
Arena again this year might be
indication enough that the entire
four-day affair went well and was
great exposure for the University.
The level of competition
throughout those few days in
the Sports Center and the fre-
quency of games——after one
game ended, another began a
half hour later during the early
rounds——is enough to satiate a
sports fan’’s tastes.
Even with all of the criticism
lobbed at something like a mid-
major tournament, it’’s still an
incredibly fun experience, even
when doing something like cov-
ering it as a reporter.
Perhaps former sports editor
Zach Wallens said it best when
wrapping up his coverage: ““The
America East tournament oc-
cupied Hartford for just over
72 hours, but its enduring ef-
fect on the [University] and the
conference could take years to
comprehend. However, one thing
is for sure: this weekend marked
possibly the most important and
most successful sporting event in
the university’’s history.””
He’’s absolutely right. As
someone who shared part of
the reporting duties during the
tournament’’s early rounds, see-
ing the amount of effort put in
to the tournament is a testament
to the America East’’s ability to
have compelling product that’’s
relevant not on the national scale.
No, highlights of a seminal in
the America East Tournament
won’’t get the breadth of cover-
age that the Big Ten Conference
championships receive on ESPN.
damaging they may be to you in
other ways.
““Cabin fever”” can oftentimes be
xed without any addition of anti-
depressant medication into your
daily routine. Since the debate over
whether anti-depressants drugs are
actually a step in curing depression
is forever going to rage on I’’ll spare
my thoughts on the subject, and
leave that up to the Tom Cruz’’s of
the world to protest to.
In any case there are many
alternatives and just as effective
options to get you out of your
winter slump. A few great ways to
beat the winter blues is to exercise,
take a stroll around campus during
your lunch hour, avoid alcohol
February 24, 2011
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
The excitement will be instead con-
tained to the connes of the Chase
Family Arena.
There is a fan following for the
teams coming to play in the tour-
nament and Chase Family Arena
attracted a lot of fans from every
school that played in it. Sticking
most vividly in my mind was seeing
a pack of green-shirted fans walk-
ing toward the fan fest tents set up
temporarily for the tournament as I
handed out special editions of The
Informer that acted as sort of an
unofcial program for the tourna-
ment. The University of Vermont
had chartered buses for supporters
and they arrived as one of the most
fervent fan bases from the confer-
ence’’s nine schools.
One can only assume that the
draw of supporters from all over the
conference to the city of Hartford
did help, briey, the surrounding
businesses and hotels in the city
bolster income in a struggling
economic time.
Every single event like this,
bringing tourism to the state, can
really help.
The tournament that takes place
next week will forever be a part of
the University’’s legacy, especially
if the conference and the school can
get the execution as right as both
parties did last year.
It would be great to see an event
like this be a mainstay as part of
the University’’s schedule.
It’’s a great way to cap off a rst
half of a semester and to see it
come around next year would be
an exciting prospect.
since it is a depressant, get a full
eight hours of sleep every night
and spend at least 30 minutes
outdoors each and every day.
The countries fateful and old-
est living groundhog to date,
predicted that spring will come
early this year, although he’’s not
an entirely credible source it’’s
enough hope to get me through
the next few weeks of cold.
So instead of dwelling upon the
number of hours spent trying to
dig your car out of the snow think
towards the very near future and
the warm, sunny beach weather
that’’s waiting just around the
corner. There’’s only two weeks
until spring break after all.
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English Lit. major surprises at art exhibit opening

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The Goldfarb Exhibit opened in the Joseloff Gallery displaying artwork submitted by students varying from painting, sculpture and photography.

