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Volume 34, Issue 02

The Informer hartfordinformer.com September 9, 2010

Harrison:
No Layoffs
Expected in
2011
University Laid Off 11
Over Summer
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor

During this year’’s annual Faculty Staff

Kickoff, President Harrison expressed
optimism with the nancial success of the
school for the upcoming year, despite a
major cut in the budget.
Over the summer, the University was
forced to layoff 11 staff members and
eliminate some 30 vacant jobs due to the
extended amount of nancial aid given out
to help students in this period of recession.
Due to this, however, Harrison said, ““I
do not see any further layoffs necessary.””
He expresses that increase in nancial aid
to be ““almost solely responsible for why we
had to cut $5.2 million from the rest of our
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university budget of $210 million.
Two of Koopman Chair Kathy Butterly works, featured in the Joseloff Gallery as part of the Faculty Art Exhibition. However, with the tuition discount rate for
this year expected to be less than the last,

Facutly Works On Display At Joseloff All Month and so much extra money being given to
deserving students, the campus community
seems to be beneting.
Harrison made it clear that his biggest
This week the Joseloff Gallery is hosting the Facutly Art Exhibi- drawing, illustration and sculpture.
concern is how the budget and economic
tion, an event that features some of the work done by faculty and Three new members of the Art School faculty (Jaclyn Conley,
conditions will affect ““the families of
staff of the Art School. Robert Lyons and Carolyn Muskat) have their works featured in
our students or potential students and the
The show runs from now to Oct. 10. The Facutly Exhibition fea- the show.
decisions they have to make about higher
tures work by professsors who teach, among other styles, ceramics, -Jeremy Stanley
education.””

‘‘Our Campus, Our Planet’’ Spurs More Green Efforts

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The success of the ““Our Campus, Our
Planet”” initiative will be seen throughout
the rest of the year with ongoing projects
aimed at making the Hartford campus that
much more environmentally sound.
““Our Campus, Our Planet”” was held
for the rst time on the last day of Liftoff
this year, and got students involved with
programs such as ““River History and Ecol-
ogy,”” ““River Art”” and ““Meet the Trees,”” all
intended to inuence the campus to become
a cleaner, greener place to live and learn.
The impact of this single day can now be
seen throughout the year as campus wide
programs are taking place as a result.
A step forward in becoming more energy
efcient will be seen with dorm competi-
tions. Facilities and Residential Life are
currently working on plans to have a com-
petition between dorms with the intention
of becoming more energy efcient.
Complexes A through D will be com-
peting to see who can lower their carbon
footprint by the greatest amount. In order
to do this, residents will hopefully receive
more energy efcient light bulbs as a rst
step.
““The plan is that for residence halls that
reach a certain minimum level of energy
reduction, they will receive a share of
the nancial savings,”” said Dr. Laura E.
Pence, co-sustainability coordinator for
the University. Though the details are still
in the works, the program will be taking
place in October.
Other measures are also being extended
since the ““Our Campus, Our Planet”” day
in order to maintain the clean environment
the program intended to introduce.
““The idea was that ““Our Campus, Our
Planet”” was a way to kick off further
See ““Green Initiatives”” on page 2
The president also pointed out that there
are many risks involved when it comes to
the budget for the upcoming year, and in an
economic recession such as this he says ““the
key word for me in all this is uncertainty.””
An increase in the university’’s healthcare
cost, the need for the dam across the Hog
River to be replaced shortly, and the $3.5
million decit the state faces are the three
main obstacles the university will have to
overcome to reduce that uncertainty.
““This year we will have to do more with
less than we have in the past,”” said Harrison.
Despite this, he expressed optimism for the
upcoming year.
Plans are in the works for a major fund-
raising initiative that will take place this
year and hopefully aid in budgeting greatly.
Last year marked the completion of new
strategic and facilities plans, which are now
under way, and are paving the way for the
fundraising plan to go into effect.
““We are entering the new year in a strong
position to thrive in the future,”” said Harri-
son, who plans to devote much of his time to
fundraising this year, and promises updates
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News Opinions Entertainment Sports

What are the sanctions freshmen face Steven Slater’’s career as a ight atten- Is ““Going The Distance”” a romantic How is an intermural club reacting to
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Freshmen: Thinking Drinking? Mitzvah Day Reaches Out

By Linnea Donnelly
Special To The Informer
Within the rst week of the new
semester there have been a number
of alcohol and drug related hospital
transports, arrests, and write-ups.
This is not only reported with the
freshman class but the upperclass-
men as well.
Junior, Kim Rivera, a Resident As-
sistant for Hawk Hall, commented
on the difference between her class
and the class of 2014. ““The rst
week was a little much,”” said Rivera.
RAs and public safety do the very
best they can do to secure the well-
being of university students.
Michelle Huston, Assistant Di-
rector of Student Conduct and
Community Standards at the
University of Hartford states that
nothing abnormal has happened yet.
This apparently is quite common
that freshmen each year tend to
and time-consuming.
The sanctions that have been
implemented are a written warning,
probation, compulsory services, Al-
coholEdu, Marijuana 101, a written
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
In conjunction with the Com-
munity Service Center, Hillel’’s
Be The Change group is hosting
its rst annual Mitzvah Day.
Michelle Preefer, a senior
and Jewish Campus Fellow for
Hillel, said, ““I wanted a large
campus activity that would bring
several organizations on campus
together for a big community
service day.””
A ““Mitzvah”” is an act of
kindness or generosity toward
others, Preefer said, a mentality
she hopes the day will spread
throughout the community.
SARAH WILSON On Tuesday, Sept. 14 on the
GSU lawn, from 12-3:30 p.m.,
some more smartly than others.”” Mitzvah Day will feature two
Jacob Fecura, another freshman areas of booths: one for Mitzvah
studying at the university, says that Day activities and a separate area
it is a matter of mentality and the where t-shirts and food will be
Class of 2014 is not yet adjusted to
sold, said Preefer.
All proceeds from sales will go
to charity, she said.
““Individual organizations are
always doing community service
activities, but there is no reason
that we all can’’t work together to
complete them. It’’s a great way to
bring a sense of community to the
University of Hartford,”” Preefer
said.
Preefer says she hopes that this
is just the beginning for this com-
munity service outreach.
““My hope is that Mitzvah Day
will become an annual event for the
University of Hartford. Hopefully,
the event will continue to expand
year after year and continue to show
that we are all ‘‘committed to com-
munity,’’”” she said.
There are still booths available
for any organization to participate.
The rain date for the Mitzvah Day
activities is Wednesday, Sept. 15.

