...EVENTS for Critical Reflection Writing Assignment First Draft Due: October 7th Final Assignment Due: October 21st Rainbow Cinema: Were the World Mine Saturday, August 31, 2013 2pm - 4pm Rainbow Center @ UConn, Student Union 403 Admission Fee: Free and open to all "The Rocky Road from Ethnic Exclusion to Inclusion in the Labor Market: The Case of Israeli Arabs" A lecture by Professor Amos Zehavi (Tel Aviv University) Tuesday, September 3, 2013 12:15 pm – 1:30pm Oak Hall 438 Admission Fee: Free Asian Americans at UConn: A 20-Year Perspective Tuesday, September 03, 2013, All Day Event HB Library, Norman D. Stevens Gallery Admission Fee: free & open to the public An Evening with Kal Penn Thursday, September 5, 2013 8pm – 9:30pm Jorgenson Theater, Main Stage Admission Fee: Free with UConn ID "Anti-Judaism: Why the History of Idea Matters" A lecture by Dr. David Nirenberg Monday, September 9, 2013 8pm – 9pm Student Union Theater Admission Fee: Free Biosafety, Compliance and You! A seminar by David Cavallaro, Institutional Biosafety Officer at UConn Friday, September 13, 2013 12:20pm – 1pm Storrs Campus, George White 209 Rainbow Cinema: F**k the Disabled Saturday, September 14, 2013, 2pm - 4pm Rainbow Center @ UConn, Student Union 403 Admission Fee: Free and open to all Female Orgasm Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller are renowned sex educators who have put together a hilarious, yet incredibly informative, sex education seminar. Thursday...
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...all I could think of for months. Uconn knew all the exercises he needed to perform inside and out, backwards and forwards. I went to the ring area with Uconn early in the morning. I wanted both of us to get accustom to the sights and sounds of where the obedience ring was set up. I had a book with me to try to so some reading to relax before we went in the ring. It was a warm August day. The building we were in was a pole building at the fairgrounds. It was damp and cool in the building and I wondered if the cool air was making me feel not so great. The obedience ring was set up with white gating all around it. It was a perfect square. The matting being used was rubber and a dark green color. We found a place in the last row. The area was crowded with spectators, other exhibitors and dogs. The judge was a woman. I had seen and shown other dogs under her in the past. She was very pleasant and smiled and welcomed us in her ring. For one thing the dog is very unpredictable. It takes a lot of hard work and patience to get your dog trained. I was at an obedience trial with Uconn. There was a little boy in a wheelchair. Uconn was licking his ear and made the little boy giggle. When I got in the ring the little boy came yelling out load “Uconnnn.†It was adorable and I did not care at all that my dog was not doing his job he was looking at his new little friend. Sometime you can achieve things without really achieving the goal. Uconn was a good dog did everything I wanted...
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...integrity, specifically, what is plagiarism, how is it defined here at UConn, and how you can avoid accidentally plagiarizing. The goals and objectives specifically for this assignment are to 1) develop a direct awareness of plagiarism and its responses, 2) continue to cultivate research skills, 3) increase participation and skills in leading class discussions, and 4) continue to develop critical analysis of written work. Steps for Success: 1. Pre-Test: Log into HuskyCT and take the plagiarism self-evaluation pre-test. 2. Initial Research: Investigate and read resources found on the Internet - both UConn specific (Plagiarism Resources http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/PlagFac.htm , Freshman English Module http://irc.uconn.edu/PlagiarismModule/intro_m.htm ) and beyond (Talking About Plagiarism http://bedfordstmartins.com/catalog/static/bsm/technotes/workshops/talkingplagy.htm , Plagiarism & The Web http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm , Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid it http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml ) in order to gain a greater understanding of plagiarism, the meaning of academic integrity http://www.community.uconn.edu/academic_integrity.html , and the do's and don'ts associated with research and citations. Please post your notes and findings to the attached discussion board on the prompts below: a. What is plagiarism, and how is it defined by UConn and the...
