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Student Abducted
Volume 104 No. 22
Sports Illustrated Editor Says Athletics Equalize America Amanda Ciccatelli Assistant News Editor Stephen Cannella, a Senior Editor at Sports Illustrated, spoke to a combined audience of CCSU and Jacobs University in Germany via an Internet teleconference, discussing the impact of sports and the Olympics on America and how they bring people together. Cannella was part of an accomplished panel of speakers last Tuesday that included communication professors Cindy White, Jose Del Ama and the English Department’s journalism professor Anthony Cannella.
As the son of professor Cannella, Stephen has followed in his father’s footsteps in pursuing a career in journalism. He has worked a variety of jobs at Sports Illustrated over the past 12 years, beginning as a factchecker and researcher. When it comes to covering the Olympic Games, Sports Illustrated covers them religiously, but not without challenges. “The task we face is how to make these games interesting,” he said. Sports Illustrated, along with networks such as NBC, is having trouble writing sports stories that readers and viewers care about. He
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Grad Students Advocate for Care and Change on Campus
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Grad interns Kim Reissig, Kevin Croke and Megan Kenney delivered their Captstone Presentation on campus problems. Amanda Ciccatelli Assistant News Editor
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A CCSU student was abducted last Wednesday night from the back parking lot of Essex Place. Melissa Traynor News/Managing Editor What began as a reported stolen vehicle late last Wednesday night ended in a car crash and the rescue of a kidnapped woman hours later. According to a crime alert release by the CCSU Marketing and Communications, shortly after mid-
night on Thursday, March 27, the New Britain Police received a report for a stolen motor vehicle, a 2002 Oldsmobile Van with a temporary registration. Around a half an hour later, the New Britain Police received a call from a town resident who said that his 20-year-old girlfriend was abducted from the parking lot of Essex
Place, an apartment building on East Street. The name of the victim has not been released, but the release stated that she was a CCSU student and was reportedly not injured. The van was later seen around the intersection of I-84 and Route 9 by a Conn. State Trooper and was pursued, however the driver refused to stop. The pursuit ended in a crash
After researching concerns among colleges and universities across the country, an internship class of CCSU graduate students gave their Capstone Presentations addressing the problems of ignorance and prejudice on many state campuses. A presentation given by Kevin Croke, Meghan Kenney and Kimberly Reissig said that, along with other colleges and universities, CCSU lacks support for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Croke discussed a few instances where students at CCSU were harassed for their sexuality. One student was turned away from the counseling center because they claimed they were not able to help her
deal with her family, who chose not to support her. After seeking help at the counseling center as well, another student was told that PRIDE, the GLBT organization on campus, was contributing to her problem. “Over the past few years there has been an increase in hate crimes against homosexuals at CCSU,” said Croke. GLBT students become part of the statistics of students who suffer from depression, suicide, substance abuse and verbal or physical assault. The presenters said that becoming a part of a special group is key to developing as a GLBT student, and the lack of a group on campus poses a problem. Some of the solutions to this problem that the group called for are improved safety, health and security on campus, increased diversity and faculty training in understanding social differences. There are also asso-
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Todd Brewster Lecture: Balancing Security and Civil Liberties Melissa Traynor News/Managing Editor
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Brewster explains the Constitution using three analogies.
As a byproduct of the War on Terror and efforts to protect U.S. citizens, a growing concern for the protection of civil liberties has come to the forefront of discussion. For the second part of the Student Union Board of Governors Living Room Lectures series, renowned journalist and accomplished author Todd Brewster came to speak last Thursday on the ongoing debate between the importance of upholding civil liberties and maintaining security in the United States.
He began his lecture with three images that he later compared to the limits, causes and interpretations of the U.S Constitution: a laboratory where an object is testing for its limit in strength, Homer’s epic hero Ulysses who lead his crew past the perilous Sirens and a dictionary where one word can have many meanings. Brewster explained the Constitution does have its flaws and limits, and pertaining directly to civil liberties, African Americans who were brought to the United States as slaves were denied their basic rights. He said that while the word “slavery”
cannot be found in the document, the Constitution did support this form of wealth for white Americans. In determining a cause for the text, he used Ulysses’ cunning story to illustrate the well-planned decisions of the authors of the Constitution. “When Ulysses told his men to plug their ears with beeswax and to tie him to the mast to guide them past the Sirens, it’s much like the laws and rights of the people. Because they are pre-commitments, people sign on to them even though they know they will be tempted to break [the laws],”
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