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Three Strikes Are Out, New ResLife Policy In

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Residents for the 2010-2011 school year
might be surprised to nd out the strike system
and status systems that were once in place for
student conduct have been abolished.
But don’’t be too quick to crank up the bass
and move that pong tournament to the Vil-
lage lawn. With no strike or status system in
place, it means possibly stricter punishment
for student conduct violations.
Ultimately, however, the system hasn’’t been
changed so much as tweaked, and will end
up being more benecial for the majority of
students living on campus.
““What we’’ve done is gotten rid of strikes
and statuses completely and we are making
our practice match what our policy is,”” said
Michelle Huston, Assistant Director of Stu-
dent Conduct.
She explained that in years past, the strike
system on top of the status system was a
confusing policy because students thought
the two were one in the same. ““Students had
the impression they could only be removed
from campus if they had 3 strikes when the
reality was if somebody punched 20 people in
the face and posed a threat to the university,
we aren’’t going to let them stay on campus,””
Huston joked.
Now, without the strike system in place, a
student can be removed from campus after just
one offense if it is severe enough. However,
punishment for offenses can be catered to
each student individually.
““Everything is more case by case and
individualized. If you can show you’’re com-
mitted to doing good you won’’t necessarily be
removed from campus,”” Huston said.
When making the decision to suspend
a student for an offense, three factors are
considered: the severity of the situation, the
conversation the student has with their con-
duct ofcer, and the conduct history of that
particular student.
Because of this, in many cases students will
benet in the long run. In years past a student
was limited to a ““3 strikes, you’’re out”” policy no
matter how minor the situation was. ““A student
could technically be suspended for having one
beer can [on his or her person] on three different
occasions when in reality the situation could
be much more severe,”” said Huston.
Besides affecting punishment for conduct
offenses, the abolishment of the status system
will change the opportunity students get to
obtain housing for the following school year,
and in most cases for the better.
With the status system in place, a student
who was at a status two was allowed to
request housing only after the students who
were status one, this often meant they were
out of luck when housing lled up before it
was their time to even show up.
However a student will now know right
away whether they will be allowed to select
housing, as opposed to having to guess
whether or not they would make it to room
selection with time to spare and rooms still
open.
Now, instead of being based on status,
room selection will be solely based on student
conduct. This means when a student has their
meeting with their student conduct ofcer after
committing an offense, they will know on the
spot whether they are allowed to participate
in room selection.
In the event that a student is barred from
the housing selection day, they are allowed
to appeal the decision, or can select housing
anytime after May 1.
All in all the tailored system was created in
order to aid students while still enforcing the
rules. ““There’’s a lot more exibility to work
together and to try and keep students here,
removing a student from housing is the last
thing we want to do,”” said Huston.
Sophomores who had a bit of a rough rst
year aren’’t on the verge of striking out yet,
but don’’t try to overdo it because penalization
could always be lurking around the corner.

At Hawk’’s Nest, Beer

With Your Wings?
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Look no further for a little enter-
tainment in your life, because this
year Hawk’’s Nest is revamping
it’’s reputation by holding nightly
performances and events, as well
as evaluating the option to start
serving alcohol.
It’’s been ten years since the
Hawk’’s Nest has served alcohol
to students on campus, which was
unfortunately ended because of
the difculty controlling underage
drinking and the pricing of the
beverages.
However, after seeing the success
of last year’’s ““21 Clubs,”” the option
to regularly serve alcohol in Hawk’’s
Nest is looking like an increasingly
good idea. ““We’’d like to provide
opportunities for students to socially
and responsibly drink here instead
of always having to leave campus,””
said Lee Peters, Vice President of
student affairs.
Keep in mind this possibility is
still being evaluated. In order to
further the plans Hawk’’s Nest would
rst have to obtain a liquor license.
““Before we can get a liquor li-
cense something needs to be done
to partition the 21-year-olds from
the younger students,”” said Peters.
SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS With so many factors involved,
it is important that the proposal is
Nest. If students seem to positively
respond to this trial run, more action
will be taken.
According to Peters, in that case
they ““would have to build a half
wall so 21-year-olds can be easily
identiable without having to shut
down Hawk’’s Nest to the rest of
the students.””
Price point will also prove to be an
obstacle in this new of-age attempt
to quench thirst. Because the drinks
(which will most likely be limited
to beer and wine) need to be served
through ARAMARK, they need to
nd a reasonable cost.
Unlike the ““21 Club””, which was
paid for by the university so students
could enjoy free drinks, this will
need to act as an actual business
would. ““We need to nd a price so
that ARAMARK can at least break
even,”” said Peters.
As of right now, serving alcohol is
still up in the air, but would probably
be available on Friday and Saturday
nights, if and when it becomes a
reality. However, events for Tuesday
through Thursday are set in stone.
For a little laughter along side your
less than amusing buffalo chicken
wrap, come down Tuesday nights
where comedians will be featured.
““Starting at nine there will be two
comedians, each performing for
90 minutes,”” said Kristy Severino,
Student Center Director.

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out. The idea as of right now is to
hold a ““club 21,”” similar to the two
events held last year, but in Hawk’’s
Wednesday nights will highlight
one of campus’’ several a cappella