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...At approximately 12:10am on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, the Shippee Hall fire alarm began to sound and residents evacuated the building. Resident Assistant Emily Cassidy and Resident Assistant Victoria Ho called 911 to alert emergency services of the sounding alarm. No smoke was seen or smelled within the building. At 12:15am, RA Cassidy called Hall Director On Duty, Jennifer Platts, to alter her that the fire alarm was sounding and that emergency services had been contacted. At around 12:17am, the UConn Fire Department arrived and surveyed the building. The UConn Fire Department determined the cause of the sounding alarm to be an alarm box that was pulled in the A wing of the sixth floor of Shippee Hall. The Fire Department also stated that...
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...Kristen Harris Anderson Reading 100 April 8, 2013 College Girl Summary Natalie Bloom is a senior Russian history major at the University of Connecticut. She transferred in her junior year from a less prestigious local college, and she feels like a black sheep at her new school. Natalie describes herself as moderately attractive and she knows that guys notice her, but she hates her body, is stressed by guilt related to sexuality, and has never had a boyfriend. One night in the library, which is where she spends most of her time, Natalie meets Patrick. He is a cute, intelligent, well-to-do boy from a fancy suburb. Things start off all right with Patrick, but as Natalie becomes uncomfortable with their interactions, she detaches emotionally but continues to hang out with him because she has convinced herself that she’s in love with him, and he is doing her a favor by allowing her to be in his presence. What had the potential to be a nice relationship transforms into a series of what are transactions in which Natalie has sex with Patrick in disturbing circumstances despite her misgivings. Natalie’s constant self-loathing and insecurity only become worse as her “relationship” with Patrick becomes more manipulative and exploitative, and she finds herself losing focus on her studies, taking up smoking, and becoming dangerously depressed. Through the entire novel, Natalie reminisces about her brother Jacob, who committed suicide when she was ten, and at times, it appears that her...
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...Introduction Being recruited to play a collegiate sport can be a wonderful, yet nerve wrecking experience for any high school athlete that wishes to compete at the next level. For most athletes, the process is normal, following the rules to a “T”, but for other, more sought after athletes many coaches are willing to do anything and everything to get that player to come to their school and into their program. This even includes violating the NCAA recruiting rules and policies. While it is true that many of these violations go unpunished or even unnoticed by the NCAA, the truth is that recruiting violations are becoming more and more predominant in recent years thanks in part to social networks and other forms of communication. Most violations are on the men’s side of athletics, mainly in basketball and football. This does not mean that there is a lack of violations on the women’s side though. Violations have begun to occur more regularly in women’s athletics in recent years. Due to the recent frequency of recruiting scandals being brought to public attention thanks in part to media, NCAA recruiting violation scandals are the topic of conversation for many households, especially those who have young athletes who are wanting to be recruited by their favorite schools. NCAA Definition of “Recruiting” and Their Position The NCAA defines “recruiting” as “any solicitation of prospective student-athletes or their parents by an institutional staff member or by a representative of...
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...In 2015, “The NCAA roughly made over $1.5 billion,” (Gerencer, 2016). The NCAA receives most of its revenue from TV broadcasting. The NCAA broadcast their Division I student-athletes all day and night to make money but the athletes do not receive a penny. Slaves did not receive much compensation when they worked all day and night. Most of these D1 college athletes, including myself just want some money to go and get a bite to eat. Shabazz Napier, who is a former UCONN husky, stated “He goes to bed hungry at a time when millions of dollars are being made off of him,” (Ganim, 2014). From personal experience after a game, and it’s late night, and the school cafeteria isn’t open, you don’t really have a choice but go back to your dorm, and hope to find something to eat. Usually, there wouldn’t be anything to eat at your dorm, and you wouldn’t have any money to spend, so you just go to bed hungry, and wait until breakfast the next day. The NCAA President Mark Emmert believes that student-athletes should not get paid because, “They’re not employees, they are student-athletes,” (Morganteen, 2014). This is similar to slavery because they do not get paid also. So tell me this, how can the NCAA make money off of...
