Update:Marina Dining Hall Renovations

On Thursday, I learned after talking with a top UB official that Marina Dining Hall will indeed get a complete renovation this summer. The source told me that the plan is to change the entire layout of the building. When completed, it will provide everyone with more eating stations with an array of food options and better seating to accommodate students and staff. There is even talk of wireless Internet possibly becoming available throughout the facility. Next week, I will have better knowledge of the entire project that will be taking place. The source told me you will come back in September and be "Wowed" with the finished project.

More to come later.

UB Men's Soccer vs UCONN this week

I was informed and have confirmed by a few UB Men's Soccer players that the team will indeed be hosting the University of Connecticut in a spring match this upcoming Wednesday March 30 at 7 p.m. at Knights Field. Last season the Huskies (Division I) who finished 12-2-6 overall, made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament before loosing to Brown University in a shootout. The Purple Knights finished the 2010 season 11-6-2 overall before a season ending loss to Dowling College in East Coast Conference championship game. Admission is free for the game.

Quick Preview: UB Lacrosse vs MCC

On Saturday, the UB Women's Lacrosse team will take on Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY) at 4 p.m. at Knights Field.

Some key points for the game:

1. The Purple Knights come into the game 0-3 on the season, while the Tribunes come to Bridgeport with a 2-0 record and ranked number 1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
2. UB is led by Sophomore Midfielder Jennavie Orrell and her 14 goals, while Monroe is led by Sophomore Midfielder Kelly Reilly and her five goals and three other players tied with four goals.
3. After tomorrow's game the Purple Knights will travel to play C.W. Post on Wednesday at 4 p.m. on Long Island.
4. I will tweeting with some updates on The UB Scribe's twitter page tomorrow during the game. So be sure to follow it on twitter.com/theubscribe

Game Projection: Monroe 17 Bridgeport 13 FINAL

Opinion on New Black Eyed Peas Song

Their new song Just Can't Get Enough was released on Feb. 18th. This song and its music video was filmedin Tokyo, Japan right before the tragic earthquake hit. The song offers a great beat to it as Will I Am and Fergie balance the rythem well. This song in my opinion will reach number one on the AT 40 hit list and Billboard.com by Mid to Late April. I get the feeling that this summer will be filled with great singles by them like the summer of 2009 had when they released I Got A Feeling and Boom Boom Pow. They are right on track to repeat this process and should attract a big crowd this summer. Now its all about the waiting game. The music video is attached below. Enjoy it.

UB Sports Action this week

Quick Rundown of this week's UB sports action

Softball: Doubleheader (Tuesday) vs American International Collegw (Northeast-10 opponent) played at University of New Haven with games at 3 and 5 p.m. The Purple Knights are 5-7 on the season and the Yellow Jackets are 2-8 overall. Then on Saturday at home a doubleheader against Queens College with games at 1 and 3 p.m. Finally a doubleheader on Sunday against Goldey-Beacom (ECAC opponent) with games at 1 and 3 p.m.

Baseball: Wednesday (3:30 p.m.) and Sunday (3 p.m.) home against Molloy College at Harbor Yard. Friday and Saturday (Doubleheader) at Molloy College.

Lacrosse: (0-3) on the season will travel to Brookdale Community College on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. and will return home on Friday afternoon to host Monroe Community College at 4 p.m at Knights Field.

Some good late 90's/Early 2000 song's

Here is a new list of good late 1990's early 2000's songs to wake up your memory.

1. Nickelback -- How you remind me (August 2001) --- This song was the most listened to in 2002 and was nominated for Grammy Song of the Year but didn't receive the honor. Billboard.com had this song at #36 out of the top 100 songs for the 2000's decade.
2. Matchbox Twenty -- Mad Season (June 2001) -- Even though this song didn't receive that much acknowledgement, it still ended as the 48th best song of 2001 from their CD Mad Season. The song has a good vibe to it and is a enjoyable listen to any Matchbox Twenty fan.
3. Third Eye Blind --- Deep Inside of You (October 2000) -- This song was overlooked on their second CD, Blue and has a very spiritual message to it that makes you think hard but the ending is smooth and consistent.

Others to consider

• Creed -- Higher (August 1999)
• Brian McKnight -- Back at One (September 1999)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Otherside (January 2000)
• Puddle of Mudd -- Blurry (December 2001)
• Avril Lavigne -- Complicated (May 2002)
• Uncle Kracker -- Follow Me (February 2001)
• Eminem -- Cleanin Out My Closet (September 2002)

Mini Review on Chip's in Orange CT

Here is my mini post on Chip's Family Resturant in Orange, CT.

Basic Facts about them

1. They have been around since 1966
2. Serve over 25 different pancakes and omeletes
3. The resturant has a country style atmosphere.
4. The menu offers healthy options including different breakfast and dinner options.

Some of their most interesting food items include:

• Ahola Omelet -- A fluffy omelet filled with fresh pineapple, Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese.
• The California Omelet -- Tomatoes, Bermuda onions, avocado (seasonal), cheddar and Swiss cheeses and a hint of garlic. Served with a side of sour cream
• The Choc-a-holic -- Five buttermilk pancakes loaded with white and milk
  chocolate chips. Drizzled with chocolate sauce, dusted with powdered sugar then topped with whipped cream
• Birthday Pancakes -- Five pancakes with rainbow sprinkles. Topped with whipped cream and a cherry
• The Golfers -- A juicy mesquite seasoned chargrilled chicken breast with sliced tomatoes, crispy bacon and melted mozzarella with mayo

Their prices are reasonable and the food portions are outrageous. This place is an under the radar type resturant in the Fairfield County area. There location is 321 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT.  The phone number is 203-795-5065. The resturant is located about 2 miles north of the Milford CT Mall.  Website is http://www.chipsrest.com/menu/index.html

Enjoy your visit.

