Shut off the lights, fill up your wallets – Students share their money-saving tips to lower the utilities bill off-campus

Serena Cecere Staff Reporter For most students, living off-campus is a privilege. You get to have complete freedom, have your own room, and live with your closest friends. However, there is a problem that many people come across – paying their own rent.  Paying bills may come as a surprise to students who are new [...]

EWC retreat reviewed

Sam Dowd Staff Reporter Over 40 members of the university community came together at the Wisdom House in Litchfield, Conn. for the Encounter with Christ 22 retreat sponsored by Campus Ministry. Students came from various departments, teams, and organizations, but from Friday to Sunday afternoon, the idea was to become one body in Christ. A [...]

Senior class gift explained

Serena Cecere Staff Reporter You may have seen the global e-mails and donation cards with the catchy slogan “Donate a dollar to help a needy scholar.” But do you know why this fundraiser is currently taking place? Every year at Sacred Heart University, the senior class collects money for the Annual Fund, which then helps [...]

Softball team poised for another nec title run

Chris Whittemore Contributing Reporter The Sacred Heart University softball team travels to North Carolina tomorrow to play in a tournament that features UNC-Greensboro, Niagara College, and Cleveland State University. The team is coming off a season in which they won the Northeast Conference title. It was the first title won by head coaches Pam London [...]

Olympian Cejudo promotes book, brings gold medal to SHU

Antonino Mannino Staff Reporter On Sunday, Feb. 21, Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo was on campus to give a speech about his life story and journey leading up to his improbable victory in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The event, which was held in the Edgerton Center, was organized by WSHU Public Radio and [...]

‘Tweet’ your way to Twitter success – Can tweeting be more than a social phenomenon?

Brittany Foy Staff Reporter “Tweet.” What once was simply the onomatopoeic expression of a baby chick, has taken on many new meanings since the successful launch of Twitter released July of 2006. It was not until recently, however, that Twitter has taken the nation. Twitter, one of Google most known by-products, is a social-networking site [...]

Lack of facilities presents challenges for athletes

Eddie Kuspiel Staff Reporter Sacred Heart University is proud to be called a Division I college. However, with 32 teams each competing throughout the year, athletes often find themselves competing not only in their respective sports, but for gym time. Things can get even more hectic during the winter months with the Pitt Center being [...]

Baseball team looking to repeat last year’s success

Emily Gumbs Asst. Sports Editor The Sacred Heart University baseball team will kick off their 2010 season tomorrow when they travel to Fort Myers, Fla. to take on Florida Gulf Coast University. Last season, the Pioneers battled all the way to the Northeast Conference tournament where they later advanced to the NEC championship game but [...]

Facebook gets a face lift

Michael Ohrenberger Staff Reporter The social network Facebook has been around for many years now. Created originally by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, Facebook was only available to certain colleges and universities. Since then, Facebook has grown into a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and the largest social network available to everybody, not just college students. Through its [...]

You make me wanna ‘Lala’ – The Internet’s new radio

Ashley Monaco Staff Reporter Remember the days when you would childishly stick your fingers in your ears and shout, “La, la, I can’t hear you!” Well now, the words “la la” don’t prevent you from hearing—in fact, they allow you to do all the listening you want. Lala.com is a Web site built on the [...]

‘Stumble’ over here – SU gives users the chance to discover sites by stumbling on Web

Juliana Brittis Features Editor Many students have a strict regime as soon as they turn on their computer. Check your e-mail, look at Facebook notifications, maybe Tweet or sign onto AIM. After a while, this starts to become too routine and boring. The desire for some new Web material to check out kicks in. That’s [...]

Less popular sports gain notoriety during Olympics

Tom Herles Staff Reporter Every year the winter comes freezing the neighborhood ponds and giving local children the opportunity to utilize its smooth surface. Bundling up in jackets and hats they hope to come out victorious in the upcoming pick-up match. All of them dream of pushing out of the hack and throwing the game [...]

Sulllivan, Disanto shine at weightlifting meet

Mike Leboff Staff Reporter Nearly 70 weightlifters from all over the Northeast, including six from Connecticut, recently competed in the Atlantic State Open Championships in Lynn, Mass. Team Connecticut, which is coached by Sacred Heart University exercise science professor Gary Valentine, sent six lifters to the competition including senior Mark Disanto, graduate student Tom Sullivan, [...]

Swimmers enjoy record weekend

Lindsay Caiati Asst. PR Manager The Sacred Heart University women’s swimming and diving team recently competed in the Northeast Conference Swimming and Diving Championship on Feb. 11-13 at Yale University. With hard work and a positive attitude, the team placed fifth overall and broke several school records in the process. “It was the positive attitude [...]

Take a spin on Chatroulette

Chris Corrigan Staff Reporter Move over textfromlastnight.com and make way fmylife.com. The latest Internet craze has hit the scene, and people can’t get enough of Chatroulette. A social Web site which connects users via webcam, Chatroulette.com is bound to keep you on the edge of your seat.  The site, which connects people globally, was designed [...]

GET REEL: Movie review of the week

Christopher O’Connell Contributing Writer The Greek gods are back, meddling in affairs in ways that would make Scooby-doo and the gang proud. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” besides suffering from ridiculously-long-name syndrome, is the latest in Hollywood’s attempt to crack open the cash piñata that is children’s book series. The problem with [...]

Nineteen kids and no intentions of stopping

Alyssa Collier Staff Reporter Just how many trips can the stork make to one family? Try 19… and counting. For any parent, the greatest gift is the experience of the birth of a child. For some parents, however, one or two bundles of joy just aren’t enough. The Duggar family are the latest stars in [...]

Death of a legend brings fashion world together – Sacred Heart’s own fashion enthusiast experiences NYC Fashion Week first hand

Jaclyn Hendricks Staff Reporter Seven days, four words, one city.  From Feb. 11-18, the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week event took over Bryant Park in New York City. Designers from all over the globe flocked to the fashion capital of the world to premiere their fall collections to their peers, the most prominent names in the [...]

Photo of the week

Brittany Murphy’s final movie to premiere this summer

Kristi Troccoli Staff Reporter Brittany Murphy’s final piece of work will not be tossed away or “Abandoned” after her unexpected death on Dec. 20. According to People Magazine’s Web site, late last summer Brittany Murphy wrapped up her last film role in the psychological thrilled “Abandoned.” In the film, Murphy plays Mary Walsh, a woman [...]