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Left: Hartt School Faculty and Alumni played an arrangement of Horace Silver’’s ““Peace”” Middle: Students from the Design Global Change class in front of
their nished mural Right: Students from the Charter Oak International Academy in West Hartford sang ““Shalom.””

‘‘Keeping the Dream Alive’’ celebrates life and legacy of MLK

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The University celebrated Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Day through several speak-
ers and musicians during the fth annual
““Keeping the Dream Alive”” program this
past Monday.
The program aimed to extend King’’s dream
of peace within the community to today, and
focused on ways to carry out that dream in
our own community.
President Walter Harrison, as well as CEO
of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Jennifer
Smith Turner, both spoke at the event in
order to communicate King’’s message.
Turner interjected her own powerful words
with quotes from King’’s 1957 sermon ““The
Birth of a New Nation.””
““Let us never ght with falsehood and
hate and malice, but always ght with love,””
Turner urged to the audience.
Also during the event were musical per-
formances by students from the University
of Hartford Magnet School, as well as the
Charter Oak International Academy, Hartt
School faculty and Alumni, and senior
Shenel Johns.
Song choices were constant with the theme
and included ““Let There Be Peace on Earth,””
““Shalom,”” and ““Lift Every Voice and Sing.””
During President Harrison’’s remarks, he
referred students in Hartford’’s own com-
munity who have displayed exemplary work
in carrying out King’’s dream.
One group local to campus, the students
in the Art School’’s ““Design Global Change””
class, successfully completed a mural of Dr.
King on the North End Church of Christ in
Hartford in November.
The mural spreads the message of peace
and community by including King’’s words
““the beloved community is the framework
for the future.””Others who were recognized
for their work demonstrating ““the beloved
community”” theme were three winners of
the 2011 Martin Luther King Essay Contest.
Milkayla Holness, Vince Jerome Mack,
and Cassidy Glaner were recognized for
their words on how to address the obstacles
that keep us from achieving ““the beloved
community.””
Glaner, a freshman at the university, wrote
an inuential essay suggesting that Americans
too often lose sight of what the central idea of
freedom actually is, a problem that stands in the
way of achieving the ““beloved community.””
““Let us not be affected by what we mate-
rialistically have, but instead take a look at
what we all share together: life,”” she states
in her essay.
Full copies of all three essays, as well as
video clips of musical performances at the
event can be found on UNotes.

Sustainability, pay raises focus in year ahead, says Harrison

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
President Walter Harrison announced an im-
proved recycling system this week as well as
some good news for faculty and staff members:
pay rates are to be unfrozen.
In prepared remarks for the canceled faculty-
staff kickoff for the spring semester Harrison
said, ““This has been a long time coming, but I
am delighted to say that we now have recycling
throughout all of the non-residential buildings
on campus.””
Starting this semester, the university will
adopt a two bin recycling system——one for
paper and one for empty aluminum cans, glass
and plastic bottles. Cardboard and newspapers
will not be accepted; rather, staff is encouraged
to leave cardboard and newspapers by trash
cans in ofces.
According to the university’’s sustainability
website, the two-bin system will keep campus
areas clean as well as make the recycling process
easier once it is removed from campus.
Harrison said, ““For this effort to succeed,
however, all of us will have to participate.””
As for residential buildings on campus,
Harrison said, ““For several years we have had
recycling within the Village Apartments, but
expanding that to reach all residence halls will
require a little more logistical work. We hope
to roll that out soon.””
In a forward-looking statement, Harrison said,
““we hope to unveil an initiative beginning this
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Barney School of Business gains re-accreditation
By Paige Patunas
Copy Chief
The Barney School of Business
has earned re-accreditation from the
Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB Inter-
national), making them one of only
47 schools to earn re-accreditation
in business.
““In business education this is one
of the highest forms of recognition
for a school to receive,”” said James
Fairfield-Sonn, dean of Barney
School of Business.
The AACSB International was
rst founded with an objective of
improving business education in
colleges worldwide.
Throughout the years the organi-
zation has created and revised their
standards to ensure that each business
school is providing students with a
top quality education.
After a school applies for ac-
creditation the school goes through a
review process where it must meet 21
different standards to be considered.
These standards include requiring
continuous improvement in the cur-
riculum and a high quality teaching
environment.
Barney School of Business rst
received accreditation in 2000 af-
ter trying for 24 years to gain the
Director of Public Safety named Person of the Year
By Ben Gyurik
Staff Writer
John Schmaltz,Director of Pub-
lic Safety on campus, was named
Person of the Year 2011, by the
Cromwell Knights of Columbus.
He became Director of Public
Safety in 2008, after retiring from
20 years of service from the police
department where he worked as a
lieutenant.
Schmaltz has been an involved
member of his community, and
a lifelong resident of Cromwell.
He has coached various youth
programs, is engaged in the Parks
and Recreation Commission, the
Cromwell Park Improvement
Committee, and both the Baseball
and Football Booster Clubs.
““I became interested in coaching
and I was always interested in the
idea of management, both for a
team and a eld, because I worked
at a golf club in high school, I
already knew about turf manage-
ment, so it was easier for me to
get into coaching,”” said Schmaltz.
But coaching isn’’t the only reason
Schmaltz is the 2011 Knights of
Columbus Person of the Year.
He is a big part of the Cromwell
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The university’’s Barney School was one of only 47 schools to be re-accredited in business.
prestigious recognition. The recent
re-accreditation will extend the
school’’s accreditation for six years
community, and makes it a part
of his duty to give back to his
hometown.
The Knights of Columbus is an
organization he joined because he
learned about the opportunities it
provides through his uncle, and by
joining he became more involved
in his community.
““I was active early on, but it
got harder to stay as active in the
Knights of Columbus after I had
children, having four children
myself, I got very busy, but I still
managed to do work in the com-
munity,”” said Schmaltz.
Schmaltz is humbled by being
given such an award, though he feels
he didn’’t get involved in his commu-
nity to gain any sort of recognition.
When he rst was acknowledged
of this honor, Schmaltz explained
““it’’s a good fteen minutes of
fame, and a nice thank you, by
getting a plaque, but I didn’’t do all
my work for myself, to gain atten-
tion. I did it for my community.””
Schmaltz graduated from Uconn
in 1983, and from there he joined
the Cromwell Police Department
after graduating. He was later hired
by the Hartford Police Department
and eventually was promoted to
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schools in 38 countries have received
accreditation, making the Barney
School part of the top ve percent,””
said Faireld-Sonn.
According to Faireld-Sonn, when
the school was considered in 2000
the AACSB International not only
looked at the 21 standards but they
also looked for a strategic plan that
was in place in order to help provide
the school with better education for
students.
Faireld-Sonn said that the orga-
nization was very impressed with
many of the programs that were just
being put into effect in 2000 and that
are now playing a vital role at the
Barney School.
Some of these include the career
ready focus for undergraduate stu-
dents which allow students to gain
the skills needed to prepare them for
real world work.
Another program that AACSB
International found impressive was
the Barney Leadership council which
was in its initial stages in 2000.
It is now more involved and
works with students to help them
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workshops, as well as working
and they will be reviewed again ve year cycle. with the school community and
after ve years, since the AACSB ““There are 12,000 business schools organizing event such as a business
International reviews schools in a around the world and only 607 school barbecue.
the position of lieutenant.
““I learned persistence, loyalty
and dedication from when I was
in the police department and
have applied it to my life,”” stated
Schmaltz.
By applying himself outside of
his work, and within his commu-
nity, Schmaltz stated ““I try to give
back to my community because it
should be a cooperative effort from
residents, and when I can give back
it also gives me satisfaction.””
When asked how people could
get involved in volunteer pro-
grams, and engaged in their
communities, Schmaltz pointed
out one reason they don’’t put more
initiative into it: a lot of people
don’’t realize that the community
doesn’’t just give people work to
do, they have to make an effort to
get involved.
““Many people think they don’’t
have the time for being a part of
their community. It’’s not that they
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Inuential Hartt School Dean

