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Jackson Lab expects $291 mil. in returns

By Loumarie I. Rodriguez Staff Writer

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A ground-breaking ceremony took place Jan. 17 partnering Jackson laboratory, UConn, and the state of the Connecticut all as part of Gov. Dan Malloy’s Bioscience Connecticut initiative.

President Susan Herbst says work has been underway for more than a year to catalyze the unique partnership between the nonprofit Jackson Lab, the university, the health center, the state, Yale University and others.

In May 2011, legislatures approved Gov. Dan Malloy’s plans of a partnership with Jackson Laboratory that is an independent nonprofit biomedical research institution based out of Bar Harbor, Maine according to a WTNH report.

“The ground-breaking ceremony in January was a tangible symbol of the progress that has been achieved so far,” said President Herbst via email.

“It is also an opportunity to celebrate promise of this important collaboration.”

Although there was a major budget cut to the state of $170 million and $15 million cut from the university announced in November 2012 Herbst says the funding for this project was approved during a special session in 2011. The research facility will be funded $291 million for construction over the next decade and under the deal Connecticut will provide $192 million loans that eventually will be forgiven once the Jackson project creates and retains 300 jobs by the 10th year according to an article from the CT Mirror. The lab will also be receiving $99 million in research grants in the next 10 years.

“Governor Malloy understands that non-profit research organizations, working with the University and other medical and academic institutions, can be a tremendous force for lasting job creation and long-term economic expansion,” Herbst said.

Gov. Malloy aims for the project to jump start the state’s economy by providing construction between 2012-2018 as well as create per-

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The Jackson Laboratory’s ground-breaking ceremony took place Jan. 17, 2013. The research facility is expecting $291 million in funding over the course of the next 10 years.

manent jobs by 2037, according to the bioscience Connecticut website.

Malloy also plans to secure the future for the UConn Health Center to make sure that it remains in the top tier academic medical center. Herbst says that this model has worked well in other states in order to create lasting jobs.

“According to the Price Waterhouse Coopers, the personalized medicine industry is worth nearly $284 billion in sales per year, and is experiencing double-digit growth annually,” Herbst said.

“As the governor has noted, this is a rare opportunity for Connecticut to become a leader in an emerging and promising field. Working with the University, our state can become

a magnet for science, research and technology.”

Malloy also told UConn Today that the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine will support research that aims to uncover genomic causes of human diseases as well as create new approaches in personalized medicine to prevent medicine to prevent, detect and treat them. The initiative includes many other projects that are listed on the Bioscience Connecticut website giving specifics on how much funding it will cost to complete the other building projects. Some of these projects include renovations of existing research facilities, creating new incubator space, creating a new patient tower at the John Dempsey Hospital and constructing a privately financed

ambulatory care facility.

Herbst is confident that the project will lead to job creation for the region and even lead to new treatments and cures for various diseases.

“On our campus, I’m especially proud of the university’s new multidisciplinary Institute for Systems Genomics Medicine, which came together as a result of the partnership with Jackson,” said Herbst. “The institute will establish a world-class research and training program in genomics and personalized medicine, build relationships between the academic and corporate communities, and encourage students to pursue careers in genomics studies.”

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UConn releases annual university data

By Kim L. Wilson News Editor UConn released their annual fact sheet, which includes data and statistics on the university’s student population, faculty, cost and budget.

Revenue generated, tuition increased Campus revenue, which includes tuition, state appropriation and grants, generated revenue of $1 million this year.

Last year, campus expenditures outweighed revenue by $4.6 million.

The university’s budget increased by $0.9 billion from the 2012 budget of $1.8 billion Tuition, fees, room and board increased by $1,016 for in-state students, and by $1,952 for outof-state students.

Student minority ratio increased Since 2012, the percentage of minority students has increased by 2 percent, from 24 to 26.

Reitz said the increase is due to a “comprehensive effort” on behalf of the university. The Latino population at UConn has seen the most growth in the last year, she said.

Reitz said the increase of minority students is due to a “comprehensive effort” on behalf of the university. UConn has implemented several pro-

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Wilbur Cross, pictured above, is located on the UConn Storrs campus. UConn recently released its annual fact sheet, which includes data and statistics regarding the university’s student population, faculty and finances.

grams that focus on increasing the number of minority group applicants and retaining minority students until graduation.

One UConn program designed to increase the percentage of minority students is Upward Bound, a federally-funded program that aims to provide pre-

dominantly urban high school students with opportunities to attend college.

At UConn, high school students from Hartford, New Haven and Windham receive year-long assistance intended to prepare them for college.

Other programs include

Mentoring, Education and Training for Academic Success, a mentoring program organized by the Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center, and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.

“We are glad to see it’s accomplishing what we set out to do,”

Reitz said of the programs.

SAT scores improved From 2012 to 2013, the average SAT score of incoming freshmen at Storrs increased by 10 points. In 2011, the average score was 1216, and in 2013, the average score was 1226.

“We had a nice bump in our SAT scores,’ Reitz said.

SAT scores of students from Connecticut schools decreased by an average of four points, and the national average decreased by one point.

Enrollment decreased, faculty and staff increased In 2012, there were 6.8 students to every faculty and staff member at the Storrs and regional campuses. This year, there are 6.5 students per faculty and staff member.

Faculty and staff at the Storrs and regional campuses increased by 114 members since last year.

Faculty and staff include all university personnel at the Storrs and regional campuses.

The fall 2013 enrollment for the Storrs and regional campuses decreased by 269 from last year’s enrollment of 30,525.

