CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY CENTRALRECORDER @THERECORDER CENTRALRECORDER www.centralrecorder.orgTHE | January 22, 2020 RECORDERVOLUME 121 | ISSUE 1 Huang Family Recreation Center Opens To Former Student Central Campus Files Lawsuit facility will change the way Against Professor CCSU is able to attract more prospective students in the And University, future. Shares Story “Overall, the university did a really good job with BY SARAH WILLSON putting this building together. REPORTER I think it was worth the wait.” he said. “I think it is a home former Central Connecticut run. student who alleged sexual Scott Kazar, the recreation misconduct against theater specialist for RECentral, professorA Thomas Delventhal has called the completion of the filed a lawsuit against him and the facility a win for the campus’s university, according to the student students. and a federal court petition. “I think the student body According to the lawsuit here deserves a recreation from Dec. 9, Brooke Emigh — who program of this stature,” withdrew from CCSU in January of The Huang Family Recreation Center will be available to all Julia Jade Moran | Layout Editor Kazar said. “I am very happy faculty, staff and students on campus. 2019 — was “the subject of severe Hazan, Director of Student with the building as far as and pervasive sexual harassment Activities and Leadership where we came from and and emotional abuse by Theatre BY MEGAN BRAWNER story recreation center will Development, said he is where we are going.” Department Professor Thomas COPY EDITOR serve as the new recreation hopeful that the Huang Throughout the planning Delventhal,” who is in the process of facility on campus, replacing Family Recreation Center stages of the facility, appealing his termination from May. Editor’s Note: Megan the 34,000 square-foot Kaise will be beneficial for the RECentral met with several Emigh said she is pursuing Brawner is a member of the annex facility. It now features university and its students. sports team coaches to the lawsuit against CCSU for the CCSU Track team several new improvements, “I think for our campus, it discuss their wants and needs. institutions “failure to protect her” including volleyball, tennis was something we desperately Following these meetings, and against Delventhal for negligent fter two years of and basketball courts. Along needed,” Hazan said. “It staff members worked with infliction of emotional distress, construction, the with that, each floor has is going to be a really big the teams to schedule practice intentional infliction of emotional Central Connecticut cardio equipment ranging improvement to our campus slots. distress and assault and battery. She Acampus has officially parted from ellipticals to treadmills, and I believe it will really have “Student activities said is filing the lawsuit in hopes to be ways with the former Kaiser and an elevated wellness an impact on recruitment. and RECentral have been CONTINUES ON PAGE 3 Annex to introduce the new track on the second floor. Having buildings like this is tremendous in working with Huang Family Recreation With the new additions critical.” us to allow us to get in there C.A.N YOU HANDLE Center. and renovations, Scott Hazan also said the The $25 million two- CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 THESE EVENTS? New Britain Takes Larger Steps In Opioid War With $650K Grant the state Department of Stewart’s first overdosing. Health reported. initiative, the H.O.P.E. “(This gives them) BY BRUNA VILA By utilizing grant, (Heroin, Opioid Prevention the ability to navigate ARTIGUES the city of New Britain will and Education), assists people patients and their families to The Central Activities ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR be in a three-year cooperative seeking treatment in lieu of additional sources of follow- Network introduces Disney agreement with the Center being arrested. The initiative up care through the network of week after winter break ends, he city of New for Disease Control (CDC) has helped 24 individuals community recovery partners with big plans for future events Britain was awarded and Prevention. This will within its first four months of this grant will formalize,” as well. a $650,000 Overdose focus on the drug overdose launching in 2018, according Baxter said. SEE PAGE 6 TData to Action grant in epidemic and the public to the official release. This will be partnered order to assist and reduce the health approach. The second initiative, with a new project that will MICK D’ARCY LEADS number of citizens struggling “The funds awarded the New Britain Opioid Task arrange a mobile response WOMAN’S SOCCER TO with opioid addiction. as part of this agreement Force, was established to team who will conduct an BACK TO BACK NEC With the rapid will support state, territorial, “reduce overdose deaths by at home follow-up wellness CHAMPIONSHIPS increase of misused