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Report Details Safety Upgrade In Residence Halls JAson CunninghAm AnD zACh pErrAs-DuEnAs The recorder

A report sent from Jean Alicandro, Director of Residence Life, details the efforts of Central Connecticut State University to ensure that resident halls are safer after the James Hall intrusion by Chlevera Trimmier on Sept. 16.

According to the report, CCSU police have been doing extra security rounds at the dorms. They’ve also

been checking doors at dorms to see if they’re locked, speaking with students who they find still leaving their doors unlocked. The James Hall staff has also been doing random checks to see if their residents’ doors are locked. When they come upon an unlocked door they remind the residents of that room to lock it. If no one is in the suite and the door is unlocked they lock it and follow-up with those residents.

The James Hall Resident

Director, Lauren Turrene, has added a second duty staff person to help with sign-ins and rounds on Thursday nights, the reports says, because of the high traffic regularly experienced on Thursdays at James Hall.

“We have printed and are laminating postings with important numbers, including police, routine and emergency, health services, residence life, student affairs, etc. to be placed behind each door.

Facilities has also ordered some

professional safety signage for the doors reminding students to lock doors,” Alicandro wrote in the report.

The report also mentions that Jason Powell, CCSU’s Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, will have an independent company coming in this year and do a safety audit of all resident halls on campus. University officials are to take recommendations from these experts.

“I personally believe that this is

a logical approach; a well advised plan is always much better than jumping into quick fixes or changes that may not have lasting effects,” Alicandro wrote in the report.

The report says that additional postings in the James Hall main lobby and on all building floors are up to encourage good safety habits like locking room doors. The hall council and the staff of James Hall have also been working on planning safety programs for this semester with the CCSU Police.

Foley, Malloy Blumenthal Says CSUS Trade Jabs in Board Broke Law Televised Debate mATT ClYBurn The recorder

Democrat Dan Malloy and Republican Tom Foley brought unabashed attacks to their first televised debate as candidates for governor of Connecticut last Tuesday.

The candidates traded jabs on a number of state issues throughout the one-hour debate, punctuated by salty accusations and name-calling.

The conviction of Steven Hayes, one of the Cheshire home invasion perpetrators, came just hours before the debate, prompting the candidates to discuss the death penalty policy they would bring to the governor’s office.

Foley, citing his belief that the death penalty protects Connecticut corrections officers, argued that the death penalty needs to remain in place and accused his opponent of supporting a policy that would prevent Hayes from receiving capital punishment if he is so sentenced.

Malloy responded that he did not support the death penalty in most cases but that his plan to remove it would only outlaw future sentences and not affect this case. This exchange was the first of many in which both candidates characterized their opponent as a “liar” and “misrepresenting what is happening.”

A constant theme of the evening, both candidates attacking each other based on their previous jobs, was highlighted when they were asked to respond to critical television ads. Malloy’s commercial

accused Foley of receiving a $20 million paycheck while bankrupting and laying off workers at a Georgia mill that he owned. Foley disputed the $20 million dollar figure and the layoff claim, noting also that the bankruptcy occurred under new management two years after selling the company. Foley’s television spot disputed Malloy’s claim that he had added jobs while mayor of Stamford by showing conflicting jobs numbers. Malloy retorted that Foley was misrepresenting the record and asserted that he was a proven political leader.

Malloy attempted to make an issue of Foley’s running mate, Mark Boughton, by discussing the candidate’s prolife position and criticizing Foley’s choice of the Danbury mayor as his running mate. Tension followed when Foley reminded Malloy that Republican primary voters had selected Boughton for the Lieutenant Governor’s position, not Foley himself.

Malloy’s theme for the evening was a promise to reduce staff within the governor’s span of control by 15 percent in order to close the $3 billion budget deficit. Foley’s plan for closing the deficit was to privatize more government services, align public employee compensation with that of private sector employees,

DEBATE | ConT. on 2 MORE COVERAGE: A side-by-side comparison of the candidates and a news analysis on the debate. PAGE 3.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal miChAEl WAlsh The recorder

According to Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut State University System Board of Trustees broke state law when it gave CSUS Chancellor David Carter the power to fire university presidents.

Blumenthal issued a report today to a legislative committee with findings that the board violated state laws when it gave Carter the power and authority. In addition, Blumenthal also says that the board improperly rewrote human resource policies in 2007.

According to Blumenthal, only the full board of trustees has the power and legal ability to fire a university president and change human resource policies.

“State law is clear. Only the full CSUS board can change

personnel policies and terminate presidents,” Blumenthal said in a statement. “University boards of trustees are entrusted with the ultimate authority on key leadership decisions - a powerful and essential check assuring wise and efficient stewardship. Such authority should not and cannot be delegated.”

Blumenthal stated in a press release that in 2007 the 18-member board “nonetheless improperly delegated its authority to rewrite personnel policies to its eight-member executive committee.”

In Oct. of 2009 the board wrongly gave Carter the power to terminate university presidents.

Carter, who announced his decision to retire from his chancellor position last week, used that power on Nov. 17, 2009 to fire the current Southern Connecticut State University President Cheryl Norton, a decision that fell under some scrutiny. Norton, informed of Carter’s decision to let her go, resigned in a deal that keeps her paid full salary through May 31, 2011.

In his report, Blumenthal recommends that the CSUS Board of Trustees review its decision to delegate authority of power to Carter to make sure that it complies with state law. He also recommends that the full board review and then vote on the improper executed decisions regarding the human resource policies that were written in 2007. Blumenthal also recommends in his report that the legislature change the law to clarify that the full board must vote on human resource and any terminations or suspensions of university presidents.

According to Blumenthal’s office, they’ve discussed the matter with Carter in the last month. Blumenthal reports that the full CSUS board then voted to reclaim its authority to write personnel policies and took initial steps to reclaim power to terminate university presidents.

“I am pleased that the full CSUS board heeded my call to reclaim its statutory authority to set personnel policy,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

“I hope that the board will reassert its statutory power to terminate university presidents, a core management function that cannot be legally delegated.”

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Verizon employees Brittany Pagano, Nigel Jessamy, and Manya Suffrard visited CCSU last week. adam tulloch The Recorder

Verizon Wireless sent employees to the CCSU campus last week to discuss résumé tips and career opportunities, give away free gifts and also give students the opportunity to enter a contest for a chance to win a free concert from hip-hop artist B.O.B. Verizon employees Brittany Pagano, Nigel Jessamy and Manya Suffrard, also a CCSU student, discussed how to make your résumé sing, giving valuable tips for building a résumé that makes an impression.

“We like to help people out with résumés by giving them eight easy tips to make their résumés standout,” Jessamy explained.

“The eight tips are to take a personal inventory, develop a clear and logical format, make your presentation pop, speak actively and concisely, think of the recruiter, go digital (but stay printable), hook them from the start and follow up”.

Verizon was also there to giveaway free gifts, including one

gigabyte flash drives, notebooks and chances to win the latest technology they have to offer. CCSU students that have Verizon services can take a picture of a bar code and send it to a specific phone number. If you’re not a Verizon carrier, you can send a copy of the picture to an e-mail address. After receiving a text from the same number, the student has been entered to win new devices.

It also enters CCSU in a contest to win a live performance from hiphop sensation B.O.B. “From a single two second picture text we can see B.O.B for free. I think it is a great thing for CCSU to get,” said Suffrard.

Twenty schools are involved with this contest, so the school with the highest percentage of texts wins the B.O.B concert.

For the next four months, Verizon plans to come back to CCSU to discuss more information on careers and résumé tips. Expect to see Verizon on campus on Nov. 9th, Dec. 1st, Feb. 2nd and April 6th.

“Verizon is more than a job, it is a career with great opportunity to get a head start in life,” said Pagano.

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Verizon Wireless is giving away a free concert featuring B.O.B. DEBATE | Cont. from 1 and bring his business experience to government management.

The debate followed the release of a poll by the independent Merriman River Group, showing Foley within just 2.6 percentage points of Malloy. This was the first poll to show such a slim margin for the Stamford Democrat.

The winner of the Nov. 2

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CCSU football players, including #26 Everette Benjamin, #52 Gene Johnson and #8 Gunnar Jespersen, were dishing out ice cream at last week’s one-ton sundae event.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE CCSU STUDENTS ?

A continuing series of submissions of CCSU students writing in from where they are studying abroad.

Ello Ello, I'm Steve Packnick and I'm spending this fall in Preston, England. As the fall rapidly closes in and the temperature drops I get to enjoy the lovely northwestern England weather where it may vary from raining a little to raining a lot. Apart from the classes I'm taking, life in Preston is constantly moving. Whether it's hanging out with my flatmates in our kitchen or catching a weekly football match at the local pub with friends, I've always been able to meet people from all over. Now whether or not I can understand them and their thick accents is another story.

One thing I didn't expect but absolutely love is the difference in the culture just "across the pond." Dealing with the Pound, kilo, Celsius and meter instead of dollar, Fahrenheit and feet as well as the difference between football and football. Well I'm off to Liverpool for the weekend. Did I mention study abroad was the best choice I've ever made?

Steve Packnick is currently studying abroad in Preston, England.

THE FACTS: What Malloy and Foley Stand For

THE ANALYSIS: The Implications of Tuesday’s Debate

MATT CLYBURN The Recorder

ECONOMY/JOBS Tom Foley: * Make Connecticut a more attractive place for businesses to locate and hire people. * Work to develop and market the ‘Knowledge Corridor’ from Enfield to New Haven as a unique national asset combining our well-educated and highly skilled workforce with some of the best academic institutions and infrastructure in the nation.