The undergraduate enrollment at Storrs decreased by 287 from the 2012 count of 17,815 students. Graduate student enrollment decreased by 98 students.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

rant stemming from the theft of several personal items while the victim exercised at Sherman Field. His bond was posted at $5,000 and his court date was Jan. 25

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Conn. gun industry seeks gun restrictions

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Representatives of Connecticut’s gun industry went to the Capitol on Monday to speak out against attempts to ban certain guns and push for restrictions to prevent people with mental problems from obtaining weapons.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc., the industry’s trade group, and several manufacturers said they hope the venerable industry has a say in efforts by the legislature to curb gun violence. The move follows the killings of 20 children and six educators at a Newtown elementary school in December. A 52-member legislative task force met Monday.

“As we consider the necessary changes to make our society safer, we have a responsibility to consider the ramifications on the firearms and sporting industry that has contributed much to the state’s history and culture,” said Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the foundation.

Former Conn. teacher gets 10 years for child porn

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former teacher at East Hampton Middle School has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography.

Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Richard Hendricks of Ashford bought Internet access to live sex shows involving children that originated in the Philippines.

Hendricks was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven to 10 years and one month, followed by five years of supervised release.

The former computer teacher has been detained since his arrest in June 2011. He pleaded guilty in January 2012 to one count of receipt of child pornography.

Prosecutors said Hendricks used his computer to receive more than 600 images and 50 movie files of child pornography, including images of children younger than 12 years old and images portraying sadistic or violent conduct.

Police investigate Conn. shooting of 2 cows

NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Police are investigating the shooting of two cows at a farm in North Stonington.

State police say one of the two cows shot on the Palmer Farm was injured so severely it will likely have to be euthanized. Both animals received treatment from a veterinarian.

Authorities said Monday the animals were shot in a field sometime during the weekend of Jan. 19.

Man charged in Danbury home invasion

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A man charged in a violent home invasion in Danbury is set to appear in court, while three other suspects are being sought by police.

Thirty-seven-year-old Jacob George of Newtown is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Danbury Superior Court on first-degree assault, home invasion and other charges connected to Saturday night’s attack that left a 40-year-old man with serious injuries. George is being held on $100,000 bail.

Police told the News-Times of Danbury that the four suspects broke into a home on Clapboard Ridge Road in an attempt to find another man, but he wasn’t there.

Police say the suspects punched and kicked a man in the house.

Authorities didn’t release the victim’s name or condition.

Police make 2nd arrest in fatal Conn. shooting

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A teenager who turned himself in to police is the second suspect to be arrested in the fatal shooting of a man found wounded at a doughnut shop.

Police say the 17-year-old New Haven boy approached officers Sunday afternoon and said he heard he was being sought in connection with the Jan. 23 murder of Lonnie Starr. He was charged with felony murder and other charges. His identity was not made public.

Police were called to a Dunkin Donuts store where they found 29-year-old Starr suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital. Police believe he was shot at another location and driven to the store by a woman who called 911 for help.

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Jan. 21 Michael D. Goodale, 20, of Mansfield, was arrested at 3:26 p.m., at Stadium Road and charged with burglary in the third degree, criminal trespass in the third degree, and larceny in the fifth degree. Goodale was arrested on an active arrest warrant resulting from the theft of several items during a burglary at the Athletics Department Business Office. His bond was posted at $10,000 and his court date was on Jan. 22.

Michael D. Goodale, 20, of Mansfield, was arrested at 3:26 p.m., at Stadium Road and charged with larceny in the fifth degree.

Goodale was arrested on an active arrest warrant stemming from the theft a laptop in December 2012. His bond was posted at $10,000 and his court date was on Jan. 22

Jan. 24 Michael D. Goodale, 20, of Mansfield, was arrested at 6:48 p.m., at Best Western and charged with burglary in the third degree, larceny in the third degree, larceny in the sixth degree, and three counts of tampering with or fabricating. Police arrested Goodale on an active arrest warrant after he was identified as the person responsible for the theft of several items during a burglary of the Drama/Music Building. His bond was posted at $50,000 and his court date was Jan. 25.

Michael D. Goodale, 20, of Mansfield,was arrested at 6:48 p.m., at Best Western and charged with two counts of credit card theft and larceny in the sixth degree. Police arrested Goodale on an active arrest warrant stemming from the theft of several personal items while the victim exercised at Sherman Field. His bond was posted at $10,000 and his court date as Jan. 25.

Michael D. Goodale, 20, of Mansfield, was arrested at 6:48 p.m., at Best Western and charged with larceny in the sixth degree.

Police arrested Goodale on an active war-

Andrew J. Kowalski, 21, of Milford, was arrested at 1:51 a.m., at Birch Road and charged with failure to drive right and driving while under the influence.

Kowalski’s car was stopped after police observed it cross the double line. Upon speaking with Kowalski police suspected that he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and subjected him to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was posted at $500 and his court date is Feb. 2.

Jan. 27

Edward M. Poole, of Haddam, was arrested at 12:24 a.m., at North Hillside Road and charged with drug paraphernalia, failure to drive right, failure to drive in proper lane on multiple-lane highway, illegal distribution of a contraband substance, driving while under the influent, possession of a contraband substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia in a drug factory. Police stopped Poole’s car after observing it cross the double yellow line and the fog line on North Hillside Road.

Police suspect Poole to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and subjected him to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. A brief investigation revealed Pool to be in possession of 90.1 grams marijuana, 3.2 grams hashish, a digital scale, sandwich bags, a vaporizer, a glass marijuana smoking pipe, a marijuana grinder and $200. His bond was posted at $10,000 and his court date is Feb. 5.

