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Workshop prepares for law school application By Olivia Balsinger Staff Writer
STEPPING TOWARDS ‘ARMAGEDDON’ UConn National PanHellenic Council Step show showcases Greek talent. FOCUS/ page 7
UCONN NIXED IN TENNESSEE Huskies drop second straight game with lose to Volunteers. SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: REPEAL OF THE BLUE LAWS ABOUT RIGHT TO CHOOSE
Gov. Malloy will work to abolish the state’s Blue law. COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: STORM BLANKETS NORTHEAST WITH FEW INCHES Winter storm drops several inches of fluffy snow.
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The most pertinent pieces of advice given to students who attended a pre-law workshop Friday afternoon included majoring in a subject that really captivates interest, taking advantage of opportunities the university offers and simply enjoying college. These words of advice came from Rebecca Flanagan, director of Pre-Law planning and programming at the UConn. Flanagan has a plethora of experience in helping students who desire to go to law school following graduation—she has worked at law schools throughout the country, has presented at numerous conferences, is on the executive board for the Association of American Law
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Schools Section on Academic Support and even attended UConn for her undergraduate degree. The workshop was attended by mostly freshmen and sophomores so Flanagan shaped her presentation to provide more of a general outline of what one should do if they would like to eventually attend law school. She warned the group that law school is not for the faint of heart—it takes determination and a true love of the profession in order to succeed and eventually attain a job. Flanagan also stressed that there is no specific “pre-law” major, though the common misconception is that political science majors attend law school. In fact, certain majors such as math, physics, economics, and philosophy are correlated with
achieving higher LSAT scores. These majors help develop the analytical skills that are needed for success on these exams. While undergraduate grades are considered very important for acceptance into law schools, these schools generally prefer that students challenge themselves with difficult material and expose themselves to a rage of different subjects. UConn has a wide array of extracurricular activities available to students, and Flanagan advised that students interested in law school need to show involvement on campus. “Do something that you really love and pursue that interest because law schools care about ability and focus,” Flanagan said.
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Rebecca Flanagan, JD, giving a talk to students interested in applying to law schools in the CUE on Friday.
UConn Transpo. goes mobile » STUDENTS, page 2
By Courtney Robishaw Staff Writer The days of being late for class and waiting outside in the cold or rain much longer than anticipated are over at UConn. Beginning last Tuesday, students can now see the exact location of each bus and AVS van online as it travels around campus. The websites, www.bus. uconn.edu/map and www.avs. uconn.edu/map, countdown exactly how many minutes until the bus or AVS van will arrive at a certain stop. The websites also let students know if there are any detours on campus. “Anyone with a smart phone, a laptop or a tablet will be able to watch the buses and vans getting closer and closer to their stop,” said Janet Freniere, manager of Transportation Services. For example, students that live in Towers can wait until a bus leaves W Lot before going outside on a rainy or snowy day. “I love that I can see where the buses are so I don’t have to stand out in the cold, especially during the spring semester,” said Patty Cournoyer, a 6th-semester allied health major, “It’s great because I can see if a bus is running late and you can see it stuck in traffic and how many minutes until it arrives.”
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Information about the buses including their schedules and a new GPS tracking function are now avaialbe on a mobile UConn transportation website.
“It was a little confusing at first to get the hang of, but now it’s so convenient to see how long it will be until a bus arrives on my iPhone,” said Stephanie Chaplin, a 4th-semester history major. This system is different from the iHusky application, as this system provides the actual timing of the buses versus the schedule available on the
Transportation Services’ website. According to Janet Freniere, manager of Transportation Services, the times on the maps are extremely accurate because all of the buses and AVS vans have GPS units installed in them with the location of the vehicle updating every five to 10 seconds. However, since the website is so new, there are a few glitches
to work out. “We are working some bugs out right now with how it is performing on iPhones, but we have great support from the Ride Systems company and I have an IT student who is working with them daily to get rid of any problems or glitches,” Freniere said.
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New rules could increase New England renewable power BOSTON (AP) — New England is decidedly short on coal mines and oil wells, but electricity grid watchers say a recent federal order could help the region finally unlock the power in the energy sources it does have. A federal order issued last fall is intended to make it easier to construct transmission lines, costly and controversial projects that are notoriously tough to build. More wires are badly needed in New England to connect customers to the region’s often remote sources of renewable power, which is needed because all six states have committed to using increasing amounts of renewable energy. To date, the grid managers who plan transmission projects have focused almost exclusively on “reliability” — whether such projects would help keep power flowing when demand is high, such as on a stifling summer day. But as part of the new FERC order, managers also must plan transmission that helps states meet policy goals, such as increasing renewable power use.
UConn research finds enduring effects of violence on girls By Katherine Tibedo Staff Writer
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Girls exposed to violence during adolescence are more likely to develop suicidal thoughts than their male counterparts, UConn graduate student Kate Zona found in a study conducted with data from inner city Chicago teens. Zona, a 4th-year clinical psychology Ph.D. student, obtained data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods with the help of her advisor Dr. Stephanie Milan. Her goal was to figure out if there is a gendered difference in how adolescences respond when exposed to violence. Previous research has shown that adult women are
at a greater risk for devolving trauma related disorders, and it’s known that depression risk increases at adolescences. Zona wanted to know if this gender difference also appeared in adolescence. In some aspects her results surprised her, such as with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “I wasn’t sure how the results would be with PTSD, there are high rates of PTSD reported among women, but I found that boys and girls where equally likely to develop PTSD,” Zona said. Where she did find a gender difference was in the disorder dissociation. Dissociation is a mental disorder that is characterized by symptoms such as losing track of time and a feeling of being outside one’s
body, as described by Milan in an email. It is common to feel low levels of dissociation, Zona explain. Her study focused on a severe version called dissociative amnesia, which involves not being aware of one’s surroundings, losing track of time and forgetting events. Zona’s study confirmed that dissociative amnesia is common after trauma, and found she found that adolescent girls who experienced dissociation after exposure to violence were more likely to have suicidal thoughts as adults. There are no known reasons that completely explain this gender difference. However, social expectations and biological differences may contribute, according to Zona and Milan. Zona explained that “fight or
flight” response, a physical arousal that allows one to fight or to run away, is not universal. Girls are more like to freeze up or experience numbing when confronted by violence whereas as boys are more likely to experience the “fight or flight” response. Therefore, the different trauma symptoms may be tied back to the initial reaction to the trauma. Furthermore, Milan explained that girls are more likely to assign blame to themselves. “There is a lot of research showing that when bad things happen, girls are more likely to attribute some of the blame to themselves than boys … and that girls are also more likely to ruminate, think about the bad event more often. The physiological responses of women
may therefore also increase their potential for mental health symptoms,“ Milan said. The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods is an interdisciplinary study looking at how child and adolescent development is effected by families, schools, and neighborhoods, according to its website. Zona published her research as part of her master’s thesis. She is current doing fieldwork in New Britain looking at risk and resilience with girls between 14 to 16 years old and their mothers. She hopes for her research will lead to a better understanding of trauma symptoms and hence treating them more effectively.
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What’s on at UConn this week... Monday: Hascoe Distinguished Lecture 4 to 5:30 p.m. Gant Science Complex, P-38 Vicki H. Grassian, Director of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute, at the University of Iowa, will present, “Nanomaterials and the Environment.”
Monday: Marketing Club 7 to 8 p.m. Business Building, 211 UConn Marketing Club will hear a presentation from guest speaker, UConn Co-Op Marketing Manager Marcia Firsik. Plus free pizza and soda! All students are welcome to attend, no prior registration is necessary.
Tuesday: Funding Your Research 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CUE 134 If you are an undergraduate currently involved in research and need funding...then this information session is for you.
Wednesday: Lunar New Year Coffee Hour 2 to 4 p.m. Student Union, 307 Lunar New Year Coffee Hour-YEAR OF THE DRAGON at the International center, there will be music and refreshments.
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Conn. student ID’d in NY house fire that killed 3
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have released the identity of one of the victims of a fire that tore through a private home being rented by college students in upstate New York, killing three people. Poughkeepsie Town Police Chief Thomas Mauro said Sunday that 21-year-old Eva Block, a Marist College student from Woodbridge, Conn., died of smoke inhalation. The names of the other victims were not released. Authorities say Block, another female Marist student and one male, who was not a student, were killed in the Saturday morning fire, which remains under investigation. Four other people in the house escaped without serious injuries. The off-campus house was being rented by six female Marist students. Several had guests who stayed the night Friday.
UConn coach: Paterno’s lessons still resonate STORRS (AP) — The University of Connecticut’s head football coach says lessons he learned as a Penn State player under Coach Joe Paterno still resonate with him more than 40 years later. Paul Pasqualoni, a member of Penn State’s Class of 1972, said Sunday that there “could not have been a better experience” to help him learn to coach than being around Paterno and being part of the Nittany Lions. Paterno died Sunday at age 85 of complications from lung cancer. Pasqualoni said Sunday that he realized early in his career at Penn State that he’d have difficulty getting much playing time because great players were ahead of him. He said when he decided to focus on teaching and coaching, he learned lessons from Paterno that he still uses at UConn.
Police ID woman found dead off Conn. highway
WESTPORT (AP) — Connecticut State Police say they have confirmed the identity of a woman found dead off a highway ramp, but still don’t know how she died. Troopers were called Thursday to a spot near southbound Interstate 95 in Westport where the woman’s body was found. They said she suffered significant visible trauma, and that the injuries and circumstances prompted them to call in detectives. They initially put out a public call for help in identifying the woman, and later determined she was 43-year-old Michelle M. Cassano. Police did not have a current address and hometown for her, and said her family members live out of state.
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Experts: Paterno’s death won’t stop court cases
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Paterno would no doubt have made a dramatic courtroom witness. But legal experts said his death will have little or no effect on the criminal or civil cases to come out of the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal. “Obviously, you’re taking away a great deal of the high-profile nature of this case, because it deals with Joe Paterno’s football program,” said Jeffrey Lindy, a criminal defense lawyer involved in a clergy-abuse case in Philadelphia. “But with regard to the legal impact of his death, there is none.” Paterno died Sunday at 85, two months after former coaching assistant Jerry Sandusky was charged with molesting boys and two university officials were accused of perjury and failing to report child sex-abuse allegations against Sandusky to police. The criminal case against the two university officials may even become more streamlined without Paterno in the mix.
Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can’t go home DETROIT (AP) — The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can’t return because the building’s unsanitary and unsafe. Texana Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 and her belongings placed outside after her 65-year-old son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage, The Detroit News reported in a story Sunday. Two days later, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said she could return. But now, HUD said it won’t let Hollis move back in because of the house’s condition. She had lived there about 60 years. “Here I am, 100 years old, and don’t have a home,” Hollis said, rounding off her age. “Oh Lord, help me.”
