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A disputed
win with
all the help
he can get
Bill Clinton campaigned with disputed
Governor-elect Dan Malloy Sunday.

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Against national trend, Conn. goes with Dems

AP: Gov. race too close to call, despite Blumenthal slams McMahon in Senate win
Secretary of the State calling race Timeline
Election night in Connecticut By Jeremy Stanley
By Jeremy Stanley How Governor, Senate races got called. Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief
Tuesday 8:51 p.m.: Richard Blumenthal has declared victory over Linda McMahon
The Democrats have swept Connecticut in the U.S. House of Rep- Blumenthal declared winner in Senate in the Senate race in Connecticut.
resentatives, U.S. Senate and possibly, Governor. race. Blumenthal wins an election that was a very tight race in polls
Democrat Dan Malloy won a ercely contested race, edging out Wednesday 2 a.m.: leading up to Election Day.
Tom Foley, according to Secretary of the State Susan Byziewicz, but Malloy had help during the campaign from former President
Conn. Still without a winner in Governor
it’’s not as clear a victory as it seems. Bill Clinton, who spoke on campus this week.
The Associated Press reported late Wednesday that Foley was ahead election, both candidates declare victory, John Larson, a Democrat in the rst district, was re-elected
in vote, even going as far as withdrawing its projection of Malloy vow to set up transition team. in the House.
as winner of the race. Wednesday 12 p.m.: Joe Courtney won re-election in the second congressional
After hours of speculation early Wednesday that there would be a Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz district according to the Hartford Courant.
statewide recount for the election. There was confusion surrounding declares Dan Malloy Governor-elect.
Rosa DeLauro and Jim Himes won re-election in the third and
a ballot shortage in Bridgeport, where the city ““initially had ordered fourth districts respectively.
21,000 ballots for almost 70,000 registered voters,”” according to the Wednesday 10 p.m.: Chris Murphy won in the fth district, according to the Hart-
Hartford Courant. Associated Press withdraws its call for ford Courant.
According to the Courant, Bysiewicz said there would be no recount Malloy, Foley shown ahead in tally. Around the country the Republicans will take control of the
in the state, because the margin of victory was above 2,000 votes. House. Democrats will remain in control of the Senate.