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By Sarah Wilson
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Since the environmental initia-
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By Danielle Huppke
Managing Editor
This summer the Village Market,
located inside the Konover Campus
Center, underwent a massive over-
haul transforming it into a market
rivaling the atmosphere of a ““Whole
Foods,”” albeit signicantly smaller.
The changes were vast and make
the market remarkably more inviting
with the new entrance way made out
of brick. Also, the name has been
changed to ““Provisions On Demand””.
They brought in new shelving
units and beautifully re-designed the
checkout areas, although the lines
have been anything but short since
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groups. For some soothing
background noise as a change
of pace from the bumping beats
usually being blasted through
the stereos, Hawkapella, L’’shir,
Used textbooks save up to and Uharmonys will rotate each
week. If one can’’t make it to a
25% over the price of new books formal concert, be sure to pop in
on a Wednesday night to check
them out.
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For the rst year programs and
benets that were once open only
to freshman accommodate all
students of the university.
Currently, there are still tick-
ets available for two Broadway
shows: American Idiot and Avenue
Q. American Idiot will be $75
dollars including transportation.
Other events open to all students
include a trip to Boston for a Red
Sox game and shopping in Quincy
Market at a cost of $76, tubing
on the Farmington River for $35,
and zip-lining in Massachusetts
for $116.
If anyone is interested in attend-
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Student Success center, or e-mail
amiller@hartford.edu.
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The idea behind the re-vamp was
to highlight the fresh produce, fresh
meats, and hot meals.
A new and convenient aspect to
the market is that they brought the
personal care items out from behind
the counter. Now instead of announc-
ing a late night need for condoms,
just discreetly pick them up and go.
Inside of the dining area they have
made a few minor changes as well,
they have removed the booths and
replaced them with regular tables
and chairs.
So stop by and maybe this time
around the real provisions on demand
will be there waiting.
feature on-campus bands.
Events for Friday through Mon-
day are still in the works, however
there are tentative plans. Monday
will possibly be karaoke night, for
which a student host will be needed
(contact Kristy Severino if inter-
ested). Friday and Saturday will be
Club 21 nights if the arrangements
can be carried out, and Sunday
may have more of a sports bar
feel while being centered around
football games.
Next time while standing im-
patiently in the unavoidable line,
there will be a little entertainment
to ease the hunger pains, and stu-
dents will maybe even start saying
““I’’ll take it to go”” a little bit less.
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Bookstore Stands Up To Rental Competitors
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
In a pleasing attempt to stretch
the Hartford student’’s dollar, the
campus bookstore has introduced
textbook rental this semester.
Following in the footsteps of last
year’’s biggest bargain book trend,
Chegg.com, the bookstore now
offers select textbooks to rent for
the semester for only a fraction of
the price they would cost if pur-
chased new.
Logically, as students are becom-
ing more enthusiastic in the search
for the cheapest books, textbook
rental from the on-campus book-
store was the next step to keep up
with websites like Chegg.com and
amazon.com. ““This was the best
way to stay competitive while still
making books affordable to stu-
dents,”” said Mike Riggins, manager
of the campus bookstore.
Judging by the unbearably long
lines in the bookstore the rst few
days of school, students are hap-
pily taking advantage of the new
opportunity. To those experienced
textbook buyers this surely comes
as a relief after having spent count-
less semesters (and dollars) leaving
the bookstore feeling cheated after
handing over hard earned money for
generally undesired books.
Manager of the bookstore Mike Riggins sells textbooks to students on the rst day of classes.
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In senior Calum Rennie’’s opinion,
renting his book from the bookstore
was the best deal he could nd. ““I
rented from Chegg.com last year
but with this you don’’t have to deal
with the hassle of shipping,”” he
said. Riggins also pointed out the
benets of renting directly from the
bookstore as opposed to the rising
business of online textbook rental.
““This way you can actually see
the titles instead of taking a risk
and buying the wrong one online,””
he said.
With the new system students are
also allowed to return any rented
books just as if they were purchas-
ing them normally, something that
can ultimately become aggravating
when having to deal with shipping
from all ends of the country.
But is bookstore rental really
the best buy out there? According
to Riggins, ““our prices are pretty
similar to other sources.”” Junior
Nick Schubert was able to rent his
English book for just $30 while
buying it new would have set him
back around $100. ““You can buy
a book new and sell it back, but
then you end up selling it back for
a loss,”” he said.
If there is one thing students tend
to agree on, it’’s that the amount
received after selling a book back
is never as satisfying as you’’d like.
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Rennie agreed that when comparing
how much books sell back for at the
end of the semester, its no surprise
that renting seems to be the better
deal. ““I’’m not going to use the book
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make back is never a lot so it seems
like this is a lot better,”” he said.
Bookstore Or Chegg?
The one unfortunate aw in this
new system is that not all books are Getting the best deal on books isn’’t just when looking to
available for rental. Some students, buy. The university book store have varying prices between
such as freshman Demi Nunes, are it and online competitor, Chegg. On the whole, prices are
forced to part with the extra cash similar, but there are bargains to be found.
as there is no option to rent their
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From the bookstore’’s side of the Bookstore Chegg.com
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So in the search for the cheapest
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Mosque Creates Controversy Rufed Feathers

At the edge of a bustling intersection
in Kansas City, across the street from
a fallen soldier’’s ongoing funeral, the
Phelps family stands holding pickets
that read, ““God hates fags,”” and chant-
ing ““God hates America, America is
doomed.”” Forcefully and bluntly they
persist, even through the direct, crude
remarks of passerbys.
The Phelps are a Christian fam-
ily hailing from Topeka, Kansas,
the subject of BBC’’s documentary
““The Most Hated Family In Amer-
ica,”” and the head of the Westboro
Baptist Church. Members of this
congregation are infamous for their
anti-homosexuality and for spreading
God’’s word of hate.
According to mother Shirley
Phelps, adultery is one of the Ten
Commandments, and is synonymous
with homosexuality. And since as a
nation we have risen to support all
sexual orientations, well, we’’re obvi-
ously all doomed.
As one of millions of Christians
in this country, when regarding the
highly publicized debate over the so-
called ““Ground Zero Mosque,”” I like
to take this particular group of people
as an example that hits closer to home.
Even in a predominately Christian
nation, the outrageous notions and
actions of this group of people are
Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
found to be ludicrous.
The same notions can be found
among Muslims regarding the radi-
cal decisions made by the Al Queda
on 9/11.
To hold responsible and restrict
practices on Muslims as a whole
undermines our country’’s concept
of embracing all religions that we
so frequently boast, and conversely
shows ourishing naivety.
I understand and agree there should
be compassion for those who were
affected by the attacks on 9/11, but for
what reason should restrictions in the
name of empathy fall on New York’’s
entire Muslim community when only
a small extremist denomination of
their religion were responsible?
What people are missing in the
midst of such a highly emotional
subject is that by protesting Muslim
worship because of proximity to
Ground Zero, we are equating all
Over Rotten Eggs
Muslims to Al Queda. As a college student living
This is no different than if we on an impossibly strict budget I
likened all Christians to the Phelps gravitate towards the cheapest
family, surely something the majority food items that I can nd in the
of us would be outraged at. grocery store.
Compassion for New Yorkers and One of those items being
those who lost friends and family eggs, they’’re cheap and you
during 9/11 is crucial and justied, can x them in dozens of dif-
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
but the fact that we have no sympathy ferent ways and lord knows I
love my eggs. huppke@hartford.edu
for the Muslims in New York is pure
So you can understand how Twitter: @danielle618
ignorance.
It’’s here that Americans of any terribly distraught I was when and Jack DeCoster for him to be
religious background should put I heard the news of the largest labled a ““habitual offender”” and
themselves in someone else’’s shoes. egg recall in U. S. history. made him unable to open any new
The worshipers of the Westboro There were 550 million farms for the next four years.
Baptist Church frequent soldier’’s eggs recalled because of a Now in 2010, DeCoster is ex-
funerals to hold protests, committing salmonella outbreak. Over changing money with politicians
an unthinkable act of cruelty. 1,500 people have gotten sick and contaminating the United
Now imagine if your congregation in several states and lawsuits States egg industry. Somehow
wanted to build a church down the have already been led against things just don’’t add up.
street from the site of that funeral, the egg suppliers. Reports such as these absolutely
but the city wouldn’’t allow it due to There are two suppliers turn my stomach. We’’re all just
the act of a few individuals. You’’d be involved, Wright County Egg innocent users of products that are
pretty mad, right? and Hillandale Farms. being mass-produced with little
At the root of it all, the fact that there Austin ““Jack”” DeCoster, regulation and no one stepping in
is even a debate over this dismantles who is the owner of Wright to shut down the factory farms that
America’’s policy of separating church County Egg, has previously are contaminating and harming so
and state, and teaches nothing but paid millions of dollars in state many Americans.
intolerance. And in the midst of the and federal nes for health, Clearly it’’s time for everyone
““Land of the Free,”” freedom appar- safety, immigration, and en- to step up and make food safety
ently only comes as long as you’’re vironmental violations. a number one priority for this
three or more blocks away. The FDA released a report country. If Americans begin con-
saying that there are a number suming cage-free eggs over factory

