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Renovated Arjona to open in summer University to spend $15.4 million to transform building for expanded office space By Katherine Tibedo Associate News Editor
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CLAWED BY THE BOBCATS UConn falls to no. 2, Quinnipiac on the road. SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: LUPE FIASCO REMOVED DURING CONCERT, OFFICIAL STORY DOUBTFUL Situation handled terribly by event organizers. COMMENTARY/page 8 INSIDE NEWS: UN CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA’S ROCKET LAUNCH Council reiterates previous demand that North Korea abandon nuclear weapons program. NEWS/ page 2
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Arjona will finish a $15.4 million renovation this coming fall. The transformed building will create offices for the quickly growing faculty together with acting as a temporary home for Counseling and Mental Health Services. In a budget submitted to the Board of Trustees on Dec. 12 by Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer Richard D. Gray and Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Mum Y. Choi explained that while the recently Oak and Laurel Halls have provided new classrooms and offices for many departments, the faculty expansion plan will cause a scarcity of office space in the near future if not addressed. The Arjona renovation is seen as the solution this to problem. In addition, CHMS’s current building is set to be demolished to make way for a new engineering and general sciences building, which is currently in the design phase. Dr. Elizabeth J. Cracco, the interim director of CMHS, said CMHS is looking forward to the move. She said, “I think the spaces will be conducive to our work, very bright and open. We are thinking of a marketing campaign promoting CMHS’ new penthouse waterfront location.” According to Cracco,
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Renovations are under way in the Jaime Homero Arjona Building on UConn’s Storrs campus. Improvements will provide the university with additional office space and improve the overall energy efficiency of the building.
CMHS’s location in Arjona is temporary and the ultimate goal is to reunite CMHS and Student Health Services when a new building is built. The renovation’s focus is bringing Arjona up to modern standards, both in the look of the building and the functionality. Director of Project and Program Management for
Architectural and Engineering Services, Brian Gore, explained that the project will include upgrades of the heating system, windows, electrical and lighting systems, as well as the installation of air conditioning. He said, “These upgraded systems will be more energy efficient than the existing systems which they are replacing.”
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In addition, new interior finishes such as ceilings and repainting walls, existing vinyl asbestos tiles will be removed. While the tiles do not pose a health risk in their current states, Gore explained that the project offered a good opportunity remove them. The renovations are anticipated to be finished by June
30, with faculty moving in over the summer. The Arjona renovation is funded by phase III of UConn 2000, a project to enhance and expand UConn that started in 1995.
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Officials and residents Student lands prestigious internship protest water supply at Museum of Jewish Heritage proposal By Loumarie Rodriguez Senior Staff Writer
By Jackie Wattles Staff Writer Residents and stakeholders gathered at a public hearing in Farmington last night to express their concern about a proposal made in University of Connecticut’s water supply plan. The Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE), a joint study conducted by UConn and the town of Mansfield to evaluate how the Mansfield area will meet its future water demands, proposes three different viable ways to meet projected increased demands on water over the next 50 years. One alternative is to expand pipelines from Mansfield to connect with the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) in East Hartford, which draw from the Farmington River Basin. State and municipal officials, as well as more than forty residents of the Farmington River Basin area, gathered to protest the MDC proposal. Concern for local aquatic wildlife and drinking water availability for the Farmington area were resounding themes of the opposition. State Representative John Hampton of Simsbury said the area considers the River a “previous resource” and diverting water resources would “go against Connecticut’s long held and wise policy of not doing
inter-basin transfers.” Hampton said he plans to propose legislation that would put a “statewide moratorium on for water expansion.” Municipal leaders from various towns along the Farmington river Basin delivered a joint letter expressing their concerns. “We think there’s cheaper and better alternatives. Long-term solution should be looked at before a 20 mile pipe is installed.” State Senator Kevin Witkos of the 8th district said drawing additional water from the Farmington River posed an environmental threat that was “simply unacceptable.” “This is frustrating and quite frankly shows a lack of respect,” Witkos said. “No plan should be considered until the environmental and economic impact for all communities is considered,” Witkos said. The MDC proposal would require the farthest expansion of underground pipelines, but is one of only two other alternative the firm Milone & MacBroom, the consulting firm that proposed the EIE, determined able to deliver the additional 1.3 million gallons per day deemed necessary to sustain the Mansfield area. Mansfield’s Town Manager, Matt Hart, spoke to assure attendees of the public hearing that the MDC proposal was only one of three viable alternatives.
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It has been over six decades since the end of the Holocaust in 1945 but it will always remain an important history lesson to future generations, especially UConn student, Ashleigh Wood. Wood, a 6th-semester Art History and French major has landed a prestigious internship with the Lipper Program at the Museum of Jewish Heritage memorial to the Holocaust located in lower Manhattan. Through this internship she will learn to teach 20th century Jewish history and the Holocaust to younger generations in order to open students’ minds to the atrocities of the past. The program will focus on specifically teaching middle and high school students in New York and Connecticut public schools. “I will be creating a comfortable learning environment that will hopefully open students’ minds…in hopes of preventing such events in the future,” she said in email. “We will teach the students to memorialize the 6 million Jews that were murdered, and remember that Jewish culture is still alive and flourishing today.” The internship began during winter break with an eightday intensive training program with 15 other interns that gave a crashcourse on Jewish culture, the Holocaust
and genocide. Through this Holocaust, we educate ourprogram it has allowed her to selves, spread the word, and hear testimonies from survi- collectively try to avoid prevors of the holocaust as well ventable atrocities of this scale as the Rwandan genocide. The and magnitude.” Wood says she personally internship will last through doesn’t have any connecJune, when schools finish. Wood will have to travel tions to Jewish heritage but every Friday to various schools is excited to learn something in order to give a lecture (also different. She believes that stereotypes called the preand prejuvisit to the dices are still museum) and “We will teach major probintroduce the lems today idea of Jewish the students to and hopes heritage and memorialize the 6 h o p e to culture. She immerse herwill introduce million Jews that self in musethe museum um education name and the were murdered, to better prei m p o r t a n c e and remember that pare herself of it followed for a career in by the intro- Jewish culture the field. duction of the is still alive and “I definitely Holocaust and the victims flourishing today.” plan to visit other Jewish that were murand Holocaust dered. Next, Ashleigh Wood museums to she will give a tour of the 6th-semester Art History compare and museum to that and French major contrast the approaches to class and durstudying this ing the final week, she will visit the class topic,” Wood said. “I really again to discuss what they encourage all UConn stulearned at the museum and dents to stay aware and learn how prevent tragedies like this more about the Holocaust and genocide, as well as gender, from happening again. “We emphasize that every race, religious, political and person can make a difference cultural issues that are still as long as they implore action, very much an issue around stay educated or both,” Wood the world today.” said. “There are always going to be different approaches to learning but by studying the Loumarie.Rodriguez@UConn.edu
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Bodies of 2 children found after Putnam house fire
PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — A late-night fire raced through a multifamily home, killing two young siblings, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old, and injuring their pregnant mother and three other adults. The roof of the home in Putnam, in northeastern Connecticut, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, and it later collapsed into the third floor, where the children were, authorities said. The fire wasn’t under control until about 6:30 a.m. The bodies of the two dead children were found Tuesday afternoon. State police provided their ages, but their names and other details weren’t provided. Neighbor Brian Vaiciulis said the sound of a truck engine woke him up at about 1:20 a.m. “I got up, and I saw the lights on the fire trucks,” said Vaiciulis, who didn’t know any residents of the house that caught fire. “Then I saw the flames over the house next door. They were pretty high.”
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UN condemns North Korea’s rocket launch
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang’s space agency. The multi-stage rocket launch that put a satellite into orbit is considered part of a covert program to develop ballistic missiles that can carry warheads. The council reiterated its previous demand that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program in a “com-
plete, verifiable and irreversible manner” and cease launches. China joined in approving the resolution, the first in four years to expand the sanctions regime on North Korea. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the new resolution contains “important new sanctions on its companies and government agencies, including North Korea’s space agency, which was responsible for the launch, a bank and on North Korean individuals. It also updates current lists of nuclear and
Conn. gun violence task force launches website
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut General Assembly’s task force on gun violence and children’s safety has set up a new website which allows the public to submit testimony on various ideas being considered in the wake of the Newtown school shooting. The 52-member task force launched the new site on Tuesday. Visitors can find information about the task force’s membership, the four scheduled public hearings, and the link to submit testimony. The task force is also accepting testimony delivered in person. It will all be made available for public review on the website, which is located at www.cga. ct.gov/asaferconnecticut . State lawmakers hope to take action on a package of legislative changes before the end of February. The Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 20 first graders and six educators dead.
Release of pollutants decreased in New England
BOSTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the overall release of toxic chemicals to the environment decreased in New England in 2011, an improvement over the previous year. The EPA’s latest Toxic Release Inventory shows that approximately 18.96 million pounds of chemicals were released in the six New England states in 2011, the most recent reporting year. That’s a reduction of about 1.7 million pounds from 2010. The inventory is a key part of EPA’s efforts to provide greater access to environmental information. The report includes data on toxic chemical disposals and releases into the air, land and water. It also includes information on waste management and pollution prevention activities in neighborhoods across the country.
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smuggling of sensitive items that could contribute to the prohibited programs. In its talks with China, the U.S. had to agree that the resolution would not bring in new forms of sanctions but would build on the existing Security Council sanction regimes. Rice said that “Clearly there are new sanctions in the resolution. By definition, any time additional entities or individuals or items are banned from action that they would not otherwise be banned from, that’s a new sanction -- by definition. We don’t need to have a semantic debate here.” China’s ambassador, Li, said that China had negotiated out of the resolution “measures that in our view would jeopardize normal trade and harm the economy and livelihood” of North Korea’s people. It is believed that China may have been willing to join the new resolution because satellite surveillance has shown activity at North Korea’s nuclear blast test sites suggesting another atomic test may be imminent. North Korea vowed last week to strengthen its defenses amid concerns the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month’s rocket launch. Citing U.S. hostility, Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said in a memorandum that North Korea will “continue to strengthen its deterrence against all forms of war.” The memorandum carried by state media did not say what action North Korea would take to defend itself. However, North Korea has claimed the right to build atomic weapons to protect itself from the United States, which stations more than 28,000 troops in South Korea.
