Informer 10.6.11

The Informer
Volume 35, Issue 6 October 6, 2011 hartfordinformer.com
Two clubs bring four bands to
alumni plaza. Page 4
Junior golfer places 5th
out of 69. Page 7
Students should speak
out too. Page 3
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
The Hartt School’s Theater Division is put-
ting on their frst show oI the season, 'A View
Irom the Bridge¨ beginning Oct. 6, directed
by the newest edition to the Hartt Iaculty,
Kevin Gray.
An Arthur Miller play, 'A View Irom the
Bridge¨ Iollows the story oI an Italian American
named Eddie, played by Matt Reddick, who
lives with his wiIe Beatrice, played by Caitlin
Blauvelt, in 1950s Brooklyn, NY. The couple
lives with their niece Catherine, played by
Tara Reuter.
Eddie`s obsession and inIatuation with his
niece is disturbed upon the arrival oI some
unlikely characters.
Beatrice`s two cousins, Marco and Rodolpho,
played by Seth Peterson and Zach Bencal, come
to live with the Iamily Irom Italy. Rodolpho, the
cheery and good looking oI the two brothers
who is constantly singing, ends up Ialling in
love with Eddie`s niece Catherine.
Marco, a man oI strength, poses a threat to
Eddie, who is less than thrilled about the new
romance that has dawned beneath his rooI.
Miller`s play is one oI intensity and quarrel
that leads to a series oI dramatic conficts.
The two act play dances around Eddie`s desire
to keep Rodolpho away Irom Catherine and
the great lengths he pursues to make it happen.
Gray, the Broadway experienced director,
is very excited to begin his frst production.
'I am very excited to be directing the frst
production oI what promises to be an extremely
diverse and elegant season at The Hartt Theatre
Division,¨ Gray said.
'Arthur Miller`s A View From The Bridge`
is one oI the fnest and most compelling plays
oI the American cannon. It will be a challenge
and a privilege Ior our students to inhabit this
dramatic piece, and the level oI technical and
emotional development required to bring the
play to authentic liIe will be precisely the kind
oI process Ior which we Ieel our young actors
train, Gray said.¨
The Hartt School production runs Thursday
Oct. 6 to Saturday Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun-
day Oct. 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the McCray Theater.
Students interested in attending the frst The-
ater production oI the year can receive one Iree
ticket each by presenting their University I.D.
at the Box OIfce in Lincoln Theater.
“A View from the
Bridge” opens at
The Hartt School
COURTESY OF SHERI ZICCARDI
“A View from the Bridge” follows a Brooklyn man and his obsession
with his niece.
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
Sitting in your dorm room, you think you`re
being smart about going behind the back doors
oI the Internet to nab songs and movies illegally
by your Iavorite illegal program.
However, you won`t be laughing when your
Internet is turned oII Ior 2 weeks, then 4 weeks,
and then when you Iace a Student Conduct
meeting. You still won`t be laughing iI you`re
also hit with heavy fnes and parental notice.
Through the Digital Millennial Copyright
Act, the University oI HartIord`s IT and Public
SaIety Departments have to go through the
process oI reprimanding and eliminating illegal
download activity.
According to David Kelley, Director oI Tech-
nical and Network Services, the University`s
handling oI illegal downloading is obviously
'not annoying enough¨ as there are anywhere
between fve and 10, sometimes more, cases
a day.
The University has to take action on students`
illegal downloading activity. II they did not,
the school could be sued millions oI dollars
Ior not maintaining saIe harbor status. SaIe
harbor status means that as the Internet service
provider to students, they have to take action
on reports oI illegal downloading. As long as
they process it and work to eliminate it, the
University is 'saIe.¨
What many students do not realize is the real-
ity oI how much a company could sue a person
Ior illegal downloading. Whether it be taking
or giving, the Recording Industry Association
oI America (RIAA) can charge up to $150,000
Ior each copyrighted work. ThereIore, iI you
were to download an album oI 30 songs, you
could be sued Ior $4.5 million. fve years oI
jail time can also be tacked on.
'It has to stop,¨ Lee Peters, Vice President oI
Student AIIairs, said, 'The process can take up to
two Iull time employees which is not eIfcient.¨
'Your tuition money is being wasted,¨ Kel-
ley said.
With the aid oI the Student Government
Association, Peters is hoping to discourage
students Irom illegal downloading and fnding
a better way to deal with the issue.
'We are considering heavy fnes and possibly
alerting parents,¨ Ben Accardo, SGA President,
said, 'It`s not to scare students, it`s to discour-
age them.¨
The question students need to ask themselves
is iI the song they are sharing is really worth
it. Is it worth the eIIort, the Internet access and
the money to steal?
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
Crime is running mad on the University
campus this week as two car burglaries and
two dorm burglaries have been reported.
Beginning on Thursday, Sept. 29 in the
early evening hours in B and F lot, two cars
had their Iront side windows smashed. The
perpetrator then entered the vehicle and
went through it clean, locating GPS units
and wallets.
Also on Thursday, a Village Apartment
resident was burglarized sometime between
2 a.m. and 1 p.m. In this case, the Iront door
had been unlocked and an Xbox and various
other gaming materials were stolen.
Then on Sunday, Oct. 2, another Village
Apartment was broken into around 7:30 a.m.
Again, the Iront door was unlocked. The
resident heard someone exit the apartment,
but did not fnd it unusual as she believed it
was her Iather visiting. Later, she discovered
various things missing including money and
medication.
These events leave many conIused and
alerted to the rapidly appearing danger on
campus.
'We`re hoping it was not a HartIord stu-
dent,¨ Ben Accardo, SGA President, said,
'We would like to hold HartIord students
to higher standards than this.¨
Students should be on high alert Ior activity.
They are reminded to keep both car and apart-
ments locked at all times, even when home,
and to keep things out oI sight in your car.
Any person having inIormation related
to any oI the above events is encouraged to
call Public SaIety at (860) 768-7985 or the
Anonymous TIP Line at (860) 768-7827.
UHA CRIME ON THE RISE
After several car and apartment burglaries this week at the university, students are becoming increasingly nervous.
Kevin Gray has been in more than 8,500 Broadway
and National Tour performances and has directed
over 150 productions
Show
Information
Runs Thursday
Oct. 6, 7 and 8
at 7:30 p.m. and
Oct. 9 at 3:00
p.m.
Tickets are $20.
Students, faculty
and staff can re-
cieve 1 free ticket
when presenting
their University
I.D.
The performanc-
es will be held in
the McCray The-
ater at the Mort
and Imra Handel
Performing Arts
Center.
Next for The
Hartt School`s
Theater Division
is Tartuffe begin-
ning on Oct. 13
at 7:30 in Rob-
erts Theater.
Don’t get pegged with pirating
SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS
Pirating music is a federal offense and could lead to serious penalties
SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS
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Entertainment Editor
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News Editor
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Sports Editor
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VolunteerMatch: more than just a website
New doctor in town 5 days a week
By Shannon Irish
Staff Writer
Mary Norris, the Admin-
istrative Director of Health
Services, along with the
University of Hartford have
recently hired a new doctor
here on campus to add more
availability to students and
also to educate.
Dr. Pavlina Natcheva is
now a full time staff member
here at the University.
