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Committee planning for Spring Weekend revival By Megan Merrigan Campus Correspondent
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After two years, the University of Connecticut’s infamous Spring Weekend will once again take place, and the Spring Weekend Programming Committee will be holding an information session this Thursday to discuss the revamped version of the former three-day long party. After Jafar Karzoun died during 2010’s Spring Weekend, the university took measures to put an end to the destructive and excessive partying that defined the annual event. The university is planning on giving Spring Weekend another shot, but the theme will no longer be excessive drinking and partying but rather, “UConn Learns, UConn Serves, UConn Cares.” The Spring Weekend Programming Committee met Tuesday night with representatives from various UConn organizations including WHUS, Community Outreach, the Residence Hall Association, UCTV, SUBOG and the Undergraduate Student Government.
Each of these organizations is planning a number of events that will be held over Spring Weekend. All of the events that take place will be cohesive with Spring Weekend’s new theme. No plans are concrete as of now, but the organization representatives shared several ideas at Tuesday night’s meeting. One of the tentative events mentioned was Fresh Check Day, a day created by the Jordan Matthew Porco Memorial Foundation “to honor all college students in our country who are feeling the strain of a new environment, living situations, pressures and the world of college-life.” If things go according to plan, Fresh Check Day will kick off Spring Weekend with a lecture from Jordan Burnham, an athlete who attempted suicide and now dedicates his time to raising awareness to suicide prevention, according to Betsy Cracco, the interim director of UConn’s Counseling and Mental Health department. Other tentative ideas included a food truck festival, an outdoor movie, volunteer work and a battle of the bands.
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Students party during Spring Weekend in 2010, the year Jafar Karzoun was killed. The Spring Weekend Programming Committee will meet again Thursday to discuss a new theme to make this year’s Spring Weekend safer.
A meeting will be held Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in room C80 of the Information Technologies building. All organizations looking to get involved in Spring Weekend and all students and faculty mem-
bers seeking more information are encouraged to attend. The meeting will “give a broad explanation of the theme and explain the policies,” said Rebecca Herman of the Spring Weekend Programming
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USG Senators convene at an informal meeting, Wednesday, to discuss new policy initiatives and changes to be made this semester. USG has about $20,000 in reserves to allocate to Tier II organizations on campus.
e-Laundry, parking services, other hot topics at meeting By Jackie Wattles Campus Correspondent The Undergraduate Student Government Senate met last night in an informal meeting to discuss new policy initiatives and changes to the process for allocating funds to on-campus organizations. Comptroller Edward Courchaine said the reserve fund, or money left over from the previous semester, has about $20,000 that can be dolled out to Tier II organizations who are seeking new USG funding during the spring semester. “As leftover funds are returned to us and money is taken out, this number
will fluctuate,” said Senate Speaker Shiv Gandhi, referring to the reserve fund. This year, the USG Senate is trying a new system for allocating these funds throughout the semester. Tier II organizations may contact a USG senator, and the senator can in turn propose legislation to allocate the funds. “We’re trying to make it easier for the smaller groups who are usually passed over for funding to have a better shot,” said Senator Kevin Alvarez. “We’re trying to make a much easier process for groups to apply.” If sponsored by two senators, the bill will be treated as standard legislation. It is
subject to a senate vote and approval by USG President Stephen Petkis. The bulk of on-campus groups are Tier II – including everything from club sports to Red Cross – and they are all funded directly by USG. “There’s roughly 500 groups that are funded directly by USG,” Alvarez said. “We ran out of funds for certain groups and wanted to make sure smaller groups that didn’t get their funding had a shot.” The Senate also discussed new policy initiatives, including the implementation of a new “e-Laundry” system. This system would allow students to go online to check the status of washers and dry-
ers while they are doing their laundry. Alvarez said the current washers and dryers could be retrofitted to be compatible with this technology. “I’ve been looking into the e-Laundry systems, and they seem to work much more efficiently,” Alvarez said. Gandhi also said the senate will work with the Women’s Center to attempt to make the Violence Against Women Protection Program a part of FYE classes. Other issues that the Senate will look to tackle include parking services and lighting for the trail between main campus and Hunting Lodge Apartments.
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Conn. senators to propose assault weapons ban HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s two U.S. senators are joining forces with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other key senators, proposing a retooled federal ban on assault weapons in the wake of the deadly Newtown school shooting. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the proposed legislation, to be unveiled Thursday in Washington, D.C., will more narrowly define what’s considered an assault weapon under a resurrected ban. The bill, he said, will also prohibit high-capacity magazines, limiting them to a capacity of up to nine rounds of ammunition. Blumenthal said the legislation is “one of the most significant” bills to be introduced following the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It also marks the first bill that Blumenthal and Sen. Chris Murphy have worked on together as senators. “This bill will be a signature moment in providing a profoundly significant step in the legislative strategy,” said Blumenthal, adding how final language of the bill was still being drafted on Wednesday. “But it is only a first step and we need to build on it with a comprehensive program” that includes expanded background checks and mental health care. President Barack Obama has also proposed reinstating the federal assault weapons ban, which Congress failed to renew in 2004. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said such a ban might clear the Senate but doubts it could pass the House of Representatives. Obama has also proposed renewing a 10-round limit the size of magazines.
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Airplane’s parachute credited with saving 3 lives
DANBURY (AP) — A parachute that softened the landing of an airplane that encountered mechanical problems saved the lives of the three men on board, an airport official said Wednesday. The single-engine Cirrus SR-20, which was traveling from Groton to Danbury, was two miles from the Danbury Municipal Airport on Tuesday night when the pilot alerted authorities he planned to deploy the parachute, airport operations manager Mike Safranek said. “The plane with the parachute deployed touched down majestically right in the middle of a parking lot,” Safranek said. “It clearly saved their lives.” Safranek said the pilot is a licensed instructor who was giving a lesson to a student. The third man was the student’s friend. He said all three were shaken up, but none had serious injuries.
Sandy Hook students to have shorter school year
HARTFORD (AP) — Students at the Newtown elementary school where 20 classmates were shot dead by a gunman last month won’t have to make up days they missed after the massacre. The state Board of Education on Wednesday granted a waiver shortening their school year from the mandatory 180 days to 177 days. The school district originally had planned a 183-day school year. The Sandy Hook Elementary School was closed after the Dec. 14 shooting, in which the gunman also killed six adults before committing suicide. The more than 400 students from the school returned to classes Jan. 4 at a former middle school renovated for them in nearby Monroe. They missed just six days of classes because of an already planned holiday break.
Lawmakers confirm McDonald to Supreme Court
HARTFORD (AP) — The General Assembly overwhelmingly confirmed former Stamford state Sen. Andrew McDonald as the newest member Connecticut’s State Supreme Court and the state’s first openly gay appellate jurist. The House of Representatives approved McDonald’s nomination Wednesday on a 125-to-20 vote. Earlier in the day, the Senate confirmed McDonald on a 30-to-3 vote. The 46-year-old McDonald, a Democrat who served as co-chairman of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee during his eight-year Senate tenure, was praised by his former Senate colleagues and House members as someone with the intellect and temperament to serve on the state’s highest court. A former litigation partner at the Stamford-based law firm Pullman & Comley, McDonald most recently served as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s legal counsel.
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Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over sugary drinks
NEW YORK (AP) — The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would hurt small and minorityowned businesses while doing little to help health. The first courtroom arguments in the closely watched case ended without an immediate ruling. Opponents said they planned to ask a judge to delay enforcement during the suit, which has broached questions of racial fairness alongside arguments about government authority and burdens to business. The NAACP’s New York state branch and a network of Hispanic groups have joined a legal effort to block the first-of-its-kind restriction, igniting questions Wednesday about the groups’ ties to the beverage industry. Beverage makers, restaurateurs, minority advocates and other critics told a judge the upcoming 16-ounce limit was a fingerwagging incursion on consumer choice, rife with inconsistencies that would cost a hot dog vendor business while still allowing New Yorkers to buy belly-buster sodas at the chain convenience store next to him. Opponents’ lawyers called it “ham-handed,” ‘’grossly unfair” and just “plain silly.” “New Yorkers do not want to be told what to drink,” attorney James Brandt said. City lawyers acknowledged the rule’s limitations. It doesn’t apply to all high-calorie drinks or all places that sell them, largely because of the city can regulate only some establishments. But it’s still a reasonable
and needed move to take on the city’s growing weight problem and the diseases linked to it, they said. “While this may not be a silver bullet that will cure the obesity epidemic, it’s rational ... (and) one step that can be taken,” said the city Health Department’s chief lawyer, Thomas Merrill. The suit, filed by the American Beverage Association and others, seeks to block the restriction, set to take effect March 12. With no immediate ruling Wednesday, opponents said they planned to ask state Supreme Court Justice
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Navy said Wednesday it will conduct random blood-alcohol tests on its sailors in the United States starting next month, a sign of how concerned the service’s leaders have become about the effects alcohol abuse is having on the force. The tests are part of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ 21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative, an expansive program intended to improve the wellbeing of sailors and Marines after more than a decade at war. The Marines announced it would carry out its own random alcohol tests last month. While alcohol has long played a part in the Navy’s culture, Navy officials stressed they aren’t trying to stop sailors from drinking altogether, but are concerned about their health and safety. The Navy said it will use the blood-alcohol tests to determine whether someone is fit for duty or may need counseling. Any sailor whose bloodalcohol level is .04 or higher when reporting for duty won’t be allowed to work. In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, a driver with a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol is considered drunk.
NEW YORK (AP) — It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than your little finger, and could keep it safe for centuries. Is this some new electronic gadget? Nope. It’s DNA. The genetic material has long held all the information needed to make plants and animals, and now some scientists are saying it could help handle the growing storage needs of today’s information society. Researchers reported Wednesday that they had stored all 154 Shakespeare sonnets, a photo, a scientific paper, and a 26-second sound clip from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. That all fit in a barely visible bit of DNA in a test tube. The process involved converting the ones and zeroes of digital information into the four-letter alphabet of DNA code. That code was used to create strands of synthetic DNA. Then machines “read” the DNA molecules and recovered the encoded information. That reading process took two weeks, but technological advances are driving that time down, said Ewan Birney of the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, England. He’s an
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(AP) – Two New Jersey men sued Subway this week, claiming the world’s biggest fast-food chain has been shorting them by selling so-called footlong sandwiches that measure a bit less than 12 inches. The suit, filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Mount Holly, may be the first legal filing aimed at the sandwich shops after an embarrassment went viral last week when someone posted a photo of a footlong and a ruler on the company’s Facebook page to show that the sandwich was not as long as advertised. At the time, the company issued a statement saying that the sandwich length can vary a bit when franchises do not bake to the exact corporate standards. Stephen DeNittis, the lawyer for the plaintiffs in the New Jersey suit, said he’s seeking class-action status and is also preparing to file a similar suit in Pennsylvania state court in Philadelphia. He said he’s had sandwiches from 17 shops measured – and every one came up short.
New England power prices drop 23 percent in 2012
BOSTON (AP) — New England’s power grid operator says wholesale electricity prices dropped by nearly 23 percent regionally last year thanks to falling natural gas prices and decreased demand. ISO New England said Wednesday that electricity prices are now at their lowest levels since 2003. The lower wholesale prices don’t necessarily mean quick drops in monthly power bills. Utility regulators in the six New England states set retail rates in advance, and because the rates are in place for intervals of months or years, the lags between drops in wholesale and retail prices can vary. But since the ISO expects the trend of low recent natural gas prices to continue, the savings should be coming.
