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	<title>Husky Life &#187; Jay Polansky</title>
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		<title>Jonathan The Husky learns self defense on ESPN</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2011/01/06/jonathan-the-husky-learns-self-defense-on-espn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One my friends shared this video with me. It&#8217;s about a month old, but quite entertaining&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Getting cash for textbooks</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/14/getting-cash-for-textbooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the semester coming to an end, many students wonder what they should do with their old textbooks. Here are some options: *Many companies, including the UConn Co-op, &#8220;buyback&#8221; textbooks. *Sell books on a marketplace such as Amazon.com or Half.com *See if any of your friends are taking the same class that you took this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website holds contest to help send a student to the Fiesta Bowl</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/12/website-holds-contest-to-send-a-student-to-the-fiesta-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/12/website-holds-contest-to-send-a-student-to-the-fiesta-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post on a website dedicated to UConn sports asks students and recent alums why they should win a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. With the help of donations solicited in the message, the message board poster hopes to at least defray some of the costs of one student&#8217;s trip to Arizona. Why? I remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign in a UConn dining hall discourages food fighting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/09/sign-in-a-uconn-dining-hall-discourages-food-fighting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/09/sign-in-a-uconn-dining-hall-discourages-food-fighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<title>Seen this week: Kemba; &#8220;Brooks Brothers&#8221;; holiday video</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/04/seen-this-week-kemba-brooks-brothers-holiday-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/12/04/seen-this-week-kemba-brooks-brothers-holiday-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen: The men&#8217;s game @ the XL where Kemba Walker reached 1,000 career points. However, the student section didn&#8217;t really go crazy. One of my friends posted on her Facebook status, &#8220;dear xl center you suck for not being more excited.&#8221; There was a lot of hub-hub around a young boy who took his shirt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Band&#8221;: Thanksgiving football game @ GHS</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/26/lets-go-band-thanksgiving-football-game-ghs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/26/lets-go-band-thanksgiving-football-game-ghs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen: I enjoyed my Thanksgiving morning at my alma mater, Greenwich High School, sitting in the marching band section with other alums. The clarinet player featured in some of the pictures is an GHS marching band alumnus. Unfortunately, we lost to our archrival Staples, but as one fan said, &#8220;there&#8217;s still a lot to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the new UConn football commercial &#8220;Connecticut&#8221; enough?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/22/is-the-new-uconn-football-commerical-connecticut-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/22/is-the-new-uconn-football-commerical-connecticut-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read: Last week, the Hartford Courant posted an editorial which pointed out some issues with the new UConn advertisements played during football television breaks: The ad consists almost entirely of inanimate objects being painted blue while music plays. Incomprehensibly, one of these objects is the Golden Gate Bridge. Perhaps you will be surprised to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Loco for Four Loko?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/13/going-loco-for-four-loko/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/13/going-loco-for-four-loko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read: About a week ago, HuffPostCollege published a blog post summarizing college admin reactions to FourLoko, a drink which combines alcohol and caffeine. This past week,  a  Daily Campus reporter interviewed a UConn health official to ask about the issues surrounding the drink: &#8220;This makes it very seductive to someone who is drinking for intoxication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UConn student newspapers found in trashcans on Election Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/06/thousands-of-uconn-student-newspapers-go-missing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/06/thousands-of-uconn-student-newspapers-go-missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read/Heard: Thousands of copies of the Nov. 2 edition of the The Daily Campus were found in trashcans across campus, according to a brief in the paper. The paper had to print 2,000 copies to replenish the supply of papers on campus, the brief said. Here&#8217;s a copy of the paper that went missing: Seen: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pamphlet urges students to &#8216;do it in the ballot booth&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/02/pamphlet-urges-students-to-do-it-in-the-ballot-booth/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/02/pamphlet-urges-students-to-do-it-in-the-ballot-booth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen: A note slipped under my door which read something like &#8216;Do it in the ballot booth.&#8217; Apparently some student organization wanted to use an attention-getting message to get students to vote at the Mansfield Community Center, the closest polling place to campus. Seen: Several of my friends had &#8216;I voted today&#8217; badges on Facebook. