University of Hartford
Volume 33, Issue 19
INSIDE
Sports
Men’’s lacrosse picked up its sec-
ond win of the season. For more on
the game, turn to page 15.
News
The anchoring process has
changed and applications are
due soon. For full details on the
changes see page 3.
Entertainment
SXSW showcased many new
aspiring artists. For photos and
analysis of the festival turn to
pages 8 and 10.
Opinions
The health care debate has come
to an end and a bill was signed
into law. For two takes on the bill,
turn to page 7.
BY THE
NUMBERS
3 Tortured and imprisoned for 14
The percent in-
crease in tuition
announced on
March 11.
The Informer
Trial Run for Mixed-Gender Housing
By Alexandria Hubbard
News Editor
The university will join the ranks
of Hampshire College and Wes-
leyan University by implementing
mixed-gender housing next year.
The Mixed Gender Housing
Pilot Program will start in the
2010-2011 academic year. The
program places students in the
Village Quad 3 in four- and six-
person apartments. Because of its
new status, the program is allow-
ing only 10 groups to participate
this year.
““This will denitely give stu-
dents more freedom in their
choices [of who they live with],””
said Jennifer Lovelace, the as-
sistant director for assignments
and billing. ““These students are
emerging adults, and this is part
of the process for them to grow.””
Mixed gender housing is consid-
ered a group of male and female
students living together in the
apartment sharing the common
living areas, such as kitchen and
living room, but not the individual
bedroom spaces. Only biological
males and biological females are
permitted to share a bedroom.
In order to be considered for the
pilot program, students must com-
plete the Mixed Gender Housing
Application. As with other housing
assignments, students must have
paid the $250 room deposit and
be status 1 students.
All members of the apartment
must attend a ““Living Together””
Seminar sponsored by the Ofce
of Residential Life. They will be
held on Saturday, March 28 and
Sunday, March 29 from 1 to 2:30
p.m. in a location that will be an-
nounced by the weekend. Students
only need to attend one of these
Nobel Peace Prize Winner On Campus
By Jeremy Stanley
Managing Editor
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, one of
the ““disappeared”” during the era
of political turmoil in Argentina
called the ““Dirty War”” in the
1970s, will present a lecture Friday
at Lincoln Theater.
The Noble Peace laureate will
spend the weekend as part of
PeaceJam Northeast Conference
held at the University of Hartford
for the rst time.
According to UNotes, 250 to 300
students in the Northeast region of
the U.S. will be on campus as part
of the conference. Fifty students,
around half of them University
students, will act as mentors to the
high school students in breakout
sessions.
Provost Lynn Pasquerella said,
““The University is honored to be
hosting Adolfo Peréz Esquivel.
months for his attempts to redress
political oppression in Argentina
in the ‘‘70s, his life serves as a
model of commitment to social
justice.
““His presence will undoubtedly
inspire and motivate students at
all levels to take up the challenge
to promote peaceful reform in
response to human rights’’ abuses
around the world.””
Wednesday marked the Day of
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The Mixed Gender Housing Pilot Program will start in the 2010-2011 academic year. It will only
allow 10 groups to participate in the trial. The 10 apartments will be in Village Quad 3.
dates in order to get the credit.
The rst groups who apply and
attend the seminar will be accepted
to the program. If the program is
deemed successful this year, then
there is a possibility that it will be
expanded for the future, according
to Lovelace.
Students who wish to apply must
do so by Friday, March 26 at 4 p.m.
at the Ofce of Residential Life.
The idea for mixed-gender hous-
ing was brought up by students
a few years ago who drafted
a proposal for this program.
They worked closely with Irwin
Nussbaum, who currently works
as the director of the Freshman
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel will speak on Friday and Saturday.
Remembrance for Truth and Jus-
tice in Argentina, a holiday that
serves to commemorate ““Dirty
War”” victims.
For 14 months beginning in
1977, Pérez Esquivel was impris-
oned for speaking out against those
who were brutally treated by the
Argentinean military dictatorship.
Success Center and Orientation.
““He [Nussbaum] was really the
catalyst for pushing this program,””
said Lovelace.
From there, the university exam-
ined research and data from other
schools that had implemented
mixed-gender housing. The posi-
tive results from other universities
helped push the program forward
for Hartford.
The Ofce of Residential Life
is discouraging couples from
participating in the program.
Other schools have also pushed
the same idea. According to an
April 2008 article from the Boston
Globe, ““Most colleges discourage
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According to an article by con-
ference coordinator Chrissa Dean
on UNotes, Pérez Esquivel was
released following a letter writing
campaign facilitated by Amnesty
International after the 1978 World
Cup held in Argentina ““[shined]
a spotlight on human abuses oc-
curring there.””
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students who are romantically in-
volved from living together, but a
few schools freely admit that some
roommates are in sexual relation-
ships, which they say is none of
their business.””
According to the Office of
Residential Life Web site, ““This
program will more importantly
mirror the living choices which
await students upon graduating
the University of Hartford.””
““We know that some students
already move off campus into
mixed-gender housing,”” said
Lovelace. ““With this program, we
can keep them on campus and keep
them as a part of our community.””
The lecture at Lincoln Theater
will require no ticket to the confer-
ence to attend and is open to all
University students.
Then, when the conference of-
cially opens on Saturday, Pérez
Esquivel will address conference
attendees, according to UNotes.
The University is forging a
relationship with NextGen Lead-
ers, the Northeast affiliate of
PeaceJam, where it plans to hold
conferences on the campus of the
university in the years to come.
Previously, according to UNotes,
the PeaceJam conference was held
at Elms College in Chicopee,
Mass. for three years. Conference
organizers said they were in need
of more space and the University
of Hartford became a viable op-
tion for the conference, according
to UNotes.
The University student mentors
are not the only ones lending a
hand for PeaceJam, as Hartford
Art School students in a design
class have developed material that
attendees will receive, according
to UNotes.
Hillyer sociology classes’’ stu-
dents will run some workshops
and also participate as volunteers.
Folk artists Buskin & Batteau
performed as part of the ““Music
for a Change”” music series last
Friday, raising proceeds to benet
PeaceJam Northeast.
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Computer Problems? See the Computer Support Center
By Keith Rugar
Informer Staff Writer
Due to an increase in viruses on
campus, university ofcials are
asking students to use protection
on their computers.
Computer viruses are running
rampant on the Internet and
are targetting popular sites like
Facebook. These viruses can
slow down the campus’’ network
and cause damage to students’’
computers.
Abbey Ortlieb, a staff member
in the Computer Support Center,
has seen it all. ““We get computers
that are so littered with stuff that
they are unusable,”” she said.
Students who illegally download
things like music and movies run
the risk of downloading a com-
puter virus. This can cause the
university to shut down a student’’s
wireless connection.
Other viruses have been at-
tached to Facebook messages said
to be a video from a friend. Ortlieb
suggests that students contact their
friends to see if they have sent
something. ““Unless your friend
sends you videos a lot don’’t click
on it,”” she said.
If a virus is added to your hard
drive students may want to back up
their hard drive using an external
device, but Ortlieb suggests that
students do not try to remove the
virus themselves.
““If students back up their com-
puter to an external hard drive
the virus may spread to the hard
drive. Students shouldn’’t try to do
it themselves; have a professional
do it,”” she said.
““Students are required to have
anti-virus software on their com-
puter in order to be connected to
the campus network,”” said Sara
Russell of the campus’’ computer
Scholarship Opportunity for University Tuition To
Students Increases This Year Increase by 3 Percent
By Edline Dyer
Informer Staff Writer
This year the Emeriti Scholar-
ship Association announced that
it has renewed and increased its
annual scholarship award.
The EA has awarded students
based on academic merit since the
2006-2007 academic year. This
year the award has been increased
to two awards of $500 each.
The scholarship is offered to
undergraduate students entering
either their sophomore, junior, or
senior year as full time students a
cumulative GPA of at least 3.25.
Consideration for the award is
based on scholarly achievement
and commitment to extra-curric-
ular activities at the university or
within the community at large.
Applicants must also be enrolled
in any of the colleges at the Uni-
versity of Hartford for at least one
semester.
Emeriti Association Executive
Secretary and Treasurer Walter
Banzhaf shed some light on the
association.
The EA is comprised of retired
university faculty and administra-
tors who have been recognized by
the university’’s Board of Regents
for their ““outstanding service over
a period of years.””
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Students having problems with their computers can bring them to the Computer Support Center on the rst oor of the CC building.
support staff. ““The university is
offering students with free Syman-
tic’’s Norton Anti-Virus software.””
Students who would like to
have the software added to their
computer can go to the Computer
Support Center in the Computer
Center building and have it up-
loaded to their computers.
““You never want more than
one anti-virus program on your
computer. They can conict with
each other and let in malware,””
Ortlieb added.
Some students may have heard
the myth that Apple computers
don’’t get viruses. ““That is a lie,””
said Russell.
““Right now there are not as many
viruses for Macs, but Mac viruses
are really bad,”” she said.
They assist the university in
achieving its academic and profes-
sional goals by using the expertise
of its members to the best advan-
tage of the school.
““We appreciate the support of
the university,”” Banzhaf said,
““in assisting our membership to
continue their professional, edu-
cational and scholarly activities.””
The Emeriti Association offers
scholarships to students because,
Banzhaf stated, ““All members
served the university for many
years, and are committed to seeing
its students succeed. The Emeriti
Scholarship was created to assist
our best and brightest with funding
their education.””
Scholarship money is provided
by all of the donation money from
members of the association allo-
cated to an ““endowment”” account.
The annual income from this
account is used for the scholar-
ships. Some donations are also
used to increase the award amount
in a given year.
Very signicant contributions
in recent years have allowed the
Emeriti Scholarship to grow from
being a single $250 award to two
awards of $500 each for the 2010-
2011 academic school year.
Thus far the award has been
given to students of the College
Ortlieb added that they were
once given a Mac that was infected
with a Trojan virus that took over
everything.
The campus also has strict rules
about music downloads over the
campus network. The Digital Mil-
lennium Copyright Act gives the
R.I.A.A. the right to prosecute
individuals who download copy-
righted material illegally.
This law gives industry ofcials
the right to sue individuals for up
to $150,000 for each copyright
infringement.
The university’’s policy is to shut
off campus access to anyone found
to be downloading or uploading
copyrighted material.
““If the music industry contacts
the university to notify them
of Arts and Sciences, the Hartt
School and CETA. Every year the
Emeriti Scholarship Committee
makes an effort to rotate the award
among the various colleges.
““We appreciate the
support of the university
in assisting our
membership to continue
their professional,
educational and
scholarly activities.””
- Walter Banzhaf
There is no application form
for students to ll out for this
scholarship; rather, prospective
students should submit a resume,
two letters of recommendation
from the applicant’’s advisor or
other faculty members, and a letter
of application.
The letter of application is open
to the student’’s creativity, and it
should highlight their academic
and extra curricular achievements
at the university.
The deadline for submission
of these materials is Wednesday,
March 31 at 4 p.m. All materi-
als should be emailed to Walter
Banzhaf at banzhaf@hartford.edu.
of someone using copyrighted
material, the offender’’s Internet
port will be closed,”” said Russell.
““The rst offense would be for two
weeks, the second offence would
be for four weeks and a third of-
fence would become judicial.””
There is a list of sites that are
legal-free sites such as mp3.
com, Pandora, Ruckus and Spiral
Frog and legal-pay sites such as
Amazon, iTunes, Napster, Netf-
lix and Rhapsody, but the use of
any illegal sites is a violation of
federal, state and the university’’s
own regulations.
According to the university’’s
““Hitchhiker’’s Guide to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act,”” 356
University of Hartford students
have been caught so far.
By Alexandria Hubbard
News Editor
The university announced that
tuition will increase by 3 percent
for the 2010-2011 academic year.
In an e-mail sent out on Thurs-
day, March 11, President Walter
Harrison stated that any tuition
increase was unwelcome but that
this is the second year that tuition
has been raised by only 3 percent.
According to Harrison, ““The
University of Hartford is now
the least expensive university
among those private institutions
that are considered our peers ––
and we will be working hard to
continue in that position in the
years to come.””
The increase will mostly be
used to maintain the univer-
sity’’s academic programs and
to provide more nancial aid to
students who need it.
Harrison wrote, ““With the
economic challenges that so
many families are facing these
days, our nancial aid staff has
been working tirelessly to help
as many students as possible
to stay in school, and I am ex-
tremely grateful for their efforts.
In fact, more than 90 percent of
our students now receive some
form of nancial aid.””
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Students using the Internet
need to be careful about the sites
that they visit and understand
le-sharing laws that pertain to
copyrighted material.
““If you use the Internet you are
subject to viruses; even out of cu-
riosity don’’t click on links if you
don’’t know where it came from,
use a level of caution,”” said Ort-
lieb. ““Using the Internet requires
you to have common sense.””
For more information on campus
Internet rules or computer support
contact the Computer Support
Center, room C113 in the Com-
puter Center building.
Students and faculty can call
the center at 860-768-5999 or at
uhaweb.hartford.edu/gradorien/
computersupportcenter.html.
Other private universities have
had similar tuition increases.
Georgetown University recently
approved a 3 percent tuition increase
for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Johns Hopkins University will raise
its tuition by 3.9 percent.
Some schools still face higher
tuition increases, such as Rice Uni-
versity in Houston, Texas, which
will see an increase of 5.4 percent
next year. Yale University will in-
crease its tuition by 4.8 percent for
the upcoming academic year.
Tuition increases have been slow-
ing down over the past few years. In
the 2009-2010 school year, private
school tuitions and fees increased
4.3 percent according to a survey
released by the National Associa-
tion of Independent Colleges and
Universities. This was signicantly
less than the 6 percent trend that had
been seen over previous years. Some
universities froze tuition increases
that year to help families with the
nancial burden.
The university will be making
budget decreases for the next year
that will take effect on July 1, 2010.
According to Harrison, ““To ensure
that these reductions do not impact
academic quality, administrative
areas have been given the larger
budget-cutting goals, and academic
departments have the smallest.””

