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Recent senate elections result in 21 new Undergraduate Student Government senators By Kathleen McWilliams Staff Writer
Burke blends art and antiques in a coventry gem Local woman keeps daughter’s memory alive. FOCUS/ page 5
A HARD SHELL TO CRACK Huskies 0-2 for first time in 11 years, lose to Maryland. SPORTS/ page 12
EDITORIAL: CHANGES TO student organization funding by usg were sensible Imposing a funding policy mastery test, limiting emergency fund requests will make USG more efficient. COMMENTARY/page 4 Dairy bar receives national recognition USA Today gives high marks to UConn’s Dairy Bar. NEWS/ page 2
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The new Undergraduate Student Government senators will start soon. Polls closed Thursday evening and USG announced the new senators for the 2013-2014 academic year. Thirty-one students campaigned for 46 open seats, 17 of which were uncontested positions, and 25 of which would remain empty. The most competitive race this year was for the freshman class seat, with six candidates vying for the position. Other highly contested races were those of the Buckley and McMahon residence halls and the School of Engineering. Christian Caceres won the freshman senate seat, beating out five other candidates with 26 percent of the votes. For Caceres and the freshman
class, the issues on the fore- ber of the Academic Affairs sis on academics. College isn’t front of their minds take a Committee, I will strive cheap. That’s reality. Let’s at broader approach to university for increased relationships least get our money’s worth,” life and experience. between faculty and students. said Caceres, a 1st semester “We came molecular to UConn to and cell biolreceive an ogy major. affordable, J o s h u a world-class Essick, a education. 1st semester That is what economics I plan to push major, won for. It is no the McMahon secret that seat by a landthe price of slide with 84 higher educapercent of the tion has overvotes. Essick whelmingly said that repincreased,” resenting Caceras said. McMahon Caceres calls for repalso empharesenting a sized that his More than half of the recent USG senate seats did not have a candidate, and an additional very diverse agenda will third only had one candidate. Four seats in total were contested. group of stubenefit all dents with students, even those outside of Not only for freshman, but all the international community students deserve a worthy edu- housed within the building. his constituency. “As a soon-to-be mem- cation where there is an empha“I chose to run for the
By Abby Mace Staff Writer
The State of Connecticut will pay $4 million to George and Linda Plamondon after the couple won a lawsuit they filed when their son, a UConn student, was accidently hit and killed by a university bus in 2011. The lawsuit totals $5.5 million, of which the state’s insurance company will cover the remaining $1.5 million. UConn will not raise attendance costs to supply funds for the Plamondons’ lawsuit. “While UConn is part of the State of Connecticut, the settlement will not come from tuition or fee payments, nor will it require cuts in academic spending, financial aid, or other campus services to students,” said UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz.
The State of Connecticut will provide $4 million through its self-insured Insurance and Management Board. Since the insurance plan has a maximum coverage of $4 million for legal settlements, the insurance company will contribute the additional $1.5 million. The Plamondons’ son, David Plamondon, 20, of Westminster, Mass., was a physiology and neurobiology major. He was a gifted student in the classroom with a 3.7 grade point average and a member of the university A Cappella group A-Minor. Plamondon was pursuing medical school upon graduation from UConn. Following their son’s death, the Plamondons urged UConn to stop hiring student bus drivers and employ non-students instead. In a statement that appeared in the Hartford
Courant last week, Linda Plamondon said, “I believe that David’s death speaks volumes of evidence against poorly trained, poorly supervised, highly distracted student drivers on a very busy college campus. UConn needs to do more to ensure pedestrian safety on the campus.” While UConn will continue to employ student bus drivers, safety measures have been put in place in an attempt to prevent university transportation-related accidents from occurring. The “Safe Turn Alert” system warns pedestrians as buses are turning and reminds drivers to check both sides of the roadway before making a turn. Such technology was not available at the time of Plamondon’s death. Reitz said student drivers at UConn undergo the same training and selection process as
Mansfield Democrats have more or less maintained an overall majority in terms of both their voting populace and their success at winning elections. For example, Betsy Paterson, a Democrat and mayor of Mansfield, has held her position for 14 years. In Mansfield, there is a town council with nine people elected to represent the town’s
residents. According to a town charter, the minority -- in this case, Republicans -- are entitled to at least some seats and the majority cannot have more than two thirds control of any board. Currently, there are six Democrats and three Republicans serving on the town council. Mark LaPlaca, Mansfield Democratic Town Committee chair, said Democrats have had e had a majority on every board and commission for as long as he can remember. “That’s a good thing,” said LaPlaca, “I think that speaks to people’s confidence in our leadership and really where the town’s gone over the years.” “Democrats have improved the town for UConn students too,” LaPlaca added. “Recently, there have been a lot of improvements on offcampus housing. Democrats have led on that ... to provide safer places for students to live.”
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This photo shows a UConn bus in North campus. In 2011, a UConn student was killed in a bus accident near this location.
non-student drivers. This process is identical to the preparation required to become a driver of any school bus, coach bus,
tractor trailer, or other large passenger vehicle in Connecticut. “The UConn bus drivers also
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many of whom are majoring outside of the School of Business, pursuing degrees such as communications, economics and sports management. “Half [of our students] really want to go into sales,” said Ryan. “The other half recognize the value of sales in other fields. You’re always selling your ideas.” Professor Mary Caravella, who teaches Professional Selling, agrees that the skills gained from the program can be applied to careers outside of sales. “The program covers a lot of the general skills that are helpful not only to get a job but to be successful in their job,” said Caravella. Ryan, who began working with the program in 2011, comes from a strong marketing background. “I’ve got a good feel for what companies are looking for,” explained Ryan. According to Ryan, the program’s curriculum
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With just 50 days left until the general election, Democratic and Republican campaigns are heating up in Mansfield. Several issues are arising and the two town committees have different views on each of them. For the past two decades,
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McMahon senate seat because it provided an incredible opportunity. As a senator, I will have the privilege of representing the diverse community of McMahon which I hope to connect with the larger community of this university,” said Essick. Carles Lopez, a 3rd semester political science major who ran uncontested for the position as East Campus’ senator, said his innate connection to the unique residential area motivated him to run. “I decided to run because I felt that I would be the right candidate. East is completely different from all the other halls … East has a completely different ambient. I feel a connection to East and its people,” said Lopez. The Senate will convene for the new senators’ first meeting on September 25 at 6:30 p.m.
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This photo shows a meeting of the Mansfield Town Council. Municipal elections are scheduled to be held this November.
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The Sales Leadership Program has been helping undergraduate students secure jobs in professional sales since 2001, but according to program leader and instructor William Ryan, not enough students are aware of the program until it’s too late for them to take the prerequisite classes necessary for program entry. The program includes a set of required classes (Intro to Marketing Management, Professional Selling, Sales Management and Leadership, and a Sales Internship), roleplaying exercises, competitions, networking events and guest lecturers who discuss various topics in sales management. Students who complete the program can graduate with either a Certificate or a Minor in Professional Sales. The Program hosts about a hundred students every year,
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What’s going on at UConn today... Brown Bag Lunch Series 12 - 1:30 p.m. Whetten Graduate Center, 200 Professional development lectures series called Brown Bag Lunch Series. At this event you bring your lunch and get the opportunity to listen the journey and words of wisdom from diverse faculty members. Our first speaker is Dr. Michelle Williams, Associate Vice President for Research
UConn IDEA Workshop 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. ROWE, 134 UConn IDEA (Imagine/Develop/ Engage/Apply) Grants are open to students in all majors. Funding of up to $4,000 is available. Learn more about these grants and how to apply.
Rapid HIV Testing 5 to 8 p.m. Student Union, SU 403 The Rainbow Center is a UConn/ Storrs campus spot to get a free and confidential Rapid HIV/AIDS test which allows for results to be known within the half-hour, made possible with the generous support from the Hartford Gay & Lesbian Health Collective.
Female Orgasm 7 to 10 p.m. Student Union Theatre Female Orgasm is back and better than ever! Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller are renowned sex educators who have put together a hilarious, yet incredibly informative, sex education seminar. – KYLE CONSTABLE
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Conn. needs billions to fix deficient bridges
NEW HAVEN (AP) — Hundreds of bridges in Connecticut are structurally deficient, according to records, and state officials are exploring the possibility of implementing tolls for the first time in decades to help come up with the billions of dollars needed to repair or replace its aging spans. The state has more than 500 bridges considered structurally deficient, meaning they need rehabilitation or replacement because at least one major component has advanced deterioration or other problems that led inspectors to deem its condition poor or worse. More than 200 bridges in Connecticut are “fracture critical” because they don’t have redundant protections and are at risk of collapse if a single, vital component fails. Connecticut has 49 bridges that are both structurally deficient and fracture critical, records show. The Associated Press analyzed data involving 607,380 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory that are subject to National Bridge Inspection Standards. On a national basis, there are 65,605 structurally deficient bridges and 20,808 fracture critical bridges, according to the most recently available federal government data. Some 7,795 bridges nationwide fall into both categories — a combination of red flags that experts say is particularly problematic. “Those would be ones you’d worry about more,” said Ted Zoli, chief bridge engineer for HNTB Corp. in New York whose projects include the Lake Champlain Bridge between New York and Vermont. “Fractured criticality and structural deficiency together represents a combination that results in a higher risk bridge.” But a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Transportation said the bridges are safe and would not be kept open if they posed a safety risk. Those bridges get extra attention in inspections, and the state conducts more frequent inspections of bridges deemed to need it, he said. “I would say that a person in the state of Connecticut has a better chance of winning the lotto, being struck by lightning and being attacked by a shark all on the same day, as opposed to being on a bridge under the Connecticut DOT’s jurisdiction that would put our constituency at risk,” said Kevin Nursick, DOT spokesman.
Quinnipiac professor turns diplomat for Hungary
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut business professor who promotes greater international trade is taking on a new job as a diplomat. Christopher Ball, an international economics professor at Quinnipiac University and director of the Central European Institute, is set to be inaugurated on Thursday as honorary consul of Hungary for Connecticut. Ball, who was raised in Alabama, has made Hungary something of a second home. He moved to Budapest in 1994 where he was project director at the Hungarian Atlantic Council, focusing on Hungary joining NATO and promoting cooperation between western Europe and North America. Ball and others organized the Central and Eastern European Network, a group of former Hungarian, Romanian and other central European business representatives, lawyers and academics who want to boost trade with their former homelands. Ball was selected as honorary consul by the Hungarian government and is recognized by the U.S. State Department. He said he’ll be the 13th honorary consul in Connecticut, joining others from Albania, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Pakistan and Portugal, he said. In his job, which is unpaid, he will promote academic exchanges and commercial, economic, cultural, scientific and tourist ties between the United States and Hungary and will represent and safeguard the interests of Hungarian citizens and corporate bodies in the United States.