She will be working hours
that will help compensate for
others needs in a timely man-
ner with the assistance of the
other nurse practitioners.
“This is an increase of 25
hours of physician time,”
said Norris.
This will lead to faster, and
more eIfcient scheduling
and appointments for the
students will be much more
easily attained.
Natcheva has prior experi-
ence as a teacher which will
aid her in other duties here
at the University.
Norris said “having some-
one with not only great
medical experience, but also
with the ability to educate
the patient” aided in the
decision to hire Natcheva.
In addition to the multiple
hours that she will be work-
ing, the hiring of Natcheva
will allow the members of
Health Services to do more
outreach and educational
programs.
“We have al r eady
partnered with Patricia
McKenna-Grant of the Con-
nections and Wellness to do
presentations on topics,”
Norris said.
These topics will include
breast cancer awareness,
women and alcohol, nu-
trition and wellness, and
tobacco cessation.
Having Natcheva as a staff
member has also helped
to increase the ability for
Health Services to meet
with the Dialogue groups on
campus. Meeting with the
Dialogue groups will help
educate incoming fresh-
men and spread important
information.
Norris, with the new help
of Natcheva are opening
doors to many more students
competency in the aid they
receive from the Health
Services Department.
More hours and very ca-
pable doctors allow students
to feel as though they have
a safe and healthy environ-
ment to surround them.
Health Services wants
“students to feel that they
can come for any reason
and know that their overall
health is our top priority,”
Norris said.
Natcheva will be working
in Health Services Monday
through Thursday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By Brian Verderosa
Special to the Informer
The Center for Commu-
nity Service has always been
the go-to place on campus
to fulfill your desires to
help others, but thanks to
a recent partnership with
VolunteerMatch, it has never
been easier.
VolunteerMatch is a
national non-profit orga-
nization that launched in
1998, and has since helped
thousands of people across
the country. By paring with
VolunteerMatch, the Center
for Community Service
has given students, faculty,
staff and alumni the ability
to search the local area – or
any area, for that matter – for
places to donate their time
and service.
According to Center of
Community Service Direc-
tor Matthew Blocker, it was
“challenging” in the past
to track all the hours and
projects that people had
dedicated their time to.
By utilizing Volunteer-
Match, it is now not just
possible, but easy to print
out a “community service
résumé” which will show
you what time you’ve put
in and what projects you’ve
Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest, prize $500 Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest, prize $500
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
University students are
invited and encouraged
to enter an essay contest
offered by the Univer-
sity’s Dr. Martin Luther
King Celebration Plan-
ning Committee. This
Kroto: “I never dreamed of winning the Nobel prize”
ADAM MANISON
Dr. Pavlina Natcheva will now be seeing patients at the Health Center fve days
a week.
By Kaitlyn Schroyer
News Editor
From Wolf Blitzer to Sir
Harold Kroto, the campus
is brimming with celebrity
speakers.
On Oct. 20, Nobel Prize-
winning chemist, Kroto
will be speaking in Wilde
Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Part of the Rogow Distin-
guished Visiting Lecturers
Program, Kroto is distin-
guished especially through
his discovery of a new
form of carbon called buck-
minsterfullerene (C60).
Knighted in 1996, Kroto
has made leaps in the feld
of chemistry.
He earned his PhD at the
University oI SheIfeld in
the United Kingdom and has
worked in the UK and the US.
Kroto has completed post-
doctoral positions at the
National Research Council
in Ottawa, Canada and Bell
Laboratories in Murray
Hill, N.J.
He made his big break-
through on the new form of
carbon in 1985 along with
scientists Robert Curl, Rich-
ard Smalley and research
students at Rice University
in Texas.
The group of scien-
tists were performing
experiments to simulate
the chemical conditions in
the atmospheres of red giant
stars when they came across
C60. But for Kroto, it wasn’t
about the award, it was just
about doing his work and
something he loves.
“I have heard some scien-
tists say that young scientists
need prizes such as the
Nobel Prize as an incentive.
Maybe some do, but I don’t.
I never dreamed of winning
the Nobel Prize - indeed I
was very happy with my
scientifc work prior to the
discovery of C60 in 1985,”
Kroto states in his autobi-
ography.
Kroto is not only skilled in
chemistry. In 1995, he joint-
year’s essay topic is: “Lest
We Forget.”
Students are asked to write
about why it is important
to keep King’s dream alive
and to never forget the civil
rights and economic justice
movements that he led.
The contest is open to
all students enrolled at the
University of Hartford.
The frst place prize Ior the
University Division is a
$500 gift card.
Submissions should be
no more than 750 words in
length and must be typewrit-
ten, double spaced, using
font type Times Roman,
font size 12.
They will be evaluated
according to the following
criteria: relevance to the
theme, originality, clarity,
logic, accuracy, fairness,
informed thoughtfulness
and mechanics (sentence
structure, grammar, spell-
ing, punctuation, citation).
Essays will be evaluated by
a committee of faculty from
the University.
The winning essay will be
published in the program for
the University’s Dr. Martin
Luther King Celebration
event held each year in
Lincoln Theater to com-
memorate the life and legacy
of Dr. Martin Luther King on
Jan. 16, 2012.
To enter, download and
attach the entry form and
the completed essay to an
email and send electroni-
cally to MLKingessay@
hartford.edu.
Submissions are due by
midnight on November
7, 2011.
completed.
Since its launch in March,
Blocker explains that the
program is starting small and
moving towards a bigger,
all-encompassing machine
that can include larger proj-
ects like Relay for Life and
Community Day.
This will help in getting a
better, more eIfcient picture
of what the University of
Hartford as a whole does for
the community, in terms of
sheer numbers.
“What we’ve seen so far is
positive,” Blocker said, “but
it’s going to take time.” The
hope is for Volunteer Match
to “change tradition.”
“In the past there were
so many things going on,
we … couldn’t know about
it. So now we’re hoping
everything Community
Service-oriented will be
advertised on Volunteer-
Match – one stop shopping,
so to speak.”
Students can visit www.
hartford.edu/community-
service and create a profle
easily. From there, it’s a
simple as inputting a ZIP
code and looking for pro-
grams and institutions that
could best be served by your
skills, and simply contacting
them.
ly set up the Vega Science
Trust which created science
flms including lectures and
teaching resources for TV
and Internet broadcast.
In his autobiography, Kro-
to states that 'Our flms not
only refect the excitement
oI scientifc discovery but
also the intrinsic concepts
and principles without which
fundamental understanding
is impossible. The Trust
also seeks to preserve our
scientifc cultural heritage
by recording scientists who
have not only made out-
standing contributions but
also are outstanding com-
municators.”
Currently Francis Eppes
Professor of Chemistry at
Florida State University,
Kroto is working on research
in cluster chemistry and
metal organic framework
systems.
The event is free and open
to the public, but tickets are
required through the box
oIfce at Lincoln Theater.
COURTESY OF UNOTES.COM
Sir Harold Kroto has become very distinguished in his feld, before and
after his Nobel prize.
Opinions
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Victim entitled to more attention in Knox trial
Monday af t er noon,
amongst a courtroom flled
with emotion, Amanda Knox
was acquitted of the charges
accusing her with the brutal
murder of her roommate,
Meredith Kercher in Perugia,
Italy, a scenic college town.