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...Documentary will unveil the incredibly busy schedule that student athletes face day in and day out, outside of just academics. My reasoning behind this idea is that I myself am a student athlete and it has been brought to my attention that outsiders, in a way mislead about the lives that student athletes live. From an outside perspective, it is believed by many that student athletes get special treatment whether it be that they get paid, get off easily when it comes to disciplinary actions from the school, and can do whatever they please in regards to academics. This documentary will feature top athletes in the four most popular sports; basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. The colleges included in this documentary will consist of UConn, Duke, Syracuse, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Not only will men's teams be contributing, but female athletes as well from these same sports at these same schools. This documentary is targeting those who think athletes have it easy in comparison to a regular college student. Not only will this documentary be aired on ESPN networks, but it will also be marketed during sporting events on networks such as CBS sports, and FOX Sports. In regards to online streaming, which has become incredibly popular, “A Day in the Life of a College Athlete,” will be available for streaming on ESPN.com as well as Netflix. It will be made available on all of these platforms in order to maximize profits. In term of social media involvement, the players and school...
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...Ethnic backgrounds have a huge influence on what people eat and the way they eat it. As a fourth generation Italian-American, my ethnic background has greatly influenced my view of food. While daily food choices still show a small persuasion of the Italian culture, it is the holiday season when the true influence is evident. While food is important aspect of any culture, I feel that this is truer of the Italian ethnicity, as it is commonly stereotyped. My great grandparents emigrated from different regions of Italy, primarily Sicily and Naples. Their families found each other in and around East Haven, Connecticut, the fourth most Italian-American community in the United States. As did scores of immigrants, they upheld many of their cultural behaviors while adopting the norms of American society. Food was an integral part of the transition. While food was a great way to connect with people of your own culture and of other cultures as well, the cost of living for many people of the time prevented them from enjoying all of the luxuries that we are now able to afford. “As immigrants from different regions of Italy settled in different regions of the United States and became ‘Italian-Americans,’ they brought with them diverse traditions of foods and recipes that were particularly identified with their regional origins in Italy and yet infused with the characteristics of their new home locale in America.” While my Italian heritage is somewhat evident in my daily food choices...
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...many types of policies that indulge on the free speech rights of students. Finally, most of my examples are with the cases at public universities, which are made by the First law. We may have seen many of these same cases; however, at the private universities many of which may not be legally made by the First law, still make more promises of free speech to their students in their policies. Private institutions are controlled by these promises which courts in many states have said as strict contracts. In California private secular colleges are required by law to afford students the same First Amendment rights they would have at any public university. Therefore, it is every bit same is applicable to Harvard and Yale as it is to UMass and UConn. Student media whose primary way is expression have much at stake in the speech zone wars. While the some generally tries to escape from such sort of policies because of language in the policy (such as a policy that limits in-person...
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...Should College Athletes Be Paid In 2013 the NCAA made 912.8 million and 85% of that came from the division I men’s basketball tournament as you can see college sports is very popular in the United States but who really wins? The average division I football player spend about 44 hours per week to football with practice and other sport related activity now mind you this is a college student. College student across the country are given homework and are expected to study for test and be prepared for class when need be so as you can see the athlete doesn’t have lots of time to spare for like working a job. Teams travel to different parts of the country to play sports against others college teams and we all know how hard travel time can be now if I’m not mistaken in this country you have to have some kind of income to make ends meet. The NCAA make all this money while the athletes in which they make the money off of has to travel and dedicate most of all their time to the sport they play. If a student can’t work a job how are they supposed to take care of themselves many student go without eating a hardy meal or having the basic needs to survive yes they may have a dorm room and a cafeteria lunch but your taking about athletes most of which are big human beings that need to eat. The NCAA make money off these kids’ jerseys, video games and autographs but the student is not allowed to take money or profit off anything while not working a job. Many people say well the athlete...
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...1) Clubs to invite: UConn Irish Dance – offer free lessons during part of the night, bring soda bread. decorations (we have worked with them previously) Native American Cultural Programs Questions: Are you willing to participate? Do you have a dance team or art group or something else like that you are share with curious students? Do you have traditional decor or fashion you can bring? Do you have any traditional food someone in your group is good at making and would be willing to make for a large group? 2) Food – corn, beans, Irish soda bread, potatoes Make/buy – who can do what? Jackie: potatoes Ask Irish dance for soda bread (award winning) Ask NACP if they have any food to contribute 3) Talking points: Language Primarily spoken in cultures;...
