Sunday, November 8, 2009

Howard celebration of life event

STORRS, Conn. (November 8, 2009) – The University of Connecticut will host a “Celebration of the Life of Jasper Howard” on Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jorgensen Auditorium on the Storrs campus.

Howard, a UConn football student-athlete, passed away on Sunday, October 18.

The celebration will provide the greater University community an opportunity to remember Howard through several speakers and musical interludes.



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"passed away"...not quite the term to use when someone is stabbed to death, try "Murdered"

John said...

Fair enough. That's cut and paste from the release. I never use passed away anywhere in a death story. That's poor journalism.

Anonymous said...

sorry John, guess I'm a little touchy after the courant pulled their hack job on the headline - you didn't deserve that