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In observation of Veterans Day, both men and women in uniform, gathered in Alumni

Hall Monday in honor of three veterans who have impacted the New Britain community and CCSU.

Th e veterans were presented with awards during the ceremony for their diff erent work within the U.S. military by both President Jack Miller and New Britain Mayor Timothy O'Brien.

O'Brien addressed Miller during the ceremony about his appreciation for CCSU and its work with veterans.

"I'd like to off er my thanks on behalf of the city for continuing this wonderful tradition," said O'Brien to Miller.

During the ceremony, Builder Th ird Class Robert P. Nowik was presented with the Public Service Award for Excellence.

Nowik served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1969. He served two tours in Vietnam and was assigned to the Mobile Construction Batt alion. Aft er his time in the Navy, Nowik volunteered as Boy Scout Troop committ ee chairman and

managed the North End School soccer team. Aft er serving for eight years on the Housing Board of Appeals, Nowik was promoted to head custodian and was transferred to New Britain High School where he oversaw all the custodians in the New Britain school district.

Nowik is an active member at the VFW Post 511 where he has served as chaplain and surgeon. He is also a member of the Veterans Council and serves as the treasurer of the Disabled American Veterans.

"I think that your service both in military and in our community speaks wonderfully to who you are as a person and I have to say that our community is all the bett er because of everything that you have done," O'Brien expressed towards Nowik.

President Miller presented Sergeant Linnai-Anne Camacho with the 2012 Student Veteran Excellence Award.

Camacho is a mother of three and enlisted in the army in 2001. During her military career she served in Fort Lewis, South Korea, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Camacho is pursuing a Bachelor's of Science in industrial technology with a concentration in

networking technology and minoring in Spanish. She is a chapter offi cer of the Golden Key International Honor Society and has a GPA of 3.90.

Specialist Jesse Caruso was presented with the Great Elm VFW 9945 Wethersfi eld Veteran's Scholarship. Caruso is also a CCSU student veteran and entered into the Army's Delayed Entry Program at the age of 17. Caruso has been trained in a variety of military communication systems and has served in Australia, Alaska, California, Louisiana and Iraq. He is currently majoring in mechanical engineering.

O'Brien presented the honorees with proclamations of gratitude on behalf of the city of New Britain.

"It's important that this University recognize our veterans," said O'Brien. "It's important that we work together to make sure that veterans receive the services, we honor them with the words that they deserve on Memorial Day, Veterans Day and every day of the year, and that we're showing that as a community, CCSU, we are saying thank you from the depths of our heart to those who have served our country and I say as the mayor, thank you."

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Shizuko Tomoda, the director and coordinator of the event talks to the crowd and says that the day was all about the students and their efforts.

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Soft music filtered through the air as students and faculty gathered in Alumni Hall this Thursday to celebrate the fourth annual Asia

Day at CCSU. The event, coordinated by Shizuko

Tomoda, professor of modern language and part of the East Asian Studies Committee, featured projects from students in addition to presentations and performances from guest speakers.

“I am the organizer but also try to stay behind the scenes,” said Tomoda, stressing that the day was all about her students and their projects. These projects lined the edges of the room, some featuring candy and other elements to attract attention.

“I bring [in] guest speakers but this is student oriented,” Tomoda said. “I was working towards getting the students together; I wanted them to be ambassadors.”

Tomoda explains that CCSU is unique because it is the only school of the four state schools that has an East Asian Studies program.

“It’s a challenge,” Tomoda said, referring to budget constraints that limit the program. Tomoda cited the drumming performance of Stuart Paton, as an example of why Asia Day needed more funds.

Paton, founder of the Burlington Taiko Group, played a solo performance for CCSU’s Asia day. Tomoda said she was confident in his strong performance, but said it would have been preferable to have the whole group perform, calling them “dynamic” together.

Tomoda said that she hopes to do some fundraising to make the program even more successful. As it was, she was pleased with the turnout, despite weather issues, which lowered the number of projects displayed.

“Hopefully next year we can raise about $3,000,” Tomoda said.

At the event, students spoke about their projects, with encouragement from Tomoda. The topics ranged from Asian cultural phenomena’s, language, and geography. Although many seemed willing, Tomoda described it as her job to “kick their butts” and have them come up and present even when they were unwilling.

One group spoke about sumi-e, the Japanese word for ink drawing, or ink painting.

“The point of sumi-e iss that it is a very minimalistic style of art… it is done with as few strokes as possible,” said one student to the small crowd that had gathered.

Another student in the group described the usage of sumi-e in popular culture, noting its use in various video games.

Gustavo Mejia, spanish professor, said he was watching student presentations. Meijia was joined by other professors who stood in small groups near the back.

“[The main purpose of this is to] promote Asian culture,” said Xiaoping Shen, professor and chair of the Geography Department, and another coordinator of the event.

“We also make students talk about their travel abroad experience,” said Shen, describing another student portion of the event. “Students are presenting from Chinese and Japanese classes.”

In addition to the student performances, Shen said that they have organized two guest speakers.

One of these guest speakers was Piper Gaubatz, a professor of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts and author of two books, one being Chinese Cities, which was the topic of her presentation.

“Chinese cities are also recognized as world heritage [sites],” said Gaubatz. “China has possibly, I don’t know the exact numbers, the most world heritage sites of any country.”

As she spoke, students wandered into the room, perusing the student projects, taking a seat or grabbing refreshments from the table in back.

Throughout the day, between 12:30 and 6:30, students were able to filter in and out of Alumni Hall, able to look at some of the student projects or drop in to listen to the speaker for a few minutes.

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With the holiday season upon us, sadly hundreds of residents across the east coast are with no homes due to the recent Hurricane Sandy. This storm formed Oct. 22 , and was completely through Oct. 31.

New York City Mayor Bloomberg called for a mandatory evacuation of low-lying parts of the city. The subway system was completely shut down for days. Major establishments, like casinos, closed their doors. This wasn’t just another storm; Sandy hit much harder than anticipated.

Beautiful houses on the coast were demolished by flooding. The power has been out for more than

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a week now, and sanitation and food is limited. Scary images have poured in of debris concealing the streets and multiple feet of floodwater in homes.

Thankfully, people from all around the country are coming together to help these victims with thousands of donations. Celebrities and public figures from all kinds have collaborated to help those affected and offer some relief.

NBC aired a heart warming benefit concert on Nov. 2 that had big name stars like Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera and more. This particular show was so successful it reportedly brought in $23 million for relief funds. According to Entertainment Weekly, musicians and comedians are continuing their support with more benefit concerts to be held in the weeks ahead, including stars like Philip Philips, Jerry Seinfeld and Justin Bieber.

Rihanna donated 1000 sleeping bags to the Daily News Hurricane Sandy relief effort, according to the Daily News. She turned her album release party at The 40/40 Club in New York to an event to collect more supplies.

Rihanna commented to the Daily News, "Now is the time for us to come together and do whatever we can to aid those in need."

She isn’t the only celebrity that has stepped up to help. Reports say that Jersey Shore star Vinny

Guadagnino, has helped in Staten Island. Vinny, a true Staten Island local, humbly helped a great deal with the clean-up process.

The Daily News said, “The storm was a double whammy for Vinny, slamming both the Jersey Shore and his native Staten Island.”

ABC News reports that Disney and ABC have teamed up with The Red Cross to raise money for the Hurricane Sandy victims, and have successfully raised around $15 million through ABC viewers.

Hurricane Sandy was one hard hit to the east coast, and then a few days after came a nor’easter that packed a punch on the hurricane victims. This additional storm brought high winds and snow that

certainly didn’t make things any easier.

Even with that at hand, many other celebrities have pitched in to help.

