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UConn celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. day By Colin Neary Campus Correspondent
WHAT’S WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO? Swedish thriller adapts smoothly for US fans.
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Speakers at the annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about King’s ideological influence in contemporary culture and comparisons of prevailing social and political issues of the past with those of modern day like the Occupy Wall Street movement and partisan politics. “Activism is taking the first step to positive change in society,” said African American Cultural Center Director Willena Price at the annual celebration for the life and lega-
cy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Growing up in Atlanta, I remember Dr. King’s speeches and the student activism on college campuses. I knew several people who were killed in jail or marching in the streets.” UConn President Susan Herbst gave insight from her perspective as a political scientist. “Today’s ‘incivility’ in partisan politics is like Sesame Street in comparison to the struggles of Dr. King,” she said. She mentioned the dogs, fire hoses and state troopers that were unleashed on protestors and the hateful rhetoric
of former Alabama Governor George Wallace, who claimed “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Herbst also stated that the message of Dr. King represented more than integration. “His mission was to connect racial inequalities with economic disparity,” she said. “He was a deeply moral and righteous man, but also a shrewd politician motivated to change public policy.” Representative Joe Courtney was next to speak, and congratulated President Herbst for her advocacy in Hartford and Washington. Courtney began
his speech with a discussion of the Arab Spring and worldwide Occupy movements. “Occupy Wall Street is addressing economic inequalities in much the same manner that Dr. King advocated for economic and social justice,” he said. “Compassion is more than flipping a coin to a beggar,” Courtney said, quoting Dr. King. “In a recent Pew Research study, class has surpassed race and immigration as the most tense issue in America. The 2012 election is not partisan politics as usual. This is about the survival of democracy.”
HuskyTech holds spring semester cleaning for students
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A HuskyTech employee helps a student with this technical problem in this file photo from 2010.
consoles. Students are encouraged by HuskyTech to “opt in” to Google Apps in place of the dated HuskyMail service. This semester, HuskyTech hosted a successful semester kick-off, helping many students with their electronic issues. “They helped me out and did a very good job,” Keara Daly,
a 2nd-semester exploratory major, said. “They fixed the problem and were able to get my wireless internet working.” HuskyTech’s main location is in McMahon Residence Hall above the dining hall and its satellite location is located in the library near the W Center. HuskyTech is regu-
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‘Win-a-trip’ with Nick Kristof
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Your dorm may not be the only thing that needs a thorough spring cleaning this semester – your computer may be screaming for a scouring as well. HuskyTech employees were available to help students get their electronic devices readyto-go in the Student Union at a temporary kiosk in the Student Union Sunday and Monday. Fully staffed by students, HuskyTech helped students set up new devices and wireless internet, clean up their computers by checking for viruses and manage their NetID and StudentAdmin accounts. The kiosk location, provided at the beginning of both semesters, is targeted toward new and transfer students that may not be familiar with UConn’s services, people who have received new electronic devices and students that need to check their computer for viruses. One of HuskyTech’s common requests from students is help setting up wireless internet and help setting up new devices. With an array of electronic gadgets on the market, HuskyTech is expanding their skills to encompass more than just computers. HuskyTech helps students manage the internet on their tablets, phones and gaming
Courtney also emphasized that the causes Dr. King was fighting for are not in the past, as currently 16 states are preparing legislation that will restrict voter access through state-issued photo-I.D. “In 2006, I won by 89 votes, the closest race in the country,” he said. “If the state of Connecticut had restricted the voter registration of UConn students, I would not be standing here before you today.” “This is not a feel-good gathering to celebrate a man who has come and gone. What Dr. King was talking about is here and
larly available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at McMahon and the call center. HuskyTech students at the Library and Call Center are available on the weekends from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Services are free.
The UConn Reads program, created last semester, picked “Half the Sky” as the first novel to start the series, and now UConn students have the opportunity to win a trip with Nicholas Kristof, the author, as he travels to developing countries around the world. Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn published “Half the Sky” back in September of last year. The non-fiction bestseller reveals the oppression for women in the developing world which may be demonstrated through violence, abuse, and torture through the personal stories of women from these countries. The book addresses concepts like sex trafficking, sexual violence and women’s education. Nicholas Kristof has seen first-hand the very real problems that exist in these third-world countries, from Darfur to Sudan. During his career as a journalist, Kristof has visited more than 140 countries. He began his career at the New York Times in 1984 as an economics reporter in countries like China and Japan. He became a columnist in 2001, and continues to be, writing biweekly columns. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Kristof invests heavily in the issues of the developing world. His columns often deal with difficult concepts like
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Professor Howard L. Reiter, of the political science department, died Jan. 10 after a long battle with his health. Reiter taught at UConn for 35 years, and was the head of the political science department from 2003 - 2008. “Howard was the model of what a scholar-teacher should be,” said Mark Boyer, political science department head, in a UConn Today press release. Reiter specialized in American politics, focusing on political parties and elections. “He was a superlative men-
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tor of students and through his frequent writings provided a great example to students and colleagues about how to be a public intellectual,” Boyer said in the release. “His innate kindness showed through in all aspects of his personal and professional life. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him.” He served as president of the New England Political Science Association from 2010 to 2011, according to his curriculum vitae. Reiter was also a part of the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program since 2002. Reiter worked on multiple continents including
service as a visiting professor at the University of Essex in England during fall 1984 and the University of Tartu in Estonia in spring 1997. He held the Uppsala Chair in American Studies for the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program at Uppsala University in Sweden in 2001 and 2002. Reiter was also Fulbright Research Scholar in the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden during fall 1987. He received his bachelor of arts in government in 1967 from Cornell University and his master’s degree in political science from Harvard University in 1969. He went on
to receive his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard in 1974, according to the political science department’s website. Reiter is also the author of several publications, including the books “Counter Realignment: Political Change in the Northeastern United States” (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and “Parties and Elections in Corporate America” (Longman, 1993) His book, “Selecting the President: The Nominating Process in Transition” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985) was chosen as one of “Choice” Magazine’s Outstanding Books for 1986 and 1987, according
to the political science department’s website. He was the editor of “Instead of Revolution” (Hawthorne Books, 1971). In addition to his work on books, Reiter also wrote countless articles and contributed to several books. At the time of his death, Reiter was involved with research in the change and continuity in the presidential nominating process. A public memorial service will be held on campus within the next couple of weeks, according to a UConn Today press release.
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What’s on at UConn today... Faculty Candidate Seminar 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chemistry Building, A-304 Kowk-Fan Chow of the University of North Carolina will present.
Global Medical Brigades 9 to 10 p.m. Student Union Ballroom The Global Medical Brigades go on service tripsto Honduras and Ghana in January and May, respectively. Students implement medical initiatives in rural communities.
Dress from the Industrial Age 1 to 4:30 p.m. Benton Museum The preserved dresses of New England women from 1850-1900 will be on display. UConn has acquired historial garments for many years.
First Day of Classes All Day Classes resume today, weather cancellations.
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State lawmaker to appear in court in DUI case
BRISTOL (AP) — A state representative accused of drunken driving will be making his first court appearance in the case. Southington Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Bristol Superior Court. Bristol police arrested the 61-year-old lawmaker at about 1 a.m. on Dec. 21. Police told The Herald of New Britain that they were called to North Main Street on a report of a man sitting in a parked car with its door open and engine running. Police said Zalaski was the person in the car, and he appeared intoxicated. Zalaski posted $500 bail after his arrest. He and his attorney haven’t returned phone messages since his arrest.
Police deal with standoffs in two towns BEACON FALLS (AP) — State police say a standoff at a Beacon Falls home ended when troopers sent in a robot and took a man into custody after shooting him with a beanbag gun. Authorities responded to the Church Street home at about 2:30 a.m. Monday. First Selectman Gerard Smith told the RepublicanAmerican that the man went to his ex-girlfriend’s home with a shotgun and wouldn’t leave. The man hasn’t been identified. Troopers say he fell asleep and was awakened by the robot at about 9 a.m. Police say the man was shot with a beanbag after throwing the robot out the front door. The incident followed an unrelated 10-hour police standoff in Bristol, where an armed man who had been threatening to harm himself surrendered to officers at about 5 a.m. Monday.
Autopsy: Teen drowned in East Hartford school pool EAST HARTFORD (AP) — An autopsy has determined that a teenager who was pulled from his Connecticut high school school’s swimming pool was the victim of an accidental drowning. Marcum Asiamah’s (AH’-she-mah) family tells several Hartford-area news outlets that the 15-year-old freshman was excited to learn to swim during his gym class last Wednesday at East Hartford High School. Authorities have said he was pulled from the pool and that a teacher performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The investigation remains open, and police and school officials have not released details about the circumstances. Asiamah’s classmates held a vigil in his memory Friday night at the school, where the pool remains closed as the investigation continues.
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Missing Colo. man found dead in theater restroom
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who was missing for five days was found dead in a locked movie theater restroom after workers noticed an odor and forced their way in, authorities said. Police had searched the area around the Fort Collins theater after the family of 66-year-old George DeGrazio reported him missing on Jan. 9 and his vehicle was found nearby. DeGrazio died of a heart attack, Deputy Coroner James MacNaughton told KMGH-TV of Denver. The man’s son, Dylan DeGrazio, told the station that he was upset that theater employees didn’t find his father’s body earlier. “If I had the police department saying somebody disappeared in this area and we’re trying to locate him, I would be searching every nook and cranny of my establishment,” he said. “But that didn’t happen.”
Wikipedia to black out Wednesday in protest
(AP) Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the online encyclopedia will black out its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in the U.S. Congress. Wales announced the move on Twitter Monday. The popular online community-sourced information site will shut down its English versions for 24 hours in protest of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act pending in Congress. The legislation is designed to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas. Critics say it could hurt the technology industry and infringes on free-speech rights. Wikipedia is not the first website to announce plans to shut down but is the most well-known, with an estimated 25 million visitors a day. Reddit, Boing Boing and other online sites also have plans to go dark.