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...Second Round March 15-16 Third Round March 17-18 Regional Semifinals March 22-23 Regional Finals March 24-25 National Semifinals March 31 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP National Semifinals March 31 Regional Finals March 24-25 Regional Semifinals March 22-23 Third Round March 17-18 Second Round March 15-16 First Round March 13-14 (16) Western Kentucky (15-18) (1) Kentucky (32-2) (16) Miss Valley State/WKU (8) Iowa State (22-10) (9) UConn (20-13) (5) Wichita State (27-5) (12) VCU (28-6) (4) Indiana (25-8) (13) New Mexico State (26-9) (6) UNLV (26-8) (11) Colorado (23-11) (3) Baylor (27-7) (14) South Dakota St. (27-7) (7) Notre Dame (22-11) (10) Xavier (21-12) (2) Duke (27-6) (15) Lehigh (26-7) Greensboro, N.C. March 16 & 18 Albuquerque, N.M. March 15 & 17 Portland, Ore. March 15 & 17 Louisville, Ky. March 15 & 17 (16) Miss Valley State (21-12) (14) BYU (25-8) (14) Iona (25-7) (16) Lamar (23-11) (16) Vermont (23-11) (12) California (24-9) (12) South Florida (20-13) First Round March 13-14 (1) Syracuse (31-2) (16) UNC-Asheville (24-9) (8) Kansas State (21-10) (9) Southern Miss (25-8) (5) Vanderbilt (24-10) NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2012 Pittsburgh, Pa. March 15 & 17 Albuquerque, N.M. March 15 & 17 (12) Harvard (26-4) (4) Wisconsin (24-9) (13) Montana (25-6) SOUTH ATLANTA EAST BOSTON Nashville, Tenn. March 16 & 18 (6) Cincinnati (24-10) (11) Texas (20-13) (3) Florida State (24-9) (14) St. Bonaventure (20-11) (7) Gonzaga...
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...a sentence. Coordinating Conjunctions The simple, little conjunctions are called coordinating conjunctions (you can click on the words to see specific descriptions of each one): Coordinating Conjunctions and but or yet for nor so (It may help you remember these conjunctions by recalling that they all have fewer than four letters. Also, remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Be careful of the words then and now; neither is a coordinating conjunction, so what we say about coordinating conjunctions' roles in a sentence and punctuation does not apply to those two words.) When a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often (but not always) accompanied by a comma: • Ulysses wants to play for UConn, but he has had trouble meeting the academic requirements. When the two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction are nicely balanced or brief, many writers will omit the comma: • Ulysses has a great jump shot but he isn't quick on his feet. The comma is always correct when used to separate two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. See Punctuation Between Two Independent Clauses for further help. A comma is also correct when and is used to attach the last item of a serial list, although many writers (especially in newspapers) will omit that final comma: • Ulysses spent his summer studying basic math,...
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...Matt Miller COM 210-003 Persuasive Speech 4/4/12 Topic: Should college athletes be paid to play sports? Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience why collegiate athletes should not be paid to play. Introduction Opening Comment: Image that you just scored the game-winning basket in the NCAA basketball tournament championship. Your shot just helped the school get tens of millions of dollars. Now by a show of hands, how many of you think that you should earn a share of that money? Central Idea: One of the most controversial and prominent topics in sports today is whether or not schools should pay their student-athletes to play their sports. I am going to argue as to why they should not be paid to play. Preview of Main Points: I will talk about five key reasons as to why collegiate athletes do not deserve to be paid to play. These are because of already established scholarships, would lead to decreased competition, the fact that there isn’t enough money for schools to give out already, a removal of innocence would occur, and recruiting would suffer among schools. Transition: First, I will explain why collegiate athletes already receive enough money from scholarships and free tuition. Body I. Tuition and the “Student” A. Already receiving thousands of dollars from athletic scholarships 1. According to a Parade Magazine article, Division I student athletes can receive between $20,000 and $50,000 per year. 2. A study done by...
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