News Opinions Entertainment Sports

‘‘Being Michael Madsen,’’ a lm by an Art Are credit cards an excuse to spend, A Former Hartt School dean produced a WWE held a fan appreciation day last
School Alumnus will screen on campus. spend, spend into debt? retelling of the story ““Coram Boy.”” week. Was it a political ploy?
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From Hartford to Hollywood
Art school alumnus to hold a reception and screening of his acclaimed independent lm
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Award-winning independent
lmmaker and Hartford Art School
alumnus, Michael Mongillo, will be
returning next week for an exclusive
screening of his mockumentary,
““Being Michael Madsen.””
The lm satires the relentlessness
of modern day paparazzi in the lives
of those in the spotlight, and is
presented in the form of a ctional
documentary.
It chronicles the life of tough-guy
movie star Michael Madsen who is
suddenly accused of murdering a
young actress when reporter Billy
Dant starts the rumor.
In an unexpected yet hilarious
twist, Madsen gets creative in
revenge and hires a team of docu-
mentary lmmakers to publicize
Wait, what exactly is the University Studies program again?
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The University Studies program,
a lucrative opportunity for any
student looking to specify their
learning, is fast approaching its
application deadline.
The program allows any eligible
student to mold his or her own mate-
rial to research, earning them three
or six extra credits, and experience
in a specied area of study otherwise
not offered by the university.
Interested students must either
submit an optional one-page project
summary by Nov. 12 at noon, or a
informer staff
Jeremy Stanley ‘‘11
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Dant’’s life. Ultimately it was the
stylistic uniqueness of the lm that
won it rave reviews from Rotten
Tomatoes, IMDB and Starz. Since
the lm’’s release Mongillo also
boasts awards from the Faux Film
Festival, Boston International Film
Festival and the Starz Denver Film
Festival.
After graduating from the Hart-
ford Art School in 1990 as a lm
major, Mongillo moved on to make
his mark even before ““Being Mi-
chael Madsen”” was released.
His rst lm, thriller ““The Wind,””
won two Best Picture awards and
had ve other nominations includ-
ing ones for Best Screenplay and
Best Director.
The follow up lm ““Welcome
To Earth”” also proved to be a hit in
the indie lm world winning a Best
Sci-Fi Remi Award.
mandatory full proposal by Dec. 3
at noon.
The premise of the course is
simple; if a student has an inter-
est or idea to research any subject
that crosses boundaries, includes
several aspects from more than one
discipline, or incorporates resources
they can’’t gain from other classes,
they can enroll in the program and
work directly with faculty to ac-
complish it.
And at the end of each year, all
students who had participated in
the course showcase their work at
the Undergraduate Research and
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Mongillo is now returning to
Hartford in a way that will benet
his alma matter.
All proceeds from the film
screening, as well as the post-lm
reception, will go to the university’’s
Department of Media Arts as a
fundraiser to their attendance at the
2001 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
in Hamilton, N.Y.
Both the screening and reception
will be taking place on Nov. 5, start-
ing at 6 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium.
Students as well as the public are
invited to attend the event. At $3
for students to see the lm and have
a chance to interact with successful
graduate of their school, it is a rare
opportunity. For the public, admis-
sion will be $10 for the lm alone, or
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and be given a letter grade. It can •• Time line for completion
ion
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It is up to the student who wishes
to participate to nd a faculty advi- •• Estimate and justication
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sor who has expertise in the eld
of study, and to propose the plan to •• Bibliography
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to receive early feedback on the
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Proposals should be sent or de-
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‘‘Destination Green’’ educates Panel to discuss prejudices
with dining dollars as incentive
By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
Aramark is giving students who
eat at the Commons the chance
to win dining dollars every week
with their new ““Destination Green””
program.
The program, which began Nov. 1,
was designed to increase awareness
about sustainability and encourage
students to be more conscious about
the food they are eating on and off
campus.
““There will be one fact each week
and at the end of the week students
have a chance to answer a question
about the fact. Then a winner will
be chosen from the answers that are
correct,”” Chelsea Blum, marketing
manager for dining services said.
On Monday and Tuesday there
will be a fact posted at one of the
stations in the Commons that relates
to something at that station. For
example there could be a fact near
the fresh produce that says that there
are over 40 different kinds of apples.
On Wednesday and Thursday
there will be forms for students to
answer a question about that fact and
submit it in to a ballot box. At the end
of the week all of the answers will
be looked at and from the answers
that were correct a winner will be
chosen and awarded dining dollars.
The program is set to run for the
entire year and at the end three
names will be drawn from past win-
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prize, second and third place prize.
““The facts are not meant to be
really hard, they are meant to get
students involved and be educa-
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a part of their ““Destination Green”” initiative.
After each week the fact with its
answer will be added to a ‘‘game
board’’ type chart on the bulletin
board located outside the Com-
mons so that those who missed the
fact during the week can still learn
something.
Blum said, ““Some of the facts
are pretty shocking, for example, it
takes 40 showers in order to make
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The program was created here
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NATHAN ADLER
own school as well.
Sustainable foods are becom-
ing more popular as the ‘‘green
movement’’ gets bigger. Foods
are considered sustainable when
they are manufactured and pro-
duced in a way that is not harming
the environment or the food
itself. Some examples include
food that is Fair Trade Certied,
bio-degradable, or grown without
chemicals. Many local farmers are
beginning to advertise that their
products are ‘‘Certied Naturally
Homegrown’’ making a customer’’s
choice a bit easier when it comes
to choosing food in a supermarket.
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By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
Racism, bigotry and religious bias
are just some of the topics that will
be touched upon in an upcoming
panel discussion being held at the
University of Hartford.
The discussion, titled, ““Public
Life At Ground Zero: Beyond the
Mosque Controversy”” will look to
go beyond just the issue of racism
against Muslims that has been so
prominently featured in the news
recently and touch upon all the big
issues that are happening in our
country as well.
The event is being sponsored by
both the National Conference of
Community Justice (NCCJ) and
the university and will be held in
the Konover Great Room on Nov.
9 at 7 p.m.
The panel is being moderated by
Asker Saeed, assistant counsel at
Pratt & Whitney Legal Services and
will include a panel who will give
a brief presentation before leading
discussions.
Andrea Kandel, executive direc-
tors of NCCJ said the panel is ““a
chance for people to come with
COVER STORY
Clinton rallies on campus
By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
Former President Bill Clinton
spoke at a rally Sunday night,
urging students to take advantage
of the right to vote, prior to the
controversial election on Tuesday.
Chase Arena hosted a crowd that
topped 2,000, a parking lot over-
owing with cars, and news vans
stationed in the lots adjacent to the
center, for the rally of Democratic
Candidates, Dan Malloy and Nancy
Wyman.
People young and old came to
show their support of the Demo-
cratic candidates. But the true crowd
magnet was the promise of a speech
from Clinton.
Clinton had been travelling the
country for the past few months,
in order to boost the polls for
Democrats.
At the event Sunday, he had the
nal words to speak out about his
views on bipartisanship, job growth,
students’’ nancial aid for college,
and he even mentioned his love for
the state of Connecticut.
His thoughts on student loan
reform were especially pertinent to
many attending the event.
After explaining details of the
student loan reform, Clinton said,
Up ‘‘Til Dawn this Saturday
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Up ‘‘Til Dawn, the annual St.
Jude’’s fundraiser will be held this
Saturday night with entertaining ac-
tivities and a chance for huge prizes.
This will be the third annual
event, held with the intention of
raising money for childhood can-
cer research. The name reects the
premise of the event; all participants
will gather in Gengras and stay until
midnight, signifying the sleepless
nights all too common in parents
who have children with cancer.
Throughout the event participants
will be busy with activities such as
basketball hoops, a blow up twister,
questions, concerns, and confusions
and to talk openly and respectfully
about the big issues in our country.””
The NCCJ dedicates its time to
ghting racial inequality and bigotry
in America.
They promote understanding
and respect through a number of
programs that reach out to kids,
teens and adults.
Their many youth programs focus
not only on the promotion of social
justice but also on leadership on the
students’’ part in hopes to educate
and prepare youths to take on a
larger role in society.
Their adult oriented programs are
centered around community discus-
sions and work-place consulting
to promote social justice in every
aspect of life.
Programs are often held at middle
schools and community spaces and
with the this panel being held on the
university’’s campus the NCCJ hopes
that the student community will take
the opportunity to get involved in a
dialogue that they may not encounter
every day.
For more information about
NCCJ or about the panel visit their
website: nccj.org
ADAM MANISON
““Now, no Americans can say they
drop out [of college] because they
can’’t pay for it.””
Overall, the underlying message
to voters of both sides was to exer-
cise the right to vote.
The issue was addressed by Sena-
torial candidate Richard Blumenthal
and by candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Nancy Wyman by saying,
““Every single vote counts.””
Other speakers attending were
Attorney General Richard Blumen-
thal, Scott Slifka, mayor of West
Hartford, and Hartford mayor and
University of Hartford alumnus,
Pedro E. Segarra.
karaoke and more. There will also
be food provided at the event, but
perhaps the biggest incentive are
the prizes.
All students need to do to be
eligible is send out premade cards
to family and friends asking for a
small donation. Participants must
have the names and addresses of 25
people to send to in order to enter
the event, and if they come with 50,
they will be entered into the rafe
for prizes, the grand prize being
half off the cost of housing for the
spring semester.
To have some fun for an extremely
good cause, come to the Gengras
cafe this Satruday. The event will
run from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.