By Spencer Allan Brooks
Art Director
New artwork adorns the walls
and oor of the Joseloff Gallery,
after the annual Goldfarb exhibition
opened Thursday.
The opening reception brought
in a dynamic crowd of students,
faculty, parents and arts supporters.
When rst entering the exhibit,
you may nd yourself drawn to a
large piece on canvas near the door.
This piece, ““Charles With Sneak-
ers,”” grabbed the attention of the
audience with its large gure lling
the entire canvas, and suggesting a
sense of emotion.
Students and faculty alike found
themselves tilting their heads in
amusement when reading the paint-
ing’’s corresponding label, naming
junior Tess Dudek as the artist. Why
were the artists so amused? Well,
Dudek is an English Literature major.
If that wasn’’t enough, she went on to
take one of the $1,000 Alexander A.
Goldfarb Purchase Prizes for another
piece that was present in the gallery.
Dudek has a minor in art after
dropping out of the HAS after her
rst semester at Hartford.
She decided art school wasn’’t for
her, but with a strong love for cre-
ating, she said, ““I really try to hold
myself accountable for it.””
When painting, Dudek tries to
portray ““the power of the people
themselves,”” she said.
““I put a little bit of myself in every
painting. I focus on the people in
the portrait, if you notice there’’s not
a lot of background,”” Dudek said.
This energy is apparent in her
““Self Portrait,”” which won her
the award. This piece is a mess of
reds and oranges, but under closer
observation portrays the artist in
her room, apparently in pajamas, a
state very familiar with the common
college student.
Freshman Dan Army took home a
prize along with Dudek for his piece
““A Dedication to Female Grafti
Writers.”” Displaying the words,
““It’’s not about being a female art-
ist. It’’s about being an Artist,”” this
painting grasped gallery-goers with
its size and energy.
Although still in his academic
and artistic youth, the piece boasts
some real talent. The rest of the
exhibit ranged from the whimsical
to political giving viewers much to
talk about.
Sophomore Lindsey Sniffin’’s
““Summer Rain,”” an umbrella sus-
pended from the ceiling, attracted
the art curious and their cameras, as
did ““Midsummer Night’’s Dream,””
a colored pencil piece by senior
Jamie McGann who was recently
recognized by the Society of Illus-
trators.
Senior Bryan Adams presented
““BP: Bird Petroleum”” which used
clay and paint to depict three birds,
native to the gulf coast, covered in
petroleum. Placed in the back of
the gallery where a gathering crowd
concealed the work, the sculptures
were unfortunately not focused on
as much as the rest of the exhibit.
The Joseloff Gallery took a leap
into the 21st century with the addi-
tion of QR codes on several of the
wall labels.
Visitors were encouraged to
download code scanners to their
smart phones so they could ac-
cess insight from artists and jurors
posted on the gallery’’s website. This
new feature was a hit for the more
technologically advanced visitors,
mainly students.
The annual Alexander A. Gold-
farb Student Exhibition will be at
the Joseloff Gallery until March 20,
2011, open to the public for free six
days a week.

Take a break with free SCA movie nights in Konover

By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
Going out and having a good
night may be hard for some students
on a budget and with no means of
transportation.
With prices of movie tickets
generally starting at around $10
and factoring in another $10 for
popcorn, candy and snacks, you
are looking at around a $20 night
for you, and $40 if you have a date.
For a college student on a budget,
a night out to the movies is not
an affordable way to spend your
Friday night.
The Student Centers Administra-
tion right here on campus have been
offering free movie nights to save
students money. Comparatively,
viewing a movie in a theater setting
with stadium seating, Dolby Digital
sound and a concession stand packed
to the rim of everyone’’s favorite junk
food is all part of the movie going
experience.
Although Konover and The Suis-
man Lounge may not have all of the
perks of a movie theater, the sheer fact
of being able to save $10 on a ticket
at Criterion Cinemas at Blue Back
Square right here in West Hartford,
is appealing all in itself.
SCA offers free movie showings
typically Thursday through Saturday
nights. The movies that they show
aren’’t current ones playing in the
theaters, however they are fairly
recent releases.
Showing new releases is great for
movie fanatics that may have missed
going to see when they were in the
theaters. In the comfort of your own
campus, you can enjoy a movie with
your friends or signicant other.
Recent movies they have played
include ““Tron,”” ““The Social Net-
work”” and ““Burlesque.””
Upcoming movies that will be
shown include ““Tangled,”” a new
animated Disney movie that puts
a twist on the story of Rapunzel,
and the comedy ““Little Fockers,””
the third movie in the ““Meet The
Parents”” series.
““The perks of the free movie nights
is that it is convenient being right
on campus, and nice for students to
not have to pay for a movie ticket,””
SCA employee Kelsey Barnes said.
Not only do the students benet
from this, but the university receives
benets for showing these movies
as well.
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take a look at the calendar in GSU
for upcoming movies and times. SCA hosts movie nights such as this week’’s ““Tangled.””
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3-D not a ‘‘Great’’ choice for Fitzgerald classic

