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After seven years as head coach at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Tom Poitras is set to takeover coaching
duties at UHa this Monday, April 25.
Cow Chip Bingo was one of the many Spring Fling activities that took place this year.
Safe Spring Fling Success
By Sarah Wilson
Managing Editor
Spring Fling wrapped up on Sunday as the most
successful in history regarding safety.
Most likely due to the enforced wristbanding this
year, arrests and alcohol related injuries were kept
to a very low minimum. Wristbands for guests were
SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS introduced last year, but by barricading the academic
April 21, 2011
Promising
outlook for
men’’s soccer
By Charles Paullin
Sports Editor
Make way University of Hartford, after approximately
one month of searching nationally for former men’’s soccer
head coach Dan Gaspar’’s replacement, Director of Athlet-
ics Patricia H. Meiser announced Tuesday afternoon that
42-year old Tom Poitras will be the new man in charge.
““I am extremely excited to become the new head coach
for the University of Hartford Hawks men’’s soccer,”” said
Poitras. ““I would like to thank President Walter Harrison
and Director of Athletics Pat Meiser for entrusting me to
lead the men’’s soccer program. I feel great about the direc-
tion of the University and the Athletic Department and I
look forward to working with everyone at the University
of Hartford to develop a championship program on and
off the eld.””
With his 17 years of experience of coaching at the col-
legiate level, Meiser stated, ““In Tom, we have an individual
who has been a head coach at three highly-respected institu-
tions and comes to Hartford with a wealth of experience.””
Meiser went on to say that Poitras has made a signicant
impact on the success of men’’s soccer programs, which
can most recently be seen with his head coaching job at
the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where on the
eld he compiled a record of 72-46-18 with four of seven
seasons with 10 wins or more, four appearances in the
Horizon League Championship, and the school’’s rst ever
Horizon League title, achieved in 2009, which in turn gave
See ‘‘Tom Poitras,’’ page 10
ADAM MANISON
side of campus with security during the weekend,
non-students and those without wristbands were
stopped from entering the residential side.
Despite the rain, students still ooded the lawn
to see New Found Glory as well as the opening
acts. Though those enjoying Spring Fling to its
full potential seemed to be having a good time, the
unfavorable weather may have contributed to more
peaceful state of the weekend.
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The new SGA Executive Board for the 2011-12 academic year after elections on April 11-13.

New 2011-12 SGA Executive Board

ushers in new ideas, bringing experience
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
With a new school year approach-
ing in the fall, Student Government
Association (SGA) is beginning to
usher in their newly elected Ex-
ecutive Board members including
brothers Ben and Max Accardo,
Jessica Powers, Victoria Lamagna,
Anna Audycki and Matt Singer.
Ranging in experience and titles,
the new board members bring in
plenty of new ideas and goals for
improvement in the school.
Ben Accardo, the new SGA
President and former Student Af-
fairs Vice President, is working to
make it easier for student voices
to be heard.
““I strictly believe that communi-
cation, experience and reliance are
the three components of a success-
ful leader,”” Accardo said.
Another issue that Max, who
was re-elected for Executive Vice
President, feels strongly about is
communication between clubs and
SGA.
““I know the responsibilities [of
being Executive Vice President]
and can do things more efciently,””
Max said, ““I want to make the
process smoother and improve
communication between SGA and
clubs. My main objective is to listen
to school concerns and bring the
University of Hartford community
closer together.””
Audycki ran for the election so
she would be more involved and is
working to tackle the large problem
of the relationship between students
and the food served on campus.
““I will focus on the quality of stu-
dent life outside of the classroom,””
Audycki, the new Student Affairs
Vice President and former Hawk
Hall Senator said, ““I am working
with ARAMARK to improve the
students’’ overall satisfaction with
the food and service.””
Lamagna, the new Academic Vice
President and former Executive
Assistant, is working to better the
relationships between students and
professors and faculty.
““I will bring academic issues
students have to the faculty’’s atten-
tion and bring about changes and
improvements.””
Another issue that SGA deals with
is school spirit and Singer, the new
Public Relations Vice President,
wants to do just that.
““I want to make the University of
Hartford a school and home we are
proud of,”” Singer said.
Powers, who was re-elected as
Finance Vice President, will be
continuing to work in the nancial
accounting department and prepare
all nancial documents for the
University.

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Exhibit features stories past Ninth

By Jeremy Stanley
Staff Writer Annual as part of the project.
The exhibition came about

Community
Earlier this month, the Maurice
when Steven Konover suggested
that Laotians who ed their home

Day seeks
Greenburg Center for Judiac Stud- country and couldn’’t or would
ies opened an exhibit about two not share with their descendants
integral refugee groups adapting the atrocities and the heritage that

student
into a new city. preceded the Secret War in Laos
The exhibit, titled ““After the could learn something from the
Trauma: Holocaust Survivors and children of Holocaust survivors

volunteers
Laotian Refugees Confront the
Past,”” deals with families coming to
America and adapting to the changes
and reconciling with the past.
Along with students at other
universities, four students from the
University of Hartford: Marc Ivins,
Eric Maurer, Tommy Panyanou-
vong and Cara Stoll worked with
Professor Avinoam Pratt to create
the exhibition.
Three Holocaust survivors as well
as their descendants were inter-
viewed about their transition to life
after the horrors in Nazi Germany.
Similarly, three Laotians and their
descendants were also interviewed
documented Jewish life in Europe
before and after the Holocaust.
As Laotian refugees speak for
the rst time about the suffering
endured in Southeast Asia as a
result of the Secret War, ““this ex-
hibition and symposium will help
them explore the trauma together
with Holocaust refugees who went
through this process more than 40
years ago,”” according to UNotes.
The exhibit features photogra-
phy from Lena Stein.
The exhibit runs from now until
August 1 at the Sherman Museum
of Jewish Civilization, inside the
Mortensen Library.
By Paige Patunas
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford
will be welcoming members of
the local community to campus
for the ninth annual Community
Day.
On Saturday, April 30 more
than 50 events and attractions
will be set up around the Gen-
gras lawn for both students and
families within the community
to enjoy between 11 a.m and
COURTESY OF HARTFORD.EDU/COMMUNITYDAY
Last year’’s Community Day event was a large success and this
year is hoped to be even better.
prices. ““Last year I think it was like been extraordinary. Easterbrook
a dollar for a hot dog, prices like said that the turnout is also very
that,”” he said. dependent on the weather. Last year
There has been a great a response there was rain and sleet pellets with
from volunteers for this year’’s temperatures in the forties, every-
events but spots are still open for thing had to be moved inside but
those who want to participate. the turnout was still between 750

HJG to be smoke free 3 p.m.