gravitate more towards The Village
for parties and to perform illicit acts
due to the fact that they are banned
in Hawk Hall and all the complexes.
On the subject of AlcoholEdu,
Huston says that it is there ““to
provide more advanced informa-
tion”” to incoming freshmen before
coming onto the university campus.
Huston states that policy awareness
becomes more predominant after
students violate a school conduct
rule and must adhere to sanctions.
Sanctions for violating school
conduct rules can vary from a writ-
ten warning to having your room
selection privileges revoked. The
majority of the sanctions are costly
assignment, CHOICES and room
selection privileges revoked.
Huston advises to take responsibil-
ity for the information provided to
you from the university and utilize
your resources.
Freshman, Shana Silver does not
take the issue of underage drinking
on campus lightly. ““I don’’t believe
most freshman are aware of the uni-
versity’’s alcohol policy on campus
- and if they are aware of it they tend
to ignore it thinking it’’s stupid and
with the thought that they can still
get away with anything,”” says Silver.
She then adds, ““There’’s obvious
underage drinking on campus but ev-
ery freshman handles it differently,
Green Initiatives
the party scene therefore they are
following the upperclassmen to
get a feel for where to spend their
weekends in the future.
The best thing that you can do Continued from page 1 are harming it.
for your university is take care of With the success of this particular
yourself and, as Michelle Huston environmental initiatives, and program, faculty members plan to
advises, to read the literature that get people thinking about it on continue working with the river
the university has provided for you. campus,”” said Dave Isgur, the by holding cleanups, river art, and
For more information on Student Director of Media Relations on water testing throughout the year.
Conduct feel free to visit the Ofce campus. Specifically the ““River Art””
of Residential Life or call them A program that day devoted program is also being continued
at 860-768-7792 or the Ofce of to enhancing the one body of throughout the upcoming year with
Student Conduct Administration at water this campus has to enjoy Professor Sherry Buckberrough,
860-768-7834. and maintain was entitled ““Wa- who plans to use waste from the
All the ne details are right at your ter Quality and Invasive Plants: river cleanup to make art.
ngertips in The Source at www. Exploring the Campus River With success of green initiatives
hartford.edu/thesource. and Pond.”” such as this, the university intends
This program taught students to inuence students to continue
about the importance of these doing their part as well, and is well

Harrison Receives Polaris Award bodies of water, their ecology,

and the types of pollutants that
on it’’s way to being as green as the
grass on the other side.

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Recognizing his outstanding lead-
ership in the Hartford area, President
Walter Harrison was one of three
winners of this year’’s Polaris Award
this past week.
The award is given annually as a
fund raising event for the organiza-
tion Leadership Greater Hartford,
and is presented to three recipients
who ““provide a powerful light and
example for others to follow,”” ac-
cording to the organization.
Harrison, who says he was ““hum-
bled and attered to be notied that
I was to receive the award,”” does
outstanding work for the community
and devotes much of his time aiding
in aspects outside of the University.
He won the award among two
other devoted citizens of Hartford:
Stephen Adamowski, superinten-
dent of Hartford public schools,
and Nicola Allen, a resident who
greatly improved neighborhoods
by planting gardens.
Even among 25 other nominees
for the award, President Harrison
has done more than his share for
not only the campus community, but
the community of Hartford as well.
Regardless of having made in-
numerable improvements to the
University of Hartford since being
appointed president in 1998, Harri-
son credits the students, faculty, and
staff of the school with his winning
of the award.
““A great part of that award really
goes to our wonderful University
community who has embraced
our mission as a private university
with a public purpose, in ventures
like our two magnet schools, our
work with Upper Albany Main
Street and Project Horizon, and the
literally dozens of other activities
our students, faculty and staff take
part in to make Greater Hartford a
better Place.””
Some of his involvement in the
Judaic Studies To Celebrate
community, such as serving on the
Board of Connecticut Conference
and Independent Colleges, comes
25-Year Anniversary
as no surprise, but other community By Sarah Wilson Studies’’ twenty-fth anniversary
involvement is a bit unexpected. News Editor event.
Commitments such as being presi- Other events during Sunday’’s
dent of the board of the Hartford On Sunday, Sept. 12 an exclu- program will include a unique
Stage Company or being involved sive screening will take place of Czech cabaret music performance
with the Greater Hartford Arts the documentary ““Songs of My by Hartt’’s very own Katie Child.
Council and Saint Francis Hospital Father,”” a moving story depict- On top of the entertainment for
seem a little our of the ordinary for ing director Tomas Hasler’’s the day, sophomore Judaic Studies
the president of a college. search for his radical father who major, Eric Maurer, will be presented
““I gain much more joy from my had been captured by Nazis dur- with the 2010-2011 Jerome Caplan
volunteer work than in the time and ing WWII in Czechoslovakia. Memorial Scholarship.
energy I contribute,”” said Harrison. Hasler will be attending the The day will be wrapped up with
Setting a fantastic example for the screening to speak about the the re-opening of the exhibition
students of this university, Harrison lm itself as well as his real-life Freedom is Never Free: Norway and
was sure to articulate that ““Hartford experiences in the search for the the Jews, an exhibit in Mortensen
is a wonderful place to live, and I am father he had never met. Library.
proud to be part of the community,”” This exclusive lm screening Sunday’’s program will be free and
one that he believes students should and discussion will be part of open to the public, and commence
be proud to live in. the Greenberg Center for Judaic at 1:30 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium.