Emerita passes away at 93
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor

Elizabeth ““Lizzy”” Warner-

Paranov, former dean of the Hartt
School, passed away Wednesday,
Jan. 5, at the age of 93.
Warner-Paranov was the wife
of Moshe Paranov, co-founder of
the Hartt School. After receiving
a Bachelor of Science degree from
the Institute of Musical Art of the
Julliard Foundation, she went on to
be an integral part of the Hartford
community, playing the organ in
area churches, as well as being a
renowned pianist, chamber music
performer, and teacher.
From there she went on to teach
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It was after working at the school
for over 10 years that she aided Lizzy Warner-Paranov, the Dean Emerita of the Hartt School,
in merging the Hartt School, the passed away Jan. 5. She is pictured here at Hartt’’s 90th An-
Hartford Art School, and Hillyer niversary Gala in Oct. 2010.
College to create the University of
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She was also involved in the Tanya Paranov and her husband, There will be a memorial service
Connecticut State Music Teachers Moshe. held at the Hartt School at a date yet
Association, Musical Club of Hart- Memorial donations can be made to be announced.

Harrison: pay freeze ‘‘was a real sacrice’’

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summer to replace some of our
energy systems and machinery
on campus that will enable us
to conserve energy even more.
““Now, while I know it may not
be easy to get excited about new
chillers or heating systems in
buildings, new energy controls,
or new dishwashers in our cafete-
rias that conserve energy, this is
another important step in conser-
vation, which I hope will become
a hallmark of the University in the
years to come.””
In 2010, faculty and staff mem-
bers went a year without seeing
pay increases.
Harrison said that it ““was a real
sacrice of many of us, especially
people in the lower end of the
spectrum.
““But I have been very pleased
with the way all of you and your
colleagues responded to these
challenges.””
For the next academic year, Har-
rison announced a two percent merit
salary pool.
He said, ““I realize that a two
percent salary pool is not cause for
cheering in the streets, but I hope
you see it for what it is: a prudent
step in investing in our people——our
faculty and staff——which is our most
precious resource.””
Harrison called the move a ““cau-
tious rst step,”” stating that budget
cuts that went into effect this year
will continue into the next academic
year.
Citing the changes in the eco-
nomic outlook, Harrison said, ““the
decade of growth we saw at the
University between 1998 and 2007
is unlikely to be repeated in that
form in the near future.””

Hartford student selected to participate

in Connecticut poetry circuit
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
University of Hartford senior Tim
Pettus has been chosen as one of ve
poets in the state to take part in the
Connecticut Poetry Circuit.
Pettus, a creative writing major,
was chosen from all college-level
poets in the state as one of the best
by the Connecticut Poetry Society,
making him the third consecutive
Hartford student to have achieved
the honor.
Matthew Gilbert was the rst stu-
Seniors: apply now to
dent to be honored in 2008, followed
by John Dudek last year in 2010.
Each year, every college and uni-
versity in Connecticut is encouraged
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to nominate one undergraduate poet.
From all the nominees, the Con-
necticut Poetry Society chooses the
top four or ve, making it a highly
selective process.
The ve chosen students will
create the Student Poetry Tour,
traveling to locations throughout
the state to read their work to
audiences.
The tour will come to the Uni-
versity of Hartford in February
where students are invited to come
hear Pettus, along with other poets
perform.
speak at commencement
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
Staff Writer
Every year seniors from the
graduating class approach the
podium during commencement
in May.
Some preach words of wisdom,
others some light hearted humor,
and some speak heartfelt encour-
agement for the future. For this
year’’s class of 2011, that senior
These speeches can vary in
issues and should be between 3
and 5 minutes in length. This op-
portunity is to present a message
to fellow classmates, parents and
faculty. Candidates are asked to
keep in mind the diverse commu-
nity and that they are representing
all graduates.
Out of the speeches received, the
top three to ve speeches will be
chosen by Feb. 25.

