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UConn Fans welcome basketball with First Night

October 25, 2019

Featured, Local News, News, Sports, Uncategorized

On a brisk Friday evening, University of Connecticut basketball fans packed Gampel Pavilion to celebrate the season’s kickoff in three weeks. This annual tradition known as “First Night” featured a “selfie...

UConn’s Fridays For Future continues to fight for climate justice

The News Desk

October 24, 2019

Featured, Local News, News, Uncategorized

On Friday, Oct. 18, UConn Fridays for Future held their fourth sit-in in President Thomas Katsouleas’s office. The climate justice group expressed intention to hold weekly sit-ins until their demands are met, and has held strong to that commitment since the initial climate strike on Sept. 20.

Jess Guilbeaux talks Queer Eye, Activism, and Identity at Rainbow Center Annual Keynote

The News Desk

October 23, 2019

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By Maria Shah On Monday, October 7th, 2019, the Rainbow Center held their annual keynote speaker event to kick off LGBTQIA History month. This year’s speaker was Jess Guilbeaux, who was feature...

Escribe España: Should I stay or should I go?

Kate Ariano

September 27, 2019

Featured, Foreign Correspondence, Uncategorized

College is scary. College in a different country, well, I don’t think there are words in the English or Spanish language for that one. And yet here I am alone, absolutely terrified, 11,277 meters in the air, o...

Student Health and Wellness provides subscription boxes to students

Shira Tall

September 27, 2019

Featured, Local News, News, Uncategorized

Modeled after popular subscription services, UConn Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) has created a subscription service that delivers boxes of safer sex supplies to students living on campus. Cassy Setzle...

Husky Nation News: Episode 34

Jason McMullan

September 23, 2019

Husky Nation News, News, Podcasts, Uncategorized

This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 20, 2019. For the news, we covered Webster Bank declining to renew the...

Husky Nation News: Episode 33

Jason McMullan

September 16, 2019

Husky Nation News, Local News, News, Podcasts, Uncategorized

This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 13, 2019. For the news, we covered the university’s ranking at No. 24 ...

Opening of student recreation center draws large crowd

The News Desk

August 28, 2019

Featured, Headlines, Local News, News, Uncategorized

By Shira Tall After much anticipation, the new University of Connecticut Student Recreation Center finally opened its doors on Sunday, August 25. Scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2019, the ope...

Oozeball 2019 Highlights

The News Desk

May 10, 2019

Featured, Local News, Multimedia, News, Sports, Uncategorized

By Kara Murray Oozeball, UConn's famous mud volleyball tournament, celebrated its 36th anniversary on April 27 as part of Spring Weekend. Over 300 teams played this year on the courts behind the North Campu...