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Media Watch (March 10 – 17, 2008)
Posted 3/18/2008
"Media Watch" is a roundup of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
The excitement surrounding the men’s basketball team reaching the America East Tournament finals led to a front page story in USA Today on the Hawks and other teams who had the potential to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time. There was also a ftont-page photo of senior Brian Glowiak in action. In addition, Coach Dan Leibovitz was a guest on Jerry Tarkanian’s Sirius radio show, WTIC-AM’s “Sports Talk” show, and Fox 61’s “Sports Ticket” show. Hartford Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs wrote an extensive piece about the growth of the men’s basketball program, and there was an editorial that urged on the Hawks. Also, WFSB-TV Channel 3 covered the University’s send-off for the men’s team as it traveled to Baltimore for the America East Tournament Championship, which was televised live on ESPN2.
(USA Today, March 14; Fox 61 TV, March 16; Sirius Satellite Radio, March 14; Hartford Courant, March 12 and15; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 13; WTIC-AM, March 13)
The women’s basketball team also got plenty of coverage in local media for winning the America East Tournament Championship and earning an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Jen Rizzotti was a guest on WTIC-AM’s “Sports Talk” show prior to the tournament, and she was featured on most of the Sunday evening sports shows following the tournament. Many local media outlets also sent reporters to Hawk Hall on Monday night to cover the Hawks watching the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament “Selection Show.”
(NBC 30, March 16 and 17; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 16 and 17; WTIC-AM, March 11, 17; Channel 61, March 17)
Eric Chen, an adjunct faculty member in the Barney School of Business, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC-AM discussing the impact on stock markets around the globe of the Bear Stearns bailout by JP Morgan Chase. He was also a live in-studio guest on WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News to talk about the volatile stock markets and the troubled U.S. economy.
(WDRC-AM, March 17; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 17)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was a guest on WTIC’s “Stan Simpson Show,” discussing the impact of comments by former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro about current presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, and how they reintroduced race into the campaign.
(WTIC-AM, March 15)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the history department in the College of Arts and Sciences, had an article titled “Roger Clemens and Eliot Spitzer: Hubris and The Cocoon” on The Huffington Post.com. “The Spitzer saga is really a boon to literature and religion teachers everywhere,” he writes. “Where else can you see such a classic, right out of Shakespeare and the Greeks, absolutely textbook, flesh and blood demonstration of hubris, the overweening pride that leads, inevitably and inexorably, to the collapse of a public figure?” In the piece, he links the former governor to the baseball player. Clemens, Goldstein writes, “ lives in such a cocoon spun out of his own pride and wealth that he thinks he can make the steroids charge go away with bluster and assertions that are even internally contradictory.”
(The Huffington Post.com, March 12)
The Hellenic News of America featured an article about Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and a Democratic state representative from Farmington, being named the new deputy speaker for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
(Hellenic News of America, March 12)
Jennifer Smith Turner, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Girl Scouts and a regent of the University of Hartford, was interviewed on WDRC-FM by Jerry Kristafer and Marianne O'Hare. She spoke about the 95th birthday of the Girl Scouts and how all the girls were wearing pearls that day to honor their founder, Juliette Gordon Low, who sold her pearls as a fundraiser when she began the program (pre-cookies).
(WDRC-FM, March 12)
The University of Hartford was mentioned in a story in the Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., about the recent decision to move the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament to another, smaller location because of tornado damage to the Georgia Dome. It compared that move to the 1989 decision by the ECAC North Atlantic Conference to play its tournament in Hartford without any fans because of a measles outbreak. Because the SEC tournament had to be moved to a smaller venue, ticket holders were not able to gain access to the games. In Hartford in 1989, only journalists, school officials, and players were allowed in, provided they brought medical records showing they had been vaccinated.
(Commercial Appeal, March 16)
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Ox Gara and the Boys of Wexford brought the music of Ireland to Trinity-On-Main in New Britian. Gara is the assistant technical director at The Hartt School.
(Waterbury Republican-American, March 13)
Other News
In the upcoming years, a change in the racial and ethnical makeup of student population in higher education could be changed drastically. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, former University of Hartford president and president emeritus and professor of public service at The George Washington University, says “The majority will become the minority. There will be more Hispanics, more African Americans, more Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Koreans.”