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Shays urges GOP not to back McMahon DURHAM (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays isn’t shy about saying he thinks his fellow Republicans made a mistake in 2010 when they tapped Linda McMahon, the multi-millionaire former wrestling executive, as their candidate for Connecticut’s first open U.S. Senate seat in years. As part of his 10-minute pitch to the Republican faithful at local town committee meetings across the state, he calls for smarter government regulation, energy independence, addressing unaffordable entitlements, rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, and getting the country’s finances in order to attract private investment and ultimately more jobs. But Shays also criticizes McMahon, his chief rival for the party’s Senate endorsement this year, for spending $50 million of her own money on her losing 2010 campaign. “When I hear people say, ‘I’m supporting this candidate because I think she’s nice or not,’ that’s not the issue,” Shays, 67, told town committee members in Durham, a quaint town in the middle of Connecticut. “We had a candidate who ran, who spent $50 million, and I wonder how you can be a fiscal conservative and waste $50 million, and why any of you can think she’ll spend your money any differently.” Shays, who is returning to elective politics after losing the 4th Congressional District
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in the 2008 election, is trying to turn one of McMahon’s biggest advantages into a liability by going after the spending of her personal fortune. Shays, a moderate Republican who served from 1987 to 2009, is vying for the job now held by the retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent. In addition to McMahon, two other Republicans are also running, Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy and Hartford attorney Brian K. Hill. In an interview last week from his campaign offices in Stratford, located in the home
Students help celebrate MLK day from UCONN, page 1 now, and our duty is to finish what he started,” Courtney said. The evening’s entertainment was introduced by Armando Jimenez, an 8th-semester finance major. The tribute to Dr. King included a step dance by Harold Butler, an 8th-semester English major and pre-dental student, and ballet number by Andre Gary, a 4th-semester undecided major. Shanell Sharpe, an 8th-semester English major, and Shantel Honeyghan, a 2nd-semester education major, performed vibrant slam poetry. “To dismantle the division between all people, I have to start with me,” they concluded in unison. A musical performance was also performed by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School choir. The keynote speakers for the evening were Noel Cazenave, associate professor of sociology at UConn, and his nephew Blandon Casenave, vice president of Digital Media and Research for NBC/Universal. Dr. Cazenave said his nephew is “the expert on social media, which has made the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street possible.” Dr. Cazenave provided another revisionist perspective on the image of King. “His legacy has been distorted and co-opted. When he was alive Dr. King was the target of controversy. Now his image has been sanctified and made ‘safe.’” Cazenave explained that while he was alive King marginalized
women and was overwhelmed by depression and doubt. “No perfect person or god can be a hero. A hero must be someone who overcomes. Dr. King was a professional trouble-maker and radical by today’s standards.” He emphasized that King’s crusade against racism, poverty and war would have put him at odds with President Barack Obama. “Dr. King would have viewed Obama as a racial dinosaur in this post-racial environment, and spoken out against his participation in the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq as well as his economic policies that have favored corporations over small businesses.” “There is a need for a radical restructuring of American society,” said Dr. Cazenave, quoting King’s book “Chaos for Community.” He provided statistics about the continuous economic disparity between European-Americans and African-Americans. Blandon Casenave provided a multi-media presentation about the dynamism of communication. “Facebook is both a propaganda and organizational tool, which allows people to spectate as much as it allows them to participate,” he said. “By 2013 over half of U.S. citizens will have access to social media. Still, there is no substitute for direct action,” he concluded. The event was closed with a ceremonious singing of “We Shall Overcome” led by Voices, the UConn gospel choir.
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of William Samuel Johnson, one of Connecticut’s first two U.S. senators, Shays called McMahon’s campaign spending “totally obscene” and predicted it will be an issue in the race for the GOP nod, along with how she made her money at the WWE. “She’s basically in the soft porn business, that’s what her business is,” he said, referring to the WWE. “I can’t imagine that that doesn’t matter to people. I can’t imagine that how someone makes their money is irrelevant.” Shays also reminds Republicans that McMahon
lost in 2010 to Democrat Richard Blumenthal, the state’s attorney general at the time, by 11 percentage points. He says her loss by 138,000 votes ultimately hurt the chances of Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley, who lost to Democrat Dannel P. Malloy by about 6,400 votes. “She brought down our governor, our potential governor. She brought down two congressmen,” Shays said. Asked to respond, McMahon’s campaign spokeswoman, Erin Issac, accused Shays of missing the key issue in this year’s campaign: jobs.
Kristoff encourages students to enter from ’WIN-A-TRIP’, page 1 global health, poverty and gender issues, as seen in “Half the Sky.” So now, even after “Half the Sky” becomes the first book of the UConn Reads program, UConn students now have the chance to do what Kristof does. One university student from around the United States will be chosen to accompany Kristof into the heart of the developing world and experience personally the horrors, as well as the positives, of these countries. This student will actually get to see what most have only read or heard about, what Kristof sees all the time. The winner of the contest will win an all-expenses paid trip with Kristof, which adds up to be almost $4,500. It is, however, not to be mistaken for a vacation. The university student winner will be right in the middle of an impoverished country and its problems with disease, malnutrition and tyranny. Additionally, the winner will blog with Kristof on the New York Times website as well as be featured in videos during their estimated ten day stay in the country. “This trip isn’t about tourism – but journalism,” said Kristof in his online invitation to the contest. In the past, Kristof and the winning university student have visited countries like Rwanda, the Congo, Senegal and Guinea. These past students have been
stopped by bandits, met presidents and war lords, as well as see the damages caused by diseases such as pneumonia and trachoma. What the past six winners have had in common is that they and Kristof have tried in their stay to help people in whatever ways they can, while reporting on the reality of neighboring continents. Now with the 2012 contest under way, Kristof encourages students to enter and join him in this rare opportunity for international reporting. To enter, students must submit an essay no longer than 700 words detailing how Kristof’s mission relates to them and why they should be selected as the winner. Essays can be sent to winatrip@nytimes. com. Or, students can submit a three minutes video to Kristof’s YouTube channel www.youtube. com/NicholasKristof. For full contest rules, visit http://kristof. blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/ announcing-win-a-trip-2012/. The deadline for this contest is January 22. For anyone interested in journalism, broadcast media, or humanitarianism in general, this opportunity would give them the chance for a realworld experience. Entering Kristof’s “Win-a-trip” contest will give one a chance to travel the world and actually be on the reporting end for once.
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Airwaves clear slightly for community radio
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mild-mannered community activist Albert Knighten found himself in handcuffs last month when police and federal agents raided his home and shut down a pirate radio station he operated out of a spare bedroom. Supporters say his bare-bones operation filled an important niche in a predominantly black section of Fort Myers, a community whose residents often feel overlooked and underserved by commercial radio. The retired Navy air traffic controller, now facing a felony charge of operating the station without a license, is front and center in the efforts of a national community radio advocacy group to highlight a law that clears more space on crowded radio dials and gives low-power operators the first opportunity in more than a decade to get licensed. The Federal Communications Commission is expected to start taking applications for the new stations sometime this fall. Philadelphia-based Prometheus Radio Project, which advocates for community stations, is raising awareness of the opportunity and what it believes is the need for more low-power stations that serve narrow audiences, often just neighborhoods. Operating out of his small house in the hard-scrabble Dunbar neighborhood with a 40-foot antenna affixed to the roof, Knighten, 44, programmed his station with an eclectic mix of public-
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In this Jan 5, photo, Albert Knighten sits in his darkened radio studio at his home in Fort Myers, Fla. The Federal Communications Commission shut down the pirate radio station and arrested Knighten.
affairs shows, neighborhood announcements, old-school R&B tunes and even church services, geared toward the elderly and others who can’t afford or don’t use the Internet. “The station made people feel like they had a chance to express their opinion and have a voice in their tomorrow,” said Willie Green, who heads a three-county southwest Florida chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
No one disputes the station was on the air illegally, but Knighten said it was worth the risk. He started in 2009 with the hope he could eventually apply for a license. He wanted to get it up and running legally. Now, because of the arrest, he won’t be allowed to apply for the license or operate the station, although he still hopes to be involved. If someone does resurrect Dunbar Radio 107.5 as a licensed station, it will like-
ly be because of the Local Community Radio Act — a law passed in 2010 that repealed certain restrictions on the FM spectrum put in place at the urging of commercial channels worried about interference with their broadcasts. Simply put, the government opened up more slots on the crowded dial in urban areas for low-powered stations after studies showed it could be done without stepping on established channels.
Jan. 11 his son came to him with a picture of the first victim, who was killed on Dec. 20. “This is what’s happening,” the father quoted his son as saying. “He was very worried about me. I told him, ‘Don’t worry. I’m a survivor. Nothing will happen to me. I will find something. Count on it,’” the father said. While Refugio Ocampo lives away from his family, they remain close. He saw his children every day, and his wife brings food to the parking lot where the truck is located in the city of Fullerton. Itzcoatl Ocampo has been living with his mother, uncle, and little brother and sister in a humble rented house on a horse ranch surrounded by the sprawling suburbs of Yorba Linda. Refugio Ocampo, who said he was educated as a lawyer in Mexico, immigrated with
his wife and Itzcoatl in 1988 and became a U.S. citizen. He described building a successful life in which he became a warehouse manager and bought a home in Yorba Linda. In the past few years he lost his job, ran out of savings and lost his house. His son entered the Marine Corps right out of high school in 2006 instead of going to college as his father had hoped. Itzcoatl Ocampo was discharged in 2010 and returned home to find his family in disarray, the father said. Refugio Ocampo and his youngest son, Mixcoatl, 17, both described a physical condition Itzcoatl suffered in which his hands shook and he suffered headaches. Medical treatments helped until he started drinking heavily, both said. “He started drinking like crazy, too much, way too much,” the father said. A neighbor who is a Vietnam
veteran and the father both tried to push Itzcoatl to get treatment at a Veterans hospital, but he refused. Refugio Ocampo said he wanted his son to get psychological treatment as well. “He started talking about stuff that didn’t make any sense, that the end of the world was going to happen,” he said. “Before, he had the initiative to do things, the desire. But after the military, he didn’t have any of that,” he said. That was far from the son who in high school was a polite and motivated student, he said. Refugio Ocampo said investigators came to him on Friday night and showed him surveillance photos from a crime scene, but he did not recognize his son as the person in the images. “If he did it, it wasn’t right, obviously. But there’s something wrong with him,” he said.
DENVER (AP) — In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country — perhaps indefinitely — so officials can reduce an overwhelming backlog by focusing mainly on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security. Federal deportation hearings for non-criminal defendants released from custody were suspended Dec. 5 for the review and resume this week. Similar reviews are planned across the country to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records or those who have been deported previously. While the immigration courtrooms in Denver have fallen silent, prosecutors had time to examine case files, check residency history — such as whether someone was brought to the country as a child — as well as criminal history. In Denver, 25 ICE prosecutors and three managers spent their work days during most of December and early this month poring over as many files in their case load as possible, ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said. “They come in on weekends,” Gonzalez said. “They’re looking at every case.” Officials have not released information on how many cases will be placed on low priority based on the review. When they’re finished, cases of those here illegally but deemed not a threat to public safety or national security will be placed on administrative hold and the numbers will be released.