New Facebook Group: UB Class of 2015

I created a University of Bridgeport Class of 2015 -- Accepted Students page. Anyone who will attend UB in the fall should join and meet some new potential classmates. The Link is below for the page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/home.php?sk=group_199015483456382

My Understanding on Chaffee Hall

As many of you are aware, Chaffee Hall will be opening this fall to accommadate a larger class next year. From what I have heard, it will house about 140 students. Renovations are already underway and should be completed by late August. Some the changes will include new windows for each room, completely new bathrooms, light fixtures, lounges and front enterance. I plan on having a more indepth feature on this project in the April 13th Scribe issue amd more on other summer renovations for the UB campus.

Chris Hogan's Inner Thoughts: UB Men's Soccer Team to Play UCONN

Chris Hogan's Inner Thoughts: UB Men's Soccer Team to Play UCONN: "I was told that the UB Men's Soccer Team will be hosting the University of Connecticut in late March at Knights Field for a spring scrimmage..."

UB Men's Soccer Team to Play UCONN

I was told that the UB Men's Soccer Team will be hosting the University of Connecticut in late March at Knights Field for a spring scrimmage match. The match is slated for the week we come back from spring, with the game possibly being played on the 23rd or 24th. Have not recieved the final word ye but will update when I get official word. The Purple Knights will also play Yale University this spring too.

New Post: UB Class collaborates with immigrant institute

Publicity Methods class collaborates with local immigrant institute

BY: CHRIS HOGAN

MANAGING NEWS EDITOR

            When the opportunity arose to develop a promotion plan for the Downtown Cabaret Theater, last semester, UB Lecturer in New Media and Communications Studies Susan Katz and her PR and Advertising Campaigns Class took on the challenge to see what they could do for the company. This semester, Professor Katz and her Publicity Methods class will be assisting a completely different company.

Working with IICONN (International Institute of Connecticut), Katz’s class is developing an advertising campaign for them by designing everything from business cards and posters to solicitation letters for donors to video graphics. This promotion will help support the company in a positive light in order for growth. The campaign is run by Gennea Wells, who is acting as the assistant director and Katz as the creative director. She feels that collaboration process with ICONN was a win-win situation

“We assess their need and based on their needs and skills and qualifications of our students, we married together how we can invest service to them and provide as much media and collateral as we can,” Katz said.

IICONN, whose main location is in Bridgeport, and other facilities in Derby, Stamford and Hartford, help naturalize immigrants that want to become U.S. citizens. They also provide support with legal process, translation with reading documents and offer sustainability in finding a place to live and a job.

Katz’s class is broken up into four groups that are responsible for putting together the campaign that will be completed by the final week of April. The panels include that of editorial, brainstorming, video/photography and art and design. Senior and UB Scribe Staff Writer Andrew Dominick acknowledges working on this project has been a rewarding experience despite his lack of experience in certain areas.

“I am learning how to write things that I never knew how to write before like a brochure or solicitation letter, so I am kind of learning as I go on that,” Dominick said.  “If that can make me more valuable somewhere, one day, great, I am all for it.”

            Dominick, who is part of the editorial team, mentioned that the class is also putting together a newsletter as part of the campaign that will comprise of certain profiles on donors and some of the current and former naturalized citizens of the company as well as some success stories.

            “We want the greater Bridgeport community and behind to take an empathetic view on the issues of immigration and refugees and realize how much these people bring to our community and society once they are naturalized,” Katz said.

            Senior graphic design major Senad Ibrahimbegovic, who is part of the video team and assisting with the editorial team, has done some prior knowledge putting together brochures and posters for Kennedy Center, (a non-profit rehabilitation agency) in Trumbull feels like doing this campaign is very accommodating for his future.

            “To have the honor of helping out with this, it is very good for our portfolios and to get [this experience] before you go out in the real world [is awesome],” Ibrahimbegovic said.

            Dean of the International College Dr. Thomas Ward has and continues to work with IICONN by sending interns from the IPED program, while also having students work as translators and interpreters.

            “It’s a wonderful learning experience and most of us know little to none about the natures of this client, Katz said. “In the sense that in real life half the time you don’t know anything about the client and you have to research and are able to deliver to them the best campaign possible.”

2011 MLB Picks

Here are my 2011 MLB Standings in Order by Division

AL EAST:

1. Red Sox
2. Yankees
3. Blue Jays
4. Rays
5. Orioles

AL CENTRAL

1. Twins
2. Tigers
3. White Sox
4. Royals
5. Indians

AL WEST

1. Rangers
2. Angels
3. Athletics
4. Mariners

NL EAST

1. Phillies
2. Braves
3. Marlins
4. Nationals
5. Mets

NL CENTRAL

1. Reds
2. Brewers
3. Cubs
4. Cardinals
5. Pirates
6. Astros

NL WEST

1. Giants
2. Dodgers
3. Rockies
4. D-backs
5. Padres

Wildcard
AL: Yankees
NL: Brewers

World Series: Red Sox over Giants in 6 games

AL Cy Young Winner: Jon Lester - Red Sox
NL Cy Young Winner: Tim Lincecum - Giants

AL MVP: Josh Hamilton -- Rangers
NL MVP: Joey Votto -- Reds

AL Rookie of the Year: Chris Sale -- White Sox
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldis Chapman -- Reds

AL Manager of the Year: Terry Francona -- Red Sox
NL Manager of the Year: Mike Quade -- Cubs

Post on UB Lacrosse action this week

The UB women's lacrosse will play two games this week. Tomorrow's game at Chestnut Hill University in PA originally scheduled for 6 p.m was moved to Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. One player told me the change was due to conflicts with some of the players having midterms, so both schools decided to change game to sunday. The Griffins come into the game on sunday 0-2.

UB will host Dominican College on Friday night at 6 p.m. at Knights Field. It will be UB first home of the season. The Chargers come to UB after playing at Queens College on thursday, which will be their first game of season.