county and city health half in three years [2021].” check during the first 72 hours prescription medication and departments in obtaining high Stewart has referred after an overdose. This follow- opioid-based drugs rising in quality, more comprehensive to the city as a “recovery up will be done by a peer Connecticut, the drug- abuse and timelier data on overdose friendly community.” recovery specialist who will problem has become a major morbidity and mortality and The grant will also also help in referral, treatment concern for the state. using those data to inform allow the city to introduce a and recovery. Researchers from prevention and response number of activities for their To implement the University of Connecticut and efforts,” the CDC said. Emergency Medical Services action items, New Britain is Yale University have found The grant will (EMS) system that will work partnering with contractors “opioid overdose deaths in also provide assistance in with other recovery partners such as Beyond Lucid Connecticut doubled,” from propelling the city towards in the community. Technologies, the National CCSU’s women’s soccer team, 2012 to 2018. their goals on drug abuse. The CEO of New Council for Behavioral Health, lead by Mick D’Arcy returned “Residents are New Britain Mayor Erin Britain EMS, Bruce Baxter, New Britain Emergency to the NEC chamionships once more likely to die from Stewart has put forth several said that the paramedics Medical Services, Community again to claim the title. unintentional drug overdose initiatives in order to fight the and EMTs are the first to Mental Health Affiliates, and number of opioid overdoses. help patients when they are TechServ Corporation. than a motor vehicle accident,” SEE PAGE 12 @BRUNAVILA 2 JANUARY 22, 2020 NEWS THE RECORDER THE RECORDER Mumps Cases In Connecticut: What You Need To Know Student Center BY RYAN JONES 1615 Stanley Street MANAGING EDITOR New Britain, CT 06050 860.832.3744 entral Connecticut President Dr. Zulma Toro urged students [email protected] centralrecorder.org over break to get their MMR CVaccination after a several cases of the Editor-in-Chief mumps were reported in Connecticut. Isabella Chan [email protected] The email from Dr. Toro was sparked by six cases of mumps being reported Managing Editor in Dec. in Connecticut, three coming Ryan Jones from the nearby Hospital of Central [email protected] Connecticut and one involving a Central Connecticut student. Three more cases Assistant News Editor were later reported at the University of Bruna Vila Artigues [email protected] Connecticut Storrs campus. Symptoms of the mumps do not appear Arts & Entertainment Editor for two to three weeks after the initial start Julia Conant of the infection, according to the Center [email protected] for Disease Control and Prevention. The Mauriah Johnson, Assistant most common symptoms include puffy [email protected] cheeks and a swollen or tender jaw, but can also include: Sports Editor Each podium represents a person who lost their life to ISABELLA CHAN | STAFF Trevi Alickolli, domestic violence. [email protected] • Fever is about 88 percent effective, while the reported 3,474 cases in America, the third George Attwood, Assistant • Headache [email protected] • Loss of appetite rate of effectiveness of a single dose sits most since the 2006 outbreak. • Tiredness at 78 percent. Connecticut was also in the news Layout Editor • Muscle aches Besides getting vaccinated, both for a mumps outbreak in 2016, when 41 Daniel Fappiano CCSU and the CDCP advise the following cases were reported at Harvard University [email protected] In most cases, people afflicted by the in order to prevent any future cases of the and an additional eight at Sacred Heart mumps: University. Copy Editor mumps recover fully within two weeks. Megan Brawner However, there are rare instances of As a precaution, CCSU hired an [email protected] complications with the disease. Children Covering of the mouth when coughing “outside vendor to assist the Facilities Kiernan Foster can contract meningitis, while cases or sneezing (no, not with your hands) Department in deep cleaning of residence [email protected] in adults can, on rare occason, lead to Washing hands often with soap and halls, the Student Center, dining halls deafness or encephalitis. water and other high traffic, public areas on Social Media Editors Not sharing any items that might have campus,” according to Dr. Toro’s email. Kelly Langevin The United States began to issue the [email protected] Mumpsvax on March 30, 1967, but it saliva on them Dr. Toro was also quick to point out in Bailey Murphy was not recommended for routine use Clean and disinfect surfaces and items her email that one case of the mumps is [email protected] until 1977. In 1989, a two-dose MMR While the vaccinations are effective, not considered an outbreak by state health (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination the U.S.