Citing tight budgets, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced this summer that nearly 300,000 deportation cases would be reviewed to determine which could be closed through “prosecutorial discretion.” Republicans have decried the policy as a back-door way of granting amnesty to people who are living in the U.S. illegally. “We simply cannot adjudicate all these cases that are pending,” said spokeswoman Gonzalez. Some cases in Denver date to 1996, she said. “It’s a holiday for anybody in the country illegally,” said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform, which opposes the initiative. “They’re doing this with the intention of dismissing as many of them as they possibly can.” Several attempts at immigration reform have failed in recent years, including the so-called DREAM Act, which would have allowed some young illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to earn legal status if they went to college or joined the military. In June, ICE director John Morton announced that prosecutors and immigration agents would consider a defendant’s length of time in the country, ties to the community, lack of criminal history and opportunity to qualify for some form of legal status in deciding whether to press for deportation. Denver has about 7,800 deportation cases pending, while Baltimore has about 5,000. Hearings and deportations involving criminal immigrants continued in both Baltimore and Denver. The suspended hearings dealt only with non-criminal defendants.
Dad of California killings suspect homeless
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — The father of the man suspected of killing homeless men in Southern California is himself homeless and says his son last week showed him a picture of one victim as a warning of the danger of being on the streets. Refugio Ocampo, 49, also told The Associated Press on Sunday that his son came back a changed man after serving with the Marines in Iraq, expressing disillusionment and becoming ever darker as he struggled to find his way as a civilian. The father said he lost his job and home, and ended up living under a bridge before finding shelter in the cab of a broken-down big-rig he is helping repair. His 23-year-old son, Itzcoatl Ocampo, was arrested Friday in connection with the serial killings of four homeless men since late December. Refugio Ocampo said that on
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Professor’s falsification of data a hinderance for university community
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hile UConn has come under commendable new leadership, and has been lauded for many achievements in all areas, it is unfortunate that we must now address allegations against a UConn professor accused of research misconduct during his work at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Dipak Das was the director of the Cardiovascular Research Center and a professor on the Department of Surgery. In 2008, an anonymous allegation prompted a three-year investigation into seven years of research done in his lab on the benefits of resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, for cardiovascular health. As a result of the investigation, Das was found guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data, according to a press release from UConn Today. Eleven notable research and medical journals were notified of the investigation and its results. As the Health Center and administration complete whatever processes are necessary, we must reflect on the implications that such actions have for the university community and the community at large. Das’ actions were reprehensible and irresponsible. At a time when UConn is establishing itself further as a competitive research school and every school across the nation is competing for funding and grants, such a finding reflects poorly on the school at large, with the potential to negatively affect other biomedical researchers. We must also reflect on what could drive a tenured professor, who was the head of his department and retained several prestigious editorships, to falsify data that could potentially have a direct impact on people’s health. UConn medical centers pepper this state and serve a large portion of the population of Connecticut; people need to trust that their medical care is supported by accurate research completed with integrity. Reputation is everything in the academic and medical worlds; we hope that we can rebound from this incident and prove that this university maintains high standards in medical research and high levels of integrity while completing it. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Do they upload my buyback photo straight to Facebook? I’m glad to know UConn has the interests of students in mind, providing things that we expect from an institute of higher learning, such as new foaming soap dispensers. I’m more excited for the 500 points on my account this semester than anything else. That awkward moment when no player on nationally ranked North Carolina scores more than nine points. According to the Daily Poll today, the fictional dining hall Northeast is 13 percent of students’ favorite dining hall. I may be interning in Washington, D.C., this semester, but I will still be submitting every day to the InstantDaily. Clemson fans now know how it feels to say, “I think West Virginia just scored again.” Thank you, UConn. The first thing you teach me this semester is what “winter” really means. Milford couldn’t quite get it right. Let’s start off the semester the right way, Jay Hickey... Come on three consecutive semesters of first-day cancellations! There are exactly two types of people I follow: the types who tweet about the Republican primary debates and those that are consumed by “The Bachelor.” I have nothing to come home to if there’s no alcohol. If you save a baby from falling from innocence, is breaking your entire foot clean off worth it in the end? Or was it all for naught? The first thing everyone does when they get back to campus is order from Wings Over Storrs.
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Reprogramming my resolutions
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have given up on New Year’s resolutions. Each year, making them was a formality, and they were often forgotten by the end of the month. Every year, I made the same promises: be healthier, stress less, be a better person. The problem was that these goals are oblique and do not have a set path. Therefore, they are less achievable. Instead of making lifestyle changes, we view the New Year as the one time we allocate for selfreflection, and trying to commit to a dream. But commitment does not happen overnight, By Michelle Anjirbag and much less in Weekly Columnist a champagne-haze peppered with good-tidings. So this year, I sat down and examined things I wish I had more time for and the things I wish did not do, and decided to focus on those things instead. While I was doing this, I realized that maybe other people would benefit from these small changes as well. Earlier in this month, the New York Philharmonic was brought to a halt by the interruption of a ringing iPhone the owner would not shut off. I read about this and laughed, but I also wondered how many moments I had potentially ruined by not being able to put away my cell phone. I am borderline addicted to it; it goes on runs, to class and I keep it in my bed while it charges at night. I give it a seat at the table during meals. I compulsively check
it for no good reason. But I am definitely not the only person who does this; only one person I know still has a Nokia-brick whose most advanced function is sending a text message. This semester, and hopefully this year, I am going to not pull out my cell phone unless I need to use it for something. Email and even reading the news can wait. I would rather live my life while it is happening than read about it from my Facebook updates a few days later.
“It is too easy to not take care of oneself by being too tired, too stressed or too busy ...” I watch “The Biggest Loser” every so often, and while it generally makes me crave a snack more often than it motivates me to exercise, this latest season, the show is running with the motto of “no excuses.” I am going to adopt this for myself as well. It is too easy to not take care of oneself by being too tired, too stressed or too busy, but these excuses don’t lead to anywhere positive. The first step to getting there: making plans I can keep. I will stick to a daily to-do list, and then, most importantly, stop working at the end of it, so that
I am managing my obligations in a way that leaves me flexibility for the things I need to do for myself. Even if it is only 10 minutes of yoga a day, those are 10 much-needed minutes I have spent on myself. Along with no more excuses, I am going to learn to be nicer to myself, and recognize my accomplishments. I am going to learn to say no. To some extent, we have all been taught that we have to always strive to be the best, to do more than our peers and to take on whatever we can in order to “stay competitive.” After all, our chances for jobs and for our futures depend on being competitive. But after a while, it is not healthy, and burn-out benefits no one. Even if I feel like I might be letting someone down, I am going to start taking care of my basic needs – like having time to sleep when I need it. And if doing this means failing to some extent, well, I am going to learn to fail, and then move past it. No one ever learned anything by always succeeding. But my most important resolution is that I will only keep these for as long as they work for my life. This means that I will be reevaluating what I need, and making necessary changes regardless of the time of year. Resolutions can only take anyone so far, but self-examination and a willingness to change can shape identities. So find your own way to make a resolution this semester. Welcome back, and happy New Year!
Weekly Columnist Michelle Anjirbag is an 8th-semester English major with a creative writing concentration and an anthropology and indigenous studies double minor. She can be reached at Michelle.Anjirbag@UConn.edu.
Fears of voter fraud are unfounded and malicious
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n 2011, the right to vote, the right to have that vote counted and the right to expect that that vote will affect the leadership of one’s nation, state or city, as the vote will be expanded to more people around the globe than had ever been the case. The Arab Spring swept out dictators who had lost their popular legitimacy to rule and replaced them with parliaments. A new nation, South Sudan, was created out of a free and fair referendum in which By Chris Kempf millions voted Staff Columnist for self-determination for their homeland; and when confronted with the exercise of force in the streets, through terrorism or protest, the people of Norway, the UK, Jamaica and Thailand reached for ballots rather than bullets. But here at home, efforts are being made to restrain the right to vote for millions of economically disadvantaged people under the guise of preventing “voter impersonation.” A movement is underway in state legislatures across the country to mandate showing some form of government-issued photo identification before voting in order to receive a ballot. But the process of applying for and receiving this identification entails a cost in time and money that millions of
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“... efforts are being made to restrain the right to vote for millions of economically disadvantaged people ...” A Brennan Center for Justice report on voter fraud, however, reveals that “the only misconduct that photo ID addresses,” voter impersonation, “is the kind of voter fraud that happens as infrequently as death by lightning.” Over the years between 2000 and 2007, prosecutors and investigators across the United States uncovered nine possible cases of voter fraud—in a country where over one hundred million votes are regularly cast in presidential elections. Voter fraud, moreover, carries with it possible penalties of a $10,000 fine and five years’ imprisonment. Stealing an election through voter impersonation is about as rational as devising a scheme to infiltrate a bank vault with thousands of accomplices, but in which each
criminal can only take $1 from the bank. The enlistment of enough fraudulent voters to reliably influence the result of an election is such a foolish and impossibly complex prospect that it can be safely regarded as fantasy. So when lawmakers get worked into a legislative frenzy by the imaginary specter of voter fraud, one can be certain that their aim is not prevention of voter fraud, but the facilitation of disfranchisement. Millions of city residents, more likely to vote Democratic than otherwise, do not own cars, for example. What photo ID can they show pollworkers to prove their identity if they do not have a drivers’ license in their wallet? Poor Americans, moreover, often do not have the time or money needed to travel abroad. What photo ID can they show pollworkers to prove their identity if they also do not have a passport? Many state legislatures would now propose that those people should show a new government-issued form of identification in lieu of those other forms. But charging a fee for a form of identification intended to be used only on Election Day amounts to a poll tax, which is constitutionally prohibited by the 24th Amendment. With Barack Obama fighting a tough battle for re-election to the presidency, a poll tax affecting mil-
lions of poor Americans could be enough to swing the election to the Republican nominee. Requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls is actually a fine idea—provided that the ability to obtain that ID is not qualified by one’s income, distance from an administrative office or ability to spend the time necessary to apply. But most proposals currently offered by various state legislatures take none of these factors into account. The consequence of raising ever-higher barriers to the vote may be to heighten feelings of hopelessness, outrage and futility toward society among the populations those barriers are intended to deter. At a time when meaningful suffrage is becoming a civil right for more and more of the world’s adults, the United States should lead the world in that direction by example. Should we fail in this current climate of social unrest and growing class consciousness, an attempt to disfranchise millions in the world’s greatest democracy may cause people at home and abroad to eschew ballots and reach for bullets instead. Staff Columnist Christopher Kempf is a 4th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.
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Horoscopes by Brian Ingmanson To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Define your terms, and prepare everything in private. Negotiations come to fruition easily. Relax and figure out what to watch for next. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Something that you thought wouldn’t work actually will. Seek funding for it. Accept it as a gift, maybe. Giving it to you may serve someone else. Research outside your genre. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 7 -- An expert opens your eyes to a whole new level. Although you love action, what you need now is peace, quiet and stability. Work together. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your willingness to learn new technology gives you an edge. Watch out for surprises at work. Write up your thoughts. Follow up on correspondence. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Do your share of the work. Communicate over long distances. Being interested makes you interesting. The more you discover together, the deeper your love grows.