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UConn McMahon rally ends due to &#8216;skirmish&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/01/uconn-mcmahon-ends-due-to-skirmish/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/11/01/uconn-mcmahon-ends-due-to-skirmish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first heard that U.S. Sen. candidate Linda McMahon was coming to campus, I knew it would be news. But I didn&#8217;t imagine that it would be newsworthy for this reason: STORRS, Conn. (AP) &#8212; A rally at the University of Connecticut for Senate candidate Linda McMahon ended abruptly when students got involved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biblical figure sings &#8220;Party In The USA&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/30/biblical-figure-sings-party-in-the-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/30/biblical-figure-sings-party-in-the-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heard: Miley Cyrus&#8217; &#8220;Party in the USA.&#8221; Seen: A man dressed up as Jesus singing that song Friday evening in the Student Union. Not seen: Somebody dressed up as a firefighter in the Student Union. That would have been funny since there was a fire drill during karaoke. Also seen/heard: A girl in a UConn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorm room to democracy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/26/dorm-room-to-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/26/dorm-room-to-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did: Today I rocked the vote, but not at the polls. I voted in my dorm room. There were no lines of people waiting to get their name checked off a list, no monstrous green voting machines that they used when I was in elementary school or tabulator that they use to day. I circled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being in two places at once: the wonder of Skype</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/24/being-in-two-places-at-once-the-wonder-of-skype/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/24/being-in-two-places-at-once-the-wonder-of-skype/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freshman year I used Skype not just to keep in contact with people, but to combat the homesickness of finally living away from college. As a sophomore, you can say I get collegesick. A couple days after I&#8217;m home, I miss Storrs. But that&#8217;s a different story. Now I use Skype just to stay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heard: music while you wait to eat</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/20/heard-music-while-you-wait-to-eat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/20/heard-music-while-you-wait-to-eat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular dining halls here in Storrs is South. It&#8217;s one of the larger dining halls on campus &#8212; maybe the largest &#8212; and has a huge selection of food. So around 6ish, a long line sometimes forms as people wait for the cashier to swipe ID cards for dining hall access. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blumenthal visits UConn</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/14/blumenthal-visits-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/14/blumenthal-visits-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read: My buddy Joe reported on Richard Blumenthal&#8217;s Wednesday visit to UConn. You can read his Daily Campus article here. Blumenthal, a Greenwich resident and current attorney general for Connecticut, is running for U.S. Senate. Did: &#8220;Sudden Death&#8221; assignment for journalism lab. That means you have to find a newsworthy event on campus, interview people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ludacris to rhyme at UConn</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/13/ludacris-to-rhyme-at-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/13/ludacris-to-rhyme-at-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s good Luda da buddha? Heard: Ludacris is scheduled to come to UConn. According to a Facebook group, which was created by Student Union Board of Governors member (SUBOG), he will be at the Jorg from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13. Ticket info can be found here.]]></description>
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		<title>Punked, classic college style</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/12/punked-classic-college-style/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/12/punked-classic-college-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen: This morning I woke up with around 30 Facebook notifications. I checked my wall. Thirty posts wished me a &#8220;Happy Birthday.&#8221; Many had exclamation points. Some had smiley faces. The problem? It wasn&#8217;t my birthday. My half-birthday? More like quarter-birthday. I was born in June, not October. It&#8217;s tradition to write on someone&#8217;s wall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My chat with Stephen Colbert</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/08/chatting-with-stephen-colbert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/08/chatting-with-stephen-colbert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heard: I chatted with Colbert today in a conference call with 22? college journalists. We discussed his upcoming &#8220;March to Keep Fear Alive&#8221; in Washington. Fellow Comedy Central comedian, Jon Stewart, is planning to host a &#8220;Rally to Restore Sanity&#8221; on the same day at the same time: noon-3 p.m. on the National Mall. Thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are final exams disappearing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/06/are-final-exams-disappearing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/06/are-final-exams-disappearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[College trends: The Boston Globe posted an interesting article a couple of days ago regarding the decline in professors offering final exams: Across the country, there is growing evidence that final exams — once considered so important that universities named a week after them — are being abandoned or diminished, replaced by take-home tests, papers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second football game, friend photographed for the AP</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/02/second-football-game-friend-photographed-for-the-ap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/10/02/second-football-game-friend-photographed-for-the-ap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some observations from my second football game: -Seen: First, mad props to John Dearborn whose team enthusiasm got the attention of many photographers, including one from the Associated Press. His photo and AP caption is on the right. -Heard: Random person: &#8220;How did you get that hair?&#8221; John: &#8220;UConn Co-op.