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The Informer
Volume 34, Issue 17
Malloy
By Sarah Wilson &
Jeremy Stanley
News Editor & Editor-in-Chief
to speak Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will be
on campus next month in order to
discuss Connecticut’’s economy in
on
the forum ““Open for Business.””
The forum, which is sponsored
by the Hartford Courant and Fox
CT, will touch upon Connecticut’’s
campus
place in the global economy, and
how the state can continue to make
its mark in the business world.
A panel comprising Malloy,
Gregory Hayes, the Senior Vice
State Governor to President of United Technologies,
as well as Susan Coleman, the
take part in ‘‘Open professor of nance at the Barney
School of Business, will conduct
the forum.
for Business’’ forum Malloy unveiled a budget of
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to take place next Saturday. pets to live on campus. Could UHa fol-
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$19.7 billion on Wednesday, which
proposed raising taxes by $1.5
billion in the rst scal year. The
proposed budget has generated
criticism from conservatives as
Entertainment
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well as the Connecticut Business
and Industry Association and the
AARP, according to the Hartford
Courant.
Malloy called for two-year pay
freezes among state union employ-
ees to save $2 billion; however, this
deal has yet to be nalized.
In the address he said citizens
““are willing to make sacrices, if
they understand why they’’re being
asked to do so, and if they believe
that Connecticut is serious about
xing what’’s wrong.””
The forum will be held from 7
p.m. to 8 p.m. in Lincoln Theater
on March 1. It is open to everyone
at no charge, however it is required
that attendees have a ticket, which
can be reserved by going to or
calling the University of Hartford
box ofce.
ADAM MANISON
Sports
Club rugby continues to grow in popu-
larity among students, get to know the
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February 17, 2011
Hawk’’s
Nest gets
bar night
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Despite the Residential Life-
sponsored Club 21 being pushed
back, there will be a similar bar
night that students who are of age
can enjoy this weekend.
The ““Speak Easy Pub,”” as it will
be called, will be taking place in
Hawk’’s Nest and is sponsored by
the Student Centers Administra-
tion, as opposed to the Club 21 that
residential life is organizing.
Because the Speak Easy Pub is
not afliated with residential life, it
will not be put on as an educational
program. Instead, its goal is to pro-
vide students with a safe place to go
without hav-
ing to leave
campus.
Speak Easy
““We want-
ed to give When: 11 p.m.
students a re- Feb. 18
source to do
what they’’re
going to go
Where:
off campus Hawk’’s Nest
to do anyway,
and of course 21+ Admitted
this will keep
students from
driving or having to pay for a cab,””
said Eddie Grace of the Student
Centers Administration.
The pub will feature drinks pro-
vided by the Black Bear Saloon,
but will be limited to beer and
wine, priced between $2 and $4.
However, there will be no limit on
drinks, as students will purchase
them themselves. Furthering the
transformation of Hawk’’s Nest into
more of a bar-feel will be music
provided by DJ E.N.
Food for the event is still in the
works, but could involve Hawk’’s
Nest staying open later, or other
food may be provided, the price of
which would be covered by the $2
cover charge.
If the turnout is successful, it could
mean that is will be more likely that
more on campus bar nights will be
put on in the future.
Doors open at 11 p.m. and last call
will be at 1:45 a.m. All students who
attend must show their student I.D.
as well as a state-issued I.D. There
is a $2 cover charge.
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DeLois Lindsey and President Walter Harrison model at the 2009 BSU Fashion Show.
BSU Fashion Show to aid Book Fund
By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
Brothers and Sisters United are
holding their annual BSU Fashion
Show to raise money for the BSU
Book Fund.
This is the BSU’’s 10th annual
Habitat for Humanity competes for $25,000 grant
By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
It’’s almost time for the America
East tournament again, but Hartford
is not just boasting a contending
athletic team. The Habitat for
Humanity group at the University
of Hartford is a nalist in the New-
man’’s Own Campus Community
Service Challenge.
The Newman’’s Own Campus
Community Service Challenge is
a contest where community service
driven organizations from the nine
schools in the America East confer-
ence compete for a rst place prize
of a $25,000 grant. That grant is used
to help out the organization and their
efforts to help their communities.
The Habitat for Humanity group
at the University of Hartford is
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show and it will be taking place on
Saturday, Feb 26, at 6 p.m. in the
Lincoln Theater.
According to Unotes, this year’’s
show will consist of 12 different
scenes, including a ““Salute To Our
Alumni”” as the grand nale. Presi-
dent Walter Harrison, who made an
nominated for the top prize for their
upcoming alternative spring break
trip to Valdosta, Georgia. When most
college students are partying their
stress away over the break, Habitat
for Humanity will be traveling down
to Georgia to build houses for mem-
bers of the community that struggle
to keep a roof over their heads.
““We are very excited and very
appreciative for the nomination””
says Cassey Stypowany, President
of Hartford’’s chapter of Habitat for
Humanity and alternative spring
break coordinator. If Hartford does
in fact win the grand prize, Habitat
plans to use the money to help for
the trip down to Georgia and to use
for future events.
Other than Hartford’’s Habitat
for Humanity group there are also
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news february 17, 2011
Indie film
fest at UHa
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The Black Maria Film and Video
Festival, created by Hartford alum-
nus John Columbus, returned to
campus for its 30th year Wednesday
night.
The festival features lms from
independent directors and videog-
raphers from around the world.
This year, over 50 short lms were
featured during the event, ranging
from comedies, to dramas, to ex-
perimental pieces.
Each year, winners are chosen
from the accepted lms into several