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about 24 percent of adults, up from 18 percent in 2002 – and point to studies linking sugary drinks to weight gain. Care for obesity-related illnesses costs more than $4.7 billion a year citywide, and government programs pay about 60 percent of that, according to city Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley. Opponents portray the regulation as government nagging that scapegoats sugary drinks for a multifaceted fat problem, and they say the restriction is unfairly narrow.
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author of a report published online by the journal Nature. DNA could be useful for keeping huge amounts of information that must be kept for a long time but not retrieved very often, the researchers said. Storing the DNA would be relatively simple, they said: Just put it in a cold, dry and dark place and leave it alone. The technology might work in the near term for large archives that have to be kept safe for centuries, like national historical records or huge library hold-
ings, said study co-author Nick Goldman of the institute. Maybe in a decade it could become feasible for consumers to store information they want to have around in 50 years, like wedding photos or videos for future grandchildren, Goldman said in an email. The researchers said they have no intention of putting storage DNA into a living thing, and that it couldn’t accidentally become part of the genetic machinery of a living thing because of its coding scheme.
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Army general defers plea at hearing on sex charges
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An Army general brought back from Afghanistan to face courtmartial on a series of sexual misconduct charges deferred entering a plea Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who served five combat tours, is headed to trial following a spate of highly publicized military sex scandals involving high-ranking officers that has triggered a review of ethics training across the service branches. Sinclair was arraigned Tuesday at Fort Bragg on charges that include forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct, indecent acts, violating orders and adultery. When the judge invited Sinclair to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, he deferred through his attorney, who indicated the general would enter his plea at a later date. The hearing continued with a defense motion to disqualify prosecutors over privileged emails erroneously sent to them by criminal investigators. The messages included exchanges between Sinclair and his lawyers, his wife and with a family friend who is an ordained minister. Lt. Col. Jackie Thompson, the lead defense attorney, urged the military judge overseeing the case to disqualify the entire prosecution team and order the case to be reinvestigated from scratch. “We’re not asking for a walk,”
Thompson told the judge. “We’re asking for a case that is free of taint.” The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, has set the trial portion of the court-martial for May 13. He did not immediately rule on the defense motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorneys, all four of whom testified under oath they had not reviewed the privileged emails. A 27-year Army veteran, Sinclair faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious offenses. It’s rare for an Army general to face court-martial. There have been only two cases in recent years. More commanders have lost their posts over sex. Of the 18 generals and admirals, from one star to four stars, fired in recent years, 10 lost their jobs because of sex-related offenses. That tally does not include retired Army general David Petraeus, who was forced to resign as CIA director in November after he admitted to an affair with the woman who wrote the biography of his military career. The investigation of Petraeus also ensnared Marine Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, over thousands of flirty emails he exchanged with a Tampa, Fla., socialite. On Tuesday, Pentagon officials said Allen had been cleared of inap-
propriate conduct. At an evidentiary hearing for Sinclair in November, prosecutors presented testimony about his conduct with five women who were not his wife, including officers who served under his direct command. The charges involve activities when he was in Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany and at installations in the United States. Sinclair was deputy commander in charge of logistics and support for the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan before being relieved in May during the criminal investigation. He has been on special assignment since then at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The female captain at the heart of the case said she carried on a three-year sexual relationship with Sinclair, a father of two. Adultery is a crime under military law, and the admission could end her career. She testified at the evidentiary hearing that she repeatedly tried to break off the affair with Sinclair, who she says threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone about their frequent sexual liaisons in hotels, headquarters and war zones. The woman said she usually wanted to have sex with the general, though she said that on two occasions he exposed himself and physically forced her to perform oral sex, even as she sobbed.
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Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, left, leaves a Fort Bragg, N.C. courthouse with a member of his defense team, Maj. Elizabeth Ramsey, Tuesday, after he deferred entering a plea at his arraignment on charges of fraud, forcible sodomy, coercion and inappropriate relationships.
The Associated Press does not publicly identify victims of alleged sexual assaults. Two female officers who served with Sinclair also testified that they had given the general nude photos at his request. Sinclair is also accused of possessing alcohol in a war zone and disobeying orders. Maj. Gen.
James Huggins, Sinclair’s superior officer in Afghanistan, testified he ordered Sinclair to cease contact with the female captain after she reported the affair. Sinclair is alleged to have willfully disobeyed that order by then calling the woman’s phone. Sinclair has not yet spoken publically about the charges
against him. At the pretrial hearing, his defense lawyers conceded the affair with the female captain, while working to paint her as a liar trying to ruin the general’s life and military reputation. During the hearings, they characterized her as a manipulative “back-stabber” who blamed others for her mistakes.
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Women have caught up to Feminists demand rape men on lung cancer risk probe in Bolivia sex video
(AP) – Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more – that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows. Women also have caught up with men in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in the 1980s for men but is still rising for women. “It’s a massive failure in prevention,” said one study leader, Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society. And it’s likely to repeat itself in places like China and Indonesia where smoking is growing, he said. About 1.3 billion people worldwide smoke. The research is in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. It is one of the most comprehensive looks ever at long-term trends in the effects of smoking and includes the first generation of U.S. women who started early in life and continued for decades, long enough for health effects to show up. The U.S. has more than 35 million smokers – about 20 percent of men and 18 percent of women. The percentage of people who smoke is far lower than it used to be; rates peaked
around 1960 in men and two decades later in women. Researchers wanted to know if smoking is still as deadly as it was in the 1980s, given that cigarettes have changed (less tar), many smokers have quit, and treatments for many smoking-related diseases have improved. They also wanted to know more about smoking and women. The famous surgeon general’s report in 1964 said smoking could cause lung cancer in men, but evidence was lacking in women at the time since relatively few of them had smoked long enough. One study, led by Dr. Prabhat Jha of the Center for Global Health Research in Toronto, looked at about 217,000 Americans in federal health surveys between 1997 and 2004. A second study, led by Thun, tracked smoking-related deaths through three periods – 1959-65, 1982-88 and 2000-10 – using seven large population health surveys covering more than 2.2 million people. Among the findings: — The risk of dying of lung cancer was more than 25 times higher for female smokers in recent years than for women who never smoked. In the 1960s, it was only three times higher. One reason: After World War II, women started taking up the habit at a younger age and began smok-
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Women’s groups on Wednesday demanded a criminal sexual assault investigation for a provincial lawmaker who was caught by security video having what appears to be forced sex with a female legislative employee so drunk she may have been unconscious. The lawmaker, Domingo Alcibia, was arrested Tuesday, a week after the scandal broke, and prosecutors said he would be charged with abuse of power but not with rape because the woman, a janitor, had not filed charges against him. “We are demanding that the prosecutor’s office investigate the incident and if it is necessary we will be the ones to file a rape complaint,” Patricia Branez of the Center for Women’s Information and Development told The Associated Press on Wednesday. A small group of feminists has been picketing the prosecutor’s office in Sucre, the capital of Chuquisaca province, to press the demand. The woman, who has not been identified, has left the city, authorities say. Justice Minister Cecilia Ayllon said last week that no one can be charged with rape unless the victim files formal charges. Alcibia, a member of President Evo Morales’ governing MAS
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Police escort Bolivian provincial lawmaker, Domingo Alcibia, right, in Sucre, Bolivia, Tuesday. Alcibia faces charges of abuse of power.
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Diversity should not be the focal point in Obama’s cabinet
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resident Obama’s second-term Cabinet selections have come under criticism for being exclusively white males, at least thus far. Many contend that such choices reflect a lack of diversity and balance among Obama’s closest advisors in shaping federal policy. However, such a view is mistaken. Not only does it leap to conclusions before all vacancies have been filled but it also distorted Obama’s first-term record. Within the past month (all while UConn was out on break), Obama nominated Chuck Hagel to be the new Secretary of Defense, John Kerry to be the new Secretary of State and John Brennan to be the new Director of the CIA. All white males, true. But it is too early to claim that all of Obama’s second-term positions will continue that trend. For example, both the soon-to-be-vacant Secretary of Labor and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have to be filled. Obama claims his white male picks have reflected the people who are most fit for the job, which should surely be the most important qualification. Whether somebody is the “most” qualified person of all 315 million American citizens is nearly impossible to determine, of course, but Obama’s first three picks appear very qualified. Hagel was a U.S. Senator and Vietnam War veteran, Kerry was also a U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and Brennan is the Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security. Obama has demonstrated some racial and gender diversity in his first-term picks. Attorney General Eric Holder was black, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was female, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was both female and black and Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki were both Asian Americans. Obama also appointed two females to the highest judicial office in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court. Would a completely homogenous Cabinet be good for the nation? No, since a lack of diverse viewpoints could hinder the contemplation of all reasonable policy ideas. At the same time, diversity should not take a front seat over quality and intelligence. It should be a secondary consideration to how well somebody can do the job. And in that respect, Obama appears to be balancing Cabinet diversity (an ideal) with Cabinet meritocracy (a requirement). As Jimmy Fallon noted on his television show, “Late Night,” last week, “Obama came under fire from the GOP over the lack of diversity in his cabinet. Obama was like, ‘You know I’ll be there too, right?’” 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.
I knew right away that I was going to love my professor this morning, right after he announced those magical words: “Non-cumulative final.” Reading about Manti Te’o just really makes me want to eat catfish...oh God I’m hungry. I’m going to eat mac and cheese everyday this week and you can judge me if you want because I’m just too cheesy to care right now. If I read the temperature in Celsius it feels even colder. No matter how many times I take a Harry Potter quiz, it always sorts me into Hufflepuff. And people wonder why I have such low self esteem. Justin Timberlake, take me awayyyyyy. The gym gets 5 miles farther away from my dorm when the temperature gets this low. Looks like I’m keeping this love handles until the spring. That awkward moment you realize you haven’t skated in six years as soon as you start skating on Swan Lake... Oh union burritos, how I’ve missed eating you and debating whether or not I really enjoy eating you. New workout: do as many pushups as there degrees on the thermostat. I didn’t really do that many pushups today. My fake girlfriend just broke up with me.