Bates House mourns loss of staff member

By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
The university is mourning the
loss of an Ofce of Administration
staffer, Mary Ann Garro.
Garro, who worked as an ad-
ministrative secretary in the Bates
House for more than fteen years,
passed away on Monday, Dec. 27
at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.
““She cared deeply about the
University’’s success and was the
proud mother of two university
graduates, her daughters Michele
and Debra. She will be missed by
all of us in Bates House and her
many friends around campus,””
Richard Zeiser, Dean of Admis-
sion, told UNotes.
A resident of East Hartford
for 35 years, Garro was born in
Brooklyn, in 1944.
She was survived by her hus-
band, Robert, two daughters, and
four grandchildren.
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could be you.
Any senior that graduated in
Dec. 2010 or will be graduating
in May qualies. Seniors must
rst submit a resume to Suzanne
Anderson McNeil in GSU 307
by Jan. 28.
The Student Commencement
Speaker Committee will then
review the resumes and your
college record and choose the
candidates.
These candidates will be noti-
ed by Feb. 4 and will need to
submit an original speech to
McNeil in GSU 307 by Feb. 18.
These seniors will then present
their speech to the committee and
will be judged on content and pre-
sentation of the speech, academic
performance, and on involvement in
college leadership roles and campus
activities.
The winner will be announced
by the end of March and will take
the stage in May at commencement
to present their speech in front of
family, friends, faculty, and fellow
graduates.
All questions should be directed
to Suzanne Anderson McNeil at
extension 5219.

