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LGBT Center Opens in Student Center Celebration Includes Panel with First Openly Gay Massachusetts State Senator MaTT KieRnan THE RECORDER

An establishment long time coming, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender center opened last Wednesday in the student center in hopes to create resources for these students and their promotion into a more accepting campus. The purpose of the LGBT center, which will be located on the third ﬂoor of the Student Center, is to provide support for students whether it’s for social problems or with their academics. The center is planned to create an outreach for the community outside the campus and to show an example of acceptance for people of all different backgrounds. The opening of center was welcomed by guest speaker and former Massachusetts Senator Cheryl Jacques along with a panel discussion of faculty ,and leaders of the campus. A point Jacques emphasized during her speech at Alumni Hall was that, although, social progress has been made over the years, there are still barriers that need to be knocked down before total acceptance of people of any minority group can be see LGBT Center Page 3

CCSU Participates in First Suicide Prevention Day MaTT KieRnan THE RECORDER

CCSU participated in Suicide Prevention Day for the first time last Thursday- an international event that seeks to spread awareness of signs of depression and suicidal tendencies in themselves and others. CCSU hopes the event will catch on at the other CSU schools. “We’re looking for the warning signs of depression and suicidal thoughts so we can provide students ways for getting help,” said Associate Director of the Counseling and Wellness Center Victoria Ginter. Students who wanted to analyze their own behavior last Thursday were given questionnaires that touched upon subjects ranging from if their moods changed quickly from day to day to whether they felt consistently depressed. The Counseling and Wellness Center tabled last Thursday outside Memorial Hall to condust tests with students. If the analysis shows that there are signs of depression or suicidal thoughts, students are asked if they’d like to seek additional information for treatment. “The test is given from the Question Persuade Refer Institute and is used to learn the signs a student may have of depression,” said Meagan Wentz, wellness program administrator. The day, which was put together by see First Suicide Prevention Day Page 3

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Members of the SGA’s Finance Committee meet to discuss small budget requests from clubs.

Items on a Checklist SGA President Looks Forward to More Money for Clubs, Events TonYa MalinowSKi THE RECORDER

Student Government Association President Andrew Froning has a list of goals hanging above his desk, with each one earning a checkmark as it is accomplished. The list is long, forecasting an ambitious semester for Froning’s first semester as president, but he is confident. “We are going to get rid of this ‘suitcase college’ thing and really make students feel like they can hang out here,” Froning said. “We have substantially more money this year to give to clubs and sponsor events.” The new surplus of capital for the SGA comes from an increased enrollment at Central this year, with most of the funds being distributed to clubs. In addition to larger funds for clubs, the

“We are going to get rid of this ‘suitcase college’ thing and really make students feel like they can hang out here. ... We have substantially more money this year to give to clubs and sponsor events.” Andrew Froning SGA President

SGA scholarship fund has doubled. According to Froning, the fund has now allocated for almost $20,000 in scholarship money. The scholarships are awarded based on academic merit and leadership experience. The budget allocations for clubs has already been set, with the South Asian Students Association and Ice Hockey club receiving the largest amount at $11,500 each. They are followed closely by the Central Organization of Latin American Dance and Habitat for Humanity at $10,950 and $10,850 respectively. “We have this huge new chunk of money now, so we look favorably on requests for weekend events and club events,” Froning said. Froning admits that checking up on how the clubs have spent that money is something that has “fallen by the wayside” and hopes to see President’s Checklist Page 3

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“I’m working 45 hours a week at a warehouse just to pay for school. I go in at 5:00 every morning, get out by 12 or 1, and then come here. Financial aid helps a little, but not too much. I take a lot of naps.” -Eddine Simpore, 21, CCSU ‘11

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“I’m married, but I’ve been out of work for two years. I just found a new job, which actually wasn’t that hard to find and it’s better pay than my last job. [My husband and I] cut back a lot when I was out of work because we had to get by on just his paycheck. We had to stop buying movies and stop going out to eat. We got by, it was just all the extra stuff that we couldn’t have anymore.” -Michelle Lyster, 27, CCSU ‘11

“I’ve sort of given up on finding a job. Last semester I must have applied to at least 20 places, mostly retail and those kind of things, but I only got two responses. It’s been impossible. I never eat out anymore and go to my parents’ house alot. Ramen has pretty much become my main diet.” -Elizabeth Morris, 19, CCSU ‘12

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A President’s Checklist

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change that this semester. “I want to be a more active president than I feel some were in the past,” Froning said. “I want to keep it business and get rid of some of the bickering problems we’ve had.” Javier Fernandez, chair of SGA promotions, said he is also looking forward to a number of new events to keep students on campus over the weekends. “The pep rally needs to be a lot bigger than it has been,” Fernandez said. “SGA can help cosponsor a lot of new events hopefully and make kids actually want to hang out here.” The SGA is also taking part in a new social networking Web site, collegiatelink.net, which allows clubs to budget online, reach each other, schedule events and recruit new members.

The site, which Froning says is “like Facebook for clubs,” will take six to eight weeks to be fully implemented. Another of Froning’s main focuses is the current advising system. He wants students of all backgrounds to have accessible and effective advising. “Some of our students haven’t been in school for 10 years or so, and it’s time for our advising to step up and help these people figure out how to finish their education,” he said. The list of goals, a couple already checked off, is daunting. For Froning and his senators, however, it is worth the challenge. “We just want people to know who we are, know our faces,” he said. “We just want to be the strongest SGA yet.”

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LGBT Center Opens in Student Center

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achieved. “Change will come quicker when people speak their views on equality,” said Jacques in the hope that supporters will be more open to explaining their opinions on gay rights to others. The panel discussion was held by Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Laura Tordenti, Director of Diversity and Equity Dr. Moises Salinas, associate professor of psychology Dr. Joanne DiPlacido and CCSU student Kasey Gordon who was a leader in bringing the center together. The panel discussed with Jacques the formation of the center and the difficulties members of the gay community face as well as answered questions from the audience. A problem that many gay couples must deal with is how the government doesn’t give them the tax breaks that heterosexual couples receive. “In the eyes of the federal government, we are not married,” said DiPlacido while talking about the marriage she has with her partner. Homosexuals who get married must pay taxes as if they live indepenently and can also be excluded from benefits such as Social Security. Jacques cited that over half of the

Fortune 500 companies provide domestic partnership benefits. This is because the companies realize that in order to have the brightest employees they must be accepting of all groups. Discrimination against LGBT students and other minority populations on campus can be seen through occurrences that corresponds with dorm assignments. Tordenti said some parents use Facebook as a tool for seeing their child’s roommate assignment and call ResLife to have their roommate changed if they “look gay” or are of a minority group. Jacques pointed out that throughout history, the country has dealt with social injustices that has spanned through all different groups. Problems such as women not being able to serve as jurors up until the 1970s as well as racism that continuing to this day are things many people have struggled with. The center doesn’t yet have a fulltime employee, but plans to have student assistants and possibly a full-time university employee. CCSU is the first of the universities in the CSU system to have a LGBT center. There are no official plans for events by the center, although PRIDE, the campus LGBT organization, will be putting on a masquerade ball for drag queens and kings.

CCSU Participates in First Suicide Prevention Day

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the Natural Helpers and Director of the Counseling and Wellness Center Timothy Corbitt, was held on campus in coordination with World Suicide Prevention Day. The analysis materials were paid for by a suicide prevention grant the university received. Establishment of the Suicide Prevention Day was planned to be a piloted outreach into the rest of the CSU system. The day is a relatively new idea in addition to depression screenings. Students who may have issues with depression or feel they need treatment can visit the Counseling and Wellness Center to meet with counselors who can listen to what they have to say and go on from there if treatment is necessary. Depression in college students may be caused by being away from home or adjusting

to new surrounding, among a variety of other college-specific causes. If students know someone who may be suicidal, they are urged to seek help and avoid leaving them alone. Some risk factors of suicide may be a family history, family violence or depression, among other things. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the use of a psychotherapy called cognitive therapy has reduced the chances of repeated suicide attempts by 50 percent. People vary with illnesses and may have different types of depression, which dictates the type of treatment. The Counseling and Wellness Center is located in Marcus White and is open to all students seeking help for themselves or for others.