Congrats to sophomore midfielder Jennavie Orrell for being named East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week after scoring eight goals in UB 13-10 loss to Post University last Friday.

President's trip to China last October

President visits China to open new opportunities

BY CHRIS HOGAN

Managing News Editor

            Since the University of Bridgeport is continuing to prosper, President Neil Salonen is looking at new ways of enhancing the quality of students that are brought to campus. Recently, he went on trip to China in order to help recruit students to come to UB in the near future.

            Salonen, who is finishing up his 11^th year as UB president, went on a weeklong excursion from Oct. 19 (2010 and returned Oct. 26 (2010) after visiting two different parts of China. He visited Shanghai and with two universities in the Shandong Province which is located an hour and half north of Shanghai and introduced a presentation of the UB campus and community to them. Salonen, along with Murray State University (KY) President Dr. Randy Dunn were invited as the guests of honor by Ludong University, who were celebrating their 80^th anniversary as an institution, to share ideas about collaboration. Salonen informed the university about different opportunities to in students in Graphic Design and Engineering. 

            “The Chinese have more students than they have places in their colleges”, Salonen said. “They need to send students to different countries and they want to do it in places where they will have the best international exposure.”

            Another great interest that will allow more of those students to come to UB is the great opportunity of gaining one year internships in the Fairfield country according to Salonen. Nearby companies including Sikrosky Aircraft Cooperation (Bridgeport), Pitney Bowes (Stamford) and Xerox will allow these to students to gain valuable familiarity working with these companies.

            “Everything on the east coast between Boston and New York is a great interest to them, Salonen said. “These are great places for students to get internships after they graduate and so when they go home, they have international experience.”

            The other university that he visited was in Shanghai entitled Shanghai University of Electric Power. During the visit, Salonen discussed a variety of opportunities for the Chinese students to come to UB and study computer engineering and were told graduate degrees in that program could be offered down the line. Several faculty members were very accommodating when it came to connecting with these colleges including  Dr. Yamnin Yu, Director of the Mass Communication program (assisted with Shanghai University of Economics and Finance), Professor Xinlong Weng, of the Math department (assisted with Ludong University) and International Finance professor Congsheng Wu.

            “That (support from faculty) is very important because in Asia they need to know they can trust you, Salonen said. “By making these relationships, I could tell the guy from the Murray State (Dr. Randy Dunn) was amazed and they treated me like someone they knew for a long time.”

            Brian Lim, Special Assistant to the President, acknowledges that UB has enhanced its ways when comes to recruiting international students in the future.

            “UB has a really long tradition of international growth ranges, therefore more international students coming here, doesn’t really mean the under the leadership of president Salonen that we are initiating different ways,” Lim said.”In the past, we just went to the fairs and with the international counselors that recruited the student and since last year, we are actively involved with more schools in different countries.”

            In the near future, Salonen has more goals to evolve that quality of students being brought in. He would like to see more students from South America and Italy to come to UB and also offer internship opportunities for design students in Japan.

            “The most important thing is the dimension of the experience you can have here is beyond the classroom because the classroom experience is probably going to be similar anywhere,” Salonen said. “Since we are a pretty diverse community, one of the things we have available is that you can meet people from all around the world with different cultural backgrounds and it reflects the world.”

My Articles

Some of these articles may be from last fall but its never a bad thing to put it up and see what happens.

UB men's game recap and look ahead

Sunday's East Coast Conference Final Round game vs C.W. Post

C.W. Post 68 Bridgeport 64 FINAL

Key Players for the Purple Knights in the loss

1. Junior guard Josh Martin 15 pts on 6 of 11 shooting and 3 assists
2. Senior guard Dave Boykin 14 pts on 4-6 from 3 pt range
3. Senior center Msoo Ikaaytor 13 pts 8 rebs 2 blocks.

What happened in the game: After UB defeated C.W. Post on National TV on Feb. 26th, the Pioneers were eager to make up for the loss to the Purple Knights. They did just that by outscoring UB 10-0 in the first three and half minutes of the game. After the Purple Knights took a timeout, they started to take surge and come back to make it a 36-36 halftime score.

Where it went wrong: Most of the second half was a equally shared by both teams as they would stay within close score of each other. UB had a one point lead with 2:25 left in the game and then the Pioneers took a one point lead with 1:41 left. The Purple Knights would a costly turnover and miss two consecutive field goals and would C.W Post would hit five additional three throws to ice the game.

Final Results: C.W. Post gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and moved to 21-9 overall and Bridgeport ended the season 19-9.

Some the top highlights for the Purple Knights this season:

1. The eight game winning streak from Feb. 3 through Feb 26.
2. Earning a spotlight on the SportsCenter top 10 plays on Feb. 10 after Omari Howard's ridiculous dunk against Mercy College.  Video Link: http://www.eccsports.org/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/02_10_sportscenter
3. Guard Dave Boykin becoming the 28th player in the men's basketball program to reach the 1,000 point plateau.
4. Head Coach Mike Ruane winning his 200th career game on Jan. 29 against St. Thomas Aquinas College.
5. The big road win over C.W. Post on National TV on Feb. 26th.

Looking forward to next season: UB will loose four starters in Tim Cokley, Jeramine Washington, Ikaatyor and Boykin. Even though, the group coming back next year should still be solid. Josh Martin will be asked to take a leadership role and reserves Chris Abney, Eion Lewis and Moyan Henry will earn more minutes and possibly even starting positions. Coach Ruane is a good recruiter and always gets the most out of his players.

Quick look ahead to UB games this week

On Tuesday the UB women's lacrosse team will travel Chestnut Hill University in PA. Game will be at 6 p.m. The Purple Knights (0-1) opened the 2011 season with a 13-10 loss last Friday to Post University in their first NCAA game. Sophomore Jennavie Orrell scored a game high eight goals in the game. The Griffins come into the game with a 0-2 record.