categories that include a ““best of,””
category, and rst, second and third
places.
One of the first-place prizes
for the 30th festival included the
three-minute long musical titled
““Cet Air La,”” which artistically
featured two people oating over
a sky composed of clouds, glitter,
bubbles and birds.
Measuring up against the out of
the ordinary experimental shorts
in the rst place category was the
SUZIE HUNTER 14 minute lm titled ““Hindsight,””
a depiction of life in a small Mas-
sachusetts town as it travels through
the seasons.
The festival is currently underway
on a tour throughout the country,
traveling to over 65 locations
appearance last year as well, will be extension 4228. throughout the Northeast and as far
introducing 20 alumni who started The book fund that the Fashion as Ohio and Florida.
the BSU Fashion Show and the Book Show will be raising money for is The Black Maria Film and Video
Fund when they were still students in its 17th year of success. Festival has been traveling to the
at the university. The fund goes to helping University of Hartford for over 25
Tickets will be sold for $15 and students who can’’t afford the years, and has been sponsored by
can be purchased at the Lincoln ever-increasing price of text- both the Hartford Art School and
Theater Box Ofce, online or at books, according to Unotes. the Cinema Department.
build schools and teach children
in Uganda, providing food for
homebound and sick children and
families, helping kids with mental
and physical disabilities and more.
This is not the rst time that a
Hartford organization has been
nominated for the top prize. Last
year, Best Buddies, a group work-
ing with students that have mental
disabilities, received a second place
finish in the challenge with a
$15,000 grant.
The rst place group receives a
$25,000 grant and the second and
third place groups receive a $15,000
and $10,000 respectively. All of
the other nalists receive a $5,000
grant as well.
The winners will be announced
during the festivities of the America
East tournament.
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Student defends funding for
federal scholarships
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
In response to a bill that could cut
funding for federal scholarships,
sophomore University of Hartford
student, Mackenzie Manning, spoke
out against the proposal this week.
During a press conference this
past Valentine’’s Day at the Legis-
lative Ofce Building in Hartford,
Manning joined Connecticut
Congressman Chris Murphy and
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
to share her story in opposition of
proposed spending cuts.
Federal Pell Grants are awarded
to low-income undergraduates at
more than 5,400 institutions as a
way to ““promote access to post-
secondary education,”” according to
Sophomore Mackenzie Manning spoke at a press conference Monday against a proposal for
cuts in the funding of Federal Pell Grants.
the program’’s website. Under the
proposed spending cuts, the Pell
Grant system could be cut by over
37 percent, according to Congress-
man Chris Murphy.
This could affect the livelihood of
college students across the nation,
Manning being one of them. Double
majoring in politics and government
as well as economics, she explained at
the conference that with her father’’s
recent unemployment, this funding
has been essential for her education.
““It is through the assistance of the
Pell Grant program that I am able
to achieve my career aspirations
and be the rst child in my family
to graduate from college,”” she said
during the conference.
As the rst female in her family
to attend college, Manning’’s future
Happy Birthday UHA
Hartford celebrates the big ve-four
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
Staff Writer
The women’’s basketball game
against UMBC is the kickoff for
a day of celebration on Feb. 20,
the University of Hartford’’s 54th
birthday.
At 1 p.m. in the Chase Arena,
the annual ““Pink Zone”” game
raises money for the ght against
breast cancer. The game is free for
University of Hartford students and
faculty and staff tickets are half-
price. Including the game, there will
be tons of giveaways from t-shirts
to a bagel eating contest and more.
After the game, there will be a
Founders Day birthday party in the
Auxiliary Gym which celebrates the
54th anniversary of the signing of
the University’’s charter. This party
is free and open to everyone and
will include cupcakes, ice cream,
performances by the a cappella
groups on campus, and a clown and
balloon animals for children. There
will also be a chance to win a $100
MasterCard gift card in a Facebook
photo contest. Participants will also
receive a Happy Birthday button to
be worn on Feb. 21, the University’’s
actual birthday.
During the women’’s basketball
game, follow @UHartfordNews
on Twitter and watch out for three
questions about the game or other
activities going on in the Chase
Arena. You need to be at the game
ambitions are to attend graduate
school and eventually be a repre-
sentative in Congress.
The reduction of funding for these
grants has come from Republican
opposition to Obama’’s proposed
increase in spending on education.
As opposed to the Republican-
proposed 37 percent decrease in
these federal loans, Obama’’s plan
called for a 4.35 percent increase
in programs including education
reforms in individual states, grants
to the lowest performing schools, as
well as the Pell Grant system, and
has since been gaining criticism.
Monday’’s Hartford press confer-
ence also touched upon the harmful
affects the proposed spending cuts
could have on assistance for home
heating and affordable housing.
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to discover the answers. Once you
have the answer, direct message it
to @UHartfordNews by the end
of the game and for each correct
answer, you will receive one entry
into a drawing to win one of three
$25 MasterCard gift cards.
During the party after the game,
take a photo that shows off Univer-
sity birthday spirit and you could
win. The photo can be of yourself,
your friends, or anything else at the
party. Photos must be posted to the
University of Hartford News Face-
book page by noon on Feb. 21. One
submission per person. The photo
that receives the most likes before
10 a.m. on Feb. 24 will win the $100
MasterCard gift card.
All winners will be notied via
Twitter and Facebook.
BARBARA STEINBERGER
Buttons will be given to stu-
dents who attend Hartford’’s
birthday party on Sunday to
be worn on Feb. 21.

