The Informer
Volume 34, Issue 19
Empty net
By Dan Lifshatz & Jeremy Stanley
Staff Writer and Editor-in-chief
Hartford men’’s head soccer coach Dan Gaspar
resigned Monday to pursue a job in international
coaching.
Gaspar’’s resignation comes as a surprise, as
Gaspar had improved the Hartford program
dramatically since joining the Hawks’’ staff in
2005, reaching the America East Tournament
for three consecutive years.
Hawks midelder Andrew Liapis said, ““We
had practice on Monday and after practice we
had a team meeting in the locker room and ……
he was emotional and he sat down with us and
told us what the situation is.””
Above: Hawks goalkeeper from 1974 to 1977, Dan Gaspar has coached the Hawks for six successful seasons. He announced his resignation on Monday.
Mixed-gender housing
trial extends to RAs
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-chief
Resident assistants will have the op-
portunity to live in mixed-gender housing
beginning in the fall.
The change marks an expansion of a pilot
program introduced this year that allowed
students to apply, but housing was limited
to the Village Quad No. 3. Under the new
plan, any resident assistant could bring in
whomever they choose, assistant director for
student development Shawn McQuillan said.
RAs follow the same process for students
wishing to live in mixed-gender housing: a
special application is submitted and reviewed
by the Ofce of Residential Life, then stu-
dents must attend a ““living together”” seminar,
Substance-free housing in Regents
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Dan Gaspar pursues
international coaching job
The resignation came as a shock ““for some make NCAA Tournament appearances in 1976
of the guys,”” Liapis said. ““He’’s been here ve and 1977, posting a career goals-against-average
years. I feel that he gave a lot to the program of 1.52, according to hartfordhawks.com.
he was a good coach. It was a good opportunity Liapis said, ““he really gave everything he had
for him to improve his professional career, even to the program, he wanted to improve the level
though we don’’t know where he’’s going.”” of play here.””
Since 2005, Gaspar and the Hawks com- Gaspar has also helped Hartford’’s fan base
piled a 36-46-21 record, while reaching three increase by a large amount.
America East Tournaments in a row in 2007, Hartford ranked 39th in the country in 2008,
2008, and 2009. with an average attendance of 814 per-game,
Along the way, Gaspar helped 19 players gain while following up another impressive campaign
America East All-Conference Honors, six of in 2009, ranking 41st in the nation with an aver-
which were rst team members. age attendance of 778 fans a game, according
Gaspar was also an integral part of the Hawks to hartfordhawks.com.
soccer program as a goalkeeper, playing from The future remains unclear for the program——a
1974-1977. As a goalkeeper, he helped the team national search for a new coach is underway——
Room selection times
Room selection takes place Saturday April 9. Numbers were sent out to stu-
said McQuillan.
dents recently designating what time to arrive at Konover. The full selection list
is available on our website at hartfordinformer.com.
Saturday 9:00-9:10am
One of the main differences between
non-RAs and RA mixed-gender housing 9-Apr-11 9:10-9:20
is anchoring privileges. Since RAs can get 9:20-9:30
new assignments each year, all non-RAs in
the apartment are not allowed to stay in the 9:30-9:40
apartment from year to year. What’’s more, 9:40-10:00
if an RA leaves mid-semester, the apartment
will be vacated of all residents, because RAs 10:00-10:15
are allowed to pull in roommates of their 10:15-10:30
choosing.
Next fall, mixed-gender housing in the 10:30-10:45
Village Quad No. 3 will continue based on 10:45-11:00
the success of the pilot program implemented
this academic year. 11:00-11:15
This is part of a series of initiatives in 11:15-11:30
place by the Ofce of Residential Life to do
““what’’s best for students,”” McQuillan said. 11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15pm
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
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players could choose to transfer.
Liapis said, ““He has a great reputation, it
could help players [pursue professional careers,
because] he’’s a good guy to know.””
At the same time, players who are upset with
Gaspar leaving may opt to transfer, but it’’s too
early to tell, Liapis said.
Patricia Meiser, the athletic director, told hart-
fordhawks.com, ““His leadership and dedication
to advancing Hartford men’’s soccer will be hard
to replace. We wish coach Gaspar the best of
luck in his next endeavor.””
Gaspar has been rumored to be interested in
joining the Iranian national team with his long-
time friend Carlos Queiroz, who is being strongly
considered to take the Iranian national job.
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New option for substance-free housing UHa faculty recognized