From Tuesday through Friday, the UB swimming teams will be in San Antonio, Texas for the 2011 NCAA National Championship Meet. The Purple Knight will have five representaives from each team including four from the men's and one from the women's.

For the men they include

Senior Piotr Safronczyk
Senior Nikola Savic
Sophomore Toni Valcic
Freshman Oscar Pereiro

For the women they include

Freshman Sonia Arau

Post on: Fall 2010 UB Athletic Awards

UB Fall 2010 Player Awards

BY CHRIS HOGAN

MANAGING NEWS EDITOR

Coach of the Year: Leo Uzcategui – Women’s Volleyball

Uzcategui led the Purple Knights to 25-5 overall record and an impressive 11-1 in East Coast Conference play while compiling a streak of 13 consecutive wins at one point during the season. Two of his players earned first team all ECC and UB made it to the East Regional’s Final Round before losing to Dowling College to end the season.

Player of the Year: TIE Linda Velaj – Women’s Soccer & Markus Naglestad – Men’s Soccer

Both players led first respective teams in scoring this season while each earning first team all ECC. Velaj led the lady Purple Knights with 20 goals and a total of 47 points, while finishing tied for second all time in goals in UB history with 60. Naglestad led the men’s soccer team with 15 goals and tallied 39 points.

Players of the year for each class

Freshman of the Year: Markus Naglestad – Men’s Soccer

In addition to leading his team in scoring, Naglestad was also named ECC Offensive player of the year, Rookie of the year and earned Second team Daktronics Division II All America honors.

Sophomore of the Year: Rich Lubrano – Men’s Cross Country

Out of the eight races this year, Lubrano was the top finisher for the team on three occasions at the Post University meet, the Mitchell College Quad Meet and at the ECC Championship Match.  His head coach Mike Ruane called him the most improved runner of the 2010 season.

Junior of the Year:  TIE Katie Stanley – Women’s Soccer & Patric Brundin ­– Men’s Soccer

Each player finished second on the team in scoring and goals. Stanley also earned first team all ECC and was named to the 2010 Second Team All-East Region Team while racking up eight goals and accumulated 21 points, while Brundin, who missed the first five game of the year due to a knee injury, finished the season strong by being named to second team all ECC and scored the overtime goal against St. Thomas Aquinas College to propel the UB into the ECC finals.

Senior of the Year: Linda Velaj – Women’s Soccer

Velaj, who was a named to the ECC first team all four years and has helped led the Purple Knights to four consecutive NCAA playoff berths, finished her career second all time in goals scored. In her senior year, she scored three hat tricks against Bentley University, Wilmington University and St. Thomas Aquinas College, but her hat trick in the first round of the 2010 NCAA playoffs against Franklin Pierce University was the biggest highlight of the season for her.

Avril Lavigne - What The Hell (New Single)

This Avril's new song that was released three weeks ago. Her new CD Goodbye Lullaby will be released tomorrow. In my opinion, this is a nice comeback song for her as she hasn't really been heard from since 2007 really. Let's see what her new CD is like.

Post coming on the UB men's basketball team soon.

Will have a similar feature that I did last night on women's team for the men's team hopefully by tonight.

UB Men's basketball player quotes on game

Senior guard Dave Boykin

Overall thoughts on the game following the loss to C.W. Post

"Definitely it hurts, we felt like we beat ourselves out there and they weren’t suppose to win that game. We made mistakes down the stretch and that’s what pretty much did it for us."

On what went wrong during the final two minutes of the game

"We just misread each other with a couple of bad breaks and it went their way and ended up getting us."

Outlook on next year's team

"UB will be tough next year. The guys they got here now are strong and with four or five guys coming back, they will be fine."

Senior guard Nick Daggett

Overall thoughts on the loss

"I am proud of my guys for all the effort we put throughout the whole season. We were disappointed we didn’t win in our home gym. It's my senior year too because I don’t know what I am going to do after this."

On What went wrong in the final few minutes

"I don’t think that was the problem (Rebounding). It was some bad plays at the end by not executing and diving for loose balls. They had more energy than us at the end."

UB Women's game recap and look ahead

Sunday's East Coast Conference Final Round game vs C.W. Post

C.W. Post 69 Bridgeport 66 Final

Key Players for the Purple Knights in the lost:

1. Senior center Kelly Keil 27 pts on 9 of 17 shooting 14 rebs 4 blocks
2. Senior forward Ivana Savic 11 pts 4 rebs 4 assists 2 steals
3. Junior guard Edna Marant 10 pts 5 rebs 3 assists.

What happened in the game: We knew from the get go that this wouldn't be an easy game. All three meetings have resulted in close games. The first 17 minutes of the first half was very close as the margain of lead was only three points for the Pioneers as they led by seven at halftime. The Purple Knights did indeed pick up the energy and were agressive as they were neck and neck with C.W Post and eventually took a four point lead with 3 and a half minutes left in the game.

Where it went downhill: After UB took that four point lead, they started to miss some shots and committed some fouls that really hurt them when it mattered most. When the lead was down to one point, Felica Joyner of C.W. Post made a layup with 26 seconds left. A costly turnover by Keil resulted in free throws that the Pioneers hit to give them a one point game. Marant tried on last three point to try and give the Purple Knights a two point lead but it wouldn't fall and UB had to foul with one second left and the road team hit two additional free throws to propel them to the win.

Final Results: C.W. Post gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as they improve to 17-12 overall and Bridgeport ends the season 17-14.

Where UB turned the season around that led them to a sucessful season: When the ECC preseason standing poll was released on October 15, the Purple Knights were slated to finish sixth in the conference. After starting the season off 3-7, many of the players and coaches told me they were statisified with their play. That all changed on Dec. 30 when they played Northeast-10 opponent Southern New Hampshire University on the road, the Purple Knight roared out to a 28-15 halftime lead and took charge to a big 66-53 win. During the final 15 games of the regular season, UB went 12-3 along the way and at one point won 9 out of 10 games.