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Marijuana-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists. A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world’s first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents— a mouth spray it hopes to market in the U.S. as a treatment for cancer pain. And it hopes to see FDA approval by the end of 2013. Sativex contains marijuana’s two best known components — delta 9-THC and cannabidiol — and already has been approved in Canada, New Zealand and eight European countries for a different usage, relieving muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis. FDA approval would represent an important milestone in the nation’s often uneasy relationship with marijuana, which 16 states and the District of Columbia already allow residents to use legally with doctors’ recommendations. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration categorizes pot as a dangerous drug with no medical value, but the availability of a chemically similar prescription drug could increase pressure on the federal government to revisit its position and encourage other
Students encouraged wait for law school from WORKSHOP, page 1
In addition to the clubs and activities that pre-law students can take advantage of, such as the Law Society and Mock Trial, it is also important to take advantage of opportunities such as studying abroad or acquiring an internship. An internship within some field of law, Flanagan said, is actually more of a prerequisite to even been considered by the admissions board for acceptance. Flanagan also reiterated that it is not necessary to attend law school immediately following college graduation. In fact, law schools prefer students who take time off after undergrad to not only mature, but to gain a better understand of the world and get off the academic treadmill. Students who are interested in eventually attending law school should attend a pre-law workshop with Flanagan. The dates and times of these workshops are posted on prelaw. uconn.edu. Students are also invited to attend open office hours for a quick question or if they have not attended a workshop yet. One can check office hours by emailing Rebecca.flanagan@uconn.edu.
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In this undated photo provided by GW Pharmaceuticals, a sample of the drug Sativex is shown. Sativex contains marijuana’s two best known components_delta 9-THC and cannabidiol_and already has been approved in Canada, New Zealand and eight European countries for relieving muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis.
drug companies to follow in GW Pharma’s footsteps. “There is a real disconnect between what the public seems to be demanding and what the states have pushed for and what the market is providing,” said Aron Lichtman, a Virginia Commonwealth University pharmacology professor and president of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. “It seems to me a company with
a great deal of vision would say, ‘If there is this demand and need, we could develop a drug that will help people and we will make a lot of money.’” Possessing marijuana still is illegal in the United Kingdom, but about a decade ago GW Pharma’s founder, Dr. Geoffrey Guy, received permission to grow it to develop a prescription drug. Guy proposed the idea at a scientific conference
that heard anecdotal evidence that pot provides relief to multiple sclerosis patients, and the British government welcomed it as a potential way “to draw a clear line between recreational and medicinal use,” company spokesman Mark Rogerson said. In addition to exploring new applications for Sativex, the company is developing drugs with different cannabis formulations.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are trying to curb the so-called CSI effect that forensic experts say has helped inundate crime labs across the country with record numbers of evidence testing requests, in an effort to reduce a huge backlog at the state’s lab. The term, named after the popular TV show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” refers to the increasing public awareness of advances in DNA testing and other forensic exams and the growing expectation of jurors to see forensic evidence at criminal trials. The result, experts say, is that police are sending much more evidence to labs for testing than they used to. Police agencies across Connecticut are now being asked for the first time to limit their submissions to the state lab under new guidelines that took effect Jan. 1. The state also plans to hire 25 to 35 new lab workers to reduce the backlog to a manageable level, but it may take two to three years before the new employees are trained and ready to work, said Michael Lawlor, criminal justice aide to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. The number of DNA cases that have not been started at the forensics lab in Meriden skyrocketed from less than 250
in mid-2006 to nearly 3,900 last year, according to the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, which oversees the lab. During the same time period, the number of lab workers has decreased about 10 percent to 90. The wait for DNA testing in many cases is more than three years. If no extra staff were added,
backlogs in other types of evidence testing, including nearly 1,700 firearms cases and 1,400 latent fingerprinting cases. The state lab’s backlog follows a national trend. DNA casework backlogs at labs across the country increased from about 38,000 in 2005 to nearly 112,000 in 2009, according to the latest available U.S. Justice Department statistics. In addition to an increase of samples from crime scenes, most states have passed laws requiring DNA testing of criminals, adding to many labs’ backlogs. Lawlor said it’s too early to tell what effect the lab’s new evidence limits are having, but he expects a 10 to 15 percent drop in the workload over time. “Most states have begun to follow this procedure to avoid the ‘CSI effect,’” Lawlor said about the limits. Under the new evidence guidelines, the lab won’t perform DNA testing in several types of cases, including recovered stolen vehicles not used in any other crimes, found property, thefts of property worth less than $2,000 and misdemeanors. The number of samples tested will also be limited to one to two for property crimes and five for robberies and less-serious assaults.
State crime lab to cops: Less evidence, please
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No simple explanation in AF Academy sex crime data
DENVER (AP) — Nine years after a sexual assault scandal at the Air Force Academy sent shock waves across the military, the Defense Department last month announced a spike in reported assaults at the school — and days later the Air Force filed sex-crime charges against three cadets. It isn’t clear whether the disturbing news means sexual predation is on the rise at the academy, experts and school officials say. It could reflect the academy’s efforts to encourage cadets to report any kind of unwanted sexual contact. “I don’t think anybody knows how to read that data,” said Lory Manning, director of the Women in the Military Project at the Women’s Research & Education Institute in Washington and a retired Navy captain. The number of assaults reported at the academy since the 2005-06 school year, when comprehensive record-keeping began, has varied widely. From 10 in the first year, the totals rose to 24 two years later, plummeted to eight in 2008-09 and then rose again, to 20 in 200910 and 33 last year. Nearly 80 percent of the academy’s approximately 4,600 cadets are male. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday nearly 3,200 sexual assaults were
The Air Force Academy provided these undated photos of cadets Robert M. Evenson Jr., left, Stephan H. Claxton and Kyle A. Cressy. All are charged with sexual assault and face hearings in the coming weeks.
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reported across the military last year, but he said the real number is probably closer to 19,000 because so few victims report the crime. Panetta said the Pentagon would prepare initiatives to reduce the number of assaults. It’s a battle the Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs, Colo., has been waging since 2003. In January of that year, female cadets came forward to say that when they reported being sexually assaulted, they were punished for minor infractions as drinking. Some went to a local rape crisis clinic instead of
academy officers, saying they feared their military careers would be damaged if they spoke with commanders. Top leaders at the academy were replaced and programs put in place to prevent sexual abuse and to encourage cadets to report incidents. It’s impossible to measure how many crimes the training may have prevented, said Teresa Beasley, the academy’s sexual assault coordinator. “How do you measure prevention?” she said. “The number of reports have gone up,” said Col. Reni Renner, vice commandant of
BETHEL, Vt. (AP) — June Tierney and Kellie Burke never envisioned island living in the Vermont woods, but Tropical Storm Irene had other ideas. Their home, a two-story, natural-sided saltbox, was a rural idyll on a wooded 10-acre lot off a dirt road, with a stairway leading from their backyard down a steep bank to Gilead Brook, a small stream. When Irene blew through Vermont on Aug. 28, the brook became a raging torrent. After the storm, the main part of it had moved around to the other side of the house, leaving a smaller stream still flowing along its old bed. Now Tierney, a 47-year-old lawyer who works for the state board that regulates utilities, and Burke, 48-year-old high school librarian, have to cross a ford — a new, narrow road that dips into the old stream and has no guardrails — to get home, and face an uncertain future. They wonder if they should cut their losses and move. Their biggest worry is whether the next time the river runs wild, it will take the house with it.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A few inches of snow coated the Northeast on Saturday in a storm so rare this season in the East that some welcomed it. “We’ve been very lucky, so we can’t complain,” said Gloria Fernandez of New York City, as she shoveled the sidewalk outside her workplace. “It’s nice, it’s fluffy and it’s on the weekend,” she said of the snow, which hadn’t fallen in the city since a rare October storm that that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts and knocked out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses in the region. By midafternoon, 4.3 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park and 3.4 inches at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Most of eastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, and central New Jersey saw about 4 inches of snow, with a few places reporting up to 8 inches. Flurries
and freezing rain fell around Washington, D.C. In Massachusetts, the National Weather Service says 11 inches fell in the Bristol County town of Acushnet. Cape Cod also saw high totals, including nearly 10 inches in Bourne, noteworthy in a season marked by a lack of snow throughout the Northeast. The fast-moving storm left several inches of snow in Rhode Island, where the coastal areas took the hardest hit. More than nine inches fell in North Kingstown. Little Compton in Newport County was also hard hit, as eight inches fell there. The storm was expected to move out to sea overnight. Road conditions were fair Saturday, officials said. Crews in Pennsylvania and New Jersey began salting roads around midnight and plowing soon after. By midmorning,
the snow had turned to sleet in Philadelphia north through central New Jersey and had stopped falling altogether by early afternoon. “It’s a fairly moderate snowstorm, at best,” said weather service forecaster Bruce Sullivan. Few accidents were reported on the roads, helped by the weekend’s lack of rush hour traffic, but New Jersey transportation spokesman Joe Dee cautioned drivers to build in more time for trips. Though temperatures will warm up this afternoon he said, forecasters expect the wet ground to freeze again overnight. Flights arriving at Philadelphia Airport were delayed up to two hours because of snow and ice accumulation and about 35 flights had been canceled, but most departing flights were leaving on time, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
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ov. Malloy recently announced that in an effort to help Connecticut be more competitive with neighboring states, he will work to abolish the state’s infamous Blue Laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol on Sundays, Mondays following holidays, Independence Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day. Many of these laws date back to the Prohibition Era and have long been a topic of discussion. Malloy’s proposal is a wise one for the state. These Blue Laws are antiquated and bad for business. The state government is saying that revenue will increase by $5-8 million, so for liquor distributors it comes down to their business plan – when something changes, they have to make adjustments to their plan to make things work. Connecticut and Indiana are currently the last two states in the country whose Blue Laws regarding Sunday sales are still in place – the rest have been abolished in past years, most recent of which were several cities in Georgia last year. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman state that the potential change in the Blue Laws will be to make Connecticut a more competitive state among both its neighboring states and the rest of the country. Yet, as similar bills have been many times before, this change is being met with push back from several of the state’s liquor storeowners. Arguments range from that fact competition will, in fact, be worse, because they will have to pay for someone to be at the store on Sunday to the belief that liquor sales will remain relatively unchanged because people will buy less on Saturdays and throughout the week if they know they can buy alcohol on Sundays. The truth is, people are going to buy alcohol when they want alcohol. Connecticut citizens who live close to Massachusetts and Rhode Island already take their money and business to those states on Sundays when they want to drink beer during football games or wine during awards shows. Further, many store owners and employees just don’t want to feel obligated to work on Sundays and holidays. The fact that Malloy calls for liquor stores to be open on national holidays that are meant to celebrate the “working man” is of interest, but with the unemployment numbers being what they are, it’s more clear that people want to work. The proposed bill also calls to eliminate state minimums in an effort to make things cheaper for the consumer. He also proposed liquor stores be allowed to stay open until 10 p.m. and bars until 2 a.m. every night of the week, should they choose to do so. It all boils down to choice – and that is worth acknowledging. 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.