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Nanny Found Beating Children
Parents Need To Take A Closer Look At Their Childcare
When Amanda Hammock
installed a ““nanny-cam”” in her
living room to see just how
her children were being treated
behind closed doors, she unex-
pectedly and fortunately came
across the most horrific of truths.
Jeannine Campbell, the fam-
ily’’s nanny of two years, was
clearly caught maliciously beat-
ing Hammock’’s 11-month-old
helpless son.
The first clip of footage showed
Campbell forcefully throwing the
infant’’s rubber ball at his head,
which progresses to show her
grabbing the boy by his arms,
practically throwing him into
his crib.
While that’’s incentive enough
for any parent to get legalities
involved, astonishingly Campbell
didn’’t stop there.
Her rage escalated until it finally
peaked at her kicking the helpless
infant to the ground, and slapping
him 11 times in a row, according
to police reports.
The Hammocks, absolutely
outraged and terrified that such
harm could have been done to
their youngest son, sued Campbell
who was recently sentenced to
eight years in prison, and seven
years probation.
What is so unsettling about the
situation is that Campbell had
presented herself as a desirable
nanny and close friend to the
Hammocks for years.
One occurrence such as this is
enough to petrify parents around
the world, and brings up the ques-
tion most would rather not think
about: when leaving the care of
your child up to somebody else,
how can you know it’’s truly safe?
The problem is, most of the
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The Results Are In, Google Instant Impresses
For a while this summer, I switched
my default search engine from
Google to Bing on both my computer
and mobile phone’’s browser.
In some ways, the experience
translated very easily, but there
are some algorithms that the now
10-year-old search engine that just
worked better than on Microsoft’’s
that is, in comparison, in its infancy.
For instance, doing simple things
like tracking a package from UPS is
easily accomplished on both from a
computer Web browser, but nearly
impossible in Bing’’s Web browser
for mobile phones.
Google, in a word, is just ahead of
it, but more power to Microsoft to
try and take a chunk of the market.
Bing has made considerable steps
to improving its search results, but
Wednesday, Google just leaped past
Bing in a considerable, amazing way.
Go to google.com, right now. I’’ll
wait. Type a letter into the search
box, and watch as results stream
instantly to your page. It’’s frighten-
Opinions
Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
time you can’’t, and it comes down
to none other than a person’’s
morality.
The Hammocks knew Campbell
for years, she was referred to the
family by friends, and was even
employed at a local church.
According to the father of the
abused child, ““she would give
the impression as though she
was showing the kids attention.
She would always be in the room
playing or taking them outside
but when we watched the video
footage she was right back inside
not paying them any attention.””
For this reason, newlyweds
looking to start families and
soon to be parents everywhere
should never be concerned with
being too careful, and may want
to think about modernizing their
parenting styles.
Our parents’’ generation was
more relaxed and carefree when
it came to child-care, dropping
their children off at daycare and
going on their way.
With the new millennium
however, came a new generation
of frenzied mothers and overly-
concerned fathers insistent on
watching their child’’s every move,
all while both mom and dad have
nine-to-five jobs.
It wasn’’t until the alarmed Ham-
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
ing, at rst——especially since Google
doesn’’t look different when you land
on the home page.
A message pops up during the rst
few searches that says, essentially,
everything is okay, but this is how
Google will be delivering search
results to its users from now on.
The product is called ““Google
Instant”” but it really should just be
called ““Google,”” because the setting
is turned on by default, provided a
searcher isn’’t using an antiquated
Web browser.
There is an element of serendip-
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mocks noticed a black eye on
their oldest son that they de-
cided to install a ““nanny-cam.””
But for thousands of oth-
ers who are forced to leave
their youngsters behind while
at work, this seems to be a
comforting and increasingly
popular idea.
High-tech devices created
essentially to spy on your
babysitter are becoming pro-
gressively more available.
There are even entire
websites devoted to sneaky
business such as this.
Knowyournanny.com spe-
cializes in detective-style
electronics designed for par-
ents leaving their children in
someone else’’s care.
They provide everything
from a digital picture frame
that streams video live to
your iPhone, to tiny cameras
disguised as fans or smoke
detectors.
Since the news of the Ham-
mock’’s horrible experience,
countless other unexpected
wrongdoings have been caught
using ““nanny-cams.””
Miraculously, the Ham-
mock’’s infant was left with
nothing but a split lip and some
bruises, but their trust in others
watching their children has
undoubtedly been destroyed.
The Hammocks told their
story with the hope that they
will help other families in the
future, and with more and
more atrocious experiences
such as this one, America’’s
parents are gravitating away
from monitoring babies, and
rightfully towards those doing
the monitoring.
ity on those rst few searches, like
say, when you want to look up
a weather report. Type the letter
““w”” and Google intuitively puts a
forecast right at the top of the page.
Compared to the old way of doing
things——typing ““weather.com”” and
Compared to the old way of doing things...
this is instant gratification and, even better,
instant information at one’s fingertips.
then typing my zip code——this is
instant gratication and, even bet-
ter, instant information at one’’s
ngertips.
Song lyrics——another common
search topic——are even more as-
tounding.
Typing only ““Just g”” returned re-
sults for lyrics of ““Love The Way You
Lie”” by Eminem. Even less popular
and more obscure song lyrics I tried
returned the song and its lyrics in
only nine key presses.
Steven Slater:
Criminal Status?
We’’ve all been a victim of hav-
ing a horrible job that drove us to
the point of absolute madness. The
kind that made you dream of the day
you could stroll into said business
and give your boss a piece of your
mind and then blow that joint in a
t of rage.
Well Steven Slater did just that.
On Aug. 9, Slater became a ““hero””
to many airline workers across the
country when he made one of the
most dramatic exits of a job and
an aircraft ever imagined.
By now many of us have heard
the story but in case you haven’’t,
here’’s a quick recap. Slater, a Jet-
Blue ight attendant, slid his way
to deliverance from a job that was
clearly driving him nuts.
After having an argument with a
woman on board a ight that was
taxiing to the gate at JFK airport in
New York City, Slater reportedly
grabbed the intercom and made
a profanity lled speech about
his twenty year long career, he
then grabbed two beers, opened
the door, released the emergency
evacuation slide and out he went.
The argument with the woman
on board resulted with the woman
pulling her luggage out of the
overhead compartment and hitting
Slater on the head. He believes
that to have been very much ““ma-
liciously”” intended.
After the incident occurred Slater
drove to his home where he was
arrested on reckless endangerment
charges. With that said, it was later
concluded that besides the in-air
drama, Slater had recently lost his
father and found out that his mother
had cancer.
An article in USA Today one
week ago goes on to address the
reality of the situation in contrast
with Slater being sighted as not an
actual criminal. If you take away
the hilarity of this incident and how
many can relate to the infuriating
nature of dealing with people in
a service type of work everyday,
there still lies the fact that he re-
This development Wednesday
leads to two very different conclu-
sions that will be made about what
Google introduced.
The first, and more positive
conclusion is that Google is the
dominant player in search, even
while balancing so many other solid
projects. With such distractions such
as Google’’s Android development
for mobile phones or Google’’s
television project that integrates its
Web browser to the television, one
wondered if the company would just
let its search project stagnate among
up-and-coming competition. This
announcement says bluntly that this
is not the case.
The other and obviously negative
conclusion is the search giant is
September 9, 2010
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
ally could’’ve hurt someone with
his actions.
The men working on the ground
had no reason to believe that the
emergency ramp was going to be
coming down on top of their heads
while the plane was taxiing in. What
if one of these men had been struck
with the slide and seriously injured?
Then the question of Slater being a
criminal or not wouldn’’t even sur-
face, everyone would know that he
had to deal with the consequences of
injuring another person. He would
be a criminal.
So my question is, when will
people start taking responsibility for
their actions? Yes, his exit struck a
chord with many customer service
workers out there but we should
be making an example of him and
saying that if you let stress build so
much that you blow it off in a way
that could possibly injure another
human; you will have to pay the
price for your actions. We cannot let
this increasingly common instance
of disgruntled employees blowing
up on the job continue.
The article in USA Today talks
about the dollars and cents that it
costs to prosecute people such as
Slater and if that would really be
worth it. Would people like Slater
not act as he did if they knew there
would be consequences for their ac-
tions? I bet they would think about
it more if they knew that jail time
would follow their overreactions.
So before you try to imitate a
Steven Slater style exit from your
crappy job, think before you act
and try and keep it a classy ending.
becoming too aware of us——that the
company we rely on for so much in-
formation is turning evil. With such
a huge presence in our world today,
Google was bound to run into these
concerns. A small group of people
will think that Google is playing too
much with the collective’’s search
habits and that Google knows to
much about what people do. There
will be some who think that Google
pinging the computer’’s IP address
to get its location to give a user a
weather report is scary.
There’’s an easier argument against
that very notion: Google is just try-
ing to make search as quick and as
easy as possible. The benets really
outweigh the negatives, here.
The even bigger implication is
this: in the age of modern Web
browsing with integrated search
bars, will Google’’s rollout of its
Instant product drive people to the
actual Google.com home page? In
my little time with it, the answer is
instantly, yes.
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Weezer is releasing their eighth studio album next week just 10 months after their latest record ““Raditude.”” The new album, ““Hurley,”” is streaming from the band’’s MySpace.
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
With an unusual approach to their
eighth studio album, Weezer is tak-
ing a new direction and focusing
their creative energies towards a
ctional character for the concept of
the Sept. 14 release titled ““Hurley.””
In the style of breaking the mold
the Weezer way, the band has opted
to stream the new 10-track album in
its entirety on their MySpace page.
Receiving hundreds of thousands
of hits within one day, Weezer is
sure to strike gold again with their
brand new material.
Coming just 10 months after their
““Raditude”” album was released
where the content highlighted the
group’’s song writing ability, Weezer
is honoring actor Jorge Garcia and his
role as the character Hugo ““Hurley””
Reyes of the television series ““Lost.””
Although guitarist Brian Bell an-
nounced the album’’s name stemmed
from the clothing company Hurley
International, the mistake was later
claried by Bell.
The new album, which was an-
nounced just last month, focuses on
different aspects of the character’’s
development throughout the show. In
addition, Garcia is planned to appear
on the album’’s cover.
When asked about the album’’s
musical content, front man and the
brains of the band, Rivers Cuomo
commented, ““There’’s denitely
going to be more raw rock energy
on this one.””
Teaming up with notable musi-
cians, Weezer features artists Ryan
Adams, Dan Wilson, Linda Perry
and Mac Davis. Also featured on
the album is actor Michael Cera
who plays the hurdy gurdy and
mandolin on the song ““Hang On.””
Sticking to the Weezer tradition
of a 10-track album, with bonus
tracks available, ““Hurley”” demon-
strates a stripped down rock sound
that is what shot the group to fame
over 16 years ago.
Known for their simple yet in-
fectious horn rimmed glasses hits;
Weezer has never steered too far
from their roots as nerds from the
garage with a knack for something
bigger than them.
I myself am part of the crowd
searching for truth through the realm
of music and fall in line with Wee-
zer fans. The album, especially an
advanced listen, creates a liberating
effect of raw power.
““Hurley,”” although weary as the
title in the eyes of Cuomo, con-
tributes to Weezer’’s bad luck with
album titles.
““We put out Pinkerton in 1996, and
the day it came out we got sued by
the Pinkerton Security Agency, and
they took the albums off the shelves
in its rst week of release,”” Cuomo
told the Toronto Sun.
A common occurrence with
Weezer records, no set pattern
has emerged as self-titled albums
have mixed with named ones.
Names aside, the quartet, over the
past decade, have produced some
of the catchiest and iconic songs
celebrated in pop culture today.
By never conforming to t the bill,
Weezer has and will continue to
make great quality albums.
The new album, streaming free
as the band’’s response to premature
internet exposure, is up and running
on their MySpace page.
Kids at heart, the boys of Weezer
are back at it again taking no time
to dwindle in between records.
““Hurley”” hits store shelves Sept. 14.