By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
After the approval from President
Walter Harrison and through the use
of surveys and clubs to gain student
approval, the plan for a no smoking
area is progressing.
““The students are in favor and
the plan is going forward,”” Max
Accardo, SGA Executive Vice
President, said.
The plan is aimed at making the
Harry Jack Gray Center completely
smoke free. Currently, only the area
outside the bookstore is smoke free.
““We’’re not trying to tell them
not to smoke,”” Ben Accardo, SGA
President, said, ““We just want the
campus healthier and cleaner.””
The hope is that through the
inuence of incoming freshmen,
a student movement can be led to
make a better environment for all.
Almost everyone has experienced
at one time seeing all the cigarette
buds in the grass surrounding
Harry Jack Gray and having an
eye opener about the environment
on campus.
Both Ben and Max made it
clear that enforcement will be the
toughest part.
““We want to maybe make an
alternative for people who smoke
such as a special areas on days that
are extremely stressful,”” Max said.
This yearly tradition was cre-
ated by Jonathan Easterbrook,
the director of marketing com-
munication as a trial way to
involve the community with
the University in hopes that
they would want to come back
for things such as lectures or
other events.
““There are a lot of people
even just down the street from
the University who have never
been to campus and have no idea
we are here. It’’s just a way to
welcome everyone onto campus
and show them the University
of Hartford,”” said Easterbrook.
The whole day is completely
free with the exception of food,
which according to Easterbrook,
is priced at family friendly
““One of the great things with
this event is that students have re-
ally gotten more involved with the
actual day during this event from
volunteering to student organiza-
tions putting on events. It’’s one of
the things that has really made the
event grow and be successful,”” said
Easterbrook.
Volunteers are mainly responsible
for manning the bounce houses,
working with the food vendors,
greeting families when they arrive to
campus and guiding people around
the many events so that they do not
feel lost.
The event is scheduled to take
place rain or shine. If it does rain,
many of the events will be moved
indoors and may be trimmed down
to t everything.
In previous years the turnout has
people to 800 people.
Their biggest turnout was three
years ago when they had between
2500 and 3000 people. ““Community
Day has now established I think a
reputation where even if there is
terrible weather it still brings people
to campus,”” said Easterbrook.
Some of the events will include a
Bike Rodeo, an alumni guided trol-
ley ride around campus, and musical
performances in the amphitheater.
One of the most popular events to
return is a ““Be an Anchor””, which
is where people can host a newscast
and receive a DVD to take home.
For a complete schedule of events,
which Easterbrook said are still sub-
ject to change, visit www.hartford.
edu/communityday. If interested
and wish to sign up to be a volunteer,
visit uofh.volunteermatch.org.

Center for Community ZBT Ball raises over $600

for children in need
Service
By Sarah Wilson years ago.
Hiring Van Drivers for Managing Editor According to their website, the
organization says most of the money
The brothers of Zeta Beta Tau raised is done a dollar or two at a
2011-2012 Academic year raised over $600 to aid children in
need with their annual ““Get on the
time, an amount ZBT was able to
multiply greatly.
Ball”” event. ““We rolled the ball all last week
The fraternity spent the past
week on the academic side of
campus rolling around a six-foot
inatable ball in order to raise
money for the Children’’s Miracle
Network.
The ball is already covered with
the logos of businesses in the area
that sponsor the event, and the
goal of the fraternity is to get as
many students to sign the ball as
possible. Besides signatures, stu-
dents also drew various pictures
on it. Some of the most memorable
included buildings drew by archi-
Applications are in GSU 209 tecture students.
““For every signature on the ball,
sponsors pledge a small donation,””
said ZBT president Zack Pollack,

$10.00/ hr ““the more signatures we collect, COURTESY OF JEREMY STANLEY

the more money we raise for this Walter Harrison signs the Children’’s
cause.”” Miracle Network Ball during ZBT’’s
That cause is one that hits close Get on the Ball Event this past week.

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The organization has raised $4.3
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said Pollack.
This was the fourth year that ZBT
has participated in the event. This
was also the most successful year
and they hope to continue the event
in the future.