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The standard outfit of choice for many campus dwellers, this American Apparel Hoodie (left)
and pair of Ugg boots (right) are the essentials to comfort for many.
Fashion disasters on campus
While some of us are knocked out
by the rst chill of the season, the
ranks of college fashionistas ght
uniformly armed with overly popular,
plain, and priced trends.
Throw a little wind into tempera-
tures below 50 degrees and students
waste no time donning Uggs, leg-
gings, and those American Apparel
hoodies.
Yes, comfort is a virtue when
braving early morning cold just to
attend a class that’’s good for nothing
but a nap. But on college campuses
comfort has become synonymous
with uniformity, and often at too
high a price.
Let’’s break down a typical fall
semester outt. Classic Tall Ugg
Boots: $180, American Apparel
Fleece Hoody: $46, North face De-
nali Jacket: $165. Spending $391 to
look the same as 60 percent of the
school: priceless.
Congratulations on blending in. At
least it’’s warm.
Next time you sit down in class
look around. You might notice that
the two girls sitting in the corner are
wearing the exact same outt. But
wait, one sweatshirt is ““slate”” and
the other is ““peppered grey,”” so it’’s
ok. They probably consulted each
other before leaving that morning.
The Informer recognized for website at ACP conference
This week, The Informer is proud
to accept the Associated Collegiate
Press Fall 2010 Conference’’s tenth
place Best of Show award for a small
school website.
This award is a great achievement
for our organization: it shows the
amount of hard work a small staff
like ours can put in to be honored.
The website was designed by Dave
Hitchings, our former I.T. Director.
It’’s hard not to think the excellence
in design played a part in receiving
the award. The site’’s easy to use
navigation and aesthetics are great
(but I say that subjectively).
As a publication, we’’ve just re-
cently gone to a publish-online-rst,
print-later mentality. While many of
the pieces are there, I still think The
Informer’’s online presence has room
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Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
Spending that much money on
clothing that ultimately just emits an
air of laziness seems counteractive.
Ugg boots? They’’re one solid color.
Hoodies? Well, I guess that one stripe
of the white zipper adds something.
But let’’s face it, it’’s a pretty insipidly
monotonous outt.
If you’’re trying to make it look
like you don’’t care, it seems more
reasonable for the price to reect that,
although apparently not the case.
Outside the invisible walls of this
microcosm society, people tend
to strive to make themselves look
presentable when outside the home.
But the trends at universities seem
to have transformed into something
less style-conscious and more status-
oriented.
Fact of the matter is, after gradu-
ation, we can all kiss leggings and
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
for improvement (it always does).
The site is a great reection of what
our print edition provides its readers,
but to a larger audience, in some ways.
But the commitment to our print
edition is not slowed——we’’re out
every week on paper all over campus.
If there is a place on campus you want
it, e-mail us!
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sweatshirts goodbye. In a competi-
tive industry, whatever that industry
may be, the last thing people should
be looking to do is to be identical to
everyone else.
Being distinguishable from the
rest of the post-college unemployed
is key to getting a foot in the door,
because I hate to break it to you,
but there are a million other car-
bon copies of you searching for
the same thing. It would behoove
most students to start getting some
practice now.
Instead of spending $165 on a
plain eece jacket, buy a coat that
would impress when walking into an
interview. Better yet, buy four shirts
that can be worn interchangeably
that your 10 closest friends don’’t
all own as well. It’’s never too late to
start establishing an individual style
(or any style at all, for that matter).
Despite all this, there are a few
benets to this plague of conformity:
that’’s ve minutes every morning you
don’’t have to waste thinking about
what to wear, nobody will notice if
you wear the same clothes more than
once a week, and if you ever embar-
rass yourself, you can bank on the
fact that people will get you mixed
up with the girl in the peppered grey
sweatshirt.
And what’’s great about the ACP’’s
conferences (the fth I’’ve attended) is
that they’’re chock full of great ideas
that The Informer can use and build
off them (you may notice a subtle dif-
ference on our front page this week).
The conference provided not
only a lot of great design tips, but
it developed a sense among col-
lege journalists that we’’re all in this
together. The fact that college jour-
nalists are realists: it’’s not a lucrative
opportunity to be in the journalism
business (if you can even break in).
At the same time, however these
people aren’’t cynics——for the most
part, college journalists are passion-
ate about the eld.
College journalists are studying to
be journalists because they feel that
the news is such an important part of
Credit cards harmful
to students’’ wallets
With the credit card mid swipe
my stomach drops and I’’m
struck with the sudden feeling
of remorse.
Were the designer boots I just
so hastily purchased worth the
sacrice of my next month of
meals that I’’m going to have to
do without?
At the time, I justied it by
reminding myself they were
practical and that I’’d wear them
everyday for years to come. No
big deal, right? But sitting with
my stomach grumbling makes
the quick swipe of my card a
horrendous idea in retrospect.
I’’m not the only one who
has gone through this regretful
situation.
In fact it’’s becoming ever
so common amongst college
students.
Spending money that we don’’t
have is just so simple with that
dangerous tiny piece of plastic
in hand.
Out of sight, out of mind.
That’’s how it’’s justied until
the end of the month when the
bill is staring us in the face
and we’’re scrambling to make
the minimum payment, which
essentially is going to make
the overall cost of those boots
double from interest.
A study conducted in 2008 by
Sallie Mae, a college nancing
company, found that the aver-
age undergraduate student was
shouldering a record setting
$3,173 in credit card debt.
This is because lenders are
pulling back on private loans
forcing students to use plastic
to purchase books and school
supplies.
Also keep in mind that
those record numbers include
wasteful spending, such as the
dilemma that I encountered.
In an age where credit card
companies and banks keep
making it more and more con-
venient and benecial to use
credit, we’’re being sucked into
the pitfalls of debt.
democracy in many ways.
Those of us that want to break into
print, from my perspective, don’’t care
where words are printed or if they’’re
only displayed on the Web. The Inter-
net is becoming a place to get news
and The Informer is adapting to it.
The conference also provided a
great way to network with editors and
advisers of other student newspapers
around the country, which will prove
benecial to us, should we need help.
They also provide legal resources
that would assist us in the event we
needed help in a case where free
speech was an issue.
Not only that, the feedback we
received on the printed edition is
very helpful as well. We’’ve taken
what we’’ve learned and have begun
to implement many of the changes
November 4, 2010
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
Many credit cards sound great,
offering rewards for the more
money you spend.
Chase Sapphire promises a free
ight and 25,000 bonus points after
you spend $3,000 in the rst three
months of having the card.
That’’s enough for a free ight,
or you can use your points on a
variety of different rewards includ-
ing gift cards.
Sounds like the perfect deal.
Well, maybe if you have the three
thousand in your bank account
ready to pay off that bill, but if not
you’’re in for a whirlwind of trouble.
Debt can escalate to a degree that
it’’s unxable and then lead you
back to square one relying on you
parents to bail you out of trouble.
Not all of us are that lucky though
and then that debt could stay with
us and eventually lead into nan-
cial ruin by the time we’’re ready
to start a family and get loans to
buy a home.
With the holiday season just
around the corner and credit card
companies gearing up for the inevi-
table paying off of one credit card
with another, it’’s important to not
spend more than you already have
in your wallet.
Although it seems like a difcult
task, I’’m sure that mom and dad
will understand receiving a less
than spectacular gift rather than
being saddled with your ever-
increasing credit card payments.
So while holiday shopping for
your friends and families, keep in
mind that homemade gifts are kind
of fun too.
They’’re cheap and original, what
more could you ask for?
that people who critiqued our paper
suggested. Fortunately, what might
work for one publication, might not
work for The Informer and we’’re
not obligated to make changes that
don’’t t for us.
Finally, the conference proved
that Twitter is a viable portion of
how we communicate. The Informer
staff tweeted up a storm using the
““hashtag”” (a way of identifying a
topic one is tweeting about) about
anything they’’ve learned. It’’s virtual
note taking, in an enjoyable and in-
teractive way.
At the end of the day, The Informer
isn’’t just out to gain recognition by
a national organization; we want
to hear what you think. E-mail me
feedback at editorinchief@hart-
fordinformer.com.

