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A Patented Approach to Fighting Cancer CHRISTMAS FERNS ARE PRETTY ORDINARY PLANTS in the botanical world – they are in abundance in the eastern half of the United States, and if you walk through a shaded area of a park, you can find them pretty easily.

Yet the properties inside this ostensibly unremarkable fern may be a catalyst toward combatting an aggressive form of brain cancer.

So says Sarah Crawford, a professor of biology at Southern, who has an extensive background in cancer research.

But her statement is more than just an abstract theoretical possibility. An extract made from the Christmas fern has demonstrated anti-cancer properties in pre-clinical testing conducted by Crawford and her students. In fact, the results were impressive enough to spur the U.S. Patent Office to award Crawford, as well as Erin Boisvert, a former student of Crawford, a patent for the extract.

“This is really exciting news,” Crawford says. “I applied for the patent more than six years ago and was hopeful we would be granted approval. But it’s a long, thorough process. You’re never quite sure whether it is

going to be approved or not.”

The extract was tested as part of a threecomponent cocktail – carmustine, a powerful chemotherapy drug used to treat brain cancer; curcumin, the active ingredient in the spice turmeric that has anti-inflammatory qualities; and polystichum acrostichoides, the technical name for the Christmas fern. The plant is believed to have antioxidant properties, but to Crawford’s knowledge, it has not previously undergone rigorous testing for its anti-cancer ability.

The tests showed that the cocktail was effective in killing nearly half of the cancer cells in tiny tumors created in the Biology Department lab – far more effective than use of any of the three substances alone. “I won’t rest until we can kill 100 percent of the cancer cells, but it’s a good start,” she says, adding that she plans to experiment by using different levels of each substance to see if that increases the efficacy of the extract’s anti-cancer properties. She also says she may test other chemotherapy drugs with the Christmas fern and curcumin.

Crawford says that a reduction in the level of carmustine, while maintaining or increasing

Sarah Crawford (left), professor of biology, and Paulina Mrowiec, a student, continue to test the efficacy of an anti-cancer extract that has shown promise in pre-clinical testing. Inset is a photo of a Christmas fern.

the effectiveness of the cocktail, would be ideal.

That could reduce the side effects commonly associated with chemotherapy drugs.

The tests were conducted on glioblastoma multiforme, considered to be the most deadly form of brain cancer with a fatality rate of more than 90 percent within five years.

Two current students are assisting Crawford with this project.

Brielle Hayward, who is a graduate fellow, is examining the Christmas fern’s antioxidant properties and comparing its anti-cancer effects with other phytochemical antioxidants, such as PATENT CONTINUED ON PAGE 6.

Research Center Marks a Quarter Century of Computer Ethics Study THE TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY over the past quarter century and continues to do so on a daily basis. Accompanying these changes are many new issues in the field of computer ethics — intellectual property, privacy, computer security, access to computing resources and downloading music and film off the Internet, to name a few.

During this time, the Research Center on Computing & Society, based at Southern, and headed up by Philosophy Professor Terry Bynum, has established itself as an international leader in analyzing and promoting the ethical use of computer technology.

The one-of-a-kind center has also advanced computer ethics as an academic discipline through teaching, networking, research, publications and a website that offers articles and papers, multimedia materials and links to other computer ethics resources. To mark the center’s 25th year, Bynum is planning events in the fall and spring semesters that address current topics in the field of technology.

President Mary A. Papazian praises Bynum and his faculty colleagues associated with

the center: “Their ongoing commitment to exploring the complex issues raised by new technology is a valuable societal contribution – and in so doing, they have given Southern international recognition in this groundbreaking field.”

Bynum, who began the center at Southern in 1987, is one of the world’s foremost computer ethicists. In 1995, he traveled to England to assist a colleague who was starting a computer ethics research center there and to help put a conference together. ETHICOMP95 became the first in a series of international computer ethics conferences. Bynum says by now there have been 15 of them in 11 countries in Europe and Asia as well as the United States.

In addition to his work with the center and ETHICOMP, Bynum has conducted workshops, given speeches and addresses, produced and hosted video programs and published articles on computing and human values. For 25 years he was editor-in-chief of Metaphilosophy, an international scholarly journal, now edited by Armen Marsoobian,

Terry Bynum (left), professor of philosophy, and Jin Tong, a Chinese scholar, are working together on a book about ‘flourishing ethics.’

professor of philosophy.

Over the years, many scholars, both international and American, have come to Southern to give presentations and participate in roundtables sponsored by the center.

On Nov. 8, the center will hold a miniconference on computer security. Five scholars will present papers in the morning, and in the afternoon, the 2013 Norbert Wiener Address will be given by Donald Gotterbarn, director of the Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute at East Tennessee State University. Gotterbarn is also chairman of the Association for Computer Machinery’s (ACM) Committee on Professional Ethics and a leading author of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, which promotes ethics among software engineers. Bynum says that ACM is the largest computer professional organization in the world. The namesake of the Norbert Wiener Address, according to Bynum, was an MIT mathematician whose study of information feedback systems during World War II was really the beginning of

the computer ethics field.

The second event to commemorate the center’s anniversary, planned for the spring semester, will focus on the social and ethical implications of MOOCs and other forms of online education. MOOCs (“massive open online courses” aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web), have been much in the news lately, as more and more educational institutions join the movement toward online education. In addition to these projects, the anniversary is also being marked by the presence of Chinese scholar Jin Tong, who is working at the center this year. She and Bynum are now working together on a book on “flourishing ethics,” a new ethical theory that, according to Bynum is “informed and grounded by recent scientific insights into the nature of living things, human nature and the fundamental nature of the universe – ideas from today’s information theory, astrophysics and genetics.”

Bynum is also working on a history of the center and intends to produce a publication in honor of its milestone anniversary.

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A Focus on Ethics

The Research Center on Computing and Society is holding two events this month as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.

A mini conference: “Ethics in the Information Age,” will be held Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Engleman Hall, Room A120.

Presentations will be made by the following: Terry Bynum, "What is Computer Ethics"; Krystyna Gorniak, "Robotic Caregivers: A New ‘New Frontier’ in ICT Ethics"; Anne Gerdes, "Fighting Emerging Organized Crime:

Privacy Issues"; Jin Tong, "On the Citizenship of a ‘Netizen’"; Fran Grodzinsky, "Deception and Trust on the Internet" and Richard Volkman, "Digital Culture, Collective Intelligence and Ethical Individualism."