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Tony Lent, chair of Mansfield’s Republican Town Committee, said their major concern is over the direction the town government in going. According to Lent, it has been a one party town for almost 20 years, showing a lack of service to all Mansfield residents. “[UConn] … has always been a blessing and a curse. And the blessing is the kids get a pretty good education here … so the large question is from a taxpayer’s standpoint, from a town’s residents standpoint, how large are we going to let UConn get?” said Lent, “And, actually, the town has not much control over that.” “Mansfield is an overwhelmingly Democratic town and has been such for the past 25 to 30 years,” and “There’s an active Republican campaign, and there’s an active Democratic campaign, but
the Republican campaign is more active than have been other Republican campaigns in recent years,” said Political Science Professor Ronald Schurin, a Democrat currently serving a four year term on the Region 19 Board of Education, said “We are going to be actively working with the Mansfield Democrats and other groups on campus to encourage students to take advantage of the Connecticut’s fantastic new same-day registration system by voting in November,” said President of UConn College Democrats Molly Rockett, a 5th semester political science major. Rockett also said they are aiming to register 100 students to vote in the town election. “The College Republicans will be actively assisting in not only the Mansfield municipal elections but also in other neighboring areas
By Kyle Constable Staff Writer
Willimantic and Windham residents gathered at historic house in Willimantic on Sunday to raise support for the Windham Textile & History Museum. The event, the Long Timers Backyard Block Party, was the first of several fundraisers to help re-paint the old American Thread Company headquarters, where the museum resides. It featured live music and food for guests, as well as several displays with historic pictures and memorabilia. “We don’t have a large endowment, we don’t have a foundation that’s adopted us, we don’t have regular government support,” said museum executive director Gregory
Eves. “We have to do fundraisers. It’s been 25 years since our building has been painted. The paint is peeling, and if we don’t get some new paint on there soon, what’s now a cosmetic problem will become a structural problem.” The block party was held at the home of State Representative Susan Johnson, whose house has been owned by several prominent members of the Willimantic community in the past. Johnson’s backyard featured an exhibit sponsored by the museum, piecing together small-scale sketches of what Main Street in Willimantic looked like 50 years ago in 1963. People in attendance placed sticky notes above drawings of the buildings where they had specific memories.
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The event ran from 3 to 6 p.m., and personal memories began to populate the display within minutes of the announcement of the sticky note project from museum education director Bev York. One attendee placed a note above the old theatre, remembering when tickets to a movie cost only 50 cents. “Hours and hours went into this,” Eves said. “We’re going to collect all of this at the end and we’re going to do a later exhibit at the museum that features the information that we’ve collected from the community. We’re letting the community recreate what it remembers Main Street to be like.” Johnson said the museum connects “all different segments” of a community that has become very diverse in
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recent years. “It brings our community together in a way I didn’t think we could do in any other way,” Johnson said. “It’s a privilege to have a house like this so you’ll be able to continue, perhaps, in the way that they donated (to the community).” While the primary focus was to raise funds for the museum, the event was also used to recognize former State Senator Edith Prague for her years of public service. Prague was given an official citation from Johnson for her service to the state and the Willimantic community. Prague currently serves as the commissioner of the recently resurrected Connecticut Department on Aging.
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Dairy Bar recognized nationally By Kathleen McWilliams Staff Writer
Conn. launches web resources for young workers
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WEST HARTFORD (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Larson is set to update constituents on the crisis in Syria as fears of an immediate military strike ease after the U.S. and Russia agreed to a diplomatic plan to remove the country’s chemical stockpile. Larson, a Democrat, plans to meet constituents at a forum scheduled for Sunday afternoon at East Hartford Town Hall. The gathering comes a day after the U.S. and Russia agreed on a plan to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons. President Barack Obama has hailed the agreement, but says the “United States remains prepared to act” if the plan fails to eliminate Syria’s chemical stockpile.
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Willimantic residents raise funds to support local history museum
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WETHERSFIELD (AP) — The state has launched a website intended to help young workers understand their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. The website brings together various resources related to laws and regulations, training programs, educational materials, statistical data and local news and events associated with hiring a young worker. Topics include guidelines regarding high-risk jobs, jobs that minors under 18 may not perform, time and hour restrictions for workers who are 16 or 17 and jobs that are permitted for workers between the ages of 14 and 15. Several state agencies are involved, including the departments of Education, Labor and Public Health.
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This photo shows the UConn Dairy Bar at the Storrs campus, which was recently recognized by USA Today for being one of the 51 best ice cream parlors in the nation.
On September 11, USA Today recognized UConn’s Dairy Bar as one of the 51 best ice cream parlors in the nation. A long lasting tradition at UConn, The Dairy Bar has been in operation since 1953, when it first opened to sell dairy products, such as fresh eggs, yogurt and cheese that still fill the shelves today. Famous amongst UConn students and the surrounding community, the Dairy Bar has won the “Best of Connecticut 2012: Best Ice Cream” award and was the Best of New England Winner Editor’s Choice by Yankee Magazine earlier this year but has previously lacked national recognition. The Dairy Bar, a division of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, serves 24 flavors of ice cream to over 200,000 customers annually. According to the parlor’s website, the recipe used by the Dairy Bar today is identical to the recipe originally used in
the early 1900s and the cows used for milk are not fed hormones. Kevin Seely, a manager at the UConn Dairy bar, said that the recognition on a national level was a positive for the staff that doesn’t often receive complimentary feedback due to the nature of their work. “A lot of the time we don’t get positive feedback, because it’s ice cream and everyone assumes that ice cream is always good and that everyone loves ice cream so nobody says anything. We tend to only hear anything when things go wrong. It was nice to be recognized,” said Seely. Seely also said that the national ranking was optimistic in terms of recognizing the efforts of the staff. “People don’t realize how hard we work here. We work really hard and people think it’s just scooping ice cream. It’s not. There are people behind the scenes making the ice cream that don’t ever get acknowledged,” said Seely.
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For the past two years Mobley and her team of graduate students have been working with a program called “All 4 Kids” which was developed at the University of Nevada and is now present in four states. Since Mobley implemented the program in Connecticut her team has engaged with 150 families of preschool students. The program lasts for eight weeks with three sessions per week. The project has three main goals: teaching the chil-
dren how to eat smart, how to be active, and how to accept others no matter what their size. “We give the children examples of healthy snacks” to help them make better choices, “and teach them a dance at each session,” said Mobley. Mobley has become interested in how a parent’s eating habits and feeding styles influence their child’s weight. Maternal feeding styles have been heavily researched and evaluated over the years. According to
Mobley, it is an accepted fact that if a mother is authoritative, but also allows her children to choose their own food, they will typically make healthier choices and be at a lower risk for obesity. The same investigations, however, have not been conducted in terms of the father’s role in a child’s eating habits; this is where Mobley’s most recent research endeavors come in to play. This past summer, she ran a
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district is trying to stop cyberbullying and a host of other teenage ills by monitoring the public posts students make on social media outlets in a program that has stirred debate about what privacy rights teenage students have when they fire up their smartphones. Glendale Unified School District hired Geo Listening last year to track posts by its 14,000 or so middle and high school students. The district approached the Hermosa Beachbased company in hopes of curtailing online bullying, drug use and other problems after two area teenagers committed suicide last year, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The company expects to be
monitoring about 3,000 schools worldwide by the end of the year, said its founder, Chris Frydrych. In Southern California, the district is paying $40,500 to Geo Listening, and in exchange, the company’s computers scour public posts by students on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, blogs and other sites. Analysts are alerted to terms that suggest suicidal thoughts, bullying, vandalism and even the use of obscenities, among other things. When they find posts they think should spur an intervention or anything that violates schools’ student codes of conduct, the company alerts the campus. The Glendale district began a pilot program to monitor students online last year at its three high schools, Glendale, Hoover
and Crescenta Valley. “We think it’s been working very well,” said the district’s superintendent, Dick Sheehan. “It’s designed around student safety and making sure kids are protected.” Some students say they are bothered by the monitoring, even if it’s intended to help them. “We all know social media is not a private place, not really a safe place,” said Young Cho, 16, a junior at Hoover High. “But it’s not the same as being in school. It’s students’ expression of their own thoughts and feelings to their friends. For the school to intrude in that area — I understand they can do it, but I don’t think it’s right.” The company does not have a list of students’ names and
instead uses “deductive reasoning” to link public accounts to students, Frydrych said. It also only looks at public postings. Brendan Hamme, an attorney with the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the district is walking a fine line with its social media surveillance. The program is “sweeping and far afield of what is necessary to ensure student safety,” he said. Daily reports to school administrators include a screen capture of the flagged posts, along with details of whether they were made on or off campus, the time and date, the user’s name, if available, and a description of why the post caught the attention of analysts, Frydrych said.
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students with employers. This Tuesday, students will hear a guest from Enterprise speak about the importance of customer relationships. Students have the opportunity to roleplay with companies and the companies provide students with feedback. The Sales Leadership Program at UConn hosts its
own trade shows in which all students in the program can practice their sales skills. The program also sends two students to a regional and a national sales competition every year. The Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition at Bryant University is coming up this November and the National Collegiate Sales Competition at
Kennesaw State University in Georgia will be held in March. At these competitions students are filmed as they pretend to sell a product to a consumer and are then judged by a panel. Ryan said that participation in these competitions is “considered to be a marquee resume builder.” More and more colleges are
Dr. Amy Mobley, an assistant professor in the UConn Nutritional Sciences Department has recently started work on several new projects concerning paternal feeding style and childhood obesity. Unlike the traditional scientist, Mobley cannot find the answers to her questions within the confines of a laboratory; her research takes place out in the community.
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pilot program with four lowincome fathers in Connecticut. Each father was interviewed about their eating habits and feeding styles. They were encouraged to attend four sessions where they were taught some basic cooking skills, how to keep kids active indoors, and the importance of being open to different foods, especially vegetables, in the diet. In the coming months, Mobley hopes to expand her research on the father’s role
in childhood obesity. Currently, graduate students are working on recruiting fathers for 90-minute interviews to gather more data about their eating habits, preferences, and styles. It is Mobley’s hope that this new research will provide the Nutritional Science community with clues to the often forgotten role of the parent and how parents can best work to prevent the spread of childhood obesity.