The Knox case has been
closely Iollowed by the
news media since her arrest
in 2007.
The world was captivated
by her story labeling Knox
as Foxy-Knoxy, angelic,
diabolic, witch and she-devil
as well as Ieeding into the no-
tion oI Knox as promiscuous
sex Ieind.
Just like Casey Anthony`s
twisted case, opinions oI
Knox`s innocence will fll
news anchors banter for
weeks to come.
Even beIore Knox has set
Ioot on American soil rumors
oI movie deals are swirling.
Noted director Michael
Winterbottom is planning a
movie about Knox Ieaturing
Oscar-winning actor Colin
Firth, as a journalist Iollow-
ing the case. The biggest
question on every media
organizations mind is who
is going to snag the frst in-
terview, which will probably
be worth more money than
most hope to see in a liIetime.
For the past Iour years,
Knox has been fghting to get
her liIe back. As a 20-year-
old Ioreign exchange student
studying Italian, German and
creative writing, Knox with
limited knowledge oI the
Italian language and cultural
diIIerences was swept into a
swarm oI controversy with
all fngers pointing at her
and her boyfriend at the
time, RaIIaele Sollecito as
the guilty parties.
Rudy Guede, the third
suspect, was arrested and
charged with the murder of
Meredith Kercher in 2008.
Guede`s Iingerprints and
DNA were at the scene of
the crime, yet the idea of a
strange sexual Ietish and a
conIession had nailed Knox
and Sollecito as guilty par-
ties, relinquishing the Iact
that neither Knox or Sol-
lecito`s DNA were present
at the scene.
As the announcement
oI Knox`s innocence was
given, the hysterics Knox
displayed were diIfcult not
to have a reaction to. Knox`s
emotions were at the polar
end oI the spectrum Irom
Casey Anthony`s stoic ap-
proach to her verdict. The
now 24-year-old Knox col-
lapsed in tears as her Iate
was given.
In her Iinal statement
spoken, in Italian, Knox
said, 'I`m not a promiscuous
vamp. I`m not violent.I
have not killed, I have not
raped, I was not there, I was
not present.I lost a Iriend,
in the most brutal and inex-
plicable way possible.
My absolute Iaith in the po-
lice authorities was betrayed,
I`ve had to Iace absolutely
unIair.and baseless ac-
cusations. I am paying with
my liIe Ior things I did not
commit.¨
While the Irenzy oI me-
dia attention will continue
to track every move Knox
makes Ior a long time to
come, Kercher`s Iamily
still seek answers to why
the decision holding Knox
and Sollecito guilty that was
made in 2009 was reversed.
The Kercher Iamily issued
a statement Iollowing the
verdict through a journalist
close to the Iamily, they said,
'We respect the decision oI
the judges but we do not
understand how the decision
oI the frst trial could be so
radically overturned.¨
They also expressed that
the horror of the crime had
been lost in a media circus
and focus on Knox, accord-
ing to cnn.com.
The attention will continue
to swarm around Amanda
Knox and opinions oI her
innocence or guilt will hold
strong, however the most
important Iact Ior the media
to focus their attention on is
the liIe oI Meredith Kercher,
an innocent victim oI a hor-
rendous crime.
Vandalism a growing problem,prevention needed
Last week, one oI those
all-too Iamiliar 'campus
crime alerts¨ was sent to
the UHa community regard-
ing two reported burglaries
Irom cars.
A couple smashed win-
dows and missing GPS`
later, the only Iurther dam-
ages were the post-repair
bank accounts oI the own-
ers, and the rest of us went
on with our lives hoping
our property wouldn`t be
the next target.
Sure enough, upon parking
in Public SaIety the next day,
I Iound the rear passenger
tire on my poor innocent
Jetta as fat as could be.
AIter consulting two sepa-
rate Triple A mechanics,
it was determined the loss
of air was due to a gash in
my tire`s side. An unknown
culprit took a kniIe to that
tire like a kid to the cake on
his sixteenth birthday.
OI course, inevitable binge
drinking, drugs, tuition hikes
come with the college terri-
tory, but lately the growing
threat oI vandalism on this
campus is proving to a be
a problem too oIten over-
looked.
When the campus crime
alert was sent out regarding
the two burglaries, it urged
students to park their cars in
well-lit areas. Lights might
perturb some culprits Irom
smashing a window, but
apparently other, less-noisy
Iorms oI vandalism are Iair
game.
Ironically, while ignoring
the now constant parking
restrictions due to inherent
fooding, I chose to leave my
car in the middle oI E Lot,
praying the ocean that had
been there a Iew weeks prior
wouldn`t engulI my vehicle.
The praying worked. Too
bad the lack oI food meant
dry ground enabling the cul-
prit to have spot-on access
to the tire.
It`s reoccurring instances
like these that warrant extra
protection on our campus.
Additional Public SaIety
oIIicers patrolling during
late hours, or more lamp-
posts around the secluded
lots might help, but when it
comes down to it, if some-
body really Ieels the need to
destroy something, they`ll
do it regardless oI the num-
ber oI kilowatts above them.
Where students really
deserve to be aided is aIter
the Iact.
It`s a grand total oI $470 to
leave a car in a lot that either
foods or is susceptible to
vandalism, an amount that
is too oIten infated when
a student isn`t compen-
sated Ior repair expenses.
Parking on campus is a
risk we can`t get around: a
catch-22.
There`s one nasty little
clause in the agreement we
are Iorced to sign should we
want to park our cars in any
oI the designated lots. That
clause states, 'The Universi-
ty assumes no responsibility
Ior vehicles operated or
parked on University-owned
or controlled property. Such
Occupy University Drive
As the Wall Street movement spreads, students become involved
What started in Zuccotti
Park in New York City on
Sept. 17 is coming to Hart-
Iord as Occupy Wall Street
spreads.
The movement, which
bases its method off of the
Tahrir Square protests in
Cairo, has been running like
a wildfre in our country.
The whole basis oI the
movement is the disgruntled
population oI Americans
unhappy with corporate
greed and economic and
social inequality. For college
students, we`re talking jobs.
As a sophomore here at the
University, I haven`t had to
think much about jobs aIter
college. However, with the
recent trends that Occupy
Wall Street has aided in
uncovering, the inequality
especially in wealth is begin-
ning to take a serious toll.
Our rich are becoming
richer and our poor are
becoming poorer. As a
person who has always
considered myselI middle
class throughout my liIe,
this scares me. The middle
class is disappearing quickly
as the rich take over.
The rich are swallowing
up the money that should
be going back to the average
American`s salary. Occupy
Wall Street`s main organiz-
ers state that they are trying
to task the people who
perpetrated the economic
meltdown.
Maybe we can`t always
play the blame game, but in
this case, someone has to be
blamed. There has to be some
repercussions to the recent
movements oI our economy.
To me, Occupy Wall Street
has it right. We need people
to stand up Ior their belieIs
and show the big CEOs and
corporations that they can-
not run us.
The movement, which is
leaderless, is the union oI
We Are The 99 percent that
can no longer tolerate the
greed and corruption oI the
1 percent.
As college students, we are
the 99 percent. We are the
99 percent that are coming
out oI college stocked heavy
with loans and having spent
thousands oI dollars getting
an education only to end up
back at home living with
parents and unemployed.