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The Library of Congress recently opened an exhibit of weight loss ads and diet books through
the decades as a statement to keep the obesity epidemic as a priority.
Ads continue skinny tradition
For years, men and women have
been facing the plaguing question
of what is the magic cure for weight
loss.
By the sheer number of diet
advertisements bombarding the
general population it’’s plain to see
that obesity continues to be an ever-
escalating problem. These ads show
the lengths that men and women
have gone to in order to achieve the
perfect physique.
Beginning this past Wednesday
and lasting for several months, the
Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C. is holding an exhibit of weight
loss ads and diet books throughout
the decades. This special event is
aimed to keep the issue of obesity
at the forefront of Congress’’ mind.
A common theme amongst the
ads was that most of them cater to
women. It’’s not all that surprising
that advertisers would target the
most easily susceptible to messages
regarding beauty, yet Karen Miller-
Kovach, chief scientic ofcer of
Weight Watchers believes that men
and women are wired different when
it comes to losing weight.
In an interview with USA Today
she says, ““When it comes to weight
loss, women are diplomats, and men
declare war. Women are always
Starbucks presents bright future for payment technolog y
It could be the beginning of the end
for the wallet, as Starbucks announced
this week that it would soon accept
payments at nearly all of its locations
through customers’’ cell phones.
Now you can get your ““Trenta,”” the
new 31-ounce iced beverage being
sold by the coffee giant, without tak-
ing anything out besides a cell phone.
It presents a fascinating look into
the future of our economy and how
people will pay for the items they
want in the future.
Users of the Starbucks application
will be able to load their gift card with
cash and then add it to the phone.
Then, using the application that
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trying different things. They are
always reading.... They often it
about and try different things until
they get the point where they do
something about it.””
To the contrary, many women
that I’’ve seen working towards
weight loss don’’t sit on the sidelines
just praying for the weight to melt
away. Women are aggressive when
it comes to this topic, so to say
that women it about is somewhat
disconcerting.
Women go to such extreme
lengths to live up to the pictures
on the advertisements they see that
many become obsessed, which
many times spirals into eating
disorders.
It’’s appalling to look through
advertisements from years past and
to note how ridiculous of measures
Jeremy Stanley •• Editor-in-Chief
jstanley@hartford.edu
Twitter: @JeremyDStanley
will display a code for the scanner at
the checkout, they just wave it at the
scanner and money is debited from
the account.
It seems magical and far-fetched
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women would put themselves
through. From salt baths and eat-
ing ““bile”” beans, to simply shaking
the weight off with a belt strapped
around their waists, women take
weight loss seriously.
I recently came across an adver-
tisement for Xenadrine, a weight
loss pill that is supposed to boost
energy. The Jersey Shore’’s very own
Ronnie starred in the commercial
showing off his juicehead muscles
and imploring viewers that if they
take the pill they too can be hot
enough for the shore.
With weight loss pills being the
new ““bile”” bean, it’’s just reinforc-
ing the ever-present idea of going
to drastic extremes for something
that can be done naturally.
With the evolution of weight loss
advertisements it’’s clear that the
targeted consumer, is being pres-
sured to look a certain way and
they shouldn’’t be scared to try the
most extreme measures they can to
achieve their goals.
While it’’s great to highlight the
obesity epidemic, it’’s important to
reinforce healthy weight loss strate-
gies and not play into the hundreds
of extreme diets that are out there
promising results that they can’’t
deliver.
and it has a few issues to overcome.
First, you still need a physical Star-
bucks card to reload it. Why can’’t
customers get a card number and
add their own funds to it from the
phone itself?
Is there any sort of protection (say, a
PIN) to protect customers from having
their phone stolen and used to pay for
the overpriced coffee?
At the same time, it does present
an optimistic future for payment
technology. Imagine when credit card
companies integrate this new technol-
ogy, how much easier it could be to
pay for things.
And the amount of fraud protection
Snow removal
issue solved with
self-clearing roads
In the midst of what anxious
snowed-ins have deemed the
““snowpocalypse,”” residents of
hard-hit states grew increasingly
frustrated with the lack of road
clean up the past few weeks.
So why not try what seems to
be a simple solution: roads that
clean themselves.
Though still in the process of
development, there are proposals
in the works for roads that could
use solar power to melt away
snow and ice themselves, po-
tentially saving millions in snow
removal after storms such as the
one that coated Connecticut with
more than two feet last week.
Scott Brusaw, an electri-
cal engineer from Idaho, has
gained attention from the federal
government as well as General
Electric with his idea for a glass
roadway that uses solar cells to
not only melt snow away, but
generate energy for other uses
as well.
This plan would astonishingly
eliminate the need for snow-
plows and expensive post-storm
clean up that residents of New
England have obviously not been
pleased with this season.
In a time when the world is see-
ing the obvious effects of climate
change undoubtedly caused by
pollutants humans create, this
energy-saving snow removal
seems like a perfect resolution
to today’’s problems. But when
taking into account the price of
such a project, it seems more and
more unlikely that it will actually
play out.
Brusaw’’s in-depth plans
haven’’t disregarded the cost
aspect, though. On his website
he maps out the project’’s esti-
mated cost of $4.4 million per
mile. With over 3 million miles
of highway in the country, that
cost becomes a bit outrageous
for the government to actually
implement.
However, Brusaw justies that
spending with the amount of
money and energy it will save
that could result.
There might even be a possibility
that customers even need a physical
credit card number, just an image
that associates the individual with
the bank account. More so, there’’s no
need for replacement cards (still may
need replacement phones).
On the other hand, if these cards
run on batteries, there’’s a possibility
that it runs out. If someone loses a
charger and has a dead phone--that
could present an interesting situation
where a person doesn’’t have physical
cash to pay for it.
The chances of it happening are
probably slim to none, but still, it’’s
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Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
in the long run. In a recent article
on CNN.com, Rajib Mallick, an
engineer who is working on his own
idea for a ““smart road,”” stated that
temperature regulated roads will
help to maintain their quality, re-
ducing the cost of highway upkeep.
Despite the cost of a project
such as this, the Federal Highway
Administration has already granted
Brusaw $100,000 to further research
his glass highway proposal.
Brusaw plans to have the idea
developed and implemented in the
parking lot next to his ofce building
by the spring.
As it seems that we have the
technology to successfully create
an energy-saving, ice-melting super
highway, as well as enough interest
in its potential, the next step is nd-
ing a way to fund it.
In the article on CNN.com,
it was suggested that the roads
could first be installed in ar-
eas of high population density,
““where vehicles could be charged
fees for the right to use them.””
However if that is the only solution
to funding, the potential for backlash
from drivers already perturbed by
ever-rising gas prices wouldn’’t be
far off.
While the prospect of being
able to walk to class on sidewalks
free of snow and sleet right after a
snowstorm might be comforting, it
unfortunately doesn’’t seem likely
it will happen any time in the near
future. But hopefully with a little bit
of luck and a reasonable method for
funding, we might be just be saved
when the actual snowpocalypse
eventually strikes.
always worth being mindful of where
technology can go wrong.
The other applications that could
work for this is the Hawk Card. Imag-
ine managing and getting updates
on meal plan balances, Hawk cash
remaining--and adding to it from a
mobile application.
Getting into dorms, now that would
be convenient, too.
But the technology is far too cost-
prohibitive to even consider putting
in a business smaller than the bever-
age giant and chain grocery stores,
but it’’s always fun to speculate on
how payments will evolve over the
coming years.
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A night of ska and punk at the Webster

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Hartford’’s Webster Theater will host a variety of ska and punk bands on Friday Jan. 28, 2011, including groups Less Than Jake and Make Do And Mend.
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
Ska punk sensations Less Than
Jake are making their triumphant
return to the Webster Theater on
Jan. 28.
The quartet originally hailing
from Gainesville, Florida, are still
regularly touring the northeast rid-
ing their 2008 release ““GNA FLA.””
Up-tempo and fast paced in
nature, the group never fails to put
on a stunning show while staying
true to their ska roots that seem to
attract grounds from all over.
With a blaring saxophone and
deep trombone, Less Than Jake
has solidied their signature sound
contributing greatly to the third
wave of ska music along with
groups such as Reel Big Fish and
Streetlight Manifesto.
Returning to Hartford just over
a year since their last visit, the
boys of Less Than Jake offer more
bang for your buck with tickets
at a modest $16.50 in advanced.
The tour, in support of their new
““TV/EP,”” which rips through 16
famous TV theme songs. The EP,
released late last year, clocks in
at just over 11 minutes.
Whether the ska legends will
grace the stage with the theme
song to ““iCarly”” as their opener
or go with a safer bet with one of
their hits, they’’ll denitely have
the audience dancing up on their
feet in a matter of seconds.
Less Than Jake are more than
qualied to counter this dreary
winter weather with some soulful
ska music.
Hartford’’s Webster Theater
thrives on great bands like Less
Than Jake as well as the opening
acts.
The lineup consists of great lo-
cal bands such as Make Do And
Mend, Off With Their Heads and
The Supervillans.
There definitely is no better
way to spend a Friday night than
dancing to the infectious sounds
of great ska and punk bands for a
cheap price.
Doors open at 5:30 for the Un-
derground and Less Than Jake take
the Main Stage at 7:00.