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The Village Fives after the Spring Fling Festivities is a reflection of the carelessness of students when
it comes to keeping the campus clean.
Campus cleanliness sub-par
This Friday April 22, millions
from all over the world will gather
to highlight the issues facing our
planet.
During this day every year the
number of people claiming to be
going green or environmentally
aware will rise exponentially, but
just for a matter of hours.
Earth Day spurs a great deal of
awareness for the withering state
of our environment, however as our
one and only life source, shouldn’’t
these problems be pursued on a
daily basis?
It’’s evident by taking a look
around the residential side of the
UHa campus that being environ-
mentally friendly isn’’t at the top of
many students’’ priority lists.
The number of cigarette butts and
smashed glass bottles lying on the
pathways in the village is enough
to send any environmental activist
into epileptic shock.
It’’s truly upsetting to see the lack
of appreciation that our generation
has for the planet especially when
we’’re the ones that are going to have
to adapt to it’’s ever-changing state.
When Earth Day began 41 years
ago, the amount of support the
green movement had was very
prevalent. The passage of the Clean
Air Act, Clean Water Act and the
Three-year degree programs have potential for success
Just around the corner from Senior
Week, to nal exams, one nal pre-
sentation and a couple all nighters,
graduation is lurking, and odds are
you still don’’t have a job.
Given the job market that is rela-
tively lacking for recent graduates,
some universities are trying their
hand in a new type of degree in an
effort to get students out of school
and onto the real world a bit quicker.
Baldwin-Wallace College, a
liberal arts school in Ohio is cur-
rently working on a new three-year
program that would allow students
to slash off a year of education, and
better yet, a year’’s worth of tuition,
and still receive the same degrees.
Because of the post-graduation
quandaries students see when
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Twitter: @danielle618
Endangered species act gave many
activists the hope they needed to
keep pursuing their cause however
it’’s not enough to have bills passed
if the everyday person isn’’t pitching
in to help.
The number of times I have seen
garbage bags just thrown outside
of apartment doors and left there is
absurd especially when the dump-
sters are right around the corner,
approximately 70 steps from any
apartments door. By participating
in this disgusting habit it leads to a
variety of wildlife to congregate and
have a eld day on said trash bag.
That’’s not a good thing for them, I’’m
sure any animal enthusiast would
express the same sentiment.
The amount of glass shards coat-
ing the pathways has continued to
grow at such a rapid rate that it’’s
Sarah Wilson •• Managing Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
they’’re stuck in the remedial job-
move back home limbo, colleges
have seen a rise in enrollment of
students looking to enhance their
credentials for hire. The idea with
these three-year programs is that
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a surprise that anyone is daring
enough to wear sandals outside of
the connes of their own apartment
anymore.
I get it, it’’s college and many
believe that partying should take
precedence over almost all other
aspects of campus life but is living
amongst garbage really worth it,
especially when all it takes to xing
the problem is to walk a few feet
towards the nearest trash receptacle?
According to the state of Quad
5 after this past weekend, drop-
ping trash. The loud humming and
crackling of the lawn vacuum was a
very soothing sound to wake up to.
And to the men working feverishly
during the early morning hours ev-
eryday to clean all of the party trash
from the night before, I applaud your
dedication and hard work. If I were
put in that position, I would’’ve quit
after the rst day.
Although Earth Day may not
inspire everyone to start using
reusable shopping bags and eating
locally grow foods I beg of you to
take one step towards helping the
environment, even if it’’s something
as small as disposing of your trash
in the proper receptacle bin.
It’’s our job to protect the environ-
ment we will be living in for the next
70 years, just do your part.
debt will shrink, and students can
start the job search faster.
A legitimate program that could
speed up the degree process for stu-
dents, without forcing them to dish
out extra cash is something more
schools should look into, however,
the process should rst be perfected.
Ball-State University, for ex-
ample, who has a ““Degree in 3””
program, requires students to take
summer courses, as well as beefed up
course load during the regular aca-
demic year. That shouldn’’t require
any special program; any motivated
student can choose to take a heavier
course load throughout their atten-
dance at college and walk earlier
than the standard undergraduate.
For a legitimate three-year degree
The Internet: a
college student’’s
demise
Between trying to sleep and
nishing all the last minute as-
signments that professors cram
during the last three weeks of the
semester, I nd myself not with
my Irish Literature paper open on
my laptop, but a Mozilla Firefox
window lled with tabs.
The tabs aren’’t important even
though they clutter up my com-
puter screen. They are simply
keeping me from my sleep and
work. They are the pesky pro-
crastinating tools that the Internet
seems so willing to throw at us.
From Tumblr to Stumbleupon
to classic Facebook, the tabs
never seem to end.
There’’s always something to
click on and check out. It only
takes a few seconds to type a
quick Tweet right? I have to
stay on top of the latest trends
and the newest funny GIF le
that’’s oating in the Internet
black hole.
It’’s so easy to sit in classes and
have a laptop open and instead
of being tuned into class, surng
through all the newest Tumblr
blogs and Twitter updates. Sure, I
know I pay money to go to class
and learn and do the work. So
why is it so tempting to wash
everything away with a simple
““like”” on Facebook?
I know that 10 page paper is
due the next day. I recognize
the fact that it’’s an 8 a.m. class
and I need to sleep beforehand
or else face the menacing glares
from my professor when I begin
to drift off. But I still procras-
tinate. I still let myself have all
the tabs open.
What has the Internet done to
the current college population?
We have become so dependent
on computers for our work that it
has become impossible to remain
to work, some sort of outline where
students aren’’t forced into the dor-
med life year-round needs to be
devised. While students hungry to
enter the ranks of the young busi-
ness class would be interested in this
proposal, many would probably be
turned off by the prospect that they’’d
be trading naps on the beach for
accidental snoozes during lectures.
Beyond that, most students utilize
their four months of down time for
internships or jobs their in-school
schedules don’’t allow.
Price is another issue. If obtain-
ing the same four-year degree for
essentially 25% off were possible,
then students would be scrambling
to enroll solely to save money. As
graduating early stands now, it
April 21, 2011
Kaitlyn Schroyer •• News Editor
schroyer@hartford.edu
Twitter: @Whenravensy
unplugged for a day.
People tell me, just turn off your
wireless. But how do you turn off
your wireless when you’’re sup-
posed to be doing research for that
wretched paper?
My computer has become my
worst enemy. It’’s not my friends
or the impossibility of nding a
quiet spot to work. I get those. But
when it comes down to sitting at my
computer and working, all possible
chance of being productive is lost.
Why are we such procrastinators?
It makes more sense to just get the
work done and have the rest of the
time to goof off. But we don’’t do
it. Instead, we go out with friends
or stumble around aimlessly on
Stumbleupon. We wait until the last
day before it’’s due to get the project
done, even if it was assigned weeks
before.
My personal goal, at least for nals
week and maybe next semester, will
be to turn off the wireless. I need to
try and pull myself away from the
tabs and get down to work.
I need to forget that the tabs are
available and that I can just click
away from the word document. I
need to nish that paper before the
morning of and after a draining
all-nighter filled with Monsters
and coffee.
The word document will be what’’s
on my laptop screen and I will learn,
work now, and party later.
doesn’’t end up being much more
affordable with the cost of extra
classes, the potential for summer
housing arrangements, etc.
But a $42 thousand decrease in
tuition could do wonders for a recent
graduate; that could mean saying
goodbye to a bedroom at Mom and
Dad’’s and into a studio in the city.
Or at least a one-bedroom apartment
complete with a kitchenette.
Still, the prospect of graduating a
year ahead of schedule seems like
it could be a benecial opportunity
more schools should look into. And
while the early graduate still might
not catch the job, at least that post-
graduation year of ““what do I do
now?”” might not feel like such a
waste of time.
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Entertainment hartfordinformer.com/entertainment/ April 21, 2011

