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Party like it’’s 2009:

Spring Fling concert to return to Village Lawn
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
It’’s a blast from the past: the con-
cert during Spring Fling 2011 will
once again be taking place on an
outdoor stage, the Campus Activi-
ties Team said Wednesday.
The schedule has seen a bit of a
shake-up and students who attended
the Spring Fling 2009 activities
might see a bit of familiarity.
First, the Talent Show will return
for a second year in a row——on
Thursday, April 14. The comedian,
yet to be announced, is planned to
appear on Friday night. Returning to
its Saturday night home is the main
concert that, despite its ‘‘80s theme,
won’’t likely feature an artist from
that decade.
The concert is expected to take
place on the Village Lawn rain or
shine, according to Javaughn Smith,
graduate assistant for Campus Ac-
tivities Team. This is a departure
from 2010’’s show, as DJ Girl Talk’’s
performance took place in the Sports
Center and on the Friday night of
the weekend.
Smith said, ““Students wanted [the
concert] outside, so we’’re going to
give it to them outside.””
The concert date of April 16
is a week earlier than the typical
Spring weekend for the show, due
to the Easter holiday falling on that
weekend. Smith acknowledged that
the weekend is a typically weekend.
Smith, ““If it rains, we will still
have it outside, if it doesn’’t, great,
then it will be outside.””
Bob Boyle, the sound engineer for
CAT said, ““We do run the risk of the
point at which it is too dangerous to
be outside.””
However, in instances of rain,
the production team that CAT
had worked with in the past does
shows in the rain, but have issues
in instances where high winds and
lightning are a factor.
When that happens, shows are
often canceled.
Representatives of CAT framed
last year’’s Girl Talk show in the
Sports Center as an experiment
that drew a crowd that fell short of
expectations.
This played a role in CAT’’s deci-
sion to hold the show back outdoors.
Student Government Association
and CAT sent out the Spring Fling
survey this year, which is intended to
get the pulse of the student popula-
tion’’s interest in music.
The list of potential performers
on the survey includes performers
OK Go, New Found Glory, Janelle
Monae, J. Cole and Big Boi.
The survey said that the perform-
ers’’ appearance on the list was not a
complete ““guarantee”” that the Uni-
versity will be able to acquire them.
The survey also included links
to music videos for each artist on
the page.
Smith said it was important for
students to research bands that they
had never heard of, because there
might be songs by the artist they
have heard.
Auditions for the Spring Fling’’s
talent show begin in February. They
will take place from 6:30 p.m to 9
p.m. on Feb. 13, Feb. 16 and Feb. 20.
There will also be an audition on
Feb. 21 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. All
auditions will take place in Ko-
nover’’s great room. To take part in
the auditions, students must e-mail
Dominique Richards at dorichard@
hartford.edu with their name and
ID number.
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Dinner honoring Gov. Rell raises $60K for center

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By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Over $60,000 was raised at a dinner Tuesday
night in order to support the establishment of
the Rell Center for Public Service.
The testimonial dinner, which honored
Gov. M. Jodi Rell for her years serving Con-
necticut, was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
in Cromwell, where over 450 fty guests were
in attendance.
President Harrison, who spoke at the din-
ner, acknowledged Rell’’s importance to the
University of Hartford community. ““From the
earliest childhood to college-level to lifelong
learning, Governor Rell understands the role
education plays in enriching our lives and help-
ing us create a bright future.””
Rell, who will resign as governor this year,
was a contributor to projects such as the Uni-
versity of Hartford Magnet School and the
Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center.
She showed her appreciation during a short
speech of which she concluded ““I’’m going to
get emotional if I stay up here longer, so I say
thanks for the memories, everyone.””
The Rell Center for Public Service was
recently founded by the university in order to
establish ““a program that will encourage our
students to consider careers in public service,
whether it be in government service or other ex-
pressions of public life,”” according to Harrison.
Plans for the Rell Center include opportunities
for public discussions, teaching and learning,
and research and scholarly inquiry, all revolving
around local public service.
The Rell Center won’’t be a physical build-
ing, University spokesman David Isgur told
the Hartford Courant.