The F. Scott Fitzgerald classic
novel ““The Great Gatsby”” will be
remade yet again except this time
in 3-D.
Scheduled to begin shooting in
August, the 2012 release will star
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby,
Tobey Maguire as the novel’’s nar-
rator Nick Carraway and Carey
Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan.
Having been made several times in
America, the story is no stranger to
the big screen and for most people,
a minute memory of high school
English class.
The tragic American love story of
Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, as
seen through the eyes of neighbor
Nick Carraway, is a staple of the
milieu of the ‘‘20s in America.
However, the classic tale’’s new
twist is the director’’s decision to
shoot in 3-D, a style commonly
reserved for cheesy kids movies and
equally predictable thrillers.
My problem with 3-D is not that
the technology shouldn’’t be applied
to lms, because it’’s a revolutionary
new tool, it’’s that it is becoming
Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
hackneyed and negatively alters
story lines.
The interjection of 3-D at the
movie theaters got really old re-
ally quick and seemed to advertise
as compensation for a movie that
couldn’’t hold its own without it.
Granted, having two versions
available is always a viable option,
shooting 3-D caters to the pallet
of the short attention span of most
Americans.
If ever there were an actor to
play the introverted millionaire
Jay Gatsby, hands down DiCaprio
would be my rst choice.
Whatever DiCaprio touches turns
to gold as his latest lms go and
his ability to emulate a twentieth
century American is unmatched in
Hollywood today.
It seems lately that the movie
industry is suffocating when it
comes to original and brand new
material for box ofce cash cows.
The theater’’s lineups are littered
with sequels, remakes and lms
based on books.
Taking such a powerful American
novel such as ““The Great Gatsby””
and just cycling it through Hol-
lywood again may prove to be the
wrong move in the eyes of many,
especially in 3-D.
Although victim to the paradox
of if a lm is done justice through
a movie, this particular novel COURTESY OF JONBOWERMASTER.COM
shouldn’’t have to even be in the Leonardo DiCaprio has been cast as mysterious Jay Gatsby.
running for being better as a movie.
People are getting bored at ““the my favorite books for the sake of Despite my beliefs and general
movies”” and it is understandable making a movie. distaste with making movies 3-D,
that new inventive ways to create With the lm set to begin produc- the technology continues to rake in
revenue, besides jacking up the tion in Sydney, Australia, later this the dough at the box ofce proving
price per ticket, are needed. My year, the perpetual cycle of the movie people are easily amused with an
qualm comes in exploiting one of business is continuing. altering effect.

Neeson displays brilliant performance in ‘‘Unknown’’

By Kyle Rodgers
Special to the Informer
““Unknown”” is two movies in one,
it’’s your high budget action movie
with explosions and it’’s also that
quiet spy lm from the ‘‘70s and ‘‘80s.
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra,
whose previous films include
““House of Wax”” and ““Orphan,””
““Unknown”” takes you on a ride
with tunnels (dark ones at that)
and 90 and 180 degree turns with
loop-de-loops.
However, don’’t let his previous
lms impact your decision to see
his latest work. This lm is nothing
like his previous two. ““Unknown””
is light years ahead of its time and
it does so pretty well.
The beginning of the movie has
Dr. Martin Harris, played by Liam
Neeson, and his wife, played by
January Jones, land in Berlin for
a science convention. Dr. Martin
Harris forgets his briefcase at the
airport and goes back to try and get
it. On the way, his taxi gets into an
accident and it drives off the bridge.
The taxi driver is Gina, played
by Diane Kruger. Thanks to quick
thinking by Gina, Dr. Harris survives
but not without a knock on the head.
When he wakes up, he can’’t re-
member anything or what’’s going
on. He tries to put the pieces together
from what was in his pocket at the
time. He had a watch with his initials
and his wife’’s, a journal that his
dad gave to him with a serious of
mysterious numbers on it, and his
wallet with a picture of him and his
wife in Paris from their honeymoon.
After four days he remembers
what he is doing in Berlin and tries
to nd his wife, who hasn’’t been
looking for him. ““Unknown”” throws
a lot of curve balls trying to confuse
us. Does the briefcase matter? Do
certain numbers matter? Does the
journal matter? It’’s up to you what
you want to follow.
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Every question or mystery does
come to a conclusion. Whether
that conclusion satises you or not
remains to be seen. Maybe they will
or maybe not. The ght scenes were
excellent.
They were believable in that they
weren’’t two guys throwing kung-fu
moves at each other. They were two
guys trying to ght in a space that
didn’’t allow much of anything in
the rst place.
There were car chases, explosions,
ghts and everything else you want
in an action movie. Liam Neeson did
an excellent job in keeping me alert
to what was going on and keeping
me wanting to know what happens
next. Diane Kruger did just the same.
Overall the movie tried to hit a
thousand targets at once. It hit a lot
but not all.
It has elements from almost every
type of action and spy lm. That
might be its biggest aw or its big-
gest asset. ““Unknown”” is a movie
that should be seen because it’’s a
movie that will entertain you.
Isn’’t that what a movie is sup-
posed to do?