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t forget the truth; it’s always a good starting point. Talk a little. Define your terms. How do you want it to be? Work it out so everyone wins. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Relax and enjoy the view. Notes prove valuable. Think over what you want. Define terms, review the steps and sell it. Prepare everything in private. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Pay attention to new financial opportunities without losing sight of your commitments. Have a conversation with your accountant. Diligence pays off.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Focus on the openings instead of on the blocks. Find beauty in the details. You move the idea outside the box. Prepare more than you think you can cover. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Reward your partner with quality time, as much as possible. Go ahead and get romantic. Watch out for surprises. Epic dreams paint a dynamic vision. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Your real friends are there to help you get grounded. It’s a great time to tell your story. Let your emotions pour out. Don’t hold anything back. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Have you considered writing a book? Even if you don’t write, you could get a ghostwriter. You can accomplish more than you thought possible now. Dream big.
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Environmental fears mount following Italian cruise wreck
ROME (AP) — Italy’s cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. The ship’s jailed captain, meanwhile, lost the support of the vessel’s Italian owner as he battled prosecutors’ claims that he caused the deadly wreck that killed at least six and left 29 missing. Earlier, authorities had said 16 people were missing. But an Italian Coast Guard official, Marco Brusco, said late Monday that 25 passengers and four crew members were unaccounted for three days after the disaster. He didn’t explain the jump, but indicated 10 of the missing are Germans. Two Americans are also among the missing. At least three families of Italian passengers have said that despite their loved ones’ being listed among those safely evacuated, they hadn’t heard from them. There still is “a glimmer of hope” that there could be survivors on parts of the vast Costa Concordia that not have been searched by rescuers, Brusco said. A search of the abovewater portion of the ship last yielded a survivor, a crewman who had broken his leg, on Sunday. Waters that had remained calm for the first three days of the rescue turned choppy Monday, shifting the wreckage of the Costa Concordia and temporarily suspending divers’ searches for survivors. A search for bodies was suspended overnight. Italy’s environmental minister raised the alarm about a potential environmental catastrophe if any of the 500,000 gallons (2,300 tons) of fuel begins to leak into the waters off Giglio, which are popular with scuba divers and form part of the pro-
tected Tuscan archipelago. “At the moment there haven’t been any fuel leaks, but we have to intervene quickly to avoid an environmental disaster,” Corrado Clini told RAI state radio. Even before the accident there had been mounting calls from environmentalists to restrict passage of large ships in the area. The ship’s operator, Costa Crociere SpA, has enlisted Smit of Rotterdam, Netherlands, one of the world’s biggest salvag-
BEIRUT (AP) — A member of Syria’s parliament has left the country to join the opposition against President Bashar Assad’s regime, saying the Syrian people are suffering sweeping human rights violations. Imad Ghalioun, who represents the central city of Homs, told Al-Arabiya TV that the city, which has been one of the most restive in the uprising against Assad’s rule since March, is a disaster after months of being a focus of the regime’s fierce crackdown. “The Syrian people are living their worst period,” Ghalioun said late Sunday from Egypt. “The people of Homs are under siege and the city is disasterstricken,” he said. “There is no electricity, piles of garbage fill the streets ... The sounds of shelling all night terrify children.” He added that there are many legislators who support the uprising but have not said so publicly. Thousands of people have been killed in the government’s crackdown on a 10-monthold uprising, which has turned increasingly militarized in recent months with a growing risk of civil war. The U.N. says about 400 people have been killed in the last three weeks, on top of an earlier estimate of more than 5,000 killed since March. The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Assad stop killing his own people and said the “old order” of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivering the keynote address at a conference in Beirut on democracy in the Arab world, said the revolutions of the Arab Spring show people will no longer accept tyranny. “Today, I say again to
President (Bashar) Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing your people,” Ban said. Ban has been highly critical of the Assad government’s deadly crackdown on civilian protesters since the killings began. Ban’s speech was his toughest against the continued survival of authoritarian regimes in the face of the growing international clamor for democracy. Syria agreed last month to an Arab League plan that calls for a halt to the crackdown, the withdrawal of heavy weaponry, such as tanks, from cities, the release of all political prisoners, and allowing foreign journalists and human rights workers in. About 200 Arab League observers are working in Syria to verify whether the government is abiding by its agreement to end the military crackdown on dissent. So far they appear to have made little impact. The leader of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, was quoted Sunday as saying Arab troops should be sent to Syria to stop the deadly crackdown — the first statements by an Arab leader calling for the deployment of troops inside Syria. An Arab League official said Monday that Qatar has not made any proposals to the League to send troops. The official cautioned that the only Arab nation that could have potentially sent troops to Syria would have been Egypt, due to the size of its army and its historic ties with Syria, but that this is not likely to happen. The Egyptian military is tied down in its own nation’s turmoil since the ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak last February. Egyptian troops are also under increasing pressure to safeguard Egypt’s sensitive borders with Israel, the Gaza Strip, Libya and Sudan.
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Investigators approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which leans on its starboard side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15.
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ers, to handle the removal of the 1,000-foot (290-meter) cruise liner. A study could come as early as Tuesday on how to extract the fuel safely. Smit has a long track record of dealing with wrecks and leaks, including refloating grounded bulk carriers and securing drilling platforms in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A spokesman for Smit did not immediately return calls seeking comment on the Concordia salvage. The Italian cruise operator said Capt. Francesco Schettino
intentionally strayed from the ship’s authorized course into waters too close to a perilous reef, causing it to crash late Friday off the tiny island of Giglio and capsize. The navigational version of a “fly by” was apparently made as a favor to the chief waiter who is from Giglio and whose parents live on the island, local media reported. A judge on Tuesday is to decide whether Schettino should remain jailed. “We are struck by the unscru-
pulousness of the reckless maneuver that the commander of the Costa Concordia made near the island of Giglio,” prosecutor Francesco Verusio told reporters. “It was inexcusable.” The head of the U.N. agency on maritime safety said lessons must be learned from the Concordia disaster 100 years after the Titanic rammed into an iceberg, leading to the first international convention on sea safety. “We should seriously consider the lessons to be learned and, if necessary, re-examine
the regulations on the safety of large passenger ships in the light of the findings of the casualty investigation,” said Koji Sekimizu, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization. Miami-based Carnival Corp., which owns Costa, estimated that preliminary losses from having the Concordia out of operation for at least through 2012 would be between $85 million and $95 million, though it said there would be other costs as well. The company’s share price slumped more than 16 percent Monday. Two of the missing are Americans, identified by their family as Jerry Heil, 69, and his wife Barbara, 70, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Costa Crociere chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi said the company would provide Schettino with legal assistance, but he disassociated Costa from his behavior, saying it broke all rules and regulations. “Capt. Schettino took an initiative of his own will which is contrary to our written rules of conduct,” Foschi said in his first public comments since the grounding. At a news conference in Genoa, the company’s home base, Foschi said that Costa ships have their routes programmed, and alarms go off when they deviate. Those alarms are disabled if the ship’s course is manually altered, he said. “This route was put in correctly upon departure from Civitavecchia,” Foschi said, referring to the port outside Rome. “The fact that it left from this course is due solely to a maneuver by the commander that was unapproved, unauthorized and unknown to Costa.” Foschi said only once before had the company approved a “fly by” of this sort off Giglio — last year on the night of Aug. 9-10. In that case, the port and company had approved it.
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Swedish thriller adapts smoothly for U.S. fans Y.A. author By Alyssa McDonagh Campus Correspondent
And also just like “The Lion King 3D,” the stereoscopic effects are worth the extra ticket price and goofy spectacles. It’s a conversion of 2D animation done as well as it should, with the depth being smoothed out so it doesn’t look like a paper doll show. It even has the benefit of having the computer animated effects look more natural in this perspective. The infamous dance scene took my breath away. It more than makes up for elements from the backgrounds turn blurry sometimes. So if the future 3D version of “Star Wars: Episode 1” brings you down, at least there’s solace that universally praised classics like this shining gem from the Golden Age of Disney animation during the ‘90s are worth a trip to the movie theater.
There are very few authors in the literary world that have the ability to garner hundreds of thousands of fans and create a culture with those fans. In my personal experience, J.K. Rowling and John Green were able to do this. Since the vast majority of people know about the great success of Rowling’s Harry Potter series, I’m going to focus on John Green and what he has done for the genre of Young Adult fiction. Green just released his fifth novel, “The Fault in Our Stars,” January 10. Originally, the book was not supposed to be released until May but since his immense fan base immediately preordered the book, the release was bumped up by five months. While that was extremely exciting, it was also exciting to find out Green’s plan for the book. A rare author, Green personally signed all 150,000 copies of the first printing of “The Fault in Our Stars.” This was a challenging and very time consuming endeavor, requiring Green to need a special hand device created to prevent hand damages while signing.¬ Green had to sign 2,000-4,000 copies a day. But kudos to John Green. He stayed true to his word and signed all 150,000 copies. By completing a task like this, Green shows that he is a truly genuine person and becomes very easy to relate to. He is very open with his fans, allowing them to get to know him and be a part of his life. Fans can become a part of Green’s life by joining the community he has built. Five years ago, John and his brother, Hank, started the “Vlogbrothers” show on YouTube. This began in 2007 with “Brotherhood 2.0”, a video project where the two brothers communicated only by videos for the entire year. Due to its immense popularity, the two continued making videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. (However this year, new videos will only be on Tuesdays and Fridays.) In the extremely entertaining videos, John and Hank talk about their families, various parts of life and what they are working on. In John’s case, it is his books. Each of his novels are stand-alone titles, so you don’t have to read his previous books before his most recent work, but I strongly recommend that you read all of his books since they are fantastic. The books are found in the Young Adult section of bookstores but they aren’t cheesy, as is the case with some young adult fiction. They are all written from a boy’s point of view, with The Fault in Our Stars being the only exception to this. These books are nothing like your typical teen girl, sappy, drama-filled shallow stories whose only purpose is to entertain. Don’t get me wrong, I read my fair share of ‘chick lit’ but Green writes with substance that I find to be much more enjoyable. John Green’s books are entertaining, yes, but their value exceeds entertainment. The writing is thought provoking and profound. The books’ extensive humor will make you happy but at the same time, make you feel all other emotions. The characters in every novel have their quirks; quirks that are very unique (like obsessions with last words and anagrams). Green writes seemingly random things yet every bit of randomness he incorporates in his novels makes perfect sense. I strongly recommend that you read some of his books and join the “Nerdfighter” community John and Hank have created. As they will both tell you, “DFTBA (Don’t Forget to be Awesome).”