Hushed Exit Exclusive To NBC of possible reasons for this

In middle August, the nal combat
troops left Iraq in the dead of night,
passing into Kuwait.
It was far from a celebratory drive,
instead a solemn ride leaving behind
a storied and oft-criticized portion of
history. The images, albeit depicting
just a convoy rolling out of a country,
were striking. Perhaps even more
striking was the images were brought
to U.S. viewers exclusively by one
network: NBC.
It is a gigantic scoop to have such
military action marking the end of an
era. In the age of multiple channels of
media and the growing irrelevance of
broadcast news, the presentation of
this information surprised me.
NBC’’s own Richard Engel called
the events of the war essentially
ending with a ““whisper””——and the
fact that the White House and the
Pentagon allowed NBC to broadcast
the pictures alone.
Other press was allowed to ride
along, according to an Aug. 19 article
in the New York Times, but only
NBC actually had the technology to
broadcast the video live.
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
What the network and the White
House press team should have col-
laborated on was a ““pool feed”” that
could, in essence, distribute the video
to multiple news networks, provided
it was attributed to NBC’’s news team.
That way, exposure to the events
in Iraq wouldn’’t just be limited to the
sometimes-polarized viewing audi-
ence of MSNBC and could be seen by
viewers of other channels, including
online feeds from UStream or CNN.
com/Live.
That night, as I watched the news
unfold on MSNBC, I couldn’’t help
but check Twitter and see if a high
volume of comments were coming
contamination of the eggs
at both farms including bug,
in about it——instead, no one seemed rodent and wild bird infesta-
to know about it. tions, uncontained manure
For hours it seemed, news sites only and holes in walls. They also
had two sentence articles about the have reported overcrowding
end of the combat mission and only of chicken pens and bacteria
attributed the breaking news to NBC. found in the chicken feed to
There are plenty of reasons why the be contaminated as well.
White House wouldn’’t want to do this. The feed used at both farms
Alerting many media organizations was made at DeCoster’’s feed
has its complexities, not to mention plant. The FDA just issued a
that NBC News probably wanted stricter set of guidelines for egg
desperately to keep these striking farmers to follow one month
videos to themselves. ago, yet my question is why
At the end of the day, the ofcial wasn’’t something done before?
end of the combat mission in Iraq If DeCoster had previously
happened Tuesday night and was been sited for so many infrac-
commemorated with Barack Obama tions then why hadn’’t the
on all of the major news networks, government come in and shut
delivering a 17-minute address from down the chicken factory?
the Oval Ofce. Sure, it’’s not as at- In fact, while Mr. DeCoster
tention grabbing as the footage seen was paying his nes for viola-
earlier last month, but it presented an tions, his son, Peter DeCoster
opportunity for Obama to frame his was busy supporting Iowa’’s
stance on the military’’s purpose in the Attorney General Tom Miller
world. In the world of video, showing with a $10,000 donation to his
is much better then telling and in some campaign in 2005.
ways the White House told when they This exchange of money
should have showed——everyone, not happened ve years after an
just NBC News. agreement between the state
farmed eggs then the nations egg
farmers will get the hint that we’’re
serious about being provided with
the best, cleanest and safest eggs
possible. That means they would
have to begin following through
with government regulation.
In a statement issued by the
Dalai Lama he stated, ““The abuse
we inict on hens has always been
particularly disturbing to me, and
I have always been particularly
concerned toward how these ani-
mals are treated in industrial food
production……I was troubled to
learn from my friends at the Hu-
mane Society of the United States
about the practices of conning
egg laying hens in tiny cages.””
I believe it’’s important to take
a hint from the Dalai Lama and
get our feathers ruffled over
factory-produced hens. Although
cage-free eggs cost 20 percent
more to produce, isn’’t it a better
price to pay then being sick and
in some cases dying from a food-
borne illness?
I know in my case I will sacrice
a little more of my hard earned
money for eggs that I know are
completely safe.

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West Hartford Center

There’’s no way of talking about the best of the
area without mentioning West Hartford Center. The
Center is the all-encompassing area surrounding
Blue Back Square and it is denitely my favorite
aspect of West Hartford. The streets are lined with
every store imaginable, and when you’’re tired of
shopping and need a little rest you can stop by one
of the dozens of restaurants located on the block.
Whatever type of food you’’re craving, it’’s almost
guaranteed to be there, from Japanese to Italian
and everything in between. Some of my personal
favorites include Grant’’s Steakhouse, which has
the most decadent desserts around and The Elbow
Room because of their out of this world macaroni
and cheese and sweet potato fries.
Some other restaurants include Max’’s Oyster Bar,
Luna Pizza, Taste of India, Arugula, Max Burger,
Shish Kebab House ofAfghanistan, Bricco’’s, Lemon
Grass Thai Cuisine and many more. If you’’re in the
mood for a little frozen yogurt Robeks Juice is great.
Ben and Jerry’’s is located in the center as well.
West Hartford has great stores ranging from Par-
fums Du Jour to Recreation Equipment Inc. The
stores include Ann Taylor, National Jean Company,
Ten Thousand Villages and even a Whole Foods
Market.
If you’’re looking for a way to get off campus for
the day take a ride over to West Hartford Center and
enjoy the best that this area has to offer.

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Theaters, Shops, Restaurants A Treasure In Blue Back Square

One of the greatest places that the area has to
offer is Blue Back Square in West Hartford. It
has the best shopping and restaurants around
and it is all conveniently located within a three-
block radius.
If you’’re looking for a little Mexican food,
Moe’’s Southwest Grill is great for something
delicious and quick. For custom made burgers
The Counter is the place to go. There’’s also the
Cheesecake Factory, Munson’’s Chocolates, Umi
Sushi, Plate du Jour, Fleming’’s Prime Steakhouse
and Wine Bar all right within the plaza and for
a little coffee, It’’s The Grind Coffee House is
right there as well.
Within the plaza there’’s a Criterion Cinema’’s,
Barnes and Noble, Crate and Barrel and many
clothing stores. If you’’re looking for a hair salon
Per Se Aveda Lifestyle Salon and Spa is a great
place although somewhat expensive.
Blue Back Square is the perfect place for a date
night because every thing you need is all within
walking distance. Although it may seem small,
there are many things that make it a great hang
out and it’’s also one of the reasons that West
Hartford is one of the ten most up and coming
places to live in the country.

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 the informer special section september 2, 2010 page 9

Westfarms Mall
For one of the best shopping centers in the Hartford
area, check out Westfarms Mall in Farmington. In-
side you’’ll nd everything from department stores
to high-end shops to electronics.
Enter through the separate women’’s Macy’’s and
you’’ll emerge in the center of the mall to the sound of
an indoor thunderstorm, birds chirping, and elephants
trumpeting from inside the Rainforest Café. This is
one relatively unique restaurant, among other more
familiar dinner destinations such as Ruby Tuesday,
California Pizza Kitchen, and Au Bon Pain.
You can also enjoy authentic Asian cuisine from
P.F. Chang’’s, or for a more upscale dining experi-
ence, Italian dishes from BRIO Tuscan Grille.
Among the four department stores JC Penney, Lord
and Taylor, Nordstrom, and Macy’’s, you’’ll be sure
to nd whatever it is you’’re looking for. But if you
want to simply shop around try one of the many Part of many college students’’ experience is the bar scene found on
apparel stores scattered throughout the mall. Your most Thursday nights. Downtown Hartford serves up a competent selec-
favorites like, Abercrombie and Fitch, American tion of bars, but few cater to the college student and his or her budget.
Eagle Outtters, H&M and more are all included. One such establishment is the Pourhouse on Allyn Street. As with most
Girls will most denitely enjoy stores such as of Downtown Hartford, it’’s a manageable cab fare away from campus,
Victoria’’s Secret, Aerie and Gilly Hicks, but there as long as you group up and split the cost.
are surely places to shop around for you guys out Inside, on a typical Thursday, one can nd the typical college scene in
there too. the bar.
Need a little something extra for your apartment? In connecting with its social network-connected audience, Pourhouse
You can always nd something at Pottery Barn, has its own Facebook prole and a Twitter account (@HtfdPourhouse).
Yankee Candle, Radio Shack, or the Apple Store. The bar interacts with its patrons in a very personal, one-on-one manner.
On top of all that, there are electronics, shoes, ac- Not only that, the bar is home to the ““Name Night.”” On any given night
cessories, and much more. There is a shuttle running of a month, the bar will serve you at no charge, so long as you bring a
from campus to the mall that usually leaves from in few friends who buy drinks.
front of the Commons on weekends for those that Specials for that all-important Thursday night typically include $1 Co-
don’’t have a car, making a one-stop shopping trip ors Light bottles and $3 vodka energy drinks. Pourhouse in Downtown
easy and accessible to everyone. Hartford is an affordable and fun night out.
-Sarah Wilson -Jeremy Stanley
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The Best of Hartford Arts

Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06106
As one of Hartford’’s best-kept secrets of the arts, Real Art Ways is a cen-
en-
ter for everything creative. From independent lm screenings to galleries ries
lled with visual arts to holding social gatherings, there is something for
everyone to fulll their craving for anything expressive.
Possibly best known for it’’s ““Creative Cocktail Hour,”” Real Art Ways ays
holds a gathering the third Thursday of every month where for a ten dol-
lar cover, art enthusiasts can come to relax with a variation of visual arts
and music.
If a cocktail hour isn’’t for you, there are constantly events being held
catering to anyone’’s interest. For a taste of original jazz a free concert
rt is
being held Sept. 12, featuring Taylor Ho Bynum, a cornetist and composer oser
who will be backed by two surely impressive brass instrumentalists.
On top of night events, Real Art Ways frequently holds day trips open pen
to the public to enjoy and discover organizations similar to this one. On
Sept. 25 a daytrip is being organized to Dia:Beacon, an art house in New
York City which will be featuring drawings by Sol LeWitt, and original inal
artwork by Imi Knoebel and Zoe Leonard.
So check out Real Art Ways for yourself. If you like what you see con- on-
sider becoming a member for discounted admission to events (which are
usually pretty affordable). For a complete list of events go to realartways.
ays.
org and you’’ll surely nd something that catches your eye.
-Sarah Wilson
son SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS

Great Works Of Art Always On Display At Wadsworth

600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Frequently changing remarkable art exhibitions are no far cry at the
Wadsworth Antheneum. Located in the heart of Downtown Hartford, the
Wadsworth holds incredible history as America’’s rst public art museum.
Featuring everything from paintings, to ancient artifacts, sculptures, and
even historic furniture, the Wadsworth is simply intriguing. A tour through
the museum will take you through a wide array of collections that range
throughout different centuries, cultures, and civilizations.
If that doesn’’t interest you, know that while in the Wadsworth you will
be amongst some of the greats such as Monet, Picasso, and O’’Keefe. Open
Monday through Sunday, visitors are welcome to take a tour at anytime
during museum hours, or explore for yourself.
Currently featured at the Wadsworth is the exhibition ““High Water Marks:
Art and Renewal After Katrina,”” which boasts colorful paintings representing
some of New Orleans’’ history, as well as art created in response to Katrina.
Also displayed until September 5 in the Wadsworth’’s Austin House is work
by Justin Lowe, who translated four rooms into a collage including video,
paintings, a slide show, and for a truly unique sight, what Lowe describes
as a ““period room.”” This section of the display is presented ““in the form of
a wildly decorated public restroom,”” which is intended to be reminiscent
of the grafti-adorned bathroom of New York’’s punk rock club CBGB.
Together Lowe’’s presentation reects ““a more contemporary culture, rooted
in 1970’’s psychedelia.
Other than the intriguing exhibits, the Wadsworth often holds events
exclusive to the museum. Come December, the 37th annual ““Festival of
Trees and Traditions”” will be held. Each winter the museum’’s great room
boasts spectacularly embellished trees, a true sight to see if you’’re in the
area and want to get into the holiday spirit.
On top of that, concerts, even those that attract those college-aged, are
frequently held, as well as lm screenings you wont nd anywhere else.
For a complete list of events check out, http://www.wadsworthatheneum.
org or take a quick drive downtown and you surely won’’t be disappointed.

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-Sarah Wilson
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The Webster Theater

Considered one the best venues in Connecticut for rock,
punk and ska music, the Webster Theater and Websterr Un-
derground are home to some of the most amazing concerts ncerts
in New England.
Conveniently located in Barry Square in southern Hartford,
tford,
the Webster hosts bands of every genre. This Saturday ay the
Webster is putting on an Independent Rock Festival featur-
eatur-
ing over nine bands for only $8. Guaranteeing a great show
every night, the Webster is the perfect distance away from
campus to see bands from all over the country in a somewhat
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a capacity of about 1,200. best-kept secrets. Creating an atmosphere of pure musical bliss,
A student favorite spot to hit on a Friday night, the venues the Webster has gained a reputation for serving as the starting
offer a unique dual stage, reserving the main area for head- place for No Doubt, Incubus and Stained.
liners while the locals shred up the underground. Catering to Thriving on the underground local music scene, the Webster
any musical preference, the beauty of the Webster Theater is the catalyst and medium for under the radar bands to spread
allows for true music fans to experience rst hand brand the raw and honest sounds of their original songs. An awesome
new bands from the local area. experience to have at a relatively cheap price, the Webster The-
Housed in one of Hartford’’s oldest buildings and running ater is always a good choice for a weekend with nothing to do.
for over 70 years, the Webster is denitely one of the town’’s For schedules and more information visit webstertheater.com.

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Hartford Stage and

The Bushnell
If you’’re in the mood for a night full of culture and entertain-
ment, Hartford has two great places for you to check out. First
is Hartford Stage, which offers some of the countries most
highly respected regional theatre. Hartford Stage is located
on Church Street in Hartford and is about a ve minute drive
from campus.
They offer a great range of theatre spanning from Shakespeare’’s
Antony and Cleopatra to David Guterson’’s best selling novel
adapted to stage, Snow Falling on Cedars, and Alfred Hitch-
cock’’s The 39 Steps.
Hartford Stage is always a great chance to see fresh interpre-
tations of classic plays.
Antony and Cleopatra, which will run from Oct. 7 through
Nov. 7 is denitely not one to miss. Another venue that brings
the best of entertainment to Hartford is The Bushnell.
It is located in the heart of downtown, a very short drive from
campus. The Bushnell also offers a great theatre going experi-
ence and brings the excitement of going to a Broadway show
right into our own backyard.
They have a great line up of shows this season, including The
Blue Man Group which will perform throughout the last week
of October and Ha! Ha! Hartford, which is the Bushnell’’s own
homegrown comedy series.
Shrek the Musical will be stopping by in February and the
2010 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony nomi-
nated musical Next to Normal will be coming to The Bushnell
in the end of March.
There’’s great entertainment going on all around in Hartford.
Check out hartfordstage.com and thebushnell.org for more
information and show times.
-Danielle Huppke
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Perry Tops Charts, Resorts To Overly Sexual Motifs

