This fall approximately 28,674 students will be entering and or returning to our Connecticut State University System. For example, about 960 freshmen will be entering Eastern Connecticut State University the last week of August. These first time students will face new and exciting times. They will also encounter challenges, such as stress and anxiety. One of the main ways for them to reduce stress and anxiety is to manage their time effectively.
Advice for CSCU students: manage your time, earn better grades
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Ben Carson talks about God, woman screams, ‘Hillary’
It was an odd moment for a protest. The delegate crowd had thinned, and Dr. Ben Carson was on stage suggesting that Hillary Clinton was godless Tuesday, when a woman began screaming, “Hillary! Hillary!”
Posted inPolitics
State by state, GOP says to Donald J. Trump: You’re hired!
CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump, the most unconventional of candidates, won the Republican nomination for president Tuesday night on the most enduring of political traditions, the state-by-state roll call that gave Connecticut’s young GOP chairman a fleeting moment in the spotlight and Trump’s oldest son a pivotal role.
Posted inMoney
Another Wall Street agency downgrades CT’s credit rating
Connecticut’s longstanding fiscal problems continued to raise concerns on Wall Street Tuesday as a third major rating agency downgraded the state’s credit ranking. Kroll Bond Rating Agency announced its downgrade Tuesday, citing Connecticut’s high debt, low reserves, eroding income tax receipts and a lack of wage growth.
Posted inPolitics
Blumenthal has long lead on Carter in fundraising
WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal has raised more than $7 million for his re-election effort, outpacing his GOP rival, state Rep. Dan Carter, who has raised $85,517, the latest filings with the Federal Elections Commission show.
Posted inPolitics
Manafort downplays Melania controversy with counterattack
CLEVELAND — Paul Manafort glided into the Connecticut delegation’s breakfast buffet Tuesday morning clutching a Starbucks coffee, fresh from what he called his “fun morning” on CNN and CBS responding to the Melania Trump plagiarism controversy by going on the attack against the media and Hillary Clinton. Trump’s manager visited his home-state delegates with an old lobbying partner now running a Trump super PAC.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
With rights and Connecticut lives at stake, words matter
Quiet down, class. It’s time to review some definitions. This time, let’s focus on current events: “Black Lives Matter.” Here’s a phrase that has been incorrectly defined with increasing frequency. To insist on the value of African American lives is not to say that “all lives” don’t matter.
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Restore a common sense plan to Connecticut Juvenile Justice
The CTMirror story Juvenile Justice in CT: “What’s left after all the cuts” rings loudly in the ears of those of us working in the deep end of the system. The Connecticut Juvenile Training School, and the Walter G. Cady School educational component have been forced to operate with insufficient programming for the youth both within and outside the facility.
Posted inPolitics
GOP portrays a scary America, promises Trump will make it safe
CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump’s nightmarish vision of an America unable to fight Islamic terrorists, control its border with Mexico or quell simple street crime came alive Monday in the voices of soldiers, politicians, police and the families of people killed at home and abroad, victims of what Republicans say are the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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The Never-Trump dissidents are heard, if briefly
CLEVELAND — The Connecticut delegation stood with Donald J. Trump on Monday as the Republican National Convention opened with an unsuccessful rules fight by delegates still hoping to find a path to throw open the GOP nomination for president. The state’s GOP chairman called the rules fight “an act of petulance.”
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CT lawmakers raise millions in political cash, challengers not so much
Washington – Connecticut’s incumbents continued to outpace their challengers in campaign fundraising by wide margins, according to the latest reports with the Federal Elections Commission.
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Post-Baton Rouge, CT GOP delegates have security on their minds
WASHINGTON — The shooting deaths of three police officers in Baton Rouge heightened tensions at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday. Some Connecticut delegates have questions about security, said Rep. John Frey, R-Ridgefield, who has attended several meetings on convention security plans and will attend many more.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Money, Politics
Lawmakers challenge DEEP to make do with much less
Legislators pressed state environmental officials Monday to partner with municipalities, civic groups and corporate sponsors to preserve recreation, conservation and protection programs. But the officials responded that they already do that and closures are likely to worsen before things get better.
Posted inEducation
UConn president’s compensation 12th among flagship schools
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst was the 12th highest-paid leader of a state flagship public university during the 2014-15 school year.
Posted inPolitics
Trump taps into angst of ’68, the foundation of gains for CT GOP
CLEVELAND — Richard Nixon, who opened a golden age of Republican presidential politics in Connecticut, promised a “silent majority” unnerved by assassinations, urban riots and war protests that “the long dark night for America is about to end.” Can Donald J. Trump do the same in an era of Twitter, 24/7 cable news, terrorism and police shootings?