DiIIerent religions and
ethnics groups are uniting.
People on opposite sides
oI political spectrums are
coming together, all Ior a
common purpose.
Quite Irankly, I`m proud
oI our country. I`m proud
oI us Ior being able to stand
up to our government and
speaking our minds.
It may be over said
sometimes, but we are this
country`s Iuture. The de-
grees we`re earning now are
how we want to succeed in
the world and I don`t know
about anyone else, but I`d
like Ior it to count. I don`t
want to go through college
with loans piling up and
know that I won`t make a
living in the world.
I am part oI the 99 percent.
operation or parking is Iully
at the risk oI the vehicle
owner/operator.¨
And so, should your ve-
hicle get fooded, broken
into, keyed, or any other un-
Iortunate mishap Ior which
the perpetrator can not be
Iound, expenses are leIt up
to you and your surely less-
than-cooperative insurance
company.
It`s a risk we are Iorced
to take. II the agreement
isn`t signed, a student can`t
have their car on campus.
However any person with an
oII-campus job, internship,
Iriends or Iamily needs their
vehicle and is leIt with no
choice to comply.
For students already giv-
ing up the amount they do
just to park on campus, it
seems the University should
compensate those who have
unfortunate auto circum-
stances come to them that
were out oI their control.
Whether it is a monetary
compensation, or an extra
eIIort in fnding the oIIender,
I think I can speak Ior most
people when I say paying
to have property stolen or
broken isn`t my cup oI tea.
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attention than her accused murderer.
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The Informer
The weekend Box
noOb´|Ánqb
By Brandon Goncalves
Staff Writer
Fall is a time for Hollywood
to portray her sophisticated side
as she uses this brisk season to
bring more serious flms to big
screens everywhere.
Among these flms comes
a resurrected Disney classic
and a happy-go-lucky dolphin
battling for the top spot of the
weekend box oIfce.
The animal kingdom was
startled once “Dolphin Tale,” a
story about an injured dolphin
restored and rehabilitated with
the help oI a prosthetic tale fn,
surpassed 17-year-old “The
Lion King” with an anticipated
$14.2 million over a three-day
period, Sunday box oIfce esti-
mates showed.
Bringing its total domestic
gross up to $37.5 million,
“Dolphin Tale” knocked good,
old Simba down to second place
despite “Lion King’s” strong
standing within 3D showings
and ticket sales.
After maintaining the throne
at the box oIfce Ior the past two
weekends, “The Lion King”
earned an estimated $11.1 mil-
lion for the three-day weekend
resulting in an exceeding $79.6
million total domestic gross,
making an exceptional come-
back to the big screen after a
prolonged hiatus.
Brad Pitt’s baseball-themed
drama “Moneyball” placed third
in its second weekend, raking in
a total $38.4 million.
Pitt stars as a general manager
who felds a small-budget base-
ball team of dubious athletes in
this critically acclaimed biopic.
Despite having fnished third
in its frst weekend oI release as
well, “Moneyball” has received
a 95 percent approval rating on
RottenTomatoes.com and was
credited as “…a smart, intense
and moving flm that isn`t so
much about sports as about the
war between intuition and sta-
tistics,” Roger Ebert said.
All three of these already released
flms managed to outshine Iour
newcomers, epitomizing the appeal
of light-heartedness over mature
subject matter despite the fall’s
common trend oI serious flms.
For example, “Courageous,” a
police drama with Christian themes
surrounding Iour oIfcers, came
in fIth place despite its limited
release.
The flm earned $8.8 million in
its opening weekend with only a
38 percent on RottenTomatoes:
however, 93 percent of users said
they enjoyed it.
“50/50,” starring Joseph Gordon-
Levitt and Seth Rogan, scored
Iourth place at the box oIfce this
past weekend although it had high
expectations to exceed fnancially.
The cancer dramedy, which fo-
cuses on the relationship between
friends Levitt and Rogan and how
humor assists in dealing with the
illness, managed to barely top its
production budget of $8 million
grossing about $8.8 million also
falling short of studio expectations.
New horror flm 'Dream House¨
failed to properly induct the up-
coming Halloween season despite
having a cast of stars such as
Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and
Rachel Weisz. Disappointing with
a measly $8.2 million in its open-
ing weekend, the flm was bashed
by the critics and received only
an 8 percent on RottenTomatoes,
claiming it to be “punishingly
slow, stuffy and way too obvious
to be scary.”
“Scary Movie” alum and funny
queen Anna Faris couldn’t even
pack on the laughs in its frst week-
end of release with her predictable
romantic comedy “What’s Your
Number?”
Playing it saIe, the flm only made
an unimpressive $5.6 million with
critics stating Faris holds “eccentric
comic charm in a movie that isn’t
ambitious.” “What’s Your Num-
ber?” debuted in eighth place with
holdovers “Contagion” and “Killer
Elite” coming in ninth and tenth.
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Twitter: @TheKineticKid
Redtail Records and AES
team up for Fall Festival
Who the hell is
Andy
Rooney?
CBS broadcast legend Andy
Rooney delivered his fnal com-
mentary last Sunday on the news
show “60 Minutes,” but you
could probably care less.
To you, the name means noth-
ing because you were too busy
chugging a beer and rooting for
the Jets last Sunday night.
The name may ring a bell for
a few because they heard it on
a quiz show or during a grand-
parent’s holiday banter over
Thanksgiving dinner.
Chances are the average col-
lege student hasn’t heard about
one of the most famous writers
and commentators in American
history, but why should you?
The 92-year-old writer and
commentator has contributed
such a massive amount of ma-
terial and posed so many trivial
satirical questions to viewers that
his impact has become a regular
occurrence for so many people.
Still not interested? Rooney
has delivered 1,097 commentar-
ies on “60 Minutes” alone since
his humble beginnings on the
show back in 1978.
Rooney’s departure from the
show marks a signifcant loss
to one of the only great in depth
news programs left in the coun-
try. It is becoming more and more
evident that people would rather
watch a reality show than learn
about what’s happening in the
world they live in; I’m talking to
you “Jersey Shore” fans.
I can remember watching “60
Minutes” as a kid and learning
things about the world and society
that the 10 p.m. local news only
dedicated a sentence brief to or
ignored altogether.
Perhaps it is just a case of a gen-
eration evolving in interests and
diminishing in attention spans. Not
to say that I expect every student
to watch the news every night,
but it would be Ior their beneft to
have a say on current events and
ultimately help fuel them to think
independently.
Rooney, a witty and sarcastic
commentator, did his job of stimu-
lating viewers with informative
pieces while stirring the pot of
controversy on a regular basis.
Who better to relay world news
to an audience than the guy who
entertains the country with such a
sarcastic viewpoint?
I think the question of who
Andy Rooney is should tempt
the unknowing reader to dig into
Rooney’s career and discover what
they’ve been missing both on the
information packed show and cur-
rent event platform.
Why would students deny them-
selves a well-rounded perspective
on issues that could help boost their
brains into thinking more?
I know for a lot of students at
the University the act of thinking
for themselves is a chore and task
they’d rather brush off to the side
(I take classes with some of you),
but why not take a step in the right
direction?