By Danielle Huppke
Managing Editor

Katy Perry is most famously

known for her rst single ““I Kissed
a Girl,”” her wacky sense of style
and her relationship with Britain’’s
sex-obsessed comedian Russell
Brand. She’’s a staple of today’’s
pop music scene and one of those
singers that for me, at least, is a
love ‘‘em or leave ‘‘em kind.
Her rst album was a summer
essential for me two years ago,
yet her follow up album is more
of a bust than a must.
The  rst single off of Katy
Perry’’s sophomore album, ““Teen-
age Dream,”” was unavoidable this
summer unless you happened to
be completely out of touch with
society. We’’ve all heard ““Cali-
fornia Gurls”” and have become
increasingly sick of it, yet the buzz
around Katy Perry keeps swirling,
especially with her recent engage-
ment to Russell Brand.
Her latest album is lled with
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thumping bass lines and oating
synthesizers that make each and Pop star Katy Perry’’s second album ““Teenage Dream”” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 in its rst week.
every song as generic as the last.
The lyrics are lled with sexual ““Peacock,”” and you can probably gone bad? A bad girl gone worse? released single off the album and sexualizing innocent teen girls
innuendos not suitable for the teen guess where that innuendo will Or stuck somewhere in between. will probably become just as sick- and showing them that the only
pop crowd, which will inevitably come from. Perry wants to see some To be completely fair, I really ening as ““California Gurls.”” way to be worth something is to
be the majority of listeners, yet guy’’s peacock, and by peacock she do enjoy the second single off It tells the tale of a ridiculous be sexy.
with the rise of the Ke$has of the means penis. She says the word of the album. ““Teenage Dream”” Friday night, breaking the law, Although maybe not the intend-
world, it is just something we’’ve ““cock”” about 100 times. conveys love being expressed in getting kicked out of a bar and a ed message that Perry is trying to
got to get used to. I’’m sorry Katy Perry but we’’ve the sort of genuine way that only ménage-a-trois, then doing it all send, it’’s clear that the pop scene
The fth song on the album lost your image somewhere in teenagers experience it. over again the next Friday night. is turning less Mickey Mouse club
and namely the one that everyone between the ‘‘50s get-ups and the ““Last Friday Night”” is inevi- Overall, ““Teenage Dream”” is and more strip club whether we
will be talking about is entitled sappy love songs. Is she a good girl tably going to be the third radio further perpetuating the idea of like it or not.

Apple Redesigns, Cuts Prices On Music Products

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-In-Chief
Remember those iPod touches that
Apple was hawking for free with a
new Mac just in time for the return
to school season? They’’ve just now
become obsolete.
In California Wednesday, Apple
unveiled its new line of iPod devices
and the improvements to the line of
products are staggering.
Starting small, the iPod shufe
model has been given a feature
that it lacked in its previous model:
buttons. Apparently, the tiny models
that were controlled by the buttons
on the Apple-supplied headphones
were a downer for consumers. The
iPod shufe is priced at $49.
Moving only slightly bigger, Apple
has ““reinvented”” the iPod nano, ac-
cording to a press release from the
company. Packing a tiny, full-edged
multi-touch display, the iPod nano
sheds one of the most recognizable
icons of the iPod model: the click-
wheel (and, oddly, buttons).
Photos and videos are fully acces-
sible from the device, but the question
begs to be asked: who watches movies
on such a tiny screen? The iPod nano
starts at $149.
The agship iPod model, the iPod
touch, looks fairly similar at rst
glance. At a closer look, the iPod touch
has gained two cameras, including
FaceTime, a video calling feature
present on the most recent iPhone
models. The iPod touch starts at $229
and runs to $399.
The Apple TV, once called a
““hobby”” by Apple CEO Steve Jobs
looks to get serious in the televi-
sion set-top box game. It now has
access to iTunes television show
rentals that cost just $1. Expecta-
tions called for the Apple TV box to
contain the full power of iOS (the
operating system powering today’’s
iPhones and touchscreen iPods).
Ultimately, that rumor didn’’t
materialize; instead it offers two
needed improvements. The Apple
TV can now access Netix Watch
Instantly, a subscription service
that offers streams of recent and
classic lms and TV shows.
Also, the Apple TV will get ac-
cess to the iOS devices one already
owns using a protocol called Air-
Play. Using an iPod or iPad one can
start watching a lm on the smaller
screen, then send the video to his or
her HDTV using the magic of Wi-
Fi. The Apple TV is competitively
priced at $99, in line with a lot of
other set-top boxes with similar fea-
tures (Roku, a major player in this
eld, dramatically reduced prices in
expectation of this announcement).
Finally, the software that could
soon become obsolete with all of
this wireless communication is
iTunes 10, which is now available
from the company’’s website. It
features a slight overhaul in the look
of the application, but its biggest
addition is social networking.
The service, called iTunes Ping, is
set to let users follow their friends
and artists——and their listening
habits. This is an area that is al-
ready covered broadly by services
like Last.Fm. Now that it’’s built
in, one could speculate that those
music discovery and networking
services could get favored in favor
of Ping. However, Last.Fm has a
robust install base to begin with,
so it will take time to see if any
sort of migration materializes. MG
Siegler of TechCrunch posted on
Twitter that ““Ping is very interest-
ing because it’’s so simple.””
Without a doubt, these new
products are poised to become fast
sellers especially as holiday season
rapidly approaches.