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Obama asks police to help pass gun legislation WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings.

At a White House meeting, Obama said that no group is more important in the gun debate and he said he recognizes the issue “elicits a lot of passion all across the country.” But Obama also said he believes Congress will respond to appeals from police.

“Hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every single day can come to some basic consensus in terms of steps that we need to take,” he said, “Congress is going to be paying attention to them, and we’ll be able to make progress.”

The president’s meeting comes as he tries to build support for gun control legislation that will be difficult to get through Congress. He urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background checks.

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina has indicated he will be using the power of the president’s still intact political organization to mobilize support for the legislation. Messina traveled to New York City last week to meet with aides to Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall, according to a person familiar with the discussion, speaking on a condi-

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President Barack Obama meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence.

tion of anonymity since the meeting was private. Bloomberg has tightened gun laws in the city and founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition that now has more than 800 mayors pushing for national legislation.

Obama met in the Roosevelt Room with the heads of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Major County Sheriffs Association, members of his Cabinet and chiefs that responded to the worst shootings of 2012. That includes

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Scouts considering retreat from no-gays policy

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from a nationwide no-gays policy that has provoked relentless protests.

Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays, as is now required of all units, or opening up their membership.

Gay-rights activists were elated at the prospect of change, sensing another milestone to go along with recent advances for same-sex marriage and the end of the ban on gays serving openly in the military.

However, Southern Baptist leaders — who consider homosexuality a sin — were furious about the possible change and said its approval might encourage Southern Baptist churches to support other boys’ organizations instead of the BSA. Monday’s announcement of the possible change comes after years of protests over the no-gays policy — including petition campaigns that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts.

Under the proposed change, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith, “the Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents.”

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In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Tyrrell, right, arrives for a meeting at the Boys Scouts of America national offices in Irving, Texas, with her son Jude Burns, 5, second from right, partner Alicia Burns, and son Cruz Burns, 7, left. The Ohio woman was ousted as a den mother because she is a lesbian. The Boys Scouts of America announced Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, that it is considering a dramatic retreat from its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.

Smith said the change could be announced as early as next week, after BSA’s national board concludes a regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 6. The meeting will be closed to the public.

The BSA, which celebrated its 100th anni-

versary in 2010, has long excluded both gays and atheists. Smith said a change in the policy toward atheists was not being considered, and that the BSA continued to view “Duty to God” as one of its basic principles.

Protests over the no-gays policy gained momentum in 2000, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the BSA’s right to exclude gays. Scout units lost sponsorships by public schools and other entities that adhered to nondiscrimination policies, and several local Scout councils made public their displeasure with the policy.

More recently, amid petition campaigns, shipping giant UPS Inc. and drug-manufacturer Merck announced that they were halting donations from their charitable foundations to the Boy Scouts as long as the no-gays policy was in force.

Also, local Scout officials drew widespread criticism in recent months for ousting Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian mom, as a den leader of her son’s Cub Scout pack and for refusing to approve an Eagle Scout application by Ryan Andresen, a teen who came out as gay last fall.

Tyrrell said she’s thrilled for parents and their children who’ve been excluded from scouting and “for those who are in Scouts and hiding who they are.”

“For me it’s not just about the Boy Scouts of America, it’s about equality,” she told The Associated Press. “This is a step toward equality in all aspects.”

Many of the protest campaigns, including one seeking Tyrrell’s reinstatement, had been waged with help from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala’s civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday.

Human rights advocates have said that the prosecution of Jose Efrain Rios Montt would be an important symbolic victory for the victims of one of the most horrific of the conflicts that devastated Central America during the last decades of the Cold War. He is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court.

“It’s the beginning of a new phase of this struggle,” said Paul Seils, vice president of the New York-based International Center for Transitional Justice, which has worked extensively on warcrimes cases in Guatemala. He said the decision was “a good step forward” but he expected the prosecution of Rios Mont to encounter stiff resistance from forces in Guatemala opposed to the punishment of governmentallied forces for their actions during the civil war.

Others hailed the judge’s ruling as a less-qualified victory

for justice in Guatemala.

“The fact that a judge has ordered the trial of a former head of state is a remarkable development in a country where impunity for past atrocities has long been the norm,” said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch.

Guatemala’s leaders have been criticized for years for their inability or unwillingness to prosecute government forces and allied paramilitaries accused of marching into Mayan villages, carrying out rapes and torture, and slaughtering women, children and unarmed men in a “scorched earth” campaign aimed at eliminating the support for a leftwing guerrilla movement.

Despite a series of international inquiries finding him responsible for war crimes, Rios Montt served as a Guatemalan congressman for 15 years until he lost a re-election race late last year. He had held immunity from prosecution while a member of Congress and was put under house arrest after losing his post.

One of the highest priorities of the president who won last year’s election, Otto Perez Molina, has been campaigning for the elimination of a U.S. ban

on military aid to Guatemala, which is locked in a fight against heavily armed drug cartels that have taken over swathes of the country.

Among the conditions set by the U.S. Congress for restoring the aid is reforming Guatemala’s justice system and putting an end to impunity.

The decision to try Rios Montt could stand as a precedent in the cases of dozens of other lower-ranking military men accused of participating in atrocities, victims’ advocates have said.

Judge Miguel Angel Galvez ruled that Rios Montt could be tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for the killing of 1,771 indigenous Ixiles in 1982 and 1983, when he was president.