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George Washington U. Graduates Average More Than $30,000 in Debt Matt Rist The GW Hatchet George Washington University

(UWIRE) - The average student graduates from George Washington University more than $30,000 in debt - 13 percent higher than the national average at private universities - according to the most recent data from GW and a recent study on collegiate debt. GW’s Office of Institutional Research reported the average member of the class of 2008 graduated with nearly $17,000 worth of federal student loans and more than $14,000 in private loans, resulting in a total indebtedness of $31,299 upon graduating from GW. The national average for private, non-profit universities is $27,650, according to the The Project on Student Debt, an initiative of the California-based Institute for College Access and Success. Edie Irons, the communications director for the Institute for College Access and Success, said that though average debt is on the rise nationally, GW students are taking on more debt than comparative schools. “The number for GW is significantly above the national average,” Irons said. “Colleges are getting more and more expensive and especially in a tight economy students are relying increasingly on debt to make ends meet and cover all the costs.” Daniel Small, director of the Office of Student Financial Assistance, said GW’s averages are based on figures for a four or fiveyear tenure at the university and that his office has worked to reduce the numbers.

“There has been an effort over a period of time to try and control this,” Small said. “Being concerned about the indebtedness, the university has tried to put some strategies in place to do this.” Average graduated student debt at Georgetown University was $24,816 and $19,766 at American University, according to 2006 data, the most recent for both schools. As the economic downturn continues to make finances more difficult for many GW students and their families, many have turned to loans to fill the gap created by financial trouble. “One thing we don’t know at this time is will the current economy undermine our efforts because students are looking for all sorts of aid,” Small said. “Our hope is that what we have on the table can provide the necessary financial resources so that we can control - and maybe over a period of time, limit - the amount of loan indebtedness for a graduating senior.” For GW sophomore Diana Waldron, paying back her postgraduate debt still seems far away. “I am taking on 8 to 10 percent of the cost of my education, and I haven’t thought about how I am going to pay those loans back,” Waldron said. “Guess we’ll figure that out when I get there.” Waldron’s father Patrick said although their financial situation has improved, the family still had to make other changes to help pay for their children’s college tuition. “Our investments have been dramatically reduced,” Patrick Waldron said. “Our aid was reduced a little and we tapped into our savings.”

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New Guide Teaches Faculty and Staff How to Handle Troubled Students Terence Stewart THE RECORDER

After two years in the making, the Counseling and Wellness Center has finally published “Helping Students in Distress,” its first guide that teaches faculty and staff how to respond to troubled students who pose a safety threat to themselves and other people. The 33-page guide also provides information on more than 20 types of emotionally and psychologically distressed students, including depressed, suicidal or violent students, and step-bystep instructions on how to assist each type before their condition worsens. According to Timothy Corbitt, the director of the Counseling and Wellness Center and the driving force behind the book, the idea to create “Helping Students in Distress” was sparked by the deadly shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech in2007. Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech student responsible for killing 32 students and wounding many others, had a history of severe emotional and mental disorders. “When [the Virginia Tech shooting] happened,” said Corbitt, “that caused campuses across the country to evaluate what we were doing and how we could better

understand students and the warnings signs, and put together processes that would help to intervene early before a catastrophe or tragedy happens.” Corbitt said the intervention process must include faculty and staff because they’re often the first individuals to get a glimpse of a troubled student. In addition, faculty and staff are often the first people distressed students reach out to for help. Corbitt stressed that it’s important for faculty and staff to pay attention to the red flags. According to Lucinda Roy, the former chair of Virginia Tech’s English department and Cho’s former tutor, the Virginia Tech massacre could have been prevented if administrators did not overlook the warning signs and the severity of Cho’s illnesses. Although CCSU has not experienced anything similar to the Virgina Tech shooting, there have been high profile incidents in which professors responded to what they thought were warning signs of a troubled student. Last year, Paula Anderson, a communication professor at CCSU, indirectly informed campus police after a student gave a supposedly unsettling presentation on why students and professors should be allowed to carry concealed firearms

on campus. Anderson told The Recorder it was her responsibility as a teacher to protect the well-being of students and the campus community at all times. Students’ reaction to “Helping Students in Distress” has been positive so far. “I think it’s a good idea that the school is taking proactive steps to help and protect students,” said Gabby Hanson, CCSU ‘13. “It shows that the university actually cares about them.” Other students said they feel safe on campus and aren’t concerned about violence in or outside the classroom. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education, CCSU maintains a safe campus by the numbers. There were no incidents of murder, manslaughter or aggravated assault at CCSU from 2005 to 2007. Corbitt said the university is considering implementing a formal training session that teaches faculty and staff how to handle distressed students. Copies of “Helping Students in Distress” will be distributed to all faculty and staff members in the next few weeks. There’s also an online version available on the Counseling and Wellness Center’s Web site.

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Yale U. Students Express Shock After Grisly Discovery Vivian Yee, Esther Zuckerman and Zeke Miller Yale Daily News Yale University

(UWIRE) - As news spread Sunday night that a body had been found at 10 Amistad St., the Yale building where student Annie Le was last seen, students across campus expressed fear and uncertainty about their safety. “It’s really sad, and it’s also really terrifying for campus mentality because it was in a Yale building,” Junior Laura Vrana said, standing in a small group of students in the lower courtyard of Davenport College. Le, a doctoral candidate in pharmacology, has been missing since Tuesday, when she was captured on security cameras entering the red-brick medical school building where she regularly conducted experiments. In an e-mail Sunday night to the Yale community, University President Richard Levin announced that the body of a female had been found in the building’s basement. While the medical school campus was quiet as police established a one-block perimeter around 10 Amistad St., Levin’s message elicited shock from many students walking around central campus. “I’m kind of creeped out because it happened probably less than half a mile from my dorm,” Freshman Zach Dean said as he left the Branford College library for his Old Campus suite. Other undergraduates said Le’s disappearance seemed remote from central campus because it occurred at the medical school, where undergraduates rarely venture, but all students interviewed said they felt uneasy about the news that a body had been recovered. “The med school feels distant,” Junior Sarah Mich said. “It’s a different crowd, but if it were anywhere else on campus, it would feel different.” But, she went on, “If they don’t find anyone who did it, that will be really frightening.” Added Junior Kasey Garcia, sitting beside Mich on a wall in one of Saybrook College’s courtyards: “It was in a Yale building. That’s what confused me the most, and that really kind of freaks me out.” Like Garcia, Sophomore Casey Blue James was most unnerved by the knowledge that the medical school building was protected by the same security swipe system used in all Yaleowned buildings — including the residential colleges, where students must use their University-issued ID cards to gain entry. “It’s pretty terrifying knowing that in a keycard-accessed building, in broad daylight, this could happen,” James said. “It kind of makes me not want to go anywhere by myself.” Despite the atmosphere of worry created by Levin’s e-mail, some students said they still felt safe within the confines of central campus and would not change their habits in the future — especially if the potential homicide was a premeditated act. “I was mostly surprised because I’ve always felt perfectly safe on campus,” Sophomore Christopher Ell said. “If it was a privately motivated crime, it’s not really that scary, but if it was a random act of violence, then yeah.” The incident does not reflect the general safety of Yale’s central campus, Ell continued, though it did serve as a reminder of the hazards of a large city. “It doesn’t make me feel less safe as a Yalie,” agreed Sophomre Guillermo Peralta as he returned to his Branford College room around 10:15 p.m. alone. “This could happen on any campus.” Meanwhile, on the otherwise quiet medical school campus, four graduate students left bouquets of carnations, roses and daisies and two burning candles by the entrance to Amistad Park, across the street from Le’s laboratory. A vigil for Le was held Monday night.