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Many college campuses across the country have been adopting pet-friendly dorms into hous-
ing options.
Not suited to be pet-friendly
Although clearly stated in the
student handbook not many students
follow this simple rule that pets are
not allowed to live in on-campus
housing.
In fact it’’s pretty easy to conceal
one of your furry little companions
discreetly in your cramped dorm
room. When it comes time for room
checks nd a dark and cozy hiding
spot for your outlawed animal and
hope for the best. RA’’s can’’t search
your drawers or closet so the little
critter should be safe and secure
to nish out the remainder of the
semester in your possession.
Most of the time with hamsters,
guinea pigs and bunnies it’’s pos-
sible to get away with it however
with larger pets it gets to be a little
more difcult.
The rule for banning pets isn’’t just
to spur unhappiness for students that
rely on their warm bodied friends
for comfort while they’’re away from
home. It’’s mostly to avoid further
damage to the already corroded
residence halls and prevent animal
dander from contaminating the liv-
ing spaces for the next inhabitant.
In recent months I’’ve heard about
some universities that have decided
to incorporate ““pet-friendly”” hous-
Apple falling victim to corporate greed with new policy
Apple is a business and it’’s out to
make money.
This, of course is an obvious
statement, so the outrage this week
around publishers and application
developers about new rules in-
volving subscriptions seems a bit
unwarranted.
The problem is that I agree with
most of the outrage. In the new
rules, any application that needs a
subscription to work requires that
it must be sold through the App
Store. Sure, the subscription can
also be sold elsewhere.
If it’’s sold within the application,
Apple will take a 30 percent cut
of sales, whereas if it’’s not sold
in the application, the publisher
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Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
ing into their residential options.
This leaves students the ability to
decide for themselves if they are
capable of taking care of a pet while
enduring the riggers of studying
and questionable late night activi-
ties. Although having your pet with
you at school may provide soothing
stress relief, it’’s creating enormous
amounts of tension for the pet itself.
Eckerd College in St. Petersburg,
Fl. recently adopted three pet
friendly complexes into their com-
munity. Eckerd College is the most
liberal campus for housing pets, as
long as your snake is less than six
feet long you’’re allowed to have it.
However for dogs it’’s a different
story, size and breed are taken into
account to ensure the safety of the
students. If you’’re a Pit Bull or
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
keeps all of the sales.
This puts publishers in a predica-
ment that will spark a bit of a debate.
Since one of the terms in the new
rule means that the price must be
equal or less than the price that the
subscription outside of the applica-
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Rottweiler lover you’’re out of luck.
Financial responsibility plays a
huge part in the debate over whether
college student should be allowed to
keep their pets on campus, I know
that on my limited budget as it is
I can barely feed myself let alone
an animal.
I can’’t help but wonder whether
these schools that are allowing dogs
and cats into dorms are thinking
about the after effect for the animals
themselves.
If a handful of pets are purchased
at the beginning of the semester by
the end while nances are dwindling
and students are moving back home
for the summer the pets may be left
by the wayside.
I’’ve seen enough cats roaming
through the campus to know that
they aren’’t all strays, some are just
remainders of years past and insuf-
cient pet food funds.
Although the thought of bring-
ing my golden retriever with me
to school sounds like the greatest
thing imaginable, I’’m completely
aware that this environment is to-
tally unsuitable. So I stick with my
beta sh and pretend as though its
companionship is as satisfying as a
fuzzy, wet-nosed dog.
tion, developers can’’t just make up
for their 30 percent loss by raising
the price for the in-app purchase.
Apple is clearly showing its
greedy side right now. The company
has one of the most successful mar-
ketplaces for applications, mobile
hardware and its computers aren’’t
doing so bad either. It makes one
wonder why the company just wants
some of the money application
developers are pulling in.
Does Apple think digital sub-
scriptions to The Daily or any of
the other subscription publications
will outpace app sales on the store?
When Apple rst launched the
App Store, it claimed the company
wanted developers to be success-
Republicans ght to
silence PBS and NPR
In the Republican proposal
for next year’’s spending, fund-
ing for National Public Radio
(NPR) and Public Broadcasting
Station (PBS) would be almost
completely diminished.
The right-winged proposal
came as a deterrent to NPR’’s
seemingly liberal news stance.
At least it seems that way to
Republicans.
In reality, NPR and PBS
are one of the only neutral,
independently owned sources
of information, something that
is becoming increasingly rare
with the constant convergence
of media, and to take that away
would be an incredible disservice
to all Americans.
The top stories at the moment?
Sea level is rising in the island
country of Kiribati, threatening
people’’s homes. And don’’t forget
about the ““around the nation””
story: ““Scottish Deerhound is
Best In Show At Westminster.””
Surely a story far too right-
winged to even be considered.
An article published on
Foxnews.com stated that Re-
publicans say, ““[NPR’’s] liberal
agenda silences any other points
of view.”” But by silencing a me-
dia outlet based on their apparent
bias, isn’’t that, in essence, doing
the same thing? NPR and PBS
are in the unfortunate position
of having a signicant amount
of their funding coming directly
from the government, leaving
them prey to damaging budget
cuts. If these stations, the closest
thing to impartial America can
nd, are wiped out, it only leaves
way for outlets that are actually
biased to take over.
But the thing about these
stations is that they provide pro-
gramming that no other station
can mimic. NPR’’s integration
of world news and cultural pro-
gramming is unlike any other.
Regardless of news, NPR pro-
vides listeners with up-to-date
information on music, personal
ful; now, it seems like Apple just
wants to make as much money as
possible off its already committed
developers.
What’’s worse is for music sub-
scription services——Rhapsody,
MOG and Rdio——will likely have
to follow these guidelines. Due
to royalties, each service has the
same price that gets passed along
to the labels that release music on
the service. This, in turn, could be
potentially devastating for those
companies’’ business. It seems that
each dollar of the subscription fees
has to go toward paying to keep
servers running; so, if Apple took a
30 percent cut of that money, those
services could continue to exist.
February 17, 2011
Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
performances and full-album pre-
views of artists that would never
be found on a typical top 40 radio
station. One of the most unique
musical features are the ““tiny desk
concerts”” featured on the website,
where musicians (some old, some
new, some utterly obscure) are
invited in to play a few songs in
one reporter’’s ofce, creating an
intimate and exclusive performance
audiences can watch for free.
And let’’s not forget PBS. The
thought that thousands of youngsters
who would travel through their
childhood without ever having seen
an episode of ““Sesame Street”” is
simply heartbreaking.
Log onto pbs.org and you’’ll nd
everything from news about pro-
tests in Iran, to videos of Grammy
performances, to a recipe for pork
tenderloin.
More importantly, both NPR and
PBS, in many cases, are the only
news and information that people in
lower-income areas receive. Vivian
Schiller, the CEO of NPR, stated that
the station provides ““more than 38
million Americans with free over-
the-air programming they can’’t nd
anywhere else.””
The budget bill would reduce
funding for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting to zero for the
remainder of the scal year, while
funding for next year would be
drastically reduced.
While its unlikely there will be a
speech as passionate as Mr. Rogers’’
plea to the senate in 1969, by logging
onto pol.moveon.org you can sign
the petition in hopes of saving NPR
and PBS (again).
Now that the store has been around
for years and companies are already
committed to it, one can’’t expect all
of the publishers to walk away from
the store completely. Rather, Apple
has forced companies to play the
hand that has been given to them.
After all, it’’s Apple’’s rules, and
developers have to play by them.
One can’’t help but think that Apple
wouldn’’t be harmed if the App Store
kept the same policies as before this
rule change.
Greed might be getting to the
company, so consumers should seek
out the subscriptions sold off of the
App Store and subscribe through the
publisher, that way Apple doesn’’t
see any of that money.
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Entertainment hartfordinformer.com/entertainment/ February 17, 2011

