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sports: hawks score crucial conference wins

Director of Public Safety, John Schmaltz,named person of the year by the Knights

of Columbus of Cromwell, Ct. Page 2

Could solar powered smart roadsmake winter time driving safer? Find out

one writers thoughts onpage 5

Ska-punk band Less Than Jake is per-forming at The Webster this weekend.Page 7

Get a sneak peak of whats to come forlacrosse and softball this season.Page 10

News Opinions Entertainment Sports

By Sarah WilsonNews Editor

The University celebrated Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. Day through several speak-ers and musicians during the fth annualKeeping the Dream Alive program thispast Monday.

The program aimed to extend Kings dreamof peace within the com munity to today, andfocused on ways to carry out that dream inour own community.

President Walter Harrison, as well as CEOof the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, JenniferSmith Turner, both spoke at the event inorder to communicate Kings message.

Turner interjected her own powerful wordswith quotes from Kings 1957 sermon TheBirth of a New Nation.

Let us never ght with falsehood andhate and malice, but always ght with love,Turner urged to the audience.

Also during the event were musical per-formances by students from the Universityof Hartford Magnet School, as well as theCharter Oak International Academy, HarttSchool faculty and Alumni, and seniorShenel Johns.

Song choices were constant with the themeand included Let There Be Peace on Earth,Shalom, and Lift Every Voice and Sing.

During President Harrisons remarks, he

referred students in Hartfords own com-munity who have displayed exemplary workin carrying out Kings dream.

One group local to campus, the studentsin the Art Schools Design Global Changeclass, successfully completed a mural of Dr.King on the North End Church of Christ inHartford in November.

The mural spreads the message of peaceand community by including Kings wordsthe beloved community is the frameworkfor the future.Others who were recognized

for their work demonstrating the belovedcommunity theme were three winners ofthe 2011 Martin Luther King Essay Contest.

Milkayla Holness, Vince Jerome Mack,

and Cassidy Glaner were recognized fortheir words on how to address the obstaclesthat keep us from achieving the belovedcommunity.

Glaner, a freshman at the university, wrotean inuential essay suggesting that Americanstoo often lose sight of what the central idea offreedom actually is, a problem that stands in theway of achieving the beloved community.Let us not be affected by what we mate-rialistically have, but instead take a look atwhat we all share together: life, she states

in her essay.Full copies of all three essays, as well asvideo clips of musical performances at theevent can be found on UNotes.

Keeping the Dream Alive celebrates life and legacy of MLK

Sustainability, pay raises focus in year ahead, says Harrison

Left: Hartt School Faculty and Alumni played an arrangement of Horace Silvers 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.

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By Jeremy StanleyEditor-in-Chief

President Walter Harrison announced an im-proved recycling system this week as well assome 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 Harrisonsaid, This has been a long time coming, but Iam delighted to say that we now have recyclingthroughout all of the non-residential buildingson campus.

Starting this semester, the university willadopt a two bin recycling systemone for

paper and one for empty aluminum cans, glassand plastic bottles. Cardboard and newspaperswill not be accepted; rather, staff is encouraged

to leave cardboard and newspapers by trashcans in ofces.

According to the universitys sustainabilitywebsite, the two-bin system will keep campusareas clean as well as make the recycling processeasier 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 hadrecycling within the Village Apartments, butexpanding that to reach all residence halls willrequire a little more logistical work. We hopeto roll that out soon.

In a forward-looking statement, Harrison said,

we hope to unveil an initiative beginning this

See Harrison on page 4

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The Barney School of Businesshas earned re-accreditation from theAssociation to Advance CollegiateSchools of Business (AACSB Inter-

national), making them one of only47 schools to earn re-accreditationin business.

In business education this is oneof the highest forms of recognitionfor a school to receive, said JamesFairfield-Sonn, dean of BarneySchool of Business.

The AACSB International wasrst founded with an objective ofimproving business education incolleges worldwide.

Throughout the years the organi-zation has created and revised theirstandards to ensure that each businessschool is providing students with atop quality education.

After a school applies for ac-creditation the school goes through areview process where it must meet 21different standards to be considered.

These standards include requiringcontinuous improvement in the cur-riculum and a high quality teachingenvironment.

Barney School of Business rstreceived accreditation in 2000 af-ter trying for 24 years to gain the

Barney School of Business gains re-accreditation

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By Ben GyurikStaff Writer

John Schmaltz,Director of Pub-lic Safety on campus, was namedPerson of the Year 2011, by theCromwell Knights of Columbus.

He became Director of PublicSafety in 2008, after retiring from20 years of service from the policedepartment where he worked as a

lieutenant.Schmaltz has been an involvedmember of his community, anda lifelong resident of Cromwell.He has coached various youthprograms, is engaged in the Parksand Recreation Commission, theCromwell Park ImprovementCommittee, and both the Baseballand Football Booster Clubs.

I became interested in coachingand I was always interested in theidea of management, both for ateam and a eld, because I workedat a golf club in high school, Ialready knew about turf manage-ment, so it was easier for me toget into coaching, said Schmaltz.

But coaching isnt the only reasonSchmaltz is the 2011 Knights ofColumbus Person of the Year.

He is a big part of the Cromwell

Director of Public Safety named Person of the Yearcommunity, and makes it a partof his duty to give back to hishometown.