More postives: The Development of certain players.

1. Kelly Keil : After spending her first two years of college at Divison 1 University of Dayton in Ohio as the member of their basketball team, she transfered to UB after hardly getting any playing time. Her first season as a Purple Knight in 2009-2010, she was top reserve backing up former UB standout forward Shannon. During that season, she averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds and 1 block per game. This season, she was given a full opportunity to become the team's starting center and did not disappoint averaging a team high 15.8 points per game, 8.3 rebounds per game and 3.1 blocks per game, which was good for second in the ECC and setting a UB single season record with 83. Keil, also earned 1st team all ECC this weekend.
2. Elsebeth Birman: Backing up former UB standout Sidney Parsons in 09-10 was a great learning curve for Birman, even though she struggled with her game. This season, she was able to establish herself as an up and coming point guard. She finished this season third in the ECC in assists with 4.5 per game her scoring went up from 1.0 per game in 09-10 to 8.3 per game. Finally she finished eighth in the ECC in steals with 1.86 per game.

Final Thought on why UB will still have alot to look forward too: Even though Seniors Keil and Savic will not be back next year, the team still returns three starters in Marant, Julia Colley and Birman. Coach Stephanie Del Preore has established herself into a very good head coach in only her first season. Her players have been able to trust and her and she trust them. Freshman Aziza Patterson will most likely be asked to take a bigger step to fill the shoes of those who graduated. Plus good recruiting will help Del Preore out as it showed this season. Trust me there will reason for optimism next season after the Purple Knights proved that a sixth place preseason finish wasn't to their liking as they finished in a respectable third place to conclude the season.

UB Basketball Final Scores

Sunday's East Coast Conference Final Scores

Women's Action: C.W. Post 69 Bridgeport 66 Final

Men's Action C.W. Post 68 Bridgeport 64 Final


More to come on each game soon.

UB Men's basketball recap and look ahead

Final Score from Saturday's game: Bridgeport 79 N.Y.I.T. 70

Key Players for UB in the win:

1. Dave Boykin 21 points on 8 of 17 shooting 7 rebs 6 assists
2. Msoo Ikaaytor 19 pts 11 rebs 5 steals
3. Tim Cokley 14 pts 9 rebs 2 steals

 Look ahead to Sunday's East Coast Conference final against C.W. Post at 2:30 p.m. in Harvey Hubbell Gym.

In the three meetings between the two schools this season, UB has taken two out of the three meetings including the most recent match on Feb. 26th, which was nationally televised on CBS College Sports TV. During the Feb. 3 meeting, the Purple Knights had four players in double figures including Dave Boykin's game high 22 points. The winner of this game will automatically earn a bid to the NCAA tournament.

Prediction:
Bridgeport 65 C.W. Post 61 FINAL

UB Women's ECC playoff recap and look ahead

Final Score from Saturday: Bridgeport 48 Dowling 45.

Key players for the Purple Knights in the win:

1. Senior center Kelly Keil 18 points 9 rebs 8 blocks
2. Senior forward Ivana Savic 12 pts 6 rebs 3 steals
3. Aziza Patterson 7 pts on 3 of  5 shooting off the bench

Looking forward to Sunday's East Coast Conference final round versus C.W. Post at 12 Noon at Harvey Hubbell Gym.

This will be the fourth meeting of this season between the two arch rival with UB taking two out of three meetings. During the first match on Jan. 10, in which the Purple Knights took, Keil recorded eight blocks against the Pioneers and during the Feb. 3 game, UB had five players that scored in double figures. The winner of this game will get an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and represent the ECC.

Prediction:
Bridgeport 60 C.W. Post 58 FINAL

My survey on International Travel

If you are reading this post, you can please take a few minutes to take this survey that my group for my PR class has created on international travel with these 10 questions.

Here is the link

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MP97BJD


Thank you

Update on Housing Lottery for next fall.

I was informed a few days ago that the Fall 2011 housing lottery will be on Saturday April 9th from 9 a.m to 1 p.m in the Student Center. The $ 200 housing fee must be payed to the cashier by Friday April 1st in order to participate in the process. Every UB student should get a notification via a letter by your RA sometime soon about the process in a more detailed manner.

New Post: The art of balancing two sports

The Art of Balancing Two Sports

BY CHRIS HOGAN

MANAGING NEWS EDITOR

            When it comes to playing more than one sport in college, student-athletes know that it will come with a lot of difficulties when it comes managing your entire college lifestyle.

 For the University of Bridgeport, their athletes try to get the most out the sport they are playing and getting the full academic support they need in the classroom. There are many student-athletes at UB that play multiple sports throughout the year and some of them maintain a normal lifestyle for all four year.

UB men’s cross country and basketball head coach Mike Ruane can reflect on what it is like as a student-athlete with his own experiences being a dual sport athlete at Alvernia University.

“I remember when I was an athlete, I had a district cross country race at 3 p.m. and then we had a basketball exhibition game at 8 p.m., but it gives you an excuse if you are thinking I can’t go really hard because I got the scrimmage later but you have to go as hard as you can in the one time and when the other thing is coming up,” Ruane said.

There are several athletes at UB that are dual athletes including junior Sandra Schmitz and graduate student Sarah Santos, who are both on the women’s swimming team and cross country team. Another is junior Julia Colley, who is a forward on the women’s basketball team and a goalkeeper on the women’s soccer team who compiled a 7-3 record for a 14-4-2 team this past season. For male athletes the list includes junior Omari Howard, a runner for the men’s cross country team and a guard on the men’s basketball team.

“My mindset for both sports (volleyball and softball) is the same as any athlete, one-sport or dual-sport,” sophomore Taylor McBeth said. For any athlete when it comes to our sport we all have one common goal, to win.”