Is UHart’’s true identity revealed on Urban Dictionary?

By Spencer Allan Brooks
Art Director

As young high school students

receive tours of campus, you might
nd yourself giggling at some of
the things the Red Key tour guides
say when promoting the University.
Let’’s be real, commons is not ““all
you care to eat,”” it’’s ““nothing you
care to eat.””
So like many sensible teens, they
are most likely going to the Internet
to nd out about what kind of school
the University of Hartford really is.
But what is Hartford’’s online
identity really portraying? Of course
there’’s the school’’s ofcial website
to reinforce UHart’’s mission and
vision.
The University’’s Wikipedia page
is pretty comprehensive; listing
notable alumni, organizations, and
general facts.
But Wikipedia isn’’t the only
crowd-sourced reference on the
Internet. Urbandictionary.com is
a well known website for dening
the world around you.
Popular for explaining slang
terms and sexual references, Urban
Dictionary has put the magnifying
glass on universities and colleges. COURTESY OF URBANDICTIONARY.COM
Do a quick search for University The popular online dictionary for slang terms and phrases depicts the University in a bitter and stereotypical light.
of Hartford and you will nd: ““An
extremely expensive JAP and pretty mean? Let’’s break it down. average population of Jewish stu- students whose parents own BMWs Hillyer bothers me, because there
boy resort which will not accept Hartford is definitely an ““ex- dents, a very active Hillel branch, is quite silly because, as specied are schools at the university that are
you without the possession of your tremely expensive”” school, but and even a Judaic Studies major by the College Board, 64 percent very well known, the Hartt school is
daddy’’s Beamer. One of the more that’’s the cost of education these and minor. of students receive scholarships one of the top music schools in the
populous colleges is known as days. According to the College As for the ““pretty boys,”” give and grants. country and the other schools are
Hillyer High, where students with Board, Uha’’s tuition is only $1,300 yourself a pat on the back, because ““As a girl who is Jewish, it really very good and well-known also,””
no ambition or prospects for the more than the average tuition of according to collegeprowler.com, doesn’’t completely offend me. There senior Ilene Freeman said
future wither away.”” private universities.““JAP”” stands the guys are the only aspect of are denitely girls who are consid- Freeman brings up a good point.
This is obviously a harsh gener- for Jewish-American princess and, UHart that deserve an A on its ered JAPs and I do not consider The absence of so many aspects of
alization drenched in stereotypes, although I don’’t know of any royalty, campus report card. myself one at all. The fact that it the University of Hartford really
but what does this denition really the University does have an above To say that Hartford only accepts doesn’’t mention academics besides makes it seem less dynamic.

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NPO brings modern dance to
Watson –– The computer geniuses of IBM debuted Hartford, performs ‘‘Human Landscapes’’
their brainy computer Watson on the popular quiz By Lisa Schwartz-Neubauer
show ““Jeopardy!”” Monday night against former Staff Writer
champions. Fortunately, Watson isn’’t the only con- Full Force Dance Theatre, a mod-
testant not programmed to love #nerds ern dance performance ensemble
came to the Handal Performing
Arts Center Feb. 10-12.
Mubarak- Due to the uprising in Egypt and civil- They are a nonprot organization
ian protests, President Hosni Mubarak has stepped whose goal is to promote modern
dance within the greater Hartford
down from ofce. The 82-year-old announced his Area and abroad, and are in resi-
retirement via his Facebook page. dence at the University of Hartford
Hartt School.
Their performance was called
Grammy Awards- The 53rd annual award show Human Landscapes, and it focused
on nature, architecture and the
saw Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire emerge as human condition through modern
the big winners. ““I need you now”” to explain just dance.
exactly who Arcade Fire is. All of the dancers in the perfor-
mance had either taught, graduated
or were currently working toward
Borders goes bankrupt- The second largest book their degree from the University
of Hartford.
seller in the country led for bankruptcy Wednes- There were six dances with an
day, which will ultimately close hundreds of stores intermission between the third and
nationwide. The company simply can’’t survive on fourth dance. The rst dance was
called ““Riverbed”” and it started
Moleskine Notebook and Justin Bieber CD sales. out with a spotlight on a guy in
the corner dropping stones slowly
on a long piece of wood creating
Super-Secret Recipe- Rumors of the coveted a slow steady beat.
Coca-Cola formula have resurfaced along with The stage was all black and the
dancers were wearing minute col-
a 1979 article claiming to have found the recipe, ors and slowly moving to the beat.
which is locked away in an Atlanta bank vault. The There was no music, just sound,
combination to the safe is 23…… and it was hard to keep your eyes
off the stage.
It ended with the stage going
JEREMY STANLEY AND ANDY SWETZ
pitch black and having the spotlight
back on the guy making the sound.
The second dance was called
““Laws of Nature”” and it only
included two dancers: Sarah Cam-
panelli and Nick Franco. Their
bodies aligned with each other while
moving simultaneously using the
entire stage.
Dance three was a dance from
2010 called ““Pressed Against the
Wall.””
The stage was black and the only
thing on it was a three dimensional
white wall.
There were six dancers and they
came out wearing all black. At least
one person was touching the wall at
one time and when they let go of the
wall they were pressed back like a
magnet was forcing them back to it.
The lighting on the white wall
made their shadows stand out and
it was like watching two different
scenes at once.
At rst the music was very light
but then it turned into a heavy jungle
drum beat adding intensity.
The dancers were banging against
the wall, coming out the top and
the side and climbing up the wall
in all different ways. It was one of
the best performances of the night.
After the intermission, the dancers
came out and changed the pace of
the show in the world premiere of
““The Dance Is What You See.”” They
were dressed in normal clothing as
a fast paced song came on.
They were smiling, and it felt like
a comedic story was being told.
They danced with others and did
solo steps and it had a swing type
feel to it. It kept the show exciting
and upbeat relieving some of the
intensity of the last few dances.
The fth dance, ““Stages”” only
had three female dancers in it.
There were three round spotlights
on the oor and one dancer in
each. Throughout the entire dance
they were in diagonal or triangular
formation and it had a very smooth
feel to it.
The last dance of the night ““He
Said/She Said”” was like a talking
story.
It felt like you were watching
a 1920s movie with a projector
screen because the lights were
ickering and there was a story line
being told over the dance.
All of the women were wearing
bright colored dresses and at one
point there were 8-9 dancers on
the stage with 3-4 different things
going on at one time.
It was an excellent choice to
end on.
Each dance in Human Land-
scapes was entirely different than
the previous one and each dance
was unique in its own way.
The dancers were all talented
and entrancing and the entire per-
formance was fantastic.