Off Screen Romance Strengthens Cast Chemistry

By Danielle Huppke
Managing Editor
Over the past few months I have
been inundated with hundreds of
previews for romantic comedies,
none of which have sparked my
interest in the least. Some of these
dreadful movies included ““The
Ugly Truth,”” ““When in Rome,””
and last but not least ““The Back-
up Plan.””
But a while ago I saw a preview
for a romantic comedy that didn’’t
look awful at all; actually it
looked like just the sort of thing
that would catch and hold my
interest for the entire hour and
forty-nine minutes that it was on
the screen. This movie was ““Go-
ing the Distance”” staring Drew
Barrymore and Justin Long.
As an avid Drew Barrymore
advocate I knew that the sort of
movie that she attaches her name
with is one with the expected
raunchy motifs and somewhat
controversial dialogue such as
her 2001 flick ““Riding in Cars
with Boys.”” I anticipated that
““Going the Distance”” was going
to be one of my favorite romantic
comedies of 2010.
Throughout the entire movie it
was clearly evident that Long and
Barrymore’’s off-screen romance
aided them with their on-screen
chemistry. The pair meets on
account of a one-night tryst. The
couple is drawn to each other right
away although Erin (Barrymore)
is a summer intern at a newspaper
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long translate their relationship in their new movie ““Going The Distance.””
and is moving back to California
in a very short six weeks.
Erin is thirty-one and after
throwing her life plans away for
a boy in college she has finally
gotten her life back on track,
until Garret (Long) comes along.
After spending the most amazing
six weeks together they decide
that their relationship isn’’t over
and they should try and make it
work despite being on opposite
ends of the country.
Erin and Garret spend their
times apart trying desperately
to make it work and with only
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seeing each other every three
months it takes a very expected
toll on their budding romance.
They try everything from phone
sex to video chatting, yet the
distance seems too substantial to
deal with. Both look to move to
either New York or California to
be together but since both of their
chosen fields are failing they’’re
inevitably doomed.
With such great chemistry
between Long and Barrymore it
makes it impossible not to get
emotionally invested in the ups
and downs of their relationship,
even if it is from a distance.
The entire movie is riddled with
unexpected humor that makes it
suitable for both men and women.
What I initially expected from the
movie was two adults trying to
make it through a long distance
relationship but the characters
are more like teenage lovers just
trying to have fun and be together.
Another great aspect to this
romantic comedy was the music.
Garret worked for a record label
and in the midst of the movie
he brings Erin to see The Boxer
Rebellion, an actual band from
London, and signs on as their
manager. Not only did I leave the
movie content on the love story
I just witnessed but I was able
to go home and download some
good music because of it as well.
““Going the Distance”” was not
just another romantic comedy, it
stood out among the rest because
it was completely engaging and
anyone that has been through a
long distance relationship can
completely understand what Erin
and Garret are going through.
If you’’re looking for a fun
and compelling movie I would
definitely recommend ““Going
the Distance.””

