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Richie Martin makes one of his five catches against Bryant. Martin finished with 165 receiving yards, including this catch which went for 67 yards.

CSUS Board of Trustees Votes to Freeze Tuition and Salaries MiChael walSh The recorder

The CSUS Board of Trustees voted Thursday to freeze tuition of four state schools and a second one-year freeze on the salaries of management and non-union unclassified staff, starting in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2011.

The board went on record at Thursday’s meeting at Eastern Connecticut State University saying it will keep tuition at the same level as it is now. This is the first freeze in more than a decade, with the last freeze coming in the 1999-2000 academic year.

Students attending Central Connecticut State University, Western Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University or Southern Connecticut State University in the Fall of 2011 will pay the same tuition as students are now. Student accident and sickness insurance fees were excluded in the board’s action, as those amounts aren’t set by the universities.

“The decision by the trustees is proper

and necessary – and will be welcomed by students and their parents,” said Governor Jodi Rell in a statement. “College costs for all Connecticut students have grown increasingly unaffordable. I have repeatedly cautioned that a college education – the key that unlocks the economic future of our children – will soon be out of reach for many families unless these costs are reduced. I am pleased that the trustees have opted to take steps to rein in some of these costs.”

While the board has made its intentions clear to hold the tuition, they still have reserved the right to be able to drop the freeze should the state’s financial situation worsen in the coming year.

Rell also stated that she hopes that the University of Connecticut will “follow the example of the CSU System: to hold the line on unaffordable raises and to look for costcutting measures and savings before opting for yet another increase in tuition.”

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Student Government to Hold Elections Wednesday and Thursday MaTT kiernan The recorder

The Student Government Association will hold paper ballot elections for multiple senatorial offices this Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 29 and 30, at various points on campus, having done away with online voting.

The offices of commuter senator, resident senator, four freshman senator positions and senior class president will be on the ballot for voting.

Students will be able to vote through paper ballots on the north and south ends of Memorial Hall and in the main lobby of the student center. Voting will be conducting on the designated days from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m, according to Ryan Baldassario, elections committee chair for SGA. Online voting wasn't incorporated

into this semester's election because of complications with an SGA list-serve during the 2010 spring semester presidential elections, according to Baldassario.

Candidates will be forbidden from endorsing themselves starting Wednesday, but will be allowed to verbally campaign while being 500 feet away from a polling station and have an online promotion page, such as on Facebook.

Since applications for candidacy were due on Sept. 15, it is likely that Melissa Rosemond will be voted into the senior class president office because she was the only one to submit an application.

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In The Recorder This Week:

CCSU Karate Club Provides Free Lessons

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Travelers To Provide Job Hunting Information

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Album reviews: Of Montreal’s Latest

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Review: ‘Bored to Death’ and ‘Eastbound and Down’

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After 40 Years, Karate Club Is Stronger Than Ever Max kyburz The Recorder

If it’s your first night at the CCSU Karate Club, you don’t necessarily have to fight.

You’ve seen the flyers around.

They’re hard to miss, and you all know why. They all feature that magic word that flutters in the ear of every self-respecting college student: “FREE.” With all of our book purchases, car payments and basic daily expenses, we heed that word.

Sometimes it is used to advertise stuff that doesn’t end up too good in the end. Your introductory semester with the Karate Club, however, is a grand exception.

The CCSU Karate Club, started in 1968, is a true university institution. According to master Harry Needham, the club’s instructor, the organization has produced exceptional results. A kind and congenial man, Needham doesn’t strike as the kind of person one expects to teach such an aggressive-sounding club, but that just goes to show what martial arts are all about: being in touch with

the mind and the soul rather than merely learning how to snap a kick.

The martial art of choice is Tang Soo Do, a Korean practice that places emphasis on the ways of the foot and those of the fist. Of all the art forms, Needham says, “There is no better style,” meaning that the greatness of a style depends on who is teaching it. A seventh-degree black belt, Needham has been instructing at CCSU for 36 years, and he claims that the groups are better now than ever before.

“This is the best time to teach them,” Needham states at one point, “in the best potential of their life, especially in terms of their body strength.”

He truly loves every minute of his time with students, and is very proud of the fact that the club has spawned 200 black belts, 21 of them reaching the rank of seventh degree.

If this doesn’t sound like a serious and dedicated organization, I don’t know what does.

As somebody who hadn’t touched a karate mat in nearly ten years, the concept of rejoining martial arts thrilled me, irked me

and worried me all at once. I was excited to see how I would turn out, my skills being rusty and all. But when I finally did think about how I would turn out, I became a little concerned, especially since I haven’t officially exercised in several years.

These feelings aside, I went to the class, not knowing what to expect.

I had no clue whether the group would be minuscule or crowded, or whether the training would be rigorous or slipshod. Before I even entered the plastic dojo known as the Kaiser Bubble, I was sincerely surprised by the amount of people waiting to enter who were donned in a uniform. It started to become very clear just how truly genuine this club would turn out to be.

Additionally, it would not take long for me to learn exactly why this club is so strong in the first place.

As more people joined, the space began to be inhabited by novice and experienced members alike. Once we were lined up in an orderly fashion, we were then taken on a wide range of exercises, starting with 100 jumping jacks and ending in a challenging combination of

several moves (to me, at least, this being my first class). While difficult for my flimsy, slightly out of shame physique, I felt a great sense of relaxation as the tension melted from my body. Focusing on the maneuvers allowed me to stay present, which is very difficult for me. All in all, I felt enlightened and resolute from the experience, despite the fact that the slight pain in my shoulder blades has yet to mend.

In my experience, the best martial arts lessons you can get are from non-commercial minded programs, for the masters see martial arts as rituals that transcend the couple hours a week you may spend practicing. The principles of patience, sincerity, self-control and routine are constantly emphasized in these arts, and the Karate Club embraces them. For college students who are constantly bombarded with deadlines, disappointments and other anxieties, try to attend Thursday’s lesson. It’s the last time anyone can join before the club swings into full gear (yes, they are that serious). You shan’t regret it.

Library Hosts Competition for Bicentennial Celebration Jonathan Stankiewicz The Recorder

CCSU’s Elihu Burritt Library staff is hosting a storytelling competition in the culmination of its 200th birthday.

“This award will recognize excellence in research and [or] creativity related to Elihu Burritt and his lifelong interest in many important topics, including abolitionism, international peace, linguistics, and ocean penny postage,” says the library website.

Students interested are encouraged to “submit essays, papers, short stories, plays, historical fiction, poems, descriptive prose, video documentaries.”

Two $200 prizes will be awarded to the winners of the competition on Dec. 8 at the Elihu Burritt Birthday party.

The library, and the Special Collections room is full of Burritt research materials and is welcome for students to use for their submissions in the competition. http://library.ccsu.edu/help/spcoll/burritt/ To be eligible in the competition, students must be undergraduates at any class level with any major or discipline, agree that the paper or project will become property of the Elihu Burritt Library, and send in their work by Nov. 22.

Evaluation criteria for the competition will be judged with the following in mind: “unusual depth or breadth in the use of the Elihu Burritt Collection material located in the Special Collections Department, the Elihu Burritt Collection at the New Britain Public library, and [or] the Elihu Burritt Peace collection at Swarthmore College, PA.,” information sources are appropriate to the context of the project, print and electronic sources must be properly and fully cited in a works cited using discipline-appropriate bibliographic style guide, writing has clarity, coherent organization and is grammatically correct.

To be considered for the award applicants must include their application form, an electronic copy of the final version of their project, and an electronic copy of their bibliography and works cited list. And all projects must be submitted electronically as Microsoft Word, RTF, or PDF. If you have any questions, please contact Renata Vickrey, Special Collections, vickreyr@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-2085.

Visit the awards website at http://library.ccsu.edu/ help/spcoll/burritt/ for more information, to submit projects, and for the electronic application.

Democrat Candidate Dan Malloy.

Republican Candidate Tom Foley.

Bushnell Theatre Ready For First Gubernatorial Debate matt Clyburn The Recorder

Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Dan Malloy and Republican Tom Foley are scheduled to square off in the first of eight debates on Tuesday Oct. 5. The debate will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

Malloy is a lawyer and the former mayor of Stamford. He is also a graduate of Boston College and the Boston College Law School.

Malloy’s nomination this year follows a loss in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2006, despite being nominated by party members at the convention that same year.

Malloy’s running mate, to hold the position of Lieutenant Governor, is State Comptroller Nancy Wyman.

Foley is a businessman and the former United States Ambassador to Ireland. He is also a graduate of Harvard and the Harvard Business School, as well as recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award for his business and economics work in post-invasion Iraq. Foley’s running mate is Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton.