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“The EIE has identified three options to consider… all the options are viable. The town of Mansfield respects the importance of MDC as well as any other water source that could potentially be impacted,” Hart said. Hart also said more thorough studies regarding legality, cost and scheduling of the expansions before a plan is made. Other alternatives suggested in the EIE include connecting water pipelines with Connecticut Water Co. in Tolland, Windham Water Works in southern Mansfield or Metropolitan District Commission in East Hartford. The public comment period for the EIE and proposed water supply expansion ends Jan. 31. Comments should be sent to Jason Coite (jason.coite@uconn.edu), the Environmental Compliance Analyst at the University of Connecticut.
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Sherrie, second right, and Mark Shorten, right, pose for photos with their children, 12, left, and Chance, 6, in front of their home, a converted school bus, in Splendora, Texas on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Nearly a year after their two children were found living virtually unsupervised in the old school bus, the Shortens regained full custody of their kids Tuesday when a judge dismissed a child welfare case against them.
CONROE, Texas (AP) — Nearly a year after their two children were found living virtually unsupervised in an old school bus in Southeast Texas, the parents regained full custody of their kids Tuesday when a judge dismissed a child welfare case against them. “It feels really good,” said Sherrie Shorten, of Splendora, after she and her husband, Mark,
stood before Judge Jerry Winfree at a hearing that lasted only a few minutes. “This is just one more thing we’ve gotten resolved.” “If you love your family, you never give up,” Mark Shorten said outside the courtroom, standing close to his two children, Jessica, 12, and Chance, 6. “You do what it takes. ... It takes a lot of faith in God, belief in your
family and a good attorney. You just work the problem, just don’t give up, hunker down and work the problem.” The Shortens last March were serving 18-month federal prison terms for conspiracy to embezzle Hurricane Ike benefits in Louisiana when a postal worker repeatedly spotted the disheveled children in the Montgomery
County neighborhood about 35 miles northeast of Houston. Child welfare officials were notified and took Jessica and Chance into foster custody. There were no front wheels on the bus and the section of the vehicle from the windshield and engine firewall had been removed. Extensive media coverage of the case showed the bus sitting in a trash-filled yard. Despite its worn appearance, the bus inside had been renovated, furnished, had hot and cold water and a bathroom, and was airconditioned. The family moved it from Louisiana after their home there was flooded from Hurricane Ike. It was intended as a temporary home until they could build on the lot. The Shortens had arranged with an aunt to care for the children while they were imprisoned but the woman told authorities her 12-hour workdays and caring for the children had overwhelmed her. “CPS was absolutely right to take then kids when it did,” the family’s attorney, Chris Branson, said. “The aunt obviously dropped the ball and was neglecting these kids and it was the proper thing to take these kids into custody. However, the parents got out of jail, they fixed the problem, they cleaned up the property and the situation should have been over at that point.” Sherrie Shorten and her husband also have been fulfilling a care plan and attending counsel-
ing and therapy. The family was reunited last September under CPS watch, and still lives on the bus. John Lockwood, an assistant attorney general and counsel for Child Protective Services, told Winfree that authorities recommended “strongly” the case against the couple be dismissed. “We’re happy to say they are safe and their needs are met,” Lockwood said. Without the dismissal, the Shortens had faced a trial that could have resulted in the children being moved to foster care or being placed under long-term monitoring by the state. The recommendation for dismissal had been anticipated, then reversed late Monday in what Child Protective Services officials described as a miscommunication, and then reversed again. “Things just got a little sidetracked,” Mark Shorten said. “Usual bureaucracy, one hand not talking with the other.” Branson said, “I’m happy this day finally came but I’m also frustrated it took so long to get here.” Sherrie Shorten was released a few weeks after the children were placed in foster care. Her husband was released in July. They’re both on supervised federal release for three years and facing more than $100,000 in court-ordered restitution. Mark Shorten said the convictions were unwarranted but is moving forward.
sents the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. A company spokesman didn’t respond to a request for comment Tuesday. The NECC filing late Friday also showed that before it shut down in early October, its net sales were on pace to double over just two years. The pharmacy had increased its net sales from about $20 million in 2010 to $32 million in 2012, before it closed with a quarter of the year remaining. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 21. The pharmacy produced a contaminated steroid, used mainly to treat back pain, that is blamed for a fungal menin-
gitis outbreak that has killed 44 people and sickened more than 600. State inspectors at the company’s Framingham facility have flagged unsanitary conditions and said the company shipped out drug batches suspected in the outbreak before tests had confirmed their sterility. Friday’s filing indicates that between December 2011 and November 2012, co-founder Barry Cadden, the company’s chief pharmacist, received $3.2 million, including a bi-weekly salary of about $17,900. His wife, Lisa Cadden, received about $2.8 million, mainly in shareholder payments.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. But the environmental advocate has triggered a claws-out backlash with his anti-feline campaign. Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation’s unique bird species. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil’s horns. The opening line: “That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer.” He doesn’t recommended people euthanize their current cats — “Not necessarily but that is an option” are the site’s exact words — but rather neuter them and not replace them when they die. Morgan, an economist and wellknown businessman, also suggests people keep cats indoors and that local governments make registration mandatory. Morgan’s campaign is not sitting well in a country that boasts one of the highest cat ownership rates in the world. “I say to Gareth Morgan, butt out of our lives,” Bob Kerridge, the president of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, told the current affairs television show Campbell Live. “Don’t deprive us of the beauti-
ful companionship that a cat can provide individually and as a family.” For thousands of years, New Zealand’s native birds had no predators and flourished. Some species, like the kiwi, became flightless. But the arrival of mankind and its introduction of predators like cats, dogs and rodents have wiped out some native bird species altogether and endangered many others. “Imagine a New Zealand teeming with native wildlife, penguins on the beach, kiwis roaming about in your garden,” Morgan writes on his website. “Imagine hearing birdsong in our cities.” But many New Zealanders are against the campaign. Even on Morgan’s website, about 70 percent of respondents were voting against making their current cat their last. Morgan could not be reached for comment. And the science remains unclear. Some argue that cats may actually help native birds by reducing the population of rodents, which sometimes feed on bird eggs. Morgan’s separate personal blog, in fact, has a separate campaign to raise $1 million to eradicate mice from the remote Antipodes Islands, where rodents are the only predators.
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BOSTON (AP) — The owners of a pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak received more than $16 million in wages and payments as the company grew increasingly prosperous in its final months. The four family members, who served as the New England Compounding Center’s directors, received the money between late December 2011 and late November 2012, according to a bankruptcy court filing. The largest payout went to the firm’s majority shareholder, Carla Conigliaro, who received $8.7 million. The vast majority of the money paid to the owners was distributed before the outbreak
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Lupe Fiasco removed during concert, official story doubtful
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n Sunday, Jan. 20, the Internet erupted with articles and blog posts about rapper Lupe Fiasco being kicked off stage at a Presidential Inauguration event for making anti-Obama statements. CNN’s Matt Dornic tweeted, “Things going terribly wrong at @lupefiasco performance during #SURO [StartUp RockOn]. Kicked off stage, bashing ) Obama.” Video of the event soon surfaced, showing security guards forcing the musical artist off stage. Amid cries of censorship, the event organizers released a statement saying, “... Lupe Fiasco was not ‘kicked off stage’ for an ‘anti-Obama rant.’ We are staunch supporters of free speech, and free political speech.” While it is difficult to tell whose version of the story is correct, it is certain that the situation was handled terribly by event organizers. To be clear, this was not an official inauguration event affiliated with the Obama campaign. It was a “private, invite-only event” hosted by StartUp RockOn, a collaboration of three startup companies designed to create exciting events for people employed in the industry. However, while not an official inauguration concert, it was certainly centered around the president – the event was promoted as an “Inauguration Celebration” and promised to be “an evening celebrating President Obama’s second term and honoring innovation.” Choosing Lupe Fiasco as the headliner for such an event was the organizers’ first mistake. Fiasco has long been an outspoken critic of Obama’s foreign policy, especially his use of drone strikes that frequently kill innocent bystanders. In 2011, the artist even went so far as to call President Obama the world’s “biggest terrorist.” When creating a concert celebrating a politician’s re-election, it’s generally a poor decision to choose one of that politician’s major critics as the headliner. Not only did organizers plan the event poorly, but they handled the aftermath clumsily as well, leaving much doubt on their side of the story. The statement issued by StartUp RockOn early Monday morning claimed Fiasco’s removal was not political, saying, “This was not about his opinions. Instead, after a bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance that left the crowd vocally dissatisfied, organizers decided to move on to the next act.” However, this story was contradicted by HyperVocal, one of the three members of StartUp RockOn, who tweeted during the event, “Disappointed that an artist took opportunity to use an event celebrating innovation/startups to make a political statement. #StartUpRockOn.” This shows that at least some of the organizers were angry with Fiasco’s opinions and that his removal may have been politically motivated. Finally, videos of the event cast doubts on StartUp RockOn’s narrative. They show Fiasco on stage performing his song, “Words I Never Said,” which includes the lyrics, “Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit.” Shortly after, his microphone turns off, and a group of security guards step on stage. After a short conversation, Fiasco walks off stage, pausing to bow and wave to the crowd, who reply with cheers and chants of “Lupe! Lupe!” The crowd’s supportive reaction makes it difficult to believe that he was removed due to the crowd being “vocally dissatisfied” with the performance. We may never be sure why Fiasco was removed during his performance, but it is clear that the event organizers could have handled the situation much better. 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.