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Entertainment
Hartt brings children’’s book to life with ‘‘Coram Boy’’
By Tamara Sacharczyk
Special to the Informer
““Coram Boy,”” directed by former
Hartt School Dean Malcolm Mor-
rison, was an entertaining dramatic
play performed by the Theatre Divi-
sion of the Hartt School Thursday,
Oct. 28 through Sunday Oct. 31.
The play is based off of the chil-
dren’’s book of the same title written
by Jamila Gavin.
The costume and makeup crew
did an uncanny job of presenting
the Hartt students in an 18th century
setting accompanied by vast dresses,
eye popping colors and props that
took the audience through a time
travel back to the past.
In this play student Nicholas De-
Marco played the character Meshak
Gardiner, the mentally handicapped
son of Otis Gardiner, played by
Ben Cole.
Gardiner helped his father dispose
The Hartt School’’s Theater Department perfromed a rendition of ““Coram Boy”” that even an audience of children would enjoy bringing the book’’s story to life.
‘‘Saw’’ series exhausts gore, plays on same old story
By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
For the past six years, we have
been supplied with a steady stream
of gore and gratuitous violence with
each annual release of the ““Saw””
movies.
October 29th brought us the lat-
est installment, the seventh lm in
the series.
““Saw: 3D”” was released in the-
aters this past week, and has done
very well thus far, grossing $24.2
million in its rst week.
The same characters that we
have watched, as well as some new
faces, have once again lit up the
silver screen under the direction
of Kevin Greutert.
When the first ““Saw”” movie
was released in 2004, I was taken
back by the revolutionary concept
that the audience was presented
with. The task was simple: pass
Jigsaw’’s (Tobin Bell) tests and you
were allowed to live; fail and you
would die.
In an eerie way, some of the mes-
sages that Jigsaw gave in the rst
lms were applicable to life.
The lessons he was teaching
his victims were of humility and
compassion, but delivered in a very
perverted and distorted fashion.
The movies have evolved over the
years; with more plot twists than
an amusement park rollercoaster.
hartfordinformer.com/entertainment/
of unwanted children; generally
infants whose mothers thought that
Mr. Gardiner would transport them to
Coram Hospital, a newly-created fa-
cility to care for abandoned children.
He is able to convince the dis-
traught mothers that their newborns
will be well cared for in exchange
for payment.
The conict arose when the Ash-
brook family’’s son, Alexander and
Melissa Milcote, played by Llana
Moskowitz, had a child after Alex-
ander ran away from being forced by
his father to put an end to his wish
of having a career in music.
The child was thought to be buried
by Meshak, but was really kept by
him and referred to him as his ““angel
child”” whom he brought to Coram
hospital to be raised.
The son Aaron Dangerfield,
played by Gabrielle Van Horn,
grew up in the Coram hospital and
made his way back to his home and
““Saw 3D”” mirrored the plot of the previous six ms resorting to mass amounts of gore and ending on a predictable cliff hanger.
The simple dilemma of using a
hacksaw to free your self, or to stay
in one place and starve is not so
simple anymore. The ““games”” have
evolved into complex and unbeliev-
able setups.
What I have always enjoyed about
the rst ““Saw”” movie, and the thing
that scared me about it, was the fact
that I could picture myself in one of
the games.
After I saw the lm for the rst
The Informer
The Hartt School performed ““Coram Boy,”” a play based on a children’’s novel published in 2000.
parents unknowingly after realizing
his talent for singing and being
appointed to a job where Thomas
Ledbury, played by Jessie Horness
and Tim Rizzo, Alexander’’s friend
was his boss.
The play ended with a reunion
of the long lost family after Otis
time, I would close my eyes and
imagine being in a dark bathroom
with a corpse within arms reach,
faced with the challenge of sur-
viving with the choice of losing
my leg.
As the movies went on, that scare
factor diminished greatly, and now
I only see movies that depict gore
for the sake of gore.
Without giving away any bloody
details about ““Saw: 3D,”” I will say
was nally killed and the cast came
together to unfold the dramatic hap-
piness by singing hallelujah.
The moving set by the production
staff transformed the stage into dozens
of settings ranging from a Cathedral
to the ocean and kept the audience
following the play with shifts of music
that despite Jigsaw being dead since
““Saw III,”” he is still racking up quite
the body count.
The 3-D effects do add an extra
helping of blood and guts, and will
make you squirm in your seats more
than you normally would.
I would not go so far as to say that
3-D has brought about a new type of
gore movie.
Additionally, we have once again
been cinematically set up for a next
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and lighting.
Coram Boy and the 1700’’s were
brought to life and the students
didn’’t shy away from their musical
and acting talents that demonstrated
a decent depiction of what life was
like in the 1700’’s according to the
play itself.
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installment in the series, the prover-
bial ““what happens next”” question is
once again be asked by the audience.
It has almost become a cliché
for the trailers to say ““Jigsaw’’s last
plan””-- the rst time I heard that
was in 2005.
The simple fact of the matter is
that there will never be an end to
the ““Saw”” franchise, because the
lms are simply making too much
money to stop. .