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(Top) Rooney Mara dons heavy makeup and multiple piercings to get into character for “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” (Right) Daniel Craig poses for a publicity poster for the film, in which he plays a vengeance-seeking, Swedish journalist.
By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer Though American adaptations of foreign films are hardly a rarity, few have strung up as quickly as this one did. But given the context of how popular the original “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Swedish novel is in the United States, it only makes sense that “Fight Club” and “The Social Network” director David Fincher would be at the helm of this new production of the story. The story revolves around Mikael Blomkvist, an ace journalist who just lost a libel case against shady businessman, Wennerstrom. During Mikael’s
despair, a man named Henrik Vanger comes to him, offering both money and dirt on Wennerstrom at the cost of helping him find out who murdered his beloved niece. Along the way, Mikael recruits the help of skilled hacker, Lisbeth Salander,
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Marvel head: Creativity will drive comics in 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Stop counting comic books out. That’s the assessment of Dan Buckley, publisher and president of Marvel Comics, the long-time purveyor of stories about the exploits of characters including the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and the X-Men. The industry, which reported modest increases during the recent recession, is still growing, though the level has tapered off, Buckley said. But it still remains vibrant because of the creativity engendered by new characters, reboots and, in the case of rival DC Comics, a total relaunch that generated new interest and buzz, something that other publishers benefited from. “This is an American storytelling medium that people love and respect,” Buckley said, noting that Marvel retained its ranking as the top comics publisher again last year. He attributed the company’s success to deeper storytelling and moving readers with the deaths of some well-known characters and the reinvigoration of some old favorites, too. Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., a Baltimore-based company that distributes comics, graphic novels and pop culture merchandise to more than 4,000 shops worldwide, said that while DC held nine of the top 10 topselling comic titles for the year, Marvel held the biggest share of the market. Diamond said Marvel remained atop thanks to demand for issues like “Fantastic Four” No. 587, which featured the death of the Human Torch, and “Ultimate Comics Spider-Man,” which saw Miles Morales take
to help solve a case that could help his own troubles. As far as novel adaptations go, Fincher’s take is a quality one. Compared to the original Swedish film, he brought the two protagonists together with more believability and had their blooming
up the mantel of the wall crawler after Peter Parker’s death. That helped give the company a 37 percent dollar market share and a 41 percent unit market share. That, along with DC’s New 52, created more interest from new and first-time buyers, and the outlook is set to be similar for 2012. “Sales of comic books were quite strong in the second half of the year, led by the September launch of DC’s New 52 comic books, and that positive trend has continued in the months since,” said Diamond President and CEO Steve Geppi. “With a full slate of high-profile new projects scheduled for next year, we are optimistic that comic book sales will increase again in 2012.” Buckley, who joined the company in 2003, said the uptick in sales from 2010 to 2011 — up 1.2 percent industrywide — is further proof that buyers will be there, whether in the shops or online through digital comics, if compelling stories are written and drawn. “It’s huge — social media and the way we speak to each other. The opportunities are just fantastic out there,” Buckley said. “Let’s stop talking about how this is going to end because I’ve watched this try to end three or four times already, and it doesn’t end.” Marvel, for its part, is planning a massive story that pits two of its most famous teams — the X-Men and the Avengers — into a 12-issue mini-series as they brawl over the return of the Phoenix, one of the publisher’s most powerful characters. That is set for release starting in April.
romance have actual chemistry. It helps that Daniel Craig was brought on as a much better Blomkvist than Michael Nyqvist; with likeability in his actions and actual emotional depth. Noomi Rapace was great as Lisbeth in the Swedish version, but Rooney Mara’s performance here is perfect. Everything, from her body language, speech, appearance, to composure are just one would expect from someone who lives and works in the shadows. There’s only one aspect that this American take failed in, which is unfortunately, a big one: the mystery itself. Once the two sleuths band together, the plot suddenly turns in a fast paced, hodgepodge of information dumping and con-
fusing alterations of the original film. Gone are the clever red herrings, reasonable pacing and satisfying conclusion that the Sweden’s movie had. The second half seems to want to get out of the intriguing investigation as quickly as possible to get back to Mikael’s life for a sweet-thensomber finale. It is that – and the abhorrently horrific content from the original novel that still mostly feels added for uncomfortable shock value – that holds this film back from reaching true greatness. But for people just looking for a quality thriller, this movie delivers.
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Disney classic comes alive in 3-D By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer While there is a pertinent air of awkwardness when it comes to re-releasing beloved movies with stereoscopic 3D added, there’s also a silver lining. “The Lion King 3D” wasn’t popular just for the 3D; it was a true Disney classic worth reconciling with on the big screen. And, as far as follow-ups from Disney’s library go, “Beauty and the Beast” was an excellent choice to go next. There’s a reason why this was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture for the Academy Awards: it’s just that good. Disney is renowned for adapting fairy tales and stories of love for people of all ages, and their version of “La Belle et la Bête” was the best of both worlds. It brought a classic tale to life with remarkable creativity, memorable songs and charm. And despite Disney romances being notoriously contrived and forced, this was the exception to that rule. The heroine, Belle, comes to appreciate the heart underneath the hard shell of fury and cynicism for the Beast with pacing that is second to none. Just like “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast” is a film that I returned to after several years that turned out
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to be better than I perceived. Seeing it again on that big screen and booming stereo makes the timeless quality stand out strong. The animation: awesome to every last gothic detail in the Beast’s castle. The music: the way musicals should be with exposition and character development sung without any cheese or grating edge. And I give props to the story again for having plenty of intelligent dialogue for the adults to appreciate.
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Girls just wanna be young forever
By Joe O’Leary Senior Staff Writer Most of us come from small towns. It’s a fact of life. Most of us end up hating those small towns by the time we’re able to do something about it. It happens. The monotony, the blandness and the feeling of dread that comes with spending your entire life in one place is one of the great fears of adolescence, so in return, we migrate to colleges and cities, waiting for our lives to begin. This is where “Young Adult,” directed by Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air,” “Juno”) and written by Diablo Cody (writer of “Juno”), begins. Its protagonist, Mavis Gary, left her hometown of Mercury, Minn. for the big-city trappings of Minneapolis, where she ghostwrites books for a once-popular teen fiction series that gets cancelled. This has left her a bit unhinged, which does not bode well when she returns
lems or the fact that the man she loves is a happy dad. When Matt, a local who befriends Mavis 20years after she ignored him in high school, tries to tell her so, she retorts with, “love always prevails. Haven’t you ever seen ‘The Graduate’?” Cody’s smart script, which holds an aura of lost youth through it 30-something characters’ frequent references to the ‘90s (from Pixies and Breeders shirts to outright name-drops by the end), deftly gives Mavis competition from other broken individuals. Patton Oswalt plays Matt as a sadsack who dove into nerdy interests to ignore that he’d live his whole life in Mercury, but with good reason. As a senior in high school, he was severely beaten and crippled by jocks who wrongly assumed he was gay, and spends the film walking on crutches. In a lesser film, his physical defection would make Mavis realize her own flaws, but Cody makes her
Contrasting noisy with engaging By Timmy Semenza Campus Correspondent
the scenes in the trenches, which are cramped from corner to corner with destruction. Animals are not easy to film, especially when they are the protagonist, but Spielberg pulls it off. All elements collide in an incredible third act action scene which is one of the most gripping things I have ever watched. I saw “War Horse” two weeks ago, and certain shots are still engraved into my mind. “War Horse” is thrill ride powered by emotion from beginning to end. The film shifts from joy to sorrow constantly, but swiftly. If anybody other than the man who created “E.T.” and “Saving Private Ryan” was at the helm, I doubt “War Horse” would have succeeded, at least to the level it does.
Earlier last week, I watched Tom Tykwer’s 1998 Germanlanguage thriller, “Run Lola Run,” for the first time. While the story is rather run-of-the mill–the eponymous protagonist must prevent her smalltime criminal boyfriend, Manni, from committing a foolhardy robbery within 20 minutes– the plot structure is what sets the film apart. You see, within roughly 30 minutes, it seems to end. Lola has failed to save her boyfriend and dies in the process. But before you know it, the audience is sent 20 minutes back in time, and Lola has to set out to save Manni again. This time, she makes slightly different decisions that greatly affect the outcome. This sort of structure may remind you of choose-yourown-adventure novels or video games. And although the premise is intriguing and the story is fast-paced and jumpy, “Run Lola Run” fails to be engaging. The movie is noisy. Like a film by Michael Bay, it produces lots of visual flair and noisy action, but fails to deliver anything that is all that interesting. Tykwer’s script accomplishes its goal being disorienting and defying the viewer’s expectations, but that is it. The movie’s main problem is that the events that shape the narrative are not driven by relatable characters. Lola has daddy issues, a tendency to scream very loudly and just an overall lack of desperation, but there is nothing intrinsically attractive about her personality. Franka Potente does her best with the role, but the script does not allow the viewer to get inside Lola’s head; when we see her risk life and limb for her boyfriend, it’s hard to care. If you are unable to understand a character’s motivations, everything else will suffer for it. Let’s take a look at a movie that uses a similar plot structure, but to much better effect. This year’s “Source Code,” directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Colter Stevens. The fundamental difference between Tykwer and Jones’ films is that the latter director expresses the human aspect of the story. By the end of this movie, we have spent so much time with Stevens that it feels as though we really understand what he is going through psychologically. Much of this can be attributed to the movie’s excellent pacing, because in between Stevens’ excursions into the source code are scenes in which he interacts with his commanding officers. These sequences do a great job at illustrating the questionable nature of Stevens’ assignment, as well as his internal conflict with what is being asked of him. When he dives back into the action, the stakes genuinely feel high; we want Stevens to accomplish his mission. In contrast, Tykwer breaks up the breathless action with brief interludes of Lola and Manni talking about their relationship. But these scenes do not convince the audience that they are worth rooting for. Rather, we see them merely as a bickering couple whose failure to communicate is responsible for its problems. When Tykwer turns the dial back up to 11 again, we are only merely curious as to what’s going to happen, and we don’t care very much about the fates of the characters.
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I’m not against the idea of “Star Trek” becoming more action-oriented, but this movie was full of fundamental issues. The writing lacked all of the intelligence, depth and emotion that made the franchise famous. The individual character arcs are either extremely basic or nonexistent. The characters of Kirk and Spock are unlikable and arrogant and the cast had zero chemistry with one another. The action scenes are decent, but the rest of the movie is beyond shallow. If it wasn’t for Leonard Nimoy, I would never believe that this was a “Star Trek” film.