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Gaga breaks iTunes record, releases new single

By Brandon Goncalves
Special to the Informer
Little Monsters all across the
world are singing with the release of
Lady Gaga’’s newest single, ““Born
This Way.””
After a prolonged hiatus, Gaga
once again returns to the scene as
she lands a well-deserved place
within the playlists and iPods of
fans alike.
With over 15 million views on
YouTube, ““Born This Way”” has
gained great exposure and recog-
nition since its highly anticipated
Feb. 11 release, especially due to
the excellent performance executed
by Gaga herself at the Grammy’’s
on Feb. 13.
Celebrities and television viewers
alike sat patiently and anxiously for
what this leading lady had cooked
up after months of working on her
third album of the same name.
What they got was denitely an
entrance worth remembering as
the Grammy-winning artist, whose
outlandish fashion choices spark
controversy, was carried on-stage
within the connes of a large egg
that was carried down the red carpet
earlier that evening.
Intrduced by Ricky Martin who
dubbed ““Born This Way”” as, ““a
very meaningful song about loving
who you love and being who you
are,”” Gaga kept us in awe as she
successfully paved the way for the
next milestone within her career.
Despite the single’’s inevitable
success, there has been much
Pop icon Lady Gaga is back with a brand new single, which is rapidly growing in popularity.
controversy and speculation from
students on-campus who felt indif-
ferent upon hearing Gaga’’s latest
single for the rst time.
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Some feel the single does not ““Bad Romance.””
match the stature of songs from While others regard it as a ““gay
her previous albums, such as hits anthem”” worthy of being played
like ““Just Dance,”” ““Paparazzi”” and in dance clubs across the country,
some are even comparing it to songs
by other artists.
““I instantly thought of ‘‘Express
Yourself’’ by Madonna, both songs
sound almost the same. But I’’ve
listened to it a lot since it came
out and it denitely grew on me,””
junior Honora Beirne said.
Even though some were less
welcoming than others, it is certain
““Born This Way”” will be heard
around campus as its popularity
and publicity grows, while Little
Monsters everywhere prepare for
the release of Gaga’’s new album.
With the release of Gaga’’s sec-
ond album, ““The Fame Monster,””
over one year ago, fans have been
growing bored of listening to the
same material, especially with radio
stations overplaying the same ““Ra
ra-ah-ah-ah”” over and over again.
However, given Gaga’’s reputa-
tion of putting her heart and soul
into her work, the May 23 release of
her third album should be a pivotal
day within today’’s generation of
music as it is highly expected to
shatter records and top the charts.
The single is already the fastest-
selling single on iTunes ever, hitting
the number one spot in 23 countries
and selling over 1 million tracks in
just ve days.
In a recent interview on Ryan
Seacrest’’s radio show, Gaga herself
even said, the single ““is just the be-
ginning of this album. It’’s certainly
not the biggest hit on the album.””
With that said, Gaga certainly is
““on the right track, baby”” as she
continues to blow minds.

RA programs designed by students for students

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Resident Assistant programs are designed to engage residents in a competitive, fun and educational way as seen above in the annual Hawk Hall Olympics.