McBeth, who is an outside hitter on the UB volleyball team and a shortstop on the softball team that hit .301 as a freshman, acknowledges she has progressed as a student-athlete, because of more stability in her college life.

 “I think this year I have finally found the balance for school, sports and a social life, McBeth said. “I have made some sacrifices not going out as much, but I know in the end it will pay off.”

Santos, recently earned honor by being named on the East Coast Conference all Second-Team after her eighth place finish at the 2010 ECC Championship meet in Brookville, NY on Nov. 7, 2010.

 Josh Bland, the Compliance Director for the UB Athletics Department for the past six years, knows it is hard for student athletes to balance their daily lives but in the end most are successful at doing so.

“It’s a delicate balance for everybody and its difficult to manage time but it’s also why athletes are generally successful when they leave school because they have that responsibility already balanced in time,” Bland said.

Ruane feels that athletes that play more than one sport turn out to be a committed person in whatever sport they.

            “Someone who does play a lot of sports or two or more is usually a true team player and they are selfless,” Ruane said. They really love athletics and so it isn’t really hard for an athlete to play more than one sport or focus on it because it’s their passion.”

UB Housing Update on Chaffee Hall

I have confirmed with two UB sources that Chaffee Hall will indeed reopen for the Fall 2011 semester. Many of you saw that there was two banners placed on the building on friday, which has been closed since 1992. Beginning May 1st, there will be a full gut job of faculty and will house 140 people for next fall. I will write a full feature on this project and more summer renovations for the first April scribe issue due out April 13th.

UB Women's Basketball Game Recap

 Wednesday East Coast Conference Quarterfinals Game: Bridgeport 66 Molloy 52 FINAL

Key Players for the Purple Knights in the win:

1. Center Kelly Keil 25 pts 12 rebs 5 blocks
2. Guard Edna Marant 13 pts 6 assists
3. Ivana Savic 4 pts 7 rebs 7 assists 8 steals.

Quick Notes from the game:

1. With the win, Bridgeport improves to 16-13 overall and Molloy finishes the season 8-21 overall.
2. UB will go on to play the number two seeded Dowling College on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m in Hubbell Gym as part of the ECC semifinal round.
3. This season the Purple Knights took two out of three meetings against the Lions.
4. Keil enters Saturday's game averaging 15 pts 8 rebs and 3 blocks per game.

Prediction for Saturday:
Bridgeport 63 Dowling 59

Scribe Article: UB professor launches new book

UB Professor Releases New Book on Capital Management

BY: CHRIS HOGAN

MANAGING NEWS EDITOR

            When University of Bridgeport Associate Finance professor Jim Sagner released his new book on Nov. 23 2010, entitled Essentials of Working Capital Management, it was the first ever in-depth analytical volume on Capital Management.

            The book which was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc out of Indianapolis, IN, features different sections when dealing with the concepts of capital management and different ways to finance and manage money in effective ways. Sagner, who has experience in the banking industry for the past 29 years while working with the biggest bank in the Midwest, now part of J.P. Morgan Chase and also with as the Chief Economist for the Maryland Department of Transportation, provides a clear assumption of what the reader should notice about his book.

            “I go through all the elements of working capital management which is the current assets side of the balance sheet and the current liability side of balance sheets,” Sagner said. “I show companies how they can better manage those areas so that they can reduce their stale assets and liabilities and improve their access to cash.”

                There are three chapters that deal with cash and how to control and forecast it along with assisting in setting up banking relations. Sagner argues in that section that businesses aren’t handling their money very well because of new concepts of the banking industry that help develop and manage cash collections that companies don’t use effectively. Moreover, he talks about a simple concept called lock boxing and also fraud prevention techniques for companies to use effectively. Sagner still sees problems between the businesses and banks in their relationship getting things done.

                “I still run into companies that use primitive techniques and I try to help them figure it out which banks to use and how they should pay their banks and which services banks offer and how to make things attractive to banks because companies are having a hard time getting credit from banks. Sagner said.”

            Another facet in the book is a section called International Working Capital which deals with working capital mechanisms in different countries. It states that Americans are still very paper intensive and close to 50 percent of all our transactions come by paper meaning checks unlike other countries do and how U.S. mechanisms compare with other countries mechanisms. UB management professor Arthur McAdams shared his knowledge about information technology and wrote about it in a section in the volume.

            Sagner, has wrote many books in the past, one entitled Financial and Process Metrics for the New Economy which was published in May, 2001 was recognized as one of the most important financial books ever written and the other Essentials of Managing Corporate Cash from Feb, 2003 which he co-written with Michele Allaman-Ward, a highly recognized cash management expert.  The book took him about a year to write and it’s the first in-depth capital management book other than someone from Australia writing an academic text book on it. He sums up a goal that he wants the readers to understand when finished reading it.

            “If you think about it working capital provides absolutely nothing for a company because their debt assets and liabilities and the thing to do as Dell has done so effectively is to drive those commitments and current assets and liabilities close to zero, Sagner said. “If you can do that, you can do way with those debt assets and liabilities on your balance sheet which you will have productive assets.”

           

                       

              

Boston Bruins Roadtrip Recap

Where to start off but a big "Wow" for the way the Boston Bruins played on this six game road trip. It really showed that this team can be a strong team come playoff time. The biggest strength on the trip was the goal tending. Tuukka Rask played very well, while giving Tim Thomas some extra rest that he needed. I thought the play of Nathan Horton really impressed a lot of Bruins fans as he started to show some offensive spark, that we expected all season. The most impressive game was the 3-1 win in Vancouver last Saturday. Everyone knows that the Canucks are the best team in the West but it didn't phase the B's as they came hard and hungry at them and played the best third period of the season. Lucic's late goal in the game made for an exciting finish. This team was able to bond together and create some much needed chemistry in order for the stretch run. Now as they come home for a two game home stand against two playoff caliber the Lightning and Penguins, these two games will show how good the Bruins can really be,

New Post: UB Professor wins literacy award

UB Professor wins Literacy Award

BY CHRIS HOGAN

MANAGING NEWS EDITOR

            On Nov. 5, 2010, University of Bridgeport School of Education Assistant Professor, Margaret Queenan received the Distinguished Literacy Award from the Connecticut Reading Association and the International Reading Association. The award recognizes individuals who made a significant contribution to literacy at the state level.