Underrated: The Rocketeer (1990)
For a superhero adventure film, “The Rocketeer” is a rarity. It isn’t dark and gritty like “Batman,” or over the top like “X Men.” Instead, it is down to Earth, well-balanced and level-headed. The story follows a pilot who finds a jetpack that allows him to become a 1930s version of Iron Man. The film takes its time to develop its story which involves both Howard Hughes and the Nazis. It doesn’t sacrifice action for exposition and features strong performances from Timothy Dalton, Jennifer Connelly and Alan Arkin. The effects match the setting and hold up today in a world of CGI. “The Rocketeer” is a charming and entertaining adventure that shouldn’t be forgotten. -- Brendon Field
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Charlize Theron plays the self-absorbed, party-girl protagonist in ‘Young Adult.’ Director Jason Reitman, who is famous for ‘Juno’ and ‘Up in the Air,’ lends a fresh perspective to a seemingly cliche storyline.
to Mercury to win her newly-married, high school boyfriend, a new parent. Charlize Theron plays Mavis beautifully, creating a tragic, flawed protagonist who’s easy to hate, but hard to stop watching. She’s a self-centered, alcoholic mess who refuses to face reality, whether it’s her own prob-
too headstrong and deluded to notice until it’s too late. With such an unpleasing plot, Paramount should be both lauded and punished for marketing “Young Adult” as a comedy. There are some laughs, but they come from Mavis’s failures and flaws. The humor is incredibly awkward and dark, to the point
where most scenes play just as dramatic and comedic. Mavis meets her downfall in a breathtakingly brutal climax, but the direction the film’s ending takes is almost shocking in itsintelligence. Theron should get a nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars, and with good reason. She personifies and becomes a
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British army in order to pay the rent, without Albert’s knowledge, as the Great War begins. It is at this point that it becomes clear that the protagonist is Joey, not Albert. The remainder of the film follows Joey as he is handled by a series of masters on multiple sides of the war.
There is one shot which displays a battlefield laiden with corpses. Our attention is drawn not to the hundreds of dead men, but the hundreds of dead horses. Spielberg, while favoring the perspective of the horses, does have multiple scenes involving the human characters, so the emotional effect is far from unbalanced.
From a technical standpoint, “War Horse” is near flawless. Much of the film is carried by the phenomenal score from John Williams, who seems to find a chord for every shot. The cinematography perfectly recreates the time period and the vast open landscape scenes are a great contrast to
grown-up Mean Girl, and surrounded by such a stellar supporting cast (Oswalt is a delight), she not only makes Mavis a tragic, defining character for the “Me” generation, but transforms “Young Adult” into an unforgettable character study.
Loyal steed steals hearts in “War Horse”
“War Horse” is a very peculiar film. Not so much for its story or subject matter, but for its style. It is a film that appears to have been sent through a time machine from 2011. The screenplay feels as though it was written in the 1940s, the characters are classic archetypes, the cinematography is reminiscent of that of the great John Ford and its story is composed of many scenes that, one way or another, we have all seen before. This begs the question: why does “War Horse” work? Moreover, why does it work really, really well? The answer: Steven Spielberg. The story is set, initially, in rural England on the brink of World War I. An alcoholic farmer (Peter Mullan) purchases a thoroughbred colt at a horse auction out of spite toward his landlord whom he engages in a bidding war. In doing so, he places himself into debt. His son, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), attempts to train the horse, named Joey, to be a plough horse so the debt can be paid off before the harvest. The whole first act is used to establish the bond between Albert and Joey. It is also where most of the film’s few problems lie. The action of Mullan’s character purchasing Joey, despite the obvious repercussions, is a little hard to believe, and the landlord (David Thewlis) is a stereotypical jerk without a motivation. Not to mention, many of the scenes are unbelievably corny. But Spielberg is able to draw plenty of emotion out of them, and considering the premise, I think it’s allowed to be corny. Eventually Joey is sold to the
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Jeremy Irvine plays Albert, a farm boy who must give up his pet horse to the British army, in the movie ‘War Horse.’ The film is directed by Steven Spielberg, and was released under the Disney banner on Christmas Day.
We see the age-old theme of “war is bad” with an added dimension. The brutalities are not only seen through the soldiers, but the horses, who are no more than equipment, and the struggles they go through are much more tantalizing than that of the humans. This effect is created because the audience spends more time with Joey, and he has no want or reason to be involved in the conflict.
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Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson 12/25/11
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Joey as a character works well as a result of his limited ability of expression. He cannot speak, and body language can only communicate so much. This eliminates a barrier between him and the audience, which feels exactly what he is feeling, or rather, what he is seeing, as he seems to absorb the events around him. He also serves as a plot device. His ability to move from one side of the war to another allows us to see the conflict through different perspectives and characters, without random and awkward scene transitions. The supporting characters are, again, archetypes. You have the gruff military commander, the sympathetic soldier, the wise old man, the pretentious adolescent girl, etc. Despite being one-dimensional, most of them work because the audience is only with them for short periods of time.
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Jolie and Pitt grace the Globes with glamor BEVERLY HILLS (AP)– Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fully dressed their part as a glamorous Hollywood power couple at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards: She in a body-hugging white strapless gown with a flash of red at the bustline by Atelier Versace that matched perfectly her lips and handbag, and he in a classic, bow-tie tuxedo by Salvatore Ferragamo. Individually, they oozed old-school, movie-star looks, but together, they were the buzz of the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., setting a high bar for style. "There is mystery there. We know so much about everybody else that this couple is so exciting, and you love to see them," said stylist Mary Alice Stephenson. "They are so elegant ... and she's immaculate head to toe. She's so beautiful and icy, you love to watch her and you can't take your eyes off her." Jolie led the march of stylish, seasoned veterans, who are mothers, moguls and – on nights like these – the best models around. Stephenson called out Elle Macpherson in a strapless, tiered Zac Posen gown in ivory, Kate Beckinsale in a blush-colored beaded Roberto Cavalli, Reese Witherspoon in a red, corsetlike Posen, Nicole Kidman in a studded Versace and Salma Hayek in a bold, metallic Gucci. Charlize Theron wore a dusty-rose colored gown by Christian Dior Couture with a plunging neckline, high slit and big bow on the waist, and Heidi Klum was in a plunging-back, blush-tone gown by Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein. She accented her look with a huge turquoise necklace. "It's good for real women to see women who have a little age and maybe moth-
erhood who can get their glam on in a very sexy way," Stephenson said. Hal Rubenstein, fashion director for InStyle, noted the prevailing sophistication and elegance. "It's a very pretty night," he said. "Everybody wanted to look pretty and grown up. There wasn't a slashed skirt. There was an understanding that fashion isn't about being outrageous." Among his favorites were Julianna Margulies in a purple caviar-beaded gown by Naeem Khan that showed off an open back. Khan is one of Michelle Obama's go-to designers for formal occasions, and with open back and long sleeves from the designer's spring collection at the Golden Globe Awards. One of her other favorites, Jason Wu, made the leap to the West Coast, dressing Michelle Williams in a blue velvet gown. Williams' biggest style statement, however, was her diamond garland headband by Fred Leighton for Forevermark. The blue gown that surely turned some heads was the Vera Wang worn by Sofia Vergara. It was the mermaid silhouette that's becoming her signature, but the knife-pleated bodice and swirling sheared bias flange skirt were a little more fashion forward than the styles she's worn before. Vergara said she so often wears Wang because of her gowns' fit: "She's like a genius now with my body." There were some new names making bold fashion statements at the Globes, reassuring the next generation of style watchers. Jessica Chastain was at the ceremony for the first time wearing a high-neck, pearl-covered Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci. The details, down to her thin gold belt and
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In the first picture: Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday. Pitt was sporting his new cane, which has sparked a lot of buzz on gossip blogs. On the far right: Emma Stone arrives in a plum-colored Lanvin gown.
pearl-and-diamond earrings, were just right. Mila Kunis wore a oneshouldered black Dior. Her makeup artist Tracey Levy said she looked a bit like Elizabeth Taylor, but even more like "a brunette Grace Kelly." "She looked classic Hollywood, but youthful ... with an innocence but also a grown woman who is confident," said Levy, who stuck to peach and coral Dior shades. Zooey Deschanel wore a unique Prada dark-green halter gown with black and
emerald glass pearls on the bodice and ivory pearls at the neck, and Rooney Mara, in a deep V-neck black gown with a bare, harness-style bodice. "It's a Nina Ricci and it was the first one I tried on," Mara said. "It was very comfortable." Rubenstein thought Mara is playing her cards right in introducing herself to a broader audience. "She's doing a very savvy bridge between personal style and the character she plays in 'Dragon Tattoo.'"
NEW YORK (AP) – Three time's the charm – if that's not the wrong word for Ricky Gervais' third year as scathing steward of the Golden Globes. Or maybe the word is "f-word" – which Gervais blurted out, and which was bleeped, as he introduced presenters Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek late in the show Sunday night. "They're ridiculously gorgeous specimens, they're extremely talented and probably very interesting," Gervais declared. "I'm not sure," he went on, as censors instantly bleeped out the rest of his wisecrack, which declared, "I couldn't understand a (expletive) word they said." Later, when he came back on stage with wine glass in hand, he said it was great having a job that allowed you to get drunk and say whatever you wished and still get paid. Gervais' monologue didn't shock quite the way it did last year, but it had its share of barbs. "Nervous? Don't be," he grinned at the room-full of glit-
terati at the top of the show, aired by NBC on Sunday. "Tonight you get Britain's biggest comedian, hosting the world's second-biggest awards show on America's third-biggest network." He corrected himself: "It's fourth." "The Golden Globes are to the Oscars," he went on, "what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton – a bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker and more easily bought – allegedly." After last year's shindig, when Gervais insulted nearly everyone in sight, an invitation back for the British wag seemed doubtful. But the Globes loves to court outrageous behavior. That meant another turn for Gervais as host. He explained he had been warned by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that were he to insult anyone on hand, or "offend any viewers, or cause any controversy whatsoever – they'll definitely invite me back next year as well." Then Gervais went on to praise a nominated HBO series, "Boardwalk Empire."
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BEVERLY HILLS (AP)– Winners of the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES – Picture, Drama: "The Descendants." – Picture, Musical or Comedy: "The Artist." – A c t o r, Drama: George Clooney, "The Descendants." – Actress, Drama: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady." – Director: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo." – Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist." – Actress, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn." – Supporting Actor: Christopher P l u m m e r, "Beginners." – Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help." – Foreign Language: "A Separation." – Animated Film: "The Adventures of Tintin." – Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris." – Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist." – Original Song: "Masterpiece" (music and
lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), "W.E." TELEVISION – Series, Drama: "Homeland," Showtime. – Series, Musical or Comedy: "Modern Family," ABC. – Actor, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, "Boss." – Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, "Homeland." – Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Dern, "Enlightened." – Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes." – Miniseries or Movie: "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS. – Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce." – Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Idris Elba, "Luther." – Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story." – Supporting A c t o r, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones." P R E V I O U S L Y ANNOUNCED Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Morgan Freeman.
