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The Charger Bulletin

The Student News Source of the University of New Haven

The Charger Bulletin

TW // April 24th reminds us of a normalized fear

TW // April 24th reminds us of a normalized fear

Isabelle Hajek, Staff Writer April 24, 2021

What were you doing on April 24, National Rape Day? I fear this is a question that my kids will one day ask me. And what makes that notion so profoundly sad is I will be able to give them an answer: I...

Members of the demonstration outside of the University of New Haven's north entrance.

Labor rights demonstration forms outside of University of New Haven

Kayla Mutchler, Editor-in-Chief April 23, 2021

On Thursday, a group of roughly 25 former cleaning service workers employed through Diversified Building Services (DBS) and members of Unidad Latina en Acción (Latin Unity in Action) gathered outside...

A makeshift memorial and mural outside Cup Foods, where George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murdering George Floyd

Amanda M. Castro, Managing Editor April 20, 2021

On Tuesday afternoon, Derek Chauvin, an ex-Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all charges by a jury in Hennepin County court. For three weeks, he was on trial for the murder of George Floyd,...

Derek Chauvin’s trial: What you need to know

Derek Chauvin’s trial: What you need to know

Samuel Weinnman, Staff Writer April 13, 2021

Derek Chauvin, the police officer being charged for the murder of George Floyd, began his trial on March 29. Chauvin is being tried for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. The trial...

Deconstructing taboo topics: Religion as a power structure

Deconstructing taboo topics: Religion as a power structure

Isabelle Hajek and Cam Garden April 13, 2021

Religious freedoms have long been debated across the globe to justify power struggles and war. As they work in society presently, most governmental and cultural structures rely heavily on religion as a...

Goodbye, Spring Weekend; Hello, Spring Week

Goodbye, Spring Weekend; Hello, Spring Week

Kayla Mutchler, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2021

On April 7 at 7 p.m., the Student Committee of Programming Events (SCOPE) hosted the Spring Week 2021 Reveal Party, announcing the Throwback Block Party that will be hosted from April 25 through May 2. ...

BREAKING: At least one person shot, two Capitol police officers injured in attacks; structure on lockdown

BREAKING: At least one person shot, two Capitol police officers injured in attacks; structure on lockdown

Amanda M. Castro, Managing Editor April 2, 2021

On Friday afternoon, the police locked down the U.S. Capitol after a report of gunshots in the area. According to the acting head of the Capitol Police, a Capitol Police officer identified as William...

Women’s tennis wins first conference match of season over Assumption

Women’s tennis wins first conference match of season over Assumption

Tyler Wells, Staff Writer April 2, 2021

The University of New Haven women’s tennis team bounced back from a two-game losing skid on Wednesday, earning their first conference win of the season. The Chargers were led by sophomore Alexa Orlando,...

University professor says time to discuss gun legislation is now

University professor says time to discuss gun legislation is now

Tyler Wells, Staff Writer March 30, 2021

After a gunman allegedly shot and killed 10 people in a Boulder, Colo. supermarket last week, a local gun organization said that now was not the time to discuss gun laws. “There will be a time for...

Deconstructing taboo topics: Their function in society

Deconstructing taboo topics: Their function in society

Isabelle Hajek and Cam Garden March 29, 2021

Restriction of language and conversation is instrumental in all forms of societal control. Such restrictions range in formality from written sedition laws to socially constructed norms. Taboos are the...

Every U.S. adult must be vaccinated by May 1: Why this is critical to reopen

Every U.S. adult must be vaccinated by May 1: Why this is critical to reopen

Tyler Wells, Staff Writer March 29, 2021

In a year of never-ending dark moments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a light has been cast on the path out: a vaccine. After appearing to be a far-off reality earlier in the pandemic, it is now becoming...

Samantha Zajac

Meet Samantha Zajac, the university’s first registered dietitian

Kayla Mutchler, Editor-in-Chief March 29, 2021

On Feb. 22, Samantha Zajac, a Master of Healthcare Administration student, began working as the first registered dietitian for the University of New Haven through the school’s food service, Sodexo. Zajac...

A discussion on sex trafficking in the OnlyFans era

A discussion on sex trafficking in the OnlyFans era

Beth Beaudry and Isabelle Hajek March 29, 2021

On March 19, the Office of Residential Life (ORL) hosted a panel on “Human Trafficking and the Evolution of Sex Work” via Zoom in honor of National Women’s History Month throughout March and on the...

Broadway musical, “In the Heights,” set to see the big screen

Broadway musical, “In the Heights,” set to see the big screen

Shaylen Stancil, Staff Writer March 29, 2021

The newest trailer for the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “In The Heights'' was released on March 14. “In The Heights” was conceptualized and written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is also...

Campus to return to green alert status

Campus to return to green alert status

Beth Beaudry, Student Life Editor March 29, 2021

Nearly one month after the University of New Haven switched to yellow alert status and a COVID outbreak in Bixler Hall, the campus is preparing to move back to green status. Green status, according...

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