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UHa student featured on ‘‘Today Show’’
Freshman Ally Pfeiffer discusses her experiences with cyber bullying with Meredith Vieira
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
University of Hartford student
Ally Pfeiffer was featured on the
Today Show Wednesday morning to
discuss her unique way of combat-
ing cyber bullying.
After two students created a faux
Facebook page mocking Pfeiffer’’s
weight, she took matters into her
own hands by searching for IP ad-
dresses, and taking the evidence
to police.
The two creators of the Facebook
page, Jeffrey Martone, 19, and
Sarah Johnson, 18, were arrested
and now charged with criminal
impersonation, harassment, and
conspiracy, according to NBC
Connecticut.
““Without me doing that they
may not have even found out who
it is,”” Pfeiffer said in her interview
Wednesday morning.
Johnson, formerly a close friend
of Pfeiffer, knew enough of her per-
sonal information to create a prole
with true information. Because the
Facebook page was created using
Pfeiffer’’s actual name and place
Students honored at Fall Commencement Sunday
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
Staff Writer
On Dec. 5 at 2:30 p.m., 140
students walked down the aisles in
Lincoln Theater to the ceremonial
Pomp and Circumstance in the cel-
ebration of their commencement.
The voice of Art School student,
Joseph Baker, rang out in the Na-
tional Anthem through an audience
of about 500 family, friends and
loved ones.
President Walter Harrison ad-
dressed the graduates with a strong
message of commitment to com-
munity and public service.
““I hope the experience you had
here is something you will take with
you and use to make the world a
better place.””
Harrison also encouraged the
graduates to aspire to the thoughts
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with
the idea of a beloved community
and to bring miracles into the hearts
of men.
““As I look around Lincoln The-
ater, I sense the spirit of new age that
Dr. King was envisioning. Lead us
each in your own way into the new
age……May the spirit of community
in this theater animate all your future
accomplishments.””
The presentation of candidates
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the informer
of residence, her story has brought
up the issue of how easy it is for
bullies to use social networking
sites as a vehicle to anonymously
harass others.
Facebook Security Chief ex-
plained that cyber bullying is a
problem that unfortunately, we are
yet to gure out a way to prevent,
though the site is actively working
towards it.
““We’’re trying to use technology to
bare so that we can make Facebook
a place where bullying is not toler-
ated,”” he said.
But now, Facebook is launching
its own full investigation.
““This case could be a real game
changer, sending a very clear mes-
sage that online bullying isn’’t just
a harmless prank, not just messing
around, but can be illegal,”” said
NBC correspondent Jeff Rossen.
Pfeiffer made a point to acknowl-
edge that bullying is a problem that
victims can ght, both emotionally
and in unexpected ways, such as
she did.
““I gave myself one day to cry
about it and then I decided I have
to work for myself from here on
is always a special time for the
graduates as they walked across
stage and shook hands with the
dean of their specic college, the
Provost, Sharon Vasquez, and
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out,”” said Pfeiffer. school with her in Bristol, Conn. Vieira ended Wednesday’’s in-
Despite the emotional toll bul- ““I even questioned coming here terview by asking Pfeiffer one last
lying takes on its victims, Pfeiffer today,”” Pfeiffer told Meredith Vieira message she’’d like to express to
still received criticism for following Wednesday, ““but I know I’’m doing the viewers, to which she condently
through with the lawsuit against the right thing because if I help one teen replied ““don’’t ght against the per-
two bullies, who both attended high I’’ll feel incredible,”” she continued. son who did it, ght for yourself.””
After a slight confusion with the welcomed them into the Alumni singing of the Alma Mater of the
moving of tassels, Harrison an- Association and encouraged them University, the graduates processed
nounced the graduates as ofcial as they enter the next phase of out of Lincoln Theater where a
graduates and vice president of the life to stay in connection with the small reception awaited them at
Alumni Association, Darel Eastling, university. the Konover Campus Center for
congratulated the graduates and Following the benediction and graduates and loved ones.
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When the weather outside is frightful...
By Ben Gyurik
Staff Writer
As winter closes in, so do closings
and delays; one of the worst parts
is nding yourself trudging through
the snow only to nd out a class is
cancelled.
If a class is early it’’s not always
a possibility the professor will send
out an email, but there are other
ways to know there is a delay or
class cancellation.
One of the easiest ways to nd
out if there is a change in schedule
because of the weather is making a
quick call before your class. If you
live on campus, just dial 0 and you
should hear the latest emergency
information and schedule altera-
tions because of the weather. People
living off campus should dial the
university main number to hear any
delay or cancellation information:
860. 768.4100.
As nals are getting near, so is the
end of this semester, and winter has
How do I know if classes are canceled?
Dial (860)768-4100
Get a recording of the latest emergency closing information
Web alerts
www.hartford.edu
Text message alerts
Register at www.hartford.edu/alert for delays and cancellations
Radio
WTIC, WRCH, WWUH
Television
WFSB 3, WTNH 8, WVIT 30, WTIC 61
Vandalism yields shortened Print Shop hours
By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
Beginning next semester 24-hour
access to the Print Shop in the
Hartford Art School will be denied.
The Art School is one of the only
schools on campus that allows its
shops and labs to remain open all
night long, allowing students to
work for long stretches of time on
involved works of art in a quiet, less
crowded environment.
The decision to cut off around-the-
clock access to the Print Shop, which
houses the printmaking majors, was
made after the shops and common
area were vandalized.
The vandalism is thought to have
taken place in the early hours of
Nov. 14, and was discovered when
students arrived that day. Students
contacted faculty members who
then contacted Public Safety. The
person or persons responsible for the
vandalism have not been identied
or caught.
Jenni Freidman, an adjunct pro-
fessor who teachers printmaking,
said that re extinguishers had been
emptied, there were marker draw-
ings on the walls in the common
area, and in the print shop itself
there was spray paint on almost
everything, the walls, the chairs, the
tables, and even the sinks.
The Print Shop runs more than
half the length of the hallway in the
Art School and houses many large
printing presses used to make vari-
ous types of art such as lithographs,
etchings, and relief prints.
the informer
just begun. There’’s going to be some
snow to start our week, and even
some snow coming for the weekend.
There’’s no way to tell if there is
a cancellation or delay on the way,
but to nd out, you can even access
it from the internet. The university
sends out web alerts any time there is
a school closing or delay, and these
are easily accessed through the main
homepage of the university (www.
hartford.edu).
Many students have Twitter and
Facebook on their phones, and if
they are registered with the univer-
sity through either one, a Facebook
update or a tweet from University
of Hartford News can be received,
providing up to date information on
delays or closings.
The university has made numer-
ous preparations to notify both staff
and students of any delays or clos-
ings, and some students may not be
aware, but they can even get a text
on their phone from the university
informing you of any alert.
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Previously the only places on campus open 24 hours, the print
shop of HAS will now have shorter hours due to vandalism.
The students and faculty worked
together to clean up and paint over
what was vandalized that day.
““This changed the shop emotion-
ally, the art school is a community,
especially the print shop and we
all work together to keep the shops
clean and tidy, so when something
like this happens its upsetting to
everyone,”” said Freidman.
According to Mary Frey, interim
dean of the Art School, instead of
the shop being open 24 hours a day
it will close at 2 a.m. and re-open
again at 7 a.m., but those that stay
past midnight will have their names
on a list with Public Safety.
Freidman says that only those that
are printmaking majors will have
access to the extended shop hours
and that they worked very hard to
make that possible.
Printmaking is a heavily involved
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It won’’t be sending you anything
other than emergencies, but it will
let you know if a class is canceled
so you won’’t even need to leave
your room to nd out.
If you aren’’t already registered for
the university’’s text message alert,
you can do so at www.hartford.
edu/alert.
Unless the university specically
is closed for the entire day because
of severe weather, there are two
types of schedule modications
that are used for delays. The rst
states that: ““the university will open
at 10 a.m.””
To clarify, any scheduled classes
that are 90 minutes or less, that start
prior to, or end at 10:30 a.m. will not
be held. Any classes longer than 90
minutes, or starting after 10:30 a.m.
will go on as scheduled.
This also means classes that start
at 10:30 a.m. will still be held.
But, if it starts snowing again, and
there is a chance of night classes
being canceled, there will be a
notication.
The other notication states ““the
university will close at 4 p.m.”” If
you have a class any time before 4
p.m., it will be held as scheduled.
If you have any class after 4 p.m.,
it is canceled.
Unfortunately, the Hartt School
Community doesn’’t follow the same
procedure because of the varying
ages of its participants, so students
should refer to public school closing
times for the Hartt School’’s delays
and cancellations.
The university does provide clos-
ing and delay information to radio
stations: WTIC (1080AM & 96.5
FM), WRCH (100.5 FM) and the
university radio station WWUH
(91.3 FM).
The television stations that air
the university’’s delays and cancel-
lations include channels WFSB 3,
WTNH 8, WVIT 30, and WTIC 61.
medium and it takes a very long
time to make a print so all the extra
hours that were available were very
much appreciated by the students.
Junior Bridget Marien, a print-
making major, said, ““the new hours
are pretty shocking. I’’ll have to
really manage my schedule and
workload because now I can’’t have
all nighters right before a critique. ””
Bridget believes that while the
new hours are an inconvenience
they will help prevent future acts
of vandalism since everyone who
remains late will have their name
on a list so that someone knows
exactly who is there.
Freidman said that she is surprised
the vandalism happened and that she
thinks now everyone in the school
is more aware of those around them
and are taking more time to keep an
eye on things.
Final Exam Schedule
MWF 8:30 a.m. Dec. 20 (2 p.m. - 4 p.m.)
MWF 9:30 a.m. Dec. 14 (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
MWF 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16 (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
MWF 11:30 a.m. Dec. 18 (2 p.m.- 4 p.m.)
MWF 12:30 p.m. Dec. 15 (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
MWF 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20 (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
MW 2:55 p.m. Dec. 17 (2 p.m. - 4 p.m.)
TR 8 a.m. Dec. 18 (8 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
TR 9:25 a.m. Dec. 14 (2 p.m.- 4 p.m.)
TR 10:50 a.m. Dec. 15 (2 p.m.- 4 p.m.)
TR 2:05 p.m. Dec. 17 (8 a.m.- 10 a.m.)
TR 3:30 p.m. Dec. 20 (8 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
•• Evening classes that meet once or twice a
week will have their nals during regular
class time the week of nals.
•• Saturday classes will have their nals on
Dec. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•• Assembled exams will occur Dec. 15, 16
and 17 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Instructors
will post room assignments.
Improved recycling to
begin in January
By Sarah Wilson less bins to clean, but more mate-
News Editor rial that can actually be salvaged
for recycling.
With a new recycling contract However, implementing these
in place, the university will in- changes for the residential side of
troduce an enhanced recycling campus most likely wont take place
program this spring. until the spring. ““There are obvi-
The new system will feature ously a lot more challenges there
additional recycling bins, rst since there aren’’t recycling facilities
implemented in the Sports Cen- in every building,”” said Pence.
ter, Commons, Lincoln Theater Currently, there are glass and can
and Konover. These locations recycling centers in several of the
will include bins for bottles Village quads, but prove to be a
and cans, and not just paper as bit hidden and relatively unknown
it currently is. among students living on campus.
Dr. Laura Pence, who works Without advertising for these fa-
with the ““Committed to Com- cilities they go unnoticed, leaving
munity”” program, explained that bottles and cans from the weekend’’s
the contract the university was celebrations to often contribute to
previously under didn’’t allow litter, or simply be thrown out.
it to recycle everything that is ““Part of the planning is not only
possible to recycle. to provide facilities for recycling,
““There have been many people but we also need to make sure that
on campus who have requested everyone knows where to take their
the opportunity to recycle more recycling——that’’s going to be a big
than the ofce paper that goes in part of our discussions in the spring,””
the big wheel toter bins that you Pence pointed out.
may see, so Facilities negotiated As for other recyclables such as
a new contract to expand our cardboard or newspapers, resources
options,”” she said. are available in several places
Two new wheel toters will be around campus.
added which will make it much Gengras, Commons, the Sports
easier to recycle all materials by Center, and Conference center
facilitating the organization and all provide dumpsters for these
cleanliness. Clean ofce paper materials, but with the discussions
means it will be easier for that in the spring about furthering this
material to be recycled, and by enhanced program, the recycling
separating it from the cans and of these items may be facilitated
bottles not only will there be even further.

