Spring Break
The end of another semester is here and students and faculty with soon receive newlydesigned Husky One Cards for the start of the 2007-2008 school year. The Husky One Card office has announced this week that the distribution of the new IDs will be available for pick-up May 14 to May 18, the week after finals. (0) comments
The tragic shooting that claimed the lives of 33 students and professors at Virginia Tech, including that of shooter Cho Seung-Hui, has initiated a nationwide scrutinizing of college security, and UConn is no exception. On Thursday, a panel discussion titled "Beautiful Teaching" was held in the Stern Lounge of the CLAS building. (0) comments
Gas prices never seem to decrease, America seems impossibly chained to a foreign power for energy needs, and according to Al Gore, our cars are strangling the environment with noxious gas. The state of the American energy industry seems incredibly dismal right now, but UConn?s own professors have been hard at work for the last few years constructing viable alternative fuel sources. (0) comments
The recent 5-to-4 Supreme Court decision to uphold the ban on partial- birth abortion is not as much about the decision, but more about the wording around the legislation, which would allow elected officials to become part of the equation, said Susan Yolen, vice president of Public Affairs and Communication for the Planned Parenthood Organization of Connecticut. (0) comments