Where to go this weekend: Northampton, Mass.
When contemplating what to do
for the weekend ahead why not
step out of your campus comfort
zone and explore the vibrant town
of Northampton, Mass.
Conveniently located just 36 miles
north from campus, Interstate 91 is
all that stands between you and a
day of music, shopping, culture and
great food.
A more productive alternative than
ghting a hangover with caffeine
and Advil, a day of exploration and
loose plans amidst a friendly town
does the soul good.
One of Northampton’’s gems is the
Calvin, a Theater that hosts a slew
of musicians and comedians that
would surprise even the students
who refused to read this article based
on the title.
Some names coming to the Calvin
before the New Year include Kansas,
Amos Lee, Hanson and Lewis Black.
Visiting Northampton myself two
weeks ago to see acoustic folk Josh
Ritter, I got to see the beauty of the
New MTV show plot
copy of UK original
The new MTV series ““Skins”” is an adaptation of the UK series
of the same name premiering in January 2011.
By Kelsey Sterling
Staff Writer
MTV is showing some skin with
its new adaptation of the British TV
series, ““Skins.””
It is a realistic look at life as an
American teenager and its hardships
of sex, drugs, disorders, parent is-
sues, death, friendship, heartbreak
and so on.
It explores a gritty, secret world
and exposes everything you know
and didn’’t know about the lives of
the average teen.
A new spin-off of such a popular
series seems like a good idea, but
fans aren’’t so sure.
Much of the reason the show
worked was the different restric-
tions over what is acceptable on
television in the U.K., which is
very different compared to what is
acceptable here in the U.S.
The show felt authentic, and
although a bit dysfunctional, the
teens seemed very real.
They had sex, smoked, did drugs
and swore this way and that. Many
are saying that eliminating all of
this real-life raunchiness in order
to meet our censors and standards
will diminish the authenticity of the
lives of the teen characters.
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Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
Calvin from the inside, which was
graced with detailed architecture and
warm faced local ushers.
Who wouldn’’t want to see a show
at a place like that?
Two blocks south of the Calvin,
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stands Sam’’s Pizzeria and Café, by
far my favorite place to eat in the The Calvin Theater is a great place in Northampton to see a variety of musicians and comedians.
town boasting big slices with hearty
toppings at a moderate price. store for the vinyl hunters and a terms of staying busy for just about location with multiple great places
Littering the streets of the town guitar shop that puts Guitar Center anyone on a Saturday or Sunday. to visit because you have the rest of
are numerous independent shops as to shame with the selection alone. So why not defy the norm and your life to use the excuse of ““I’’m
well as an Urban Outtters, record Northampton has a lot to offer in make the most of the university’’s too busy.””
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Nevertheless, like the original
English version, the series plans to
cast unknown actors in the roles in an
attempt to keep them as close to the
““real teenagers”” they’’re portraying
as possible.
MTV released a sneak peek trailer
of the complete series, dripping with
juicy drama and controversy.
Although it looks interesting,
dramatic and provocative, it doesn’’t
seem to be as realistic as the original.
The actors appear plainly scripted
and I get the feeling this will just be
another poor-quality TV show; like
Gossip Girl, except racier.
Despite the fact that it doesn’’t
seem as legitimate, the sneak peeks
reminded me of a Degrassi-type
drama following super-entertaining
teens with lives you wish yours was
as interesting as.
It has an edge, feeling and sense of
authenticity that you will not nd in
any other teen drama on television.
The sex, drugs, wild partying and
talk of debatable issues such as sui-
cide will trouble some adults, but it
is this exact blueprint that has made
the series a huge success in the UK
among younger viewers.
That type of addicting drama is
what sells and grabs viewers’’ at-
tention so in that respect, the series
could very well become a hit.
page 8 the informer entertainment november 4, 2010

Weezer compiles B-sides for another new release

By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer
Staff Writer

On Nov. 2, just weeks after releas-

ing their eighth album ““Hurley,”” the
rock inspired group Weezer released
a new album titled ““Death to False
Medal.””
Weezer has been around since the
mid 90s and their music has kept
their fans more than happy along
the way with their title tracks and
many hit songs.
It is made up of songs recorded
in the past seven albums before
““Hurley”” that nobody has ever
heard before.
Although the album ““Death to
False Metal”” was just released, it
is not entirely new.
The songs were recorded over the
span of Weezer’’s career and shows
how far they have come from when
they started until now.
Originally titled ““Odds and Ends,””
most of the songs do not sound like
what fans would expect from Wee-
zer (which is part of the reason why
they are on this album because they
were pulled from previous albums
for not keeping up with the sound
of Weezer). COURTESY OF TAMBABAY.COM/BLOGS/SOUNDCHECK
The Album title ““Odds and Ends”” Coming weeks after the release of ““Hurley,”” Weezer released brand new material written over the course on their career.
would have made more sense be-
cause the entire album is sort of a It is denitely not one of their is that you can really tell how far post ““Pinkerton”” during the time This album keeps on with that
mess. Some of the songs make you better songs and maybe they should Weezer has come. Some of the when the band took a slight break. pattern.
understand why they threw them have kept it hidden. songs are clearly from the early With additional harmony and It is a solid record but not one that
away to begin with. The fourth song on the album days when they rst started playing catchy lyrics it is probably the will be remembered forever and
““Blowin my Stack”” is the second ““Losing my Mind,”” sounds similar together and sound like they would number one song on the album that will go down in Weezer’’s greatest
song on the album and it sounds to the songs produced back in the t perfectly into the ““Green Album”” fans will nd themselves singing album history.
like a teenager could have played it. 90s throughout Weezer’’s rst few and the ““Blue Album”” by their pop along to. However it is worth listening to
The lyrics are not clever at all, albums. rock sound. ““Death to False Metal”” is a come- especially if you have been a fan
and the chorus is just disappointing. Although a bit of a slow song, While others have a slightly back record to show fans that old since they rst began.
The tune of the song sounds the lyrics express more emotion harder rock sound and blend in with Weezer still exists. Even though there have been
like a Weezer song but the lyrics than many other songs you would their later few albums. They have not really created a bumps in the road, Weezer still has
and guitar riffs do not own up to normally hear by them. The catchiest song on the album solid record recently but have come what it takes and this album brings
Weezer’’s reputation. A cool thing about the album is ““Trampoline”” which was written pretty close. out some of the best they have.