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iPhones are just one of the many new smartphones that allow e-mails to be sent directly to
your portable device.
When messaging takes over
During any given class, my phone
would buzz at least 20 times before
I decided to take control of my at-
tention span.
Text messages and e-mails would
ood my inbox, with each subsequent
alert distracting me away from the
note taking at hand.
As a smart phone user getting
e-mails pushed to my phone from
five different accounts, I really
thought it would be a boost for my
productivity in general. Instead, the
tedious nature that comes with read-
ing and responding to e-mails did the
opposite. I’’m pulled away from the
conversation every time my phone
vibrates--I don’’t even have to take
out the phone to fall out of the loop
sometimes.
In an article titled ““The New
Attention Decit”” in Entrepreneur
Magazine, Chris Brogan highlights a
few ways to keep focus on tasks. One
of the solutions was to turn off audio/
vibration notications for e-mails.
It might be a bad thing that it took
me until reading this article to realize
why a phone user would ever need
to turn alerts off. Perhaps, I thought,
people who receive hundreds of
e-mails a day wouldn’’t want their
phones to make noise all day long.
The simple fact about e-mail is that
the people who send e-mail don’’t
Tis the season of distress, holiday cheer turns ugly
Remember back to the days of
your innocence when the excite-
ment that came with this time of
year was electric.
When the brisk December air
sent shivers down your spine as
you built your rst snowman of the
year, and the glistening lights that
hung from your neighbors front
porch came as a swift reminder that
your favorite season was upon you.
For most people our age, the
magical feeling that came with the
holidays has long since dissipated.
We no longer wait up all night on
Christmas Eve just for a glimpse
of Santa Claus; we gured out
that he was just a parental ploy
years before.
The magic is gone. Now this time
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Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
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Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
expect it to be read and responded
to right away. And it’’s not like I’’ll
go more than a few hours without
reading an e-mail--my phone con-
stantly tells me how many messages
I have waiting for me. So does my
computer’’s mail application, but I’’m
not a slave to it. Every time I heard
the ““Ding!”” the computer makes,
I’’m compelled to read and respond.
As society is getting busier and
busier devoting more time to their
screens, human contact is getting to
be a bit of an intermediary process.
We’’re resorting to texts, e-mails and
even tweets to carry on conversa-
tions.
Wine and Web entrepreneur Gary
Vaynerchuk recently said in a Twit-
ter post, ““The phone call is the new
hand written letter.””
This could be misinterpreted--one
might argue that people are far less
Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
huppke@hartford.edu
Twitter: @danielle618
of year comes with many expected
hassles, namely gift giving. Sufce
it to say, we’’re all left broke.
We try and remember it’’s more
about the giving than the receiving
but I know I’’m not the only one
secretly wishing that everyone I
give a gift to has an equally if not
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likely to ignore a handwritten letter
than they are to ignore a phone call.
Rather, he’’s implying that usage is in
a downward trend (the data’’s there as
well--cell phone companies are de-
nitely leveraging text messaging and
data plans more than they are voice).
Vaynerchuk’’s interpreting a trend
that’’s dominating college-aged
adults--we’’re carrying out conversa-
tions that used to be required on the
phone. Some conversations I’’ve had
through text messages would have
been downright easier to accomplish
had it been over the telephone. In
some cases, if it’’s for a project I’’m
working on, and I’’m being asked a
series of questions, I might try and
telegraph what the next few questions
are to end the conversation.
Is it becoming rude to pick up the
phone and call? I know if I’’m carrying
out a conversation in text message,
I’’m not about to call them with a
response. In some ways I assume
there’’s a reason why someone is text
messaging me instead of talking to
me over the phone--they’’re in a place
where it would be rude to talk in the
phone: the classroom, for example.
Picking up the phone and calling
means devoting most of one’’s atten-
tion to a person--a battle that’’s being
waged by the increasing number of
screens in our lives.
better gift for me in return. It’’s not
selshness; it’’s reality.
Along with the holiday cheer
that’’s supposed to accompany this
season is snow.
Don’’t get me wrong; I love the
snow, well for at least the rst
couple of dustings.
However, especially here on
campus, snow makes it somewhat
impossible to get around. Falling
inevitably ensues upon your depar-
ture to your early morning class. It
also makes holiday travel planning
a treacherous feat, schedules are
hard to predict, since you never
know when or how much it’’s go-
ing to snow.
The carolers and Christmas
spectaculars that we had been ac-
Is finals week a
waste of time?
Ah, the end of the semester.
Just one endless, unbearable,
trying week from hell left
until one endless, unbearable,
useless week before the only
nal I have.
As it would work out, the one
scheduled nal I have just hap-
pens to be on the very last day
of nals week, at the second to
last allotted time slot.
Of course, any student who
is subject to staying around a
week after their friends have
said their goodbyes and gone
one their merry school-less way
is going to be a bit aggravated.
While traditionally, uni-
versities designate the week
following the end of classes
as test week, maybe there is
a better alternative that could
allow students to return home
without delay, and reduce some
of those irritated mind-sets. An
advanced nal option perhaps
could do the trick.
Some professors tend to be
more keen to this idea, sym-
pathizing with students who
might be jet-setting across the
Atlantic an hour after their test,
or who sit around twirling their
thumbs for ve days of noth-
ing. These are the teachers who
kindly offer a nal exam during
the last class instead of nals
week, or require a nal project
rather than a formal test.
Unfortunately, with a rising
number of professors choosing
to take this route, there’’s even
more of a chance of that one,
sole, last exam, on the last day,
during the last allotted time slot.
One professor of mine, ac-
knowledging that we couldn’’t
afford to give up any class time,
agreed to hold the nal exam,
originally scheduled on one of
the last days, at an earlier date
as long as he and the class as
a whole could agree on a time.
If more professors could
leave it up to the class’’ discre-
customed to seeing traditionally
for years during childhood no
longer happen. Do people even
play with dreidels anymore, or is
just a way to keep the young ones
occupied?
Whatever the case may be, the
splendor of holiday music has
long since passed and now what
are we left with but a world full
of the Grinch.
I long for the days when Christ-
mas was the greatest aspect of
the holiday season. Now it’’s
Thanksgiving because everyone
loves to stuff their faces with
delicious food, and New Years
because everyone loves to drink
themselves into a tizzy.
Decorating the house for the
December 9, 2010
Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
tion to have the exam earlier, it
would save a large percentage of
students from a week of mind-
numbing boredom and a dangerous
amount of time for procrastination.
An exam closer to the end of
classes might even give students
a better chance of retaining the
information they heard the last
two weeks as their minds were
probably drifting more towards
the joy of the (class-less) holiday
season and new year, and further
away from any and all responsibil-
ity here at school.
With too much time before a test
most students aren’’t exactly going
to lock themselves in their room,
nose buried in books, vigorously
preparing for an exam that takes
place four days later.
Providing an option of an ear-
lier exam to students individually
could result in unfair advantages to
those who opt with the later time,
so why not let the entirety of the
class make the decision?
Some students are lucky. Their
one and only exam is the rst day
of nals week, or, for the really
fortunate ones, they don’’t have
any at all.
Other students might be at the
end of the spectrum, just barely
making it through ve days of
eight consecutive exams.
Either way, finals are never
pretty.
But maybe with a little modica-
tion it can be made so the light at
the end of the tunnel can be seen
a bit sooner than before.
holidays seems like more of a
hassle rather than a fun way to
prepare for the season.
It’’s a let down, there’’s so much
preparation and effort and in the
blink of an eye it’’s over. The hours
and hours of cookie baking seems
as though it was for nothing, after
the rest of your family scarves
down within 30 minutes of putting
them on the table.
Maybe it’’s because with age
comes cynicism but the holiday
season is meant to be joyous and
not a chore.
So instead of focusing on the
obstacles and hassles of this time
of year, I challenge you to enjoy it.
Let your inner child out and vast
in the happiness of the holidays.
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Hartt musical celebrates Stop Laughing Mom:

““The Glorious Ones”” Plenty of bang for your buck
By Kelsey Sterling
Staff Writer
If you’’ve never seen the Uni-
versity of Hartford’’s very own
comedy/improv group ““……stop
laughing, Mom!,”” you’’re missing
out on some serious entertain-
ment.
Nathan Adler, Lauren Porem-
ski, Matt Reddick, Sara London,
Austin Vaughn, Hayden Har-
rower (disclosure: Informer staff
writer), Mike Morrissey and
Donny Campo band together
to form the troupe of hilarious
aspiring entertainers; putting on
a show the rst Wednesday of
every month.
The group began about ten
years ago when a group of guys
and a few girls joined together
and ever since then new students
would join and carry on through
their four years.
As time passed, the group
would be built upon.
COURTESY OF ASHLEY HALLER ““It’’s kind of like a legacy,””
Vaughn said. The show costs a
The characters of ““The Glorious Ones”” giggle at sexual inuendos straight mere $1, which is far beyond
out of 16th-century Italy as the egotistical bunch celebrate a musicial worth the number of laughs you
about themselves. ““The Glorious Ones”” will be performed on Dec. 10 get.
and 11 at Roberts Theater. According to Adler, the goal of
work, the amount of fun exceeds
it all.
““It’’s denitely a lot of work,
but you don’’t even realize you’’re
working because it’’s so much fun,””
Poremski said.
Adler said, ““Our work is fun. It’’s
more fun than work because we all
understand each other and are at the
same skill level, so we can also help
each other improve.””
Think about it: you climb up on
stage in a big, intimidating theater
full of people hoping for a good
laugh.
Your heart pounds, your palms
sweat……you want to put on the best
show you possibly can, but have no
idea what you’’re about to do or if it
will even go well.
This is improvisation in a nut shell.
““The rst couple of times I was ter-
rible because I was so scared, but I
had the desire to be good,”” Poremski
said. As one may imagine, it requires
a massive amount of condence to
perform in front of an audience, es-
pecially when so many are expecting
so much from you.
““But after a while it becomes
second nature……you just have to
have condence. Once you do it for
so long, it becomes natural,”” Adler
The chemistry between each
cast member is undeniable when
you watch the show. They play off
each other in a hilarious manner
that makes you want to jump on
stage and start playing the games
with them.
Audience interaction is also a
major aspect of the show; which
strengthens its overall success.
The members describe ““……stop
laughing, Mom!”” as an outlet; an
escape which helps them to break
away from their same old studies
and everyday routine.
According to Vaughn, rehearsals
are the highlight of his week.
““……stop laughing, Mom!”” isn’’t
your ordinary college comedy
group.
In fact, they were just recently
contacted by the Upright Citizen’’s
Brigade, a professional com-
edy troupe that once consisted of
members of the hit TV show ““The
Ofce”” and Saturday Night Live’’s
very own Amy Poehler, wishing to
do a show on campus next semester.
It is things like this that make
the talented assortment of silly
students stand out. A few of the
members even want to pursue
comedy on the side in the future.