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Body Found at Yale Research Building Identified as Grad Student Harrison Korn and Paul Needham Yale Daily News Yale University

(UWIRE) - The body found at 10 Amistad St. has been identified as the remains of Annie Le MED ’13, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Connecticut. The manner of death has been classified as a homicide, though the office declined to release the cause of death in order to facilitate the ongoing investigation into Le’s death. The cause of death will be released tomorrow at 3 p.m., according to the office. Since it was classified a homicide on Sunday, the case is being investigated primarily by the New Haven Police Department. NHPD Spokesman Officer Joe Avery said Monday afternoon that there are no suspects, adding that police believe Le was targeted and her killing was not a random act. Speaking to reporters outside Woodbridge Hall late Sunday night, University President Richard Levin conveyed the “deeply felt support of the entire Yale University community” and said “our hearts go out to the family of Annie Le, to her fiancee, to her friends.” “The investigation will continue,” Levin said. “We have every hope that it will be successfully resolved.” Law enforcement officials have now sealed the building at 10 Amistad St. where Le’s body was found shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday. Footage from security cameras shows Le entering the building at 10 a.m. Tuesday but never leaving; now the investigation will focus on what she did and where she went once inside. Deputy Secretary Martha Highsmith, who oversees campus security, said earlier this week that access to the rooms and labs inside the building is restricted and digitally monitored. Authorities said they know who was in the basement at the time when Le

entered. Robert Alpern, dean of the Yale School of Medicine, where Le was studying for a Ph.D. in pharmacology, said in a telephone interview Sunday night that access to the basement where Le was found is limited to certain people with approved Yale magnetic identification cards, as it is at all University facilities where research is conducted on animals. “I think that it suggests it was someone who could get into that space,” he said. “It certainly would be extremely difficult for someone from outside of Yale to get into that space. Not impossible, but extremely difficult.” Still, there remain more questions than answers about the circumstances of Le’s death. Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer said last week that Le’s fiancée, Jonathan Widawsky NHPD , was not a suspect and that Assistant there was “not a worry” Chief Peter about his involvement Reichard in what was at the time considered a missing person case. She added that he and Le’s family has cooperated with authorities. Along with the NHPD, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Connecticut State Police and the Yale Police Department all remain involved in the investigation. Authorities first learned of Le’s disappearance when a roommate reported her missing at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, YPD Chief James Perrotti said. The police quickly began investigating the matter and learned that she took a Yale Transit bus from her apartment at 188 Lawrence St. to her office at the Sterling Hall of Medicine early Tuesday morning. Later in the morning, she walked from that office to 10 Amistad St., leaving her purse, cell phone and wallet behind. She took

her Yale identification card with her, and the surveillance footage shows her carrying another object as she entered the building. Officials have not said what she was carrying. At 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a fire alarm sounded in the building. The special agent in charge of the FBI in Connecticut, Kimberly Mertz, said at a press conference Saturday that the alarm was caused by a release of steam from a laboratory hood. She said it was possible that the steam was intentionally released by a person. There were few other leads in the investigation until the weekend. Authorities seized bloody clothes on Saturday, though a Yale police source said the fabric was not a piece of clothing that Le was known to have been wearing and said it was not clear at the time whether the fabric had human blood or animal blood on it. On Sunday, after lead investigators arrived at Amistad Street in the morning, dogs from the Connecticut State Police were seen entering the building. The bloodhounds had been part of the search since Thursday, as had more than 100 law enforcement officials from the various agencies. Some of those officers were in Hartford on Sunday searching through trash at the garbage incinerator there. Other authorities had searched through trash in the dumpsters outside the Amistad Street facility in prior days. Mertz said Saturday that authorities had already interviewed “numerous people” who saw Le inside the building on Tuesday, but she declined to give any further details. There are 75 cameras around the building and in the surrounding area; investigators spent a large part of their time examining all the video footage to determine if Le, who was 4-feet11-inches and weighed 90 pounds, could be seen exiting. The killing is the first homicide in New Haven since mid-March and the first killing of a Yale student since Suzanne Jovin ’99 was stabbed to death on Dec. 4, 1998.

Cornell Student Dies from H1N1 Complications Sun Staff Cornell Daily Sun Cornell U.

(UWIRE) - Warren Schor ’11 died last Friday from complications relating to H1N1 influenza, according to the University. Schor, 20, was being treated at Cayuga Medical Center. In an e-mail to members of the Cornell community President David Skorton wrote: “We wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to [Schor’s family] and to his many friends. Please keep them in your thoughts in the

following days.” Skorton also urged all members of the community to be on alert about the risks related to underlying health conditions and severe flu symptoms. At least two other college students in the United States have died from complications relating to the flu, Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday. Influenza-like illness has been reported at more than 70-percent of college campuses nationwide, according to a survey by the American College Health Association, which has been tracking the spread of the disease.

The highest rates of activity have been in the Northwest and Southeast regions of the country, according to the ACHA. On Wednesday, University health officials said that approximately 450 Cornell students had been diagnosed by Gannett Health Services with probable H1N1 influenza. Cornell’s Inter-Fraternity Council has also placed a seven-day moratorium on fraternity social events in an effort to curb the spread of the flu across campus. Ithaca College’s health center has diagnosed some 18 students there with probable H1N1 influenza, The Ithacan reported on Thursday.

Editorial/Opinion

THE RECORDER Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Editorial

Make Campus-Wide Security a Priority

We are sitting in one of the inner offices at The Recorder newsroom and it’s getting late on this Monday night. We can hear the CCSU police radio to each other as they work their way through the campus, updating each end back and forth as they inspect the perimeter of each building. Our newly installed police scanner cuts in and out with quick spurts of information. “Securing Kaiser Hall,” one cop uttered over the static in his report to headquarters. “23 21,” headquarters responded back, and the message lasts a second or so after fading into a fuzz and beeping to signal the end. Tonight, there has only been a few major development so far:

Letter to the Editor In response to Joe Zajac’s “Humble Proposition,” I seriously hope that his sweeping generalization of CCSU Athletics and college sports in general is a failed attempt at satire or humor. I respect and agree with the idea that there must be a balance placed on academics and all extracurricular activities, let alone sports. But to call for the demolition of the athletic fields through an argument primarily based on a lack of parking is simply absurd. He begins his piece by complaining that he was “forced” to park all the way up at the athletic fields lot. He then suggests turning the fields into a parking lot as a solution. Wouldn’t that lot be even further away from the rest of the campus? Solid logic there, Mr. Zajac. College is a place of learning where one can see differing lifestyles, viewpoints and expand their outlooks on life in general. To accuse those who wear “socks and sandals” of dragging down and infesting the campus is another irrational general statement. An accusation that is seriously lacking in the type of acceptance and intelligence that one would expect to find in Zajac’s utopian sports-free University. It’s unfortunate that some student-athletes may view CCSU as just a place to play, but a number of those people are the ones who put our school on the map in terms of the media spotlight and more recognition. Whether you like it or not, athletes get Central’s name in the paper on a daily basis. That’s free advertising for the University itself every time we beat Quinnipiac or Sacred Heart. No other function on campus can come close to matching pride and notoriety for our school the way an athletic event can. CCSU isn’t Harvard, Stanford, or Yale. Why try and fake it at the expense of the Athletic Department?

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a student set off a fire alarm at a residence hall after cooking Ramen noodles in the microwave and a stopped residence hall elevator required the attention of the New Britain Fire Department. They pick through the academic halls like Davidson and Barnard, move onto Welte parking garage, with calls coming in for miscellaneous disturbances, but the CCSU police wrap up the securing of the campus building relatively quickly and certainly before 12 midnight. In the last week, a Connecticut university has remained in the public eye as the reports were updated daily, or sometimes by the hour, during the search for Annie Le, a Yale University graduate student who was reported missing

and whose body was later found at a university research building on 10 Amistad Street in New Haven. Aside from the tragedy at Yale, and the death of Wesleyan University junior Johanna JustinJinich, who was shot and killed near her campus last spring, Connecticut universities have enjoyed a lucky and safe existence at their campuses. CCSU is one such example. According to the last Clery Report available, from 2007, CCSU has reported no negligent or nonnegligent instances of manslaughter nor any of aggravated assault. Over 2007 and 2008, the City of New Britain has reported a 14 percent decrease in violent crime, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, according to a 2008 report by the

Federal Bureau of Investigation. CCSU has also enjoyed a public, open campus built for accessibility and freedom. This makes it particularly important that students, residents especially, keep an eye out for themselves and others, and report any and all suspicious activities. Simple precautions like staying in well-lit areas, fortunately abundant at CCSU, walking around without headphones on, and traveling with friends or in commonly used pathways will make a for a safer campus. Students should take extra care to be vocal about their concerns, because the caution they exercise individually will benefit all. As the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York endlessly repeats, if you see something, say something.

Ours is a welcoming, yet exposed campus, which presents certain vulnerable angles. It is our responsibility to ourselves and others to learn from what has transpired in New Haven and strive for a safer and open campus. Regardless of the silence of the night and the stillness settling across campus, the student returning to her dorm from a moonlit jog or another walking the distance to his car parked on the darker, far side of Copernicus garage should still be aware and watchful. Simply because violence makes the news at nearby universities does not necessarily mean CCSU students are in danger, but neither should they believe the potential doesn’t exist because “it’s not my school.”