By Lisa Schwartz-Neubauer
Staff Writer
Programs organized and executed
by resident assistants are highly
underrated on our campus.
They exist at the University of
Hartford to provide residential
students activities and co-curricular
experiences that are not only en-
gaging, but also educational and
informative.
Resident Assistant programming
intentionally provides students
chances to learn about our com-
munity, themselves and other topics
that may or may not be covered in
their academic career.
RA programs are designed to di-
rectly relate to students because they
are designed and created for students
by students.
RAs are trained on how to pro-
gram and are also provided guidance
on how to create programs that the
residents are interested in or are in the
best interest of the residents.
In several instances, RAs will team
up with their Hall Council leaders to
create activities for the students in the
convenience of their residential area.
Depending on the oor, the interest
of the residents and the time of year,
RAs plan individual programs for
their residents and also plan campus-
wide events, which are conducted by
either themselves or other RAs and
departments on campus.
According to Shawn McQuillan,
the Assistant Director of Residential
Life for Community Development,
RA programming is designed around
the new Ofce of Residential Life
Community Development Program-
ming Model.
This model was unveiled during
the past summer and was designed
throughout the course of the 09-10
academic year.
Based on RA input, this model has
RAs plan at least one program around
the seven different dimensions each
year. These dimensions include:
Hawk Spirit and Pride, Committed
to Community, Personal Safety,
Campus Collaboration & Program
Support, Life Skills, Intercultural
Awareness and Health and Wellness.
McQuillan is responsible for com-
munity development functions of the
Ofce of Residential Life.
This includes RA and Resident
Director recruitment, selection and
training. He provides administra-
tive oversight for Residential Life
programming and co-advises the
Residence Hall Association.
““I would love to nd a universal
advertising method that works for all
students that would ensure residents
knew what programs were happen-
ing each day in each area. Often I
hear students tell me they don’’t look
at yers or wish they knew that this
program was happening. Currently
the Ofce of Residential Life is
working on putting a programming
calendar on our website,”” McQuil-
lan said.
Some of these large-scale pro-
grams include the E & F Luau, Sex
in Konover, 21 Club, Hawk Hall
Olympics, Haunted Basement and
much more.
All of the funding for these pro-
grams comes from student fees for
housing along with a departmental
operating budget, and they can get
further nancial support for pro-
grams from RHA and Hall councils.
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Post-traumatic stress disorders among athletes
The mat is a wrestler’’s temple, but
one wrong move can turn it into a
total combat zone.
When former Danbury High
School wrestler Charlie Costanzo
made a mistake while competing
at the National Duels in Oklahoma
a few years ago, the mat quickly
became a brutal combat zone for
the varsity athlete.
In an instant, the torque of a move
Costanzo made while on bottom
twisted his left arm to break in three
places. Blood spilled onto the mat as
the combination of movements had
caused his humerus to burst through
his skin on impact.
The excruciatingly painful com-
pound, spiral fracture required
emergency reconstructive surgery
where Costanzo’’s arm was pieced
back together with a 10-inch metal
plate and seven screws.
““The surgeon told me I’’d never
be able to use my arm the same
A panel of ex-MLB players talked about the game and served as comic relief at the event.
Hot Stove Dinner, hot success
By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
Keynote speaker Bobby Valentine
was only one of the many baseball
greats who came out to support the
Hawks annual baseball Hot Stove
Dinner Saturday night.
The Farmington Marriott wel-
comed the Hartford baseball team’’s
annual fundraising event, as the star-
studded affair brought in big names
in baseball, making the fundraiser
a hot success.
As members of the Major League
Baseball Players Alumni Asso-
ciation, joining Valentine were Bud
Anderson (Cleveland Indians), Ron
Diorio (Philadelphia Phillies), Don
DeMola (Montreal Expos), John
Doherty (Detroit Tigers/Boston Red
Sox), Bud Harrelson (New York
Mets/Philadelphia Phillies/Texas
Rangers), Steve Rogers (Montreal
Expos) and Bobby Taylor (San
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way again,”” Costanzo said, but that
wasn’’t the worst of it. ““He also said
that if I broke it with the plate in there
I’’d lose all function of my arm.””
For most people, that would have
been more than enough to call it
quits –– not for Costanzo.
This display of extraordinary
mental toughness can be attributed
in part to his DNA, but it was also
the strong network of support that
Costanzo received during the recov-
ery period that helped him bounce
Francisco Giants).
The Hartford baseball program
was able to host such stardom due
to a partnership with the MLBPA,
which has raised over $17 million
during its tenure by conducting
events such as these all over the
country to help instruct young
scholar athletes on the sport of
baseball and life as a whole.
In addition to the MLBPA, several
photographs and baseballs signed
by MLB professionals such as Cliff
Lee and David Ortiz were available
for auction throughout the course
of the night.
Head Coach Jeff Calcaterra
started off with an introduction
of the spring 2011 coaching staff
and players, which boasts 10 new
freshman recruits, seven of which
are pitchers.
A spectacular dinner, served with
two types of wines available for
purchase, topped with a delicious
sports february 24, 2011
back so fearlessly.
““It really only took one day to
gain my condence back,”” Costanzo
said, he was cleared to wrestle on the
rst day of practice for the season.
““I was mad that this happened to
me, but I only allowed myself to
think that way for a day or two be-
fore completely dedicating myself
to winning everything again.””
Costanzo was far from paralyzed
with fear after his traumatic injury,
instead he was inspired to step up
his strength training and ended the
season with a rst place nish in
FCIACs, LL’’s, Opens and a No. 2
nish in the New England’’s in his
rst season back.
But this is not always the case.
Many times, when athletes suf-
fer severe sport-related injuries the
trauma of the experience is crippling
physically, but also emotionally.
This often results in the athlete
suffering from mental ““blocks””
SARAH WILSON
chocolate dessert followed, with
the former MLB manager taking
the oor next.
““Pain is good, and rain makes
you grow, but snow……we gotta
get rid of that crap,”” was only the
beginning of the amusing banter
Valentine shared regarding the
Hawks pre-season work so far.
The ESPN analyst also shared
with the crowd some words of
wisdom, ““Use responsibility and
respect with your understanding
of reality, and I guarantee you
will be successful.””
After drilling his point of the
““3 R’’s”” home, attendees were
also able to hear the stories of the
remaining MLBPAA members.
A live auction of more MLB
memorabilia brought the evening
event to a close.
The baseball team’’s season
home opener is on March 9 when
the Hawks host CCSU at 3 p.m.
impairing their athletic abilities,
or more extreme cases leave some
athletes so traumatized that they give
up the sport completely.
Psychologists have referred to the
gripping fears and emotional insta-
bility of recovering athletes as a type
of post-traumatic stress disorder.
But the level of PTSD expe-
rienced by any given athlete is
subjective. In the case of Costanzo,
any level of PTSD he experienced
was miniscule and did not impair
his ability to wrestle.
But the recent spike in the num-
ber of sport-related injuries has
urged parents, coaches and athletes
to consider the psychological wel-
fare of injured athletes.
According to Competitive
Advantage Sports Psychology
website, ““Unless this consequent
psychological pain is directly
addressed and ‘‘treated,’’ overall
recovery will be slow and incom-
Whale Bowl brimming
with hockey legends, fun
By Jeff Gould
Staff Writer
It was a windy, frigid day on the ice
last Saturday, but Rentschler Stadium
was electric for the CT Whale Bowl.
The high energy hockey event
took place on Feb. 19 and featured
two games.
The Whale Bowl event started
off with the Legends game, played
between the former Hartford Whal-
ers legends and the Boston Bruins
legends.
The Legends game also featured
a mix of celebrities including co-
creator of ““Dumb and Dumber,””
Bob Farrelly.
The legends took their sweet time
to get the game going but eventu-
ally it turned into a back and forth
scoring spree with the game ending
in a 4-4 tie .
Once the legends left the ice and
the re works were blasted, the
AHL matchup of the Providence
Bruins and the Connecticut Whale
was underway.
In the rst period of the game, Con-
necticut got a lot of momentum going
Hockey fans from around CT ocked to Rentschler Stadium
last Saturday to see new and old talent hit the ice.
plete. Coaches and parents who
are sensitive to the issues of the
injured athlete help speed up the
rehab process and signicantly
lessen the mental anguish that the
athlete must struggle with.””
As youth athletic organizations
continue to more closely resemble
the pro-sport industry, the stress
and stakes of the game are over-
whelming.
I think that it is important for
coaches, parents and athletes them-
selves to stay realistic and always
have the health and happiness of
the young athlete at the forefront
of their minds.
An injury might seem devastat-
ing, especially when the athlete
is a prodigal competitor –– but the
chances of recovery are substan-
tially higher when the athlete is
surrounded by a support system to
help him heal emotionally, while
his body recovers fully.
with a top left corner wrist shot dealt
by Tim Kennedy that found the net.
Defensive player Neimi followed
up Kennedy’’s efforts with a one-
timer, giving the Whale the lead as the
team headed into the second period.
During the second period of play,
the Bruins tallied a quick three goals,
with fast passes and good angle shots.
But towards the end of the period
the CT Whale found momentum
again; this time with a power-play
goal by Williams and then a blue line
slap-shot by Nightingale, making the
end of the second period 4-3 Whale.
Then, during the third period, after
a lot of back and forth shooting,
Arniel found a breakaway chance
and capitalized it bringing the game
into OT.
During OT Hartford had a power
play opportunity, but could not score,
which resulted in a shootout.
After all three starting shootout
players missed, Maxim Suave
aunted his playing ability with a big
goal that won the Bruins the game.
After a cold day of hockey, fans
were thrilled with excitement and the
overall success of the Whale Bowl.
ADAM MANISON
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Lax comes up short