I consider myself somewhat of
a journalist and try to keep myself
tuned into world issues by feeding
my brain with multiple sources of
information, including Rooney’s
“60 Minutes.”
Rooney’s incredible impact on
the world is one that will stay with
me for a lifetime, particularly his
talent to think outside the box.
So why should you care? The
departure of a great writer and com-
mentator marks the slow but ever
expanding replacement process of
the pioneers of news and broadcast
with today’s sad equivalent.
“There’s nobody like Andy, and
there never will be. He’ll hate
hearing this, but he’s an American
original,” CBS News Chairman
Jeff Fager said.
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ANDY SWETZ
The student band Ladyhips preformed frst at the Redtail Records/AES Fall Festival.
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
The University’s student run
record label, Redtail Records,
along with the Audio Engineer-
ing Society, hosted a Fall Festival
Wednesday featuring four student
artists in Alumni Plaza.
With the sun shining and a heavy
breeze sweeping over campus, the
stage was assembled and the Fall
Festival was underway at 1:00 p.m.
The frst act up was Ladyhips,
a four-piece student band whose
jam style music summoned a small
crowd to gather in front of the stage.
Setting the mood for the event,
Ladyhips played to both students
rushing to class and those who had
a little more time to spare.
The event certainly gained the
attention of those living in fresh-
men areas around Alumni Plaza and
helped accomplish what Redtail
set out to do.
“The idea behind the Fall Fes-
tival is to really get our name out
there. We wanted to collaborate
with other clubs on campus such
as the AES so students can enjoy
music,” Redtail Records President
Stephanie Carroll said.
The record label, in its third year,
is changing its appearance and
revamping the way they do things.
Adopting the name Redtail Re-
cords in January of this year, the
student run record label aims to
promote and help student bands
that are in the beginning stages
of releasing material.
Following Ladyhips was The
Others Band, Jared Knapik and
Zachary Anzalone who wrapped
the event up at 5:00 p.m.
Ultimately a successful event,
Redtail Records hope to continue
hosting events for student bands
to play and spread their music.
Redtail Records signed band
Lakshmi will be performing on
Oct. 6 in Hawk’s Nest from 8:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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Twitter: @SpencerSays
Fighting to disprove the Greek Life stereotypes
By Danielle Nielsen
Staff Writer
Ever feel like you’re the
only one in the GSU café
not proudly strutting Greek
Life letters from the register
to the table during lunch?
Most students who are
not a part of Greek Life on
campus are quick to make
stereotypes and often igno-
rant statements about those
students. For the students
that are not in a fraternity
or sorority, stereotyping is
common from a view from
the outside.
Greek brothers and sisters
will shrug off those remarks
made about them simply
because the students making
those comments are not on
the inside and don’t know
what Greek Life is all about.
Students may think fra-
ternities and sororities are
so cliquey because of the
negative portrayal the media
has about Greek Life.
After speaking to mem-
bers of a sorority they have
broken the stereotype some
may have once had.
“I wouldn’t know what I
would do if I didn’t join. I
have grown so much indi-
vidually and have met so
many new people I wouldn’t
have met if I didn’t join,”
Delta Zeta president Dorthea
Alsberg said.
It is encouraged for stu-
dents to always check it out
for themselves if they are
skeptical about joining a
sorority or fraternity. During
the fall or spring rush sea-
sons, Greek Life will often
hold informational events
so students can meet the
brothers or sisters oI specifc
fraternities and sororities.
With the rush season in
full force this semester, the
sisters of Phi Mu and Sigma
Kappa have made efforts
to spread the awareness of
hazing to Greek Life on
campus. These two sororities
held a showing of the 2008
flm 'Haze,¨ a Ieature length
documentary that shows the
serious consequences of haz-
ing on campus.
The documentary also
shows the sad story of Lynn
Gordon Bailey nicknamed
“Gordie” who died in 2004
due to hazing when he was
rushing the Chi Psi Fra-
ternity at the University of
Colorado at Boulder.
“You don’t have to be
hazed to make friends,” Phi
Mu Panel Representative
Patricia Swanson said.
The University oI HartIord
as well as most campuses
across the country have
very strict anti-hazing laws
and regulations and Greek
Life must follow these rules
in accordance or may be
subjected to judicial action.
Greek Life is a great door
opener to a lot of different
activities that are being
held around campus. All
fraternities and sororities
at the University strive on
academic excellence and
have on average a 2.7 GPA
to maintain.
“We prepare everyone for
time management and have
academic representatives to
help you manage your time.
All of Greek Life has sitting
hours in the library since
our academics always come
frst,¨ Alsberg said.
Although students who are
not a part of Greek Life may
have a tough time breaking
the stereotype from the out-
side, members of Greek Life
are average students. Joining
a sorority or fraternity may
be really benefcial Ior some
students.
“For any students who are
considering going through
rush they should give it a try.
You don’t have to commit,”
Swanson said.
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1he 0thce` keeps reputation as primetime contender
By Andy Swetz
Entertainment Editor
It is an odd notion to picture
NBC`s 'The OIfce¨ without
lead man Steve Carell, and
even more strange to think
the show would survive
without him: but it is.
Airing the frst episode
of the wildly successful
comedy’s eighth season on
Sept. 22, 'The OIfce¨ has
proved it can hold its weight
without regional manger and
staple oI Dunder MiIfin,
Michael Scott.
A relatively smart move by
the creators to write Carell
off near the end of last season
opposed to the last episode,
the focus has shifted from
worrying about Scott’s de-
parture to determining who
his replacement would be.
Deciding to hire from within,
newest edition to the show,
Robert California (James
Spader), who happens to be
the new CEO of Sabre, picks
Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) to
take the reigns oI the oIfce.
Shows in the past that have
lost their front man have
notoriously treaded water
for a short time and them
completely tanked within a
season, however NBC has
proved “The Office” can
and will remain one of their
most watched and talked
about shows.
Although only three weeks
in to the new season, the usual
antics have continued with a
season opener mocking an
Internet video trend (parkour,
lip dub), this time around
being planking.
What makes the show
work in the absence of Scott
is a combination of intimida-
tion and fear of California
and Bernard’s transition from
salesman to boss, a position
with big comedic shoes to
fll. It`s apparent to the viewer
than Bernard is still skeptical
as to why he was chosen and
continuously tries to fgure
out why.
Long time fans of the show
would most likely deny the
fact that the show could ever
be as great as it was when
Carell was around however,
respectfully the show is do-
ing as good a job as it can in
Carell’s absence.
With still a lot to prove in
terms of whether “The Of-
fce¨ can push on with the
cast changes, it’s my conten-
tion that the writer’s have a
stacked deck of developed
character stories and back-
grounds to continue thriving.
II 'The OIfce¨ can con-
tinue delivering its quirky
charm in its mockumentary
style format I have no worries
as to whether this season will
do memorable and hilarious
things.
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I’m gay.
Those three words con-
tracted into two words that,
no matter how small, can
keep you awake into the
wee hours of the morning
in a cold sweat, as you mull
over the ideas of how to say
them to the people that mat-
ter to you.
Although society is mov-
ing in a direction that is
more accepting of the LGBT
community, disclosing your
sexuality Ior the frst time as
anything not heterosexual
can be a daunting task for
many.
