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VP of
Institutional
Advancement
leaving
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor

Don Rizzo, the Vice President of

Institutional Advancement at Hartford,
announced Monday that he will be leav-
ing the university, opening his current
position for an undetermined candidate.
After Rizzo announced to his staff
that he would be stepping down from his
position to take a job at the University
of Louisville, the university appointed
Cathy Voelker, currently the director
of major and leadership gifts, to take
the position until a permanent vice
president is found.
Rizzo, has worked for the university

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for seven years, and has helped the
institution greatly. He was an integral
part in the success of the university’’s
““campaign of commitment”” which
raised $175 million, making it the most
successful fundraiser in the university’’s
history.

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President Walter Harrison describes
Rizzo as ““an integral part of the univer-
sity’’s leadership team……he has worked
tirelessly for the university and helped
us become a far, far better place.””
Within the coming weeks a search for
a new Vice President of Institutional
Advancement that President Harrison
describes as ““national”” will go under-
way. The position is a signicant one,
as it entails not only alumni relations,
but heading all fundraising events for
the university.
President Harrison hopes to nd a SARAH WILSON
suitable candidate to ll the position
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Barney graduates honored in Alumni Hall of Fame

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Two successful graduates of the Barney
School of Business were inducted into the
Alumni Hall of Fame Wednesday night.
Gonzolo G. Pique, the president and CEO of
Energy Recovery, Inc, and Patrick D Tannock,
President and Country Manager of XL Insurance
Ltd. were honored for their outstanding work
in the business world, running two lucrative
companies.
The two honorees were chosen from 18,000
other alumni due to their work that aided the in-
dividual communities and evenironments. Their
““outstanding achievements to promote global
awareness and social responsibility”” set them
apart from the other Barney School graduates.
Energy Recovery, Inc, is a company that has
developed products used for the desalination of
water, but in a much more energy-efcient way.
Pique’’s company has been able to reduce the
energy used in this process by 60 percent while
providing clean water to those who need it most.
Tannock’’s business, which is based out of
Hamilton, Bermuda, is an insurance company
which provides ““tailored coverages for complex
corporate risks and professional lines,”” according
to the website.
The two alumni joined just four other gradu-
ates of the Barney School of Business after the UNOTES UNOTES
induction ceremony on Wednesday night. Gonzolo G. Pique Patrick D. Tannock

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WSAM revamps studio, enhances broadcasting

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The campus radio station, WSAM,
is amping up its presence on campus
with recent renovations to their stu-
dio and other areas around campus.
New installations include a ceiling
speaker that will provide a much-
needed improved sound quality,
along with a updated, professional
look to the studio itself.
““Our hope is to generate more
activity within the community of
performers, artists and students,””
said Sam Alexander, General Man-
ager of WSAM.
The renovations started after
the lobby was painted green and
newer, brighter track lighting was
installed in order to give the studio
the look and feel of a professional
green room. ““This motivated an
entire upheaval of the atmosphere
of WSAM studios,”” said Alexander.
Since the station is located di-
rectly across the hall from Hawk’’s
Nest, the renovations intended to
satisfy those who would inevitably
be outside the station’’s doors as
well. Replacing the previously
single speaker in the hallway out-
side Hawk’’s Nest are ve new
ones, including a more powerful
ceiling sub.
The improved technology will
now provide the long lines that
form out the doors of Hawk’’s Nest
with audible entertainment while
they wait.
““They’’re going to start being au-
tomated to play louder at specied
hours for the line at Hawk’’s Nest
after our business hours,”” explained
Alexander.
With an improved speaker system,
the quality of programming will
be enhanced in more aspects than
one, including live music over the
air, something the station is always
open to.
Other upgrades essential to radio
stations include a digital delay, a
device that delays the broadcast
by about 40 seconds, allowing for
operators to beep out swears or x
other potential problems that would
otherwise not be reversed during a
live broadcast.
With the new developments in
place, the station nally is equipped
with everything it needs to be a com-
pletely professional radio station.
As of right now, the station op-
erates as low power, meaning the
broadcast exclusively to the uni-
versity. However, they now have
the equipment essential to going
high power, broadcasting to areas
off campus as well, something Al-
exander says the station hopes could
play out within the next few years.
Now that the projects, which were
in the works for some time, have
nally started to play out, the sta-
tion hopes to further its broadcasts
by including local ads, weather,
sports and university events, as well
as ““music targeted for college radio
at high-trafcked areas of campus,””
according to Alexander.
Plans for future installments
include another television unit
outside the station’’s doors where
they will be able to showcase their
programs.
This will compliment the with-
standing television that can continue
to broadcast the university’’s an-
nouncements and events.

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Campus radio station, WSAM, is currently undergoing renovations and upgrades in equipment, allowing them to act and broadcast at a professional level.

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Snow news is good news; or is it?

Snow days impact classes, teaching style

SARAH WILSON

By Sarah Wilson Unfortunately, a snow day be unexpected and untimely, the

News Editor
With a forecast of snow for days
straight, students wait in anticipa-
tion of yet another snow day or
class cancellation. But with a higher
number of snow days than usual, it
could start to affect how classes are
conducted.
Unlike high school where a snow
day means an extra day of class
tacked on in the midst of the June
heat, a class cancellation in college
simply means a student gets out of
trudging through snow.
However, when the number of
cancellations of a class starts to add
up, professors may start to revert to
alternative ways to make up for lost
class time.
doesn’’t necessarily mean a student
can forget about class all together
anymore.
Provost Sharon Vasquez explained
that running into the problem of
too many canceled classes due to
weather is something the university
has experienced within the last 20
years, but now that the internet is
so prevalent in teaching, professors
are nding it to be less of an issue.
““With the advent of Blackboard
it has become possible for many
faculty members to carry on with a
course from a distance by posting
lectures, readings, questions to be
addressed, and on-line discussions
about elements of a course.””
Vasquez also explained that
although snow cancellations can
decision for cancellations can be
complex, and they do take into
account what class periods will be
affected when making those deci-
sions. ““We make every effort to
avoid impacting the same class times
too often,”” said Vasquez.
However, there are many people
who are consulted when it comes to
deciding whether or not the campus
should be closed, and sometimes,
class cancellations come as a sac-
rice when safety is at stake.
““There are obviously judgement
calls that must be made irrespective
of the impact on the same class
times when we are at the mercy of
severe weather and must address
the accompanying safety concerns,””
added Vasquez.