Yup, this is going to be the semester I lose those ten pounds...oh hey, Mooyah just opened up. Beautiful day, beautiful sun, heart wrenching cold. Sometimes I watch Jeopardy and am in awe of how smart I am. Then I remember that I cut my finger on a bar of soap this morning and I’m not that smart. I didn’t realize I went to the University of Antarctica. I’ll tell ya what, I ate about a pound of stir fry today. #Northdininghallswag If I announce to the world now that I want to become a Seahawks fan, is it still jumping on the bandwagon? I want a nickname. EVERYONE CALL ME CAPTAIN. Second semester senior, time to start doing a lot of “last” things. Today, I ate my last DP Dough calzone. Of the week. If I could have anyone else as my dad, it would be Will Smith. Definitely gotta be the fresh prince.
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Population control’s inevitable realities
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homas Malthus once proposed that the human population was growing exponentially, while the food supply was not. If we didn’t slow our rate of growth, human civilization would soon suffer wide-spread famine, epidemic and war. Unfortunately for Malthus, he didn’t anticipate the agricultural revolution, which allowed farmers to produce previously unimaginable quantities of food. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries passed without as many starvation-fueled wars as Malthus predicted, but his thesis needs to be reconsidered. Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich wrote “The Population By John D. Nitowski Bomb,” back in 1968, which preWeekly Columnist dicted that unless measures were taken to bring the human population under reasonable control, then Malthus’ predictions would become inevitable. The book has many criticisms, among them its alarmist rhetoric, ridiculously specific predictions and of course Malthus’ own nearsightedness: the unpredictability of technological innovation. I’ve never been one to support alarmist anything, but population growth scares me and it should scare you. When criticized for how none of his predictions ever came true, Ehrlich responded with the observation that since writing the book, the global population has reach three-and-a-half times the number it was when he was born (2 billion in 1938). “If that’s not a population explosion,” Ehrlich asks, “what is?” When Malthus first wrote his thesis, he only
considered the food supply as the resource the limit today; we may not reach it in our most in danger of causing catastrophic decline. generation. But should we really rely on the And logically it is: we are essentially eating unpredictability of technological innovations machines. Everything we do in our daily lives that may or may not ever come? It’s not surrounds eating, finding ways to eat and pro- just a matter of food (and between the rich ducing more tiny humans that will also eat. But oil moguls and the poor unemployed, who human society has changed quite a lot since do you think will get to eat when there’s a 1800. The self-sustainable, yeoman farmer – shortage?) but all the resources and materials the one who eats only what that make modern life run: he grows or raises himself, precious metals in our elecchops his own wood and is tronics, simple living space “I’ve never been comfortable defecating in to put all of these people at the woods rather than into the expense of land to grow one to support our shrinking water supply food, potable water to sup– is admirable. However, alarmist anything, port a growing population. it’s no longer the standard, The list is endless. but population and the prospects of shifting The People’s Republic the world economy to that of China, an exemplar for growth scares style of economy is pessihuman rights abuse if there mistic at best. ever was one, imposed a me and it should In between 1800 and one-child policy on their scare you.” 2013, the global economy is population to limit their based on all sorts of differgrowth. The endeavor is not ent resources: most notably enough, but it also fails to fossil fuels. Do a search for address the crippling social “strange night lights in North Dakota” and you ramifications of despotically enforcing popucan see how fracking to release natural gas is lation regulations: forced abortions, infansetting a metropolis-sized section of empty ticide (especially of infant girls) and other North Dakota on fire. Are the oil companies horrors result. Seeing the example of the creating jobs in the region? Yes. North Dakota dystopia that currently is the heavily pollutnow has one of the lowest unemployment rates ed, crime-ridden, thought-controlled People’s in the country, but soon those jobs will be gone, Republic, it’s not something I want to experithe North Dakotan soil will be too poisonous to ence first hand. But unless we do something grow anything, and the water will be filled with on the personal level (turning off our lights viscous chemicals that will cause cancer for all when not using the room) and the local level those shortly-employed natural gas workers. (installing motion-sensors to our hallway Do you think well-intentioned philanthropic dorm lights) there’s absolutely nothing we’ll non-profit organizations will ensure insurance be able to do on the global level (turning out initiatives to try curing all that cancer, support- those lights in North Dakota). ing all those unemployed, and sharing all those profits? The answer isn’t a hard one. Ripping our own planet apart for resources Weekly columnist John D. Nitowski is a 7thto support an exponentially growing popula- semester English major. He can be reached at tion does have its limits. We may not reach John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.
Why Tom Brady makes a lot more than you do
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rofessional athletes have always gotten some heat for the amount of money they make. Many question why someone like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning needs to get paid multi-million dollar salaries. They argue that the money could be better serviced going By Kayvon Ghoreshi t o w a r d s something Staff Columnist like medical research. And while more money put towards curing cancer is always a good thing, which plenty of players and teams do through donations and foundations, it needs to be understood why athletes make so much. Understanding the massive salaries of NFL quarterbacks and other players starts with understanding the NFL as a business because that is what it is at its core. Each team brings in a certain amount of revenue from ticket sales, merchandise, advertising and other avenues. And like any other business, there are employees. As far as a football team goes the employees include the coaching staff and the players. The players
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are the key employees in this situation. When teams have star players, it increases jersey sales. Good players also help increase a team’s success and in turn create bigger turnouts for games. Just like Microsoft and Apple pay out to keep their top executives and programmers, NFL teams do the same with their star players. These players deserve due compensation just like any employee. As an example, the Patriots brought in $333 million in revenue in 2011. In this time period, Tom Brady made a salary of $20 million or 6% of the Patriots’ revenue for that year. This amount is justified in the value he brings to the team. Brady’s jersey not only sells the most among Patriots players, but the team would not have the success it has had in the past decade without Brady at the helm of the offense. And while many point to Brady, the rest of the team isn’t enjoying the incredibly luxurious salaries. Nate Solder, one of the starting offensive linemen made just over $700,000 or roughly 0.2% of what the Patriots brought in during 2012. Stevan Ridley, the starting running back, made only
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half a million dollars. There is a reason that the players went on strike over their salaries. For every star quarterback raking in millions of dollars, there are many players not even making over a million dollars. It may seem odd for professional athletes to complain about six figure salaries when middle class families are struggling to make ends meet and rightly so. However, people often fail to look at it from the player’s perspective. If the NFL is bringing in a certain amount of money the players deserve a justified portion of that money. People aren’t paying for tickets to go see the coaches or the owners but rather the players on the field. When you look at it through a percentage, plenty of football players aren’t getting paid adequately in relation to what their teams are bringing in. When people get upset over the salaries of professional athletes, what they really are upset with is why a game like football brings in billions of dollars every year. Football may seem dumb to a lot of people and to them it seems absurd that some-
one can get paid millions of dollars to throw or catch a ball. However, society has decided to place value on football in the same way it has decided to put value on music, movies and other parts of the entertainment industry. Subsequently, value is then added to people who can throw a ball and have incredible height or speed. Certain players also have a certain inability to be replaced, which is why teams shell out so much to keep them around. In the same way, I don’t think the cast of Jersey Shore should have made any money. However, if the show was bringing in a lot of money, the cast (read employees) deserve a piece of the pie. NFL players certainly get paid more than the average worker. There is no disputing that. However, their pay is justified given that they are more integral in a much more profitable industry. Staff Columnist Kayvon Ghoreshi is a 2nd-semester molecular and cell biology major. He can be reached at Kayvon.Ghoreshi@UConn.edu.
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The multiple slapstick personalities of comedian and actor Nick Kroll
By Michael McGuigan Campus Correspondent Comedian and actor Nick Kroll, best known for his role as Rodney Ruxin on FX’s “The League,” not to mention roles in shows ranging from Geico commercial spinoff “Cavemen” to cult hits like “Childrens’ Hospital” and “Community,” debuted his own half-hour sketchcomedy show, “Kroll Show,” on Comedy Central on Wednesday, January 16. The show is Kroll’s latest comedic undertaking, where he plays a wide variety of ridiculous characters. Many of them originated from his standup, such as Fabrice Fabrice, Kroll’s craft-services coordinator for “That’s So Raven.” On Thursday, Kroll called in for a conference phone interview with writers from colleges across the nation. The session began with a question from a Penn State University reporter, who asked if we could expect series or spoofs of shows from “Kroll Show;” Kroll responded that he would likely be doing a combination of both, so long as the material didn’t get old. One of the spoofs Kroll did in the pilot episode of “Kroll Show” was about reality shows that spin off related series as often as possible to maximize profits. The spoof centered on the character “Dr. Armond,” a “canine plastic surgeon,” and featured spinoff series such as “Armond: Around Town” after the character of Armond got a divorce during the sketch. A reporter from Ohio State University asked Kroll what it was like to be the writer, creator and star of his own show. Kroll said that while it was great to be the creator of his own show, comedy is a collaborative effort; for instance, Kroll guest stars on other comedians’ shows, who in turn guest star on his. Guest stars of “Kroll Show” this
The opposite of ‘Unchained’ By Imaani Cain Campus Correspondent
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In this photo from an episode of comedian Nick Kroll’s new Comedy Central show ‘Kroll Show,’ Kroll (left) is playing character Aspen Bruckheimer, while comedian Jon Daly (right) plays ‘Wendy.’ ‘Kroll Show’ airs new episodes Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m.
season include Fred Armisen, of “Saturday Night Live” and “Portlandia,” Ed Helms from “The Office” and Adam Pally from “Happy Endings.” The Daily Campus asked Kroll how he sees “Kroll Show” in relation to other sketch comedy shows such as “Saturday Night Live.” “I think it’s a really exciting time to be doing comedy simply because there are so many people and places doing stuff,” Kroll said. “Ten years ago, it was only “Mad TV” and “Saturday
Night Live”… But what I think that “Kroll Show” does differently than most of the stuff out there right now is that we are doing a lot of recurring characters and narrative storylines both inside episodes and throughout the season,” he said. Kroll went on to express how he saw “Kroll Show” as an intersection of sketch comedy and narrative story telling, which lends it some of the characteristics of a sitcom. The Daily Campus asked Kroll if he envisioned a plot
line for “Kroll Show,” like a sitcom. “The beauty of it is there are really no rules,” he said. “So sometimes we come up with an idea and we’re like, ‘That’s so funny and that’s just a one off little thing.’ Other times we’re like, ‘Oh, that’d be fun,’ and then you’re like, ‘Oh, what if that happened’ and ‘Oh, what if that happened.’ And really because there are no rules you can tailor everything to what’s funny, inspiring.” Kroll went on to relate how
sometimes the stories seem to build themselves out, such as the case of Doctor Armond. “Sometimes you don’t see that it’s not a direct A to B storyline, but you’re still learning more about these characters each episode,” he said. A new episode of “Kroll Show,” called “Soaked in Success” premieres on Comedy Central tonight at 10:30 p.m.