The winner of the Nov. 2 election will serve a four year term beginning on Jan. 5, 2011.

The governor of Connecticut presides over the state’s executive branch of government and oversees more than 55,000 employees.

The governor’s office is responsible for approving the state budget each year and has jurisdictional control over higher education and the CSU system.

The latest Real Clear Politics polling average gives Malloy an eight-point lead over Foley. Analysis by the RCP organization indicates that a myriad of undecided voters and a wide margin of error could swing the election in either direction. If the election goes in the direction that polls currently indicate, this could be one of the few opportunities for Democrats nationally to gain control of a governorship.

Connecticut’s highest executive office will be vacated by Governor M. Jodi Rell, who stepped into the position in 2004 following the resignation of former governor John G. Rowland amidst allegations of fraud.

Rowland later pleaded guilty in federal court to said allegations and served eight months in prison.

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Where in the World Are CCSU Students?

The second in a continuing series of submissions of CCSU students writing in from where they are studying abroad.

Hey everyone! My name is Billy Erb and I am currently studying at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. Even though I’ve only been here for two weeks, this has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I’ve met some of the most down to earth people in just a couple of days and know that I will always be in contact with them, even after I leave. We’ve actually started making sure we’re coming to visit each other! The people in Preston have also been extremely helpful in assisting me with adapting to living in another country, just by being open to questions.

If you're thinking about a study abroad, the least you should do is take the time to go in and check out what’s available. Don’t be the graduate who regrets not going abroad because of whatever reason. Just go and see what you can do, and if you find something, do it. Thanks everyone!

Billy Erb (bottom left), and friends in England. Erb is studying at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England.

BRIEFS WEEKLY A RREST AND C ITATION L OG : 9.17-9.24 The following arrests were recorded by the CCSU Police Department.

Elvis Alexander, 18, of Glastonbury, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17. His court date is scheduled for Oct. 1.

Coleen M. Costin, 18, of Essex, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17. She is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 1.

Dominique M. Giroux, 18, of Choston, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17. She is scheduled to appear in court date on Oct. 1.

Jason S. Hamnay, 19, of Shelton,

was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 18.

He is scheduled to appear in court date on Oct. 1.

Kyle Harnwell, 19, of New Britain, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17. His court date is scheduled for Oct. 1.

Chris E. Marello, 19, of New York, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17.

His court date is scheduled for Oct. 1.

Ian C. Thornton, 18, of Chesire, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor on Sept. 17.

He is scheduled to appear in court date on Oct. 1.

Women’s Center to Campaign Against Dating Violence The Women's Center will be promoting awareness against dating violence beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Oct. 1, as a part of the Red Flag campaign that is being joined by universities across the state.

Red flags will be raised throughout the student center hallways and women's center staff will be available to distribute information and answer questions that pertain to dating violence. Students will also be able to create their own red flags and place them where they wish in the student center.

The Red Flag campaign, established by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, promotes the prevention of dating violence on college campuses. It also encourages friends and family of loved ones being abused in relationships to say something when they notice they're being harmed.

Funding for the state-wide awareness program comes from the Department of Justice Violence Against Women grant awarded to the state for Conn. universities.

For further information, contact Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin, director of the Women's Center, or Monique Daley at the center by calling 860-832-1655.

CCSU Hosting WNPR’s ‘Where We Live’ Wednesday Night Torp Theatre will be the site of a special Money, Politics, and Power edition of WNPR's Where We Live on Wednesday night.

John Dankosky will host and serve as moderator for the live special that features guests Peter Overby, National Public Radio’s awarding-winning journalist, and Ned Lamont, former U.S. Senate candidate.

The event will include a question and answer segment, allowing the audience to get involved in the discussion with Overby and Lamont.

The live event is sponsored by CCSU’s Robert C. Vance Endowed Chair in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Dankosky was appointed to the chair last spring.

The topic spawns from the current political races in Connecticut, including the fact that Linda McMahon said she would spend $50 million to win a U.S. Senate seat.

Democrat Ned Lamont reportedly outspent opponent Dan Malloy in his loss at the democratic primary race for governor.

The event is open to the public and free, with seating limited on a first-come, firstserve basis.

Theology Professor to Speak on JFK and Obama Connection Theology professor James Douglass is scheduled to speak Monday, Oct. 4 in Vance Hall on the connection between former president John F. Kennedy and President Barack Obama.

Sponsored by the Hartford-based peace

education center Pax Educare, Inc., and CCSU's Peace Studies and held in the room 105 at 7 p.m., the discussion is titled, "JFK, Obama, and the Unspeakable: A Parable of Turning." Douglass will compare the two presidents who he says are facing similar

problems while in office that include nuclear war and attempts toward killing their visions for the United States.

Douglass is a theological advisor, former professor of Bellarmine College and University of Hawaii and author of four books

on the theology of nonviolence.

The discussion is free and open to the public.

For further information, e-mail Pax Educare, Inc. at paxeducare@comcast.net, or call 860-930-3182.

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have toward being student leaders.

Students needed to run under their current residency status, such as if a nominee lived in a dormitory, they could only run for Resident Senator.

Commuter, resident and freshman senators are representatives of the CCSU student body that work to enact policies and allocate student funds on campus.

They're required to serve on at least one committee, such as promotions, finance or student life and be able to fulfill at least two office hours per week.

In addition, said senators must be full-time or part-time students that hold a 2.0 GPA. Senior class president is required to coordinate special activities for the senior class, while working with the SGA Senate, Student Activities and Leadership Development and faculty advisors. This includes the Senior Cruise and Senior Ball.

Senior class president candidates must be full-time students in good academic standing who have completed at least 86 credits by the 2010 spring semester.

The following are the candidates running for office: Commuter Senator Antony Dalia Shaun Boughton Resident Senator Liz Braun Mulanga Kamba Freshman Senator Matthew Hubbard Megan Rockwell Raquel Rodriguez Heidy Sanchez Jessamyn Ward Katelyn Greene Senior Class President Melissa Rosemond

Travelers to Provide Job Hunting Informational Fair JaSon CunninghaM The recorder

Travelers Insurance is one of the many companies that will be participating in Central Connecticut State University's Insurance & Financial Services Fair on Tue., Oct. 12. The fair will go from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Alumni Hall in the student center. The fair is being sponsored by a cluster of insurance and financial services companies to provide information on job hunting and career building as well as a comprehensive look at the entire finance industry.

"Travelers has been recruiting kids on our campus [and] putting forth grant money to help the college move forward. They ran a resumé development workshop. They give money to the athletic program as a corporate sponsor," said David Fearon, professor of management and organization at CCSU. "It's significant for Travelers to give us some of their time and funds to alert students of the potential to have a career in that industry."

Travelers Day, a career fair that was soley for Travelers recruitment, began in 2008 when the School of Business asked employees from the insurance company to counsel students on campus. Students were able to learn about internships, the hiring process and opportunities for graduates seeking their first jobs. While Travelers has been hiring CCSU students for many years, this was the first time CCSU and the company established a partnership. The following year they did Travelers Week, which went for four consecutive days. Travelers

employees, some of which were high-ranking executives, visited classrooms over the course of the week.

"They hire locally and we're a local campus," sad Fearon.

Because of the changes that have occurred in the economy, career building jobs like those provided by big companies like Travelers aren't available like they once were.

"We recognized that we needed to step our game up. We partnered with Travelers to get more events going to show [students] that Travelers was interested in employing them," said Fearon.

Currently, a recruitment team keeps regular office hours at CCSU. A member of the team sets aside a morning of each week to meet with students. Advice for students' progress in their academic program and preparation for internships are offered as well as help with course selection for students who want to work in the finance industry.

"What's happened over time is that word has gotten around, not only in the School of Business, but students from backgrounds in Arts and Sciences and Engineering book time with them," said Fearon.

"Travelers focuses on the knowledge they have on the insurance industry. They insure everyone: hotels, churches, factories, so they need students with construction backgrounds, engineering and science backgrounds, people to go out at look at the risk end of things."

Travelers works closely with a diversity team and closely with diversity clubs. According to Fearon, Travelers wants to be sure that the

work force that they bring in over the next few years is as diverse as their cliental.

"We have a couple dozen of our best students who are working there.

Business Week has designated it one of the top 50 American companies to launch a career," said Fearon.

To schedule a time to meet with a Traveler's representative for advisement go to ccsu.edu/business and click "Book Travelers Office Hours" to access the appointment

TUITION | ConT. FroM 1 lowest priced schools in the Northeast. The average cost for a commuter student at the four schools in the 2010-2011 academic year is $8,043 while residents are paying an average of $17,997.