For me it was a letter to my
mother left on the kitchen
counter for her to read before
her drive to work one early
morning during my junior
year of high school, which
was followed by two days
of silence and an inexorable
amount of attitude on my
part. Finally my mother said,
“I want to talk about this.”
Talking about “this” is
what I, like many other gay
youth, dreaded the most.This
conversation then led to feel-
ings of relief and love when
she assured me that she still
loves me and just wants me
to be happy.
You might think that once
you conquer the fear of com-
ing out to your parents that
you’re done. You’re wrong.
I sometimes forget that I’m
not the most obvious when
it comes to my sexuality. To
put it simply, I’m just not that
famboyant under most cir-
cumstances. So, even though
I consider myself completely
out, I`m constantly fnding
myself in the awkward situ-
ation of breaking the news
that I like men.
Take two weeks ago on
a Wednesday night, a busy
night for “The Informer.”
Being a sex columnist, I was
obviously talking about sex.
When somewhere along
the conversation I referred
to a former sexual partner
as “him.”
Our copy chief Tim then
did what he does best, edit:
“Wait, him?”
“Yes, him,” I continued.
I didn’t realize it until
later in the evening, but I
had just, then, come out to
Tim, something I fnd quite
comical.
I’m still not sure what is
more amusing to me: the
fact that he realized he’s
been reading a sex column
written by a gay man, or that
I assumed he should just
understand that one aspect
of my life.
It’s not like I have my
sexuality stamped on my
forehead. It is, however, on
my Facebook, which lead
me to think how oblivious
could he be to not know? I
mean, when I obtain a friend
on Facebook, that is one of
the frst things I look at, not
the usual course of action
for any heterosexual male.
Whether you want to sit
down with your family and
friends and have a long talk
about your sexuality, or just
update your interested in
section, you may notice an
overwhelming amount of
support from the University
community.
It is, in fact, the eve of
national coming out week
with National Coming Out
Day on Oct. 11. This day
marks the anniversary of the
second national march on
Washington for lesbian and
gay rights in 1987.
The civil awareness day
was created to promote dis-
cussions on coming out and
general LGBT life.
Although you won`t fnd
me with a rainbow flag
draped over my shoulders
next Tuesday, you will fnd
a confdent young man, who
happens to be gay, whose
mother just wants him to
be happy.
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Iop + ßnisb at lC!C birision 1 Cbampionsbip
By Erica White
Staff Writer
This past weekend The
University of Hartford
Women`s golI team fnished
fourth overall out of 13 total
teams in the 2011 Eastern
College Athletic Conference
Division I Women’s Golf
Championship at the Twisted
Dune Country Club in Egg
Harbor, N.J.
With a total two-day score
of 648, all but one Hawk saw
improvements from their
day one scores on Sunday
Oct. 2 to their day 2 scores
on Monday, Oct. 3, includ-
ing a margin of 13, to allow
HartIord to fnish behind
Hofstra’s third place 638, last
year champion and only re-
turning team Sacred Heart’s
second place 620 two-day
score and Dartmouth Col-
lege’s tournament winning
611 two-day score
Hartford’s Sarah Sider-
anko lead her Hawk squad
with a 155 two-day score,
good enough for seventh
overall followed by Emily
Lin with a 157 two day score,
good enough to tie for ninth
overall.
Third place for Hartford
went to Marissa Kallaugher
who fnished T20 overall
while fourth went to Aubrey
Ungvarsky who fnished T33
and Kirsten LaPointe who
fnished 50 overall.
As a whole, the Hartford
team combined for a 322
day one score which sat
them at sixth overall at the
time, 24 strokes off from the
leading Big Green, and was
composed of Sideranko’s 77
score, Linn’s and Kallaugh-
er’s 84 scores, Ungvarsky’s
87 score and LaPointe’s 91
score.
Day two saw Hartford’s
Sideranko’s 78 final-day
fnish joined by Hawk team-
mate’s improved second go
around scores with Linn’s
73, Kallaugher’s 81 score,
Ungvarsky’s 84 score and
LaPointe’s 87 score for a
316 total second round team
score.
Fellow New England Re-
gion schools rounded out the
other comepetitors involved
in the feld oI play with fIth
overall Central Connecticut
State, sixth overall Far-
leigh Dickinson University,
seventh overall Fairfield
University, eighth overall
Mount Saint Mary’s Uni-
versity, ninth overall Wagner
College, tenth overall New
York St.- Albany, eleventh
overall Boston University,
twelfth overall Quinnipiac
University, thirteenth over-
all Holy Cross College and
fourteenth overall Saint
Francis College-N.Y.
Women’s golf will return
to the Garden State on Oct.
14-15 to compete in their
next 36-hole event as part
of the Rutgers Invitational
at Rutgers University Golf
Club in Piscataway.
Rough weekend for tennis
By Josh Batelli
Staff Writer
Hartford’s tennis teams
and new head coach Michael
Louis took to the courts over
the weekend with men’s
matches against a program
member’s familiar foe and
women’s matches against a
New England foe, in addition
to welcoming a new face to
the program.
A new face in Torr Ter-
ranova was announced as an
assistant coach for the 2011-
2012 seasons and will be on
the sidelines for both the men
and women’s tennis teams.
Terranova joined HartIord
fresh off a spectacular sea-
son coaching Weston High
School where he lead the
team to a 2011 Connecticut
Class S State Championship
and was named 2011 Girls
Tennis Coach of the year by
the Connecticut Post.
Prior to the program’s
recent addition, Hartford’s
men’s team hosted new head
coach Michael Louis’ Alma
Matter, University of Con-
necticut, on Oct. 3.
In a 7-0-match sweep, the
Hawks were no match for
the Huskies and fell to 1-1
on the season.
Hartford could not secure
a win in any of the matches,
however, Senior Aniel Ba-
halla took the frst set in his
match, which was ultimately
lost to UConn Senior Jai
Yoon in the following sets,
and Junior Josh Isaacson
battled back from dropping
the frst set to win the sec-
ond set in his match, which
was ultimately taken in the
following set by UConn
freshman Peter Surovic.
Women’s struggles pre-
ceded the men’s with a
7-0-match sweep of their
own, played on the fnal day
in September, and tumbled
their overall record to 1-1 on
the season.
The Hawks plummeted to
Providence and fell early to
the Friars by dropping all
doubles play match-ups 3-0.
In the following singles
competitions, the Friars
took 72 of the total games
and allowed the Hawks to
secure just 20 games in the
six match-ups.
Sophomore Katina Zam-
pas fared best for the Hawks
women, despite going down
in straight sets by scores of
6-3, 6-3.
New head coach Michael
Louis, new assistant head
coach Torr Terranova and the
Hartford tennis teams will be
in action this weekend as the
men will next participate in
the Quinnipiac Invitational
on Oct. 7 through Oct. 9 and
the women will participate
in the Marist Invitational on
Oct. 8 through Oct. 9.
BRIAN IZZO
A new assistant coach ended tennis` weekend grind.
Embracing a sports world
honorable moment
Honor is one of those
abstract life concepts that
is astoundingly hard to
determine.
When dealing with the
prominent noun’s presence
in the sports world, not only
is it astoundingly hard to
determine, more astounding
is how hard it is to come by.