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safety procedures. Whether or not UConn changes its policies regarding the use of student-bus drivers, the implications of Plamondon’s death will not be forgotten, and neither will his life. “David Plamondon’s death was tragic and heartbreaking for his family, friends and the entire UConn community,” Reitz said. “The University continues to grieve over the loss of such a talented and promising young man. We hope his loved ones receive some measure of comfort in knowing how widely he was admired at UConn and how greatly he is missed.”
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US school district monitors kids’ social media Lawsuit settled two years after accident go through additional training to learn the campus routes with a supervisor riding along, and the University has a number of evaluators – whose identities are unknown to the drivers – who regularly ride the buses to monitor drivers’ skills and report to UConn officials,” Reitz said. Bus driving is one of the many work-study options available for UConn students, who rely on the wages from these jobs to pay for their education. UConn is one of many universities nationwide to employ students in their transportation departments. Janet Freniere, supervisor of UConn student bus drivers, said student bus drivers were unable to comment on the university’s transportation system and its
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Sales leadership program garners regional, national attention has become more experiential, having been enhanced through the addition of internships and hands-on activities. “[The students] learn the academics of sales, and also really understand how a sale works in the business world,” said Ryan. One of the program’s biggest draws is that it connects
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realizing the importance of sales education, according to Ryan. “Sales programs at colleges are growing nationally. Twenty years ago there were a handful of schools that offered a sales track. Now there are upwards of a hundred,” he said. “Many companies are geared up to hire college graduates
right out of school. We’re talking Fortune 500 companies,” said Ryan. These companies all have sales training programs for new employees to “learn about the customer, the product, and the service.” Ryan says that he is impressed with the success of the program’s alumni. “It’s really amazing how many UConn grads have moved up in the companies and are doing really well,” said Ryan. “Now they’re in management, and they like hiring UConn people.” Chris Czarnowski, who graduated in 2012, competed in the National Collegiate Sales Competition during his senior year and participated in a sales focused internship during his junior year. “The program helped me significantly in securing and succeeding in my current career,” said Czarnowski, who met a Human Resource director from his current employer Tyco Integrated Security at a mock trade show. “Practice of the sales cycle and fully understanding the theory behind it has helped me to succeed at work.” Julia Zaslavsky, a 7th-semester marketing major and communication science minor, said she joined the program because she wanted to learn more about the field of sales and get some experience before deciding on a career. “This program would be great for someone who is interested in a career in sales or someone who is looking to develop their communication skills,” said Zaslavsky, who will be graduating this coming May. “The program has helped me feel more confident interacting with others, especially in a business setting. Someone who is really personable and communicates well would succeed in this program.”
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t the most recent Undergraduate Student Government meeting last Wednesday, several new changes in funding for student organizations went into effect. Although most of these changes are comparatively minor and procedural, they were smart decisions and thus no surprise they passed with large margins. The senators approved a measure which would require an organization’s officers to take and successfully pass a “funding policy mastery test.” With the funding process often confusing many students, especially those holding the position of Chief Financial Officer for their respective group, this addition makes sense. An applicant can attempt the exam more than once, failing to achieve a high enough score on their firs try, so long as they surpass the threshold upon a subsequent attempt. Another policy addition puts a strict maximum on the number of times a Tier II organization can request emergency funds per semester. The new cap of one time strikes the right balance, between ensuring that the emergency fund is there if need be and a true emergency arises, while simultaneously preventing it from being consistently utilized as a second source of money. Funding recipients who violate these or any other official funding policies may now face more severe penalties. These include a suspension of funding for a month, as well as a nullification of any monies given related to the offense. Hopefully these new measures will provide a sufficient deterrent to prevent misconduct or other misuse of funds – which, we must not forget, are primarily collected through mandatory student fees. However, some student organization representatives who spoke out at the meeting noted that the organizations being affected had not been consulted regarding the changes. One even recommended that organizations be notified with a document copy of the proposed changes. In this particular case it seems unlikely that the outcome would have resulted any differently. After all, the student organization representatives speaking at the meeting did not propose that the funding changes themselves were a poor decision. Still, this is not an unreasonable suggestion and may be something for USG to consider in the future. After all, the federal government is not the only one that should rely on the “consent of the governed.”
Popularization of ‘Molly’ in pop culture sets a dangerous example, contributes to drug abuse
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oncealed within raves and concerts lies a serial killer. She, like many of her kind, entices her victims with the promise of a good time and admiration among the victims’ peers. She’s been getting pretty good at it recently. In the past week, several of her victims were rushed to the emergency room and three of them died across the Northeast. She’s not your average serial killer, but a drug. Molly, short for “molecule”, is the By Omar Allam pure form of Weekly Columnist 3,4- methlyenedioxy-Nmethylamphetamine (also known as MDMA). However, you might know MDMA for its common street name, ecstasy. MDMA comes in many different colors, shapes, and forms such as pill or crystalline powder. Known for its effects on the nervous system, spe-
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Why doesn’t the Union deliver? I’d really enjoy having a pet elephant the size of a rodent. Stadium beer tastes like water. Did anybody take advantage of United Airlines’ free ticket glitch the other day? Randy Edsall just made me angry again. It’s never just one beer. At one point today a tree was wearing my socks and that makes me very happy. If they don’t post at least 20 pictures on Facebook, did sorority girls even go out? At UConn we all want the P. and by P I mean parking. Has anyone else seen the guy doing tai chi mornings on the terrace outside biophys? Tim Boyle’s mom made me feel like a bad fan. Saltalamacchia is Italian for “I crush things”
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cifically the limbic system, MDMA Miley Cyrus’s newest song “We Can’t dramatically increases the levels of Stop” states “We like to party/ Dancing serotonin and dopamine in the body, with Molly/ Doing whatever we want,” creating a dangerously addicting feel- references the drug directly. The worst reference of all was when ing of euphoria. Like any illegal narcotic, there are Rick Ross preformed on a Rocko’s no regulations on MDMA to determine Future-featuring “U.O.E.N.O” rapping its purity. In many cases it is cut with the lyric “ Put molly in her champagne, other dangerous substances, such as , she aint even know it/ I took her home crystal meth and cocaine, or some- and I enjoyed that, she aint even know times even concrete, to increase profit it. (sic)” Here, Ross encourages the use margins. You’re never really sure what of molly as a date rape drug, using it to alter a woman’s judgment. you’re getting. Imagine if artists starting singing According to NBC news, emergency room visits linked to MDMA have about how imperative education is, or surged by over 100 percent since 2004. that violence is never an answer to any conflict. What would happen to our But, why? The surge in the usage of MDMA may dropout rate? To domestic violence? But instead they use their unprecebe linked to several factors. However, there is one trending social factor that dented power to illustrate to their audiis directly connected to the increase of ences that drugs are cool, contributing to a higher incidence of drug abuse abuse. Pop culture. Molly is gaining popularity among among young Americans. young adults. Mainstream artists like Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Eminem, and Rick Ross introduced the name “Molly” to society, referencing MDMA. Madonna’s newest album titled Weekly Columnist Omar Allam is a 3rd-semester “M-D-N-A”, has an uncanny resem- chemistry major. He can be reached at Omar. blance to the abbreviation MDMA. Allam@UConn.edu
e have grown accustomed to relying on technology to live our everyday lives. We use Wikipedia to simplify a professor’s complicated lecture topic, Facebook to find out what we will be doing this Friday night, and text message to tell the pretty stranger we just met that we’d like to stop being strangers. It has become natural to offload more and more of our communication to the shiny black box we keep in our pockets and we have b e c o m e used to so By Stephen Klinck doing while waitStaff Columnist ing in line for our sandwich to be made. But as much as we value the benefits these always-connected devices provide us, there exists within each of us an unspoken fear that the technology we are enveloping ourselves in is, little by little, doing the human race harm. This fear, however, must be eliminated and the subconscious validation of this fear must end. Technology isn’t distancing us, it is connecting us. It allows us to send a text message to a far
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away friend we otherwise wouldn’t have reconnected with. It allows us to send a nonsensical and seemingly meaningless Snapchat, whose meaning only presents itself when a friendship we once cherished is rekindled by an equally nonsensical reply. Each and every time your grandparents lament the popularity of Facebook, remind them that Facebook is what allows them to view pictures of their newborn grandchildren. And when your parents complain about your reliance upon text messaging to communicate, remind them these messages are what allow you to tell them where you are and what time you will be coming home minutes after they ask. But technology doesn’t simply connect us by giving society a different way of communicating or expressing our visions and our voices. It is granting many visions and voices we previously did not have and in the process connecting us to nature and those we love most. Until the invention of the iPhone, Per Busch, who is blind, could not walk through the large and expansive forest next to his home
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in Kassel, Germany. But new technologies contained within the popular smartphone allowed Giovanni Luca Ciaffoni to develop Ariadne GPS, a way-finding app allowing those who cannot see to know where they are going. “Thank you for giving me my freedom back,” Busch told the developer. Until the invention of the iPad, Diana Mendez had never heard her son, Enrique, speak. Enrique, who has Down Syndrome, had been non-verbal his entire life. But the day he began using an iPad with AssistiveWare’s Proloquo2Go app, he told his mother he loved her. “That was the beginning of my son speaking to me,” she tearfully professed in a video posted to Apple’s website. “After nine years, I know who my son is.” During the summer of 1969, Zager and Evans’ song “In the Year 2525” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, and it stayed there for six weeks. In it, the American pop-rock duo provide the listener with a variety of doomsday scenarios about the future. “In the year 3535,” the song states, “Everything you think, do and say is in the pill you took today.”
This song echoes a fear many have about the implications advances in technology will have on the future. We fear the changes these advances will bring, instinctively and subconsciously assuming that what is new is not as good and what is different is wrong. While I cannot say for sure whether the year 3535 will contain these aforementioned super pills, I can say with absolute certainty that vision-impaired individuals like Per Busch will be able to walk freely through the woods and children like Enrique will be able to tell their mothers they love them. Though our parents might still long for the days of having one phone bill, the future will not be as terrifying as they imagine it to be. Even if that future does consist of sending our friends nonsensical Snapchats of ourselves while waiting in line for our food to be ready.
