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Volume 34, Issue 22 hartfordinformer.com April 14, 2011

Friends celebrate life of Kyle Coell

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-chief
The University is mourning the
loss of a fth-year student.
Kyle Coell, 23, died in Glaston-
bury, Conn., Thursday. Friends and
university staff are remembering
the life of a student described as a
dedicated worker.
He had most recently worked at
Fox CT as a broadcast engineer
and as a volunteer reghter at
the Glastonbury Fire Department.
At Fox CT, Coell worked with
news director Coleen Marren
working on the daily newscast at
the station.
““He had a big enthusiasm for
working here and he truly loved
the engineering aspects, which I
know he learned at the University
of Hartford,”” Marren said.
Marren rst met Coell during
location scouting for the Travelers
golf championship in Cromwell
and remembers his ““bright smile
and condent handshake.””
Coell originally worked as a
part-time member of the crew at
Fox, but a few months ago he was
offered a full-time staff member.
““He was just delighted to be a
full-time member of the Fox team,””
said Marren.
He worked for Residential Life
on campus, serving as a Resident
Assistant for three and a half years.
Michael Malone, the director of
the Ofce of Residential Life, also
remembered that ““great big smile.””
Malone had joined ORL a year
after Coell had been a resident
assistant. On one of his rst nights
at work on campus, Coell toured
Malone around the Village apart-
ments.
All throughout his time at the
university, Malone described their
work relationship as ““easy-going
and casual”” and Coell would
always be willing to ask questions.
Malone recounted Halloween
last October, when Coell wore
his reghter hat on duty.
While most residents worry
about their RA as an authority
gure, ““he had a sense of humor
about it,”” Malone said.
Along with his duties as a resident
assistant, Coell devoted his time
as a general manager at the Student
Television Network on campus.
Ben Wilcox, the news director
at STN Channel 2, said, ““We were
all shocked and saddened when
we heard the news this morning...
He was close to many of us who
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See ‘‘Coell,’’ page 4 Kyle Coell worked as the general manager of STN 2 as well as an R.A. for three and a half years.

SGA
election
results
delayed
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-chief

Citing voting irregularities,

Student Government Association
election results have been delayed.
Matt Wyman, current SGA Presi-
dent, said results would be available
by 12 p.m. on Thursday.
Voting was held throughout the
week at multiple locations on cam-
pus over three days; polls closed late
Wednesday night.
Candidates running for president
are Vice President of Student Affairs
Ben Accardo and Public Relations
Vice President Zach Dryden.
Dryden, a junior in the college of
ENHP, ran on a platform around
school spirit.
Accardo, a junior in CETA, ran
on a platform that included extend-
ing the hours of the health center to
include weekends. HARRIS DECKER
The results will be available on
The Informer’’s website on Thursday Spring Fling 2011 is taking the concert back to the lawn on Saturday night. After the concert on the indoor stage last year left many
at hartfordinformer.com. students dissappointed, hopes are high for New Found Glory and Bad Rabbits. For Spring Fling safety tips go to Page 5.
page 2 the informer news April 14, 2011

Dean of Students publishes

college guide book
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
Staff Writer

Incoming freshman now have

a new guide to calm their jittery
nerves about the biggest change in
their life: coming to college.
Susan Fitzgerald, Senior Advi-
sor to the President and Associate
Secretary of the University, has
partnered with J. Lee Peters, Vice
President for Student Affairs and
Dean of Students, to write the third
edition of ““The Everything College
Survival Book: All You Need to Get
the Most Out of College Life.””
““We really wanted to do a book,””
Peters said, ““it’’s a great walk
through of college life from start
to nish.””
Published by Adams Media Cor-
poration, the book details everything
from nancial help to dealing with
roommates, staying healthy and
even internships.
““We added a lot of new things
[in this edition],”” Fitzgerald said,
““especially about social networking
and mental health and wellness.””
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and social networks that affect the third edition of ““The Everything College Survival Book,”” a guide for
average college student’’s life. incoming freshman.
““We took out the outdated chap-
ters such as ironing and added new The book not only helps high mation that students really need and
chapters like safety and students school students who are nervous opened our eyes to the way we do
with disabilities,”” Fitzgerald said. about coming to college, but also business,”” Fitzgerald said.
The format is very much like aided Peters and Fitzgerald in their The book, which has been pro-
the second edition of the text and understanding of the average col- claimed as a great gift for a high
proves to be an amazing resource lege student. school senior, is available on Ama-
for students coming into college. ““It made us think about the infor- zon.com and Everything.com.

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Fire in Village Fives displaces students,damages apartments

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief

No cause has been determined yet as

to what started a minor re in the Village
Quad No. Five on Thursday that injured
no residents.
However, the re will displace some stu-
dents for an undetermined period of time.
The re was reported at around 7:55 p.m.
and most students were allowed back into
the building at around 9 p.m.
A resident in the apartment where the
re started, Lucas Dantas, said one of his
friends came back from the gym and said,
““The whole kitchen was on re.””
Director of the Ofce of Residential
Life Michael Malone said that in the last
week, four students were able to return to
their apartments. However, the ve other
displaced students remain in different
apartments.
Alexa Alfonso, a resident who lived
under the apartment where the re started,
said, ““It was all really unexpected. My
roommate and I have been living in that
apartment for the past two years and now
ve weeks before we graduate we’’re
forced to move into a quad where we don’’t
know really know anyone.””
Despite the unexpected move, Alfonso
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Correcting the Record

Last week, the Executive Vice President of SGA, Max Accardo, was misquoted in the article titled ““SGA elections to be held next week.””
The initial quote reading ““Sometimes, students who don’’t get elected for SGA ofces don’’t want to run again.”” Instead, he said that stu-
dents do want to run again. We regret the error.

Center for Community Coell remembered

Service
Hiring Van Drivers for
2011-2012 Academic year

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Continued from front page Mulryan Funeral Home in Glaston-

bury, where mourners gathered to

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with him. He was a mentor to not
just young members [of STN], but
he also served as a mentor to many
give condolences.
In an email sent out by Peters, his
family requested that donations be
made to STN Channel 2 on campus

$10.00/ hr people.
““I always told Kyle, ‘‘You are the
most accomplished 21-year-old I
have ever met.’’””
or to the Thomas C. Manager Train-
ing Center.
One of Coell’’s last initiatives at
the television network was to buy

Deadline: April 25, 2011 Malone said, ““It’’s a huge loss

for Residential Life, STN and the
University of Hartford.””
Must be 21 Years Old and Vice President for Student Af-
fairs Lee Peters said, ““Kyle was
an extremely active and engaged
Hold Valid Drivers License student...He will be sorely missed.””
Calling hours were held on
Sunday in honor of Coell, at the
new ofce furniture.
Cameron Villers, assistant chief
engineer at STN said Coell’’s par-
ents wanted him to ““nish what he
started, that was the last thing he
was really working on.
Both Fox CT and STN Channel
2 aired tributes to Coell on their
newscasts.
 the informer news April 14, 2011 page 5

Day of service inspires launch of new website

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Over 200 students volunteered during the ““Hawks Helping Hartford”” Day of Service last week. The success inspired the launch of a volunteer website where users can
nd volunteer opportunities in their specic areas, and track their hours of volunteering.
By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
More than 200 students, faculty and staff spent the day
volunteering at various off campus locations on April 8 as
part of the ““Hawks Helping Hartford”” Day of Service.
It was Hartford’’s rst ever Day of Service and turned out
to be a huge success. The group volunteers split into nine
different groups to work at nine separate sites.
““We worked with a lot of non-prots off campus and we
received amazing and positive feedback from all of them
and that was fantastic,”” said Matthew Blocker, director of
the Center for Community Service.
Volunteers started the day at Konover at 11 a.m. before
making their way to one of nine work sites. Some of the
sites included Hands on Hartford Community Retreat, South
Park Inn, Village for Families and Children and Riverfront
Recapture among others.
People worked on cleaning up outside spaces, applying fresh
paint, organizing indoor spaces, raking, and even spreading
new mulch and planting owers for spring.
Blocker said that everyone was happy with the way things
turned out and that he didn’’t hear any negative feedback from
any of the participants at the end of the day.
““We are excited, it seems like everyone involved who vol-
unteered is excited to do it again next year,”” he said.
All of the non-prots they worked with off campus were also
really excited and eager for them to come back again. This
year’’s Day of Service is denitely the rst of many to come.
Not only is the Center for Community Service celebrating
the success of their Day of Service, but they are launched a
University of Hartford VolunteerMatch website that same day.
VolunteerMatch was conceived by Blocker as a way to moni-
tor and help all of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who
want to be involved with their community on a large scale.
The site provides quick and easy access to events that are
happening both on and off campus. The site also acts as a
way to keep track of all the volunteer hours a member is
taking part in.
Blocker has been working with the website for a year and
half on a contract and after getting approved and the neces-
sary funding the site launched on April 8.
Since the launch the Center for Community Service has
already seen a great response. ““We see a lot of faculty, staff
and students signing up already,”” Blocker said.
There were a few glitches at rst, as there is with any new
website. Emails sent out to about 7,000 people slowed down
the server, but since then they up and running.
Blocker said that they are about a quarter of the way
into having people singed up on the site and they hope that
through education and publicity they can get everybody to
create an account.
Not only is the site able to organize on campus and off
campus events but they can also work with different organi-
zations on campus.
For example, if an organization, such a Greek organization
was looking for volunteers for a community service project
VolunteerMatch could work with them to set up an event and
send volunteers their way.
““Our goal through this program is that everybody that is
looking for service learning or community service uses this
site so that every project we host is going to consistently get
volunteers,”” said Blocker.
While you don’’t have to be a current University of Hartford
student you still must have some afliation with the school
to become a member.
Blocker also said what is so great about VolunteerMatch
is that since it targets alumni as well members can search
for projects to work with in their hometowns as well as the
Greater Hartford community.
For more information or to sign up and begin looking for the
perfect volunteer opportunity visit uofh.volunteermatch.org