In a press release issued Thursday, Angelo Messina, chairman of the CSUS finance and administration committee, said that it “is important that CSUS maintain the accessibility and affordability of its universities to the greatest extent possible, recognizing that our students and potential students are among those that are most affected

locator.

"Central provides probably the most graduates of people who stay right here in this region. They stay here after graduation, they make their careers here," said Fearon.

"Every single faculty member at Central will use every alumni contact we have, every friendship we have, to get the word out that our Central students sill stick around and start careers here. You've got to make a case for Central students."

by the prolonged economic downturn.” Messina’s finance and administration committee made the recommendation to the full board.

The salary freeze will impact non-union personnel at all four state universities, including the chancellor, university presidents and vice presidents, deans of students, police chiefs, human resources administrators, confidential administrative assistants and system-level management and confidential staff. The salary freeze was first suggested in July by CSUS Board Chairman Karl J. Krapek and Chancellor David G. Carter.

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EDITORIAL

Tuition Freeze Necessary But Temporary

As the price of a college education is becoming more out of reach to some families, the CSUS Board of Trustees has voted to freeze tuition beginning next fall. This has a hugely positive effect for potential students and families. Every year since 1999, the tuition has been increasing at a steady rate. Part of the attraction of the Connecticut State University System has always been its accessibility to Connecticut residents.

After the last two years of increases around six percent, students can now take a deep breath in thinking that their costs will not be several hundred dollars higher. This money can be used to buy books, upgrade laptops, help pay for residence fees and buy gas for commuters.

In order to help make this freeze possible, the non-unionized workers have been hit with

a payroll freeze. This includes the chancellor of the CSUS, the presidents of all four state universities, vice presidents, police chiefs and deans, among other employees. And while the universities’ main objective is always to provide an education for its students, the salaries of these individuals who are affected by this pay freeze weigh heavily on them. In fact, this is the second pay freeze of this kind in the last three years for the CSUS. Before students get too excited about this tuition freeze, we must all remember that this decision could be lifted if the CSUS Board of Trustees deems it necessary. The board has left the option and the right open to rescind the decision made last Thursday should they deem the state's financial situation in a worse situation and in need of extra funds. With all the planned expansions on the campuses

CCSU Should Educate Professors, Students On Fraternization Policies Tonya malinowski The Recorder

In the history of academia, and especially in movies and literature, sex between students and professors is a part of university mythology.

For decades, it was an accepted part of the curriculum.

There is an expectation that college is a community of adults, and those adults are thus expected to treat one another with respect and esteem. A good professor can change a student’s life, inspire passion about a subject and shape their views of the world.

With an increasing number of policies being instituted prohibiting certain relationships between professor and student, the question arises of what is appropriate and what isn’t. Do we risk impeding a valuable, lifelong relationship with a mentor because it is seen as taboo for them to even get lunch together now?

The policy in place here at CCSU prohibits sexual and romantic relationships between an employee and any student over whom he or she “exercises supervisory or evaluative authority,” and “strongly discourages these relationships between employees and students who have no authoritative power.”

What is interesting is that this policy focuses heavily on the issue of power in the relationship, which pushes it into a new paradigm.

The policy is not concerned with the idea of quid-pro-quo sexual relations or coercion, but even the notion of sexuality itself.

The policy even mentions the “inherent imbalance of power.” But then the question becomes, is any relationship void of an inherent imbalance of power, no matter what the context?

We have stopped letting experience be just that, an experience. Within the last decade, an overwhelming concern to protect a perceived “vulnerability” of college students has led to countless policies and systems of probations and penalties for things as silly as making an unfunny joke.

All of this to “protect” the students that are, rather hypocritically, expected under all other circumstances to function as adults in the university community.

If there is to be a policy, shouldn’t it be one that is about exploitation of a student for sex?

Or coercion? Consensual sexual relationships are complicated and even the most highly intelligent people can be clueless about them, but most importantly, they are going to happen.

Instead of reaching further into our personal lives and acting as a mechanism of control, shouldn’t we instead educate our professors, who can then, in turn, educate the student if this scenario arises? Is that not the university’s mission, above all else, to educate?

Teaching the professors that pursuing these relationships on campus is inappropriate and can lead to negative consequences is much more reasonable than the head-in-the-sand policy of outright prohibiting it.

Intergenerational relationships are complicated and carry enough taboos already, and relationships in general are anxiety-ridden and heartbreaking, but I suggest an element of personal responsibility be expected of these adults.

College students aren’t children; there is no need to protect their innocence anymore. If you engage in a consensual relationship with a professor, and your heart ends up broken, it is not lover’s revenge guised as a sexual harassment suit, it’s life.

The issue should not be one of university as protector, but of educator. Shouldn’t there be a middle ground between ignoring the issue and prohibiting it all together? As submerged as we our in sexual messages from the media, our culture is still very sexually conservative. We might someday be able to overcome social stigmas on the subject, but until then CCSU should take off the regulatory hat and try doing what it is designed to do, educate.

of our universities and the need for more educators due to the increase in enrollment, we will need to pay for it in some fashion.

Also, this payroll freeze does not apply to the unionized employees in the system, as they have been contractually guaranteed to receive pay increases for the 2012 fiscal year.

So where will this money come from?

Tuition has been increasing steadily for the past decade in order to help pay for these increases, not only in payroll but in university spending. The pay freeze, along with unpaid furlough days, will save the CSUS over $43 million dollars, but the system will be missing out on its familiar annual increase in education fees, an amount that while sometimes small to a student, adds up to a great deal for the university system. Coupled with the fact that the universities will be receiving $15 million

less this year from the state budget, there will likely come a moment where a tuition hike is to be expected to make up for what might be lost.

The tuition here at CCSU this year for instate residents is just under $8,000 and that’s very affordable, a figure student's should feel lucky to have. After the last two spikes in price, it’s nearly $1,000 higher than it was two years ago. Before we get too comfortable in thinking it’s going to stay under this price threshold for a while, we need to remember that our tuition is needed to make this university operate, and that the ever-changing financial landscape might call for different policies each year.

It shouldn’t surprise any student that there is still the potential that they will be paying higher tuition by several percentage points in the coming years.

Foley is Foul Jason Cunningham The Recorder

We hear the buzz that elections are coming from just about everywhere. It barrels over my generation. We see the familiar smiles of candidates, their parties are color coded and engrained into our minds. The reds and blues flash across our television screens. The street teams hold signs and scream at passing cars. Opinions are peppered throughout newspapers for those who are still picking them up. The stories of scandal, experience and worthiness fill blogs and news websites.

Of course our professors' pleas for us to register and go out and vote are lingering on the back burner in the rush to get to the next class, the next nap, the next shift or the next party depending on the student. As a small part of this swarm that races towards the month of November, I felt obligated to say one thing to the Recorder's readers: whatever you do, please don't vote for Tom Foley for governor. I'm not making any endorsements here, I'm just pleading with you not to let Foley have any say in Connecticut's future.

Foley wants to find ways to healthily increase revenue in our state and he plans to balance the budget next year without raising taxes. Apparently he has the magical ability to to conjure up jobs and make a $3.4 billion deficit disappear. The opposite seemed to be true when Foley managed the Bibb Company textile mill in Georgia. It's been accused by many that Foley cut jobs, pocketed millions during his time there and caused the Bibb Company's eventual bankruptcy. Foley denies these claims even though he was pushed out of the company for his poor leadership abilities right before it was forced to go bankrupt.

Can we trust a guy like Foley to run Connecticut competently?

Foley has lied about the compensation for state employees equaling or surpassing that of private sector employees to a mostly unaware public. The Economic Policy Institute showed that full-time employees are under compensated by 3.7% when compared to the private-sector.

Every Connecticut citizen depends on public employees, college students especially. Foley wants to shrink government spending and that's a hit that Connecticut's public institutions cannot take.

Foley's campaign website states that: "We have an obligation to provide an excellent education to all of our young people. We can and must do better. Our economy and the future of our state depend on it."

How is pledging to reduce the cost of state government spending by at least $1 billion during his first year as governor going to help?

Will any of that be coming out of the governor's salary? Claiming that the state has been spending tax dollars at a reckless rate and accepting a salary as governor when you're filthy rich like Foley is purely irresponsible. Foley has claimed that if elected he will reform education in Connecticut without digging deep into tax payers' pockets. I have to believe that Foley has no real feasible plans for education in the works.

He proposes complex changes without understanding them.

Connecting a portion of teachers' pay to their students' standardized test scores, as Foley has proposed, will anger a lot of teacher unions' members. Rewarding schools that succeed in getting higher scores is no easy task either. Schools that are struggling, mainly in inner cities, will not get the help they need to improve students' standardized test scores with Foley's plan. While it's good that he supports choices for students' education, options for charter schools come to mind, it seems like he's already given up on schools that are not performing up to par. His only mention of public colleges and universities was that we could make them more efficient, a vague offering at best.