Will Reinvention Of ‘‘Spider-Man’’ Films Meet Hype?
As a middle school nerd I remem-
ber taking an innocent crush to the
theater for the highly anticipated
movie of the summer of 2004,
““Spider-Man 2.”” Recollecting and
enjoying the lm much more than
the substance of the date, I recall
Toby Maguire dening the role of
the high-ying comic book classic
superhero of Spider-Man.
Now, nine years since the dawn
of the ““Spider-Man”” trilogy, Sony
Pictures has decided to pull the
plug and discontinue the original
franchise of immense success.
Virtually opening the door to big
budget comic book lm conversions
at the beginning of the decade, the
story of Spider-Man will be retold
and reborn with an entire new cast,
director and angle sending Peter
Parker back to high school.
Due to begin production in De-
cember, the only known character
cast for a major role is that of Peter
Parker, Spider-Man himself. Given
the honor is 27-year-old British ac-
tor Andrew Gareld.
““I have been waiting for this
phone call for 24 years, for someone
to call me up and say, ‘‘Hey, we want
you to pretend to be a character that
you’’ve always wanted to be all your
life, and we’’re going to do it with
cool cameras and cool effects and
you’’re going to feel like you’’re
swinging through New York City.
Do you want to do that?”” Gareld
told the Hollywood Reporter.
Although long time Marvel
Comic Book fans have expressed a
mixed reaction, I myself have bit-
tersweet feelings about the massive
reinvention of such a colossal and
Fall TV Lineup Includes Brand
New Shows, Old Favorites
‘‘Glee,’’ ‘‘Gossip Girl’’ Return, ‘‘Nikita’’ Premieres
By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer
Special To The Informer
It is that time again; fall television
shows are back and people cannot
help but anticipate the new episodes
and plot twists that are in the works.
All throughout September the return
of old shows, plus a variety of new
ones, are coming to television and
the fall 2010 lineup seems better
than ever.
The stars are back and learning
all new moves. The phenomenon
““Dancing with the Stars”” begins
Sept. 20 with an all new cast and all
new competition.
This year, some of the celebrities
you can be expected to see include
Mike ““The Situation”” from ““The Jer-
sey Shore,”” Audrina Patridge from
the MTV reality show ““The Hills””,
Sarah Palin’’s daughter, Bristol Palin,
and many more. The dance competi-
tion kicks off Monday at 8 on ABC.
Beginning Sept. 21, ““Glee”” is back
and ready to start its third season.
The musical comedy surrounds a
diverse group of teenagers who face
the challenges of high school and
growing up.
They support each other in some
way through the glee club and even-
tually learn what it takes to reach their
greatest potential. The show wowed
audiences in 2009 and Tuesday
nights on Fox it’’s coming back with
new music and new surprises which
are sure to knock all of the ““Gleeks””
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monumental lm series.
At the helm of this new project is
director Marc Webb, whose claim
to fame lies with the independent
lm of mild success ““(500) Days
of Summer.”” Webb’’s style of di-
recting is unique and, as seen in
his independent lm approach, he
emphasizes and plays with color
in such a subtle way that he adds
his own trademark to scenes and
character development.
Although the lm aims to release
a 3D version, I still foresee a huge
speed bump with trying to recreate
what for so many avid fans has al-
ready been done, going back to the
start. Although the only consistency
from either series exists solely in
the comic book characters and vil-
lains, the fact that this reboot of a
superhero favorite is being done so
soon is also a huge turn off.
Nevertheless, Webb remains
optimistic about the 2012 release’’s
star. ““Though his name may be
new to many, those who know this
young actor’’s work understand his
extraordinary talents. He has a rare
combination of intelligence, wit,
and humanity. Mark my words, you
out of their seats.
Drama is in the air, with the return
of the hit show ““Gossip Girl”” to the
CW. Secrets will be revealed and
the scandalous lives will continue to
thrive when Manhattan’’s elite come
back for its fourth season with more
excitement and twists which will
keep fans coming back for more.
After an exciting summer in Paris,
the group of Upper East siders are
beginning their second year in col-
lege with new characters and new
plots that viewers will not be expect-
ing. ““Gossip Girl”” airs Monday Sept.
13, at 9 p.m.
For as many returning shows
coming back to TV, there are just
as many new shows coming this
fall that have been highly antici-
pated. For those who enjoy teenage
cheerleading dramas the new show
““HellCats”” starring former Disney
Channel stars Ashley Tisdale and
Aly Michalka premiers Wednesday,
Sept. 8 on the CW. Michalka plays a
pre-law student who is new to school
and because of nancial difculties
loses her scholarship.
She is then forced to join the
cheerleading squad because she
hears that the new member of the
squad will receive a scholarship.
So despite her hatred towards
the other cheerleaders she makes
herself try out for the competitive
cheerleading team using experi-
ences she had in high school. With
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Actor Andrew Gareld has been cast as the role of Peter Parker in the 2012 release of ““Spider-Man.””
will love Andrew Gareld as Peter few names in the line of reason- Promising to make an impact
Parker,”” Webb told Collider.com. ing for the role include but aren’’t on either end of the controversy
As for the role of Mary Jane limited to Emma Roberts, Mary spectrum, the new ““Spider-Man””
Watson, going along with the Elizabeth Winstead, Imogen franchise will prove to either make
revamp of the cast, a new actress Poots, Lily Collins, Teresa Palmer or break itself with its rst lm
has still not been announced. A and Ophelia Lovibond. due out in 2012.
VMAs: This Sunday MTV airs the Video Mu-
sic Awards. Hopefully Kanye West will feel the
urge to not let Chelsea Handler nish and spare
It On,”” this dance lled comedy/ the viewers a few terrible jokes.
drama successfully takes you into
the competitive world of college
cheerleading. Mosque: Debate continues to heat up over the
Premiering Thursday on the CW,
is one of the hottest new spy drama’’s
controversial location of the Mosque in New
““Nikita.”” Based off the 1990 French York City. Stereotyping the third largest religion
lm ““Nikita”” and the 1997 televi-
sion show ““La Femme Nikita,”” this
in the world is what most objectors are resorting
new series brings a new meaning to to.
secret agent.
This action packed series follows
a government trained female assas- NFL: The rst ofcial game of the NFL season
sin who turns against ““Division,””
a secret government agency that starts Thursday at the Superdome. Viking fans
trained her. The show follows Ni- can’’t decide whether to tune in or not.
kita as she tries to take ““Division””
down and destroy everyone who is
a part of it. iOS 4.1: Apple recently released their new
As ““Division”” continues to train
new recruits, Nikita works hard to operating system. It xes everything but the ter-
escape and bring down her former rible service on the iPhone.
employers before they erase all
evidence of their past lives and turn
them into skilled spies and assassins. US Open: The US Open continues this week.
Similar to the show ““Alias,”” if you
like female spy dramas this series Venus Williams’’ outt was almost as spectacu-
is for you. lar as her performance.
The fall television lineup is de-
nitely a strong one. There are plenty
of new shows and returning shows Larry King: CNN’’s Larry King has ofcially
that are worth tuning in to. If you
are stressing about school or work announced his retirement from his show begin-
take an hour off and turn on the TV.
All throughout September your
ning in December. His announcement comes
favorite networks are bringing new as the rst thing he’’s said that people actually
shows and old shows back and the
new lineup has at least something
listened to since he began in 1985.
that everyone can enjoy.
ANDY SWETZ AND JEREMY STANLEY
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Rdio Emerges As Prominent iTunes Competitor