Redtail Records: A label for students
By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
Redtail Records, formerly
known as Bleeding Hartt Re-
cords, is the newly re-established
student run record label on
campus.
The label’’s main goal of the
semester is to get their name out
to the University community.
With not many record labels in
the Hartford area, Redtail is giv-
ing an opportunity to musicians
looking to make a push into the
industry in this area.
““Our goal is to really create a
name for the label on the campus.
Aside from obtaining artists it is
more along the lines of letting
Collaborate artisti
artistically
cally at
A collaborative virtual community
of freethinking everyday people,
HitRECord.org allows anyone to
contribute original works of art in
the form of song, lm, photography,
text and graphics.
Originally created by actor Joseph
Gordon-Levitt over ve years ago,
what progressed as a simple saying,
has now branched into a complex
system of artists connecting from
around the world.
The idea is that anyone can con-
tribute original work and that by
agreeing to the terms of use, give
permission for any other member to
remix a members work, or ““record.””
The number of records a user sub-
mits is limitless and if one of your
records is especially eye catching,
Gordon-Levitt will use his pull in the
entertainment business to turn that
record into a protable piece splitting
the commission 50/50, half going
to the site and the other to all those
who contributed via collaborations.
In the introductory video on the
website, Gordon-Levitt says to
““think of the website as a studio.””
A truly unique concept that helps
connect artists from around the
world, HitRECord.org offers the op-
portunity for unparalleled creativity.
I think the idea that a celebrity like
the informer
people know who we are since we
want to be more then what we are
now,”” junior Aaron Kudler, Vice
President of the label, said.
The label is set up with different
departments including an e-board,
A&R, public relations, promotions,
booking, nances and artist de-
velopment. The label is composed
of students from freshmen all the
way up to seniors, all having equal
opportunities in job roles within
the label.
Members of the label don’’t neces-
sarily have to be in The Hartt School
studying performing arts or music
management, they come from all
different academia studies.
Implementing a structured label
containing the for prot and non
Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
Gordon-Levitt would want to reach
beyond Hollywood is a one that will
yield amazing results.
With the power of the Internet vir-
tually shrinking distances, simply by
uploading an original piece of work
anyone can begin a project and seek
the help of others who specialize in
any number of elds.
The concept, much like Rainn Wil-
son’’s ““SoulPancake,”” is a multi-user
network that allows the every day
hard working people to not only get
noticed, but to connect with celebri-
ties and potentially make money.
The ongoing project, an ode to the
undiscovered creative individual,
is a great place to check out even
if you aren’’t feeling overly artistic.
With free sign up, anyone can
recommend another record high-
entertainment february 17, 2011
prot aspects of the industry right
on campus is giving the members
of the label and signed artists a real
world experience of how the music
industry works.
These students will be gaining
experience with working hands on
running and operating their label.
While looking great on their re-
sume, it also helps with networking
with others in the industry.
While the music industry re-
volves around who you know, this
will be helping students reach their
goal of one day working in a very
competitive industry.
Abby Dubnoff, a senior Perform-
ing Arts Management major, holds
the president title of the label.
Being president she oversees
Artists and creative minds from around the world can collaborate and share their work for free.
lighting the website’’s nest work.
To date, Gordon-Levitt has fea-
tured a HitRECord.org project at
the Sundance Film Festival and the
SXSW Film Festival. As he states
on the website, a DVD is in the
works and potentially a full-length
feature lm.
HitRECord.org brings the best
parts of the human spirit to life with
sharing and collaborating soulful
the labels main functions, nances
and legal information. Dubnoff
has been with the label from the
very start and has had a lot in the
industry thus far.
Last summer she had completed
an internship at Sony Red primarily
focusing on nance.
““First off, Redtail Records looks
great on my resume because there
aren’’t many record labels in Con-
necticut. You really get to see all
functions of the label working for
Redtail since we all collaborate with
each other,”” Dubnoff said.
Since graduation is approaching
fast for Dubnoff Redtail Records
is certainly helping her in her ca-
reer path.
““I believe that working for the
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and exciting works.
I think the website, which already
has well over 10,000 users, will only
grow with time.
Marking its pilot year in 2010, the
future of the project will certainly
involve growth and new creative
projects.
Gordon-Levitt, reaching out to
artists and musicians, has created
a great connection with his fans
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label got me my rst intern-
ship initially,”” Dubnoff said.
Between her experience at both
Redtail Records and Sony Red
she has built up a knowledge
and huge networking circle that
will be sure to get her a job in the
eld.
Currently, the label has no one
signed and are looking for bands
and or artists. Not being close-
minded to a specic genre, this
opens the door to many musicians
looking to get known.
With their potential artist their
main focus is on development,
promotion, booking, and record-
ing. The label will be holding
appointment only auditions for
musicians on campus.
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and with those who may not have
otherwise been able to connect with
artistic people.
The project is fun and adventur-
ous offering unlimited creativity
to those interested in remixing and
collaborating with artists.
An overall revolutionary project,
HitRECord.org is the rst of its kind
and will be sure to produce some
amazing material.
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Homeland Security targets sports streaming sites
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
The Department of Homeland
Security recently shut down the top
10 most popular sites for illegal live
sports broadcasting that violated
copyright laws.
With these major websites, users
were able to view live sports across
the spectrum from the NFL to the
NHL as well as some local televi-
sion channels.
““The illegal streaming of pro-
fessional sporting events over the
Internet deals a nancial body blow
to the leagues and broadcasters who
are forced to pass their losses off to
Borders les bankruptcy,
to close 200 stores
The popular bookseller led for bankruptcy due to debt with publishers and fewer customers.
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
Borders Group, the second larg-
est book retailer in the country, has
led for chapter 11 bankruptcy and
plans to close at least one third of
its 600 stores.
Predicted by many as the com-
pany slowly declined over the years,
the decision had to be made due to
a tremendous debt of $1.29 billion.
The main issue lies with debt
to publishers. According to mar-
ketwatch.com Borders owes $41
million to Penguin Putnam, $37
million to Hachette Book Group and
$34 million to Simon & Schuster.
With an overall decline in custom-
the informer
fans by raising prices for tickets and
pay-per-view events,”” Manhattan
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told
CNN.com.
But the victory for the govern-
ment hits home too. As a fan of the
New York Rangers, a University of
Hartford student living on campus
cannot view games without the help
of these websites.
Although the websites were
illegally streaming copyrighted
material, using the website proved
to be the only option for hardcore
sports fans who never want to miss
a game.
Because the University does not
offer students MSG, the channel
ers and readership, the company
nally decided to make the move.
““It has become increasingly clear
that in light of the environment of
curtailed customer spending, our
ongoing discussions with pub-
lishers and other vendor related
parties, and the company’’s lack of
liquidity, Borders Group does not
have the capital resources it needs
to be a viable competitor,”” reports
CNN.com.
The reality is that times are
changing and people are too.
With more and more electronic
books available with the Kindle and
Nook, Borders was slow to hop on
the technology train.
Although a harsh truth, the death
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in which the Rangers’’ games are
broadcast on, the options become
limited.
Don’’t get me wrong though,
going the legal route is always the
right way to go, however the next
step proves only to be another
hindrance.
The NHL offers a service called
NHL GameCenter LIVE where
anyone can pay to watch their
favorite teams on their computers.
The issue arises again, for Rang-
ers fans, because, technically MSG
is available for the University area,
just not part of the resident pack-
age, proving to be blacked out on
the NHL service website.
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of the book is upon us and is be-
coming eminently clear to people
with Border’’s move.
With Amazon.com’’s recent
report that electronic book sales
surpassed traditional books, we
are witnessing rst hand the role
technology is playing in an an-
cient form of entertainment and
information.
Border’’s will close its stores
that are ““under performing”” and
pulling in the least amount of
revenue resulting in multiple
layoffs to employees.
In a time where the unemploy-
ment rate is growing, Border’’s
decline is a perfect example of
challenging and changing times.
So even if a resident wanted to
pay the obscene $120.00 charge,
they still could not watch the New
York Rangers.
Although the government has
shutdown 10 of the most popular