A new option for substance-free housing in the East wing of Regents Park will be given for next year.
By Kaitlin Schroyer
Staff Writer
Students now have a new option
for housing with the addition of a
substance free wing in Regents East
rst oor, along with the Special
Interest housing, beginning this fall.
According to Shawn McQuillan,
Assistant Director for Community
Development, students can apply
as an individual, partial group, or
whole groups. After receiving ap-
plications on March 30, the Ofce
of Residential Life will be reviewing
the candidates and notifying stu-
dents who are selected to participate
in this pilot program. Students who
are selected will need to sign a Sub-
stance Free Living Agreement and
participate in a series of meetings
and events through the whole year.
““We will have an RA on the wing,””
McQuillan said, ““However, we
expect the students to self-monitor
their behavior and adhere to the
policies set worth. We also expect
that each suite which is designated
substance free will self-govern
themselves, as each of them will
have applied for the substance free
program.””
Students who violate the living
agreement will be subject to being
relocated to another residential
facility on campus. If the student
is under 21 or violates the Code of
Student Conduct, they will be also
referred to the Ofce of Student
Conduct Administration.
Students participating in the
program will also be expected to
participate in a series of meetings
and other programmatic events
relating to the new type of hous-
ing. These meetings and programs
will be conducted by the Ofce of
Residential Life and the Connec-
tions Health Education and Wellness
Center.
““It’’s a way to stay substance free,””
COURTESY OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE
Sam Rowell, a freshman currently
interested in the program, said, ““It’’s
cool that they’’re offering a place
for people who don’’t want to deal
with substances to not have to deal
with it.””
However, not all students are
convinced about the program.
““It’’s a travesty that good behavior
is rewarded by being placed on a
crappy building on campus,”” Nick
Schuberth, a junior, said, ““The
practicality of [the program] being
advantageous to [those living there]
is questionable.””
Although an unfortunate spot to
live, there is something to say about
the program’’s benets.
““If the program works out, then
it outweighs having to live in the
not as nice dorm,”” Rowell said,
““The success of the program rides
on having a good number of the
participants to holding each other
to the social standard.””
in search for Atlantis
By Ben Gyurik
Staff Writer
Richard Freund, director of the
University’’s Greenberg Center
for Judaic Studies, continues to
gain worldwide interest for the
work he and a team of archae-
ologists and scientists have been
doing in southern Spain that
could potentially be the location
of the legendary city of Atlantis.
Freund, who’’s scheduled ap-
pearance on NBC’’s Today Show
last week was postponed, will
still be featured on the show at a
date that has yet to be announced.
The location of the site is
within a marshland of southern
Spain, and the team has been
surveying for artifacts.
Any evidence found is being
matched with the philosopher
Plato’’s explanation of Atlantis’’
existence; to solve one of the
Richard Freund of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies gained
national attention for his work in uncovering the city of Atlantis.
world’’s biggest mysteries.
Freund explained in an interview
with Reuters that the cause of the lost
city was something not uncommon
today; a tsunami.
According to him, the search
began after the discovery of a se-
ries of ““memorial cities”” in Spain,
places residents of Atlantis ed to
after it was destroyed. Because of
this, Freund and his team expect
that Atlantis was buried somewhere
along Spain’’s southern coast.
““We found something that no
one else has ever seen before,
which gives it a layer of credibil-
ity, especially for archeology, that
makes a lot more sense,”” Freund
told Reuters.
Freund has already done inter-
views with various media outlets
such as WNPR Radio, NBC Con-
necticut, the New Haven Register,
WTNH Channel 8, Fox CT, BBC
Radio, and numerous other outlets.
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UHa Habitat for Humanity spends spring break giving back

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
In Georgia, 25 University of
Hartford students spent their spring
break not by relaxing poolside in
the southern heat, but committing
themselves to a week of physical
labor.
Members of the University’’s
Habitat for Humanity chapter trav-
eled to Valdosta, Georgia, last week
where they spent the time building
a house the only way to do it; from
the ground up. ““The students sided
the house, put in door frames, doors,
molding, and window sills,”” said
Marissa Giammarino, Vice Presi-
dent of the organization.
The group was participating with
the Valdosta-Lowdnes County
Habitat for Humanity chapter as
part of the Collegiate Challenge,
a contest encouraging groups on
college campuses across the coun-
try to carry out community service
projects.
While working in the area, the
students were housed by several
churches in the surrounding area,
and were able to use facilities at
Valdosta State University. They
spent the days working from 7 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. in the Georgia heat
so they could complete the house
before the week was up.
Giammarino explained that the
students were also responsible for
caulking and painting the house, and
preparing the backyard for grass by
tearing out tree roots, vines, cement,
bricks and broken glass from the
ground, manual labor that she says
paid off.
““It’’s the most rewarding experi-
ence at the end of the week to see
the smile on a new homeowners’’
faces,”” said Giammarino.
For her as well as four other
members of the organization, this
was the second year in a row they
have spent their spring break in a
similar location in Georgia, which
provided the opportunity to see
the house that was originally built
last year.
““Seeing it made my eyes water,
but seeing the person living in
the house I helped build made me
cry,”” said Giammarino of the mov-
ing experience she encountered
upon return. ““It was one of the
proudest moments of my life,”” she
continued.
Giammarino, along with other
members, got started with Habitat
for Humanity during their freshman
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““Giving up a week to put a roof
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International Week brings authentic cuisine, entertainment