Dan Malloy: * Engage local officials and business leaders in decisions that will make their communities stronger, and their local economies more competitive. * Lower energy costs and health care costs by 10 percent or more, to make Connecticut significantly more business friendly and a favored destination for entrepreneurs and small business owners. * Grow jobs and revitalize the infrastructure through investments in building more affordable housing, rehabilitating historic buildings in our downtown areas, improving our mass transit and transportation infrastructure, or enhancing our air and sea ports.

EDUCATION Tom Foley: * Charter schools can be used to improve regular public schools that are not performing well. * End social promotion and should introduce performance pay for teachers. * Parents and children who are not served by well-performing regular public schools must have other choices. * Strive to be a leader in the ‘Race to the Top.’ Dan Malloy: * Expand access to pre-Kindergarten programs across Connecticut, the goal being to make it universal within four years. * Allow districts to self-fund new charter schools. * Create a community college "grade 13" option for those not quite prepared for college level education. * Expand access to alternative teaching programs and enhance teacher evaluation systems. * Establish a parental involvement

challenge grant to promote innovation and adoption of effective parental involvement strategies. * Allow optional testing in high school to gauge college preparedness levels in math and English, and tailor senior year curriculum accordingly.

HEALTH CARE Tom Foley: * Reduce health care costs now; progress made will help reduce the cost of state government. * Place Connecticut in a leadership role in lowering health care costs for everyone.

Dan Malloy: * Change our fiscal focus from paying exorbitant costs of advanced preventable illness to prevention, early detection and treatment, thus saving lives as well as resources. * Push for a comprehensive pooling bill to allow municipalities, small businesses and the self-employed access to better coverage at a lower cost. * Form strategic partnerships with Connecticut's community health centers, which play a vital role in our health care system by treating those who have been denied or cannot afford health insurance, or who don't live in close proximity to a hospital. * Expand Connecticut's Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) system, HUSKY Primary Care, to 400,000 low income children and parents in the HUSKY program.

ENERGY Tom Foley: * Reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy by encouraging more energy efficiency and developing sources of alternative energy. * Contribute to better air quality and stimulate job growth.

Dan Malloy: * Lead a statewide energy efficiency drive among Connecticut residents with a goal of reducing our energy usage by 15% over the next two years, making Connecticut one of the most energy efficient states in the nation.

Foley MATT CLYBURN The Recorder

Watching the gubernatorial debate was like watching a couple of teenage boys horsing around in the front yard. Suddenly, you realize that one of the lads brought a knife to this fistfight, quickly turning the spectacle into a more serious situation.

Declaring a winner of the debate is elusive, and quite frankly, moot. There are, however, a number of things with which most political analysts would agree. Here we discuss some of the implications as we sift through last Tuesday’s contest.

The Television Effect We’ve heard it time and time again - John F. Kennedy won the presidency because he chose to wear makeup and Richard Nixon did not. Those listening to their first debate on the radio declared Nixon the winner, and those watching on television declared Kennedy the winner. And so it goes, you can often choose the winner of a political debate by muting your set and judging based on each candidate’s dashing good looks. Political junkies would argue it goes deeper than that but the consensus says that most voters don’t think much further than that. On this category, we have a draw on party lines. Conservative voters will have appreciated Foley’s distinguished, businessman (or business, man!) look; liberal voters will appreciate Malloy’s youthful and assertive appearance. Conversely, the folks on the right will tell you that Malloy came across as condescending and angry (liberals will say he was passionate) and the left will tell you that Foley was doddering and an old fart (or an old fogey; Fogey Foley!). Based solely on the deep blue color of our state, we can assume a bias towards the young, up-and-coming Dan Malloy.

The Issues Can Geico really save you 15 percent or more on car insurance? Does Tom Foley peak too early?

Foley’s best and most reasoned point came within the first three minutes of the debate,

Malloy arguing that the protection of corrections officers was a fundamental reason to uphold a workable death penalty. To that point, even Malloy asserted that Connecticut lacks a “workable death penalty,” and he is absolutely correct. Foley’s big opportunity, to pin Malloy as a scheming populist, came and went. And so did his chances of making a meaningful impact in this debate. Malloy’s plan to abolish the death penalty after the Cheshire home invasion suspects are sentenced is an expedient attempt to fall in line with popular opinion and avoid the accountability of consistency.

If the same exact crime happened in five years instead of last year, we wouldn’t have a death penalty to appease the public with. So which is it, Mr. Malloy? Foley missed his big opportunity here and will likely pay for it.

Everything Else The remaining 45 minutes of debate can be reasonably likened to your average playground - if there was sand, one of the candidates would have thrown it in the other candidate’s eye. Accusations of lying, namecalling and all-out yelling over each other were commonplace, making my buzzword drinking game much less entertaining. The win here goes to the moderator, a Fox News political correspondent who allowed all this to happen. Chaos ensued.

Last Tuesday’s Debate in Thirty Seconds Malloy: “Tom, you are just so disconnected from the people of this state that it is unbelievable.’’ “Tom, the fact that you repeat things more than three times doesn’t make it true.’’ “Tom, you really don’t understand government at all, do you?’’

Foley: “Stop lying about it, Dan. Stop lying about it.’’ “Loose-with-the-truth. That’s one word because it’s hyphenated.’’

Like the fighting teenagers, you can’t help but feel that this contest could really end up hurting one of these (probably) well-intentioned guys. Unlike the fighting teenagers, the real victim may not be the one who gets stabbed, but the innocent bystanders watching from the sidelines.

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First Data CEO Speaks of Future Technological Capabilities Jason Cunningham The Recorder

Vance Academic Center room 105 had no more than 40 people settle in as the audience to former CEO of First Data Charles Fote for his interactive conversation on his business and success since his days at Central Connecticut State University.

Fote founded and is currently CEO of Fotec and was CCSU President Jack Miller’s executive guest throughout homecoming.

“Well I haven’t been here for I guess 42 years,” said Fote.

Fote was at CCSU back when the university was Central Connecticut State College.

“When I was here it was a lot smaller, but I enjoyed coming to school,” said Fote.

Fote briefly talked to the mostly business and communications students about being a student and how much smaller the university was, shifting to going over his children’s education and careers, mainly his son’s experience as a farmer, for the first quarter of the more than an hour long speech. He was in a dry condition that possibly echoed his Wednesday night arrival from Denver. Fote seemed drained of energy, playing with the cap of his Dasani water bottle during most of the time he talked.

Slowly going over his time at First Data, a Fortune 250 electronic payments company, Fote detailed his 30 years there. Fote began climbing First Data’s corporate ladder in 1975, helping the company grow from an $11 million U.S. division to a $12 billion global player. He retired as chairman and CEO in 2005.

Fote’s current enterprise, Fotec,

was founded in 2009. According to FotecGroup.com, the company was created by a group of payments experts to develop technologically advanced payment capabilities for the world’s evolving marketplace.

“You guys at your age will do everything on the phone, you’ll start your car on the phone here pretty soon…I’m not kidding about that, your credit cards, you won’t carry a card in your wallet,” said Fote.

FotecGroup.com says that the company is focused on facilitating merchants’ ability to authorize and accept all types of payments by providing money transfer services to consumers and businesses electronically.

Through new technologies, the acceptance of consumer transactions at the point of sale can be made at the actual merchants’ locations. This offers new payment methods through devices like smartphones, that Fote believes will make sales more convenient.

“The fraud will be very low, because most fraud today is merchant fraud…the fraud goes away because the consumer is not going to steal from themselves,” said Fote.

When the audience members were asked how many of them paid their bills electronically, nearly everyone raised their hand.

“Technology is just changing the world faster than we can we can ride it out,” said Fote.

Fote advised to the students to jump on new technology and to remain ahead of the curve if you haven’t already leaped ahead.

“I’ve never sent an e-mail in my whole life,” said Fote.

In fact, Fote’s wife still pays their bills on paper, mailing out their

CEO of First Data, Charles Fote, spoke at CCSU last week. checks in traditional envelopes.

While Fote and his family haven’t adapted every aspect (some of them major) of the technological age into their lifestyle, Fote still manages to have his fingers on the pulse of technological advancement, especially in the payment industry.

“Every consumer is also going to be a merchant….Which means you’ll be able to buy and sell from your phone,” said Fote.

Fote thinks plastic debit and

SGA Senators Debate Possible Penalties For Late Club Budgets

credit cards will be mostly gone within five to 10 years and predicted that business owners will be able to run their companies straight from their smartphones soon.

While Fote suffered a few walkouts while he talked, he maintained an interactive period of questions and answers rounding out the later half of his time into the end.

Fote’s main advice to students was to do what makes them happy for their careers, to keep clients of

MICHAEL WALSH The Recorder

As the CCSU Student Government Association plows through club contingency requests, senators have begun to debate whether or not a club should be penalized for submitting late budgets.

Over the last few weeks, SGA has fielded contingency requests from clubs looking to expand on their base budget. Among the clubs have been the dance team, the men's lacrosse club, the karate club and the veterans student organization.

Not all of the presenting clubs submitted late budgets - some are simply asking for more money to cover costs such as coaching.

"The contingency process is open to all clubs," SGA President Matt Vekakis explained. "Anyone can come and ask us for more money."

Clubs are expected to have their budget requests submitted to SGA ahead of time, but rising circumstances like a change in leadership or new club status sometimes leaves club scrambling to submit their requests properly and on time.

"I think we should be consistent," said Senator Nicholas Alaimo. "They should be penalized for being late.

There are rules. There is no incentive for doing it right."