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Condom care and its disturbing trend
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oming back to campus after the winter break is a strange affair. Dorm rooms, apartments and suites suddenly become like a very strange time capsule, locking in the blemishes that were left behind at the end of finals week, like that pizza crust that you forgot to throw away or the bed that you thought better of making before you left. However, in the midst of all that remained unchanged, every campus resident has probably noticed that subtle changes have been made to their hallways. One By Tyler McCarthy of the RAs responsiCommentary Editor bilities at the beginning of the semester is to update the bulletin boards with new content. Oftentimes, this content falls under the banner of safe sex advice. However, this has led to what I would consider a small problem that needs to be addressed. I take no issue with the promotion of safe and healthy sex. In fact, it is my personal opinion that the condom is one of the greatest inventions of this century, especially considering how many lives it has saved. I’m always thrilled to see them freely distributed by the university health services or any other sexual awareness and education group. The problem is that it has become common practice to include in these informative wall decorations a small
bag or container with free condoms in it for residents to conveniently take in the event that they need them. Our school should be beyond proud of its efforts to spread the use of condoms and help protect people against having unsafe sex. The fact that RAs are encouraged to keep and distribute condoms is a good thing. However, keeping them in a public space, unattended and in a wall hanging that promotes and sets an example for safe sex is irresponsible and unsafe. One thing that often falls to the wayside in sexual education is condom care. Condom usage is widely known but many people often mistreat or abuse their condoms, which could render them useless. For example, keeping them in a wallet or purse, folding them to fit a pocket, putting them on backwards and not discarding after or not checking for holes before usage. Unfortunately, we live in a world where it is not safe to leave something as important to our health and future unattended in a public area. There is nothing stopping someone from tampering or sabotaging the condoms in this free trough. Any dim-witted prankster with a pin could create life-changing troubles for students who turn to this method of attaining condoms in a moment of need. While it may seem too diabolical for even the most initiated prankster and while it hasn’t been an issue in the past, the fact of the matter is that there is a huge and unnecessary risk being taken with this practice. It sets a bad example for condom care and should, at the very least, have a “use at your own risk” warning, although it may be better to just ban
the practice altogether. I don’t mean for my point of view on the subject to be an attack against any RAs who have provided their residents with this condom trough. I’m sure that they have everyone’s best interest and sexual health in mind. The idea behind this is sound; many people feel uncomfortable having to ask or be watched while they collect something as intimate as a condom. However, the risks of leaving condoms unattended in an extremely public and foot-traffic-heavy area while still claiming that they’re safe is dangerous and irresponsible for an otherwise sex-educated student body. I believe that it is in the university’s best interest, as well as the best interest of the students, to ban this practice. While I don’t advocate making condoms less available to students in any way, I believe that ensuring the safety and reliability of the ones that are made available is of great importance. This blemish in our school’s safe sex initiative has been going unacknowledged for far too long. If residential life does not want to ban the practice, which is entirely their right, as they may disagree with my point of view, then students should be aware of the risk that comes with getting condoms from an unguarded trough and understand that it is one of the least safe ways to obtain a condom on a campus that has several options.
Commentary Editor Tyler McCarthy is a 7thsemester journalism and English double major. He can be reached at Tyler.McCarthy@UConn.edu.
UConn water should remain up to our own standards
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Conn prides itself on being sustainable and environmentally conscious. Over the past few years, the school has amped up its green initiative to great results. All of the most recent work done on campus has been ecologically minded, and we’ve been ranked one of the most environmentally friendly By Kristi Allen schools in Staff Columnist the country. It’s great that UConn is thinking about the way it grows, but one new project is in sharp contrast to this ethos. UConn has a water shortage, and it’s only going to get worse as the university and community around it expand. To meet the increasing demand, school officials are considering building a pipeline to Storrs. UConn is determined to find a source to provide an additional two million gallons of water per day to the school. The increase will be necessary for several expansion projects, including construction, development of the Technology Park and development in Mansfield. The pipeline plans were not the only ones on the table, but at this point most of the other options have been ruled out. There are three scenarios being considered:
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the Windham Water Works, the most localized plan using Mansfield resources; the Connecticut Water Co., which would access water in Vernon; and the Metropolitan District Commission, which would be piping water all the way from the Farmington River in East Hartford. A public hearing on the issue was held Tuesday night at the UConn Health Center and many residents of the potentially affected towns, as well as state officials, voiced their opposition the plans. But as of right now, it looks like the pipeline will go through, and the MDC option seems to be the front-runner. UConn and MDC officials have stated that the 20-mile, $50 million pipeline is the cheapest and most practical way to get more water to Storrs. The company has also stated that it would help lower costs for residents along the way without harming the river. A pipeline seems like the simplest way to meet our water needs, but it’s an irresponsible and shortsighted decision, no matter which of the three plans is enacted. Two of the proposals would involve moving water from one watershed to another, meaning water piped from one area would not drain back into it. This is called an inter-basin transfer, and it’s something Connecticut has avoided in the past for good
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reason. It doesn’t make any sense and it sets up the possibility of catastrophic harm to the area being drained of water. All of the companies insist that they have plenty of water to meet UConn’s needs, but the school has over-pumped its sources before (part of the Fenton River was dried up in 2005) and it’s pretty much guaranteed that we would build to our limit. The primary opposition to a pipeline is the illogical interbasin transfer, but it would also encourage sprawl and development in the rural areas the pipeline will run through, further taxing its sources. A large, intricate system will be harder to fix should something go wrong, and the cost of pumping two million gallons of water a day uphill to Storrs will be enormous. All three of these proposals are complicated, technical and multi-faceted. There’s a lot to be said for and against each of the proposals, but the crux of the argument goes beyond those technicalities. By building the pipeline to accommodate decisions that have already been made, the university sends a clear message that development comes before sustainability. UConn wants to build more than this area can support, and we know that’s not a safe or a smart thing to attempt.
You cannot dictate what your resources are, and UConn has made a commitment to use its resources responsibly. With big plans comes the necessity of finding your limits first, not simply trying to provide for whatever has been drawn up. Rather than dealing with the issues that poorly planned expansions will cause in a few decades, prevent them now by establishing the precedent that the university will build and grow within its means. Over the past few years, UConn has done a great job of that. We already have a water reclamation facility opening this year that can process a million gallons of water a day. Solutions like that are what we need. This is a chance for the university to be innovative. For a forward-thinking, ecologically aware school such as UConn, the pipeline should be a last resort. The projects that are spotlighting the need for water are all good things. I’m all for making UConn a better school and Mansfield a better place. But the university has set a standard for environmental consciousness that this proposal does not meet. UConn is capable of finding a better solution to meet its goals. Staff Columnist Kristi Allen is a 2ndsemester journalism major. She can be reached at Kristi.Allen@UConn.edu.
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Benton exhibit inspired by “The Great Gatsby”
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The Benton Museum of Art opened their newest exhibit on January 22. Inspired by “The Great Gatsby,” the exhibit features art from the roaring 1920’s and early twentieth century. The exhibit will be on display until March 17.
One school of art featured in the exhibition is the Ashcan school, which is best known for displaying scenes of everyday life in New York City’s poorer communities. The Ashcan School was a realist art movement. Several members of the Ashcan School are featured in the exhibit, including Robert Henri and Everett Shinn. Henri was an influential member of the Ashcan School since he trained
many of the artists who were part of it. One enchanting piece on display by Henri is “Desnudo,” which is one of the more eye-catching pieces in the exhibit due to its prominent size and use of nudity. One of Shinn’s pieces, “The Dancer,” catches the eye due to its vibrant use of color and its almost ethereal quality. “Wild Party“ by Reginald Marsh fits in well with the wild parties Jay Gatsby, the titular character of “The
Great Gatsby“ threw. This piece was likely the most representative of the raucous 1920s due to its depiction of the excesses of the era. Museum-goers can come away from the exhibition with a better sense of the time period in which “The Great Gatsby” is set by going to see the exhibition at the Benton. Diane Lewis the Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator of the Benton
offered this advice to museumgoers, “The text panels are the best place to start when viewing the exhibition.” The exhibition will be on display until Mar. 17, and a Gallery Talk will be held on Thursday Feb. 21 at 12:15 p.m.
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By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer
The UConn South Asian dance group UC ThundeRaas will present a Raas and Garba dance competition this Satuyrday. These traditional dance forms come from Northern India in the state of Gujarat. Held at the Jorgenson of Performing Arts, the performance will host eight competing teams for a “Survivor”-style danceoff. Conceived by the members of UC ThunderRaas, the event includes up-and-coming teams from the area looking for competition. Feeling that the lack of local competitions prevented them from “getting their feet wet,” the members of UC ThundeRaas felt it was necessary to bring a competition to the Northeast. Nsha Acharya, a senior at UConn, joined ThundeRaas as a sophomore. During the two years she has been a member of the group, Acharya has formed strong relationships with her team members and developed a passion for the art form. Having attended various competitions from New York to Atlanta, Acharya has seen firsthand what it takes to make a good Raas team, as well as what composes an excellent competition. She played an integral part as one of the directors orchestrating the event. Director Neel Rana, a junior at UConn pursuing a political science degree, is cap-
Writing humor By Jason Wong Staff Writer
By Mike McGuigan Campus Correspondent The Benton Museum of Art opened a new exhibition inspired by “The Great Gatsby” on Jan. 22 The exhibition, entitled “Millionaires and Mechanics, Bootleggers and Flappers,” reflects the “Roaring Twenties” as they are portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, “The Great Gatsby,” which was published in 1925. Fitzgerald’s novel was chosen as the subject of UConn’s community reading project: UConn Reads. This is the second year of the UConn Reads project. In order to provide context for “The Great Gatsby,” the exhibition creates a visual backdrop of the era. The exhibit features paintings and works on paper from the Benton’s permanent art collection. It includes works from artists such as Reginald Marsh and Edward Hopper. Ally Walton, an assistant curator at the Benton Museum of Art, created the exhibit. While “The Great Gatsby” inspired the exhibit, it takes on a life of its own. Walton said, “In ‘The Great Gatsby,’ the sort of scenes and settings that Fitzgerald builds in his novel are the inspiration for the exhibition, but we have also tried to move beyond that to give a sense of American art during the 1920’s and in the early twentieth century in general.” Walton does this by placing pieces from differing schools of art that were contemporary to “The Great Gatsby” in the exhibition.
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UConn’s South Asian dance group will present a Raas and Garba dance competition on Saturday, January 26, in Jorgenson theatre. Teams from all over the country will attend and compete in UConn’s first hosted SurvivoRass competition.
tain of the UC ThundeRaas team this year. Media Chair Neha Pasnoori, Marketing Chair Khushbu Patel and Events Chair Megha Patel also played important roles in creating the event. The competing teams for SurvivoRaas include the Bentley BizRaas, the BU Fatakada, the CMU Raasta, Columbia Raas,
UCLA’s Battaka Nu Shaak, UMBC Raascals, the UMD EntouRaas and the UVA HooRaas. These teams are coming from all over the country to participate in the first UConn-hosted SurvivoRaas competition. After hours upon hours of practice, the groups will finally be able to demonstrate their talents in dance.
It will surely be an interesting competition to watch. SurvivoRaas will award Raas National Bids to the top three teams of the competition. Third-place winners will receive one bid toward the national competition, a trophy and $250. Second place receives one more bid point, a trophy and $500. The grand prize for the com-
petition consists of four bid points, a trophy and $1,500. The event starts at 6 p.m. Tickets to SurvivoRaas can be bought at Jorgensen. Further information about the teams can be found on the official SurvivoRaas page.
Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu
One thing that I don’t feel particularly confident writing is prose or poetry that is intended to be humorous. Don’t get me wrong, I think my one-liners and usually sarcastic observations about daily life can sometimes be hilarious. But there’s a difference between making an offhand, witty remark and writing humor that flows naturally in the context of the piece. In general, I would say that if something is funny when spoken (and is not funny because of the way it is spoken), it’ll be funny in print. Maybe it won’t be written exactly as it happened, but it will be funny. The difficult part of writing humor is making the humor flow correctly and not seem like it’s forced. That’s a lot easier said than done. There are a few authors that I think do a remarkable job writing humor into their books. Oddly enough, not one of the writers I have in mind wrote one of those “101 Jokes” type books. Anyway, the first funny author I can think of is the irreplaceable Bill Watterson. Yes, I realize that he drew and wrote cartoons, but frankly, I think that comics are just as valid a form of art and literature as the more conventional forms. How does Mr. Watterson make “Calvin and Hobbes” funny? He takes a pleasant mix of nostalgia, common life experience and just the right amount of ridiculousness and puts it all together. Calvin is funny because we can see his struggles as our own, we can see Hobbes as our somewhat lackluster conscience and we can laugh at ourselves without actually laughing at ourselves. Another notable author who writes humor well in his books is Jonathan Stroud, author of the “Bartimaeus” series. For those unaware, his books are written generally in the firstperson narrative, often from the perspective of the titular demon. The way Stroud incorporates a majority of the humor is in Bartimaeus’s commentary in the form of footnotes. Because the commentary is often hilariously sardonic and unflattering to persons in positions of authority, it is simultaneously arrogant and endearing. The last author I’d like to mention is Bill Bryson. Unlike the previous two authors, his books tend not to have overarching narratives, and are often simply observations about wherever he happens to have traveled in the past year, or what part of history he’s recently been interested in. It all sounds very dry, but honestly I have found myself bursting into laughter upon reading one of his lines. Bryson doesn’t tell bawdy jokes, nor does he make fun of the locales he frequents in the traditional sense. Instead, his descriptions of the things, people and places he encounters are light and conversational – he possesses the talent of being able to employ a subtly humorous tone to his prose. The one thing that all these writers have in common is this: their humor isn’t serious. That may seem like a given, but I know that I’m guilty of overthinking my own humor. Remember, it’s supposed to be funny – you don’t have to write it like you’re F. Scott Fitzgerald – unless that’s what makes it funny.
Jason.Wong@UConn.edu
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Eleven years after the death of R&B singer Aaliyah, Drake has a posthumous album in the works. This collaboration has received mixed reactions, many of which were negative.
By Emily Herbst Staff Writer
“Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” Arcade Fire
“Winter” The Rolling Stones
Anyone making his or her figurative new-music “rounds” may have noticed some new arrivals in the R&B department: two singles from a refreshingly familiar sweet and soulful vocalist. It has simply been too long since the world was last graced with a new musical work from the angelic voice. I’m talking about none other than Aaliyah, of course. Yes, new tunes from Aaliyah. Just several days after her Jan. 16 birthday, two previously unreleased, full-length singles were dropped by
producers of the late R&B princess. The songs, entitled “Girlfriends” and “Quit Hatin’” have sparked numerous reactions from listeners, particularly long-time Aaliyah fans and close friends. Reception has ultimately been positive, however, and the releases undoubtedly evoke a bittersweet feeling in all. “Quit Hatin’” depicts the classic good-girl-bad-boy magnetism and the inevitable heartache that follows such a relationship. “They say you a baller, I hear you’re just a player... While they say I’m sprung…I say Baby, you did it.” Is it possibly an autobiographical interaction from Aaliyah’s past? The song itself is
seamlessly good and quite catchy, chock full of attitude. If it was played on the radio, few would guess that (minus some polished production) it’s over 10 years old. “Girlfriends” is a more upbeat tune about a carefree night out with close friends (self-explanatory), yet something major is lacking: quality. The production has an uneven and just plain “weird” characteristic to it, like a substance not properly blended. The lyrics are dull and the sound diverges from Aaliyah’s usual melodic charm. Perhaps it is the saddening fact that Aaliyah’s vocals have been chopped up and “messed with” by unknown pro-
ducers, or that the song is seemingly not “her” at all-- which underlines a point: there is a reason why these songs were not released. So why are they now? Many argue that posthumous releases dishonor the artist, and that the act of unveiling musical work without permission of the creator is the wrong way to pay tribute. Additionally, the entire process may “reopen the wound” for family members and friends, violating privacy. Furthermore, the work in question may have been simply a rough draft, not something the artist was proud of. Others claim, oppositely, that such releases are gifts to the fans as another audible remembrance to hold onto. There’s a reason for the adverse reactions to Aaliyah’s “new music,” which all exist on the basis of dishonor and intrusion. These two singles are not the first account of a posthumous Aaliyah release. Just this past year, rapper Drake, who is known to have quite the Aaliyah obsession, worked to collaborate with the singer’s vocals, add new instrumentals, and create a song, “Enough Said.” It did not end well. All statements from Aaliyah’s family expressed a disdain for such recreation and reproduction of these tracks. These reactions have clearly been disregarded, however, as more and more of Aaliyah’s past work surfaces. The decision is in the hands of the listener to accept or reject new, digitally reformed work from a deceased musician. Despite the many opinions on the issue, most are in agreement regarding the value of the final product. If producers feel the heartfelt need to release past work from a singer, they must do so with virtue, credit to the artist, creative responsibility and sensitivity.
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Scott Walker improves with age
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Excuse my fanboy-ism, but there’s a mythic quality to Scott Walker’s oeuvre. His latest release, “Bish Bosch,” is perhaps his most ceremonious, which is likely a result of two factors. First, it’s the end of a proclaimed trilogy, which brings about a certain sense of closure, as well as a sense of wonder in regard to his next project, whatever it may be. Second, unlike his previous two (non-soundtrack-related) releases, “Tilt,” and “The Drift,” “Bish Bosch” was not 11 years in the making. It took a measly six years, which is nothing by Scott Walker’s standards. There was a special sense of gratification upon the announcement of the release of “Bish Bosch.” A brief history lesson is in order before moving on to the actual content of the album. Scott Walker started out in the mid-60’s with a sunshiny pop group called The Walker Brothers (fun fact: none of them were brothers), who appeared to be on the fast track to fortune and fame. However, the band dissolved just as they seemed about to hit it big, and Scott Walker recorded five beautiful, but not commercially viable baroque pop albums. Disillusioned, he spent much of the 70s releasing covers of kitschy show tunes in order to pay the rent. A brief Walker Brothers reunion in the late 70s hinted at a dark experimentalism that would come to greater fruition on Walker’s 1984 release “Climate of the Hunter.” Eleven years of silence would pass before
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Scott Walker, age 70, released his 14th studio album last month. He calls “Bish Bosch,” “The final installment in a trilogy.” The album features nine tracks, including “SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter),” which clocks in at 21 minutes, 41 seconds.
1994’s “Tilt,” a suffocating, nightmarish work of avantgarde devastation that even “Climate of the Hunter” could not have predicted, and the purported start of his trilogy. “The Drift,” the 2006 followup, was even more violent, yet equally brilliant. There enters “Bish Bosch.” So where does “Bish Bosch” stand within the trilogy? The quick answer would be that it’s the worst, but that would be selling it short. It’s an album that’s been forced to live up to impossible standards. To be perfectly honest, “Tilt” will always be my favorite, since it most effectively utilizes quiet segments for emotional impact. On the other end of the spectrum, “Bish Bosch” is the most reliant on loudness and dissonance in order for a track to really cook.
“Bish Bosch” is probably Scott Walker’s most straightforwardly savage release. As a result, it does not come off quite as nuanced as some of Walker’s other material. The album is not without its high points, of course. The lead single, “Epizootics!” features a snazzy baritone sax line that constructs the perfect blend of catchy and unsettling. The opener, “See You Don’t Bump His Head,” is a manic, percussive piece over which Walker’s voice beautifully rises and settles. “Phrasing” matches the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere of some of the best moments on “Tilt.” The closer, “The Day the ‘Conducator’ Died (An Xmas Song)” is as ice-cold as the season, yet the vocals are delivered with delicate warmth.
The fact remains that “Bish Bosch” has an intensity that would send most metal bands home with their tails between their legs. And it’s all coming from a man who recently turned 70. Though the album may seem rushed by Scott Walker’s standards, a new release from one of the most innovative and uncompromising artists of his time is nothing short of a joy.
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By Thomas Teixeira Staff Writer
In 2013, labels, agents, radio stations and most casual fans beg for ‘hits’ – a single song capable of bringing an artist fame and a label fortune. ‘Albums’ are becoming a dying art. “I make albums not hits, these rich folk don’t know about this,” underground rapper Big K.R.I.T. states in his song, “Handwriting,” venting his frustration with industry pressure and label demand on the “4Eva N A Day” mixtape cut. Three months after the release of that song, K.R.I.T. dropped a mediocre studio debut album laden with commercial throwaways, much to the chagrin of fans and critics who had lauded his first three mix-tape projects as musical triumphs. When was the last time you listed to a full album, uninterrupted, from start to finish? If you’re like me, you might have listened to two this morning. If you’re like my girlfriend’s roommate, a surprisingly talented amateur Pandora DJ, you might say never. Few people I know love, crave and beg for the next great album. For most, a song is all they ask. There is nothing wrong with a great song, although in my opinion great songs are a dime a dozen. A talented group of writers, three or four skilled producers, a controlling A&R and a label CEO with money on his mind routinely turn young boys or girls with pretty faces and limited vocal skills into pop stars. An album, however, takes more than a hodge-podge of talented individuals and motivated executives. It takes vision, patience and work. An album that’s a real, cohesive collection requires an artist. That artist must be not merely willing, but desperate to share a message, a vision of the world and an idea about what life is and what it might be, sonically and lyrically. A single is all brain. An album has a heart and soul. Finding the next great album at times seems nearly as daunting as creating it. This isn’t the 60s or even the 90s. Great singles no longer come from great albums, or even great artists for that matter. The days when songs like “Billie Jean,” a great single, came from albums like “Thriller,” a great album, are long gone. In 2013, “Mercy,” a stellar single is spawned from “Cruel Summer,” a disappointing album. Exceptional albums (with the exclusion of West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and Lamar’s “Good Kid Mad City,” off the top of my head) rarely get any radio play. Most go unnoticed except by those who search for them. The secret to finding the next classic, or a solid album lies in the medium of the music. Looking through iTunes for an album is like trying to navigate a dark hallway with sunglasses on. CDs, while a much better bet, especially for sound quality and for continuous album listening, still prove unreliable. CDs will eventually become outdated. Only the best albums and motivated artists will push their music onto shiny plastic discs. We aren’t there yet. The secret to finding great albums is vinyl. A record player might seem an anachronism in 2013, the age of the iPhone, Sham-Wow and Snuggie, but it’s worth the investment. I got my first record player over winter break. It was given to me primarily so that I could listen to my Dad’s old collection of Michael Jackson, The Cars
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A$AP Rocky ‘has proved worthy’ By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer Since his release of the Long.Live.A$AP. mixtape in 2011, A$AP Rocky has been on the radar in the underground hip-hop world. While women, fashion and getting high are pervasive themes in his lrics, A$AP’s style and flow stood out from other MCs rapping about the same thing. His latest album, Long. Live. A$AP, released on January 15, gives audiences improved lyrics and witticisms as well as a more holistic view of the rapper. Born in Harlem, Rakim Mayers was named after hiphop legend Rakim in 1988. Adolescent struggles, including his father’s imprisonment on drug charges and the murder of his brother when Mayers was 12, inspired Mayers to take rapping more seriously. In 2007, Rocky assembled a collection of rappers, producers, and music video directors under the name A$AP Mob, from which he adopted his current moniker. Though A$AP has many meanings, including “Always Strive and Prosper” and “Assassinating Snitches and Police,” Rocky’s favorite is “Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose.” His first singles, “Peso” and “Purple Swag,” blew up in 2011 and paved the way for the rapper’s success with the Long.Live. A$AP mixtape and later his studio album. A$AP Rocky wastes no time identifying himself in the first song, “Long Live A$AP,” where the rapper outlines the struggles he’s faced in life, with verses about stealing, religion and a hometown where everyone needed to watch their own backs. With a heavy bass drop in the beginning and a roll to emulate thunder, A$AP adds a nice hook to the song where he sings in a falsetto voice that I first mistook for a second singer. Next is “Goldie,” one of my personal favorites with its witticisms and smooth spin
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A$AP Rocky’s “Long.Live.A$AP,” released January 15, showcases the rapper’s talent. He has proven “that his past laziness has turned into focus and direction.”
on lyrics. Keeping the energy high is “PMW,” a euphemism for women, money and weed. It features Schoolboy Q and is lined with a trippy, highpitched melody. Amidst the upbeat songs, Rocky intersperses a chill and philosophical side with songs like “Phoenix.” In “Phoenix,” he poses questions about life and the attention he’s receiving so suddenly, about the control he’s taken of his future and about his faith in God. The same theme carries over to his last song on the album, “Suddenly.” Rocky delivers a performance just as raw as rappers like Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big Krit. A major criticism that Rocky has received is that
he sounds lazy over hard beats. But songs like “Hell” prove that his past laziness has turned into focus and direction. Rocky experiments with tracks like “Wild for the Night,” which was produced by Skrillex, and “F***kin Problems” featuring 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Although they demonstrate a different style from the rest of the album, Rocky manages to stay interesting and keep his flow. All in all, Rocky has proved worthy of the amount of excitement he has generated. While hip hop may get a stronger and more unified voice from an upcoming MC, Rocky proves himself an important part of the genre.