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The end of this week marks
the nale of the University’’s In-
ternational Week with a festival
comprising foreign entertainment
and cuisine.
The festival, which will take place
on Saturday, March 26, feature
three main entertainment acts with
authentic dancing and music.
The Val Ramos Ensemble features
amenco dancing, a Spanish type of
dance that is ““sophisticated, color-
ful, and complex”” according to the
group’’s website.
MacTalla Mor, is a group special-
izing in Celtic music, incorporating
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bagpipes, organs, percussion and
Fresh sushi was being rolled in GSU Tuesday as part of International Gealic singing. The musical back-
Week. The celebration will continue throughout the rest of the week. ground is combined with Irish step
dancing for a unique experience.
The third group, Inca Son, are an
eclectic combination of song and
dance hailing from the Andes. They
are National Peruvian Folkdance
Champions, and use traditional
Inca instruments and dress to put
on a performance enjoyable to
all ages.
Over the past week the Univer-
sity has been celebrating cultures
around the world with cuisine from
around the world, lessons in dif-
ferent languages, an international
photography competition, as well
as dance lessons, among other
activities.
On Thursday students are invited
to learn about potential foreign
locations of study at the Study
Abroad Fair in Suisman lounge at
11:30 a.m.
On Friday there will be an oppor-
tunity for lessons in salsa dancing
by an experienced instructor from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a student
fee of $5.
““Taste of the World”” can also
be found for the remainder of the
week in Gengras and Commons
where a different food prepared by
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day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
As an end to the celebrations, the
festival will take place in Gengras
Student Union at 5 p.m. Admission
is $5 for students, and $12 for non-
students. However, anyone who has
obtained stamps from ve events
throughout the week will get into
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Tickets can be purchased at the
door, or ahead of the time at the
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Opinions hartfordinformer.com/opinions/ March 24, 2011

Don’’t read this

column, read
a book
In a recent class of mine, the
professor opened class by asking
what books we were currently
reading, aside from assigned
schoolwork.
COURTESY OF THEBULLGATOR.COM A trickle of hesitant responses
followed, a few females blurting
Brandon Davies, forward for the BYU Cougars was kicked off the team for having premarital sex. out Jodi Picoult titles, accompa-

BYU honor code too strict for 2011

Imagine campus life at the Uni-
versity of Hartford if coffee, sex and
alcohol were replaced with regular
attendance and participation in
church services.
Well that’’s the life students of
Brigham Young University sign up
for as soon as they step onto the
sprawling campus in Provo, Utah.
Just a few weeks back a scandal
erupted when one of BYU’’s star
basketball players was kicked off of
the team for violating a key stipula-
tion in the schools honor code, no
premarital sex.
Located in the heart of Mormon
country, it’’s no big surprise that
the private university owned and
operated by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day saints would
take extreme offense to Brandon
Davies straying from their conser-
vative ways.
As the number three seed in the
NCAA tournament, the Cougar’’s
suffered an enormous blow by losing
Davies. The 6-foot-9 forward has
been regarded as the school’’s second
best player just behind player of the
year candidate Jimmer Fredette.
BYU requires all athletes to sign
and abide by a behavioral contract
to remain on their varsity sports
team. This contract enforces that
students live a chaste and virtuous
life, attend church service regularly,
not use vulgar language, abstain
from the use of alcohol and tobacco,
and last but not least no caffeinated
nied with a number of uncondent Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
students racking their brains to sawilson@hartford.edu
recall the last thing they had read Twitter: @swyzleh
for pleasure. Others outwardly
in the rst place. But for the school admitted, ““I don’’t read.””
to go so far as to possibly remove This utter lack of interest in or oating in the cyberspace of the
him from the institution based off literature shouldn’’t come as a Kindle Store there are books that
of one mistake is absurd. surprise. In the balance between will mind f*** you even more than
BYU never ofcially disclosed constant homework assignments the rst time you saw ““Inception.””
what cardinal rule was broken either, and day-to-day internships, stu- It’’s just a matter of nding the right
but Davies himself admitted to the dents hardly have time to leisurely one before you’’ll be hooked again.
public that his chastity belt wasn’’t kick back and stare at words on But fact of the matter is the lack
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor fastened as tightly as it should have a page for any signicant period of reading is going to do nothing but
huppke@hartford.edu been. of time. But to not read ever? hurt you in the long run. If people
Twitter: @danielle618 The 19-year-old sophomore is You’’re doing yourself a horrible spent more time reading novels
said to be extremely remorseful and educational disservice. rather than status updates, I’’m sure
beverages of any kind. heartbroken, according to the Salt Maybe this common evasion putting apostrophes before the ““s”” in
I have to wonder if Brandon Da- Lake Tribune, even going so far as of literature seen in college stu- a plural word would happen a whole
vies had been caught with a double making a public apology. dents stems from the perpetual lot less (That’’s a big grammar no-no,
tall iced soy caramel macchiato in his If he’’s honestly that remorseful, requirement that has spanned the people).
palm would he have been kicked off shouldn’’t he be granted a time for majority of a twenty-something’’s And come real-world job inter-
the team as well or would a warning confession and forgiveness? The de- life. view, when the potential employee
be offered? vout religious school should practice Once something becomes an asks what the last book you read
Now BYU sets a pretty restricting what they preach and at least extend obligation, most often pleasure is was, a long pause before you can
list of rules to abide by for the aver- that right to an athlete who made lost somewhere along the lines as think hard enough to come up with
age college student however it’’s fair an honest mistake. well. This, unfortunately, leaves ““Harry Potter?”” as your response,
to guess that Davies was well versed For the Cougars, this season was the act of reading with a con- surely isn’’t going to impress.
in the lifestyle by the time he arrived shaping up to be the best in BYU’’s notation similar to that of those If you can’’t seem to nd the time
on the BYU campus. history. After the dismissal of Da- ““two trains are traveling at dif- to squeeze a little reading into your
And there lies the split views on the vies, their hopes of NCAA victory ferent speeds……”” math problems hectic collegiate schedule (a problem
Davies scandal 2011. One side be- seemed to zzle with a crushing loss everyone tried so hard to avoid I often have myself), there’’s always
lieves rules are rules and by breaking to New Mexico the following night. in high school. breaks. There’’s summer. There’’s
one consequence must immediately According to an interview for the A signicant part of the prob- weekends. And here’’s the thing:
ensue. The other side believes that Salt Lake Tribune teammate Jimmer lem, in that case, is that nobody books aren’’t like movies. Three
the university is taking this honor Fredette said Davies apologized to even bothers to give it another go. hundred pages don’’t have to be read
code policy to the extreme. the team, ““he told us he was sorry Since escaping required reading in one sitting. And if they are, all the
Yes, Davies knew the terms of the and that he let us down. We just over the summer and a book a more power to you, you’’ve found
honor code he signed along with held our heads high and told him it week being assigned in that pesky your book.
all of the other students attending was okay, that it’’s life, and you make AP English class, they want to run All in all, if nothing else just take
Brigham Young, therefore critics mistakes, and you just got to play and never look back. some advice from Lil Jon, because
could argue that being fully aware of through it.”” The Cougars are look- The trick is to nd a book that even unlikely outdated rappers see
the rules the basketball star shouldn’’t ing to make it to the elite 8 during interests you. Somewhere along this as an issue. (Just look up his
have participated in the lustful act the next round of the tournament. the shelves of Barnes and Nobel song titled ““Read a Book.”” Okay?)