Later, Donald Gotterbarn, director of the Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute, will deliver the 2013 Norbert Wiener Address: “Virtue Ethics and the Cybersecurity Professional(?) – a missing link” at 2 p.m., also in Room A120.

A Message from the President

President Mary A. Papazian

Dear Colleagues, Homecoming weekend was a wonderful time to be associated with Southern as we hosted two days of activities and events that showed the university at its best and drew a happy throng of alumni, friends and students and their family members to campus. On Friday, Oct. 11, a daylong conference celebrating the legacy of Title IX featured compelling commentary by an impressive array of speakers who have dedicated their careers to furthering the goals of this groundbreaking legislation.

This thought-provoking conference was a reminder of both how far we have come and how much is yet left to be

President Mary A. Papazian shares a moment with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her recent visit to campus. Sotomayor spoke about her life story as described in her memoir, ‘My Beloved World,’ during a one-on-one interview with the president at the Lyman Center.

Earlier in the day, Sotomayor talked with groups of students.

achieved. As a result of Title IX, inequities in college admission, financial aid, and other areas of higher education are far less common than they used to be. Yet despite these gains, disparities between men and women remain. Women still lag behind men in earning doctoral and professional degrees, for example, particularly in nontraditional disciplines like math and science.

And women are only beginning to gain ground in the ranks of the faculty and in the leadership of higher education.

Title IX has made it possible for girls and women to show what they are capable of and cleared the way for them to achieve great things.

And while it has also shown us that various social forces and circumstances can inhibit women’s advancement, we can also see that good laws play a vital role in furthering equality for women in politics, the workplace and education.

Of course, if women are to occupy high positions in government, the business world, and education, they also must prepare academically. And it is our task as an institution of higher learning to provide opportunities for young women – and young men -- to further themselves educationally, to encourage them to achieve, and to work within the social and political arenas to see that all are given a fair chance.

Recently, I met with the Strategic Plan Steering Committee and asked the members to envision Southern as it should be in 2025.

I emphasized that this plan is for the entire university, and as such, the committee, while large, represents the complexity of our institution. To further engage the campus community, the Steering Committee members will establish work groups drawing on individuals from across our constituencies.

The Strategic Plan will address several vital issues, including: how to be competitive both

regionally and in an increasingly global marketplace, how to create an identity that is unique in a university town with multiple competitors, and how to function within a large system. The plan will also have four or five main goals, with supporting objectives and tactics to help accomplish them. It is based on a two-year timeline, with the first year used to develop the plan, and the second year involving a comprehensive vetting process across the university community. The strategic planning timeline calls for the committee to make its recommendations to me by the end of spring 2014, with full implementation of the new plan by July 1, 2015.

The planning work will be a very open and transparent process. We will use town hall-style meetings, focus groups, and other means of gathering ideas from faculty, staff and students.

As part of this communication strategy, a website is up (www.southernct.edu/strategic-plan/), and will soon include a “suggestion box” for people to contribute ideas, a space for individuals to blog, listings of work groups’ meeting minutes, and other means of information sharing.

As we begin to chart the course for the university’s future, the new Strategic Plan should reflect the Southern community’s aspirations for the institution. I welcome your innovative ideas, your energy and your vision as we develop this plan together and transform it into action.

Sincerely,

Mary Papazian, Ph.D. President

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Academic advisors recently saw a demonstration of a new advising tool designed to improve the planning and selection process for students as they pursue specific degree programs and courses.

The demonstration gave faculty and staff members an opportunity to learn more about the implementation of a predictive analytics system developed by the Education Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. The system uses data, particularly student grades, to predict whether someone is likely to succeed in various majors and courses. The university is using the model as part of an effort to give students additional data on course and degree options for which they have the best chances for success.

It is also intended to identify students who may need extra assistance in critical foundational coursework, or who may be at risk of not succeeding in their intended major.

“We are very excited about the potential of the EAB,” said Kimberly Crone, associate vice president for enrollment management. “It is currently being tested by faculty in three areas this fall – exercise science, communication and FYE inquiry classes.”

The tool is expected to be available for all faculty advisors to use starting next spring.

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

The university will need to address a projected budget shortfall of nearly $900,000 for the 2013-14 fiscal year to ensure a balanced budget, Executive Vice President James E. Blake has announced.

The shortfall is due to several factors, including a 2.8-percent decline in enrollment this fall.

“Our situation would have been even more difficult if we had not received approval for a series of faculty and staff positions that will be funded by the state,” he said.

Blake said that while the gap is less than 1 percent of the entire budget, it is challenging

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because previous reductions have left the university with less room to cut before significantly affecting programs and services. Nevertheless, Blake believes that a combination of deferring some projects and more cautious hiring, as well as employee turnover, will go a long way toward balancing the budget this year.

He added there are some uncertainties that could change the financial picture between now and June 30, 2014. As an example, it is uncertain how much the university will be required to pay for the higher cost of fringe benefits associated with employees who opt to convert from the alternate retirement program (ARP) to the hybrid plan. The question of whether the state or the universities will pick up the tab and to what extent has yet to be answered.

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

The fourth annual Alumni Professionals Day drew more than 90 alumni who shared information on their careers with Southern students. Held on Sept. 25 in the Michael J. Adanti Student Center, the event was part of the First-Year Experience (FYE) program for the first time, although all students could attend.

Students were invited to learn about a variety of careers in a relaxed, café-style setting — meeting with Southern graduates from numerous companies and organizations, including ESPN, the Hallmark Channel, the FBI, United Technologies, Merrill Lynch, the U.S. Census Bureau, Stanley Black and Decker and school systems throughout the state.

Students explored a host of careers, among them, law enforcement, graphic design, photography, marketing, politics, teaching, education administration, social services, law, finance, and scientific research. Southern graduates traveled from as far as Washington, D.C., to participate, with several from California meeting with students via the internet.

The day also included a lively session, “Thriving in Chaos,” led by speaker and facili-

tator, alumna Tracy Knofla, co-owner of High Impact Training. The fun, interactive program was designed to help freshmen learn to juggle responsibilities and succeed.