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Everything Everything missing signature sound
By Zach Fisher Campus Correspondent The emergence of the new generation of British indie rock bands over the last few years is a lot like the current explosion of DIY rap artists who have created a unique niche in today’s music scene. While the current strand of hip hop can be classified as gritty (Danny Brown’s unadulterated tales of crack deals and licentious behaviors, or ASAP Rocky’s heady beats and swagger) or hyperbolic (Action Bronson’s Scarface-esque narratives, or Flatbush Zombies’ “We are the living dead” mantra), Britain’s indie rock is heavily built on one key aesthetic: eccentricity. Foals’ dark and angular dance rock sets the mood for front man Yannis Philippakis’ frantic howl, while Alt-J builds cryptic tales of dour characters often in operatic and bipolar fashion, switching between every indie genre on command. Everything Everything could be the most eccentric of the bunch. The eclectic “art rock” found on the Manchester quartet’s fantastic yet relentless 2010 debut “Man Alive” is almost impossible to describe. It’s a mix of every indie genre found over the last 10 years blended together and performed in an erratic manner with virtuosic technique. Ostensibly upbeat indie-rock (“Qwerty Finger,” “Photoshop Handsome”), dance-rock covered in R&B hooks (“MY KZ, UR BF,” “Schoolin”) gloomy, minimal electronica (“Tin (The Manhole),” “Leave the Engine Room”) and others such as indie pop or post-rock were found in different parts of songs or combined for an awkward combination, that shouldn’t have worked. Thanks to the concise production from David Kosten and John Higgs’ distinct spasmodic tenor, the all-over-the-place sound of “Man Alive” somehow never feels disjointed or forced. “Arc” finds the group com-
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British Indie rock band, Everything Everything’s new album, “Arc.” Though the album’s sound is more cohesive than their debut, it lacks their signature energy and passion.
fortable in their own skin and is a more focused and accessible affair, trading the “look at us” incessancy of “Man Alive” for darker songs that let the listener breathe. Although “Arc” has a more cohesive sound, there’s something missing at times, that visceral energy that made Everything Everything’s debut so engaging. “Arc” starts off with the one-two punch of “Cough Cough” and “Kemosabe,” the lead singles released at the end of 2012. The former opens the record with giant marching band drum rolls and an incredible vocal display from Higgs, who sounds if he’s held at gunpoint while brash synths build an intense atmosphere. “Kemosabe” finds Higgs singing from the gut to an almost internationally infused hip-hop beat and a chorus that bursts with ear candy choruses. The urgency found on the opening two tracks is only found in bits throughout the album, in the standout “Armourland,” “Radiant” and the verses of “Feet for Hands,” which is bold stadium rock that
brings to mind bands such as Muse or Mew. “The House is Dust,” “Undrowned” and “The Peaks” are the slowest songs the band has written and don’t have the same impact as the uneasy attack of Everything Everything’s best songs. While there isn’t a bad song on the album and never a moment to skip, the passion of “Man Alive” is only found in glimpses on “Arc.” While it’s still a great album when listened from front to back, it often feels hollow. The album has tons of ideas and potential but contains half the naive passion found on “Man Alive.” It’s a damn shame.
listeners on a consistently creative journey via sound. “True” succeeds instrumentally, lyrically and thematically as a cohesive unit, though Solange still sounds just a hair immature. My point here isn’t to merely review everything I’ve bought recently. The point I’m making is that artists who are serious about their music usually craft ‘albums’ as opposed to hits. Devoted artists, like A$AP Rocky, Solange and Big Boi, push their LP’s to vinyl. All three wrote their own lyrics,
and all three are listed as executive producers of their projects. The trend, as far as I’m concerned, justifies the purchase of a record player. While digital music is no doubt cheaper, easier to use and more convenient, music has never really been about money, ease or convenience. If you love music, you likely love albums. And if you love albums, not hits, you’ll fall head first for vinyl.
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and Styx records, but already it’s paying unexpected dividends. In three short weeks with my phonograph, I’ve purchased three new records; Solange’s “True,” Big Boi’s “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors” and A$AP Rocky’s “Long. Live.A$AP.” While none of three will receive, nor do they deserve, Grammy nods, they’re all strong albums. “Vicious Lies” and “Long. Live.A$AP,” have their lyrical and thematic shortcomings, but both work as albums because they take
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Horoscopes
by Brian Ingmanson
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Communications about actions get through, whereas actions themselves could get blocked or obstructed. Get into planning, networking and crowdsourcing. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t let worries about money interfere with love. You may as well listen, though you might have to compromise. A quiet evening suits you just fine. Relax. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Mars goes retrograde today (until April 14). Avoid signing contracts between now and then, since vitality is lacking. Maintain projects with momentum. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Set an intention ... the New Moon is an especially fertile time for planting promises. Take care of your heart. Keep it healthy. Practice love. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- The energy is there to propel your inner thoughts out into the world. What message will you relay? Have it well thought out, rather than reactionary. The camera is on. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Expand your influence. Talk about your fantastic project with imaginative flair. Paint a picture with an inspiring possibility. Invite participation. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Avoid initiating important projects or buying mechanical equipment, if you can. Finish off old business. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Retrograde Mars especially affects Scorpio. Find support with family when it comes to making decisions. When one door closes, another one opens. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- You have an excuse to get out of town and shake things up a bit. Visit family, maybe, or take a day trip. Make room for love and anything’s possible. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 9 -- When it comes to making money, you have the power. Focus your energy on what it’s really attractive to you. Ask a trusted advisor for guidance. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- You may notice hidden motivations, or reconsidered personal views or opinions. Be gentle with hearts. Avoid scandal. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Focus on the space around the limitations. You may tumble, but you won’t know if you can make it, if you never even try. Wisdom builds with every failed step.
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» NCAAB
No. 1 Duke routed by No. 25 Miami 90-63
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — With a steady din coming from the sea of orange behind the visitors' basket, No. 1-ranked Duke had a tough time making a shot. The Blue Devils went more than 8 minutes without a field goal in the first half Wednesday night, and a sellout became a blowout for No. 25 Miami, which delighted a boisterous crowd with a 90-63 victory. The defeat was the thirdworst ever for a No. 1 team, and Duke's worst in nearly five years. Durand Scott scored a season-high 25 points for the Hurricanes, and Kenny Kadji added a season-high 22. Shane Larkin had 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Durham, N.C. native Julian Gamble had 10 rebounds and
four blocked shots. Miami (14-3, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the first time, taking control with a stunning 25-1 run midway through the opening half. The Blue Devils missed 13 consecutive shots despite numerous good looks, while four Hurricanes hit 3-pointers during the run that transformed a 14-13 deficit into a 38-15 lead. Duke (16-2, 3-2) fell to 0-2 when playing on an opponent's court. The Blue Devils' other loss came at North Carolina State, a defeat cost them the No. 1 ranking. They regained the top spot this week but seemed rattled by the capacity crowd, only the 10th in 10 years at Miami's oncampus arena. Students began lining up for seats outside the
arena almost 24 hours before tipoff, a rarity for the attendance-challenged Hurricanes. But South Florida loves a winner, and the Hurricanes are alone atop the league standings. They won their sixth consecutive game and beat Duke for the second straight time — but only the fourth time in the 19-game series. Miami had been 0-6 against No. 1 teams. Coach Jim Larranaga also beat a No. 1 team for the first time. Seth Curry, Tyler Thornton and Quinn Cook went a combined 1 for 29 for the Blue Devils, who shot a season-low 30 percent. Rasheed Sulaimon led them with 16 points. Duke went 4 for 23 from 3-point range, while Miami went 9 for 19 and shot 57 percent overall.
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Miami's Shane Larkin (0) celebrates after Durand Scott (1) scored against Duke last night in the Hurricanes' victory.
Galloway sends La Salle past No. 9 Butler Seton Hall beats South Florida, halts skid PHILADELPHIA (AP) — buzzer-beater Saturday against Ramon Galloway went the Gonzaga. Just not at La Salle. length of the court for the winAndrew Smith's layup with ning basket with 2.7 seconds 8 seconds left put Butler ahead left to send La Salle to a 54-53 53-52 and it appeared the victory over No. 9 Butler on Bulldogs would survive another Wednesday night. thriller. Fans stormed the Not so fast. court in a wild celGalloway took the ebration for the biginbounds pass and gest win for La Salle La Salle all the way for 54 went (13-5, 3-2 Atlantic 10) the stunner that helped 53 flood the court with in 33 years. There was Butler some confusion after delirious fans. La Salle Galloway's basket and last defeated an AP fans were ordered off the court. Top 25 team on March 3, 2001. Butler had attempted a last-sec- against No. 18 Saint Joseph's, ond heave that was way off 91-90. The last time La Salle the mark. Officials huddled with defeated an AP top 10 team was both coaches and they decided on Jan. 30, 1980, against No. 8 the final score stood. It was Notre Dame, 62-60, according mayhem again as fans rushed to STATS LLC. the court for the second time in La Salle's Sam Mills hit a minutes. jumper with 32 seconds left to Let them celebrate twice: La make it 52-51. But Mills missed Salle hadn't defeated a top 10 the front end of a 1-and-1 to team since 1980. give Butler the ball with 10.9 Butler had lived on last-second seconds left. Smith gave Butler victories this season, including a the short-lived lead.