Can we trust a guy like Foley to improve education in Connecticut when his plans are loose at best and will have little funding?

Foley was the Director of Private Sector Development for the Coalition Provisional Authority, which called the shots in Iraq from April 2003 until June 2004 during the United States occupation. The CPA screwed up big time during

their reign, wasting billions of dollars corruptly, a lot of which ended up in the pockets of insurgents.

Foley oversaw nearly all of Iraq’s 192 state-owned enterprises. He received a Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award in June 2004 for his participation in the chaotic circus that was the CPA. Foley is featured in Rajiv Chandrasekaran's book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone: A month after arriving, Foley told a contractor from Bearing Point [a GOP- connected criminal consulting firm] that he intended to privatize all of Iraq’s state-owned enterprises within thirty days.

“Tom, there are a couple of problems with that,” the contractor said. “The first is an international law that prevents the sale of assets by an occupation government.”

“I don’t care about any of that stuff,” Foley told the contractor, according to her recollection of the conversation. “I don’t give a shit about international law. I made a commitment to the president that I’d privatize Iraq’s businesses.”

While the book's depiction of Foley has been disregarded by the candidate as hearsay, it doesn't change that the privatizing of these businesses would've meant that the United States could have bought all of the state-owned companies in Iraq, giving the U.S. a huge payoff off of the back of another country illegally. He thankfully failed. Can we trust a guy like Foley to run Connecticut without corruption when his past is so murky with controversy?

Many college graduates are leaving the state because of the difficult job market and many trade jobs have slowed down or stopped existing in Connecticut altogether.

We can't risk our state's future on someone who can't be trusted to lead intelligently or with integrity.

Foley has not dealt with his past honestly and most likely will apply the same ethics to Connecticut's future if elected Governor. His leadership doesn't deserve your consideration. Foley's motto has been that Hartford is broke and broken. It's better to be broke and broken than rich and unfixable. If we can't trust him now, we can't trust him to change later.

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REVIEWS How To Dress Well Love Remains

Lefse Records September 27

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How To Dress Well (HTDW), aka Tom Krell, is a very indie artist who works essentially as a research assistant while making the time to produce his songs. HTDW fled from Brooklyn, NY to Germany in order to pursue a career (I know, how often do you hear that?). His most recent and upcoming album Love Remains is his opportunity to do more than research.

When you first listen to tracks one and two of the album, you find yourself drawn into the instrumentals that HTDW is creating.

The music variation that he creates is very appealing, but the vocals might be a little too soft. Still, the instrumentals are what get you to tracks three and four.

Unfortunately, in the middle of track four, it dawns on you… this sounds so tedious. The voice, which gets considerable internet acclaim, is so soft and middle-toned that you can’t focus on it at all. He could be cussing like crazy and someone might hear a tree fall in the woods before you realize that the soft, high-pitch whale sounds are coming out of How To Dress Well’s mouth.

Don’t get me wrong, the instrumentals are very good, even if they sound mysteriously familiar. It is truly the singing that is this album’s downfall. The saddest part, and reason as to why you should listen to a song or two, is the fact that HTDW’s voice is actually pretty good. He just sings to quietly and backs his vocals so they get unnoticed.

Love Remains isn’t really worth the time, but How To Dress Well is. Simply look him up on MySpace or somewhere on the internet and listen. One of the positive promotions with being an unsigned, independent artist is that your music can be found easily online. Heck, befriend him if you want, you may have more friends.

Love Remains is a good foundation for HTDW’s career. It won’t get much profit, there’s no label, but it wants to be good.

HTDW has talent, and kudos for working a full-time job that led you away from your home city, but this album isn’t anything special. Love Remains is simply too average to take off.

Chromeo

Business Casual

Atlantic September 14

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Chromeo is Hip…(ster) The electro duo Chromeo released their third studio album, Business Casual, on September 14. It’s their first album since the 2007 breakout Fancy Footwork.

Business finds the pair going deeper into the early 80’s R&B sound they explored in their previous releases but instead of knowing when to calm the synthesizers down and focusing on 2010 appropriate melodies they

Puture Islands Swans

My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky

Young God September 23

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In the early 1980s the band Swans was formed during the ‘No Wave’ era. This period lasted for several years, but Swans was one of the few bands to continue to produce music into the next decade. After taking nearly fifteen years off, the band has

released My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. That’s quite a mouthful and unfortunately it doesn’t accurately reflect the tone of the album.

The band’s sound is anything but an earful. With simple driving beats and tones accompanied only by Michael Gira’s droning lyrics, this album never really leaves the ground. It’s a monotonous and unrefreshing sound that drives this album.

While it’s only eight songs, the entire effort might as well be one long song. The feel never really changes more than once or twice and there is no sense of true effort from the band.

However, it’s not all bad news for Swans. Their track titled, “You F*****g People Make Me Sick.” is a good change of pace compared to the rest of the album.

They show a glimpse of what they could be in this song, but don’t stick with it for long enough.

This production seems to be better suited for the live experience. They could certainly take their basic songs and run with them in a public performance. There have been many albums that are suited for the stage and that certainly is not a bad thing. If you’ve been waiting fifteen years for this release, then you’ll probably be disappointed. However, if Swans decide to go on tour to release this album, you should be in for a good show.

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Of Montreal False Priest

Polyvinyl Records September 10

Many fans of Of Montreal are conflicted, weighing out their comparisons between their past 10 albums. From the classic pop sound of “Cheery Peel” to the psychedelic swirl of “Skeletal Lamping,” they've watched the band transform from folk to funk.

Kevin Barnes and his cohorts have dove into the later with full force on “False Priest.”

Alter ego George Fruit is hard not to see on this album, who was largely the identity of the past two albums, supposedly shelved by Barnes this time around. When we first saw Fruit on “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” he carried Barnes through some rough times that including his divorce and drug usage, then his full pledge transformation

Undressed

Thrill Jockey Records September 21

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Future Islands are a self-labeled post-wave band based out of Baltimore, MD. The band has fairly upbeat tracks with unique vocals creating an independent, soft-pop vibe. They have been playing for a while, but haven’t made much buzz until recently, getting some credit from the likes of Rolling Stone and the LA Times.

Their most recent EP, Undressed, is Future Islands’ stepping stone into the industry at large. When listening to each track, you are progressively captivated by the sound

into the persona occurs. On “Skeletal Lamping” he was the Hyde to Barnes' Jekyll, taking over completely in a violent franticness, offering a brilliant yet disjointed psychedelic sexual odyssey.

Opposed to recording False Priest at his home, an art Barnes has perfected, he went into the studio with producer Jon Brion, replacing the synthesized sounds of his previous work with a return to organic instruments. The results are phenomenal. This is a truly coherent funk album with fun lyrics that beg for your attention.

The music's pop sensibility is smoothly driven by the thick rhythm section, complimenting the piercing power of Barnes' falsetto.

Album opener "I Feel Ya' Strutter" is complete fun. It might be better than any other “Of Montreal” opening track. "So

barrel forward with something stolen from the soundtrack of a Schwarzenegger film.

There’s nothing horrible about making such a nostalgic album. By electro R&B standards it seems like a decent homage but that’s where the problem lies. Each song blends with the next so well that it doesn’t even seem like they changed the settings on their JUNO. The production of Business Casual has no glaring flaws and every sound that floats out of the speakers is cleaner and more suave than the last. The bass lines are bubbly and binary and just like every other noise on this record is so nicely primped and pressed that by the fourth song I found myself uneasy in my chair waiting for something reminiscent of a car crash to interrupt this perfectly plain and boring album.

That’s what is wrong with Chromeo’s most recent effort, it’s mind-numbingly standard.

The pair takes what they loved about the Reagan era and put it on an album but didn’t add anything of their own. They try to be as sensual as Purple Rain and as funky as Morris Day but ultimately end up being more Hall and Oats than Prince.

That’s funny right, that it’s a new album but it sounds 30 years old? It’s like novel mustaches or drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon because it tastes good.

Business Casual is fun and it’s plucky but the lack of tempo changes and ironic vanilla approach may bore many. For the few that still think jheri curls look sweet and who love the sounds of overproduced seduction then it will be a welcome addition to the dead genre. combinations. The songs are slow, soft, and sung unimposingly to the listener. They are not songs that would stick in your head on the radio, and they are not meant to be.

However, as a track ends and new one begins, you will want to go back. Each song is so quietly crafted to appeal that listeners will become attached to them. As the next song comes on, it is difficult to clear your mind for this new track because the last one was that good. Then, after a minute into the new track, you will find yourself just as connected to it.