The decision clears the way for a three-judge panel to hear the evidence against Rios Montt and decide to either judge him guilty and sentence him, exonerate him of the charge or start a public trial.

Prosecutors allege that after leading a March 1982 coup and seizing control of the government, Rios Montt oversaw torture, rape, forced disappear-

ances and forced relocations and killings of thousands of Ixil people by soldiers, paramilitaries and other government officials.

His lawyers have sought to block the trial, arguing that he is protected by an amnesty law.

The attorney-general’s office said that it found evidence of 5,271 killings of Ixil residents of the towns of San Juan Cotzal, Santa Maria Nebai and San Gaspar Chajul in the department of Quiche. Prosecutors said 1,771 died in some 15 massacres between 1982 and 1983, and 370 bodies have been identified.

Prosecutor Orlando Lopez said during hearings before Monday’s decision that Rios Montt wanted to wipe out the Ixil people, considered a bastion of support for guerrilla fighters waging a civil war against the Guatemalan state.

“During the period in which you held office, it is believed that the actions carried by members of the Guatemalan Army, military official and civil defense patrolmen resulted in the deaths of 1,771 people,” the complaint against Rios Montt reads.

Google sued in UK over Safari tracking LONDON (AP) — A British law firm says that about a dozen Apple customers are suing Internet search leader Google in the U.K. over its alleged secret tracking of their Internet browsing habits.

London-based law firm Olswang said that 12 Apple users were taking the Internet search leader to court over small pieces of tracking code — known as cookies — surreptitiously installed on computers and smartphones.

Google found itself in hot water last year after it emerged that the company had circumvented privacy features on Apple’s Safari web browsers to deposit cookies on millions of users’ computers. The issue has already cost Google $22.5 million, which it agreed to pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to settle the claims last year.

Google said it had no comment on the lawsuit.

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LaundryView could be a valuable service for UConn students

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Conn is considering implementing a new electronic service called LaundryView. We endorse this recommendation, and hope the service (or something very similar) is placed into operation

very soon.

Essentially, the online system will allow students to check when washers or dryers are available, as well as to receive updates when a washer or dryer that they already began is finished. This can be done either via a computer or a smart phone. The financial cost would be minimal, certainly a concern at a time of budget cuts for the university.

And the benefit to students, though hardly world-changing, would be one of those little things that make a big difference in the daily lives of students.

As every student knows, no such system currently exists here. This often leads to problems such as students not taking finished clothes out of a washer or dryer, or students bringing laundry down only to find all machines are full or in use. Minor problems, to be sure – yet the kind of minor inconveniences that are not necessary, and can be fixed at little to no cost. At UConn, all current washers and dryers could be retrofitted to accommodate the new technology.

As LaundryView’s own website explains: “Each machine reports its status to LaundryView several times a minute.

Your browser display is refreshed once a minute or whenever you click the Refresh icon. A machine is ‘Available’ if it is not currently running a cycle. ‘In Use’ means it is running. ‘Idle’ means that it has finished a cycle but the door has not yet been opened. ‘Unavailable’ means that LaundryView has detected a problem with the machine.”

Many colleges have already begun using LaundryView, including such comparable state schools as University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin, and such geographically nearby New England schools as Tufts University and Northeastern University. Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is currently discussing the possibility of adopting such a system, as the Daily Campus reported last week. We hope USG agrees that this could be a valuable service, and hopefully it could be up and ready to go by the beginning of the fall semester next school year.

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I can never decide on my favorite Anchorman quote.

It’s only the second week of the semester, but all this work is already making the Grumpy Cat look my most frequent facial expression.

No matter how cold it gets, no matter how rude people are to me, I will always hold the door open. And then silently judge you if you don’t say thank you.

I don’t think I’ve won a game of checkers in 12 years.

On a side note, why do I play checkers so often?

Jay Hickey, how you torture me so. You torturer.

Sometimes I’ll just wait by the phone, counting the seconds until it’s socially acceptable to order me some DP Dough.

Oh sweet, UConn’s still ineligible.

Why is Jay Hickey not sending out the class cancelation emails? That’s like having someone other than Santa Claus deliver Christmas presents.

I’ll tell ya what. It snowed yesterday.

I InstantDailied all over the place last night, literally couldn’t be stopped.

They’re gonna put Corningstone on! THEY’RE GONNA PUT CORNINGSTONE ON!!!

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One-bullet limit would do more harm than good

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lready a major political issue among many, the horrific tragedy in Newtown has driven gun policy to the center stage in our state. Citizens, advocates and lawmakers are looking for ways to change our laws to prevent that terrible day from being repeated. A wide range of bills have already been introduced in Hartford, and the way the political winds are blowing, it’s nearly certain that something will become law.

Of the many bills currently under consideration, it’s difficult to tell which, if

By Sam Tracy any, would be an Weekly Columnist improvement over our current policies.

However, there is one bill that stands out among the others as one that would do much more harm than good. That is Proposed Bill 122, a proposal by State Senator Ed Meyer to ban all guns that can fire more than one bullet without reloading.

Typically this is when I would summarize the bill for readers, but as it is just a proposal and has not yet been translated into legalese, it’s incredibly short. Senator Meyer proposes, “That the general statutes be amended to establish a class C felony offense, except for certain military and law enforcement personnel and certain gun clubs, for (1) any person or organization to purchase, sell,

donate, transport, possess or use any gun except one made to fire a single round, (2) any person to fire a gun containing more than a single round, (3) any person or organization to receive from another state, territory or country a gun made to fire multiple rounds, or (4) any person or organization to purchase, sell, donate or possess a magazine or clip capable of holding more than one round.”