Anyone still interested in the Time Traveler’s Club please meet in the Student Union yesterday, Thank you. My Asian political economy professor has four masters degrees from various Ivy League schools and brought us all chocolate for the first class....Legit. My professor told us not to worry about how crowded the classroom is because “later in the semester, it’ll get much more spacious.” When the only thing open on your computer is Tetris and you’re still lagging, you know your Internet is terrible. How many minutes can you talk to a person at a party about their major until you realize you’re stone sober? The UConn men could learn something from the heart and effort Kelly Faris puts into every game. Andre Drummond and Alex Oriahki are clearly magicians. They’re great at disappearing during games. Apparently field goals are worth three points? I asked and finally understood why everyone else was cheering. He may not be Romeo, but he’s my lovin’ one-man show. Whoa-oa-oa-oa. LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY. I want lotion for my cuticles. Hold up, that’s a conflict of Jimterest. The score is more like 0-Infinity. FOOTBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
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Parents must know how to respond to kids’ wishes
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ver Christmas break, a lot of people that I know were circulating a Huffington Post article that told the story of a gaming store employee who wrote an open letter to the older brother of a customer whose father wouldn’t let him purchase the game that he wanted. According to the heartwarming account, the younger brother insisted on getting a game with a female protagonist, the clerk obliged and helped him find one, no easy feat in the gaming world. Then the boy By Tyler McCarthy asked for a controller that was “girl Weekly Columnist colored.” Settling on a purple one, the older brother was about to purchase the items for his sibling when their father came in and tried to put a stop to the unconventional purchase. In the end the older brother tells his dad that since he is making the purchase, it is ultimately his decision whether or not the younger brother can buy the game and controller. The story ends with everyone except the brutish father getting what they want. This story was a fantastic pick-me-up when I read it over vacation. I was proud that so many of my friends recognized the important issues that this story brought up and felt for the poor younger brother who was left in tears just for wanting something
different. As time went on, there was something about this article that I just couldn’t shake. I considered how I would react if my son brought me those two items and adamantly told me that’s what he wanted. I have to confess that I might raise an eyebrow. Not because I’d be ashamed to have a son who was exhibiting odd or homosexual tendencies, but because it’s very hard these days for a child who does show those signs to grow up unscathed, either emotionally of physically. The media is plagued with stories of young adults who are committing suicide as a result of bullying and there is a chance that the father in this story didn’t want to invite that kind of horror upon his son. I had so much trouble getting this idea out of my head that I asked my father, Jerry McCarthy, what he would have done if, as a child, I approached him with a purple controller and a game with a female protagonist. “I wouldn’t really see an issue,” he said, “A purple controller and a game with a woman as the main character are just different things to a kid.” “Wouldn’t you be worried about me being beaten up or something?” I asked. “If the dad in the story was worried about his son being a sissy or a homosexual, well that’s a little ridiculous. Sometimes a kid might be a divergent thinker. If he’s worried that his son is going to get beaten up, then teach him martial arts or something. There’s no need to squelch his curiosity.” With a newfound pride in my father and a different perspective on the story, the only conclusion that I could really come to is
that this story might not have a villain after all. The fact of the matter is that parenting is tricky, and raising a “good kid” is a goal with a definition that is constantly changing. What worked for my father might not work for me. Parents are in the unfortunate position of having to have all the answers but not knowing any of the answers. We belong to a generation of boys who are becoming men and eventually men become fathers and they do the best they can. There was a time when an assigning a gender role to your children was easy. Boys played with G.I. Joe and girls played with Barbie. Today things are drastically different. No longer are women subservient to men and no longer do well-minded human beings treat homosexuals as unnatural or wrong. These are all great things, but they also force us to challenge the way we’ve always thought about raising children. It will take time before people are comfortable letting their sons play with a Barbie. With the rules completely different, we must pay close attention to how this affects the next generation’s views of what is considered “proper” or “traditional.” Was the case of the boy in the store a vital point in his development, or was he simply curious about something different? As conscious human beings, we need to decide how we will react the day our son brings us a purple controller or our daughter brings us a football.
Weekly Columnist Tyler McCarthy is a 6th-semester journalism and English double major. He can be reached at Tyler.McCarthy@UConn.edu.
Vast typographical history is unknown by most typists
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n organization known as CERN, which is composed of Europe’s top nuclear scientists and which operates the Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland, announced last month its findings regarding the hypothetical particle known as the Higgs boson. The research findings, which detailed the possible discovery of a particle that could help explain why certain interactions of other subatomic particles occur, caused a major surge By Srivats Satish of interest. But the way Staff Columnist in which those findings were presented also aroused outrage and condemnation. The research presentation that the nuclear scientists distributed contained the rather informal font Comic Sans – an unforgivable sin among designers and aesthetes. One commentator wryly suggested that the Nobel Prize committee should take into account the CERN researchers’ poor choice of font when determining if their work is prize-worthy. It may seem odd that one’s choice of font could have such significance to some and be completely irrelevant to others. Perhaps this is so because typography – the art of designing and arranging written language – has not yet gained the
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appreciation it deserves. It is more likely than not that nearly all of your written language typed into a computer has been expressed through the typefaces Calibri, Times New Roman or Arial, depending on the age and type of your word-processing program. All of these typefaces are of relatively recent design and invention and are now among the default fonts currently used for expression on the internet and on computers. Comic Sans, the font that aroused such outrage when used by nuclear scientists, was designed in the mid- 1990s merely to be used in humorous and whimsical settings such as comic books and advertisements targeted for children, but since its inclusion as a default in Microsoft Word, it has spread like an invasive species to countless inappropriate uses in signage, scholarship and elsewhere. The proliferation, overuse and misuse of these new fonts threaten to obliterate the history of
typography and all of the contributions that thousands of people over two millennia have made to the field. As peculiar as it might seem, the systematic design of written language is a form of art that reflects and is reflected by the cultural traditions of the West. The square capital lettering of Imperial Rome is the product, for example, of a preoccupation with mathematical principles and a desire to make aesthetically and geometrically perfect characters. Other typefaces, drawing on the history of the Medieval period, aim to imitate the imperfect beauty of handwritten language. When we consider that the creation of a new typeface required, at one point, a lifetime’s work and diligent study as well as an inspiration to creative design, we see that our computerized society’s disregard for our artistic and cultural history borders on the obscene. If you turn to the last pages
“There is, as you can see, a reason why this font was chosen over Wingdings.”
of books, you will often find “a note on the typeface” which very often goes unread. This is a shame; it is not only the author who is responsible for conveying information and meaning, but also the typographer. “Like the tone of a spoken voice, the characteristics of a typeface convey meaning. The design of the typeface is, in itself, its voice”, reads the Ban Comic Sans Manifesto. The experience of reading “The Da Vinci Code” or “A Tale of Two Cities” is entirely different when the novels are read in Comic Sans rather than Palatino, Verdana or Baskerville. Similarly, when we write on the computer, we should give consideration when appropriate to the font that will most accurately express the tone of our writing and the character of our voice. After all, we would never write a resume in the same font as which we would write a comic strip. Finally, a note on the typeface. You are reading this column in Times. It was designed in 1931 to serve as the font for the Times of London and is commonly used in formal settings. There is, as you can see, a reason why this font was chosen over Wingdings.
Staff Columnist Christopher Kempf is a 4thsemester political science major. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.
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Horoscopes To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Communications about actions get through, whereas actions themselves could get blocked or obstructed. Get into planning, networking and crowdsourcing. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t let worries about money interfere with love. You may as well listen, though you might have to compromise. A quiet evening suits you just fine. Relax. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Mars goes retrograde today (until April 14). Avoid signing contracts between now and then, since vitality is lacking. Maintain projects with momentum. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Set an intention ... the New Moon is an especially fertile time for planting promises. Take care of your heart. Keep it healthy. Practice love. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- The energy is there to propel your inner thoughts out into the world. What message will you relay? Have it well thought out, rather than reactionary. The camera is on.
Mensch by Jeff Fenster
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Expand your influence. Talk about your fantastic project with imaginative flair. Paint a picture with an inspiring possibility. Invite participation. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Avoid initiating important projects or buying mechanical equipment, if you can. Finish off old business. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Retrograde Mars especially affects Scorpio. Find support with family when it comes to making decisions. When one door closes, another one opens.
Nothing Extraordinary by Thomas Feldtmose
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- You have an excuse to get out of town and shake things up a bit. Visit family, maybe, or take a day trip. Make room for love and anything’s possible. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 9 -- When it comes to making money, you have the power. Focus your energy on what it’s really attractive to you. Ask a trusted advisor for guidance. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- You may notice hidden motivations, or reconsidered personal views or opinions. Be gentle with hearts. Avoid scandal. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Focus on the space around the limitations. You may tumble, but you won’t know if you can make it, if you never even try. Wisdom builds with every failed step.
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Yemen’s president leaves for US, hands over power SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his battered nation Sunday on his way to the U.S. for medical treatment after passing power to his deputy and asking for forgiveness for any “shortcomings” during his 33-year rein. But in a sign that Saleh’s role as Yemen’s top power broker is likely far from over, he said he would return to Yemen before the official power transfer next month to serve as the head of his ruling party. Saleh’s departure marks a small achievement in the months of diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and Yemen’s powerful Gulf neighbors to ease the nearly year-old political crisis in the Arab world’s poorest country. An active al-Qaida branch there has taken advantage of the turmoil, stepping up operations and seizing territory. After months of diplomatic pressure and mass protests calling for his ouster, Saleh signed a deal in November to transfer authority to his vice president in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Still, Saleh continued to exercise power behind the scenes, sparking accusations he sought to scuttle the deal and cling to power. His departure could help the deal go forward. Presidential spokesman Ahmed al-Soufi told The Associated Press that Saleh left Yemen’s capital Sanaa late Sunday on a plane headed for the Gulf sultanate of Oman. He did not say how long Saleh would remain there, but added that he would make “another stop before heading to the United States of America.” A senior administration official said Ali Abdullah Saleh would travel to New York this week, and probably stay in the U.S. until no later than the end of February. U.S. officials believe Saleh’s exit from Yemen could lower the risk of disrup-
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tions in the lead-up to presidential elections planned there on Feb. 21. The Obama administration faced a dilemma in deciding whether to let Saleh enter the U.S. after he requested a visa last month. It has long seen getting Saleh out of Yemen as an important step in ensuring the power transfer goes forward. But some in the administration worried that welcoming Saleh would spark charges from the Arab world that the U.S. was harboring an autocrat responsible for deadly crackdowns on protesters. To protect against this, the administration has sought assurances that Saleh will not seek to remain in the U.S. An official close to Saleh said Sunday the president would undergo medical exams in Oman before heading to the U.S. The U.S. has forbidden him from any political activity in the U.S., the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorize to disclose diplomatic talks. Saleh is likely seeking treatment for injuries sustained in a blast in his palace mosque last June 3 that left him badly burned. After the attack, Saleh traveled to Saudi Arabia for treatment, leaving many to suspect his power was waning. A few months later, however, he made a surprise return to Yemen and resumed his post.