Spring Fling security heightened, weather permitting

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Spring Fling will see heightened
security regarding wristbands,
guests, and safety this year.
““We’’ll be tightening security so
that Spring Fling remains what it
always has been intended to be: a
time to have fun for our students and
their invited guests,”” said President
Walter Harrison in a recent email
to students.
This security means students
should be sure they obtain their
wrist bands before participating
in any activities for the weekend.
Starting at 12:00 p.m. this Thurs-
day, April 13, anyone crossing the
bridge between the Hartt school and
E Lot must be wearing a wristband.
Furthermore, a replacement for a
lost or stolen wristband will be $35.
As far as student conduct during
the event goes, there are guidelines
students should follow.
Though the event is held outside
and the majority of people will be
on the Village Lawn, no speak-
ers will be allowed in apartment
windows, or to be played outside
into the Village. Additionally, no
cans or bottles will be allowed
outdoors, while bulk containers
(any container exceeding ve liters)
will also be prohibited.
In keeping with some regulations
that were introduced last year,
backpacks, draw string backpacks,
or camel packs will not be allowed
on the Village Lawn.
2009, the last time the concert was held on the lawn, drew a large crowd. This year there are hopes
for the same, so long as thunder storms don’’t cancel the outdoor show.
University furniture will also
be prohibited from being placed
on the lawn, however, lawn chairs
and other non-university furniture
are allowed.
Weather wise, the forecast for the
Spring Fling weekend isn’’t looking
incredibly bright. With the concert
moved back to the lawn, rain could
pose potential problems. However,
rest assured because rain won’’t shut
down the music. In the event of
thunder and lightning, however, the
concert will have to be canceled for
electrical safety concerns.
““Students are expected to use their
HARRIS DECKER
best judgment regarding alcohol use
and will be held accountable for
their actions. Safety is our primary
concern,”” reads a message on the
Spring Fling website.
The weekend ofcially kicks off
April 14 with the annual talent show
at 8 p.m. in Gengras Student Union.
Spring Fling
Safety
101
Never accept a drink from
a stranger, always keep
your eye on your drink.
Use the buddy system.
Keep your dorm/ apart-
ment locked at all times.
Know the Public Safety
emergency number .
(7777)
Do not leave an intoxi-
cated person unattended
or ignore a person who is
passed out.
Stay hydrated.
Keep your ID and medi-
cal information on you at
all times.
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Silent refuge lost

in the Mortensen
Library
As the April home stretch
looms over our heads and
begins to blow swiftly by, the
work students have surely put
off throughout the semester
tends to become mountainous
as well.
With those last minute group
projects and scrambling to n- Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
ish up that essay that was due sawilson@hartford.edu
two Mondays ago, the library Twitter: @swyzleh
tends to become a hotter des-
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spring break. Low and behold, a vacant com-
Eduhookup.com has modeled itself after Facebook and Craigslist’s casual encounters section in order However around this time, puter upstairs isn’’t something you
to help college students satisfy their sexual desires. when everyone, their best come across either.

‘‘Hookup generation’’ moves online

friend and probably even their But beyond the frustration of
mothers feel there’’s no better unavailable PCs, a more pestering,
place to get a paper done than louder problem arises: it’’s too loud.
the Mortensen Library, it be- A library is supposed to be a safe
What began thousands of years UChicago is a place where ““fun comes more like a frat boy’’s haven to get work done when fel-
ago as an effort for parents to se- comes to die”” and ““the squirrels dorm room than a place meant low roommates have taken it upon
cure respectable spouses for their are cuter than the girls and more to get homework done. themselves to start celebrating
children via matchmakers and ar- aggressive than the guys,”” accord- 12:30 p.m. on a Tuesday is Spring Fling a week early.
ranged marriages has continually ing to the website. more than likely one of the That escape becomes more of
transformed with time. The site began its expansion only options for a group meet- a burden, however, when you’’re
Newspaper personal ads morphed when it began to catch the national ing time where all members trying to make sense of a scholarly
into online dating forums and media’’s attention. The Tonight are available. So, members, of article and a tour guide is shout-
then continued into actual dating Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor Show with Jay Leno even took a course, ock to the library to ing ““THIS BUILDING RIGHT
websites geared towards singles huppke@hartford.edu hit at the eduhookup saying, ““We utilize one of those handy col- HERE IS HAWK HALL”” to the
looking to nd love. Twitter: @danielle618 already have a place where college laboration pods to complete a group that’’s gathered around that
With the changing times and the students can hook up for casual sex, PowerPoint. unnecessary topographical map.
label ““the hookup generation”” in of C and has since expanded to it’’s called college!”” It’’s around this time on any The frequent bursts of laughter
mind, a group of code-savvy stu- 22 more schools including Yale, However this hasn’’t stopped the given Tuesday when it becomes or ““Hey!’’s”” traveling from those
dents at the University of Chicago Harvard, Brown, NYU and Cornell. popularity from growing. Although apparent that the facilities pro- enjoying a coffee or pastry in the
have created the very rst hookup The site has geared itself towards some may prefer the thrill of a night vided by the Mortensen Library Dorothy Goodwin Café don’’t nec-
website geared specically towards the Ivy League scene, possibly out with the hopes of scoring, this don’’t necessarily accommodate essarily compliment the questions
college students. with the hopes of landing a few site caters to those who prefer to students to their full potential. from parents of students-to-be
It’’s like the original facebook intellectual-types some after hours schedule their one-night affairs. Collaboration Pods are great either.
in that you need a college email action in a secluded corner of the The posting on the website aren’’t tools when it comes to group So if the library doesn’’t provide
address to register and begin us- library. limited to one-night hookups, in work, but arrive any later than an adequate environment for the
ing the site’’s chat feature. This is Postings from the rst few weeks fact many are using the site with 12:31 in the afternoon and studious kind, what does?
in order to deter the older crowd kept the raunchiness to a minimum, the intended purpose of nding love the four pods will surely not An obvious solution to these is-
and people outside of the intended ““Carefree guy looking for kindred or at least someone to ll a void. satisfy the growing number of sues would be to simply provide
audience from perusing through ads spirit to help him forget his past”” Eduhookup.com hasn’’t reached groups who would benet from students with expanded study fa-
for young men and women. and ““Awkward nerd looking for our campus yet but if the site con- using one. cilities. Adding a few computers,
The website states that by bookish girl”” however as more tinues to expand and happens to This leaves the next best or even opening up rooms in other
limiting it to specically college students have uncovered the secret make it’’s way to UHa it’’s sure to option, a regular old desktop buildings that could be used for
students ““users can rest assured society of hookups at U of C and increase the number of sexually computer. Do the once around study time would be advantageous.
that those who are on this site are beyond the website has turned into satised students amongst us. on the bottom oor only to nd But until a better situation is
the same motivated and forward- a forbidden slur site reminiscent However, it’’s fair to note that with no available machines before found, roaming the ranks of the
looking individuals that they are.”” of the craigslist casual encounters a website aimed to help you score, making your way up the stairs computer hogs and loud-mouthed
Eduhookup.com launched on section. a long-term relationship isn’’t in ngers crossed you’’ve beaten book worms of the student con-
March 23 to a pretty decent re- The website was created in order the cards for those seen wandering some other book nerd to the gested library is going to have to
sponse from undergraduates at U to ““change the age-old belief that through it’’s pages. punch. sufce.