vs. Minutemen 14-10
By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
The Hartford men’’s lacrosse sea-
son opened with a gritty game against
the Massachusetts Minutemen,
where it came up short, losing 14-10.
In a game with the wind chill close
to 10 degrees, the players and fans
needed to muster up some courage
to ght through the Minutemen’’s
assault and Mother Nature’’s fury
last Saturday.
After leading at halftime 7-5, the
University of Hartford Hawks came
out cold in the second half allowing
the Minutemen to come out ring to
outscore the Hawks 6-1 in the third
period, and would build a lead they
would never relinquish.
Freshman Gabriel Mills attended
the game at Al-Marzook Field, look-
ing for something to do on campus
and it turned out to be much more
than he anticipated.
““It was so cold out there, I don’’t
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The Hartford men’’s lacrosse team opened the season with a tough loss to UMass on Saturday. cheering, it was too much for me
with that wind,”” Mills said. ““The
game was awesome though and if
it warms up a bit I’’ll denitely be
going to some more.””
The Hawks have much to improve
on after allowing their solid lead
to slip away, but also much to be
positive about this season.
Junior linemates Ryan Com-
pitello and Aidan Genik led the
Hawks in the rst half with one
goal apiece and an assist for the
early lead.
The sophomores took over in the
second quarter with Jared Franze
and Rory Nunamacher extending
the lead that the Hawks had before
the Minutemen took over the game
in the second half.
Senior captain and pre-season
All American midfielder, Tim
Fallon, did his job gathering 12
ground balls to lead the team.
The Hawks will try to bounce
back from this defeat in a big
way on March 26 when the team
travels to Holy Cross to take on
the Crusaders.