If passed, this would make it illegal for anyone to own or use a gun that can fire more than once without reloading. This would include nearly every gun currently in the state, as a vast majority of firearms for hunting, sporting, and self-defense are capable of holding multiple rounds.

Limiting guns to one round would make them incredibly ineffective for all three of these major uses.

Hunting may not be as widespread in Connecticut as in many other states, but there is still a substantial population of deer and duck hunters. While it is typically possible to kill a deer with one bullet, many duck hunters prefer to use double-barrelled shotguns while hunting. Meyer’s bill would make doublebarrelled shotguns illegal.

Sport shooting is actually quite common in Connecticut, and dozens of gun clubs exist across the state. Using guns that can fire multiple shots is standard in shooting competitions, ranging from the local level to the Olympics. This bill includes an exemption for “certain gun clubs,” but according to a Madison Patch interview with Meyer, the bill’s exemption would require “First, that they [gun clubs] register the magazines with a division of the

Connecticut state police. And, second, that the magazines are maintained solely on gun club property under secure conditions.” While better than a complete ban, these strict regulations would prevent individual sport shooters from owning their own guns, instead requiring them to borrow guns from a club. As any serious athlete will tell you, it’s much better to have your own customized equipment than to rely on borrowing it from the venue you’re competing at.

Finally, and most importantly, this bill would make guns nearly useless for self-defense. Victims of muggings, home invasions, or other crimes may not be able to disable their attacker with only one shot. Single-shot guns would be even less effective in a situation with more than one attacker. And, of course, criminals will not turn in their weapons even if this law is passed, allowing them to easily overpower any potential victim.

There are a wide variety of gun control bills being debated in the state legislature, including strengthening requirements for background checks, requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance, limiting ammunition capacity, and banning assault-style weapons. With an issue as complex as gun violence, it’s tough to tell which, if any, will help make our communities safer, and at what cost – but it is clear that Proposed Bill 122 would do more harm than good.

Weekly Columnist Sam Tracy is a 8th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Samuel.Tracy@UConn.edu.

Django Unchained and when can we laugh at slavery?

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ome of you may look at the question, “When can we laugh at Slavery?” and be immediately disgusted. That’s totally fine, but I ask you to hold off on that feeling because this article is certainly not at all a discourse on why slavery is hilarious. It’s not, and I know that. This article seeks

By Victoria Kallsen to defend films that Staff Columnist c h o o s e humor as a way of presenting some of the more difficult topics in our history or our present. As a disclaimer, for all my complaints about my rights as a woman, I have not come close to the prejudice that still surrounds those of color. I will make my apologies now if I misspeak on any matter relating to slavery, but I ask everyone’s permission to speak on the matter as it relates to the film industry, a field very dear to my heart.

Let’s be honest and point out that a lot of films won’t touch slavery, and if they do it’s so gently so as to brush it aside, as in “Gone With the Wind.” Even films that want to depict it, it’s rare they receive as much attention as “Django Unchained,” a film that has been defended and

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attacked for its portrayal of slavery. For that, I am actually glad. If anything, I just ask that people talk about slavery.

Is it fun to talk about? No, not really, but its a discussion America needs to have, or we’ll just continue to drag ourselves through the mud avoiding how much the history of slavery affects our politics and our society today.

However, is “Django” given license to laugh at slavery? It’s a loaded question to be sure, but I feel it is first important to note that I never felt in the film that director Quentin Tarantino was directly asking us to do so. We weren’t laughing when a slave was whipped to death. I was not grinning from ear to ear as we saw a husband and wife ripped apart and references made to Broomhilda’s work as a prostitute for her owner’s guests.

If anything, the funniest scene in the film was the KKK scene (or at least the scene with white supremacists enacting practices that resemble that of the KKK that would emerge in the years after the film’s time period), and it is very rare to see that sentence in print. I felt if anything the film was making fun of the labeled villains of the Civil War, and it is their demise our protagonist produces.

The most difficult matter in analyzing the portrayal of slavery in Tarantino’s film comes from his greatest failing as director and writer, something that pains me to pen. To be blunt, Tarantino doesn’t have a lick of meaning to his films. He just likes to make cool and great films which is of course very nice of him to do. Thank you, QT, we love you, but when approaching the issue of slavery, one has to have a certain meaning or be at least aware of what messages you’re sending. Is it unfortunate? Yes, but it’s what you as a director have to be aware of in your works.

People are going to interpret, so you must be conscious of what your film says. You can’t just have Samuel L. Jackson do cool things and be about masochism and masculinity.

The question still stands.

When can we laugh at slavery?

The short answer is that we can’t. But the longer answer is that we must address what makes us uncomfortable about talking about it. If anything, the laughs in Tarantino’s most successful film to date allow relief for the audience.

Because it’s hard to swallow a film that will so harshly depict the brutality of slavery some history books may omit.

I felt uncomfortable watching

the film at times, as should most people. Tarantino must not be penalized for being a white director talking about slavery. He must be conscious of the fact, but he is not prevented from depicting the matter. We certainly will not get anywhere if not everyone is allowed to bring it up.

To me, the sum of the matter is that laughing at slavery is not condonable, nor is it what occurred in Tarantino’s film.

Humor is just what you’re going to find in his wellcrafted scripts.