Death toll in Nigeria attack rises, stuns leader
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — People in this north Nigeria city once wore surgical masks to block the dust swirling through its sprawling neighborhoods, but swarming children hawked the masks for pennies apiece Sunday to block the stench of death at a hospital overflowing with the dead following a coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect. The Nigerian Red Cross now estimates more than 150 people died in Friday’s attack in Kano, which saw at least two suicide bombers from the sect known as Boko Haram detonate explosive-laden cars. The scope of the attack, apparently planned to free sect members held by authorities here, left even President Goodluck Jonathan speechless as he toured what remained of a regional police headquarters Sunday. “The federal government will not rest until we arrest the perpetrators of this act,” Jonathan said earlier. “They are not spirits, they are not ghosts.” However, unrest continued across Nigeria as unknown assailants in the northern state of Bauchi killed at least 11 people overnight Saturday in attacks that saw at least two churches bombed, a sign how far insecurity has penetrated Africa’s most populous nation. Friday’s attacks by Boko Haram hit police stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of Nigeria’s secret police in Kano, a city of more than 9 million people that remains an important political and religious center in the country’s Muslim north. The assault left corpses lying in the streets across the city, many wearing police or other security agency uniforms. On Sunday, soldiers wearing bulky bulletproof vests stood guard at intersections and roundabouts, with bayoneted Kalashnikov rifles at the ready. Some made those disobeying traffic directions do sit-ups or in one case, repeatedly raise a bicycle over their head. Signs of the carnage still remained. Police officers wearing
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Soldiers stand guard at a major road junction prior to Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the site of a suicide bombing at the police headquarters Kano, Nigeria, Sunday.
surgical masks escorted a corpse wrapped in a white burial shroud out of Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, the city’s biggest. Hospital officials there declined to comment Sunday, but the smell of the overflowing mortuary hung in the air. An internal Red Cross report seen Sunday by an Associated Press reporter said that hospital alone has accepted more than 150 dead bodies from the attacks. That death toll could rise further as officials continue to collect bodies. At least four foreigners were wounded in the attack, the report showed. Among the dead was Indian citizen Kevalkumar Rajput, 23, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Jonathan arrived to the city late Sunday afternoon, traveling quickly by a motorcade to
meet with the state governor and the Emir of Kano, an important Islamic figure in the country. His motorcade later rushed to what used to be the regional command headquarters for the Nigeria police, with an armed personnel carrier trailing behind, a soldier manning the heavy machine gun atop it. The Christian president, wearing a Muslim prayer cap and a black kaftan, looked stunned as he stood near where the suicide car bomber detonated his explosives. Officers there said guards on duty shot the tires of the speeding car, forcing it to stop before it reached the lobby of the headquarters. However, it didn’t matter in the end as the powerful explosives in the car shredded the cement building, tore away its roof and blew out its windows. Blood
stained the yellow paint near a second-story window, just underneath a 10-foot-tall tree uprooted and tossed atop the building by the blast. “Whether you are a policeman or not a policeman, when you see this kind of thing, definitely you’ll be worried,” said Aminu Ringim, a senior police officer. “You’ll be touched.” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also condemned the multiple attacks Sunday. “The secretary-general is appalled at the frequency and intensity of recent attacks in Nigeria, which demonstrate a wanton and unacceptable disregard for human life,” a statement from his office read. He also expressed “his hope for swift and transparent investigations into these incidents that lead to bringing the perpetrators to justice.”
US talks to Afghan insurgent group ISLAMABAD (AP) — Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says. Dr. Ghairat Baheer, a representative and son-in-law of longtime Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Gulbu-DEEN HEK-mah-tyar), told The Associated Press this week that he had met separately with David Petraeus, former commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan and now CIA director, and had face-to-face discussions earlier this month with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, currently the top commander in the country. Baheer, who was released in 2008 after six years in U.S. detention at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, described his talks with U.S. officials as nascent and exploratory. Yet, Baheer says the discussions show that the U.S. knows that in addition to getting the blessing of Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar — a bitter rival of Hekmatyar even though both are fighting international troops — any peace deal would have to be supported by Hekmatyar, who has thousands of fighters and followers primarily in the north and east. Hizb-i-Islami, which means Islamic party, has had ties to al-Qaida but in 2010 floated a 15-point peace plan during informal meetings with the Afghan government in Kabul. At the time, however, U.S. officials refused to see the party’s delegation. “Hizb-i-Islami is a reality that no one can ignore,” Baheer said during an interview last week
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Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20. resident Bashar Assad’s forces attacked Zabadani, some 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of the capital, for six days, sparking fierce fighting that involved heavy bombardments and clashes with army defectors. AP
In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 photo, U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, top NATO Commander in Afghanistan, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan.
at his spacious home in a posh suburb of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. “For a while, the United States and the Kabul government tried not to give so much importance to Hizbi-Islami, but now they have come to the conclusion that they cannot make it without Hizb-iIslami.” In Washington, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden would not confirm that such meetings took place but said the U.S. was maintaining “a range of contacts in support of an Afghan-led reconciliation process.” On Saturday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he also had met recently with Hizb-i-Islami representatives. Baheer said he attended those meetings but added that the party considers the Afghan government corrupt and lacking legitimacy. Karzai’s announcement appeared intended to bolster his position as the key player in the search for peace. The U.S.
repeatedly has said that formal negotiations must be Afghanled, but Karzai has complained that his government has not been directly involved in recent preliminary talks with Taliban representatives and plans for setting up a Taliban political office in the Gulf state of Qatar. Baheer said his meeting with Petraeus, whom he described as a “very humble, polite person,” was marked by a few rounds of verbal sparring with each boasting a battlefield strength that the other dismissed as exaggerated. “There was a psychological war in these first meetings,” he said. Baheer said Crocker and Allen tried to persuade Hizbi-Islami to become part of Afghanistan’s political network, accept the Afghan security forces and embrace the nation’s current constitution. He said Hizbi-Islami was ready to accept the security forces and the constitution, but wants a multiparty commission established to review and revise the charter.
Arab League extends Syria mission 1 more month
BEIRUT (AP) — A clash between Syrian forces and army defectors erupted Sunday in a suburb of the tightly held capital of Damascus, adding urgency just as the Arab League was extending an observers’ mission that so far has failed to end long months of bloody violence. The two events outlined how an uprising against President Bashar Assad that started with mass popular protests is moving now toward an armed conflict that could draw international intervention — an outcome the Arab League is trying to avoid. Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo, extended the much-criticized observers mission for another month, according to a statement from the 22-member organization. The League decided to add more observers and provide them with additional resources, the officials said. The observer mission is sup-
posed to be the first step toward implementing an Arab League plan to end the Syria crisis. Other points are pulling heavy Syrian weapons out of cities, stopping attacks on protesters, opening talks with the opposition and allowing foreign human rights workers and journalists in. “There is partial progress in the implementation of the promises,” Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said in Cairo about Syria’s implementation of the plan. Syria “did not carry out all its promises, although there are some implementation of pledges.” He added that the use of “extreme force” by Syrian forces have led to a reaction by the opposition “in what could lead to civil war.” Qatari Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani told reporters after the meeting that the Arab League was launching a new initia-
tive to solve the crisis in which the Syrian government and the opposition would form a unity government with in two weeks to lead to the country through a transitional period in which elections would be held and a new constitution written. It was seen as highly unlikely that Syrian authorities or the leaders of Syria’s scattered opposition would agree to such a plan. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told reporters that his country will pull out its observers because “the Syrian government did not implement the Arab plan.” He urged Muslim countries, China, Russia, Europe and the U.S. to put pressure on Assad’s government to stop the violence. Saudi Arabia has been one of the harshest Arab critics of the crackdown, It recalled its ambassador from Damascus last year in protest.
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Steppin’ towards ‘Armageddon’ UConn National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show showcases Greek talent
2011: The year in beer
By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent
By Joe Pentecost Staff Writer
The DevaSTating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta and the Naaaassssttttyy Dawgs of Omega Psi Phi were crowned winners of the fifth annual National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Step Show on Jan 21. Before the show began at 7:30 p.m., there was a lack of urgancy, as students we dancing in unison before the lights were dimmed to start the show. DJ Willie G set up on the far right side of the stage, blasting music as people walked around and mingled with one another. To begin the show, a member from each of the Divine Nine Greek Houses represented their brothers and sisters on stage. These included the Ice Cold Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the SophistAKAted Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Naaaassssttttyy Dawgs of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the DevaSTating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Soulful Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, the Soo Sweet Sisters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, the Pretty Poodles of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, and the Centaur Soldiers of the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. Once the show started, Emcee Drew Frazier from Comedy Central’s Bad Boys of Comedy and HBO’s Def
Over the past calendar year, the craft beer industry has continued to experience incredible levels of growth. With increased competition and rapid-pace expansion around the country, some breweries have been forced to close their doors, pull back their distribution regions or change their pricing schemes. Let’s take a look at 2011’s top beer stories and how the past year’s events will set up 2012 for a great year of quality beers. Dollar sales for the craft brewing market segment were up over 10 percent on the year, maintaining pace from the 2010 statistics (12 percent). An estimated 260 new breweries opened doors during 2011, bringing the countrywide total to 1,949 according to the Brewer’s Association’s preliminary findings. Though the craft segment continues to grow, while the big brewer’s piece of the pie continues to decline, many experts predict that the craft beer bubble will soon “burst.” That is to say that the growth of the existing industry and influx of new breweries opening will soon outweigh the market capacity and demand for craft beers. While some regions are still in desperate need of quality local products, as more breweries increase production and expand distribution, the greater the likelihood that their product will sit longer on shelves alongside competitors. This can unfortunately result in a less-thanfresh product for customers who may be disappointed enough to refrain from repeat purchases: all pointing toward another reason to drink local. In order to stay competitive, many breweries market exciting new seasonal beers and specialty ales involving obscure ingredients, catchy names and the use of barrel-aging and blending techniques. By now, this should be old news – but some of these beers have truly been testing the price ceiling of craft offerings with prices soaring upwards of $25 and $30 per 750-mL or 22-oz bottle. The reality is that these high prices can combine with the increased competition to result in bottles with an even longer and dustier existence on a liquor store shelf. While the economics of beer pricing could merit an entire article in itself, an upstart bar in Austin, Tex. called Brew Exchange will test the supply and demand of craft beer in an all new way. Featuring a 62-foot-long ticker, customers will be able to see the prices of over 100 beers (including 72 taps) change in real time. The concept is simple: more popular beers will sell for a bit more, while some of the worseselling beers will be offered at a discount. If a lucky drinker arrives at just the right time, certain craft beers might be available for as cheap as $2. With 915 craft breweries in the planning stages, it’s safe to say that the trend of quality beer will continue into 2012 with full force. However, it’s far too early to predict what the brewing trends will be. Will we see pricy barrel-aged beers and high-alcohol ales continue their reign at the forefront of many craft brewer’s portfolios? Or will push come to shove on pricing schemes, leaving consumers turning to their favorite six-pack offerings? Only time will tell, but the good news is that drinkers of microbrews will have a continually expanding number of options at their fingertips. Cheers!
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UConn students compete in the fifth annual UConn NPHC “2012: Year of the Armegeddon Step Show,” Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.
Comedy Jam had no problem getting a few laughs from the audience while putting members of the Step Show council on the spot and giving shout outs to the judges of the show. The DevaSTating Divas of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority kicked the performances off. They played their own skit of “The Godfather” in which the girls had a job to show everyone that they were the best steppers in the “red light district.” The performance itself began with a sister singing “Fever,” then the femme fatale sisters quickly took center stage with their stepping and dancing sequences. Following Delta Sigma
Theta were the Soo Sweet Sisters of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority who integrated an acting skit in their routine where a State Farm Agent showed up after a sister’s car caught on fire. The Pretty Poodles of Sigma Gamma Rho did their own take on “Mean Girls.” The sisters pretended to audition to fit into the cool crowd after weeks of hard work. After the sororities, Frazier called for a quick break during which there was a lot of dancing in the crowd. Frazier himself made many shout outs to the houses, parents, students, and even student parents in between acts. The show was back on with Naaaassssttttyy Dawgs of
Welcome back to ‘China, IL.’