Students pour into lawn for New Found Glory

By Spencer Allan Brooks
Art Director
Although it is already a jaded
memory, overshadowed by
group projects and the loom-
ing threat of essay questions
on nal exams, Spring Fling
happened.
Cold weather made the out-
door activities for Saturday a
bust by 6:00 p.m., but when
New Found Glory took the
stage at 8:00 p.m., the Vil-
lage caught a second wind of
energy.
The scene looked like some-
thing straight out of a music
video: pouring rain on a boring
college campus. Enter: the pop punk
band who step up to the microphones
and plug into the ampliers.
As soon as their rst chords rang
out across the lawn and lead singer
Jordan Pundik screamed something
to the effect of ““how are you doing
Hartford?”” Out of nowhere soggy
students suddenly began running
toward the main stage.
From then on for 50 minutes, New
Found Glory and some very excited
students remained in the rain for
what turned out to be a pretty good
show. NFG had an energy that was
genuine as well as contagious.
One might think that the band
exceeded their allowed amount of
covers, but without their renditions
of ““Kiss Me,”” ““Blitzkrieg Bop””
and ““Iris”” New Found Glory’’s set
may have been completely unrec-
ognizable to the average student.
““I thought that they put on a
good concert and I think that all
the covers that they did helped amp
up the audience because a lot of
their new stuff people don’’t know
about,”” senior Aly Mackler said.
Junior Kemp Jernigan was also
pleased by the performance.
““I was never a fan of New Found
Glory, but my respect for them
denitely improved a lot. I was
surprised,”” Jernigan said.
For those students who lived in the
Village, they could easily listen to
the concert from their apartment if
they were more dedicated to staying
dry, but the rain is one atmospheric
aspect that they missed out on.
““I think the weather made it better.
[The rain] gave it a very exciting
vibe,”” Jernigan said.
““The people that are out there are
the ones that want to be out there so
they’’re much more lively than the
people sitting in their apartments
twiddling their thumbs. There’’s a
100 percent chance of st pumping
out there. If you’’re inside and dry
then you’’re probably not having a
really great Spring Fling,”” Senior
Sam Dunn said.
There’’s no doubt in my mind
that NFG is a good band. At this
point they’’re professionals,
so for anyone to knock them
down would just be silly.
That being said, it’’s obvious
that Hartford doesn’’t have a
large population of New Found
Glory fans (I can think of two,
and one of them doesn’’t even
go here anymore), but this is
a step in the right direction
for CAT.
Props to them for booking an
act that consists of live music
and that people have actually
heard of.

JEREMY D STANLEY

Music For a Change wraps up with youth, experience

By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer
Staff Writer
On April 30, The University of
Hartford’’s Music for a Change ben-
et concert closes out its series with
singer songwriters Liz Longley and
Kenny White.
Longley, a recent graduate from
Berklee College of Music, has
become one of the most engaging
new singer songwriters of this
generation.
This past year alone, her acousti-
cal talent and powerful voice has
won her the 2010 BMI John Len-
non Scholarship, the 2010 Grand
Prize International Acoustic Music
Award (amongst 9,000 entries) and
the 2010 Chris Austin Songwriting
award.
She has also appeared at numer-
ous music festivals such as the
Newport and Rocky Mountain Folk
Festivals.
Her songs are most known for
her emotional honesty, along with
being personal and engaging.
Her style can be described as a
mix of acoustic pop, jazz, blues and
a little bit of country.
The other performer of the night,
White, is known for his piano play-
ing but also is a successful producer,
arranger and performer of music.
Throughout his career, White has
produced and arranged music for
major advertising, motion pictures
and top recording artists.
He has written music for various
movie soundtracks such as ““Mes-
sage in a Bottle,”” ““Forces of Nature””
and ““Where the Heart is.”” White
has been performing for about 40
years now and has toured throughout
North America and Europe, work-
ing with famous artists like Gladys
Knight and Livingston Taylor.
““I’’d have to say that Kenny
White has earned a place among
my favorite singer/songwriter and
particularly, lyricists. As we say in
the trade ‘‘he goes deep.’’A true word-
smith and musician who reveals a
ne sense of humor, as well,”” David
Crosby, from the classic rock group
Crosby Stills and Nash, said.
White has been highly recognized
by the New York Times and the San
Francisco Chronicle for his thrilling
and unique piano playing, which is
shown throughout his latest album
““Comfort in the Static,”” which came
out in April of last year.
This album has been played ex-
tensively on the radio, and has been
made ““Best Of”” on many lists this
past year.
The album crosses over between COURTESY OF PICASAWEB.GOOGLE.COM
jazz, blues, rock, pop and folk and Music for a Change’’s nal show of the year will be held April 30 featuring Kenny White and Liz Longely.
has thriving piano melodies along
with vulnerable vocals, and smart Music for a Change began in zen Cope. The series raises money at the University of Hartford.
and insightful lyrics throughout the the spring of 2000. The goal of for Greater Hartford charities and Tickets are $20, and can be pur-
entire CD. the benet concert series is to use nonprot organizations and to this chased online or at the University
White will be playing many of the music as a means of helping the day has raised more than $150,000. of Hartford Box Ofce.
songs on this album along with a mix Hartford community. Headliners The Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. The concert is for a great cause,
of new and old songs throughout in the past have included Arlo and will be held in the Wilde Audito- these two talented artists are not
the night. Guthrie, Art Garfunkle and Citi- rium at the Grey Conference Center ones to miss out on.