‘‘Tunnel of Oppression’’
to provide insight on
abuse, discrimination
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The second annual Tunnel of
Oppression, a workshop giving
students an up-close and personal
look at discrimination and bullying,
will take place Friday, Feb. 4.
In this unique way of raising
awareness, participants will be
faced with scenarios being acted
out by volunteers, putting them
directly at the center of situations
they might otherwise not realize
occur so often.
The event takes participants on
a tour through the classrooms on
the third oor of Gengras Student
Union.
Each room will feature a different
form of oppression intended to make
participants aware of the issues that
surround them every day.
Issues the tunnel of oppression
raises range from body image, to
domestic violence, to discrimina-
tion involving religion, race, LGBT
and socioeconomic status.
““It’’s really a raw, in-your-face
approach,”” said John Hernandez,
co-chair of the program.
He explained that in each of the
rooms students enter there is the
potential for harsh language and
derogatory terms, used in order to
make a bold statement.
““It’’s meant to cause a gut reaction
because students might not be aware
of it happening around the campus
community,”” said Hernandez.
The scenarios will be acted out
by student volunteers from both
University of Hartford and the
neighboring St. Joseph College.
The entire tour should last about
25 minutes and some rooms will
feature video and audio aid, while
others will have live acting by
volunteers.
““We want to bring these experi-
ences to the community so they
are able to have conversations
and are better able to help others
going through these issues,”” said
Hernandez.
Though last February was the rst
year Hartford held an event such
as this, the result was extremely
positive with an impressive turnout.
This year, the event is open to all
students, including those from the
University High School, as well as
St. Joseph College.
Those interested can sign up in
Gengras Student Union at the time
of the event, though Hernandez
recommends arriving and signing up
early, as more than 300 participants
are expected.
The Tunnel of Oppression will be
running throughout Friday, from 9
a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