Golden Globes feature

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Regis retires- Morning talk show host Regis

Philbin announced 2011 will be his nal year as
excellence, rude humor
By Danielle Nielsen
a regular on ““Live with Regis & Kelly.”” Philbin Staff Writer
currently holds the world record for most time
The 68th Annual Golden Globe
spent in front of a television camera with Ryan Awards that took place Jan. 16, was
Seacrest at a close second. surely a night to remember both
for the winners and host comedian
Ricky Gervais.
Gervais strikes –– British comedian Ricky Ger- With so many outstanding movies
released in 2010 it was difcult to
vais hit below the belt while hosting the Golden predict the outcome for the many
Globes last week. Hugh Hefner and Charlie movies and television series that
were nominated.
Sheen both said they won’’t be tuning in when The awards ceremony appeared
Gervais guest stars on the U.S. version of ““The to be in a small intimate setting
lled with a talented group dressed
Ofce.”” in their best attire. Many of Holly-
wood’’s nest came out that evening,
including a huge appearance from
Playoffs?!- The New York Jets defeated the New Michael Douglas, who recently
England Patriots last week to advance to the Con- won his battle with throat cancer.
ference Championship against the Steelers. Jets Douglas received a standing ova-
tion for his incredible strength.
coach Rex Ryan plans to attend the game bare- Gervais denitely fullled his
foot in order to effectively stomp the competition. goal of entertaining the crowd and
the viewers.
The media was buzzing after the
Jobs’’ leave of absence –– Apple CEO Steve Jobs show on how offensive his jokes
were. Viewers lost sight of the en-
announced he is taking a medical leave of ab- tertainment aspect of his position.
sence from the company this week. The ““Being Bruce Willis was highly offended
when Gervais introduced him as
Steve”” section of allaboutSteveJobs.com now Ashton Kutcher’’s father although
needs some amendments. most of the crowd and viewers
found this absolutely hilarious.
Nonetheless, Gervais brought
Wikipedia anniversary- The popular encyclope- humor and light into an award
show that, at times, comes off as
dia website turned 50 this year. I found this fact too serious and dull.
on Wikipedia.com. Before watching the ceremony,
I had high expectations for ““Black
Swan,”” which had been nominated
in various categories including Best
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Motion Picture Drama. I predicted
this movie to take home a few
awards based on Darren Aronof-
sky’’s brilliant cinematic work.
Aronofsky’’s dark and twisting plot
lines are enough to pull a viewer in.
The other nominations I felt con-
dent about were the Showtime series
““Dexter,”” ““Nurse Jackie,”” ““The Big
C,”” and ““United States of Tara.””
Many of the series throughout their
many seasons have lived up to the
expectations of the viewers. ““Dex-
ter”” being the most alluring out of
the group is addicting from Michael
C. Halls compelling performance as
a serial killer.
““The Social Network”” was the
all-star winner of the night walking
away with four awards including
Best Motion Picture Drama, Best
Director, Best Screenplay and Best
Original Score. Director David
Fincher successfully executed Mark
Zuckerberg’’s creation and tribula-
tions of the social media empire of
Facebook.
““Glee”” was another success that
night, winning Best Television
Series (Comedy or Musical), Best
Performance by an Actress in a
Supporting Role in a Series (Jane
Lynch), and Best Performance by
an Actor in a Supporting Role in a
Series (Chris Colfer).
““Glee”” coming out on top of
these categories did not come as
a surprise to television enthusiasts
because of its huge viewership and
growing popularity from episode
to episode.
The Cecil B. DeMille Award
is a lifetime achievement award
given each year by The Hollywood
Foreign Press Association. This
year, actor Robert De Niro was
given the award for his years of
excellent acting. A montage of his
career was played that highlighted
movies such as ““Casino,”” ““Taxi
Driver,”” ““Goodfellas,”” ““Meet the
Parents,”” and ““Frankenstein”” just
to name a few.
This year’’s awards were competi-
tive due to the amount of successful
movies and television series that
were released. The talent from the
actors, directors, screenwriters, and
composers was beautifully shown
and highlighted.
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How to furnish your apartment for less