In the most recent SGA by-laws, there is no discussion of penalties for clubs that have handed their budgets in later than SGA would like them to appear. The by-laws do state that club money is funded on a first-come, first-served basis, but

whether to continue the plan or not.

Also of note, the next round of SGA-sponsored "Coffee Talks" were announced by Senator Eric Bergenn, chair of the student life committee. The talks allow students to talk to and meet SGA senators to find out what is going on with SGA, as well as having the opportunity to have their voices directly heard to SGA. The next talk is scheduled for Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. on Vance Lawn.

CORRECTION: In last week’s article “SGA Approves Increase in Scholarship Funds,” it was incorrectly stated that the scholarship committee was given an extra $9,500, giving them a total budget of $29,500.

Instead, the article should have stated that the $29,500 allocated to the committee was on top of a $20,000 budget they already received, resulting in a total of $49,500 to distribute to CCSU students in the form of scholarships.

any kind regardless of industry as long as you can, to always give people quality and to work hard at paying close attention to what’s happening around them. In addition to acting as CEO of Fotec, Fote is currently Chairman of the Board of Accretive Technologies Inc. and serves on the Payfone board. He also acts as head of the Fote family foundation and serves on the board of a nonprofit, humanitarian relief organization called Project C.U.R.E.

Peace Studies Educator Encourages Nonviolence Matt kiernan

as of now a lack of money is not an issue.

"I don't think any clubs should receive less money for coming in late," said SGA Vice President Christopher Kyle.

Some senators believe that clubs that follow the set guidelines for budgets by turning them in on time deserve more than a club that doesn't.

"What is the incentive of handing in budgets late? Is it fair?" said Senator Erika Dawson-Head.

An example was made last week when the Veterans Student Organization made a presentation asking for $11,600. After a motion made for the full amount by Senator Drew Blythe was voted down with 13 yes votes, 18 no votes and four abstentions, a second motion was made to allocate $9,200 to the group in hopes that refreshments and a trip that only applies to veterans of war would be cut, but that language was not put into the motion. The second motion was approved.

Last week's SGA meeting also saw the senators putting into motion a plan that would bring copies of the New York Times into the student center and all academic buildings, with the hopes that students will have a better chance of picking up a copy later in the day.

"This is something that is going to benefit all students," said Dawson-Head.

The motion, which was passed with 18 yes votes against three no votes, would bring eight weeks worth of newspapers to the CCSU campus at a 50 percent off rate of $5250. The plan would be on a trial run, allowing SGA to decide

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Peace studies educator Arthur Romano stopped by Torp Theatre Tuesday to speak with students and faculty about his hopes for a world where violence is nonexistent and people have a tolerance for all other cultures.

“The state of the world is such that we really do face great challenges,” said Romano at the discussion sponsored by the Mosaic Center and CCSU Lambda Theta Phi fraternity.

Although the turnout of attendees at Torp was a small gathering of people, Romano kept a positive outlook, saying it was like speaking to a family.

Romano opened his lecture with how economics can be a disruptive force in societies.

Romano cited statistics such as 43.6 million people in the United States live in poverty according to a 2009 Census Bureau study, and 22 percent of the world’s plants are endangered according to a study done by Britain’s Botanic Gardens and London’s Natural History Museum.

In the modern day people think they fully understand the system of the world, but the components of what makes up that world are highly unpredictable, says Romano. He continued to say that this ignorance allows the world to be controlled by free markets with consumers who believe they’re helping to create a utopia, but may not be.

In order to wake up attendees during the mid-afternoon rainy day, a civil rights movement song prominently sung during the 1960s

was led by Victoria Christgau, director of the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence who made an appearance to help answer questions about peace studies. The song titled, “Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Freedom,” was given an enthusiastic rendition with audience members clapping and singing along to Christgau’s voice.

“In the civil rights movement, singing was as important as any action they took,” said Christgau.

Christgau then spoke on Dr. Martin Luther King’s six principles of nonviolence, which are that nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people, to always seek friendship, fight the forces of injustice, accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of achieving a goal, avoid internal violence and that the universe is on the side of justice.

“The existential reality is that we [the world] have six billion people and growing,” said Romano.

Although people may get angry and want to “get rid” of or never see again the people they dislike, they must learn to tolerate others and learn to accept them for who they are, said Romano.

The speech ended with Romano looking back on how globalization allows the philosophies of spiritual teachers to travel around the world and reach places no one would imagine possible.

Romano is an international educator of nonviolence who has spoken many times at the United Nations and was the recepient of the 2004 Rotary World Peace Fellowship.

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EDITORIAL

Residence Hall Security Upgrades A Good Start, For Now With the recent events on campus that have been questioning our sense of security we need to look at how we are responding and if we are taking the proper steps to prevent future violations of human rights. For those of you who have been neglecting to pay attention to university news, several weeks ago there was an incident on campus which involved a man impersonating a James Hall resident assistant, who then proceeded to enter into unlocked rooms.

What have we done since this incident to prevent this type of thing from happening again? There are signs in the resident halls to remind students to lock their doors

and be careful with who they are associating with, but more steps need to be taken.

It’s become apparent that the university needs to take charge in protecting the lives of our fellow students. Not all at this school will remember, and more importantly care, about locking their doors, signing in residents and taking necessary steps to protect themselves and their roommates from others.

Southern Connecticut State University, another school in our system, has a much stricter policy on resident hall sign-ins. At CCSU, resident assistants go on duty at 7 p.m. and are off duty by 1 a.m. At

SCSU, these shifts last through the night. If someone is going to work their way into a residence hall, they can definitely wait until 1 a.m. before doing so. Why we don’t have stricter sign-ins in the dorms is very troubling. While New Haven itself might pose more reason for SCSU's stepped up security, the event James Hall students experienced should be reason enough to elongate the hours of sign-in shifts. After an event which questions current policies, nothing has changed on the behalf.

Self-locking doors need to become a necessity on every door.

There are only a few buildings on campus which have these locking

systems in place as most of the residence halls have a classic lock and key which can be left unlocked intentionally or by accident. While this might seem like a convenient feature, safety should outweigh convenience on the scale of importance. Of course, these changes can't happen overnight, as replacing every lock would take planning and money. Instead, it should be on the university's list of necessary upgrades for the safety and security of CCSU students.

It's also necessary that the university police have to step up their patrolling of the residence halls. Looking for suspicious characters should be on their

priority list. Also, if they are in the dorms, they can react to a situation much faster, should it arise. Their presence on campus is valuable, and should be used to the fullest extent, week in and week out.

Moving forward, there are policy changes which will need to be made, but there is a chance a lot of them won’t be pushed to the forefront unless another incident happens on this campus.

Unfortunately, this is the way that many universities operate and ours is no different. Where we could stand apart is by taking preventative measures to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Editor’s Column

Be Wary of Location-Based Tenure System Needs to Be Social Networking Updated, Cautiously Michael Walsh The Recorder

With Facebook and Twitter becoming institutionalized in our everyday lives, privacy jumps to the forefront of issues to worry about with every single status update and tweet. Never has this been more true than now, as real-time statuses left from smart phones are taking the place of hoursold statuses left on a computer. It has never been easier for someone to know where you are, where you frequent and where you’re going.

Why on earth would I want to let someone know where I am at that very moment? That’s the question I tackle myself when I even consider using Foursquare on Twitter or Facebook’s new place feature to “check in” to a location, letting my friends and followers know where I am at the moment. And if you’re using one of the aforementioned features or applications to do so, you might want to reconsider as well for your own benefit.

There are situations in which all of these features can be used wisely and for positive results. For instance, if you contain your Facebook profile to people you know, and are comfortable knowing, then by all means, this sort of technology can be absolutely beneficial. And if you’re attending a conference with like-minded individuals, you might be able to search for people who are living, breathing and working right among you, some of which might be ready to engage in productive conversation.

On the other hand, if you’re the type to accept every friend request that comes along and don’t bother to limit what they can and cannot view on your profile, you should be hesitant to let them know where you do your grocery shopping, what bars you prefer to frequent and when and where you work.

And it goes beyond someone showing up at those places to make your life a living hell.

Do you really want to let someone know when your house or apartment is vacant?

I can’t imagine what I could gain from telling people, “Hello, I’ll be working at this specific place for a few hours, if you’ve ever wanted to take anything of mine, now’s your chance.”

The website Please Rob Me started as a tool to raise awareness about over-sharing.

Before it halted its efforts, the website would search Twitter feeds for locationbased tweets, and then message that user automatically telling him or her that their location is public to the entire world on Twitter. Ironically, the site came under some critical fire because it might have been raising too much awareness to the fact that these people weren’t home. It has since stopped serving it’s initial function, but still shares the same message about over-sharing

location-based information.

Foursquare claims that it gives you and your friends a new way of exploring your city or town, but I’ll object. They’re turning real life into a silly game, where checking into a certain location earns the user points and badges. They can eventually even become a “mayor” of a location, meaning they frequent that spot more than anyone. Just sitting on Foursquare’s homepage has let me know that a certain person has become a mayor of a specific laundromat in a specific town in Vermont.

Is this really something that our society has begun to become fascinated with?

The fact that someone spends more time at one place than anyone else? God forbid someone a little overzealous (or creepy) finds a certain liking or disliking in one of these mayors. They won’t be hard to track down.

We’re all victims to over-exposure, and I’ll admit my partaking on Facebook and Twitter. Now I don’t hold myself to the high opinion that I’m someone worth stalking, but just the idea of this growing and over-exposed society has begun to freak me out. We’re moving at a pace no one has been able to predict. No, it’s not quite like having a big government brother watching every move, a la George Orwell’s 1984, but the idea is there. Of course, in this situation it is our own decision to broadcast our whereabouts and our every move. It’s your conscious effort that allows someone to know that you’re currently sitting in a Starbucks on Main Street in Newington, and nobody else’s, and so the possible repercussions should be conscious as well.