According to The Huffington Post, Lady Gaga has pledged a donation of $1 million to The Red Cross. She posted on her blog, “New York is relentless ambition, a drive to succeed, a place where there is a natural pursuit of diversity through compassion. Please accept this gift on behalf of myself, my parents Joe and Cynthia, and my sister Natali, with our deepest gratitude, New York, for raising us. Thank you for helping me build my spirit. I will now help you rebuild yours.”

A long list of celebrities, musicians, comedians and public figures have contributed to helping the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

A CCSU student, Kristen Bennett, says she is surprised by the support that various public figures have provided.

“I'm impressed with how everyone has come together to support those affected by the storm," Bennett said. "It truly is impressive and heart warming to see good people help out one another.”

Relief funds and efforts continue to help those who suffer from the hurt that Hurricane Sandy has caused.

“New York is relentless ambition, a drive to succeed, a place where there is a natural pursuit of diversity through compassion. Please accept this gift on behalf of myself, my parents Joe and Cynthia, and my sister Natali; with our deepest gratitude New York for raising us. Thank you for helping me build my spirit. I will now help you rebuild yours.”~ Lady Gaga

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On Oct.17, 2012 Student Government Association Senator Bobby Berriault wrote a retort to an opinion piece published in The Recorder that stated that the drinking age should be kept at 21. Berriault argued that it should be lowered to 18.

One of his arguments was that college students are “smart and innovative,” contrary to the general belief that college students are stupid. I’m not saying that’s a naïve statement because there are responsible college students out there, but I think the senator gives college students a little too much credit on that point.

I’m 22 years old and there are kids my age, who are of the legal drinking age, that act irrationally when they drink. So why is it better to lower the drinking age when my age group acts crazy when drinking is involved? It’ll just make it worse because it opens up a Pandora’s Box of new problems that the public will have to deal with if the drinking age is lowered.

Another anecdotal reason why the drinking age should not be lowered to 18 is because it gives kids younger than 18 a better chance to obtain alcohol. What I mean by that is a 15 or 16 year old can pass for 18 a lot easier than trying to pass as 21.

The day I turned 21, I went to the package store to buy my first alcoholic beverage. When I got to the line I was ready to pull out my ID, but the clerk didn’t even bother to ask for it, which was shocking to me. A possible reason is that I have a full beard and to the average person, having facial hair gives someone a few more years than how old they really are. The clerk probably took me for a person in their mid-to-late 20s rather than a kid who just turned 21.

Now of course the solution to that problem is to have all clerks check all IDs, but there are always inept clerks who just go by assumption, which could cause problems if they are not careful.

Here is one reason that lowering the drinking age can be a major issue when I mentioned that lowering the drinking age to 18 would open up Pandora’s Box of more problems.

According to the National Institutes of Health, in the mid-1970s, alcohol was a factor

in over 60% of traffic fatalities. Traffic crashes were the leading cause of alcohol-related deaths and two-thirds of traffic deaths among persons aged 16 to 20 involved alcohol. This was when the drinking age was 18. Now since the early 1980s, alcohol-related traffic deaths per population have been cut in half with the greatest proportional declines among persons 16-20 years old.

The reason for the decrease in alcohol-related traffic deaths was because of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act that was passed by Congress in July 1984, raising the purchase and possession of alcohol to 21.

So in the simplest terms: once the drinking age was brought back to 21, traffic accidents involving alcohol and kids younger than 21 went down dramatically. Traffic accidents for 16-20 year olds will go back up due to the easier access of alcohol if the drinking is lowered to 18 once again.

The senator is right in the sense that alcohol consumption is not a government problem. What should be done is parents should educate their children on the issue of drinking and its potential consequences. If the parents cannot get the message to their child for whatever reason, it should be up to the students to learn for themselves about alcohol. Education is always better than ignorance.

Lowering the drinking age to 18 will only lead to problems in the future. Automobile crashes could potentially increase if the drinking age is lowered. The senator’s belief that students can act responsibly while drinking is not entirely false. It is problematic, however, as it will increase problems for the authorities because more people will have access to alcohol.

I understand that college students are going to drink no matter what, but there has to be a line drawn because nobody, no matter what age they are, makes the smartest of decisions when drinking. It is a simple fact that alcohol impairs one’s judgement. The main thing is that education has to be there when it comes to alcohol. Without that everything falls to pieces. If anything, it’s best to drink under supervision to make sure everything is as safe as possible.

And for all the college students under 21 years old who want the drinking age to be lowered who are reading this, you can wait until 21 to drink legally. I did.

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When Should Your Personal Life Be Made Public?

T he whole country is talking about David Petraeus and the recent events that led to his resignation.

In not so original fashion, Petraeus became one of many public figures that has been caught having extramarital affairs. To name a few, there’s Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy. America is no stranger to cheating men.

The interesting question is whether or not our country is handling these situations properly. In general, these men that are caught are shunned from society. They are publicly humiliated and forced to leave their respective position. While marriage is a sacred thing and in all fairness anyone who cheats on his or her spouse deserves humiliation, do they really need to step down from their duties?

If every man that ever cheated on their

wife left his job then the unemployment rate would skyrocket. But why is it so important when a public official cheats that he resigns?

The answer that is most plausible is that the country tries to save face. What kind of society would we be if we allowed unfaithful men to keep their highly respected positions? The answer is a rational one.

The idea that Petraeus must step down from his CIA director position really has no merit behind it. Patraeus served the United States military for over 37 years, ending as a 4 star general who oversaw all alliance forces in Iraq as the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command and Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq. His accomplishments and accolades are too numerous to list in a weekly editorial, and cover his chest almost entirely in uniform. Patraeus had been a refreshing realist

during his time in Iraq, careful to make the distinction between victory and progress, and carried out his job with a sense of humanity that is often overlooked. He served the U.S. as director of the CIA beginning in early 2011 and did so with the same work ethic and attention he showed the Army.

Given all that Patraeus has done for the nation, and even some would say the world, can we say that it is in the U.S.’s best interest to have him step down from the CIA? He did send in his own resignation to President Obama, but under immense pressure and scrutiny, not to mention what was said behind closed doors in the Pentagon and White House that we will never hear.

Our society needs to ask itself if one’s personal life should really have as much bearing as it does on their profession. Does the

fact that Patraeus cheated on his wife influence his ability to direct the CIA? No.

Yet every time a public figure is involved in some sort of scandal the first reaction from the public is that he should step down or be fired. What Patraeus did was clearly wrong. But his punishment should solely be dictated by his wife. If she chooses to divorce him then that’s her business. If she decides to stand by him as Hilary Clinton did then, again, it’s her decision.

It isn’t in this country’s best interest to get involved with the intricate details of every public official’s personal life, that’s why it’s called personal. If we continue to force overly qualified officials to relinquish their title, we face the risk of the replacements we are left with failing to fill their shoes, all in the name of an intact marriage.

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Veterans Day Is Everyday

Lowering Drinking Age: A Bad Idea

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"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."

On Nov. 11, 1919 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Veterans Day and seven years later on June 4, 1986, the U.S. Congress issued a resolution that on this particular day there would be appropriate ceremonies to honor those who fought to keep our country safe.

Veterans Day, also referred to Armistice Day, has been acclaimed since the end of World War I to honor those who lost their lives during the war. Ever since elementary school, I have attended different memorial ceremonies, parades, and other events such as salutes at military cemeteries to honor our soldiers.

On Sunday, different media feeds such as Facebook and Twitter were swarmed with different statuses commemorating veterans and current soldiers for their hard work and valor. After sifting through a dozen, I stumbled on a couple statements made from another journalist I met last year at a conference in Seattle.

He put, “Ummm why are we thanking Veterans today for their service? Shouldn't we do that everyday? Come on peeps.”

Seeing this sprung a memory dated back to fourth grade. I was sitting in my classroom and my teacher told the class that we would not have school because of Veterans Day. After she explained to one of my classmates what the significance of the holiday was, I rose my hand and asked why they aren't remembered everyday, and only one specific day.