Does this absolve him of the messages people will infer from the film? Certainly not, and if anything, his greatest improvement as a director would be to have a vision for his films. Still, we can’t balk at a film that will bring it up, and have a script entertaining enough to have that super valuable teenaged boy target audience in attendance.

Tarantino’s film may not be the film that changes the conversation, but it’s success may lead to a producer green lighting a film that is, something worthwhile indeed.

Staff Columnist Victoria Kallsen is a 4th-semester mechanical engineering major. She can be reached at Victoria.Kallsen@UConn.edu.

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Director’s Guild of America member comments on Academy’s nominees

By Alison Koontz Campus Correspondent As the broadcasting of the 85th Academy Awards on Feb. 24 swiftly approaches, the oncampus buzz surrounding the nominees and the predicted winners for Best Picture has increased considerably. The Student Union Theatre is showing “Argo,” a nominee for Best Picture on Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, and many dorms have a bulletin board up where residents can vote for who they predict will win the prestigious Best Picture title.

Yet, this year the Academy’s nominees for Best Director have created much discussion and controversy as well. The nominees for Best Director are Steven Spielberg for “Lincoln,” Michael Haneke for “Amour,” Benh Zeitlin for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Ang Lee for “Life of Pi,” and David O’ Russell for “Silver Lining’s Playbook.”

The list shocked many upon its initial release because it did not include Kathryn Bigelow for “Zero Dark Thirty,” Tom Hooper for “Les Miserables,” and Ben Affleck for “Argo.”

These three movies were at the top of the public’s list of possible recipients of the Best Picture title, and it was therefore surprising that they did not get the Best Director nod from The Academy.

John DeLisa, a member of the Director’s Guild of America and eight-time Emmy Award winner for sports television directing and producing, commented upon the Academy’s

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J.J. Abrams, left, and Steven Spielberg pose in the audience at the 24th Annual Producers Guild (PGA) Awards. Spielberg is a favorite for the Academy’s Best Director Award.

list of Best Director nominees.

“A lot of it is ‘who’s friends with who’ in the business,” he said when asked about why he thinks these three directors were absent from the nomination.

It’s interesting that every year the Director’s Guild of America gives out awards in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement.

Their list of nominees for 2013 is Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper. As a member of the guild, DeLisa has the ability to vote for the nominees

of the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement Award in Feature Film. He voted for Affleck, Bigelow, and Hooper. When asked about their exclusion from the list of nominees for the Academy Awards he remarked that he “thought those three didn’t get the accolades they should’ve gotten” from The Academy.

DeLisa postulates that the reason Bigelow wasn’t included on the Academy’s nominee list was because of the controversies surrounding the CIA torture scenes in “Zero Dark Thirty,” which some crit-

Tang Clan directs and Eli Roth produces a dark pulpy take on a classic genre thanks to unadulterated violence and a stellar hip-hop infused soundtrack.

Friday Night Flick: “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” finds the Quentin Tarantino adding a face lift to the stereotypical revenge tales of the past.

Feb. 14 – Feb. 17 First Run Selection: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking DawnPart 2,” the conclusion to the teenage literature phenomenon.

Friday Night Flick: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking DawnPart 1,” get ready for the final Twilight film by reliving the first part of Breaking Dawn.

Feb. 21 – Feb. 24 First Run Selection: One of this year’s front-runners for the academy award for best-animated film, “Wreck-It Ralph,” find’s Disney placing characters in the world of video games, with voice acting by John C. Riley as Ralph and Sarah Silverman as his side kick.

Friday Night Flick: “ParaNorman,” is an animated film that rehashes the “Sixth Sense” theme of “I see dead people” but adds rich humor to a tale of being a little different at a young age.

Feb. 28 – Mar. 3: First Run Selection: “Killing Them Softly” stars Brad Pitt as a hit man paid to take out an illegal poker proprietor in a political Noir that takes place during the American financial crisis of 2008.

Friday Night Flick: David Fincher’s idiosyncratic take on the Chuck Palahniuk’s cult classic novel “Fight Club,” takes Pitt and Edward Norton through a mind boggling tale of underworld fighting.

Mar. 7 – Mar. 10 First Run Selection: First Run Selection: “Skyfall,” is Daniel Craigs third and latest installment in the classic James Bond saga. Directed by Sam Mendes of American Beauty and Jarhead fame, gives an old dog new tricks.

Friday Night Flick: Friday Night Flick: “Casion Royale,” the first of the new generation of Craig’s James Bond surprised critics by being darker and bold-

er than expected.

Mar. 28 – Mar. 31 First Run Selection: Peter Jackson returns for a prequel of Lord of the Rings and the first of a set trilogy to direct “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”

Friday Night Flick: “Lord of the Rings: A Fellowship of the Ring,” is the first in the LOTR trilogy, and gave rise to a visionary director at top form.

Apr. 4 – Apr. 7 First Run Selection: “Jack Reacher,” the titular character of Lee Child’s crime novels, comes to life through Tom Cruise, and is an action packed mystery, which has grossed almost 175 million dollars in box office revenue.

Friday Night Flick: Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed,” is a bleak thriller, and winner of the 79th Academy Award for best picture.

Apr. 11 – Apr. 14 First Run Selection: Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand star in “The Guilt Trip,” a road trip comedy about family.

Friday Night Flick: “Wedding Crashers,” finds Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in a romantic comedy that showcases their sarcastic wit, with a touch of heart.

Apr. 18 – Apr. 21 First Run Selection: Director Judd Apatow’s latest venture into mid-life crisis, “This is 40,” is the prequel to his major hit Knocked up which stars Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd as a married couple.