NCAA restricts reporters, limits game live blogging

There are two paragraphs that
need scrubbing, or at least modica-
tion, in the NCAA’’s media policies
for sporting events.
These paragraphs prohibit media
from providing real-time accounts
of game action, instead leaving that
task to its own website.
So when The Informer set out
to cover the NCAA women’’s rst
round game between Hartford
and UConn, we set out with the
same mission as our coverage of
the America East Championships:
providing a live blog and recap
instantly on the website.
Instead, the backwards and just
downright silly policy the NCAA
has prevented us from doing the
rst. I sat court side, doing what
we normally do: frequently updat-
ing readers on stats and important
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
plays with a little bit of commentary
thrown in.
The whole reason we do this is
to incite and provoke responses
from our readers. Plus, it serves as a
supplement to those who can see the
game (furthermore, viewers outside
of Connecticut were also subjected
to ESPN2’’s ““whip-around”” cover-
age of four games at once, meaning
fans undoubtedly missed some of
the action).
About half way through the rst
half, a representative from the
NCAA came out and asked me to
stop doing the live blog. I asked
for a reason and was told I could
only update once or twice a half. I
obliged, but was dumbfounded as
to the reasoning.
It’’s strange to me that, in the era
of social media, that The Informer
would be prevented from constantly
updating its readers on what is
going on.
This is especially true when
thinking about how low viewer-
ship and national attention is paid
to women’’s sports. The publicity
helps and it’’s not like, by publish-
ing quick updates, the live blog
was hurting ESPN’’s ratings (I even
mentioned the game could be seen
on the channel).
Think of it this way: I was read-
ing Twitter Sunday when someone
posted about the Duke-Michigan
game getting into crunch time. I
immediately went to turn on the
television and watch the exciting
nish. I posted a reply mimicking
the NCAA’’s policy saying, ““real-
time accounts and descriptions of
the game are prohibited.””
Without that real-time account of
the game, I would have had no way
of knowing the game was going on
and I immediately scrambled to see
the conclusion.
I helped the NCAA make money.
By live blogging the women’’s
game, there would be instant pro-
motion for the sport. What more
could the NCAA want?
Instead, the NCAA would prefer
its fans to seek out the dry, boring
play-by-play updates on a Flash
website without the commentary
(or Hartford-centric perspective)
on the game.
That’’s probably because ad-
vertising partnerships there help
bring them the revenue (that do go
mostly towardstudent-athlete schol-
arships), but if they crack down on
a student publication that gets really
a meaningless following, why not
go after every single person who
tweets about the game?
What gets me the most, is that
if I had stayed home and watched
the feed on television, I could have
probably live blogged the whole
game. If you can’’t police it outside
the Gampel Pavilion, don’’t police
it inside. Let us do our job.