&#8221; -Heard: I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama chats with college journalists</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/27/obama-chats-with-college-journalists/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/27/obama-chats-with-college-journalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the EIC of The Daily Campus told me that President Barack Obama was going to hold a conference call with college reporters and we could join, I jumped on it. Seriously, how often does a college student have a chance to interact with the president? I happened to (coincidentally) have Newswriting I at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First football game of college</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/25/first-football-game-of-college/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/25/first-football-game-of-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen soccer and basketball games, but I haven&#8217;t ventured off-campus to see football in my 1+ years here in Storrs. Today, I made the journey to Rentschler Field to see the UConn v. Buffalo Game. UConn won! Here&#8217;s a photo and some notes on the experience of sitting in the student section: -People were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten &#8216;dorm commandments&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/19/ten-dorm-commandments/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/19/ten-dorm-commandments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe a couple fewer&#8230; Many community assistants, UConn&#8217;s version of the R.A., post posters and rules in the halls of dorms across campus. I snapped this shot with my cell phone camera a couple of minutes ago when I was visiting a friend in a nearby dorm. It&#8217;s got to be one of the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming part of student life</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/13/becoming-part-of-student-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/09/13/becoming-part-of-student-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Third Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, UConn held its involvement fair. Members from different clubs man tables in the Student Union to introduce students &#8212; especially freshmen &#8212; to join their respective organizations. Each stall has their gimmicks. Ours (The Daily Campus)? I decided to wear one of those faux three-cornered hats that kids make out of newspapers. Specifically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most interesting man in the world?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/08/30/most-interesting-man-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/08/30/most-interesting-man-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the first day of classes @ UConn and I&#8217;ve already come across people with a keen sense of humor. For some reason, I heard two references to the famous Dos Equis commercials. I guess that&#8217;s not uncommon for a college campus, but I thought these two references deserved a mention: -guy wearing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freshmen Huskies take on Storrs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/08/27/freshmen-huskies-take-on-storrs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/08/27/freshmen-huskies-take-on-storrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day for freshmen in Storrs. So&#8230;welcome new Huskies! While I&#8217;m not in UConn Country quite yet, I thought I would blog about a N.Y. Times article I read the other day: &#8220;Students, Welcome to College; Parents, Go Home.&#8221; I&#8217;m sure many people who are now in Storrs can relate to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UConn proves popular with the GHS crowd</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/07/26/uconn-proves-popular-with-the-ghs-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/07/26/uconn-proves-popular-with-the-ghs-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently cardinals are flying up to Husky country in droves. UConn is the most popular four-year institution with GHS seniors by the number of students planning to attend in the fall, according to Colin Gustafson&#8217;s article in Sunday&#8217;s paper. Check it out at http://bit.ly/bRWbfF. In the article, one member of the Class of 2010 said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Hogan leaves UConn</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/11/uconn-president-hogan-leaves-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/11/uconn-president-hogan-leaves-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant just reported that President Hogan has resigned from UConn to take a position as president of the University of Illinois. An article in the University of Illinois student paper, Daily Illini, discusses the amount of time that Hogan has spent at UConn: Corey Schmitt, one of the student trustees at the University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year one in a husky&#8217;s life</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/08/year-one-in-a-huskys-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/08/year-one-in-a-huskys-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Year one: Complete. The following post is a reflection that I wrote during a finals week study break. &#8220;Are we there yet?&#8221; one of my friends asks as we trudge deeper into the forest. The answer was of course, no. But almost. &#8220;Do you know where we&#8217;re going?&#8221; And the answer was maybe. But wait [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hitting the books&#8221; or Everybody loves finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/02/hitting-the-books-or-everybody-loves-finals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/05/02/hitting-the-books-or-everybody-loves-finals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Hogan is serving up breakfast in the student union. People are actually (trying) to study in the lounges. Homer Babbidge is one popular man. The campus busses provide a harbringer to the week to come. Last Friday, I noticed the electronic signs on the bus were programmed to say &#8220;good luck on exams.&#8221; Thanks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Spring Weekend?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/27/the-future-of-spring-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/27/the-future-of-spring-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Weekend]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two Facebook groups that I recently stumbuled upon discuss the future of Spring Weekend. One group, &#8220;UConn Executitve Plan to end Spring Weekend!!!