When it comes to furnishing
your campus apartment on a col-
lege student budget, your money
doesn’’t go much farther than it
will at IKEA.
While the university is conve-
niently located just 30 minutes
from Connecticut’’s only location
in New Haven, the voyage down
interstate 91 is well worth the
trip to visit the world’’s largest
furniture retailer.
The Swedish based retailer
denitely offers hard to turn
down deals when it comes to
furnishing a village apartment
or even a complex double.
For around $150 you can buy
a loveseat or sofa bed that you
won’’t feel terribly guilty about if
partygoers spill drinks on it. As
for a sturdy side table, IKEA has
a wide array starting at just $10.
As for your kitchen, $3.99 is all
you need to drop on a 16-piece
utensil set to help you tear into
some take out food with.
And if you’’re feeling adventur-
ous you can get a 5 piece cooking
set for $9.99. But remember,
in the IKEA style of things; be
prepared to assemble the handles
to your cooking pots.
Although village apartment
common rooms are not equipped
with lighting, IKEA’’s solution
for a brightly lit room is only
$7.99 for black oor lamps.
As you struggle to furnish your
apartment or room to make it feel
more like home, you can rest as-
sured that your IKEA purchases
are environmentally friendly.
Striving to become more
sustainable, the Swedish giant
produces a 100 percent post con-
sumer waste chair and uses wood
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Entertainment Editor
aswetz@hartford.edu
Twitter: @TheKineticKid
from responsibly managed forests.
With more than reasonable prices
on furniture and kitchenware, the
guilt of dropping over $400 on
a couch that might end up in the
dumpster after Spring Fling is vir-
tually gone when you buy cheap. COURTESY OF FAMOZZ.COM
Furnishing for less denitely
has its advantages because you get
brand new things without breaking
the bank. Not to say that your Swed-
ish choice will last you an eternity
but based on your own wear and
lugging back and forth to school,
IKEA furniture can last you your
four-year sentence at the university.
You can even touch up your
bedroom, although it’’s the most
furnished room of an apartment
by Res. Life. Hipsters can pick up
a small wood stand for their turn-
tables or iPod docks for only $15.
IKEA is the college student’’s best
friend for affordable alternatives
to campus living that I personally
resort to. The trip down to New
Haven is also a chance to experience
some ne Swedish dining.
Durable and cheap, the only thing
standing between you and a brand
new couch for your apartment is
about 40 minutes of swearing and COURTESY OF IKEA.COM
mumbling ““Are you sure this is the
As the biggest furniture retailer in the world IKEA offers great deals on ready-to-assemble
right piece?””
furniture that is relatively cheap and ideal for any college dorm room or apartment.

