The Daily Campus

UNESCO collects books for Bugesera

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

For all of the fall 2009 semester, UNESCO Student Ambassadors for human rights have been collecting books for Books for Bugesera, an international book-drive for the first English speaking public library in Rwanda.

At the end of 2008, Rwanda started an initiative to transform from being a Francophone to an Anglophone nation.

Nature must be given value in political, economic decisions

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Must there always be a trade-off between economic success and protecting the environment? According to Dr. Steve Polasky, not necessarily.

The Edwin Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment continued Thursday afternoon at the Dodd Research Center with Dr.

Stories of Gitmo lawyers at Dodd Center

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

On Thursday afternoon, Alexandra Lehav laid bare the realities of being a lawyer at Guantanamo Bay during a lecture at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Lehav, who is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, has been conducting interviews with former Guantanamo lawyers in order to determine the effects the military tribunals had on them and their careers.

TESTING THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Though they are separated by years of football history, both UConn and Notre Dame are having strikingly similar seasons. The Huskies' (4-5) five losses have been by a combined 15 points while the Fighting Irish's (6-3) four losses have been by 18.

Both teams will be looking to break losing streaks when the Huskies travel to South Bend, Ind.

Huskies head back to the Garden

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It's one of the greatest venues in all of basketball. Madison Square Garden. The Big Apple. New York, New York.

On Wednesday, Nov. 25, coach Jim Calhoun and the Huskies will take to the Garden as they play Louisiana State University in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

UConn heads to Mass. to take on Crusaders

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

On the heels of Tuesday's 25-point victory over No. 13 Texas at the site of the 2010 Final Four, the No. 1-ranked women's basketball team is on the road again Friday to take on Holy Cross at 7 p.m. The game can be seen on CPTV.

The Huskies (2-0) have been dominant in two outings thus far, annihilating Northeastern by 70 points at Gampel Pavilion in the season-opener before rolling past the Longhorns in what was supposed to be an early season test in San Antonio.

Men's hockey faces off with Falcons

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Air Force men's hockey, winners of the past three Atlantic Hockey championships and currently tied for first place in the conference, makes the trip to Storrs this weekend for two games against UConn.

The Huskies enter the weekend series sporting a 2-7-1 overall record (2-4-1 AHA).

Huskies head to Nutmeg Classic

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

One week from today, the UConn women's hockey team will travel to New Haven for the Nutmeg Classic. Vying for the trophy and local accolades will be UConn, Quinnipiac, Yale and Sacred Heart.

"Quinnipiac has had some very close games with good competition," said head coach Heather Linstad.

Volleyball meets Cincinnati in Big East Tournament

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Regular season play has ended for UConn volleyball with an overall record of 13-16 heading into the Big East tournament as the no. 7 seed. Today at 12:30 p.m., they will take on the No. 2 seed Cincinnati Bearcats.

"Everyday at practice this week we have been breaking down the Bearcats so we are prepared to beat them in the first round of the Big East tournament," said senior Chauntay Mickens.

Storrs Side: Huskies take on Irish in nationally-televised matchup

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The ones to watch:

Football at Notre Dame, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., NBC

There are a million reasons to watch this game. First and foremost is the fact that UConn football is playing at one of the most storied programs in the history of college sports. It's a testament to what Randy Edsall has done to see this program playing the Fighting Irish less than a decade after the Huskies became a division program.

Pro Side: NFL dominates this year's Thanksgiving TV slate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

NFL

New York Jets at New England Patriots, Sunday, 4:15 p.m., CBS

The last time these two teams met this season was in week two, when the Jets got the best of the Patriots and won 16-9 at the Meadowlands.
Nine weeks later, these two teams are completely different.

Editorial: Selling lesson plans boosts limited budgets

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

From textbooks to concert tickets, the Internet is an open market where consumers can purchase virtually anything. Lesson plans, which can be found anywhere from Craiglist to eBay, have proven to be a hot commodity for teachers looking to make a dollar or improve their teaching curriculums.

Holiday offers an opportunity to appreciate one's family

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Thanksgiving is upon us, which means a celebration of tradition-and nothing screams American tradition more than apple pie, the parading of balloons on steroids and the stealing of land from indigenous people.

Today we will all pack our duffle bags and bid adieu to the ladybugs in our dorm rooms and the construction workers outside of Arjona.

Bounties on militants a progressive, necessary measure

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Last week former employees in the CIA released information to a national daily newspaper that the CIA has been offering bounties on militants to Pakistan's spy agency the ISI. According to the report, the CIA started offering the bounties during the Bush Administration.

InstantDaily

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

If the fire alarm goes off in Shippee one more time, I'm going to pitch a tent by Mirror Lake and rough it. Anybody else with me?

I don't know what's worse: the fact the the daily poll today was asked if y is a vowel or that I felt the need to answer it.

Dear InstantDaily, Does it make me a bad person that im more excited to see my car this coming week than my family?

If there's such a thing as a coffee hangover, I'm anticipating that I will have giant one tomorrow morning.

Trying 9/11 mastermind in NYC will prove justice system's strength

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

In the past few weeks we have all been listening to critics complain about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to bring self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other co-conspirators to New York to face a civilian court. The decision has ignited a firestorm of criticism about the threat it poses to New York City and about the inability to find an impartial jury, which has flooded the news waves and created hysteria over the government's decision to hold these men's trials blocks away from where the 2,606 people perished at the World Trade Centers.

Never forget effects of hate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Today marks the Transgender Day of Awareness, a the day when the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and allied community honor those who were killed because of prejudice.

The deaths of those based on hate towards transgender are largely ignored. In the past decade, more than one person per month has died due to hate or prejudice toward transgendered people.

Symbols of hope in a time of war

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Infused in the intricate patterns of the carpets that line the walls of the William Benton Museum of Art are symbols of hardship and war, but also of hope.

The gallery talk on Thursday afternoon at the Benton featured several carpets from the museum's current exhibition, "The Spirit of Afghanistan: Carpets of War and Hope," running from Oct.

HealthyU: Skip the extra calories this Thanksgiving

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Gobble gobble.

With the Thanksgiving holiday rapidly approaching, UConn students look forward to some much needed rest and relaxation. And of course, a part of this laid-back week is the holiday that symbolizes traditional American family values. But I have to ask this one question: Who was the person that said traditional values come with a heaping 3,000-calorie wallop?

That's right, an individual can consume a colossal amount of calories in the span of four hours.