‘‘TRON:Legacy’’
the group is to put together a show
that all audiences would enjoy.
““We’’re all about having a good
time,”” said Adler. Each member
said. ““Everybody gets nervous be- There is so much satisfaction that
fore the show but you just have to results from laughter and applause.
trust that everyone is going to work ““No show can be recreated. It
together. The biggest thing you need is 100 percent you, which is such

thrives on advanced agrees that although being a part

of an improv show is a ton of
to do is trust each other on stage,””
said Vaughn.
a fullling way of performing,””
Poremski said.

special effects

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By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer
Staff Writer
The highly anticipated Disney
sci- thriller ““TRON: Legacy””
demonstrates just how far technol-
ogy and special effects have come
since its origins.
The movie picks up where the
1982 original lm left off. Jeff
Bridges plays a gifted software en-
gineer named Kevin Flynn who was
once known as one of the world’’s
leading video game developers for
the software corporation ENCOM.
Flynn mysteriously disappears
and his tech savvy son played by
Garrett Hedlund investigates his
disappearance and nds himself
pulled into the video game world
that his father created and has been
trapped in for over 20 years.
With the help of a fearless war-
rior, they embark on a dangerous
and erce journey across a digitally
stunning cyber universe, which has
become far more advanced and dan-
gerous than they thought possible.
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““TRON: Legacy”” pulls its audi-
ence in within the rst few minutes
of the lm. The action packed lm
keeps you on the edge of your seat
and has some major twists that leave
you wanting more.
Although there are scenes that are
truly action packed and contain no
real plot in them, the special effects
and incredible visuals make up for
it and keep you on the edge of your
seat making it a truly incredible
lm to watch.
In 1982 it was incredible what
““Tron”” represented. It was one of
the rst movies to incorporate live
action with CGI and hand drawn
animation.
Now in 2010 you can only imag-
ine how much better it will be. You
do not need to see the original but
it will give you a little background
about what this movie is all about.
Either way, Disney’’s ““TRON:
Legacy”” will open your mind to
amazing possibilities and will take
you into an alternate universe that
is out of this world. COURTESY OF NATHAN ADLER