Staff Columnist Stephen Klinck is a 5th-semester management information systems major. He can be reached at Stephen.Klinck@uconn.edu
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By Elizabeth Abreu Campus Correspondent Anne Burke, third grade teacher and owner of Coventry Arts & Antiques, has an indelible passion for finding unique treasures. That passion, among other things, drove her to create Coventry Arts & Antiques. “The joy of working with antiques is finding something old and bringing it back to life. You realize you can’t keep everything you find, but you can enjoy something for awhile and then pass it on,” said Burke. When she lived in Putnam, Conn., Burke worked at the antique marketplace where she was able to meet people and learn about antiques. Her main incentive for creating her business came from a very personal occurrence in Burke’s life. In 2009, her daughter Ellen passed away and in 2010, to honor the memory of her daughter, Burke held a memorial exhibit at a local art gallery featuring Ellen’s artwork. As she sat at the gallery that summer, the building she presently owns was on the market and caught her eye. Inspired, Burke bought the building and began working on it. Soon after her purchase, a friend contacted her to go to an auction. In an act Burke described as spontaneous, she accompanied her friend and found a sign that dates back to the turn of the century and is linked to the building she had just acquired. “It was just luck that I was there, if I hadn’t been there somebody else would have bought the sign and I wouldn’t have it on the store today. I’m hoping it was a good omen” Burke said. Balancing her teaching profession with her part-time work at the store is hard work, but she said that ultimately, “the art gallery is a memorial because I have my daughters work there, and there are all local artists in the gallery as well. Part of this is keeping my daughters memory alive. This is a healing process.”
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Coventry Arts & Antiques provides a unique experience as it blends art exhibition and antiques. The shop is run by Anne Burke, whose personal life drove her to open the exhibition in 2010.
Laurie Bidwell Whitehead is another source of inspiration for Burke. Whitehead used to own an art gallery in town, Muse la Belle Artiste. “Laurie poured her heart and soul into the gallery, and it was gorgeous, but hard to maintain. I wanted to keep Laurie’s vision of a gallery in Coventry alive,” Burke said.
Open dialogue allows for useful questions By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent Rows of couches and bowls of free popcorn made for a welcoming and comfortable setting in the Rainbow Center on Saturday afternoon as people gathered to watch “No Dumb Questions,” a short documentary about three young sisters trying to understand their Uncle Bill’s transition into Aunt Barbara. The 2001 documentary was shown as a part of the Rainbow Cinema’s series of movies on LGBTQ issues. The center shows a movie every Saturday afternoon, and each movie relates to a certain letter from the term “LGBTQ,” which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer. “No Dumb Questions,” which has been honored at the Sundance Film Festival, was centered around Trans* (a term often used to refer to individuals who identify outside of the gender binary) issues. The three sisters in the documentary, which has been honored at the Sundance Film Festival, all responded differently to their uncle’s transition. The two older sisters, Olivia and Chelsea, felt uncomfortable with the transition, and when they visited their aunt the audience seemed to come to a consensus that the youngest sister, six-yearold Abby, handled the situation best. While the other girls were worried about how different Aunt Barbara might be from Uncle Bill, Abby was looking forward to painting her nails with Aunt Barbara. Many who were involved in the discussion believed that the youngest sister was the most supportive because she has been the least impacted by ideas about gender norms. When all three sisters visited Aunt Barbara and began talking with her, they became more comfortable. They said that their aunt looked like the way a woman should look, and dressed the way a woman should dress. The documentary viewing was followed by a discussion that covered topics including the source of gender norms, the role allies can play in conversations about LGBTQ topics, and the importance of inclusive language. In the discussion, some members of the audience said that they were concerned that the girls were only comfortable once they
realized that their Aunt Barbara looked and dressed like a stereotypical woman. “We hold on to these gender stereotypes so much,” said Rainbow Center director Fleurette King, “even if we defy them ourselves.” In the documentary, all members of Aunt Barbara’s family seemed to struggle with the fact that she was both a transgender woman and a lesbian. “Often that’s not always discussed, the idea that a transwoman could be a lesbian,” said Chris Richard, a 7th semester psychology major and center manager for the Rainbow Center. “We sometimes take away the sexuality from trans people.” As Aunt Barbara’s family was working toward understanding and supporting her transition, they would sometimes use the wrong pronouns when referring to her. The young girls parents often described the situation as “wack,” which many viewers found problematic. “I could hear them used the word “wack” less and be better with pronouns,” said King. King explained that the specific language used in these kinds of discussions is incredibly important. “If there’s no culture of language and discourse, then we have no way to talk about these issues,” said King. This week’s Rainbow Cinema viewing overlapped with a staff training session. King selected “No Dumb Questions” with the staff trainees in mind. “I thought it would be good for us to have a conversation about trans issues,” said King. King wanted the staff members to know that there are no dumb questions. “To be able to have that kind of community discussion is very helpful,” said King. “We can speak more candidly [with one another].” Richard explained that the purpose of these films can be used to spark dialogues and think about issues in new ways. “It’s a powerful tool to combat and reverse the effects of harmful preconceived notions and stereotypes,” said Richard. “The discussion lets us expand upon the issues we see in the film.” Next week’s Rainbow Cinema selection will be “Billy Elliot” at 2 p.m. in the Rainbow Center. Rainbow Cinema is open to all students as well as the general public.
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Coventry is known for antique stores and Burke is making a unique effort to blend art with antiques. Burke’s establishment carries commodities such as books, antique furniture, crystal and glassware, jewelry, and paintings. “I think Ellen would be really happy to know I’ve done this” Burke said.
On November 30 Burke will be hosting an open house at the gallery primarily for artists from 5p.m. to 8p.m. The store is open Thursdays through Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Elizabeth.Abreu@UConn.edu
‘Board Walk’ picks up the pace
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‘Board Walk Empire’ keeps its quality stron ling going strong in season four with rich characters that fans are intrigued by.
By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer “Board Walk Empire” season three was very similar to season three of “The Walking Dead.” While there were significant moments with major plot points, characters being killed off and really good episodes, as a whole the entire season was a dragged-out conflict that did not need to consume an entire season. Both also featured an antagonist who seemed interesting at first, however once they received more development the character was filled with holes and unanswered questions that did not add mystery but rather irritated the audience. Fortunately for Boardwalk fans our antagonist was finally killed at the end and the plot was allowed to move forward. Overall season three was a good season even if it had its flaws. “The Walking Dead” season three did not end or fare as well as Boardwalk’s season three did, but perhaps they will take the advice from Boardwalk’s season four premiere and start it off right. The season four premiere delivered so many new characters and interesting plots that I am sure this season will progress a lot better and faster than last season. We start off with my favorite character, Richard, who is on a vengeful search for something the audience has not been told yet, murdering and leaving a bloody trail along the way. The writers have done a great job with Richard throughout the years and I find myself cheering for him even if I don’t know who he is killing or why. We last saw him single-handedly clear out a house full of mobster scum at a brothel in season three’s finale and it sure seems like his body count
is only increasing. In season three we saw Nucky slowly change from the half-gangster, half-politician he’s always been into a full-blown criminal. He now seems harder than he’s ever been. He is unapologetic and no longer fakes a smile for the media or the voters. He no longer cares to entertain the prospects of the gold digging women who throw themselves at him and is looking out for his family and his business. Nucky is no longer a corrupt politician but more of a Michael Corleone Don type running his empire as he sees fit. While we have yet to see him do any of the brutal things we saw him do last season, his darker character suggests it’s all coming very soon. The reason “Boardwalk Empire” manages to remain one of the best shows on television--on par with “The Sopranos,” “The Wire” or “Breaking Bad”--is because the writers do not seem to ever stop trying. Usually the moment a show becomes popular, audiences begin to see a decline in quality, content, development and more of a focus on silly cliffhangers, absurd plot twists and poor writing because the comfort level among the production team is a lot higher than it previously was. It all becomes formulaic. We have yet to see any of this happen on “Boardwalk Empire.” While season three’s main conflict was unnecessarily long, everything else happening was enough to make up for it and keep an entertaining show at the top of its game. Season four may just be beginning, but there certainly seems to be no indication that the quality is going anywhere but uphill.
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If you have ever bragged about being a 90’s kid, you better be able to back it up with a least a mild recollection of the after school sitcom “Boy Meets World.” If the name Topanga means nothing to you then stop reading and go watch this show now. That name is not an easy one to forget, but aside from Topanga, you should also remember Cory, Shawn, Eric, and Mr. Feeny. The thing that made this show what it became was the way it perfectly balanced family and social issues of the 90’s. The Matthews family, just like any family, had its problems but always figured them out by coming together, sometimes with a little help of the wise George Feeny. George Feeny, neighbor, teacher, Buddha-next-door, always knew just what to say to get the Matthews boys back on track. Eric, the oldest of the Matthews kids, was anxious about taking the SATs and asked Feeny, for the keys to getting a perfect score. Feeny, clever man that he is, employed Eric to do extensive gardening in exchange for the secrets. When Eric finished and Feeny delivered his end of the bargain, he told Eric the key to doing well on the SATs was getting a good night’s sleep, having a good breakfast and studying hard. Not exactly the answer Eric was looking for, but one that would ultimately help him succeed. The other reason this show is so encompassing, aside from its witty writing, was the fact that it was on for seven years. The show began in 1993 and ran until 2000. At the start of the show, Cory, played by Ben Savage, is a small little kid trying to make his way through middle school with the help of his best friend Shawn, played by Rider Strong. According to IMDb, Ben and Rider are the only actors to appear in all 158 episodes. 158 episodes, even over seven years, can say a lot, especially when the cast is aged appropriately so that when they age, they look as old as they should be when they enter high school or college. The series follows Cory and Shawn all the way to college. And as the series aged, so did the fan base and the story line. In the beginning Cory and Shawn were always in trouble for not doing their homework, sleeping in class, and making snide comments. As the series developed it turned much more into a soap opera, featuring the relationship of Cory and Topanga, amongst other things. The show became much more serious. The characters were all getting older and facing harder life decisions such as getting in to college, handling the stress of moving out, getting married and taking different paths than their closest of friends. Comedy sustained in brief interjections from Cory and Shawn, but the real comedy rested in the hands of Eric and Mr. Feeny. The show was undoubtedly still a sitcom, but there was much more drama in the later seasons.