Google piloting Web only laptop with the Cr-48

By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
It’’s pretty cool that a company,
any company, would do a wide-
spread beta test of a new operating
system for laptops by sending out
free laptops to people.
Google has the honor of being the
rst to do so, and perhaps the only
one for a while.
The build quality of the Cr-48 is
among the top of the crop in qual-
ity. It’’s quite reminiscent of Apple’’s
black MacBook or one of the Sony
laptops.
It’’s rened in terms of design. No
chrome, just a matte black texture.
It’’s not plastered with stickers say-
ing ““Chrome Starter Edition with
Google”” or ““Intel Inside,”” though
in the box a business card style ad
says ““If you cracked this open, you’’d
nd Intel.”” A cute, kitschy touch to
the packaging.
I originally posted to Twitter my
initial impressions, one of them
being ““slow.””
I had meant not so much slow
as in rendering pages, but simple
things like scrolling appeared to
be sluggish.
Turns out it’’s the trackpad that’’s
troublesome. It misreads clicks and
has temperamental scrolling.
I plugged in a USB mouse into
the Cr-48 and was on my way, but
for on-the-go use, the touchpad is
far from a dealbreaker.
The Google Chrome Pilot Cr-48 is a unique laptop beta that only runs the Google browser.
The keyboard is full-sized, so
there’’s hardly an issue with it.In fact,
it’’s a pretty quick machine.
It’’s even quicker when the setting
to display plugins is set to ““disabled””
or ““click to play.”” I have it set at
““click to play”” so that I’’m not taxing
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the machine to render a Flash video bones——built to run on laptops like
that I might not click. the Cr-48.
But paying consumers won’’t be It features, for all intents and pur-
paying for this particular piece of poses, the Chrome Web Browser and
hardware, so it might not even mat- a basic UI shell that allows users to
ter at the end of the day. log in to their Google Account and
The operating system is bare use the device.
In other words, if you know (and
probably love) Google Chrome on
the Mac/PC/Linux, you know what
you’’re in for.
A few minor tweaks include:
there’’s no minimizing/maximizing
(because, well what do you want,
a desktop with one icon?) and
there’’s a task bar with time, signal
strength and a battery icon. It’’s
very minimalist——a good thing for
a minimal OS.
Google has partnered with Veri-
zon Wireless to provide 3G data on
Chrome laptops, which is a pretty
cool thing for commuters (using
public transportation, obviously.
Drivers, don’’t get any ideas!) and
people nding themselves in Wi-Fi
Notspots.
This is especially cool, because
Verizon is giving users 100 MB of
free data usage a month for the two
years they own the device——any
more and they’’ll need at least $10
(but it’’s contract free, so there’’s no
commitment).
Dependent on what prices the
Chrome laptops launch at, this could
be an attractive alternative to the
budget laptops running Windows 7
Starter, which perhaps are good only
for Web browsing in the rst place.
If laptop manufacturers are able
to execute with such precision
on the hardware (save the nicky
touchpad), Google will have a hit on
its hands——provided consumers are
willing to give up on pre-installed
applications and go to the cloud.
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The Hawks’’ softball team is eager to play under new head coach, Consolmagno.
Spring 2011 games for lax,
Continued from page 12
conference play until late March,
playing the likes of Siena, Brown
and Bucknell, all strong national
teams, until their conference
schedule opens March 30, away
at Albany.
Hartford will play A merica East
powerhouses Stony Brook and
UMBC at home, giving them a
large advantage against two poten-
tially deadly opponents before the
America East tournament.
Portuguese National Team
calls on Hawk-star, Pereira
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
Amelia Pereira is a shining star
at the University of Hartford, but
after being named to Portugal’’s
National Team, she is practically
an international soccer superstar.
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The sophomore player hailing
from Madeira Island, Portugal
spent her rst year as a Hawk
guiding them to the America East
quarternals.
Pereira also led the team in
points, assists, and goals in 2010.
A year after playing at Martin
Methodist College in Tennessee,
her great season for Hartford was
rewarded with the 2010 Amer-
ica East Women’’s Soccer Fans’’
Choice Player of the Year.
Her hard work was appreciated
by 3,000 fans who voted for the
award on Americaeast.com.
She featured one of the best
games America East soccer has
seen in the last decade. She had
three goals and two assists in an
Oct. 14 match up against Vermont.
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Softball will play Manhattan
away and Rhode Island home
before traveling to Kissimmee,
Florida for a week long tourna-
ment, the Rebel Spring Games.
The lady Hawks will be playing
12 games in a week span, with a one
day break during the tournament for
some rest.
The softball playing Hawks will
continue with three straight home
games, including a two-day series
against Binghamton before hitting
the road with six out of eight games
It was the most points in a confer-
ence game since 2003.
Even better news followed for
Pereira more than two months after
the season ended.
She was given the ultimate honor
bestowed only upon the best play-
ers in the world.
Pereira has been chosen to repre-
sent her native country, Portugal,
on their national squad.
Pereira reported to national team
practice on Jan. 10.
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Pereira’’s soccer achievements as a Lady Hawk have been
featured in newspapers like Mais Desporto in Madeira.
sports january 20, 2011
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away from the UH softball eld.
Upon returning from their road trip,
the Hawks will have a nice home
stretch with six out of seven games
at home including games against
Stony Brook and Boston University.
Softball wraps up their schedule
with four out of six away games
once again, while nishing the sea-
son in Maine against the University
of Maine before the America East
tourney in May.
For more information on games
visit www.hartfordhawks.com
This would serve as the rst of
ve team practices, combined with
team scrimmages in preparation
for the Algarve Cup scheduled to
take place in early March.
Portugal did not qualify for the
2011 Women’’s FIFA World Cup.
However, with a strong showing
with the Portuguese during the
Algarve Cup, Pereira can estab-
lish herself as a valuable member
for the future of the Portuguese
National Team.
Sexism in sports?
Blame yourself.
The endless string of sexual
harassment allegations made by
female sportscasters may appear
as indicative of an onslaught of
sexual discrimination; the reality
is much different.
Contrary to public opinion, the
ght for equality and recognition
among female sportswriters be-
gan nearly one hundred years ago.
Mary Garber became the rst
female sports editor for the ““Twin
Cities Sentinel”” in 1944 after her
predecessor left to ght WWII.
According to the Women’’s
Sports Foundation website,
““Garber’’s career began at a time
when women sportswriters were
almost nonexistent. She was
banned from dressing rooms dur-
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ing post-game interviews and was
forced to sit with players’’ wives
instead of in the press box with
male reporters.””
Despite the degrading abuse,
Garber endured, accumulating
nearly forty sports journalism
awards, but more importantly,
earning her the respect from male
players, team owners, and fellow
sportswriters of the time.
The passage of Title IX in 1972
granted equal access for women
to participate in sports teams,
be covered by the media, and to
earn more rights as sportswriters.
Female sportscasters earned
access to locker rooms in a
Supreme Court ruling Ludtke
vs. New York Yankees in the
late 1970s.
So in 2011, women have
amassed an incredible amount of
power and access to athletes in
sports media –– however, sexism
still plagues the industry.
Statistics speak for themselves,
and although the percentage
of women employed in sports
media has risen substantially
in recent years, the number of
women who hold executive
positions in the industry is close
to none.
But to me, this is more the
fault of female sports journalists,
primarily sportscasters, than any
men in the industry.
Although many women would
be quick to condemn the notion
of discrimination based on sex
appeal and physical beauty as
antiquated, the bulk of female
sportscasters uphold this sex-
ist discrimination in order to
increase ratings and capture the
attention of the predominately
male sports audience.
According to ESPN Sports
Center Anchor Cindy Brunson,
““it’’s part of getting a ‘‘look.’’ You
need to have remote-control
‘‘stopability’’, because these days,
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Sports Editor
jrut424@yahoo.com
Twitter: InformerSports
people have 900+ channels to ip
through. An attractive person will
make them stop on that channel and
put down the remote.””
The proof is in the pudding –– you
might ip on ESPN and see an old,
fat, unattractive male sportscaster
recounting the events of the day,
but you rarely –– if ever –– see an
unattractive female sportscaster.
Beautiful female sportscasters
have practically become an industry
in itself for male viewing pleasure;
type in ““female sports journalists””
into Google, and the rst link to ap-
pear is a website featuring the ““Top
10 Hottest Female Sportscasters.””
This stereotype only deepens
the sexual discrimination and
harassment experienced by over
sexualized sportscasters such as
Erin Andrews, Jen Sterger and Ines
Sainz (all of whom made it onto the
‘‘Top 10 Hottest’’ female sportscast-
ers list).
What women do not seem to real-
ize –– or at least many refuse to do
so –– is that this type of over sexual-
ized behavior ultimately limits their
opportunities as a sports journalist
–– and for other women in the eld.
A male executive is not going to
take a bimbo reporter seriously -
especially when handing out raises
for higher positions.
At the same time, female sports-
casters are forced to walk the very
fine line between ““ditzy”” and
““bitchy.”” It is difcult nding a
balance, just as it is more difcult
to earn recognition and respect as a
female sportswriter than as a male
sportswriter.
Female sports journalists are
frequently scrutinized to a greater
extent than men, and penalized more
severely for any mistakes.
Ultimately, I think it is critical
that female sportscasters reevaluate
themselves and the image that they
portray as an objectied, sex-kitten
reporter.
In the meantime, the rest of us
will keep working hard to maintain
the integrity and level of excellence
sought by our predecessors.
And when it comes time to get a
job, my success will be based on
the merit of my work –– not by the
plunge of my neckline.