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Brushre Artists Expand Similar Music Themes
Without a doubt my favorite record
label to take refuge with, Brushre
Records, owned by musician Jack
Johnson, has a great reputation for
supporting artists of signicant talent.
Although the label is often put out of
focus by mainstream media, the quality
and musicianship produced by Brush-
re is unmatched.
Thriving on the success of the Ha-
waiian surf song melody maker Jack
Johnson, Brushre Records is gaining
notoriety for bands emerging from
Johnson’’s shadow.
Perhaps the most vibrant and fresh of
the Brushre label is Animal Liberation
Orchestra (ALO). A collaboration of
lifelong friends stemming from Sara-
toga, California, ALO’’s chemistry is
automatic and rare. Shocking the group
to life with his staggering skills on the
keys, Zach Gill molds ALO’’s image
by serving as lead vocalist.
Maintaining the theme of friendship
and family within the Brushre label,
Gill is privileged to be part of Brush-
re label with both ALO and as Jack
Johnson’’s pianist.
What makes ALO unique is not only
their lifelong friendships but also the
content of their songs. Tackling the
angle of life behind the microphone on
stage and the natural processes of the
earth, ALO is no stranger to challenging
their songwriting abilities.
‘‘Inception’’ Captures
Summer Spotlight
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
Mind boggling in its concept and
thrilling to see projected on the big
screen; Christopher Nolan’’s ““Incep-
tion”” came to life this summer as
millions of people became immersed
in the technology of information
extraction through dreams.
Led by the cunning and impactful
Leonardo DiCaprio and independent
lm gem Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the
world of extracting secrets from an
individual’’s subconscious is one of
ethical repercussions. However, when
Dom Cobb (DiCaprio) is given the
opportunity to not steal information
but plant it, he jumps at his last chance
to gain everything he had lost.
Although Cobb possesses an ex-
traordinary talent that has given him
an infamous reputation, he could not
achieve the impossible without his
crew. One of my favorite additives
to the plot is the idea that it takes an
entire team of an extractor, architect,
forger, chemist, point man and tourist
to achieve the process of inception.
Inception, simply put in the lm,
is the process of planting an idea into
a person’’s mind without them, or
their subconscious, catching wind of
suspicious activity during dreaming.
What separated the moviegoers
who loved ““Inception”” from those
who did not fully comprehend the
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Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
At one point ALO consisted of a full
brass section in their lineup, but as of
recently the group has held a constant
four-man roster. With Gill on piano,
Steve Adams on bass, David Brogan
on drums and Dan Lebowitz on guitar,
Animal Liberation Orchestra have
progressed greatly as a team.
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Releasing their third album with
Brushre and their rst new material Brushre Records’’ Animal Liberation Orchestra is spreading its music with a 2010 world tour.
in three years, ALO’’s most recent mu-
sical content, ““Man of the World,”” is sets Brushre bands apart from any Hartford show, the single ““Big Appe- still frame photos. Capturing a perfect
receiving positive feedback while they other label. tite”” demonstrates an immense growth ow, ALO preformed with a success-
are on tour. Animal Liberation Orchestra is not from the group’’s last release. The bold ful approach.
According to ALO and Johnson, as afraid to get creative and funky while steel guitar of Lebowitz and the smooth An important addition to Brushre
well as other Brushre artists, the key expanding the dimensions of the mind. melodic voice of Gill combine to form Records, Animal Liberation Orchestra
to maintaining such a strong and peace- Visiting Hartford in July, ALO along a unique and musically colorful song. will continue to do what they do best,
ful musical environment is to share the with G. Love, helped build a momen- Sticking to the theme of unusual make music without worrying about
stage and the music. All guilty of being tum of pure love through the speakers and challenging, ALO approached pleasing big business. The unique
featured on each other’’s albums at one of the Comcast Theater. its music video for ““Big Appetite”” by situation of having a record label run
time or another, the true test of friendship Featured on the new album and ditching the concept of a video. The by lifelong friends allows for pure and
and dignity of helping another is what serving as the opening song for ALO’’s group elected to form over 22,000 true unltered music.
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concept was the fact that the movie
required an attentive mind throughout.
In addition to a superb cast, the lm’’s
sequence of beginning with a failed
attempt at extraction gave the viewer a
clear-cut idea of what each character’’s
purpose was in penetrating dreams.
While inception requires dreams
within dreams, the normal route of
dying in a single dream to wake up
would not be effective in over layered
dreams. Death while in a multiple
dream state would be permanent. The
key to being woken up would lie in
activating a kick, or a falling sensation
to those asleep.
Challenging the illusion of time
and its actual displacement, minutes
became exponentially longer the
deeper into a level of a dream one
could travel.
Ten years in the making, Christo-
pher Nolan’’s ““Inception”” is complete
and has revolutionized how obscure
and bizarre an amazing movie can be.
Compacting an idea of such magni-
tude, ““Inception”” calls to the movie
screen a truly awe-inspiring work of
art carefully crafted by those involved.
Taking the viewer deeper and
deeper into the unknown and vaguely
understood world of the subconscious
mixed with the motive of corporate
power with the implementation of a
single thought, the model of inception
proves to be a awless execution of
wit.
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UHa Fitness 101: How To Stay Active On Campus

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Between the heavy work-load,
lack of sleep and unhealthy eating
habits of many college students,
the dreaded ““freshmen 15”” can
quickly become a reality - but it
doesn’’t have to be! The University
of Hartford offers a wide variety of
exercise facilities, tness classes,
intramural and club sports, NCAA
Division-I athletics and plenty of
other exciting opportunities to keep
college students active, healthy and
involved in the campus community.
The University of Hartford’’s
Sports Center has every tness
amenity that students need to get a
great work-out. Fitness rooms are
equipped with elliptical machines,
stationary bicycles, treadmills,
weights and more. Additionally,
the Sports Center has an indoor
pool, basketball and tennis courts,
even an indoor racquetball court.
If you don’’t want to work out on
your own, the Sports Center offers
a wide range of tness classes, in-
cluding: step aerobics, kickboxing,
yoga, tae-kwan-do, rape aggression
defense (RAD), body sculpting and
lifeguard certication training. The
variety of classes and equipment
available at UHA’’s Sports Center is
vast enough to suit every student’’s
tness needs. Just remember to
bring your University I.D. with
your Fall 2010 validation sticker
on the back.
The hardworking, dedicated men
and women of the Hartford Hawks’’
NCAA Division-I athletic teams
compete against the top ranked
collegiate athletes in the country.
Hartford athletes endure intense
training, practices and travelling
for away games, but they get to
play the sports that they love in
exciting match-ups each season.
Although most of the players are
recruited from high school teams,
Hartford tennis, baseball and soft-
ball are currently holding tryouts
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for any undergraduate students who
would like the opportunity to play
D-I sports. For students who want
to play competitive sports without
the D-1 commitment, there are
plenty of intramural and club sports
available to play at the University
of Hartford.
These athletic teams thrive off
of active student participation so,
round up a few friends and join an
existing sports team or start your
own club sport. Staying active in
college helps keep your mind, body
and grades on track.
The fall 2010 schedule for intra-
mural sports incorporates a wide
range of fun athletic activities for
all University of Hartford students,
including: tennis, sand volleyball,
soccer, ag football, swimming,
racquetball, basketball, badminton,
and even kickball.
Paintball is one of the fast-
est-growing club sports at the
University of Hartford; created
back in 2002, the team is funded
by the Student Government As-
sociation (SGA) and competes
within the National Collegiate
Paintball Association (NCPA).
They are currently ranked as the
No. 1 team in New England and
No. 8 team nationally for their
2010 season.
The paintball team is an ex-
traordinary example of the endless
possibilities that can come from
club sports.
Attending University of Hart-
ford sporting events is exciting,
fun and a great opportunity to
meet new people while supporting
UHA’’s dedicated Hawk athletes!
It is also a great opportunity for
students interested in writing for
the newspaper to report on games
and interview players.
Get moving and get involved
with everything that the University
of Hartford has to offer!
Real, Serious Sports Injuries
According to a recent study
conducted by the Hasbro Chil-
dren’’s Hospital in Rhode Island,
the number of emergency room
visits for youth athletes has
increased by nearly 200 percent
over the past ten years; nearly one
half of these sport-related concus-
sions, fractures, tears and strains
in youth athletes were preventable
injuries caused by overuse.
Many kids today are placed
under immense pressure by their
parents, peers or even themselves
to excel and be ““the best””. This
Sports Center Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
For more information on tness classes call: (860) 768-5050
Indoor Pool Hours:
Monday - Friday: 6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Intramural & Club Sports:
Ofce hours are Monday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Director, Tyrone Fuertes. (860) 768-5053 or Fuertes@hartford.edu
Paintball team e-mail: mpeters413@hotmail.com
Walk-On Tryout Dates for Hartford NCAA Division I Athletics:
SOFTBALL: Tryouts begin Sept. 2 and ends on Sept. 5. Contact
Coach Consolmagno by Sept. 2 to register: consolmag@hartford.edu
BASEBALL: Tryout clinic is Sept. 4. Interested students must attend a
registration meeting on Sept. 3 at 4:00 p.m. in the Sports Center lobby.
Contact Coach Calcaterra: calcaterr@hartford.edu
Upcoming Home Games:
9/3/10: WOMEN’’S SOCCER vs. LaSalle @ 7:00 p.m.
9/4/10: MEN’’S SOCCER vs. Boston University @ 7:00 p.m.
9/5/10: WOMEN’’S SOCCER vs. Columbia @ 1:00 p.m.
9/15/10: VOLLEYBALL vs. CCSU @ 6:00 p.m.
9/18/10: SOFTBALL vs. Marist (doubleheader) @ TBA
9/18/10: CROSS COUNTRY ““Hawks Riverfront XC Festival””
For full team schedules, rosters, and live stats visit: hartfordhawks.com
Children’’s Hospital Boston.
Doctors across America are joining
together to help bring the epidemic
of youth sport injuries to light to
increase awareness and injury pre-
vention. STOP (Sports Trauma and
Overuse Prevention) Sports Injuries
campaign was founded in 2007 by
Jessica Rutledge the American Orthopedic Society
for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) as a
Sports Editor
public outreach program. According
jrutledge@hartford.edu to stopsportsinjuries.org, ““STOP’’s
Twitter: @InformerSports
initiative not only raises awareness
and provides education on injury
as much as $45 per session to hone reduction, but also highlights how