Spring Fling as an RA: ‘‘It’’s only teenage wasteland’’
Most people assume it takes a
soulless fun hating party pooper to
t the role of a Resident Assistant
especially during Spring Fling, but
I’’d like to put those stereotypes
to rest.
The majority of the 85 RAs the
University staffs had at least one
shift in the Village during last
weekend’’s festivities with the entire
Village staff pulling two shifts each.
During specied duty times an
RA is expected to be on time, sober
and ready to deal with any number
of situations that might arise, an
understandable set of expectations
especially for the high volume of
concentrated residents.
For those on duty Saturday night,
traditionally the highest staffed time
slot, the unfortunate reality is that
RAs miss the concert and comedy
show because of their obligation.
On top of constant policy enforc-
ing, which mainly consists of asking
residents to dump cans and bottles,
a choice I still can’’t comprehend as
residents are allowed to drink from
solo cups outdoors anyways, an RA
must maintain a safe environment.
But where the tables get turned
is a place I think most residents are
oblivious too.
Yes, Spring Fling is a time to
indulge in any number of alcoholic
beverages, but the consequences
of self-destructive action usually
brings more bad than good.
As anyone could see RAs were
bunched in groups of three or four
during their rounds and got a chance
to be outdoors and have fun without
alcohol despite the rain on Saturday.
With no hangovers, high blood
alcohol content induced vomiting
sessions or poor decision making
resulting in trashed and damaged
living spaces (trust me the end of
the year bill will reect it) RAs were
having fun.
Even Resident Directors and Ad-
ministrative Directors, who were all
on staff Saturday, got to intermingle
with the RA staff to maintain the high
level of safety and zero tolerance in
Below the fold: keeping it casual while using less tongue
By Spencer Allan Brooks
Art Director
There comes a time in almost ev-
ery college student’’s life when they
have to open up the dirtiest part of
their body and join it with another’’s.
Get your mind out of the gutter,
I mean their mouth. That’’s right,
kissing, more specically, making
out. We’’ve all done it (excluding
the ““never-been-kissed”” crowd)
and, for some reason, it has been
synonymous with the collegiate
sex life.
When a friend tells me they
““hooked-up”” I assume they mean
some sort of penetration. Then, I
immediately gasp at their confession
of pre-marital sex, until they assure
me that they only kissed on a couch.
This really grinds my gears. There
is a difference between hooking up
and making out.
Nevertheless, there’’s something
about kissing someone for an ex-
tended period of time that creates
a sort of recreational satisfaction,
whether or not it leads to sex.
I have two friends who ended
their Friday night of Spring Fling
““trolling”” the village to nd people
to make-out with. Doing laps around
the village for that one goal may
sound a little slutty, and borderline
sad, but think about it: it’’s just
kissing. As long as everyone has
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an enjoyable manner.
Once roles were assigned and
all staff understood their purpose
in upholding policy and keeping
residents safe, there was no reason
why RAs had to be robots.
With the Residential Life com-
mand center based in the Village
for the weekend, the response time
to incidents was extremely quick.
Even if it weren’’t raining Saturday
night I still would have preferred my
seat in the Village ofce listening to
the moaning of a washed out artist
than screaming my drunken lungs
out in the middle of the lawn.
I think RAs, particularly upper-
classmen RAs, get a bad rap from
residents, despite endless program-
ming to build a better community.
RAs don’’t get a paycheck, rather,
are given free room and board as
well as a meal stipend.
Although the compensation
denitely pays off ten years down
the line when students are paying
back loans, the real motivation of
RAs is to improve the University
community and act as a resource
for residents.
RAs spend countless hours in
meetings, developing programs,
doing administrative work and
serving a specied number of duty
days all for the residents.
Although some residents can’’t
imagine enduring Spring Fling
sober, why not give it a try and
see how much fun you can actu-
ally have, especially when you can
remember events chronologically ANDY SWETZ
with no blackouts. As residents drank their weekend away, the RAs were having their own fun behind the scenes.
already experienced mononucleo-
sis, they’’re set for some safe fun.
But, in a time where a night of
Hook-up
holding a stranger or acquaintance v. a physical activ-
to your face is considered a success-
ful night, what makes someone a ity where one’’s
good kisser?
I’’ll keep it simple: Use more lips, extremity is insert-
use your hands, use less tongue. ed into another’’s
Philematology, the study of kiss-
ing, has been growing for quite orce. Usually
some time and psychologists have
found that, in general, there is a at least one par-
major difference in expectations
from men and women.
ticipant’’s pants are
A study done back in 2007 found removed.
that males’’ attitudes toward kissing
was more casual and look at mak-
ing out as a precursor to sex, while
females view making out as a way
to assess partners.
Make-out
Either way you look at it, making v. Kissing for a pe-
out seems to be an important part of
many students’’ weekend priorities. riod of time longer
Another tip: get comfortable. I’’m
just going to come out and say that
than 15 seconds.
alcohol can grease the wheels to
a ““successful”” weekend. Keep in
mind that you’’re just as vulnerable
as your tonsil hockey partner, so SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS
relax. No one is an expert on kiss- Although making out may seem simple, the act tells your partner what they need to know about you.
ing. If someone tells you they are,
they’’re probably insecure. get too relaxed can tend to lead to with a boy, he felt that it was ok to clined to use the oor of my dorm
Although you should be comfort- some pretty funny stories, which pass gas. Needless to say that was room to ““snog.”” The next morning
able, don’’t let it all hang out. You’’re your partner will denitely share. a short-lived relationship. one of them divulged that he burped
still trying to make an impression, One of my female friends told My freshman year, two of my in her mouth, but at least they had
hopefully. Situations where people me that while she was making out friends, who had just met felt in- a great time.
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Spring Fling photos
‘‘Arthur’’ remake entertaining, falls short of original
By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
Director Jason Winer released a
remake of the 1981 lm ““Arthur””
starring Russel Brand, originally
directed by Steve Gordon.
The plot of the lm revolves
around the main character Arthur
Bach who is an alcoholic playboy
with no set goals in life living in
New York City.
He is a happy carefree man who
is lavished on a daily basis by his
chauffeur.
His father, Stanford, who had
passed, left Arthur as the heir to
his million-dollar fortune with one
minor stipulation.
Arthur can only receive his fa-
ther’’s fortune if he marries someone
who is considered to be upper class,
and that is Susan Johnson.
However, Arthur has absolutely
no interest in Susan and goes against
his family’’s wishes and falls in love
with Linda who is someone of the
working class.
The story follows Arthur’’s path
of destruction with his drinking
problems, but ultimately making
his own decisions with his love life
although he could live the rest of his
life wealthy and never have to work
another day in his life.
In the original lm, British ac-
the informer
The remake of the 1981 original ““Arthur”” proved to be funny but lacked the sincerity of the original cast.
tor Dudley Moore played Arthur.
Moore in the prime of his career
was known to play comedic roles.
Not only did the British actor play
roles in movies, he was known very
well for being an accomplished jazz
pianist and composer.
entertainment
In ““Arthur,”” Moore captivated
the main character’’s lifestyle so
well that you would think he was
really an alcoholic.
His witty humor complimented
the story line, and always has view-
ers laughing as he was stumbling on
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the streets of Manhattan or waking
up hung over and having everything
done for him by his chauffeur.
There was a great on screen
chemistry between Dudley and his
love interest Linda, played by the
infamous Liza Minnelli.
The remake of ““Arthur”” was
absolutely entertaining, but was
missing a lot that the original pro-
vided. Russell Brand was casted
to play the main character Arthur.
If I were a casting director on the
movie to play an alcoholic British
character that was humorous, of
course I would choose Brand as
well.
With all of his recent lms such
as ““Forgetting Sarah Marshall”” and
““Get Him to the Greek”” Brand is
undoubtedly hilarious and brought
that same humor to ““Arthur.””
He was able to really get into his
character of Arthur Bach, and the
way he carried himself on screen as
this character showed a lot of simi-
larities between him and Moore.
However, Brand was lacking the
witty ““British”” humor and nesse