I proposed the argument, even at age eight, that soldiers don't think of us only once a year. They think about us back at home and our safety every day. So it would only be fair to them if those back at home did the same.

According to the Reporter Times, while the east coast was still suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard posted themselves nearly 3,000 miles to assist their fellow Americans. The Navy sent large-deck ships off the shores of New York and New Jersey, where Marines, soldiers and Coast Guardsmen were busy rescuing storm victims, rebuilding ravaged areas and providing food and fuel.

This example, aside from the obstruction that they face on a day-to-day basis overseas, is one of the main reasons as to why we should be thankful for their services. These soldiers, young and old, put their lives on hold to do what they deem honorable for their country.

Three weeks ago I spent the weekend in Newport with my close friends from high school. In front of a restaurant there were two men outside, in uniform, waiting for their table to be called. These two men claimed a simple “hello" and a “thank you for serving us” from our group made their night 100-percent better than it was before. They were appreciative.

I am not saying that veterans and current soldiers are not appreciative that there is a national holiday set to pay homage to their service. What I am pressing is that take some time throughout your day to think about how privileged you are to be able to walk the streets safely, to have the divine right to voice your opinion. Remember their sacrifice everyday. They are warriors and lionhearted and care for this country more than their own lives. They do not fight because they hate what is in front of them, but they fight because they love what is behind them.

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Having already experienced the first snowfall of the season, it is time to say

goodbye to autumn leaves. Jack Frost has made himself welcome with the unexpectedly harsh Nor’easter in the first week of November. Around CCSU's campus, students are now bundling up with thick layers of coats, sweaters and scarves.

Summer of 2012 is long-gone and so are the days of tank tops and shorts. But the exciting time of the holiday season is just beginning and so is beautiful winter fashion. Embellished tops, velvet, lace up shoes and classic skinny jeans are all trending this winter, and the right coat on top makes all the difference. Scarves and mittens are essential too, and especially popular this year are beanies.

Some would argue that it is too difficult to have personal style in the cold weather under layers upon layers of clothing, but it can be done

with the right pieces, at any price point. The key is to stay warm and stylish with the right jacket, boot and accessories.

The classic pea coat is a sophisticated staple to any student’s wardrobe. These tailored coats can be styled with a variety of different outfits. Whether it’s houndstooth pattern to a traditional red, these coats are adaptable to anyone. A slim pencil skirt with knit tights and a chunky sweater goes great with a pea coat, and keeps you warm in the winter and walking around campus.

The right shoes are also very important in the winter. Not just for protection anymore, shoes have come a long way in style and expressing personality. The choices are endless with ankle booties, knee-highs, riding boots, furry UGG boots and so on. Newly popular this year are “combat boots." Usually black leather with buckles, they can be worn for a slouchy rugged look or make a very girly outfit more edgy.

Another staple for looking well dressed this winter will be

the right accessory. It can add that last touch to send the outfit over the top. Collars have been seen in every store this season and are very versatile. They come in all shapes and styles, whether you’d prefer a sequin jeweled collar or a dressy pearl collar necklace. Simply throw a collar on over a crew neck sweater and it instantly adds an embellishment that pulls the look together. Additionally, collars can be seen from Forever 21 to Nordstrom so they come in a wide price range.

A look that compliments everyone is a bold red lip. The key is to keep any other makeup on the face toned down, so it’s not overpowering. Especially popular this winter are deep berry hues. This look can really spruce up an outfit and brighten the face instantly.

Putting pieces together for the brisk air can be easy with layers, and topping it off with the trimming of an accessory completes the look. Keep the winter blues at bay with the trends of the season, while looking stylish and staying warm.

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The medium combines the drawings of comic books and the writing of traditional books. Yet, many consider them to be just “comics” and not actual literature. There are many examples that contradict the paradigm with Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, and Art Spiegelman’s Maus.

Well, regardless of the medium, a good story is a good story. One of the most disturbing and creative graphic novels come from the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan in Tsutsui Tetsuya’s Manhole.

The short lived publication was originally serialized in the Japanese manga magazine “Young GanGan,” from Square Enix, publishers and developers of Final Fantasy. It ran for 29 chapters and was compiled in three volumes. Although short lived, the story will forever change the idea of realistic horror.

The story is fairly simple. After being inspired by an African tribe, a crazed doctor creates a program to radically change human civilization into productive, thoughtless beings with the use of a unique parasite.

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Taking a page directly from Aldous Huxley, Tetsuya’s story doesn’t necessarily pit good and evil against each other, rather it presents the conflicts of an apathetic civilization that seek the easy way out.

Manhole opens with a crazed, disfigured man exiting the sewers and crying for his mother. The police is called over to investigate and come across the sewer from which the

man escaped. After carefully examining the makeshift room inside the sewer, Detective Ken Mizoguchi determines that the person responsible for the atrocious death of the man must be brought to justice.

It is through the course of his investigation that we discover the radical idea of Dr. Hiroshi Kurokawa, a man who travelled to Africa years prior to the series and found a tribe which infected their population with a parasitic worm that eats parts of the brain

associated with basic human emotions. These parasites effectively render the host incapable of feeling anything but hunger. Kurokawa’s plan is to introduce the worm to the masses in Japan, but must try out test subjects, which leads to his discovery by the police.

Yet, the police must not only catch the doctor, but they must deal with the threat of an epidemic of the worm across southeast Japan.

The art is quite unique in that it features graphic drawings of the human body amorphously destroyed by the larvae of the parasite. While emotions are sometimes hard to discern, they remain fairly realistic with many characters experiencing some kind of ambivalence. Manhole works as a graphic novel because the pictures take care of imagining for the reader. The graphic scenes are morbidly disgusting, leaving them open for interpretation would probably turn people off.

The writing is not necessarily the best in the world, yet they only work with Tetsuya’s style. Had this story been written by anyone else, the piece would not be as powerful and creepy. Tetsuya keeps a fast pace throughout, and the whole story takes place over the course of a couple of days, yet it’s so painfully realistic, the graphic torture feels elongated into weeks and ages.

By far one of the best graphic novels to ever come from Japan, and one that American readers will greatly enjoy.

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Will The New Star Wars Movie Remain True To The Series?

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Flight, directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis, is a story that loosely resembles the events of Flight 1549 piloted by hero Chesley Sullenberger, which was crash landed in the Hudson River in 2009. Flight is Zemeckis’ first live-action film since Cast Away in 2000, after which he does not disappoint.

The film begins catching a moment in the daily life of main character, William “Whip” Whitaker (Denzel Washington), who wakes up hung over and sleep deprived in his hotel room in Orlando.

After relying on cocaine to wake him up, he gets to work flying to Atlanta. Shortly after take off they experience turbulence, which the overly confident Whip approaches aggressively. Afterwards, when skies clear, he passes the control to his nervous copilot Ken Evans (Brian Geraghty) and opts for a drink and a nap.

He is abruptly awakened by a mechanical noise as his plane begins falling from the sky. Eventually, he is able to crash-land beside a church in an open field, but loses consciousness in the midst of the crash.

When Whip regains consciousness, he awakes in a hospital room to find Charlie Anderson (Bruce Greenwood), a representative of the airline’s pilot union and also a former colleague and friend of Whip’s. He informs Whip that his actions saved 96 of the 102 passengers. By the nation’s image, Whip is regarded as a hero.

However, days later, it is revealed through a toxicology screening that Whip was intoxicated when admitted into the hospital, a fact that threatens Whip going to prison on drug and manslaughter charges. Hugh Lang (Don Cheadle), Whip’s attorney, convinces the National Transportation Safety Board who performed the screening to disregard the results.