Q&A with Hartford track, XC star Jonas Hampton

Dan Melrose, Staff Writer:
Tell me a little about yourself.
Where are you from? How did
you start getting into track and
cross-country?
Jonas Hampton: I’’m from
Pennsylvania. Actually Pottstown,
Penn. and attended Potsgrove High
School. It’’s close to Valley Forge,
Allentown, roughly a four-hour
drive from here. I started getting
into running when I was in seventh
grade, mostly because I used to play
soccer. But I stopped playing soccer
because my dad used to run in high
school, so I decided to run too. So
I gured why not do what he did.
Did you win any major awards
during your high school career?
I guess I would have to say the
City Championship Award, which
I won two years in a row. I think
those were probably the most major.
All-State or All-America titles?
No, I actually didn’’t make it to
states. Mostly because Pennsyl-
vania is such a competitive state,
and it’’s also very big. I was third
in the mile for our conferences in
my senior year, but other than that
nothing too big.
Which sport do you prefer?
Cross Country or track? Why?
Cross Country. It’’s a change of
scenery. I prefer running on grass,
not so hard surface wise, and also
the hills. This way I get to do some-
thing different. Some people feel
more pain on the hills than I do, so
I usually take off at the point.
How has your season been go-
ing? Describe the good and the
bad.
It’’s been really good actually. For
the most part, I mean, everything
seemed to come together a lot dur-
ing cross-country. I started off kind
of slow, in my rst meet I ran a PR
and then my times started becoming
faster and faster towards the end.
And then I just kind of blew it out
of the water from last year to this
year. But for the most part this has
been my biggest year for improving
in everything.
How has it been balancing
school and sports throughout
college?
It hasn’’t been too bad. I mean
there have been some clubs that
I wish I did, but I couldn’’t just
do the track practice at the same
time. They aren’’t too big of a deal.
They’’d be nice to keep them on a
resume. But for the most part it’’s
been OK. Hasn’’t been too much
work or hassle to manipulate with
both of them.
What is your major? Do you
have any plans for after college?
Civil engineering. I’’m trying to
get a job around here. For the most
part to see if I could work with the
team like on weekends, and after
work if I can. That way I could be
close to here and help the guys out
for the next couple of years.
Do you plan on doing anything
afliated with track or cross-coun-
try? Or in terms of you running
yourself?
Yeah, I’’m still going to be running.
There are a couple of meets during
the fall in cross-country season that
I would love to do. And then there’’s
one out in Colorado that would be
fun. Maybe I could get sponsored
out there. Then possibly next year I
might try and go out for the Boston
Marathon, see if I could run that,
qualify and run a fast time for that.
But for the most part I will be running.
Any hobbies?
I really like to read. I nd most
of what I read to be interesting and
fun. Sports activities are something
I get active in. I love to play frisbee.
What’’s your favorite sport be-
sides running XC and track?
Probably basketball. I played once
in high school and then I switched
over to track. But my dad and I would
play over the summer all of the time,
so I would probably say basketball.
Are there any specic teammates
whom you feel can have a lasting
impact with the Hartford Hawks
track team next year?
Well right now Andy Chalmers is
running very well, and he’’s a junior.
There’’s also Anderson, who’’s a
sprinter in the 200-400 meters. And
he’’s still got one more year left, so
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could help the team out a lot. Hampton lives to run and plans to continue post-graduation.