Future Islands are not flashy, great, or likely to become prominent in the music industry; but damn it, Future Islands is uniquely good.

Undressed only contains four tracks, which will be difficult to find, as it is an EP. Yet all four are a great promotion to get you to check out In Evening Air, which was released earlier this year. Then, while you’re listening to In Evening Air, you will understand why you should own part of this band’s work.

Future Islands is the type of band that could be a successful occasional download, but you might be appeased to buy the full album. You know that grass root “support the independents” attitude that leads to a full album buy. Not to mention the fact that one can download the full album for a discount on the album price.

Give Future Islands a look next time you’re online. Their songs are well worth it. Track by track, this band will steal your ears and relax you the way that DeVotchKa’s “Little Miss Sunshine” works likely did. Both “In Evening Air” and “Undressed” are pleasant surprises waiting for someone to unveil them to the world.

Cristal mimosa fizz for what you is/With being your one solid lion-hearted brother yeah" Barnes gracefully sings into an icing on the cake scream. The following song "Our Riotous Defects" features Janelle Monáe who helps end the song in a heavenliness that matches pace with Barnes' swelling voice. Monáe also appears on "Enemy Gene" acting as the driving coolness to Barnes' sidecar warmness. Barnes also does an electrifying duet with Solange on "Sex Karma" that acts as a stabilizer between the album's first and second half. "Famine Affair" and "Around the Way" are the two catchiest songs on the second half, the later coming before the preachy blowout jam “You Do Mutilate?".

The epic funk episode that is False Priest will leave the listener itching to hear the B-sides.

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Pair of HBO Comedies Return Strong Michael walsh The Recorder

A week after HBO premiered the serious Boardwalk Empire, the network strengthened its Sunday lineup with the return of Bored to Death and Eastbound and Down, two original comedies that are among the best HBO has to offer.

Bored to Death saw the return of Jonathan Ames ( Jason Schwartzman), a struggling Brooklyn writer who in his time of boredom and self-loathing begins to moonlight as a private detective. The show was created by the real life Jonathan Ames, an author and journalist by his own regard.

Ames’ show hits hard in the “I know how that feels” category, especially to aspiring writers, but the content stretches above and beyond that of normalcy when Ames begins to investigate cases like the one featured in season two’s debut, in which a mounted police officer needed Ames to infiltrate a sex dungeon and erase his name from the organization’s hard drive before the police raid it. “I’ve never ridden a horse, I’m Jewish,” says Ames in what is a laughably out of this world situation, one that helps create Bored to Death’s visible wall between real and fantasy. As attractive as being Robert Mitchum straight out of Farewell, My Lovely sounds in my daydreams, becoming a noir-like private detective that contracts off of Craigslist probably isn’t the best idea.

What else makes Bored to Death work as strong as it truly does is the charisma floating

between Schwartzman and co-stars Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis. Danson plays George Christopher, a prolific New York magazine editor in the middle of a changing publishing business and Ames’ pot-smoking boss, one so funny and down-to-earth I could only dream of having some day. Galifianakis takes the role of Ray Hueston, Ames’ single best friend and an aspiring comic book artist with girlfriend issues, something all three leading characters seem to be able to relate to.

The three, an unlikely trio, are absolutely on the same page. It’s a mix-match of humans, but they all seem to fall in place with each other and in their own strange ways, need each other. Ames’ strong satirical writing ability is a main reason for that.

Bored to Death is an oh-so-black comedy of characters that fall near to the level of true depression, but the way they humorously wallow and push their the own murk is inspiring in its own way. The relatable nature of Bored to Death is what wins me over time and time again.

grace television in any form.

After finding out his guaranteed ticket back to the big leagues wasn’t so guaranteed, Powers leaves his family and friends behind and heads for Mexico, where he turns to a stolen identity and cockfighting to get by in life.

Powers as a character embodies the egos of larger-than-life athletes that inhabit our society, and so much more. It’s the sexist, bigoted and ignorant people of America that are jumbled up inside Powers’ very dark mind, which makes the show just that much more interesting in a societal context.

Season two begins funny enough for me with dirty cockfight-related jokes and more golden lines of encouragement about one’s self from Powers’ mind, but without the regular cast of characters from the six-episode season

--------It’s on to Mexico for Eastbound and Down and Kenny Powers (Danny McBride), the lewd, crude and hard-throwing fictional baseball player. The creation of Powers by Ben Best, Jody Hill and McBride meant the creation of one of the most remarkably offensive and funniest characters to ever

Netflix It: Bicycle Thieves max kyburz The Recorder

Sometimes the best films are purely simple. A prime example is Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 classic Bicycle Thieves, a film so universal in its themes that everyone who has ever looked for work should see it. Here’s how basic it is: a man, hard on his luck in post-war Italy, needs a bicycle to do his job. His bike gets stolen, which leads him and his son on a long journey through town in an attempt to find it.

It almost reads like a story a parent reads to their children before they go to sleep.

And it is exactly that simplicity that makes Bicycle Thieves a great film. It was made on a simple budget with non-professional actors, which made it seem more relatable to the common man. And more importantly, it was one of the films that exemplifies Italian neorealism, a style of film which contained stories dealing with the conditions of post-war Italy in the 1940s and 1950s.

Bicycle Thieves stars Lamberto Maggiorani, a factory worker, as Antonio Ricci, our guiding eye. Out of the numerous unemployed men, he is picked for a job, which consists of putting up posters of Rita Hayworth around town. The only condition is that he must have a bicycle. He has one, but he pawned it some time ago. “We can sleep without sheets”, his wife says as she pulls bed linens off their bed.

They trade their linens for money and buy back the bicycle.

In the scene at the pawnbroker’s shop, there is a marvelous sequence displaying towering shelves chock full of linens, bicycles and other possessions. People came to the pawnbroker in droves in order to sell their possessions for extra money, showing the lengths people go through in times of peril.

On his first day of work, a young man in a German cap steals his bike, which sends him on a two day long journey to find it. He and his son Bruno (played by a delightful young actor named Enzo Staiola) search through plazas, churches and brothels to try and find it, but to no avail, ending in one of the great early uncompromising endings.

One of the main themes of the film is the distinction between those who are well-off, and those who are down on their luck. The item that illuminates that distinction is the bicycle, for it is often something people take for granted. “It’s just a bicycle”, somebody

says. Perhaps it’s just a bicycle for someone who can afford one, but for someone who needs it to live it means something completely different.

In one of the best shots of the movie, we see a town square full of bicycles and people riding them. For some a bicycle is leisurely, but for Ricci it is a necessity. His duty to put up posters of Rita Hayworth contrasts the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with the grime and grit of post-war Europe. Success remains a fantasy for Ricci and the poster symbolizes it. In the restaurant scene, Bruno copies the mannerisms of a rich boy eating a mozzarella sandwich. It’s a small and simple display of the struggle of the lower class.

One of the masterful elements of “Bicycle Thieves” that makes it stand out is the cinematography, which takes the simple film to epic proportions. Many times we see Ricci and Bruno in contrast with the vast countryside and large buildings. The city seems to overpower them in their times of need, and their desparation seems as large as what physically surrounds them. Something always seems to be going on in his shots; children playing in the background, vendors struggling for space, and people just going about their business. It gives the film more liveliness and makes it seem less staged. Even off screen, we hear babies crying; in this town, nobody is happy.

Bicycle Thieves, despite its attacks from conservatives of that era, became an enormous hit and won several awards, even garnering a special Academy Award in 1949 following its release in the United States. It seems only fitting it gained so much praise; the film was a reflection of the sad realities of a society struck by war. We can look at it and not see actors but real people living real events. There are Riccis in every town, in every state, in every country. They strive for success and prosperity, but often times they fail. Bicycle Thieves is a terrific companion piece to Umberto D., Vittorio De Sica’s 1952 film; both films feature protagonists hard on luck and attempting to live in an environment that does not seem to accept them. The greatest tragedy of these Italian neo-realist films is that these events actually happened and still happen to this day, and thanks to the majesty of film, we can experience what they experienced, but not nearly to the extent that the characters have.

one being a factor, it’s an entirely new show to bite into, save for Powers’ egotistical persona (he is the Christ figure we all perceived him to be, remember that), which is truly what the fans of the show are returning for.

Creator and director Jody Hill, who also directed McBride in The Foot Fist Way and Seth Rogen in Observe and Report, stands by this season, calling it “a cross between the films Amores Perros and The Bad News Bears,”a comment that makes me anticipate the rest of the season that much more.