Lessons learned from Spring Fling Passed, No Knuckleheads

This column isn’’t about bashing
Spring Fling at all; in the last few
years that’’s been my task.
If anything, this column isn’’t about
Spring Fling either. Rather, it’’s a mes-
sage about being safe no matter where
or when someone decides to drink.
Tuesday, University President
Walter Harrison wrote in an email to
students,””Don’’t be a knucklehead.””
I was that knucklehead last year.To
fully explain the message of safety, I
have to tell a personal story. Last year,
I had a memorable Spring Fling for all
of the wrong reasons. It started on the
Saturday day of Spring Fling when I
began drinking at around 11:30 a.m.
Simply put, I didn’’t stop drinking
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
until I vomited at a party and had
to be carried back home by friends.
From there, I was so sick that my
roommate decided to call a Resident
Assistant who decided to call an
ambulance. I don’’t remember the
last few hours of my Saturday night,
but I was lled in by friends. I do re-
member coming to in the ambulance
when an emergency worker asked me
a few questions. I drifted in and out
of consciousness.
When I nally got to the emergency
room I was treated for my intoxica-
tion. Shortly after--about three hours
after arriving--I was released.
Nothing about this experience was
fun, at all. One, the attention I got: a lot
of my friends knew about my ordeal
(not just because they heard through
my friends, but I posted about it on
Twitter the next day). I went ahead
and embarrassed myself more than
I really needed to.
Even as I was reassured that ““every-
one’’s been there,”” I couldn’’t help but
feel that sentiment was disingenuous
at best: not everyone who overdoes
it goes to the hospital.
Second, it cost me a lot of grief and
money: ambulance rides aren’’t free,
as it turns out. I paid a pretty penny in
the long run for my trip to the hospital.
Hospital bills are not what I intended
my summer job to help nance.
I’’ve learned a lot through this
experience, however. Some of them
are simple, no-brainer sorts of ones
like to know that at a limit and to pace
myself. Before this I had thought I
was invincible to this sort of event,
but I was obviously wrong.
There are some easy tips to follow
for Spring Fling and being safe. First,
don’’t make irresponsible choices. If
you’’re going to drink, pace yourself.
Have a cup of water between drinks.
This university has been fortunate
to have no serious violence during
Spring Fling in the last two years,
but it’’s worth noting that this event,
despite its ““tradition,”” could go away
if one of the thousands of people who
will descend on the Village Lawn
makes a poor decision this weekend.
Still, it should be a fun weekend
if people make smart decisions and
don’’t do anything stupid.
One thing is for sure, I’’ve learned
my lesson.

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The University of Hartford was a completely different place back in 1969 when alum Mark Bauman was busy creating the original Hawk’s Nest in the basement of C Complex.

A glimpse of the past leads to a push for the future

By Maxwell Bauman
Special to the Informer
I’’ve spent a lot of time talking to my friends about our
time and choices at Hartford. In every conversation a
common question crops up. It always starts off innocently
enough with the same two words, ““What if?”” We spend
hours going over the decisions that shape us. And I’’m not
just talking about the tough choice between chicken or
beef avored ramen. Although that choice is important in
its own respect.
I’’m talking about questions like, ““What if I lived in a
different building freshmen year?””, ““What if I had different
roommates or a perused another major?””, ““What if I didn’’t
join Greek Life?”” and the big one, ““What if I attended a
different university?””
Now when we ask these ““What ifs?”” there is always
a follow up question that gets to the heart of the matter,
““Was it worth it?”” That is a harder question to answer, but
as with most things we’’ve come across, the challenges
become tougher the further we advance.
To answer this question of worth we need to look back,
not just a year or four years but back almost 40 years to
when my dad, Mark Bauman, attended Hartford.
The campus was a different place in ’’69. The residential
side was only A through F Complex and E and F were for
graduate housing. The students made sure to get their ll in
Commons or the Student Union before they closed, because
after all, there was no market in Konover, because there
was no Konover yet. So my dad and his roommate, Mickey,
took a toaster oven down into the basement of Dubois in
C Complex and cooked up mini pizzas and sold them to
hungry students. They called their little eatery the ““Hawk’’s
Nest,”” and we all know what that has evolved into today.
Mark was on the Student Government where helped
champion legislation for student rights. He pushed bills
that allowed clubs and organizations to keep the money
that they raised. Prior to this the university would take all
money raised by any group. That triumph laid the founda-
tion for the commerce we see when we walk through GSU.
It also paved the way for philanthropy fundraising which
has changed countless lives over the years.
The responsibility of planning concerts once went to the
Student Government. Mark told me about the concerts they
planned. The one that stuck out most for me was a young
Ike and Tina Turner rocking up a storm. The magnitude
of these concerts prompted the creation of the Campus
Activities Team and a little yearly gathering we know as
Spring Fling.
Between 1970 and 1971, Mark played on the University’’s
Club Football Team. Yes, we once had a football team.
They won six games and lost only one. The team’’s picture
hangs in the gym facing the intramural gymnasium. Not
every endeavor last forever.
After college, his roommate, Mickey and his girlfriend,
now wife, Betsy, set Mark up on a blind date with June
Levitan. They didn’’t click at rst but in time they warmed
up to each other. I’’m living proof.
When I was a kid, the three of us used to visit the cam-
pus. Mark pointed out the places he lived and the new
buildings that he didn’’t recognize. Little did I know that
through my father’’s stories of his past, I was getting a
glimpse of my future.
So when you ask your, ““What if?”” questions, know this,
you wouldn’’t be the same person you are today if it wasn’’t
for those choices. Our actions will reach ahead of us farther
than we can see. As for the follow up, ““Was it worth it?”” if
you look back knowing that you put in the effort and did
everything you could, I’’m sure you’’ll nd your answer.

‘‘Students for Democracy’’ can make a difference on campus

By Mary Christine Fahmy
Special to the Informer
The heroic efforts of Middle-Eastern people
to overthrow oligarchy in favor of democracy
has inspired students at the University of Hart-
ford to wish for more and better democracy on
and off campus.
In 1776, the populace was largely uneducated
and communication was slow. These facts
necessitated a representative form of govern-
ment. But those facts don’’t apply anymore,
not in America, and certainly not on college
campuses.
There is no reason that student, faculty, and
staff representatives cannot submit every issue
to their constituents for electronic referendums,
and no reason for those representatives not to be
bound by the majority vote of their constituents.
By practicing government of, by, and for the
people of this University, we’’ll all learn how to
bring more and better democracy to America.
Currently, our campus representatives as
well as our state and federal legislators can
vote as they wish irrespective of what their
constituents wish.
The state and federal legislators have grown
more responsive to lobbyists than the people
they’’re elected to represent. Our Founding
Mothers and Fathers would feel betrayed.
Libyans and Egyptians would reject such
perversion of democracy. It’’s no wonder that
students feel powerless to inuence government
by use of reason.
A new, informal group, ““Students for De-
mocracy,”” is calling upon all people at the
University of Hartford to come together to
overthrow apathy and oligarchy by invigorat-
ing democracy.
This group seeks to make government on
campus consistent with the spirit of 1776,
the literacy and technology of 2011, and the
aspiration of people everywhere.
““Students for Democracy”” invites all stu-
dents, faculty, and staff to join them in making
government at our University the model Ad
Humanitatem.
Between March 21 and April 1, 398 typical
University of Hartford undergraduates (almost
10 percent of the total undergraduate popula-
tion) were asked the following questions:
Do you want SGA representatives to submit
all issues for student referendums, and to act
according to the majority vote? 94 percent
voted ““yes.””
Do you want faculty senators to submit
all issues for faculty referendums and to act
according to the majority vote? 94 percent
voted ““yes.””
Do you want the Staff Association to submit
all issues for staff referendums, and to act
according to the majority vote? 94 percent
voted ““yes.””
Students who voted ““no”” were asked to ex-
plain their answers. The most common replies
were: ““I don’’t care.”” ““It would take too long.””
““Students would be able to vote on issues that
don’’t affect them directly.”” ““Not all issues
require a vote.”” ““Students wouldn’’t be able to
participate in discussion/debate on the issues
before voting.”” ““Staff would be vulnerable to
reprisals for voting.”” ““Students for Democracy””
doesn’’t nd these criticisms compelling. People
who don’’t care about an issue, shouldn’’t vote
on it, but people who do should have the op-
portunity. Electronic voting is quick and easy.
Every issue is nanced by the same tuition-
driven University budget and, for that reason
at least, everyone should have the opportunity
to vote on every issue whether it affects him
or her directly or indirectly.
No one needs to vote on issues that don’’t
require a vote. Every issue should be presented
with a simple summary of pros and cons. And
the staff must have iron-clad protection against
reprisals for voting.
““Students for Democracy”” concludes that
the vast majority of University of Hartford
undergraduates want more and better democ-
racy on campus.
Discussions and debates might be arranged to
consider all contrary positions, and to carefully
weigh benets and potential risks.
The policy of submitting all issues for ref-
erendums and binding all representatives to
vote according to their constituent’’s majority
vote might be implemented on its own intrinsic
merit.
Some other reasonable response that ts
better as a next step might be pursued.
““ S t u d e n t s f o r D e m o c r a c y ””
awaits the acceptable response(s).
““Students for Democracy”” recognizes that our
University is blessed with a benevolent and
supremely reasonable ruler. This group insists
that its call to invigorate democracy is not a
criticism of his reaign, but rather a testimony
to his leadership.
The group doubts that there is a better ruler
anywhere, and urges all University personnel
to be grateful for the enormous good fortune
of having Walter Harrison as our President.
But the group thinks American allegiance to
liberty and justice for all is being stied by
government of, by, and for the elite.
They see Connecticut as epitomizing this
travesty. It consistently ranks among our Na-
tion’’s richest states, while its capital, Hartford,
consistently ranks among our Nation’’s poorest
cities.
Economic status and scholastic achievement
are more disparate in Greater Hartford than
anywhere else in America. For that reason, the
group thinks invigorated democracy is needed
here and now. ““Students for Democracy””
intends to proceed reasonable, collegially,
and with good will and good humor, and it
encourages all to join in this patriotic effort.