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Intro. to Computers shouldn’t be just for students, professors need to schooled too.
Teachers and technology don’’t mix
Recently, I was sitting in class wait-
ing impatiently for the big reveal of an
unknown website while the professor
struggled to nd the page between
the browser she minimized and the
one still open.
Aggravated classmates tried ex-
plaining ““it’’s minimized……click
where it says Internet Explorer”” to no
avail; the perplexed professor contin-
ued for some minutes before nally
succeeding in opening the Web page.
As an averagely procient comput-
er user, watching that technological
endeavor was painful and left me
thinking ““this website better be 3-D,
have holograms, background music
catering exactly to my niche prefer-
ences, and breaking inuential news
exclusively revealed to this class.””
It ended up being a text-only article
from the New York Times.
This near technological fail is a
perfect example of something all
too common among professionals,
and serves to hinder effectiveness,
especially when it comes to teaching.
In this day and age it becomes al-
most impossible to conduct a whole
class without the use of computers,
which is all the more reason those
conducting the class should be at the
very least capable in that aspect.
Surely, this lack of basic knowledge
of computers is due to an age gap;
college students today grew up with
computers, while people who are just a
few decades older were thrust into the
digital age after having done research,
typing, and presentations a different
Facebook phone in the works, privacy compromised
Despite Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg’’s recent denial that a
company-branded phone was in the
works, evidence to the contrary is
mounting.
HTC, a phone manufacturer
that builds a bevy of Android and
Windows-powered smart phones, is
rumored to announce a new phone at
Mobile World Congress next month,
according to the blog City A.M.
So, should a Facebook-branded
phone be buzzing and beeping at
every Facebook poke and wall post
in our pockets soon?
Zuckerberg and company would
be inclined to say yes; but with
recent and seemingly perennial
privacy snafus fresh in the minds
of users of the service, why would
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Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
way their entire lives. And sure, I’’d
be lying if I said I didn’’t remember
a time when just logging onto the
computers at school confused me;
but I was in second grade.
The solution to this problem at rst
seems relatively simple: have teachers
take a computer class. But teaching
computer prociency might not be as
easy as we’’d like to think.
The university doesn’’t completely
disregard the need for computer-lit-
erate teachers. There is a ““Getting
Started with Blackboard”” course
professors can take for free in order
to help them get the most out of the
programs at the university. And I’’ll
admit, sometimes Blackboard con-
fuses even me while professors seem
to use it with ease.
The problem that I’’ve seen, how-
ever, is that all too often a professor
will have put together an aesthetically
pleasing and highly informational
PowerPoint, but they can’’t understand
why it wont open with their single-
click on the icon.
This gap in computer prociency
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
any consumer think about tying a
phone to Facebook.
There’’s no evidence to suggest
Facebook would build a wireless
network around selling the phone
(the company would probably
partner with AT&T or Verizon), but
even associating a phone with the
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between today’’s college students
and professors stems simply
from the fact that teenagers and
20-somethings spend so much
more of their time on computers.
If I’’ve realized one thing since
I’’ve been in school, it’’s that the best
way to learn is by doing. Well, a
typical college student wakes up,
checks their Facebook, goes to
class, comes home only to browse
the internet, watch a movie, chat
with friends, and possibly make
some time to research and type up
their homework, so it’’s no wonder
they’’ve gured out how to work
their way around a computer a
little better than their counterparts.
So while adults are attempting
to get ahead in the cyber world by
being taught how to use applica-
tions like Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint, they don’’t know the
basic rules of operating, resulting
in frustrated students and wasted
class time.
This ultimately puts the problem
into the hands of those creating
the problem themselves. While
I understand not everyone has
all the time in the world, it might
behoove those less than tech-savvy
professors to spend a little more
time familiarizing themselves with
fundamental computer processes.
Then maybe, just maybe, next time
a teacher scrambles to Google
Image something, those being
taught wont have to be the ones
schooling her.
social networking site is probably
a bad idea.
The positives that come with a
phone that taps into Facebook are
few, but fruitful.
A deep integration with the entire
social network means that items
like phone numbers and e-mail
addresses would probably be right
at the users’’ ngertips the moment
they log into the device.
Few devices can do that right off
the bat, unless users use the address
book feature from Google when
logging into their Google accounts
on an Android phone, or even less
likely MobileMe users on an iPhone.
A Facebook phone would also
likely give users deep integration
into their photos. Rotating photos
Battle to allow rearms
on UI campus rages on
A law student at the University of
Idaho led a lawsuit with the intent
to overturn a school policy prohibit-
ing storage of rearms in on-campus
housing last week.
Aaron Tribble, 36, argues that the
university’’s policy is unconstitutional
and led a civil suit against the school
in Idaho’’s Second district court.
Although the university bans guns
on campus they do allow students
to check and store their rearms at
a police substation on the Moscow
campus in Northern Idaho.
Tribble currently resides in uni-
versity housing reserved for students
who are married or have children.
However, Tribble maintains that the
school is exercising power that they
don’’t have over the constitutions
Second Amendment and he should
have the right to keep his gun in his
apartment if he wants to.
This isn’’t the rst case of a student
having an issue with not being allowed
to keep rearms on campus. In fact,
legislation is being pushed in Florida,
Texas and Arizona to allow guns on
college campuses.
The Idaho director of Students For
Concealed Carry and third-year UI
law student, Al Baker has been work-
ing to overturn the campus ban and is
in full support of Tribble according to
the Associated Press.
Students For Concealed Carry is
an organization working to allow
students the right to carry guns on
college campuses all across the na-
tion. According to their website, they
believe that holders of state-issued
concealed handgun licenses should be
allowed the same measure of personal
protection on college campuses that
they enjoy virtually everywhere else.
Although they do offer a number
of arguments against the most com-
mon reasons why people don’’t want
to allow guns on campus, they’’re not
backed by enough facts to make them
sound sane. One of the main reasons
why most feel it’’s a horrible idea to
let college students carry concealed
weapons is that with alcohol and
drugs being a staple in campus life,
wouldn’’t adding guns into the mix be
extremely dangerous?
The organization states, ““This is
NOT a debate about keeping guns
out of the hands of college students.
Allowing concealed carry on college
that are dynamically updated with
recently tagged photos of close
friends as a background for the likely
Android-powered device would be
an undoubtedly neat feature that
iPhone users can’’t dream of having.
The worry is not so much about
these things, but Facebook is en-
couraging users to give up privacy
in bits and pieces at a time.
Each one of the recent updates to
the prole pages on the site always
made me go back and update where
I’’ve worked, what things I’’m in-
terested in, because once users are
aware of the change, they notice
more about the information on their
page——and, how out of date it is.
Facebook now likes to know
where people are and there’’s little
January 27, 2011
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
campuses would have no impact on
the laws regulating concealed carry at
bars and off-campus parties, the places
where students (particularly students
of legal age to obtain a concealed
handgun license) are most likely to
consume alcohol.””
They conveniently forget the fact
that not all parties are off campus and
while drinking people act in ways they
wouldn’’t normally act. Many times
students become more aggressive and
impulsive creating an atmosphere of
dysfunction. By adding guns to that
already sordid mixed drink, they’’re
just asking for problems.
Another deterring factor that the
Students For Concealed Carry strikes
back against is that with guns being
so easy to come by if they’’re on
campus, suicide rates may increase.
They counteract this by saying that
90 percent of suicides are committed
at home and most college students
of the legal age to own a gun live
off campus and therefore little to no
change in suicide rates would occur.
If most students that are legally car-
rying guns live off campus anyway
then why do we need to even think
about letting students keep guns in
on-campus housing?
Although this question of whether
or not students and faculty should be
allowed to carry rearms with them
has only been brought up in a few
states, it leaves room to wonder how
this would effect our own institution
if the case were made here.
The SFCC argues that they want
people to be as protected as they can
be but by allowing more guns to be
prevalent that would just make it
harder and more dangerous for actual
law enforcement to do their job.
Let’’s face it, guns are the epitome of
intimidation and do we really want that
sitting next to us in our Discovering
America class?
doubt that a device that goes where
its users go won’’t share that infor-
mation.
Right now, Facebook Places is opt-
in (however, users can tag whomever
they want to be wherever they want
them to be), but one shudders at
the thought that Facebook could
dynamically update where people
are at any point.
And the intent shouldn’’t be lost
on everyone——each bit of this in-
formation users give up is to make
Facebook money through advertis-
ing——location will help advertisers
target deals to users.
In the end, a Facebook phone
might not be the best t for consum-
ers on the go, plus, as they say, there’’s
already an app for that.
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By Kelsey Sterling
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If you love ne dining at the most
delicious restaurants in the area but
lack transportation, Waiter Wheels
may just be a viable alternative
for you.
Students living on campus
without cars have access to the
same delicious cuisine offered at
sit-down eateries through an ef-
cient food delivery service called
Waiter Wheels.
Waiter Wheels is a West Hartford-
based company that specializes in
delivering great food from the
area’’s nest restaurants to your
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Waiter Wheels provides a quick
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ford business community.
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and three order options: online,
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Based on BBB files, Waiter
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Waiter Wheels provides services
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Original cast, Tyson return for

Oscar Diversity –– The nominations for the 2010
Oscars were announced this week with no women
the next ‘‘Hangover’’
or African Americans making the cut for director
nominations. Al Sharpton booked a ight to L.A.
the second he heard the news. #Keepin’’itreal

Twitter Blocked –– The popular social media site

was blocked in Egypt this week due to violent riots
sparked by the Tunisian revolution. Now King Tut
can’’t tweet about how cool the afterlife is.