Owners, coaches and
players these days are
constantly found amongst
dishonorable storylines such
as performance enhancing
substance use or abuse,
improper player award and
recognition distribution in
return for personal favors or
several other law-breaking
activities.
However, contrary to pop-
ular storyline’s dishonorable
content majority, the honor
diamond in the sports-world
dirt that had not been found
just has been.
In a truly honorable and
20-carat diamond glisten-
ing act, Boston Red Sox
Manager Terry Francona
stepped down from his
position within the baseball
organization.
Despite having arguably
one of the best roster’s in
America’s favorite past time,
Francona was unable to
make a playoff appearance,
which was the second year
in a row for the Red Sox.
“After many conversations
and much consideration, I
ultimately felt that, out of
respect to this team, it was
time for me to move on. I’ve
always maintained that it is
not only the right, but the
obligation, of ownership to
have the right person doing
this job,¨said Tito (Fran-
cona) in his initial depature
statement released on Tues-
day Oct. 4.
Worth all the attention here
is the latter half of Tito’s
quote that follows, the part
where he expresses his idea
of properly managing an
organization, which appears
to be based on the premise
that the best man Ior the job
should be the manager, the
head coach or simply the
man in charge of controllin
the men on the feld.
“I told them that out
of my enormous respect
for this organization and
the people in it, they may
need to fnd a diIIerent
voice to lead the team.¨
Rumors immediately
were tossed around about
the actual truth behind
Francona’s eventful de-
parture, which mainly
were he was kicked out
by team owners in addi-
tion to any other thoughts
not falling in line with
this one.
Regardless of the
rumours, instead of draw-
ing out his well respected
Boston Red Sox manage-
rial tenure, the 52 year
old from Aberdeen, SD
decided to quit while
he was ahead, leave the
organization while it is
in a well-off standing
and allowed the sports
world to progress through
alterations of a dynami-
cally popular baseball
organization.
A truly honorable act
that all individuals within
and even outside the
sports world should keep
in mind and not be afraid
to at least think about at-
tempting to follow.
Sports
Volume 35, Issue 6 hartfordinformer.com/sports/ October 6, 2011
The Informer
women`s soccet ßap on all cylindets
By Tim Rizzo
Copy Chief
In this weekend’s closing the Univer-
sity of Hartford women’s soccer team
improved to 10-0-2 overall and 3-0 in
their America East Conference, after de-
feating New Hampshire at home 3-0 and
Binghamton 1-0 in Vestal N.Y.,
and received individual
player and team honors.
In recognition of her
eighth and ninth shutouts
of the season gained over the
Hawks’ latest games, Hartford
sophomore goalkeeper Erin Quinlan
became the frst Hawk to repeat AE
conference player of the week honors on
Monday and marked the third straight
week a Hawk has received a weekly
conference honor.
The transIer Irom Syracuse is frst in
the conference and second in the nation
in goal-against average, .17, save per-
centage, .968, and shutouts, 9. Quinlan
also has allowed only two goals out of
1,080 total game minutes played while
shutting out nine of Hartford’s 12, 2011
o p p e - nents.
Additionally,
Hartford moved
up from its for-
mer number
six spot to the
number 5 spot
in the NSCAA
Northeast Regional
rankings and remain as the only unbeaten
squad on the list.
A climb in rankings can be credited
to a Hawk offense that has allowed 8
different scorers to contribute to theams
22 goals on the season.
Hartford’s most recent game on Oct. 2
hosted the UNH Wildcats where defense
took the main game plan.
Just 90 seconds into the game junior
forward Amelia Pereira took the ball and
danced around two Wildcat defenders
to fnd the right corner oI the goal Ior a
1-0 early Hartford lead.
“It’s always the game plan to score
early, but the plan was never to sit back
aIter our frst goal,¨ said head coach John
Natale refected on the team`s game plan
aIter scoring their frst goal
With the Hawks up early on the Wild-
cats, the game was put back into the
hands of Quinlan went on to racked up
a total oI seven saves in the frst halI, in-
cluding an athletic dive attempt to block
a Wildcat straight on shot opportunity.
Hartford gave Quinlan support to
win out the game 3-0 with Hawk senior
midfelder/deIeneder Amanda Lo Bello,
who sent a long distance goal from
outside the box to just inside the upper
left corner of the Wildcat goal for her
frst collegiate goal, and Hawk graduate
student Iorward/midfelder Mary Beth
Hamilton who collected her fourth goal
of the season in minute 85.
When the weekend ended there was
thing that was made very clear, this
University of Hartford women’s team
is on a serious mission, and no one in
the American East was truly prepared
for what this team had in store.
On Sept. 30 Hartford visited Bingham-
ton`s home in the Hawks frst game and
defensive battle of the weekend.
Both team’s ability to protect their own
nets lead to an almost stalemate had it
not been Hartford’s superior ability to
score frst and keep the lead.
In minute 19 Hartford senior Hamilton
began her weekend involvement with a
crossed ball to Hawk teammate junior
Iorward/midfelder, Caitlin Alves, who
chose the lower right corner to be her
target as she fred the ball past Martin
Ior her fIth goal oI the season.
Binghamton keeper, Carrie Martin,
allowed the goal after the Hawks put
her on her back heels when they tried to
get on the board earlier with two shots
within the frst fve minutes and kept her
there with 11 more shots forced her way,
which she went on to block.
The Hartford 1-0 lead was soundly
held throughout the remained of the
game by Quinlan, who did what she
does best, putting up numerous blocks
as well, including a furry oI shots in the
fnal 20 minutes oI the game, to earn her
ninth shutout of the season.
Natale said after their exhaustive
weekend bouts the key is to get some
much-needed rest and come out fresh in
their next game at home against Stony
Brook on Thursday at 6 p.m.
women`s soccet ßap on all cylindets
By Tim Rizzo
Copy Chief
In this weekend’s closing the Univer-
sity of Hartford women’s soccer team
improved to 10-0-2 overall and 3-0 in
their America East Conference, after de-
feating New Hampshire at home 3-0 and
Binghamton 1-0 in Vestal N.Y.,
and received individual
player and team honors.
In recognition of her
eighth and ninth shutouts
of the season gained over the
Hawks’ latest games, Hartford
sophomore goalkeeper Erin Quinlan
became the frst Hawk to repeat AE
conference player of the week honors on
Monday and marked the third straight
week a Hawk has received a weekly
conference honor.
The transIer Irom Syracuse is frst in
the conference and second in the nation
in goal-against average, .17, save per-
centage, .968, and shutouts, 9. Quinlan
also has allowed only two goals out of
1,080 total game minutes played while
shutting out nine of Hartford’s 12, 2011
o p p e - nents.
Additionally,
Hartford moved
up from its for-
mer number
six spot to the
number 5 spot
in the NSCAA
Northeast Regional
ADAM MANISON AND SPENCER ALLAN BROOKS
Conference opener is a hard-fought battle for men’s soccer
By Jim McGrath
Staff Writer
Unbeaten in their previous
four games, the University of
Hartford men’s soccer team
entered Saturday night’s
America East opener against
Boston University on a
hot streak and continued it
until minute 77 when they
allowed a Terrier game-
winning goal.