Whip is able to convince himself that no one else could have landed the plane like he had, and begins a trail of lies. Overcome with guilt, Whip continues to feed his alcohol addiction. The evening before the NTSB hearing, Charlie and Hugh leave Whip in an alcohol-free hotel room to guarantee he won’t drink.

In the middle of the night, Whip finds a door connecting the room to another room with a mini fridge stocked with alcohol and is found the next morning passed out drunk. They call in Whip’s drug dealer, Harling Mays ( John Goodman), who gives Whip cocaine before the hearing to perk him up.

At the hearing, Whip is commended by the investigators on his actions during the crash, as they explain no other pilots were able to safely land in the same conditions. Although he is technically off the hook, Whip cannot stand the guilt and comes clean about flying drunk and about his alcoholism.

While a lengthy movie to sit through, and at some points laughably obvious, Flight contains a deep moral message, making it worth the watch.

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In a blow to geek types all over the world, it was announced last week that George Lucas was selling the rights to “Star Wars” to the notoriously child-oriented Walt Disney Company, who immediately announced that they were creating an Episode VII movie.

A lot of fans, myself included, are wondering what this will bring for the Star Wars series. After all, George Lucas has done more to hurt the Star Wars movies than any outside influence could do. Right?

This is debatable though. The Walt Disney Company is responsible for television programs like Hannah Montana, the type of shows that make many fans of the earlier Star Wars movies cringe.

As a traditionalist, I feel as if the original trilogy should stand on its own. I found the more recently released “prequels” distasteful, and so any addition to that, in my opinion, will be doomed for failure.

Disney had successfully created films, such as The Pirates of

the Caribbean series, but as is the style of Disney, dragged them out too far. The company continues making movies even when the plot line is exhausted, as is the case in the series of Star Wars movies.

To play the devil’s advocate, Disney will make sure that there is brand new Star Wars content being released. For many fans, this is critical, no matter how weak the plot might be.

The injection of fresh blood and new writers could be the injection of life that the Star Wars universe desperately needs. After all, the highly successful movie The Avengers is a Disney product, which was made after Disney purchased the famous Marvel comics company in the summer of 2009.

But without the vision of George Lucas, the man who created the movies, will the new Star Wars movies still retain the same magic of their late 1970s counterparts? Perhaps, or perhaps they will be injected with a special sort of Disney magic, which makes the majority of the products they make so popular to the general public.

This brand of magic is called selling out. Disney has a way of finding out exactly what the general public wants in a movie, and producing the film that fits that criteria. While this may work for the general public, there is an entire group of die-hard Star Wars fans who may find the inevitable transformation of Star Wars into a generic action movie unbearable.

Star Wars pushed it with the prequels. Even then, the movies felt forced, like they were unnecessary to the series. They ruined the terrifying exterior of Darth Vader. After the prequels were released, Darth Vader was less scary and more pathetic. He was transformed from a super-villain, from pure evil to something just depressingly human.

The fact of the matter is, it is very unlikely that anyone can make a truly successful sequel to the Star Wars movies. The more that are made, the more likely that the audience will be apathetic towards the series in general. This is what I anticipate with Star Wars, it truly does not matter who makes the movie, it will still not live up to the legacy of the original trilogy.

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T he James Bond series is perhaps one of the most famous continuing series. It has been around since the early 1960s with Sean Connery

portraying the suave and deadly 007. Since then, other actors have had their tenure as the illustrious spy with Daniel Craig currently portraying Bond. He has since made two movies, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Now he’s back for round three in this new film.

This film is the best of Craig’s tenure as Bond and this is the best Bond movie since 1995's Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan. This movie exceeds so many expectations.

Quantum of Solace was not one of the best Bond movies according to movie grapevine, but I cannot say for sure due to not seeing it personally. If it is true, then Skyfall comes back strong putting the James Bond series back on track.

Craig kills it once again in this movie; the man excels as Bond. I’m willing to say that Craig is this generation’s Sean Connery. Craig is 44 years old and I give props to him for doing his own stunts making them as real as he could make them. I see more movies in the future with Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Javier Bardem does an excellent job playing the villain of the movie. Bardem plays a computer hacker who used to work for MI6 and has a bone to pick with M ( Judi Dench) due to past events. He strikes fear into people due to his character’s unpredictability despite his presence as someone with knowledge in computers. He reminds me of The Joker in The Dark Knight because of his cunning wits, always surprising the protagonist at every turn where he seems at a disadvantage.

Along with those two actors, I also have to make note of other actors/actresses who did an incredible job. Judi Dench plays a very good “M." I also liked that they reintroduced “Q” to the series, played by Ben Whishaw. Despite Q being played by an older gentleman, the late Desmond Llewelyn being most famous, I liked that they decided to make him younger; it makes it easier and funnier to see him and Bond making quips about each other.

The action scenes are great. Given that Craig did his own stunts, everything was life-like and realistic. They also had the right amount of thrill and did not drag on. Sam Mendes, who directed the movie, should do more Bond movies because he seems to get how the series should work.

The writing in this movie was phenomenal. The story was compelling and kept me on my toes. The dark humor that Bond movies have was also included and done well. They also managed to poke fun and make homages to previous Bond films. I enjoyed the happy nostalgia that this film produced. I don’t want to divulge too much of the plot because it could ruin the whole movie itself.

I also want to make a note about the theme song of this movie. I thought Adele did a fantastic job writing and singing the theme of Skyfall. I haven’t heard this good of a theme song since Tina Turner did Goldeneye. The theme song is an important part of a Bond film and is often overlooked, but it should be mentioned and I give credit where credit is due.

Everything about this film was simply breathtaking. It’s worth shelling out $10 to see this if you are a James Bond fan; you won’t be disappointed.

'Flight' Takes Off Strong

'Skyfall' Will Astonish Viewers

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Denzel Washington plays William "Whip" Whitaker in his latest film, 'Flight.'photo | pArAmount pictures

Daniel Craig continues to play James Bond in his most recent film, 'Skyfall.'photo | metro-goldwyn-mAyer & columbiA pictures

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are the three main characters in the original Star Wars trilogy.

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Y es folks, it’s that time of year again. We’re making the transition from the blood and gore of Halloween into the fast paced flux of

the holiday season. While many of us are spending the next few months attending parties and clinking glasses with those dearest to us, others are braving out the season abroad.

Although the thought of missing your family’s football match on Thanksgiving might seem unfathomable, I’m here to tell you that it is manageable. I use Thanksgiving as an example because that was my first holiday spent away from home. It worried me from the moment I bought my plane ticket up until the day I had arrived.

I didn’t eat turkey that Thanksgiving but I did get the opportunity to try plenty of new food like Jamon Serrano and chorizo. Even cooler was my opportunity to introduce my international friends to an American holiday. Being from Lebanon, Switzerland and England, they had never properly experienced the extravagant feast. Even holidays that are celebrated internationally will be completely new to you. Embrace and absorb unique holiday traditions. Amidst the familiar Christmas decorations in Spain were plenty of new things to experience.

People all around Spain rang in the New Year by eating grapes at midnight. Twelve grapes total, one for every chime of the clock were swallowed in sync. In my city, Salamanca, a special New Year’s event was held so that university students could welcome another year before departing for winter break.

If you are really good at planning ahead, you’ll be able to set up holiday Skype dates or even invite your family and friends to spend a holiday in your new home abroad. Several of my friends had parents visit for Christmas. If you find that the holidays have crept up on you and you have no plans, don’t panic; you can still celebrate.

Don’t be afraid to utilize holiday breaks to explore outside of your study abroad base. If planned out in advance, cheap plane tickets can be purchased from sites like easyjet.com and ryanair.com. They even run last minute deals if you’re itinerary is open-ended.

Lastly, there’s a probability that you’ll be enjoying yourself so much abroad, you may not even mind being away. In fact, you may find yourself planning more holidays away from the chaos of cramped malls. Besides learning what you don’t miss about the holidays, you’ll learn what you do.