Alternatively, should Facebook and Twitter consciously partake in these location-based features? And if they do, should they warn their users about what they’re really getting themselves into? This is a societal and cultural issue that isn’t getting nearly enough buzz. I can’t even fathom why people feel the need to use it, but that’s best saved for another time and for a deeper study into the mind of a 21st century 20-something year old.

I promise, I don’t intend to freak you out, but we’ve all heard it in the news.

The media loves to report on murder, abductions and the disturbing like when it involves technology, because it gives them a fresh and new spin to a depressing subject.

And rightfully so, what with the super fast progress of all the social networking platforms. The best thing you can do, if you really want to use these features, is to make sure that the only people seeing these posts about where you’re at are the ones that you want to. The rest should continue to wonder, and shouldn’t have such easy access to your life.

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From a very young age, we are told to respect our elders and not to question what they say because they are older than us and have more experience in this world. This transcends across all of society. From political leaders to doctors, if you have experience you must be better than someone who is new to the system.

Somehow, this concept got applied to teaching. The tenure system at universities around the country protects an educational instructor, but doesn’t do so for the student.

Once a professor reaches tenure, they will remain as so unless they are found guilty of misconduct. Even still, this is a fairly lengthy process and isn’t one that the university will want to conduct.

Originally adopted to protect professors from unjust terminations due to religious differences or input from the board of trustees at given universities, this has become a system that doesn’t keep itself in check. Once given tenure, a professor can become unproductive or even make their lesson irrelevant to no punishment. This process isn’t desired by a university, and shouldn’t be encouraged by a system such as tenure.

A university is an institution of higher education. There is no room at such an institution for incompetence. It should be the universities’ job to ensure that the student is being educated to their fullest potential. If a system is getting in the way, then it should be replaced or modified.

Yearly reviews should be made more rigorous. Teaching only to give a student a passing grade is a pressing problem. There isn’t enough emphasis drawn to the teacher’s performance. Often times, the teacher’s abilities are judged by the student, all of whom come from different educational backgrounds and are putting in their own time outside of the classroom.

Observations often make a professor act or perform in a way that they don’t usually exhibit to their students. This is part of the problem. For weeks, the instructor knows that the observation is coming and they are prepared to show the administrator what they can do. Less preparation time should be given for an observation. Surprise visits by deans would really put the pressure on and give the executives the real depiction of the class.

This movement has already started in New Jersey. The public school systems are going to begin reviewing tenured professors on whether or not they can keep their jobs, not just on gaining tenure. Their students will be graded against others on the same tests along with other performance based tests. They are hoping to start a fire under the teachers and push for more from their educators.

Any changes to this system must be done with caution, as we are dealing with the livelihoods of many individuals, but to not review old policies would not allow for improvement and advancement. All the parts of this educational machine must work efficiently to maintain the high standards we seek and the tenure system is in need of repair.

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REVIEWS Bruno Mars

Doo-Woops & Hooligans

Elektra/Asylum October 5

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Bruno Mars, born Peter Hernandez, has made a name for himself in smooth hooks in popular singles like “Billionaire”

by Travie McCoy and “Nothin On You” by B.O.B.; Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans is just as smooth.

A refreshing 10 track album that includes everything from soul, jazz and blues, funk, and a little reggae thrown in there that

sounds good to the ears. Throughout the album Mars projects emotions through his lyrics, like love, passion, pain, and untimely happiness that just reels you in.

With his two hit singles, “Just the Way You Are,” which has already been number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Grenade,” which is already climbing up the charts as well, I’m sure there will be more hit singles from his debut album.

Other tracks that standout on the album are “Liquor Store Blues,” “Marry You,” and ‘Talking to the Moon.” “Liquor Store Blues” has a more humorous approach that explores addiction and pain and adds a nice melody with a nice feature from Damian Marley. “Marry You” and “Talking to the Moon” both have a smooth upbeat tempo that explores the limits of unconditional and free love. ‘Talking to the Moon” is a love ballad that shares how one person has someone to love out there no matter how far away.

In short there is nothing really to complain about in Doo-Wops and Hooligans; it’s just a really solid R&B pop album. This is something that both fans and investors will appreciate. Mars with his gifts in writing and singing, has an appealing approach with his music and adds a Jason Mraz-esque technique.

This is an album for both the male and female audiences and this is the start of good things for the rising star. Bruno Mars’Doo-Wops and Hooligans is nothing to sleep on.

Maroon 5

Ciara Hooks

A & M/Octone Septermber 21

Maroon 5’s latest album Hands All Over is twelve songs that in essence all relate back to the same obsession, love.

The album explores the happiness, sadness, bliss and pain caused by the love for a woman. The lyrics are about the same thing: the love they have or had, he wants her back, and the control or hold she has over him.

Also, a lot of the beats and the music itself sound the same.

The only thing I can see that these songs don’t have in common is their tempos. Many of the songs are slow, but there are a few medium and up-tempo songs. I loved “Misery,” which is talking about a couple that is no

Hands All Over

Creepshow

They All Fall Down

Hellcat Records October 5

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Halloween is approaching, and you need fresh tunes for your shindig. When it comes to seasonal music, there is no need to look further than the psychobilly genre, an offshoot of punk rock and 50s-era doo-wop and rockabilly with a Herman Munster touch.

It’s campy, outrageous, and most of all, fun.

Though I am not an enormous fan, I would say that your best bet is to check out the Cramps and the Nekromantix first, just to get a taste, then to check out Canada’s The Creepshow after you’ve heard Horrorpops.

Opening with a vampiric sermon over

Mike Gordon Moss

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When Mike Gordon isn’t dropping funky bombs while ripping through a jam with Phish, he’s been known to deviate and experiment as a solo artist, and his latest album, Moss, does so much to shine the spotlight on the true artist the bassist is.

Those familiar with Gordon’s sound and recognizable voice will fall right in with what he’s doing on this album, a far more straightforward album than his debut album Inside In, but that doesn’t mean it’s not equally

longer together, but how the man wants to get back with the woman and is willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen.

I also loved “Just a Feeling,” which is talking about how the couple got into a huge fight and they’re both upset and depressed.

The relationship is over but he wants it back, especially the good times they had.

My least favorites were “Don’t Know Nothing” and “Out of Goodbyes.” I really wasn’t instantly pulled into them and it was hard to figure out what they were about.

In all I liked the cd because it’s very relatable and I would add it to my collection. But to me it’s more of a slow love album that you can only listen to when you’re in that mood.

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the sounds of an old-time boxing match, Creepshow’s They All Fall Down has a lot of ingredients brewing. There’s the straightforward Misfits-style of “whoa-oh”ing punk rock (“Someday”, “Road to Nowhere”, the poppy horn-heavy ska (“Hellbound”), and some mixture of gypsy-barroompsychobilly-god-knows-what (“Get What’s Coming”). Just when the first few tunes of the same upbeat punk beat, “Sleep Tight,” which blatantly copies the Penguins’ “Earth Angel,” changes the pace for a moment. Despite the fact that it’s wholly unoriginal, it’s infectious, and it is one of They All Fall Down’s most enjoyable tracks.

Psychobilly has always been a curious subculture. Though an offshoot of punk rock, for many of its die-hard enthusiasts, it’s just another day in 1955. The Creepshow has these influences, but delivers a slightly more modern sound. The cover art to They All Fall Down is something you’d be more likely to see on a Dropkick Murphy’s album, but The Creepshow shows no signs of trying to go more mainstream. Nor should they; delectable as they look, and as tight and polished as they are simply not appealing enough to reach a wider audience.

I think I may be sounding a little too hard on this album. It did not amaze me, but it did not bore me. The Creepshow is not a band trying to be the most groundbreaking band in history, even though their original melding of multiple sources and dressing one of their members as a priest are nice touches. Maybe that’s OK, sometimes music exists only for fun and never for serious over-analysis. Though there is nothing particularly exceptional or unprecedented about this record, They All Fall Down is a fun record, and a good one to keep at hand for Halloween.

as creative.

Moss simply breathes the funk, pure and simple, and it’s incredible. Being a bassist-led album, and with that bassist being so damn funky, Moss will appease to those looking for an album that grooves, musically and lyrically.

Don’t expect to get Gordon’s Phish-like playing, because that’s simply not here.

But do expect to get a full assortment of complex music. Gordon brings on many guests, including common collaborators Joe Russo on drums and Marco Benevento on piano. Gordon’s played with the duo many times live, and their cohesiveness here in the studio is tight and produces. Gordon also brought on Phish bandmatess Jon Fishman and Page McConnell to even deepen the list of all-star talent to be heard.

The album’s highlight is “Idea,” a six minute piece of beauty, that was actually debuted with Phish back in June. With Phish it was an eight minute jammed out tune, darker than the album version. Here the accompaniment is equally funky, but naturally different. As Gordon’s bass beats through the rhythm backed by a wonderful organ sound, he sings “Sliding down that final stretch of highway /I pass beside you and my mind comes alive / Got to find a way to the person inside.”

Through and throughout the album bleeds from Gordon’s bass, but in retrospect, the real brilliance is the way Gordon works on his irregular soundscapes with the rest of the talent featured. Gordon’s playing here won’t blow you away technically, it’s the finished product that surely will.

Kings of Leon

Come Around Sundown

RCA October 19

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Continually changing and evolving into something better isn’t a strength of many bands, but Kings of Leon have learned to do this better than any group. Their latest release, Come Around Sundown, is another effort in a long line of above-average studio performances by the band.