The Knights of Columbus is anorganization he joined because helearned about the opportunities itprovides through his uncle, and byjoining he became more involvedin his community.

I was active early on, but itgot harder to stay as active in theKnights of Columbus after I hadchildren, having four childrenmyself, I got very busy, but I stillmanaged to do work in the com-munity, said Schmaltz.

Schmaltz is humbled by beinggiven such an award, though he feelshe didnt get involved in his commu-nity to gain any sort of recognition.

When herst was acknowledgedof this honor, Schmaltz explainedits a good fteen minutes offame, and a nice thank you, bygetting a plaque, but I didnt do allmy work for myself, to gain atten-tion. I did it for my community.

Schmaltz graduated from Uconnin 1983, and from there he joinedthe Cromwell Police Departmentafter graduating. He was later hiredby the Hartford Police Departmentand eventually was promoted to

the position of lieutenant.I learned persistence, loyalty

and dedication from when I wasin the police department andhave applied it to my life, statedSchmaltz.

By applying himself outside ofhis work, and within his commu-nity, Schmaltz stated I try to giveback to my community because itshould be a cooperative effort fromresidents, and when I can give backit also gives me satisfaction.

When asked how people couldget involved in volunteer pro-grams, and engaged in theircommunities, Schmaltz pointedout one reason they dont put moreinitiative into it: a lot of peopledont realize that the communitydoesnt just give people work todo, they have to make an effort toget involved.

Many people think they donthave the time for being a part oftheir community. Its not that theydont have the time; its the factthat they dont make the time to getinvolved. It comes down to timemanagement. If you want to beinvolved, make yourself some freetime where you can get involved,explained Schmaltz.

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Director of Public Safety, John Schmaltz, was named the city of

Cromwells 2011 Person of the Year by the Knights of Columbus.

prestigious recognition. The recentre-accreditation will extend theschools accreditation for six years

and they will be reviewed againafterve years, since the AACSBInternational reviews schools in a

ve year cycle.There are 12,000 business schools

around the world and only 607

schools in 38 countries have receivedaccreditation, making the BarneySchool part of the top ve percent,said Faireld-Sonn.

According to Faireld-Sonn, whenthe school was considered in 2000the AACSB International not only

looked at the 21 standards but theyalso looked for a strategic plan thatwas in place in order to help providethe school with better education forstudents.

Faireld-Sonn said that the orga-nization was very impressed withmany of the programs that were justbeing put into effect in 2000 and thatare now playing a vital role at theBarney School.

Some of these include the careerready focus for undergraduate stu-dents which allow students to gainthe skills needed to prepare them forreal world work.

Another program that AACSBInternational found impressive wasthe Barney Leadership council whichwas in its initial stages in 2000.

It is now more involved andworks with students to help themdevelop leadership roles by work-ing with faculty and attendingworkshops, as well as workingwith the school community andorganizing event such as a businessschool barbecue.

The universitys Barney School was one of only 47 schools to be re-accredited in business.

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Every year seniors from thegraduating class approach thepodium during commencementin May.

Some preach words of wisdom,

others some light hearted humor,and some speak heartfelt encour-agement for the future. For thisyears class of 2011, that seniorcould be you.

Any senior that graduated inDec. 2010 or will be graduatingin May qualies. Seniors mustrst submit a resume to SuzanneAnderson McNeil in GSU 307by Jan. 28.

The Student CommencementSpeaker Committee will thenreview the resumes and yourcollege record and choose thecandidates.

These candidates will be noti-ed by Feb. 4 and will need tosubmit an original speech toMcNeil in GSU 307 by Feb. 18.

These speeches can vary inissues and should be between 3and 5 minutes in length. This op-portunity is to present a messageto fellow classmates, parents andfaculty. Candidates are asked tokeep 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 bechosen by Feb. 25.

These seniors will then presenttheir speech to the committee andwill be judged on content and pre-sentation of the speech, academicperformance , and on involvement incollege leadership roles and campusactivities.

The winner will be announcedby the end of March and will takethe stage in May at commencementto present their speech in front offamily, friends, faculty, and fellowgraduates.

All questions should be directedto Suzanne Anderson McNeil atextension 5219.

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By Sarah Wilson

News Editor

Elizabeth Lizzy Warner-Paranov, former dean of the HarttSchool, passed away Wednesday,Jan. 5, at the age of 93.

Warner-Paranov was the wifeof Moshe Paranov, co-founder ofthe Hartt School. After receivinga Bachelor of Science degree fromthe Institute of Musical Art of theJulliard Foundation, she went on tobe an integral part of the Hartfordcommunity, playing the organ inarea churches, as well as being arenowned pianist, chamber musicperformer, and teacher.

From there she went on to teachpiano at the Hartt School in 1942.It was after working at the schoolfor over 10 years that she aidedin merging the Hartt School, theHartford Art School, and HillyerCollege to create the University ofHartford in 1957.

She went on to become dean ofthe Hartt School in 1966, and wasnamed Dean Emerita after retiringin 1985.

She was also involved in theConnecticut State Music TeachersAssociation, Musical Club of Hart-

ford, and the Hartford Musicians

Association Local 400.Warner-Paranov was survived bya stepdaughter, Nina Paranov Fagan,and predeceased by a stepdaughter,Tanya Paranov and her husband,Moshe.