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-In-Chief
Music subscription services are
emerging as a viable alternative to
the 99 cents-a-song services found
on iTunes and Amazon MP3.
Now, emerging companies are
trying to entice customers with
all-you-can-eat subscription plans
and the freedom to take that music
with them, on their phones.
In close competition with iTunes, Rdio offers an alternative to buying songs individually by allowing customers to subcribe monthly.
There are so many options around
to choose from, but one company
has managed to create the best ex-
perience online and a mobile phone
application that keeps improving.
In contrast to iTunes Ping, an-
nounced and released last week,
Rdio focuses exclusively on the
social aspects of sharing music with
friends. Rdio is all about sharing the
music you listen to with others on
the service, by creating playlists.
A lot of is it about the community
Rdio.com (pronounced ““arr-dee-
oh”” according to the company’’s
blog) features an attractive, clean
user interface that is a bit different
than other music sites. Some sites
have play controls pop out of the
page into its own window; here, the
controls are featured prominently
along the left column of the page
along with high-resolution album
artwork.
But what really matters is music
discovery and breadth of content.
Rdio integrates the social graph
very well and allows users to post
songs they are listening to onto
Twitter and Facebook with a short
message to go along with it.
Content is just short of ““I can
nd everything I would realistically
want”” iTunes good. No, popular
acts like Vampire Weekend and
The Arcade Fire, mainstays on
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other music services, are strangely
absent on Rdio. Only time will
tell if Rdio can secure the content
partners it’’s currently missing.
Included with the subscription
is a desktop application that inte-
grates with iTunes, which matches
songs in the library with Rdio’’s
server—— it found a lot, but not all
of my songs in under 10 minutes.
Some songs in my iTunes library
were easily found on Rdio, but
didn’’t import, so it’’s not perfect.
Rdio for the iPhone allows for
ofine syncing of an Rdio collec-
tion——which means one would be
able to download songs and be able
to be accompanied with great music
in an area without cellular service
(a subway or during a ight).
For the most part, the iPhone
app performs as expected, but it’’s
denitely a beta version. There are
a few bugs that a re-start xes, but
quickly reappear.
Here’’s the kicker——price. For
an attractive ve dollars a month,
you get access to everything men-
tioned, except one thing: mobile
streaming. Instead, customers have
to pony up another ve dollars a
month to get that ability.
At $120 a year, just for the right
to stream to my iPhone, it is a value
proposition that is hard to justify,
unless one exclusively listens to
music on the service.
If you don’’t have an advanced
phone, or don’’t see the need to
have that subscription music ev-
erywhere you go, that ve dollars
per month gives you an attractive
interface for browsing music and
access to a ton of songs, you can’’t
go wrong with that.
It might just be worth it, though.
The freedom to always have a
collection of music, accessible
at any computer in the world or
at the touch of a mobile phone is
a concept that would be hard to
conceive of ve or 10 years ago.
How much would I have paid for
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Foot-Faults & Expletives Return To U.S. Open
““I swear to God I’’m [expletive]
going to take this [expletive] ball
and shove it down your [expletive]
throat, you hear that? I swear to
God.””
According to ESPN online reports,
these were the words of Serena Wil-
liams during her 2009 semi-nals
match against the Belgian player
Kim Cjisters.
Defending champion Williams
lashed out at a lineswoman after she
called Serena on a foot fault during
her serve. This ofcial decision
resulted in a double-fault, a penalty
point deduction for Williams’’ out-
burst and an effortless victory for
Cjisters with 6-4, 7-5 sets.
The ery outburst cost Williams’’
some pocket change with a $10,000
ne. An additional $500 penalty
fee was slapped on when Serena
smashed her racket after the rst set
of the semi-nal match.
Serena Williams never apologized
for her outrageous outburst; instead,
in a post-match press conference she
argued that she was merely one of
many pro tennis players who scream
at the court ofcials.
““I don’’t think that it’’s necessary
for me to speak about that. I’’ve
let it go,”” Williams said. ““I didn’’t
threaten (her). I didn’’t say...I don’’t
remember anymore, to be honest. I
was in the moment. And, you know,
everyone’’s ghting for every point.
It was a really crucial point, 15-30,
actually.””
While Serena Williams stood by
her 2009 U.S. Open Outburst, just
last week at Flushing Meadows his-
tory (almost) repeated itself when
Andy Roddick had a foot-fault
called on him.
According to a Hufngton Post
online article, after the ofcial made
the call during Roddick’’s rst serve
of his third set, the 2003 U.S. Open
champion was quick to retort, asking
the ofcial, ““What foot?”” After she
told Roddick it was his right foot he
scoffed, ““That’’s impossible.”” Rod-
dick then continued, approaching
chair umpire Enric Molina, pointed
to his right foot, then his left and
asked, ““Has THIS foot gone in front
of THAT foot ever in my career?””
Molina responded, ““Not in my
matches.””
Video replays reveal that Andy
Roddick was indeed guilty of com-
mitting a foot fault, but with his left
foot, not his right foot as the ofcial
had misspoken.
Roddick’’s smug, arrogant attitude,
enhanced by his second round U.S.
Open loss, was nauseating as he
continued to harass the ofcial after
double-faulting, muttering that he
should have called ““1-800-Rent-
a-Ref.””
Although Roddick’’s recent out-
burst was lackluster in comparison
to Serena’’s ery tirade back in 2009,
the behavior of these two profession-
al athletes was utterly shocking and
in poor taste. ““Good sportsmanship””
went out the window as Roddick and
Williams rocked the court with their
belligerent rants, simply because
they disagreed with ofcial calls
during the U.S. Open tournament.
I absolutely agree with the point
that Serena Williams illustrated
when she said that in ““the heat of
the moment,”” people say things
that they don’’t mean and get carried
away; but after the moment is over,
Roddick and Williams should have
formally apologized to the ofcials
who were merely trying to do their
jobs. Instead, these tennis stars stuck
their noses to the air and defended
their verbal assault on the tourna-
ment ofcials.
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Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
jrutledge@hartford.edu
Twitter: @InformerSports
Perhaps playing professional
tennis and raking in hundreds of
thousands of dollars per tourna-
ment win has gone to their heads;
the media has made many profes-
sional athletes into celebrities. But
in my opinion, it is devastating to
bear witness to the detriment of
sportsmanship codes in professional
athletics.
The beauty and universal appeal
of sports at any level is their unpre-
dictable nature; you will win some
and you will lose some, but athletic
competitions are never cut and dry.
That being said, the human ele-
ment and potential for error needs
to be taken into consideration for
outraged professional players like
Andy Roddick and Serena Williams.
Tennis is one of the dwindling
number of professional sports that
still rely primarily on the expert
eyes of linesmen and women to
make ofcial calls during matches.
Although players have the ability to
challenge disputed calls to a video
replay, real-life referees remain as
the ultimate ofcials of the game.
Umpires, referees and other athletic
ofcials are paid to be fair and use
their best judgment when making
important calls in professional
sports, but they are still people, and
people do make mistakes.
““I just expect my umpires to know
the left foot from the right foot,””
Roddick stated after his second
round loss at the U.S. Open. Sorry
Andy, but even the ““Hawk-Eye””
instant replay technology wouldn’’t
have been able to distinguish your
right foot from your left, only that
one of your feet committed a line
fault. However, recently, new and
improved instant replay systems be-
ing implemented at many stadiums
afliated with the United States Ten-
nis Association (USTA) could help
prevent future U.S. Open outbursts
-in case a player were to fall victim
to a dreaded foot-fault call again.
According to the U.S. Open’’s
Technology Blog, the Hawk-Eye
system tracks only the movement
of the ball, not yet the feet of the
player. However, new SwingVision
technology uses high-speed cameras
that shoot nearly 40,000 frames per
second, producing incredible im-
ages that will make ruling ofcial
calls a piece of cake.
Ironically, Serena Williams, and
her 2004 U.S. Open match against
Jennifer Capriati, was the primary
catalyst for the USTA’’s pursuit of
better instant replay technology on
the courts. The infamous quarter-
nal match was plagued by three
bad calls against Williams which
contributed to her ultimately los-
ing the match after three sets. The
preposterous calls during Williams
and Capriati’’s 2004 match prompted
the USTA to push for the creation
of a workable instant replay system
in an effort to prevent unfair losses
on disputed calls.
Arlen Kantarian, USTA chief
executive proudly ushered in a new
era for professional tennis on March
sports september 9, 2010
22, 2006 with the introduction of
the Hawk-Eye replay system. Rules
and regulations implemented by
the USTA set limitations on how
often a player could challenge an
ofcial call, in order to keep the
game moving quickly and resist-
ing the temptation for players to
become dependent on instant replay
technology.
Although many professional
sports like the NFL utilize instant
replay technology to the fullest
extent in 2010, sport fans were not
always enthusiastic about ““comput-
erizing”” ofcial calls –– in fact, many
fans and professional athletes alike
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A recent New York Times article, Williams during her infamous ““foot-fault tirade,”” U.S. Open ‘‘09.
““Hawk-Eye Wins Over Players,
Fans and Officials,”” illustrates
the game-changing importance of
instant replay systems in tennis
that contribute to maintaining the
integrity and fairness of the sport.
Although tennis instant replay
technology began with the ““Cy-
clops,”” (which used infrared light
beams, triggered by tennis balls,
bugs or otherwise to signal line
breaches), boy has the USTA come
a long way as illustrated in the New
York Times piece: ““Because no
tennis court is exactly at and no
line precisely straight, before the
tournament Hawkins’’s team takes
thousands of precise measurements COURTESY OF GUARDIAN.CO.UK
of the dimensions and contours of Roddick mocks ofcial after committing foot-fault Sept. 2, 2010
each court, which are then converted Real-life linesmen and women of Williams would look pretty ridicu-
into a three-dimensional computer the USTA make the correct calls the lous screaming at the Hawk-Eye
model. Hawk-Eye’’s virtual world majority of the time, even with the instant replay video camera.
takes into account other real-world implementation of instant-replay The U.S. Open Tournament con-
factors that can affect accuracy, technology. tinues until the nal round matches
like the amount a ball compresses Professional athletes like Andy on September 12.
when it hits the court and even the Roddick and Serena Williams You can watch matches daily
temperature of the court itself.”” should have apologized and exhib- with TV coverage on CBS and
Many players were once leery ited more respect towards their line ESPN-2 . For more information on
about the reliability and accuracy ofcials, after all, if there were no the tournament visit their website:
of instant-replay technology, but more linemen, then Roddick and www.usopen.org
in 2010, the pros have little to fear
about computer inaccuracies. Many
USTA executives and tennis gurus
also feared that instant replay tech-
nology would slow matches to the HARTFORD HAWKS ATHLETICS
pace of a tortoise crawl, but Hawk-
Eye provides immediate results for UPCOMING EVENTS:
the calls in question.
Although the USTA and other
professional athletic associations
may be focused on reliable technol- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010:
ogy and quick, exciting matches, -WSOC vs. Princeton @ 7:00 p.m. HOME
more important to many fans is the -Volleyball @ Quinnipiac Invitational
preservation of the humbling human
experience exclusive to sports. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010:
From tennis to football to wres- -Volleyball @ Quinnipiac Invitational
tling and sports of all kind, athletics -Tennis @ Faireld Invitational @ 9:00 a.m.
have entertained the masses since -MSOC vs. CCSU @ 7:00 p.m. HOME
the birth of civilization as a test of -XC SEASON OPENER @Trinity Invitational
sheer mortal power and skill.
Today, videogames, the Internet, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010:
computers and all modern technol- -WSOC away vs. Dickinson @ 3:00 p.m.
ogy constantly chip away at the
realness and raw vulnerability that WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010:
remains in the world around us. In- -Men’’s tennis away vs. UConn @ 3:00 p.m.
stead of talking face to face we speak -Volleyball vs. CCSU @ 6:00 p.m. HOME
to friends over the phone, instead
of going to the game at the stadium
we watch from web-streams; live
athletic ofcials are reminiscent of
the nail-biting allure of unpredict-
able sporting competitions. You may
win some calls and you may lose
some, but I think that professional
sports should not lose all faith in the
human ability to ofciate in a fair
and proper manner.
Interestingly enough, the New
York Times article on Hawk-Eye
technology supports my plea for
““old-fashioned”” game ofciating,
““One big positive for ofcials has
been to show that they are right the
vast majority of the time, Kaufman
said. Only about 30 percent of
instant replay appeals result in over-
ruling of the original call.””
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Celtics, GaGa & More At ‘‘XL’’