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Has it really only been over a year since the season one finale of “The Legend of Korra” (LoK)? It seems like we’ve been waiting a decade. If there’s one thing I can say, though, it was worth the wait. Season two of the hit Nickelodeon original series premiered last Friday at 7 p.m., kicking things off with an hour long double feature. The show picks up six months after the season one finale, giving us a brief glimpse into what the characters have been up to since the battle with the Equalists. After finding out that the spirits of the world have become restless, and have begun attacking the Southern Water Tribe, Korra and her friends set out on a journey to set things right, beginning with closing the portal connecting the spiritual and mortal realms. This season is already reintroducing us to the rest of the fictional world since we last left it during “The Last Airbender.” During the previous season, the majority Photo courtesy of avclub.com of episodes were confined solely Season two of “Legend of Korra”, which is the sequel series to “The Last Airbender”, opened with a double episode last week. The new to Republic City, but now, Avatar season continues the action and relationships that fans grew to love in season one. Korra and her friends will set out on a journey to quell the restless spirits of the rest of the world. Finally we’re getting to experi- aspects, this season will also be delving Episode one also introduced us ence more of the series’ lore as further into romantic relationships, namely Legend of Korra well. How did bending originate between Korra and Mako. While the original to some new characters, including Korra’s uncle Unalaq, the and who was the first Avatar? series, which focused primarily on pre-teens, Friday 7:00 p.m. chief of the Water tribe and spiriThe season will be exploring tended to dance around the character’s havtual expert, her eerie twin cousins these themes as well, answering ing relationships, LoK openly embraces the Desna and Eska, and her father, longtime questions that fans have role that love plays in the course of a teenagTonraq. been asking. er’s life. It seems that this will be expanded For the first time in the sequel Of course the season wouldn’t even further in the second season. series, we will get to see how the lands and be complete without the action the series is So far season two looks like it’s going to people have changed since the end of the war renown for. There will be plenty of bend- be absolutely amazing. It certainly has the that Aang and his friends ended. ing combat to keep everyone satisfied. In potential to be one of the best seasons that the In the very first episodes of the season, the first episode alone, there are some par- series has ever done. More lore, more action, we get to see that the Southern Water Tribe, ticularly beautiful and brutal fights and the and more drama could make this one of the formerly a dinky little village built out of animation is looking more spectacular than greatest animated series of all time, and I igloos, is now a bustling town, bordering on ever. Seeing Korra finally get to use all four could not be more excited. city-status. What does this mean for the rest elements against the dark eel spirits in epiof the world? What else has boomed and sode two was, if I had to sum it up, amazing. what has fallen into decay? For those who like the more lighthearted Zachary.Lederman@UConn.edu
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New cast forces changes ‘Sons of Anarchy’ for ‘SNL’ season 39 resumes at slower pace
By Andrew Johnson Campus Correspondent
After an unusually mediocre election year, Saturday Night Live is coming back for a 39th season. Historically, viewers tend to tune in more frequently for political satire, but the TV ratings for last season were disappointing. Season 38 was rated considerably lower than season 34, which took place during the 2008 presidential election. The guest hosts, which are usually hit or miss, were criticized as sub-par notwithstanding a few highly successful episodes hosted by Seth McFarlane, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Lawrence. Despite the small decline in viewership, last season managed to survive the departure of popular cast members Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg. This season, SNL will face a greater challenge. Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis and Bill Hader had been on the show for 11, 10, nine and eight years respectively. Now they are all gone. All were extremely versatile repertory players that became show stalwarts during their tenure. With a show like this, there is no other option but to replace them and groom replacements with the hope that they will become a large part of the show’s future. This is not the first time that successful cast members have left the show and it will not be the last time. Pictures of John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and countless other fabled SNL performers and writers hang in the NBC studio hallways, a constant reminder of excellence come and gone. Lorne Michaels, the creator and master of all things SNL, will have his work cut out for him in order to continue the show’s historically adept job at mini-
mizing the impact of departures. Michaels has begun that process by hiring five new cast members: Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Mike O’Brien, John Milhiser and Noël Wells. Bennett, along with Mooney, are known for their sketch comedy work from the YouTube channel GoodNeighborStuff. Bennett has also recently been the star of new AT&T commercials that involve adorable children answering rhetorical questions. The speculation is that if Saturday Night Live choses to continue with the Digital Shorts section of the show, popularized by Samberg and his group, The Lonely Island, then Bennett and Mooney would spearhead that operation. O’Brien, while not yet an on-screen cast member until now, has been behind the scenes at SNL as a writer for the last four years. Milhiser and Wells, mostly unknown to the public at this juncture, are both known for their character work and impersonations. As if that wasn’t enough to doubt the stability of the upcoming season, seasoned veteran and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers will also be leaving SNL in December to host Late Night in early 2014. While beginning this upcoming season as a cast member and writer, Meyers will take over for former SNL cast member Jimmy Fallon as Fallon moves on to host The Tonight Show on NBC. Behind all of these moving parts, SNL could suffer serious dips in talent and holes to fill as it continues as America’s longest running sketch comedy show. Season 39 of Saturday Night Live will premiere on Sept. 28, 2013. The first episode will be hosted by Emmy award-winning SNL alum Tina Fey and Arcade Fire will be the musical guest.
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“Sons of Anarchy” on FX premiered it’s sixth season, picking up the explosive story line of the season five finale.
By Jingyuan Fu Campus Correspondent It is a well-known fact that the FX channel has some of the most critically overlooked shows; every year come awards season its programs are forced to play second fiddle to the giants on AMC, Showtime and HBO. “Sons of Anarchy,” which had its debut in 2008, is no different. It still hasn’t managed to receive a single Emmy nomination despite being well-touted for its superb acting and exhilarating main plot which contains many allusions to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” After SoA’s explosive season five finale, in which protagonist Jax Teller’s wife and stepfather were both sent to jail, the season six premiere returns to a more stately and introspective pace. Though there is plenty of action and setup for further action in the episode—the show is still called “Sons of Anarchy,” after all—a good majority of
the episode focuses on the fallout from the previous season, such as Tig’s reaction to the death of his daughter, Tara’s experience in prison and Jax’s difficulties in balancing his work and family life. Even the action in this episode is more subdued as most of it centers on the effects a culture of violence has on the rest of Charming. It is hard to watch “Sons of Anarchy” without thinking of “Breaking Bad” as well, both because of the ubiquity of the latter and the two shows’ thematic similarities. Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad,” once said that the core premise of his show was to turn his protagonist Walter White from “Mr. Chips to Scarface.” The same could be argued for SoA’s protagonist Jax Teller, who was perhaps never quite so virtuous as Walt but experienced the same moral downfall in his mission to wrest control of SAMCRO away from his stepfather Clay
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By Maurilio Amorim
Male bonding gone too far Lately we are beginning to see shows like “The League” and “How I Met Your Mother” where male friendships are shown in a more realistic light. We see not only the close friendship, but the teasing, the immaturity and the borderline bullying that comes with it. However, some of these shows tend to exaggerate this just a tad. All men know that we pick on our friends. If we don’t pick on a friend, then we are probably not very close with them. It is true that every group of guys has that one guy who is the constant butt of the joke, but it’s all in good fun. However, some of these shows take it a little bit too far. On “The League,” Andre Nowzick, the middle aged and balding plastic surgeon is the guy who is always being picked on the most. While Andre is richer than the rest of his friends, he is constantly ridiculed for his strange fashion sense, corny jokes, general social awkwardness, friendliness, poor skills with the ladies, balding hair and the fact that he is not a real doctor but insists that he is. Of course, this being a show it is all in good fun and no feelings are hurt. However, I have a hard time believing that the friendship circle could exist with Andre as a member given the way they treat him. At first the teasing wasn’t too bad, but it has gotten more and more extreme as the seasons have gone on. They once tricked him to leave his apartment so they could break in and film a porno where an actor dressed and acted like him. Why did they do this, you ask? Just because it would be funny to pick on their buddy Andre. Now, I have a good sense of humor and I laugh when my friends prank me, but if somebody were to break into my house to film a porno starring a fake me I have a hard time believing I could remain friends with that person. Maybe that was just one straw for Andre, but it gets worse. In this week’s episode of “The League,” Andre is getting married. Despite the fact that his fiancée objected, the guys are holding a secret fantasy football league draft during his wedding weekend. The weekend is of course filled with them pranking each other and getting into their usual shenanigans with football players making cameos because they think that they can act. J.J. Watt can act about as well as he could take the Patriots in the playoffs. Sorry, that may have been too soon. Anyways, what happens when Andre’s wedding is ruined by his friends’ shenanigans causing the love of his life to leave him hours before his wedding? Not only is there a lack of sympathy for the guy, but they continue to ridicule him and make their silly problems more important. All I’m saying is while guys can be mean to each other, I don’t think that most of us ruin our best friend’s wedding and happiness then laugh it off. That may be pushing it a bit.
Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu
Monday, September 16, 2013
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Latter years and beyond Bethenny Frankel brings from MATTHEWS, page 5
In the early seasons, serious drama did not extend much past Shawn’s unorthodox home life in the trailer park and Cory’s father wondering if he wanted to spend the rest of his life being a grocer. One of the most relatable episodes revolves around Cory feeling “average.” He does not want to be average and he doesn’t want to be like his father. In response, his father makes a very compelling argument that average does not mean inadequate and there is nothing wrong with it, especially when average is a huge step up from where you started. The show lived on for seven years, but even with the time play it gets on MTV, kids in this
generation won’t understand what it was like to watch the show as the characters grew. But there is hope! “Girl Meets World” is scheduled to appear in 2014. It’s supposed to follow Cory and Topanga’s daughter Riley, now in seventh grade. According to Screen Rant, Cory will be stepping in as the New Feeny type character, although William Daniels, the original Mr. Feeny, has been confirmed to appear on the show. Keep an eye out for that, especially if you actually read this far into the column. If you think I missed anything or you just enjoyed it, tweet at me @GiGantos.
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‘SofA’ parallels ‘Breaking Bad’
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Morrow. The parallels are especially noticeable now that both Walt and Jax have theoretically reached the apex of their power and must suffer the consequences of obtaining all they wished for. Despite the fact that Clay has been incarcerated and temporarily defeated, there is an inescapable sense of foreboding
in the season six premiere. Things are already starting to fall apart; Jax has compromised too much to get to where he is now, and his own personal apocalypse may serve as the impetus for catastrophe on a far grander scale. In the modern world as portrayed by what critics are calling the Second Golden Age of Television, Hamlet cannot kill Claudius and die
a heroic death. Instead, he must become Claudius himself. And though “Sons of Anarchy” is admittedly less cerebral and rougher around the edges when compared to “Breaking Bad,” its far more visceral story of revenge and downfall should still strike at the core of any audience.