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Hartt School celebrates Sondheim with ‘‘Company’’

By Lisa Schwartz-Neubauer
Staff Writer
The Hartt School of Music is
putting on the musical theater pro-
duction ““Company”” from April 14
through the 17.
The musical follows a man named
Robert, who is single and is known
for having problems committing to
a steady relationship.
On his 35th birthday, Robert,
ve married couples who are also
his best friends and three of his
girlfriends come together at his
apartment to celebrate.
Everyone seems to be settling
down besides Robert who clearly is
ambivalent about love and afraid of
marriage, which unfolds through-
out the show.
The play reveals Robert’’s rev-
elations throughout the night; he
is constantly wondering about his
friends and why they are settling
down while at the same time he
learns a lot about himself and grows
throughout the two-act play.
One of the cool things about
““Company”” is that it is composed
of short vignettes or sketches pre-
sented in no particular order but
they are all linked together by the
celebration of the protagonist’’s
birthday.
Company was turned into a mu-
sical in the 1970s and has been on
Broadway and in London numerous
times before coming to the Hartt
School of Music. of each sketch rather than forming their own songs throughout the show, in Hartford.
““Company’’s”” music and lyrics a scene-to-scene story. which along with the short vignettes The play begins at 7:30 p.m.
were written by Stephen Sondheim, It is a true to life upper west side makes the show even more unique. Thursday through Saturday and
who also wrote the lyrics to other story, which caters to the mostly The musical will be at the McCray 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. The musi-
famous musicals such as ““West Side young adult crowd. There is no Theater at the Handel Performing cal is sold out however unclaimed
Story,”” ““Sweeny Todd”” and ““A orchestra, all the actors play their Arts Center on the corner of Albany reserved tickets will be given away
Funny Thing Happened on the Way own musical instruments and sing Avenue and Westbourne Parkway ve minutes before the show.
to the Forum.””
It has won a Tony award for best
musical in 2007 along with best
original score, best lyrics and best
direction of a musical as well as
getting nominations for many other
categories.
The play was one of the rst musi-
cal’’s to deal with real adult problems
through it’’s music.
It deals with upper middle class
people with upper middle class
problems.
It provides both a musical and
literary perspective that people of
all ages can enjoy.
Company is warm, sharp, amusing
and frantic and it provides a won-
derful expression of the complex
emotional lives of everyday people.
One of the major themes running
through Sondheim’’s lyrics is the
uncertainty of the human spirit,
which is shown throughout the songs
““Sorry-Grateful,”” ““Someone Is
Waiting”” and ““Being Alive.””
Though ““Company”” is somewhat
cynical through its lyrics and plot-
line, it really provides what real life
people go through.
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““Company”” is a concept musical
where the songs are more of a part Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics to ““Company,”” being preformed this weekend at UHa.

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Annual Village 21 Club to
Spring Fling- The annual three-day event feature circus acts, free alcohol
kicks off Thursday. President Walter Har-
By Spencer Allan Brooks as well as drug and alcohol abuse. Hartford. The difference between
rison wants to remind the student population Art Director 21 Club will go all out with the the ““Pub”” and the 21 Club are the
to not be a bunch of Knuckleheads. ““Dark Circus”” theme by offering high-brow entertainment and the
As many students are gearing up free hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn overall price.
for Spring Fling festivities, Resi- and other carnival foods along with a While SCA’’s ““Speak Easy”” could
dential Life is also gearing up for free selection of beer and wine from cost a student anywhere from two
Colbert’’s hashtag- Arizona Republican one of their biggest programs of Blackbear Saloon. dollars (just the cover charge) and
Senator Jon Kyl recently spoke in front of the semester. Programming geared toward older up to two to four dollar drinks,
Res. Life will be hosting their students is something that has only Res. Life’’s ““Absynth”” provides
Congress claiming 90 percent of Planned second 21 Club on Thursday, April been cropping up in recent years. food, drinks, prizes, education and
21, 2011. ““Absynth: Dark Circus”” Although this event provides free entertainment all for free. This is
Parenthood is abortion later saying he didn’’t is the theme for this year’’s event alcohol for students, planning for just another sign that the Univer-
mean for it to be a factual statement. Jon where residents and their guests over the event has gone smoothly since sity is getting more accustomed to
the age of 21 can enjoy free drinks, its start back in January. ““I originally programming that isn’’t just ““free
Kyl set the re in Quad 5 last week. food and entertainment. wanted a re juggler, but we weren’’t for freshmen””.
““There will be a dart juggler, a allowed [to have re in Konover],”” The 21 Club Absynth Vintage
#Notintendedtobeafactualstatement tarot card reader as well as an il- Salaam said. Circus will take place in the Ko-
lusionist all provided by a circus Student Centers Administration nover Great Room from 9:00 p.m.
company,”” Resident Assistant Eric put on a ““Speak Easy Pub”” in Hawk’’s to midnight on Thursday, April 21.
““24”” the movie- Producers of the popular Salaam, who is the RA in charge Nest back in February that was also Residents must be 21 years old or
Fox show announced a movie deal set to be of the event, said. Salaam and his a hit with the 21-and-over crowd at older and must present a photo I.D.
organizers are going for a more
released in 2012. Although the characters ““in-your-face”” feel for this year’’s
event, using red, black and beige
won’’t have to use the bathroom you de- as the color palette for the club, and
nitely will. inevitably the costumes.
““We’’re encouraging people
to dress up, there will be a prize
given to the best dressed student,””
Catherine Zeta-Jones- The actress was Salaam said.
hospitalized to treat her bipolar disorder this Last year residential life hosted a
21 Club that was mainly successful
week. Aren’’t actors supposed to be bipolar, and popular among students. Salaam
said, ““last year’’s event was a more
right Hartt School? conservative extravaganza, but still
a big hit. This year we’’re doing a
more nonconventional, take it to
NHL/NBA Playoffs- The home stretch for the dark side approach.”” This year
both sports is upon us. Someone wake me organizers are working hard to build
upon previous success, adding an
when the nals end in June. educational aspect to the event. Pas-
sive educational programming, such
as yers, will cover sexual assault ANDY SWETZ
JEREMY STANLEY AND ANDY SWETZ
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Last living Freedom Rider speaks in Bloomeld