Looking forward, an Alumni Mentoring Program will kick-off in the spring, matching alumni participants with students.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Alumni Relations Director Michelle Johnston at (203) 392-6500 or JohnstonM2@ SouthernCt.edu.

STUDENT AFFAIRS

The Division of Student Affairs is once again sponsoring the annual “Adopt-A-Family” food drive to benefit New Haven-based agencies, including Family Centered Services of Connecticut (formerly the Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis), said Tracy Tyree, vice president for student affairs. Last year through this effort, the university was able to provide non-perishable food items to hundreds of needy families in the Greater New Haven area.

Tyree encourages departments and administrative offices, along with student groups and organizations, to prepare boxes of donated goods in time for the 9 a.m. deadline on Nov. 22. “We have been living in a challenged economic state for so long,” said Tyree, “and this is a chance for us to make a difference in the lives of those who maybe are not as fortunate as we are.”

Collection boxes may be picked up at the following locations: Adanti Student Center Information Desk, Adanti Student Center Main Office (Room 325) and the Dean of Student Affairs Office (Engleman A106). The most useful items to include are: canned goods, dried goods and toiletries. Contact the Student Center at (203) 392-5500, the Student Life Office at (203) 392-5782 or the Dean of Student Affairs Office at (203) 392-5556 for more information or with any questions.

New Dean Brings Academic, Theatrical Experience LIKE MOST ACADEMIC DEANS, Steven Breese spends the bulk of his days in an office – often meeting with faculty, students and administrators in an effort to enhance students’ educational experience. But you’re also apt to see him catching a theater production, playing the guitar or even skateboarding from one part of campus to another.

The newly appointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences is quick to point out the guitar in his office, as well as his longboard, which someone built for him 13 years ago. He began using it during his regular travels on campus at Christopher Newport University (CNU).

“I used it frequently at CNU. In fact, some of the students there referred to me as professor Longboard,” he chuckles. “But I’ve been using it ever since and it’s a great way to get around on campus more quickly. If I have to walk 10 or 15 minutes, the board cuts down that time to about five minutes.”

The high-energy dean began his duties at Southern in July after 13 years at CNU, where he had served as dean of the College of Arts and Humanities for the last four years. During that time, the college developed or revitalized a variety of programs, such as Asian studies, linguistics, world literatures, medieval and renaissance studies, philosophy of law, international business and jazz studies. He also expanded research opportunities for faculty.

Breese says he finds the atmosphere of change at Southern to be exciting with a new president and other new people in leadership positions. “In my first few days as dean, we had a groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of the library,” he says. “Not only is that an important development in itself, but I also think that’s symbolic of the positive changes happening at Southern.”

Breese also says that in applying for the job, he was attracted to the size of the School of Arts and Sciences, which is the largest school in terms of departments. “I have an insatiable appetite to be involved with a variety of disciplines,” he says.

The dean says he believes his academic experience, combined with his theater background, has prepared him well for the job. “As a producer/director, you have to be knowledgeable about each individual component of a production,” he says. “At the same time, you really need to look at the big picture. I want the faculty and departments to keep me in the loop about what is going

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on in their departments. But at the same time, part of my role is framing the big questions, looking at national and regional trends, and the overall educational environment in which we are working. I also want to empower the faculty and the departments in reaching our goals.”

Breese’s background in theater includes national and international performances.

He has acted and/or directed at many of the country’s finest theaters. He has written a book, “On Acting, A Handbook for Today’s Unique American Actor,” which was published earlier this year.

He was the chairman of the CNU Department of Theater and Dance for nine years, before becoming dean at that university. He previously had been director of the acting program and an assistant professor for five years at Texas Christian University. “I believe that Steven's extensive experience, creative talents and deep commitment to the liberal arts and student success will serve our School of Arts and Sciences well,” says President Mary A. Papazian.

In his spare time, Breese enjoys sailing, playing the piano and guitar, and rehabilitating older homes. “I like to bring older houses back to life,” he says. He and his wife live in Westville in a 1918 colonial home.

He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the California Institute of the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech and theater from Baldwin Wallace University.

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Seeking to Foster a Safe, Inclusive Campus Environment IT’S THE GOLDEN RULE: Treat others the way that you would like to be treated.

That is the motto that Pamela Lassiter – Southern’s newly hired director of diversity and equity — says she strives to live by in both her personal and professional life. And she would like to create an atmosphere on campus where everyone is encouraged to follow that same approach in their relationships — whether it’s faculty and student; supervisor and employee or peer to peer.

Echoing a refrain similar to that expressed recently by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her visit to Southern, Lassiter says that it is easy for people — especially those who ascend to powerful positions or enjoy lives of privilege — to forget that motto. “Sometimes people don’t realize that they negatively affect the lives of others needlessly.”

In an effort to promote a healthy and safe environment on campus, she points to the recently created President’s Commission on Campus Climate and Inclusion as a means to help ensure that people are treated fairly and with dignity. “We want this to be a safe campus environment in which people are respectful of others.”

Lassiter comes to Southern after a 5-year stint as the director of equity and

of the City University of affirmative action and New York system. special assistant to the In addition to fostering chancellor at the Unia respectful and inclusive versity of Wisconsin, atmosphere on campus, Oshkosh. In that role, Lassiter’s goals for her she directed the univeroffice include: sity’s efforts to enhance • being a resource for diversity in recruitment managers without usurpand retention, as well as ing their decision-making led the school’s affirmaauthority. tive action planning and • improving customer-sercomplaint investigation. vice relations – especially She also was responsible to students, but also to for campus climate issues faculty and staff. and wrote that school’s • providing more in-perfirst equity and inclusivity son training to faculty key operational plan. and staff.

Previously, she served PAMELA LASSITER • creating more campus as associate director for conversations around guest speakers. workplace diversity at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

“Pamela has almost 25 years of experiShe also had worked in human resources ence in a wide range of human resources at NaviSys, an Edison, N.J.-based software management settings in both higher development-consulting firm. And she held education and the corporate sector,” says a similar position at AT&T Inc., where she President Mary A. Papazian. was responsible for the corporation’s prepa" The enhancement of diversity, equity ration of 40 affirmative action plans for an and access is a key component of our misemployee population of 350,000. sion as a public university, and I believe Lassiter holds a J.D. from the University that Pam has the skills, leadership and of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. in ecoexperience to move Southern forward in nomics and sociology from Queens College this critically important area.”

