The media coverage of the assault on a Trinity student this week has put a spotlight on the safety of the campus, causing the school’s President to consider alternatives to the rather unguarded campus. The incident at Trinity has brought up the question as to whether other schools in the
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By Kevin Sliwoski Special to The Informer I agree with Ms. Schroyer’s statement about the University of Hartford: “…we fight with being a unified community.” Unlike Ms. Schroyer, I do not solely blame the Hartt School or the Hartford Art School for divisions within the University. I believe the other
Foster Friess a prominent backer of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum caused quite a stir last Thursday when he offered his own idea for a possible contraceptive method. “This contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so…inexpensive. Ya know back in my day they used to use Bayer Aspirin for contraceptives. The
Over the year, the University has been going through a process of change concerning the evaluation of our standing in the community, trying to embark a sense of unity on the campus. Students saw a survey from Simpson Scarborough, a nationally known market research firm that specializes in higher education,
When I was growing up I saw Hartford as a poverty-stricken danger zone that people would only ever travel through on the highway, and even that was at their own risk. Even as a young teenager, the only time I would go to the city would be nights my parents
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When search engine giant Google announced its IPO in 2004, it became the largest initial public stock offering for an internet-based company. Despite the unpredictable nature of the future of new media, Google’s stock is still riding high, with a market value of $140 billion, according to the New York
The Catholic Church doesn’t seem to have any reason to start grubbing over birth control after they cannot get their own affairs straight. In a recent article by Reuters, information has been slowly coming to the surface about the Vatican’s string of corruption. According to Reuters, some are claiming the
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“Politics have no place in healthcare,” said New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg interjecting his view into a controversy over whether one private charity should cut ties with another. Last week, the Susan G. Komen Foundation pulled its funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. Komen cited a new
Thirty-four years ago this week, Connecticut was buried under a snowstorm who’s ferocity is to this day unmatched. What has become known as the Blizzard of ’78 dropped as many as 24 inches of snow in Connecticut and the surrounding states, confining residents to their homes, leaving daring drivers stranded
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