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06/15/2024

SPORTS|| Hurley announced this week he declined the Lakers offer and will return to Storrs to chase the historic "three peat"

After a week of uncertainty surrounding the future of the UConn men’s basketball team, Husky fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Dan Hurley officially declined a six-year contract worth $70 …

04/20/2024

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04/02/2024

Reminding everyone how UConn is the basketball capital of the world as BOTH basketball teams head into the FINAL FOUR! Read about the women's win here!!

Despite their worst start in 30 seasons and dealing with six season-ending injuries, the UConn women’s basketball team has played the hand they have been dealt with all year. It sparked their 14-ga…

03/29/2024

The Huskies are set to play Duke tonight, needing this win to advance to the elite eight and secure that place alongside the men's team. Read about it now!!

Last season in Seattle, the UConn women’s basketball team began the Sweet 16 on a 10-0 run against the Ohio State Buckeyes. From there, the Huskies fell victim to the Buckeyes’ suffocating press defense, turning the ball over 25 times as their Final Four streak ended with a thud.

03/29/2024

Happy March Madness! Read about the Huskies big win over the Aztecs, securing their spot in the elite eight!

This year’s East Regional NCAA Sweet Sixteen script, a rematch of last year’s thrilling National Championship, couldn’t have been more exciting. Leading up to this game, head coach Dan Hurley noted…

02/09/2024

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05/05/2021

Stop by Storrs on graduation day and pick up our special issue of the paper for the Class of 2021! Find the paper online and at these locations starting Friday:

- Student Union (open Monday-Friday 7am-5:30pm)

-UConn Bookstore (open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 11am-4pm)

-Outside The Daily Campus building (1266 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT)

04/23/2021

SPORTS || The UConn women’s field hockey team sets off to compete against Temple in Big East Tournament:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/22/uconn-field-hockey-to-meet-temple-in-big-east-tournament-as-no-1-seed/

April 22 marks the beginning of the Big East field hockey tournament to decide this season’s conference champions. UConn is joined by No. 4 Temple, No. 2 Liberty, and No. 3 Old Dominion at The Proving Grounds in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The semifinal round will see UConn take on Temple while Li...

04/23/2021

OPINION || Author Carson Swick gives his take on the so-called “Gaetzgate” scandal and what that means for the future of the Republican Party:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/22/carsons-commentary-what-does-gaetzgate-mean-for-the-florida-gop/

Should Gaetz resign? Many legislators have publicly called for this, but I say not yet. We must assume the Panhandle’s congressman is innocent until court evidence suggests otherwise, but the severity of the allegations against him cannot be ignored.

04/23/2021

LIFE || Katharina von Hammerstein, a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, delivered a talk focused on fostering intellectual, professional and personal growth among the UConn community:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/22/board-of-trustees-distinguished-professor-on-the-connection-between-german-colonialism-and-the-federal-court-of-new-york/

At first glance, the German colonization of Africa and the Southern District Federal Court of New York have little in common. Though this might be true in many regards, if you dig deeper, you will find out how the Herero and Nama genocide, which took place at the start of the 20th century, prompted....

04/23/2021

NEWS || The Panhellenic sorority Alpha Omicron Pi faced backlash last Thursday after a University of Connecticut student accused the recruitment chair of radical discrimination:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/22/uconn-sorority-member-accused-of-racist-remark/

The Panhellenic sorority Alpha Omicron Pi faced backlash last Thursday after a University of Connecticut student accused the recruitment chair of radical discrimination, according to an anonymous post on the Instagram page .at.uconn.

04/21/2021

SPORTS || Author Sebastian Garay-Ortega debates the future of the European Super League :

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/21/point-counterpoint-is-the-european-super-league-the-death-of-soccer/

The soccer world is currently experiencing what can only be described as Armageddon as news broke out over the weekend of a new league called the European Super League. While there were rumors in the past of its creation, fans, former players and even some soccer clubs have voiced their opinion as o...

04/21/2021

OPINION || Author Samantha Smith discusses the divide with UConn’s new Plant-Based Cafe:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/21/the-performative-sustainability-of-uconns-plant-based-cafe/

Early in the spring 2021 semester, UConn dining services sent out a survey aiming to gauge interest in a specialty plant-based café on campus.

04/21/2021

LIFE || In the first inaugural University of Connecticut Human Rights Symposium, guest speakers discussed how to be an anti-genocide advocate and the importance of genocide courses in education:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/21/extending-genocide-awareness-beyond-the-classroom/

How does genocide education differ at the high school and college level? How can students translate what they learn about genocide education into advocacy? In the first inaugural University of Connecticut Human Rights Symposium, speakers Glenn Mitoma, Stuart Abrams, Erna Alić and Claire Sarnowski d...

04/21/2021

NEWS || The first reported detection of the COVID-19 virus in a dog in Connecticut has been confirmed:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/21/connecticut-dog-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

04/21/2021

SPORTS || Author Tim Keaten explains the new online sport obsession “Baseball”:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/20/blaseball-and-why-you-are-from-chicago/

Blaseball is the best thing to come out of the internet during the pandemic. If you are a baseball fan who likes numbers, then I have the product for you. Blaseball is a splort played by 20 teams spread across several divisions of the Internet Blaseball League organization. Each season is a week lon...

