A freshman’s guide to UConn sports — The Daily Campus
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Come hockey season, you’ll hear a lot of chatter about the Ice Bus. But what exactly is it? Literally, the Ice Bus is what we call the bus that takes students from campus to hockey games at the XL Center. The student section at hockey games is also referred to as the Ice Bus, since it is assumed that most of the students arrived to XL on the bus. But figuratively, the Ice Bus is an attitude. “Ice Bus” is saying “people forget UConn is a hockey school,” every chance you get. “Ice Bus” is screaming “POWER PLAY!” at the top of your lungs when the opponent skates to the penalty box. “Ice Bus” is Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ, free beanies and just enjoying all of the excitement of a UConn hockey game with your fellow Huskies.
Know your UConn sports history
It’s time for a little history lesson. I don’t care if you aren’t a history major, now listen up! As you may or may not know, in 2014, both the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as field hockey, won the national championship. In fact, this wasn’t the first time that both Husky basketball teams took home the natty. In 2004, UConn legends Diana Taurasi, Jessica Moore, Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor immortalized their teams with championships. Aside from 2004 and 2014, the women won the national championship in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, with the men also winning in 1999 and 2011. I’m sure you already knew about our storied basketball program, but breaking down that we won 16 national championships in the sport since 1995 really puts it in perspective. Plus, it leads me into my next lesson…
Connecticut is the basketball capital of the world
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Save money on books, school supplies and everything you want to enjoy college! Financial aid, back in the olden days meant grants, scholarships, work study jobs. Loans were part of the package, but since they are available, ‘common thought’ was it is not financial aid – it was however a low interest loan. If you’re dependent on your parents, and they are below a certain income, most colleges give you much monies to help you attend their school. The middle class student with 2 working parents pays much more for their child to attend school and that student often can’t get work study job on campus. Those jobs are limited to the kids with financial aid.
If you can, or your parents can, to lower your loan debt when you leave school, if you have any monies, try to pay at least the interest while you are in school. Many loans start adding interest the day they are used to pay for school. So a $10,000 loan becomes a $12,000 amount when you leave school (example each loan is different) If you pay the interest (example $25 per month) then the $10,000 loan is only $10,000 when you leave school.