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SouthernBrief ly The process of developing the university’s next strategic plan is now officially under way. The Strategic Plan Steering Committee met for the first time on Oct. 4, joined by President Mary Papazian, who delivered the committee’s charge. She asked the group to envision Southern as it should be in 2025 and issued a challenge to craft a strategic plan to get the university there between 2015 and 2025. To broaden and deepen the input from the university community, the Steering Committee members will seek volunteers from across constituencies to take part in work groups. The plan is based on a two-year timeline, with the first year used to develop the plan, and the second year involving a comprehensive vetting process across the university community. The committee will present a draft plan to the president by spring 2014. As part of the communications strategy, a website is up (www.southernct.edu/ strategic-plan/), and will soon include a “suggestion box” for people to contribute ideas, a space for individuals to blog, listings of work groups’ meeting minutes and other means of information sharing.

Southern faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in an assessment study to determine campus childcare needs. The survey has about 30 questions related to current childcare, satisfaction with that care

and any needs or desired changes around childcare. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, and participation is voluntary. Participants’ responses regarding their current and anticipated childcare needs may be used to make recommendations to the administration regarding future childcare support mechanisms on campus. The survey is anonymous and confidential. A link to the survey can be found on the homepage Noctua Review, Southern’s graduate literary magazine, is sponsoring a 2014 writing contest for any and all graduate students at SCSU, ECSU, CCSU and WCSU (any department), with $500 prizes for best poem and best short story. Winning entries will also be published in the 2014 edition of Noctua Review. Students have until Dec. 15 to submit their work. The contest is only open to graduate students at the four CSU consortium schools. To enter, visit noctuareview.wordpress.com.

The SCSU Alumni Association and SCSU Foundation encourage Southern students to apply for the more than 180 merit and/or need-based scholarships available in the fall 2014. Filling out one universal online application automatically places you in the pool for 180 scholarships possibilities. General requirements include: students in good academic standing (2.0 GPA or higher); undergraduate students (12 credits completed at SCSU

by the close of the fall 2013 semester); graduate students (9 credits completed at SCSU by the close of the fall 2013 semester). If you are graduating in December 2013 or May 2014, you are not eligible to apply. Please complete the application, available Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, at SouthernCT.edu/alumni/scholarship-program/scholarship-application.html. Questions regarding the scholarship process may be directed to Doreen Cammarata-Gilhuly, Alumni Relations Office, at (203) 392-8824 or Gilhulyd1@SouthernCT.edu. Include student ID number with all correspondence.

To acknowledge the accomplishments of Southern’s December graduates, the university for the first time will hold winter commencement ceremonies on Dec. 18. The undergraduate ceremony will begin at 2 p.m.

The Graduate School ceremony will be held at 7 p.m.

Both commencements will be held at the John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. These events will enable students who have completed their requirements during the fall to receive their degrees in a timely manner, rather than waiting six months until the May ceremonies.

Projections are that more than 400 students will be eligible to walk in December.

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Assisting Coastal Communities with Beach Restoration Plans TWO SOUTHERN FACULTY MEMBERS AND THEIR STUDENTS are analyzing the effect that Hurricane Sandy had on the coastlines of East Haven and West Haven a year ago in an effort to help those communities prepare for future storms.

James Tait, associate professor of science education and environmental studies, and Ezgi Akpinar Ferrand, assistant professor of geography, have been examining the beach erosion that occurred from the hurricane that hit the East Coast last October. The bulk of their efforts have been focused on East Haven, so far, though some analysis has taken place on the coastline of West Haven. They may look at other coastal communities in the future.

“East Haven was really the poster child for damage as a result of that storm,” says Tait, who lives close to the beach area in that community.

He says the width of the beach area was the primary factor in determining how much damage a coastal community sustained. In areas with a wide beach, the damage was minimal, but in narrow beach areas, the effects were much more profound. In fact, the waters of Long Island sound extended 1,845 feet inland in the Silver Sands Road and Farview Road area of East Haven, according to Tait.

“It could have been even worse had the peak of the storm coincided with high tide,” Akpinar Ferrand adds. “Instead, it occurred close to low tide.”

Southern has been mapping the flood zones to show the most affected areas. Tait says that because a wide beach is the best protection against property damage, he believes it would be fruitful for East Haven to restore its beach area.

He says there are a few ways that this can be accomplished.

“Connecticut’s beaches are naturally erosive, especially as compared with California,” he says. He explained that in areas with fairer weather, the waves naturally return the beach sand that is lost. But in Connecticut, the return rate is very slow.

Tait says a full report on the assessment and recommendations will be made to East Haven officials next fall.

Part of the report is likely to show how bad the damage would have been if the storm occurred in 2025 or 2035, assuming a gradual rise in the sea level of Long Island Sound projected by many climatologists. “We certainly believe that the damage would have been worse,” he says.

In West Haven, an analysis is being conducted to determine where the beach sand has gone as a result of the hurricane. He hopes that information can help West Haven plan for its own beach revitalization, which would include

Students survey the West Haven shoreline as part of a project helping area communities rebuild hurricane-damaged beach areas. They are joined

by Mark Paine Jr. (second from left), assistant to the commissioner of public works in West Haven, and Jim Tait (third from left), associate professor of science education and environmental studies.

the addition of beach sand in the areas that would have the greatest benefit to the city.

“These two projects have the potential to benefit the two communities, as well as give our students an opportunity to participate in real-world research,” Akinpar Ferrand says.

Tait agrees.

“And the research could be used as a catalyst for changes that could lower flood insurance premiums in those areas,” he says.

“I really enjoy being part of a project that can directly benefit the people of these communities and help tax dollars to be put to good use,” says Catherine Cota, a Southern student working on the projects. “After working on the beaches all summer, you really get a feel for how important the beaches are to this community.”

“The work that we have been doing on the beaches

(Left) Jim Tait and Ezgi Akpinar Ferrand (second from left), assistant professor of geography, join with two of their student surveyors – geography students Michelle Ritchie (second from right) and Alyssa Krinsky -- to help coastal communities minimize damage from future storms (Right) Steve Krozer, a student in the Honors College, holds a prism reflector rod that is used to take measurements of the beach area.