&#8221;,  details suggestions made by the Student Life Committee in Feb. to curtail certain elements of the infamous event. Some of the  committee&#8217;s recomendations, according to the fb group and the summary, include: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Weekend From A Froshie Prospective</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/25/spring-weekend-from-a-froshie-prospective/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/25/spring-weekend-from-a-froshie-prospective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Weekend]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t call this a UConn blog without mentioning Spring Weekend. It&#8217;s big news. In fact, the Huffington Post picked up The Daily Campus&#8216; coverage of Thursday night at Carriage. To get a better idea of what this time of celebration is really about &#8212; hint hint lots of drinking &#8212; check out the Hartford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHS Band Gets Extended Vacation In Greece?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/19/ghs-band-gets-extended-vacation-in-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/19/ghs-band-gets-extended-vacation-in-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hearing about the adventures of the GHS Band in Greece reminded me of some happy memories of the band&#8217;s China trip. It was probably one of my most memorable experiences of high school. After we had played on the Great Wall of China, I remember telling a freelance journalist, who was traveling with us for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dorm Fire Alarm Goes Off At The Best Of Times</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/17/the-dorm-fire-alarm-goes-off-at-the-best-of-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/17/the-dorm-fire-alarm-goes-off-at-the-best-of-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Open House at UConn. Many new students and families are walking around campus. Some were getting tours of select rooms in my dorm when the dorm was evacuated due to a fire alarm. Ironically, one of my friends who was giving a tour was asked about safety on campus earlier in the day. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USG Election Results</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/15/usg-election-results/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/15/usg-election-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Facebook, incumbents Tom Haggerty and Donald Clive Richards, have been re-elected to President and V.P. positions respectively. Brien T. Buckman, won the election for USG Comptroller, also according to Facebook.]]></description>
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		<title>Pre Spring Weekend MP3 Featues UConn Celebs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/15/pre-spring-weekend-mp3-featues-uconn-celebs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/15/pre-spring-weekend-mp3-featues-uconn-celebs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t remember exactly where I found it but some UConn celebs &#8212; members of USG and the media &#8212; were featured in an mp3 about Spring Weekend. The roster includes UCTV star Joey Homza, USG President Thomas Haggerty &#8220;T. Hagz&#8221;, Student Body V.P. Lia Albini and Krizman. It was produced by &#8220;DJ Rico.&#8221; Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USG Giving Out Free Swag</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/14/usg-giving-out-free-swag/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/14/usg-giving-out-free-swag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The USG is giving out free t-shirts and headbands on Fairfield Way right now, if you can prove that you voted in their online elections. My best advice is to go into the library and print our your proof of voting as the line to the CUE computer lab is incredibly long. I also wonder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Bieber&#8217;s &#8220;Baby&#8221; Goes Woodwind</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/13/justin-biebers-baby-goes-woodwind/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/13/justin-biebers-baby-goes-woodwind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the awesome parts of the college experiences are the sounds. If you walk down any dorm hallway during the waking hours, chances are that you&#8217;ll hear someone blasting a cool mashup, remix or a top 40 song. Here is a YouTube video of one that I recently heard while walking the hall outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocking The Vote at UConn: Candidates Vie For Office, Advertisments Galore in The Dorms</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/12/rocking-the-vote-at-uconn-candidates-vie-for-office-advertisments-galore-in-the-dorms/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/12/rocking-the-vote-at-uconn-candidates-vie-for-office-advertisments-galore-in-the-dorms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The canvassers are out, sliding little pieces of paper advertising candidates under the door. The ballots are being collected (electronically). It&#8217;s Undergraduate Student Government Elections at UConn. As reported in The Daily Campus, the parties running for office are: Haggerty-Richards (incumbents), Burrill-Thompson and Chery-Feshazion. I&#8217;m not the type of person to ask who you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husky Pride Hits Campus and Facebook After Women&#8217;s NCAA Win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/07/campus-response-to-womens-ncaa-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/04/07/campus-response-to-womens-ncaa-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not really news anymore that the legendary UConn Women’s Basketball team won the NCAA title. Undefeated. Again. I had to say it for a second time. They are AMAZING! My Facebook news feed has been full of status updates celebrating the wind: &#8220;Perfection is once again spelled U-C-O-N-N&#8221;, &#8220;UCONNNNN!!!!!!!! HUSKIIIEEESSSS!!!!!