Category: Written Work

  • Final Buzzer: UConn Senior’s Journey as Jonathan the Husky Ends at Championship

    By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Katherine Sheridan found a team as one of the students who portrayed UConn's mascot. Read more »  

  • An Ugly Disruption: UConn Students Can’t Escape Large-Scale Construction Projects

    By Jake Kelly | UConn Journalism Large-scale construction projects snarl student life on UConn's Storrs campus. Read more »  

  • College Students Need a Detox from TikTok

    By Mackenzie Campbell | UConn Journalism On a sunny afternoon at the University of Connecticut, students hunkered down with their laptops and books at the Homer Babbidge Library. In the library’s Bookworm Cafe, many students were on their phones, ignoring their work. Focused intently on his laptop among them was Ohm Ghutadaria, a junior majoring… Read more »  

  • Behind the mask of UConn Spider-Man

    By Esther Ju | UConn Journalism UConn Spider-Man is known for his sporadic appearances on campus, dressed in a skin-tight suit that lures onlookers for fist-bumps, high fives and selfies. But what most don't know is his origin story, and how he came to embrace his role as a part-time superhero. Read more »  

  • The road to change: Why some residents of Avon refuse to take it

    By Esther Ju | UConn Journalism For years, Avon residents have traveled down Old Farms Road, observing its bucolic surroundings as they pass through. The route symbolizes the rural lifestyle fostered by a small town, left virtually unchanged since its origins as a dirt road. Now, looming plans to reconstruct Old Farms have sparked opposition… Read more »  

  • 2001: A Stupid Odyssey

    By Jonathan Kopeliovich | UConn Journalism DMD major and journalism student Jonathan Kopeliovich writes about his not-so-serious journey to be a filmmaker. Read more »  

  • Workplace Dress Codes are More Casual Post-Pandemic

    By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Workers opt for more casual workplace attire in the post-pandemic world. Read more »  

  • UConn Enjoys First Signs of Spring

    An abruptly warm Tuesday marked the start of spring on UConn's Storrs campus. Read more »  

  • UConn Remembers Sandy Hook 10 Years Later

    By Meredith Veilleux | UConn Journalism Read more »  

  • Gig economy grows, but not gig worker salaries

    By John Leahy | UConn Jour­nal­ism Dec. 9, 2022  In May of 2020, Thomas Taber real­ized he was run­ning out of mon­ey.  The 20-year-old Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut stu­dent was liv­ing at home due to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and was order­ing food con­sis­tent­ly through online plat­forms like Door­Dash and Uber Eats. Though the coun­try was essen­tial­ly shut down, Read more »