Monthly Archives December 12, 2007

Immediately after a one-sided loss to Manhattan a season ago, men's basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley stood outside the locker room and said, "If there was a positive in this game, I thought our assistant coaches were well dressed." "We were terrible," he added emphatically.

Coming off two-straight MAAC losses and facing its third game in five days, the women's basketball team was in danger of blowing its momentum from its season-opening 6-1 run. Despite going up against 6'6" and 6'4" players in the opposing frontcourt, the Stags used their speed and hustle to upset Boston College 59-54 and improve to 7-3 overall (0-2 MAAC).

Hotbox band leader Roger Edel writes that the band's sound is that of "rusty nails on chalkboards." Well, this could mean that its sound is different or has the ability to grab listeners' attention. But in fact, its sound is much more pleasant. This local blues-y band that frequents the Acoustic Cafe in Bridgeport every Wednesday night originated in Harlem, N.Y.

Eight bucks for three chicken fingers? Twenty bucks for a CD? Thirty-five bucks for a T-shirt? Well, at least I got the tickets for free. I'm talking about the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert that went down at the Hartford Civic Center this past Sunday.

As I walked into the dimly lit Wein Experimental Theatre last Thursday, it was as if I had entered a jazz club in the city on the Upper East Side. Although I would have liked to have a cosmo waiting for me, I was extremely pleased with what the Fairfield jazz ensemble had to offer.

If you look up Hot Tuna, you will come across a story about the band wanting to be called Hot S***, but the record label pushed for a less-offensive name. But when you have been around for nearly 40 years, rumors are bound to get started.

Ahhh, the Christmas Season is upon us. I can't think of one thing that I don't like about this time of year. The cold weather is a great excuse to never leave the house (and skip way too many classes) and even though Sara and Christina's baking skills don't exactly compare to Mom's (sorry ladies), they're almost enough to make it feel like home.

After 11 months of waiting, the Christmas season is finally here, so it's time to be nice to the people we can't stand all year. We tell teachers how much we've learned and the strides that we've made, all in the hopes that they'll give us a better grade.

With Christmas fast approaching, what are you doing to get into the true 'spirit' of the season? Crissy Bowen, the retreat coordinator for Campus Ministry, would like to know. She has recently brought to light a new and experimental idea to fulfill a student's spiritual satisfaction in the form of an online retreat.

I mean, her butt, is just so big. I can't believe it's just so round, it's like, out there, I mean - gross. Look! She's just so…black! Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut Jeffrey Ogbar quoted these lines from Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" in his lecture, Hip-Hop and the Black Power Movement.