Campus Bottled Water Ban a Small Step for Sustainability Pratik Mehta Washington Square News New York University

(UWIRE) - As part of New York University Dining’s incremental push toward environmental sustainability, both the Kimmel Market Place and Upstein have removed bottled water from their meal plan options. They now provide compostable cups made from plant material to students who wish to drink water or fountain soda. Bottled water, like several other convenience items, is an environmental disgrace. According to the Earth Policy Institute, some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year, and more than 17 million barrels of oil are needed annually to satisfy this demand in the United States alone. NYU Dining made the right decision in removing bottled water from the thousands of meals students consume each week. However, this action is a small step. Despite boasting about sustainability efforts on its Web site, NYU Dining has been painfully slow in making other reforms that are equally logical and worthy of attention. First, Kimmel and Upstein still offer paper cups alongside the more eco-friendly compostable ones (or they did when I visited them earlier this week). In fact, the paper ones were larger than the

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compostable ones. Like any reasonable college student, my first instinct was to make the most of the money spent on my meal plan and to grab the bigger cup, which utterly defeats the lofty rhetoric on the NYU Dining Web site. If NYU Dining is serious about sustainability, it should offer equally-sized paper and compostable cups, and, really, it shouldn’t offer paper cups at all. Although paper cups are a step up from bottled water, they are no match, sustainability-wise, for the compostable cups. Second, the carry-out cartons at traditional dining halls do not mesh with NYU Dining’s commitment to “reduce our car-

bon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable planet.” These cartons are more eco-friendly than previous containers (as the stickers slapped on them remind diners), but the fact remains that most of these cartons will be thrown in the trash and inevitably find their way to landfills. When you count the thousands of carry-out meals that are eaten each week, the environmental damage adds up quickly. Smith College in Northampton, Mass., requires students who want take-out meals from dining halls to bring their own Tupperware containers. Instead of incrementally improving the quality of carry-out cartons, Smith’s policy eliminates

the problem of pollution in one fell swoop. A similar situation exists with disposable cups, even the compostable ones. I agree it is fantastic to have cups that degrade into soil and nutrients over a period of years, but why hurt the environment at all? Many environmentalists quibble over the benefits of paper vs. plastic; biodegradable vs. compostable; and recycling vs. reusing an environmentally harmful product. Often they’re missing the point. The real solution is reducing the amount of products we use every day. This would diminish our environmental impact and circumvent the original problem of pollution. To this end, the University of Maryland distributes reusable hot/ cold mugs to students, eliminating the need for disposable cups. A similar action where NYU Dining distributes metal or Nalgene bottles to all students with a meal plan would eliminate thousands of cups in the garbage, regardless of whether they’re compostable. NYU Dining was right to remove bottled water from its meal plan options at Kimmel and Upstein. However, if it is to truly stand up to the rhetoric and image of sustainability presented on its website, there are several options that still must be implemented.

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East Haven-Based Metal Band Debuts this Fall Kim Scroggins THE RECORDER

They have made a name for themselves across the MySpace scene. Now, metal band Risk All In Life are looking forward to their upcoming shows in promotion for the release of their first album Last Days due later this fall. After coming together a little over four years ago, Risk All In Life has moved out of the garages and storage units they used to practice inside of in East Haven, Conn. and onto the stages of local venues such as The Brickhouse and Toad’s Place. Within the past two years the band has undergone some changes, replacing their lead singer and adding a second rhythm guitar. As a result, their sound – which is often described as a mix between Lamb of God and Chimaira - became edgier, fuller and their stage presence became more involved. The band has released two demo discs, each only having four sample tracks, including their anthem “Get ‘em Up,” which any self-proclaimed metalhead can easily get involved with.

Off of their latest demo, the track “Isolation” and a newer track “Failed Empire” were featured on the “Home-grown” special on “The Rock” WCCC 106.9 out of Hartford this past summer. Sponsors from WCCC came to their Opuspalooza show, where Risk All In Life played with other bands such as Dead By Wednesday, Nassau Chainsaw and a Rage Against the Machine tribute band, Age Against the Machine. In early July, the band traveled down the east coast for a week playing shows in Virginia, Georgia and Florida as a way to broaden their fan base. The band’s first full-length album Last Days will contain the mastered tracks from their latest demo, as well as a couple newer tracks that can be heard on their Myspace webpage. Although no official release date has been set, expect to see the album available sometime within the next month. Risk All In Life will be playing Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 at the Cherry Street Station in Wallingford. The show starts at 8 p.m. and it’s $5 to get in. For other show dates and times, check out their MySpace page.

Moe’s a Burrito Lover’s Heaven Samantha Fournier THE RECORDER

When you walk into Moe’s Southwest Grill in Blue Back Square you will be greeted with a “Welcome to Moe’s” from the crew behind the counter. The restaurant exudes instant friendliness. After deciding what to order from the variations of tacos, burritos, salads, quesadillas, and nachos offered, you’ll wait in the busy front corridor of Moe’s for a burrito artists to address you from behind the open counter. If you have ordered the burrito, you will get to watch the flour tortilla come out of the steaming press, ready to be piled high with tasty ingredients. Moe’s has something for everyone. Customers have the choice of having grilled chicken, ground beef, tofu, pulled pork or steak with any entrée option on the menu. By the time the massive burrito ends up on your trey it is been rolled in tinfoil and placed in a black plastic basket and surrounded by warm lightly salted tortilla chips. At first bite, you may wonder if you will be able to finish the whole thing and you might be surprised when you have made your way to the end of the tinfoil covered burrito without resistance. If you haven’t had enough to eat by the end of your meal, Moe’s keeps the chips and salsa coming until you’re too full to say “more, please.” The cafeteria-style restaurant is surrounded by warm yellow walls and lined with booths on each side of the room and tables throughout the middle. You may have to fight to get a seat in this place during the lunch rush. People of all ages enjoy a good meal at

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Moe’s but the turnover for a free table is pretty quick, so you won’t be waiting too long for a place to sit down with your lunch. From your table you will have a view of at least one of the two flat screen TV’s and be surrounded by the retro sounds of old school rock and roll. Whether it’s Elvis or Queen

booming from the speakers, it adds to the fun, hospitable feel of Moe’s. If the food wasn’t enticing enough, Moe’s has several deals you can take advantage of. On Moe Mondays you can order a burrito, a drink, and a bag of chips for only $6.99. Tuesdays are just for college students with a

special of a burrito with a beer (Moe’s offers Corona, Miller Lite, Miller Chill, Blue Moon, and more) for only $7.99 or a burrito with a soda for $6.99. And if you want to start your Thursdays with a wallet friendly drink, come to Moe’s where all beers are $1.99 all day. The bottom line is that when you dine at Moe’s you’ll leave happy, not hungry.

Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Phi Sigma Sigma Samantha Fournier THE RECORDER

This semester the ladies of Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority have deemed “take a walk on the wild side” their fall recruitment theme. “It’s kind of showing that Phi Sigma Sigma is a little different than any other club,” said Lauren Vitale, President of Phi Sigma Sigma, of the recruitment theme. The core values of the sorority include the three aspects of service, social work and sisterhood. This semester’s recruitment schedule demonstrates each of these values in the events planned for 8 p.m. each night from Monday, Sept. 21 to Friday, Sept. 25. The first event is an informational session scheduled for Monday in Vance Hall, room 105. Vitale said this event will explain finances, time commitment, and what type of girls they hope will participate. The next few events are fun for the rushes

and Vitale said they will “stick with the theme of rush.” The ladies invite students to see who the last one standing will be with the theme night for Survivor, which is Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Bellin Gallery at the student center. Students are also invited to join in a luau and learn how to hula Wednesday in the Carlton Room in the student center. “We always incorporate a charity event,” Vitale said. Phi Sigma Sigma sisters will prepare meals for the McDonald House Charities on Thursday in the Carlton Room. If students aren’t able to volunteer time Thursday, in early November the sorority will be holding a benefit concert to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation. In keeping with Greek tradition, the last recruitment night is by invitation only, but students with rush questions can contact Alyssa King, the recruitment chair, by e-mail at pssccsu@hotmail.com or look for the ladies of Phi Sigma Sigma in their wild zebra printed recruitment shirts.