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NFL wives take hubbys’’ indelity ‘‘Off the Market’’

The indelities of pro-athletes are
splattered across sports headlines
daily, but ““Off The Market”” NFL
wives hope to change that.
Professional athletes have it all
–– fame, fortune, and physically t
bodies to boot.
Not only are pro athletes over-
whelmingly attractive, but they
lead a nomadic lifestyle; constantly
traveling from city to city to play
different teams, with a fresh batch
of temptresses ready and waiting
at each stop.
So then why is it that stories of
women throwing themselves at pro-
athletes’’ feet are so newsworthy?
Favre and Woods were the top
story for weeks on end because
people love scandal, human emo-
tion, and watching marriages
crumble to pieces.
No - indelity should not be
excused simply because a man is
a professional athlete, but at the
very least you’’d think that people
would get tired of hearing about
Woods, Favre, and Rothlisberger.
Tia Robbins got tired of hearing
about it and took an initiative to
crush the stereotype and protect the
marriages of NFL players.
Tia, wife of St. Louis Rams’’
player Fred Robbins, launched her
company ““Off the Market”” (OTM)
last year.
According to offthemarkete-
vents.com, ““‘‘Off the Market’’ seeks
to enrich the lives of high-prole
couples by offering a unique en-
vironment, exclusive services, and
access to valuable resources for the
ultimate benet and honoring of
the relationship between woman
and man.””
OTM held its rst Couples Only
Event at Taj in New York City last
December, with a turnout of more
than forty pro-athletes and their
wives in attendance.
This past Sunday, OTM threw
Jessica Rutledge •• Sports Editor
jrut424@yahoo.com
Twitter: @InformerSports
its Couples Only Rams Halloween
Bash at the Mandrin Lounge in St.
Louis, Mo.
Most people are skeptical that
OTM will have any impact on
the infamous behavior of many
pro-athletes, but still commend
Robbins’’ efforts.
One objection is the notion that
high-prole events hosted by OTM
may only open up more doors of
opportunity and temptation.
Not only does the alcohol ow
indenitely at these exclusive red
carpet soirees, but corporate spon-
sors are hungry to endorse athletes
who associate with OTM amidst
slew of pro-athletes akin to Tiger
Woods and A-Rod.
But more sponsorships would
mean more money for these ath-
letes, and money often translates
into a serious power-trip, where
the value of intangible ideologies,
particularly delity, completely
disintegrates.
An article featured on rollingout.
com argues, ““Although there are
pro-athletes who remain commit-
ted to their wives, most have a
difcult time rejecting the numer-
ous women that millionaires in
their 20s and early 30s can easily
attract.””
This may be true, but I believe
that Robbins is on the right track;
the risks of sponsorships and net-
working far outweigh the potential
benets of OTM’’s initiatives.
Conversely, OTM could serve
as a stepping-stone to restoring
the fundamental moral values of
marriage; faithfully espoused pro-
athletes have the power to make
delity trendy.
Additionally, OTM events and
causes have already culminated
a community of pro-athletes and
their spouses who have joined the
ght to preserve marriage.
The OTM community could
easily spread to other high-prole
circles, socialites, and even ce-
lebrities.
Perhaps OTM will completely
flop, but nevertheless, it is at
the very least refreshing to see
someone like Tia Robbins who,
instead of feeding into the negative
stereotypes and media garbage, she
gave the press something positive
to talk about with OTM.
If all else fails, Robbins should
just take the advice featured on COURTESY OF THEYBF.COM
rollingout.com and create a website OTM’’s founder & CEO Tia Robbins with husband Fred at the
called: ““www.dontgetmarriedun- ‘‘Couples Only Halloween Bash’’ in St. Louis, last Sunday.
tilyourplayingdaysareover.com.””

Celtics: too hot for Heat?

By Dan Melrose
Special to the Informer
The Boston Celtics looked ready
to contend for another title in their
88-80 victory over the highly an-
ticipated, re-vamped Miami Heat.
The Heat came into the game as
Eastern Conference favorite with
the additions of two-time MVP
and in turn made the new Big 3 very
frustrated.
LeBron scored 31 points but
didn’’t receive much support from
his teammates.
““It’’s a feel-out process,”” James
said in an ESPN interview. ““When
you have so many options, it’’s
something I’’m not accustomed to,
having that many threats out on the
little bit anxious and wanting to
make it work so much,”” he said
on ESPN.
Last summer, South Beach had
the eyes of the basketball world
focused on them, but the Celtics
were busy making improve-
ments too, outside the glare of
the media. HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION
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XC, Hampton extra effort