websites for sports streaming, that
does not mean that there still aren’’t
options.
For those readers that are up-
standing perfect citizens I don’’t
recommend searching for these
sites, there may be a risk involved
if you search for them.
But who would I be if I denied
hockey fans my knowledge of the
best ways to watch the games? My
recommendation: Justin.TV.
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IBM’’s Watson crushes
human competition
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
This week’’s most captivating
television wasn’’t from a primetime
drama or an episode of ““Jersey
Shore,”” rather it was on a quiz
show.
““Jeopardy!”” has been a mainstay
in popular culture over the last few
decades and with the addition of
a super computer as a contestant,
its ratings are sure to have gotten
a huge boost.
IBM partnered with the game
show to create the ““IBM Chal-
lenge”” in which past champions
of the show compete with Watson,
a computer that has downright
ridiculous book smarts.
On Monday’’s ,Tuesday’’s and
Wednesday’’s shows, Watson
handled the competition and
walked (well, not really) away the
winner of the game, only allowing
previous winners Ken Jennings and
Brad Rutter to buzz in ve times
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The website streams live sports
for out of market games for all
sports.
The reason these sites exist is not
because college campuses don’’t get
every single sports channel, how-
ever because some people simply
don’’t have cable.
Conveniently shutdown just a
week before the Super Bowl, the
government is doing its part to make
sure big businesses get their money.
I for one am ecstatic that the
United States Government is nally
being proactive and making changes
for the lives of everyday people.
Either way, there will always be
a loophole for sports fans.
during one round.
In the end, Watson nearly doubled
its opponents’’ combined scores and
is doing a good job at making people
believe that humanity is now doomed
thanks to its new thinking machine
overlords.
The machine is not connected to
the Internet, according to IBM’’s blog
about the series of programming.
It can’’t see or hear, so the machine
was fed messages in text, where it
processed the answer. When a light
in the studio came on, Watson was
programmed to depress a buzzer.
From there, a text-to-speech
engine processed the question that
serves as the response to the clue.
And Watson did that to surprising
results. Now, we have computers
that can process semantic words to
solve complex problems.
So much that Ben Parr, an editor
at Mashable said of the computer’’s
performance, ““[Watson] beats the
humans in Jeopardy. It’’s time to stock
up on food and hide underground.””
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Palmer returns to NFL, uncertain future for UFL
After twenty years of coaching in
the NFL, Chris Palmer is back at it
again, this time as the offensive co-
ordinator for the Tennessee Titans.
After ““retiring”” from his NFL
coaching career in 2009, Palmer
took on the role of head coach and
general manager for the UFL Hart-
ford Colonials (3-5) in 2010.
Although there were some talks of
coaching stints with the Miami Dol-
phins and the Kansas City Chiefs,
Palmer stated, ““The situation was
not exactly what I was looking for.
Miami has a quarterback, Kansas
City has a quarterback,”” Palmer
said.””
But when NFL crony and Titans’’
Head Coach Mike Munchak called,
he served up an offer that he knew
Palmer would never refuse.
““When Munchak says we need to
““When [head coach Mike] Munchak says we
need to identify a new guy to bring into the Titans
roster, that’’s like holding a red ag to a bull.””
-Chris Palmer, Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator
identify a new guy to bring into the
Titans roster, that’’s like holding a red
ag to a bull,”” Palmer said, ““and it’’s
like, OK, let’’s see what we can do
and let’’s get going here.””
When seeking out new talent,
Palmer stresses the importance of
identifying high levels of talent and
especially motivation, ““you’’re look-
ing for a guy that loves the game,
you’’re looking for a guy that wants
to be great,”” he said.
The proof is in the pudding - al-
though he won’’t take full credit,
Palmer had a hand in identifying
these very qualities in the artillery
of young players that comprised
the most sought after roster in the
UFL last year.
Hartford rugby works hard & plays even harder
Not recommended for the faint of heart
UHa club rugby player Tim Davidson braved a metal cleat to the head during this game.
By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
““Either you’’re with us, or you’’re
not.”” These were the words of
rugby co-captain TJ Kenney, the
perfect way to begin to understand
the dedication, motivation and pas-
the informer
Jessica Rutledge •• Sports Editor
jrut424@yahoo.com
Twitter: @InformerSports
Under Palmer, the Colonials had
17 players and four members of
the coaching staff signed to active
NFL practice squads including the
Jets, Giants, Vikings and Miami
Dolphins –– more than any other
team in the UFL.
But with the NFL’’s threat of a
lockout and the UFL’’s nancial
debacle, the future of each league
remains uncertain.
Palmer’’s father offered up some
words of wisdom when nancial
turmoil began to worry the former
head coach and GM of the Colonials.
““My dad is 85 years old,”” he said,
““and when I expressed some of my
concerns to him he said, ‘‘hey, look
at the AFL and the difculties they
have had and look at where they
are now.’’””
Palmer continues to be an ardent
supporter of the UFL and looks
toward the future with condence
and optimism, even in times of
impending nancial crises, based
on the merit of the league.
Palmer’’s focus on hardworking
teams built with drive and motiva-
sion that are demanded by each and
every member of the team.
Kenney and fellow co-captain
Steve Sorak have upped the ante
for the club sport this year.
Enforcing a strict code of con-
duct for rugby players, including
a rigorous workout schedule, in an
sports february 17, 2011
Palmer worked with Eli Manning as the QB coach for the New York Giants from 2007-2009.
tion requires players that live to play
the game, and to play it well.
The quality of the league’’s play
is evident, with 17 Colonial play-
ers being signed to the NFL last
season alone.
The UFL is also viable because of
the proximity that it offers fans who
want to watch their favorite players
and coaches play close to home.
Although Rentschler eld isn’’t
exactly Cowboys Stadium, the level
of football being played is compa-
rable and made available to fans at
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attempt to help usher in the new era
of NCAA rugby.
The club boasts enough members
to eld three full rugby teams, the
sixty-man roster is divided into
three sections, A, B and C sides.
““A sides”” are considered ““var-
sity,”” while ““B sides”” are ““junior
a fraction of the cost.
In the midst of an economic reces-
sion, the UFL is a savvy alternative
to spending thousands of dollars on
a single NFL game ticket, especially
since most of the UFL players move
on to play with the NFL.
It is my belief that so long as the
players, coaches and support system
of the UFL continue to improve and
expand, the current nancial woes
will be resolved.
Football needs the UFL, a league
bursting with potential and so many
varsity,”” ““C sides”” are the least
experienced players who sub-in
for B sides if necessary.
The majority of the players on
the team are underclassmen, which
has been a challenge but also cause
for some excitement as the team
matures and expands over the next
few years.
““The guys on our team may not
be that big, and they don’’t have
a lot of experience,”” said Sorak,
““but they have natural talent and
a work ethic.””
According to Kenney and Sorak,
the majority of the team (including
the co-captains themselves) had
little to no exposure to rugby prior
to joining the team.
However, this lack of experience
has fostered a type of ““mentor
program”” for rookie players as
they learn the ropes of the game.
Since the bulk of rugby play-
ers join during their freshman or
sophomore years, as Sorak and
Kenney did, the rugby team seems
like more of a brotherhood than an
athletic club.
““Being a club, we have the social
aspect of it,”” explained Sorak, ““just
a bunch of guys hanging out and a
lot of the kids come into college just
wanting to be part of something,
they see us together, they see the
brotherhood and they just want
to be part of it, it’’s contagious,””
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opportunities for up and coming
talent.
It is entirely possible that the
UFL may be able to ourish and
ultimately transform into a league
that thrives as its own entity, beyond
functioning as a feeder program for
the NFL.
To think of the future of the UFL
and the Hartford Colonials without
Palmer is unnerving, but the integrity
of the league is reassurance that hard
work and motivation can unlock
endless potential.
he said.
Rugby might have fun on the
weekends, but being on the team
is no joke.
Games are fast paced and injuries
can be brutal. Sorak recalled his
worst injuries including a metal
cleat to the skull that resulted in
eight staples.
““Everyone breaks ngers and
toes,”” Kenney said, ““that’’s not a
big deal, you just keep playing.””
Compared to most other sports,
rugby is utterly brutal, where bone-
crushing contact, blood and guts
are the norm –– no crying allowed.
Kenney and Sorak agree that in
general, rugby has a strong support
system of family and friends who
regularly attend the games.
Sorak also mentioned that two of
his sisters couldn’’t bear to watch
the blood bath when their brother
was on the eld and had to leave.
But these guys love it.
They not only build strong rela-
tionships with each other, but they
are able to stay active, healthy and
tolerant to pain.
The men’’s rugby team plays and
practices year-round, with the ma-
jority of games occurring in the fall.
Tournament play for the spring
semester will resume during
March. The rst games will be held
at Sacred Heart University, more
information will be posted.
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Hartford drops 77-47 to Binghamton at home