Memorial donations can be made

to the Moshe and Pauline Paranov

Scholarship Fund at The HarttSchool, University of Hartford, 200Bloomeld Avenue, West Hartford,CT 06117.

There will be a memorial serviceheld at the Hartt School at a date yetto be announced.

Inuential Hartt School DeanEmerita passes away at 93

Bates House mourns loss of staff member

Harrison: pay freeze was a real sacrice

By Sarah Wilson

News Editor

The university is mourning theloss of an Ofce of Administrationstaffer, Mary Ann Garro.

Garro, who worked as an ad-ministrative secretary in the BatesHouse for more than fteen years,passed away on Monday, Dec. 27at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.

She cared deeply about theUniversitys success and was the

proud mother of two universitygraduates, her daughters Micheleand Debra. She will be missed byall of us in Bates House and hermany friends around campus,Richard Zeiser, Dean of Admis-sion, told UNotes.

A resident of East Hartfordfor 35 years, Garro was born inBrooklyn, in 1944.

She was survived by her hus-band, Robert, two daughters, andfour grandchildren.

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Lizzy Warner-Paranov, the Dean Emerita of the Hartt School,passed away Jan. 5. She is pictured here at Hartts 90th An-

niversary Gala in Oct. 2010.

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By Sarah WilsonNews Editor

University of Hartford senior TimPettus has been chosen as one ofvepoets in the state to take part in theConnecticut Poetry Circuit.

Pettus, a creative writing major,was chosen from all college-levelpoets in the state as one of the bestby the Connecticut Poetry Society,

making him the third consecutiveHartford student to have achievedthe honor.

Matthew Gilbert was therst stu-

dent to be honored in 2008, followedby John Dudek last year in 2010.

Each year, every college and uni-versity in Connecticut is encouraged

to nominate one undergraduate poet.From all the nominees, the Con-necticut Poetry Society chooses thetop four orve, making it a highlyselective process.

The ve chosen students willcreate the Student Poetry Tour,traveling to locations throughoutthe state to read their work toaudiences.

The tour will come to the Uni-

versity of Hartford in Februarywhere students are invited to comehear Pettus, along with other poetsperform.COURTESY OF UNOTES

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summer to replace some of ourenergy systems and machineryon campus that will enable usto conserve energy even more.Now, while I know it may notbe easy to get excited about newchillers 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 becomea hallmark of the University in theyears to come.

In 2010, faculty and staff mem- bers went a year without seeingpay increases.

Harrison said that it was a realsacrice of many of us, especially people in the lower end of thespectrum.

But I have been very pleasedwith the way all of you and yourcolleagues responded to thesechallenges.

For the next academic year, Har-

rison announced a two percent meritsalary pool.

He said, I realize that a twopercent salary pool is not cause for

cheering in the streets, but I hopeyou see it for what it is: a prudentstep in investing in our peopleourfaculty and staffwhich is our mostprecious resource.

Harrison called the move a cau-tiousrst step, stating that budgetcuts that went into effect this yearwill continue into the next academicyear.

Citing the changes in the eco-nomic outlook, Harrison said, the

decade of growth we saw at theUniversity between 1998 and 2007is unlikely to be repeated in thatform in the near future.

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For years, men and women havebeen facing the plaguing questionof what is the magic cure for weightloss.

By the sheer number of dietadvertisements bombarding thegeneral population its plain to seethat obesity continues to be an ever-escalating problem. These ads showthe lengths that men and womenhave gone to in order to achieve theperfect physique.

Beginning this past Wednesdayand lasting for several months, theLibrary of Congress in Washington,D.C. is holding an exhibit of weightloss ads and diet books throughoutthe decades. This special event is

aimed to keep the issue of obesityat the forefront of Congress mind.A common theme amongst the

ads was that most of them cater towomen. Its not all that surprisingthat advertisers would target themost easily susceptible to messagesregarding beauty, yet Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientic ofcer ofWeight Watchers believes that menand women are wired different whenit comes to losing weight.

In an interview with USA Todayshe says, When it comes to weightloss, women are diplomats, and mendeclare war. Women are always

trying different things. They arealways reading.... They often itabout and try different things untilthey get the point where they dosomething about it.

To the contrary, many women

that Ive seen working towardsweight loss dont sit on the sidelinesjust praying for the weight to meltaway. Women are aggressive whenit comes to this topic, so to saythat women it about is somewhatdisconcerting.

Women go to such extremelengths to live up to the pictureson the advertisements they see thatmany become obsessed, whichmany times spirals into eatingdisorders.

Its appalling to look throughadvertisements from years past andto note how ridiculous of measures

women would put themselvesthrough. From salt baths and eat-ing bile beans, to simply shakingthe weight off with a belt strappedaround their waists, women takeweight loss seriously.

I recently came across an adver-tisement for Xenadrine, a weightloss pill that is supposed to boostenergy. The Jersey Shores very ownRonnie starred in the commercialshowing off his juicehead musclesand imploring viewers that if theytake the pill they too can be hotenough for the shore.

With weight loss pills being thenew bile bean, its just reinforc-ing the ever-present idea of going

to drastic extremes for somethingthat can be done naturally.With the evolution of weight loss

advertisements its clear that thetargeted consumer, is being pres-sured to look a certain way andthey shouldnt be scared to try themost extreme measures they can toachieve their goals.

While its great to highlight theobesity epidemic, its important toreinforce healthy weight loss strate-gies and not play into the hundredsof extreme diets that are out there promising results that they cantdeliver.