04/21/2021

OPINION || Author Samantha Smith explains how gender and politics can be seen within the recent plant-based diet movement:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/20/seeing-gender-and-politics-within-the-plant-based-movement/

Politics and food have been intertwined for decades. Despite food being a universal need, the target demographics for plant-based diets are almost always directed towards women.

04/21/2021

LIFE || 2020 documentary film “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” shares the story of Camp Jened, a community which encourages their campers to become leading activists and advocates for disability rights:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/20/how-a-summer-camp-changed-lives-and-spurred-a-revolution/

Camp Jened was more than just your average summer camp. It served as a formative Summer experience for campers and counselors alike and became a key factor in the American disability rights movement.

04/21/2021

NEWS || Two University of Connecticut students have been named Truman Scholars, marking the first time in history that UConn has multiple scholars recognized:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/20/two-uconn-students-recognized-as-truman-scholars-in-the-same-year/

Two University of Connecticut students have been named Truman Scholars, marking the first time in history that UConn has multiple scholars recognized.

04/20/2021

SPORTS || Author Karthik Iyer discusses Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry as most underrated MVP player for the season:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/19/karthiks-take-steph-curry-is-the-most-underrated-mvp-candidate-this-season/

04/20/2021

OPINION || Author Aastha Gupta defines what it means to be academically successful, especially when it comes to standardized testing:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/09/the-secret-to-success-where-testing-can-be-unhelpful/

As college students, we’re not strangers to test-taking. Personally, I started finding the idea of test-taking incredibly interesting after quarantine started and I began to see more of what my parents did at work. Like many people, I had no idea what my parents actually did for a job; however, on...

04/20/2021

LIFE || Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, spoke with students about the importance of incorporating diversity and inclusion into curriculums:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/19/rethinking-education-to-overcome-systemic-inequalities/

Educators have the responsibility to guide students so that they see the full picture of society, according to Pam Eddinger, president of Bunker Hill Community College. Eddinger is the last speaker of the life-transformative education series at the University of Connecticut. She explained the import...

04/19/2021

NEWS || On April 7, Michael Christy, a fourth-semester political science major, took his oath of office before the USG Senate, stating that he is enthusiastic and ready to address student concerns as Chief Diversity Officer (CDO):

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/19/meet-michael-christy-usgs-new-chief-diversity-officer/

This school year proved tumultuous for race relations; seven antisemitic incidents occurred on campus, anti-Asian hate is on the rise nationally and the Black Lives Matter movement continues with solid momentum.

04/09/2021

SPORTS || The UConn women’s lacrosse team sets off to face No. 22 University of Denver in a two-game conference home series:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/09/womens-lacrosse-huskies-face-denver-in-thrilling-big-east-series/

The UConn women’s lacrosse team is set to face off against No. 22 University of Denver in a two-game conference home series. This series will be the first Big East matchup for the Huskies (8-2) on their home turf. UConn will have to continue with its momentum and exceptional form if they want to e...

04/09/2021

OPINION || Author Sam Zelin calls on UConn’s Undergraduate Student Government to pursue a drastic restructuring of its operations:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/09/then-and-now-uconns-student-government-is-due-for-another-drastic-restructuring/

The University of Connecticut has existed for 140 years, and for 127 of those years there has been some form of a representative organization for the student body. The organization that we now know as USG has only existed for 41 years, and I think it’s a good time to examine why there has been so ...

04/09/2021

LIFE || Dr. Robert Bullard spoke to the UConn comminity in lecture “Nature and the Environment” on Thursday, detailing the roots of environmental injustice activism as well as his corresponding canonization in the field:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/09/black-lives-for-a-green-environment-a-lecture-with-the-father-of-environmental-justice/

In the eve of 1979, a young assistant professor of sociology at a state university returned home from work to find that his wife, an attorney, had sued the state that employed him. With the basis of the lawsuit being that a landfill was to be strategically constructed in Black neighborhoods, the att...

04/09/2021

NEWS || The University of Connecticut community is mourning second year masters student Amanda Higgins, who passed away unexpectedly Friday:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/09/uconn-mourns-loss-of-graduate-student-amanda-higgins/

The University of Connecticut community is mourning second year masters student Amanda Higgins, who passed away unexpectedly Friday. She was from Windsor, Connecticut.

04/07/2021

SPORTS || The UConn baseball team fights back in a late inning comeback to beat Bryant 9-8:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/07/baseball-huskies-launch-incredible-late-inning-comeback-to-beat-bryant-9-8/

04/07/2021

OPINION || The French senate recently voted to prohibit girls under the age of 18 from wearing hijabs in public. Author Anika Veeraraghav discusses France’s problem with Islamophobia:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/07/islamophobia-in-france-cannot-be-ignored/

The French senate recently voted to prohibit girls under the age of 18 from wearing a hijab in public. In addition, this bill prevents mothers from wearing a hijab to accompany their children on school trips and it prohibits women from wearing burkinis at public swimming pools. Although the bill has...

04/07/2021

LIFE || UConn’s Alumni Relations center hosted a panel titled “Not Burnout, Betrayal: The Pandemic’s Impact on Working Mothers” on Tuesday morning to discussed various struggles that mothers are facing today due to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic:

https://dailycampus.com/2021/04/07/alumni-relations-hosts-panel-focused-on-covid-19s-impact-on-mothers/

The pandemic has presented a variety of different challenges, many of which are exhausting to cope with.