When I returned home, I not only had my memories, I had a deeper appreciation for events that I may have taken for granted. I also had cool stories to share at the dinner table and more holidays to celebrate. There really is no reason not to take the leap. Of all of the holidays in your life, why not celebrate at least one of them in a revolutionary manner?

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With the holiday season approaching, you may be thinking about festive ways to contribute to the upcoming events. Holiday gatherings with family and friends are a great time to try out a new recipe and receive an immediate reaction to your new ideas.

To really stand out among the typical holiday go-to desserts, perhaps attempt something different this year, such as this dessert recipe festively dubbed the ‘Turkey Bombe,’ created by Clinton Kelly (of TLC’s What Not To Wear) and Carla Hall. This recipe was featured on ABC’s The Chew earlier this month.

Of course, if you plan on giving a recipe as a gift, be sure your gift is delicious! Creating a test batch to be sure you’ve reached the intended outcome of your recipe is highly recommended.

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Dishin’ ItClinton Kelly and Carla Hall’s Turkey Bombe (Featured on ABC’s ‘The Chew’)

Skill Level: Moderate

Time: 30-60 min

Serves 12

Kitchenware needed: Cupcake liners, dry and liquid measuring cups, cupcake tin, mixing spoon, large mixing bowl, rubber spatula, pastry bag (a zip-top bag will work, also), sifter, and hand mixer

IngredientsFor the Cupcakes:3/4 cup Cocoa Powder3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour1/2 teaspoon Salt1 teaspoon Baking Powder12 tablespoons Butter (1 1/2

sticks)3 Eggs1 cup Sugar2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract1/2 cup Sour Cream

For the Whipped Cream Filling:

1 cup Heavy Cream1/3 cup Powdered Sugar1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree

1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger1/4 teaspoon Ground Allspice1/4 teaspoon Ground Cloves

For the Icing:

32 ounces Cream Cheese (4 blocks softened)

4 sticks butter (softened)4 cups Powdered Sugar1/4 cup Dark Rum

To Top:

1 cup Sweetened Coconut (lightly toasted) or

1 cup Chopped Walnuts (lightly toasted)

Directions:

Step 1: (Refer to ingredients for the whipped cream filling.) Whip cream into soft peaks, add sugar and spices and continue whipping to achieve medium peaks. Gently fold in pumpkin puree. Transfer to a pastry bag or zip-top bag fitted with a piping tip.

Step 2: (Refer to ingredients for the icing.) Whip together softened cream cheese, butter, powder sugar and rum until combined. Transfer to a pastry bag or zip-top bag fitted with a piping tip. Chill until ready to use.

Step 3: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.

Step 4: (Ingredients: ¾ cup Coca powder, ¾ cup All-purpose flower, 1/2 tsp. Salt, 1 tsp. Baking powder.) Sift flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder together in a bowl.

Step 5: (Ingredients: 12 Tbs. or 1 ½ sticks of Butter, 3 Eggs, 1 cup Sugar, 2 tsp. Vanilla extract.) Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Continue mixing and add one egg at a time until incorporated. Mix in vanilla.

Step 6: (Ingredients: ½ cup Sour cream.) Alternate between the flour mixture and sour cream, mixing slowly to combine.

Step 7: Evenly distribute batter among muffin tins and bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan until cool enough to handle. Finish cooling on a wire rack.

Step 8: Use a knife to trim the bottom of the cupcake to round off.Step 9:Pierce the bottom of the rounded cupcake with the pumpkin whipped cream

filled pastry bag and squeeze to fill cupcake with a few tablespoons of mixture.Step 10: Cover filled cupcakes with icing, smoothing to achieve desired look.Step 11: (Ingredients: 1 cup Sweetened coconut – lightly toasted or 1 cup

Chopped walnuts.)

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When news of a possible Aerosmith album came about, there were concerns that the band would have stooped to low levels, making their new album something that would appeal to a younger audience. Fortunately, I was pleasantly reassured that Aerosmith did not sellout and stuck with the classic rock genre that they’ve made so popular.

Aerosmith, also known as America's greatest rock n' roll band, has made the greatest, most anticipated comeback in rock and roll history.

The opening track “Luv XXX” begins with the classic rock and roll guitar solo that would make any die-hard Aerosmith fan go crazy. The rest of the album is loaded with amazing tracks that resemble some of the old school Aerosmith material.

The first single off the album, “Legendary Child,” is somewhat of a sequel to the legendary hit “Walk This Way,” reciting the same lyrics in both songs, “I took a chance at the high school dance,” something that fans would appreciate, that the band is sticking to their roots and representing their old material in the new music.

The album also consists of multiple ballads. Although they’re nothing compared to Aerosmith classics such as “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” and “Dream On,” they’re ballads that are just as moving with inspiring lyrics and messages.

Along with incredible instrumentals and rocking guitar solos, Steven Tyler’s still got it when it comes to stealing the spotlight with his insane vocals. The demon of screaming still blows the minds of fans old and new every time he hits what seems like an impossible note. It’s a talent Tyler possessed at 17 and will still have by the times he’s 70.

Music From Another Dimension is somewhat

of a miracle for the band; not one member ever expected this to happen. Since the early 80s, drug addition and internal conflicts prompted Joe Perry and Brad Whitford to leave the band. Aerosmith unofficially broke up after Steven Tyler fell off the stage during a show in South Dakota prompting the band to cancel the majority of their remaining tour dates. News then circulated of Steven Tyler reportedly quitting the band indefinitely.

In 2011, Steven Tyler joined the judging table of American Idol after battling recent drug addictions and having multiple health complications. This was a move that his fellow members of Aerosmith did not necessarily approve of. The bandmates threatened with legal actions that would attempt to keep Tyler from rejoining the band. Tyler’s gig on Idol ended up being good publicity for Aerosmith, by broadcasting the band to a wider, younger audience; ultimately making their fan base grow much larger.

Music From Another Dimension is on sale now; Aerosmith is currently on the second leg of their “Global Warming” tour until Dec.13, 2012.

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A War You Cannot Win, ironically released Nov. 6, brings the heavy hits you are used to with All That

Remains, but also adds some metalcore sounds and hits you hard right off the bat.

“Down Thru The Ages” comes right at you with the menacing death metal vocals of Phil Labonte and high-pitched screams from bassist Jeanne Sagan. It sets the tone of the album with a screeching guitar solo and heavy percussion. “You Can’t Fill My Shadow” continues to bring the brutality. The heavy drums of Jason Costa really give

'A War You Cannot Win'‘Music From Another Dimension’ Ends The Forty Years War

this song strength behind the heavy vocals. This song just gets you pumped and makes you want to move.

The guitars are very impressive all throughout this record. Oli Herbert and Mike Martin can absolutely shred, especially in “A Call To All Non-Believers.” They do bring it down a tick with the radio single “Stand Up” and a possible second single “Asking Too Much.” These tracks are what the casual All That Remains fan expects and they nailed it.

“What If I Was Nothing” could very well be another single. It starts out slow, but picks up just enough to make it a memorable track, a nice change of pace which sets this band apart from many. They can play the slow song well, but don’t lull you to sleep as “Sing For Liberty” and “Not Fading” come right back at you hard and in your face. The acoustic instrumental of “Calculating Loneliness” brings it way down, but the album finishes almost as heavy as it started with the title track.

Labonte’s vocals are what make All That Remains who they are. Many may say their songs sound the same and they may, but it works for them. This album should appeal to the mainstream rock and metal fans, but also satisfy metal heads and even some of the hardcore crowd.

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W hen Isis first burst on to the metal scene in 1997 on the heels of the hardcore revival in New England,

they wowed critics with their progressive influences and 80s metal attitude. In a nutshell, they were everything Dream Theater wanted to be but just couldn’t pull off. Isis basically proved to the USA that progressive metal could be as dark and heavy while keeping their virtuoso writing.

