UCONN: Chocolate Milk Is Power Fuel
Researchers at the University of Connecticut say chocolate milk is an excellent recovery drink for athletes. I prefer water.
View ArticleWhere You Click Reveals Your Politics
Engage DC, a Washington, D.C. political consulting firm, analyzed where people go on the Internet and came up with some interesting predictions. If you’re a Spotify user, for example, they predict you...
View ArticlePrimary Predictions From Cap Report TV
Capitol Report TV regulars Brian K. Hill and Martin Dunleavy offered up their best primary guesses after taping the show Friday. Hill, a former GOP U.S. Senate candidate and Dunleavy, a labor union...
View ArticleLitchfield Man Invents Bearproof Garbage Can: Bearicuda Bin
It had to happen. The free market responds to Connecticut’s growing bear population.
View ArticleUCONN #1 On High Times Guide To Colleges
UConn student leader Sam Tracy reports, via Twitter and his blog, that the University of Connecticut has been ranked #1 among colleges for marijuana activists in the new High Times magazine guide to...
View ArticleUConn App: Everything On Your Smart Phone
The University of Connecticut is out with an app today that will let students find out about courses, interactive maps, dining hall menus and even real time bus schedules. It’s free for Android and...
View ArticleToday’s College Students: Be Very Afraid
This is from a review of a new book about a new book by Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean, “Generation on a Tightrope,” that looks at the current crop of college kids: Technology defines so many things...
View ArticleWhen A Casino Looks Like Blue Back Square
How have things changed since the days in the 1990s when Las Vegas casinos were competing to open resorts in Hartford? The new plan that MGM Resorts International is pitching for Springfield — just up...
View ArticleThe Lost Decade: Bring Back The Clinton Years
The reason it feels like you aren’t getting anywhere is because you aren’t. Look at this breakdown (net worth = assets minus debts) from a new report by the Pew Research Center that explains a lot...
View ArticleMust Read: Some Advice For Parents On The College Drop-Off
There are times when I want to tell my students that if they want to learn anything at college, their first step should be defriending their parents. Write them a nice letter, on actual paper, once...
View ArticleWhere Do UCONN Students Come From?
The top 20 in-state towns for UCONN freshman — all campuses: The top 20 states where incoming UCONN students come from, outside of Connecticut — all campuses
View ArticleHell Freezes: West Hartford Adds Bike Lanes To Mountain Road
A friend sends this picture, which anyone who rides along Mountain Road can appreciate. Very nice.
View ArticleWhat Hartford Does Well: More Parking Lots
At the corner of Capitol and Broad, a new and improved parking lot.
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