Sicily Shore? –– The cast of the MTV show ““Jersey

Shore”” is lming its fourth season in Italy. Now the
cast can beat the beat, GTL and st pump with the
Pope.
‘‘Expendable’’ Sequel- Star Sylvester Stallone con-
A monkey, shaved head and Mike Tyson tattoo are revealed in this ““Hangover Part 2”” photo.
rmed rumors of the sequel for the action movie
with too many stars. My mom’’s redneck boyfriend By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
will be rst in line for this nail bitter.
When Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug
successfully made it home from
Buffet fall- Musician Jimmy Buffet is in stable Las Vegas with the conclusion of
condition in an Australian hospital after falling off the 2009 riot ““The Hangover,””
of a stage. Turns out the singer-songwriter had one fans were hoping the wild rampage
wasn’’t over.
too many margaritas. The group of four will be back
in 2011 for ““The Hangover Part 2””
this time in Bangkok, Thailand, for
NHL All-Star Game- The NHL All Star weekend Stu’’s (Ed Helms) wedding.
kicks off Friday Jan. 28; or as everyone calls it, the Set to be released May 26, the
comedic quartet will be rejoined by
week between NFL Conference Championships Mike Tyson minus the tiger with a
and the Super Bowl. new adventure abroad.
When questioned about the syn-
opsis by the Hollywood Reporter
Helms answered, ““Narratively, it’’s
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a mystery, like the rst one, but I
wouldn’’t say it’’s Stu’’s movie. There
are some devices that we hang the
story on that are centered around
Stu, but every scene is all three of
us. Every scene. So it’’s really a team
effort.””
But will the loveable characteris-
tics of the rst lm translate to the
sequel?
The captivating plot of the rst
lm harnessing the typical bachelor
party mentality mixed with the not
so conventional logic of Alan (Zach
Galianakis) made for the instant
classic comedy.
Although the latest film is in
post-production and the four month
Thailand shoot is over, critics across
the board are skeptical as to if part
two can do the original justice.
Rumors about former President
Bill Clinton making a cameo in the
lm have been dismissed this week
in addition to the cast rejection of a
Mel Gibson appearance.
But my hopes for the triumphant
return of the original cast are bright.
I’’m condent the freshly shaved
head of Galianakis will compli-
ment his character’’s unique avorful
attitude as only the quotable fan
favorite can.
As for the cast’’s attitude Helms
told ReelzChannel.com: ““We all
love to work together and we didn’’t
really know each other in the rst
one. Now we kind of know what
we’’re going into so there’’s a con-
dence that comes from that.””
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Josh Ritter: life below the mainstream radar

By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
When it comes to pop culture
and music it’’s the mainstream
media who decide what you
should listen to instead of old-
fashioned word of mouth.
Call me old fashioned but I
heard about musician Josh Rit-
ter from the mouth of a friend
and in my experience a friend’’s
recommendation always trumps
the all mighty droning of the
media’’s avor of the week.
Hailing from Idaho with a
roaring voice and a head full
of revolutionary songs, Josh
Ritter, the 34-year-old named
one of the top 100 Greatest
Living Songwriters by Paste
Magazine, is thriving just below
pop culture radar.
Surreptitiously wowing audi-
ences nationwide since 1997,
the singer songwriter is still cel-
ebrating his 2010 release titled
““So Runs The World Away.””
A brilliant songwriter, who
is truly unique and constantly
compared to Bob Dylan, Ritter
sticks to the folk genre with
an emphasis on storytelling
through music.
Appearing on Letterman
twice, Ritter’’s work is timeless
and authentic that begs anyone
who listens to just stop and hear
the story behind the music.
With an incredible stage presence
and giant smile permanently painted
on his face, Ritter doesn’’t just play
a show but instead transforms each
performance into an intimate night
with every audience, connecting on
a common wavelength with wit and
intelligence.
Born to serenade audiences, Ritter
has become an icon of underground
artists who remains unrecognized
for his feats and accomplishments
as a musician.
But the real reason you probably
haven’’t heard about this Midwest
musical prophet is because he’’s too
real. A traditional musician who
harnesses an unmatched knack
to play the acoustic guitar, Ritter
simply can’’t compete with the
unoriginality that dominates charts
week after week.
Although Ritter is virtually
unknown to mainstream music
gurus I think he is better off. A
mild success with a few national
television appearances, the weight
of a Ritter album holds more value
when you hear about it from a
friend of a friend.
Cheerful and more than happy
to be playing music for a living,
Ritter packs complexities into his
albums that take a good three or
four times to dismantle.
Celebrating the beauty of lan-
guage and music, Ritter quickly
grows onto listeners once they’’ve
gotten a taste of just what it is
he’’s about.
With a range of songs that
visit all corners of the world,
Ritter’’s music truly makes you
feel part of the stories he tells.
In ““Another New World”” off
his latest release, Ritter is an
explorer who sets sail towards
the North Pole who creates a
strong connection with his boat,
the Annabel Lee.
Emerging from obscure per-
sonas, Ritter’’s song writing
abilities are endless as demon-
strated on all six of his original
albums. A storyteller at heart,
Ritter plans to release his rst
novel titled ““Bright’’s Passage,””
set to be out the summer of 2011.
An all around innovative mu-
sician, Ritter nds inspiration in
the most obscure places to feed
his ““monster”” as he explains in
an article he submitted to Paste.
““The monster is the invisible
force that decides what you
write about. Some people call
it ‘‘The Muse,’’ but I’’ve never
found that to be a particularly
apt description for a creature so
voracious,”” writes Ritter.
Ritter is preparing to start
his 2011 tour with a series
of ““Valentine’’s Day Brawl!””
shows in Philadelphia, Boston,
New York City and Washington
DC.