Hawks y at indoor conference championships

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previous school record of 8:41.23,
with times of 8:36.85 and 8:39.74.
Hartford had two relays that
placed on Saturday. The 4x400
meter relay comprised senior
Chris Carr, Lane, freshman Jared
Casey and Emerole. They got the
sixth best time, 3:20.54. The 4x800-
meter of sophomore Robert Giuliani,
sophomore Chris Rodriguez, junior
Kevin Brandon and Lawrence came
in eighth with an 8:15.94.
On the women’’s side, sophomore
Priscilla Appiagyei broke the school
record in the 400-meter preliminaries
with a 57.31 to place sixth overall in
Saturday’’s nals. Her time of 57.48
put three points on the board for UHa.
Jennifer Flores and Rebecca
Mendes, both freshman, claimed sixth
and eighth place respectively in the
1,000-meter run, with Flores break-
ing the school record by more than
three seconds with a time of 3:05.95.
Mendes came in shortly thereafter
with 3:19.97.
The 4x400-meter team consisting
of sophomores Nicole McClintock
and Grace Lawal, freshman Natalie
Bonham and Appiagyei earned eighth
place honors, coming in at 3:57.18.
The 4x800-meter squad of sophomore
Kayla Koonz, senior Marisa Poleto,
sophomore Stephanie Curcio, and
Flores also came in eighth with a
total time of 10:01.06.
The Hawks will revisit Boston
on Feb. 25 for the New England
Championships, the hallmark even
of the season for track and eld.
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Men lose 10-point lead, fall 79-73 in OT thriller

The Hartford men’’s basketball team played its heart out Wednesday night, but as a 10-point lead slipped away, the men ultimately fell to the Seawolves in OT.
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
Hartford men’’s basketball took to
the oor against Stony Brook in Chase
Arena for the penultimate game of the
regular season on Feb. 23 in hopes of
climbing the America East ladder.
The game featured tough results for
Hartford in an overtime thriller.
The Hawks lost by a score of 79-73.
Both the Hawks and Seawolves of
Stony Brook came into the game at
6-8 in conference play.
Hartford jumped out to an early
lead, living by the three.
Ryan Baker and Joe Zeglinski shot
lights out in the rst half combining
to go 5-10 from three point range.
The Seawolves rallied and the ac-
tion went back and forth through the
rest of the half before Stony Brook
took a one point lead and held the
advantage 27-26 at halftime.
Perimeter defense posed a prob-
lem for the University of Hartford
men early in the second half.
Stony Brook hit four triples and
a 39-32 lead with 13 minutes left.
The defense tightened up
following a timeout and the
Hawks allowed one eld goal
in a ve-minute span. Hartford,
who is second in the nation in
three pointers attempted, caught
re. The men went on a 19-4 to
take a ve-point lead with eight
minutes left.
The Hawks led most of the
second half but couldn’’t manage
to put Stony Brook away.
Ryan Baker hit a reverse layup to
give the Hawks the one point lead
in the nal minute.
After a pair of Hawks free throws,
Stony Brook knocked down a three
to tie it with three seconds remain-
ing. Zeglinski’’s buzzer beater try
rimmed out and overtime followed.
Bryan Dougher, who struggled in
regulation, came to life in overtime
scoring nine points, and the Sea-
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wolves led through the OT session.
The late game rally wasn’’t
enough to close the score decit,
as the Hartford men’’s team fell by
six points in a hard fought game.
Up next, the Hartford men’’s bas-
ketball team will stay right at home
to play New Hampshire in the nal
game of the season on Feb 27.
Sunday’’s game will be of great
importance as the two are tied in
the America East conference and
try to position for seeds.

Hawks y high at championship

The Hartford track and eld teams broke several school records in Boston last weekend.
By Erica White
Staff Writer
Hartford men and women’’s
track teams captured the No. 8
and 9 spots, respectively, at the
America East Championship last
weekend.
The indoor conference cham-
pionship event spanned two
days and was hosted by Boston
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The University of Albany domi-
The CT Whale Bowl hit Rentschler Stadium last weekend as the nated the competition, with both
astroturf was transformed into a super-sized ice arena. Hockey their men and women’’s teams
fans congregated to see their favorite players, past and present. earning their sixth consecutive
See ““Whale Bowl brimming with hockey legends, fun”” page 10. title. The men walked away with
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a total of 184 points; the women two seconds
had 206.5. from both his Q&A with
The Hawks got things going with personal and senior cross
a fourth place nish in the 400-meter school record country run-
run from junior Anderson Emerole. times in the ner and track
With his time of 48.40 beating the 1,000-meter run captain Jonas
previous school record by ve tenths with 2:32.80. Hampton on
of a second, and the previous time This earned him page 11
held by Emerole. a 15th place in
Senior Warren Lane scored fth the event.
in the 500-meter run, racking up In the 3,000-meter run, junior
four points for Hartford. He tied his Andrew Chalmers and senior Jonas
school record in the Friday night Hampton earned 12th and 15th
preliminaries, and claimed a new place respectively, outrunning the
one during Saturday’’s nals with
a 1:04.46. See ““Hawks y at indoor confer-
Junior Wayne Lawrence dropped ence championships”” page 11.