LeBron James, and All-Star Chris
Bosh, joining Heat All-Star Dwyane
Wade. But they were shut down
by Boston’’s infamous defense and
were reduced to only 30 points in
the rst half.
The chemistry of the Heat didn’’t
seem to ow throughout the game
The Heat’’s Big 3 were stomped on by the Celtics, 88-80.
court at the same time.””
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra
looked on the bright side and made
it clear that time was needed to
foster chemistry between the new
teammates. Spoelstra felt that the
players played hard but came out too
soft; ““I think everybody was just a
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quille O’’Neal, former All-Star
Jermaine O’’Neal, and former
Celtic guard Delonte West.
With starting center Kendrick
Perkins out for half of the season
coming off ACL surgery, adding
O’’Neal’’s dominant size and ll-
ing the low post.
The original Big 3 (Paul
Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray
Allen) demonstrated signs of
their old form, especially Pierce
who dropped 19 points, more
than half the points coming in
the fourth quarter when things
were close.
Allen added 20, Garnett with
10 points and 10 rebounds. Point
guard Rajon Rondo looked his
best dishing out 17 assists.
Shaq performed well despite his
age, throwing down nine points
and grabbing seven rebounds.
The Celtics ““Bench Mob”” added
to the re with Glen Davis scoring
13 points on 6-7 shooting, Nate
Robinson lled in for Rondo as
needed, and Marquis Daniels
added size and dominant defense.
The Celtics were hungry for
the win and did all they could to
stop the Heat.
During postgame interviews
Shaq said, ““We just wanted to
come out and win our rst game,
we let you all [the press] worry
about the hoopla and all of that.””
By Erica White
Special to the Informer
Last Saturday, the men and women
of Hartford cross-country clamored
for a conference win in the America
East Championships, nishing No. 8
and No. 9, respectively.
The conference championship race
was hosted in Franklin Park, Boston,
Mass., where nine otherAmerica East
teams competed.
Senior Jonas Hampton was the
rst Hawk to cross the nish line in
thirteenth place overall with a time of
25:03.72, chopping nearly 38 seconds
off his best time on the 8k course.
This was Hampton’’s best time at
a championship meet. As a matter
of fact, four of the ve Hawk run-
ners achieved personal bests on the
expansive course.
However, in the end, Hartford was
beat out by hosts Boston University by
45 points to their 192, and coming in
only six points behind UVM.
Andrew Chalmers, a junior, came
in second for the Hawks and ranked
No. 30 with an impressive time of
25:34.80. Fellow junior, Eric Fla-
man, came in 46th overall and third
for Hartford with a time of 26:09.45.
Wayne Lawrence nished 62nd with
a time of 26:46.29.
Coming in at No. 64, rounding out
the top ve, Kevin Brandon crossed
the nish line at 26:49.82.
Later that day, Stony Brook took the
title of champions with 24 points, a
stunning 19 tallies over second place
UNH. Hartford tallied 277 points this
meet for the women’’s races.
The rst female Hawk to cross the
nish line was Megan Barry, placing
at No. 58 with a time of 19:37. Barry
has consistently been the top nisher
for Hartford, nishing rst the last
six meets.
Fellow freshman Catherine Carey
nished her race in 72nd place with a
time of 20:18.00, a personal best for
the rst year student.
Close behind, senior Marisa Poleto
crossed the nish line at 20:19.21 to
rank No. 73 overall.
Freshman Jennifer Flores and
sophomore Stephanie Curcio nished
one after the other in 77th and 78th
place nishes, 20:36.91 and 20:38.09
times respectively. Curcio nished
with a personal record this meet.
Both teams meet again at the NCAA
Northeast Regionals on Saturday,
Nov. 13, hosted at the Hammonas-
sett State Park course in Madison,
Connecticut.

Vince McMahon: the separation of WWE & State
Vince McMahon red up the crowd of more than 15,000 fans at the XL Center last Saturday.
Lady Hawks
show seniors love
By Dan Lifshatz
Staff Writer
On the eve of their quarternals
match, the No. 3 seeded Lady
Hawks had four of their own
named to the America East All-
Conference teams.
Claiming rst team honors was
sophomore Amelia Pereira, who
was also voted the Conference
Fan’’s Choice Award.
Pereira, who nished the season
with ve goals and ve assists, also
recorded the rst hat-trick of the
season, smashing through three
goals and adding two more assists
in the 6-2 drubbing at Vermont.
Second team honors were grant-
Women’’s soccer celebrated their season & senior players.
ed to junior and sophomore duo,
Michelle DeSanti and Caroline
Dixon, respectively.
Dixon, who scored her rst ever
collegiate goal during the regular-
season nale at UNH, also nished
the season with three assists, and
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was the rock of the mideld for the
Hawks this season.
DeSanti anchored the solid de-
fense of the Hawks, helping the
ladies soccer team to claim seven
shutouts this season. DeSanti also
added one assist, helping set-up
Nicole Weil’’s game winner against
Farleigh Dickinson.
Claiming her third America East
All-Academic student-athlete award
was senior Michelle Babin.
The Lady Hawk sported a 3.52
GPA during her time at Hartford,
and scored her rst collegiate goal
playing from a mideld spot against
Saint Joseph’’s earlier this season.
The four women’’s soccer members
would provide the only good news as
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the Hawks fell just a day later to the
University of Maine, 1-0.
Hartford blasted 11 shots, but none
of them would go through on an
unlucky day for the Hawks.
The Hawks ended their 2010 sea-
son with an overall record of 7-9-3.
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The Hawks’’ athletic department & men’’s soccer team honored their three senior captains.
Men wrap season,say goodbye
By Josh Batelli
Special to the Informer
Senior Night both honored and
disappointed members of the
men’’s soccer team as they fell to
Stony Brook in their nal home
match of the season.
““I thought the University of
Hartford Hawks’’ battled to-
night,”” head coach Dan Gaspar
said, ““I don’’t have any question
on their effort, it was outstand-
ing,”” he said in a post game
interview with Hartford Sports
Information.
The Hawks’’ three senior
players, Bojan Delibasic, Sam
Groves, and Jamie Thomas were
unable to take home a win in their
nal home game during the Oct.
27 match-up, losing by a score
By Tim Rizzo
Special to the Informer
World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE) mogul Vince McMahon
stood before a sold out crowd in
Hartford last Saturday with a mes-
sage to send: ““Stand up for WWE.””
This line was repeated throughout
his speech.
Ever since ex-CEO of WWE,
Linda McMahon, began campaign-
ing for the Senator of Connecticut
the WWE has remained at the center
of heated controversy.
Many doubt McMahon’’s mo-
tive behind running for Congress,
and that she is running for the sole
purpose of promoting the global
corporation that her husband owns.
Vice President of public relations,
Robert Zimmerman, claims, ““the
WWE is not engaged in politics;
we encourage citizens to go out and
vote, but feel free to vote for whoever
you choose.””
““The WWE is not engaged in politics; we
encourage citizens to go out and vote, but
feel free to vote for whoever you choose.””
-Robert Zimmerman, VP of Public Relationsns
Fan Appreciation Day honored the
vast WWE fan base, only days before
the election. There were dozens of
giveaways including signed posters,
DVDs, video games, and tickets to
the Nov. 2 WWE event in Bridgeport.
Fan favorites wrestled it out
throughout the afternoon that fea-
of 1-0 on senior night.
The Hawks played to a score-
less rst half with an opportunity
to upset the 9-5-3 Seawolves and
earn a berth to the America East
Championship.
However, Stony Brook scored
early in the second half. Mladen
Ramic headed a nifty corner kick
into the net to give the Seawolves a
1-0 lead in the 56th minute.
““Unfortunately, during this time
in the season, you pay a tremendous
price for mistakes,”” said Gaspar,
““and we gave up another goal on a
corner kick, on a dead ball situation.””
The Hawks upped the pressure for
the rest of the game, but the lone goal
was enough. Stony Brook would not
relinquish the lead, winning 1-0.
The loss dropped the Hawks to 5-2
at home, making it a very successful
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tured seven wrestling matches,
including a 24-man Battle Royale
and a crowd-pleasing WWE diva
dance off.
The crowd was deafening through-
out the entire event, and when WWE
superstar John Cena entered the ring
as a surprise guest, the XL Center
exploded with cheers.
Cena thanked the crowd of more
than 15,000 fans for their continued
dedication to the WWE.
The event concluded with all the
WWE wrestlers running through the
stands signing autographs and taking
pictures with their elated fans.
Fan Appreciation Day sent a mes-
sage to the Hartford community; vote
as you please, just keep the WWE
and politics separate.
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season in front of the home crowd.
Bojan Delibasic, a defender from
Serbia totaled three goals and two
assists in 67 career games.
Midelder Sam Groves had two
goals and ve assists in 68 games
while making the America East’’s
Commissioner’’s honor roll all ve
years as a history major.
Thomas, a midelder out of Scot-
land, nished with an assist in 65
career contests.
““I wish that we had won for the
three seniors who have dedicated all
their time and effort being outstand-
ing student athletes,”” Gaspar said.
““Unfortunately, we were not able to
dedicate a win for them, which they
so much deserved.””
Senior captains, Delibasic, Groves,
and Thomas, nished their UHa ca-
reer 20-7-3 at home.
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Ballin’’ TV coverage tip off Hawks’’ new season