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opinions are in no way representative of the opinions of the Informer or of the University of Hartford.
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STN2 live sportscast attacked on national front

By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
Live coverage of the America
East Tournament by the Univer-
sity’’s student news network went
viral and came under attack on the
Internet and national TV receiving
over 75,000 hits on one site alone.
Appearing on the popular sports
website Deadspin.com, ““Jimmy
Kimmel Live!”” and the blog of co-
median Daniel Tosh, the sportscast
was edited down to only highlight
the mistakes made by both of the
reporters.
The live tournament recap, host-
ed by students Brendan Marshall
and Darius Wilmot, experienced its
share of technical glitches includ-
ing a slow teleprompter and bad
camera direction.
However, the majority of the
broadcast went relatively smooth
featuring a representative from
Stony Brook, a school involved
in the tournament.
What satiated the appetite on the
national front was the careful edit-
ing to maximize the mistakes of the
STN2 reporters for a quick laugh.
Although talk show host Jimmy
Kimmel included the fact that the
sportscasters lacked experience on
his March 15 show, that still didn’’t
stop him from airing the edited
video and landing joke after joke
on ABC, just in time for March
Madness.
Hitting the video relatively
harder than Kimmel, Deadspin.
com went as far as to humiliate
the sportscasters by comparing
them to other ““media meltdowns””
at other schools.
STN2 issued a statement saying
““STN is an educational organiza-
tion. The best part of what we do
is giving students a chance to try
something new for the rst time.
The process involves making mis-
takes in order to grow from them.””
Unfortunately Marshall voiced
his distaste with the website and
retaliated via Twitter with a few
choice words.
The tweet, containing vulgar
language, had a screen shot taken
of it by Deadspin and then posted
to their site.
Although the Internet has aston-
ishing capabilities to break stories
at a fraction of the time it used to
take, the ip side of the speedy
uploads has left STN2 at the butt
of a viral joke.
I think both Deadspin and Kimmel
are denitely lacking in material as
they stoop down to scrap up mistakes
made by amateur sportscasters.
The fact that a Stony Brook stu-
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Since the broadcast hit the web
STN2 has successfully fought copy-
right infringements with YouTube
to remove the video.
However, the video is still ac-
cessible through Comedy Central’’s
Tosh.0 Blog. The blog, in conjunc-
tion with the show that is now on
hiatus, titled the video ““It’’s Time to
Change Your Major”” and links to
the popular video site Today’’s Big
Thing.
Today’’s Big Thing titled the video
““Amazingly Awkward Sportscast-
ers”” and featured the tape as the
video of the day for March 14.
Despite the video’’s brief appear-
ances on national television and a
popular sports website, it seems as
if the viral video effect has come
to a relatively quick halt as most
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sportscasters and STN2 that they The University’’s student run television network was featured on ““Jimmy Kimmel Live!”” as well as
will never forget. Deadspin.com for mistakes they made while broadcasting a live recap of the America East Tournament.

Black scores Internet fame for all the wrong reasons

By Kelsey Sterling
Staff Writer
Rebecca Black’’s new YouTube
sensation ““Friday,”” an overnight hit,
reached millions of views within a
mere few days.
The nasally voice, ridiculous
lyrics and overall awkwardness all
work together to produce one of the
worst possible songs ever recorded
and posted online.
Despite the hate this video has
received, it has become a super-
popular phenomenon simply for
being, well, bad.
The question arises: can just
anyone become a YouTube sensa-
tion by throwing a few thousand
dollars into producing a low-quality
tune and an even lower-quality
video?
Black’’s mother evidently paid
Los Angeles-based record company
Ark Music Factory $2,000 to pop
out an absurd song and matching
video; which may just actually be
worth it considering digital sales
could reach up to $25,000 while
YouTube views may amount to
$20,000.
Whether or not we like it, Rebecca
Black is a star.
But a few questions come to
mind: why does she feel the need
Becoming a hit song over night, ““Friday”” by Rebecca Black has received mixed reviews from critics.
to explain every single minute detail
of her morning?
““Gotta have my bowl, gotta have
cereal……”” Okay, cool.
Is that even a lyric? Furthermore,
why exactly is she waiting at the bus
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stop if her thirteen year old friends is with the dilemma about which seat
pull up in their convertible half a she should take…… there aren’’t that
second later? many options considering there’’s
Even furthermore, how do only one seat left and it’’s obviously
thirteen-year-old children legally designated for her.
obtain a driver’’s license? And what Is this supposed to have some sym-
bolic meaning? Fail. Last but not
least, I am familiar with the days of
the week, Rebecca Black, but thank
you kindly for the clarication.
The fact that such a terrible
tune with lackluster lyrics and an
amateur star poses a concern about
Internet stardom. Can just anyone
become famous overnight through
YouTube with a couple thousand
bucks and zero skill?
Based upon this sensation, it
seems to be so.
Internet stardom can be a good
thing, but only if you have the po-
tential to become a singer or Internet
sensation; Justin Bieber status.
Unfortunately for this eighth-grade
accidental phenomenon, she has
become famous for all the wrong
reasons.
However, she has become famous
nonetheless. In addition to the
YouTube success the song is being
downloaded on iTunes, and Black
and her team could make upwards
of $1 million. As for press time,
““Friday”” sat at the number 33 spot
on the iTunes chart.
Apart from all the chaos Rebecca
Black has caused over the past
couple of weeks, at least we can
thank her for one thing: we will
never forget that Friday comes after
Thursday.
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Publisher censors N-word in American classic