KoL have evolved into a more complex sounding group in their last two efforts, leaving parts of their earlier sound behind them, while still expanding upon their original fundamentals. On a track like “Back Down South,” you can hear the days of Aha Shake Heartbreak shine through, which may be their best album to date. With building instrumentals, great vocals, and their classic bluegrass and rock tones, you can almost feel the group in the room with you.

With all that’s great with this release, there are also some low points. At times, they stray too far away from the simplicity that made them great. A song like “Pyro” has too much vocals and has a heavy amount of instruments to back them. There is too much sound to really feel the band playing. With that being said, this happens minimally on the album.

“Radioactive” has been released as the single to this effort. It’s certainly a strong track, but might not warrant the acclaim that a song like “Pickup Truck” deserves. This is how an album should end. It may start slow, but the ending makes the entire album feel complete.

This is another impressive release for an already accomplished band. There are those who hate the notoriety that they now receive, but it clearly hasn’t pushed them off their path. There’s something for everyone on this release; don’t hesitate to give it a listen. Start at “Pickup Truck” and work your way back up the album.

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He Got the Beat: James Franco Shines in ‘Howl’ Max Kyburz The Recorder

Searching “Allen Ginsberg” on Google Images, few images that pop up bear any similarity to James Franco in Howl.

The Ginsberg we see the most is a Maharishi-type, a man we would expect to find making mad prophecy. His appearance mirrors his apparent eccentricity. This version already has been portrayed by David Cross in I’m Not There, and so it only makes sense that the younger, innocent Ginsberg is presented as a reminder of the man as something more than a caricature. Thankfully, the wily zaniness is still intact, and the result is delightful.

If you’ve taken a course on American literature, you’ve likely read “Howl” along with maybe an excerpt from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (if you haven’t, hop to it). Dedicated to friend Carl Solomon, the poem is a disjointed odyssey through young angst, the aggression that comes from observations of politics, mental patients, family disintegration, and frustrated homosexuals.

The poem fluttered with references to “angelheaded hipsters” and “Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows.” You were very likely fascinated or infuriated by it, and maybe a combination of both. I had no idea what to think of it at first; at the time, I was looking for narrative and found nothing, and so it baffled me. But the language of it - there’s absolutely nothing like it. That stuck with me the most, and so when I read it again, I read it for the words and the words alone. I became enraptured by it, and to see this film just made

me love the poem even more.

Howl, an essay film surrounding the power of Ginsberg’s famous poem, comes from documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. This is the pair’s first scripted film, but it is not a typical biopic; Howl is basically an exploration of the mind and myth of Ginsberg’s life during the time which he wrote the poem, recreating old footage and photos through black and white dramatization.

James Franco, Hollywood’s premier smartypants and now fledgling writer, portrays Ginsberg, and does so with charismatic vigor.

Reciting Ginsberg’s howls of pain, lust, and longing to the nodding Beats in the smoky, squeaky Six Gallery, Franco will hypnotize you. There’s nothing like word read on a page, but they do not fully breathe until they are read out loud with uninhibited passion.

Interspliced between these scenes are various documentary clips, as well as recreated interviews and bits from the 1957 obscenity trial, featuring an all-star cast of John Hamm (Mad Men), David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum), and Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber). These scenes are the hokiest the film offers, yet as an essay film (one more dependent on reaching a valid thesis than a plot), Howl needs these scenes to encapsulate the yay and nay attitudes of the period. The lawyers, judges, and witnesses go for broke with their presentations of what defines literature, causing me to cheer internally.

The centerpiece of it all is the animated interpretation of the poem itself. Whenever I read “Howl” I always approach it the same

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James Franco plays Allen Ginsberg in ‘Howl.’

way I would the Book of Revelation in the Bible, itself an expressive, hallucinatory vision of the times. The animation itself is not Pixar-worthy, but fascinating nevertheless.

What matters is how the creators envision the poem, making it as accurate to their own reflection as they possibly can. The sequences vibrantly explode and bring the poem to life. If a professor were teaching this poem, the entirety of Howl would greatly serve its purpose both as a portrait of an artist as a young man, as well as an aid for discouraged and vivified students alike.

As a budding writer, I was inspired by Howl’s lessons for finding a unique voice that is fully personal. With all the

influences we surround ourselves with, it can be hard to not be swayed by another’s style, but if one wants to be original, they must find a way to use their own personal language. Ginsberg was a soldier for the English vernacular, one who dared to express himself, and as a result found his work under fire. Standards have changed since then, and people have used explicit words and images to truly obscene ends, but Howl is a groan, a sigh, not a regurgitation. Howl is a great reminder of how inspirational the Beat Generation continues to be, years after their hey day, and an inspirational portrait of a true American hero.

‘Fringe’ Has the Potential to Follow in the Footsteps of ‘Lost’

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If you’ve ever dreamt anything from a David Lynch film, the man himself has done his job. The other day I had a dream in which one of my friends was singing a soulful, powerhouse version of Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” only it was in Spanish. If you haven’t already figured it out, my dream was plagiarizing Mulholland Drive, David Lynch’s deranged surrealist-psychodrama from 2001. The vision stuck with me, which inspired me to write about it for this week’s recommendation.

Mulholland Drive, best interpreted entirely as a dream, stars Naomi Watts in her breakout role as Betty, a plucky Doris Day-like heroine who arrives in Hollywood in hopes of becoming a movie star. Her trip, however, instantly takes a dive into a Nancy Drew mystery. She meets an amnesiac named Rita (played by Laura Harring) who survived a freak car accident and has wandered into Betty’s aunt’s subleased apartment. The two investigate Rita’s mysterious origins, and wonder why there’s a blue key and a large amount of money in her purse.

Meanwhile there’s a subplot involving a young director ( Justin Theroux) on what looks like his worst day ever: producers have arrested him of creative control on his new film, and he has caught his wife cheating with Billy Ray Cyrus. Honestly, can you think of a worse day? It turns out that his film is the one Betty tries out for, and her audition is one of the most powerful scenes in the film. The soap opera acting comes to a screaming halt, and a twisted reality begins to sow its seeds.

Following some explicit female bonding and a scene in Club Silencio (which features the beautiful, emotional performance of “Crying” by Rebeckah Del Rio), Mulholland Drive falls into the rabbit hole. What results is tragic, mindbending, spellbinding. I’d love to indulge, but for the sake of those new to the film, I shan’t reveal any secrets. Rest assured, you won’t know what hit you.

Lynch is an American treasure; aside from directing such classic oddities as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet (which replenished the career of the late Dennis Hopper), and The Elephant Man, the self described “Eagle Scout from Missoula, Montana” has helped make Pabst Blue Ribbon “hip” again (though I still prefer Heineken) and brought

awareness of transcendental meditation to a new generation. His disregard for straightforward filmmaking in favor of dream-like hypnosis has brought cheers and jeers from viewers. His films are not for everyone, but if you are willing to indulge yourself in the glow of wavy Lynchian eccentricity, make this film your first choice.

Why this film? For starters, Mulholland is one of Lynch’s biggest head scratchers, and you’ll never want to stop uncracking it once you see it. It is immensely layered and cluttered with images and characters, which is a key aspect of his best films. Some things belong, or do they? Why is there a random cowboy we only see three select times? What’s the significance of the pencil-moustached basement-bound dwarf? Who the hell spits their cappuccino in a napkin? Why do people have neon-pink house paint in their garage?

All these questions and more will pick at you during Mulholland Drive. Once you see it, it’ll never stop racking your mind. Just don’t try to think too much about it during your first viewing, just pay attention and wade in the murky waters.

Of all of Lynch’s twisted, manic visions, Mulholland Drive is his most captivating work, and one of the best films of the past decade. It’s suspenseful, sexy, and mysterious. It features the self-aware fake “bad acting” that occurs through many of his films, and constantly features a pattern of being horrid followed by being ironically funny. Images daunt and thrill, the sound will fill your bones with shivers. Most importantly, Mulholland Drive plays with American myths and subverts how we perceive our innermost fantasies. Through Lynch, our dreams can often become our worst nightmares.

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Dark matter, psychokinesis, and teleportation are the possibilities of a frontier pseudo-experimentation called ‘Fringe Science’ which science fiction fans dream of. Fringe still somehow maintains realistic and logical explanations involving these phenomena despite how farfetched they sound. Co-produced by J.J. Abrams, the co-creator of Lost (2004-2010) and director of Star Trek (2010), Fringe follows a series of events called “The Pattern” which involve cases such as people turning into monsters, mind control, astral projection and the metaphysical. All which are related to this ‘Fringe Science’ and mysteries related to the main storyline.

Critics have described it has a hybrid of the X-files (1993-2002), Altered States (1980), and The Twilight Zone (19591964). In season two, there are a few episodes, namely ‘Earthling’ and ‘Johari Window’ which parallel episodes of the X-files. The show has an appeal to some Lost fans due to the show’s mysteries and mythology. The mysteries are presented in a similar fashion.

Fringe is unpopular and does not receive the audience it should. While the show was off to a bit of a rocky start with seasons one and two, it is definitely picking up to full capacity now in season three. However, with that being said, new viewers to the show should not skip those two seasons. If you enjoy semi-procedural “monster of the week” episodes that slowly

develop the mythology of the show, then you will find Fringe enjoyable.

