Spring Break
On a busy street that sees as many drivers as a big city in Connecticut - 11,000 to 12,000 vehicles a day - North Eagleville Road is now punctuated by bright lime-green and yellow signs alerting drivers and pedestrians alike of the several crosswalks on this road. (0) comments
Global warming, a major talking point in today's political arena, is, according to Richard S. Lindzen, hardly cause for the alarm propagated by the likes of Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Lindzen, the endowed Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, spoke on the scientific basis for the IPCC's "iconic statement" Friday as part of the UConn Physics Colloquium. (1) comment
The Connecticut State Police along with Mansfield Fire Marshall, John Jackman raided the Thirsty Dog Café on Thursday night and found that the amount of patrons was, "significantly over the established limit," according to a press release. Jackman ordered that all the customers leave the Thirsty Dog, until it was made safe for the legal amount of people to return, according to the press release. (0) comments
Police raided a nightclub in Hartford Thursday night and arrested more than 100 minors, according to a representative of the Hartford Police Department. The nightclub, Temptation on Asylum, was hosting an 18-and-over night and utilized a bus service to transport students from UConn's campus to its Hartford location. (0) comments
Members of the Delta Chi fraternity and communications 225W class collaborated on a 3-on-3 basketball tournament held Friday at the North Campus basketball courts which raised $1400 for the fraternity's Cancer Relief Fund. The only requirement for the class project was that it benefited someone else, according to Marissa Gener, a 6th-semester communication major. (0) comments
In college, we go through quite a few courses teaching us a variety of things ranging from molecular cell biology to linguistics to sociology, giving university students a wide range of knowledge that they hope to apply in the real world. But according to the panel of media and entertainment career speakers, sometimes what you learn in class doesn't matter. (0) comments