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Butler's leading scorer Rotnei Clarke missed his third straight game with a severely sprained neck. No decision has yet been made about Saturday's home game against Temple. Clarke was hurt when he crashed head-first into a padded basket support at Dayton on Jan. 12. But Clarke's absence hadn't slowed the surging Bulldogs until Wednesday. Butler had won 13 straight including Saturday's buzzer-beater over then-No. 8 Gonzaga, 64-63. The streak has moved the Bulldogs into the top 10 for the first time since Feb. 18, 2008. La Salle trailed by 10 points in the first half but never let the game get too far out of control. Tyreek Duren hit a 3 to make it 38-35 and Mills made two from the free throw line to cut Butler's lead to one. Duren drove the lane for the 41-40 lead and suddenly 3,400 fans sounded like 34,000.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — digits twice, the latest being Fuquan Edwin scored 16 29-19 with 43 seconds left in points and Brandon Mobley the half. added 14, leading Seton Hall Poland's long 3-pointer at to a 55-47 victory over South the buzzer sliced the lead to Florida on Wednesday night. 29-22 at the half. The victory snapped a fourThe first half was played game losing streak at a slow, methodical for the Pirates (13-6, pace. 2-4 Big East). The After the Pirates Bulls (10-8, 1-5) lost Seton Hall 55 led 5-0, then later for the fifth time in 12-4 on a layup by USF 47 Edwin, the Bulls six games. Mobley, who crawled back to trail returned to action after miss- 14-13 after a layup by Zach ing one game with a separated LeDay with 10:46 left in the shoulder, scored eight of his first half. points in the second half to But the Pirates went on a 9-0 hold off any possible South run for a 23-13 lead with 6:01 Florida run. The Bulls twice remaining in the half. Teague got to within six in the second had six of the nine Seton Hall half. points during that stretch. South Florida was paced by South Florida scored the Jawanza Poland, who scored first six points of the second 13, and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, half to slice the lead to 29-28 who had 10 points. with 16:10 left on a power The Pirates never trailed, move from Martino Brock. scoring the first five points and But Edwin scored the next pushing their lead to double five points, a 3-pointer and
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two free throws, to push the lead back to 34-28 with 15:10 remaining. Mobley, who missed the Marquette game last week as a result of his separated shoulder, had two power dunks that gave the Pirates a 38-32 lead with 12:40 left. Brian Oliver, who also just returned to action after missing five games with a sprained ankle, canned a 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key to push the Pirates' lead to 41-32 with 11 minutes remaining. Mobley added another power move down low, giving the Pirates their largest lead at 45-34 with 9:40 left. Edwin had 10 rebounds. Seton Hall held South Florida to 33.9 percent shooting (19 of 56) and 15.8 percent (3 of 19) from 3-point range. Seton Hall tips off next this Saturday at noon against St. John's while South Florida battles with Notre Dame at home.
» NBA
Lakers must make more changes going forward
By Eddie Leonard NBA Western Conference Columnist Along with the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers are the most historic and beloved team in basketball. The Lakers have won 16 world championships in their proud history. They have only missed the playoffs five times, only twice since Kobe Bryant was born. So when the Lakers start a season 17-24 and are five games out the eight seed position, you can imagine that the shock meter bolted to a 10. At the start of the season, the Laker’s picked up Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, two future Hallof-Famers. Their starting lineup became Nash, Bryant, World Peace, Gasol and Howard. Looks pretty good, doesn’t it? You have individual scoring, playmaking, assist and defensive experts all on the same team. But, can they play as a team and make one another better on the court with their individual skills? The answer is no. The Lakers have three “shoo in” Hall-ofFamers on their team. But the puzzle pieces do not fit. Let's break the three main pieces. Kobe Bryant, the five-time world champion and leader of the team, works best when he is
in isolation. He demands the ball along the perimeter and he creates his own shot. He will dribble and call for picks until he gets the look he wants. He is not a Ray Allen, Reggie Miller or a Rip Hamilton type of player. He creates his own shot and he doesn’t wait for someone to make a play while he runs through picks to get open. In basic terms, Kobe is his own offense. This puzzle piece overlaps with Steve Nash’s piece, because Nash is all about handling the ball and feeding it to players for open looks. Nash is a very similar player to Kobe in that he demands the ball; however, unlike Kobe, Nash specializes in assists and getting people open shot opportunities. On numerous occasions, Nash has taken to acting like a shooting guard, thus allowing Kobe to take over the game. Nash is far too talented a player to just dribble down the court and immediately pass it to Kobe. The third, conflicting puzzle piece is the big man, Dwight Howard. What is there to say about Superman? Not much, actually. As a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Howard is charged with leading the defense and guarding the paint. However, all we have seen is technical fouls and missed
free throws. His Laker defense is ranked 26th, giving up an inexcusable 101 points per game. The first thing Mike D’Antoni should do is show Dwight Howard clips of the 2008 Boston Celtics and how Kevin Garnett turned a team 180 degrees defensively. The Celtics became a spectacular defensive team overnight due to one man. Do you think the word defense ever entered the minds of Ray Allen or Paul Pierce before Garnett came? One man can change the locker room, and believe it or not, the Lakers have three men that can do it. Overall, the Lakers’ problem is not what we initially thought it was. We thought it was the chemistry and that they would struggle in the beginning just like the Heat. We are all learning that is not the problem. As Kobe said, “We are just old and slow.” They need to make a move. Dwight Howard is a free agent after this season and he will most likely leave if they do not make the playoffs. Am I saying Dwight is the sole problem? No. But the Lakers could secure valuable players for him if they were to trade him before he ditches, like LeBron James did. Logically, Dwight Howard would want to be the man on a winning
team, perhaps on his first choice, the Brooklyn Nets. The bottom line is that the Lakers cannot play with just anyone. Kobe is a great defender for his size, but he is not a LeBron James, who on defense who can match up against anyone. Kobe needs help. He proved he can shut down top-notch players like Kyrie Irving and Brandon Jennings, but his legs gave out in the next three games and he could not throw a ball in the ocean if he was standing in a boat. Kobe and Nash struggle against young, fast and talented back courts like OKC, Clippers, Bucks and even the Heat. Their big men struggle as well in that they are too slow to play in the modern day offense with small, quick lineups. Teams like the Heat have their best line up with no true center. The game has evolved to a quick transition game, and the Lakers have to evolve with it. They need to make a coaching change and a trade to pick up some young and talented players in exchange for their old and slow ones.
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3 ACL tears later, Doty still fighting from HEADLINE, page 12 because of the chance of injury, Doty said head coach Geno Auriemma never had a problem with her desire to play soccer her final year. “I called him before and I was like, ‘Hey, coach, I’m thinking about playing soccer this year. What do you say?’” Doty said. “He goes, ‘It’s your last year to play, go for it.’” Then, in one of her first games of the season, she collapsed into a heap after being taken out awkwardly by a slide tackle. She knew what had happened. “It just ripped apart,” Doty said. “It was bad. It felt like my leg just separated.” She had torn her MCL, ACL and had injured her lateral collateral ligament in the collision. In the blink of an eye, a slew of missed opportunities – the ability to finish out her high school basketball career, the chance to become a McDonald’s Basketball All-American – flashed through Doty’s mind. But never did the possibility of losing her UConn scholarship cross her mind, even though she had not yet signed her letter of intent – she only had a verbal commitment. The ESPN No. 10 ranked recruit in the nation was determined to rehab her knee and be back in shape in time to join the Huskies for her freshman season in Storrs a little over a year from when the injury occurred. Not only did Doty recover in time for the season, she was one of the original starters and played alongside the likes of alltime greats Maya Moore, Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles. As a guard, she started the first 17 games of the season, averaging 8.6 points per game. But in a game against Syracuse in January, as she sprinted down the court on a fast break, she crashed to the floor. There were 17 seconds remaining in the half of the 17th game in which she had scored 17 points. Her left knee had again given out, leaving her sidelined for the remainder of the year. Despite losing one of their star freshmen, the Huskies won the NCAA championship in the 20082009 season. But Doty could do nothing but watch the title run. “It was tough because I was still so immature and I figured the only way I could be a part of the team is if I was on the court,” Doty said after a practice in late November. Because Doty had already played more than one-third of the season, she was unable to apply for a medical redshirt. So she returned to a rehab regimen, hoping to be back for her sophomore season. “The whole rehab, it sucked,” Doty said. “You need to get through the first month or two, and then you’re walking and doing more. And then you just start training again, so it just felt like you were training for a very long time.” She realized her goal to return for the 2009-2010 season, starting in all but one game. Over the course of the season, she averaged 25.3 minutes per game – up from 23.9 minutes during her freshman year – and racked up 136 assists and averaged 6.8 points per game. But once again, Doty was the victim of a cruel twist of fate. “I wasn’t wearing a brace because I didn’t have to at the time and I remember I got hit,” Doty said, smacking the back of her left knee as she recalled her third ACL tear in three years. “And I remember it go a little bit and I walked off and I was like, ‘Oh, that felt weird.’ I kept playing, I kept playing. It swelled up a little bit but it wasn’t too bad.” Other than some slight swelling and a little discomfort, the third tear left Doty in little pain. She continued to train for several days, unaware that something was seriously wrong with her knee. But one morning about a week later, she woke up to a swollen knee and she decided to drive home to see her doctor in Doylestown. On the way back to Storrs, she received a call from her doctor with the news that her left ACL had again torn. “Tears,” Doty said. Her eyes grew red and puffy as she remembered the call. “And I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’” I don’t really think it hit me – I was driving home so I was by myself so then I called my mom, called my dad, called my brothers and I was just like, ‘Oh my God, doing it again.’” The Return Forced to sit the entire 20102011 season because of the third
tear, Doty redshirted what would have been her junior season. Last year, Doty returned to the court and managed to make it through the season injury-free. Despite it being her fourth year on campus, it was just her second full season in a UConn uniform. After seeing a decline in her playing time and production during that season – she fell to just 20.6 minutes per game, 5.0 points per game and tallied just 71 assists – her role during games as a senior this year seems to be fairly limited. Though she’s started 16 of the team’s first 18 games, the intense competition at guard from senior Kelly Faris, junior Bria Hartley, sophomore Brianna Banks and freshman Moriah Jefferson has left the injury-plagued Doty to play just under 18 minutes per night. In that limited time, Doty has averaged four points, 2.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds. Those numbers were aided in large part due to a double-double performance at Oregon on New Year’s Eve. The 14 points and 12 rebounds she posted that afternoon remain her season-highs to this point. A few weeks prior to that breakout game against the Ducks, on Dec. 3, Doty finally reached the 100-game milestone that for most players, especially at UConn, is fairly routine. “We play a lot of games at Connecticut, so we’ve had a lot of kids who have played a lot ... and to have Caroline fight through those three ACLs, obviously it’s not easy to do that and it takes a lot of character on her part to keep playing,” Auriemma said that night after his team dispatched No. 9 Maryland. But despite her perseverance, the trio of tears has left her vulnerable to flare ups and occasional swelling that always bear the unfortunate possibility of leaving her sidelined. Evidence of the damage done came in the team’s first exhibition game this season, when Auriemma relegated her to the bench because of a tweak to her knee. “All year long, there’s going to be issues,” Auriemma said after that early November exhibition. “For the most part, I think it’s nothing for anybody to worry about, anybody to obsess about, because there’s nothing you can do about it. I would say 90 percent of the time in practice and 90 percent of the time when she’s out on the floor in games, there’s no problems whatsoever. But given her history, there’s just enough times when it’s like, ‘Uh oh.’ And then those times we just shut it down, walk away from it and live to play another day.” Though the decision to sit her for that exhibition was mostly precautionary to help keep her knee healthy throughout the course of the season, Doty acknowledged that the knee requires a certain degree of special care to sustain it. “Not before practice usually – a lot of stuff is after practice,” Doty says about protecting her knee. “I try to get in the cold tub, or I try to ‘game ready,’ or I try to foam roll, then cold tub – so just a few different things to maintain it.” Though she will likely not be able to put in the same number of minutes that she has in the past, Auriemma still has high hopes for his fifth-year senior and knows that her experience, more so than her physical abilities, is the greatest strength she brings to the team. The Effects Three tears in the same knee have stolen more from Doty than just time on the court – they’ve also taken pieces of her game away. “You’re 23 years old, you know, you played on an undefeated team that won a national championship, you’ve missed a season,” Auriemma said of Doty in the preseason. “You’ve seen the best, you’ve seen the absolute pinnacle of what there is to see in college basketball and you’ve struggled to find your role last year. “So, I hope Caroline does the little things that she’s capable of doing: be a good teammate, make open shots, make good decisions out on the floor, try to help some of the younger guys with what they’re going through. I think it comes to a point in every players’ career when they realize, ‘Wow, I don’t have what I used to have, I’m not physically able to do what I used to do, so now I’ve got to be a better player mentally.’ And I’m hoping that’s where she’s going to have the biggest impact for us.” Explosiveness, hard cuts and aggressive drives to the rim are a small, if not non-existent, part of her repertoire, whereas she could
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Doty will complete another year of graduate school and hopes to go into coaching.