Starbucks presents bright future for payment technology

Ads continue skinny tradition

Snow removal

issue solved withself-clearing roads

It could be the beginning of the endfor the wallet, as Starbucks announced

this week that it would soon acceptpayments at nearly all of its locationsthrough customers cell phones.

Now you can get your Trenta, thenew 31-ounce iced beverage beingsold by the coffee giant, without tak-ing anything out besides a cell phone.

It presents a fascinating look intothe future of our economy and how people will pay for the items theywant in the future.

Users of the Starbucks applicationwill be able to load their gift card withcash and then add it to the phone.

Then, using the application that

will display a code for the scanner atthe checkout, they just wave it at thescanner and money is debited fromthe account.

It seems magical and far-fetched

and it has a few issues to overcome.First, you still need a physical Star-

bucks card to reload it. Why cantcustomers get a card number andadd their own funds to it from thephone itself?

Is there any sort of protection (say, aPIN) to protect customers from havingtheir phone stolen and used to pay forthe overpriced coffee?

At the same time, it does presentan optimistic future for paymenttechnology. Imagine when credit cardcompanies integrate this new technol-ogy, how much easier it could be topay for things.

And the amount of fraud protection

that could result.There might even be a possibility

that customers even need a physicalcredit card number, just an imagethat associates the individual withthe bank account. More so, theres noneed for replacement cards (still mayneed replacement phones).

On the other hand, if these cardsrun on batteries, theres a possibilitythat it runs out. If someone loses acharger and has a dead phone--thatcould present an interesting situationwhere a person doesnt have physicalcash to pay for it.

The chances of it happening areprobably slim to none, but still, its

always worth being mindful of wheretechnology can go wrong.

The other applications that couldwork for this is the Hawk Card. Imag-ine managing and getting updateson meal plan balances, Hawk cashremaining--and adding to it from amobile application.

Getting into dorms, now that wouldbe convenient, too.

But the technology is far too cost-prohibitive to even consider puttingin a business smaller than the bever-age giant and chain grocery stores,but its always fun to speculate onhow payments will evolve over thecoming years.

In the midst of what anxioussnowed-ins have deemed thesnowpocalypse, residents ofhard-hit states grew increasinglyfrustrated with the lack of roadclean up the past few weeks.

So why not try what seems tobe a simple solution: roads thatclean themselves.

Though still in the process ofdevelopment, there are proposalsin the works for roads that coulduse solar power to melt awaysnow and ice themselves, po-tentially saving millions in snowremoval after storms such as theone that coated Connecticut withmore than two feet last week.

Scott Brusaw, an electri-cal engineer from Idaho, hasgained attention from the federalgovernment as well as GeneralElectric with his idea for a glassroadway that uses solar cells tonot only melt snow away, butgenerate energy for other usesas well.

This plan would astonishinglyeliminate the need for snow-plows and expensive post-stormclean up that residents of NewEngland have obviously not beenpleased with this season.

In a time when the world is see-ing the obvious effects of climatechange undoubtedly caused by pollutants humans create, thisenergy-saving snow removalseems like a perfect resolutionto todays problems. But whentaking into account the price of

such a project, it seems more andmore unlikely that it will actuallyplay out.

Brusaws in-depth planshavent disregarded the costaspect, though. On his websitehe maps out the projects esti-mated cost of $4.4 million permile. With over 3 million milesof highway in the country, thatcost becomes a bit outrageousfor the government to actuallyimplement.

However, Brusaw justies thatspending with the amount ofmoney and energy it will save

in the long run. In a recent articleon CNN.com, Rajib Mallick, anengineer who is working on his ownidea for a smart road, stated thattemperature 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 HighwayAdministration has already grantedBrusaw $100,000 to further researchhis glass highway proposal.

Brusaw plans to have the ideadeveloped and implemented in theparking lot next to his ofce buildingby the spring.

As it seems that we have thetechnology to successfully createan energy-saving, ice-melting superhighway, as well as enough interestin its potential, the next step is nd-ing a way to fund it.

In the article on CNN.com,it was suggested that the roadscould first be installed in ar-eas of high population density,where vehicles could be chargedfees for the right to use them.

However if that is the on ly solutionto funding, the potential for backlashfrom drivers already perturbed byever-rising gas prices wouldnt befar off.

While the prospect of beingable to walk to class on sidewalksfree of snow and sleet right after asnowstorm might be comforting, itunfortunately doesnt seem likelyit will happen any time in the nearfuture. But hopefully with a little bitof luck and a reasonable method forfunding, we might be just be savedwhen the actual snowpocalypseeventually strikes.

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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.

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A night of ska and punk at the WebsterA night of ska and punk at the Webster

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Hartfords 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 SwetzEntertainment Editor

Ska punk sensations Less ThanJake are making their triumphantreturn to the Webster Theater onJan. 28.

The quartet originally hailingfrom Gainesville, Florida, are stillregularly touring the northeast rid-ing their 2008 release GNA FLA.

Up-tempo and fast paced in

nature, the group never fails to puton a stunning show while stayingtrue to their ska roots that seem toattract grounds from all over.

With a blaring saxophone anddeep trombone, Less Than Jakehas solidied their signature soundcontributing greatly to the thirdwave of ska music along withgroups such as Reel Big Fish andStreetlight Manifesto.