Women’’s Soccer ‘‘10

By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
Off-season training has ended
and soccer season has begun at the
University of Hartford. The women
currently hold a season record of
1-2 after falling to Long Island Uni-
versity Blackbirds in their season
opening game. With this rst loss,
the Hawks were just not able to
shoot the ball enough and Hartford
was out-shot 10-3 by LIU.
The Hawks fought hard in Temple
University’’s tournament on Aug. 27
–– 29; as women’’s soccer bounced
back with their victory in the next
game against Drexel, winning 2-0.
Star freshman Arielle Aikens netted
the rst goal of the game by taking
the ball away from the goalie and
shooting on an open net.
As a result of their victory, the
Hartford women faced tournament
host team, Temple University, in the
tournament’’s nal game, losing 4-3.
A late comeback was not enough
for the Hawks to overcome a 2-0
decit created in the rst 30 minutes
of the game. Leading scorer, junior
Breeanna Robinson, nished the
day with two goals and Aikens, the
other one.
The preseason went well for the
women’’s team as they added new
recruits, 10 altogether. With both
the men and women teams having
stocked their roster with young tal-
ent, it will be an exciting season for
both soccer teams in 2010-2011.
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pressure is crystal clear in many
local youth sports that rely on par-
ent volunteers to coach, ofciate,
sell snacks, keep score and help
fund the teams. Parents selessly
sacrice their time and money so
that their kids can play sports and
have fun, but in recent years, it
seems that parents have become
too involved in youth sports,
verging obsessed with their child
winning, no matter what the cost.
Mark Hyman, author of ““Until
It Hurts: America’’s Obsession
with Youth Sports,”” holds parents
largely responsible for the rise in
athletic injuries as ““youth sports
seem to stray further and further
from it’’s core mission of provid-
ing healthy, safe and character
building recreation for children,””
he says. Television shows like
TLC’’s ““Pageant Moms,”” MTV’’s
““Two-a-Days”” and ESPN’’s
““Little League World Series”” are
a testament to the fact that many
parents are disguring the world
of youth sports. No longer is little
league ““just for fun,”” but is now
part of an industry worth millions
of dollars in revenue to sponsors,
television networks and parents
alike. Parents who dedicate their
time, support and money to pro-
mote their children’’s success as
an athlete doesn’’t sound like a bad
idea, but some parents are willing
to go to the extreme, pushing their
kids to the limit.
““Approximately 130,000 kids
visit a ‘‘Velocity Gym’’ in America
each year,”” Hyman says, ““paying
their strength, speed and agility.””
Off-season training, sports psy-
chologists, training sessions with
professional athletes, even boarding
schools that combine academia with
intense athletic training for $100,000
per year are attractive to parents and
kids that are serious about competi-
tive sports. Many youth athletes eat,
breathe, sleep and live according to
their sport, sometimes against their
own will.
The pressure for youth athletics
is extraordinarily high, many kids
insist on playing year round, despite
pain from injuries or doctors orders
because it is so difcult to make it big
in professional sports –– unless you
are a prodigal athlete. Sometimes it
is not the parents who are pushing the
kids to the point of injury, but young
athletes dismiss their own health,
training relentlessly in their pursuit
of a professional sport career.
According to the US Center for
Disease Control (CDC), this year,
nearly 6 million adolescents were
given medical treatment for sports
injuries; nearly half of these injuries
were 100 percent preventable and
caused by overuse. A Boston Globe
article on overactive teen athletes
brings to light the long-term dangers
of sport related tears, fractures and
strain injuries that require surgery
at such a young age, ““We can repair
these injuries and get them back up and
playing, but we don’’t have evidence of
what they will be like 20 years from
now, all of these injuries predispose
them to arthritis’’’’ said Dr. Mininder
Kocher, an orthopedic surgeon at
playing safe and smart can enhance
and extend a child’’s athletic career,
improve teamwork, reduce obesity
rates and create a lifelong love of
exercise and healthy activity.””
In order to help prevent sport
injuries, young players should cross
train, as many professional athletes
do. Cross training along with playing
multiple sports puts less emphasis on
one specic area of the body, such as
the elbow in pitching, so that overuse
injuries are less likely to occur. It is
also important for athletes to give
their bodies a break and not train or
compete 365 days per year so that the
body can rest and heal.
Sports are an integral part of the
lives of 30 million young athletes
in America today. Exercise, com-
petition and teamwork is necessary
for children to learn and grow to
become healthy adults, but ob-
sessive training and overuse can
be detrimental to these growing
bodies.
According to the Boston Globe
article, ““Medically speaking, these
kids have lower rates of diabetes,
are less likely to use drugs and
have higher self-esteem and higher
success rates,”” says Dr. Kocher.
We don’’t want our children to be
the rst generation of athletes that
are crippled by arthritis, countless
surgeries and chronic pain by the
time they’’re 30-years-old.
Winning is important, especially
for collegiate and professional ath-
letes, but if young athletes cripple
their bodies from overuse, what
good are sports if you can’’t play?
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Volume 34, Issue 01
Globe-Trotting Hawks Compete in Australia
By Dan Lifshatz
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford men’’s
basketball team traveled across the
world last week, all the way down-
under to Australia to participate in a
six-game tournament at the Australian
Institute of Sport.
The Hawks took on a tough task
in game one, facing off against the
host team, the Australian Institute of
Sport. The Hawks rallied and fought
a tough game under new head coach
John Gallagher, but could not win, the
Hawks fell 75-54. The Hartford men,
who were playing the whole tourna-
ment without guard Joe Zeglinski,
and were faced with the challenge
of replacing him, but seemed to do
so extremely well.
The Australian Institute of Sport,
located in Canberra, played a
solid game, and knocked down their
3-pointers, which really put away the
Hawks at the end. Sophomore Ross
Erickson was the star for the Hawks,
putting up 15 points and grabbing
nine rebounds, while freshman Oren
Faulk added 11 points and seven re-
bounds. The highly anticipated return
of Genesis Maciel went well, as he
put up eight points, three rebounds,
and an assist during his brief 22 min-
utes of playing time. Game one was
a poor shooting day for the Hawks,
shooting 21-64 from eld and 5 of 21
downtown. It was a tough loss, but
the Hawks fought hard.
In game two of the ““Down Under
Tournament,”” the Hawks played the
runner up of the NBL, Australia’’s pro-
fessional basketball league, the
Wollongong Hawks. Unfortunately,
National Sports Buzz
By Jeff Gould
Special To The Informer
From high-prole trades to ourish-
ing young rookies, professional sports
were buzzing in the news this summer .