that Moore provided in the original.
Many viewers are leaning towards
the remake as being the funnier one,
but I disagree.
I think viewers may not under-
stand the dry yet witty British humor
that was used in the 1981 version.
Also, the new one focused en-
tirely too much on Arthur’’s love
interest and lost sight on many of
the troubles Arthur went through.
Ultimately, the original was far
better for the acting and script, but
the remake is highly entertaining.
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Full-time students, part-time fans
By Nick Frogameni
Special to the Informer
At the University of Hartford, the
aluminum ting off a hard hit ball
rumbles through the nearly empty
bleachers with a bit of an extra echo.
The sound of a swift kick for a
goal can be heard from the nosebleed
seats over the muddled celebrations
and soft cheering from the almost
nonexistent crowd.
The feeling when a player looks to
the stands, arms raised after a 3-point
basket, to nd only family members
and maybe some close friends as
spectators can only be described as
a bit disheartening.
Some may wonder, where are the
students in which these athletes rep-
resent when they sport the Hartford
red and black? What drives UHart
students away from viewing these
sporting events? Is school spirit out
of style or just not worth anyone’’s
time anymore?
It’’s interesting to see how dedicat-
ed students are to professional teams,
which many students follow closely,
even when that team is having a bad
season, or several. However, when
it comes to collegiate level teams,
student interest doesn’’t seem to spark
unless the team is winning.
““It seems like I only hear about
the Hartford teams when they lose. I
don’’t want to go out just to see them
lose, I want to see a win,”” said UHart
Poitras will be taking over head coaching duties this Monday, April 25.
Tom Poitras, new head coach
Continued from front page
the Phoenix their rst NCAA Divi-
sion 1 Tournament appearance in
26 years.
Off the eld Poitras helped the
Phoenix earn the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA) Team Academic Award
in 2010, produce 4 academic All-
Americans and boost the team’’s
average GPA to a 3.0.
““Tom is a dynamic veteran men’’s
soccer coach who has achieved
incredible success at a number of
levels,”” said University of Hartford
President Walter Harrison. ““We are
delighted that he will be joining
us at the University of Hartford.””
Equally as impressive as his UW-
Green Bay tenure, Poitras coached
the informer
University of Hartford students have shown their lack of school spirit especially at this game versus
Binghampton in the Fall.
sophomore David Barrows.
The fact that the Hawks have had
trouble winning was almost the
unanimous explanation giving by
Hartford students when asked about
the lack of student attendance. Not a
word was spoken of such things as
inconvenient game times, weather
conditions, or uncomfortable seat-
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an overall record of 81-24-16 at
Southern New Hampshire, with
ve of six seasons with 10 wins
and four with NCAA Division II
Tournament appearances.
Additionally, Poitras coached his
Penman to the NCAA Division II
championship game in 2002 after
posting a 20-3-2 season record,
earning him NSCAA New England
Region Coach of the Year honors
and produced 8 All-Americans and
5 consecutive seasons of top-20
national rankings.
Even prior to his arrival at
Southern New Hampshire, Poitras
engineered one of the nation’’s best
single season turnarounds while
starting his coaching career at
University of New Haven, coach-
ing the Chargers to back-to-back
sports april 21, 2011
ing arrangements. It seemed as if
students had better things to worry
about than losing teams. That using
the two hours away from schoolwork
to watch their favorite show on televi-
sion is more exciting than cheering
on their fellow students as the work
hard for that ever-rare ““W””.
““It’’s not that I don’’t care about
10 win seasons after assuming
the lead role of the team that
had posted only 5 victories the
season just before his inception.
As a Southington, Conn., na-
tive Poitras also boasts a college
soccer at Southern Connecticut
State as a four year starter from
1987-91, seizing the Division
II National Championship, and
two seasons of professional play
with the Connecticut Wolves.
With the solid foundation that
former head coach Dan Gasper
had laid out before his departure
and a team that graduated only
three seniors, Tom Poitras and
his ““wealth of experience””
seems to be the kind of coach
that can take the men’’s soccer
program to the next level.
ADAM MANISON
our sports teams. It’’s that I don’’t
care enough to go out of my way to
gure out when the games are and
then rearrange my schedule to go
watch them play,”” explained Hart-
ford senior Jolie Leary.
Maybe what students are feeling
is the truth. When the Hawks are
successful, consequently, the atten-
NBA playoffs are worth
watching
The signs of spring season coming
out more and more everyday and
the gradual transition out of April
like a lamb into the month of May
must mean only one thing, the NBA
Playoffs are underway.
Why even bother in trying to bring
it up though right?
As it probably already has but
shouldn’’t be anymore, the start of
the playoffs and opening rounds
unfortunately are not worth watch-
ing in the eyes of many sports fans,
including NBA fans themselves.
This immediately needs to change
as ignoring any playoff series is
wrong based simply on the fact that
the opening round of the playoffs
going on now have seriously been
so far as exciting to watch as any
other round of the playoffs has been
in recent years.
At rst glance the matchups do ap-
pear to be a little out of the ordinary,
but this is not necessarily a bad thing.
Unordinary matchups usually lead
to the playing of unique and dif-
ferent styles of basketballs, which
are more times than not recipes for
exciting games.
Of the matchups comprising
the opening rounds of the East-
ern Conference, the Miami Heat
and Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers
matchp-up is probably the only one
not worth watching, but only if there
is another match-up on to watch
of course. As for the rest of the
Eastern Conference matchups, the
Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks
up-up, the Boston Celtics and New
York Knicks up-up and even the
Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers
up-up, surely will all be the sources
of regret for individuals who dare
pass up the opportunity to watch.
Aside from the Dallas Maver-
icks and Portland Trail Blazers
match-up, the rest of the opening
round playoff series matchups of
dance rates are reasonably higher.
The Hartford men’’s baseball team,
now 2-23-1, draws crowds of stu-
dents smaller than that of a middle
school game.
However, the men’’s lacrosse team
surprised everyone this season, earn-
ing a 7-5 record so far this season.
Talk of the lacrosse team can be heard
from around campus, including at the
eld in the bleachers. Students came
to watch their winning team play last
Saturday with excitement, and more
importantly, in greater numbers.
““It’’s fun going to watch lacrosse
play knowing that they have won and
can win again. We aren’’t just cheer-
ing for a win with lacrosse. We are
cheering because we want to go to
the playoffs, and nally have a shot
to do so,”” said sophomore student
Taylor DeCaro.
Does the number of wins on your
record now dene school spirit?
Most would hope not, however it
seems to be an underlying trend in
colleges when winning becomes
scarce. Students may decide to back
no team at all then hoist the colors
of a losing team.
It seems, that here in Hartford, low
student attendance will continue un-
less one of two things happens. The
sports teams provide more wins,
stirring up student fan interest, and
gaining a higher school following.
Or, the social stigma around support-
ing losing college teams must fade.
Charles Paullin •• Sports Editor
paullin@hartford.edu
Twitter: @InformerSports
the Western Conference are the
San Antonio Spurs and Memphis
Grizzlies up-up, the Oklahoma
City Thunder and Denver Nuggets
up-up, and the Los Angeles Lakers
and Charlotte Hornets up-up, are all
worth watching after all have gone
in ways they weren’’t supposed to
with upsets and blow outs occurring
all over the place.
Anyone who has been watching
the playoffs so far this year will
most likely agree that even though
the Bulls are the number seed and
the Pacers are the 8 seed, watching
Derrick Rose’’s crossovers that are
of insane magnitudes and the young
guns for Indiana, Roy Hibbert and
Tyler Hansburough, duke it out is
about as entertaining as it gets when
it comes to watching the NBA.
Instances similar to the Bulls
Pacers up-up can be seen elsewhere
around the playoffs with Kobe Bry-
ant and Chris Paul’’s competition
to lead their team to victory in the
Lakers and Hornets up-up out west.
Understanding that it is unreason-
able to watch every single game
of the opening rounds. However
because of how awesome the ones
going on now are and the fact that
the opening round, it is not unreason-
able to say they are just as important
as any other series. I assure you
it will not be a waste of any sports
fan time, should they take the time
to watch the opening rounds of the
NBA playoffs.
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Hartford track and eld dominate the competition