First-timer Octavia Spencer wore a lavender, draped gown by Tadashi with a V neck and jeweled details. "We wanted to create something Grecian that highlighted her curves and vibrant personality," said Shoji in a statement. Rubenstein noted how many women went the purple route, including Emma Stone in Lanvin, Jessica Alba in Gucci and Shailene Woodley in an embroidered illusion column dress by Marchesa. Lea Michele wore one of the beaded, under-the-sea fantasy frocks from Marchesa's spring runway.
Madonna, whose style has been all over the map in her long career, went back to her rock 'n' roll roots for this event wearing a dark green embroidered gown with cap sleeves by Reem Acra and a diamond-andpearl cross by Neil Lane. "I love it because I feel like I'm wearing chain mail and I'm ready to go to battle," said Madonna. Claire Danes took a very modern turn in a graphic black-and-white J. Mendel gown with an open back, and Kate Winslet did the opposites-attract thing in a Jenny Packham gown with a black hammered silk satin bodice and ivory silk crepe skirt.
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Huskies go winless during winter break
By Tyler Morrissey Campus Correspondent
The UConn women’s hockey team returned to action after the holiday break, where they went 0-3-2. UConn played their first two games without their head coach Heather Linstad. She was coaching team USA in the U-18 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic, where team USA took home the silver metal after being defeated by Canada in the championship game. In the first contest of 2012, the Huskies lost to Harvard 8-1. At the time Harvard was ranked No. 9 in the country. This loss would be UConn’s third to opponents out of the ECAC Hockey League. The Huskies played most of the game without Freshmen Sarah MacDonnell. Early on in the first period she received a five minute major and game misconduct for hitting from behind. UConn was able to kill the five minute
UConn women handle Tar Heels with ease from HUSKIES, page 14 sophomore is now averaging a team-high 15.4 points per game to go along with 4.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals. The Huskies have since blown over conference foes Providence and Villanova by margins of 61 and 23 points, respectively. Last night UConn improved to 15-2 on the season after dominating No. 24 UNC 86-35. The Huskies raced out to a 51-16 halftime lead before cruising to their third victory of the year against a ranked opponent. Hartley led the way with 17 points, three rebounds, eight assists and three steals, while five other players (Tiffany Hayes, Caroline Doty, Stefanie Dolson, Mosqueda-Lewis and Kiah Stokes) joined her in double figures. Freshman Kiah Stokes had her first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
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UConn sports a 4-2 record in Big East play from SIX, page 14 figures in scoring as the Pirates rolled to a 75-63 win at the Prudential Center in Newark. On Dec. 31, UConn capped off a great 2011 with a 83-69 win over St. John’s in Hartford. It was a complete team performance as four players scored double figures and Drummond had a double-double. Napier led the team with 17 points and Enosch Wolf and walk-ons P.J. Cochrane, Ben Stewart and Ethan Waite saw playing time. The Blaney-led Huskies started Big East play off on the right foot, defeating 60-57 South Florida at the then-St. Pete Times Forum on Dec. 28. Lamb led the way with 23 points. On Dec. 22, in the battle of the brothers in Hartford, UConn stopped a furious Fairfield comeback and squeaked by the Stags, 79-71. Napier led the team with 24 points and Lamb and Drummond added 18 and 16, respectively. Tyler Olander notched two points for the Huskies and his brother Ryan had eight points and eight rebounds in the loss. Rakim Sanders led Fairfield with 20 points and Desmond Wade, Derek Needham and Sean Crawford reached double figures as well. On Dec. 18, UConn showed their was no rust from from finals as they stormed past Holy Cross 77-40 at the XL Center behind 24 points from Drummond, 15 from Oriakhi, 10 from Lamb and eight from Boatright.
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power play but could not stop the Crimson offense as they scored three unanswered goals before the period came to an end. Harvard struck again at the 6:34 mark of the second period. UConn’s lone goal came off the stick of Freshmen Kayla Campero as she scored off a pass from Freshmen Emily Snodgrass. The Crimson offense did not stop and scored three more times before the end of the period. In the third, sophomore goaltender for UConn Nicole Paniccia, was pulled in favor of senior Alexandra Garcia. January 7 the Brown Bears visited the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. Campero put the Huskies on the board first with her sixth goal of the season. Brown tied the game in the third period when defenseman Jacquie Pierri was able to sneak the puck past Paniccia. Neither team was able to score in the five-minute overtime and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Both teams struggled on special teams as Brown was 0-5 on the
powerplay while the Huskies were 0-3. Pannicia made 37 stops in net for UConn. UConn tied again against the Union Dutchwomen came to Storrs on January 10. This was UConn’s third straight that came against an ECAC Hockey opponent. After a scoreless first period, Snodgrass lit the lamp, scoring her sixth goal of the season, on a onetimer from sophomore Jocelyn Slattery. Junior Jeannie Sabourin scored the equalizer for Union on a breakaway. The Huskies answered when sophomore Alexandra Vakos picked up a rebound off a shot from junior defenseman Casey Knajdek. Just two minutes later junior Rhianna Kurio tied the game for Union. Niether team could find the back of the net in the third period and the Huskies went on to overtime for the fourth time in the last five games. UConn outshot the Dutchwomen 5-1 but could not score, earning them the 2-2 tie in their final non-conference game of
the season. This game also marked an end to Campero’s four game goal streak. The Huskies returned to Hockey East play against the New Hampshire Wildcats. In the first game of two game road trip, the Huskies suffered a 1-0 loss. The only goal of the game came from Emma Clark of UNH in the first period. The one bright spot for the Huskies came from their penalty kill, which has stopped 31 of the last 32 powerplay opportunities faced. Garcia started between the pipes for UConn stopping 20 of 21. The Huskies lost the second game, 5-1. Caroline Broderick got the Wildcats on the scoreboard first, however UConn responded with a goal from sophomore defensemen Maggie Walsh, her third of the year. It was all UNH after Walsh’s goal and the Wildcats went on to score four unanswered goals.
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The Daily Question the way break went, how do you see the men’s basketball team Q : “After finishing the season?” A : “They are gonna go hard in the paint.” –Nicholas Rondinone, News Editor
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Away game
Jan. 18 Cincinnati 7 p.m
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Brady leads prolific Pats
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You lose a bet?
Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center Jan. 19 Cincinnati 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 DePaul 8 p.m.
Jan. 25 Syracuse 7 p.m.
Jan. 28 USF 1 p.m.
Jan. 30 Duke 7 p.m.
Men’s Ice Hockey (11-10-2) Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 31 Robert Robert Holy Cross Holy Cross Princeton Morris Morris 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey (3-15-6) Jan. 20 Maine 2 p.m.
Jan. 22 Boston College 2 p.m.
Feb. 4 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Providence Providence Northeastern 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
Men’s Swimming & Diving Jan. 21 Seton Hall 1 p.m.
Jan. 29 Colgate Noon
Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon
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Jan. 29 Colgate Noon
Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock laughs while wearing a New England Patriots jersey during a Denver Nuggets game on Sunday, in Denver, to pay off a bet with Boston Mayor Tom Menino after the Broncos lost 45-10 to the Patriots.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Next up to try and stop the seemingly unstoppable Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ offense: the Baltimore Ravens. Good luck. How do you cover powerful Rob Gronkowski and versatile Aaron Hernandez and still have a defender left to deal with Wes Welker, the NFL’s leading receiver? Can you generate enough of a pass rush to foil Brady’s quick release? If you don’t, the master of analyzing defenses and firing precise passes can stand comfortably in the pocket, calmly searching for his best option and the quickest route to the end zone. And don’t forget the ground game while you’re focused on all those aerial stars. Get ready, Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs. Your dominant defense is about to get its toughest test. Baltimore’s reward for beating the Houston Texans 20-13 on Sunday is a date with the prolific Patriots, who got there with a 45-10 win Saturday night over the Denver Broncos that turned Tebowmania into a passing phenomenon while its central character, Tim Tebow, kept passing poorly. The Ravens play at Foxborough on Sunday with a defense much better than the one the overwhelmed Broncos displayed. Baltimore’s unit is the third-stingiest in the NFL, but it has never seen anything like this. Not with Brady at the top of his game after his decade of greatness. “The team revolves around him,” Hernandez said. “When he comes to play, which he mostly does every game, then we’re going to be on fire, and when he’s ready, we’re all ready.” Brady’s performance rivals —and surpasses in some ways — his 2007 MVP season when he set an NFL record with 50 touchdown passes and established a team mark of 4,806 yards passing. This season, he beat that by more than 400 with 5,235, second-most in NFL history to Drew Brees’ 5,476. The Patriots went 18-0 in 2007, then lost the Super Bowl 17-14 to the New York Giants on a last-minute touchdown. Now they’re 14-3. One more win gets them to the championship game thanks to Brady’s six scoring passes against Denver, tying the NFL record held by Daryle Lamonica and Steve Young. By halftime, Brady already had thrown for five touchdowns while Tebow had just three completions.