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Jay-Z

The Blueprint 3 Roc Nation September 8, 2009

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Looking back at his vast collection of albums and number one hits, it seems that even artists as influential as Jay-Z have enough room for growth and change in their musical style, and the release of his elventh album is solid proof. Almost two years in the making, The Blueprint 3 has its fair share of good moments as well as ones that throw you off track. This album may be his most mature yet, mixing raw verses with simplistic beats. Yet in some of the tracks it seems like he is still trying to compete with the younger hip-hop artists that dominate our radio stations today. After collaborating with artists like Linkin Park and R-Kelly, it’s no surprise that the majority of the tracks feature artists that fit this younger genre. “Hate,” featuring Kanye West, shows off Jay-Z’s attempt at keeping himself up to date, though his particular style seems outdated. With Alicia Keys alongside him in “Empire State of Mind,” he may have two possible hits on his hands. You may be able to hear a song or two out on the dance floor but don’t expect to have this be the soundtrack of your weekly gettogether. This has all the makings of a house party record. Although you may find some of the songs catchy, some fall flat as far as lyrics are concerned. His lyrics, however, waste no time in making a statement. Like he says in “Real As It Gets”: “Oh yeah I’m rare/ I’m aware that I’m rare/ I rap and I’m real/, I’m one of the few here.” His delivery is brash and direct, more so than in past albums. There’s no question that when an artist

borrows an old hit, it will be remade into a new one. “Forever Young” is a song that almost any listener can enjoy, either because of the nostalgic value or for the rhyme. In his attempts to bury those who compete with him for the MC spotlight, he managed to – whether intentionally or not – mimic their style. If you really listen, the opening of “So Ambitious” sounds as though it could be the start to a T-Pain ballad. One possible mistake that Jay-Z might have made was having a track feature both Rihanna and Kanye West. Sure Kanye’s rhymes are respectable, but who wants to hear yet another Rihanna chorus that sounds exactly the same as every other song she put on the radio? The Blueprint 3 is a hit or miss album. Though Jay-Z stays true to his style, the mixing of feature artists may leave the listener unimpressed.

Muse

The Resistance Warner Bros. September 14, 2009

is both strikingly different but all so ever familiar-sounding. The Resistance reveals influences of classical composures with the ending of “United States of Eurasia” being an arrangement of a Frédéric Chopin piece, subtitled “Collateral Damage”, a track that begins more similar to Queen than anything else. It’s this variety that in the grand scheme of things makes for this absolutely swooping collection of songs, hitting all spots of genuinely heart pounding musicianship. A track like “Unnatural Selection,” “Resistance” or “MK Ultra” might ring more true to the origins of Muse with catchy choruses and heavy electronic based guitar riffs, but this all eventually turns into the albums closure, the three part “Exogenesis,” a true Muse symphony. The dynamics of adding an orchestral touch to the end of this booming album is a beautiful touch. The album isn’t all perfect. The lyrical portion of Muse has never been something I’ve been blown away by, but with the way lead singer Matthew Bellamy presents what he’s saying, he could be singing about whatever he wants to and I’ll still fall under the spell of his up and down falsetto style. A few tracks hit low marks, such as the R&B inspired “Undisclosed Desires”, a track that is too far from what makes Muse great to really hold in high regard. And the worst song on the album is “Guiding Light”, a strange, far too synthy and almost 1980’s ballad piece complete with a soaring, but for some reason cheesy solo. But those are a few negatives I’m willing to put aside for a great chance. I’m not sure I’ll ever love this version of Muse as much as I love the Absolution-era band, but this certainly is a beautiful and captivating album, and one brilliant modern orchestral composition.

Wild Beasts

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Two Dancers Domino Records September 8, 2009

You might listen to Muse’s latest album The Resistance and ask yourself, “Where did all the guitar riffs go?” Well, they’re still around, there’s just not as many and they come in different forms. This the fifth studio album from Muse, a band who’s more popular in the United Kingdom than you could ever imagine, brings the best of the old and a few shining spots of great new to create a new organic listening experience for the band’s diehard fans. Both rhythmically rocking and symphonically constructed, The Resistance is a turn in a different direction and a change of intent for the trio of unique musicians that make up Muse. At the same time, the album

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By nature wild beasts are hard to pin down. So it is with England’s Wild Beasts, a band who defied definition on their criminally underrated debut album Limbo, Panto two years ago and have, with their new release Two Dancers, once again put out an album that is as confounding as it is enthralling. Lead singer Hayden Thorpe’s mixture of falsetto crooning and unrestrained growling will inevitably turn off impatient listeners looking for a one-night stand – too bad, since they’ll be missing out on one of the better bands to have emerged at the end of this decade. The rest of us will be rewarded by repeat listens with an addictively distinct style that manages to sound dramatic, sly and rambunctious all at the same time. Two Dancers presents a noticeable shift in gears for the group, who’ve toned down the flights of fancy that made Limbo, Panto an exasperating affair. Where the debut was an aggressive and scattershot set of songs that, at some points, was overwhelming in its wild ambitions, Two Dancers is subtle and nuanced, allowing the songs more room to breathe and develop into melodies that will stick in your head for days. This does not mean that the biting humor and unruly charm have disappeared, but that the band has finally figured out how to use restraint to enhance the effect of these attributes. The album’s stellar opener “The Fun Powder Plot” serves as a perfect example of the group’s updated direction, managing to sound completely serious while Thorpe howls lines like “This is a booty call.” Things remain in top form for the rest of the album, with highlights like “When I’m Sleepy” lulling listeners in before exploding into guitar riffs that sound like they’re dripping right out of the speakers, and the two-part title song, the band’s darkest and most exciting track yet. Make no mistake, both of the Wild Beasts’ releases require an adventurous ear, but Two Dancers is markedly easier to fall into once listeners accept Thorpe’s unique delivery. Expect to see this on many year-end lists, but don’t expect these beasts to be tamed any time soon.

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Sorority Row Rides the Highs of the Lows Michael Walsh THE RECORDER

A hooded killer dressed all in black, mean college-aged girls and bloody results. Nothing about Sorority Row is particularly original, but then again it is a slasher film, one of the most copied, repeated and cashed-in-on genres in the last 30 years. We wouldn’t be watching slasher films for this long if what we wanted was true originality. Sure, it’s nice, but you aren’t going to get it every time, so in some situations it’s passable. But here’s the kicker – Sorority Row is a remake of Mark Rosman’s 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, a film that hovers between good and classic in the overall realm of the genre. Stewart Hendler’s updated version of Rosman’s original places a group of sorority sisters in harms way of a serial killer haunting them with the tragedy of the accidental death of their house-sister that they were all responsible for, a memory they’re trying to forget. Nothing about Sorority Row should really make for a good film. Alright, nothing other than the fact that a bunch of dumb college girls and their frat boy toys, all wearing next to nothing at one time or another, are getting plucked off one by one by a vicious serial killer in some of the most amusing ways. But still, this typical slasher film somehow manages to leave mediocre status and enter a level of enjoyment it probably doesn’t

belong in. All that, even with unsurprisingly stereotypical characters and a plot that meanders into near stupid by the time the big reveal comes around. Where Sorority Row really succeeds is with its ability to not take itself too seriously. With a semblance of an identity problem, writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger let the film range comfortably between being a seriously

moody horror film and a blood-spurting and genuinely campy film. Hit-or-miss oneliners, especially those out of the mouth of queen bitch Jessica (Leah Pipes), indulge the audience in a bit of comedy amid death. “Oh, she looks terrible!” says Jessica, in regards to the rotted body of one of her dead sisters while panic surrounds the rest. There really isn’t anything scary, shocking

or surprising about Sorority Row and outside of a few of the deaths, nothing overly impressive in the gore department. You see better and more creative work at lower budgeted levels. And yet, something felt absolutely right about watching a group of morally haunted sorority sisters stupidly sneak around their sorority house, hoping they aren’t next on the list of whoever that serial killer might be. Ultimately there’s enough here for the average fan of slice-n-dice slasher films to enjoy, and even a few paid tributes to Rosman’s original film. If for nothing else, we can at least rejoice that the film is rated R. Summit Entertainment didn’t succumb to the recent pattern of horror films that go for a lower PG-13 rating, exchanging brutality for money. I’m not sure if Hendler really explored the R rating to its full capacity, but it’s certainly more than what you’d bargain for. The absurdly entertaining Sorority Row truly marks the arrival of another one of those rare but existent mainstream slasher films that truly is a good bad movie. For once we have characters that are able to remark at their own stupidity, some of which are self-conscious of their terrible decisions and shortcomings. When you find out the motive for all these murders, well let me just say it’ll leave you laughing, but in a good way. And really, this self-aware and intentional nature is the only thing that lets Sorority Row not make you want to close your eyes and cover your ears as you try and hide from the latest stink of mainstream horror.