The Ofce of Residential Life will be accepting anchoring ap-
plications, available online, until Wednesday, March 31 at 3 p.m.
Applicants must anchor 50 percent of the current apartment.
Squatting Process
Has Been Changed:
New Info for Students
By Alexandria Hubbard
News Editor
Anchoring, formerly known as
squatting, will be a rolling process
that takes place out of the Ofce
of Residential Life for this year’’s
housing selection.
Students who wish to remain
in their current housing assign-
ment for the next academic year
still need to ll out and submit an
anchoring form.
However, unlike in years prior,
students no longer need to show
up on a specic day to submit this
information.
Previously, students came to a
room announced by the Ofce of
Residential Life, usually in Gen-
gras Student Union.
There, students could submit
their forms to anchor in their hous-
ing assignment.
Students could only complete
this process on that day, which
was previously scheduled this year
for April 7.
However, the Ofce of Resi-
dential Life’’s assignment team
cancelled the day early in March.
They have opted instead to have
anchoring be a rolling process with
a nal deadline of Wednesday,
March 31 at 3 p.m.
Students who wish to anchor
can print out the anchoring form
from the Of ce of Residential
Life’’s Web site and submit it to
the ORL ofce on or before that
date. From there the assignments
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team will take the information,
verify it and place the students.
Students will receive an e-mail
notication by 5 p.m. on Friday,
April 2 if the anchoring applica-
tion was accepted.
This allots time for students to
make alternate plans for housing
in time for Room Selection on
Saturday, April 10 if they are not
allowed to anchor in their space.
The general rules for anchor-
ing still apply, however. In order
to anchor a space, students must
have at least 50 percent of the
current residents of the apartment
in Regents Park, Park River and
the Village will be returning to
the space.
Only single rooms in E and F
Complex can be anchored. First-
year living areas, A through D
Complex and Hawk Hall, cannot
be anchored.
All students anchoring must
have paid the $250 housing de-
posit and be status 1 students.
If students have any questions,
they should direct them to their
Resident Assistant or area’’s Resi-
dent Director.
More information on room se-
lection will appear in the April 1
edition of the Informer.
Students with concerns can go
to the Ofce of Residential Life,
located behind F Complex.
There is also a room selection
booklet available online through
the Residential Life Web site,
uhaweb.hartford.edu/reslife.
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Prosthetics Course Added
By Marissa Pollina
Informer Staff Writer
The university is offering a
new class for students in the
upcoming fall semester that is
designed to help students who
are physical therapy majors with
an extreme hands on approach.
Students who are looking for a
challenge, interested in helping
others, and students who want to
get further in their career choice
might want to choose this new
course, called Prosthetics and
Orthotics.
For those students in The
College of Education, Nursing
and Health Professions, who
are looking for specic classes
adjusted to their major, this
new course might be the perfect
selection for that open spot in
your schedule.
This introduction course,
PRPO 200, will help these stu-
dents get a better feel for what
physical therapists actually do
and how they do it all. The idea
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end result helps people get
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Obama Reforms Health Care and Student Loans
By Erica Clayton
Senior Copy Chief
Health care Reform: What
does it mean for me?
On Sunday the long-awaited
health care reform vote took place,
voting in favor of reform with a
close, partisan vote of 219-212.
Some of the new legislation takes
affect immediately while other
aspects will be implemented over
the next few years.
Students who are nearing gradu-
ation are happy to hear that they
will no longer be booted off their
parents’’ insurance plans, but now
have until age 26 to come across
their own solutions for insurance
through employment, plan pur-
chases or other opportunities.
Now, insurance companies are
unable to drop or deny coverage
to patients who fall ill or have
pre-existing conditions. If you
buy a policy, your insurance com-
pany can no longer place a cap on
how much it will cover. And new
insurance plans have to provide
Public Safety
Blotter
Monday 03-08-10
1. Drug Offense
Tuesday 03-09-10
Malicious Mischief
Drug Offense
Wednesday 03-10-10
Drug Offense
Thursday 03-11-10
2. Harassment
3. Motor Vehicle
Accident/Evading
Responsibility
Friday 03-12-10
4. Trespassing
5. Vandalism
Vandalism
Malicious Mischief
Vandalism to a Motor
Vehicle
6. Failure to Cooperate Village Apts. #2
and 3 Parking
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Alcohol Offense
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coverage for preventative care
without a co-pay.
Other parts of the bill will take
place throughout the next few
years, culminating most major
parts by 2014.
Small businesses and self em-
ployed or unemployed Americans
will be able to utilize exchanges,
allowing the purchase of less
expensive coverage. Under this
clause, insurers will no longer
be able to turn away people with
pre-existing conditions or charge
them more than clients without
pre-existing conditions.
Amendments are already being
made by the House to be voted on
by the Senate.
Should these proposed changes
take place, Americans will be
required to purchase coverage by
2014, or face a ne of $95, or 1
percent of their income, whichever
is greater.
If coverage is not purchased by
2015, the ne is increased to $325,
or 2 percent of income, and by 2016
the ne will be $695 or 2.5 percent
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of income. Poorer Americans, that
is households of four or more that
make up to $88,000 annually, how-
ever, will receive subsidies as part
of a hardship exemption.
Many families will be provided
with tax credits in order to offset
the cost of health care premiums,
which will be decided based on
annual household income.
On Wednesday, President Barack
Obama issued and signed an execu-
tive order declaring that federal
funds cannot be used to fund abor-
tions. The bill also denies coverage
to people who have entered or may
be living in the U.S. illegally.
Consumers will also face new
regulations in food services and
indoor tanning salons, according
to CNN.com. Restaurants with
more than 20 locations will now be
required to display calorie informa-
tion next to food items on menus,
along with contextual information
on food consumption. Nutrition
facts will also be required to be
posted on vending machines and
drive-thru menus, but specials,
condiments and test market foods
are exempt.
Indoor tanning policies have also
changed. Those wishing to tan in a
salon will be faced with a 10 percent
tax after July 1 of this year, due to
being classied as ““carcinogenic
to humans,”” by the International
Agency for Research on Cancer,
an afliate of the World Health
Organization, according to CNN.
These are just a few of the many
changes in the 2,000-plus page bill.
Any citizen who wishes to read the
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bill from cover-to-cover can do
so at the Senate Web site: www.
senate.gov. However, the bill is
written in legislative jargon. For
a more in-depth look in laymen’’s
terms, visit CNN.com/health.
Student Loan Overhaul
Buried underneath all of the
health care reform news on Sunday
was another important and press-
ing bill regarding student loans as
part of the budget reconciliation
legislation.
This legislation shifts all lending
from the bank-based Federal Fam-
ily Education Loan Program to the
Direct Loan Program, according to
Inside Higher Ed, and will use $61
billion in savings over 10 years for
the Pell Grant Program as well as
other education priorities.
Much of the original legislation
has been lost in overhaul, even
though it was passed through the
House last fall.
Lost to the new legislation are
several billion dollars that had
initially been planned to reduce
interest rates on student loans;
funding for President Obama’’s
American Graduation Initiative,
the goal of which was to gradu-
ate about 5 million more students
through community colleges by
2020; both among other large
budget cuts.
However, in the midst of fund-
ing that was kept in the budget, $2
billion is directed to fund a De-
partment of Labor career-training
program that has yet to receive
funding thus far, in spite of its
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creation in last year’’s economic
stimulus bill. And $1.5 billion is
set aside for newer, income-based
repayment options for students who
have taken out loans for school.
One issue was magnied upon
discussion: The Pell Grant. Pell
Grants are awarded as a post-
secondary, educational federal
grant program through the U.S.
Department of Education.
These grants do not require re-
payment and are awarded based
on nancial need, which is deter-
mined by Congress after reviewing
each Free Application for Federal
Student Aid, or as students know
it, FASFA. This loan overhaul
guarantees that the government will
be able to meet the high, and ever-
increasing demand for Pell Grant
funds without sacricing awards for
current or future recipients.
The Associated Press reports that
private banks will no longer receive
fees from the government for acting
as middlemen in loans to low- and
middle-income college students.
These savings will be used to
increase Pell Grants for students in
need as well as make it easier for
many workers plagued by student
loan repayments.
Beginning in 2014, many college
graduates will be barred from de-
voting more than 10 percent of their
monthly income to repay student
loans, as opposed to the current
cap of 15 percent.
The college loan bill still needs
Senate approval, however, it is
expected to pass even though there
are some opponents in all parties.
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Education Funding: First To Go? One Weighted Issue
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced plans to cut public school funding last week.
Education is the foundation of
our society. It is fundamental to
the advancement of this country
and its future success.
To keep our world status and
compete in the ever-expanding
global economy, education is the
key component. If all these things
are true, then why is education the
rst thing to be cut when state’’s
cut the budget?
Yes, we are college students
and though some of our siblings
are still in elementary, middle and
high school, you might be thinking
that it has no direct impact on us
as college students, but it does.
As scary as it sounds we will be
having children in the near future
and these current budget cuts are
not only detrimental to the current
students in public schools but also
to the future students who have
yet to enter school.
Governor Chris Christie of New
Jersey made his budget speech last
week and intends to cut almost $1
billion in state funding to school
districts. For many districts this
means at least 50 to 100 percent
of their funding for the next school
year.
How are they going to make up
the decit? By cutting teachers,
support staff and programs that
don’’t t the traditional mold of
English, math and science courses.
So a child receiving a well-
rounded education is out of the
question. Psychology shows us
that there are many different kinds
of intelligence and with these cuts
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stated the biggest problem with
education reform is that it doesn’’t
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Obesity in America is an ever-
pressing issue that I consistently
hear and read about in the news.
I Believe
According to a news segment on in
CBS in January, nearly 190 mil- Peace
lion Americans are considered
overweight or obese. Diabetes
and heart disease are just two Alexandria Hubbard •• News Editor
of the results of obesity. And
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yet, despite all of this, there are
still Americans who are trying Twitter: @AlexHubbard
to be obese.
Prime example: Donna Simp- Despite all of these concerns and
son of Old Bridge, N.J. Currently, health risks, Simpson still wants to
she weighs 600 pounds. Simpson weigh 1,000 pounds. She makes
is consuming 12,000 calories a money by appearing on a Web site
day in hopes to one-day weigh where men pay to watch her eat and
1,000 pounds. wear a bikini.
I bet you’’re asking the same I just don’’t get it. I really can’’t
question I am: Why? Why would comprehend why people go to
you want to weigh 1,000 pounds? these extremes. A few weeks ago, I
Simpson already holds the wrote about the other end of the size
Guinness World Record as the spectrum: the too-small, unobtain-
COURTESY OF NJ.COM world’’s fattest mom. She has a able ideal of the fashion industry.
two-year-old daughter, and she Now this?
says it may be difcult for her How is it possible that our country
place much importance on it. I
to gain the weight she wants focuses so much of our attention
understand he is trying to cut New
because she’’s always chasing on weight?
Jersey’’s decit of $10 billion but
after her. Living a healthy lifestyle isn’’t
education is not the way to do
It sounds sick, absolutely hard to do. It’’s also the best way
it. Not only are you hurting the
sickening. And her interviews to live a longer life. You run less
children’’s education you are also
make it even worse. In an inter- risk of dealing with a lot of these
hurting taxpayers.
view with London’’s Daily Mail health issues, and you avoid a lot
The loss has to be made up
she said, ““My favourite food is of complications and hospital bills.
somehow. Schools can’’t survive
sushi, but unlike others I can sit Our country continues to promote
on zero funding from the state so
and eat 70 big pieces of sushi in these unhealthy and extreme life-
they will need to raise taxes in
one go.”” Seventy? styles. The men who pay to watch
order to make up some of the loss.
Simpson can barely walk 20 her eat are just as guilty as the mod-
But it’’s only public schools that
feet without needing to sit down. eling agencies and designers who
are suffering, charter schools are
She spends over $750 on grocer- tell some girls that they are too fat.
not receiving any loss of funding.
ies every single week according So how do we break this cycle?
Charters schools are an alternative
to the Hufngton Post. ““I love Can we break this cycle? Or are we
form of public education, there
eating and people love watching simply stuck?
is no tuition and they are usually
me eat,”” Simpson said according I don’’t think there is a way that we
specialized programs. Charter
to Fox News. ““It makes people can convince a woman like Simpson
schools get funding when states
happy, and I’’m not harming or a woman with a distorted body
transfer the per-pupil aid from the
anyone.”” image that they are slowly killing
public school to the charter school.
According to the Centers for themselves. It’’s not something that
This is not only happening in
Disease Control and Preven- they would be willing to hear.
New Jersey but around the country,
tion, the risk of coronary heart A healthy lifestyle is something
many states are sacricing educa-
disease, type-2 diabetes, hyper- we must continue to instill in the
tion in light of the poor economical
tension and stroke increase with coming generations. Childhood
times. Some have gone so far
obesity and excessive weight obesity and eating disorders are
as to close some public schools
gain. Overweight and obese becoming more and more com-
completely. But don’’t you need
individuals are more likely monplace.
educated individuals in order to
to have liver and gallbladder It’’s something that we, the young
preserve and create a more stable
disease, sleep apnea and respi- adult generation, could try and amend.
economic future?
ratory problems, osteoarthritis Perhaps we can continue to try and
Wouldn’’t it be prudent to invest
and certain types of cancers. change how Americans view weight.
in education? This investment
will have long lasting effects of
at least 60 or more years based on
the average life span.
It is frustrating to see how the
state governments can treat educa-
tion as means to reduce state debt.
This will ultimately hurt the chil-
dren and the future of this nation.
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Health Reform Does More Harm Than Good