ADAM MANISON
Hartford Hawk Anthony Minor put up nine points on Wednesday night, but it was not enough as Binghamton went on to win the game 77-47.

By Jessica Rutledge losing streak. would only worsen. on the night.

Sports Editor
Another day brings yet another disappoint-
ing loss for the Hartford Hawks, this time by
a margin of 77-47 to Binghamton.
The men’’s basketball team (8-18, 5-8)
hosted the Bearcats (7-19, 4-9) for a highly
anticipated home game on Wednesday
night, but they were unable to snap their
The momentum sparked by Joe Zeglinski’’s
quick three-pointer zzled out quickly as
the Hawks were unable to keep up with the
Bearcats’’ offense.
A clear Binghamton advantage emerged a
little more than 10 minutes into the rst half,
when Moussa Camara and Jimmy Gray of the
Bearcats dipped back to back three-pointers,
leaving the Hawks with a 16-10 decit that
Morgan Sabia and Anthony Minor led the
Hawks’’ offensive efforts, netting 11 and
nine points during the game, respectively.
Putting up seven points each on the night
were Milton Burton and Zeglinski, but it still
would not be enough to beat the Bearcats.
Binghamton brought a strong offensive
game, netting more than 50 percent for two-
pointer shots, and 62.5 percent three-pointers
Hartford tallied only 38 percent and 22
percent on the night for eld goals and
three-pointers, respectively.
Adding insult to injury, Binghamton
nabbed 45 rebounds on the night, while the
Hawks only managed to pick up 15.
Next up, the men’’s basketball team will
hit the road to play UMBC at 7 p.m. on
Saturday night.

Five recruits added to Hawk roster, Upcoming Games

ready to kick it next season THURSDAY, Feb. 17 2011
Wbball away at Binghamton @ 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2011