By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
Hundreds gathered at St. Thomas
Seminary in Bloomeld, Conn., to
hear the last living freedom rider,
Dr. Bernard LaFayette speek Friday,
April 8.
The Connecticut Center for Non-
Violence hosted the memorable
event. Students from the University
of Hartford as well as other surround-
ing schools were invited to the event,
but many residents in the area came
just to hear LaFayette speak.
The freedom riders were a group of
civil right activists that rode a bus to
the south, where it was a dominantly
segregated region to go against the
United States Supreme Court.
Victoria Christgau, Founder/
Director of the Peace is Possible
Chorus, opened up the night with a
speech about spreading peace among
everyone and continuing what the
Freedom Riders had started and
what they were known for. Christ-
gau then lead the Peace is Possible
chorus made up of 40 singers from
all around Connecticut.
It did not take long for the audi-
ence to stand up and clap and dance
to their singing.
Not one person was sitting down
in the audience, and you can tell they
were all inspired through the music
of the chorus.
Christgau’’s voice carried through
The last living Freedom Rider of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, spoke in Bloomeld.
the auditorium and spread the mes-
sage of peace through song.
Following the performance, was
a showing of the two hour PBS
documentary lm, ““An American
Experience: Freedom Riders,””
based on Raymond Arsenault’’s
book ““Freedom Riders: 1961 and
the Struggle for Racial Justice.””
The lm takes the viewers back
to 1961 when America was experi-
encing drastic changes. The story
depicts the struggles and brutality
that African Americans suffered
through at this point in history.
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson shows
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how the Freedom Riders would
come together and not give up on
traveling on the bus despite facing
death, arrest and beatings.
Various Freedom Riders including
LaFayette provided testimonials
throughout the lm on their experi-
ence and made the viewers feel as
if they were there experiencing the
pain they had gone through in their
ght for peace and equality.
Not once did the Freedom Riders
give up during their six-month ght
for their right. When the lm ended,
the long wait was over to hear Dr.
Bernard LaFayette speak. He was
welcomed to the stage with a mon-
strous applause and singing from
Christgau. Thousands of people
look up to LaFayette for all that he
has and accomplished.
Not only is LaFayette a Freedom
Rider, he is a Civil Rights Movement
Activist, minister, educator, lecturer
and serves on global authority to
strategize for non violent social
change.
He held a position on Dr. Martin
Luther King’’s Executive Staff. Dr.
King himself appointed LaFayette
to be the National Program Admin-
istrator for the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference. With
LaFayette’’s experience and break
through for social change he now
travels worldwide to speak as well
as organizing Nonviolence Centers.
LaFayette is a captivating public
speaker talking in a ““talk-back””
manner allowing members of the
audience to openly ask questions.
LaFayette shared many of his
personal experiences through the
pain he suffered from as well as
the improvements in social change
he has made.

‘‘Skins’’ creator calls it quits

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By Brandon Goncalves ties of adolescence, also looks to

Staff Writer
With the controversial U.S. spin-
off ““Skins”” still being aired on MTV,
creator Jamie Brittain has decided
to throw in the towel and leave the
highly successful U.K. ““Skins,””
which started it all.
Since its premiere in 2007, the
series is currently on its fth season
and has instantly turned into a pop
culture sensation.
The BAFTA (British Academy
of Film and Television Arts) win-
ning drama focuses on a group of
teenagers in Bristol, South West
England and includes racy plot
lines exploring family dysfunction,
sexual orientation, mental illnesses,
substance abuse and even death.
Despite the show’’s success and
fandom, not to mention it is already
set for a sixth season, Brittain’’s
departure may have put the future
of the series at risk.
The network that owns the rights
to ““Skins”” and broadcasts it to view-
ers seems to have already accepted
Brittain’’s decision as they prepare
for the sixth season.
A Channel 4 spokesman said, ““Ja-
mie has decided after ve hit series
to move on to write new projects
and we wish him well. ‘‘Skins’’ is
written by a team of young writers
who are hard at work on the new
series which is currently in pre-
production.””
Brittain, who had dedicated
himself to conveying the difcul-
the future, leaving the show on a
positive note.
He expresses, ““I’’ve just said ev-
erything I wanted to say. It’’s time
for new writers to come forward
and portray their truth about teen-
agers. I’’m really sad to leave, but
I’’m condent that the writing and
production team I’’ve left behind
will do an awesome job.””
Current assistant producer Toby
Welch and script producer Neil Du-
can have stepped up to ll Brittain’’s
shoes and have been assigned to
oversee the next season, however,
if ratings do not improve the sixth
season could possibly mark the end
of the series.
Co-creator Bryan Elsley had
already been absent to work on the
American remake, which has been
slammed by critics and activists
despite it being less racy due to
American FCC regulations, leaving
the series in the hands of Welch
and Ducan.
With the future of ““Skins”” still
up in the air, fans are beginning
to prepare themselves for the end
as they are left with the heavily
criticized U.S. version.
In addition, a ““Skins”” lm ap-
pears to be in the works, focusing
on a handful of U.K. characters
from the rst four seasons.
Despite the possibility ““Skins””
may end after such a successful
run, fans will always remember
the addictiveness of what Jamie
Brittain had created for viewers.
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Art School senior motivated by exotic animal food
By Andrew Walsh
Special to the Informer
The end of another school year
at UHa is fast approaching and for
seniors at the Art School this not
only means completing a portfolio
of their work, but also preparing for
their senior exhibitions.
For Bob Machuga, the reality is
setting in. As a Visual Communica-
tion Design (VCD) senior, Machuga
is preparing for his exhibition at the
end of April.
Each senior must pass a rigorous
portfolio review in the days leading
up to the exhibition in order to be
allowed to display his or her work.
Design portfolios are important to
perfect because they are how em-
ployers view you. Portfolio reviews
like this take place annually begin-
ning sophomore year. Each time this
happens new work is included, in
addition to revisited projects from
previous years.
This is certainly stressful, but ex-
tremely rewarding at the same time
because it guarantees a high level of
quality. ““It motivates you to work
harder every year,”” Machuga said.
Machuga honed his artistic inter-
ests as a design student at a technical
high school in Torrington, Conn.
This allowed him to develop a style,
and discover what career path he
wanted to embark on. He declared
his major after completing the rst
year foundations courses of HAS.
Once senior year rolled around,
it was time to start developing the
ideas from his proposal, due the rst
day of senior year.
This proposal is what denes a
VCD student’’s senior year, with
a thesis paper due in addition to
teacher reviews throughout. The
resulting project is the focal point
of the VCD senior show.
After owning a hedgehog for a
few years, Machuga realized how
bad the packaging was for its food.
This gave him an idea, and he be-
gan to look into the packaging and
Franco’’s endeavors too much for critics to handle
It seems movie star James Franco
is making entertainment headlines
weekly with his constant plunge into
new careers being dubbed a modern
day Renaissance man by many talk
show outlets.
The 32-year-old actor who got his
big break with the Judd Apatow TV
show ““Freaks and Geeks”” is prob-
ably best known for his role as Harry
Osborn in the ““Spiderman”” movies.
Establishing his role in Holly-
wood early, Franco starred in his rst
lm ““Whatever It Takes”” in 2000
and then ““James Dean”” in 2001.
However branching away from
the movies recently, Franco is
currently working on his Ph.D.
in English from Yale University,
published a book of short stories,
is starring in the soap opera ““Gen-
eral Hospital”” and will co star with
Nicole Kidman on Broadway in
““Sweet Bird of Youth.””
With director and painter also
under his belt Franco has been ex-
tremely active in multiple aspects
of lm and art.
In his recent interview with Ste-
phen Colbert on Comedy Central’’s
““Colbert Report”” Franco spoke his
mind on the Renaissance man label
he recently attained.
Before actually sitting down with
Colbert, Franco told Colbert the rst
question to ask him and said, ““Do
you think you’’re a Renaissance man
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exotic animals (like sugar gliders
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or is modern America so intellectu-
ally bankrupt that anyone pursuing
any cultural enrichment of any kind
makes them seem intellectual?””
Although Franco jokingly tossed
the question at Colbert, his answer
had serious roots to it.
Remarking that people are skepti-
cal of celebrities and actors pursuing
multiple careers or interests, Franco
took a serious tone when he admitted
that critics of his work form their
own opinions based on the fact that
he is using his status to gain attention
in the elds of art and literature.
In my opinion Franco’’s remark
that America is so intellectually
bankrupt is a true statement.
According to Kidshealth.org
children ages eight to 18 spend an
average of four hours watching
TV everyday while 50 percent of
American adults cannot read on a
eighth grade level.
Books and art are becoming more
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his senior project. Expanding this
idea and lling a gap in a particular
market has provided Machuga with
ample ideas and a direction for his
project.
Fast-forward several months and
Actor James Franco is being wrongfully dubbed a Renaissance man for his cultural interests.
and more irrelevant in today’’s age
where technology is dominating
American’’s spare time.
Americans do two things really
well, we criticize and we use con-
formity to isolate individuals who
are different.
The mass media is so oblivious
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BOB MACHUGA
countless hours of hard work, and
it became time to tie everything
together. This is when everything
Machuga has done really is put to
the test. ““It’’s important because the
senior exhibition is the culminating
to the limits of human interest that
when an individual nds a calling
in something outside their comfort
zone they begin to assume and label.
Franco’’s full speed attitude and
hunger for education and the arts
is something I think people should
emulate and use as an example of
event of your four years at HAS.””
Machuga now faces the last few
weeks with both excitement and
hope for his nal display. All the
important details are crucial at this
stage for senior HAS students who
have to complete everything before
their exhibition. Each VCD student
has developed different projects,
and thus each have aspects specic
to their particular designs.
For a VCD student like Machuga,
this means he has to nish coding
and editing a website, worry about
deadlines for printing all his ma-
terials, and designing a functional
space for his portion of the senior
exhibition.
The concept of commercialized
arts verses ne arts is what sets the
VCD exhibition apart from the rest.
The presentation of their ideas is
just as important as the idea itself.
““Having condence is very im-
portant for the show, because at
the professional opening there are
scouts from various design rms
who come specically to view our
work. Making sure your display
is the best it can be is crucial,””
Machuga said.
If people like your ideas, ap-
proach, and overall style, then the
chances of landing a job right out
of college increase.
Also generating buzz about you
helps to get your name out to the
potential clients.
After college Machuga eventually
wants to enter the retail and apparel
business, hopefully to contribute
to designing and conceptualizing
items.
Graduate school might also be
an option down the line once more
professional experience is gained.
Overall, Machuga is excited and
proud for the upcoming exhibition.
““Feast Your Eyes”” has a profes-
sional opening on Friday, April 29
at 4:00 p.m. at Artspace in Hartford.
The following night is the open-
ing reception for the public from
5-8:00 p.m.
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the possibilities of the human mind.
Although I don’’t think Franco
classies as a Renaissance man and
deserves to be in the same arena as
Issac Newton, I applaud his efforts
at expanding his knowledge and
making the most of his time and
interests.
 the informer entertainment April 14, 2011 page 11