By Tim Rizzo
Staff Writer
The University of Hartford men’’s
and women’’s track and eld team
laced up ready to race this past
weekend on Sunday at the Solo-
mon Invitational at Northeastern
University, where three individuals
took home rst place points in their
respective events as part of an overall
performance that would make Howie
Hawk proud.
Sophomore Ackeme Brown started
the festivities off for Hartford by
winning the long jump with an out-
standing leap of 6.45 meters.
Junior Anderson Emerole raced
past 39 other competitors in the
200-meter race with a time of 22.22
sec. to take home rst place in his
event.
Lastly, senior Jonas Hampton
dominated his opponents to receive
a rst place nish in the 5,000-meter
race with a time of 15:02.44 sec.,
beating his closest competitor by
over 23 sec.
Additional Hartford athletes
performed extraordinarily well,
gathering spots among the top ve
in their events.
Brown followed up his long jump
with a fourth place nish in the
200-meter race with his teammate
Emerole taking the gold.
Junior Eric Flaman finished
second in the 3,000-meter steeple-
chase with a time of 10:35.13 sec
followed by teammate Kevin Bran-
don who nished fourth in the 1,500
meter with a time of 4:05.68 sec.
The men’’s relay teams also faired
well placing rst in the 4x100
event with a time of 43.51 sec,
as the 4x400 meter team placed
second in their event with a time
of 3:28.00 sec.
The women’’s team found success
as well with junior Nicolle Adams
winning the long jump with a mark
of 5.30 meters.
Sophomore Priscilla Appiagyei
nished in second place in the
400-meter race with a time of
58.30 sec.
Sophomore Brittney Lawson n-
ished in third place in the hammer
toss with a distance of 43.29 meters.
Additional Hartford women ath-
letes performed well throughout the
weekend by getting top ve nishes
to conclude an amazing weekend
for the track and eld teams.
The Hawks return to action on
Wednesday, April 20 when they HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION
travel to Worcester, Mass. for the
Holy Cross Multi-Event meet. Men and women’’s track and eld teams took home three rst place nishes this past weekend.