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Temperley headline London catwalk shows LONDON (AP) — London Fashion Week saw its busiest day so far Sunday, with editors and buyers rushing across the city for back-to-back spring womenswear preview shows. With so much to see, what was memorable? Volume was one key feature, with loose trapeze tops and skirts playing a starring role at both Temperley London and Mulberry. Another is think pink: the color, already so popular in stores this fall and winter, looks set to enjoy another season in the limelight come spring. Preen had bright neon pink in its collection, while Temperley employed all shades of blush, rose and fuchsia for an all-out romantic mood. But talk about memorable can’t leave out British fashion’s grand dame Vivienne Westwood, who dialed up her typical mix of fashion and environmental activism by opening her show with a modern dance performance by model Lily Cole. The solo dance, used to symbolize the destruction caused by climate change, almost sidelined Westwood’s designs, though her fans were still happy to see another collection of their favorite cinched-in outfits and draped dresses. Sunday was Day 3 of London Fashion Week, and the fashion elite, led by American Vogue editor Anna Wintour and other celebrities, was seen at shows from Westwood to Matthew Williamson,
Jonathan Saunders, Mary Katrantzou and Unique by Topshop. Shoe designers Manolo Blahnik and Sophia Webster and heritage leather goods brand Smythson also presented collections to editors and buyers. TEMPERLEY LONDON Romantic escapism has never looked more enticing than on Temperley London’s new spring catwalk. For 15 minutes, the collection transported the audience from wet and wind-swept London to a lush floral garden with grand ball gowns in the most feminine shades of pink and purple: pale and powdery carnation, dusty rose, and the vivid fuchsias and violets of tropical orchids. Designer Alice Temperley, whose clients include the Duchess of Cambridge, said that she wanted to create a dreamy mood reminiscent of Mediterranean summer evenings under wisterias and vines. There were petal appliques, oversized embroidered blooms, a striking orchid print and leopard thrown in for good measure. Skirts were billowing and swept the floor like wedding gowns, and were paired with matching swing coats. A black evening coat was adorned all over with ruffled black roses to add to the sense of drama and occasion.
no-nonsense approach to TV NEW YORK (AP) — Bethenny Frankel is making a point of saying “no” — even when the demands on her time are constant as she debuts a daytime talk show. “You need to pull back. It’s difficult and it’s difficult during a launch but I’m fierce about it,” she said during a recent interview. “I don’t feel bad about it. You can’t apologize.” It’s this kind no-nonsense talk, with a crackling wit to boot, that made the 42-year-old a breakout star on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York.” She got a spinoff show on the network, became a best-selling author; lifestyle guru; cocktail, snack bar and sweetener seller; and now TV host. At a recent taping of her syndicated show, which debuted Monday, it’s evident that “Bethenny” is part of Frankel’s brand. Segments correlate with the lessons in her books, including one called “Bethenny’s Solution Revolution” that helps find fixes to everyday problems. Her latest book, “Skinnygirl Solutions,” also dispenses advice and anecdotes to navigate life the Bethenny way. Carving out “me time” is one of them. “Even a mom who has got to get to the car pool, get her hair done, is pulled in 20 different directions, if she doesn’t pull back she’s gonna be a mess and do all those things terribly,” she said. Frankel is aware there’s a lot riding on her new venture but preserving her sanity is crucial. “The truth is it does have my name on the door and there are people who chose to work on this show versus other places and this is their job,” she said. “Sometimes people are pulling me, ‘Do this interview, do that, we have to do that.’ And I’ll say, ‘No. I need to take a five-minute break because I need to be good on that show and give that audience what I owe to them, otherwise none of us are gonna have jobs.’” At the taping in New York, audience members made up of fiercely loyal Frankel followers seemed
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Bethenny Frankel appears on set of her new show “Bethenny” on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in New York.
to hang on to her every word. The staff around her buzzed with excitement and danced during commercial breaks. The enthusiasm is a good thing, considering viewers had to wait for it to debut. After a successful test run in the summer of 2012, Frankel has had a year off from TV. “It occurred to me that I would be off TV for a whole year and that people might forget about me. Unfortunately, I have been in the tabloids a lot for things that aren’t so pleasant,” Frankel said. She’s in the midst of a bitter divorce from New York businessman Jason Hoppy, with whom she has a 3-year-old daughter, Bryn.
Hugh Jackman to visit renovated Iowa opera house
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Hugh Jackman, longtime friend of John Whitesell, came to support the re-opening of the Metropolitan Theater in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — When word got out that actor Hugh Jackman was going to visit a small northern Iowa city for the reopening of its old movie theater, John Whitesell didn’t think it was unusual. The new owner of the 114-year-old Metropolitan Theater in Iowa Falls had known Jackman for years, and recalled how the Australian actor called him a few months ago to express appreciation for his efforts to restore the famed but rundown theater. “He said, ‘You know, as I grew up in Australia, every little town had a movie theater.’ He said, ‘What happens is, cities start getting the bigger theaters and little towns start losing their theaters.’ He said, ‘I’m so glad that you’re (restoring), because every little community should have a theater.’” Jackman told Whitesell he’d like to visit the theater, which is nestled between several businesses on one of Iowa Falls’ main roads. A few months later, Whitesell — whose adult son is Jackman’s agent — got the green light that Jackman’s Sept. 21 visit would be part of a promotional tour for his new film, “Prisoners.” His other recent film, “The Wolverine,” will play in the building’s second, smaller theater. Jackman will give introductions before the start of each film. “Everyone’s walking around pretty shocked,” said Mark Hamilton, the theater’s publicist. “This is quite big news for people here.” Iowa Falls is a city of about 5,000 people, 60 miles north of Des Moines. The theater, built in 1899, originally housed a grand opera house that featured performers like actor Otis Skinner and composer John Philip Sousa. Known first as the Metropolitan Opera House, it was converted into a movie theater around the 1950s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “It is the dominant thing on main street,” Hamilton said. “It’s a gorgeous building.” The three-story building has multiple stained-glass windows inside, as well as chandeliers and a lobby mural that once graced the ceiling of the original opera house theater. There’s a ballroom on the top floor. After a renovation in 1993, various people managed the building. Whitesell, a retired attorney from Iowa Falls, had admired the building for decades. So
he bought it out of bankruptcy in May. While it had remained open, the theater had fallen into disarray over the years. “I kept thinking, ‘I can’t let the theater go down like that,’” he said. So he closed it for a short period over the summer and renovated the interior with new air conditioning, heating and electrical wiring. Most importantly, he installed two digital projectors. While he won’t disclose how much he’s spent fixing the place up, his goal is to make the theater financially sustainable. “I just want to make sure it’s here all the time,” he said. “If we break even, keep it going, I’d be happy.” For its opening night Sept. 21, limited ticket holders will walk down a red carpet leading to the theater. Jackman will also walk the red carpet, and organizers hope the star will be accessible to scores of visitors unable to win tickets. “The idea, as far as I’m concerned, the event has two aspects to it,” Whitesell said. “One, is to let people realize what a great city we have here in Iowa Falls. No, we’re not a metropolitan area, but we are just a fantastic city. Secondly, to show how we’ve really come to love this theater that’s remodeled.” Special $100 tickets were offered on a first-come, first-serve basis on Friday and sold out in 35 minutes. The remaining tickets are on sale until Sept. 19 as raffle tickets for $25. Winning tickets will be selected through a drawing a few days before Jackman arrives, and each winner will get two tickets for one of the two movie showings. The event is serving as a fundraiser to buy patient equipment for the local Ellsworth Municipal Hospital. Customers can buy unlimited raffle tickets, meaning sheer luck could play a role if interest continues to grow. The big theater has 184 seats, and the small one has 107. Aubri Rochlitzer, who sold popcorn at the theater when she was 16, recently became the theater’s new manager. The 21-year-old unpacked several boxes of newly delivered concession stand items on Friday. She said she was hopeful for the theater’s future. “It’s going to be a wonderful new start to this theater,” she said. “And Hugh will help with that.”
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Huskies top Dartmouth after winning streak snapped By Kyle Constable Staff Writer
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UConn freshman forward Rachel Hill dribbles past Dartmouth goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders en route to her fourth goal of the season. The Huskies beat Dartmouth 2-0 on Sunday.