Comedy Awards feature the best, most awkward

By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor

Airing Sunday night on Comedy

Central, the rst annual Comedy
Awards seemed to lack any type
of credibility as every winner awk-
wardly accepted their award with
a joke.
A result of over 20 years of Com-
edy Central’’s contributions to cable,
the rst awards night denitely had
its ups and downs. Beginning the
show, which taped on March 26, with
out a sketch or introduction, ““Daily
Show”” star Jon Stewart launched
into the night with award for Best
Comedy Film. Snatching the rst
award of the night was the lm ““The
Other Guys”” starring Will Ferrell,
who accepted the award with about
thirty other ““producers”” as the rst
of many gags of the night.
Although the theme of the night
was clearly centered on the legiti-
macy of the Comedy Awards with
jokes being hurled left and right, the
event seemed to be quite entertaining
as to who would top whom with the
best material.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
went on to present the award for
best viral video that proved to be a
change from the normal Hollywood
comedy circle with The Gregory
Brothers taking home the award for
““Auto-Tune the News.””
The night then went on the prove
that not all online comedy sensations
are equally as good live when Akon
and The Lonely Island took the stage
for a hybrid version of ““I Just Had
Sex”” and ““I’’m On a Boat.”” Never-
theless, Stephen Colbert remained in
character and presented the award for
Best Comedy Writing to ““30 Rock.””
Without skipping a beat Colbert
came back on stage to literally steal
Stewart’’s award for Best Late Night
Series and curse his was into a politi-
cal message of ““If they can do it in
Egypt we can do it here.””
Changing gears Tracy Morgan
presented the award for Comedy
Icon to one of his personal heroes,
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Stephen Colbert walked on stage and stole Jon Stewart’’s glory and award when ““The Daily Show”” won for Best Late Night Series.
Eddie Murphy, following a two-
minute montage, in which Murphy
accepted joking that the Icon award
usually goes to old people.
Probably the most surprising ap-
pearance of the night was when Bill
Murray presented the Johnny Carson
Award for Comedic Excellence to
David Letterman, which brought the
audience to their feet.
Also snagging awards during the
night were Tina Fey for Comedy
Actress in a Film, Zach Galianakis
for Comedy Actor in a Film, ““Mod-
ern Family”” for Comedy Series and
Louis C.K. for Stand-Up Special.
Despite the fact that the night was
centered around the awkwardness
of if the award show was suppose
to be taken as a joke or not, what
viewers saw of the taping was pretty
entertaining.
With The Roots filling in as
the stage band and the constant
struggle between comedians to top
each other, the rst annual Comedy
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of funny next year.

iPad 2 sets higher standards for tablet users, competition

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
With my iPhone in hand, I scanned
the map for a place to grab lunch in
between basketball games.
I found a Chipoltle, went inside,
and grabbed something to eat. I
checked the phone’’s Wi-Fi to see if
there was a free hotspot around——
there wasn’’t. No big deal. I went to
the adjacent Starbucks and grabbed
a coffee; an extra jolt of caffeine
would do me good for the rest of
the night.
I still had a game story to write,
of course. I had the headline, the
lede and a few quotes all set to go. I
logged into the WordPress back-end
for the Informer and got writing on
my iPad 2.
It’’s an easy process from getting
Apple’’s latest entry to the tablet
game it created online and ready
to compose an article.
I unfolded the gray Smart Cover
so that it created an angle suitable
for typing. From there, I logged into
the Wi-Fi hotspot and got to work
right away.
Within an hour I had typed and
posted an article about Boston
University’’s stunning come from
behind victory over Stony Brook.
The iPad 2 didn’’t make this
process easier; in fact, it may have
taken longer since I wasn’’t using a
Apple’’s latest gadget, the iPad 2, serves as the perfect device to allow an individual access content.
physical keyboard.
Apple does have both a keyboard
dock and provides Bluetooth
capability to connect a wireless
keyboard to the device——something
I did use to live blog that same
game (using the keyboard in the
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cramped coffee shop was just too
cumbersome).
The process wasn’’t easier, no, but
it was way more convenient and
faster to use than the laptop I own.
I had used the original iPad when
it rst came out for about a week
and again late last year for about
two weeks.
I’’m glad I waited on owning an
iPad for the long-term until this
recent refresh.
The iPad 2 is faster and slightly
smaller. Switching in and out of
applications is a breeze, with less
than a second of inoperability be-
fore being able to interact with the
application.
On the rst-generation iPad, it
was noticeably slower.
The iPad 2 ts in a category the
iPad created.
Despite not having an implicit
need that the computer and phone
fulll, the iPad creates a middle
ground that will, in the end, serve
a need.
And that’’s important——this device
now does more than just help a
person consume content (it’’s got-
ten better at doing that), people can
now record a song in GarageBand
or edit a video in iMovie.
The entry cost used to be around
$1,000 for a MacBook or iMac, or
over $500 for a Mac mini (provided
you have a monitor, keyboard and
mouse).
Now someone can get an iPad
and buy the $5 apps and be creat-
ing content on par with their PC
counterparts.
The iPad 2 is not without its
shortfalls.
The main gripe I have is with iOS’’
notication system.
It’’s terrible, but I’’ve lived with it
on the iPhone and the iPad, because
iOS is far better and more mature
than any other modern tablet operat-
ing system.
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Outside the octagon with two MMA ghters

Name: Jamie Courtney
Age: 21
Height: 5’’11””
Weight: 160lbs
Record: 2-3
Gym: Sityodtong

Jessica Rutledge (Sports Editor): How did you start MMA?

Jamie Courtney: ““I watched it for a while and thought, ‘‘hey I could
totally do this!’’””

Biggest inspiration?
““The underdogs in the world; People that, despite all odds are always
going out and doing their best under the circumstances.””

What holes did you see in your Premier FC5 opponent’’s game?
““My own? My ght game is like Swiss cheese - lled with holes! Ones
that I hope to ll!””

If you could have one dream ght with anyone, who?

““Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. I feel like they’’d really be a tough
combo to defeat, haha.””

What is your walk out song and why did you choose it?
““I usually have my friends and family choose my walk out songs, I re-
ally don’’t hear it, my thoughts drowned out all outside sounds.””

What does being a ghter mean?