Returning to Hartford just over

a year since their last visit, theboys of Less Than Jake offer morebang for your buck with ticketsat a modest $16.50 in advanced.

The tour, in support of their newTV/EP, which rips through 16famous TV theme songs. The EP,released late last year, clocks inat just over 11 minutes.

Whether the ska legends willgrace the stage with the themesong to iCarly as their opener

or go with a safer bet with one oftheir hits, theyll denitely havethe audience dancing up on theirfeet in a matter of seconds.

Less Than Jake are more thanqualied to counter this drearywinter weather with some soulfulska music.

Hartfords Webster Theaterthrives on great bands like LessThan Jake as well as the openingacts.

The lineup consists of great lo-cal bands such as Make Do AndMend, Off With Their Heads andThe Supervillans.

There definitely is no betterway to spend a Friday night thandancing to the infectious soundsof great ska and punk bands for acheap price.

Doors open at 5:30 for the Un-derground and Less Than Jake takethe Main Stage at 7:00.

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Regis retires- Morning talk show host Regis

Philbin announced 2011 will be his

nal year asa regular on Live with Regis & Kelly. Philbin

currently holds the world record for most time

spent in front of a television camera with Ryan

Seacrest at a close second.

Gervais strikes British comedian Ricky Ger-

vais hit below the belt while hosting the Golden

Globes last week. Hugh Hefner and Charlie

Sheen both said they wont be tuning in when

Gervais guest stars on the U.S. version of The

Ofce.

Playoffs?!- The New York Jets defeated the New

England Patriots last week to advance to the Con-

ference Championship against the Steelers. Jets

coach Rex Ryan plans to attend the game bare-foot in order to effectively stomp the competition.

Jobs leave of absence Apple CEO Steve Jobs

announced he is taking a medical leave of ab-

sence from the company this week. The Being

Steve section of allaboutSteveJobs.com now

needs some amendments.

Wikipedia anniversary- The popular encyclope-

dia website turned 50 this year. I found this fact

on Wikipedia.com.

Golden Globes feature

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The 68th Annual Golden GlobeAwards that took place Jan. 16, wassurely a night to remember bothfor the winners and host comedianRicky Gervais.

With so many outstanding moviesreleased in 2010 it was difcult topredict the outcome for the manymovies and television series thatwere nominated.

The awards ceremony appearedto be in a small intimate settinglled with a talented group dressedin their best attire. Many of Holly-woodsnest came out that evening,including a huge appearance fromMichael Douglas, who recentlywon his battle with throat cancer.Douglas received a standing ova-

tion for his incredible strength.Gervais denitely fullled hisgoal of entertaining the crowd andthe viewers.

The media was buzzing after theshow on how offensive his jokeswere. Viewers lost sight of the en-tertainment aspect of his position.Bruce Willis was highly offendedwhen Gervais introduced him asAshton Kutchers father althoughmost of the crowd and viewersfound this absolutely hilarious.

Nonetheless, Gervais broughthumor and light into an awardshow that, at times, comes off astoo serious and dull.

Before watching the ceremony,I had high expectations for BlackSwan, which had been nominatedin various categories including Best

Motion Picture Drama. I predictedthis movie to take home a fewawards based on Darren Aronof-skys brilliant cinematic work.Aronofskys dark and twisting plotlines are enough to pull a viewer in.

The other nominations I felt con-dent about were the Showtime seriesDexter, Nurse Jackie, The BigC, and United States of Tara.Many of the series throughout theirmany seasons have lived up to theexpectations of the viewers. Dex-ter being the most alluring out ofthe group is addicting from MichaelC. Halls compelling performance asa serial killer.

The Social Network was theall-star winner of the night walkingaway with four awards includingBest Motion Picture Drama, BestDirector, Best Screenplay and BestOriginal Score. Director DavidFincher successfully executed MarkZuckerbergs creation and tribula-tions of the social media empire ofFacebook.

Glee was another success thatnight, winning Best TelevisionSeries (Comedy or Musical), Best

Performance by an Actress in aSupporting Role in a Series (JaneLynch), and Best Performance byan Actor in a Supporting Role in aSeries (Chris Colfer).

Glee coming out on top ofthese categories did not come asa surprise to television enthusiastsbecause of its huge viewership andgrowing popularity from episodeto episode.

The Cecil B. DeMille Awardis a lifetime achievement awardgiven each year by The HollywoodForeign Press Association. Thisyear, actor Robert De Niro wasgiven the award for his years ofexcellent acting. A montage of hiscareer was played that highlightedmovies such as Casino, TaxiDriver, Goodfellas, Meet theParents, and Frankenstein justto name a few.

This years awards were competi-tive due to the amount of successfulmovies and television series thatwere released. The talent from theactors, directors, screenwriters, andcomposers was beautifully shownand highlighted.

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Andy Swetz

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How to furnish your apartment for lessHow to furnish your apartment for lessWhen it comes to furnishing

your campus apartment on a col-lege student budget, your moneydoesnt go much farther than itwill at IKEA.

While the university is conve-niently located just 30 minutesfrom Connecticuts only locationin New Haven, the voyage downinterstate 91 is well worth thetrip to visit the worlds largestfurniture retailer.

The Swedish based retailerdenitely offers hard to turndown deals when it comes tofurnishing a village apartmentor even a complex double.