Staff picks:
picks: Movie of the year
By Danielle Nielsen and
Lisa Schwartz-Neubauer
Staff Writers
After years of following Harry
and friends at Hogwarts, the nal
chapter is brought to fans in a two
part series of ““Harry Potter and The
Deathly Hallows: Part 1””.
By far this has been the most ac-
tion packed and fast paced lm in the
series. Being at the edge of your seat
from start to end, we follow Harry,
Inception
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
If there was any movie that stood
out as bold, thrilling and brilliant
during a year of duds, ““Inception””
would be that movie.
Without even seeing the lm I was
constantly thinking about Chris-
topher Nolan’’s latest masterpiece
simply based on the trailer that had
me excited all summer.
The concept of extracting and
By Kelsey Sterling
Staff Writer
My movie of the year is none other
than ““The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.””
The movie tells a tale of romance,
tragedy, despair, and vampires. Not
to mention, Robert Pattinson and
Kristen Stewart grace the big screen
with their undeniable chemistry,
making you think you are watching
the informer
hHarry
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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Ron and Hermione on a dangerous
pursuit to destroy Lord Voldemort’’s
immortality. It was the darkest of all
the other movies and it was truly epic
how they lmed it.
On their mission they are faced
with dark forces and remain in fear
while Harry is being tracked down.
The lm conveyed a lot of emo-
tions through to the audiences while
experiencing the death of long time
characters of the series.
The writers make viewers feel as if
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planting information in a human
mind, a bit blurry at rst, is some-
thing that’’s makes for an interesting
and suspenseful storyline.
Not only captivating audiences
with the immediate alternate world
of a dream but also doing it with
stunning special effects combined
for a new ride for the viewer.
The cast of this movie of the
year was also important in pulling
off the lm.
In my opinion Leonardo DiCaprio
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a true love story unravel before your
eyes until you remember that one is
a blood-sucking ctional creature.
The romantic vampire movie based
on Stephenie Meyer’’s 2007 novel set
a new record for biggest midnight
opening in the United States and
Canada in box ofce history, gross-
ing an estimated $30 million in over
4,000 theaters.
The lm then scored the biggest
entertainment december 9, 2010
we are right there throughout the
young wizard’’s mission to beat the
dark forces of the wizard world. It
is difcult to do the books justice
but because this movie was split
up in to two parts, it gave more
time to follow the books in more
intricate detail.
After seeing part 1, I’’m antici-
pating the premiere of part 2 in July
2011. It was engaging and sad to
see the movie come to an end but
the next one will be even better.
and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have
not made a bad lm to date.
Throw in the talented Ellen
Page and Tom Hardy and the
relatively young cast became a
powerful force capable of han-
dling the fast paced plot leaving
their mark on the lm.
““Inception”” deed the norm
of predictable and boring lms
that 2010 produced and created
an entire new concept that I can’’t
help but praise.
Twilight: Eclipse
Wednesday opening in the United
States with $68,533,840. You ei-
ther love it or hate it, and I’’m one
of many who loved it.
The third installment was by far
the highest-quality lm, crawling
with impressive young actors and
a plot that kept you guessing. Be-
cause of this, Eclipse is without
a doubt one of the top movies of
the year.
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Album of the year
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
Marking his rst new release in
two years, Jack Johnson’’s ““To The
Sea”” highlights how an authentic
musician can still top the charts
without sacrificing quality for
popularity.
As the founder and owner of
Brushre Records, Johnson con-
tinues his mellow acoustic rock
style but this time, turns up the
electric guitar.
The album, which thrives on an COURTESY OF ECOKI.COM
upbeat rhythm, tells the story of
Johnson’’ late father, Jeff, a world- On top of becoming Johnson’’s fth
renowned surfer, whose picture is album to hit top ten in the charts, the
featured as the album cover. serene Hawaiian recorded his music
With the album’’s rst single ““You using 100 percent solar energy in a
and Your Heart”” becoming a hit vir- span of three weeks.The fact that
tually overnight, the song served as Johnson’’s album is minimally pro-
a summer anthem. Demonstrating duced allows for the pure talent of
some of Johnson’’s best guitar play- the band to make a timeless album
ing, the bands chemistry is at an all in an era where overproduction and
time high with tight musicianship. ltered music rule the air.
By Uri Weiss
Staff Writer
It didn’’t take me long to settle
on The Black Keys’’ ““Brothers”” as
album of the year.
The album marks a new direc-
tion for The Black Keys as they
bring more varied instruments into
the mix——for instance, a harpsi-
chord, Memotron and piano were
used in ““Too Afraid to Love You.””
The overall tone of the album is
much different than their others as COURTESY OF ATHENS66.COM
well. Consider the fact that their
debut album, ““The Big Come Up,”” ger Mouse”” Burton (the other half
was recorded on a tape recorder in of Gnarls Barkley) and is easily
a basement in Akron, Ohio. their most popular tune to date. I
Guitarist, Dan Auerbach, has heard it on the radio earlier today
a marked influence of Junior and it put a smile on my face (it’’s
Kimbrough, a little-known blues the little things in life that count).
guitarist. While you’’d be hard The instrumentation and music
pressed to nd a song without aren’’t the only things deserving of
this pronounced influence in mention from the album. The lyrics
their earlier works, this feel takes are fantastic. ““Everlasting Light”” is
a backseat in a number of tracks a serenade sung by Auerbach in a
on the album, as the tunes on the surprisingly steady falsetto.
album are varied in their style. The allusion to a train is a classic
““Never Gonna Give You Up”” blues lyricism, but the content of the
has a pronounced Motown feel to song is more romantic in the clas-
it, while ““Howlin’’ For You”” is a sical sense of the word than most
hard-hitting blues-rock tune with a other blues songs.The Black Keys
back-breaking backbeat. ““Tighten are perhaps the most genuine artists
Up”” was produced by Brian ““Dan- to hit the charts in a very long time.
By Kelsey Sterling
Staff Writer
Katy Perry is a lyrical genius,
not to mention an out-of-this-
world performer. She is a truly
talented artist, considering the
fact that she writes all her own
music.
Her songs are catchy, fun, and
have the ability to bring out your
inner girly girl. Because of this,
I believe Katy Perry’’s ““Teenage
Dream”” is the best album of the
year. COURTESY OF LABELMEGOSSIP.COM
Her single ““Teenage Dream”” is,
of course, a favorite because of its A current favorite of mine, Per-
upbeat, sweet sound, peppy lyrics ry’’s ““Firework”” is a beautiful and
and dance party-quality beat. surprisingly inspirational song,
Furthermore, we have ““Califor- which speaks of inner strength and
nia Gurls”” which was a summer the will to break out of your shell.
staple for just about everyone Not only is the song entertaining
who listens to the radio. Katy’’s to listen and dance to, the message
powerful voice booms throughout it sends is also extremely valuable.
the beach, cute tune and Snoop Overall, the album is a must-
Dogg’’s rapping skills compliment listen to because of its catchy lyrics
her sound creating one of the top and hooks that will never fail to
songs of the summer. make you move.
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Hartford Basketball 2010 Early Season Report