““It means everything to me. If I give it my all then I can’’t fail, not just
in the cage but in life.””
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Adel ““The Bosnian Butcher”” Lolic Jessica Rutledge (Sports Editor)

Who is your biggest inspiration?
Adel Lolic: ““The biggest inspiration in my life
is my mother, she is the hardest working person
Age: 20 years I know she raised two great kids alone, after my
dad passed away. She worked 2-3 jobs for as
long as I can remember. She is the denition of
workaholic. Compared to what she had to do;
Hometown: Zvornik, working and going to school - training for ghts
Bosnia I Herzegovina seems like nothing. She is the reason I do all
these things at once and try to complain as very
little as possible about it because growing up I
never heard her complain about working hard.””
Height: 5’’10”” What are your future goals?
““Grad-school for physical therapy when I grad-
uate this year. I plan on continuing to ght and
Weight: 170lbs seeing where the road takes me. Keep improving,
keep learning and keep on going. I would like
to turn Pro soon, win a few local championship
Record: 3-2 belts and then see if I have what it take to jump
to the big times (UFC).””
What are you thinking before you step into the
cage?
““Tell you the truth nothing much really runs
through my head, I am excited and I just want the
punches to start coming. Aside from that I might
check out the ring girl or something. I have
fought at big arenas and venues with as many
at 4,000-5000 people there so I am not so much
nervous ght as I am just waiting to ‘‘get it on.’’””
What is your walk-out song?
““My walk out song was Cascada, ‘‘Every Time
We Touch,’’ I like techno music plus this song
is really girly and funny, I am not afraid to look
funny, I know what skill set I bring to the cage
so I prefer to come out to normal music I listen
too, not some heavy metal or rap song laced with
death threats.””
What do you want your legacy to be?
““I want to be remembered at as a ghter who
showed up and put on a show every time he
fought regardless of it was win, lose or draw. I
like ghting, and putting on a show.””
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Forget about Nikes, throw FiveFingers on your feet

Hartford Hawks’’ star-runner, Eric
Flaman, says he would never com-
pete without sporting FiveFingers
on his feet.
The minimalist footwear by Vi-
bram is made of lightweight rubber,
and designed to t like a glove, for
your feet and toes.
A member of both Hartford track
and cross-country teams, Flaman
swears that running in Vibram
FiveFingers has allowed him to
transcend his own personal best.
The junior from Walpole, Mass.,
began training with FiveFingers on
his feet last spring. Prior to trying
out minimalist footwear, Flaman
ran the 8,000 meter with a time of
27:33, but when Flaman returned
this fall, he was thrilled to discover
he had shaved off more than 1:30 in
the race, averaging 26:00.
““The rst time I ran in them my
calves felt like they were on re,””
Flaman admits. After gradually
conditioning his body to run in the
minimalist shoes, Flaman felt in-
credible on the racecourse, and was
amazed to nd that post-run knee-
pain (manifested by a wakeboarding
injury), ceased to bother him with
Vibram Finger Fives.
““The point of FiveFingers are not
to give your foot a ton of support like
sneakers do,”” Flaman said, ““but to
build strength and condition muscles
in your leg and foot that you never
even felt before.””
The concept behind Vibram
FiveFingers was to use as little ma-
terial as possible in order to allow the
foot to work in a more natural way,
without going completely barefoot,
““to create something that would be
solid but exible, follow the shape of
the foot and allow the toes to work
individually,”” said Tony Post, CEO
of Vibram USA.
While further research is needed to
more accurately predict the potential
effects of minimalist footwear on
the body, studies that illustrate the
detrimental effects of modern sneak-
ers on the runner’’s form and body
are increasingly common.
Many proponents of minimalist
footwear offer proof that suggests
runners who wear sneakers subject
their bodies to increased wear, tear
and are more prone to injuries than
barefoot runners.
A Harvard University study illus-
trates that sneakers are detrimental
as they cause runners to land heel-
rst nearly 80 percent of the time;
conversely, the natural foot-strike
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for humans is actually toward the
middle or front of the foot.
This is a big problem because of
the ““sledgehammer”” impact heel-
rst foot strikes induce on the body,
the extra energy required to run with
sneakers on, as well as the potential
for injuries.
According to a Popular Science
article, ““The American Academy of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilita-
tion found that running shoes can
increase joint torques at the hip, knee
and ankle. Their study suggested SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS
that even going for a run in high
heels was better for preventing joint Eric Flaman sports his second pair of Vibram FiveFingers Bikila, designed specically for running.
injury than tennis shoes.””
The number of runners who
choose minimalist footwear is in-
creasing at a rapid rate, however,
there are still many researchers who
caution that too little information is
known about this technology to fully
understand the potential benets
and risks.
The ““unknown risks”” associated
with barefoot running strikes me
as an ironic point of contention,
especially when pitted against the
research of Harvard Professor of
human evolutionary biology, Daniel
E. Lieberman.
““Two million years ago, our
ancestors’’ ability to run long dis-
tances helped them outlast their prey,
providing a steady diet of protein
long before the spears and arrows,””
according to the New York Times.
Although I agree that humans are
biologically engineered to run the
best on their own two feet, I also
agree with Flaman that this type of
footwear may not be for everyone,
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over need to be extremely cautious After training in FiveFingers for only a few months, Flaman cut 1:30 off his best time in the 8,000 meter,
as they gradually transition from
cushioned heels to FiveFingers. Flyt tensile bers”” for extra sup- mate athletic footwear; conducive To people like Flaman and myself,
While top brands like Nike boast port –– whatever that means –– Vibram to supreme form, efciency and it would only seem logical that when
Hyperdunk basketball sneakers, FiveFingers boasts biological design running ability. strengthening the muscles in our
guaranteed to make you jump and that ““less is more.”” As Americans push for a more feet, improving agility and restoring
higher because of Nike’’s Fly Wire I would argue that minimalist ath- natural, organic and green way of balance in the body, you would need
technology, Lunar Foam (developed letic shoes, like Vibram FiveFingers, life, it is surprising that minimalist to rst have the soles of your feet
by NASA) and ““lightweight Nike are both the past and future in ulti- footwear is a hot topic of debate. touching the ground.

Golf takes third overall

at Hawk Invitational
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
The Hartford Hawks women’’s
golf team took to the links over the
weekend with encouraging results.
The Hawks tied for third as a team
in the Hartford Hawk’’s invitational.
The two-round tournament
took place in West Hartford at the
Rockledge Golf Course.
The eld included three other
Connecticut schools, Sacred Heart,
Faireld, and Central Connecticut.
The lone representative from
outside the constitution state was
Wagner College of New York. More
than 30 golfers took part in the
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event, and Hartford’’s sophomore
Sophomore Sarah Sideranko closed out the tourney in her second top ve nish of the season. Sarah Sideranko won leading all
golfers with a two round score
of 153.
After being in a three-way tie at
the close of the rst round, Sider-
anko shot a 75 on the second day
to win by three strokes.
It was her second top ve nish
of the year.
The Hawks also had Aubrey
Ungvarsky and Kirsten LaPointe
nish within the top 17.
The Hawks will travel to Wethers-
eld, Conn. to take part in the Lady
Blue Devils Spring Shootout to
compete against Central Con-
necticut and Faireld on April 17.
Following that, the Hawks will
close out the season at the MAAC
Championship in a three day event
in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
 the informer sports april 14, 2011 page 15

UHa club ultimate frisbee team is ultimate fun

By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer

When it comes down to it, the

University of Hartford’’s Ultimate
Frisbee team is just a fun group of
guys that loves to get outside and
throw the Frisbee around.
Known as the Hartford Lighthouse,
the nationally recognized College
Ultimate team has seen much im-
provement since their installment
ve years ago according to President
Adam Velk, who says at the begin-
ning the team would get destroyed
in tournaments.
Getting destroyed does not appear
to be the case anymore, thanks to
the current team captains Dave Ku-
ciliani and Mike Lubeck, who Velk
says have done a really great job in
training new members and setting a
strong foundation for the team.
Two of these new members are
freshman Luke DiOrio and Tyler
Finkler, who Velk says next year as
team captains are, ““Really going to
take [the team] to the next level.””
Another reason for the team’’s re-
cent success is the growing number COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.COM/LUKEDIORIO
of students getting involved. Hartford’’s Ultimate Frisbee club team is enthusiastic about the sport, and plays whenever they are able, even in Alumni Plaza in the snow.
At the end of the season last year,
the Hartford Lighthouse lost the core And that aspect, making friends, hanging out, whether it be playing Illinois and Wisconsin to all the way about it, which makes it better.””
of their team with only ve members is something Hartford Lighthouse games or sharing stories. out west. Along with the family-like Velk is optomistic about next year
returning said Velk and the future was holds dear to their heart. Velk exudes this sense of cama- friendly environment, Velk says that as team numbers have gone up so
not looking so bright. ““Everyone has competitiveness raderie as a ““giant fraternity”” where the ability to get out and be active has much that Ultimate Frisbee will be
But thanks to dedication of the in them but everyone is just trying an ultimate player will always have been great for him in his second year able to form male and female teams.
remaining members to get out and to play for the spirit of the game…… other ultimate players as friends, no as a member. Velk stresses that fribee is an open
play whenever possible to attract new Ultimate is built on the spirit of the matter where they are. ““Absolutely wonderful,”” he said, and accepting team, and the Hartford
students, as well as fundraising, Velk game. That’’s the main idea,”” says This includes Georgia where the ““the team is part of the reason why Lighthouse is always looking for new
says, ““We did a really good job of Velk, as often the teams playing each team participates in a tournament I’’m enjoying college so much……We members - men and women.
recruiting in getting a lot of kids to other will be chatting it up on the over spring break that hosts teams have a great group of people where For more information, email the
come out and make friends.”” eld and then follow the game with from all around the country from everyone is really close and cares team at uhaultimate@gmail.com.