“China, IL,” Adult Swim’s new series about the worst college in America, got better and better with each episode, and just when the show seemed to have reached full force, the season tragically ended. However, creator Brad Neely and the good folks at Williams Street and Titmouse productions gave the fans a taste of what’s to come with a holiday special simply titled “Chinese New Year.” The episode begins with a student riot. Due to the professor’s poor teaching habits, all of the students have failed the new state-issued standardized test. But the professors do not care, and are instead busy enjoying a secret Santa party, leading the Dean to be confronted by his arch-nemesis, the mayor. The mayor brings news of an order from the governor; if the students
and special effects, but I would’ve liked to see all the fraternities and sororities perform,” said Davin Campbell, a 2nd-semester English major. “At times one group would do dance moves from another group. It was nice to see the girls do some of the boys’ stuff, and how they paid homage to each other.” In the end, the brothers of Omega Psi Phi and the sisters of Delta Sigma Theta won the Step Show. But the dancing didn’t stop when the show ended, as everyone gathered on stage and stayed for another 15 minutes dancing altogether.
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A still from the New Year’s special of Adult Swim’s “China, IL,” titled “Chinese New Year.” The episode aired Dec. 29, 2011.
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Omega Psi Phi. Addressing the theme of the show, “2012:Year of the Armageddon,” they made a video clip regarding the political oppression and violence around the world. Their performance centered around the message: “violence is not the answer.” They used books as props to encourage the idea that with gaining knowledge comes understand and eventually, peace. The Centaur Soldiers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity closed the show with their Terminator 5 theme. When they began dancing and voguing to “Who Run the World,” cheers rang throughout the crowd. “It was creative and exciting, especially with the props
don’t retake and pass the exam, the governor will tear down the University of China, IL and build an airport in its place. Nevertheless, the professors are adamant about shirking their duties and hatch a plan to make robotic clones of themselves to teach the students in their place. Naturally, they failed to take into account that their robot selves would be just as useless as they are. As a result, Professor Steve winds up taking on a messiahlike role because he is the only one actually willing to teach the students. However, at this point the robots have become aware of their programmed selfdestruction feature upon the drop of the ball, so not only do the professors have to deal with the students, they also have a robot uprising on their hands. In terms of quality, “Chinese
New Year” definitely shows a greater mastery of pacing. Obviously, the events of each episode make for a pretty dense 15 minutes (11, minus the commercials), so the show is required to move at lightning speed. Sometimes it works well, and sometimes things feel a little too glossed over. But in the case of “Chinese New Year,” the pacing feels right. All the jokes and gags are well-integrated, and the episode captures the chaos of an uncertain new year. All in all, “Chinese New Year” isn’t the funniest episode of “China, IL,” but it’s certainly upper-tier, and it does a good job of incorporating all the wacky characters that make the show entertaining. It’s was a quality holiday special that leaves fans eager for the next season.
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A justification for ‘Justified’
1. AFC Divisional Playoff-SA (CBS) - 18.5 2. FOX NFC Playoff-PST-SUN (FOX) - 13.4 3. NCIS (CBS) - 12.7 4. Golden Globe Awards (NBC) - 10.2 5. NCIS Los Angeles (CBS) 10.2 6. The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - 9.5 7. Person of Interest (CBS) - 8.8 8. The Mentalist (CBS) - 8.5 9. ROB (CBS) - 7.8 10. Modern Family (ABC) - 7.3
fight and accidentally turns on Krieger’s anime girlfriend. “The Man from Jupiter” takes a gamble introducing Reynolds as himself, but it largely succeeds with the gimmick. Every character has something to do, the plots hilariously merge at the climax, and the little side jokes provide laughs. Everything in the episode just works, and the show is firing on all cylinders so far in season three. I’m excited to see the rest of the season, which holds promise and will also feature an appearance from Walter White himself, Bryan Cranston.
With a brand new year comes the return of some of TV’s most popular characters. Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodson and the rest of the gang are back in the teen sensation “Gossip Girl.” We left the Upper East Side a few months ago with the fatal car accident in which Waldorf and her lover-boy Chuck Bass were fighting for their lives. It is terribly disappointing that such a tragic event had to occur just when these two love-birds decided to give their romance a second chance. However, “Gossip Girl” fans can take a deep breath because we learned just a week ago that all is well in the Upper East Side. Waldorf and Bass decided to end their short-rendezvous as Waldorf decided to continue her engagement with Prince Charming (Louis). But the biggest shock of the episode came when it was revealed that Waldorf had lost her baby. Is this a sign that Blair and Louis are no longer meant to be? “Hart of Dixie” also will end its short hiatus on the CW January 23. We left the small town of Bluebell, Ala., last year as Dr. Zoe Hart’s love life was heating up. Rachel Bilson, who plays the titular Hart, shows that she can once again deliver an amazing performance, as she did while on “The OC.” Hart moves after her life unexpectedly takes a turn for the worst in New York City. She moves to Bluebell with the intention of working as a family physician and learning to be a more “compassionate” doctor. “Hart of Dixie” kicked off last year with a slow start but the show has since proven to be something to stay tuned to. If the Upper East Side or Bluebell, Alabama does not seem appealing, zombies in “The Walking Dead” may interest you. “The Walking Dead” is a horror television series that is broadcast on AMC. The series begins with Sherriff Rick Grimes, who wakes up from a coma to find the world inhabited by zombies. As Grimes sets out to find his family and other survivors of the zombie apocalypse, he discovers that the walking dead are capable of pushing him to the brink of insanity. To balance the horrors of “The Walking Dead,” “Mad Men” will return to television on March 25. If there is ever a show that is capable of cheering you up, it is certainly “Man Men.” The show is set in the 1960s and follows the life of Don Draper, a director at Sterling Cooper. “Mad Men” portrays the progressiveness of society in the 1960s and has been critically acclaimed through numerous Emmy awards. Season five of the show premieres on March 25 on AMC. Another AMC show to stay tuned for this spring is “The Killing.” As the show enters its second season, the individual responsible for Rosie Larsen’s death is still at large. The first season of the show consisted of numerous twists and turns as Sarah Linden, an accomplished homicide detective, tries to balance her personal live with hunting for Larsen’s killer. Will season two finally reveal who Larsen’s killer is?
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Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) and Arlo (Raymond Berry) of FX’s hit drama, “Justified,” in a still from season two’s episode, “Cottonmouth.” The third season premiered on Jan. 17, three weeks after the season two finale.
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What I’m watching “Community” NBC 9 p.m.
Last semester, my friends got me hooked on NBC’s Community and boy am I glad they did. The show centers around an odd group of students and some dysfunctional faculty members from Greendale Community College. Somewhere between a paintball apocalypse, a chicken tender mafia, philosophical commentary and the occasional John Oliver cameo, I became addicted. Community brings a healthy level of sarcasm–but not to the point where it’s overbearing—and an intelligence that I haven’t seen in a while. Tune into NBC on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. and you will be glad you did. - Dan Agabiti
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1. BCS Championship L (LSU/ Alabama) (ESPN) - 24,214 2. BCS Championship Post (ESPN) - 21,555 3. BCS Bowl Studio L (ESPN) 13,649 4. BCS Bowl Studio L (ESPN) 12,006 5. BCS Bowl Studio (ESPN) - 8,141 6.Jersey Shore SSN 5 (MTV) 6,491 7. Pawn Stars (HIST) - 6,117 8. Pawn Stars (HIST) - 5,951 9. American Pickers (HIST) - 5,494 10. Gold Rush (TWENTY FOUR SEVEN) (DISC) - 5,480
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With two sublime seasons under its belt, “Justified” stands strongly as one of the best shows currently on television. Obviously, that just made the expectations even higher for its latest season. If the premier episode was any indication, the ongoing travails of Raylan Givens won’t let up anytime soon. The new season starts off three weeks after the dramatic season two finale and things have calmed down for a bit. Raylan managed to survive the bullet wounds in the deadly confrontation with the nefarious Bennett family, but the
damage to his hip placed him on desk duty. With a murder committed that had a possible link to Wynn Duffy – a crime lord that Givens has quite a bit of history with – it takes little time before our sly lawman must don his infamous cowboy hat once again for the beginning of a whole new story arc. The murder in question was done by the hitman for Dixie Mafia man, Emmitt Arnett, who needed a wealthy client killed and robbed to pay back Detroit enforcer, Quarles. While Arnett was a convincing red herring as one of the season’s main bad guys, it was apparent by the get-go that Quarles will be one of the main players this year. Neal
McDonough did a brilliant job portraying a devious man with an eccentric behavior to cover his icy heart. Speaking of great acting, everyone in the main cast seems to be perfectly snug in their roles at this point in the series. Just the awkward looks on Timothy Dalton’s Raylan and Jere Burn’s Duffy’s faces as they conducted ordinary business to exchange information – when their last rapport ended with a violent threat – were absolutely priceless. Nick Searcy has mastered the role of Chief Warden Art. The interaction between him and Gibbens, as the boss who is now perfectly content with a subordinate who constantly
goes against orders, is just a riot to watch. All in all, this episode was an appropriate season opener that had a great mix of action and hints of things to come. Even though it wasn’t all too surprising that Raylan would get the upper hand on the villainof-the-week, Arnett’s hitman, it was still a riot to see how smoothly he would have the last laugh. With Boyd Crowder now making his move in a prison filled with possible subordinates and Quarles exiting this episode as a powerful threat, season three just might become the best yet in this fantastic series.
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‘Archer’ premiere hits target
By Joe O’Leary Senior Staff Writer
As “Archer” dives into its third season, having premiered Thursday night on FX, it’s brought out its biggest gun yet. The show has referenced Burt Reynolds in dialogue from characters many times, and Archer himself adores him, so it made perfect sense for Burt Reynolds to come onto the show to voice… himself? Yes, “The Man from Jupiter” featured the mustachioed man playing a cartoon version of himself, as Archer begins the episode meeting him at a bar (and nearly getting into a fight with him). Archer’s dreams of meeting Reynolds are shattered, however, when he finds out that Burt’s dating Mallory. His issues with his mother, due to their ridiculously messed-up relationship, bring out Archer’s more desperate side, leading him to kidnap Reynolds. During this, the rest of the team tries to save Archer from a Cuban hit squad that the secret agent doesn’t seem to care about. The episode played off the dynamic of Reynolds’ introduction well, as every character’s dialogue mentions him. Archer wavers between being a gleeful Reynolds fanboy and vindictive towards the man who’s dating his mother. Reynolds, in return, gives him life lessons and co-creates a sequel to Reynolds’ film, “Gator,” offering Sterling a writer’s credit. Their characters come together in a frequently hilarious conversation of “pim’s cups” and “pimp cups.” Mallory’s angry throughout
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A still from the season three premiere of FX’s “Archer,” “The Man from Jupiter.” The episode featured the voices of Burt Reynolds as himself, H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer and George Coe as Wodehouse.