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‘Mama’ tops box office with Dutch police: 3 arrested in 2012 high-priced art heist $32.1 million dollars
NEW YORK (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger’s post-governorship comeback fizzled at the box office, as his “The Last Stand” earned just $7.2 million over the three-day holiday weekend. Instead, the Jessica Chastain horror film “Mama” surpassed expectations with a chart-topping $32.1 million opening from Friday through Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In its second week of wide release, the Osama bin Laden hunt thriller “Zero Dark Thirty” slid to the second spot with $18.6 million, meaning Chastain-led films held the top two spots. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are: 1. “Mama,” Universal, $32,147,815, 2,647 locations, $12,145 average, $32,147,815, one week. 2. “Zero Dark Thirty,” Sony, $18,600,381, 2,946 locations, $6,314 average, $56,945,138, five weeks. 3. “Silver Linings Playbook,” Weinstein Co., $12,740,379, 2,523 locations, $5,050 average, $56,699,649, 10 weeks. 4. “Gangster Squad,” Warner Bros., $10,128,178, 3,103 locations, $3,264 average, $33,238,238, two weeks. 5. “A Haunted House,” Open Road Films, $9,472,030, 2,160 locations, $4,385 average, $31,085,207, two weeks. 6. “Broken City,” Fox, $9,459,459, 2,620 locations, $3,610 average, $9,459,459, one week. 7. “Django Unchained,”
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Weinstein Co., $9,216,113, 2,516 locations, $3,663 average, $139,334,848, four weeks. 8. “Les Miserables,” Universal, $9,013,605, 2,579 locations, $3,495 average, $131,571,625, four weeks. 9. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Warner Bros., $7,623,310, 2,323 locations, $3,282 average, $288,613,051, six weeks. 10. “The Last Stand,” Lionsgate, $7,213,327, 2,913 locations, $2,476 average, $7,213,327, one week. 11. “Lincoln,” Disney, $6,678,228, 2,174 locations, $3,072 average, $161,814,307, 11 weeks. 12. “Parental Guidance,” Fox, $5,632,836, 2,337 locations, $2,410 average, $67,657,990, four weeks. 13. “Life of Pi,” Fox, $4,207,186, 1,256 locations, $3,350 average, $100,044,491, nine weeks. 14. “The Impossible,” Summit, $3,012,182, 886 locations, $3,400 average, $10,728,747, five weeks. 15. “Argo,” Warner Bros., $2,717,033, 756 locations, $3,594 average, $115,238,587, 15 weeks. 16. “Jack Reacher,” Paramount, $2,685,905, 1,707 locations, $1,573 average, $76,863,238, five weeks. 17. “This Is 40,” Universal, $2,297,685, 1,232 locations, $1,865 average, $65,178,685, five weeks. 18. “Wreck-It Ralph,” Disney, $2,050,610, 1,312 locations, $1,563 average, $181,557,914, 12 weeks. 19. “Texas Chainsaw 3D,” Lionsgate, $1,429,933, 1,474 locations, $970 average, $33,622,871, three weeks. 20. “Skyfall,” Sony, $1,143,895.
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Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in last year’s multimillion euro (dollar) theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others from a Netherlands art gallery.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in last year’s multimillion-dollar art heist from a Netherlands art gallery, Dutch police said Tuesday. But the paintings, by artists including Picasso, Matisse and Monet, have not been recovered. The announcement marked the first breakthrough for police since thieves broke open an emergency exit and swiped the seven pieces on Oct. 16 in a late night raid at the Kunsthal
gallery in Rotterdam. It was the biggest art theft in more than a decade in the Netherlands. The stolen works have an estimated value of tens of millions of dollars if they were sold at auction, but art experts said that would be impossible following the theft. “Three people have been arrested, but unfortunately we have not got back the paintings,” Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Yvette van den Heerik told The Associated Press. Police later said in a state-
ment that the suspects were arrested as part of an ongoing Romanian investigation and not at the request of Dutch authorities. Kunsthal spokeswoman Mariette Maaskant said gallery staff members are not yet breathing a sigh of relief. “There is no painting found yet,” she said. “For us, that is the most important thing.” Romanian police spokeswoman Raluca Seucan declined to provide details of the case to the AP. Romanian news agency Mediafax reported that three Romanian suspects had been arrested Monday evening following a ruling from a Bucharest court. It gave no further details. The heist at one of Rotterdam’s landmark buildings, designed by local architect Rem Koolhaas, was lowtech but effective. Two thieves forced their way into the gallery through a rear emergency door and snatched the paintings. Security cameras showed the thieves breaking in and fleeing within two minutes. They were gone by the time police, alerted by an alarm, arrived less than five minutes after the break-in. The following morning, only white spaces on the wall and broken hanging wires were left. The stolen paintings came from the private Triton Foundation, a collection of avant-garde art put together by multimillionaire Willem Cordia, an investor and businessman, and his wife, Marijke Cordia-Van der Laan. Willem Cordia died in 2011.
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film “Django Unchained” is meant to be a classic minority revenge fantasy that allows members of the audience to exalt in Django’s freedom and vengeance on those who wronged himself and his wife, but at what cost does this come? Tarantino is no stranger to the sexualization of violence, but he delves into a deeper, grimier territory with his treatment of black women. Tarantino neatly places the women in “Django Unchained” into the roles of the “mammy” or the “jezebel.” What’s more is that this seems to be almost automatic for Tarantino; there is none of the ham-handed explanation for their tropes, as there is for the aggressive Uncle Tom depiction for Samuel L. Jackson. There is no chance for the audience to see the women as anything else. They never evolve, just as Broomhilda and Coco (both comfort girls in training) do not and remain as background characters. Cora (the “mammy”) remains a maternal figure, seeking to take care of her mistress and nothing else. Sheba and Coco revere their master, while Broomhilda remains almost child-like, wide-eyed and innocent in her meekness. Although she does not become hypersexualized as Sheba does, Tarantino gleefully creates her antithesis via his infantilizing of Broomhilda—there is, in this movie, no opportunity for the women to be anything other than what Tarantino initially creates them as. There is no evolution for their characters as there are for the men; they are stuck being the caretaker, the whore, and the child, all crafted in a way to either desexualize them completely or else amp it up to suit the fetishes of the director. The exploitation of black women is even more prevalent in W Magazine, where Tarantino smugly posed with a naked Nichole Galicia draped over him (an action given a more disturbing vibe by the fact that Galicia played the role of Sheba, who was the prized “comfort girl” of a plantation owner’s harem). He keeps one hand gripped on her bottom, holding her in place both for the photoshoot and in the category of the Jezebel with her insatiable sexual appetite that serves to somehow excuse the man’s behavior. Sheba is shown as being content with her place in the movie, and the director doesn’t show any shift from that—nor does Galicia appear to be discontent with her position as being part of Tarantino’s ‘property’ in the photograph. Positioning Tarantino in such a way with any other member of the cast would have been disconcerting, but given that it is with Galicia, it only assists in clarifying that black women are somehow ‘property’ of their white male counterparts. Tarantino’s exploitation is all the more disturbing given that it is a large part of a movie about slavery, where the stereotypes hailed from. While there isn’t a way to handle a movie about slavery with kid gloves, there is a certain degree of caution that needs to be taken with it. Tarantino’s treatment of black women in “Django Unchained” both serves to desexualize and hypersexualize them and does more harm than good.
Imaani.Cain@UConn.edu
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In this screenshot from December’s ‘Far Cry 3,’ the player, who takes on the role of a kidnapped college student fighting his way across a tropical island, is exploring the island with a hang glider. The game features a great story and fantastic gunplay.
By Stephen Skudlarek Campus Correspondent I’ve always been wary of the entries in the “Far Cry” series. It’s not like they’re bad games– in fact they’re all pretty decent; some are even really enjoyable. The problem is that the development teams and writing staff decided to change the style of each Far Cry release. The result is that each entry is drastically different from the next. The only thing that they all have in common is that they’re firstperson shooters. The earliest entry was almost like open-world adventures, allowing the player to utilize several different ways to accomplish an objective or take down a target within the mission area. The game even incorporated some science fiction and survival horror elements later on in
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its story. Add this to the (at the time) beautiful-looking tropical environments for its 2004 release, and you had a groundbreaking game of sorts. There were a few other releases, expansions and console rereleases between sequels. “Far Cry 2” saw the development staff create a completely different game from the first. Rather than playing as ex-U.S. Special Forces soldier Jack Carver, players took on the role of an international mercenary of their choice for the second game. The locale was changed to a nameless African country during a period of Civil War, and the game was now a completely open-world experience. While the combat
was much improved, the story received a serious downgrade and character development was nonexistent. And despite being set in an area filled with people and exotic wildlife, the game world didn’t feel nearly as vibrant and alive as it should. I’ve brought up and described the previous games in the series for a reason. When I heard that “Far Cry 3” was being released, /10 I prepared myself for yet another ineffective reinvention of the series. While “Far Cry 3” is much different from the previous entries, it feels like a combination of all the best elements in all of those games. The end result is the best game in the series to date.