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will give people in the town a better understanding of what they are up against and what they can do to help out the beaches,” adds Kaitlyn Stobierski, also a Southern student engaged in the research.

Mark Paine Jr., assistant to the commissioner of public works in West Haven, thanks the university, noting that the city could not possibly have conducted the extensive research that is being conducted by the university.

“I’m grateful for the resources the Werth Center (for Coastal and Marine Studies) is providing the city, and as an SCSU graduate, I’m pleased to be a small part of an enriching and tremendously valuable field experience for the students,” Paine says. “It’s a perfect example of the type of collaboration our state and municipal entities would benefit by engaging in.

It is my hope that this is the first of many such partnerships with SCSU.”

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SouthernProfiles From the Airwaves to the Printed Page HE HAS BEEN CALLED “THE MOST HEARD VOICE” on National Public Radio (NPR). Listeners across the country have heard him dozens of times a day as the man who says “Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and . . . ,” announcing the funding credits after every national news and information program. And now Communication Professor Frank Tavares — who says he has been writing his entire professional life — has published a book of short stories, “The Man Who Built Boxes,” a collection that showcases his unique storytelling abilities with 12 stories about a remarkable cast of complex, quirky characters. He has also been doing a series of interviews with NPR member radio stations around the country as his 30-plus-year gig with NPR comes to a close and his writing career simultaneously takes off.

Tavares says he started writing fiction seriously in the 1990s and has several unpublished novels. About a dozen years ago, he started writing short stories. “I like to be working on more than one thing at a time,” he says. He started publishing some of his stories in journals, and at one point a friend suggested he pull his stories together into a collection and publish them as a book. “I thought, ‘how hard can this be?’” says Tavares, adding he had no idea how complex the process of publishing a book would be. Deciding which stories to keep in the book, which to take out, and in what order they would run were just a few of the many steps he had to work through with his publisher. His book also includes part of the next novel he is working on.

He is drawn to the short story genre, Tavares says, not only because it doesn’t take as long to write a

short story as it does a novel, but also because the writer has to have fully fleshed-out characters in a short span of pages and has to give each story a satisfying arc. It’s a challenge he enjoys. “You can leave the reader with the feeling that they want to know more,” Tavares says. “You don’t have to answer every single question.”

Tavares says one of his favorites aspects of writing fiction is exploring characters. “You let them take you where they’re going to go. I love that. When I’m working on something and a character suddenly does something I didn’t really see coming, it’s very exciting.”

Although he has been writing fiction in bits and pieces all his life, Tavares says when he first started thinking of writing a novel he thought he would do it when he had time. Then he came to realize that was just an excuse. “I don’t believe in the idea of a muse,” Tavares says. He quotes the prolific Connecticut poet, the late Leo Connellan, as saying to him once: “Writers write.” “This is my mantra,” Tavares says. “There is no secret to it – the bottom line is you sit down and you just do it.” He writes in the early mornings, and says, “Some days I might only get a sentence or a couple of pages, but I am writing. And eventually I have something I can go back to and work on.”

As for the connection between his work as a professor of communication and his writing, Tavares says, “words have power. The better you know how to use words, the more powerful you are.” He sees a connection between, for example, writing fiction, a letter for an academic journal or a project for a course.

“They are all the same, because they all involve writing,” he says. “Words are powerful.”

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Confronting Racism in Fact and Fiction WHEN TIM PARRISH TRIES TO TALK to other white people about racism, he says, their reactions come from a racist place. Racism in the United States is institutionalized, he says, but many white people don’t want to talk about that.

Parrish, an English professor and director of the creative writing program, and a native of Baton Rouge, La., takes a hard look at racism in his two new books, both published this fall: “Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of

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a Christian Racist, a Memoir,” and “The Jumper,” a novel, winner of Texas Review Press’s 2012 George Garrett Prize for Fiction.

Parrish says the idea for “The Jumper” came from a man he tutored in Baton Rouge in the 1980s. “He was in his mid-30s and he was illiterate,” Parrish says, “I was teaching him how to read.” Parrish asked the man about his life story and learned that he had grown up on a west Texas ranch thinking he was an orphan. But one day he received a telegram from his biological father saying, “come back to Baton Rouge.”

This man’s story was the inspiration for Parrish’s novel’s main character, Jimmy Strawhorn. “The Jumper” takes its title from Strawhorn’s urge to jump from high places, but the trope of jumping also goes back to Parrish’s 2000 book of short stories, “Red Stick Men,” also based in Baton Rouge.

Parrish describes “The Jumper” as a plot-driven novel and “kind of a crime novel.”

One of the judges for the Garrett Prize wrote of the book that it is “so shockingly good that readers will abandon their favorite authors . . . and rush to read all his work.”

Both “The Jumper” and “Fear and What Follows” are underpinned by racism, Parrish says. The racial and class politics portrayed in the novel echo the real world of 1960s and ‘70s Baton Rouge that Parrish writes about in his memoir. “Race riots and vicious street fights were all I knew,” says Parrish, who grew up in the years of desegregation in Baton Rouge.

Parrish says he started toying with the idea of writing his memoir when he was in graduate school, but he brought it out again after 9-11. “There was a lot of apocalyptic talk after 9-11,” he says, “and it started stirring up all these emotions about my life.”

Parrish says he and other members of his generation in the South “grew up in a time and a place

where racism saturated everything that was going on,” but nobody in the white community really talked about it. Parrish feels that in writing about this period in his own life, he could confront his own demons while also saying something meaningful about the toxic thinking that surrounded him in his youth.

About his own experience with “fear and what follows,” Parrish writes of his personal spiral in his teens into racist violence and irrational behavior. “When you get scared, you look to a brute to protect you,” he says, “and you believe you’ll be safer if he does.” His book portrays his choice to ally himself with a vicious, charismatic racist. Under this bigot’s sway, Parrish turns to violence in the street and at school. “I tried not to hold anything back about myself in the book,” he says. “I wanted to give an unvarnished look at what happened. I wanted to show how true fear informed a lot of atrocious behavior.”

He describes the atmosphere at his desegregating high school in the mid-‘70s as “extremely violent” and discusses a shootout in the streets between members of the African American community and Baton Rouge police during which five people were killed. “It was kind of like gang war,” Parrish says, but the white press was not covering such events. It was an extremely complex racist and violent environment, he says, yet there was no assessment of the psychic or emotional toll this environment took on the people who lived in it.