By Jessica Rutledge
Informer Staff Writer
The Healthcare Reform Bill passed
by a Senate vote of 219-212 on
Sunday night.
Not one of those 219 votes came
from a Republican, and the GOP is
already pushing for a repeal.
““In a few moments, when I sign
this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric
over reform will nally confront the
reality of reform,”” President Barack
Obama said to the room full of
Democratic lawmakers and invited
guests on Tuesday, March 23. After
months of confusion, controversy
and complaints, President Obama
signed the healthcare reform bill in
Washington.
““Yes we can!”” The healthcare
reform bill passage marks Obama’’s
rst giant leap towards real change
in America. But the bill that was
signed on Tuesday will impact all
Americans –– whether they like it or
not, bringing with it the good, the
bad and the ugly.
The primary objective of the
healthcare reform bill is to expand
U.S. health insurance coverage to
include the more than 32 million
Americans currently living without
it; in doing so, the federal govern-
ment is not only making health
insurance available for everyone
–– but mandatory for all citizens and
legal residents. Americans who do
not purchase health insurance will
have to pay a tax penalty imposed
by the federal government beginning
in 2014.
With the bill, health insurance will
be made affordable to all, without
exception, through the combination
of: employer insurance programs, or
new health care market ““exchanges,””
federal subsidies to lower and
middle-income Americans as well
as small businesses, and the expan-
sion of Medicaid to those below the
poverty line.
Healthcare reform has become
the very epicenter of ery political
debate and controversy; the new bill
brings both positive and negative
consequences to the table.
Obama has been stressing the
most positive impacts of the bill
to the American public, especially
those that will be implemented this
year, including: a ban on insurance
companies to prevent insurers from
refusing children based on preexist-
ing medical conditions, tax credits to
small businesses to help them provide
insurance for employees and allow-
ing parents to keep their children on
their health-insurance policies until
they reach 26 years of age, according
to Christian Science Monitor.
Proper healthcare for all Ameri-
cans sounds great –– but there are some
drawbacks, and these will impact all
Americans, especially those who will
not directly benet from the bill.
Healthcare reform problem No. 1:
this new bill includes heavy govern-
ment intervention in our free-market
economy. The bill allows the Federal
and State government the ability to
ultimately decide which insurance
plan are available to the public, and
which are ““thrown out.”” Although
an individual can purchase insurance
from a provider outside of the market
exchange, the provider must charge
the same rates as they would in the
exchange. Thus, the government will
have total control over the health
insurance industry.
Healthcare reform problem No. 2:
Obama’’s bill comes with a hefty price
tag that will run Americans upwards
of $980 billion in the rst 10 years ac-
cording to the Congressional Budget
Ofce. So who will be picking up the
tab: the health care industry, health
insurance corporations, our parents
and in a few years……us!
Beginning in 2011, the health
industries will pay up through drug
companies, healthcare insurers, and
a new 3 percent tax on Medicare
device manufacturers.
Increasing costs of Medicare will
impact middle to upper class Ameri-
cans, which includes many of our
parents, who will endure a substantial
increase in Medicare taxes, and the
addition of a new tax of 3.8 percent
on unearned income, according to
Chrsitian Science Monitor.
As University of Hartford students
in line for employment over the next
few years, we will be forced to obtain
health insurance under the threat of
federal government nes, and we
will continue to pay for this bill for
a very, very, long time.
Obama has ardently defended
the bill to insure all Americans
despite the political fury, claiming
it is our responsibility to reform
as a nation: ““We are a nation that
faces its challenges and accepts its
responsibilities,”” he said. ““We are a
nation that does what is hard, what
is necessary, what is right.””
The utopian ideal of insuring 32 coverage we will be funding, are
million uninsured Americans is incapable of working for their own
admirable, but it is going to cause income and funding their own health-
much more harm than good; the bill care insurance.
allots the federal government too The federal subsidies and ““market
much power in our ““democratic”” na- exchanges”” that the bill will imple-
tion. Although Obama has fervently ment are only going to diminish
defended that his healthcare reform is struggling Americans’’ work ethics,
not socialist, the reality is complete and provide healthcare options that
government control over the entire are easier and cheaper to obtain
health insurance business sector in with wages far below the poverty
the U.S. economy. line. If everyone who earns less than
The bill puts every single health- $14,000 annually pays no more than
care provider at the mercy of the 4 percent of their income on health
standards the federal government insurance, there is no motivation
will determine regarding the ““ac- or need to transcend these income
ceptability”” of plan options and levels, all the healthcare they need
premiums. is available at sub-par productivity
Obama claims that this will ““inject level.
competition”” into healthcare insur- The free-market economy of the
ance, but this competition will be U.S. cannot function properly with
created at the discretion of the federal government intervention. Socialist
government. economic models cannot function
Furthermore, the overwhelming properly without government inter-
costs of the bill will come out of the vention and limitations on business.
pockets of our middle and upper If we implement restrictions on
class American families; the health healthcare insurance industry, and
industry will suffer expensive taxes mandate all Americans purchase
and consequent budget constraints to insurance from this regulated sec-
fund healthcare for Americans who tor, we are playing with the re that
are below the poverty line. fuels the difference between socialist
Not all of these Americans whose ideals and democratic free market.
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HCR: Another Take The Strip By Zak Shapiro