the episode because she thinks Reynolds left a note dumping her, though it was done by Archer. Her reaction, to cry heavily and drink, leads to some great spiteful putdowns and comments. Jessica Walters is as good as ever as Malloy Archer, and in the face of the “Arrested Development” reunion – if it happens – it’s awesome that we’ll get to see both of her great comedic TV characters on television at the same time. Pam and Cheryl are tasked with watching their boss, while they both gush over Reynolds. Mallory is feisty in this one; she threatens to throw Cheryl “in a mental ward with total amnesia
under someone else’s name,” and that’s even before she finds the note, which she finds is signed “Regards!” Lana, Cyril, Krieger and Gillette are tasked with stopping the assassins out to kill Sterling, but in yet another Archer bonehead move, the Cubans mistake Gillette for Archer, and end up getting into a firefight. The meat of the jokes were in the plot, as Gillette’s wheelchair equipment prevents the group from escaping, leading the group to make some really messed up jokes at his expense. Cyril is especially great in the episode, as he fires his tiny handgun out the window randomly during the fire-
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No shame in ‘Shameless’
By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent Showtime’s hit series, “Shameless,” made its second season debut on January 8 at its usual 8 p.m. slot on Sundays. In the same fashion as other shows like MTV’s “Skins,” “Shameless” is the United States adaptation of the originally British series. Also, like “Skins,” this series is completely unconventional, vulgar, messy, and crude – all of which add to its appeal. “Shameless” centers on the dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a single alcoholic father of six children. Incapable of caring for anyone but himself, Gallagher spends his day’s drunk and in the midst of debt problems while his children learn to take care of themselves. The oldest of the six is Fiona, a 21-year old who works a few dead-end, minimum wage jobs to bring in money to support her siblings. Phillip, or “Lip,” is a 17-year old genius who earns money taking SATs for other children. Ian, a year younger than Lip, works hard in the ROTC and works at a grocery store while hiding the fact that he’s gay. Debbie is a sweet 11-year old who is helpful and has a good heart. Carl, who is a year younger than Debbie, is usually in trouble at school for attacking kids and being violent. Liam is the baby of the family, and he’s black despite his parents’ being white. Last season, the Gallagher family went through debt crises, baby theft, having a stranger pose as a family member to keep their house, fake weddings
for money, and fake deaths to avoid debt collectors. In the midst of the craziness, however, are moments that really test the family’s ability to stick together – like when Monica, the mother, comes back and tries to pick up where she left off. The beginning of the second season opens with a room full of marijuana plants, bets and bills needed to be paid, a woman’s search for her dead ex-husband, and Liam being held hostage. Regardless to say, the second season of Shameless is shaping up to be just as exciting and appealing as the first. What makes the drama so interesting is the intricate character development, the brilliant acting from every family member, and the situations and trials that the Gallagher clan face. The performances of and the chemistry between the young actors, Emily Rossum (Fiona), Jeremy Allen White (Lip), Cameron Monaghan (Ian), and Emma Kenney (Debbie), were definitely highlights of the first season of the show, and that is certainly true of the second season as well. There are many open ends and possibilities for what’s to come next from the Gallagher family, which makes the show’s unpredictably so permanent. For those who are interested, I’d suggest watching season one to catch up. Fair warning though – there are many sex scenes, a lot of explicit language, and countless drug references (besides the obvious alcoholic father ones).
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The Music Department and the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life honored composers who were prisoners at the Terezin Concentration Camp with “Noch frei in der Kunst!,” a concert at the Benton Museum on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m.
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James’ passion, great range are remembered
NEW YORK (AP) — On her last album “The Dreamer,” released just three months before her death, Etta James sings a mix of covers, from the R&B classic “Misty Blue” to the Ray Charles song “In the Evening.” But perhaps the most curious tune included on the disc may be the Guns N’ Roses staple “Welcome to the Jungle.” That a 73-year-old icon of R&B would tackle the frenetic rock song — albeit in a pace more fitting her blues roots — might seem odd. But the song may be the best representation of James as both a singer and a person — rambunctious in spirit, with the ability to sing whatever was thrown at her, whether it was jazz, blues, pining R&B or a song from one of the rowdiest bands in rock. “She was able to dig so deep in kind of such a raw and unguarded place when she sang, and that’s the power of gospel and blues and rhythm and blues. She brought that to all those beautiful standards and rocks songs that she did. All the number of vast albums she recorded, she covered such a wide variety of material that brought such unique phrasing and emotional depth,” said Bonnie Raitt, a close friend, in an interview on Friday afternoon after James’ death. “I think that’s what appealed to people, aside from the fact that her personality on and off the stage was so huge and irrepressible. She was ribald and raunchy and dignified, classy and strong and vulnerable all at the same time, which is what us as women really relate to.” James, whose signature song was the sweeping, jazz-tinged torch song “At Last,” died in Riverside, Calif., from complications of leukemia. Her death came after she struggled with dementia and other health problems, health issues that kept her from performing for the last two or so years of her life. It was a life full of struggles. Her mother was immersed in a criminal life and left her to be raised
by friends, she never knew her true father (though she believed it was billiards great Minnesota Fats), and she had her own troubles, which included a decadeslong addiction to drugs, turbulent relationships, brushes with the law, and other tribulations. One might think all of those problems would have weighted down James’ spirit, and her voice, layering it with sadness, or despair. While she certainly could channel depression, anger, and sorrow in song, her voice was defined by its fiery passion: Far from beaten down, James embodied the fight of a woman who managed to claw her way back from the brink, again and again. It’s an attitude that influenced her look as well. Despite the conservative era, she dyed her hair platinum blonde, sending out the signal that she was far from demure, and owning a brassy, sassy attitude. She relished her role as saucy singer, a persona that she celebrated in her private life as well. “In terms of 1950s rhythm and blues stars, she had kind of a gutsy attitude and she went out there and did what she did, and she was kind of bold ... and it had a huge influence,” said David Ritz, the co-author of her autobiography “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story.” ‘’I think her gutsiness and her lack of fear and just her courage (made her special). ... I believe that made her important and memorable.” Beyonce, who played James in the movie “Cadillac Records” about Chess Records, also spoke about her influence on other singers. “I feel like Etta James, first of all, was the first black woman I saw with platinum, blonde hair. She wore her leopard and she wore her sexy silhouette and she didn’t care. She was strong and confident and always Etta James,” said Beyonce in a 2008 interview.
James could often be irascible. Ritz remembers when he was working with her on her autobiography, touring with her around the country, that one time he approached her with his tape recorder and she barked: “If see that tape recorder again I’m going to cram it up your (expletive).” But at other times, she’d be effusive and warm and anxious to talk. “Once she did talk, she was always candid and unguarded. She was a free spirit,” Ritz said. While Ritz put her in the category of other greats like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye, she never enjoyed their mainstream success. Though “At Last” has become an enduring classic, there were times when James had to scrounge for work, and while she won Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she did not have the riches, the multitude of platinum records or the hits that some of her peers enjoyed. “She at least enjoyed a great resurgence like John Lee Hooker did and B.B. King, (and) has had some great decades of appreciation from new generations around the world,” said Raitt. “There’s no one like her. No one will ever replace Etta.” And Ritz said the lack of commercial success does nothing to diminish her greatness, or her legacy. “Marvin certain knew it and Ray knew it ... the people who know that she was in that category,” he said. “Whatever the marketplace did or didn’t do or whether her lack of career management didn’t do, it has nothing to do with her talent.” And on Friday, the Queen of Soul was among those who paid tribute to James greatness, calling her “one of the great soul singers of our generation. An American original! “I loved ‘Pushover,’ ‘At Last’ and almost any and everything she recorded! When Etta SUNG, you heard it!”
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Huskies play tough against Colonials By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer
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UConn's forward Trevor Gerling prepares to handle the puck in a game played against Robert Morris Jan. 20. The Colonials defeated the Huskies 2-1 during that game.
Hockey is the definition of a contact sport; where physicality and checking is just as valuable as speed and finesse. It is also one of the few sports where missing teeth and black eyes are prized much like a badge of honor. In the words of Hall of Fame center Andy Bathgate, “in Canada, you’re not a hockey player until you lose some teeth.” On Saturday the UConn Men’s Hockey team finished off a two game homestand against Robert Morris. The Huskies were swept this weekend losing 4-3 in overtime on Friday against the Colonials and 2-1 on Saturday. Although the Huskies slipped to 10-122 overall on the season and 9-8-1 in the Atlantic Hockey Association, they played arguably their most physical game of the season thus far. The tone was set early in
the first period when forward Brant Harris hit the Colonials’ defenseman James Lyle with 12:33 left in the period. Harris hit Lyle so hard he may have separated his shoulder and required medical attention. Lyle left the game after that. “We just wanted to come out playing physical and we did,” said forward Marcello Ranallo, who scored the only goal for the Huskies in the 2-1 loss. “We just took it to them. Our game plan was to come in, hit them hard, and send a message.” Nearly three minutes after that huge hit the Huskies and Colonials got into it as a fight broke out by the Huskies’ bench. A few punches were thrown, but it did not develop into anything serious. This continued throughout the game as the refs fought for control as there was definitely some animosity between the two teams. When punches weren’t being thrown around, insults were, as the trash talking and jawing continued
through the night. “Of course there is going to be trash talking,” Ranallo said. “It is a part of the game and it happens.” Some other big hits came from forwards Paul Cinquegrana and Cody Sharib, who were checking the Colonials defense into the boards hard during the second and third periods. “We need to be a physical team,” said head coach Bruce Marshall. “We need to finish our checks, we need to be in your face and not let you get all wound up. It is definitely an element of our game that we need to do we just need to finish on our opportunities.” The Huskies will look to continue that physical play next weekend against conference opponent Holy Cross. The Huskies will host the Crusaders on Friday at 7:05 p.m. before traveling to Worcester, Mass on Saturday to play on their ice.
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Missed chances haunt UConn this weekend
By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer
would soon manage to tie the game on a goal by Jocelyn Slattery, leaving a potential goal on the ice would prove It was a story of bad breaks costly. and missed opportunities Just two minutes after tying on Sunday afternoon when the game, the Huskies would the UConn women’s hockey catch a bad break, as a puck team lost to No. 4/5 went off of a BC Boston College 3-1. player’s skate and After falling behind found the back of the 1-0 during the first net, once again putperiod, the Huskies ting the Eagles in came out of the gate front. strong in the second, Coach Heather playing far more Linstad was less aggressive and manthan pleased with aging several scoring the officials on opportunities. » Notebook allowing the goal, However the and thought that it Huskies could not hurt her team. “That convert on those chances. second goal looked like it About seven minutes into was kicked in and Garcia was the middle period, freshman interfered with,” Linstad said, Kayla Campero had the BC “after that we couldn’t sustain goalie beat on a breakaway the momentum we built.” but rang her shot off the crossLinstad said that after a bar, leaving the Eagles ahead slow start to the game in the by one. And although UConn first period, she thought her
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Linstad: It's all about heart and leadership from MAINE, page 14 Slattery tied the game for UConn as she scored a shorthanded goal at the 9:21 mark on the second period. BC freshmen Emily Field tipped in a shot that deflected off a skate to retake the lead for the Eagles. Before the end of the period senior Danielle Welch would tack on one more goal for BC. The third period would remain scoreless, sealing the victory for the Eagles. “It’s about the heart and leadership of the captains to keep moving forward,” Linstad said.
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team played well in the last two periods, building momentum throughout. That momentum showed in the shots department, as although UConn was outshot 31-28 on the game, they steadily applied more pressure to the BC goalie as the game progressed. After being outshot 15-5 in the first, the Huskies were nearly even with the Eagles in the second cutting the margin to 10-9, and then outshot BC 14-6 in the final period. As happy as she was with the effort, the result was not to Linstad’s liking. “We played well enough to have a better outcome today,” Linstad said. Linstad was also disappointed to not take advantage of such a strong showing by senior goalie Alexandra Garcia, who made 28 saves on the afternoon.