once get to the hole almost at will. Though she is still capable of shooting – especially from behind the arc, where she shot 33 percent last season – and playing strong, effort-driven defense, Doty is no longer the same player that she was when she first committed to the Huskies. “It’s funny, I always talk about back in the ‘high school days’… every layup I was able to hit the backboard, I was able to get to the lane whenever I wanted, I was more of a penetrating guard than a shooting guard,” Doty said of how her injuries have changed her game. “Now I’ve taken on the role of finessing my three-point shot, being more of a vocal player – an energizer more than a playmaker.” “Physically, it’s taken away some things,” assistant coach Shea Ralph said of Doty’s knee. And if anyone at UConn can understand what Doty has endured and how knee injuries can change a player, it has to be Ralph. Ralph had five ACL surgeries during her career – three in her left knee and two in her right. She was hired by Auriemma as an assistant before Doty’s freshman year and has been with her every step of the way throughout her college career. Throughout the surgeries, rehabilitation and the pain they both know so well, a relationship that transcends that of most players and coaches has been forged between the two. “If I ever needed anything, she had an open door for me to go to,” Doty said of her coach. “And she definitely helped out a lot – I’m lucky to have her as a coach and as someone who’s so close.” Among the things Ralph helped her to understand throughout the process of rehabilitating and returning from all three surgeries is the mindset needed to bounce back from an injury so devastating. “Here’s the thing, when you come back from an injury, there has to be a certain kind of stubbornness to you to come back and be successful because you have to want to fight that hard to get back,” Ralph said. “But then on the flipside of that is that when you get back, you can’t be stubborn. You have to understand what the differences are in your body and you have to go with that. So I think it’s a very hard thing because usually you’re one way or the other … I think she’s finally found a balance that works.” Unfortunately, like Ralph, ACL injuries have likely cut Doty’s playing career short. Though she says she would like to keep her
options open and could potentially try to play overseas, she knows that a professional career in basketball may not be in her future, so she is beginning to make other plans. Now a graduate student, Doty plans on staying on the UConn campus one more year to get her master’s degree. As an undergrad, she crafted an individualized major in sports marketing and sports agency, but as she has progressed throughout her time in Storrs, her plans for the future have shifted away from that field. “I’m really interested in coaching,” Doty said. “It’s kind of weird because before I didn’t want to do that or really get into it. But now, being around it and seeing how fun it is and getting close with the coaches and being here for five years, I’ve grown to like it.” Despite what her injuries have taken from her and how they have changed her, there are still plenty of things that remain intact: her defense, her passing, her shooting and – most importantly – her ability to have fun. Even though it was the sport that began her series of injuries, Doty maintains her love of soccer and attends UConn games regularly. This October, she and junior center Stefanie Dolson made their way to Rentschler Field with some teammates and friends to watch the U.S. Women’s national team play Germany. “She’s definitely not introverted, she’s very outgoing, easy going, kind of ‘go with the flow,’” Dolson, one of Doty’s three roommates, said about her friend. Doty, once described by Auriemma as a “dork,” has a penchant for goofy inside jokes and being able to make even the simple things like watching TV a fun time, Dolson says. “One day in practice I quoted ‘Pitch Perfect’ like four times,” Dolson recalled, describing one of her favorite memories with her roommate. “She was the only one that got it and we were just dying laughing the entire practice.” Though the two are close both on and off the court, there is one thing about her roommate that bothers Dolson. “She tells a lot of the same stories – she’s a story repeater,” Dolson says. But Dolson may have to learn to forgive her friend for the repetition; her story is worth telling.
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is one of the most proficient, accurate and tremendous passers ever to hold a football. But another reason too often put forth is his track record in terms of “winning,” particularly in the post-season. Is Brady a three-time Super Bowl champion today without offensive lines to protect him, receivers to catch passes and the stellar defenses and brilliant coaching that backed him during those Super years? Could he have accomplished all the “winning” that he did and continues to do playing one-on-eleven? No. There’s a better chance of a given person being thrilled to learn that their parents are porn stars. No one person can win a team game. But we speak and record our football history as though this is possible. The other present competitor for title of all-time best, Peyton Manning, suffers the reverse of this backwards logic. He’s won just one Super Bowl and endured 11 playoff exits. 10 days ago, after the Ravens miraculously escaped Denver with a win, that’s exactly all you heard about. Manning can’t cut it when it counts. Never mind the 32 career post-season touchdown passes, 21 interceptions and completion percentage of 63.2. Nor the fact that all those numbers came against playoffworthy defenses. Nor that the Denver defense, over which Manning has no control, indisputably blew the game with 30 seconds left to go—like it was one of the terrible Colt defenses he played with for 14 years. Yet you and I continue to hear about “quarterback wins.” “Brady has moved into 5th all-time for most wins by a quarterback.” “Flacco has six wins on the road in his post-season career.” “Manning hasn’t won a game played under 30 degrees, the wind above 15 mph, without Wheaties for breakfast and when Ke$ha was played at least once over the loud speakers during a commercial break.” So, why is this still a part of our sports culture? Well, as is for most things, there is a variety of reasons. First, it fits the narrative we as a sports society have constructed about the quarterback position as a leader, superstar, hero and sometimes legend, all rolled into one. Indeed, it is the most demanding, important job in sports. The best in the business are allowed the freedom to change anything
about a play while the game is going on. They’re granted the greatest glory and charged with being the greatest goats. But quarterbacks don’t have enough control to deserve all of the blame or all of the glory for any game's outcome. Each whole team on a football field is only responsible for just less than half of what will go on, with the rest determined by random, uncontrollable events—weather, close referee decisions, injuries, etc. So how could one person win or lose a game with 22 players on the field at all times? The answer is they couldn’t. But if there was ever a person in sports to do the impossible, it would be an NFL quarterback. Second, it’s the easy way out. Instead of detailing intricate match-ups in all three phases of the game, coaching decisions, statistical trends and schematic adjustments, we point to things like “turning points” or conclude that “Oh, he just outdueled the other guy and that's why they won” Really? At what point were both quarterbacks on the field together and dueling? Or did they compete instead separately against the opposing defenses? Oh, that’s right. And there are 88 other active players impacting the game, excluding the coaches and the referees. So, let’s keep that gun in its holster. Finally, this idea has been around for a while, so it’s difficult to change what current fans, players, coaches and media members have grown up believing. This crooked line of thinking is exactly the reason behind Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw being in the Hall of Fame. They were on teams that won and they looked good throwing the deep ball. But their stats would be neck-andneck with Marilyn Manson in an ugly contest: Namath had 47 more interceptions than touchdowns, with a 50.1 percent completion percentage. Bradshaw owned a career completion mark of 51.9 percent. So ultimately, the only sports where you can discuss wins and losses for an individual player are those in which they are the only ones competing. That’s it. Everyone and their brother knows there's no 'I' in team. It's about time they learned there's no 'win' in quarterback. Sorry, Vince Young.
Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu
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Jan. 31 Providence 7 p.m.
Feb. 3 USF 2 p.m
Jan. 29 Villanova 7 p.m.
The number of UConn football players picked to play in the Senior Bowl this weekend.
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Pro Bowl to be more serious
“Yeah, that wasn’t happening.” -49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on the Chicago Cubs efforts to sign him to play baseball four years ago. Feb. 10 Seton Hall 12 p.m.
Feb. 6 St. John’s 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (17-1) Jan. 26 Cincinatti 8 p.m.
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Feb. 5 Feb. 10 Marquette Depaul 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Men’s Hockey (9-11-2) Tomorrow Jan. 26 Feb. 1 Americon Americon RIT International International 7: 05 p.m. 7:05 p.m 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 Mar. 2 IC4A Championships All Day
Women’s Track and Field Feb. 1 Armory Collegiate All Day
Tomorrow Terrier Invite Alll Day
Men’s Swimming & Diving
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Feb. 2 Dartmouth 1 p.m.
Jan. 26 Seton Hall 1 p.m.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Jan. 26 Seton Hall 1 p.m.
Feb. 2 Dartmouth 1 p.m.