An Alabama publishing company
has taken Mark Twain’’s ““Adven-
tures of Huckleberry Finn”” and
replaced the N-word with the word
““slave,”” which appears in the novel
219 times.
A staple of American literature,
the Twain classic has been stirring
up controversy ever since its rst
publication in 1885.
NewSouth Books, a company
based in Little Rock, has printed
7,500 copies of the newly cen-
sored book in hopes of persuading
schools that have banned the book
to reconsider dropping it from their
curriculum.
““If you can have the discussion
and you’’re comfortable havin’’ the
discussion, have it. Have it with it in
there. But if you’’re not comfortable
with that, then here’’s an alternative
for you to use. And I would argue
to you that it’’s still powerful,”” co-
owner of NewSouth said during a
““60 Minutes”” interview.
With many school districts around
the country banning the text, the
controversy over one powerful
word is brought into question.
I can recall high school English
when the word was read by my
teacher the gasps of students around
me lling the air. A word so com-
Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
monly and used and hackneyed in
rap songs suddenly becomes verbal
pornography in the context of a
classroom. But why?
It is regarded that Twain’’s inten-
tion in using the N-word was to
capture the language of the times
of the novel, dating before the
civil war.
Whether a teacher decides to say
the word or not in a school where
the novel is still taught, the subject
of race must be brought up to fully
understand and discuss the story.
To me, any altercation to an
author’’s work no matter how old
it might be for the sake of not of-
fending someone is simply wrong,
especially to a book of such mag-
nitude in America.
Generally regarded with a nega-
tive connotation, the word itself it
not what seems to offend people,
rather the images it evokes such
as slavery, oppression and the
individuals who use it.
Yes, the N-word is considered
vulgar, but eliminating it from this
novel will suppress the emotional
and historical weight it carried in ac-
curately depicting the time period.
Even today I think people that use
the word in everyday conversation
forget the weight of what they’’re
actually saying.
That fact that it is socially unac-
ceptable for anyone to use the word
other than African Americans also
contributes to the way people view
the word in the context of the novel.
I think taking the word out of
the novel would be suppressing
the impact of how far America has
come in terms of equality.
It is the power of the written word,
one word at that, which has caused
so much controversy.
I believe the real issue lies in
what the N-word is associated with
and not the fact that the word is so
offensive.
My opinion is to leave Twain
alone and use the word to stimu-
late an intelligent and educational
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conversation about why it evokes so
much tension and anger. Mark Twain’’s 125-year-old novel is stirring up controversy yet again.

Adele soars to top of charts with latest release ““21””

By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
U.K. Female singer and song-
writer Adele had just released her
second album in the U.S. titled ““21.””
This album has put her in the
spotlight far more than her debut
album that was released in 2008
titled ““19.”” Within the rst week of
her release ““21”” peaked at number
one on the U.S. Billboard 200. In the
U.K. the album is one of the biggest
selling albums thus far.
Adele started singing at age four
and her passion for music was quite
evident. While growing up listening
to artists such as the Spice Girls,
Etta James and Peggy Lee, she was
inuenced by many of these female
vocalist’’s styles. Adele has taken the
styles of her musical inuences and
created a unique sound.
For most artists the instrumentals
compliment their voice, but for
Adele her voice compliments the
music. With having such a vast
vocal range, her voice is so pow-
erful. The instruments used on her
tracks are merely faint sounds in
comparison to her voice. There is
a noticeable growth and maturity
in her voice between her rst and
second album.
““21”” was named simply because
Adele wanted to differentiate her
songs that she has written accord-
ing to who she is as a person and
experiences she is going through.
Many of the songs were written and
inspired from a recent break up she
went through.
Her lyrics tell a story and usually
revolve around love and personal
battles. Adele takes us into her
personal life by way of music.
The album has a wide range of
off of the album. Featuring drums
and a soulful bluesy sound, it isn’’t a
wonder why this has been a popular
song for radio stations to play.
Another great track off of the
album happens to be a cover of
““Lovesong”” originally written and
performed by The Cure who happen
to be another one of Adele’’s musical
inuences.
Bands such as 311, Anberlin
and Jack Off Jill have covered
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gospel-like and R&B. Track to track
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singles off of the album ““Set Fire
to the Rain”” is my favorite. This
piano ballad simply shows off all of
Adele’’s musical attributes. With a
wide vocal range, well written lyrics
and a beautiful piano melody in the
background of her voice.
““Rumour Has It”” is one of the
most upbeat and catchiest tracks