It’’s been a long time coming, it
isn’’t perfect and it is full of com-
promises from both sides, but at
least it’’s done.
President Barack Obama signed
into law this week a health care
reform bill that will give the
uninsured a safety net that will
prevent people from paying outra-
geous bills.
It’’s hard not to nd this the
biggest accomplishment this law
provides 32 million people with
the opportunity to get health care
under the new plan.
It came with absolutely no sup-
port from Republicans, but Nancy
Pelosi said it in her libuster-
length speech to the House of
Representatives Sunday night: this
was a bipartisan bill.
All of the amendments, all of
the compromises found in the bill
largely came from Republican op-
position to the federal government
funded health care option (with
additional help from so-called
““Blue Dog”” democrats who were
essentially in the pockets of private
insurers).
It’’s obvious that the bill is not
how Obama envisioned it be-
ing——with initial proposals like
the public option intact——but it’’s a
major step forward for this country
in providing comparable coverage
to other nations.
It shouldn’’t have even got this
bad to begin with——predatory
practices by insurance companies
voiding coverage for surgeries
and treatments because of ““pre-
existing conditions”” is a dark
chapter in the medical eld.
Obama called for swift passage
of the bills and it didn’’t get done
as fast as he wanted to, but still,
good things came out of this law.
Republicans tried pushing for an
Tech.
It’’s my
real
name.
Jeremy Stanley •• Managing Editor
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
incremental approach to reform——
a plan that can’’t work, the entire
health care system was fractured in
some places and broken in others.
There are still many questions
left unanswered, many sentiments
that have been echoed by the GOP.
For instance, how will we pay for
it? If only 95 percent of Americans
are covered why are others left out?
But my biggest question is:
When can the public option be put
back on the table?
As a Bay Stater, the passage of a
public option would be meaning-
ful as it carries on the legacy of
Edward M. Kennedy who passed
away last year. Just passing the
bill in its current state denitely
lives up to his ideal, but I can’’t
help but feel that it could go one
step further.
If anything, this bill, spearhead-
ed by Obama, is proof-positive
in his leadership ability. He got
Democrats that weren’’t willing to
budget to ip votes——listening and
allowing himself to compromise
with Republicans is a display of his
pragmatic and strategic thinking.
That’’s certainly not the end of
his ““things to x in this country””
checklist and it will be interesting
to see what issue he takes on next,
provide he is ready after such a
taxing length of time arguing over
the bill.
Jobs? Wars? Who knows.
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Entertainment University of Hartford March 25, 2010

The folliowing is special coverage of the South By Southwest music festival, held yearly in Austin, TX. This festival is often the jumping point for the year’’s best new artists.

Patrick Stump Returns To The Stage At SXSW

By Harris Decker
Entertainment Editor

News of Fall Out Boy’’s breakup

sent shock waves through the
music industry. A band that saw
dark and dirty club shows fade
into sell out arena concerts in less
than ve years was disbanding
and one of the founding members
of modern alternative rock was
no more.
That was just over a month ago.
Now, frontman Patrick Stump
is back and ready to unveil new
music and a new style. He chose
to do so at SXSW in Austin, TX.
As a part of Fall Out Boy,
Stump was often the second in
control when it came to media
hype. The much more charismatic
Pete Wentz was often the talk HARRIS DECKER
of the town, while Stump took Leaving his former band Fall Out Boy behind, Patrick Stump returned to the stage at SXSW, debuting new solo material.
a backseat, reveling in his quiet
personality. music. the rst song, Stump got through all at the same time. During Fall Out Boy’’s nal tour, I
Even on stage Stump would Taking the stage, the newly it and put on an energetic and During his short time on stage, wrote that the band seemed to have
often be glued to his microphone slimmed down Stump was almost fun set for the group of industry Stump showed his new attitude lost their spark. They were drones
letting Wentz and the other mem- unrecognizable until he began professionals. delivering small jokes and talking performing to a brick wall and show-
bers of Fall Out Boy take the lead singing. Despite his anti-celebrity It was surprising that when he to the crowd more than he would as ing almost no emotion. Only time will
when it came to stage presence. in Fall Out Boy, you could never hit the stage, it was just him. He a member of Fall Out Boy (Wentz tell what type of projects Stump will
After dropping a large amount of doubt Stump’’s incredible (and had no band and instead, used a was often the messenger when turn out as a solo artist but for a packed
weight, Stump is stepping out of unique) voice. looping program (source of some speaking to the audience). The best crowd at SXSW, he showed that he
that shell and is ready to smack Despite some major technical of the malfunction in setup) to part about Stump’’s return was the has what it takes to perform, leaving
the crowd around with some new issues through setup and most of play drums, bass, guitar and piano smile on his face. the Fall Out Boy legacy behind him.