Softball Feb. 15 FIU Tournament 11 a.m.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The NFC team ended its first Pro Bowl practice by breaking the huddle and shouting, “Win.” One night earlier, Denver quarterback Peyton Manning asked his fellow all-stars to play the game hard. And players on both sides pledged Wednesday to play more determined in a game with a reputation of being taken less seriously than preseason exhibitions or meaningless Week 17 contests. “We’re professional football players. I think you take a professional attitude to the game,” said Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck, one of two rookie passers in the game along with Seattle’s Russell Wilson. “It is an obligation of ours to continue this game.” The future of the game to be held Sunday in Hawaii is uncertain. The contest was almost not scheduled at all this year after players faced blowback from commissioner Roger Goodell and fans for clearly not trying last year. That’s made the 2013 Pro Bowl something of an audition. A league executive said Tuesday the NFL wants to decide on the future of the Pro Bowl by April, when the next regular season schedule comes out. Manning responded later that night by urging players to play at full speed, according to a report by NFL.com. NFL officials said Wednesday a transcript of Manning’s speech wasn’t available, and Manning was not made available for comment after his team’s practice. The AFC and NFC squads showed slightly different styles during a low key practice at a high school on Oahu’s west side, with players barely breaking a sweat while wearing T-shirts and shorts. Manning and Luck took the field at the same time for passing drills to AFC receivers like Houston’s Andre Johnson, Indianapolis’ Reggie Wayne and Cincinnati’s A.J. Green. The NFC practice included 7-on-7 scrimmage plays, special teams practice with punts and field goals and plenty of passes for Drew Brees, Eli Mannning and Wilson. While some players, including Brees, spent time signing autographs for fans waiting just outside a campus gate, others didn’t linger around after practice as a bus promptly returned them to the team hotel. Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz joked that he might take a surfing lesson before saying he thinks the game will be well-played. When asked what the Green Bay coaches on the NFC side might think of him hitting the waves, Cruz said: “That’ll be our secret.” Brees said the Pro Bowl is important in part because it’s a big moment for Hawaii, a state without an NFL team. “There’s so many guys who come out here and take this with a sense of responsibility,”
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Chelsea star ejected for New Orleans Hornets to become Pelicans kicking ball boy
LONDON (AP) — Chelsea star Eden Hazard was ejected from the English League Cup semifinal at Swansea on Wednesday night for kicking a ball boy in the ribs while attempting to retrieve the ball after it rolled off the field. Hazard and the ball boy apologized to each other after the game, Swansea said in a statement. “South Wales Police interviewed the 17-year-old ball boy with his father after the game and neither wished to press any charges,” Swansea said. “It was an unfortunate incident which both parties regret being involved in.” With Chelsea needing two goals at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium to force overtime in the two-game series, the ball bounced off an advertising board behind the goal line in the 79th minute. The ball boy, wearing a Swansea sweatsuit, slowly walked over to pick it up. Hazard ran up to reclaim the ball and the teen fell over, stomach toward the ground and the ball under him. The Belgian winger leaned over the teenager, tried to pull the ball free with both hands and then kicked at it
under the youth. After Hazard got the ball free, he picked it up and jogged back onto the field. The ball boy, who has worked for Swansea for six years, rolled onto his back and clutched the right side of his ribs as he was attended to. Hazard was shown a straight red card by referee Chris Foy. “Chelsea invited the ball boy into the dressing room after the game to shake hands with Hazard and both parties apologized,” Swansea said. “The ball boy was very impressed with the welcome he received from the Chelsea players and as far as both clubs and individuals are concerned the matter is closed.” Swansea quoted Hazard as saying “the boy put his whole body onto the ball and I was just trying to kick the ball. I apologize. The ball boy came in the changing room and we had a quick chat and I apologized and the boy apologized as well, and it is over. Sorry.” The match finished 0-0 and Swansea advanced 2-0 on aggregate, setting up a final against fourth-tier Bradford at Wembley Stadium on Feb. 24. It will be the first major English final in the Swans’ 100-year history.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Hornets are moving ahead with plans to change their name to the Pelicans next season, people familiar with the decision said. The people spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the Hornets have not announced the name change. The people say that is expected to come Thursday, when club also will unveil the proposed new color scheme of blue, gold and red. Hornets owner Tom Benson has said since buying the NBA club last spring that he wanted a new name representing New Orleans and Louisiana. The brown pelican is the state bird and has become symbolic of efforts to restore Louisiana’s fragile coast, which has been hit hard by the 2010 BP oil spill and erosion from major storms including Hurricane Katrina, which displaced the Hornets to Oklahoma City for two seasons from 2005-07. Benson owns the rights to the name Pelicans, which was used for decades by a former minor league baseball team in New Orleans. The NBA would have to approve any name change, but Commissioner David Stern already said during a visit to New Orleans
earlier this season that he won’t object to whatever new name Benson might choose because he knows it will be “sensible,” and that the league could expedite the process. The Hornets are New Orleans’ second NBA team. The first was the Jazz, which played in the Big Easy from 1974-79 before moving to Utah, and current owners of the club have indicated on multiple occasions they had no intention of giving up that name so New Orleans could have it back. The Hornets were founded in Charlotte in 1988 by then-owner George Shinn, who kept that name when he moved the team to New Orleans in 2002. Shinn sold the Hornets to the NBA in December 2010, and the league spent more than a year looking for a buyer who would keep the team in New Orleans long term. Last April, Benson, who also has owned the NFL’s New Orleans Saints since 1985, agreed to purchase the club for $338 million. As part of the purchase, he agreed to a lease of the state-owned New Orleans Arena through 2024, ending several years of speculation that the club would be moved again to another city seeking an NBA franchise.
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There’s no ‘win’ in quarterback
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NO DOUBTING DOTY Caroline Doty reflects on long, trying career By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer
Andrew Callahan A couple quick questions for you: In your esteemed estimation, who’s the better quarterback: out-of-work Vince Young or superstar Drew Brees? Next up, who between Young and Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner was the better signal caller during his playing days? Finally, who had the more successful career under center: Young or Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino? Now, I hope these have been the stupidest questions you’ve faced in quite some time, as any non-Young stalker would choose each second option instantaneously. You’d do so for a variety of reasons, perhaps citing higher career completion percentages, more total yards, touchdowns or the possibility I’m insane for even asking this stuff. Maybe you’d even point to Brees, Warner and Marino being better “winners” relative to Young. But, funny story: Vince Young actually owns a better career winning percentage than all three of them. So, what would this mean if you were to compare the three again? Well, about as much as it would to receive a love note from Lennay Kekua (obligatory Manti Te’o joke - check): Nil. Nada. Nothing. The win-loss records generated by the teams Young competed for over his career are no real indicator of his individual performance. Why? Because they’re team results, and he is just one player. These records mean seemingly as much on Young’s resume as they do for the team’s kicker, back-up running back or offensive line. And the same goes for Brees, Warner and Marino, three of the best quarterbacks the sport has ever seen. But it’s not because of what their teams did while they played; it’s what they accomplished individually, throwing the ball and running offense. Now, of course, these things helped their clubs achieve their goals and rack up wins simultaneously. But they didn’t do win alone, so you can’t attribute a team’s overall success or failure as a sole product of their efforts. Football is a team game, more so than any other sport. Think about this: just days ago, Joe Flacco and the Ravens topped the Patriots to go to the Super Bowl. Three years earlier, Baltimore also beat New England 33-14 during the Wild Card round. Do you know what Flacco’s stat line was in that game? 4-10 for 34 yards and an interception thrown. Did Flacco beat the Patriots that day? Hell no, he inhibited the Ravens from blowing them out further. The Ravens as a team won, though. Yet game after game, especially in the playoffs, we tack another “win” to the winning quarterback’s résumé. Speaking of résumés, lets talk about the quarterback on the opposite sideline both three years and half a week ago - Tom Brady. Brady is a mainstay in the discussion of the greatest quarterback of all-time because he
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Her light brown hair held back by a piece of pink athletic pre-wrap, arms toned from years of weight lifting and legs molded by multitudes of suicide sprints, redshirt senior guard Caroline Doty looks just like the rest of her UConn women’s basketball teammates. There is one exception: the bulky black brace tightly wrapped around her left knee. That brace became a part of her life as a result of three separate tears of the anterior cruciate ligament in three years, which forced Doty to sit out a season and a half of college basketball. Despite the disappointment, she never thought about quitting. That, she said, was never in the equation. “Just the love for the game,” Doty says of her motivation to bounce back from each of her injuries. “You know, I’ve loved it since I was little … there’s nothing better than coming out for a game and seeing the fans and being in the jersey and warming up and being excited for the plays. I just loved it, I couldn’t give it up.” Three years, three tears After committing to UConn in November of her junior year, Doty – a three-sport athlete in high school – decided to continue playing her other sports during her senior year at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Penn. “People were saying, ‘Oh, don’t play your other sports, just stick with basketball training,’ and stuff,” Doty said, recalling her first injury in an interview in the hallway outside of the team’s locker room in Gampel Pavilion in October. “But I couldn’t quit. I played varsity soccer, varsity track all four years in high school, so I can’t quit.” Though her father was not keen on the idea
Redshirt senior guard Caroline Doty moves the ball up court against No. 4 Duke last Monday at Gampel Pavilion. UConn went on to win, 79-49.
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UConn stars participate in Soccer Night in Newtown
By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer Smiles are a hard thing to come by in Newtown, these days. Twenty-six students and faculty members were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, leaving the community damaged and distraught. On Jan. 7, Major League Soccer sought to change that, bringing smiles to the faces of 1,500 young soccer players and their families. About 50 current and former players including three former UConn stars, gathered for Soccer Night in Newtown. The event was put together almost immediately after the shooting took place to provide some sort of relief for the community.
Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti, a native of Connecticut, came up with the idea for the event. Canetti wanted to help in any way he could, and saw a night with some of the country’s top soccer talent as an ideal outlet for a town where over 1,000 children are involved in the sport. Canetti got commitments from five of his players to attend the event, and as news spread across the league, more players stepped up. The group of players that made their way to Connecticut included three former Huskies: Colorado Rapids’ forward Tony Cascio, Seattle Sounders’ goalkeeper Josh Ford and Real Salt Lake center back Kwame Watson-Siriboe. “It says a lot about how the UConn soccer program is,” Cascio
said. “Connecticut residents would support us, so this was a way to show that we cared and support them.” The star-studded group included some of the biggest names in American soccer, including Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan and New York Red Bulls forward Kenny Cooper. Some of the game’s greats of the past were also on hand. Former United States national team stars Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda, Tony Meola, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly were all on hand. Current United States women’s national team captain Christine Rampone was also in attendance. The stars in attendance took time to chat with young players, sign autographs, take pictures
and even play some small-sided games. Through soccer, they were able to help the people of Newtown smile again. “The experience in Newton was great,” Cascio said. “I think it was a really good turnout. I think all the players that were there enjoyed putting a smile on young players and even parents.” San Jose Earthquakes forward Marcus Tracy was also in attendance. Tracy grew up in Newtown, where he was an All-American in high school and a member of the 2004 Class LL state championship team. He is considered a legend at Newtown High School, where his No. 3 jersey is retired. Tracy’s mother used to be a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, making the tragedy feel even closer to home.
Following the shooting, Tracy, a passionate musician, helped produce a song honoring the victims. The song, titled “We’ll Be Alright,” has over 35,000 views on YouTube. Cascio, who had just spent one month training in England Derby County of the Football League Championship, was happy to be part of the relief effort, and was amazed by the resolve people of Newtown after the tragedy. “I think people at the event were very excited,” Cascio said, “so just from what I saw in the community of Newton residents, I could tell that they came together and are very supportive in each other and their community.”
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
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NCAA announces problems with Miami investigation
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — After nearly two years, the NCAA has finally announced some of the wrongdoing discovered during the investigation of Miami’s athletic compliance practices. The alleged rule-breakers: Former NCAA employees. NCAA President Mark Emmert revealed Wednesday that the Miami investigation is on hold after the governing body for college sports in this country discovered “a very severe issue of improper conduct” — specifically that the attorney for former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro was used to “to improperly obtain information ... through a bankruptcy proceeding that did not involve the NCAA.” The NCAA does not have subpoena power. At least one of the people deposed by attorney Maria Elena Perez as part of Shapiro’s bankruptcy case appeared under subpoena, and his testimony would not have
been otherwise available to NCAA investigators. The investigators who were involved are no longer with the NCAA, Emmert said. “How in the world can you get this far without it being recognized that this was an inappropriate way to proceed?” Emmert asked. That’s the question that the NCAA wants answered, and fast. Miami has been bracing for the arrival of its notice of allegations — the charges it will have to defend itself against during the sanctioning phase of the NCAA probe. Those allegations are now on hold until an outside review of the NCAA’s procedures, specifically in this case, are completed. “As we have done since the beginning, we will continue to work with the NCAA and now with their outside investigator hoping for a swift resolution of the investigation and our case,” Miami President Donna Shalala
said. Emmert said the NCAA was trying to find out why part of the investigation was based on depositions specific to the bankruptcy case against Shapiro, who will have to repay $82.7 million to his victims as part of his sentence. One of those depositions was given Dec. 19, 2011 by former Miami equipment-room staffer Sean Allen — who has been linked to Shapiro and many of the allegations that he made against the university. During that deposition done as part of Shapiro’s bankruptcy proceeding, the phrase “University of Miami” was uttered at least 58 times either in questions or answers. Miami was not part of the Ponzi scheme that led to Shapiro’s legal downfall. And the timing of this also is curious. Several people who were to be named in the NCAA’s notice of allegations against Miami have been told that the document was in the final stages of preparation — and one person
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NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the organization’s annual convention in Grapevine, Texas.
who spoke with AP said at least one person who was to have faced a charge of wrongdoing was told the letter was scheduled for delivery to Miami on Tuesday. Now it’s anyone’s guess when that will happen.
“We cannot have the NCAA bringing forward an allegation that’s predicted on information that was collected by processes none of us could stand for,” Emmert said. “We’re going to move it as fast as possible, but we have to get this right.”