(Washington Post, March 10, Hartford Courant, March 11)
Colleges and universities are anxiously taking steps to address a projected drop in the number of high school graduates in much of the nation, starting next year, and a dramatic change in the racial and ethnic makeup of the student population, a phenomenon expected to transform the country's higher education landscape, educators and analysts said. Despite those obstacles, minority enrollment at undergraduate schools is expected to rise steadily, from 30 percent in 2004 to about 37 percent in 2015, some analysts project.
(Washington Post, March 11)
Internal auditors found no problems with student lending practices at the University of Connecticut, determining there was no evidence that the university was steering students or families to particular lenders or giving preferential treatment to certain lenders. The university conducted the audit at the request of the board of trustees following scandals in the student loan industry last summer and investigations that showed questionable practices were widespread and commonplace. UConn, however, is still under the scrutiny of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal as part of an investigation into student lending practices in Connecticut.
(Hartford Courant, March 13)
Police investigating a rash of burglaries at the Carriage House apartment complex, which is home to many University of Connecticut students, got a break over the weekend after they pulled over a carload of teens and found nearly $4,000 worth of stolen goods and three pairs of black gloves in the back seat. The three men, one aged 18 and the others aged 17, are scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Rockville on March 18. Police said they are not UConn students.
(Hartford Courant, March 14)
Financially strapped historically black colleges across the country are at a crossroads. Cutbacks in federal and state spending and competition from mainstream institutions for the best students, educators and academic programs have taken a toll on schools that were created to educate African-American students after slavery, said presidents from some of the nation's top historically black colleges. “I am often asked as the president of a historically black university whether HBCUs continue to be viable. The answer I give is a resounding yes,” Mary Sias, president of Kentucky State University, told members of the House Education and Labor Committee. “HBCUs are and continue to be needed and are as vital now to the educational system in America as they have ever been.”
(Kansas City Star, March 14)
Upcoming
Rick Zeiser, dean of admission, was interviewed by NBC 30 for a story on how colleges and universities are preparing for the upcoming decline, demographically, in the number of college-age students.
The excitement surrounding the men’s basketball team reaching the America East Tournament finals led to a front page story in USA Today on the Hawks and other teams who had the potential to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time. There was also a ftont-page photo of senior Brian Glowiak in action. In addition, Coach Dan Leibovitz was a guest on Jerry Tarkanian’s Sirius radio show, WTIC-AM’s “Sports Talk” show, and Fox 61’s “Sports Ticket” show. Hartford Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs wrote an extensive piece about the growth of the men’s basketball program, and there was an editorial that urged on the Hawks. Also, WFSB-TV Channel 3 covered the University’s send-off for the men’s team as it traveled to Baltimore for the America East Tournament Championship, which was televised live on ESPN2.
(USA Today, March 14; Fox 61 TV, March 16; Sirius Satellite Radio, March 14; Hartford Courant, March 12 and15; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 13; WTIC-AM, March 13)
The women’s basketball team also got plenty of coverage in local media for winning the America East Tournament Championship and earning an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Jen Rizzotti was a guest on WTIC-AM’s “Sports Talk” show prior to the tournament, and she was featured on most of the Sunday evening sports shows following the tournament. Many local media outlets also sent reporters to Hawk Hall on Monday night to cover the Hawks watching the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament “Selection Show.”
(NBC 30, March 16 and 17; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 16 and 17; WTIC-AM, March 11, 17; Channel 61, March 17)
Eric Chen, an adjunct faculty member in the Barney School of Business, was a guest on the “Dan Lovallo Show” on WDRC-AM discussing the impact on stock markets around the globe of the Bear Stearns bailout by JP Morgan Chase. He was also a live in-studio guest on WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News to talk about the volatile stock markets and the troubled U.S. economy.
(WDRC-AM, March 17; WFSB-TV Channel 3, March 17)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science in Hillyer College, was a guest on WTIC’s “Stan Simpson Show,” discussing the impact of comments by former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro about current presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, and how they reintroduced race into the campaign.