While the funny south-of-the-border debut of Kenny Powers doesn’t quite live up to the long-awaited expectations I might have had for the show, it leaves many doors of promising content open, something I’m confident the track record of those working on the show can take great advantage of.

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Calendar 10.2 - 10.9

MUSIC 10.2 Johnny Craig (of Emarosa) @ Webster Hartford, CT $12 / 6 p.m.

10.3 Escape the Fate @ Toad's Place New Haven, CT $16 / 7 p.m.

10.4 Wormrot @ Whitney House Hartford, CT $5 / 10 p.m.

10.7 The Mongoloids @ Heirloom Arts Theatre Danbury, CT $12 / 6 p.m.

Tip The Van @ Up or On The Rocks Hartford, CT 8 p.m.

10.8 Mike Posner @ Toad's Place New Haven, CT $35 / 9 p.m.

Tip The Van

Sevendust @Webster Hartford, CT $25 / 6 p.m.

10.9 Deerhoof @ Pearl Street Nightclub Northampton, MA $13 / 9 p.m.

FILM 10.2 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World @ Cinestudio Hartford, CT $8 / 7:30 p.m.

Directed by Edgar Wright. Screenplay

by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley.

Director of photography: Bill Pope.

Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Jason Schawtzman. Some critics have tagged Edgar Wright's new movie as "Scott Pilgrim vs. The Old Way of Making Movies," and there's a lot of truth to the snark. Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels of a geek-slash-ninja who must battle his true love's seven exes in a video game world, puts on screen all the technology that kids breathe like air, while parents (and professors) play catch up. There is so much to like here, from Michael Cera's appealing fanboy/superhero, to his crush's anime-neon hair, to Sera's ex-girlfriendís band (Sex Bob-omb) that rocks songs written for the movie by Beck. "Ten years from now this will be the norm. For now, it's almost revolutionary." Eric Snider, Film. com. 108 min.

The Room @ Criterion Cinema New Haven, CT $5 / 11:30 p.m.

The Room is an electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal

and lies. It has five major characters, Johnny, played by Tommy Wiseau is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. Johnny can also be a little too trusiting at times which haunts him later on. Lisa, played by Juliette Danielle, is the beautiful blonde fiance of Johnny. She has always gotten her way and will manipulate to get what she wants.

She is a taker, with a double personality, and her deadly schemes lead to her own downfall. Mark, played by Greg Sestero, is the young, successful and independent best friend of Johnny. He has a good heart, but gets caught up in Lisa's dangerous web and gives in to temptation. This eventually brings him to great loss. Claudette, played by Carolyn Minnott, is the classy, sophisticated mother of Lisa who has had disappointing relationships in her life. She wants her daughter to be married as soon as possible so she can benefit. Denny, played

by Philip Haldiman, is an orphan boy, naive and confused about life, love, and friendship. Denny is very ambitious and also very grateful to the people who are in his life. "The Room" depicts the depths of friendships and relationships in one life and raises life's real and most asked question: "Can you ever really trust anyone? Enter The Room and leave forever changed!

effective weapon in the cultural wars it's because it's so real, so sexy, so sad, so honest and so truly, heartbreakingly funny." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com 106 min

Mike Posner

Tommy Wiseau, “The Room”

10.6 - 10.9 The Kids Are All Right @ Cinestudio Hartford, CT $8 / 7:30 p.m.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko. Screenplay

by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg.

Cast: Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson. Kudos to Columbia Film School for turning out a slew of amazing women filmmakers, including Nicole Holofcener (Please Give), Shari Berman (American Splendor), Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, High Art). Cholodenko's newest film lets loose five excellent actors working at the top of their game, in a funny and poignant take on gay marriage and parenthood.

Committed couple Annette Bening and Julianne Moore are raising two curious teenagers, who track down their sperm donor (Mark Ruffalo). Hoping to be a part of their lives, their freewheeling, bohemian biological dad turns the family landscape inside out. If The Kids Are All Right is an

Escape the Fate

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‘Social Network’ Gives Intricate Behind-the-Scenes Facebook Story

Lights Resolve to Rock Vance Lawn this Saturday Max Kyburz The Recorder

Rachael Bentley The Recorder

If you are the kind of person who limit themselves to seeing only one or two movies a month, you should probably save one of those slots for The Social Network, directed by David Fincher.

Considering every person, their mother and grandmother have a Facebook these days, learning about how it was created and became such a hit is really entertaining. The witty

and satirical sense of humor that comes with almost all of Aaron Sorkin’s works is really what brings the movie together.

The whole movie is about people's connections with each other, whether it’s between people who are friends, enemies, random hook-ups or someone you’ve only heard about. Mark Zuckerberg’s character (played by the Jesse Eisenberg) seems to be the stereotypical genius teenager; tuned out to reality and looking to make it big. His character is introduced

to the viewers as, to put it plainly, insensitive.

The first scene (which Sorkin claims was a brutal scene to shoot because of its intense nature) is Zuckerberg getting dumped by his girlfriend. This whole scene acts as a catalyst for what happens during the movie.

For those of you who don’t know, I shall recap. Zuckerberg is asked to create a social network site by the Winklevoss brothers (twins) who row for Harvard and who come from a lot of money. He makes a deal with them, and while he is supposed to be creating their site, he created “The Fa c e b o o k ” for people in the Harvard Network .

When they found out, they sue him.

All while this is going on, Facebook has become a massive corporation a n d Zuckerburg’s best friend (Eduardo Saverin) is helping and co-owning Facebook w i t h Zuckerberg to make it as

big as possible.

In the process of creating Facebook, Mark is introduced to Sean Parker ( Justin Timberlake, who apparently had to jump through hoops to get this role) and things get out of control in good and bad ways. Facebook goes international to Oxford, England and they hit one million people, Zuckerberg gets sued by Eduardo, for scamming him out of his money.

Mark settles on both cases and pays large amounts to both parties and the rest, as they say, is "history."

The things that makes this movie great is that you don’t know whose side of the story to believe because Sorkin wrote it in such a way that you really don’t know who to blame, although Justin Timberlake does play a devious, paranoid entrepreneur very well.

You can’t read Zuckerberg's character very well in the movie, although it is apparent he has some self-esteem issues because he never got into the Phoenix Men’s Club, and his best friend did. Perhaps that was the motivation to weasel him out of millions. Perhaps he really is just a jerk.

As a viewer, I couldn’t really tell, and that was what I loved about the movie so much. To put it plainly, you can’t be an idiot and see this movie because you need a sharp sense of humor to be able to keep up with it. The tagline for this movie is “you can’t make 500 Million friends, without making a few enemies."

The question that this movie asks, wittingly or accidentally, is who are your enemies and who are your friends?

New York alt-rockers Lights Resolve are set to play a free show on Vance Lawn this Saturday evening as part of the Pringles Xtreme Campus Tour, a 15-stop tour that features We the Kings and J. Cole as headliners. Though the two top billings will not be present at this event, those willing to check out some free music should not be discouraged.

Formed in 2006, Lights Resolve have certainly made the rounds; the band has already opened for The Used and Panic! at the Disco, has had their songs appear on two MTV shows (one of them featuring everyone's favorite Italian orange Smurfs), and has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine as a Breakout Band in 2009. The band has only two EPs released, Prelude and Currency, which have gone on to sell a combined total of 10,000 copies worldwide.

The Pringles Xtreme Campus tour kicks of this Wednesday, and one of the first stops on its list is CCSU. The tour is sponsored

by Late Night Republic, a new weekly variety show hosted by Jake Sasseville , who will also be present at the event. Sasseville will be interacting with students as part of the program.

The festivities begin at 2 p.m. this Saturday, and Lights Resolve will go on at 5 p.m. Vance Lawn is located directly in front of Memorial Hall and Vance Academic Building.

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The sports industry has made strides over the years when it comes to the treatment of women. Long gone are the days in which female reporters are banned from locker rooms and looked down upon in the world of sports: or so I thought.

I realize that the media storm regarding female reporter Ines Sainz may be old news, but as a female sports writer and editor of a college newspaper sports section, the more I think about it the more upset I become.

I am greatly disappointed over the fact that a professional female reporter was exposed to such demeaning comments while trying to do her job. Haven’t women proven that they can excel within the realm of sports just as easily as a male could? Haven’t women such as Pam Oliver and Andrea Kramer shown that you can be top in the business and be female?

I do not agree with the way in which Sainz portrayed herself during the Jets practice.

The uniform of tight jeans, high heels and a low cut shirt is nowhere near appropriate and sets the female population back 60 years. But comments such as, “You give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s gonna want somebody. I don’t know what kind of woman won’t, if you get to go and look at 53 men’s packages. And you’re just sitting here saying, ‘Oh, none of this is attractive to me.’ I know you’re doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I’m gonna cut my eye if I see somebody worth talking to, I’m sure they do the same thing,” made by Redskins athlete Clinton Portis are not tolerable.