&#8221; and &#8220;78-0&#8243;. I went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle of The Spring Weekend T-shrits</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/27/the-battle-of-the-spring-weekend-t-shrits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/27/the-battle-of-the-spring-weekend-t-shrits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Weekend]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spring Weekend is fast approaching. I know that because I have received many Facebook invitations to groups promoting the sale of commemorative t-shirts. The t-shirt design pictured above is available on http://springweekendt.com, &#8220;the only Official shirts of Spring Weekend 2010&#8243; according to its website. In the spirit of full disclosure, one of my friends from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Change In How CT Public Universities Modify Tuition</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/26/proposed-change-in-how-public-universities-in-ct-modify-tuition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/26/proposed-change-in-how-public-universities-in-ct-modify-tuition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuition has been a major issue on the UConn-Storrs campus this spring. Back in February, the university increased its tuition rates after much debate and discussion. Here is what The Daily Campus reported about the change: In a nearly two-hour meeting, the UConn board of trustees voted for a 5.66 percent tuition increase for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Law Symposium</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/19/my-first-law-symposium/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/19/my-first-law-symposium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Law topics involving fisheries, space, the crisis in Hati and global climate change were discussed an international law symposium that I attended today at UConn&#8217;s law school in Hartford. As an undergraduate, I felt that it was a privilege to attend the event. My peers in the Special Program in Law and I &#8212; with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lottery Ticket Results For Kid Cudi UConn Concert Are Now Posted</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/18/lottery-ticket-results-for-kid-cudi-uconn-concert-are-now-posted/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/18/lottery-ticket-results-for-kid-cudi-uconn-concert-are-now-posted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The link is http://www.subog.uconn.edu/docs/lottery_results_ad_.pdf. Student pricing is $10 for reserved seats and $20 for floor seats. A friend told me that they sold out of floor seats but hey $10 to see Cudi? Not bad.]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians With Backpacks: College Students In Government</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/15/lawmakers-with-backpacks-college-students-as-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/15/lawmakers-with-backpacks-college-students-as-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My Q&#038;A with Brien Buckman, a UConn sophomore and candidate for state rep. for the 54th district of Connecticut, ran in the Daily Campus today. During the course of our discussion, Buckman said something particularly interesting. When asked what he would say to other UConn students running for political office, he said the following: I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Up The Ladder On The Campus Paper</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/06/moving-up-the-ladder-on-the-campus-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/03/06/moving-up-the-ladder-on-the-campus-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newspaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My editor promoted me to staff writer from “campus correspondent” at a news meeting this week. As I walked back to the dorm, I realized how much this new title meant to me. Sure, staff writers are higher up on the payscale. Sure, staff writers get first pick on the stores before the campus correspondent’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laundry Room : College Targeted Marketing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/22/laundry-room-college-targeted-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/22/laundry-room-college-targeted-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I snapped this photo in the laundry room. It looks like the pictured clothing belongs to a very enthusiastic UConn fan. Everything down to the blue flip flops just barley in view represent some serious Husky Pride!]]></description>
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		<title>Census 2010 : What It Means For College Towns and The Country In General</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/20/census-2010-learning-about-what-the-numbers-mean-for-college-towns-and-the-country-in-general/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/20/census-2010-learning-about-what-the-numbers-mean-for-college-towns-and-the-country-in-general/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campus Lectures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Above: Census ad that asks &#8220;should we count the cows?&#8221; Very appropriate for Storrs which has a sizeable livestock population. I attended a workshop with one of my fellow DC&#8217;ers on understanding the 2010 Census hosted by the CT SPJ at the Homer Babbidge Library this morning. Arthur Bakis and Ana Maria Garcia of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Building Construction Seems To Be Moving Along</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/19/west-building-construction-seems-to-be-moving-along/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/19/west-building-construction-seems-to-be-moving-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I snapped this photo as I walked by the construction site for the new West Building, the 42-million-dollar replacement for Arjona. I remember attending the press conference for the official groundbreaking of the site back in December, 2009 (they had already fenced off the site and made some preparations when I returned from Thanksgiving break). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s 83 and Sunny&#8230;In Aruba</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/17/its-82-and-sunny-in-aruba/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/17/its-82-and-sunny-in-aruba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Second Semester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not writing from any Carribean Island. I&#8217;m still in Storrs. But a sign that I saw outside a travel agency by campus made me want to be relaxing in a warmer climate. While it may be 83 and sunny in Aruba, it&#8217;s 33 and cloudy in Storrs. Just a slight difference&#8230; And speaking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Through Storrs, Redux</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/14/running-through-storrs-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/14/running-through-storrs-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran around campus for the first time this semester. That statement does not include running to class &#8212; I&#8217;m just talking about running for exercise here. The campus and I have changed the last time I blogged around running around the Storrs. I now actually know the roads and terrain. Compare that newfound knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And&#8230;It&#8217;s Official: Kid Cudi Is Coming To UConn</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/and-its-official-kid-cudi-is-coming-to-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/and-its-official-kid-cudi-is-coming-to-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the Girl Talk concert tonight, SUBOG announced that Kid Cudi will perform at the Spring Weekend concert. However, there is apparently a lottery for tickets. I&#8217;m really hoping that I&#8217;ll be able to get a few tickets&#8230;it&#8217;s not everyday that a recording artist like that comes to UConn.]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Talk = Massive Dance Party</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/girl-talk-massive-dance-party/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/girl-talk-massive-dance-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that Girl Talk&#8217;s multimedia show emphasizes the phrase &#8220;i&#8217;m not a dj&#8221;, he runs a massive dance party. Tonight my floor secured &#8220;reserved seats&#8221; at Jorgensen. Only the seats were not really necessary. When you hear straight mashups for two hours, it&#8217;s almost impossible to sit down.]]></description>
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		<title>John Oliver Takes On UConn, Basketball, Puppetry</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/john-oliver-takes-on-uconn-basketball-puppetry/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/13/john-oliver-takes-on-uconn-basketball-puppetry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Winter Weekend. That means that the university brings in notable performers to entertain the student body. Tonight, John Oliver did some stand-up comedy at Jorgensen. I particularly enjoyed how Oliver localized his routine. He managed to mix in a few jokes about basketball and puppetry, two notable programs at UConn. (In case you didn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UConn&#8217;s Snow Day Legend</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/10/uconns-snow-day-legend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/02/10/uconns-snow-day-legend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Above: WANE/Channel 15&#8242;s YouTube Video of an epic snowball fight in D.C. In contrast to the one snow day that I have had at UConn, my friends at D.C. colleges have had as many as four snow days! Below: Blog post on the first snow day at college When you get an e-mail from Jay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/01/23/epic-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/01/23/epic-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Above: my cell phone footage of UConn fans rushing the court Today I feel like I have witnessed something epic: the UConn vs. Texas game. My dormmates and I walked to Gampel at around noon. We waited in line for the much anticipated game about two hours before the doors opened. However, many people had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake Me Up When (January) Ends</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/01/19/wake-me-up-when-january-ends/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2010/01/19/wake-me-up-when-january-ends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up before 10 a.m. this morning for the first time in a month. It wasn’t easy! Between the noise from roommate and my cell phone, I managed to saunter out of the dorm for a 9:30 a.m. class. Pass the caffeine, please. This second semester may prove more challenging than the first semester. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now A Second-Semester Husky!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/12/19/now-a-second-semester-husky/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/12/19/now-a-second-semester-husky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written my essays and bubbled in my multiple choice tests. Now, I&#8217;m home. And I&#8217;m no longer a first-semester freshman. I am surprised how fast the semester has progressed. Only a few months ago I was sitting at convocation in Gampel Pavilion among nearly 3,000 of my Class of 2013 peers. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>View From The Student Section</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/12/06/view-from-the-student-section/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/12/06/view-from-the-student-section/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<title>Back To Campus, Two or Three Weeks of The First Semester Left</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/29/back-to-campus-two-or-three-weeks-of-the-first-semester-left/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/29/back-to-campus-two-or-three-weeks-of-the-first-semester-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have returned to college after a one week Thanksgiving hiatus. A full week &#8212; many of my friends didn&#8217;t have that much time off but they had an extended weekend in October known as &#8220;Fall Break&#8221;. There&#8217;s two weeks left in the semester. Then one week of finals lies ahead rather ominously like dark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stargazing @ 3 a.m.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/17/watching-the-leonid-light-show-3-a-m/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/17/watching-the-leonid-light-show-3-a-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 3 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, why am I not in my dorm sleeping? Curiosity. On Facebook a few weeks ago I learned that around that time there would be an opportunity to see many shooting stars during one of the largest Leonid meteor showers ever.  