(WTIC-AM, March 15)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the history department in the College of Arts and Sciences, had an article titled “Roger Clemens and Eliot Spitzer: Hubris and The Cocoon” on The Huffington Post.com. “The Spitzer saga is really a boon to literature and religion teachers everywhere,” he writes. “Where else can you see such a classic, right out of Shakespeare and the Greeks, absolutely textbook, flesh and blood demonstration of hubris, the overweening pride that leads, inevitably and inexorably, to the collapse of a public figure?” In the piece, he links the former governor to the baseball player. Clemens, Goldstein writes, “ lives in such a cocoon spun out of his own pride and wealth that he thinks he can make the steroids charge go away with bluster and assertions that are even internally contradictory.”
(The Huffington Post.com, March 12)
The Hellenic News of America featured an article about Demetrios Giannaros, professor of economics in the Barney School of Business and a Democratic state representative from Farmington, being named the new deputy speaker for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
(Hellenic News of America, March 12)
Jennifer Smith Turner, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Girl Scouts and a regent of the University of Hartford, was interviewed on WDRC-FM by Jerry Kristafer and Marianne O'Hare. She spoke about the 95th birthday of the Girl Scouts and how all the girls were wearing pearls that day to honor their founder, Juliette Gordon Low, who sold her pearls as a fundraiser when she began the program (pre-cookies).
(WDRC-FM, March 12)
The University of Hartford was mentioned in a story in the Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., about the recent decision to move the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament to another, smaller location because of tornado damage to the Georgia Dome. It compared that move to the 1989 decision by the ECAC North Atlantic Conference to play its tournament in Hartford without any fans because of a measles outbreak. Because the SEC tournament had to be moved to a smaller venue, ticket holders were not able to gain access to the games. In Hartford in 1989, only journalists, school officials, and players were allowed in, provided they brought medical records showing they had been vaccinated.
(Commercial Appeal, March 16)
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Ox Gara and the Boys of Wexford brought the music of Ireland to Trinity-On-Main in New Britian. Gara is the assistant technical director at The Hartt School.
(Waterbury Republican-American, March 13)
Other News
In the upcoming years, a change in the racial and ethnical makeup of student population in higher education could be changed drastically. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, former University of Hartford president and president emeritus and professor of public service at The George Washington University, says “The majority will become the minority. There will be more Hispanics, more African Americans, more Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Koreans.”
(Washington Post, March 10, Hartford Courant, March 11)
Colleges and universities are anxiously taking steps to address a projected drop in the number of high school graduates in much of the nation, starting next year, and a dramatic change in the racial and ethnic makeup of the student population, a phenomenon expected to transform the country's higher education landscape, educators and analysts said. Despite those obstacles, minority enrollment at undergraduate schools is expected to rise steadily, from 30 percent in 2004 to about 37 percent in 2015, some analysts project.
(Washington Post, March 11)
Internal auditors found no problems with student lending practices at the University of Connecticut, determining there was no evidence that the university was steering students or families to particular lenders or giving preferential treatment to certain lenders. The university conducted the audit at the request of the board of trustees following scandals in the student loan industry last summer and investigations that showed questionable practices were widespread and commonplace. UConn, however, is still under the scrutiny of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal as part of an investigation into student lending practices in Connecticut.
(Hartford Courant, March 13)
Police investigating a rash of burglaries at the Carriage House apartment complex, which is home to many University of Connecticut students, got a break over the weekend after they pulled over a carload of teens and found nearly $4,000 worth of stolen goods and three pairs of black gloves in the back seat. The three men, one aged 18 and the others aged 17, are scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Rockville on March 18. Police said they are not UConn students.
(Hartford Courant, March 14)
Financially strapped historically black colleges across the country are at a crossroads. Cutbacks in federal and state spending and competition from mainstream institutions for the best students, educators and academic programs have taken a toll on schools that were created to educate African-American students after slavery, said presidents from some of the nation's top historically black colleges. “I am often asked as the president of a historically black university whether HBCUs continue to be viable. The answer I give is a resounding yes,” Mary Sias, president of Kentucky State University, told members of the House Education and Labor Committee. “HBCUs are and continue to be needed and are as vital now to the educational system in America as they have ever been.”
(Kansas City Star, March 14)
Upcoming
Rick Zeiser, dean of admission, was interviewed by NBC 30 for a story on how colleges and universities are preparing for the upcoming decline, demographically, in the number of college-age students.