Adele is different and is unlike
any female artist presently. The
industry has been lacking a pow-
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““21”” has had tremendous success
both in the U.S. and U.K. and her
popularity will only increase. Adele
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Mental training:
Agile athletes’’ brain focus,
benecial on & off the eld
Recent studies show an athletes’’ mental game is invaluable to life
Characterized by exceptional
physical dexterity, the edge that
athletes have over non-athletes
may also extend to mental focus.
According to a New York Times
article, a recent study performed
at the Beckman Institute for Ad-
vanced Science and Technology
at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign proved the
mental focus ability of student
athletes over non-athlete collegians
during a virtual trafc-dodging
experiment.
The results of the experiment
illustrated that a higher success
rate for student athletes crossing
the virtual street was not because
the athletes were bigger, better or
““They [athletes] didn’’t move faster,
but it looks like they thought faster.””
-Art Kramer, director of the Beckman Institute
faster than the non-athletes.
““What they did do was glance
along the street a few more times
than the non athletes, each time
gathering slightly more data and
processing it more speedily and
accurately than the other students,””
according to the New York Times
article.
““They [athletes] didn’’t move
faster,”” said Art Kramer, the direc-
tor of the Beckman Institute and
a leader in the study of exercise
and cognition, who oversaw the
research. ““But it looks like they
thought faster,”” he said.
Sports emphasize the importance
of mental conditioning for athletes
in order to yield success on and off
the eld.
When an athlete is ““in the zone,””
the synchronization of mind and
body allows the individual to excel
beyond mental and physical chal-
lenges; the results of the revelatory
study performed at the Beckman In-
stitute show exciting new evidence
that skills conditioned by athletes
may impact their mental dexterity
and the way they think entirely.
Rene Marois, director of the
Human Information Processing
Laboratory at Vanderbilt com-
mented on the experiment.
““To the extent that athletes, in
their sport, must routinely make
split-second decisions in often
very complex environments (e.g.,
whether to pass or kick the incom-
ing soccer ball), it would make
sense to me that they would have
superior skill sets in processing the
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fast-paced information to success-
fully cross the street,”” Marois said.
Immaculate coordination of
mental and physical strength is
what gives athletes an edge over
everyone else, although it is still
debated as to how much these traits
can be credited to Mother Nature
versus practice and hard work.
A modern variation of the age-
old chicken and egg paradox asks,
““Which came rst: the athlete or
the athleticism?””
The answer to this question is
debatable, but I believe the solution
to be an imbalanced combination
of nature and nurture.
In my opinion, athleticism and
exceptional mental focus is mani-
fested by a 3:1 ratio of nurture to
natural ability.
For instance, a person may be
born with an IQ of 180, but without
an education, practice and nurtur-
ing their full potential success may
never be achieved.
The strategic mental process and
consequent success exhibited by
athletes in the experiment at the
Beckman Institute when crossing
the street, could perhaps be appli-
cable when taking a difcult test,
facing a job interview or overcom-
ing any challenge in life.
““The constant multitasking and
information processing demanded
by athletics increase both the
capacity of the athletes’’ mental
information processing systems
and their speed,”” according to the
New York Times article.
Future research will delve deeper
into the subject of athletes and
brain focus, but in the meantime,
its a no brainer that sports are
benecial for the body and mind
and can help people keep their cool
in everyday situations.
sports march 24, 2011
First doubles’’ player Josh Isaacson (above) and partner Aneil Bhalla won 8-3 at CSU.
Hawks y past Eagles 6-1, 7-0
By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford
men’’s and women’’s tennis teams
took out their frustration of hav-
ing to travel during their spring
break on their opponent, unfor-
tunately for the Coppin State
Eagles, they were the Hawks
competition.
With a convincing 6-1 victory
for the men’’s team and a 7-0
victory for the women’’s team,
in a series of games where the
women didn’’t drop a single set,
the Hawks received convincing
victories for big conference wins
against a long time rival. Coppin
Golf, No. 7 in spring break tourney
Sophomore Sarah Sideranko nished No. 17 individually, best among her teammates.
By Erica White
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford
women’’s golf team placed sev-
enth out of nine teams competing
in the Homewood Suites Siena
Invitational at the Wanamacker
Course in Port Lucis, Fla. this
past weekend to kick off their
2011 season.
Notably, sophomore Sarah
Sideranko earned the lowest
single round of the tournament
with a 74. Sideranko rebounded
13 points from her rst day of the
tournament, putting her in rst
State’’s, James Jeffreys, started off
the match against UHart with a (6-3,
6-0) win against freshman, Joel de
los Santos, but after dropping the
rst game, the Hawks never backed
down from there.
Edgardo Ureta won a hard fought
(6-3, 7-6 (7-4)) match against
Quincy Darko in a clear change of
power between the two teams with
UHart taking the next four games to
complete a 6-1 rout of the Eagles,
with the nal four singles matches
resulting in UHart only dropping
two sets total.
On the women’’s side of the court
there was no dropping of any sets,
writing anything in the Coppin State
scorecard, and no chance this game
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for the Hawks. She ultimately took
17th, nishing out the tournament
with 161.
In second place for Hartford was
junior Emily Linn, who tied for 25th
with a score of 165 after dropping
three strokes her second round of
play for an 81 on day two.
Freshman Aubrey Ungvarsky had
a score of 81 for day one and led
the Hawks through the rst half of
the tournament.
She concluded day two with an
86, bringing her to a total of 167 and
tying for a solid 28th place overall.
In fourth for the Hawks was
junior Marissa Kallaugher with a
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would be close.
The University of Hartford wom-
en’’s team did not drop a single set
in all seven matches that counted.
California native, Katina Zampas,
started off the game with an 8-0
sweep of Coppin State’’s Lauretta
Mukam and with solid follow up
performances by junior Haley Gi-
leau and senior Nicole Haynal, the
match couldn’’t have ended quickly
enough for the Eagles.
The University of Hartford
women’’s team, with the win, puts
their record at 3-5 on the season and
will resume play March 24 against
Quinnipiac, while the men’’s team
will resume play two days later
against St. Francis in New Jersey.
175 and a respectable 39th place.
Sophomore Kirsten LaPointe
nished up in fth for Hartford
with a 194 and a 47th place after
improving by 16 strokes the second
day of competition.
The Hartford Hawks had two
individual competitors on the green
this past weekend.
Freshmen Claire Crouch and
Elizabeth Creighton came in 46th
and 48th respectively.
The Hartford Hawks will hit
the links next at the Four Streams
Golf Course in Beallsville, Md. for
the Hoya Invitational, hosted by
Georgetown University.
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‘‘Spring’’ snow showers can’’t stop lax from winning