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor

Located only a few minutes away

from campus in the heart of Downtown
Hartford, the XL Center is home to
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Free Zumba Hits UHa

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Starting on Sunday Sept. 26, 2010,
free Zumba classes will be held every
Sunday in Konover Marketplace at
6:30 p.m. as well as every Monday in
Gengras Student Union at 5:30 p.m.
Zumba is a dance work-out pro-
gram that has recently exploded in
popularity in the U.S., though the t-
ness program originated in Colombia
during the 1990s.
Zumba tness classes provide
an exhilarating work-out, with the
combination of salsa, merengue,
reggaeton and other international
high-energy music making Zumba
super fun! Zumba classes are great
for college students because they are
quick, fun and target almost every
major muscle group in the body.
University of Hartford students
should denitely take advantage of the
Zumba classes being made available
to all students free of charge. Free
Zumba was made possible through the
collaborative efforts of the Campus
Activities Team (CAT), Connections
Health Education and Wellness Cen-
ter and the Ofce of Residential Life.
The only requirements to attend
a Zumba class are a University of
Hartford I.D. with your fall 2010
validation sticker on the back and lots
of energy to work out and have fun!
For more Zumba class info: visit
CAT Ofce 132 GSU.
League Hockey team, the UCONN
Huskies and the America East Bas-
ketball Championship along with
having hosted a myriad of concerts,
sporting events and exhibitions, from
Frank Sinatra, WrestleMania and the
Hartford Whalers, to the Black Eyes
Peas, Hartford Wolf Pack and the
America East Basketball Champion-
ships; the XL Center has something
for everyone. Here are a few of the
exciting events coming to the XL
Center this fall.
““Rah, rah, ah-ah-ah, it’’s GaGa, Ooh-
La-La!””: On September 16 at 8:00 p.m.
the XL Center will be lled with ““little COURTESY OF NBA.COM
monsters”” eager to see Lady GaGa ing game for Hartford’’s American these hockey games are frequented
sing, dance and bedazzle the crowd Hockey League’’s (AHL) team, the by families, sport fanatics and
when her ““Monster Ball Tour”” hits Hartford Wolf Pack. Hartford will hockey fans alike.
Downtown Hartford. Undoubtedly, be hosting the ‘‘Charlotte Checkers’’ Exciting, inexpensive entertain-
this event is a hot ticket, guaranteed to for the rst game of their 14th season ing; a Wolf Pack hockey game in
be an amazing show and located only a together as a team. Downtown Hartford is the perfect
few minutes from campus. For tickets The Hartford Wolf Pack was place to take Mom and Dad when
or more information: www.xlcenter. established in 1997, shortly after they come to visit this year. Season

Volleyball Powers A Win, com (prices: $50 - $600). the Hartford Whalers became the & single-game tickets are available
Sept. 10 through Sept. 12, the XL Carolina Hurricanes; the Wolf Pack at www.hartfordwolfpack.com or
Center will host the U.S.A. Women’’s has excelled in theAHL, having made www.xlcenter.com (Prices: start

Halts‘‘Win-Less’’ Season National Basketball team as they face-
off against Australia and Spain. These
games will be the last of U.S.A.’’s
home games before the 2010 Interna-
tional Federation of Basketball (FIBA)
World Championship. Australia is the
defending world champion, but team
U.S.A. will vie for a victory on Sept. 10
at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to
purchase tickets visit: www.xlcenter.
com (prices: $20- $150).
Hartford Wolf Pack Hockey: Oct.
9 at 7:00 p.m. is the season open-
the playoffs every year since 1997,
winning the AHL Championship
‘‘Calder Cup’’ in 2000.
Last season was the rst time in
13 years that the Wolf Pack did not
qualify to compete in the post-season.
2010-2011 marks a new season for
a team that has accrued many ac-
complishments, built a solid fan base
and gained a lot of respect from the
AHL.
Hartford Wolf Pack games hosted at
the XL Center are reasonably priced;
at $10).
Men’’s NBA Preseason Match-
Up: 7:30 p.m. Saturday October
16, 2010, the XL Center will host
the New York Knicks and 17-time
NBA champions, the Boston Celt-
ics as they face-off in Hartford for a
preseason game. Sponsored by CT
Lotto, the Knicks vs. Celtics pre-
season game is a great way to catch a
sneak peek of the 2010-2011 season
teams. Tickets are available at: www.
xlcenter.com, (prices: $25 - $200).