By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
After a lackluster year, the
women’’s soccer team is stepping up
their game with their new recruiting
class with ve new players, four of
which are freshman.
One of the most impressive re-
cruits in the class is Loudonville,
N.Y., native Morgan Berry.
The midfielder/defender had
played varsity soccer for her high
school for all four years and earned
the MVP title for her team in two
of them.
Another impressive recruit,
Chanel Johnson is a forward/mid-
elder that comes from nearby New
London, Conn., where she played
all four years on varsity as well at
her high school.
But what’’s more impressive is
the fact that there was not a goal in
her high school career that was not
either assisted or scored by Johnson.
To add to the recruits from all of
the other New England states, Sarah
Velasquez a forward from Hooksett,
New Hampshire is another freshman
that is committed to UHA’’s program.
Velasquez looks to add to the
program with her experience from
playing three years of varsity soccer
for her school, winning a champi-
onship in her sophomore year and
nishing a place below the year after.
Velasquez was recently named a
member of New Hampshire’’s All-
State team and was also named to
the state’’s ODP team.
The class gets more offensive with
forward/midelder, Alissa Momot.
After winning back-to-back CVAC
championships her last two years
and being named captain of her
team, an all-star, and a rst-team
CVAC member, Momot is ready to
take her talents to Hartford. Track @ America East Championships, Boston U.
But it is not all offense that Coach
John Natale is looking for.
Syracuse goalie Erin Quinlan
has made the move to transfer into SATURDAY, Feb. 19, 2011
a Hawk’’s uniform as well. Track @ America East Championships, Boston U.
After redshirting her rst year,
she made only three appearances Lacrosse vs. Massachusetts @ 1 p.m. HOME*
between the posts stopping ten balls. Mbball away at UMBC @ 7 p.m.
But Quinlan’’s high school career
was nothing to understate; tying a
school record of nine shutouts in a
single season, and earning count- SUNDAY, Feb. 20, 2011
less awards from CCL all-league Wbball vs. UMBC @ 1 p.m. HOME*
performer, to the incredible All-
American status.
The Hawks look to rebound by
restocking their roster with fresh WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23, 2011
talent in 2011. Wbball away at Stony Brook @ 7 p.m.
Each of young recruit is enthusias- Mbball vs. Stony Brook @ 7 p.m. HOME*
tic and eager to play for the Hawks.
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Hawks y by No. 1 Terriers, snap up fth win,

host women in sports clinic
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
Hartford Hawks women’’s bas-
ketball team kept rolling along
against Boston University, win-
ning 66-59 on Sunday.
The Terriers of Boston Univer-
sity came in at 10-1 in conference
play and on top of the standings
in the America East.
The 10 wins included a win over
Hartford in Boston last month.
The story in this one was dif-
ferent however. Jackie Smith and
Mary Silvia combined to go 8-of-9
from three-point range, after go-
ing only one of ve in the Jan. 23
match-up.
Boston University held the
rebounding edge in the January
game 38-26. Hartford controlled
the glass in the team’’s fth con-
secutive win.
The Hartford Hawks also out
rebounded the Terriers 40-24.
University of Hartford created
even more success in the way
that they limited Boston’’s second
chances, while creating opportuni-
ties to score as a team.
Senior guard Smith said, ““we
knew coming in BU is a great
rebounding team.””
““They crash hard. It was de-
nitely a big emphasis especially for
the guards to make sure we were
ADAM MANISON coming in and crashing,”” she said.
Smith was a powerhouse for the Hawks in the team’’s 66-59 win. ““We knew if we out rebounded
them, we were going to give our-
selves a good chance to win.””
Smith won the Hartford Nestle
Purina ONE America East player
of the game.
Smith’’s defense was impressive as
well. She shut down the Terriers’’ star
Alex Young. Young went 0-9 from
the eld and didn’’t get to the line,
going scoreless.
Ruthanne Doherty contributed a
double-double with 14 points and
11 boards.
Hartford will look to extend their
winning streak to six games against
the Binghamton Bearcats in New
York on Feb 17.
A win by the Hawks would force
a tie between the two for third place
in the conference.
Sunday afternoon’’s game against
Boston University was particularly
special because many of the fans
who cheered the Hawks on to vic-
tory had also participated in the
Hartford Department of Athletics’’
fifth annual National Girls and
Women in Sports Day (NGWSD)
clinic earlier that day.
The NGWSD clinic included
various athletic workout stations
including soccer, golf, tness, bas-
ketball and warm-ups for the youth
in attendance to participate in.
NGWSD began in Washington
D.C. circa 1987, since then it ““has
become the premiere occasion to
celebrate the participation, success
and accomplishments of girls and
women athletes,”” according to
hartfordhawks.com.
Mentoring was the focus of the
NGWSD clinic, which recognized
the outstanding efforts put forth
by nine Hartford student-athletes.
The honorees included soccer
player Christiana Lang, cheerleader
Jaimie Bick, cross-country member
Marisa Poleto, tennis player Mag-
gie Sabatino, golfer Emily Linn,
basketball player Mary Silvia, track
and eld member Carolyn Grime,
volleyball player Lindsay Ford and
softball player Shannon Simpkins.
Simpkins was also featured as
a keynote speaker for the event,
where she spoke words of wisdom
and encouragement to the group of
nearly 100 youngsters who were in
attendance at the event.
““Being a mentor is being some-
one who improves a life, brightens
a day, gives advice, and most
importantly leads by example,””
Simpkins said.
““Being a mentor can happen
without you knowing it. You never
know when someone is looking up
to you. This is why it is important to
always strive to be the best person
you can possibly be,”” according to
hartfordhawks.com.
To top off the day, kids were in-
vited to stay and watch the women’’s
basketball game against Boston
University.
Sports Editor Jessica Rutledge
contributed reporting.

Hawks play with heart

Get to know club rugby
Club rugby continues to grow in popularity and competitiveness each
year. With a roster of nearly sixty members, co-captains TJ Kenney
and Steve Sorak are eager to help usher in the new era of rugby at
UHa. See ““Hartford rugby works hard & plays even harder. Not recom-
mended for the faint of heart.”” Page 10.

HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION

By Dan Lifshatz Lawson ranking eight in the weight

Staff Writer
The Hartford Hawks continued
their track dominance at the Valentine
Invitational in Boston last weekend.
The invitational was a two day
event wherein the women competed
on Friday and the men competed on
Saturday.
The women started off on the right
foot, as senior Marisa Poleto broke
the Hartford record in the 800-meter
run, scoring in 2:21.04, while placing
62 out of 138.
That was it for the school records,
but the women continued their strong
performance with an 11th place nish
in the 4x400-meter team relay with
Natalie Bonham, Nicole McClintock,
Grace Lawal, and Priscilla Appiagyei
participating.
The women scored two more top-
15 nishes, with sophomore Brittney
throw and freshman Alisha Beeman
tying for 14th in the high jump.
On Saturday, junior Andrew
Chalmers broke his third school
record of the year, clocking in at
4:17.51 in the mile run while taking
51st out of 197.
Junior Wayne Lawrence broke
the third and nal school record
of the day, scoring a 2:34.80 in
the 1,000 meter-run placing 46th.
Anderson Emerole finished
12th while posting a 22.07 in the
200-meter dash, the highest mens
placing of the day.
Kyle Cholewa also was very im-
pressive, placing 15th with a toss of
13.58-meters in the weight throw.
Both the men’’s and women’’s
teams did exceptionally well, and
hope to continue as they compete
in the America East Championships
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