For around $150 you can buya loveseat or sofa bed that youwont feel terribly guilty about ifpartygoers spill drinks on it. Asfor a sturdy side table, IKEA hasa wide array starting at just $10.

As for your kitchen, $3.99 is allyou need to drop on a 16-pieceutensil set to help you tear intosome take out food with.

And if youre feeling adventur-

ous you can get a 5 piece cookingset for $9.99. But remember,in the IKEA style of things; beprepared to assemble the handlesto your cooking pots.

Although village apartmentcommon rooms are not equippedwith lighting, IKEAs solutionfor a brightly lit room is only$7.99 for blackoor lamps.

As you struggle to furnish yourapartment or room to make it feelmore like home, you can rest as-sured that your IKEA purchasesare environmentally friendly.

Striving to become moresustainable, the Swedish giantproduces a 100 percent post con-sumer waste chair and uses wood

from responsibly managed forests.With more than reasonable prices

on furniture and kitchenware, theguilt of dropping over $400 ona couch that might end up in thedumpster after Spring Fling is vir-tually gone when you buy cheap.

Furnishing for less denitelyhas its advantages because you getbrand new things without breakingthe bank. Not to say that your Swed-ish choice will last you an eternitybut based on your own wear andlugging 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 its the mostfurnished room of an apartmentby Res. Life. Hipsters can pick upa small wood stand for their turn-tables or iPod docks for only $15.

IKEA is the college students bestfriend for affordable alternativesto campus living that I personallyresort to. The trip down to NewHaven is also a chance to experiencesome ne Swedish dining.

Durable and cheap, the only thingstanding between you and a brandnew couch for your apartment isabout 40 minutes of swearing andmumbling Are you sure this is theright piece?

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Google piloting Web only laptop with the Cr-48By Jeremy StanleyEditor-in-Chief

Its pretty cool that a company,any company, would do a wide-spread beta test of a new operatingsystem for laptops by sending outfree laptops to people.

Google has the honor of being therst to do so, and perhaps the onlyone for a while.

The build quality of the Cr-48 isamong the top of the crop in qual-ity. Its quite reminiscent of Applesblack MacBook or one of the Sonylaptops.

Its rened in terms of design. Nochrome, just a matte black texture.Its not plastered with stickers say-ing Chrome Starter Edition withGoogle or Intel Inside, thoughin the box a business card style adsays If you cracked this open, youdnd Intel. A cute, kitschy touch tothe packaging.

I originally posted to Twitter myinitial impressions, one of thembeing slow.

I had meant not so much slowas in rendering pages, but simplethings like scrolling appeared tobe sluggish.

Turns out its the trackpad thatstroublesome. It misreads clicks andhas temperamental scrolling.

I plugged in a USB mouse intothe Cr-48 and was on my way, butfor on-the-go use, the touchpad isfar from a dealbreaker.

The keyboard is full-sized, sotheres hardly an issue with it.In fact,its a pretty quick machine.

Its even quicker when the settingto display plugins is set to disabledor click to play. I have it set atclick to play so that Im not taxing

the machine to render a Flash videothat I might not click.

But paying consumers wont bepaying for this particular piece ofhardware, so it might not even mat-ter at the end of the day.

The operating system is bare

bonesbuilt to run on laptops likethe Cr-48.

It features, for all intents and pur-poses, the Chrome Web Browser anda basic UI shell that allows users tolog in to their Google Account anduse the device.

In other words, if you know (andprobably love) Google Chrome onthe Mac/PC/Linux, you know whatyoure in for.

A few minor tweaks include:theres no minimizing/maximizing(because, well what do you want,a desktop with one icon?) andtheres a task bar with time, signalstrength and a battery icon. Itsvery minimalista good thing fora minimal OS.

Google has partnered with Veri-zon Wireless to provide 3G data onChrome laptops, which is a prettycool thing for commuters (using public transportation, obviously.Drivers, dont get any ideas!) andpeople nding themselves in Wi-FiNotspots.

This is especially cool, becauseVerizon is giving users 100 MB offree data usage a month for the twoyears they own the deviceanymore and theyll need at least $10(but its contract free, so theres nocommitment).

Dependent on what prices theChrome laptops launch at, this couldbe an attractive alternative to thebudget laptops running Windows 7Starter, which perhaps are good onlyfor Web browsing in the rst place.

If laptop manufacturers are ableto execute with such precisionon the hardware (save the nickytouchpad), Google will have a hit onits handsprovided consumers arewilling to give up on pre-installedapplications and go to the cloud.

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conference play until late March,playing the likes of Siena, Brown

and Bucknell, all strong nationalteams, until their conferenceschedule opens March 30, awayat Albany.

Hartford will play A merica East powerhouses Stony Brook andUMBC at home, giving them alarge advantage against two poten-tially deadly opponents before theAmerica East tournament.

By Josh BatelliStaff Writer

Amelia Pereira is a shining starat the University of Hartford, but

after being named to PortugalsNational Team, she is practicallyan international soccer superstar.

Spring 2011 games for lax,

Portuguese National Team

calls on Hawk-star, Pereira

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Sexism in sports?Blame yourself.

The Hawks softball team is eager to play under new head coach, Consolmagno.

Pereiras soccer achievements as a Lady Hawk have been

featured in newspapers like Mais Desporto in Madeira.

The sophomore player hailingfrom Madeira Island, Portugalspent her rst year as a Hawkguiding them to the America Eastquarternals.