Hill stays hot in debut season By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent
main thing,” Tsantiris said. The Huskies were able to put 18 shots on net and spent the majority of the game in their The UConn women’s soccer offensive zone thanks to qualteam (5-3) pulled out of this ity play from junior midfielder past weekend 1-1 with a 1-0 loss Riley Houle and freshman forat Boston University (5-2-1) on ward Rachel Hill. Friday and a 2-0 win at home “She plays like a senior; she’s at Morrone Stadium against a good one,” Tsantiris said. “Not Dartmouth (1-3) on Sunday. only the goals that she scores, but The 1-0 loss to BU ended a she holds the ball so well and she four game winning streak for runs for every ball that we play UConn and was the and makes it look first goal they had good.” allowed since August Rachel Hill 25 th. broke past defend“We’re the better ers at the 35th minteam than BU,” head ute, dribbled right coach Len Tsantiris past Dartmouth said. “It’s a tough goalkeeper Tatiana place to play, but Saunders and put they defended their a ball in the wide Notebook butts off. We let in a open net to put the goal too early which Huskies up 2-0. changed things a little bit, but we “Steph played a great ball pushed that behind us; we learn through, she looked up and and move on and take care of always finds me pretty well and the games every time we step on I stayed composed I knew I had the field.” to take it left or right around the The Huskies were able to keeper and finish it off,” Hill bounce back quickly against said. Dartmouth as junior midfielder UConn has scored 12 goals so Julie Hubbard scored her first far this season, four by Hill and goal of the season 90 seconds three by Houle. into the game, unassisted, from a Dartmouth struggled mightsnipe just outside the box. ily with UConn’s suffocating “In the huddle we talked about defense as they were only able bouncing back from that loss at to generate 10 shots, all in the BU on Friday night and to go out second half. and at 90 seconds, I just wanted UConn goalkeeper Emily to spark the team and get us Armstrong made one save before going, so I decided why not take being taken from the game at the shot,” Hubbard said. the 85 the minute, relieved by UConn controlled the tempo Allison Saucier who made a divfor the entirety of the game and ing save two minutes after makkept Dartmouth defenders on ing her debut in net. their heels. “Allison has been working UConn also cleared plenty of very hard and she’s a very good balls defensively which opened keeper and we wanted to get her up opportunities for their speedy some time,” Tsantiris said. “She offense. The Huskies offense did great she had to make some has been clicking and creating saves right off the bat and she plenty of scoring chances for did.” themselves recently. UConn, now 5-3, will face “Today they moved the ball; LaSalle next on Thursday at 7 we could’ve had more goals, but p.m. at Morrone Stadium. we got the goals we needed and they didn’t get any; that’s the Joseph.Crisalli@UConn.edu
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Morrissey: Time to move on from BURYING, page 12
weight as it used to. While I will not forgive Edsall for what he did to his team, I can do my best to forget. Life moves on, coaches come and go. When I think back to the Edsall years at UConn I think about the 2010 undefeated season at home, the victory over Notre Dame in South Bend and two Big East Conference championships. This football program would not be where it is today without Edsall and that’s a fact. Yesterday I read an article in the Washington Post about one of Edsall’s biggest fans in Connecticut. According to the article, Jeff Place suffered from a brain tumor and endured grueling surgeries and physical therapy to recover. On the eve of National
Signing Day, one of the most important days for a head football coach, Edsall visited Place in the hospital. They have been close friends ever since. “You find time or you make time,” Edsall told the Washington Post. “To me it could help somebody recover a little bit quicker, brighten their day by doing that. That’s important to me.” You may still think Edsall is a traitor for the way he left UConn, I do as well. But I don’t think he’s a bad person. Sometimes in life good people make bad choices. Edsall’s lasting legacy at UConn might be tarnished a bit, but not his overall character. Follow Tyler on Twitter @ TylerRMorrissey
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The UConn women’s soccer team rebounded from their loss Friday at Boston University with a 2-0 win against Dartmouth at home on Sunday. The Huskies (5-3-0) started their offense against Dartmouth (1-3-0) early with a goal from junior forward Julie Hubbard just 1:26 into the game. The shot, taken from 40 yards out, was Hubbard’s first of the season and her first since 2011. “It’s a feeling I can’t real-
ly describe,” Hubbard said. “I’ve been hurt for like two years, and I haven’t scored one for UConn in quite some time. I’m just pumped to be back out there and making an impact.” Junior forward Riley Houle had two strong shots on goal in the 12th and 33rd minutes, but neither made it through Dartmouth’s goalkeeper, junior Tatiana Saunders. Saunders finished the game with eight saves against the Huskies. UConn scored again in the 34th minute on a goal from freshman forward Rachel Hill, giving the Huskies a
decisive 2-0 lead. UConn finished the half with 10 shots, leaving Dartmouth without a single shot. “I’m just working hard,” Hill said about her success on offense, “Chase after everything, never give up.” Sophomore goalkeeper Allison Saucier came in midway through the second half, replacing freshman Emily Armstrong, and notched major saves in the 76th and 86th minutes to keep Dartmouth scoreless. “Allison has been working really, really hard, and she’s a very good keeper, so she’s got to get some time,” Coach
Len Tsantiris said about the substitution, “She did great. She had to make some saves right off the bat.” The Huskies finished the game with 18 shots to Dartmouth’s 10. Both Armstrong and Saucier had one save apiece in the game. With the win Sunday, the Huskies earned their fifth clean sheet of the season. UConn’s next game is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. against LaSalle at Morrone Stadium.
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Men's soccer concedes first goal in 2013 four matches in By Ryan Tolmich Campus Correspondent UConn soccer fell for the first time on the young season as the Bradley Braves upset the third ranked Huskies after the home team conceded an early penalty. Bradley started the game on the attack, as an early spurt of possession gave the underdog Braves chances to take an early lead. The Braves brought the ball deep into UConn territory, forcing UConn keeper Andre Blake to make a play. Blake charged, but committed a foul, earning Bradley a third minute penalty. Blake got a hand to the ensu-
ing shot, but Bradley’s Zach An experienced backline Kovacevic’s shot had enough including Sergio Campbell, power to push it past the keep- Dwight Ceballo, and Michael er. Mercado means that UConn From there it was one-way features one of the top backtraffic as the Huskies lines in the counmaintained possestry. sion and created However, the chances. But it was Huskies allowed not to be, as UConn their first goal of couldn’t convert the season at this for a much needed Saturday’s loss, equalizer. as a third minute UConn Defense penalty converFinally Concedes: sion by Bradley’s Notebook The UConn Zach Kovacevic defense seemed ended UConn’s impenetrable. 290-minute shutout streak. With All-American Andre Husky Offense Struggling Blake between the pipes, goal- to Finish: keeping will always be one of Despite amassing 20 total UConn’s strengths. shots, the Huskies failed again
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to find the net, as the number three team in the country has been held scoreless in their past two contests. The Huskies peppered the Bradley net, but UConn was generally wasteful, as the team only managed to put five of their attempts on net. While UConn has had no problem creating chances, their lack of finishing has doomed the Huskies the past two games. “We’ve got good players. It’s just working the kinks out,” said Coach Ray Reid. “I’m sure there’s some frustration, but it’s early season working it out, that’s all.”
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“I will take that one on me.” - Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel after the No. 6 Aggies lost to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday.
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Oct. 12 USF TBA
Sept. 28 Buffalo 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 Cincinnati TBA
Oct. 26 UCF TBA
Sept. 21 St. Louis 7 p.m.
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Men’s Soccer (2-1-1) Tomorrow Syracuse 7 p.m.
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Football (0-2) Sept. 21 Michigan 8 p.m.
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Sept. 27 USF 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 Temple 3 p.m.
Oct. 5 UCF 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer (5-3-0) Sept. 19 La Salle 7 p.m.
Sept. 22 Georgetown
1 p.m.
Sept. 26 SMU 7 p.m.
Sept. 29 Houston 1 p.m.
Oct. 4 UCF 7 p.m.
Field Hockey (5-0-0) Sept. 18 UMass Noon
Sept. 22 Rutgers Noon
Volleyball Sept. 20 UNH 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 Villanova Noon
Sept. 29 Oct. 4 Princeton Providence 2 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
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Sept. 20 Dartmouth 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 21 Minnesota Noon
Sept. 21 URI 5 p.m.
Sept. 27 SMU 7 p.m.
Men’s Tennis Sept. 22 Boston University 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 Hartford 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 Siena 3 p.m.
Sept. 27 UConn Invitational All Day
Sept. 28 UConn Invitational All Day
Women’s Tennis Sept. 28 Army Invite All day
Sept. 27 Army Invite All day
Sept. 29 Army Invite All day
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil controls the ball prior to his pass to Olivier Giroud that led to the Gunners’ first goal against Sunderland on Saturday. Ozil was signed from Spanish club Real Madrid on Sept. 2.
Oct. 1 Quinnipiac 3 p.m.
Oct. 3 UMass 3 p.m.
Women’s Cross Country Sept. 21 Ted Owen Invite 11:45 a.m.
Oct. 12 New Englands 3 p.m.
Oct. 19 Wisc. Adidas Inv. Noon
Oct. 25 Nov. 2 CCSU Mini Conference Meet Champ. 4 p.m. TBA
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By Erica Brancato Staff Writer The UConn women’s field hockey team played their first two home games of the season against Fairfield and Lafayette this past weekend. The Huskies came out on top, beating both teams to remain undefeated at 5-0 early in the season. On Friday night, UConn defeated Fairfield 4-0, gaining their first shut out of the season. Each team appeared evenly matched as they both created numerous scoring opportunities with penalty corners. In the first half alone, UConn had six penalty corners while Fairfield had four. Despite the numerous corners both teams had, UConn dominated shots on goal in the first 35 minutes of play creating a huge divide between the two teams. UConn had thirteen shots on goal in the first half, while Fairfield only had two. UConn dominated the second half of the game. Once again UConn created phenomenal scoring opportunities with penalty corners and capitalized on that to score goals. Chloe Hunnable scored off a blocked penalty corner when she backhanded it into the net past the goalie. She scored again five minutes later as she snuck the ball in the bottom right corner of the goal to give UConn a 3-0 advantage. Marie Elena Bolles scored the last goal of the game as she tipped the ball in to the bottom left corner of the cage past Fairfield’s goalie. On Sunday, UConn had their second shut out of the season as they defeated Lafayette 4-0. UConn came out aggressive, resulting in dominance throughout the game. “Our mission [this season] has been to increase separation between us and our opponent. You know our first three games were one-goal games and two of them were overtime, so there’s no separation. Our goal this weekend was to create separation between our opponent and ourselves and we were able to do that,” UConn coach Nancy Stevens said. “They are our first two shut outs of the season and that’s the only way a coach is going to be happy, completely happy, if you shut the opponent out and we think we are capable of doing that. Five minutes in, UConn’s Anne Jeute scored the first goal of the game as she lifted the ball into the right hand corner of the net as the goalie dove down on the ground. Chloe Hunnable also scored in the first half off of a cross through the circle from teammate Sophie Bowden. Hunnable scored again later in the second half, along with Montana Fleming, who scored her first career goal this game. Although UConn remains undefeated, they are not celebrating just yet. “We are about ten percent as good as we can be. You know, it’s early in the season. It’s the third week of the season so it’s a journey,” Stevens said. “We have a long way to go. I think our passing was outstanding this weekend, we moved the ball well and our finishing efforts were great. Our corner execution on Friday night was superb, those are all good things but we still have a long way to go.”
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Maryland’s second half explosion hurts UConn from HARD, page 12
setting McCombs up for a fiveyard touchdown run, his first of the season. But it was all Maryland from there. Led by Brown, the Terrapins were able to move the ball at will, and the quarterback got Randy Edsall’s team back into the game with a 41-yard touchdown on a keeper, running through the box as if there were no defenders around. “We had a hard time tackling him,” UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni said. “I don’t think we had a minusyardage play. We didn’t have a sack on him. We knew coming in he was going to be a good player. He made more plays than we made on him.” Brown, with the help of Diggs and running back Brandon Ross, was able to drive down the field to within 30 yards of the end zone on nearly every possession, but the Huskies’ defense was able to stymie any further offensive progress on a couple of big occasions. Despite that, Maryland entered the half with a 13-10 lead, as Brown was able to get kicker Brad Craddock into position to convert two field goals. Out of halftime, Brown found Diggs for a 12-yard touchdown that capped a four-play, 80-yard drive that took 87 seconds to complete, giving Maryland a 20-10 lead. UConn had an opportunity to get
within three points when Ty-Meer Brown recovered a fumble at the Maryland 31-yard line. But the offense was unable to get the ball in the end zone, and they were forced to settle for a 34-yard field goal by Chad Christen, his second made field goal of the game. The Huskies’ defense forced Maryland into a 50-yard field goal attempt that Craddock left short. Taylor Mack caught the missed kick in the end zone and ran it out to the UConn 10-yard line, giving up valuable field position for the Huskies. On the ensuing drive, Whitmer was intercepted by Dexter McDougle, who took the ball sideline to sideline and ran it back 49 yards for a touchdown. “[Pasqualoni] told me to go back and catch the ball, so I was thinking there was going to be a holdup. I looked up and I was just trying to make a play, do something for the team,” Mack said of the return that forced UConn to start at their own 10. “But I guess if I had to take a knee, it would have been at the 20, and the drive that the offense got could have gone somewhere else.” In the fourth quarter, Maryland pinned UConn back on its own 2-yard line on a punt. With Friend out of the game, Whitmer was under pressure in the end zone, and an attempt to get the ball to
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Lyle McCombs tries to break through the line during Saturday’s game against Maryland.
