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.”