Friday Night Flick: “Bridesmaids” is a hysterical ensemble comedy starring Kristen Wiig.

Apr. 24 – Apr. 28 First Run Selection: “Django Unchained,” Tarantino’s latest is a clash between spaghettiwestern and black exploitation movies, and might be his most controversial yet.

Friday Night Flick: “Inglourious Basterds,” is a World War II fiction seen through the eye of one of our generation’s best and outrageous directors.

SU Theatre movie previews

By Zack Fisher Campus Correspondent

For students who spent the Fall semester catching up on work for midterms and finals or were skeptical of paying typical prices at the local movie theatres, SUBOG’s weekly Movie Night at the Student Union Theatre will catch you up to speed on the year’s blockbusters before they hit DVD and Bluray racks. The weekly Movie Night showcases an array of different genres to whet everyone’s appetite; you’ve got the mass explosions and gun-slinging villains for action junkies, epic adventures filled with characters’ names that are as embarrassing to pronounce as they are iconic, romantic comedies for “date night,” and other highprofile films from a great year of movies. For only a measly $2 with your student I.D. or $4 for a friend from out of town, the First Run Selections play at 8 p.m. on Thursdays, 8 and 11 P.M. on Saturdays, and the last showing is 7 p.m. on Sunday. The free Friday Night Flicks also show great films that play as companion pieces to the newer First Run Selection films. Here’s a preview of the films playing during the spring semester.

Jan. 31 – Feb. 3 First Run Selection: “Argo,” directed and starring Ben Affleck, tells the story of real life CIA operative Tony Mendez and his plan and the formation of a fake Hollywood film as a cover up to rescue U.S. diplomats from the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

Friday Night Flick: “Gone Baby Gone,” released in 2007, is a social drama that plays like a thriller, which marks Affleck’s debut behind the camera. The film takes place in the heart of Boston and stars Affleck’s brother Casey who plays a detective who along side his wife unravels a mystery, which asks the viewer is there always a black-and-white solution to crime?

Feb. 7 – Feb. 10 First Run Selection: “The Man with the Iron Fists,” gives the kung fu genre a hip-hop spin. The iconic RZA from Wu

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ics claim glorifies torture as a means of garnering political and military information.

Even though Bigelow claims the scenes themselves are fictional, DeLisa hypothesizes that the controversy that now surrounds her film and her direction due to those scenes may have lead the Academy to pass on Bigelow for a nomination.

DeLisa believes Affleck was barred from the nomination because of his relative lack of seniority in the directorial business. Affleck has only directed three feature films so

far, and as DeLisa says, “probably part of the reason they’re panning him, is because as a director he’s sort of a newbie.”

According to DeLisa, seniority has a lot of clout when it comes to the Academy. That is why he thinks Spielberg will win the Best Director Academy Award for “Lincoln.” Spielberg is 66 and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director six times already, winning the award twice for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan.”

DeLisa claims Spielberg’s past achievements and the speculation of his approaching retirement due to his age will help his chances of winning the Best Director Award this 2013 season.

Spielberg’s seniority and directorial reputation might also help his picture “Lincoln” win the Academy Award for Best Picture this year as well.

DeLisa predicts that “Lincoln” will win this award “because of who the director is and because of the wonderful role Daniel Day-Lewis played, as well as the subject matter and the way it was portrayed with such realism.”

Although this is all just speculation, there appears to be a lot of politics to The Academy and their list of nominees. To see who actually wins the awards for Best Picture and Best Director tune into ABC at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24.

Until then, the winners can only be speculated.

Alison.Koontz@UConn.edu

Taylor Swift talks sexier look, new tour

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Taylor Swift at the Cannes festival palace, to take part in the NRJ Music awards ceremony in Cannes, southeastern France.

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has been turning heads with her new, sexy wardrobe, but the 23-year-old says it’s just a reflection of getting older.

Swift has people buzzing about her recent red carpet choices, which have included plunging necklines and shorter skirts. “As far as wardrobe, we have been operating from a different place,” Swift said.

While her choices may be demure compared with the Kim Kardashians of the world, for Swift, a former teen sweetheart, it’s raised eyebrows, and she acknowledges that it’s been a bit of a shock for some people who are accustomed to seeing her wear long dresses. She recalled how her decision to wear shorts at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards caused a stir.

“It was like, ‘Gasp, Taylor wears shorts.’ And I thought it was hilarious,” she said, adding: “I’m not going to be like taking my clothes off or that sort of thing.”

Swift’s new look is a reflection of her overall maturation, with her latest album, “Red,” selling more than 3 million copies since it was released last fall and producing two smash singles, “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” which is nominated for record of the year at next month’s Grammy Awards.

“I’m so happy about (my) three nominations — it’s so unreal,”

Swift said in a phone interview Monday from Paris.

Swift said she’s especially happy with the success of songs like “I Knew You Were Trouble,” a dance-infused song that takes her further from her country realm than ever before.

“The fans have been so good to me this year,” she said. “I wanted to make a genre-defying record, I wanted to make an album that was hard to pin down, and hard to box in.”

Swift said fans should expect more surprises during her upcoming tour, which kicks off March 13 in Omaha, Neb. She’s partnering with Diet Coke for the tour, and she’s signed on to be a pitchwoman for the beverage.

While a recent op-ed piece in The New York Times questioned whether pop stars should be endorsing soft drinks with society’s push toward a healthier lifestyle, Swift, who noted she’s become more health-conscious, said the beverage is part of her life.