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The campaign follows Jason Brody, an American college student on vacation with his friends and family. Brody and company are soon kidnapped by antagonist Vaas Montenegro and his psychotic band of modern-day pirates. Out of options, Jason escapes and unites with the island’s natives, who are attempting to fight back against Vaas and his boss, Hoyt Volker. The game’s story is wellwritten, and its characters feel human and personable, which is a stark contrast to the lackluster story and characters from “Far Cry 2.” Most of the missions involve rescuing Jason’s friends or helping the natives fight back, and are a ton of fun to play. The controls feel very “Call of Duty”-esque: very sharp and responsive. In a fast-paced
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By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent One of the most significant changes to happen to the video gaming industry in the past decade has been the importance of brand recognition. Much like the film industry, which spends ample time touting that a particular film is directed by Steven Spielberg or “From Producer J.J. Abrams,” or “A PIXAR Animation Studios Film,” brand recognition for AAA games is becoming increasingly prevalent. While the names of console manufacturers is all but standard pop culture knowledge (Nintendo, Sony etc.), in recent years major third party developers with a history of acclaimed titles (Bungie - Halo, Bioware - Mass Effect, Valve - Everything) have seen increased name recognition awareness. One of those such studios is Naughty Dog. The first party Sony developer is responsible for the creation of some of gaming’s most enduring, iconic, and beloved franchises. Juggernaut series including “Crash Bandicoot,” “Jak and Daxter,” and most recently the wildly acclaimed “Uncharted” games (the sequel, 2009’s “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” stands as the ninth most critically acclaimed game of all time on review aggregate site gamerankings.com) are all creations of the Santa Monica, Calif. developer. Suffice to say, when word gets around that Naughty Dog is working on a new intellectual property, you probably should be paying attention. Photo courtesy of thelastofus.com As the sun begins to set on this generation After a virus decimates the world’s population, its few survivors must duke it out for survival against bloodthirsty zombieof consoles, and all media eyes are looking like creatures in Sony’s upcoming ‘The Last of Us.’ towards the next generation, Naughty Dog has boldly decided to launch a brand new and upgraded version of the game engine that Further blurring the line between game IP on the 6+ year old, yet still incredibly powered “Uncharted 3. “ On the visual side and film as they had with the “Uncharted” capable, Playstation 3. expect spectacular results, perhaps the best games, expect expertly directed cinematic Fittingly the game’s title is “The Last of seen on a home console to date. As far as cutscenes performed by the cast with full Us.” gameplay, the mechanics will be similar to motion capture. Enter a near-future post-apocalyptic the “Uncharted” series. Expect familiar third Multiplayer will be included in the title world. An insect virus has mutated a major- person duck and cover shooting, mixed with as well, however it is clear that the first and ity of the human population into mindless melee hand to hand combat. In a twist from foremost goal of “The Last of Us” is for zombies. You play as a black marketer those games however, expect more of an Naughty Dog to once again raise the bar for named Joel, a grown man weathered beyond emphasis on the latter. Being a survival post what gamers should expect in a masterfully his years as he escorts a young teenage girl -apocalyptic adventure game, don’t expect to crafted single player experience. named Ellie across the devastated and over- have a steady rain of bullets at your disposal “The Last of Us” will release exclusively grown land that was once the U.S. in the as if you were Nathan Drake. Stealth will on Playstation 3 on May 7, 2013. Don’t face of the infected and other scavengers. also have a much more prevalent role than in miss it. The goal? Survive. the “Uncharted” series. Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu “The Last of Us,” is built upon a modified
On January 4, British newspaper The Guardian reported that the Playstation 2 had officially been discontinued by Sony worldwide, 12 years and two months after its release in North America. While the writing was on the wall for a while, it’s kind of surreal both that it made it that long and that gaming’s most successful console is finally gone. Back in 2000, when the console was first introduced, the DVD player was still in its relative infancy. The PS2 changed that. It was the first widespread DVD player at an affordable price, which played a big part in its amassing of 153 million consoles sold over the past decade. Much more of that success, of course, lies in one of the greatest stretches of games released on one console. Because it was the de-facto “leader” with the largest audience thanks to that DVD stunt by Sony, companies were able to take more risks with games on the console, especially with ideas that could capture multiple markets. Rockstar’s “Grand Theft Auto” series is a good example; “3” set off a media firestorm, which led to “Vice City” becoming the console’s highest-selling game ever, followed by “San Andreas” beating that one out for the record. What’s more, for every guaranteed success like a “Gran Turismo,” there was an unheralded underdog that came out of nowhere to gain success. “Katamari Damacy,” Japan’s ball-rolling simulator that’s simultaneously ridiculous and fun, earned a bunch of sequels thanks to its bow on the PS2. “Guitar Hero” went from a strange novelty to the brief resurrector of the music genre. Everything from “Hot Shots Golf” to “The Guy Game” and “The Bible Game” (ugh) made it to shelves and the result was an amazing 1.5 billion total games sold. And that’s not even counting used copies. By having something for everyone, the console was able to cross over into mainstream success without breaking a sweat. Sony’s treatment of the console wasn’t shabby, either. Where Microsoft and Nintendo admitted defeat by ending production of the Xbox and Gamecube shortly after their successors came out, both in 2007, Sony kept the PS2 alive long after, dedicated to a launch-day pledge saying it would last a decade. Having a less-expensive offering next to the then-$600 PS3 in 2006 and on was a good strategy for the company, as the extensive library helped its games stay in Gamestops until last year, a sign that the end was near. As we leave the PS2 behind us, moving onto bigger and presumably better things, it should be remembered as a bastion of pure gaming. Its huge market allowed for experimentation with genres
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Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ to sweep into Broadway NEW YORK (AP) — A stage musical of the animated film “Aladdin” is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be “a full-length, big song musical with big dance numbers.” Thomas Schumacher said in an interview that the final two-act “Aladdin” will build on the 1992 film blockbuster with new songs by Alan Menken, additional characters and, appropriately, some magic tricks. “If I look around Broadway right now, what I want to see is big production numbers. I want to see lush environments. I want surprise,” Schumacher said Friday. “You want a lot of humor, which we will do. And you want heart.” “Aladdin” will be directed and choreographed by Tony Awardwinner Casey Nicholaw, whose previous hits include “The Book of Mormon” and “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Bob Crowley, who
has a Tony for “Mary Poppins,” will design the sets, and Chad Beguelin has written the story and some lyrics. The musical will first be staged at Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre this November for nine weeks with an eye to bringing it to Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre in 2014. “Mary Poppins,” which is currently in the 1,797seat New Amsterdam Theatre, ends its six-year run in March. The animated version of “Aladdin” starred Robin Williams as the voice of the big blue genie and earned $500 million worldwide. The film score was created by Menken and Howard Ashman, with additional lyrics provided by Tim Rice after Ashman’s death. Menken won the 1992 Oscar for best original musical score and the film’s hit song, “A Whole New World,” won a Grammy and Oscar. Finding out how to make the genie come to life onstage was
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This undated publicity photo provided by Disney Theatrical Productions shows Aladdin with a lamp in a scene from the 1992 animated film, “Aladdin.”
one of the biggest obstacles facing its creators. The answer for Disney was to take him from a shape-shifting blue spirit to a Cab Calloway-styled vaudevillian. “I do feel pretty confident in what we’ve done with the genie,” said Schumacher. “When you buy
a ticket and sit down in a theater, you want the live experience, not a film recreated.” He also explained why Disney decided to close “Mary Poppins” even though it has been among the top 10 grossing shows for the past six years and top five for
attendance: Its profitability wasn’t going to last too much longer. “I could tell that ‘Mary Poppins’ was coming to a place where it wasn’t going to be selfsufficient,” Schumacher said. “I can’t keep it alive artificially.”
and styles of gameplay, and it was an important part of most of the early millennium from its array of compatible controllers to its fledgling online service, a shadow in Xbox Live’s light but an important stepping stone that led to Playstation Network and Playstation Plus. You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. (Except for me, as my PS2 is still kicking, and a new copy of “Katamari Damacy” just arrived in the mail a few days ago.)
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‘Far Cry 3 is one of the best games of 2012’
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game like “Far Cry 3,” having comfortable, responsive controls can mean the difference between an enjoyable experience and absolute frustration for players. I’m happy to see that the developers did a great job here; the other entries in the series were far from clunky, but “Far Cry 3” is still a huge improvement over them controls-wise. The island itself is completely open-world and looks absolutely stunning. The island is much larger than previous settings, but truly feels alive. While wild animals were present in “Far Cry 2,” they weren’t utilized often or effectively. On this island, however, all kinds of creatures abound. Imagine this scenario, for instance: you’re pinned down by an enemy heavy gunner during a firefight, but just as all hope seems lost, you and the rest of the pirates are attacked by a group of angry Komodo Dragons, who enter the fray. The pirates freak out and start lobbing Molotov Cocktails, setting the entire forest ablaze. You manage to get away and head to high ground to snipe the heavy gunner, but as you’re looking down your sights at him, he gets mauled from behind by a Bengal Tiger. Situations like these occur frequently in “Far Cry 3,” and help keep the gameplay interesting and unique. “Far Cry 3” effectively incorporates the beautiful environments and solid writing of the Jack Carver entries, as well as the full weapons customization and open-world aspects of “Far Cry 2.” Yet, rather than playing out as a “greatest hits” compilation or some kind of mash-up, “Far Cry 3” feels unique rather than just a copy of one of the other games. While you’ll probably spend most of your time playing the lengthy singleplayer campaign, this game offers both multiplayer and co-op modes as well. Rather than just rehashing the single player experience, co-op has its own storyline and feels vaguely similar to the “Left 4 Dead” franchise in terms of gameplay. Multiplayer has standard game modes, progression and customization, but sets itself apart from other titles with its map-maker and Firestorm Mode. Firestorm is an interesting take on Capture the Flag, where a wildfire sets random areas of the map ablaze. The in-depth mapmaker will have creative players coming back for more. Between its single player, multiplayer and cooperative modes, “Far Cry 3” offers countless hours of gameplay. Whether or not you’re already a fan of the series, this entry has something for everyone, and offers enough autonomy for players to enjoy it all. Without question, “Far Cry 3” is one of the best games of 2012. Anyone who is even remotely interested in this game should check it out.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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The temperature hasn’t been to kind to the Storrs faithful this week, not going too much higher than 20 degrees during the day. Stay positive Huskies, warm days are right around the corner! I Hate Everything by Carin Powell
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Horoscopes
by Brian Ingmanson
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Responsibility may call, but outdoor action gets your joints loose and moving. A little balance goes a long way towards providing peace of mind. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Business and finances have potential to thrive, with dutiful responsibility. Spend time at home, and surprise yourself. Do something for only you. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Rely on a trusted friend to get you through ... your own judgment could fail you. Things are getting more beautiful, comfortable and interesting. Stay discrete. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Play your cards close to your chest for a while. If you’re stuck on a decision, get expert help. Stick to what’s important, but let the rest go. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Draw upon your inner strength today. Don’t bend the rules, even if tempted. Renegotiate the terms, if necessary. Do a job for someone else, and glow in the satisfaction. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- A lovely, lazy day would be splendid. Carve out time for yourself, to move your body, your spirit and your heart. Add friends, food and nature for real treats. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- If at first you don’t succeed, take a break and try a different tactic. Interview observers to get feedback. Use the crowd. What does it take? Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Long-term thinking bears fruit for future generations. Prepare the beds (or draw up the plans) for future seedlings. Plant a tree or an orchard. Share responsibility. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- To really get inspired, hang out with kids. They truly get creative. You’re gaining support and respect from others. Pay the bills before going shopping. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Now’s when you fix that leaky faucet or do the home improvement you’ve been putting off. Discover something surprising in the process. It could even be fun. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re learning quickly, but don’t push yourself too hard. Even superheroes need time to rest. You word’s more powerful than you think. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Don’t be shy. You really are an important voice. Keep playing a strong game, but don’t forget to rest. Don’t take what you have for granted.