Ultimately, with this book, Parrish says, he wants to engage people in a conversation. He says he didn’t set out to write a pedantic book but just wrote about what happened to him.

He does say, though, that he would like this book to speak to white people in a way that encourages them to investigate what he calls their “racist wiring.” “People are conditioned to be racist in our culture, but they are terrified to admit it.”

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Tim Parrish will read from his work on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in Engleman A120, along with poet and English professor Jeff Mock. Both Parrish and Mock teach in the M.F.A. in creative writing program. Mock is the author of the poetry collection 'Ruthless.' The reading is free and open to the public.

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Fair Haven Grad Teaching English in the Far East CARLOS CRUZ

PLANS TO SPEND MUCH

on a college campus. Not only does the recent Southern grad intend to someday pursue a master’s degree and a doctorate, but his long-term goal is to become a college professor.

But before he headed down that path, Cruz knew he wanted to take a break from his studies to travel and get some real-world experience.

So instead of spending this academic year as a student, Cruz will spend it as a teacher-helping primary or secondary school children in China learn English.

“I think everybody should take a break from school once they graduate,” said the 21-year-old New Haven native before he left for Shanghai on Oct. 9. “Going straight to graduate school is beneficial in some aspects, but really getting experience out in the world is much more valuable.”

Cruz is one of about 300 young people from all over the world heading to China as part of the Ameson Year in China program (AYC), which looks for “college-educated, open-minded people seeking to expand their horizons and enhance their careers,” according to the AYC website. Participants spend an academic year teaching students

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between the ages of 6 and 15 in public schools located in several Chinese cities and provinces, including Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing. Any native English-speaking degree holder is eligible to apply.

Cruz, who graduated with a degree in history, said he plans to eventually pursue his graduate studies in East Asian and Southeast Asian history and “thought this would be a perfect start.”

“My family thinks I’m nuts,” he joked.

“But my former professors, my colleagues at work and all my friends – they’re really excited for me.”

Cruz said he learned about the program after getting an email from Michele Thompson, a Southern professor of history, who he also credits with inspiring his interest in Asia.

Thompson said she immediately thought of Cruz when she heard that the program was looking for applicants. She knew of his interest in traveling to Asia – he initially asked her about opportunities to go to Vietnam -and said his strong organizational skills and cheerful and outgoing personality make him a good fit for the assignment. She said Cruz was enrolled in four of her classes last year and excelled in each, while also balancing a job and volunteer work.

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Clash of the Generations Forum to Examine How Millennials Differ from Baby Boomers, GenXers

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GenEdgers. The focus group may be the most is expected to include represtudied in American history. sentation from SCSU faculty, From communication styles SCSU (Millennial) students, to work habits to personalibusiness professionals, high ties – much has been written school faculty, high school about the generation that (GenEdge) students, and includes those born roughly parents. An audience quesbetween 1982 and 1995. tion-and-answer period will But which trends associfollow. The event is free ated with the Millennials are and open to the public and true? And which fall into the light refreshments will be category of false stereotypes? available.

How will the next generaAmong the questions to tion (born 1996 and later), be explored are: KIM LEAR sometimes referred to as Generation Edge • How have cell phones, social media or Generation Z, differ from the Millennials? and other items developed with 21st A Nov. 18 program at Southern will century technology affected the interexplore these topics and others related to personal communication skills of the two youngest generations and how they Millennials? compare with those of past eras. The forum, • Is there a greater sense of entitlement “Ready or Not, the Millennial Generation among young people today? is Here!...And the GenEdgers Aren’t Far • How do the various generations differ Behind,” will run from noon to 2 p.m. in in their approach to work and careers? the Grand Ballroom of the Michael J. Adanti • Millennials were raised largely by Student Center.

Baby Boomer parents. How was their Kim Lear, an expert on generational approach to parenting different from trends and a Millennial herself, will be the the way parents raised earlier generakeynote speaker. Lear is a researcher for a tions?

Minnesota-based company, BridgeWorks, • How are GenXers raising their Generawhich seeks to bridge generation gaps. She tion Edge children differently than the will analyze the differences between the way Baby Boomers raised their kids?

Millennials and the older generations (Silent For further information, please contact Generation, Baby Boom Generation and forum coordinator Joe Musante, Office Generation X). of Public Affairs, at (203) 392-5073 or at A focus group discussion will follow musantej1@southernct.edu . Information Lear’s talk and focus on participants’ expecall also be found on the event Web page: riences as related to the Millennials and SouthernCT.edu/millennialforum.html .

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Owls Strive for Successful Season on the Hardcourt COMING OFF A 2012-13 SEASON in which it won 17 games – the highest single-season win total in more than a decade – and just missing an at-large bid into the NCAA Division II Tournament, the men’s basketball team is ready for the challenges that await this season.

In an effort to ready itself for tough regularseason competition, Owls’ coach Michael Donnelly scheduled exhibition games against two Division I programs – the University of Connecticut and the University of Rhode Island.

The Owls played UConn on Oct. 30 and

Rhode Island on Nov. 1. The season opener is against Molloy College on Nov. 10.

“We’ve talked about last year’s success,” Donnelly says. “We have seven guys returning and a 6-foot-10 kid (Lucas Van Nes) who redshirted last season. He worked with us every day in practice...We certainly think certainly we can move forward.

“I think it’s also important to make sure that the guys understand that we were successful last year for certain reasons…There are hardly any egos on the team so we definitely want to talk about what we’ve done in the past while moving forward at the same time.”

The return of four starters from last year’s team will play a key role for this year’s squad.

Senior tri-captain Greg Langston has earned All-Northeast-10 honors in each of the last two seasons. As a junior, he ranked among the league leaders in scoring after averaging 16.3 points per contest. Langston also ranked second on the team in rebounds per game (5.9) and also handed out 2.1 assists per contest.

“I’m very excited for the season,” says Langston, who has more than 1,200 career points heading into his final season as an Owl. “We’ve got a lot of key returners coming back and we got a couple of freshmen who are going to help us.”

A talented junior class is Senior Greg Langston looks to drive the Owls to new heights this season.

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headlined by returning starters and fellow tri-captains Tylon Smith and Luke Houston.