The main characters in the show are Peter Bishop ( Joshua Jackson) who is a college dropout. His character is knowledgable in all fields with an IQ of 190. Peter is the son of the zany, but entertaining, scientist Walter Bishop ( John Noble) who has random obsessions with certain foods. They work along with the determined and observant FBI Agent Olivia Dunham (Ana Torv) and together they investigate “The Pattern”, and more is revealed about each of the character’s pasts that are somehow related.

The writers have given the characters much more development by season three.

The story in season two dealt a lot with Peter’s cautious relationship with his institutionalized father and it grew more as they dealt with situations together. Olivia even mentions that she feels that the three of them have become more of a family as their investigations went on. At the mid-way point of season two, the show turned a corner and is poised to continue its success for the rest of this season.

The compelling mysteries, and the way they are developed slowly one at a time is what keeps the fans interested in this show. Some fans even feel Fringe will be the replacement for Lost which ended its run earlier this year. Fringe is now a favorite for its viewers, because of its mysteries and storyline driven by fantastic characters that they care about. If this show is given the attention it deserves, it can be another successful franchise for Abrams after his fantastic stretch with Lost.

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Calendar 10.18 - 10.25

10/23 Tech N9ne @ Webster Theatre Hartford, CT $26/7 p.m.

MUSIC

FILM

10/18 Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice/Happy Birthday @ Toad's Place New Haven, CT $18/8 p.m.

10/20 - 10/23 The American @ Trinity College Hartford, CT $8/7:30 p.m.

10/20 Senses Fail/Bayside @ Webster Theatre Hartford, CT $15/6:30 p.m.

10/22 Insane Clown Posse @ Webster Theatre Hartford, CT $26/7 p.m.

Cute Is What We Aim For @ Webster Underground Hartford, CT $12/6:30 p.m.

The Books @ Pearl Street Northampton, MA $20/9 p.m.

Bayside

It's always a pleasure to be able to reintroduce movies that were marketed (and usually failed) as Hollywood action films, but belonged in art theaters all along. The American is more Sergio Leone/Antonioni than Salt, and George Clooney shows intriguing depth as a killer-for-hire with poise, intelligence, and an existential froideur. After learning that he has been set up by a shadowy enemy, he hides out in a gorgeous mountain village east of Rome. But even friendship and an intensely erotic affair cannot shake his sense of impending danger. Anton Corijn, who made the moody biopic of Joy Division's Ian Curtis (Control), cinematographer Martin Ruhe, and composer Herbert Gronemeyer combine to make the panoramic landscape an equal character in the drama - especially when experienced on Cinestudio's wide screen. 105 min.

10/24 - 10/25 The Phantom of Liberty @ Trinity College Hartford, CT $8/7:30 p.m.

The penultimate film of the great surrealist director Luis Bunuel (Viridiana, Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) returns to a subject that fascinated the 74-year-old artist all his life: the randomness, terror, and unexpected beauty of pure chance. The series of interlocking vignettes express Bunuel's ridicule of convention and a hilarious sense of the absurd. In one scene, a little girl is

reported missing by her parents to the police, even though she stands in the room, unseen; in another, wealthy guests sit around a table on toilets, only to excuse themselves to go into private cubicles to eat. "For my part, I see liberty as a ghost that we try to grasp. . . and we embrace a misty shape that leaves us with only a wisp of vapor in our hands." - Luis Bunuel.

10/22 & 10/23 Jaws @ Criterion Cinemas New Haven, CT $5/11:30 p.m.

Based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark saga set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of moviegoers out of the water.

One early summer night on fictional Atlantic resort Amity Island, Chrissie decides to take a moonlight skinny dip while her friends party on the beach. Yanked suddenly below the ocean surface, she never returns. When pieces of her wash ashore, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) suspects the worst, but Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton), mindful of the lucrative tourist trade and the approaching July 4th holiday, refuses to put the island on a business-killing shark alert.

After the shark dines on a few more victims, the Mayor orders the local fishermen to catch the culprit. Satisfied with the shark they find, the greedy Mayor reopens the beaches, despite the warning from visiting ichthyologist Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) that the attacks were probably caused by a far more formidable Great White. One more fatality later, Brody and Hooper join forces with flinty old salt Quint (Robert Shaw), the only local fisherman willing to take on a Great White--especially since the price is right. The three ride off on Quint's boat "The Orca," soon coming face to teeth with the enemy. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide Army of Darkness @ Cinema City Hartford, CT $5/11:30 p.m.

The third in director Sam Raimi's stylish, comic book-like horror trilogy that began with The Evil Dead (1982), this tongue-incheek sequel offers equal parts sword-andsorcery-style action, gore, and comedy. Bruce Campbell returns as the one-armed Ash, now a supermarket employee ("Shop Smart...Shop S-Mart") who is transported by the powers of a mysterious book back in time with his Oldsmobile '88 to the 14th century medieval era. Armed only with a shotgun, his high school chemistry textbook, and a chainsaw that mounts where his missing appendage once resided, the square-jawed, brutally competent Ash quickly establishes himself as a besieged kingdom's best hope against an "army of darkness" currently plaguing the land. Since the skeleton warriors have been resurrected with the aid of the Necronomicon (the same tome that can send Ash back to his own time) he agrees to face the enemy in battle. Ash also finds romance of a sort along the way with a beautiful damsel in distress, Sheila (Embeth Davidtz), and contends with his own doppelganger after mangling an important incantation. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Senses Fail

Whole Lotta Humpin’ Goin’ On Max Kyburz The Recorder

Loyal readers will remember that several weeks ago I wrote a ‘Netflix It’ on Harmony Korine’s Gummo. Those who have seen it (whether before or after reading my review) know that the film is a tour-de-freak through the bowels of domestic America. You may also know that Harmony Korine, whether a genius or perverted fiend (to me, he’s both), is a filmmaker to be reckoned with in every way.

Well, it turns out that Korine’s got a new film that’s finally making its way to your home, and whether you want it there or not is up to your discretion. The film in question is a new installment in the “found footage” catalogue, shot entirely on VHS, and it’s called Trash Humpers.

I’m not kidding. That really is the title, and it’s precisely what the film is about. The grotesque characters (who are never named) hump, crush, maim, and demolish anything they can get their hands on. And then they hump some more. Throughout the film, the characters remain elusive, and whether their horrific elderly visages are constructed or meant to be taken seriously, we are meant to be somewhat frightened by them.

Korine considers Trash Humpers “an ode to vandalism,” which is selling it short, but there’s no mistake about it: the domestic nightmares featured all have an appetite for destruction.

Is that all the film is about? It is about vandalism as much as a Harmony Korine film can be about anything. You really can’t approach his films in the same way you would a director like Steven Spielberg or James Cameron. His films almost never have a clear narrative, since they are mostly composed of scenes meant to be connected thematically.

They are often like nature documentaries where the characters’ behavior are most important. It is for that reason Trash Humpers can be considered “un film de Korine”, and if you have seen one or all of Korine’s films, you will be able to find connections.

There’s the destructive and discordant boredom seen in Gummo (I like to think of the entirety of Trash Humpers as home movies of that film’s inhabitants), the lo-fi Dogme95 qualities (location shooting, handheld

camerawork) of Julien Donkey Boy, and the bizarre, hopeless camaraderie of Mister Lonely. These are all tied together by Korine’s love of slapstick and vaudeville, as well as a passion for the entire history of cinema.

With films like Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield taking the box office by storm, the ‘found footage’ genre has made the jump from art house medium to commercial gold.

For many of us, the prospect that fiction could very well be reality is mouthwatering.

As reality shows rule the airwaves, we depend on documentary (and mockumentary style) as a primary source of entertainment. As the genre moves forward, Trash Humpers takes it downward and diagonal, and for that, I rejoice. Many found footage films appear to “accidentally” move in a linear style, which is not the case for Korine’s film.

Scenes (if you can call them that) end as as soon as they begin, which is thanks to Korine’s unorthodox technique of editing the film on two VCRs, and Trash Humpers moves in an improvisational way like old home movies in your basement.

Like home movies, though, Trash Humpers gets a little strenuous and boring at 74 minutes long. Korine is aware of this, which is why there are so many little surprises that pop up now and then to keep the film fresh.

Even if the sequences become repetitive, and the loose structure a little tiresome, the images are always the most prevalent parts of Korine’s films. Shots of vagrants jumping on trampolines in the middle of the street, a line of blood-splattered white shoes, and even the sight of a monolithic trash-can in the gleam of a streetlight reinforce Korine as having a keen eye for visuals. The camera work is far from crisp, but the unconventional harshness of it won my appeal.

Walking to my apartment at night sometimes, I see images like those featured in Trash Humpers. There’s a real flair for showing the night in eerily beautiful pictures, in the way the street lights hit the ground, or the way a blue awning gleams in an empty plaza. What it all adds up to is mysterious but exquisite nevertheless. The way ambient sounds drone and taper complement the images well, and whether Korine wants us to fear the night or just accept the beauty of it is never clear.

Through all the misanthropy, anti-

borgeouis mentality, and crestfallen qualities of Trash Humpers, it is a curiosity piece. I’ll leave you with the same advice I gave when I wrote about Gummo: try to stick with it. You may have the urge to skip through some parts (I know I did), and you probably won’t love it. It is undoubtedly novel, and whether you see it for that reason, or if you really dig Korine

or weird films in general, it’s worth checking out. It’s not on DVD or VHS yet (yes, they do plan on releasing it in its appropriate form), but Korine could care less if you find it online. For the Youtube generation, it’s feasible that a film like this could find an audience online, which, given the format, is entirely appropriate. Look what it did for the Torrette’s Guy.

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Ticki Tocki or Ticki Tacky?