Nevertheless, the band broke up in 2010 after ten years of masterful productions and a lengthy legacy of amazing songwriting. Fast-forward to 2012 and the independent Ipecac Recordings has released a best of Isis compilation in Temporal, an album that instead of giving the essentials of a legendary band, gives fan and new listeners more reason to loathe their break-up.

The double disc album is a rare collection of the band with demo versions of songs such as “False Light” and “Grey Divide”. The second half, however, brings forth the most experimental side of the band with covers of Black Sabbath and Godflesh part of their last EP with The Melvins.

While the sonic aesthetics are lacking because they’re not remastered, it is an enjoyable album that proves why they have influenced bands such as Explosions in the Sky, Melvins and Neurosis (albeit their later stuff).

By far their greatest song, the epic “Grey Divide” demo version sounds amazing. While it is hard to discern the sound they have been attached with, one can hear their ideas fully.

Aaron Turney and Jeff Caxide are by far the best musicians throughout the whole song. Caxide plays the bass as if he sat in a Chicago bar listening to blues on a rainy night. While drums usually keep the beat going, Caxide takes the idea of bass driven beat to a level usually experienced in electronic music. To not hear Pink Floyd in his playing would be a travesty given how much his plucking resembles the one found in Floyd's Animal and The Wall.

On the other hand, “Pliable Foe” gives the aforementioned song a run for its money with an intricate evolution from the very beginning. If Isis is known for anything it is their amazing ability at making repetitive songs evolve. Another epic behemoth, “Pliable Foe”, showcases the best of the band. Caxide stands out as one of the best bassists in the genre, however, it is Aaron Harris who steals the show with Bryant Meyer backing him up. If there is ever a blueprint for progressive metal it is Harris. Every part of the song and every individual instrument is following a different signature at any given time. Nevertheless, Harris is the one who stands out due to his ability to keep a constant signature throughout the song and backing up his mates.

Temporal is ultimately a compilation album. One cannot compare it to their discography because these songs have all been released. Yet, one can’t help but wonder what would happen if they hadn’t broken up and released this album. Last year, Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth raised the level of progressive music with their incredible Heritage, but someone forgot to tell them that Isis had previously done it when they were still stuck in Sweden.

All Time Low Releases Unbeatable Album

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Having made her mark on Maloney Hall and the top of Welte Garage, Sarah Dionne, art major and President of the Visual Arts Club, will be making her mark again for her mural painting class.

“I do everything, but I like doing figurative drawings and paintings,” Dionne, 22, said while doodling on her notepad. “I’m looking forward to painting my mural this semester.”

The piece is for the mural painting class here at CCSU and the topic she is choosing to focus on is anxiety. A mural based on Dante’s Inferno is what she is aspiring to do, but she noted that nothing has yet to be approved.

Previous works of hers include a self-portrait outside of the Welte Garage. The art shows her fun personality with her big painted smile and spontaneous pose. If you’re looking for a landmark to find the portrait, your best bet would be next to the infamous painting on the side of Maloney where there’s a hooded figure pointing.

Another well-known piece of work would be the Sesame Street characters on top of Welte Garage.

“There’s Cookie Monster in a pink bikini and Oscar the Grouch in red heels with a cigarette in its mouth,” said Dionne.

Dionne has always had a knack for art, but she had to work hard to acquire her skills, she admitted.

“In the galaxy of contemporary art, Sarah molded in her own star, it burns and sparkles, yet it is naked and fierce like a wild animal,” said fellow art pal Lucian Varela.

Even though Central doesn’t host any art shows for students, she did partake in an art show in Bolton over the summer. The show was in a 200-year-old house with 32 artists' work; each room was a theme.

“It was pretty cool. I got to meet a lot of people. It was a really good time,” she said.

Dionne is very passionate about art, and if you are too, she encourages people to join the Visual Arts Club.

“We meet on Thursdays in the Blue and White room at 7:30. We sit down and do art together, and we’re also organizing trips to Boston."

Sarah DionneArt Major Plans To Depict 'Anxiety' Through Mural On Campus

Slingshot Dakota Fails To Capture Live Sound

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Slingshot Dakota is a two-piece band from Bethlehem Pennsylvania that is self-described as “indie punk." Though they share many of the same DIY values and underground roots as many of today’s punk acts, their sound is far more characteristic of contemporary indie and pop.

Slingshot Dakota formed in 2004, originally as a three piece, and in 2007 after years of local touring and several demo releases guitarist and vocalist Jeff Cunningham left to pursue other endeavors. Today, Slingshot Dakota lives on as a two-piece, opting to adapt their sound rather than replace their former guitarist.

With only two members, Carly Comando on vocals and keys and Tom Patterson on drums, the group is forced to fill up the space normally taken up by several guitars, bass, drums and vocals with just a keyboard, a drum set and Carly Comando’s high female vocal melodies.

The band has continued to tour and record with this two member lineup since the release of their last record Their Dreams are Dead, But Ours is the Golden Ghost and has since signed to Topshelf Records for the release of their newest LP, Dark Hearts which dropped last Tuesday.

With “Dark Hearts” hitting record store shelves everywhere Tuesday Nov. 7, Slingshot Dakota joins the ranks of Topshelf Record’s impressive list of recording artists which includes Into It. Over It., Pianos Become the Teeth and The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die, among others.

Dark Hearts begins with a short and sweet minimalistic track aptly entitled “Intro”. By the second track, “May Day,” it

becomes clear that despite the band’s higher level record deal they have maintained their raw intimate sound.

Track 3, “Gossip,” picks up the tempo with a more involved and layered synth/dance sound that is remarkably dynamic for a two-piece group. Unfortunately it does little to make up for several tedious minutes of repetitive soundscape in the first two tracks.

The album doesn’t fully bloom until Track 5 “Rasta Bacca," my personal favorite song on the album. The catchy and unique distorted synth riff instantly grabs you and the moving drums in combination provide a fun house/dance sound with a decent vocal melody.

Unfortunately, by Track 6 the album is back to its repetitive, slow building song structures that persist up to Track 10, “Cassette," which is the only song on the record to incorporate acoustic guitar instead of synth. The album then finishes strong with an odd time signature dance song that still manages to maintain an accessible rhythm followed by the closing track “Good Year," a sad, slow and melancholy ballad.

Overall Dark Hearts doesn’t live up to what I expected after seeing Slingshot Dakota live. It doesn’t capture the energy and fullness of sound that the band brings to their live performance. However, Dark Hearts is a consistent album with some hidden gems. If you aren’t already a fan I wouldn’t suggest buying the album. However, if you like dance, pop or indie, single tracks like “Rasta Bacca” and “Living: Dreaming” are well worth a listen. Fans of Crystal Castles, Group Love and Into It. Over It. should give the band’s singles a listen and keep an eye out for their energetic live circuit.

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Spontaneity is why the world of sports will never grow tiresome. It simply cannot be duplicated.

When one watches sports they do it with the pretense that they’re going to see something they have never seen before and that they could very well be witnessing history in the making. Should you turn your head for a moment you could fail to see an incredible hole-in-one or a field goal miss wide-right that changes the course of the game.

The unscripted nature of sports is what makes what the Indianapolis Colts are doing so extraordinary. No matter how great a film is it can never escape the fact that it is fiction.

Even if it is based on real-life events, chances are it has been sensationalized to the point that it’s barely the truth anymore.

Before the season began the Colts chose not to re-sign arguably the greatest quarterback of all time in Peyton Manning to pursue the development of their fresh faced rookie Andrew Luck. This sort of move is nothing new. It happened to greats such as Joe Montana and Brett Favre and will continue to do so as long as the NFL is a profitable business.