Tuesday, January 23, 2013
Men's hockey drops close game from CLAWED, page 12 The Bobcats originally took the first lead of the game 13:20 into the first period when Peca, a Tampa Bay Lightning draft pick, blasted a laser over Grogan’s glove from the high slot. Throughout the first period, the Huskies struggled to keep QU out of their defensive end, and it showed in the shot totals. After the first 20 minutes, the Bobcats led 19-6 in that category, consistently getting traffic in front of the net to make Grogan’s life difficult. “We prepared the guys and we knew that they were going to come out right away and try to run us out of the building,” UConn Interim Coach Dave Berard said of his team’s first period effort. “It was a bend-butdon’t-break approach, you know we hung in there. Matt [Grogan] made some real good saves and we hung in there.” Berard said that keeping the game close in the first period bolstered his team’s confidence, and that was what led to their turnaround for the remainder of the night. That newfound-confidence was apparent right out of the gate for the Huskies in the sec-
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ond period, as they forced the Bobcats to the perimeter of the rink and eliminated most of their slot presence. The decreased Quinnipiac pressure led to a more free-flowing game and end-to-end rushes throughout the middle 20 minutes. That transition play led to a few solid opportunities for the Huskies, including the one that tied the game. Junior Billy Latta picked up a long pass from Brant Harris and carried it into the zone on a breakaway, deking Hobey Bakercandidate Eric Hartzell and beating him just inside the right post to knot the game. “Billy blocked a shot and the puck trickled over to his right side and Brant was sagging down into the slot,” Berard said, describing the goal. “Brant got the puck and Billy took off and [Harris] made a great pass and Billy got beyond their defenseman and went in and made an outstanding move. Hartzell’s a wonderful goalie so it was a big-time move and it was a great goal.” The loss drops the Huskies to 9-11-2 on the season, while the win pushes Quinnipiac to 18-3-3.
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Irving leads Cavalers past Celtics, 95-90 CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, including several key late baskets, to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 95-90 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night. Irving scored 11 points in the final 2:33 on four layups and three free throws to give Cleveland back-to-back wins at home for the first time this season and send Boston to its season-high fourth straight loss. Irving shot 16 for 24 — set-
ting a career high for field goals made — and fell one point short of his career-best scoring total, set at New York on Dec. 15. Tristan Thompson added 21 points for the Cavaliers. Rajon Rondo led Boston with 17 points while Kevin Garnett scored 16. Paul Pierce, who scored 40 points in a 103-91 win over the Cavaliers in Boston on Dec. 19, finished with 12 points on 3-for-15 shooting. Irving's layup gave Cleveland an 84-83 lead with 2:33 remaining.
He followed with another layup after Rajon Rondo's turnover to put the Cavs up three. Four free throws by Garnett sandwiched around a basket by Alonzo Gee left Cleveland with an 88-87 lead. After Garnett missed a baseline jumper, Irving dribbled past midcourt and drove to the basket for a three-point lead with 52 seconds remaining. Following another miss by the Celtics, the Cavaliers called timeout. Irving dribbled into the lane and hit a twisting shot while
being fouled by Jared Sullinger. He made the free throw to put Cleveland ahead 93-87 with 22.8 seconds left. After Pierce shot an airball, Irving made two more free throws with 18.2 seconds left to put the game away. The Celtics have dropped four in a row since winning six straight. Rivers blasted his team following Sunday's 103-88 loss in Detroit, a game which Boston never led. The latest loss dropped Boston to 20-21.
Jets' 4-2 victory drops Capitals, Oates to 0-2 WASHINGTON (AP) — Evander Kane and Blake Wheeler each provided a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets suddenly transformed into an offensive juggernaut, beating Alex Ovechkin's struggling Capitals 4-2 Tuesday night to end Washington's 10-game winning streak in home openers. Two games and two losses into the lockout-shortened season — and new Washington boss Adam Oates' NHL head coaching career —
Ovechkin doesn't have a goal, the Capitals have been outscored 10-5, and their opponents are 5 for 12 on power plays. Andrew Ladd and Jim Slater also scored, and Tobias Enstrom had three assists for Winnipeg (1-1-1), which outshot the Capitals 39-34. The Jets scored only two goals in their first 137½ minutes of play this season. They matched that total with a pair of power-play scores in a 4-minute span during the first period Tuesday.
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Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien celebrates with center Jim Slater after Slater's goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals.
New York well represented at the top of the NBA power rankings from NBA, page 12 bright spots. From 2005-2011, Toronto forward Alan Anderson played in the D-League, Italy, Russia, Croatia, Israel, the D-League again and Spain before signing a 10-day contract with the Raptors last season. Now that he’s finally getting some playing time in 2013, Anderson is averaging 12.3 points per game in just about 24 minutes per game. The Raptors aren’t going anywhere the year, but they might have one of the best stories of the year in Anderson. 10) Detroit (15-25)—Former UConn one-and-done Andre Drummond is only averaging 19.8 minutes per game this season, so his numbers aren’t that
mind-boggling. However, if you average his stats to 36 minutes per game in a vacuum, Drummond would be averaging 13 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks per game. Moreover, Drummond’s per 36 minute stats eclipse Dwight Howard’s during his rookie season. 9) Philadelphia (17-24)—I’m a Celtics fan, but the fans got it wrong this season. Jrue Holiday is having a ridiculous year and absolutely should be starting for the Eastern Conference in the AllStar Game. 8) Milwaukee (21-18)—The Bucks have played six games since firing Scott Skiles on Jan. 8 and have won four of them (including a victory at Chicago). The
backcourt of Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis is still incredibly frustrating and exciting to watch at the same time. Center Larry Sanders is only playing 25 minutes per game but leads the league with 3.18 blocks per game. 7) Boston (20-20)—It comes down to this: when Avery Bradley is active, the Celtics are one of the best teams in the East and a legitimate conference threat. When the oft-injured Bradley is inactive, Boston is difficult to watch without wanting to poke your eyes out with sharp utensils. 6) Atlanta (23-18)—In the first couple weeks of the season, Atlanta looked like it was going to be one of the very few teams that could topple Miami as the
class of the Eastern Conference. Today, however, that narrative has changed dramatically. The Hawks have dropped eight of their last 12 – which included a 58-point performance against Chicago—and microwave man Louis Williams shredded his ACL, ending his season. 5) New York (25-14)—New York is a really good team, but I have a hard time calling a squad that relies so heavily on the threepointer one of the best in the conference. They’re just too erratic. However, Carmelo Anthony is having a career year and should garner some serious MVP attention. 4) Chicago (24-16)—Even without all-world point guard
Derrick Rose, the Bulls are still capable of defeating any team on any night. Forward Luol Deng has picked up the slack in Rose’s absence, as he is averaging 17.5 points per game while logging the most minutes per game in the NBA for the second straight year. Power forward Carlos Boozer has also been blistering hot over the past couple weeks, averaging 22 points per game over the past 10 games. 3) Brooklyn (25-16)—Even though I have no affiliation to either basketball team in New York, I want a playoff series between the Nets and the Knicks. Badly. BK has been hot recently and has only dropped two games since firing Avery Johnson in late
December. 2) Indiana (26-16)—If you haven’t seen the Pacers play yet this season, you need to find yourself on a couch and watch their next game. I’m not saying you should pirate their games on the Internet…but I’m also not saying I’d tattle on you for doing so. Paul George needs to be seen to be believed. 1) Miami (26-12)—Miami is going to hold this top spot until further notice and with good reason. It pains me to see the Heat playing so well while also doing it so effortlessly. It just doesn’t seem fair.
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Men's track places first in Great Dane Classic By Nick Danforth Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s track and field team took first place out of 24 schools in last week’s Great Dane Classic at the Armory Track in New York, NY. Competing against Villanova, George Mason and Rutgers, among others, UConn outscored the second place team at the meet by 49.5 points, scoring 131.5 points total. The University of Albany finished second with 82 points. “While we were pleased with the win against solid competition, we showed where we have
work to do as well,” head coach Gregory S. Roy said. “Coaches and athletes are addressing these areas aggressively.” What Roy can be pleased with was how his team showed strength in many different areas. The team had at least one athlete finish in the top five in 13 different events, finishing first in three of those. Freshman Alex Levine (Danbury, Conn.) took first in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:54.10, Sophomore Selwyn Maxwell Jr. (Monroe, NY) finished first in the 60 meter hurdles, running a personal best time of 7.96, and the distance medley relay squad of
Seniors Joe Clark (West Islip, N.Y.) and Alex Bennatan (Lake Forest, Ill.), Sophomore James Agati (Valley Stream, N.Y.), and Levine took home first place in a time of 9:59.06. Perhaps the Huskies’ best event of the meet was the 1,000 meter run, where UConn placed five runners in the top 14. Freshmen Alvaro Chavez (West Windsor, NJ) and Nick O’Leary (North Attleboro, Mass.) finished fifth and fourteenth respectively, Sophomores Agati and Phil Caldwell (Cheshire, Conn.) finished tenth and eighth, and senior Tim Bennatan (Lake Forest, Ill.) crossed the finish line in eleventh.