Pereira also led the team inpoints, assists, and goals in 2010.

A year after playing at MartinMethodist College in Tennessee,her great season for Hartford wasrewarded with the 2010 Amer-ica East Womens Soccer FansChoice Player of the Year.

Her hard work was appreciated by 3,000 fans who voted for theaward on Americaeast.com.

She featured one of the bestgames America East soccer hasseen in the last decade. She hadthree goals and two assists in anOct. 14 match up against Vermont.

It was the most points in a confer-ence game since 2003.

Even better news followed forPereira more than two months afterthe season ended.

She was given the ultimate honorbestowed 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 teampractice on Jan. 10.

This would serve as the rst ofve team practices, combined withteam scrimmages in preparationfor the Algarve Cup scheduled totake place in early March.

Portugal did not qualify for the2011 Womens FIFA World Cup .

However, with a strong showingwith the Portuguese during theAlgarve Cup, Pereira can estab-lish herself as a valuable memberfor the future of the PortugueseNational Team.

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Softball will play Manhattanaway and Rhode Island home before traveling to Kissimmee,Florida for a week long tourna-

ment, the Rebel Spring Games.The lady Ha wks will be playing

12 games in a week span, with a oneday break during the tournament forsome rest.

The softball playing Hawks willcontinue with three straight homegames, including a two-day seriesagainst Binghamton before hittingthe road with six out of eight games

away from the UH softball eld.Upon returning from their road trip,

the Hawks will have a nice homestretch with six out of seven games

at home including games againstStony Brook and Boston University.

Softball wraps up their schedulewith four out of six away gamesonce again, while nishing the sea-son in Maine against the Universityof Maine before the America Easttourney in May.

For more information on gamesvisit www.hartfordhawks.c om

The endless string of sexualharassment allegations made byfemale sportscasters may appear

as indicative of an onslaught ofsexual discrimination; the realityis much different.

Contrary to public opinion, theght for equality and recognitionamong female sportswriters be-gan nearly one hundred years ago.

Mary Garber became the rstfemale sports editor for the TwinCities Sentinel in 1944 after herpredecessor left toght WWII.

According to the WomensSports Foundation website,Garbers career began at a timewhen women sportswriters werealmost nonexistent. She wasbanned from dressing rooms dur-

ing post-game interviews and wasforced to sit with players wivesinstead of in the press box withmale reporters.

Despite the degrading abuse,Garber endured, accumulatingnearly forty sports journalismawards, but more importantly,earning her the respect from maleplayers, team owners, and fellowsportswriters of the time.

The passage of Title IX in 1972granted equal access for womento participate in sports teams,be covered by the media, and toearn more rights as sportswriters.

Female sportscasters earnedaccess to locker rooms in aSupreme Court ruling Ludtkevs. New York Yankees in thelate 1970s.

So in 2011, women haveamassed an incredible amount ofpower and access to athletes insports media however, sexismstill plagues the industry.

Statistics speak for themselves,and although the percentageof women employed in sportsmedia has risen substantiallyin recent years, the number ofwomen who hold executive

positions in the industry is closeto none.But to me, this is more the

fault of female sports journalists,primarily sportscasters, than anymen in the industry.

Although many women wouldbe quick to condemn the notionof discrimination based on sexappeal and physical beauty asantiquated, the bulk of femalesportscasters uphold this sex-ist discrimination in order toincrease ratings and capture theattention of the predominatelymale sports audience.

According to ESPN SportsCenter Anchor Cindy Brunson,its part of getting a look. Youneed to have remote-controlstopability, because these days,

people have 900+ channels to ipthrough. An attractive person willmake them stop on that channel andput down the remote.

The proof is in the pudding youmightip on ESPN and see an old,fat, unattractive male sportscaster

recounting the events of the day,but you rarely if ever see anunattractive female sportscaster.

Beautiful female sportscastershave practically become an industryin itself for male viewing pleasure;type in female sports journalistsinto Google, and the rst link to ap-pear is a website featuring the Top10 Hottest Female Sportscasters.

This stereotype only deepensthe sexual discrimination andharassment experienced by oversexualized sportscasters such asErin Andrews, Jen Sterger and InesSainz (all of whom made it onto theTop 10 Hottest female sportscast-ers list).

What women do not seem to real-ize or at least many refuse to doso is that this type of over sexual-ized behavior ultimately limits theiropportunities as a sports journalist and for other women in the eld.

A male executive is not going totake a bimbo reporter seriously -especially when handing out raisesfor higher positions.

At the same time, female sports-casters are forced to walk the veryfine line between ditzy andbitchy. It is difcult nding a

balance, just as it is more dif

cultto earn recognition and respect as afemale sportswriter than as a malesportswriter.

Female sports journalists arefrequently scrutinized to a greaterextent than men, and penalized moreseverely for any mistakes.

Ultimately, I think it is criticalthat female sportscasters reevaluatethemselves and the image that theyportray as an objecti ed, sex-kittenreporter.

In the meantime, the rest of uswill keep working hard to maintainthe integrity and level of excellencesought by our predecessors.

And when it comes time to get ajob, my success will be based onthe merit of my work not by theplunge of my neckline.