And I had never seen a shooting star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Student Section: UCONN v. UMASS-Lowell</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/09/the-student-section-uconn-v-umass-lowell/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/09/the-student-section-uconn-v-umass-lowell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you’re in the student section at a basketball game here you’re not on the court yet you feel part of the game. At my first game today, I learned that my fellow Huskies have many rituals and traditions. The first is that the entire student section stands during playing time. Aside from the occasional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attending Basketball Games For Extra Credit And Other Short Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/06/attending-basketball-games-for-extra-credit-and-other-short-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/11/06/attending-basketball-games-for-extra-credit-and-other-short-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*I ran my four-mile route around campus today for the first time in awhile. Usually, I run on the weekends but I only had one class on Friday so I ran in the morning before class. Towards the end of my run I usually run a lap on the E.O. Smith High School track. Being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third Eye Blind Enters UCONN Country</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/25/third-eye-blind-enters-uconn-country/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/25/third-eye-blind-enters-uconn-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, SUBOG, the Student Union Board of Governors, a organization that plans on-campus entertainment, brings a major musical group to The Jorgensen. Last year they hosted Lupe Fiasco; this year they brought Third Eye Blind to campus. The band Hot Chelle Rae opened for them. Apparently, they are about to release their first album [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somber Sunday @ UCONN-Storrs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/somber-sunday-at-uconn-storrs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/somber-sunday-at-uconn-storrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<title>Somber Sunday @ UCONN</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/somber-sunday-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/somber-sunday-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning began with an ominous tone. A P.A. system beeped, a male voice said &#8220;fire alert&#8221; and then I herd a siren. I was shaken from my sleep. I joined my friends outside at 6:40 a.m. for a dorm fire drill. The dorm drill would have had little signifcance if not for an event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Gallery: News Media On Campus</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/a-sad-day-uconn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/19/a-sad-day-uconn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<title>UCONN Basketball &#8220;First Night&#8221; &#8212; Team Preview Show</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/16/uconn-basketball-first-night-team-preview-show/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/10/16/uconn-basketball-first-night-team-preview-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One free t-shirt richer, I have returned from the &#8220;First Night&#8221; show at Gampel. The event, a UCONN homecoming week tradition, is a time when the public sees the year&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams for the first time. This is a big deal. This is UCONN Country, &#8220;the basketball capital of the world.&#8221; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goal Patrol:Watching UCONN Soccer</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/25/goal-patrolwatching-uconn-soccer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/25/goal-patrolwatching-uconn-soccer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the major benefits of going to a D1 school is free tickets to good games. Tonight I went with my dormmates to the biggest on-campus men&#8217;s soccer game of the season: UCONN v. St. Johns. UCONN won 1-0. And the fans went wild. I had never seen so much enthusiasm at a sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Some New Friends, Meeting Some Old Friends</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/23/meeting-some-new-friends-meeting-some-old-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/23/meeting-some-new-friends-meeting-some-old-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I woke up last Friday morning, I discovered that my only scheduled class had been canceled. Seizing the opportunity to visit home before I have to study for my first exams, I traveled to the co-op where I bought a bus ticket and boarded a coach bus to Hartford. I arrived at the Old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Too Old To Have A Field Trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/13/never-too-old-to-have-a-field-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/13/never-too-old-to-have-a-field-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought that my days of field trips and schools buses had ended when I entered college. I was misled. Today I visited Lake Walden and Concord, Mass. as part of a course on Thoreau. My professors &#8212; there&#8217;s three for this particular class &#8212; read passages from Walden as we stood at the shores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Through Storrs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/09/running-through-storrs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/09/running-through-storrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One minute I run past cows grazing on golden fields on an empty road, a few minutes later I dodge traffic (cars, bicycles and pedestrian) on the crosswalk by the co-op. With a large campus split between a city of academic halls and a village of agricultural buildings, I like to think that UCONN offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week One: Laundry And Other College Adjustments</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/07/week-one-laundry-and-other-college-adjustments/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/polansky/2009/09/07/week-one-laundry-and-other-college-adjustments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Polansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How does one measure a week in college life? Laundry. I have spent a little over one week at college and I already have exhausted my extensive wardrobe of t-shirts and shorts. Washing my own clothes is one of the major adjustments to college life. I can no longer put my clothes in a hamper [...]]]></description>
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