15 TV Slots for Hartford
By Jessica Rutledge In addition, the men
Sports Editor and women of Hart-
ford basketball will be
The success of Hartford basketball televised seven times
will be broadcast far beyond the court on other networks
this season, as the Connecticut Sports including: Comcast
Network (CTSN) will televise a record SportsNet on Jan. 22,
15 Hawks’’ games this season. Sun Sports Network on
CTSN and the University of Hartford Dec. 5, and Time War-
have renewed their partnership after ner Cable on Feb. 5.
the lady Hawks’’ wildly successful Tune in to CTSN to
season last year. watch the Lady Hawks
Beginning on Nov. 22, CTSN will as they take on Sacred
broadcast coverage of six women’’s Heart, available on
basketball games, two men’’s games, Comcast Cable chan-
along with six post-game coaches’’ nels 185, 187, or 744,
shows. on Nov. 22, 2010.
According to an interview on hart- The University of
fordhawks.com, Director of Athletics Hartford women’’s bas-
Pat Meiser is thrilled that CTSN has ketball team will tip
renewed their partnership with the off their new season
University of Hartford basketball as they face off against
teams.““We are eager to once again CCSU on Nov. 12 at
showcase our basketball programs 7 p. m.
throughout the state,”” Meiser said. The next day, the
““Our women’’s program under Hartford men will heat
coach Jen Rizzotti continues to thrive, up the court in the
and we look forward to introducing second annual Con-
rst-year head coach John Gallagher necticut 6 Classic at
and our men’’s team to Connecticut Mohegan Sun on Nov.
basketball fans,”” she said. 13 at 6 p. m.
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Ladies win, give $1,600 in Dig Pink

HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION

Dig Pink raised over $1,600 for breast cancer research.
By Jessica Rutledge honor for her success.
Sports Editor Sophomore Kami Nethersole, a
regular team leader, recorded 13 kills
Hartford volleyball’’s home- and 15 digs Friday night.
court advantage continued with a Junior Michelle Cordell slammed
ve-set win last Friday, their third 12 kills with a .292 hitting percentage,
consecutive home win. while freshman Lindsay Anderson
““At the end of the game when it
was, you know, 15-15, 16-16, we had
two freshmen as our primary passers,
Kirton and McCreery,”” Ferguson
said, ““Lindsay Anderson did another
great job today at the net, I was re-
ally impressed with our freshmen

Vince McMahon:
The exciting ve-set (20-25, 26-
24, 25-23, 19-25, 21-19) victory
over Providence wasn’’t the only
thing the ladies had to celebrate,
the Hawks also raised over $1,600
nabbed 10 kills with a .250 hitting
percentage.
The Hawks clinched the ve-set
win with a combined .224 hitting
percentage, 76 total digs, committing
play today.””
The Hawks went on to lose in
four sets against New Hampshire
the next day.
Hartford battled to take the third

‘‘Stand up for WWE!’’ for the Side-Out Foundation for
Side-Out & the American Volleyball Association fundraise
for breast cancer with the national Dig Pink campaign.
breast cancer research.
The Dig Pink Match was an
all-around success for the lady
Hawks, blazing a trail to victory
was freshman Dionna Kirton, with
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only ve errors in 48 attacks, and
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been under re
totaling a .312 hitting percentage
over the course of ex-CEO Linda McMahon’’s political cam-
for the match.
paign. Vince McMahon denies any link between WWE & his Defensively, Kirton led the way
wife’’s campaign, urging fans to ““stand up for WWE.”” See with 15 digs, winning her third
story, Separation of WWE & State, page 11. America East Rookie of the Week
only 31 errors in 183 attacks, and
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slamming 72 kills.
In a post-game interview with
hartfordhawks.com, head coach Don
Ferguson was thrilled about the Dig
Pink Match turnout, and the win-
ning performances of his freshmen
players.
““I am really pleased with the turn-
out we had for our Dig Pink Match,
having raised over $1,600, and I know
we raised a little bit more at the game,
very excited about that.””
25-18, but it wasn’’t enough to pull
out a win, losing 3-1.
New Hampshire recorded a .462
hitting percentage, while the Hawks
hit only .077 last Saturday.
Senior Lindsay Ford contributed
35 assists and 10 digs, while Cordell
and Nethersole red 10 kills each for
the Hawks.
In an interview on hartfordhawks.
com, Coach Ferguson focused on his
team’’s potential.
““If we continue to improve our
passing, continue to improve our
offense I think that we’’re going to
have some success over the next
two weeks,”” Ferguson said, ““but
tonight was denitely a loss that
stings because it does have playoff
implications.””
The Hawks will host UMBC on
Nov. 5 at 6 p. m. for senior night and
their nal home match of the season.