Swim Team Looks to Get Back On Track

BriTTAnY BurkE The recorder

Driving up Ella Grasso Boulevard, it’s hard not to notice the latest addition to the CCSU sports complex, and no I’m not talking about the continual soccer field construction; I’m referring to the brand new East Side sponsored billboard.

The construction trucks and multiple piles of dirt are nothing in comparison to the billboard, one may be an eye sore, but the other is just heinous. The sports complex renovations are temporary, but how long will the football field be associated with this ridiculous billboard?

If you haven’t driven past the football field in the past week, then you probably wouldn’t know what I’m talking about.

To be honest I didn’t hear of the billboard going up until I logged on to my Twitter account, but since hearing and seeing it, it’s become the main topic of a few conversations.

If you think I’m being too harsh of the newest sponsors, then take the time to see for yourself, because as of last week the street side of the scoreboard became the new home to an advertisement for New Britain’s East Side German restaurant.

I didn’t get the chance to see the ad until Friday afternoon, but I admit when I did get the opportunity, all I could do was shake my head and literally laugh out loud.

The ad boasts the restaurant’s “Ticki Tocki, Ticki Tocki, Hoy, Hoy, Hoy” slogan synonymous with the establishment in a background of purple. Flanking the ad in blue and white is the CCSU emblem with the phrase “Proud Sponsors of CCSU Athletics” strewn across the top.

It is apparent that CCSU was given a lot of money to have that billboard put up, which is no doubt good for the athletics program, but that doesn’t necessarily make it right. I understand that the school needs and welcomes new sponsors, and a New Britain staple such as East Side is good for the city and CCSU community but do we want a billboard that gets laughed at to be the first thing visitors see as they pull into Blue Devils territory? What’s intimidating about a purple and yellow billboard? Not much.

It would have been more appropriate to display a billboard that says “Go Blue Devils,” like the fence banner opposed to a sponsored billboard. We want to welcome people to the CCSU campus, not distract them, which is what the billboard is doing, though I admit there is a silver lining to this beyond the school’s monetary gain.

When I heard that an East Side sign was going up I immediately thought of the woman in the stereotypical bar maid outfit, holding the two pints of beer, like the other ads scattered around Connecticut. I don’t know who chose not to go that route with the CCSU billboard, but I commend them on that choice. While a memorable form of advertisement, someone flaunting beer would not make sense on a dry campus, and is more ridiculous than what is there.

Not only do I want to know how much CCSU was paid, but when did East Side became a proud sponsor of CCSU? As far as I can remember I have never heard East Side announced in the list of game sponsors.

So why the billboard? Why not follow suit like the other sponsors and have a simple sign with the restaurant name along the field fence? I suppose if you have the money to stand out you make sure that you do...and East Side has definitely accomplished this.

I admit, it’s good to see new sponsors support CCSU athletics, getting the community involved was in fact one of the main initiatives for this new season, but the sight of it is definitely something to get used to.

Consider yourself warned.

ChrisTophEr mClAughlin The recorder

Taking a larger group into this season, CCSU swimming Coach Bill Ball thinks his improved depth will lead to a better year.

“We want to be better, we know we didn’t have a good year last year but we think we have the depth to get back on track,” said Ball.

Part of the depth comes in the form of five new recruits.

“All five girls are very talented, and I feel that all five will get us points throughout the season,” said Ball.

Of the five new recruits, Ball sees Kasey Chilton and Kellyn Goldberger making immediate impacts.

“Kasey and Kellyn are both extremely talented and have adjusted very quickly,” said Ball.

The other three recruits, Kristina Gulia, Kathryn Kiely and Erin Massey, are all very talented but will have to go through more of a transition.

“Erin, Kathryn, and Kristina all have quite a bit of talent but will have to get adjusted to the volume better. It will be a bit of a transition,” said Ball.

Although the incoming class factors into Coach Ball’s plans for improvement, it will be in the returning class where he expects to

see the most. All of his girls have trained extremely hard during the summer, and their improvement is already visible.

“They really got ahead of the game with all the work they’ve put in during the offseason,” Ball said.

Among the girls returning is Taylor Friedmann, who was named both NEC Cooutstanding Swimmer and Co-outstanding Rookie last year.

“Taylor had a really great off-season, she worked really hard and has set herself up for an even bigger year,” said Ball.

The rest of the returning girls have all put in work during the off-season and Ball is excited with what he sees.

“Kaite Lang looks great, Allison Rasile is way ahead of where she was last year, and Jenn O’Leary trained all summer and it shows,” said Ball.

Despite not winning the NEC Title last year, Ball still feels the team has a target on thier backs.

“Our rivalry with Wagner is still there but now there’s one forming with St. Francis, the defending champs. We always have that target on our backs because of our history but it’s not something we really worry about,” said Ball.

In the past 12 years, CCSU Swimming has won 113 individual titles and 26 relay

championships. The next closest school is Wagner with just 16 individual titles.

CCSU has won almost 50% of all relay and individual titles so that target is something Coach Ball has gotten used to.

“Our conference has gotten better and we have a budding rivalry with St. Francis now that they’ve won the NEC Championship but were used to the competition,” said Ball.

While winning is always the goal in sports, Ball feels that increasing speed is the key to his team’s success.

“As long as everybody gets faster I will feel that we had a successful season,” said Ball.

In the sport of swimming, speed and time is very important to the swimmers, possibly just as important as winning.

“Swimming is a very truthful sport.

The times determine whether or not we were successful. As long as you’re faster you’re successful. I know our girls could go out and win every meet but if they had slower times than last year they would all be disappointed,” said Ball.

The CCSU Swim Team was voted second in the NEC Coach’s poll and opened their season Oct. 9 at the Annual Pentathlon. The team returns to action on Saturday Oct. 16 when they host Maine in the Jack Suydam Natatorium in Kaiser Hall at 2 p.m.

style makes Women’s socer nEC Contenders DAnnY ConTrErAs The recorder

Following the dominant way in which the women’s soccer program at CCSU defeated Monmouth at home, it is safe to say that the Blue Devils are NEC title contenders.

The team’s playing style is similar to Spanish soccer: keep possession and build up attacks from the back. The style was exemplified during this year’s World Cup in which Spain came out as victors. And the formula works. Each player is as important to the team as the goal that gives them the victories. It’s not the designated player; it’s the sum of all parts.

Why does it work? The formula works because the style of soccer that the Blue Devils use, give them a lot of width and space — by the same token it closes down gaps in the back, preventing attacks from the opponents.

The style was showcased in last Sunday’s game against Monmouth.

The events that led to the first goal was undeniably some of the best soccer we’ve seen this season: the midfielders passed the ball around them and the back-line which drew the Monmouth strikers and defenders into the midfield. Then a sly yet perfectly placed through ball from the midfield put CCSU on goal and the tired, inpatient Monmouth fouled the Blue Devil striker into a free-kick.

The direct free kick was taken by Jewel Robinson who, because of the way she swerved the ball around the Monmouth wall and gave CCSU the first goal, anyone would think is a striker. Then on the 89th minute, a similar passing game was the precedent for Beth Lloyd who drilled the ball past the goalkeeper to seal the victory.

This style of play is called totalfootball, and although CCSU does not employ a direct copy of it—it is a rather different style with elements of total-football. It definitely shows the beauty of the game and the program we are running here.

For those who don’t know totalfootball is a soccer philosophy employed

by Dutch team Ajax. The philosophy has since been adopted by teams like Barcelona in Spain and Arsenal in England in the domestic level, and the Netherlands National Soccer team and the Spain National Soccer team in the international level.

But what is total-football? Total-football is the idea that every player in a team can do the role of his teammates. Basically, a striker can play, and play efficiently, the roles of midfielders and defenders. The same goes for defenders and midfielders. It is a tough, physically and mentally demanding style of play which requires a team-base that has likemindedness.

The Blue Devils don’t necessarily play total-football to the bone — CCSU has

innovated the style of play. The team has integrated the style of American soccer which has been showcased by teams like Real Salt Lake which is a very physical style of soccer who tries to win the ball in the midfield. In addition they employ British tactics of attack, which relies on building up counter attacks from the midfield.

When you combine total-football, physicality, and midfield-built attacks, you have a team that is resilient, with the desire to win. After all, they train their bodies to create rhythms in the game that lead to their victory. This is the philosophy that CCSU women’s soccer is cultivating. They are showcasing the beauty of the beautiful game.

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Volleyball Improves NEC Record with Weekend Sweep Christopher McLaughlin The Recorder

The CCSU Volleyball (4-12, 2-3 NEC) team found its second conference win with a three set sweep of the St. Francis (NY) Terriers as a part of the CCSU homecoming weekend.

The Blue Devils won the sets 25-19, 2517, and 25-12 respectively.

“Our girls played with a lot of fire today.

They looked to be more in synch with each other on the court,” said Head Coach Linda Sagnelli.

The Blue Devils seemed intent on dominating right from the start. When the first set was tied 15-15, the Blue Devils went on a 10-4 run to close it out.

During the set, the Blue Devils were able to pull away by asserting their will on the net posting 10 blocks. In addition to the blocks, the Blue Devils were able to put up a more efficient kill percentage despite having less kills.

While the rest of the stats were identical, St. Francis really hurt themselves with unforced errors. They had five serving errors and nine attacking errors, both double the errors CCSU made.

“We just suffered two disappointing losses so it was important to come out and get the first game. We still looked inconsistent at times but we showed improvement.” said Sagnelli.

During the second set, the Blue Devils didn’t put on the defensive showcase of the first set, but they were able to dominate offensively. The team recorded 17 kills at a .302 percent.

Emily Cochran led the way with six kills followed by Blaike King with four. Amanda Bayer single-handedly had more assists than St. Francis’ entire team, with 15.