In the weight throw, senior Josh Faboyede (Providence R.I.) set a personal record with a throw of 18.83 meters, finishing second in the event. “Josh has shown a lot of competitive development this year, and even bigger numbers are right around the corner,” Roy said. Sophomore Christopher Ackell (Brookfield, Conn.) also did well in the weight throw recording a toss of 16.99 meters and finishing sixth. The Huskies’ next meet will be Saturday, Jan.26 at Boston University’s Terrier Classic.
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A UConn thrower gets ready to throw a shot put in a track meet at the Hugh S. Greer Field House.
Huskies crack top five in Atlatic Hockey power rankings Morrissey: By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent
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UConn sophomore defenseman Skyler Smutek skates the puck up the ice in a recent game at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
For those of you who haven’t been glued to college hockey during break, here’s what the Atlantic Conference has shaped up to be in my mind while you were all out. 12. Sacred Heart (0-21-2, 0-15-2) In seven games over the education break period, the Pioneers surrendered 43 goals, at a 6 goals allowed per game average. 11. American International (5-13-3, 2-10-3) The Yellow Jackets came out victorious in one game over break with a 4-1 victory over division foe Robert Morris. American International will face UConn next, on Friday, Jan. 25th. 10. Army (7-12-3, 7-7-3) Losers of four out of their last five games, the Black Knights have been inconsistent for the duration of the 20122013 season. Army was most recently swept in a two game set versus Atlantic Conference rival, the Rochester Institute of Technology. 9. Canisius (8-11-5, 7-6-2)
The Golden Griffins sported a 3-3-1 record over the break, dropping two consecutive games to division rival Bentley University, 3-2, and 7-2. 8. Rochester Institute of Technology (8-10-4, 6-6-3) RIT are winners of three straight, and are 6-6-3 in conference play, with their last three wins all coming against conference opponents. 7. Air Force (9-9-5, 7-5-3) Air Force most recently swept Atlantic Conference opponent Sacred Heart with wins of 5-2, and 6-3. 6. Robert Morris (12-7-2, 7-6-1) The Colonials went 5-3 during the break with wins over UConn, Army, American International, and two during the Three Rivers Classic tournament in Pittsburgh, Pa. 5. Connecticut (9-10-2, 6-8-1) UConn is 4-2 in their last six games, with a 5-4 win coming over division rival Mercyhurst on Jan. 18th. Huskies head coach Bruce Marshall resigned on Jan. 7th after being on a leave of absence since Nov. 6th, 2012. Assistant coach David Berard will step in as head coach for the remainder of the 2012-2013 season. Marshall was in his 25th
season as head coach with 337 career wins on his belt. The 337 wins ranks 12th among active NCAA coaches in career wins. 4. Bentley (10-10-1, 8-6-1) The Falcons went 4-2 over winter break, with wins over Northeastern, Canisius, and RIT. Bentley scored 10 goals in their two game sweep over division foe Canisius. 3. Mercyhurst (11-9-1, 9-5) The Lakers split every series, 1-1, with each of their last three opponents; UConn, Holy Cross, and the University of Maine, in their last six games. 2. Holy Cross (12-8-2, 8-5-2) Holy Cross had three wins over break, but most notably a 5-3 victory over the Atlantic Conference leading Niagara University. The Crusaders have not dropped more than two consecutive games all season. 1. Niagara (14-4-4, 13-1-1) With only one loss in conference play, the Purple Eagles were on an eight game winning streak before a 2-2 tie with RIT one game before break. Niagara will face off with RIT in their next game on Friday, Jan. 25th.
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Wild are the team to beat from BETTER, page 12
you may want to watch out for will be the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild. It feels like the Oilers have been in a rebuilding phase for years and now with a shorter season and young talent like Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the Oilers may finally get back to the playoffs if they have a hot start. In the State of Hockey, Minnesota picked up two key players in Zach Parise and Ryan Suter and some experts have picked the Wild to represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup. In the East, the Rangers will look to build off the success they had last year and offseason pickup Rick Nash will make the Blue shirts one of the teams to beat. The Bruins, just a year and a half removed from their Cup victory will also be in contention for another playoff berth. However the biggest question surrounding the Bruins will be between the pipes, as their Conn Smythe winning goaltender Tim Thomas has decided to take a year off. It will be up to Tuukka Rask to step up in net as the Bruins have plenty of young goal scorers in Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin. This NHL season will be a sprint rather than a marathon but even though half the season has been lost, there will not be any lack of excitement. So now a season has begun, for the young rookies it’s a chance to relish in the glory of scoring your first goal. For the seasoned veterans, it’s a chance for one last hurrah in a sport that has dominated their lives. Finally for the loyal fans who stand by their team year in and year out, through thrilling victories and heart breaking losses, it’s time to drop the puck. Follow Tyler on Twitter @ TylerRMorrissey
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Jan. 31 Providence 7 p.m.
Feb. 3 USF 2 p.m
Jan. 29 Villanova 7 p.m.
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Feb. 10 Seton Hall 12 p.m.
Feb. 5 Feb. 10 Marquette Depaul 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Men’s Hockey (9-10-2) Jan. 25 Americon Jan. 26 International American 7:05 p.m
Feb. 1 RIT 7: 05 p.m.
Feb. 2 RIT 7:05 p.m
Feb. 8 Bentley 7:05 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (3-19-2) Jan. 26 Maine 1 p.m.
Jan. 27 Boston College 3 p.m.
Feb. 9 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Providence Providence Northeastern 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Men’s Track and Field Today New England Championship 10 a.m.
Mar. 2 IC4A Championships All Day
Women’s Track and Field Feb. 1 Armory Collegiate All Day
Jan. 25 Terrier Invite Alll Day
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Novak Djokovic
Feb. 6 St. John’s 7 p.m.
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senior guard Kelly Faris has recorded in a
-Novak Djokovic after his Australian open win.
Women’s Basketball (17-1) Jan. 26 Cincinatti 8 p.m.
The number of career double-doubles Husky uniform.
Men’s Basketball (12-5) Jan. 27 Rutgers 2 p.m. Jan. 31
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NFL hopes to decide Pro Bowl future by April
HONOLULU (AP) — The NFL is hoping to decide the fate of the Pro Bowl by the time it releases next season’s schedule in April. And the fate of the league’s all-star game will largely depend on how much effort this year’s participants put into the game. NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Ray Anderson told reporters of the timing at a news conference Tuesday to kick off this year’s Pro Bowl week in Honolulu. He said the league expects its players to play a game that fans will be proud of. “Our hope is that the players will give the same effort and energy that allowed them to become roster members of this Pro Bowl,” Anderson said. Commissioner Roger Goodell nearly canceled the game after uninspiring play last year, but it will be held Sunday at Aloha Stadium after discussions between the league and the player’s union. Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman, a Pro Bowler for the second year in a row, says the message to players has been clear. He said players need to balance playing hard with avoiding injury, to give fans the game they deserve without hurting their teams going into next year. “We owe it to our fans, we owe it to our viewers, to give them a little more effort than we did last year,” Tillman said. Anderson said the league has considered less intense substitutions for the game, including skills competitions, seven-on-seven scrimmages or other watered down events. But officials haven’t found anything that lives up to the standards of what fans expect. Tillman said fans are used to touchdowns and interceptions. “That’s what the fans want,” Tillman said. Anderson and Tillman spoke as the league promoted a week full of events leading up to the Pro Bowl, including practices at Pearl Harbor and an exchange program with Japanese coaches. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell made a public plea to keep the Super Bowl in Honolulu, saying perhaps the city and state don’t express their appreciation often enough for the game being held on the islands. Anderson said the relationship between the league and Hawaii has grown strong over more than three decades. Tillman, who said he is staying with his family at the new Disney resort on the west side of Oahu, said the Pro Bowl is definitely a good incentive for players. “What’s better than this? It’s like negaAP tive-2 degrees in Chicago right now,” Tillman St. Louis Cardinals’ Stan Musial, with bat in hand, poses for a photo during spring training baseball in Florida. Musial, said. “That’s all the incentive I need.”
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THE Storrs Side Three UConn players taken in MLS Supplemental Draft By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer Stephane Diop was plagued with the injury bug for most of the 2012 UConn men’s soccer season, making him fearful that he may not get the chance to prove himself at the professional level. But the Senegalese winger used the time that he was healthy to make the New York Red Bulls see he was worth a shot. Diop was one of three Huskies – along with center back Jossimar Sanchez and right back Max Wasserman – to be selected in Tuesday’s Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft, a follow-up to Thursday’s two-round SuperDraft. The three players join Carlos Alvarez in the 2013 UConn draft class. Alvarez was selected No. 2 overall by Chivas USA in Thursday’s SuperDraft. Diop, the 51st overall pick, was a third team All-Big East selection, scoring two goals and recording three assists. After what he described as his “worst season” at UConn, Diop was not invited to the MLS Draft Combine, making his selection by New York even more special. “It was very hard for me and
I’m sad that I wasn’t invited to the Combine, and there was no attention in regard to me,” Diop said via text message on Tuesday. “I never gave up because I always believed that I can make it.” Sanchez, who has not played since breaking his leg on Oct. 6, was selected fourth overall by the New England Revolution. After three years as a midfielder, Sanchez moved to center back for the 2012 season. Despite missing the final two months of the season, Sanchez was a first team All-Big East selection this past season. UConn only allowed four goals in the 11 full games he played prior to Oct. 6. Wasserman was taken by Real Salt Lake with the 69th pick, making him teammates with former Husky Kwame Watson-Siriboe. Wasserman moved to right back from the midfield during his junior year. He registered six assists in 2012, showing a knack for playing crosses into the box. Wasserman is also a free-kick specialist. In 2012, both of his goals came on free kicks.