But what’s different about the Colts’ situation is that they unloaded several key players in addition to Manning to clear cap-space for the hopes of being able to sign stars in the future. Despite this, they have gotten off to a great start of the season going 6-3. At the beginning of the season, many predicted

that the Colts would do no better than 6-10. While this is still a possibility, it’s highly unlikely given the level that they have been playing at.

The most amazing feat to this story, however, is what is motivating the Colts. Earlier in the season, Chuck Pagano, the head coach, was diagnosed with leukemia. Multiple players have attributed the team’s success to their inspiration from his battle with cancer. To show their support for Pagano, numerous players shaved their heads. The team has seemed to find extra incentive week after week through Pagano’s story.

As it stands right now, the Colts are in wildcard playoff position, which is pretty good for a team that wasn’t supposed to even go .500. Imagine what a deep playoff run

would do; that kind of a story would take “win just one for the Gipper” to a whole new level.

In this day and age of reality shows entertainment is so far from the truth, which is ironic. But sports bring some truth to a world that is mostly made up of phony forms of amusement. You simply can’t root against a team like the Colts given that they are playing for a coach battling cancer. You also can’t script stuff like this. If you do, it becomes much less effective than the real thing.

We watch sports for the unexpected events that will soon transpire and the Colts’ 2012 season thus far has been a perfect illustration of this.

You don’t get that genuineness in Hollywood.

Colts' Season Nothing Short Of A Miracle

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NFL Predictions For Week 11Each week, the following three staff members of The Recorder will place their game predictions. Are you bold enough to stand against these guys? Send us your picks before Thursday's game and we will run the best picks. Email us as jmuszynski@centralrecorder.com!

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Defense:Do's: With the Jets in a struggle

and the pressure building on Mark Sanchez it would be ideal to start the St. Louis Rams defense. With a great performance versus San Francisco they should keep the confidence going and shut out the struggling Jets.

Don'ts: The Chargers have been playing inconsistently on offense and this is hindering their defense. With Peyton Manning coming into town the Chargers should give up a good amount of points and Manning does not turn

the ball over very often.

Quarterback:Do's: Ryan Fitzpatrick is coming off of

a great week against the Patriots where he almost pulled out a win versus the division leader. The Bills are facing off versus a pretty terrible Dolphins defense, which gave up 37 points against the Titans.

Don'ts: Joe Flacco is going against a very good Steelers defense. It is a big division game and Flacco throws a few too many interceptions, especially against a Steelers defense that flies to the quarterback.

Running back:Do's: Matt Forte is a must start this

week in fantasy football. With Jay Cutler's concussion the Bears will be running and running often. Yes the Bears are facing off against the 49ers, but they are not the 49ers of last year and they can be run on.

Don'ts: Stevan Ridley is going to be a tough person to start for the Patriots this weekend. Danny Woodhead had a great week last week, coming away with two touchdowns. With the versatility at the runningback postion you might want to keep Stevan Ridley on the bench.

Wide Receiver:Do's: Dez Bryant is going against

a poor Brown's defense. With the Cowboys catching up with some momentum, Bryant should put up big numbers.

Don'ts: With the injury to Jay Cutler and going against one of the best secondaries in the league, Brandon Marshall is going to have a tough week. This is not to say he might not score a touchdown, but he may not put up his typical 15 points or better this week.

Tight ends:Do's: I am going to stick with the

Cowboys and say Jason Witten is going to have another big week. He is Tony Romo's safety blanket and again, the Cowboys are going to go against the Browns.

Don'ts: Jermichael Finley is disappointing many fantasy owners. Even with the injuries to Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson, Finley is not putting up the same numbers as last year and I do not think he is going to get better with his number of targets from Aaron Rodgers decreasing each game. Finley should end up on your bench this week.

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Senior outside hitt er Emily Cochran ended her Senior Day match

in style by burying her 1366th career kill between Bryant University defense, securing a Blue Devil 3-1 victory Saturday aft ernoon.

Emotion consumed the team as the Central Connecticut Volleyball program honored fi ve seniors before their last home match in the Detrick Gymnasium. With their family in tow, one by one the players’ career achievements were announced to the crowd as they made their way to center court for a photo opportunity clutching a bouquet of fl owers and framed photo from one of their proudest moments as a Blue Devil.

Bryant had other ideas, even aft er the CCSU team honored the Bulldog seniors with fl owers of their own. Bryant came out of the gate strong, taking advantage of the lack of focus by Central and gaining an early 4-1 lead. CCSU took their fi rst timeout at 10-14, but the black and gold extended the fi rst set lead to six points and when it was fi nally over Bryant had taken the fi rst set by a score of 25-23.

“I thought we had a very slow start, there’s a lot of emotion connected with the day,” said Head Coach Linda Sagnelli.

Central got right back in the match in the second set almost going point for point with Bryant while being tied 11 separate times in the set. A six point run starting at 14-15 was a key to the Blue Devils second set win by a score of 25-21.

“We really needed to refocus once the game began and I think it took us the whole fi rst set to get into our rhythm,” said Sagnelli.

Veronika Ban began the third set with fi ve straight points, including four service aces adding to her team lead now at 37, good for second in the Northeast Conference with .46 per game. Aft er a Bryant timeout the Blue Devils were in complete control and extended their third set lead to 13-4 before another Bulldog stoppage of play. Central had come out of their early match funk and played the style of volleyball they had been used to playing all season, easily taking the set 25-17.

“She did a phenomenal job with execution of the services,” said Sagnelli on Ban.

Th e fourth and what turned out to be the fi nal set was almost a mirror image of the second. Neither team could distance themselves. In fact, the largest point diff erential was an 11-7 Bryant lead, but a 9-2 CCSU run had other ideas.

Th e Bulldogs would come back and tie the score six more times, as late as 24-24, but never retook the lead. Senior Blaike King put away her team high 16th kill on the day for the 25th point and Cochran fi nished off the Bulldogs with her 14th.

Rachel Dunlap contributed 10 kills and assisted on fi ve blocks. Makenna Lommori distributed 43 assists on the day. Libero Allyson Porter led all players with 21 digs.

Porter and Jennifer Waddill, teammates at Santa Barbara City College before coming to CCSU, were recognized before the match along with Jamie Rademacher, King and Cochran.

Five seniors is a large class for a volleyball team. Sagnelli is proud of what they have accomplished and what they have done for the school.

“Th ey’ve established a tradition of work ethic, responsibility and just trying to get aft er it each and every day,” said Sagnelli.

Sunday Central Connecticut traveled to Quinnipiac for their fi nal regular season match and came away with a 3-0 victory. Th e Blue Devils fi nish the season with a 17-12 record overall, 12-4 in Northeast Conference play, good for the third seed in this weekend’s NEC tournament.

Th is will be the Blue Devils 10th consecutive tournament appearance.

“We’ve always been a top team in the conference and a big part of it has been the senior class,” said Sagnelli. “Th ey are Central volleyball.”

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Aft er dropping their fi rst two games of the weekend the CCSU club hockey team managed to end the three-game stint on a high note with an 8-2 win against the Western Connecticut State Colonials.

Th e Blue Devils traveled to Danbury Sunday aft ernoon following a 6-1 loss to their Super East rivals, the Endicott Seagulls. Th e game against Endicott wasn’t the fi rst meeting of the season between the two teams. CCSU fell to Endicott on Oct. 20, 4-3, and this past weekend’s game didn’t yield bett er results.

Th e Seagulls managed to take advantage of the home team as they spent time in the penalty box, while also exposing their e v e r - p r e s e n t weaknesses on defense.

C C S U took to the Newington ice on Saturday night following a road loss to UMass Amherst 0-2.

“I thought we made some strides last night, we lost 2-0 but I thought we fi nally played a very good solid game with limited penalties then coming in tonight I thought we were making the turn and we regressed,” said Head Coach Ben Adams. “We went the wrong way.”