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Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga set to rock Grammy Awards

By Danielle Nielsen array of albums released that have
Staff Writer pleased music listeners and kept us
listening and blasting those top hits
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in our cars.
will be a night for the biggest names Eminem has had one of the biggest
in music to all come together. comebacks this year and dropped
Eminem, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, one of the hottest albums of the year.
and Katy Perry are some of the big From his stylistic beats to poetic
performers for the evening and are lyrics with deep meaning, it’’s no
all nominated for awards. This past wonder why he is an eleven-time
year in music included big come- Grammy winner and keeps his fans
backs, new breakthrough artists wanting more.
and pop star moguls that dominate With Eminem dominating the
the industry. There has been a wide night with 10 nominations that in-
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The Canadian band Arcade Fire will perform at the Grammys.
clude: Record Of The Year, Song Of
The Year, Best Rap/Sun Collabora-
tion (with Rihanna), Best Rap Song
for ““Love The Way You Lie,”” Best
Short Form Music Video, Album
of The Year and Best Rap Album.
It is highly possible for Eminem
to walk away with all 10 awards
that evening due to his continuous
success.
Between his consistency, con-
tinuous growth and harmonious
collaborations with other artists it
will be a big night for Eminem.
The big female of the artists of the
night will be Lady Gaga and Katy
Perry who are nominated in four of
the same categories.
These two pop star goddesses
have lead the pop charts with catchy
hit singles that resulted in high sales
of their albums. Although they may
be neck in neck with each other I feel
like Lady Gaga will come out on top.
Lady Gaga has created an empire
in the pop world with her large group
of fans better known as her ““little
monsters.”” Gaga can be compared
to a present day Madonna who has
passed even her signicantly with
her continuous work and stage pres-
ence.
Not only is the music important
to the pop star, but the show and
stage presence that will forever
entertain fans.
Aside from the big name artists
who will the night’’s all stars there
has been a great amount of artists COURTESY OF COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG
who have broke through with suc- Lady Gaga is sure to snag at least one of her four nominations.
cessful albums. With ““Grenade””
and ““Just The Way You Are”” Bruno rock band from England. ““Little and harmonies that will keep you
Mars has taken the male pop vocal Lion Man”” one of their most listened listening.
lead with his soulful voice and lyrics. to tracks features high energy with The Grammy Awards will air live
Listeners instantly gravitated celtic beats that cannot compare to on CBS Sunday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.
to his work, and we all know this any other indie band in the scene Even if your favorite artist doesn’’t
won’’t be the last we hear from right now. win an award it’’s a night not too miss
him. Another band to look out for They feature a different sound for all of the great artists performing
is Mumford & Sons an indie folk with so many layers of melodies and enjoy a night of music.
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Hawk’’s Nest continues to grow as campus hangout

By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer bands such as Lifted will be playing Thursday and Friday nights will go with your friends and grab a bite needs.
Staff Writer a few times throughout the semester feature some of the best music to eat and to just hang out. After a long week, Hawk’’s Nest
along with other hot bands from around town. Whether you are bored in your can help you relax and relieve
Although Hawk’’s Nest is a place around the area. Every night there is a different apartment and want to get out for a stress with friends while provid-
to have dinner with your friends, the There will be all different types of concert or event that suits all dif- few hours or just feel like listening ing great entertainment with new
campus eatery serves as a platform musicians featured from alternative ferent types of needs. to some live music, Hawk’’s Nest music that has large variety and
for weekly entertainment and fun. rock, indie, pop and rock. Hawk’’s Nest is a great place to will be able to suit your musical caters to all different tastes.
If you are looking for something
to do throughout the week and on
the weekends and want to take a
break from your work there are
plenty of concerts and events hap-
pening every night located just a
short distance from any campus
residence hall.
Every Monday night at 9 p.m.
there are chances to step up on
stage and sing along to your favorite
songs during karaoke night.
Anyone can sing or choose just
to listen and sing along from their
seats but either way it is a great
way to enjoy all different genres of
music from oldies to modern day
and let your inner rock star shine.
During the same time on Tues-
days beginning Feb. 1, there is
Acoustic Café where any solo
musicians or full bands can play
piano or acoustic guitar.
Some great acts will be playing
so don’’t miss out on a chance to
enjoy some great acoustic shows
and hear new sounds.
Wednesday nights are A Cappella
nights where you can listen to all
your favorite songs without the
instruments.
The University of Hartford’’s all
men A Cappella group Hawka-
pella will be performing there three
times throughout the semester;
Feb. 2, March. 2 and April. 6.
While Hartford’’s all girl A Cap-
pella group Uharmonies will be
performing Feb. 9, March. 9 and
April. 13.
Other A Capella groups like Har-
tattack and L’’shir will be putting
on great shows at Hawk’’s Nest as
well during the semester so it’’s
denitely worth checking out. SARAH WILSON
Thursdays and Fridays there will
be events and live music. Hartford Hawk’’s Nest plans to continue its weekly activities and feature different interactive events for students to participate in.