McCombs before getting taken down was unsuccessful. Whitmer was called for intentional grounding, which resulted in a safety for the Terrapins, extending the lead to 29-13. A 40-yard field goal from Craddock made it 32-13 on the following drive. With the game out of reach, Maryland’s defense got caught napping when Whitmer launched a 75-yard touchdown pass to Phillips. UConn converted a two-point attempt to make it 32-21 Maryland. Phillips stayed down after he was tackled in the end zone on the touchdown catch. He is now questionable for Saturday’s game against Michigan. With losses to Towson and Maryland, UConn is now 0-2 for
the first time since 2002, the program’s first year as a full member of the Football Bowl Subdivision. Despite the difficult start and the rush by the 38,916 fans to get out of Rentschler Field early last night, the Huskies are trying to remain positive. “We just need some young guys to play better. We need some guys that are really playing for the first time, who are older guys playing for the first time, to settle down and play better. But we have talent on the team.” “We’re not defeated,” Whitmer said. “We’re going [into the next game] confident, and we’re going to do our best.”
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
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Burying the hatchet
Monday, September 16, 2013
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Huskies 0-2 for first time in 11 years, lose to Maryland By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor
Tyler Morrissey When the Maryland Terrapins ran out of the tunnel before Saturday’s clash at Rentschler Field, the reaction was what you might have expected. Boos. The jeers may have been a little louder than any other opponent the Huskies have faced, but nothing over the top considering who was roaming the sidelines for Maryland, our old pal Randy Edsall. A lot has changed since Edsall last took the field at The Rent. UConn is no longer in the Big East, the old Jonathon logo has been phased out and Edsall is no longer the beloved figure he was in Connecticut. What a lot of UConn fans seem to forget is the great things that Edsall did during his time with the Huskies. There is a reason that UConn became the fastest growing program in Division I history and part of that has to do with Edsall’s guidance and leadership he provided from 1998 to 2011. It’s hard not to get emotional thinking back to one of the darkest days in UConn sports history, when cornerback Jasper Howard was murdered outside the Student Union in 2009. Edsall was put in a position that not many head coaches find themselves. He had to help not only a grieving family who just lost their son, but an entire community in shock. Edsall handled Howard’s death with class and lead the Huskies to a victory over South Carolina in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. That’s how I would like to remember Edsall. Unfortunately the events that followed make it hard to view Edsall in a positive light. We all know the story. Edsall left his team in the dust following a loss to Oklahoma in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. Like a bandit in the night, Edsall left for his “dream job” in Maryland. The worst part about it is his team had to find out about it through text messages and internet postings. What has happened to the football program since Edsall’s departure is something most UConn fans would like to forget. Can you blame them? After back to back 5-7 seasons under Paul Pasqualoni, some fans are now looking back at the Edsall years with positive thoughts untainted by his departure in 2011. Just like anything in life, you never realize how good things are until they’re gone. Edsall might have turned his back on this university, but in the world of college athletics loyalty to a team, program or even a conference doesn’t carry as much
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The UConn football team is 0-2 to start the season for the first time in 11 years after a 32-21 loss to Maryland at Rentschler Field on Saturday night. Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown was too much for the Huskies to handle. Brown had 399 all-purpose yards – 122 rushing and 277 passing – and two touchdowns, bringing his season total to 11 in only three games. The Huskies couldn’t contain Brown’s No. 1 target at wide receiver, sophomore Stefon Diggs. Diggs had five catches for 110 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown catch. Chandler Whitmer had a career day for UConn in the passing game. The junior quarterback threw for 349 yards and one touchdown, a 75-yard pass to Shakim Phillips with 4:26 left in the fourth quarter, when the Huskies were already trailing 32-13. Without right tackle Kevin Friend for most of the game, the offensive line had difficulty helping to establish the run game and protecting Whitmer, who was sacked five times. Junior running back Lyle McCombs was only able to rush for 53 yards on the night. “[Friend’s] a great player,” Whitmer said. “But I have confidence in everybody that’s out there. They’re fighting their tails off, and we’re all fighting – there’s no doubt about that. We just have to keep working.” The Huskies struck first and held a 7-0 after the first quarter. On UConn’s second possession, Whitmer was able to move the ball down the field through the air,
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UConn running back Lyle McCombs carries the ball upfield during the Huskies’ 32-21 loss to Maryland on Saturday at Rentschler Field. McCombs had 19 carries and one touchdown, but only ran for 53 yards.
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Missed defensive opportunites hurt Huskies By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor For the second straight game, the Huskies failed to get a stop shortly after the halftime break which created a two-score hole. Against Towson the UConn defense managed to force a three-and-out and get the ball back for the offense just 1:27 into the third quarter. But on the Tigers’ second drive, the Huskies had no answer as they yielded a 13-play, 95-yard drive that pushed the score to 19-10. Saturday’s second half against Maryland followed a similar script. After forcing a fumble during the first drive of the half, UConn’s defense was picked apart by the Terps the second time around as they stretched their lead to 20-10 with a 4-play, 80-yard series. “That [second] drive, we
had a hard time stopping quarter. them,” UConn coach Paul “I thought that Deshon, Pasqualoni said. “You know, for his second game, … he on that [second] drive they had some good production,” got a couple things going Pasqualoni said. and it was hard to stop.” The man who was disDeshon Foxx gets in on tributing the ball, quarterthe action back Chandler Whitmer, was During his mid-week happy to take advantage of press conference, the skill-set Foxx Pasqualoni made provides. a point of say“He’s a fast guy, ing that he wantshifty, hard to tacked Deshon Foxx le, so just get him more involved the ball in space,” in his offensive Whitmer said. “I gameplan against we did a betNotebook think Maryland. ter job of that tonight Foxx, a junior but just continue to wide receiver, had just one look at that and try to spread carry for 12 yards in the sea- the ball around a little more.” son opener. Angry Wolverines But the Huskies were able Michigan, which will to work him into the scheme visit Rentschler Field on with two carries for nine Saturday, narrowly escaped yards and four catches for 54 an upset bid from Akron this yards – including a 28-yard weekend. grab that helped set up a Trailing 28-24 with under tying field goal in the second three minutes to play, the
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Zips drove down to the Wolverines’ one yard line before failing to score and allowing The Big House crowd to exhale. It remains to be seen how Michigan, currently ranked No. 11, will respond in East Hartford, but Whitmer has an idea of how things might look based on what he saw from the slim victory. “I was doing my own thing, but I saw [the score],” Whitmer said. “I saw it was a close win by them, so they’ll probably be fired up to come back in and make a statement, so we’ve got to be ready.” The fact that a team like Akron, which has now lost 28-straight road games dating back to 2008, was able challenge the traditional powerhouse does nothing to change Whitmer’s mindset heading into the game. “That’s the great thing
about football, anyone can win on any given Saturday,” Whitmer said. “So we’re not defeated, we’re going in there as confident as we can and we’re going to try our best.” Pasqualoni echoed those sentiments in his post-game press conference. “It’s a great oppourtunity,” Pasqualoni said. “We’ve got an outstanding team, outstanding program in Michigan coming in. I look at it as another great opportunity.” Kickoff against Michigan has been scheduled for 8 p.m. on Saturday night. The game will be televised regionally on ABC.
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Huskies lose first regular season home game since 2009 By Mike Peng Staff Writer The third-ranked UConn men’s soccer team was upset by Bradley University, 1-0, on a chilly Saturday night at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. The loss was the first of the season for the Huskies and the team’s record drops to 2-1-1 on the season. The Braves (3-2-0) got on the board with just three minutes into the match as they were awarded a penalty kick after UConn junior goalkeeper Andre Blake seemingly committed a foul on a charging Bradley player inside the box. The redshirt junior Zach Kovacevic blasted the ball through Blake’s stretched hands up the middle for his first career goal to take the lead.
“We think maybe they were offside,” said coach Ray Reid on the call. “But we are not sure. The alignment was even so I would have to probably think there was no offside.” The goal was the first one conceded by the Huskies’ defense this season and it also ended Blake’s three-match shutout streak. After giving up the goal, UConn applied heavy pressure offensively and created multiple scoring opportunities in and around the penalty box. The Huskies finished the opening half with a 7-3 edge on shots, though none were on goal. The second half was no different as the Huskies continued the blitz on the Braves’ defense but were just not able to find the net. With 34 minutes to go in the match, Ethan Decker—who
started the second half—dribbled the ball into the Braves’ penalty box and seemed to be taken down by a defender to draw a penalty kick. The referee stopped the play, however, only to hand out a yellow card to Decker for simulation. UConn’s best scoring opportunity to even up the score came with just under 28 minutes in the second half. Freshman midfielder Cyle Larin took a shot from the right side of the penalty box but the ball bounced off the lower left post and was then corralled by Braves goalkeeper Brian Billings, who went on to make five saves in the match. Billings came into the match as the Missouri Valley Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week in the opening week of the season. Saturday night marked his third shutout of the season
The Huskies finished the match with a total of 21 shots with five on goal. They also had an 11-3 advantage in corner kicks against a Braves’ team that had a 37-19 edge on corners so far this season. UConn’s offense has struggled lately and hasn’t scored since the 41st minute of the first half in its win against Boston University back on Sept. 6. The Huskies now have a scoreless drought of 249 minutes. “We got good players, it’s just working the kinks out,” said Reid. “Sure there’s some frustration but it’s early season ‘working-it-out.’” Things could have gotten worse for UConn as two Bradley goals were nullified on offside calls, each coming with around 15 minutes remaining in the individual halves. The Huskies will look to
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UConn junior goalkeeper Andre Blake controls the ball during Saturday’s loss to Bradley.
rebound after the loss when they travel to upstate New York tomorrow for their first road match of the season to take on
Syracuse. Kickoff is set at 7 p.m. at the SU Soccer Stadium.
Michael.Peng@UConn.edu