By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer

The Hawks didn’’t seem to mind

the New England spring snow as they
laid the Sacred Heart Pioneers to rest,
their fth win of the season, and their
second-straight against a team from
Connecticut.
The Hartford Hawks started out hot
despite the weather, putting themselves
on the board in the rst two minutes of
the game they would go on to win 14-8.
Freshman Tate Kildonas netted the
rst goal, his sixth of the season.
The goals would keep coming as
junior, Carter Bender ripped in a goal
only two minutes after a turnover by
Sacred Heart, his rst of four during
the Wednesday game.
The Pioneers would prevent a rst
period shutout by scoring one of their
own with two minutes left in the pe-
riod by Bailey Dodds, to nish out the
quarter 4-1.
Sacred Heart had gained most of its
momentum in the second half of the
game, but could not create an advantage
by matching Hartford with two goals
for the quarter.
But the Hawk’’s last goal of the half
came with only 4.8 seconds left, with a
long pass across the eld and an inside
shot by Bender for his second goal.
By the start of the second half the
““spring”” weather was in full stride
creating the look of an outdoor winter
lacrosse game, but the year-round train- ADAM MANISON
ing must have paid off for the Hawks as Wednesday’’s freak snow storm victory brings Hartford’’s record to 5-3 overall, with 3 wins and only 1 loss at home in 2011.
they continued to build their lead even
more so, by outscoring the Pioneers After Carter Bender’’s four, sopho- Bowes, Ryan Compitello and The Hawks lax team returns for returns to West Hartford for in-con-
3-2 and 5-3, in the third and fourth more Rory Nunamacher had three sophomore Jared Franze had two more action in Staten Island against ference play, April 9 against Stony
quarters respectively. goals of his own, juniors Martin goals for their careers as well. Wagner University March 26, and Brook University.

SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS

NCAA tourney: Last stop for Hawks’’ wild season ride

By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
The 2010-2011 season was sup-
posed to be a rebuilding one for the
Hartford Hawks women’’s basketball
team.
With a team that featured three
seniors, two juniors and seven fresh-
men and sophomores, the Hawks
stumbled to a 1-9 start.
Though they were playing one
of the toughest out of conference
schedules in the nation, things didn’’t
get better when conference play
opened up.
Hartford, the class of the America
East and losers of just 6 conference
games in the previous ve seasons
started the conference season at 3-4.
Sitting at 6-14 overall and 3-4 in
America East play, the post season
seemed like an impossibility.
The Hawks though, left their best
play for the stretch run.
After a loss to Boston University
on Jan. 23, Hartford won eight out
ADAM MANISON their nal nine regular season games.
Seniors Jackie Smith and Mary Silvia were elated when the Hawks went on to win the conference The late surge lifted the Hawks to
championship in their nal season at the University of Hartford. fourth in the America East standings.
Playing their best basketball and the
conference tournament on their home
oor, the Hawks were in comfortable
position.
Hartford won a rugged 48-43 game
over Albany in the America East
quarternals.Next, they blew out
the regular season champs UMBC
66-48.
The Retrievers of UMBC had
swept the Hawks during the season.
In the conference championship
game, the Hawks headed to Boston
to take on BU. Unfazed by a hostile
crowd, Hartford won 65-53.
The tournament win meant an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tourna-
ment. It was Hartford’’s third NCAA
appearance in four years.
Hartford drew a 16 seed and a
matchup against UConn the two time
defending national champions, and a
team that has gone 110-1 since 2008.
The Hawks battled Connecticut, but
fell 75-39.
Things look bright for the upcom-
ing season, as the Hawks will return
nine players who own big game
experience and now a conference
championship.