Students Respond to Internal Hire of Chief Diversity Officer
Kelly Adkins, Staff Writer
July 13, 2020
The appointment of a school chief diversity officer has received some backlash from the campus community. In June, in response to recent national events of violence and a University of New Haven alumni’s controversial posts on social media, university president Steven Kaplan announced assistant provost Lorenzo Bo...
Email from Provost Highlights Schedule Changes in Fall 2020
Amanda M. Castro, Managing Editor
June 24, 2020
Following the University of New Haven’s shutdown at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the university is preparing for the campus to reopen in the Fall 2020 semester. A Tuesday email sent to the student body highlighted the proposed changes. Interim provost and senior vice president for academic ...
Re-Cap of University Town Hall Meeting Last Week
Hannah Providence, Staff Writer
April 22, 2020
“You guys are now mentoring the mentors and helping the faculty to be online and stay online as well as possible and we thank you for that,” President Kaplan says as he welcomes the students attending the University-wide Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, April 15. He also explains that universities...
Online Learning: How is the Campus Community Managing the Adjustment?
Jennifer Korn and Amanda M. Castro, Student Life Editor and Staff Writer
April 16, 2020
After university president Steven Kaplan’s decision to extend online classes through the remainder of the semester, students and professors have had to make arrangements and readjust to a new normal. The dean of students office distributed an email survey to students this week to ask how students a...
Riddin’ the Rails
Amanda M. Castro, Staff Writer
March 11, 2020
I can bet that any commute is a colossal pain for anyone – all that unmoving traffic and stinky subway carts. But I can probably one-up all of that by saying that I commute all the way to the University of New Haven campus from the Bronx, N.Y by train. Yes, literally a whole state away. On a train...
Room Selection Changes 2020-2021
Jennifer Korn, Student Life Editor
March 10, 2020
With the deadline to submit housing applications and room deposits to participate in room selection on March 6, returning students will soon pick their dorms for next year. According to the MyCharger room selection page, Dunham is now an available housing option for rising sophomores, and is no longer an...
New Campus Statue Reveal
Corina Rodriguez, Managing Editor
March 10, 2020
If you have been wondering about the statue that the university is building outside of the David A. Beckerman Recreation Center, we have the answers. After an interview with Louis Annino, the associate vice president of facilities who oversees the site work, we learned that the statue is of a charger...
Returning Prato Students Not Being Tested Or Quarantined Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Jennifer Korn, Student Life Editor
March 10, 2020
In the wake of the University of New Haven’s recent decision to require all Prato students and faculty to return to the U.S., the university created a page on its website to keep the community informed. Students are not being quarantined or tested for the coronavirus upon their return, but students ar...
Campus Email Update on the Coronavirus
Amanda M. Castro, Staff Writer
March 10, 2020
After recent coronavirus updates, University of New Haven’s Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Rebecca Johnson shared a community update on the coronavirus in an email to students. In the email, Johnson said that members of the University community are “strongly discourag...
University Suspends Operations Amid Possible Exposure to Confirmed Case of Coronavirus
Jennifer Korn, Student Life Editor
March 9, 2020
Late afternoon Monday, university Pres. Steven Kaplan announced that all classes and university events will be canceled through March 24. Students must vacate the residence halls by 5 p.m.Tuesday. There are currently no confirmed cases of the virus on campus, but there are two confirmed cases in...
Political Polarization: Are They a Danger to College Campuses?
Cameron Hailey, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2020
As the 2020 elections closes in on us, the country’s divide looks clearer than ever. The State of the Union address on February 4 showed the country that the representatives and parties they had voted for were more partisan than ever. There was a clear line in the seating of politicians where the Republican...
Is Our Campus Really Environmentally Friendly?
Ariana Lasher, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2020
Remember when all dining areas on campus took away plastic straws and lids to minimize plastic use on campus? That didn’t seem to last long, because every time I order a drink from Jazzman’s or the library café, I am still handed a plastic straw. The state of Connecticut banned plastic bags,...
Time for Some Library Tender Love and Care
Mia Steadman, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2020
The Marvin K. Peterson Library is a hub of productivity where commuters go to squat between classes and where the café runs out of strawberry acai refreshers too quickly. It is possibly the only place on campus where the atmosphere is filled with equal parts panic and boredom. As someone who has...
Chinese New Year Postponed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
Kelly Adkins, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2020
On Jan. 29, students received an email that said the Chinese New Year Celebration—originally scheduled for Jan. 31—was postponed because of the recent coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China. The coronavirus is spread from animal hosts and is new, which means this strain has never been...