Estelle, SSSC Tear The Roof Off SXSW’’s Final Night

HARRIS DECKER

Estelle and Street Sweeper Social Club rocked the nal night at SXSW’’s Billboard.com Bungalow. The two acts showcased highlights of the R&B and hard rock genres.
By Harris Decker
Entertainment Editor
Cold weather and outdoor con-
certs. Things that do not usually
work well together. Luckily for
those at the Billboard.com Bun-
galow on Saturday night, the cold
was the last thing on their minds.
With SXSW drawing to a close and
most of the best artists already on
their way out of town, Texas was
in store for one last treat courtesy
of Billboard.
Street Sweeper Social Club,
fronted by former Rage Against
the Machine guitarist Tom Morello,
took the stage by storm providing 45
minutes of non-stop hard rock. The
group itself has an amazing on stage
chemistry, feeding off each other and
putting together a sound that both
reects Morello’’s famous style and
reinvents itself. The fresh sound of
the entire package is complemented
by the classic sound of Morello’’s
guitar.
With a set that included covers
such as M.I.A.’’s ““Paper Planes””
there was an incredible energy in
the crowd fueled by the way each
member of SSSC moved around
the stage. There was something
infectious about both their style
and sound. This was surely one of
the best performances of the week.
Not to be outdone, Estelle took
the stage again trying to brave the
temperature, which had dipped
below 40 degrees. After a massive
amount of technical difculties, Es-
telle nally took the stage sporting
high heels, oversized glasses and a
band of seven. She raced through
her set, which included ““Shine”” and
““One Love”” before closing with
her smash single ““American Boy.””
What was really nice about her
performance was the way she both
moved on stage and interacted with
the crowd. Although most of the
people in attendance only knew
that nal song, most were blown
away by her incredible sound. Her
voice aside, she is an amazing talent,
working the crowd, telling personal
stories and really making a con-
nection with a large portion of the
audience during her set.
Following these two big name
artists were Rye Rye and Chiddy
Bang, two rappers from different
parts of the country. Philadelphia
based Chiddy Bang put together an
awesome set, establishing his name
as one of the best up and coming rap
artists on the East Coast.
Rye Rye took the stage after
midnight and was able to draw
almost 40 people up to the front of
the stage to dance and sing for an
elongated set.
All in all, Billboard put together
one of the best nights of music
under one roof at SXSW. Despite
the near freezing temperatures and
biting wind, those who showed up
for the show will remember a night
of great music and forget about not
being able to feel their extremities.
 the informer entertainment march 25, 2010 page 9

Google Pulls Out Of China

By David Hitchings
Art Director
Monday afternoon the Internet
giant Google announced that it
would leave the lucrative Chinese
market as censorship issues plagued
the dominant search engine.
For sure this was not an easy
decision for Google, but it was a
result of four years of negotiation,
disagreement and hostility. The
ercest of which has been a hotly
debated topic since January when
Google suffered coordinated cyber
attacks to their network.
The source of cyber attacks were
revealed to be allegedly connected
to the Chinese government as part of
a larger Internet surveillance opera-
tion of e-mail accounts, specically
Google’’s Gmail accounts.
Since arriving in China in 2006,
Google has been less than will-
ing to censor its Web search at its
google.cn domain. Under this
agreement searches like that of
““Tiananmen Square”” would be
edited to show only those which
represent the Chinese government’’s
view of history.
This Monday’’s decision meant
that Google would no longer operate
within what has been dubbed the
could uphold that statement.
Under their new decision, they can
provide unltered full content to the
Chinese people through their Hong
Kong servers and leave the censorship
to the Chinese government.
It could be argued that they are
walking away from democracy and
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free speech, but it would seem the
only way to provide real free speech
is in the decision they’’ve made and
it’’s the bed they will lay in until any
major changes are made to the way
the Chinese view the Internet. Google
can only hope at that point it’’s not too
late to get back in the game.
Earthquake: One can only assume that all these
earthquakes are the result of Justin Bieber pande-
monium.
Health Care Reform: Obama’’s health care bill
passed through congress and was signed into law on
Tuesday.
Twitter Capacity: The irony of the FAIL whale,
meaning that Twitter can not handle any more
tweets, is that people try to tweet its existance.
SXSW: With all this tweeting happening, who was
actually paying attention at the two week conven-
tion?
Kansas: President Obama got this pick wrong in his
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The Informer On The Road: Wrapping Up SXSW

New music. When I arrived at
SXSW four days ago, I had a plan.
I was going to see these bands, at
these times. I would attend some
cool panels and mingle with people
in the music industry. The rst
lesson I learned in Austin on the
very rst day was: Screw the plan.
The entire week was lled with
brand new music. New bands, new
sounds, many of which I had never
even heard of. My most enjoyable
experiences came from walking
down 6th Street, hearing some-
thing good and going to nd out
who was making the noise. I would
agree that you need a rough plan.
Know some bands that you want
to see but don’’t schedule yourself
wall to wall on a planner, it will
never work.
Some of the highlight perfor-
mances from my week included
some known artists such as Patrick
Stumps solo debut, Street Sweeper
Social Club and Sum 41. It also
included a huge list of unknowns.
VV Brown, Jaguar Love, The Law
and Howlies highlighted that por-
tion of my week.
While I was in Texas, I was lucky
enough to conduct interviews with
The
Truth
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eight different artists and bands.
It’’s great to talk with artists about
their plans and the way they view
the music industry in 2010.
Among my favorite people to
talk to were Kelley James, Lights
and Scottish bands Twin Atlantic
and The Law.
The best part about SXSW
is the time spent off the beaten
path. While most fans, writers,
bloggers, tweeters, industry folk
and artists were at concerts like
Muse and Stone Temple Pilots, I HARRIS DECKER
was able to see shows featuring
SXSW featured music for almost any taste. Above, pop-rockers Hey Monday perform at Cedar Door.
unknown or lesser known artists.
What made blogging the entire shows. For me, seeing bands that Readers already know that Muse real treasure was seeing Patrick
event fun and interesting is that I want to see is far less interesting is a fantastic band so why write a Stump’’s rst solo performance
most writers went to these larger than seeing talented young bands. review of their show? For me, the during Muse’’s set.

Bands You Have Never Heard Of Who Emerged At SXSW

Twin Atlantic

The Law: The very rst band I
stumbled across in Austin, The Law
are a Scottish rock band with an in-
credibly easy to follow sound. Their
straight forward sound reminds me
of other European bands and a great
Kate Voegele and Kelley James VV Brown: It is unfair to put call has a natural energy that the crowd
on stage chemistry gives them a VV an artist you’’ve never heard feeds off of. Sporting a crafty mask
great edge. The recordings are just as of. Most of the bands above played and a huge drum to her left, Brown
good as their debut album ““A Mea- at least one showcase in front of has a huge voice and some great song-
sure Of Wealth.””Songs to download a sparse audience. The British Em- writing skills to pair it with. Songs
immediately: ““The Chase”” and bassy showcase I attended featuring to download immediately: ““Shark
““Milk & Honey.”” Brown was completely packed. She In The Water”” and ““Crying Blood.””

Sum 41

Sum 41

Jaguar Love: Probably one of Jaguar Love to the head of the

American Bang: Another
band that was featured at the
Billboard.com Bungalow, these
Nashville rock stars have a classic
rock image but a really modern
take on the genre. With a slight
country air this hard rock band
has a really full sound and great
hooks once you hit the chorus in
almost any of their songs. Songs
to download immediately: ““Wild
and Young”” and ““Whiskey Walk.””
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All pictures and ar-
ticles by Harris Decker.
the biggest highlights of the week,
Jaguar Love has an infectious
sound comparable to Passion Pit.
What separates this group is their
songwriting. The very thing that
holds Passion Pit back, throttles
class. Their live sound is just as
infectious as the recordings on
their debut album ““Hologram
Jams.”” Songs to download im-
mediately: ““Up All Night”” and
““Polaroids And Red Wine.““