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CHECKING

IN WITH

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The Walkmen Prepare for Next Leg of Tour, New Album Release Melissa Traynor THE RECORDER

The week before The Walkmen were about to embark on a fall tour with Here We Go Magic, I caught up with Pete Bauer, their bassist and organ player. The band had just returned home from a few shows and new experiences in Norway on the first leg of the tour and were taking a few day’s break. The band had recently decided to extend their tour into October, the next date of which will be Sept. 20 at the Pearl Street Clubroom in Northampton, Mass. Bauer spoke about some of the band’s misadventure and coming off a year’s worth of praise from their summer 2008 release You & Me and looking ahead for a record release in the new year. Melissa Traynor: Where are you right now? Peter Bauer: I’m in Philadelphia - home. MT: Are you on break? PB: We’re playing every weekend, sort of, right now. MT: How did the first couple dates of the tour go, and how was Norway? PB: Norway was good. Norway was a neat place. I’ve never been there before. I really liked Bergen. It made me think of what Alaska must be like - it’s very removed from the rest of the world. They were selling, like, wolf skins and whale sandwiches at the fish market, which I thought was pretty damn weird. MT: Did you try the whale sandwiches? PB: No. I would never try the whale sandwiches. I thought that was pretty brutal. I thought it was pretty strange that there were people out there eating a piece of blue whale in between two pieces of white bread, which is what they were doing. That’s just not for me. MT: Did you try anything else that was crazy? PB: No. Honestly, everything costs about $200 there, like, for a sandwich. So you just kind of don’t eat. But it was fun. It was a nicelooking place. MT: So you have a couple of dates coming up with Here We Go Magic. Northampton is the first one that you’re playing with him - Luke Temple?

PB: Something around there, yeah. MT: How did that pairing come about? PB: You know, I don’t know much about them actually. Our friends say they’re a really good band, so we just sort of trusted our friends. We’re looking forward to hearing it, though. They seem to be one of the New York bands doing better right now. And in the brief things I heard it all sounds good. MT: Have you heard their music before? PB: I mean, I’ve like gone on the Internet. Someone was like, “hey, what about this band to play with?” We were like, “alright, sounds good.” But I actually haven’t gotten the chance to like, sit down with them yet, but I’m looking forward to it. MT; I know it’s a bit late, seeing as your last record came out last summer - You & Me - I’ve been listening to it, well, since then and I want to ask - it seems like it’s a departure from A Hundred Miles Off in terms of feel and the general sense of the album. But then again, it could just be a logical progression. Can you talk about that? PB: Yeah, I think we tried to make a really good record with You & Me and I think we went a little crazy with A Hundred Miles Off, so it came out a little crazy, you know? And I think it was actually - it was sort of a different thing. We were all kind of doing different things when we were making A Hundred Miles Off and we were very focused and put-together to do You & Me and really trying incredibly hard to make a good record. There’s definitely a different mindset, you know? With A Hundred Miles Off, we just sort of like, I don’t know, out to lunch. MT: What kind of mindset were you in for You & Me? PB: We were just trying to do something more direct, and, you know, friendly for other people, I guess. MT: Friendly - that’s a good way to describe the songs. They’re very accessible. PB: We were definitely very worried when we were making it. That’s sort of what we brought onto the record, it was really weird. People seemed to not like us. We sort of tried to make something that would not be stand-offish and not angry sounding. That’s the big difference,

I guess. We grew tired of making very angrysounding music and realized we didn’t really listen to angry-sounding music.

the bunny’s going to get away and then they just blow its head off. It’s just like, “What? Why did it do that?”

MT: Did you think that your previous albums were angry-sounding?

MT: Well, you approved it.

PB: Yeah, sort of, you know, like stand-offish. [You & Me] was trying to make something that wasn’t - love songs or something like that.

MT: Are you making any other videos off that album?

MT: I heard, rather, I saw videos of you on YouTube filling in for your frontman Hamilton during a show…? PB: Yeah. MT: The song was “On the Water.” What was the deal there? PB: He just missed his flight and was too cheap to take a cab from the airport on the next flight and took like an airport shuttle, otherwise he would have made it. So, it’s one of these things where you don’t get paid unless you play at the right time. We were opening for this band - and they didn’t really care what we were doing as long as we play something. So I just got up there and started singing - and it was pretty bad. [laughter] But I didn’t really have time to think about it beforehand. So, it was fun- I liked doing it. I’d like to have another shot. MT: Have you ever had to do that before or have you done that since? PB: No, I’ve never sung into a microphone since, like, college. So, it’s been like 10 years. MT: Speaking of “On the Water,” I saw that the video came out a little while ago. What was the inspiration for that? It was kind of odd, but in a cool way. PB: You know, this guy made it. We don’t really have too much to do with the videos a lot of the time. That was the sort of thing where this guy wrote it and sent us a screenplay sort of thing and said, “Do you want me to do this?” I thought it came out pretty well. It seems to be like the sort of thing that people actually sort of like. I was sort of surprised. Usually videos are like, visual garbage, but that one you could follow and it had a story and it’s kind of neat. It’s sort of sad that the bunny died at the end, though. I didn’t like that. [laughter] MT: I was kind of surprised. PB: Yeah it’s definitely a curveball. You think

PB: Yeah. [laughter]

PB: No, I don’t think so. We made a couple that were, you know, this and that. And I think that was the last one, unless, someone else is absolutely dying to make one. I think we’ll start releasing new songs soon and new material. MT: What are you working on now? PB: We’re working on our new record. It’s probably half done. We recorded a lot of stuff, but I don’t know how much of it will actually make it on the record. It could be released elsewhere, or whatever, but we think sometime in the new year we’ll put out a record. It’s trucking along - pretty fast. And, you know, hopefully we won’t have a very long break between this record and the next one. MT: For the new record, is it going to resemble things you’ve done before, like revisiting, or are you pushing for something different? PB: You know, it’s hard to say. We’ve got like 13 songs, but it’s hard to say what this record will actually be like - for some weird reason. It might stay like it is, or it’ll be a like completely different type of thing when we’re done. Right now we have a lot of quiet, countryish-sounding songs. Hopefully there will be some sort of counterpart to that, that will be different. It’ll be very quiet, as of now, using a lot more acoustic guitars. MT: Are you playing any of it on the road? PB: Yeah, I think most of it - whatever we play in Northampton will be pretty new. That whole tour starting next week, we’re going to try to get our new stuff in order to play live. MT: Do you have a tentative name for the album? PB: No, no we don’t even have tentative names for the songs yet. We have songs - songs with words, they just don’t have names. It’s sort of like that last thing that comes together for us.

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Calendar 9.16 - 9.23 electronics. A listening experience of Mountains ranges from quiet crackling to dense layers of harmonic texture. Mountains is an ongoing collaboration between Apestaartje cofounders Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp. Bottle Up and Go is a two-piece slide blues band: speakers are demented, the floor is quicksand, the bass drum is dented, the cymbals are rotting, and nothing ever awaits you in the end. They are originally from Wesleyan University - you have to give them credit for playing the university’s Eclectic Society so many times.

MUSIC 9.16

Lightning Dust w/ The Cave Singers @ The Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, Mass. $13 / 8:30 p.m.

9.16

9.19

Back to School Record Convention (Sale) @ Hamden Elks Lodge Hamden, Conn. $3 / 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

David Wax Museum @ The Space Hamden, Conn. $10 / 7 p.m. Combining a fiddle, classical guitar and drums, as well as the occasional appearance by an upright bass, accordion and mandolin, makes for a warm, celebratory sound. Their flexibility is the real attraction; at times, David Wax Museum imitates a Mexican quartet, as in their song “Colas,” but they also lean toward Wilco or Bob Dylan for a more classic, though depressing American feel.

9.16

Rifle through a record selection of thousands at the Record Convention, presented by Redscroll Records and Manic Productions. Vendor list includes Independisc, Hot Air Press, Metropolis Music and Replay Records. DJs Ben Michael, Tim Daltrey, Chris Prorock, and DJ Lokash will be spinning.

These guys won Central Activities Network’s Battle of the Bands competition last spring. The Smyrk is a band from New Haven, Connecticut, whose members are Doron Flake, Alex Marans, Ari Sadowitz and Chris Barone. They formed in 2003, when singer Doron Flake joined up with instrumental trio of guitarist/bassists Nick Logan and Ari Sadowitz, along with drummer Chris Barone, who had been playing the Connecticut club circuit under the name “Canine Smirk.”