Bound together by
boundless strength
By Charles Paullin
Sports Editor
The University of Hartford’’s
HARTFORD SPORTS INFORMATION Women’’s Rugby Team are cruis-
Women’’s softball won two out of the three games they had this past weekend. ing, looking to give out a bruising
at the Beast of the East Tournament
This kind of success though was not
exactly expected to occur. Despite
having competed in the championship
of last year’’s tournament, everyone
left after, making Knapper the sole
senior, who admits these events put
the team in a ““rough patch,”” trying

Early losses are overcome over weekend
By Dan Melrose
Staff Writer
The women’’s softball team had to
come out of this past weekend in better
spirits than how they felt after the back-
to-back losses against Marist onApril 14.
The Hawks won 1 of the 2 games in
the double header against America East
rival Stony Brook. On the second day,
the Hawks beat Stony Brook, taking 2
of the 3 from the weekend.
Though sophomore Melani Maxwell
played stellar in both games against
Marist, the Hawks weren’’t able to
capture the victories heading into the
bottom of the seventh innings. Both
games turned out to be walk-off victories
for Marist (Game 1: 6-5, Game 2: 3-2).
Looking to rid the nasty tastes in their
mouths stemming from the last minute
losses, the Hawks turned up the volume
when playing Stony Brook. In Game 1 of
the double header sophomore catcher
Jordan Haines provided power early
by slamming a home run over left eld
in the bottom of the second inning,
scoring Melani Maxwell, and mak-
ing the score 2-1. Senior left-elder
Lauren Kamena and junior center
elder Shannon Simpkins had strong
performances, helping the Hawks
score a couple more runs and helped
secure the lead. 14 of the 22 batters
who faced Meade either ew out or
ground out.
Game 2 of the double header
against Stony Brook was a pitchers
duel lasting all seven innings. Junior
Siera Sheehan of the Hawks pitched
dominantly through all 7 innings, al-
lowing only two runs and striking out
ve. The Hawks had some attempts
to add some runs in the sixth inning,
but came up short.
Heading into the third game against
Stony Brook on Sunday, the Hawks
held on to win 4-3, but that didn’’t
take away from the intense mo-
ments that came at the end of the
game.
The Hawks came out batting
strong, with Lauren Kamena, Ni-
cole Springer, and Jordan Haines
helping them have a secure 4-2 lead
heading into the nal inning. In the
top of the seventh Meade fell into
some trouble when she gave up a
home run with one out. Sophomore
pitcher Nicole Springer replaced
Meade with two outs remaining in
the seventh. Springer gave up a hit
but managed to secure the 4-3 win
by producing a foul out in left eld.
After winning two of three this
past weekend, the Hawks look
to continue their winning ways
against Quinnipiac University on
April 20 in Hamden, CT.
after soundly defeating familiar in-
state foe Wesleyan College 40-31.
According to senior leader
Haley Knapper, the sound victory
is just icing on the cake as just be-
ing able to play against Wesleyan
in a good, clean game of rugby in
the sun is what’’s really worth tak-
ing away from the match.
““We look forward to playing
every season. We help each other
out and afterwards we hang out,””
said Knapper, warmheartedly, of
their friendly opponents.
Regardless of the team’’s bond,
Knapper did not hide how well
the offense played, attributing
such success to well executed
““rucking””, which involves the
individual running with the ball
getting tackled, placing the ball
immediately on the ground (a
required action once tackled)
and having a teammate quickly
scoop up the ball before the other
team can.
to nd people to play.
Fortunately for the team, a mi-
raculous force of freshman joined
the team, which consisted of now
sophomore captains Shania Brown
and Melissa Jaspon as well as Mis-
siandra Carolyn and Sierra Liu,
Kanpper’’s keys players in the victory
over Wesleyan.
No injuries occurred during the
match and the rookies did well,
according to Knapper, making the
victory taste even sweeter.
Reecting on how beautiful the
day was, Knapper shared the popular
quote within the sport, ““Saturday’’s a
rugby day.””
With this joyous victory under their
belt, the team now has their eyes set on
the 2 day NERFU Tournament, which
hosts hundreds of men and women
rugby players from schools all over
New England, such as Rutgers and
Roger Williams, across seven elds,
which is also known as the Beast of
the East Tournament.