The MLB has seen everything from
ghts, to blowout games and big trades
like when talented pitcher, Cliff Lee,
was traded to the Texas Rangers with
reliever Mark Lowe. This trade has the
potential to put Texas in contention for
the American League title, stiffening
the competition for fellow AL board
leaders, the New York Yankees and
Cincinatti Reds. As we approach the
nal stretch of the regular season base-
ball fans should expect the unexpected.
In the NBA, one name says it all:
Lebron James. The reigning ““King””
of basketball made headlines when he
appeared on an hour-long TV special
announcing his decision to play for the
Miami Heat next season. James’’ signed
as a free agent with the Heat where
he will join Dwayne Wade and Chris
Bosh. The offensive talents of these
three players is so immense that their
points per game averages combined is
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The Hawks stop for a photo-op in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia.
the ““other Hawks”” proved to be
too much for Hartford. The game
was pretty even until Wollongong
pulled a 13-0 run, ending the Hawks
chances of winning anything.
Morgan Sabia was the bright spot
for the Hawks, leading the team
with 17 points and ve steals on
defense. Milton Burton also played
well after adding 10 points to the
mix. In game two, the Hawks still
were not able to pull off the win,
falling 83-63.
For the third game, the Hawks
played the NBL’’s Sydney Kings
and were handed a rather large
burn, but it was not for a lack
greater than several team totals in
the NBA! The Boston Celtics also
paid big bucks to bring two talented
centers, Shaq and Jermaine O’’Neal,
to help Boston as they vie for a
great season.
In NHL news, Ilya Kovalchuck,
the prized young sniper tried to
sign a seventeen year contract
with the New Jersey Devils worth
$102 million, but was denied by the
NHL. The Devils are scrambling
to negotiate a contract that pleases
Kovalchuck and the NHL before
the season begins on Oct. 10.
In preparation for the 2010-2011
NFL season, this summer brought
along talented rookies like the Jets’’
fullback, John Conner. Drafted in
the fth round out of Kentucky,
Conner is an incredible player with
the potential to knock veteran full-
back Tony Richardson, out of his
starter slot! First round draft pick,
Sam Bradford, is fullling his role
as the franchise quarterback for
St. Louis.It has been an exciting
summer for professional sports, and
they best is yet to come.
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of effort. Falling 111-60, the
Hawks had their toughest game
yet. The Kings, who had left the
NBL for nancial reasons, put
on a show and played very well.
Genesis Maciel had his biggest
game yet, adding 14 points and
seven rebounds, putting on a
strong performance before foul-
ing out. It looked as if Maciel
has worked his way back into the
starting rotation. Ross Erickson
and Milton Burton were also
effective with 10 and 9 points
respectively. Along with Maciel,
freshman Oren Faulk was strong
down low, and once again looked
UHa Falls 3-2,Rookies Shine
By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
The men’’s soccer team fell 3-2
in their season opener at Boston
College on Sept.w 1. The Hawks
played a solid game against the
No. 12 ranked Eagles; freshman
recruit Steve Aiston, scored the
rst goal only nine minutes into
the game. Hartford’’s 1-0 lead
over the Eagles ended when BC
scored barely one minute later.
Ten minutes into the rst half,
the game was locked 1-1.
At 15:35, the Eagles’’ Charlie
Rugg powered the ball mere
inches past Hartford goalie Matt
McElroy, earning BC a 2-1 lead.
After rallying back and forth,
Hartford ‘‘s Patrick Boucher red
back with the help of Jorge Ro-
driguez at 30:25 into the game,
once again leveling the score to
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like a solid addition to the rota-
tion. Even though the Hawks lost,
they were effective on the boards,
pulling down 40 boards, and 16
offensive boards.
After the loss to Sydney, the
Hawks went on to play another
NBL team, the Melbourne Tigers,
a well-rounded, strong three-point
shooting team. The Hawks played
hard into the game, lead by seniors
Morgan Sabia and Milton Burton.
Sabia had a strong line of 15 points,
seven rebounds, two assists and a
block while Burton also added 15
points, along with three assists,
six rebounds, a steal and a block.
a tie. The Eagles went on to score
another goal before the conclusion
of the rst period, taking a 3-2
advantage over Hartford to win
the game.
It was a grueling match, but
Hartford freshman, Dan Sangster,
never gave up, ring two hard shots
on goal that missed mere minutes
before the end of the game.
Despite opening the season with
a record of 0-1, the Hawks played
with intensity and showed a lot of
promise for the 2010 season.
Steve Aiston, the Hawks’’ rookie
forward from Braydon, England, is
one of twelve new soccer recruits
for the 2010 season.
A roster stocked with young,
inexperienced talent can mean that
a tough D-I season is ahead . How-
ever, Aiston and Sangster proved
on Wednesday that big things are
in store for the bright-eyed, relent-
September 2, 2010
The game was grueling, and going
into halftime, the Hawks were only
down by one, but things got worse
in the second half, and the Hawks
could not nish as they fell once
again 76-70. It was a tough game,
but the Hawks played well.
The Hawks, win-less going into
their last two games needed a vic-
tory, and that’’s exactly what they
got in game ve, beating the Dande-
nong Rangers at the last second with
a 3-pointer from Genesis Maciel.
Once again Hartford had solid
games from Maciel, who nished
with 15 points, Morgan Sabia who
put in 17 points, and added seven
rebounds. Milton Burton was also
playing like a star, adding 15 points,
9 rebounds, and 5 assists.
The Hawks had to overcome
a large decit as well, down 13
going into the 4th quarter. Maciel
loaded up and drained a 3-pointer
with eight seconds to go to give
the Hawks the 79-77 victory. The
Hawks rushed the court and cel-
ebrated the dramatic win, a solid
and well-deserved win.
The nal game for the Hawks was
one to forget. Hartford was ravaged
by the Gold Coast Blaze, 97-50. The
game was far from impressive for
the Hawks.
The game leaves a dark mark
on the tournament, but overall, the
tournament was extremely help-
ful, and will give the team solid
experience against less-powerful
opponents for the season.
This tournament proved that the
Hawks can play with anyone in their
league, and will give them a leg-up
on their competition.
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less rookies on the team.““We might
encounter some problems,”” Aiston
said, ““but if we work together it
will be much easier to resolve
these problems [and win].”” Coach
Dan Gaspar should also be feeling
optimistic about 2010 since his new
players seem determined to make
the most of the season and nish
strong within the conference.
If all of the Hawks’’ recruits for the
2010 season have the positive, ghter
mentality that Aiston and Sangster
have brought to the table, then n-
ishing strong should not be difcult.
Senior mid-elders Sam Groves
and Jamie Thomas return to the
men’’s soccer team with their strong
offensive skills, backed by senior
defender Bojan Delibasic.
The Hartford men’’s soccer team
will host their rst home game of
the season at Al-Marzook Field on
Saturday, September 4 at 7:00p.m.