Shag Frenzy Party @ The Warehouse Hartford, Conn. No Cover / 9 p.m. 21+

9.20

ART

Think pop art. Think Andy Warhol. On September 19th, Fake Babies perform live, New Haven art scene regular Phil Lique creates a surprise “Happening” and residentDJ Peter Kuhn spins the hottest indie hits. As always, 116 Crown provides sexy drinks and an equally sexy staff. Fake Babies is Justin Courtney Roberts, Gary Kiernan Velush, and Robert James Nuzzello Jr. Babies usually makes what they like to call Noise Soul. Phil Lique is a really cool dude. He holds an MFA from Western Connecticut State University, and was most recently featured as Artist in Residence in the 2008 CityWide Open Studios. The thing you’ll most likely notice about Phil is his crazy vintage style. Lord knows what Phil will come up with for his “happening” performance. Brace yourselves.

Dead Meadow are darlings of both the stoner rock and modern psychedelia worlds and transcend both. Over the last ten years, they’ve reacted to the country’s swelling conservatism with a particularly escapist, surreal, lovely and deafening sound of their own, and an exponentially growing audience tuning in. Acoustic instrumentation and field recordings gradually blend with subtle

The Smyrk @ The Space Hamden, Conn. $10 / 7 p.m.

9.19

ArtSpace Underground Fall Kick-Off: FACTORY @ Artspace New Haven, Conn. $5 / 8 p.m. $5.

Dead Meadow w/ Mountains and Bottle Up and Go @ Daniel Street Milford, Conn. $12 / 8 p.m. 21+

9.20

The Walkmen w/ Here We Go Magic @ Pearl Street Clubroom Northampton, Mass. $17 / 8:30 p.m.

9.17 - 10.15

“A Sense of Place” Art Exhibition @ Chen Gallery Maloney Hall, CCSU FREE / 4 p.m.

Check out a rare romantic comedy that gets equal raves from both sexes. He is a greeting card writer who believes that life isn’t complete until you hook up with ‘the one.’ She is a free spirit named Summer who shares his fixation on The Smiths, but doesn’t believe in the existence of true love. By the time the 500 days of their relationship are shown out of order like a pack of cards thrown in the air, you will have experienced a love story that is honest, original and real. “Every relationship has its soundtrack,” director Mark Webb told Rolling Stone, and the music that drives his movie includes Regina Spektor, Feist, The Pixies, Nancy Sinatra, The Smiths, and She & Him (Zooey Deschanel’s band), with their own version of Morrissey’s classic “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.” 96 min.

The exhibition “A Sense of Place” will open on Thursday, Sept. 17 at Maloney Hall, from 4 - 7 p.m. And it’s free. Antonio Masi’s paintings of New York city bridges and John Brickels’ clay sculptural works will be displayed in the larger gallery, with works depicting the HillStead Museum in Farmington in the Inner Gallery.

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Creative Cocktail Hour @ Real Art Ways Hartford, Conn. $10 / 6 p.m.

On the third Thursday of every month, creative people come together for conversation, art, and music. Viva Hartford! premiers the film Dancing With Hartford’s Rising Stars.

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(500) Days of Summer Cinestudio Hartford, Conn. $7 / 7:30 p.m.

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The Song of Sparrows @ Real Art Ways Hartford, Conn. $6.25 / 7 p.m.

By the director of The Color of Paradise and Children of Heaven. Karim, recently fired from his job at an ostrich farm outside of Tehran, decides to travel to the city to begin a new profession as a taxi driver. The stress of the job

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Baumert Leads CCSU In 3-1 Loss To CCSU Tops Seton Hall In First of Fordham Two at Rose Hill Classic on Saturday CCSUBlueDevils.com

Senior captain Jamie Baumert led the Blue Devils in kills for the third match in a row, but the Central Connecticut State University volleyball team fell to Fordham, 3-1 (25-19, 18-25, 25-20, 25-17) in the final match of the Rose Hill Classic on Saturday. Baumert recorded 14 kills and added five blocks in the defeat. The Blue Devils were helped by an outstanding performance from junior captain Amanda Bayer tallying 27 assists and a match best 17 digs. Three other Blue Devils finished with seven or more kills in the match. Junior Tori Vaughan recorded eight kills and added two blocks for CCSU, while junior Maite Mandizabal and freshman Blaike King each totaled seven in the match. Mendizabal added nine digs and a service ace in the defeat. Bayer led Central with a match best two aces. The Blue Devil defense was a team effort, as every CCSU player that saw the floor

recorded a dig in the match. Bayer led the way with 17, but junior libero Kaitlin Petrella was right behind with 14. Mendizabal tallied nine, sophomore Danielle Gasser recorded eight and freshman Emily Cochran finished with five for Central. In the win, Fordham was led by Kailee May and Sara Friede with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Kim Capicotto dealt out a match best 43 assists. May also led the Rams on defense, totaling 17 digs in the victory. The Blue Devils finished the tournament with a record of 1-2 and placed fourth out of the five teams in competition. The host Rams went undefeated in the tournament and won the championship. Baumert received her second AllTournament selection of the year, garnering the accolades with six other student-athletes at the Rose Hill Classic this weekend.

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Senior captain Jamie Baumert led the Central Connecticut State University volleyball team in kills for the second straight match, recording 15, as the Blue Devils defeated Seton Hall by a score of 3-2 in the first of their two matches at the Fordham Rose Hill Classic on Saturday. After losing the first set, 17-25, Central got back into the game by winning the next two and taking a 2-1 lead. The Blue Devils took the second frame with ease, winning by a score of 25-15, but had to go to extra points to win the third set, 26-24. The Pirates tied it up at 2-2, taking the fourth set 25-23. In the fifth and final set CCSU got out to an early lead and didn’t look back, winning it by a score of 15-9. The Blue Devils controlled the net, receiving three or more blocks from four different players. Baumert tallied three, while

junior Maite Mendizabal and sophomore Sara DeLacey totaled four and six blocks, respectively. Junior Tori Vaughan recorded a match high and career best, eight blocks in the victory. Mendizabal and junior Kaitlin Petrella led the defense, as the former finished with 15 digs and the latter tallied a match high 20. Junior captain Amanda Bayer dealt out a team high 43 helpers, her highest total of the season. To accompany Baumert’s 15 kills, Mendizabal and freshman Emily Cochran each reached double-digit kills with 11 and 10, respectively. Sarah Osmun led Seton Hall with 12 kills, while Olivia Trudeau recorded a match-high 45 assists in the loss.

Ausanio Wins Individual Championship at CCSU Shootout CCSUBlueDevils.com

Freshman Anna Ausanio won the individual championship, shooting an eight over par 79, but the Central Connecticut State University women’s golf team fell to the University of Hartford at the CCSU Shootout on Sunday. The Blue Devils hosted the tri-match with the Hawks and Boston University at the Wethersfield Country Club. CCSU finished with a score of 14 in the point-style tournament, finishing ahead of BU, who tallied 10.5. The Champion Hawks recorded a score of 20.5 for the win. Ausanio shot a 40 on the front nine and followed up with a 39 to finish with her 79 on the par 71 course in Wethersfield, Conn. Fellow freshmen Katie Reid and Stephanie Bednar finished second and fourth in the individual rankings. Reid carded an 81 on the day, shooting 38 for the first nine holes and finishing with 43 on the final nine. Bednar recorded the lowest nine hole score on Sunday, finishing the front nine with a score of 37. She came back with a 46 on the second nine to finish with an 83 for the tournament. Chelsea Woods and Natalie Jones rounded out the field for CCSU, scoring 91 (42-49) and 92 (45-47), respectively. CCSU will next compete at the Dartmouth Invitational on September 19 and 20.