As soon as the game began Endicott was able to take control of CCSU keeping the puck in their zone. Th e Blue Devils defense came out sluggish and struggled to clear the puck from in front of CCSU goaltender Greg Coco, which allowed the Seagulls to dominate in the beginning minutes.

With Coco looking bett er in net the team started to wake up, but it was still Endicott who struck fi rst with 3:32 left in the fi rst period.

Team president, Evan Mink tied the game 2:18 into the second period, notching the goal off a rebound, from Pisano and Mazurkiewicz. Despite the tie, Endicott edged forward going into the third period with a 3-on-5 power

play goal.Penalties continued to be an

issue for the Blue Devils as the third period wore on. Four goals were scored in the fi nal 20 minutes, all against Coco.

“Most of the guys that were gett ing the penalties, that were mentally not there tonight were veterans and they just have to play bett er. Everybody has to play bett er from the net out. We can’t really ask much more of Coco, but maybe some combinations and line changes should have been a litt le diff erent and personnel should have been a litt le bit diff erent. A situation like this you start thinking about everything

as to how you could have made a diff erence,” said Adams.

Two of the Seagulls’ goals came on the power play, while the other two happened while both teams were playing a man short for the 4-on-4.

Both CCSU and Endicott spent a lot of

time in the box, and the team’s power play unit of Conor Stanley, Matt Siracusa, Frank Pisano, Evan Mink and Andrew Mazurkiewicz looked strong, but weren’t able to capitalize on the opportunities given to them.

“I think they were put in situations that they’re not accustomed to. When you’re asking a guy who is fairly in experienced to play a major penalty kill role he’s going to make mistakes. It’s the nature of the beast,” said Adams. “And they’re put in situations without the proper time to adjust and warm up to it’s tough. Some guys are out there batt ling all the time and some guys pick their batt les.”

CCSU managed to turn the weekend around against WCSU to end on a strong note. Th e team will be back in Newington on Friday Nov. 16 as defending champions of the Governor’s Cup.

“We obviously care about wins and losses but my concern is more of what’s going on in the room. We need these guys to play as a unit and play together. If they do that wins will come,” Adams said.

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The fourth annual Connecticut 6 classic was played Saturday at the University of Hartford. The day was filled with buzzer beaters and overtime games; the last game of the day combined both when Central tipped off versus Fairfield University.

The Blue Devils have a difficult task this year replacing the school's number one and ten scorers in school history, Kenny Horton and Robbie Patcek respectively. Two integral parts of a team cannot be replaced in one season but Central Connecticut Head Coach, Howie Dickenman, did a great job bringing in new players and developing the current players on his roster.

Adonis Burbage has stepped up his play this season putting on 15 pounds and developing a knockdown jump shot. Matt Hunter transferred into Central this year and can score at will. He can create his own shot and be a catch and shoot type of player. Kyle Vinales has an increased role this year being the primary scorer and target of most defenses.

Fairfield did exactly that. They attempted to slow down Vinales and make Hunter, Burbage and McMillan beat them. Vinales got off to a quick start scoring five of Central's first seven points. The Stags responded by going on a 9-0 scoring run to make it 13-7. Halfway through the first half, Central was scoring in bunches with ball movement and staggering threes from Burbage.

“We told Adonis to shoot if he has an open shot. If he gets the ball when he is open and does not shoot we told him that we would take him out of the game. Adonis is one of the best corner three point shooters in the conference and he will be a big part of our offense this year,” said Dickenman.

The half was finished slowly by each team but the Stags held a three point halftime lead. The beginning of the second half was low scoring and displayed sloppy play by both teams. Vinales hit a midrange jump shot with nine minutes to go to cut the Fairfield lead to just three points.

The three point shots kept coming in,

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With the Central Connecticut Blue Devils having a very forgettable season, they suffered another home loss Saturday on Senior Day. With a closely contested battle Central fell 28-25 to the Bryant Bulldogs. With the loss, the Blue Devils are (2-7) on the season (2-4 in the NEC).

The Blue Devils were once again led by sophomore runningback Rob Hollomon, who once again rushed for over 100 yards. Hollomon has been a catalyst for this Blue Devil team all year. One of the positive aspects of this game was that quarterback Andrew Clements played very consistently from the start to finish.

The Blue Devils gave up a quick score to the Bulldogs with a 34-yard pass from quarterback Mike Westerhaus to wide receiver Jordan Harris. The Blue Devils responded quickly by moving the ball down field and scoring on a field goal by Juan Duque. After a quick three and out by the Bulldogs, Central struck again. Andrew Clements hit Denzell Jones in stride in the corner of the end zone to give the Blue Devils their first lead of the game.

“We had great offensive flow in the first half,” said senior wide receiver Deven Baker.

Central brought their lead to 10 points when Clements again threw a touchdown pass to Scott Benzing. This was Benzing’s first career touchdown. Right before the half was over Bryant quarterback Westerhaus hit his tightend for a touchdown to cut the Blue Devil lead down to three at half.

The second half was all Bryant. They quickly scored two straight touchdowns to make the score 28-17 in favor of Bryant.

“We weren’t giving the same amount of

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Kyle Vinales shoots the jumper over Fairfield defender that resulted in a forced, quick shot at Saturday's game.

Andrew Clements rolls out to pass in a previous game in the season.

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Hunter hit a three with six minutes left to give the Blue Devils a two point lead. Central maintained its lead until the final minute of play where the Stags scored eight points to tie the game with time running down.

At the end of regulation Kyle Vinales had the ball in his hands but forced up a quick shot leaving time on the clock for Fairfield to score.

“I wish I could take that play back. I shouldn’t have gone to the hoop with that much time on the clock. It was a bad play on

my part and it’s not what Coach wanted me to do,” said Vinales.

Overtime seemed like much of the first half. Central scored five quick points to grab an early lead but the Stags came back hitting threes of their own. With only 40 seconds left on the clock the Blue Devils took the ball with the game tied at 63. Vinales had the ball and Joe Efese set a solid screen to try and set up a shot for Vinales, but he slipped and forced up a shot that was blocked by the Stags. With the poor shot being forced up Fairfield pushed the ball up the court and

was fouled with 2.3 seconds left in the game. With the first free throw being made

theire was not much left the Blue Devils could do as they fell 64-63.

“I slipped and had to force up a shot that I never wanted to happen. Coach drew up a play and I couldn’t get the job done,” said Vinales.

Coach Dickenman is very optimistic ofthe direction that his team is headed and is confident that his players can get the job done going into NEC play for the rest of the regular season.

energy as we were in the beginning of the game,” said Baker.

The momentum seemed to swing right towards Bryant and the Blue Devils could not put together a scoring drive.

In the fourth quarter the Blue Devil defense had its rhythm back and was stopping the Bryant offense. However, Clements and the offense could not catch their rhythm until the end of the fourth quarter. Clement hooked up with Devin Baker for an 85-yard touchdown.

The touchdown was not enough, with a failed onside kick attempted the Bryant Bulldogs ran the clock out and took the victory. With the Blue Devils making mistakes on both sides of the ball, Central Head Coach Jeff McInerney placed most of the blame on himself.

“The players did their best to win this game. It was my fault,” said McInerney.

This was after the Blue Devils went for it on fourth down in their redzone when they could have taken the three points with the fieldgoal. Another play that was called into question was when McInerney called for a trick play and quarterback Nick SanGiacomo was hurt after making the catch.

Even placing the blame solely himself, McInerney described the importance of having a game like this.

“We all learn everyday, I have coached many games in my career and each time I learn something new and so do my players. We can take this loss and learn something from every snap,” said McInerney.

With the loss the Blue Devils fall to 2-7 with a game versus Albany next Saturday.

One thing is for sure, McInerney puts his whole heart into this team and school saying, “I love this team and I love this school, and we will get better.”

Blue Devils Suffer Another Loss To Bulldogs