Smith saw action in every game last year at the point guard position. He averaged 10.2 points, a team-high 6.8 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game, also a team-best. In addition, he posted a team-high of 5 double-doubles for the year and ranked second on the club in steals.

Houston, who also played every game last year and started in all but one outing, will once again be expected to contribute at both ends of the floor. He ranked among the NE-10 leaders in steals last year with 45 and averaged 7.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

Sophomore Deshawn Murphy is also a returning starter who averaged 9.0 points per game last year. Classmate Jack McCarthy, a forward, will also contribute down on the blocks, along with junior Jose Cruz, an athletic presence who saw action as a starter.

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American and Korean ginseng.

Paulina Mrowiec, who is a member of the Honors College, is continuing her research on the project after completing an undergraduate thesis last spring on pre-clinical models for cancer drug testing.

“It was quite an experience for me to observe under the microscope how antioxidants from fern extract are able to dissociate the cancer cells and suppress the micro tumor growth,” Mrowiec says. “This experience has led me to pursue further research in the field of cancer biology.”

Crawford says she looks forward to the opening of the Academic and Laboratory Science Building, scheduled for 2015, which promises state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to conduct further research.

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Bill Lunn, assistant professor of exercise science, proudly displays his medal after an outstanding performance in the ITU World Triathlon Sprint Grand Final in London. He placed 28th out of 106 participants in the men’s 35- to 39-year-old age group, which was the third highest finish among the American entrants.

Overall, he placed 198th out of 1,079 participants. The triathlon includes a 750-meter swim, a 23-kilometer bike and a 5-kilometer run.

Lunn was part of Team USA.

SouthernCalendar provided. Farnham Programming Space.

7-11 p.m. (203) 392-5511.

Career Services

NOV 12 • RESUMANIA Davis Hall lobby. 3-6 p.m. (203) 392-6536.

NOV 13 • SEX ED BOOT CAMP An educational but fun lecture. Refreshments will be provided. Engleman C112. 8-9:30 p.m.

(203) 392-5511.

DEC 5 • RESUMANIA School of Business conference room 104. 2-4 p.m. (203) 3926536.

Conferences & Colloquia NOV 6 • BIOLOGY SEMINAR Jeffrey Martz from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will give a seminar titled “Changing climate and vertebrate fauna in western North America at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs.” Jennings 127. 1 p.m. (203) 392-7278.

NOV 8 • “ETHICS IN THE INFORMATION AGE”: A MINI CONFERENCE As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Research Center on Computing & Society will hold two special events on Nov. 8: a mini-conference and the Norbert Wiener Address. Conference: Engleman A120, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (203) 392-6790.

NOV 18 • FORUM: “READY OR NOT, CONNECTICUT, THE MILLENNIALS ARE HERE!...

AND THE GEN EDGERS AREN’T FAR BEHIND” Find out the facts vs. myths pertaining to the Millennial generation in the classroom, the workplace and in society in general.

The forum also will take a look at the budding trends pertaining to the postMillennial generation, Generation Edge, which includes today’s K-12 students.

Adanti Student Center Ballroom. Noon-2 p.m. (203) 392-5073.

Dates to Remember

NOV 27-DEC 1 • Thanksgiving recess DEC 9 • Last day of fall 2013 classes DEC 10 • Make-up / Reading day DEC 11-17 • Final examinations DEC 18 • December commencement.

Lyman Center. Undergraduate: 2 p.m.

Graduate: 7 p.m.

Film

The following “Movie Nights,” will take place in the Adanti Student Center Theater from 8-10 p.m. Snacks will be provided.

Call (203) 392-5511 with any questions.

NOV 12 • “WE ARE THE MILLERS” NOV 19 • “THE HUNGER GAMES” DEC 2 • “INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2”

"Tuesdays with Morrie" author Mitch Albom — Nov. 13 at Lyman

NOV 13 • BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Tobias Baskin from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will give a seminar titled “Static zones and dynamic cells in the growth of the plant root.” Jennings 127. 1 p.m. (203) 392-6217.

NOV 20 • BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Michael Knell from the Earth Science Department will give a seminar titled “Cretaceous Marine Turtle Paleobiology & Ichnology.” 1 p.m. (203) 392-6217.

Music & Dance

NOV 16 • ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY Led by guitarists Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale, Acoustic Alchemy mixes rock, jazz, folk, and countless other world music genres. Lyman Center. 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 general public $25 series $25 faculty/staff, SCSU student guests (limit 2) $18 SCSU students with valid I.D. (limit 1). Seating: reserved. (203) 392-6154.

NOV 22 • ACOUSTIC CONCERT: JAVIER COLON An acoustic concert featuring the winner of NBC’s first season of “The Voice.”

Farnham Programming Space. 7-11 p.m.

(203) 392-5511.

DEC 7 • NAJEE & ALEX BUGNON: “SEASON’S GREETINGS” Legendary saxophonist Najee and jazz pianist Alex Bugnon bring their smooth jazz stylings to Lyman with a dusting of holiday classics sprinkled in.

Lyman Center. 8 p.m. Tickets: $34 general public; $29 series; $30 faculty/staff; SCSU student guests (limit 2); $18 SCSU students with valid I.D. (limit 1). Seating: Reserved.

(203) 392-6154.

NOV 13 * AN EVENING WITH MITCH ALBOM Celebrate the release of the latest book from the beloved author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.” “The First Phone Call from Heaven” is a page-turning mystery and a meditation on the power of faith and the human connection. Lecture followed by audience Q&A with the author and booksigning. Lyman Center. 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $25 (includes a free copy of his new book); $5 all students -- limited to one ticket with valid I.D. (no book included); $5 SCSU student guest (limited to one ticket).

Presented by WSHU Public Radio Group and SCSU. Tickets.SouthernCT.edu.

CALENDAR ON THE WEB!

NOV 18 • COFFEE HOUSE Bring your friends, play some board games, and enjoy light refreshments. Farnham Programming Space. 7-11 p.m. (203) 392-5870.

NOV 21 & DEC 10 • LGBTQI FACULTY AND STAFF ALLIANCE EVENING POT LUCK GATHERINGS Join with long-time colleagues or make new friends in a friendly, supportive, and out environment! Bring a snack or beverage to share if you can. Adanti Student Center 309. 4:30-6 p.m. (203) 392-5357.