Lady Gaga’’s Most Controversial Music Video Yet
Lady Gaga has a talent for remaining in the spotlight, her video for ““Telephone”” extends her run.
By Danielle Huppke
Copy Chief
Lady Gaga has done it again
delivering nothing but shock and
awe with the recent release of her
nine and half minute long music
video for ““Telephone.””
Andy’’s Indie Artist She & Him’’s ‘‘Volume Two’’
Spotlight: Acadia Falls
By Andy Swetz
Informer Staff Writer
A true independent band accel-
erating at a tremendous speed on
their local front, Acadia Falls has
been breaking ground as a young
prominent Connecticut band.
The quartet, based in Stratford,
Conn., has been swiftly progressing
as a unit, creating an undeniably
infectious sound.
Starting their journey as a band
barely a year ago, Acadia Falls has
found their sound and capitalized
on the success of establishing their
legitimacy early on as a group to
keep an eye on.
With a common goal in place, the
group of high school friends has
been able to bring out their best, not
only in the studio, but also on stage
at live shows.
Combining an impressive musi-
cal background from each member,
Acadia Falls has achieved what
most bands take years to discover.
Mashing a rock basis, Acadia Falls
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From the eccentric costume choic-
es to the devious plot line, everything
reeked of the inuential Gaga many
of us have come to know and love.
Although many critics and fans
alike are saying this video was
lacking the vivacious spirit seen
throughout ““Paparazzi”” it’’s hard to
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dips their inuences into punk, pro-
gressive, and alternative music to
come out with a whole new sound.
Complementing the skill of a
group of musicians who clearly
enjoy every second of what they
do, band front man James Bizak
acts as the catalyst for his powerful
and moving original songs.
Bizak, who also contributes his
great guitar ability to the band’’s
unique style, delivers the sealing
punch of the group’’s complete pack-
age with strong and distinct vocals.
In an effort to keep their momen-
tum rolling, Acadia Falls constantly
books shows around Connecticut.
On April 3, 2010, the band will be
celebrating the release of their rst
EP titled, ““Forget the Past, Change
Tomorrow,”” in Stratford.
The show’’s lineup also features
great local bands A Loss For Words
and Late Nite Wars. The upcoming
show will be held at UUC on Chapel
Street in Stratford and will not fail
to satisfy new listeners eager to hear
something new and great.
discredit the amazing originality that
is just so specic to Gaga.
As the anticipation from fans
predicted, the video tore through the
Internet like none other.
With 22 million views on You-
Tube since the video’’s release two
weeks ago and constant trending on
By Sarah Wilson
Informer Staff Writer
The ‘‘50s aren’’t so far gone
with the release of ““Volume
Two,”” the latest work coming
from the indie-folk duo She
& Him.
Appropriately titled, the al-
bum seems to be an extension
of the preceding ““Volume One””
by bringing back often forgotten
songs from the ‘‘50s and ‘‘60s.
Though the stylistic choices of
the pair’’s renditions don’’t seem
to have evolved much since their
debut, the modern folk spin put
on classic love songs continue
to impress music fanatics across
the country.
When the loveable actress
Zooey Deschanel met indie
music prodigy M. Ward on the
set of ““The Go-Getter”” their
charisma was immediately
discovered while singing a duet
twitter, the promotion was a brilliant
strategy for boosting sales of the
single on iTunes.
““Telephone”” was the continuation
of her prior music video ““Paparazzi””
but the series was amped up with the
presence of the one and only Be-
yonce with her fabulous one-liners
and blasting vocals.
Also making a special appearance
in video was the infamous Pussy
Wagon from ““Kill Bill”” which was
the get away car for the Thelma and
Louis like duo in the music video.
The prison dance scenes, lesbian
make out sessions, mass murder
at a diner and cigarette sunglasses
were all highly controversial yet
riddled with underlying messages
portraying Gaga’’s thoughts on the
United States.
Gaga told The Daily Telegraph
that the content of the video includes
““commentary on the kind of country
that we live in.””
The blatant product placement
seen in the video was yet again
another one of Gaga’’s visions, she
conveniently meant to for them to be
distracting. Virgin Mobile, Wonder
Bread, Diet Coke and the dating Web
site Plentyofsh.com were all vying
for a short spot within the movie like
video. What other artist would be
able to put arsenic in Miracle Whip
and get away with it?
Although Lady Gaga’’s burlesque-
like unpredictable videos may not
for the lm. Though Deschanel
had never professionally tried her
hand in music, she had years worth
of home recordings, and when she
sent them to Ward on a whim,
the collaboration began.
Throughout ““Volume Two,”” De-
schanel doesn’’t stray far from the
unique voice she is known for. Her
wispy verses bring an airy feel to
songs that were originally created
as pop, and accompanied by Ward’’s
calm, soothing harmonies, the cov-
ers of once popular songs become
totally transformed.
Featured on the album are past
top-of-the-charts hits such as
NRBQ’’s ““Ridin’’ in my Car,”” and
Skeeter Davis’’ ““Gonna Get Along
Without You Now.”” Replacing
what was once electric guitar with
pure acoustics and snares, the
album thrives on its buoyant and
leisurely feel.
Throw these 13 simple tracks
on and instantaneously it will
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be everyone’’s cup of tea they surely
are distinctive. Let’’s face it, Gaga
is a novelty, she brings a refreshing
uniqueness to the stale pop music
industry that we’’re all used to and
have been disregarding since age 13.
Gaga is a pop industry revolution-
ary, since 2008 she has blasted to
fame and won a slew of Grammy
Awards, MTV Video Music Awards
and Teen Choice Awards to boot.
She creates 10 minute long music
videos laced with Warholian imag-
ery and social commentary and she
never apologizes for the outrageous
messages she’’s sending, she’’s just
being Gaga.
Not even Madonna does glamour
and fame like Gaga. She’’s a tycoon,
a trailblazer for challenging the
norm, getting up in your face and not
backing down. As a self-proclaimed
freak, she denitely knows how to
push the envelope while providing
a concrete message hidden in all of
her videos for fans to decipher for
themselves.
Gaga is the epitome of excess in
every form and that’’s what her fans
love about her.
With the video leaving us hanging
with ““to be continued,”” it’’s apparent
that Gaga’’s reign as music video
queen will live on for sometime to
come and all of the Gaga fans out
there will just have to sit back and
relax until Gaga continues her video
series of with controversy.
brighten the mood in any crowd
of downers.
Deschanel’’s nesse as a song-
writer shines through as well in
original tracks that are also featured
on the album. ““In the Sun,”” is a
piano-backed melody highlight-
ing the easiness of Deschanel’’s
voice, seemingly radiating warmth,
staying true to its title.
Through tracks such as this one,
Deschanel and Ward have perfected
the California-folk sub genre, leav-
ing a trail of the tranquil and blithe
sounds of the Pacic all the way to
the East.
So if you can’’t get enough She
and Him, look out for their upcom-
ing sure-to-be dazzling performances
this summer. The band has signed
on to the line-up for several music fes-
tivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo
and Sasquatch. The rest of their time
is scheduled to be spent delighting Eu-
ropeans with their mellow melodies,
so be sure not to miss it.
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NHL Playoff Race Heats Up, Local Teams in Contention
By Andy Swetz
Informer Staff Writer
With the final weeks of the
regular season of the NHL winding
down, teams from both the Eastern
and Western Conference furiously
ght to keep their postseason as-
pirations alive.
While the Calgary Flames and
Atlanta Thrashers are both within
the range of three points from a
playoff spot, the New York Rang-
ers, Florida Panthers and Dallas
Stars are all within seven points,
making losing not an option as
their game schedules dwindle to
single digits.
At this point it is still uncertain
which teams will make the nal
playoff spots however, as time
elapses teams are solidifying their
spots from the top ranks down.
Sitting at the very edge of the
margins in both conferences are
Boston and Detroit. In contention
with Atlanta and Calgary, both the
Bruins and Red Wings can easily
slip and fail to make the cut.
Still facing the plague of injuries,
if the Bruins do make the playoffs
they would be without their star
center Marc Savard, who has been
on and off the team’’s injury report
all season.
On the opposite end of the
injury spectrum, both Buffalo
and New Jersey have no current
reported injuries making them
Red Sox, Phillies Head List of Top Offseason Moves
John Lackey signed with the Red Sox and should greatly improve their starting pitching rotation.
By Dan Lifshatz
Informer Staff Writer
1. John Lackey signs a ve-year,
$82.5 million contract with the
Boston Red Sox.
Okay, while this may not be the
ashiest move, the Red Sox were
correct to make a large move when
they needed to. With the top three
free agents, Jason Bay, John Lackey
and Matt Holliday headlining the
class, the Sox needed to either retain
Bay or make a big move for Holliday
or Lackey. The Sox struck big with
Lackey by offering him the exact
same contract given to the Yankees’’
AJ Burnett last season, and he took
it. This move gives the Sox either
the rst or second best rotation in
the AL East with Josh Beckett, Jon
Lester and Lackey leading the way.
2. Phillies acquire Roy Halladay
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The New York Rangers are seven points from a playoff spot with 10 games remaining.
dominant forces in the Eastern
conference playoff run. With a
virtually stacked team of skilled
players, hockey fans have high
expectations for the healthy and
experienced Devil lineup, espe-
cially with the recent acquisition
from the Toronto Blue Jays for
three prospects.
This trade was a goldmine for the
Phillies as they were able to acquire
possibly the best starting pitcher in
the MLB for a rather low price. The
Phillies clearly needed help at the top
of the rotation until last year, when
they unloaded an interesting pack-
age for Cliff Lee to go along with
ace Cole Hammels, but the Phillies
sent a ripple affect by acquiring
Halladay, but on the tail end, then
traded away Cliff Lee, which is also
a questionable move.
3. Phillies trade Cliff Lee to
Mariners for three Prospects.
This move is still somewhat baf-
ing. The Phillies traded top-ight
talent to get Halladay and then re-
ceived decent talent back for Lee. If
the Phillies had kept Lee, they could
have had a Halladay, Lee, Hamels
of Thrasher star Ilya Kovalchuk.
Composed of some of the most
elite players in the league today, the
Washington Capitals currently lead
the league with 106 points. The
deadly arsenal of Alex Ovechkin,
Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Knuble
AP
rotation for at least one year, while
not spending more then $9 million
between Lee and Hammels, but de-
cided to against it and shipped Lee
to Seattle, where he will pair with
Felix Hernandez to form the best
1-2 punch in the AL West.
4. St. Louis Cardinals re-sign
Matt Holliday.
The Cardinals since the beginning
had really been competing against
themselves for Holliday, but ended
up signing him to a massive seven-
year, $120 million contract. This
move locks up the Cardinals second
best player, and between him and
Pujols locks up around $40 million
a year.
5. New York Mets sign Jason Bay
to four-year, $66 million contract.
This one is interesting, consider-
ing the Sox rescinded their original
AP
and Mike Green combine for an
unstoppable force. Fully aware
of their abilities as a powerhouse
team, the Caps look to win their
rst ever Stanley Cup.
In line to win the Hart Trophy
for the third year in a row is the
agreed offer of four years, $60
million to Bay after medically ex-
amining him. Most expect Bay in the
coming years to become an almost
pure DH-type player, but at the same
time, adds a big-time bat to the Mets
lineup who could use another.
6. New York Yankees acquire
Javier Vazquez from the Atlanta
Braves.
While this is not a headliner by any
means, Vazquez is going to greatly
improve the Yankees. By giving up
very little, in Melky Cabrera, the
Yankees added an extremely solid
No. 4 starter, and someone who can
beat the Red Sox.
7. The Boston Red Sox sign
Adrian Beltre to a one-year, $10
million steal.
The Sox went out against the will,
and signed a player to replace Mike
Lowell. While it isn’’t a long term
thing, the Sox added one of, if not
the best defensive third baseman in
the league, who with a short left eld
wall and his health good, could return
to his days of 25-plus home runs.
8. The New York Yankees acquire
Curtis Granderson for Jackson,
Kennedy and Coke.
While the Yankees traded away a
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Washington Capitals’’ heart and
soul, Alexander Ovechkin. Cur-
rently leading the league with
45 goals and a plus-minus of 42,
Ovechkin has been able to achieve
his legendary greatness for yet
another season.
With less than two weeks remain-
ing in the regular season, it seems
as if the New York Rangers may
miss the playoffs for the rst time
since before the lockout of the
2004-2005 season. Although still
a reach, the inconsistent Broadway
Blue Shirts can still make the cut
if they buckle down and simply
win games. Coach Tortorella will
without a doubt push the team to
the max fully knowing that his
team’’s potential can be tapped into.
To add to the thrill and excitement
of the playoff run, the New York
Rangers and New York Islanders
broadcasted their Wednesday night
matchup at Madison Square Gar-
den in 3D. The rst major league
sport to be broadcasted on televi-
sion in 3D, the Rangers and Isles
made history as both teams are still
likely candidates for playoff spots.
Teams on either end of the divi-
sion line know what is at stake with
the playoffs just around the corner
and the current high intensity at-
mosphere will only reach higher
levels in the coming days. Keep
an eye on the teams in seventh and
eighth place in both the East and
West as nothing is set in stone yet.
possible future star in Austin Jackson,
they grabbed one of the premier cen-
terelders in the MLB, and someone
who can help them repeat in 2010.
Granderson, who hit 30 home runs
for the rst time in his career last
year, will help ease the loss of Melky
Cabrera and Johnny Damon from the
potential Yankees lineup.
9. The Seattle Mariners sign 3B
Chone Figgins.
The Mariners jumped at the chance
of signing one of the best players in
the division last season, by giving
him a large four-year, $36 million
deal. Stealing him from the Angels,
and replacing the wildly inconsistent
Adrian Beltre with Figgins will de-
nitely improve their hitting and speed
on the base paths.
10. LA Angels re-sign Bobby
Abreu.
Re-signing Abreu was the key to
the Angels season as they saw both
Vlad Guerrero and Chone Figins join
other teams.
After settling for a one-year, $5
million deal last season, Abreu made
headlines with his two-year, $19 mil-
lion contract.
While Abreu may be getting older,
his bat is still fantastic and will keep
popping within the Angels lineup.
AP
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Hawks Finish Strong in Rebel Spring Games