Prezi proves prominence over PowerPoint

When class presentations roll
around at various points through-
out a semester the ever-predictable
Microsoft PowerPoint may just have
met its match with the new online
presentation tool called Prezi.
Prezi, dubbed ““The Zooming
Presentation Editor,”” is a free online
application that is extremely easy to
navigate and access when it comes
class presentation time.
Virtually displayed on one big
template, the unique feature of Prezi
is the zooming in and around one
main slide playing on the non-linear
presentation.
Instead of having to buy and
remember bringing a ash drive
to class, Prezis are stored online at
Prezi.com for free.
A new and inventive tool that
makes the night before presenta-
tions that much easier and fun, Prezi
is quickly growing and proving to
be a more effective way of giving
presentations.
I personally nd the non-linear
fashion of the presentation to be not
only eye catching, but also original.
Sure I can peek to see how many
slides a PowerPoint is and sneak a
nap in before it’’s over but with Prezi
the entire template is really cool.
An important feature that Prezi has
over Microsoft is the embedding of
videos, specically a YouTube clip
to help illustrate a presentation topic.
Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
Yes you can embed a link into a
PowerPoint but a browser is required
to be open to run the video.
Although an Internet connection
is required to access a Prezi, the
lack of one on any college campus
is virtually non-existent.
Although the site launched in April
of 2009, it has taken until now to
catch the eyes of users especially
with the recent launch of a Prezi
iPad application.
Using one big canvas, the pre-
sentation tool is more of a visual
storyteller than anything because it
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Prezi is also the subject of up and The online presentation tool Prezi is a non-linear alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint.
coming social media technologies
especially with visual communica- published on the site itself. any logo instead of the Prezi one. sentations from a desktop without
tions. For an even more advanced pre- Beyond the ““Enjoy”” option us- an Internet connection.
Although to create a Prezi users sentation users can select the 500MB ers can go ““Pro”” with the 2000MB The ““Enjoy”” option costs $59
can opt for the free version, those ““Enjoy”” version that offers private option which offers all the previous a year while the ““Pro”” version is
who do so will have their Prezi settings and the option to display perks plus the ability to make pre- $159 a year.
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NFL Playoff round-up
By Dan Melrose
Special to the Informer
Setting the match-ups for the
Divisional Round, the Wild Card
games resulted in some upsets and
one blowout.
The Baltimore Ravens thrashed the
Kansas City Chiefs defense, beating
them 30-7.
With MVP candidate Michael Vick
at the helm of the Philadelphia Eagles,
it seemed like they would beat the
sixth seeded Green Bay Packers.
But quarterback Aaron Rodgers
and James Starks lead the way for a
Green Bay victory 21-16.
Defending champions, New Or-
leans Saints ew to Seattle to play the
7-9 Seattle Seahawks, the rst team
in NFL history to reach the playoffs
with a losing record.
The Seahawks stunned the Saints
and beat them 41-36.
The New York Jets and The In-
dianapolis Colts were neck and neck
throughout the game.
The Colts led by two with less than
two to play, but QB Mark Sanchez
put together a drive that resulted in a
Nick Folk eld goal during the nal
seconds, leading the Jets to a 17-16
victory.
Leading up to the Divisional Round,
the NY Jets players and coaches were
talking up the media and calling out
the Patriots.
The Patriots were not retaliating,
leaving much of the sports fans specu-
lating that they would obliterate the
Jets at Gillette.
But stunning the sports world and
MVP favorite Tom Brady, the Jets
came out hungry and beat the Patriots
in Foxboro 28-21.
Another bitter rivalry was played
between the Baltimore Ravens and
Pittsburgh Steelers.
After the Ravens came out strong,
the informer
and a ag throwing frenzy from the
refs, they ultimately fell apart on
defense and lost a close game to the
Steelers 31-26.
In the NFC, the Chicago Bears beat
out the Seattle Seahawks 35-24. The
Green Bay Packers trucked on, once
again pulling the upset and crushed
the Atlanta Falcons who were ranked
#1 in the NFC, 48-21.
The Conference Round was set up
between four teams with a reputation
for great defense. The Chicago Bears
trailed early and never gained steam
until the fourth quarter, and QB Jay
Cutler was knocked out of the game
from an injury.
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The GreenBay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will ght for
victory and the Super Bowl XLV ring in Texas on Feb. 6.
sports january 27, 2011
They lost at home to the Green Bay
Packers 21-14, meaningAaron Rodg-
ers has the ability to cement his legacy
in Green Bay and not be considered
““Brett Favre’’s replacement.””
The Pittsburgh Steelers played
host to the New York Jets and came
out strong with a 21-3 lead. The Jets
came out of halftime a different team
and made a great comeback, trailing
only by 5 with two to play.
But the Steelers held on and ran out
the clock as the Jets failed to reach
another Super Bowl.
The Steelers and the Packers will
meet on Feb. 6 in Dallas for Super
Bowl XLV.
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Photo taken during WNEC pep rally prior to losing to UHa by
a margin of 17-0 circa 1970.
Bring back the guts,
glory & UHa football
It’’s time to bring football, ““the Red
Hawk from Hartford”” back to life, and
all the school spirit that comes with it.
College football has been a point of
contention for many in recent years.
Many experts fear the repercus-
sions of increasingly common
injuries, the commercialism that
NCAA D-I football seems to inject
Jessica Rutledge •• Sports Editor
into a campus, and the overall welfare
jrut424@yahoo.com
of student athletes.
Although I am in accordance Twitter: @InformerSports
with the many doctors who fear the
long-term consequences of rampant among monstrous schools.
concussions and brain injuries among My brother is a freshman at Temple
football players, the truth is, injuries University, one of the schools that
are becoming more common in prac- Hartford frequently goes up against;
tically every sport genre. but Temple is a public university like
This can be attributed to many UConn, with an enrollment of nearly
things, but primarily as a result of 35,000 students.
NCAA D-I athletes getting bigger, Logistically, the University of
faster, and stronger in every respect. Hartford would denitely face some
Although football is not my favorite challenges bringing back football.
sport to watch, there’’s something However, I think that the reinstalla-
special about college football that tion of a football team would boost
conjures up an exciting, electric, the public perception of our school,
spirited school atmosphere. and also boost enrollment.
Rentschler Stadium, lled with I was living vicariously through my
fans, lit up by the bright spot lights as brother earlier this year as the Temple
massive UFL players pounded across Owls kicked off their football season
the eld sent chills down my spine; with a pep-rally. Their home stadium
making me wish that UHa had a team was lled with ecstatic students; be-
of its own to cheer on. tween the face-paint and team jerseys
I know for certain that I am not the stands blended into a euphoric
alone when I say that Hartford should mix of cherry and white.
bring back its football team from I’’m not saying that I would rather
decades ago, but there are clearly be at Temple than UHa –– quite the
obstacles standing in the way. opposite. The University of Hartford
Recruitment and funding would is denitely a close-knit, supportive,
be the biggest of these obstacles; and spirited campus, but bringing
although the women of the University back a football team has the potential
of Hartford’’s basketball team have to bring Hawk-spirit to the next level.
made a name for themselves in the People come together over sports,
America East, many of UHa’’s NCAA and according to the Harris poll in
D-I teams suffer to excel. the LA Times on Jan. 25, college
This is not only because of recruit- football ranks No. 3 among the na-
ing, but based on sheer numbers of tion’’s favorite sports at 12 percent.
school populations. The University Pro football and baseball captured the
of Hartford boasts a little more than No.1 and No. 2 spots, respectively,
5,000 total undergrads eligible for while college basketball ranked at
NCAA sports, while the University No. 8 with four percent.
of Connecticut has a pool of more At the end of the day, college
than 20,000 student athletes to re- football is huge and most Americans
cruit from. share in the love of the game.
Basic math puts University of The University of Hartford has so
Hartford athletics at a disadvantage much to offer, but reintroducing a
with a smaller population of students football team would make our school
playing sports, having to compete at even better. So what do you say?
the highest level of collegiate sports Maybe next year?