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THE Pro Side Cincinnati to host 2015 MLB All-Star Game By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer According to a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer, commissioner Bud Selig will announce today that the Cincinnati Reds have been named as hosts of the 2015 All-Star Game. It will be the first All-Star Game in Cincinnati since 1988 and the first ever at Great American Ballpark, the team’s home since 2003. This summer the All-Star festivities are being held at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, and the 2014 All-Star Game is scheduled to take place at Target Field in Minneapolis. The midsummer classic alternates between American League and National League parks almost every season. For the next three years, the Game will be played for the first time in each of the respective venues. According to the Enquirer, last season on Opening Day Reds owner Bob Castellini said Great American Ballpark would be getting an All-Star Game but did not specify what year. Over the last decade, the park has been regarded by baseball fans as one of the best venues in the country to take in a ballgame. Set on the banks of the
Ohio River, the site also figures as an appropriate setting for the Home Run Derby. Left-handed hitters will have the opportunity to potentially hit balls into the water beyond the right field the night before the game. The capacity of Great American is just over 42,000 people, which is 15th amongst all 30 Major League ballparks. Last season, the game was held at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, in front of under 41,000 fans who saw the National League beat the American League 8-0. It was the third straight victory for the NL as Melky Cabrera took home MVP honors with the game’s only home run. The current frontrunners to host the 2016 All-Star game are the Orioles and Cubs. Baltimore’s Oriole Park last hosted the event in 1993, while north Chicago held the game most recently in 1990. Should Wrigley Field host the 2016 All-Star game, it would come not only right after renovations to the park are scheduled to be complete, but it would also take place during the field’s 100th anniversary season.
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CLAWED BY THE BOBCATS UConn falls to No. 2 Quinnipiac on the road By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Witer
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On the morning of Jan. 6th I received a text message at 6:38 a.m. that I thought would never see. WEEI alerted myself and all of their other subscribers across New England that the NHL owners and players had agreed upon a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the 119-day-old lockout. It was finally over, all the bickering and squabbling over the dollars and cents that drove a billion dollar industry had finally ceased. As the clock ticked down to the final ticks to save the season, a new 10 year Collective Bargaining Agreement was drawn up and the puck dropped on a 48 game season this past Saturday. One of the lingering questions that remained as the ink was drying on the new CBA is whether or not the fans, who were out right betrayed by the NHL, would return. The answer to that question lays not just in sold out NHL arenas across North America but the reaction of fans on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. Throughout the lockout whenever a shred of optimism came from NHL headquarters in New York City during negotiations, the Twitter universe exploded with sentiments of hope for an end to the lockout. Much of this hope was often crushed as the media reported that both sides were still very far apart, but the fans did not give up. After it was announced that the season was saved, NHL fans rejoiced as their teams assembled for a shortened training camp. NHL clubs had a very short time to get ready, which for some would not be that difficult as some of the game’s biggest stars played overseas during the lockout. Any doubts of fan loyalty were soon dismissed after what happened next. In major hockey markets such as Toronto, Montreal, Pittsburgh and Boston fans turned out in droves to watch practice. In Pittsburgh 18,000 fans showed up to watch a team practice. In Boston, the organization gave out free tickets to a team scrimmage. According to the Boston Globe, the event was sold out and the complimentary tickets were being sold online for as much as $60. Ticket prices tell the story as a shortened season has created an increased demand for tickets, as now there are fewer opportunities for fans to see their favorite players hit the ice. So, what can you expect from a 48 game NHL season? First and foremost injuries will play a huge factor as players who have not been as active during the lockout will now be forced to compete at a high level with less preparation than normal. It might not be crazy for the NHL to keep groin injuries as a statistic this season because there will surely be a lot of them. The last time the NHL played a 48 game season was the 19941995 season which was also shortened due to a lockout. This year will be one of the most wide open seasons since the mid 1990’s, as any team that gets a quick start can be in contention for the Stanley Cup, yes even the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets can play a factor this year. While I highly doubt the Maple Leafs or Blue Jackets will be lifting Lord Stanley anytime soon, the two teams that
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HAMDEN – The deck was stacked against them from the outset, but the UConn men’s hockey team fought the odds for 56 minutes at No. 2 Quinnipiac Tuesday night. A Connor Jones goal with 4:13 left in the third period tipped the scales in the Bobcats favor, as they edged out the Huskies for a 2-1 win in what turned out to be a hardhitting, closely contested game. Jones managed to put Quinnipiac ahead with a wide open net from just outside the top of the crease after UConn senior goalie Matt Grogan made two stops on shots from Jeremy Langlois and Matthew Peca. Peca came flying into the zone down the right wing and fired from the top of the circle, and Langlois followed up from around the right dot on the rebound. Grogan was unable to corral the second attempt, and the puck squirted out into the slot for Jones to put home. “It was a bang-bang play in tight,” Grogan said. “All I saw was I saw we had a D-man right at the top of the crease and I think it ended up going between his legs and before I could make a play it ended up in the net.”
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UConn sophomore forward Brad Smith looks to pass the puck in a recent game at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
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NBA Midseason Power Rankings By TJ Souhlaris Staff Writer
As we hit the halfway mark in this season’s edition of the reality series known as the NBA, something dawned on your friendly Eastern Conference NBA writer: I haven’t submitted a power rankings column yet. Have no fear UConn country, there’s no better time to start than now. Over the course of the next few months and running all the way to the 82nd game of the year, I’ll be writing a power rankings piece on a biweekly basis. You can call it unoriginal, disagreeable and maybe even perhaps full of more ennui than your Intro to Stats class. I call it giving the people what they need. Let’s roll out the rankings, shall we? The following records were taken before Tuesday night’s games concluded. 15) Cleveland (10-32)—The Cavs are still reeling from a massive post-decision hangover, and now that breakout center Anderson
Varejao is going to miss the rest of the 2013 campaign due to a blood clot in his lung, it appears that Cleveland is going to have a copious amount of ping-pong balls in the lottery this spring. A silver lining: Kyrie Irving is playing some great basketball, and it looks like he’s destined to become one of the league’s best point guards if he can stay healthy. 14) Washington (9-30)— Although the Wizards technically have the worst record in the East, they won’t end up in the cellar by season’s end. Now that John Wall has finally returned after missing the first 33 games of the year with knee issues, the Wiz are actually almost watchable. Also, you should do yourself a favor, and YouTube Jordan Crawford’ buzzer-beating, game-winning trey against Portland on Monday night, and prepare to hear one of the most amusing radio calls of the season. 13) Charlotte (10-31)—Good: UConn hero Kemba Walker dropped a career-high 35 points
in his most recent showing. Bad: The Bobcats lost that game to the Houston Rockets, 100-94. Ugly: The last time Charlotte won a game at home was before Thanksgiving. 12) Orlando (14-26)— Truthfully, the Magic could be a whole lot worse with the roster they’re currently trotting out this year. Although the team doesn’t have a ton of talent, Orlando is competing every night. They have a few curious losses over the past five games (they lost to Charlotte at home and lost to Washington by 29 on the road), but they’ve also taken down the Clippers on the road and the Pacers at the Amway Center during the same stretch. Basically, Orlando makes no sense. 11) Toronto (15-26)— Although the lone Canadian team in the Association is likely headed to the lottery for the umpteenth year in a row, they’ve had some
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Huskies can’t hang on against QU By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer Physical play nearly pays off As has been the case all season, physical play kept the UConn men’s hockey team in contention on Tuesday night, and it nearly got them a historic win against No. 2 Quinnipiac. The Huskies fell to the Bobcats 2-1 in Hamden on a late power play goal, but there was a lot of positives to take away from the game, particularly the aggressive play on defense, as UConn used their bodies to both take Quinnipiac’s skaters out of the play and stop pucks from reaching goaltender Matt Grogan. “We try to bang hard and
wear them down,” Grogan Coach David Berard. “We said. “In our zone we’re good. have a blue-collar group of Teams that like to play down guys. Most nights, we’re not low, like Quinnipiac tonight, going to be as talented as the they were creeping down low teams that we’re playing, but but we were dealing with one thing that we stress is them, banging that we can do little them as much as things that make a we could.” difference.” UConn has Huskies continproven to be a ue to rise up for grinding team big games throughout the Quinnipiac is season. What ranked No. 2 in the the team lacks nation and has three Notebook in offense and NHL Draft picks on finesse, they their team, but that make up for in playing a did not scare the Huskies, who physical game that makes life have now played three ranked difficult for their opponents. opponents and kept the game Quinnipiac struggled to get close in all three periods. into a rhythm when UConn “We just try to prepare our started to play physical. guys the same way every “That’s the way we have game,” Berard said. “We want to play,” said Interim Head to play our game. Obviously
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there’s things that you have to try to take away, and there’s things that Quinnipiac does that other teams in our league don’t do. But we don’t try to do anything different, and I think because of that our guys have confidence.” The Huskies knew their opponent was one of the best in the nation, but Berard knew he had to be confident going in. “If we get nervous as coaches, our guys will get nervous as players, and that’s not going to be a good recipe for success.” UConn uses Quinnipiac as a guideline for new arena With the men’s hockey team moving to Hockey East in 2014, UConn will need to move into a new arena and the school used the trip to
Quinnipiac to study the setup and atmosphere of the TD Bank Sports Center, which was nearly filled to capacity on Tuesday. “It’s a great rink, I mean it’s a beautiful facility. We have to make a decision at some point what our plan is going to be. Whatever they ultimately decide to do, that’s going to be out of our control. To have a rink like this on campus in this type of facility would be unreal, and certainly an upgrade over the Freitas Forum. It’s a nice little place, but if you want to play bigtime college hockey, you want to have a big-time environment, this is about as big time as it gets.”
Tim.Fontenaulti@UConn.edu