By Dan Lifshatz
Staff Writer
2010 brought a new look to Hartford basketball. A new
men’’s head coach.
A massive loss on the women’’s side with seniors Erica
Beverly and Diana Delva gone. The response so far has
been less than impressive, but luckily with time on their
side, can Hartford turn it around?
Men:
The Hawks at 2-6 need a jumpstart. With three close
losses their rst three games to Central Conn., Quinnipiac,
and Dartmouth, the Hawks nally scored their rst victory
over St. Francis, hoping to only improve.
Unfortunately, the Hawks have lost three of their next
four games, including scoring a lowly 38 points vs. Florida
State out of the ACC. It seems the biggest problem the
Hawks have this year is closing, losing every game so
far by six or less with the exception of Florida State and
Dartmouth. This is the area the Hawks drastically need
to improve, because with a few good second halves, the
Hawks could be 6-2 instead of the current.
Biggest Surprise: Senior Morgan Sabia. He has been
better than expected this year, leading the team in points
per game with 14.6, as well as leading with 7.0 rebounds
per game. Sabia has been one of they key pieces on this
team, and the Hawks will need him to continue his pace
if the Hawks have a chance at the America East title.
Biggest Disappointment: The second half. The Hawks
have lost four out of their six losses by six points or less.
The team needs to pickup the pace, and realize that the
second half should be the focus of concern. With some
nice comebacks or holds, this team could have a far better
record, and therefore a far better outlook, but luckily its
still early enough to x.
Coach Review: New coach John Gallagher has been a
good t for the Hawks. He uses his players well, rotates
them in and out well, and his team has been competitive
in almost every game this season. With some help closing
games, Hartford could drastically turn their season around
and do very well in the America East.
Predictions: Hartford is going to bounce back, as a 2-6
record should probably be more like a 4-4. The Hawks
will do well in the America East, but will not win. They
have talent, but with teams like Boston University load-
ing up on talent, competing will be difcult. I will go off
my educated guess that the Hawks nish fourth in the
America East this season.
Women:
The 1-7 women are being torched this year. Losing
Erica Beverly and Diana Delva are massive losses, but
1-7 is probably not what the Lady Hawks had hoped
they would be at.
Hartford opened with a tough loss to Central Conn.,
before continuing onto two tougher opponents at Bos-
ton College and Providence, losing both.
Hartford nally grabbed their rst win, beating Sa-
cred Heart before traveling to Cancun, Mexico for the
Caribbean Challenge. In Cancun, the Hawks dropped
all three games to Green Bay, Utah, and Penn State,
while staying very competitive vs. Utah and State.
The ladies have had a tough schedule, and with
another loss to Harvard after the tourney, the Hawks
need a strong nish to their non-conference schedule,
should they do well in the America East.
Biggest Surprise: Sophomore Alex Hall. Hall has
been very strong for the Hawks this season, averag-
ing 8.3 points per game, and 5.0 rebounds per game,
good enough for second on the team in both catego-
ries. Hall was instrumental in their only victory, with
18 points and six rebounds. Hall is young, and will
ADAM MANISON continue to get better while the season goes on, Hall
could become the go to girl on the team with a little
more improvement.
Biggest Disappointment: The team. At 1-7, the
Hawks are denitely disappointing, with losses to
Central Connecticut and Harvard, the team probably
also wishes they could have grabbed at least one win
in Cancun, but this team could still be very good if
they establish some more consistency. But there is no
doubt that this team needs some major help right now.
Coach Review: Jen Rizzotti, who has been fantastic
at Hartford, probably faces her toughest task yet. An
extremely young team, with only one senior, Rizzotti
needs to do her best job holding down the fort with all
the youngsters. She is a fantastic coach and will prob-
ably end up nding a way to turn this season around.
Predictions: With the 1-7 start, the Lady Hawks
can only get better from here. They have Temple,
Dartmouth, and Hofstra in the next three games, and
probably need to get at least two victories to establish
a little condence.
I still think the Hawks will be very good in the
ADAM MANISON
America East once the team gels. I will go out on a
limb here and predict that the Hawks nish second
Top: Men’’s Basketball team cheer during a game in the America East, once again behind powerhouse
Bottom: Women’’s Basketball team hudles before game Boston University who have a surplus of talent.

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play for the NFL.
Fame, glory, and lots of money
are the dream of many young
athletes who aspire to play profes-
sional sports.
Many prodigal athletes turned
pro at an early age including
hockey great Wayne Gretzky and
pro-tennis player Maria Sharapova,
both turned pro at age seventeen.
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in place since 2005.
living, but are considered to be
too young.
Proponents of pro-athlete age
limits emphasize the neces-
sity of maturation, a college
education, and time to develop
psychologically prior to the
media blitz, millions of dollars,
and illusion of power that comes
with many pro athletes.
Wreckless behavior and un- HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION
successful relationships are Priscilla Appiagyei broke the school record for the 300 meter
increasingly common among dash this past Saturday.

Track falls to UVM

However, as the sports industry
continues to grow in popularity and
revenue, the line between pro ath-
letes and celebrities have become
incredibly blurred.
The need for maturity, social
and nancial responsibility have
become a primary concern of pro
sport organizations including the
MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL; all
of whom have implemented age
restrictions for their players.
The MLB and NHL require new
players to be at least 18-years-old,
while the NBA and NFL require
players to be one and three years
removed from graduating high
school, respectively.
Amidst heated negotiations for
the NBA collective bargaining
agreement, the Players Associa-
tion has proposed to end the age
restriction, which has only been
““We want to go back to the way it
was,”” a source from the NBA Play-
ers Association said. ““The players
have always been philosophically
opposed to it.
The vast majority of players feel
a player should have the right to
make a living. If he has the talent
and wants to make money to help
his family, he should have that right.
It’’s just a matter of principle,”” ac-
cording to ESPN.com.
The NBA Players Association is
a league that has been stockpiled
with all-star players including
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
who were signed immediately after
high school.
Many players are opposed to age
restrictions as they can close the
doors to opportunity and nancial
security for young players who
have the skills to play and earn a
pro athletes; according to the
New York Times and Sports
Illustrated magazine, between
sixty and eighty-percent of pro
athletes get divorced.
Money, fame, game sched-
ules, time, and ego are all part
of the rigorous lifestyles of
professional athletes –– and few
adults, nevermind teenagers are
prepared for it all!
I think that a focus on educa-
tion and fostering talent in minor
league athletics will strengthen
the demand for age restrictions
among pro athletes.
Although it may seem unfair,
the 18-year-old NBA superstar
may regret not going to college
or sustaining a healthy relation-
ship when an injury or poor
money management cuts his
fame short.
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford men’’s
and women’’s Track and Field teams
sped out of the starting blocks on
Saturday Dec. 4.
The 2010-2011 indoor sea-
son started with a dual meet in
Burlington, Vermont against the
Catamounts of UVM.
Although the men were edged
slightly 85-73 and the women 81-
75 by Vermont, there were many
notable performances and school
records broken by the Hawks.
The 300 meter dash was espe-
cially special for a few Hawks.
Priscilla Appiagyei ran a 42.56
to break the school record she set
last season by more than half of
a second.
For the men, Anderson Emerole
nished with a 36.08, breaking
his previous school record by ve
tenths of a second.
In distance, another record was
set when Andy Chalmers ran the
3,000 m run in 8:52.14. Kyle Cho-
lewa had a mark of 14.24 meters
in the weight throw.
It was a school record in his rst
collegiate meet.
While the Hawks didn’’t get the
victory, setting school records in a
sprint, distance, and throwing event
is a reason to get excited about a
team on the rise.
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Disappointing loss for Hawks to Sacred Heart

