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THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 110 • dailycampus.com Friday, April 9, 2021 CONFIRMED 2021 COVID-19 Current Residential Cases Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative CASES AT UCONN STORRS 79 (positive/symptomatic) 366 Residential Cases* 330 Commuter Cases* 187 Staff Cases* as of 5:30 p.m. on April 8 *positive test results UConn mourns loss of graduate Feel ‘Gouda’ Friday: student Amanda Higgins UConn Creamery to by Grace Mcfadden Higgins graduated from UCo- In her program, she held an ASSOCIATE DIGITAL EDITOR nn with a bachelor’s degree in assistantship with the Center begin selling cheese [email protected] human development and fami- for Students with Disabilities. In ly studies in 2013. As an under- recent weeks, Higgins was high- by Rachel Philipson new fl avors that will be available.” The University of Connecticut graduate, she was involved in lighted as the Graduate Student STAFF WRITER The Creamery previously sold a community is mourning second the Student Alumni Association, of the Month by the New En- [email protected] version of Juustoleipa and Old Farm year masters student Amanda the UConn First Year Experience gland College Personnel Associ- Lane Fresh Cheese (formerly named Higgins, who passed away un- program and the Department of ation. The University of Connecticut queso blanco) whenever they could expectedly Friday. She was from Career Services. After working At this time, information Creamery created four cheeses that fi t time for cheese production into Windsor, Connecticut. for several years, Higgins re- about services for Higgins are capture the past and future of UCo- their schedule, D’Amico said. How- The university expressed con- turned to UConn for a masters in unknown. Condolences to the nn cheese, Dennis D’Amico, associate ever, the Creamery cannot do both ice dolences in a statement Thurs- Higher Education and Student Higgins family can be sent to the professor of dairy food, said. cream and cheese production at the day. Affairs. Dean of Students Office. The four cheeses for sale through same time due to food safety consid- the UConn Dairy Bar are called Juus- erations. toleipa, Old Farm Lane Fresh Cheese, Since the demand for ice cream 1881 Reserve and Storrs Original is usually so high, cheese produc- Farmstead Jack. tion happened sporadically, he said. When the COVID-19 pandemic With the freezer fi lled with ice cream, UConn names Gerald Lewis Jr. forced the Dairy Bar to close in March D’Amico and the Creamery had time 2020, ice cream sales dramatically de- to make room in the production creased. Since dairy isn’t compatible schedule for cheese, create new fl a- as new police chief with typical work-at-home protocol, vors, refi ne the developmental pro- D’Amico said it was the perfect oppor- cess and manufacture enough cheese tunity to revamp cheese production. to last until the next production cycle. “When the Dairy Bar shut down These two cheeses, the 1881 Re- for COVID-19, we basically weren’t serve and Storrs Original Farmstead selling any ice cream,” he said. “We Jack were completely created from fi lled all of the freezers with as much scratch during a rigorous research ice cream as possible. Then, it was and development stage. D’Amico said the perfect time to relaunch cheese this process took a long time because production. We wanted to bring there has to be the right ratio of ingre- back the ones that people loved that dients to cheese fl avor. have come and gone and bring some See FEEL, p. 2 ICMYI: Chauvin’s trial, Amazon workers union tally vote by Samuel Katz Amazon unionization CAMPUS CORRESPONDENT In Bessemer, Alabama, the re- [email protected] sult of a high-stakes election on Derek Chauvin trial unionization at an Amazon ware- Minneapolis police o cer Derek house remains unclear, with the Chauvin, who drew national atten- vote’s result a turning point in tion after kneeling on the neck of the company’s history after great- George Floyd for several minutes ly increased profits during the last year, is in his second week of COVID-19 pandemic. trial, facing charges of second and If successful, all members of the third-degree murder. facility will join the Retail, Whole- The University of Connecticut Police Department’s (UCPD) new police chief is Gerald Lewis Jr. Lewis will Over the past two weeks, numer- sale and Department Store Union, begin the position on July 1, 2021. PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ous witnesses were brought to the a group which works to improve stand, including George Floyd’s working conditions for Ameri- by Grace Mcfadden with over 30 years of experi- 26 years and was the chief of the girlfriend, several eyewitnesses to cans employed in retail, grocery ASSOCIATE DIGITAL EDITOR ence, most recently as the chief East Carolina University Police the murder and other police o cers stores and health care. According [email protected] of police at University of Texas Department for two years before who served alongside Chauvin. Ka- to CNBC, 3,215 votes were submit- at San Antonio. Lewis worked joining UTSA in 2016. tie Blackwell, a Minneapolis police ted from the 5,800 employees. The University of Connecti- with New Jersey State Police for The hiring of Lewis comes af- investigator, stated that the posi- Although all votes were turned cut has picked Gerald Lewis ter UConn Chief of Police Hans tion Chauvin was using to restrain in by March 29, the National La- Jr. as the new chief of police at Rhynhart announced his resig- George Floyd was not taught by the bor Relations Board, which has the UConn Police Department, “This is one of nation from the post in Septem- department. aided in the voting process, said as announced in an email from several significant ber 2020. Rhynhart will remain “I don’t know what kind of im- the exact date the results of the President Thomas Katsouleas as Associate Vice President of provised position that is, but it’s not votes will be released is unclear. Thursday. hires for UConn Public Safety, a position which what we train,” said Blackwell, as Amazon and the RWDSU both Lewis will begin the position during the has been a double appointment reported by CNN on Monday. have the option to contend the re- on July 1. He will lead 100 police with UConn Chief of Police since The Minneapolis chief of police sults of the election, which could officers across UConn campuses pandemic that is 2016. Rhynhart’s resignation and also testifi ed that day, declaring delay the conclusion of a winner. in Storrs, Farmington, Hartford, adding strength Lewis’s hiring makes the posi- Chauvin’s use of force unnecessary The vote comes after numerous Stamford, Avery Point, Water- tions distinct again. and that it violated the policies of the complaints from the warehouse of bury and Hartford. and diversity to Rhynhart discussed the move Minneapolis Police Department. poor working conditions, includ- In the announcement, Katsou- our leadership with the Daily Campus in Sep- On Tuesday, Morries Hall plead ing the lack of restroom and meal leas said he was honored to have tember. the Fifth Amendment and refused breaks. Other employees across Lewis join the force at UConn. team. Chief Lewis “It is important for our com- to testify in the trial. Hall was in a the country have accused Amazon “This is one of several signifi- munities to see public safety as car with George Floyd when police of similar issues and a practice of cant hires for UConn during the is revered by the more than the police depart- stopped them on the charge of Floyd firing workers who organized or pandemic that is adding strength communities he has ment. By having both titles, chief using a counterfeit bill. participated in walkouts. and diversity to our leadership and associate vice president, As stated by ABC, “His lawyer According to an article from team. Chief Lewis is revered by served, and we are many people lose sight of the contends anything he says about his CBS, Jennifer Bates, a worker at the communities he has served, extremely fortunate thoughts above and the great alleged drug activity with George the Bessemer warehouse, said and we are extremely fortunate work the rest of the division Floyd could leave him vulnerable Amazon has forced employees to have him join us,” read the to have him join us.” does to enhance health and safe- to being charged with third-degree into long anti-union meetings and email from Katsouleas. PRESIDENT THOMAS KATSOULEAS ty at UConn,” Rhynhart said in murder in the death of the 46-year- displays anti-union posters across Lewis comes to the position the article. old Black man.” the facility. 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