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By Hayden Harrower

Staff Writer

Fifty-seven points was enough forthe Lady Hawks to beat University ofNew Hampshire Wildcats Wednesdaybut it would not be enough to top theBearcats from Binghamton, Mon.night at Chase Arena, who beat theHawks 57-69.

With 11 games left in the regularseason the Lady Hawks are postingan overall record of 6-12, and an inconference record of 3-2; tied forfourth in the America East. A higher in-conference seed and a legitimate shotat the America East title is still withinreach for the Lady Hawks, despitetheir dismal out of conference record.

Each of the remaining games sched-uled are crucial in-conference play, aloss would mean a decline in the stand-ing an ultimately a much harder road

By Charlie Paullin

Staff Writer

Its a new year and the University ofHartford Mens Basketball Team seemsto have found a new stride.

Over the seven game winter breakspan, the Hawks found promising im-provement, most recently with a 72-61beating on the Binghamton Bearcats.

In Mondays America East show-down Hartford jumped out to a 7-0 leadto start the game and never gave it up.

With 9:07 left to play in the half,Binghamton brought the score to within2, 15-13, but Morgan Sabia went on atear scoring 6 of the next 8 points forHartford, as their lead increased to 10.

From there Zeglisnki hit his rstthree of the game with 5:33 left beforeintermission, and followed with 8 more points, to lead all scorers in the rsthalf with 11.

At the end of the rst half theHawks 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 leadpeaked to 25. At this point the gamebecame out of reach for the playersfrom the bench began to see more playing time.

On the offensive end, the teamnished with season highs with 15three-pointers and 22 assists.

While on the defensive end, the im-penetrable zone forced 16 turnovers,coming up with 11 steals, in additionto 16 blocks, another season high.

Over the break the Hawks went

New year brings new attitude, wins for men

4-3 overall and 3-1 in the start ofconference play.

Beginning the break with a westcoast trip, Hartford unfortunatelylost both games, 74-56 to theGolden Bears of California and87-63 to the Gaels of St. Marys.

After the New Year and backon the east coast, the Hawksfound wins against St. Francis ofN.Y. 82-74, and conference winsagainst Maine 61-59, Albany 62-42 and a down to the wire nailbiting loss to New Hampshire.

Over the course of all this, Mor-gan Sabia was named America Eastplayer of the Week after Hartfordswest coast trip. Against St. MarysSabia posted a career high with27 points and 17 rebounds. Sabiacontinued to post a 19 point perfor-

mance against Maine, the numberone team in the America East.

Hartford will look to keep theirconference play momentum strongas they host UMBC Thursday at 7p.m. in the Chase Family Arena atthe Reich Family Pavilion.

More trouble for Lady Hawksto the America East title and a birthat the NCAA Womens Basketball

Tournament.The Lady Hawks responded tothe pressure with an aggressiveoffensive start, nudging past theBearcats, 36-35. The Lady Hawkshad their biggest lead of the halfwith 10:31 left, with a 13 point lead.

Sophomore Alex Hall scored thelast bucket of the run and led theHawks in scoring with 13 pointsin the half.

The Lady Hawks werering on allcylinders but could not get the long-distance shots to sink. The LadyHawks made only one of their 11shots from behind the arc, shootingnine percent, but making 16-31eldgoals, shooting 51 percent, as a team.

Their poor 3-point shooting streakcontinued through the second halfas the Lady Hawks made only eight

percent of their shots from longrange, shooting 1-12.

Not only did their 3-point shoot-ing suffer but their consistenteldgoal percentage dropped from51 percent in the rst half to ashaky 24 percent inside, makingonly 7-29.

Due to the lack of scoring anda defense that was unable to shutdown the Binghamton offense, theBearcats cruised by the Hawksoutscoring them 31-24 in the half,shooting 50 percent from insidethe 3-point line and making 14-28; winning 69-57, handing theHawks their second consecutivehome in-conference loss.

The Lady Hawks look to re- bound traveling to UMBC, Jan.20 and Boston University, Jan. 23and returning home against StonyBrook Jan. 25.

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Upcoming Games

THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 2011Womens basketball away at UMBC @ 12 p.m.Mens basketball vs. UMBC @ 7 p.m. HOME*

SATURDAY, Jan. 22, 2011Mens basketball vs. B.U. @ 4 p.m. HOME*Track meet at Wesleyan Open @ TBA

SUNDAY, Jan. 23, 2011Womens basketball away at B.U. @ 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2011Mens basketball away at Vermont @ 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2011W. basketball vs. Stony Brook @ 7 p.m. HOME*

*For live stats, schedules and more athletic information,please visit: www.hartfordhawks.com

Next up: Spring sportsBy Dan Lifshatz

Staff Writer

Spring semester has sprung andmany students at the Universityof Hartford eagerly anticipate thewarm weather, and outdoor sports.

Hartfords lacrosse and softballschedules were announced lastweek, with the Hawks openingtheir respective seasons play-ing non-conference opponents,

with lacrosse starting at homevs. UMass, while softball opensa tough schedule, away at Man-hattan.

The mens lacrosse team openswith an tough match up againstlax powerhouse, the University ofMassachusetts, at home on Feb. 19.

Lacrosse continues with non-

See Spring 2011 games for

lax, softball on page 11.The Lady Hawks have posted an overall record of 6-12 after their last loss to Binghamton.

After losing 62-42 to New Hampshire over break, the Hawks came back in a ery pursuit to beat Binghamton 72-61 on Mon.