            Queenan, who has taught at UB for the past five years and teaches courses on language arts and professional development for the graduate program, has worked in many different aspects in the education system in the state Connecticut. Since 2009, she has guided the Fairfield County Reading Association as the Co-President and in also served as the President for the Connecticut Association for Reading Research.

            The award means a lot to her and wouldn’t be possible without the people she encounters in her life.

            “It means that my peers have recognized me for the hard work that I have done throughout my service to Connecticut and that of all the wonderful people in Connecticut have selected me to receive it this year,” Queenan said. “. I just cherish it and it’s lovely to be honored by your peers.”

            Presenting the award to her was International Reading Association President Patricia A. Edwards and Reading Council President Sandra Mangan. Her award came with her UB colleagues praising her work by spreading the word of her award. There was a small summary of her honorary award in the recent fall issue of the UB Knightlines Alumni magazine and Queenan was quite surprised when Rebecca Salonen, the wife of President Neil Salonen put the summary in the magazine but called it an honor.

            School of Education Dean Allen Cook feels that Queenan has helped influence many people she deals with and brings a lot to the table, according to a recent article in the Knightlines Magazine.

            “She is appreciated not only for her work in the classroom but for helping thousands of children attain mastery in reading,” Cook said. “On a personal level, she’s extremely well liked by everyone who meets her and works with her.”

            She has also helped develop and enhance the academic performance test given to high school students in the state of Connecticut and the mastery test given to younger children in the elementary school level and also served as the State Literacy Leader in the Stamford, CT school systems. Aside from earning the literacy award last month, Queenan acknowledges that earning National Board Certification was another big admiration for her in her lifetime.

            In order to receive a high honorable award like the literacy award, Queenan feels the individual should exemplify strength of what they know and never give up.

            “You need to know literacy and you need to be willing to share what you know with other,” Queenan said. “I think you {need to} keep working and working and be a workaholic.”

New Feature: Sports Journalism and Use of Twitter.

Sports Journalism and the Use of Twitter Debate

BY: CHRIS HOGAN

            When Twitter launched in the summer of 2006, many people were still reading newspapers and blogs or watching ESPN for the latest sports news. Forward five years later, most sports journalists have turned to Twitter in order to break sports news faster than any other way of communication. This has seen a major growth in the use of people using twitter to follow their favorite sports writers and their tweets to gain news quicker.

            Most breaking sports news is now reported by the journalist’s tweets they can share with the fans. The best part of that is that the followers can re-tweet what that journalist said and spread it so that other people can view it as well. Sports fans can also send a reply to their favorite writers and can ask them a question about a certain player or rumor or comment on their work rather than the old fashion way of emailing them or calling them. Moreover, it entails the capability of most smart phones that now carry twitter apps for easy download that makes it a lot easier to get the tweets about sports news when you are on the run or not near a computer. The Blackberry has the twitter apps entitled UberSocial or Twitter for Blackberry that allows you to get texts sent to your phone when you one of your favorite sports writers tweets something. Twitter is also great for sports fans because it allows them to get articles written by that journalist faster since they can post a link to it in a tweet.

            It goes to show that Twitter will help out the sports world in the near future because it is free to use and it offers a great form of communication with the writers you want to connect with. Sports journalism is grateful to be able to benefit from a great social media site like this.

Quick update on UB sports action Wed-Fri

On Wednesday: The UB Women's basketball team will host Molloy College at Harvey Hubbell Gym at 6 p.m.. The Purple Knights are the number three seed and the Lions are the number six seed. UB took two of three meetings this season against Molloy. The winner of this game will go on to play the number two seeded Dowling College on saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm also in Hubbell Gym.

On Friday: There has been a change of schedule as the women's lacrosse match at Post University has been moved to Knights Field on the UB campus. The game will be played at 1 p.m. and Post will be serving as the home team. Last Friday, UB played the Eagles in a scrimmage and lost 11-7.


More to come later.

Scribe Article:UB Professor Launches Music Blog

UB Professor launches blog for music lovers

BY CHRIS HOGAN

            Most students know that full time professors have hectic schedules and don’t have much time for other interests. For Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, the Director of the Music program at the University of Bridgeport started a music blog this past summer was an interest in which he never truly thought would be possible.

            Dr. Johnson launched his blog entitled Sonic Labyrinth: Blog for the Eternally Cool in Classical Music last June 12. The idea of creating a blog didn’t come to be until the inspiration of one his colleagues Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Stephen Healey. In mid April, Dr. Healey decided to make his own blog on World Religions and the density of the blog truly inspired Johnson to create one.  

            “This (creating a blog) is another way of doing what professors have traditionally always tried to do which is  teach,” Dr. Johnson said. “I was very attracted by the idea the of developing a digital footprint, which is leaving a mark of stuff that can be seen, searched or develop a small following in the field that I am most interested in.”

            Sonic Labyrinth, which is also a video game for SEGA Genesis, is a classical music blog that Johnson writes in everyday. His posts deal with reviews and critiques on chamber, piano and orchestra music. For the past five years, he has done a lot of appearances on classical music in the class of fiction. Imbedding video is an important concept in every post because it allows the viewer to picture what exactly is being shown in a better perspective.

            “Almost every week I am reviewing three different concerts which are six hours of real time classical music to learn,” Dr. Johnson said. “Some things I choose to write about are related to my own kind of private world of preparations of things.”