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CCSU Sprints to the Top of 21st Annual Invitational BRiTTanY BuRKe THE RECORDER

As the early morning mist rolled back the CCSU men’s cross country team warmed up in preparation for their 8K race in the 21st annual Blue Devil Invitational. The morning race held at Stanley Quarter Park opened the team’s season on a high note as they finished second overall, one point behind the Brown Bears and ahead of the Holy Cross Crusaders and Southern Connecticut Owls. At the end of last year’s season, the Blue Devils finished seventh in the NEC and were recently predicted to place no better in this upcoming season, which is why this invitational was a great way to start their comeback. “It’s tough to lose by one point though, especially 44-45,” said first year head coach Eric Blake. “Every point counts. Every person down the stretch counts. It is a good lesson for this year, because we don’t want this to happen again.” While Brown took first overall, it was an individual race for number one between a particular group of stand- out athletes. Midway through the race Central athletes Sam Alexander, Jeremy Schmid and Craig Hunt with Holy Cross runner Timothy Richard and Southern runner Joseph Poulsen began to form a gap between them and the rest of the pack. Timothy Richard was able to take an

Sam Alexander took home a win during this weekend’s invitational.

early lead in the group, but it was never an easy battle. Just when Richard seemed to have the comfortable lead, Central runner, Jeremy Schmid came up and was running with him neck and neck. Schmid and Richard were still battling for first place going into the last lap, but with less than half a mile left sophomore runner Sam Alexander was able to sprint into the lead. Alexander was able to maintain the lead

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and sprint into first overall as part of his first college win with a time of 26.14.62. Just a tenth of a second separated Alexander from the second place time of 26.14.72, run by Holy Cross’ Timothy Richard. “My first college win felt pretty good,” said Alexander. “I wasn’t going out expecting to win.” “I was trying to stay up in the front of the pack as long as I could,” he said about his

win. “I found myself with probably a quarter mile left with [Richard] from Holy Cross and kicked hard to win.” The Blue Devils finished three runners in the top five while all of the runners finished in the top twenty. With Alexander in first, sophomore Jeremy Schmid, who was in the race for first finished in third respectively with a time of 26.23.31. Next was freshman Craig Hunt in fifth with a 26.42.30 finish. After Hunt came Rob Weston at 17 overall, Kevin Tiernan, 19th and Dan Watson, 20th. It may be great to start the season with a second overall win at their own invitational but all of these meets are just practice for the Blue Devils cross country team. What really matters is the NEC Championships on Oct. 31. “We have a better team than we’ve had in past years and we’re going to surprise the conference,” said Alexander, who is confident in the team, knowing they worked hard to show what they can do. Proving to the conference that they are not the underdogs they are expected to be is definitely on the athletes’ and coaches’ minds. Coach Blake encourages his team not to focus on the individual results of the separate races. “You can’t get too down after and you can’t get too up because you have to realize that there is bigger fish to fry later in the year,” said Coach Blake. The team runs again next Saturday, in a pre-NEC invitational.

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“Throughout the season, we’re not going to be the hammer every single game. We’re gonna be the anvil sometimes.”

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A strike by Jared Spieker in the 108th minute gave the Blue Devils a 2-1 overtime victory over Holy Cross. Late in the second overtime period, a near scrum in front of the Crusaders’ net proved to be vital, as Blaine Veldhuis struck a header toward the net, the ball came back to Spieker, who stuck the ball past the keeper for a late victory. “It hit one of the [defenders] and I smashed it as hard as I could,” Spieker said. “We had three or four chances in that first overtime, we were definitely dominating them. I wish the earlier ones would have gone in, so it didn’t have to come to that, but in the end, we finished it; it was a relief, and we’re 3-0.” The scoring opened up for CCSU (3-0) in the 41st minute, when Joel Diamand and Connor Smith set up a Taylor Morgan tapin.

Regarding Morgan’s first goal during the season for the Blue Devils, Coach Shaun Green believes that it will do wonders for his confidence. “A scorer is like toothpaste in a tube, once the first one comes out, [the rest of them do],” Green said. “He’s a good player and he’s going to be keyed in on tremendously throughout his career. And hey, he put us in the lead, one nil.” Smith, who received a red card last weekend against Vermont, and was suspended for the match against New Hampshire, sent a through ball to Morgan, which gave the Blue Devils the lead right before halftime. “I tried to make up for [the red card],” Smith said. “I disappointed the team and Shaun [Green], but he gave me a chance by starting me again.” Holy Cross (0-3) forward Tony Rosales hit back in the 59th minute when keeper Thomas Booth sent the ball into the Blue Devils’ half, and Rosales put it off the post and into the net. CCSU dominated possession for most of

the first half, but the tides turned after the Holy Cross goal. “At halftime, we took our foot off of the pedal,” Smith said. “We let them get back into the game.” Holy Cross looked their best for the last half hour before the overtimes, which the Blue Devils regained their form reminiscent of the first half. “Throughout the season, we’re not going to be the hammer every single game. We’re gonna be the anvil sometimes,” Green said. “Sometimes in the game you are the hammer for 25 minutes and the anvil for 10 minutes. It’s how you handle the game when you are the anvil.” The Blue Devils out shot Holy Cross 22-12 and 10-2 shot on-target in the match. Crusaders defender Vincent Garofalo was cautioned in the 104th minute, and midfielder Pat McCann also received a yellow card in the 108th minute after the game ended. CCSU’s next match is home against Yale on Wednesday at 4 pm.

Leah Blayney had a goal and an assist but the Central Connecticut State University women’s soccer team dropped a 5-2 decision on the road at the University of Hartford on Sunday afternoon. CCSU led 1-0 at halftime, but the Hawks scored five goals in the second half to come away with the win. Central falls to 2-3-1 overall this season with the loss. Blayney’s goal at 27:54 was the only score of the first half. It came on a free kick just outside the box and sailed into the upper right corner of the goal. It was Blayney’s team leading fourth goal of the season. After halftime, the Hawks scored four straight goals to take a 4-1 lead at 67:33. A pair of Hawks had two goals in the game. Mary Beth Hamilton and Alex Uscilla each scored a pair for the home team in the win. Hamilton’s second goal came at 88:07, with the score 4-2, and gave the Hawks the three-goal win. Tregear scored her third goal of the season for the Blue Devils in the second half. She cut the Hartford lead to 4-2 at 84:24 off a pass from Blayney. Hartford outshot the Blue Devils 15-11 in the game, including 8-7 in the second half. Central keeper Caity Casey made six saves in the loss, three in each half. Hartford keeper Lauren Brodeur also had six saves, including five on five shots on goal in the second half by the Blue Devils. CCSU returns to action next Sunday at Boston College at 1 p.m.

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The Central Connecticut State University football team dropped to 1-1 on the season with a 33-14 loss on the road at no. 7 William and Mary on Saturday night. Senior running back James Mallory scored twice and rushed for 56 yards in the loss. CCSU trailed 30-14 at the half and held the Tribe to just three second half points. CCSU could not overcome a pair of costly turnovers in the game. “This is a very good football team,” head coach Jeff McInerney said following the game. “We had too many self-inflicted wounds in this game to come away with the win. We had too many turnovers, those little things add up.” The Tribe took a 16-0 lead in the first quarter, including a safety after CCSU

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quarterback Hunter Wanket fumbled at his own five yard line and the Blue Devils recovered in the end zone. Tribe quarterback R.J. Archer scored the first touchdown of the game on a one-yard run with 7:56 on the clock. Following the safety the Tribe led 9-0. The Tribe’s Cortland Marriner scored on a 37-yard touchdown run to complete the scoring in the first quarter and give the Tribe the 16-0 lead. CCSU got on the board with an eightplay, 64-yard drive to open the second quarter. Mallory scored from five yards out to cap the drive and make it 16-7. But the Tribe answered quickly, needing just two play to go

65 yards to up their lead to 23-7. Central struck again, this time with a 14play, 68-yard drive, led by senior quarterback Aubrey Norris. Mallory scored again, this time from eight yards out, to cut it o 23-14 with 3:50 left before halftime. William and Mary answered before halftime with an eightplay drive that took three minutes off the clock and made it 30-14 before the break. D.J. McAulay caught a 21-yard pass from Archer for the score. Neither team could get in the end zone in the second half, and a field goal by Brian Pate in the third quarter provided the only scoring. Mallory’s two scores give him 21 in his career, moving ahead of former Blue Devil Justise Hairston on the all-time scoring

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list. He now has 126 points in career, good for eighth all-time in school history. Jeff Marino led the Blue Devil defense with 14 tackles in the game, including six solo and one for a loss. Alondre Rush had 10 stops in the loss. Marcus Dorsey had a second interception of the season in the third quarter. Linebacker Isaiah Boddie had four stops, one for a loss, and a forced fumble. “We have to continue to compete and stop making those mistakes,” McInerney said. “If we can get rid of those mistakes we can be a very good football team. We played a good team tonight and you can’t make those kind of mistakes against that team and expect to win.” CCSU is off next week and plays again on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Columbia beginning at 12:30 p.m.

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