Hawks senior keeper Luke
Citrini saw his Hartford
team’s chance at extending
their unbeaten streak to fve
games and their record drop
to 3-6-2 overall and start 0-1
in the conference when the
New York native was unable
to stop BU freshman Domi-
nique Badji’s heading goal.
The forehead knocking
score came off sophomore
teammate Anthony Cic-
cone’s crossing pass from
the right side of the cage.
“It wasn’t one of those
times when they had a lot
oI the ball,¨ said HartIord`s
frst year head coach Tom
Poitras after the game. “They
caught us in a little bit of a
counter and ended up behind
our right box and then they
got a cross in¨
The late second half goal
came aIter a frst halI Iull oI
defensive struggle for both
teams, where Poitras also
stated, “Both teams were
extra cautious in the frst
half, no one wanted to take
too many risks early on,¨ as
neither opponent could ad-
vance the ball past midfeld.
Hartford men’s soccer head
honcho Poitras credited Bos-
ton’s ball control attack type,
which frustrated the Hawk
squad by limiting the home
team’s offensive side of the
ball opportunities all evening.
Earlier in the defense
showcased frst halI though,
the Hawks put up two de-
cent scoring chances with
senior defender’s Jorge
Rodriguez’s attempt in the
minute 30 and freshman
deIender/midfelder Atroba
Ampadu’s shot near the end
oI the frst halI, which both
forced Terrier goalkeeper
Nick Thomson to make two
goal-saving stops.
Constant cool night breez-
es at Al-Marzook field
factored in the lack of full-
strength offensive punches
that remained evident all
game, especially when the
Hawks had the wind at their
backs in the second half.
“We were trying to get the
ball forward quicker in the
second half because of the
wind, the problem was we
were not getting anything
behind it,¨ said Poitras.
Stat columns for the game
marked Boston on top of
Hartford in shot opportuni-
ties, 8-4, as well as corner
kicks, three to none.
The Hawks will fnd action
next on Wednesday, Oct. 5

when they start a three game
away from home stretch
against West Point Academy
in N.Y. in a matchup where
Hartford holds a 1-0 advan-
tage in the all-time series.
Hartford will follow their
game against the Black
Knights with road compe-
teion agaisnt conference
oppenents University of Al-
bany, and New Hampshire.
ADAM MANISON
Hartford`s conference opener had 77 scoreless minutes.
Volleyball tipsy-turvy against
familiar New England foes
By Dan Melrose
Staff Writer
While on the road, the Uni-
versity of Hartford women’s
volleyball team fell to both
a neighboring and out-of-
state conference foe in their
matches earlier this week
and over the past weekend.
Overall the Hawks record
fell to 9-10 and 0-2 in the
conference as a result of their
latest losses to University of
Connecticut on Oct. 4 and to
Providence on Oct. 2.
Tuesday handed Hartford
their most recent loss, the
Huskies who entered the
game on a losing streak, in
straight sets, 25-18, 25-17,
25-17.
Although Hartford col-
lected 51 digs, 4 more than
their in-state opponents, the
Hawks proved to have no
defnitive answer Ior Hus-
kie Mattison Quayl’s game
leading 13 kills and .444 hit
percentage.
23 Hartford errors proved
to also be a difference maker,
which ultimately plagued the
Hawks team compared to the
Huskies, who had 11.
Kills were hard to come by
for both schools as UConn
came out on top of the stat
category with 37 while Hart-
ford totaled 34.
Hawk’s junior Kami Neth-
ersole once again led the
team in kills with 12 and
her sister Sareeta followed
with 7 while two more con-
tributed 4 kills each.
Against the Friars on the
previous Sunday, Hartford
stayed strong after dropping
the frst set, 25-20, to came
back to win the next two sets
25-17 and 25-22. Providence
responded with muscle fex-
ing of their own to come
back and take the last two
sets from the Hawks with
scores of 25-20 and 16-14.
Freshman Jackie Tam-
burri continued her standout
HartIord frst year playing
performances by dominat-
ing defensively with 19
digs and leading the team in
attack percentage with .417.
Tamburri also had only one
error in her 12 total attacks.
Setting the standard for the
Hawks ensuing nutmeg state
showdown, the Nethersole
sisters led the team in kills
with Kami’s 17, followed by
sister Sareeta’s 12.
Usual unsung hero Hart-
ford sophomore Blocker
Lindsay Anderson made
notable contributions to the
Hawks team by adding 12
kills of her own.
Hartford’s volleyball team
will next get involved in
conference opponent match-
ups at home in the upcoming
week against UMBC on Oct.
7 and Stony Brook on Oct. 4.
ADAM MANISON
Volleyball fell to 9-10, 0-2.
Mote mixed wins
thtoughout Nii week +
By Billy Wyatt
Staff Writer
With week four of the
NFL now in the books
football fans can enjoy
the fact that they keep
being able to see great
action on the gridiron.
The scoreboard did
not refect how close,
the Patriots played by
the Raiders in their 31-
19 win in Oakland. New
England’s rookie run-
ning back Stevan Ridley
picked up his frst career
touchdown.
The Giants returned
to Arizona Ior the frst
time since winning Super
Bowl XLII. In doing so
New York beat the Car-
dinals 31-27 thanks to 21
Giant-scored points in
the fourth quarter.
Baltimore double New
York’s points, in the 34-
17 fnal score. For the frst
time in franchise history,
the Ravens scored four
touchdowns on defense.
Chicago’s usual pass-
ing attack as the Bears
gained 224 rushing yards in
their 34-29-victory over the
North Carolina Panthers.
Running back Matt Forte had
228 yards from scrimmage
for Chicago.
The Bengals took advan-
tage of a late possession and
got a last second feld goal to
beat the Bills 23-20.
In Cleveland, visiting
Tennessee gave it to the
home team as they beat the
Browns, 31-13. Running
back Chris Johnson had 101
rushing yards for the Titans.
Once again the Detroit
Lions rallied Irom a 20-point
plus defcit. This time they
overcame a 24-point hole to
defeat Dallas 34-30.
In the 'Andrew Luck
Bowl¨ the Kansas City
Chiefs defeated the Vikings
22-17, and dropped to an
0-4 record
The Redskins continued
their strong play with a 17-10
victory in St. Louis over the
Rams. Washington Running
back Ryan Torrain had 135
yards and TD for the ‘Skins.
This time in Philadelphia,
the visiting 49ers overcame
a 20-point defcit to beat the
Eagles 24-23.
The Saints kept on rolling
as they defeated the Jaguars
23-10 in Jacksonville. Drew
Brees threw 351 yards to
light up the air for New
Orleans.
In Houston, the Texans
showed that they are for real
this year by defeating the
Pittsburgh Steelers 17-10.
Atlanta beat the home team
Seahawks 30-28. Falcon’s
Matt Ryan led the way for
with 291 passing yards.
The Packers kept smoothly
winning with a 49-23 victory
over the Broncos. Green
Bay’s Aaron Rodgers passed
for 408 yards and 6 touch-
downs, two of which were
on the ground.
The Chargers kept the
Dolphins winless since the
end of last season with a
26-16 win at home.
LeGarrette Blount picked
up a 35-yard touchdown run
with just over three minutes
left to give the Buc’s the
edge over the still winless
Colts, 24-17, and closeout
the football weekend