Personally, I heard his interview and felt disgusted. I work hard to portray professionalism when covering a game and it is wrong for that hard work to be cast aside due to your sex.

Being a female reporter shouldn’t mean you can be looked down upon or typecasted.

Thankfully, the NFL takes pride in promoting equality and hasn’t taken the sexist comments as a joke. Portis has since been dealt with, but backtracking and rescinding a comment doesn’t mean the thoughts do not exist. It is obvious that the notion of a woman in a locker room or on the sideline is still not taken as seriously by all as it should be.

The same is true for female athletics. Time and time again the female sports are looked down upon and thought of as a joke because in the fans’ eyes a woman’s sport is only half a sport, second rate to the men. You would never see the same crowd at a women’s soccer or basketball game at CCSU as you would men’s.

Female reporters and athletes are just as important to the industry as their male counterparts. Women work just as hard as men if not harder to prove that they can succeed in the field and I’ll be damned if I have to hear one more time that women in sports is a joke.

I have worked for The Recorder since my sophomore year. During my time I have had the opportunity to cover hockey, football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer. I have covered press conferences, spoken with athletic directors and have most recently been given the chance to interview professional UFL athletes.

In each situation I’ve been the only female reporter and have been treated as an equal to the men around me. The athletes that I have had the opportunity to work with were nowhere near as ignorant as the athletes who made comments toward Sainz and I consider myself lucky.

I’m not blinded by the fact that I may not always find such good fortune. The sad facts are women in a male dominated industry will always have to work harder to show that that they can hold their own, but the men around them shouldn’t make that effort more difficult.

A woman should not have to endure such disrespect while trying to do their job or play the game they love. Everyone should remember that a woman is more than an ornament in the locker room and a pair of spandex shorts on the court.

While the first home game of the year for CCSU football wasn’t homecoming, it might as well have been for freshmen defensive back Chris Linares.

“Since I’m from New Britain, I was really excited when I took the field.” says Linares.

“I had a lot of friends and family there so it was really special for me to play in front of them for the first time.”

Linares gave his friends and family a lot to cheer about. In addition to the two solo tackles that Linares delivered, he also got a huge interception. The interception was not only the first of his collegiate career, it was at a pivotal point in the game.

The interception came when the game against Bentley was still closely contested in the second quarter. Shortly after CCSU took a 21-14 lead, Linares stepped up and made an amazing interception to give CCSU the ball back. The ensuing offensive drive resulted in a field goal pushing the lead to 10. The Blue Devils would not look back.

Linares’ interception was one of the sparks that provided CCSU with the momentum to roll through Bentley 45-14.

“It was a great feeling,” said Linares “I had a feeling they were going to throw it my way because I’m a freshmen and they wanted to test me. I stayed with my man the whole way and when the ball got close enough I jumped in front of him.”

While it was a special moment for Linares and his family, they would have another reason to celebrate two days later. On Sept. 13 Linares was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week.

“It was a total shock I didn’t expect it,” says Linares. “It’s a great honor to receive the rookie of the week award, I’m still kind of surprised by it.”

Linares was the third player to win the award this year, after two players split it in the first week. He is the first CCSU player to receive the honor since Aubrey Norris won it in November of 2005.

Linares’ play didn’t go unnoticed by Head Coach Jeff McInerney either.

“It was a big pick, about as pretty as you’ll see. To get that right after we got the lead was huge,” says McInerney. Both the play and Linares himself have impressed coach already during this young season.

“We knew he was going to be a good football player. He was a tremendous threesport athlete in high school and he is very competitive. It takes people a long time to SoCCer | ConT. FroM 12 break came for CCSU when Buchanan brought the ball down the backline from the left and changed places with Joel Diamand by passing the ball towards him and penetrating the backline. Diamand returned the favor with a through ball for Buchanan, who put the ball past the goalkeeper for his first career home goal and a tie game.

In the second half CCSU became more comfortable in the field and passed the ball fluidly from midfield to backline to midfield to striker. They tested the Rams goalkeeper repeatedly gaining five corner kicks in less than 15 minutes. The Blue Devils brought hell to Willow Brook Park.

On minute 60 CCSU’s Terrel Whitting was tackled by a Rams defender after a build play on the right from CCSU. The defender stepped on his ankle with Whitting on the floor holding it in pain. He was subbed out ending the second half uneventfully, signaling the beginning of overtime.

Morale was high for CCSU, who became really comfortable in the second half and were only denied by the excellent game play of the Rams’ keeper. The first half of overtime ended with no goals.

The second half started essentially the same way as the first half of overtime ended: CCSU with most possession. CCSU lacked the precision to put the ball behind the net, and goals went above the post or wide.

Buchanan had a great shot on goal, but was blocked by the Rams goalkeeper.

Whitting received the rebound and took

Linares makes an interception against Bryant in the second quarter.

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develop that much competitiveness, but he just picks it up naturally. We are expecting a lot more out of Linares and we look forward to him having a great career at CCSU.” While attending New Britain High School Linares was named All-Conference, All-State and All-New Britain Herald in football, track and baseball.

Linares had a truly special first home game of the season against Bentley, and he showed that the interception wasn’t merely beginner’s

luck. In the second home game of the season against Bryant, Linares made waves once again by intercepting the ball in the second quarter. It resulted in a CCSU field goal drive.

Being from New Britain stepping out onto Arute field will always be a special moment for Linares during his time as a Blue Devil, and with four years of eligibility, Linares will get many opportunities to play in front of friends and family, all of them hoping for each time to be as memorable as the first.

the ball behind the post for the win. The team celebrated by running onto the field and jumping on top of the goal scorer.

“It was fantastic; it was important game for us because it’s our last one before the conference games. And coming off two tough

losses we’re looking to add leadership into the team and we challenged our captains to stand up; it was their team and it’s their last season,” Coach Green said.

CCSU plays again on Friday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. against Mount St. Mary’s.

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Persis Oware challenges Fordham’s goalie in the second half of their 2-1 overtime win.

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Sophomore Emily Cochran returns a serve in NEC action against Bryant.

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Everette Benjamin rushed for a career high 188 yards and three touchdowns, and received NEC Offensive Play of the Week honors. score points that’s the whole motivation of the offense…If the defense is gonna hold them then we got to score points. If the defense is not gonna hold them we’ve got to score points that’s what we’re here to do and I think we did a good job of that today,” said Jespersen.

Jespersen and Benjamin both hit career milestones with rushing for over 100 yards in a single game. Benjamin led the team with 188 yards for three touchdowns, followed by Jespersen with 108 yards. The game against the Bulldogs was the first game since Oct. 10, 2009 that CCSU has had two players in one game rush for over 100 yards.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been in an offense where I’ve touched the ball so much and had

so much to do with the outcome of the game, I love the limelight, it’s fun,” said Jespersen laughingly.

Jespersen had more rushing attempts than he did passing, going 7-for-13 with 174 yards and no interceptions. Martin was Jespersen’s go-to man as he ended the game with 165 yards receiving.

The offense racked up 529 yards against the Bryant defense, while the Blue Devils held the Bull Dogs to 313.

The Blue Devils are set to take the road to take on NEC opponent Sacred Heart on Saturday, Oct. 2. The team won’t be back to CCSU until Oct. 9 where they will meet Duquesne for the Blue Devils’ homecoming.

The CCSU women’s volleyball team (310, 1-1 NEC) opened conference play with a sweep against Bryant University (13-6, 1-1 NEC), three sets to none.

It was the Blue Devils’ first home appearance of the season, and CCSU’s first win over a Northeast Conference rival. The Blue Devils won the sets 25-23, 25-18, and 25-23 respectively.

CCSU got off to a hot start during the first game and set the tone for the rest of the match. “We came out right from the start and controlled the ball which is something we’ve been working on in practice. It was great to see because they‘ve been working very hard on ball control and to see it payoff was very satisfying,” said head coach Linda Sagnelli.

The Blue Devils’ dominance was due in large part to the performance of Jamie Rademacher. “Jamie had a hand of gold; every hit seemed to find a spot. It was the best game she’s played,” said Sagnelli.

Rademacher scored on 16 of her 22 attacks for an outrageous kill percentage of .682. She also had one of CCSU’s four blocks to help the Blue Devils dominate both sides of the ball. Her performance set the bar for the rest of the team.

While having a strong performance such as Rademacher’s certainly helps, the rest of the team did their part in helping sweep against the Bull Dogs. Team captain Amanda Bayer had 40 assists during the three sets. “Amanda did a great job with her sets. She made it easy for our hitters to get good attacks,” said

Sagnelli.