By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
Hartford’’s losing streak contin-
ued this past weekend when the
volleyball team participated in the
Toyota Classic hosted by UConn.
The Hawks suffered two tough
losses bringing their season re-
cord to 0-7.
On Saturday, Sept. 3, Southern
Illinois handed them their rst
loss in 3 sets (15-25, 13-25, 12-25)
and later in the afternoon, Brown
handed them their second, again in
three sets (27-29, 21-25, 18-25).
In both matches, sophomore
Kami Nethersole led the Hawks
in kills, nine in the beginning
match against SIU and then 15
against Brown, her rst double
gure kills match of the season.
She set a season high with the
15 against Brown and she is one
shy of her career high. For this
performance during the UConn
Toyota Classic, Nethersole earned
her second All-Tournament team
honors.
The Hawks did not hit well
this weekend, especially against
Southern Illinois with a percent-
age of -.132 with 17 kills and 29
errors in 91 total hits. The Hawks
ended with 39 kills and 19 errors
in 125 total attacks for a .160 hit-
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she led them to their rst victory
of the season against Holy Cross.
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age, committing only ve errors
during her 55 attacks. Additional
hits came from Sydney Scott and
Lindsay Makowiki who added
10 and 12 hits each, respectively.
Defensively, Lindsay Ford and
Danielle Etta each landed career-
high digs, over 20 for each Hawk.
Lindsay Ford also set a career-high
for nabbing 60 of Hartford’’s 66
total assist in the match against
Holy Cross.
Overall, Hartford redeemed
themselves on Tuesday when the
team pulled together in a tremen-
dous team effort that paid off with
their rst win of the 2010 season.
Hartford beat Holy Cross after ve
sets of play, (25-20, 26-24, 24-26,
18-25, 15-13).
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Volume 34, Issue 02
First Win Of Season, Hawks Crush Rivals 2-0
By Erica White
Special To The Informer
The University of Hartford men’’s
soccer team celebrated their rst vic-
tory of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
The third game of Hartford’’s 2010
season ended in a 2-0 victory over
their state-rivals, the Quinnipiac
University Bobcats, played in Hawk-
territory.
After a two game losing streak
during which Hartford fell to Boston
College (3-2) and Boston University
(3-0), the Hawks worked hard at prac-
tice vying for a win at Al-Marzook
eld on Tuesday night.
After a scoreless rst-half, Hart-
ford junior Patrick Boucher passed
the ball over to junior midelder
Andrew Liapis.
Liapis was perfectly positioned
in the box when he shot and netted
the rst goal seven minutes into the
second half.
Through the combined efforts of
Boucher and Liapis, the Hawks took
a 1-0 lead in the 53rd minute of play.
Liapis’’ goal was also the rst of
his career as a Hawk.
Minutes after the Hartford men’’s
rst goal of the season was scored,
Quinnipiac’’s Brett Uttley kicked a
hard shot that threatened to level the
playing eld.
Paintball Wins No. 8 In Nationals, Loses SGA Funds
By Dan Lifshatz
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford Hawks’’
club paintball team nished No. 8 in
Nationals last year and No. 1 in New
England; this sentence should say it all.
Many students are unaware that the
University of Hartford even has a club
paintball team, this needs to change.
The top players on the Hartford
Hawks’’ club team, Matt Peters and Joe
Melanson are passionate about paintball.
The two Hartford students are exuberant
and enthusiastic about their team.
Last year, they spent over $3,000 our
of their own pockets to pay for equip-
ment, uniforms, tournament fees and the
chance compete in the National Colle-
giate Paintball Association Tournament
(NCPA) in Florida.
The NCPA noticed the dedication and
achievements of Hartford club paintball
and invited them to become a part of the
prestigious““ClassA”” collegiate paintball
division. Hartford now competes in the
same division as much larger schools
with a lot more paintball team funding:
UConn, University of Florida, Drexel,
Penn State, and Northeastern, just to
name a few. Regardless of their size
and lacking funds, Hawks paintball is
so talented that they were invited to play
with these ““big guys.””
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Luckily, Uttley’’s shot missed the
Hartford net, mere inches wide,
and his shot deected off of the
goal post.
This was much to the relief of
the many Hartford fans and players
in attendance.
The Hawks held on to their 1-0
lead until 21:14 when sophomore
mid elder James Stamopoulos
sealed the deal, netting a goal and
a 2-0 lead over Quinnipiac to win
the game.
Coach Dan Gaspar only had
positive things to say about his
new team and the season ahead.
““We’’re excited about our rst
victory for the 2010 season es-
pecially here at home, in front
of our great fans,”” Gaspar said
in the www.hartfordhawks.com
post-game interview.
““We’’re not making the same
mistakes that we did in previous
games and that’’s a very, very
good sign.””
Gaspar also applauded the ef-
forts of the many young talented
recruits on his 2010 team as the
coaching staff is ““Continuing to
improve the learning curve, es-
pecially with so many freshmen
on the eld as we had tonight,””
he said.
Jorge Rodriguez, a three-year
Sounds like fantastic news, but
UHa paintball is facing a major
problem: zero funding from the
University of Hartford’’s Student
Government Association (SGA) for
this season.
Peters and Melanson have tried to
plead their case to several organiza-
tions around campus for potential
funding: the paintball team needs
money for their season.
Last year, the paintball received
$3,400 from SGA which contrib-
uted to the team’’s tournament fees,
practice time, equipment, and other
necessities. The team was extremely
grateful for this money, and never
complained that it was not nearly
enough for the year. UHa paintball
even had to skip two major class-A
tournaments in order to save up
money for their trip to nationals in
Florida.
When Hartford paintball skipped
out on two major tournaments within
their class-A division, it was as pre-
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starter for the Hawks said: ““To-
day’’s game was better played by
us than our previous two games.””
““Our game against Boston
University was just very rookie,””
explained Rodriguez.””
““We made young team mis-
takes with three freshman in the
back [defense] and we were not
organized.””
““We are a young team, so
it’’s going to take time to build
up a solid defense,”” stated Ro-
driguez.
““Today we played well, made
all the important plays and
kept the defense tight so the
other team couldn’’t penetrate
through,”” Rodriguez said.
Goalkeeper Jordan Bar kept
a clean sheet with zero goals
scored, blocking all seven of the
Bobcats’’ shots on goal.
Hartford red 14 shots on goal
on Tuesday.
Hartford’’s victory over state-
rival, Quinnipiac puts them at
1-2-0 overall for the season.
Hartford men’’s soccer will
return to Al-Marzook eld in
Alumni Stadium on Saturday,
Sept. 1.
The starting game-time is 7
p.m. for Hartford vs. CCSU on
Saturday.
posterous as if the Boston Red Sox
missed a game against The New
York Yankees: The opportunity to
play in the NCPA, nationals and
class-A paintball is a prestigious
honor. Unfortunately, thus far SGA
has not allocated any funds for the
paintball team. Peters and Melan-
son made a point of investigating
this lack of funding as they had
handed in their SGAbudget-request
form early, because the deadline
overlapped with nationals.
Alas, to no avail when the boys
were told that their budget-request
form for 2010 was either ““never
looked at or lost,”” said Peters.
Everyone has their own opinions
about what constitutes ““a sport,””
and as a former tennis player I agree
with Matt and Joe that paintball
is as much a sport as mainstream
athletics. Although, not everyone
agrees with this. ““We aren’’t asking
to be treated like NCAA Division-I
Hartford sports”” Peters expressed.
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““But we want to be able to play our
sport as well.””
So far, nationally ranked Hartford
club paintball has zero funding and
will not be able to play this year.
In addition to the team’’s achieve-
ments last year in the NCPA, class-A
paintball and ranking No. 8 at nation-
als, paintball also hosted their own
““Day of Choices”” for fellow paint-
ballers, amassing a turnout of more
than 30 kids.
Ultimately, Peters and Melanson,
along with the countless new players
who signed up for the upcoming paint-
ball season are talented, dedicated
and utterly infatuated with excelling
at paintball, but this year they won’’t
be able to play.
A club organization like the Hart-
ford paintball club team should have
a breadth of exposure all over campus
after all of their achievements, and
yet barely anyone knows about them.
A top 10 team in a national sporting
event hasn’’t been achieved at Hartford
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since Vin Baker, and that was a long
time ago. The University of Hartford
should help support the groundbreak-
ing paintball club team that has given
the University of Hartford a name
in class-A collegiate paintball at the
national level.
““People can’’t see how technical the
sport is,”” Melanson said, ““Paintball
requires a lot of skill.”” Melanson
continued by saying, ““we went around
campus ‘‘dorm storming’’and amassed
about four to ve pages of signatures
of students interested in signing up;
that’’s a lot of people.”” Peters added,
““to make it simple, we just want our
nancial requirements met because
we want to compete,”” he contin-
ued, ““Class-A costs $3,800 to join,
so even with the funding we got last
year, we would still be paying out of
pocket to play.””
““We drove 23 hours non-stop to
Florida, stayed in a hotel with dead
cockroaches under the sink, woke up,
played [at the national tournament]
all day, slept, woke up, played all day
again, and drove another 23 hours
back home,”” Peters said. ““While we
paid out of pocket for less than decent
accommodations, we saw teams like
UConn come fresh off airplanes, well
rested,”” Peters said. ““I don’’t think any
other club would go the extremes
that we did last year to compete in
an event.””
Peters and Melanson made their
motives crystal clear, stating: ““All we
want to do is play,”” they said, ““just
play paintball, that’’s all.””
Money is the club’’s sole obstacle,
unfortunately, no funding would be a
death sentence for the talented team.
SGA funding enabled Hartford
paintball to reach the level of suc-
cess that they ammassed since 2002.
There seems to be no logical reason
why SGA would intentionally cut
funding for such the wildly success-
ful team they helped create.