Premier FC5 is a crowd pleaser, fans ock to UMass

Continued from page 16
Dog Pound. Santos is also the coach
of University of Hartford student, Sam
Nadeau, who was on the ght card last
Saturday night.
Nadeau fought in the eighth ght of
the night. Nadeau (3-3) took on Irving
Cortes (1-0), an independently trained
ghter in his 145lb bout.
Nadeau walked out to the cage to
the music of his friend, Doug Ratner-
Redhead, which blasting from the
speakers of the Mullins Center.
The Premier FC 5 contenders
touched gloves to begin the rst round,
and it was undoubtedly a tough start
for Nadeau.
The Hartford student was aggres-
sive and landed a quick leg kick on
his opponent, but seconds later, Cortes
retaliated with a slamming takedown.
Nadeau was unable to sweep, but he
refused to stop ghting and nally got
back onto his feet with less than one
minute in the round.
Cortes landed a few hammer sts
into Nadeau before the end of round
one; the ghters eventually sprawl
and end the rst round on the ground.
In the second round, Nadeau began
with several hard leg kicks as he did in
the rst, but this time Nadeau is able to
clinch and dole out body kicks.
Cortes red back with a few knee
blows, but Nadeau then took over
control with a single leg takedown,
blasting hammer sts at his opponent
as the second round ended.
The third and nal round of Nadeau’’s
bout began with a takedown. Once in
the half guard position, Nadeau pelted
Cortes in the face but his opponent get
back on his feet. The end of round three
Nadeau landed himself in a dangerous
position, when Cortes almost sinks a
neck guillotine.
Nadeau was able to escape and nish
the bout in full mount as he pounded
Cortes in the face.
Nadeau defeated Cortes via unani-
mous decision last Saturday night,
bringing the amateur ghter’’s career
record to 4-3.
Although Nadeau won, he was dis-
appointed in his bout at Premier FC 5,
saying, ““it was an alright performance
on my part at best, but thank you for
your support.””
Nadeau admits that he is always
working hard to be the best he can
possibly be, so it should be interesting
to see what the future holds for him.
Premier Fighting Championship is a
Western Massachusetts based Mixed
Martial Arts league created by Karyn
Wesch in 2010.
Wesch sponsored ghters with her
company Need2Bleed MMA apparel
prior to 2010, since then she has worked
to develop the MMA promotion com-
pany because, ““we felt we needed to
give these amateurs a home.””

Premier Fighting Championship 5 - Card Results

Amateur Bouts:
Jamie Courtney (160lbs.) def. Mike Jensen via unanimous decision
Matt Tuthill (155lbs.) def. Shannon Carballo via TKO (referee stoppage) –– R1, 1:51
Kemran Lachinov (170lbs.) def. Matt Leddick via submission (guillotine choke) –– R3, 2:58
Jeremy Reipold (135lbs.) def. Shawn Cosway via KO (punches) –– R1, 0:33
Rafael Cruz (170lbs.) def. Adel Lolic via submission (guillotine choke) –– R1, 1:33
Dexter Rhodes (225lbs.) def. Dustin Linden via split decision
Nestor Xicohtencati (145lbs.) def. Robert Rios via submission (rear-naked choke) –– R1, 1:25
Sam Nadeau (145lbs.) def. Irving Cortes via unanimous decision.
Grappling: Kate Merril def. Sarah Payant via submission (rear-naked choke) - R1

Professional Bouts:
Mike Filippone (165lbs.) def. Brandon Chagnon via submission (rear-naked choke) –– R1, 4:51
Kym Sturdivant (Hvywt.) def. Mark Hoxie via submission (strikes) –– R1, 1:54
Tommy ““Gunnz”” Marcellino (160lbs.) def. Tyson Chartier via unanimous decision

STEVE SCHAFER Main Event:

Adel Lolic trains with Brian Olsen and fought in the 170lb bout. Gabriel ““Gladiator”” Santos (185lbs.) def. Elias Rivera via submission (rear-naked choke) -R3
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Lax can’’t keep it together in last second loss

By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
As the ball ew past the University
of Hartford (7-6) goalie, the Hawks
players turned their head towards the
ground in disbelief.
Unfortunately, for the Hawks, what
just happened in this lacrosse game
won’’t be forgotten anytime soon.
Fairfield junior attacker John
Snellman rocketed a goal past the
Hartford goalie with one second left
in regulation after the Hawks tied the
game up with 19 seconds left to lead
the Stags to a 10-9 victory.
In a match-up that fostered a com-
petitive feeling throughout the game,
the Stags prevailed in the end with
a big time goal from Snellman who
couldn’’t have had his second goal of
the game at a better time.
Junior midelder Carter Bender
led the Hawks with ve goals on
the game along with an assist, but
probably wished one of his two
misses on the game went in after the
eventful ending.
Despite the loss, Bender’’s stellar
performance earned him an honor-
ary membership as the 14th Hawk
to make it into the 100-Point Club.
Senior pre-season All-American
Tim Fallon, led the Hawks with 12
groundballs and gathered 16 of 23
(69 percent) face offs for a busy af-
ternoon and controlled the ground
throughout the game.
With the Hawks leading 8-7
with 1:50 left in the game the
Stags tied the game up on a Sam
Snow goal, then scored again on
Jordan Greeneld’’s fourth goal of
the game with 50 seconds left in
the game to take the lead into the
nal minute.
Junior Ryan Compitello broke
through the Stags defense to re
a shot in the upper right corner
past Stags goalie Charlie Cipriano.
The goal allowed Hartford la-
crosse to tie up the game up with
19 seconds to go and gave the
Hawks the mentality to win the
game in overtime.
Unfortunately for the Hawks,
Snellman had another idea in
mind. The Stags player didn’’t
want to enjoy the nice weather
anymore, and by breaking through
the Hawks’’ defense, Snellman
hurled a shot through the net.
Only one second remained on the
clock, the goal allowed Faireld
to clinch the game.
The University of Hartford
Hawks look to avenge this pain-
ful loss with a game against ADAM MANISON
conference opponent Virginia in
Burlington, Vt., Saturday at 1 p.m. Senior midelder, Brendan Marlow fought to penetrate Faireld’’s tight defense in Tuesday’’s loss.

Nadeau def. Cortes, Premier Fighting Champ 5

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Thousands of fans piled into the
Mullins Center Saturday night, en-
grossed by the glowing red octagon
as contenders fought with brute force
in the Premier FC5.
Pulsating music and dramatic light-
ing amplied the intensity inside the
Premier FC 5 venue on April 9; when
the bass boomed, it resounded in the
chests of everyone in the stands as
they watched the ghter enter the
cage, wide-eyed and with baited
breath.
The University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, hosted the Premier FC 5
event. The ght card featured eight
amateur bouts, one female grappling
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match and the four professional
Hartford senior, Sam Nadeau (4-3) braved the octagon to add another win to his MMA ght record. MMA bouts to cap off The Fighting
Championship’’s fth event.
The anticipation that continued to
build in the stands erupted into cheers
when the ring girls, referees and an-
nouncer entered the cage to bring out
the 160lb contenders at 8 p.m.
The lights lowered and ““Look at Me
Now”” pumped through the speakers,
as Jamie Courtney (1-3) of Team
Sityodong strutted down towards
the cage with his coaches by his side.
Courtney would face off against
Mike Jensen, (0-0) from Greater
Hartford Bando in the rst of 13 bouts
on the night.
The Premier FC 5 event would
end with its main event, professional
ghter 185lb bout. Gabriel ““Gladia-
tor”” Santos (9-6) of AFT/Gladiator
would take on Elias Rivera (7-4) of
See ““Premier FC 5”” on page 15.