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UConn sophomore forward Stephanie Raithby skates up the ice in a game against Minnesota Duluth. This weekend, the Huskies lost one game and tied another.
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Giants advance to Super Bowl XLVI SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kyle Williams put his hands on his helmet and dropped his head in disgust. A second big mistake by its backup punt returner did in San Francisco at the worst possible time. Williams fumbled in overtime to set up Lawrence Tynes' 31-yard field goal, and the 49ers lost the NFC championship game to the New York Giants 20-17 on Sunday. Williams, returning kicks in place of the injured Ted Ginn Jr., muffed one punt early in the fourth quarter to set up a go-ahead touchdown for New York, then was stripped by Jacquian Williams in overtime to give the Giants the ball at the 24. After three runs and a kneeldown, Tynes kicked the gamewinner, and Williams slowly made a dejected walk back to the locker room as the 49ers missed out on a prime chance to go to the Super Bowl. "It will be a tough one," coach Jim Harbaugh said. "It will take a while to get over." The fact that turnovers did in San Francisco was truly surprising. The 49ers tied an NFL record with just 10 giveaways all season — including none on special teams — and had a plus-28 turnover margin in the regular season. They took advantage of five New Orleans turnovers to win 36-32 last week but were on the wrong end in this game because of Williams. Williams, the son of Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams, did not look smooth fielding punts after
doing it just twice in the regular season. He made a dangerous, sliding catch on one return and called a fair catch on another with room to run. He then made his first big miscue after San Francisco forced a punt early in the fourth quarter while protecting a 14-10 lead. Steve Weatherford hit a short, bouncing punt that Williams came up to try to field. He backed away at the last minute, but the ball glanced off his right knee and was recovered by Devin Thomas at the San Francisco 29. The play was originally not ruled a fumble but was overturned by instant replay. Six plays later, Eli Manning threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Mario Manningham, who beat backup cornerback Tramaine Brock on thirdand-15. Brock was playing in place of starter Tarell Brown, who left late in the third quarter after a violent collision with teammate Dashon Goldson. Williams helped atone for his miscue when he returned the kickoff 40 yards to help set up David Akers' tying field goal late in regulation. But on his second return in overtime, Williams gave the ball away again. He fielded the punt at the 19 and was stripped by Jacquian Williams. Thomas once again pounced on the ball at the 24, setting up the Giants' winning kick and ending San Francisco's most successful season in years. Harbaugh got the Niners to the brink of the Super Bowl in his first season, taking over a
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New York Giants' Eli Manning throws while being pressured by San Francisco 49ers' Ahmad Brooks during the NFC Championship game.
6-10 team and going 13-3 to win the NFC West. The ability to protect the ball and cause turnovers was the biggest reason for the turnaround. But the Niners forced no turnovers by the Giants and were done in by Williams' costly giveaways. The Niners really did miss Ginn, who injured his right knee in last week's thrilling 36-32 win over New Orleans. San Francisco was already thin at receiver after releasing Braylon Edwards late in the
regular season and was unable to get anything out of its wideouts this game. San Francisco's wide receivers had just one catch all game — a 3-yarder by Michael Crabtree on a third-and-5 play before Akers' tying field goal with 5:39 left in regulation. The bulk of San Francisco's offense came on two big passes from Alex Smith to Vernon Davis. They connected on a 73-yarder to open the scoring in the first quarter and a 28-yarder to take a 14-10 lead
in the third. That wasn't quite enough on this day. So now instead of the 49ers coach taking on his brother, John, in the "Superbaugh" in Indianapolis in two weeks, the Harbaughs will be watching the big game in part because of special teams. John's Ravens fell earlier in the day to New England 23-20 when Billy Cundiff pushed a 32-yard field goal attempt wide left in the closing seconds of the AFC title game.
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Ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second. Behind it all, however, was an ugly secret that ran counter to everything the revered coach stood for. Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85. His death came just over two months after his son Scott announced on Nov. 18 that his father had been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. The cancer was found during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. A few weeks later, Paterno broke his pelvis after a fall but did not need surgery. Paterno had been in the hospital since Jan. 13 for observation after what his family called minor complications from his cancer treatments. Not long before that, he conducted his only interview since losing his job, with The Washington Post. Paterno was described as frail then, speaking mostly in a whisper and wearing a wig. The second
half of the two-day interview was conducted at his bedside. His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: "His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled." "He died as he lived," the statement said. "He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve them. He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community." Paterno built a program based on the credo of "Success with Honor," and he found both. The man known as "JoePa" won 409 games and took the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl games and two national championships. More than 250 of the players he coached went on to the NFL. "He will go down as the greatest football coach in the history of the game," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said after his former team, the Florida Gators, beat Penn State 37-24 in the 2011 Outback Bowl. Paterno roamed the sidelines for 46 seasons, his thickrimmed glasses, windbreaker and jet-black sneakers as familiar as the Nittany Lions' blue and white uniforms. He won 409 games and two
national championships. The reputation he built looked even more impressive because he insisted on keeping graduation rates high while maintaining on-field success. But in the middle of his 46th season, the legend was shattered. Paterno was engulfed in a child sex abuse scandal when a former trusted assistant, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year span, sometimes in the football building. Paterno at first said he was fooled. But outrage built quickly when the state's top cop said the coach hadn't fulfilled a moral obligation to go to the authorities when a graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, told Paterno he saw Sandusky with a young boy in the showers of the football complex in 2002. At a preliminary hearing for the school officials, McQueary testified that he had seen Sandusky attacking the child with his hands around the boy's waist but said he wasn't 100 percent sure it was intercourse. McQueary described Paterno as shocked and saddened and said the coach told him he'd "done the right thing" by reporting the encounter. Paterno waited a day before alerting school officials but never went to the police. "I didn't know which way to go ... and rather than get in there and make a mistake," Paterno said in the Post interview.
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A flag and Penn State scarf are displayed on a statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno that is outside Beaver Stadium.
Agabiti: It's nice to be back on the basketball beat
Coach Calhoun: I'm just disappointed, perplexed as to why some of these guys aren't growing
from SHE, page 14 from UCONN, page 14 After Jeremy Lamb closed out the half with an astounding drive and finish that beat the buzzer, the Huskies didn’t register a basket until 15:54 in the second half. Tennessee followed with a slow offensive stretch of their own and UConn closed to within one. Then, with just over 10 minutes remaining, Stokes knocked in six of the next eight Volunteer points and furthered the lead. The margin grew to nine as the Huskies allowed back-toback lay-ups and a long three to Volunteer forward Cameron Tatum. Tatum’s field goal triggered a Calhoun timeout, as the UConn coach saw his team getting beat inside and out. “I wish I could tell you what the it was,” Calhoun said. “I think as physical as a team you’ll find in our league is West Virginia and you saw what we against them. If you’re gonna play in major college basketball, you’ve got to be able to hold your weight.” As Oriakhi rode the bench,
the burden was on Lamb and Napier to catch up. Following a Drummond lay-up with just over four minutes to go, the pair accounted for the final 14 UConn points and cut the lead to three. Tatum hit one of two free throws and a final heave from halfcourt drew all backboard. The Huskies failed to record any bench scoring and have now lost four of their last six. They now await a rematch with Notre Dame at home on Saturday in Hartford. Last time out against the Irish, UConn out-worked the Irish and dominated the paint en route to a convincing 67-53 victory. These have now become Calhoun’s two biggest worries with his struggling club. “I’m just disappointed, perplexed as to why some of these guys aren’t growing,” remarked the Hall of Famer. “They outworked us and that’s something I hate, despise and lose sleep over. They’re going to have to work harder,”
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Connecticut's Roscoe Smith, left, and Brendan Allen look on in the final seconds of an NCAA college basketball game against Tennessee on Saturday. Tennessee won 60-57.
“I didn’t see any of that tonight,” Auriemma said. “The game was just run up and down … I don’t want to disrespect anybody, but in their league they don’t guard anybody.” He went on to say that coach Hatchell might want to rethink her definition of physical. “That’s her thinking,” Auriemma said. “I don’t think Stefanie Dolson is physical at all. If Sylvia is worried about how physical Stefanie Dolson is, they should try to play in our league for about a month. They’d see what physical really is.” Then came the grand finale. “Yeah, there was finesse in the game, back when I coached in Virginia in 1983,” Auriemma said. “Those days are long gone.” It’s great to be back on the beat. You can follow Dan on twitter @DanAgabiti
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New England Patriots are Super Bowl bound
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady celebrates after scoring a one yard touchdown during the second half of the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady got all the help he needed to get the New England Patriots into the Super Bowl. Thank you, Billy Cundiff. The Baltimore Ravens kicker shanked a 32-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and the Patriots escaped with a 23-20 victory in the AFC championship game on Sunday. Usually, vintage Brady doesn't need much assistance in championship settings, but the Patriots much-maligned defense came through, and Brady's 1-yard touchdown dive with 11:29 left proved to be the winning points. "Well, I sucked pretty bad today, but our defense saved us," Brady said after throwing for 239 yards, with two interceptions and, for the first time in 36 games, no TD passes. "I'm going to try to go out and do a better job in a couple of weeks, but I'm proud of this team, my teammates." Brady waited out the final tense minutes on the sideline, and then celebrated with the rest of his team when Cundiff's attempt went wide left. The
Ravens looked on in stunned horror. Cundiff had no excuse. "It's a kick I've kicked probably a thousand times in my career," Cundiff said. "I went out there and didn't convert. That's the way things go." Next up as the Patriots (153) chase their fourth Super Bowl trophy in Brady's and coach Bill Belichick's tenure in New England is the winner of Sunday's NFC championship game between the Giants and 49ers. The Super Bowl is Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. In their last trip to the big game, the Patriots had an 18-0 record when they were stunned by the Giants four years ago. They won the NFL championship for the 2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons. This time, they head to the Super Bowl with a 10-game winning streak. Before Cundiff missed, the Ravens had a chance to go ahead two plays earlier, but wide receiver Lee Evans was stripped of the ball in the end zone by backup cornerback Sterling Moore, who earlier was
victimized for a touchdown that gave Baltimore (13-5) the lead 17-16. On his touchdown, Brady took a huge hit from Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis, then emphatically spiked the ball as he walked away. Earlier, Brady showed his fire by barking at Lewis following a hard tackle on a 4-yard run. "It's a pretty mentally tough team," said Brady, whose fifth trip to the Super Bowl will equal John Elway's achievement with Denver. "There's really some resiliency. We've shown that all season. Even in the games we've lost, the three games we lost, we fought until the end. We're always going to fight to the end. It's great to be a part of a team like this." Baltimore had the touted defense in this matchup, but New England's unit, ranked 31st overall, was just as powerful. "We stepped up," Pro Bowl nose tackle Vince Wilfork said. "We all stepped up big time. Being in this situation is a great moment. You have to cherish this moment."
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“I’m perplexed that we’re not getting better. ... They outworked us. I hate, despise, and lose sleep having to say that. But it’s the honest truth.”
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft holds up the championship trophy after the AFC Championship game Sunday night in Foxboro, Mass.