            UB has over 80 countries that are represented from around the world, but his blog has been viewed by 52 different countries. According to Google Analytics, The United States is the top spectators, although places like Columbia, Finland and Portugal have also seen daily hits from readers. Each viewer reads an average of at least two pages of Sonic Labyrinth per visit.

            Dr. Johnson is known for his energetic way of teaching and his thoughtful insights in music at UB. Writing music reviews for the newspapers including The Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and Stamford Advocate are another part time job for him when he isn’t teaching. He is the founder of the First Year Seminar (FYS) program which was created in 2003. Johnson feels very positive about his blog since networking and the internet are big concepts in the media world today and strongly suggests people who are interested in writing should create a blog in order to become noticed by possible employers down the line.

            “I like the combination of story and analysis that he (Dr. Johnson) has on the blog,” Senior Lecturer of the English Department Eric Lehman said. “It’s an education in itself to read his blog every day.”

Website for Dr. Johnson's Blog: soniclabyrinth.blogspot.com

New Feature: Small Town Feel with Big City Dreams

Small town feel with big city dreams

BY: CHRIS HOGAN

            Growing up in a small town of 1,664 in Raymond, MS, University of Bridgeport student Colton Young always had a deep interest in writing. His journey has led him close to where he hopes someday to see himself being, a fashion journalist in the Big Apple.

            Now in his first semester at UB, Young, a transfer from Tougaloo College, has gone through some eye-opening events uncommon to his experiences in MS, where he spent the first 20 years of his life.

            “Coming from Mississippi, the poorest state in the U.S. and now seeing that state of Connecticut has been a true experience for me,” Young said. “People here have more money and their way of living is a lot different than what I am used too.”

            The son of a retired truck driver for over 30 years and a former catalog model, Young, a journalism major has ambitions to become a fashion journalist for either Vogue, People or Instyle magazines. Fashion didn’t really become an interest until his peers suggested it.

            “In the tenth grade, some of my classmates approached me and asked if I would ever consider being a model,” Young said. “I looked into it and it struck me that I have an interest in fashion journalism.”

            Some of his other interests include listening to hip hop and R& B. His favorite artists consist of Lady Gaga, Brandy, Ne-Yo and especially Rihanna. He is fond of big fan of her style, tattoos and creativity. Soul food is his favorite food, particularly fried chicken.

            One of his biggest accomplishments while attending Raymond High School and Tougaloo College was being named to the academic honors program known as the BETA club. Young also ran track and cross country for his high school, which he said made him into a better person.

            “When I was younger, I wasn’t in great shape and running helped me feel accomplished in life,” Young said. “Now I feel like I can achieve anything in my life.”

            On the job front, Young worked for Charlotte Russe, a clothing store in his hometown, as a sales associate. While at Tougaloo, he was a staff writer and assistant editor for his college’s newspaper, The Harambee. While there, Young covered many events on campus and contributed to the school’s online website and blog as well.

            Young feels like his personality helps him connect with people.

            “I believe I have a Type A or B personality, meaning I like to be creative but logical at the same time.” Young said.

            After he graduates from college in the spring of 2013, Young hopes to attend CUNY- Fashion Graduate School of Journalism in Manhattan. He expects to maintain a 4.0 grade average for every semester he attends at UB while being in the honors program and wants to become a staff writer on The UB Scribe newspaper. Five years from now, he sees himself living in NYC and writing for some of his favorite fashion magazines.

            “If I am able to get a job in a big city like New York, it will be a big accomplishment for me.” Young summed up.

Scribe article: Will UB extend school?

Will UB be extending school due to recent weather?

BY: CHRIS HOGAN

Managing News Editor

            Since the spring 2011 semester started, there has been a lot of confusion and stress among the University’s students and faculty. On three different occasions, UB has either delayed or closed the due to the inclement weather and has affected classes and activities around campus.

            So the question remands: What is UB going to with the days that were affected by the snow? Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Hans van der Giessen stated the following via email regarding the university’s resolution about the matter.

            “No decision has been made, but it is on the University Senate’s agenda next week,” van der Giessen stated. 

            There is a process that goes into the decision making about whether to cancel or delay the start of the school day due to any circumstances there may be. George Estrada, the Vice President of Facilities is the person that takes a lot of responsibility in the process in deciding whether to postpone or rescind the school day. He mentions that protection of the community is the first factor that goes into the conclusion they make.

            “The challenges that we faced on a campus are primarily pedestrian safety,” Estrada said. “When we delay or cancel school it is all based on us being comfortable that students can come on campus or come out of their residential buildings and walk safely to go where they need to for classes.”

 Estrada mentions around 4:00- 5:00 AM that morning he first communicates with the security office to find out the safety of the nearby roads and parking lots. Then the security office talk with all of the building monitors who reports on the conditions to get in and out of the building. Afterwards, he talks with the buildings and grounds department by 5 AM and determines with them how long it will take for the campus to do fully safe for everyone. Once an assumption is made, Estrada then reports his findings to Provost van der Giessen, who makes the final verdict based on a safety perspective and the academic impact.

“We really base everything on how long it will take our maintenance department to have the campus safe for people to arrive,” Estrada said. “We prefer just to try to do a delay because when we do a cancelation, it is a major disruption to many classes.”

Commuters are also impacted by the delays including Senior Erin Lynch, who commutes from the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, feels that there is an inconvenience with the lack of preparation in safety and communication.

“The commute on average is about 10 minutes from my house and the struggle with this weather is the lack of the city sanding and blowing the roads,” Lynch said. “I wish the school took the commuters into a better consideration when delaying class.”

Estrada acknowledges that nothing new was learned from the process but knows that everyone should be praised for a strong commitment during these tough times.

           “What we really learned is not anything new from it but what we have is just a new appreciation for being prepared by having contractors and university staff closely coordinated and prepared for to react,” Estrada said. “I would like to thank the students for their patience because we try to convey the information as early and concise as we can.”