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Confident Giants stun champ Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — No out-of-towner would pick Lambeau Field as the right place to get hot in January. Except the New York Giants. For the second time in four years, the Giants strutted away from Green Bay with a playoff victory, shocking the reigning Super Bowl champions 37-20 in the divisional round Sunday. Now they’re headed to the NFC Championship game in San Francisco next Sunday, bursting with confidence that they can win another road game and get back to the Super Bowl. “This team knows how to win on the road,” defensive end Justin Tuck said. “It seems like right now, it’s our time.” Eli Manning outplayed Aaron Rodgers, throwing for 330 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. The Giants’ defense sacked Rodgers four times and mostly kept his big-play receivers at bay. And Green Bay finally paid for its season-long struggles on defense, providing little resistance and not creating enough turnovers to bail itself out. That high-octane offense sputtered, too, as the Packers dropped passes and lost three fumbles. The Packers looked nothing like the team that was talking about an undefeated season less
than a month ago. Instead of getting a chance to repeat as champions, they’re headed home. “It’s a locker room that expected a lot more and rightfully so,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “I wish I would have done a better job tonight. It was an excellent regular season, but we clearly understand in Green Bay it’s about winning championships. Just going to the playoffs is not enough.” The result was reminiscent of the Giants’ overtime victory over the Packers in the NFC Championship game four years ago, even if some of the players were different — no Brett Favre, for one — and the weather wasn’t nearly as frigid. That win sent the Giants to the Super Bowl. Now they have one step left to get back. “We know we’re a good football team and we’re a great defense,” defensive end Osi Umenyiora said. “We might not have showed most of it during the regular season, but that doesn’t matter. This is the postseason and we’re playing the way we’re supposed to be playing right now. We’ve been playing well for the past four or five games now so hopefully we’ll keep it going and take this thing all the way.” The Giants (11-7) have been on
a roll since beating the rival Jets on Dec. 24, beating the Dallas Cowboys to get in the playoffs and then blowing out Atlanta in the wild-card round last week. “I think we’re a dangerous team,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “I like where we are and how we’re playing.” The Giants are 3-4 against the 49ers in the playoffs, including their memorable collapse in a wild-card game at San Francisco on Jan. 5, 2003. New York led 38-14 in the third quarter but fell apart and lost 39-38. That probably won’t be much of a worry for this year’s Giants, who were oozing confidence even before they beat the Packers. “I knew we were going to beat them on Wednesday, to be honest with you,” running back Brandon Jacobs said. Manning did most of his damage throwing to Hakeem Nicks, who caught seven passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Nicks found holes in the Packers defense early on, bouncing off safety Charlie Peprah on 66-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown in the first quarter. Then he stunned the Packers just before halftime, hauling in Manning’s 37-yard heave into a crowd of players in the end zone for a 20-10 lead. The Giants’ offense hit a lull in the third quarter but the Packers
couldn’t take advantage. With New York later leading 23-13 in the fourth, Packers running back Ryan Grant fumbled the ball away deep in Green Bay territory. Manning cashed in with a touchdown pass to Mario Manningham for a 30-13 lead. Rodgers rallied the Packers by throwing a touchdown to Donald Driver, but Jacobs scored on a 14-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left to put the game away. Rodgers completed 26 of 46 passes for 264 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception. He also was the Packers’ leading rusher with 66 yards on seven carries. Green Bay (15-2) fully expected to go back to the Super Bowl, but the reality hit Rodgers quickly. “Oh, it’s real,” Rodgers said. “We got beat by a team that played better tonight.” It was an emotional day for the Packers, who welcomed offensive coordinator Joe Philbin two days after the funeral service for his 21-year-old son, Michael. Philbin had been away from the team all week after Michael Philbin’s body was recovered from an icy river in Oshkosh, Wis., on Monday. A preliminary autopsy showed that he drowned. “I think deep down, a lot of us wanted to kind of get this one for him,” Rodgers said.
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Six wins, one Jersey Barrier UConn earns mixed reviews over break
By Matt McDonough Sports Editor
Matt McDonough Both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are in the twilight of their Big East careers. The two schools bound for the ACC had disappointing football seasons with the Orange finishing 5-7 overall, placing last in the Big East with a 1-6 record. The Panthers finished 6-7 with a loss to future-Big East member Southern Methodist in the BBVA Compass Bowl. As much as Pitt fans must have enjoyed going to Birmingham, Ala. for the second straight season, unlike UConn and Syracuse, they did play in the postseason. But for the second straight season the program was infamous for headlines off the field. Following the firing Dave Wannstedt last season, Pitt hired Mike Haywood who was dismissed 16 days later after being arrested on charges of domestic abuse. The school settled on Tulsa coach Todd Graham who went 6-6 this year before bolting to Arizona State without telling his players. Paul Chryst became the Panthers’ fourth head football coach in a year last month. Both schools were mediocre on the gridiron. The same cannot be said for their basketball teams. Pitt and Syrcause sit on opposite sides of the standings in the Big East conference. Entering last night’s game against eachother, which was completed after this column’s deadline, the No. 1 Orange was 6-0 in the conference and 19-0 overall. The Panthers were dead last with an 0-5 record in the conference and 10-7 overall record. It was odd to see a game between the future ACC members without a ranking next to both teams. Heading into the “Big Monday” matchup on ESPN, Pitt lost six straight. The loss that sparked the slide was a fivepoint defeat against Wagner on Dec. 23 at home. The Panthers have already dropped four games at their rowdy home court, the Peterson Events Center. Pitt struggled in the early going of the season, with close wins over LaSalle and Rider and a loss in the Steel City to Long Beach State. But after wins over instate rivals Penn, Duquesne and Robert Morris, it appeared the loss to the 49ers was a fluke. The Panthers even won at Tennessee. But now Pitt is mirred in a slump never before seen in the Jamie Dixon area. Even if they rebound in the Big East slate, barring a complete turnaround, Pitt will most likely be on the outside looking in come NCAA tournament time. Ashton Gibbs has averaged close to 17 points per game this season and Nasir Robinson scores 12 a game and averages close to seven rebounds. Travon Woodall is also good for 12 points a game but the Panthers have not been able to maintain success this season. Freshman Khem Birch’s perlexing and mysterious midseason transfer didn’t help Pitt’s depth, and although the Big East won’t likely have 11 teams in the NCAA tournament this season, no conference game is easy. Providence and Seton Hall have proved their mettle against the likes of Louisville and UConn. Rutgers showed Florida and UConn that they are for real before going into the ‘Burgh and dominating Pitt 62-39 on Jan. 11. Syracuse, on the other hand, has played like the No. 1 team in the country and is a favorite for a Final Four berth and national title come April. Come March, Pitt will be lucky to be playing in the NIT.
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The No. 13 UConn men’s basketball team went 6-2 over winter break to improve to 14-3 and 4-2 in the Big East. An 0-2 road trip in New Jersey the first week of this month dropped the Huskies in the polls, but UConn rebounded with two wins last week. The Huskies snapped Notre Dame’s 29-game home win streak on Saturday without Ryan Boatright, whose eligibility is once again being investigated by the NCAA. Alex Oriakhi had 12 points and seven rebounds and Roscoe Smith had 10 points and six boards off the bench in the 67-53 win. Andre Drummond posted a Notebook double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Shabazz Napier led the team with 16 points. Drummond had a breakout performance last Monday in UConn’s comeback 64-57 win over West Virginia at the XL Center. He had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb led the Huskies in scoring with 25 points. The win over the Mountaineers ended UConn’s two-game slide. On Jan. 7 at the RAC, the Huskies lost 67-60 at Rutgers. Shabazz Napier’s game-high 23 points and Drummond’s 10 points and 12 rebounds weren’t enough, as the Scarlet Knights spoiled Jim Calhoun’s return from a three-game suspension from the NCAA stemming from recruiting infractions. Seton Hall pulled off a stunning upset over UConn four days before in George Blaney’s third game as acting head coach. Lamb and Niels Giffey were the only Huskies to reach double
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Jeremy Lamb shoots agains Maine on Nov. 17. Lamb and the Huskies went 6-2 during winter recess, with losses at Seton Hall and Rutgers.
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Huskies continue rebound, dominate UNC
By Ryan Tepperman Staff Writer The last month has been a mixed bag for the UConn women’s basketball team, which dropped two road games, its loss total from the entire 2010-11 season, and went from No. 2 to No. 3 in the rankings. But the Huskies also improved to 14-2 (4-1 in the Big East), forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis won UConn Big East Freshman of the Week for the fifth UNC straight time and sophomore Bria Hartley emerged as one of the elite point guards in the country. After winning its road and conference opener 70-37 over Seton Hall, UConn – then ranked No. 2 – traveled to Waco, Texas on Dec. 18 for a showdown with top-rated Baylor. But despite
taking a 50-39 lead deep into the second half, the Huskies eventually fell to the Lady Bears 66-61 at a sold-out Ferrell Center. Hartley poured in 25 points in the contest, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Baylor and its preseason AP All-American Brittney Griner, who narrowly missed a triple-double with 25 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks. “That was a typical Brittney [Griner] game,” coach Geno 86 Auriemma said after game. “She’s devel35 the oped a little bit of an aggressiveness and a few more ways to score than she’s had in the past, and that’s made it really difficult to defend her.” UConn would rebound from its loss to Baylor with three consecutive blowout wins, the first a 72-24 road win over the College of Charleston. The Huskies then returned home for the first time
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in over three weeks, and proceeded to beat Fairfield 93-40 and Big East foe West Virginia 79-60. Both wins featured balanced scoring attacks that saw five players tally double figures. On Jan. 7, however, UConn faced another tough road test, this time against then-No. 3 Notre Dame. The Huskies had an eightpoint lead just past the midway point of the second half, but like the Baylor game, they were unable to close it out and eventually fell in overtime. Notre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins, a preseason AP All-American, led the way with 22 points, while guard Natalie Novosel had 20 points on 10-of11 shooting from the line. Hartley led the way for UConn with another 25-point effort, one of her eight double-digit performances during winter break. The
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Stefanie Dolson drives the lane during the Huskies’ 86-55 win against No. 23 North Carolina last night. UConn improved to 15-2.
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UConn beat WVU at XL Center to end skid By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer
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Andre Drummond, seen here against Harvard, had a coming out party against West Virginia on Jan. 9. Drummond had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
The No. 17 UConn men’s basketball team avoided a threegame losing streak after defeating Big East opponent West Virginia 64-57 on Jan. 9. After an unsuccessful road trip to New Jersey, where the Huskies fell to conference opponents Seton Hall and Rutgers, the Huskies returned home to the XL Center where they faced the Mountaineers, who were fresh off of a 74-62 win over then No. 9 Georgetown. “We turned it around and had an inspiring win,” said coach Jim Calhoun. The two-game skid was snapped in an effort led by sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb who had a game-high 25 points and center Andre Drummond added 20 points and 11 rebounds, to cap his
fifth double-double on the season. “I thought Andre Drummond was special tonight,” Calhoun said. “He has not been special all season. He has been good as you would expect for a freshman, but tonight he was special. Tonight he was the difference in the game.” “He was awesome,” said guard Ryan Boatright. “The numbers he put up and the way he played tonight, that’s an NBA performance.” Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with 22 points, hitting a game-high three 3-pointers. The Mountaineers were leading 46-36 with just over 11 minutes left to play, but the Huskies responded with a 17-3 run to end the game. The 10 point deficit was narrowed in part by Boatright whose dunk after a steal tied the game at 48 points. He would later hit the jumper to put the Huskies up for good with a score of 57-55 with
over two minutes to play in the game. He would finish with seven points and four assists. “We quit running our offense,” said coach Bob Huggins. “We tried to make one on one plays. They took some things away from us when we did not go to our second option.” The Mountaineers shot just over 32 percent from the field, including 8-of-30 in the second half. Gary Browne led the Mountaineers with seven rebounds coming off the bench, four of which were offensive. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Huskies 38-32 on the night and held UConn without an offensive rebound in the first half. West Virginia finished with 20 offensive rebounds compared to the Huskies’ six.
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