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Once it came down to a shootout, this was no contest. Tyler Seguin scored the decisive goal against Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout and Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Sunday. Thomas finally allowed a shootout goal after going 9 for 9, but he stopped Wayne Simmonds to end it. Meanwhile, Bryzgalov has allowed goals on all five shots he’s faced in shootouts this season. “As a goalie, I would prefer to go to shootout at 1-1 or 2-2,” Thomas said. “We need to improve. We played some real good hockey a majority of the year. We’ve found a way to get points. It’s nice to win, but we want to do it the right way.” The Northeast Division-leading Bruins haven’t lost in regulation in Philadelphia since March 10, 2007, going 9-0-1. The defending Stanley Cup champions are tied with the New York Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference. Patrice Bergeron, Seguin, Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Gregory Campbell scored Boston’s goals. Scott Hartnell scored a natural hat trick in the second period and Max Talbot had two goals for Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s Matt Read missed the net on the first shot in the shootout. Krejci then scored for the Bruins. Claude Giroux answered for Philadelphia, becoming the first person to score on Thomas in three shootouts this season. After Seguin beat a sprawling Bryzgalov, Thomas stuffed Simmonds. “Our whole team could have been better,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “(Thomas) was bombarded with shots. There was a lot of traffic. We battled hard and did what we had to do to win.” The injury-riddled Flyers, already missing captain Chris Pronger for the rest of the season because of a concussion, played without Danny Briere (concussion) and Jaromir Jagr (lower body injury). Both players were injured in Saturday’s 4-1 win at New Jersey. Coach Peter Laviolette was encouraged by the team’s performance this weekend without some of its star players. “It’s hard when you lose a game,” he said. “Overall, the effort was some of the best I’ve seen.” Leading 4-3 to start the third, the Flyers failed to become the first team to overcome a two-goal deficit against Boston this season. Krejci redirected Rich Peverley’s shot to tie it at 4 just 1:19 into the third period. Campbell scored the go-ahead goal less than four minutes later when he tapped in Daniel Paille’s wraparound shot.
» TENNIS
Roger Federer rolls into Australian Open quarterfinals
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—The crowd was still buzzing about the comeback victory by “Aussie Kim” Clijsters, and the fans dressed in canary yellow were now in full voice for another one of their own. Then along came Roger Federer to flatten their hopes. Federer has won four of his record 16 Grand Slam singles titles on Rod Laver Arena, and on Sunday night he more or less held a clinic—a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Bernard Tomic to reach the quarterfinals for a 31st consecutive major. He played the 19-yearold Aussie at his own game, but raised it a level: mixing soft, angled drop shots that just cleared the net with crisp groundstrokes that hit the lines and—for good measure—a leaping, backhand overhead. “It was like boxing in the beginning. You don’t want to take too many chances,” Federer said, explaining why there weren’t any service breaks until the ninth game, when he produced two drop shots for winners with Tomic stranded in the backcourt. “Had one game when I was starting to feel better, next thing you know I’m up a break. Maybe I broke his will there a bit.” Federer’s quarterfinal will be
his 1,000th tour-level match. He plays 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, whom he once expected to rise to No. 1. Clijsters, the defending champion, won despite limping on a badly sprained left ankle. She saved four match points in a tiebreaker en route to her 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 win in a rematch of the 2011 final against Li Na. That put the four-time Grand Slam winner on course for a quarterfinal against Caroline Wozniacki, who has held the year-end No. 1 ranking the last two seasons without winning a major. Wozniacki is desperate to end her Grand Slam title drought, and improved her credentials marginally with a 6-0, 7-5 win over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the last match Sunday night. “My confidence is high, my fitness is good, my play is improving and I’m very positive,” Wozniacki said. “If I play like I did today, Kim will have to really play well to beat me.” Clijsters has been a longtime favorite in Australia, dating to her time as Lleyton Hewitt’s fiancee. The Belgian is married now to Brian Lynch and has a child, but is still known endearingly as “Aussie Kim”—a nickname she felt she truly earned only when she won the Australian title last year.
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Roger Federer of Switzerland serves to Australia’s Bernard Tomic during an Australian Open match.
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UCONN NIXED IN TENNESSEE Huskies drop second straight game with loss to Volunteers
Dan Agabiti Truth be told, there wasn’t any real need for me to go to last Monday night’s shellacking of North Carolina at Gampel since I didn’t have to write a piece for the game. But I had done a poor job of keeping up with my sports beat over the break, so I figured I’d use the UNC game to get acclimated once again and get some quotes to see what’s been going on. The game ended up being the worst loss in the long and storied history of UNC basketball. A pretty banged-up Tar Heels team lost by 51 points to the Huskies. That being said, the contest was a journalist’s goldmine. It’s commonly said that people only remember the beginning, the end and a few details in the middle of events. For starters, the pre-game media meal consisted of boneless wings. We were off to a great start. During the game, while UConn was dominating UNC in every way imaginable, I was striking up conversation with two reporters from North Carolina’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. I felt so bad that those students took an obnoxiously long trip up I-95 and stayed in a Connecticut Motel 6 only to watch UNC suffer its worst loss in school history. As for details regarding the actual game, UConn scored a lot and UNC didn’t. There’s your middle. Then to end the game, UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell went on one of the funniest tangents I’ve ever heard. Jeff Jacobs of The Hartford Courant correctly and comically referred to her comments as “A four-minute soliloquy about the state of women’s basketball.” “It used to be where women’s basketball used to be more finesse,” Hatchell said. “I think in the last four, five years it has gone away from that... I do think it has become way too physical. The scores probably overall are lower.” It only got better. “I’ve actually had some of the men at North Carolina say our game is much more physical inside than the men’s game,” she said. Men’s basketball players at UNC approached her to tell her that ACC women’s basketball— which is notorious for playing little to no defense—is too physical? The team that leads the NCAA in rebounds per game and has played the likes of Michigan State, Wisconsin and Kentucky this season has told her that women’s basketball is too physical? Come now. Hatchell made it a point to state that she wasn’t taking shots at the officiating. She insisted that she was just commenting on the state of the game. The immediate media reaction was hysterical. Everyone in the room looked around in a state of bewilderment after coach Hatchell’s press conference. Had coach Hatchell just referred to a game in which the team that beat the mess out of hers by running circles around it as too physical? Yes, yes she did. “Why don’t we just put them back in dresses, shooting on a peach basket,” I heard one reporter joke. What was even better was coach Geno Auriemma’s response. Auriemma gazed at the reporter who asked the coach what he thought as if that reporter had a dorsal fin. Auriemma tried to politely respond, but then resorted to sarcasm.
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By Andrew Callahan Staff Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – They came in bad need of a win and after forty minutes of uninspired offensive basketball, left much the same way. In front of a crowd of over 21,000, the No. 11 UConn Huskies (14-5) fell 60-57 to Tennessee (9-10) despite the late heroics of Jeremy Lamb and Shabazz Napier. The sophomore guards combined for 41 points as freshman Jarnell Stokes led the Volunteers with 16. Tennessee broke free from a two-point deficit at half with a 9-0 run and never trailed in the second frame. “They were more physical than us and thus they won the game,” said UConn coach Jim Calhoun. “They made some big plays, defended us pretty well, Mainly they just dug, scratched and clawed. We thought on tape they played hard and they played harder than we did,” Outside of their starting backcourt, UConn shot 6-20 from the field, with only six free throw attempts. Alex Oriakhi and Andre Drummond put through the first few Husky buckets but were largely kept quiet for the remainder of the game. Before fouling out late in the second half, Oriakhi recorded just five points and seven rebounds. “We’re not getting enough on offense. We’re not getting enough on defense. There is only so much each person can do,” Napier said. “If I knew what the problem was we wouldn’t be losing.”
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Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes goes for a basket against Connecticut’s Alex Oriakhi at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday.The Huskies lost to the Volunteers 60-57.
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Maine and Boston College give UConn issues By Tyler Morrissey Campus Correspondent
goal halfway through the first period. The Huskies would answer in the third period, when sophomore forward The UConn womJocelyn Slattery en’s hockey team scored her fifth goal tied Maine on the on year, assisted road Friday before by freshman Kayla losing to the fourthCampero and Emily 1 Snodgrass. ranked team in UConn the nation, Boston Maine At the end of 1 College, at home on the third period Friday Sunday afternoon. with the score tied With a victory, UConn one, an overtime 1 at UConn would have period would be 3 played with neither won the season BC series with Maine– team lighting the Sunday but that wasn’t the lamp. UConn’s pencase. After a scorealty kill continued less first period, Dominique its dominance as they shut Goutsis put the Black Bears down all four Maine power on the scoreboard first with a plays. Sophomore Nicole
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UConn defender Sami Evelyn moves the puck along the boards for the Huskies.
Paniccia made 37 saves for the Huskies. This would be the Huskies’ third tie in Hockey East play this year as the season series with Maine ended dead even at 1-1-1. On Sunday, the Huskies had the large task of facing the No. 4 team in the country, the Boston College Eagles. Junior Ashley Motherwell struck first for the Eagles in the first period and would take a 1-0 lead into the locker room. The Huskies came out strong in the second when Campero had a chance for a breakaway goal, but rang the iron as the puck hit the cross bar.
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Huskies exorcise Blue Demons on the road
CHICAGO (AP) — Never mind that DePaul has nine straight NCAA appearances and is a regular in the Top 25. Nights like this remind coach Doug Bruno just how far his program has to go. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis tied a season high with 25 points and No. 3 Connecticut breezed to its fifth straight win, beating No. 21 DePaul 88-44 on Saturday. The Huskies (172, 6-1 Big East) had UConn won their previous DePaul four by an average of 44.5 points, and this one never was in doubt, either. They jumped out to a big lead in the opening minutes and snapped DePaul’s 28-game home winning streak. “I’ve said all along here over the last couple of weeks that there are four teams that have a chance to win the national championship, and that’s Baylor, Notre Dame, UConn and Stanford,”
Bruno said. The Blue Demons? They’re on the next tier. And on Saturday, they weren’t in Connecticut’s league. “We’ve been fighting for a lot of years to get up into the echelon of this group,” Bruno said. “We’re just not there yet.” Saturday’s game was a harsh reminder. Mosqueda-Lewis set the tone, scoring 18 points as the Huskies built 88 a 53-23 halftime 44 lead. The freshman hit 5 of 7 3-point attempts and grabbed seven rebounds. Tiffany Hayes scored in double digits for the eighth straight game, finishing with 14 points. The Huskies outshot the Blue Demons (15-5, 3-3) 54.7 percent to 27.8 percent overall. They were 9 for 19 from long range, compared to 8 of 26 for the Blue Demons, and outrebounded DePaul 46-22. They also forced
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DePaul into 23 turnovers, resulting in 33 points. “We work so hard at practice on keeping our hands in the passing lanes, tipping passes, and someone else getting a steal and just going down and scoring,” said Bria Hartley, who had six of the Huskies’ 18 steals. Bruno was quick to praise Connecticut’s defense, saying, “They have players who can play on their spots. They can switch on your screens, so screens aren’t necessarily going to get you open. They do a good job of identifying what your strengths are and taking them away.” DePaul got 18 points from Brittany Hrynko, but she also committed nine turnovers. Anna Martin, who came in averaging a team-high 19.2 points, missed all six shots and did not score, with the Huskies’ Kelly Faris doing all she could to make her miserable. The result was its first home loss since a rout by Connecticut on Feb. 10, 2010.
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DePaul’s Brittany Hrynko left, dribbles past Connecticut’s Brianna Banks right, in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game in Chicago, Saturday.