CCSU also got a solid effort from reigning NEC Rookie of the Year Emily Cochran who was fresh off an injury. “It was great having Emily back,” said Sagnelli “Having her back really anchors us, it gives us the experience we need out on the court. The girls look more comfortable with her out there. She is one of our primary ball handlers so it is really important having her out there.” Cochran’s 11 digs tied her with Kaitlin Petrella for team leader.

Getting Cochran back from injury was important, but there was another injured Blue Devil who didn’t get a chance to get in the game. Although she didn’t get any playing time, Coach Sagnelli anticipates Tori Vaughn coming back during the week.

“Tori Vaughn is ready to return to the lineup, but we don’t want to rush it. When she comes back we want it to be for the whole season so we’re trying to be very careful.”

Despite the injured player, CCSU still got help off the bench. “Maite [Mendizabal] did an outstanding job filling in. With Tori out we need as much help as we can get off the bench so what she did was huge.”

Despite winning in three, CCSU seemed to have difficulty closing them out. The first and third set saw the Blue Devils allow their lead to dwindle before they won.

“We got sloppy towards the end of those sets. Our passing was very streaky and cost us a couple points but luckily we were able to grind out victories,” said Sagnelli.

CCSU will be on the road until Oct. 9 when they resume home play against NEC opponent Farleigh Dickinson (PA) at 4 p.m.

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Following a meet in Hartford, the CCSU cross country team hosted their third meet of the season, the eighth annual Ted Owen Invitational, in which the men’s cross country team came out on top with 29 points and the women finished fifth with a total of 132 points.

The CCSU men finished first with 29 points, while Northeastern University finished in a close second with 30 points, followed by University of Hartford with 101 points and University of Rhode Island with 125 points.

The CCSU women finished fifth with 132 points trailing behind Robert Morris with 113 points, UConn with 65 points and URI with 47 points. Northeastern won by one point with 46 points.

Northeastern runner Eric Jenkins placed first overall on the men’s side with a time of 25:22 and Caitrin Demchko of URI placed first overall for the women with a time of 18:10.

Unlike the first meet where the CCSU men held out five of its top seven runners, this meet the Blue Devils held out two of the top seven. The women were missing one of their top runners as well.

The men were lead by Sam Alexander and Ry Sanderson placing second and third in the race.

“The two of us wanted to stick with each other and push each other, and we both finished at the same time, it’s not a race between us,” Alexander said.

The two were keeping pace with each other the entire race and communicating throughout on how to run the race.

“We were motivating each other to catch the front runner from Northeastern, but once we noticed we weren’t going to catch up we

decided to shut it down and save o u r s e l v e s ,” Sanderson said.

T h e combo of Alexander a n d Sanderson kept tempo the entire race and didn’t look back.

“The race was good and I’m happy with what I saw from both the men and the women’s teams. Both teams looked strong in the last mile of the race,” Coach Eric Blake said.

Sam Alexander and Ry Sanderson helped the men’s XC team take first place.

B l a k e added that this was Sanderson’s and summer of injuries,” Alexander said.

Alexander’s first competitive race of the year Katherine Bossardet finished seventh with and said that, “Ry and Sam looked great but a time of 18:32 for the women while Amanda it’s good to get their racing in, they know Asaro placed seventeenth with a time of 19:06 they’re getting ready for the bigger races in and Nicole Coiteux placed twenty fifth with October and November.”

19:21.

Alexander and Sanderson went two and Katherine Bossardet, who only was 22 three and tied with a time of 25:53, Craig seconds off the leader, felt better today in her Hunt finished fifth with 26:36, John Kroll racing than in the beginning of the season. finished seventh with 26:51 and Rob Weston “We had a good meet today and we all finished 12th with a time of 27:22. pushed very hard,” Bossardet said. “I would “I am extremely pleased for this being my like our top seven to be more together in the first race of the season, especially with a rough race and close the gap between each other

PHOTO: CCSU but we were aggressive and there were a lot of conference teams here so it was good to compete against them to be ready for NEC’s,” she added.

The men’s top three runners this week were all within a minute and a half of each other, with Sanderson and Alexander within thirty seconds. The women’s top two runners, Bossardet and Asaro, were within a minute of the top runner.

Both teams compete next at the New England Championships on Oct. 9 at Franklin Park in Boston.

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Blue Devils’ Offensive Explosion Secures First NEC Victory 41-24 Defeat of Bryant Gives CCSU 11th Straight Win at Home brittany Burke The Recorder

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Gunnar Jespersen does his best Heisman pose en route to 108 yards on the ground and 174 yards through the air.

Following a tough road loss, the CCSU football team (2-2, 1-0 NEC) managed to walk away from Arute Field with their second win of the season as they defeated Bryant University (3-1, 0-1 NEC) 41-24.

The win against Bryant was the first conference game and win for CCSU. The Blue Devils fell to Youngstown State on the road last week, dropping their second game on the road, 63-24, but continued to have good luck at home. CCSU lengthened their home streak to 11 straight wins while in New Britain, en route to handing Bryant their first loss of the season.

It was the Bryant Bull Dogs who took the early lead in the first quarter, scoring 10 unanswered points, but the momentum didn’t stay in their favor.

“First two drives we came out and laid an egg but eventually we got it going and everything started clicking on all cylinders and I guess the defense just came around eventually and the score speaks for itself,” said Hofstra transfer Everette Benjamin.

As the clock wound down to end the first, quarterback Gunnar Jespersen managed to find wide receiver Richie Martin for a 50 yard completion at Bryant’s 19-yard line. The reception began an 8 play,

69-yard touchdown drive putting CCSU behind by a field goal early in the second.

The Blue Devils then dug into their bag of tricks to ensure they set up a comfortable lead at the half.

Ahead by four with under two minutes to play in the second, CCSU faked the punt, reversed back and running back Benjamin threw for a completed 22-yard pass to Dominic Giampietro. The drive resulted in the field goal, putting CCSU ahead by a touchdown at the beginning of the third.

“I think it was huge getting the turnover late. Ran the fake field goal we’ve been working on for two or three weeks and we actually ran it on them two years ago and it worked and we’re ready,” said Head Coach Jeff McInerney. “We had a fake punt in and we didn’t have to call that but I thought Joe Izzo was just kicking the ball fabulous and any time you can go up seven points versus four that’s good.”

The second half remained close as the two teams went head-to-head and score-to-score. CCSU was up by 10 entering the final quarter but an 80-yard touchdown drive in the fourth took 6:49 off the clock and closed the win for the Blue Devils.

“We’re out there to score points even if we’re up 30, we’re out there to score points if we’re down 30.

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Soccer Tops Fordham In Double Overtime

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After losing their opening home game to Siena this past Wednesday 5-3, CCSU (3-4, 0-0 NEC) defeated the Fordham University (3-4) in overtime after an early scare of 2-1.

“We’ve had a tough away schedule. Last game we gave four goals in the second half and we made some changes, but everyone has the time to play and that’s what’s important,” said Captain Robert Cavener.

The game started with kick-off for CCSU who quickly passed the ball to the backline and began a third man release attack on Fordham.

CCSU’s center defender Jared Speeker brought the ball down the middle and passed it Cavener who brought the ball further down the Fordham backline before passing it to the right midfield for Souleymane Sanogo. The midfielder brought the ball down the right and crossed it for the penetrating forward, Eduardo Ortiz, who took a shot on goal that was brilliantly saved by the Fordham goalkeeper.

The break from Fordham came from this attack when their goalkeeper, Phil Ferrantello, punted the ball down the field, behind the midfielders and was picked up by

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Fordham’s Tim Richardson who managed to control it until he got support from the one of his own midfielders, Andre Seidenthal, who received a through ball from Richardson and put the ball past the goalkeeper. The counterattack goal came just after two minutes into the game and the Rams were up onenil putting an early pressure on the Blue Devils.

“I think we gotta stop giving early goals and stop digging ourselves outta a hole. They [Fordham University] scored in the worst possible time, early in the game, taking away our steam. But I think we responded well, we scored in the worst possible time for them, before half time, which gave us momentum,” said Coach Green.

The first half of the game went fairly quiet; CCSU kept its original 4-3-3 formation while Fordham adapted a 5-4-1 in order to counter attack the attacking style of CCSU. The Blue Devils had a couple of chances to tie soon after the first goal, but was unable to put it past the net.

Coach Green brought in left back Shawn Buchanan to add depth to the game because CCSU were outshot by Fordham and the players were becoming too impatient. The SOCCER | cont. on 10

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Terrell Whitting scored the winning goal with under two minutes remaining in the second overtime.

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