Upcoming Games
FRIDAY, Jan. 28, 2011
Track competes in the Reebok-Boston Indoor
Games at Reggie Lewis Center @ TBA
SATURDAY, Jan. 29, 2011
Men’’s basketball away at Stony Brook @ 3 p.m.
MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2011
Men’’s golf at University of Arizona Invitational
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2011
Men’’s golf at University of Arizona Invitational
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2011
W. basketball vs. Vermont @ 7 p.m. HOME*
Star-studded lineup set
for baseball’’s Hot Stove
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ESPN analyst & former MLB manager, Bobby Val-
entine will be the keynote speaker this year.
By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
UHa baseball is set to host its
annual Hot Stove Dinner, and 2011
will bring another star-studded
event.
The annual charity event will
be held at the Farmington Marriot
hotel on Saturday, Feb. 19, led
by ESPN’’s current MLB analyst,
Bobby Valentine.
Valentine’’s lengthy resume
includes 10 years playing in the
majors for ve different teams
from 1969-1979, before becom-
ing a manager after retirement for
numerous franchises, including the
Texas Rangers, New York Mets,
and a brief stint in Japan for the
Chiba Lotte Mariners, including
World Series births with the Mets
in 1999 and 2000.
Valentine will join former LA
Dodger’’s reballer Orel Hersheiser
and baseball radio veteran, Dan
Shulman, on the 2011 Sunday Night
Baseball for the upcoming season.
Jeff Calcaterra, entering his sixth
year as the University of Hartford’’s
baseball coach, along with the
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CT Whale can’’t swim at home
By Hayden Harrower from the penalty box, Suave scored game, Weise explained, ““We got
Staff Writer the go-ahead goal; his second of the to nd ways, as a team not to take
night, to make the score 2-3.
With a minute left the CT Whale
penalties like that. When you’’re in
a 2-1 game like [this], you can’’t
The 22-17 Connecticut Whale faced
off against the 20-20 Providence Bru- took out their goalie in a desper- afford to take penalties like that in
ins Tuesday night at the XL center. ate attempt to tie up the score, but the third period.””
Despite their 13-0-0-2 record when back-red when left wing, Jeremy The Whale will face Providence
leading in through the second period, Reich scored an unassisted goal on again Feb. 19 outdoors in a special
the Whale couldn’’t hold on to their the empty net to put the stake in the
cofn for the game.
match proclaimed, ““The Whale
Bowl”” where both teams will face
2-1 lead, losing 4-2.
When asked about the two criti- off on Rentschler Field, similar to
The CT Whale began the game
quick, creating many scoring op- cal penalties towards the end of the the NHL’’s Winter Classic.
portunities, including one in which
three shot attempts back to back to
back were barely blocked.
The Bruins themselves had quite the
opposite period. Even with a hooking
penalty, which created a power play in
favor of Providence, the Bruins still
couldn’’t manage to score.
But with three minutes left in the
rst period Kirk MacDonald; assistant
captain of the Bruins, rocketed a shot
towards Whale goalie Chad Johnson
and after hitting his leg the puck rolled
into the back of the net.
Heading in to the second period, the
Whale was looking for vengeance for
the one goal they let up in the earlier
period. With three minutes into the
second period with an advantage of a
power play, Dale Weise sent the puck
in the corner of the net.
But the Whale wasn’’t done yet,
with a pass from Jeremy Williams to
Jason Williams and on to Weise, with
a one timer, scored the Whales’’second
goal of the night and the second goal
of his own.
But the Bruins from Providence
were not going to give up with an
entire period left. With 14 minutes
left in the third period, Center Max-
ime Sauve scored the tying goal for
the Bruins.
Like Weise, Sauve would score his
second goal of the game. With nine
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minutes left in the game, just as the
Whale was returning two players The CT Whale pushed the Bruins, but ultimately lost on Tue.
baseball program announced that
this Hot Stove event will include
former MLB players, for which
the attendees can participate in a
Need science credits?
question-and-answer segment dur-
ing the dinner.
Baseball memorabilia will be
put up for live and silent auction UVM Summer University offers a variety of science courses in
during the dinner as well, which
could feature a wide range of items medical, health, biological & physical sciences with credits
from possible World Series tickets that can transfer back to your institution. This summer, focus
to signed baseballs from current
major leaguers. on the requirements that you really need. Post-baccalaureate
This event brings a ton of appeal
for any sports enthusiast, aspiring summer premedical programs available, as well as
athlete, or a lover of some good food. over 400 general requirement courses.
Tickets for the event are available
for $100 per person, organizations
or fans can also elect to purchase a
table sponsorship for $1,000. Registration begins February 15.
A sponsorship includes nine
event tickets, program recognition,
Summer classes start May 23.
a former major league player as a
guest at the table during dinner,
and autographed baseballs by all
the former major leaguers in atten-
dance, according to Hartford Sports Catch Up. Get Ahead.
Information.
For more information, contact
On Campus. Online.
Jim Keener at jkeener@hartford.
edu or 860-768-5063.
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Hailing from Hamden, Conn., Player
of the Week Ilicia Mathis wasn’’t always