Volume 34, Issue 13
New year brings new attitude, wins for men
By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
It’’s a new year and the University of
Hartford Men’’s Basketball Team seems
to have found a new stride.
Over the seven game winter break
span, the Hawks found promising im-
provement, most recently with a 72-61
beating on the Binghamton Bearcats.
In Monday’’s America East show-
down Hartford jumped out to a 7-0 lead
to start the game and never gave it up.
With 9:07 left to play in the half,
Binghamton brought the score to within
2, 15-13, but Morgan Sabia went on a
tear scoring 6 of the next 8 points for
Hartford, as their lead increased to 10.
From there Zeglisnki hit his rst
three of the game with 5:33 left before
intermission, and followed with 8 more
points, to lead all scorers in the rst
half with 11.
At the end of the rst half the
Hawks had built a 20 point lead,
40-20.
Out of the break Binghamton
seemed to be keeping up with Hart-
ford but not for long as the lead
peaked to 25. At this point the game
became out of reach for the players
from the bench began to see more
playing time.
On the offensive end, the team
nished with season highs with 15
three-pointers and 22 assists.
While on the defensive end, the im-
penetrable zone forced 16 turnovers,
coming up with 11 steals, in addition
to 16 blocks, another season high.
Over the break the Hawks went
More trouble for Lady Hawks
By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
Fifty-seven points was enough for
the Lady Hawks to beat University of
New Hampshire Wildcats Wednesday
but it would not be enough to top the
Bearcats from Binghamton, Mon.
night at Chase Arena, who beat the
Hawks 57-69.
With 11 games left in the regular
season the Lady Hawks are posting
an overall record of 6-12, and an in
conference record of 3-2; tied for
fourth in the America East. A higher in-
conference seed and a legitimate shot
at the America East title is still within
reach for the Lady Hawks, despite
their dismal out of conference record.
Each of the remaining games sched-
uled are crucial in-conference play, a
loss would mean a decline in the stand-
ing an ultimately a much harder road
The Lady Hawks have posted an overall record of 6-12 after their last loss to Binghamton.
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After losing 62-42 to New Hampshire over break, the Hawks came back in a ery pursuit to beat Binghamton 72-61 on Mon.
4-3 overall and 3-1 in the start of
conference play.
Beginning the break with a west
coast trip, Hartford unfortunately
lost both games, 74-56 to the
Golden Bears of California and
87-63 to the Gaels of St. Mary’’s.
to the America East title and a birth
at the NCAA Women’’s Basketball
Tournament.
The Lady Hawks responded to
the pressure with an aggressive
offensive start, nudging past the
Bearcats, 36-35. The Lady Hawks
had their biggest lead of the half
with 10:31 left, with a 13 point lead.
Sophomore Alex Hall scored the
last bucket of the run and led the
Hawks in scoring with 13 points
in the half.
The Lady Hawks were ring on all
cylinders but could not get the long-
distance shots to sink. The Lady
Hawks made only one of their 11
shots from behind the arc, shooting
nine percent, but making 16-31 eld
goals, shooting 51 percent, as a team.
Their poor 3-point shooting streak
continued through the second half
as the Lady Hawks made only eight
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sports january 20, 2011
After the New Year and back
on the east coast, the Hawks
found wins against St. Francis of
N.Y. 82-74, and conference wins
against Maine 61-59, Albany 62-
42 and a down to the wire nail
biting loss to New Hampshire.
percent of their shots from long
range, shooting 1-12.
Not only did their 3-point shoot-
ing suffer but their consistent eld
goal percentage dropped from
51 percent in the rst half to a
shaky 24 percent inside, making
only 7-29.
Due to the lack of scoring and
a defense that was unable to shut
down the Binghamton offense, the
Bearcats cruised by the Hawks
outscoring them 31-24 in the half,
shooting 50 percent from inside
the 3-point line and making 14-
28; winning 69-57, handing the
Hawks their second consecutive
home in-conference loss.
The Lady Hawks look to re-
bound traveling to UMBC, Jan.
20 and Boston University, Jan. 23
and returning home against Stony
Brook Jan. 25.
January 20, 2011
HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION
Over the course of all this, Mor- mance against Maine, the number
gan Sabia was named America East one team in the America East.
player of the Week after Hartford’’s Hartford will look to keep their
west coast trip. Against St. Mary’’s conference play momentum strong
Sabia posted a career high with as they host UMBC Thursday at 7
27 points and 17 rebounds. Sabia p.m. in the Chase Family Arena at
continued to post a 19 point perfor- the Reich Family Pavilion.
Upcoming Games
THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 2011
Women’s basketball away at UMBC @ 12 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. UMBC @ 7 p.m. HOME*
SATURDAY, Jan. 22, 2011
Men’s basketball vs. B.U. @ 4 p.m. HOME*
Track meet at Wesleyan Open @ TBA
SUNDAY, Jan. 23, 2011
Women’s basketball away at B.U. @ 2 p.m.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2011
Men’s basketball away at Vermont @ 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2011
W. basketball vs. Stony Brook @ 7 p.m. HOME*
*For live stats, schedules and more athletic information,
please visit: www.hartfordhawks.com
Next up: Spring sports
By Dan Lifshatz with lacrosse starting at home
Staff Writer vs. UMass, while softball opens
a tough schedule, away at Man-
Spring semester has sprung and hattan.
many students at the University The men’’s lacrosse team opens
of Hartford eagerly anticipate the with an tough match up against
warm weather, and outdoor sports. lax powerhouse, the University of
Hartford’’s lacrosse and softball Massachusetts, at home on Feb. 19.
schedules were announced last Lacrosse continues with non-
week, with the Hawks opening
their respective seasons play- See ““Spring 2011 games for
ing non-conference opponents, lax, softball”” on page 11.