While the set wasn’t close, St Francis was able to record more digs than CCSU keeping them alive until CCSU‘s relentless attack finally put them down.

“Their libero made it very difficult on us. She was very scrappy and made some impressive digs, but we were able to keep the pressure up and made some very smart plays.” said Sagnelli.

The third set proved to be the most lopsided of the match as CCSU won 25-12.

Although it was a blow-out, the score was tied 9-9 until CCSU went on a 10-0 run to put both the set and the match out of reach for St. Francis.

The run was led by Cochran, who served the ball for all 10 points and recorded three aces during the stretch. Tori Vaughn also recorded four of her five kills during the run.

There were no volleys during CCSU’s run, just quick kills and more St. Francis errors.

By the time St. Francis got the ball back they knew it was over, scoring only off of CCSU errors.

Bayer also recorded two impressive aces

and had the final assist of the match on Sara Delacey’s vicious final kill.

“Both Emily and Amanda did great jobs with their serves. Everywhere I told them to put the ball they were able to do. Amanda’s second ace was one of the hardest spots to place the ball but I saw it coming the whole way. It was great for us to

#14 Emily Cochran.

win a match in three sets, it’s something the girls really wanted to prove they could do.” said Sagnelli.

The Blue Devils will go on the road to face Providence College on Wednesday, and will face two more division rivals on the road before returning home to play Quinnipiac on October 23.

Photo: CCSUBLUEDEVILS.COM DEVILS | Cont. from 12 Paul’s first game of the season after a suspension from the team, but it is obvious that he is back and ready to make things happen for CCSU. “Today’s my first day... It’s gonna be great because I’m gonna make his [ Jespersen] job easier and he knows that,” Paul said.

Paul and Jespersen haven’t worked together since last spring, but that doesn’t worry Paul. “Gunnar’s a great quarterback, hes’ an easy learner so he’ll get used to it because we did have some time in the spring so he knows where I want the ball where I like it so it shouldn’t be hard at all.”

Duquesne steadily began to close in on the point gap early in the third with a 48-yard touchdown run from Larry McCoy. The run

by McCoy shortened the Dukes’ point deficit to four. CCSU had trouble containing McCoy all afternoon, allowing him to rush for 246 of the team’s 290 yards.

“We took a step back…we obviously didn’t play the run,” said McInerney. “There’s no way you can design a defense and have a guy pop out of there three or four times for 60 yards a clip, we got a lot of work to do.”

CCSU managed to regain a comfortable lead until late in the fourth. Everette Benjamin had another big showing, rushing for 146 of CCSU’s 200 net rushing yards, making homecoming his fourth game of the season to go for more than 100 yards. Even with a go-to man in Benjamin, Jespersen spread the ball to multiple outlets.

CCSU enters the bye week next weekend followed by a road trip to Albany on Oct. 22.

“We are a team that’s ready for out bye week we competed very very hard it wasn’t pretty at times and we have a lot of things to take care of on our end if we want to win a championship, which is what we plan on doing,” said Coach McInerney.

CCSU comes back home Halloween weekend to take on Wagner on Oct. 30 at 12 p.m.

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Blue Devil’s Celebrate Homecoming With Win Over the Dukes CCSU Moves to 4-2 After 31-29 Defeat of Duquesne Brittany Burke The Recorder

The CCSU football team’s (4-2, 3-0 NEC) road to 12 consecutive home victories wasn’t easy, but the Blue Devils got it done and were able to celebrate homecoming weekend with a 31-29 win over the Duquesne Dukes (3-3, 1-2 NEC).

“A win is a win is a win,” said Head Coach Jeff McInerney.

“You’ve got to learn to play in tight games; you’ve got to learn to have confidence to make the play. You always give your opponent respect and championship teams win games like this.”

One call stood between the Blue Devils’ win and a possible over time.

With 2:07 left to play in the game the Dukes scored a touchdown to put the team behind CCSU by eight points. The Dukes managed to force the Blue Devils into a fourth and ten situation, which CCSU opted to punt away.

The Dukes began their final drive of the game with 1:37 left in regulation time and took the ball 89 yards in 12 plays to score the second touchdown in two minutes as time on the clock expired with a new score of 31-29.

Down by two and desperate for an overtime situation the Dukes attempted to get the two point conversion. As Duquesne quarterback Sean Patterson threw

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Senior Linebacker Jeff Marino makes one of his team leading 13 tackles against the Dukes.

the ball the CCSU crowd held their breath. The pass initially looked good, which would have forced an overtime and possible loss for CCSU. Moments later the pass was signaled incomplete, when Duquesne receiver stepped out of bounds before coming back into the end zone for the catch. With the incomplete ruled on the field, the CCSU football team was finally able to celebrate its third NEC win of the season.

“Basically we were at a coverage called money. I had my zone, play came down to the last minute, he was out of bounds luckily and we were able to pull it off,” said Dominic Rose. “Luckily the ref called it because one ref didn’t call it and one ref called it, but it wasn’t his call to make and the game was over.”

The outcome of the game should not have been decided by the official’s call. The Blue Devils built up an early lead against the Dukes in the first quarter 10-0. True freshman wide receiver, Chris Tolbert made a name for himself against the Dukes scoring CCSU’s first touchdown of the game.

Early in the second Gunnar Jespersen found Josue Paul for 64-yards and another seven points, making the score 17-0 for the Blue Devils. The homecoming game was DEVILS| cont. on 11

Women’s Soccer Blanks Monmouth Goals From Robinson, Lloyd Give CCSU The 2-0 Win Danny contreras The Recorder

A Jewel Robinson goal in the first half and a late second half goal from CCSU’s leading scorer Beth Lloyd lifted the Blue Devils (6-71, 2-2-1 NEC) to a victory over Monmouth University, 2-0.

At the 38 minute, a frustrated Monmouth fouled CCSU striker Brittany Jackson top of the penalty box for a direct free-kick. It was taken by right-back Robinson who swerved the ball past Monmouth, placing it the bottom right corner past the posts to give the lead to the Blue Devils 1-0.

The score was doubled when striker Beth Lloyd received a magnificent through ball from Kerrian Welch which was then drilled into the top right corner of the Monmouth goal—tormenting the already frustrated Monmouth goalkeeper.

“Monmouth are the reigning NEC champions so it was very reassuring for our young team to play so well against them and earn a victory,” said Head Coach Mick

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Coming from a big win against St. Mary’s this Friday, the Blue Devils entered the game with high morale. The typical 3-3-4 formation for CCSU looked like the worst formation to use against Monmouth who applied the more typical 2-4-4 formation. In the first five minutes of the match, the Blue Devils’ back-line was in constant motion as Monmouth unleashed a barrage of attacks that tested the CCSU goalkeeper, Nikola Deiter.

Monmouth’s momentum quickly came to an end when the Blue Devils counter attacked after a Monmouth midfield. CCSU defender Welch brought the ball down the midfield and surgically placed a through ball for Jackson, who was unable to control the ball and the shot came in too far up the crossbar.

Monmouth took a quick goal kick, which was met by the feet of lone forward, Mary Wilks. But the CCSU back-line held up pretty well and the ball went for a throw in. This was the last real chance Monmouth had against CCSU.

Robinson released herself from her marker and flew down the right flank and sped across the Monmouth half to pass it to center midfielder Welch who then passed it to Allison Kelley.

Kelley received the pass and quickly sent it to Lloyd who capitalized on a hole in the center of the Monmouth half and passed it back to Kelley who had a clear shot-on-goal; before she could take her shot, however, the Monmouth defense cleared it.

Monmouth was a complete mess against CCSU’s passing game. The Hawks were becoming tired as the midfielders enjoyed possession on both halves.

“Playing in a 1-4-3-1-2 we always have plenty of attacking options with the exception of the incidences when we bring every back on defense to clear corners,” he said about the offensive style of play CCSU employed.

By the 22 minute, CCSU had enjoyed approximately 70% of possession. The Hawks ran from half to half in chase of the ball.

This was evident when Lloyd took

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the ball from one of the defenders and was able to take a shot-on-goal, but the finish was poor and the ball went out wide.

At 24 minutes, Monmouth had a chance to get in the lead from a free kick, but the ball went right into the hands of Deiter. The keeper cleared the ball away which was received

by Lloyd who then passed it to Brittany Jackson, but was unable to take the shot because of the Monmouth backline. Minutes later Jackson grabbed a dead ball from Monmouth’s penalty box but her efforts went for a corner kick.

CCSU had another chance to lead the game when Robinson unleashed herself from the right, past two midfielders and a defender and crossed the ball into the penalty box allowing for Lloyd to take her shot, however it went out over the crossbar.

CCSU started the game exactly the way it ended it, with control of possession.

Lloyd made a run down the right and crossed it in for Kelley who was unable to control the ball and quickly took a shot, but the

ball went out miles away from the goal. The first fifteen minutes of the second half was dominated by the CCSU forwards with the Blue Devils out-shooting the Hawks 6-1.

Knowing the game was in their control the fifteen minutes of the half was kept with a lot of passing between the midfielders and the defense, with Robinson and Kelley connecting harmoniously in the game.

“It was also great to have so many home supporters. It’s tremendous motivation to the players when they know the student body is there to cheer them on. I was delighted that the team was able to reward the home support with a big victory.”

Most of CCSU’s possession seemed to have just come out of the locker room while Monmouth seemed tired and lethargic. Even though the game was a two nil game, it seemed as if the lead was four nil.

CCSU comes back to CCSU Oct. 24 to take on NEC rivals Bryant at 3 p.m.

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