a basketball star.
Mathis was rst introduced to the
game in third grade when her parents
signed her up for the Hamden’’s Fathers
League.
She had been a dancer since the age
of 3, and surprisingly, the game didn’’t
come naturally to her.
Mathis claims she was ““horrible,”” but
kept working at it; she eventually quit
dancing to pursue basketball full-time,
but not until after 2001 when she made
the USA Tap team when she traveled
all the way to Germany to win the
Gold Medal.
Mathis’’ family plays a key role in her
life, both on and off the court and she
lists her father as being her role model.
Mathis two younger siblings, a
13-year-old brother and a 9-year-old
sister; her brother is following in her
footsteps and began playing basketball
this year.
When asked if he’’s just as bad as she
was, she laughed and said that ““we’’re
total opposites in that aspect, he’’s actu-
ally the all-star of his team.””
Mathis’’ younger sister, on the other
hand, is ““more girly”” as she says, and
a dancer.
Family support means a lot to Mathis,
who lost her mother at age 14.
Her father, grandmother, uncles and
cousins, along with her two younger
siblings, come to every home game at the
Reich Family Pavilion to cheer her on.
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people.””
The Lady Hawks record doesn’’t
exemplify their hard work and
strength as a team.
““There’’s been a lot of disap-
pointment with our record, and
we tend to lose our lead and not
get back into the game once that
happens,”” Mathis said.
Because of this, she says this
season doesn’’t hold too many
highlights in her mind, but she’’s
looking forward to making some
of her own very soon.
““It’’s denitely been rough but
hopefully the team will pull it
together and win a champion-
ship,”” she said.
On the court, Mathis’’ aggres-
sive and intensive role as a guard
earned her Player of the Week., but
she is a tough self-critic.
““This season’’s been good, but
since conference has started I’’ve
denitely become more consis-
tent and focused,”” she said.
Off the court, Mathis is a junior
majoring in physical therapy.
Futuristically, Mathis said sees
herself building a successful
physical therapy practice a down
south where its warm; she also
hopes to continue to be a positive
role model for her siblings.
Mathis’’ favorite food is chick-
en, (not from Commons!) and
it’’s gametime she blasts Drake,
Lil Wayne and Dipset.
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Staff Writer
On the brink of another
Nor’’easter hitting Hartford
Wednesday night, the Uni-
versity of Hartford women’’s
basketball team braved the
blizzard to take down Stony
Brook at home, 67-57.
““We just need to continue
to work on the little things,””
said head coach Jennifer
Rizotti as her team rejoiced
in the aftermath of their solid
victory post game.
Rizotti also gave a nod
to the stellar performances
of sophomores Ruthanne
Daughtery, who dominated
the paint on offense and
free throw line scoring a
game-high 23, and Nikkia
smith, who shot lights out
scoring 10.
Senior Maria Silvia con-
tributed hot offense of her
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own, shooting of her own
going 7-13 from the eld,
5-9 from beyond the arc, to
The Hawks 59-55 victory over Boston on Jan. 22 was thrilling, but the men were unable to
win when they hit the road against UVM on Tuesday.
Hawks hit road, suffer losses
By Josh Batelli teams came back out for the nal 20
Staff writer minutes at Roy Patrick Gymnasium.
The Catamounts of Vermont re-
The Hartford Hawks men’’s built their lead and lived comfortably
basketball team traveled to Bur- through most of the second half with
lington, Vermont on Jan. 24 to a double digit lead.
take on the defending America Vermont’’s 12-0 run to make it 54-
East conference champions, the 36 essentially ended all hopes for the
University of Vermont. scarlet and white. Consistency and
Despite falling behind 24-11 poise was the issue for the Hawks
early in the rst half, the Hawks in this one. The shooting went cold
rallied to cut the decit to four for long stretches and fouls became
as Milton Burton hit a oater at troublesome.
the buzzer to make it 30-26 at Hartford was outscored 42-25 in
intermission. the second half by veteran UVM.
Any momentum the Hawks had One bright spot was Burton’’s ca-
worked for was squashed as the reer game. He had 17 points and ve
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Collectively, the
Hawks shot 50 per-
cent for the game,
while the Seawolves
shot 30 percent as a
team; this statistic
completely captures
the Hawks ery defensive efforts
Wednesday night.
Limiting Stony Brook with their
zone defense, Hartford prevented
the Seawolves from ever having a
chance offensively, especially in the
second half.
Although the University of Hart-
ford was shut down Wednesday
night due to the impending blizzard,
the Lady Hawks were the ones shut-
ting down their opponents with a
nal score of 67-57 to win at home.
The win brings UHa’’s season
record to 7-14 overall, and 4-4 at
home.
The Hawks will look to continue
to dominate at home when they host
the UVM next week on Feb. 2.
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steals. The loss dropped the Hawks
to 7-13 on the season. Despite the
loss, their record remains solid in
America East play at 4-3.
Hartford has made a habit out of
falling behind big early. They were
down 20-4 against Boston Univer-
sity on Jan. 22 before coming back
for the important win.
The story was different in this one
however. The loss extended their
losing streak against the University
of Vermont to 10 games.
Hartford will head to Stony Brook
for a game on Saturday Jan. 29 before
heading back to campus to try again
against Vermont on Feb. 2.