NOV 22 & DEC 13 • LGBTQI FACULTY AND STAFF FRIDAY LUNCH SERIES Bring your own lunch and join colleagues and friends for lunchtime discussion and fellowship.

Engleman B106. Noon-1 p.m. (203) 3925357.

NOV 23 • WEEKEND WARRIORS: THANKSGIVING FEAST Enjoy a feast and socializing with friends before everyone departs for Thanksgiving break. Farnham Programming Space. Noon-8 p.m. (203) 392-5870.

DEC 7 • WEEKEND WARRIORS: HOLIDAY BONANZA Holiday movies, delicious cookies to decorate, hot cocoa and more.

Farnham Programming Space. Noon-8 p.m.

(203) 392-5870.

Readings • Fiction & Poetry

NOV 14 • TIM PARRISH AND JEFF MOCK Creative writing professors Parrish and Mock will read from their respective works.

Engleman A120. 8 p.m. (203) 392-6745.

Theater

Lectures

NOV 8 • THE 2013 NORBERT WIENER ADDRESS As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Research Center on Computing & Society will hold two special events on Nov. 8: a mini-conference and the Norbert Wiener Address. Address given by Donald Gotterbarn, director of the Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute, Professor Emeritus of East Tennessee State University. Engleman A120. 2 p.m. (203) 392-6790.

NOV 14 • “SOUTHERN FEUD” A game show, based on the popular TV show “Family Feud.” Adanti Student Center Ballroom. 7 p.m. (203) 392-5511.

NOV 16 • WEEKEND WARRIORS: RELAXATION DAY Yoga, refreshments, soothing music and other modes of relaxation to help students de-stress before final exams. Farnham Programming Space. Noon-8 p.m. (203) 392-5870.

Holiday jazz at Lyman — Dec. 7

Potpourri

NOV 7, 14, 21, 28 & DEC 5 • PB&J THURSDAY Come make your own PB&J, grab some milk or juice and meet new people! Every Thursday outside of Engleman B121 from 12-1 p.m. (203) 392-5511.

NOV 8 • THE CAKE BOSS Join America’s favorite baker, Buddy Valastro, TLC’s Cake Boss, as he shares stories from his highly popular TV shows (“Cake Boss,” “Next Great Baker”), answers audience questions and gives live cake and cupcake decorating demonstrations. Lyman Center. 7:30 p.m.

Visit tickets.southernct.edu/ for ticket information. (203) 392-6154.

NOV 9 • WEEKEND WARRIORS: FOOTBALL, PIZZA, AND WINGS Enjoy college football games and food in a social and fun atmosphere. Open to all students. Farnham Programming Space. Noon-8 p.m. (203) 392-5870.

NOV 11 • OPEN MIC NIGHT Show your talents or just watch! Light refreshments will be

DEC 5-7 • STUDENT-DIRECTED ONE-ACTS Oneact plays directed by the students of THR 425 (Directing II). Dec. 5 & 6 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 general public; $5 SCSU students/faculty/staff/ guests/alumni/senior citizens. Kendall Drama Lab, Lyman Center (seating is limited - please pre-purchase tickets). (203) 392-6154.

Roses from the Cake Boss — Nov. 8

WHAT’S OPEN WHEN ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wintergreen 108 D, (203) 392-6500.

BOOKSTORE Adanti Student Center, street level. Call (203) 392-5270 for hours.

BULEY LIBRARY Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-9 p.m.

COMPUTER LABS Adanti Student Center 202: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 2-10 p.m.

Buley Library 409 & 410: open with building Jennings Hall 130: open with building RECREATIONAL Recreation times and open swims may be preempted by athletic events.

Moore Fieldhouse: Mon.-Fri. 6:30-9:15 p.m.

Pelz Pool: Mon.-Thurs. 6:30-9:15 p.m.

FOOD SERVICE Conn Hall: Mon.-Sun. 7 a.m.-midnight.

Bagel Wagon: Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri. 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. & Sun. closed.

North Campus: Sun.-Thurs. 3-10 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. closed.

Davis Hall Kiosk: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. closed.

STUDENT CENTER Building: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.5:30 p.m.; Sun. 2-10 p.m.

Dunkin’ Donuts: Mon.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun. closed.

Food Court: Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m; Fri. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. closed.

Fitness Center: Mon.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. 2-7 p.m.

GRANOFF HEALTH CENTER Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

LYMAN CENTER BOX OFFICE Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (when the university is open). Box office: (203) 392-6154.

SWIMMING & DIVING NOV 23 • USMMA Invite. Kings Point, N.Y. 11 a.m.

DEC 6 • Pace Invitational. New York, N.Y. 4 p.m.

DEC 7 • Pace Invitational. New York, N.Y. 10 a.m.

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD DEC 6 • Elm City Challenge. 2 p.m.

DEC 7 • Boston University. Boston, Mass. 10 a.m.

DEC 7 • Yale University. 10 a.m.

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD DEC 4 • The James Barber / Wilton Wright Southern Connecticut Alumni Meet.

Noon.

DEC 6 • Elm City Challenge. 2 p.m.

DEC 7 • Yale University.10 a.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOV 11 • Concordia College. 6 p.m.

NOV 15 • Felician College. Rutherford, N.J. 6 p.m.

NOV 20 • Adelphi University. 5:30 p.m.

NOV 23 • Post University. 2 p.m.

NOV 26 • Pace University. New York, N.Y. 5:30 p.m.

DEC 4 • College of Saint Rose. 5:30 p.m.

DEC 7 • American International College.

Springfield, Mass. 1:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Sports VOLLEYBALL NOV 10 • Saint Anselm College.

Manchester, N.H. Noon.

NOV 12 • University of New Haven. 7 p.m.

NOV 15 • Franklin Pierce University. 7 p.m.

NOV 10 • University of Bridgeport.

Bridgeport, Conn. 6 p.m.

NOV 15 • Concordia College. Bronxville, N.Y. 6 p.m.

NOV 20 • Adelphi University. 7:30 p.m.

NOV 26 • Pace University. New York, N.Y. 7:30 p.m.

DEC 4 • College of Saint Rose. 7:30 p.m.

DEC 7 • American International College.

Springfield, Mass. 3:30 p.m.

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