By Jesse Ott
Informer Staff Writer

Last week, Hartford’’s softball

team wrapped up the Rebel Spring
Games in Kissimmee Fla. on a high
note, claiming victories in three of
its nal four games. The Hawks
nished the invitational with a 5-3
record, contributing to an overall
record of 7-4 for the season.
Riding on an impressive series
in the sunshine state, Hartford’’s
softball team now prepares for
their rst America East matchup,
Maine this Saturday.
After losing the rst matchup
against Lafayette College earlier
in the week, Hartford had the a
second chance at redemption Fri-
day. Lafayette struck rst with a
lead-off, solo home run. The hawks
rebounded in the second, bringing
home two runners and grasping
their rst lead of the game. The
rst run came in off of a throwing
error by Lafayette’’s catcher, and
the second was induced by Jessica
Oliveira’’s RBI single.
The Leopard’’s recaptured the
advantage at the top of the seventh
but the team’’s hope of victory
STEVE MCLAUGHLIN
was foiled when Sara Messinger
singled and drove two runners in,
ending the game in walk-off fash- The Hawks are off to a 7-4 start to the 2010 season and will begin their America East schedule this weekend against Maine.
ion. Hartford’’s Brittney Stratton
got the win on the mound, throw- Pitcher Siera Sheehan picked up 3-4 batting performance by Jessica up the ball game. In the top of the Brittney Stratton was awarded
ing four strike outs, allowing four her second win of the season, hold- Oliveira, the Hawks were unable to fourth, the Hawks tallied the game the pitcher of the week, and also
runs on six hits, in seven innings ing the Jaspers to three runs in her capitalize on offense dropping the clinching points off of an ineld rewrote Hartford’’s record book,
pitched. complete game. decision 4-0. error and a sacrice y. becoming the school’’s all-time
In Friday’’s second game Hart- Following the team’’s two wins Hartford capped off the Rebel Pitcher Brittney Stratton did not leader in strikeouts.
ford stormed past Manhattan 6-3, Friday, the Hawks began Satur- Spring Games in the second game allow an earned run in route to her Freshman Nicole Springer’’s
behind the bats of Nicole Springer day with their second competition Saturday with a close 3-2 victory fth win. Hartford’’s softball team batting production awarded her
and Jordan Haines. The offensive against Colgate in the Rebel series. against the Rider Broncs. After not only came away from the Rebel the rookie of the week accolade.
burst came in the second inning Hartford dominated the Raiders in trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the Spring Games with a winning re- Carrying an overall record of 7-4 on
when Springer cleared the bases the rst matchup 7-3 on the open- first, Hawks’’ freshman, Jordan cord, but two players were awarded their back, Hartford’’s softball team
with her rst career grand slam, ing day but second game results Haines was able to capitalize on honorable mentions by the America will next compete against Maine
following Haines’’ homerun. proved to be reversed. Despite a the shortstop’’s elding error to tie East Conference. this weekend in West Hartford.

Once Great Gooden Arrested For Sixth Time

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He could have been the greatest

pitcher ever. His 98-mph fastball,
along with a devastating curve, sent
batters home looking perplexed at
what force of nature they had just
encountered, and how the 6-foot-
2 man-child could possibly be 19
years old.
Dwight Gooden, possibly the
greatest enigma in baseball his-
tory, was arrested early Monday
and charged with multiple crimes,
including driving under the inu-
ence of drugs and endangering
the welfare of a child. Gooden’’s
ve-year-old son was with him in
the vehicle.
While Gooden’’s arrest is hardly
shocking considering his history of
drug abuse, the most recent accusa-
tion is not only a harsh reminder
of what the once-in-a-generation
talent has become, but also what
he once was.
In 1984 Gooden joined the New
York Mets as a 19-year-old ame-
thrower and quickly established
himself as special athlete. The
Tampa, Fla. native won Rookie of
Dwight Gooden won 17 games as a 19-year-old rookie in 1984.
the Year, was the youngest All-Star
ever, shattered the rookie strikeout
record and won 17 games with a
2.60 ERA. The following year,
Gooden led the league in wins (24),
ERA (1.53), innings pitched and
strikeouts (268) en route to winning
his only Cy Young Award.
After two seasons and amassing
nearly 500 innings before his 21st
birthday, Gooden was already being
called a Hall-of-Famer and possibly
the greatest pitcher in a generation.
It seemed too good to be true, and
it was.
Following the Mets 1986 World
Series Championship, Gooden
began his decline, rst with off-
eld issues, which soon drastically
inuenced his on-eld performance.
AP
In December of 1986, Gooden was
arrested for the rst time in his career,
however his problems didn’’t end
there, as he entered a rehabilitation
center ve months later.
Gooden would be arrested four
more times throughout his career and
into early retirement, mostly for drug
and alcohol related offenses. After
winning 19 games in 1990, he failed
to record more than 13 wins in any
later season, although Gooden did
throw a no-hitter pitching for the
New York Yankees in 1996.
For a man who had unmatched
talent, this recent mishap may ac-
tually be an all-time low, even for
someone who spent seven months
in prison four years ago. The most
troubling aspect of this story is that
Gooden has been arrested numerous times since his 1984 debut.
Gooden was apparently clean, and
for a long time. According to the
New York Daily News, he said last
year he had been sober for three-
and-a-half years.
While Gooden is hardly the rst
star athlete to wreck his career with
drugs and alcohol, his story should
be a reminder of how easily such a
talent can be thrown away. Gooden
had it all by the time he was 19 years
old, but almost 30 years later, he’’ll
AP
likely be heading to prison based
on his previous history.
For far too few years Gooden
was the biggest attraction in the
Big Apple, creating an event-like
atmosphere for every start as he
dropped jaws of fans and hitters
just as fast as his blazing fastball
ew across the plate and into the
record books. His performances lit
up Shea Stadium, but since then he
has only lit the lights of police cars.