By Charlie Paulin
Staff Writer

The men’’s basketball team’’s joy of possible victory against Sacred

Heart quickly turned to disappointment and frustration after forfeit-
ing a double digit point lead with eight minutes to play in the game.
Despite having three players scoring in double gures, The Hawks
lost 56-55 to the Pioneers.
““We just didn’’t get it done”” was the reason head coach John Gal-
lagher had for surrendering a 20 point lead late in the game. Not the
absence of starting junior guard Milton Burton or the late fouling out
of senior forward Anthony Minor.
Extraordinary offensive production nished the rst half with a
25-18 lead and carried over into the second half as junior Genesis
Maciel, Burton’’s starting replacement, senior Morgan Sabia, and
Zeglinski, nailed three pointers all over the court.
With just less than nine minutes to play in the game another basket
from down town made by Zeglinski pushed the Hawks lead to 51-31,
the largest lead of the season. Smiles streaked across all members of
the bench. However the Pioneers were not ready for such a defeat
and forced numerous turnovers with full court defensive pressure
which turned into an attacking offense.
Aside from a Clayton Brothers free throw, Sacred Heart prevented
Hartford from scoring until the last minute of the game, and eventually
tied the game, 55-55, in the last minute of play, after a clutch three
pointer from Jerrell Thompson.
With the last position of the game, the Hawks turned the ball over,
where Pioneer Stan Dulaire scooped up the loose ball and streaked
to hoop. In an act of desperation Brothers reached for the block, but
got called for an intentional foul.
Dulaire made his rst of the two free throws, giving Sacred Heart
the nal score of the game.
The Hawks will look to achieve non-conference win number one HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION
again this Saturday against Monmouth in West Long Beach, Cali-
fornia at 4 p.m. Men’’s basketball fell to Sacred Heart Wednesday night after a grueling struggle.

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Tim Fallon was named to the second team preseason All-American choice
in lacrosse on Friday by Inside Lacrosse’’s Facebook Yearbook for 2011.

Lacrosse player honored

By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
ADAM MANISON
““Tenacious”” was the adjective that
Hawks lose to Marist in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion on Nov. 22 Hartford lacrosse senior co-captain used
on the lacrosse eld.
As a junior he lead the NCAA in individual
face offs won; amassing a staggering 62.2
percent on the year, and he also scooped
an average of 9.4 groundballs per game.

Lady Hawks fall to Marist

By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
After spending the last four games in Mex-
ico and Cambridge, Mass. the Lady Hawks
lost yet another battle to Marist University.
The Hawks last victory came against Sacred
Heart at the Chase Arena at Reich Family
Pavilion, on Nov. 22.
The Lady Hawks defense held the Marist
Red foxes to only 26 points for the rst half,
shooting 37 percent and 10-27 from the eld.
Unfortunately the Hawks could not nd an
answer with their offense throughout the
game, shooting only 27 percent and 6-22
from the eld.
The same would be true for the second half
as Hartford would shoot a measly 29 percent,
7-24 from the eld.
In spite of shooting from close range, the
Hawks managed to shoot 40 percent, 4-10
around the arc. But the outside game would
not trounce the Red Foxes as they continued
to score shooting 11-21, 52 percent from
the eld.
Coach Rizzotti mentioned after the game
that, ““We are just trying to gure out ways to
play well, and get this team on the right track.””
The 1-8 Hawks look to bounce back against
Temple in Philadelphia, Friday Dec. 10 and
will return home to play Dartmouth Sunday,
Dec. 12.
to describe himself as on the eld, and this
tenacity has earned Tim Fallon another
round of preseason honors.
The Lowell, Mass. native is a man of
few words –– until Fallon is asked to speak
about the game of lacrosse as he described
himself and his passion.
Despite having been named to the second-
team preseason All-American choice in
lacrosse on Friday by Inside Lacrosse’’s
Facebook Yearbook for the 2011 season,
Fallon was very humble about the award
itself.
““I would love to have made rst team,””
Fallon said, ““but hey, it’’s only preseason
and I’’ll do my best to make rst team by
the end of the year.””
A normal college student by day, who
enjoys video games, hanging with friends,
and playing pool, really shows what he has
But that doesn’’t mean Fallon is content
with his numbers last year, ““I’’ve set a lot of
personal goals this season,”” he said.
““My goal isn’’t to be number one, it’’s to
lead the team in what I do best and have a
complete season.””
When asked about how he can keep such
a clear head during rough lacrosse games,
the senior captain replied, ““I actually get
very nervous. Even after playing for as
long as I have, I still have the jitters at the
beginning of the game, but after a few face
offs is when the nerves usually go away.””
Watch for the Hawks to improve on their
5-10 record last season and do what Fallon
says is the impression he wants to leave on
the UHart lacrosse world, ““I want these
guys to be known as the kids that changed
this program, to be known as the kids who
went 10-5 and went out as a team, together.””