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February 04, 2012 | 
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February 04, 2012 |
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Late last week, Russia and the United States came to an agreement and signed a treaty that would mean the reduction of each international superpower’s nuclear arms. Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitry Medvedev signed the treaty on April 8, meaning a few things for diplomatic relations between the countries and
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A plane crash in Russia on Saturday has nearly crippled Poland. The country’s president, Lech Kaczynski, his family and dozens of Polish dignitaries died in the crash. The country, as well as Poles around the world, has been in mourning since. This has been detrimental to Poland as a whole,
Is the world really going to end? Are all the recently publicized earthquakes a glimpse of what is to come in 2012? Many individuals are speculating on the number of earthquakes that have taken place since the beginning of the year, starting with Haiti. But what people don’t seem to
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[caption id="attachment_2160" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Courtesy of Mala Matacin"][/caption] “Every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted,” according to Karen Schermerhorn, Office and Program Coordinator in the Connections Health Education and Wellness Center, in response to the Take Back the Night event. Take Back the Night was held to recognize victims of
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[caption id="attachment_2157" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Courtesy of Web.ncju.edu"][/caption] A change in the university’s AlcoholEdu program hopes to gather better information in regards to students’ prior drinking habits in order to build a greater awareness of underage drinking on campus. “AlcoholEdu is a national alcohol prevention program geared towards first year students
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[caption id="attachment_2154" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Courtesy of Hartford.edu/giving"][/caption] The Senior Signature plaques, an ongoing tradition for the university, are going to get a new home in the hallway by the mail room by the end of the year. The university uses these plaques to commemorate each graduating class. In doing so, they
[caption id="attachment_2150" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Suzie Hunter"][/caption] In its first year alone, the Freshman Success Center served an outstanding 3,000 students, which is exactly why this summer it will go through the transformation to become the “Student Success Center.” In the two years the Freshman Success Center has been in operation,
Following a three-day-long voting process all around campus, the votes have been counted and Matt Wyman was elected as the Student Government Association’s President for the next academic year. Wyman, who is currently the Academic Vice President, has many plans in store for the future of the university. He plans
[caption id="attachment_2141" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Courtesy of HartfordHawk.com"][/caption] If there’s one thing Jennifer Rizzotti, the keynote address speaker at this year’s commencement, can take pride in, it’s her success. As the University of Hartford’s own women’s basketball coach, Rizzotti is known for her past excellence as one of UConn’s most praised
Passionate, exciting and relatable are all words used by Hartford point guard Jackie Smith to describe her head coach Jen Rizzotti. Rizzotti will have the opportunity to showcase her coaching skills on the highest stage this summer after she was named the head coach of the 2010 USA U18 National
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