Hartford Baseball Drops 3 of 4 to In-State Rival Yale
By Keith Arsenault
Informer Staff Writer
Though the weekend started with a
promising win, it soon became a long
and frustrating two days.
The Hawks won the rst game Sat-
urday, 8-7, in extra innings. However,
they dropped each of the next three
against the Bulldogs, 12-7 in Saturday’’s
nightcap, then 10-0 and 17-5 in the two
games Sunday.
The Hawks, who started the season
with back-to-back wins, the rst time
the team has done that since 2004, have
won just one of their last seven games.
They currently sit at 3-6 for the season.
With the three weekend victories, the
Bulldogs moved to 9-4-1.
Through the rst nine frames of
Saturday’’s rst game, both teams were
average offensively. Each had three runs
on seven hits. However, the Yale bats
woke up in a hurry in the tenth.
Bulldogs rst baseman Trygg Larsson-
Danforth got things going with a one-out
single to center. He moved to second
when Ryan Brenner drew a walk. The
game took a drastic turn when the next
batter, Andrew Moore homered to left
center. The three-run blast put Yale
up, 6-3.
The Bulldogs added an insurance run
when Zach Tobolosky scored from rst
on a triple by Cam Squires, putting the
Hawks in a 7-3 hole.
The Hawks though, had three more
outs to work with. Junior Andy Drexel
led off with a double and was replaced by
a pinch runner, Mark Sargente. Sargente
scored on a Jared Canney single to right,
moving the score to 7-4.
After pitcher Greg Lyons walked
Lacrosse Defeats Holy
Cross for Second Victory
By Charlie Paullin
Informer Staff Writer
The University of Hartford lacrosse
team this season has already won as
many games as they did a year ago.
Last Wednesday at Alumni Stadium
the Hawks defeated Holy Cross 10-6,
making Hartford 2-4 and Holy Cross
2-5 on the season.
Leading the way for Hartford were
sophomores Aidan Genik and Ryan
Compitello with ve goals and eight
points on the day while sophomore
Scott Bement tallied his fourth career
win in goal. Junior Michael Cudmore
contributed three points for the team
with two goals and an assist.
For the Crusaders, senior attackman
Chris Smirti led the way with three
goals and an assist. Freshman James
Kennedy helped the visiting team’’s
effort with a goal and an assist.
Just 99 seconds into the game,
Cudmore scored his rst goal of the
day for Hartford. Then at the 8:24
mark, Cudmore recorded his assist
when Compitello scored off his feed.
The Hawks went up 2-0, but Holy
Cross was not going away. Midway
through the rst quarter, the Crusad-
ers answered with their rst goal of
the game. Hartford though quickly
responded with two more goals of
their own, giving them a 4-1 lead
after the rst quarter.
Again, in the second quarter the
scoring began quickly. Just three
minutes in Smirti scored for Holy
Cross. Hartford was not loosening
up their grip as Genik and Senior
Justin Bearse scored two of their own
unassisted goals. Eric Parzanese was
able to answer for the Crusaders off
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Sophomore outelder Andrew Siano slugged a walk-off three-run triple Saturday to give Hartford a 8-7 extra-innings victory.
Rodger Wilmot, he was replaced by at the start of the inning and gave homeruns and six RBI. Moore added The junior surrendered just two
Matthew Smith. Smith’’s luck was no Hartford the win. another homerun for the visitors. hits in a complete-game shutout.
better. He walked his rst batter to In game two on Saturday, both Sunday brought more disap- The game went just seven innings,
load the bases. He then surrendered teams’’ bats stayed hot. However, pointment for the Hawks. This due to the double header.
a run by issuing a free pass to Victor Yale was hotter. Despite plating time, however, the games were Game two was similarly lop-
Santana. seven runs, the Hawks could not dominated both offensively and sided. The Hawks mustered ve
Two batters later, the Hawks walked sweep the day, giving up12 runs defensively by the Bulldogs. Both runs on three hits. However, they
off when sophomore Andrew Siano in the loss. outings resulted in double-digit gave up 17 to the hot Yale offense.
hit a bases-clearing triple. That hit, While the Hawks out-hit the victories for Yale. 15 of those runs were earned.
and the three runs it drove in, erased Bulldogs, Yale was far more In two games, the Hawks were Hartford starting pitcher Anthony
the four-run decit the Hawks faced efcient with its base runners. outscored 27-5. The Hawks had Mannuccia, a freshman, lasted just
The Bulldogs stranded just only ve hits for the day. Hawk three innings, giving up eight runs
one runner during the contest,
compared to the Hawks’’ nine
runners left on base.
Yale also benefited from
pitchers surrendered 31. The
Hawks’’ staff also gave up 14 walks
on the day.
In game one, a 10-0 Yale win,
on eight hits, seven of them earned.
The bright spot in the Hawks’’
lineup was Drexel. The right elder
went 1-for-1 with a walk and two
Larsson-Danforth and his two pitcher Brook Hart tossed a gem. RBI. He also scored a run.
an assist from Kennedy. The Hawks
went into halftime with a 6-3 lead
over the visiting Crusaders.
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LSU Defense Too Much for Hawks at Big Dance
Without injured star Erica Beverly, the Hawks fell to LSU in the rst round of the NCAA Tournament 60-39 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
By Cedric Quackenbush
Informer Staff Writer
The Hartford women’’s basketball
team knows all about dominating
opponents defensively, but Satur-
day LSU gave the Hawks a taste of
their own medicine.
The team’’s historic season came
to a close at Cameron Indoor Sta-
dium at Duke University in the
rst round of the NCAA tourna-
ment. After earning the  rst at
large invitation to the big dance
in school history, the 10th seeded
Hawks couldn’’t nd enough offense
to overcome a talented seventh-
seeded LSU team out of the SEC,
as they fell 60-39.
““It’’s tough to simulate a team like
LSU and what they can do defen-
sively,”” said Hartford coach Jen
Rizzotti. ““We worked pretty hard
in practice this week to try and get
them to understand what it is going
to be like. Sometimes it really takes
that real game experience.””
The Hawks, who upset seventh-
seeded Syracuse in the rst round
of the NCAA tournament two years
ago, looked like they could pull off
another upset early as they quickly
built a 4-0 lead over the Tigers
in the opening minutes. America
East Player of the Year Diana
Delva scored in the low post, then
passed it out of a double team on
the next possession to nd fresh-
man Ruthanne Doherty open from
the high post as she knocked down
the jumper.
The Tigers would take over from
there, using their SEC-leading
defense to go on a 17-0 run while
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Consecutive wins this
season, a school
record
holding the Hawks scoreless for
nearly eight minutes. The two
teams would exchange scores
for the remainder of the half and
a jumper by freshman Nikkia
Smith would pull the Hawks to
within 29-15 at halftime.
““They got out into a lot of pass-
ing lanes and stole some passes
and were able to get going in tran-
sition,”” said Delva, ““that gave
them some momentum for the
game and their athleticism and
defensive intensity, denitely.””
LSU quickly extended their
lead to 34-17 on a jumper from
Lasondra Barret with 17:44 re-
maining in the second half.
Hartford responded with a
four-point play from sophomore
guard Ilicia Mathis, who hit a
three and got fouled to make it
34-21 while giving the Hawks
some hope of a comeback. The
Tigers then answered right back,
going on another 13-0 run while
scoring mostly off of offensive
rebounds to put the game out
of reach.
Though Hartford was never
able to seriously threaten in the
second half, they showed some
of the defensive tenacity that
helped them rattle off a school-
record 20-game winning streak
earlier in the season. After LSU
guard Allison Hightower scored a
jumper with 12:11 left, Hartford
would go on to hold LSU without
a eld goal for the remainder of
the game.
The Hawks nished the game
shooting 29 percent from the
oor and were led by Delva, who
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Wins in the previous Regular season confer- NCAA Tournament ap-
four seasons combined ence record in 2010 pearances in the past
decade
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nished with 12 points. The Tigers point, the Hawks were ranked as expectation to win,”” added Riz-
got a game-high 20 points from high as No. 19 in the ESPN/USA zotti. ““After today, I have 9 or
Barret and 10 from Hightower. In Today poll and No. 21 in the AP 10 others, so maybe to have an
a game which saw LSU make only poll. Despite graduating four se- understanding of what it means to
two more eld goals than Hartford, niors, a talented young nucleolus be in the NCAA Tournament and
it was the 30-7 free throw attempt remains and they aren’’t satised. how you play, carry yourself and
differential in favor of LSU that ““LSU’’s players have all played take each possession. Hopefully
contributed to the lopsided score. in the NCAA Tournament other our young guys learned that today,
Hartford was called for 11 more than their freshmen, and they all and we’’ll come back next year
fouls than its opponent. came in the tournament with an and be a little more prepared.””
Hartford coach Jen Rizzotti, the
America East Coach of the Year, was
clearly frustrated with Hartford’’s
offensive struggles as well as the
ofciating. She was ejected late in
the second half after committing
her second technical foul.
The Hawks played without senior
forward Erica Beverly, the America
East Defensive Player of the Year,
who tore her ACL in the America
East seminals.
““You’’re talking about a fth-year
senior who’’s played in more NCAA
Tournament games than anybody
we have,”” Rizzotti said of Beverly.
““This is a game where we needed
her.””
““She doesn’’t even have to score,
but knowing that she’’s out there
and knowing that she’’s going to
rebound and defend. She would’’ve
been matched up with LaSondra
Barrett if she played; it would’’ve
been a little bit different dynamic.””
The Hawks made a lot of noise
this season starting when they beat
a ranked team in Louisville for the
fth straight year. Then, they went
undefeated in the America East
regular season to win a regular sea-
son conference championship and in
ADAM MANISON
doing so earned their rst national
ranking in school history. At one Head coach Jen Rizzotti was ejected in the second half.