“I think my lifestyle plays a part into what I choose to endorse,” Swift said. “Diet Coke is something that is a part of my life. ...

Also a part of my life is exercise.”

Her partnership with the soft drink company includes the use of social media platforms to connect with fans, something that Swift, an avid Tweeter and presence on Instagram, already uses on her own.

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A book for the flu season

The CDC has reported that this is the worst flu season since 2009’s swine flu (H1N1). According to Time Magazine there have been, “22,048 flu cases from Sept. 30 through the end of 2012. By the same time last year, only 849 flu cases had been reported nationwide.” Boston has declared a public health emergency and doctors are urging people to get the flu shot in order to avoid suffering.

While the flu is hitting our country hard, scientists from around the world are resuming their research on a deadlier form of the bird flu.

Reported on Thursday by The New York Times, research was halted in 2011 because this form of the bird flu, H5N1, has been modified to make it more contagious in mammals.

Testing was performed on ferrets who were infected with the flu but did not pass it to others. However with some genetic manipulation, a form of H5N1 that can be transmitted through the air has been created. This was alarming because the world could suffer a pandemic if this virus was released.

With the country in a flu epidemic and a pandemic triggering flu being studied in labs, “Spillover”

by David Quammen was the perfect book to begin reading this week.

“Spillover” is a nonfiction book that reads like an adventure novel.

It is a science book that doesn’t just take place in the lab. Quammen brings his readers along with him in his travels to places such as Australia, Gabon and Bangladesh.

This is a scientific report based on a writer’s journey all over the world.

At times, it is hard to believe that this is a work of nonfiction.

Quammen’s tone is conversational yet mysterious, bringing an abundance of questions to mind as you read. Why are certain people affected by the disease and not others? Where did the disease come from? How can it be prevented?

It is the extensive bibliography in the back of the book that proves Quammen did his research before writing and that this isn’t a topic to be taken lightly. The tagline, “Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic” says it all.

Considering 60% of our diseases come from animals, meaning that they are zoonotic, and scientists are currently manipulating viruses, I think that it is important to have some knowledge on this topic. We are constantly exposed to diseases so why not take the time to learn about something that can negatively affect your well-being?

For those who don’t have any background with this field of science, Quammen’s writing is very easy to understand. He defines scientific terms that he continuously uses and carefully lays out the effect of the disease with background stories from villagers to veterinarians.

The speed in which an infectious disease can cause pandemonium in a population simultaneously unearths emotions of both amazement and terror.

While you may think it’s ludicrous for scientists to intentionally make a virus highly contagious, it is also extremely important. The New York Times says that this research is necessary because scientists can then “recognize changes in naturally occurring viruses that are dangerous and signal the need to eradicate infected animal populations.” After reading “Spillover,” you will become a proponent of this scientific research as well. You may also find yourself filled with the feeling of dread every time you spot a bat or rodent. As Quammen says, “The subject of animal disease and the subject of human disease are, as we’ll see, strands of one braided cord.”

Alyssa.McDonagh@UConn.edu

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By Alex Sfazzarra Campus Correspondent The Hurt Locker

Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) are eliminating lesser witches in their hunt for the Great Witch.

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Out of the 12 months of the film release calendar, the January slate is almost always the weakest. It’s the place executives like to stick their smaller films that probably won’t find an audience, as well as some bigger ones that ran into some trouble during production and were pretty much unsalvageable.

Such is the case with “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” The latest “grimdark” adaptation of a classical story, which Paramount delayed for 10 months while they attempted, poorly, to get it into working order. This unfunny and boring action comedy never becomes compelling despite throwing everything it can at the problem, failing its characters, its story and its overall result. In other words, it’s exactly what you’d expect from a movie

called “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

The film opens with the famous fairy tale: the kids get left in the woods, find a candy house, a witch catches them, they kill her. End of story?

Not here. In this “fractured fairytale,” Hansel and Gretel get bloodlust after killing their adversary and want more, traveling throughout the medieval countryside hunting down witches, elaborate silver shotguns in tow.

“Hansel and Gretel” has a tragic flaw. It tries to be two films at once. The bland action and abhorrent dialogue infer that the film’s trying to be a silly-but-serious actioner in the vein of recent fantasy trash like the “Underworld” series, but at the same time, “funny” anachronisms (missing-child parchment sheets on milk bot-

tles) and jokes at the expense of the genre imply it’s trying to be a parody of overly serious fare… like the “Underworld” series. As you can imagine, this boils down to the film parodying itself, which makes the whole thing just feel like a waste of 90 minutes.

Jeremy Renner and G e m m a Arterton play the titular sibling duo.

It’s obvious they both took the job for the paycheck, as they must have received a decent cut of its $50 million budget.

Luckily, there’s only one scene that implies incest, which is actually pretty good for a film of this quality. Their main adversary is Famke Janssen’s evil witch, a hammy role with “Power Rangers” makeup.

While she’s terrible, it’s not her fault, as everyone in the

Hansel and Gretel 1.5/10

film is. And at least she admitted she needed the job to pay off her mortgage.

The thing is, this is a film where anything goes depending on how it affects the story.

For instance, Hansel must give himself injections every few hours, he says, because he was poisoned by a witch as a child.

But it’s never explained what the injections are, where he gets them, how he has them, how he discovered his illness, or why it suddenly goes away at the end of the film. There are many, many other examples of nonsensical filmmaking in “Hansel and Gretel,” and it never rises to a level even close to acceptability.

Honestly, it’s hard to even remember much about the film, which is worse than if it were notably bad; instead, it’s just instantly forgettable.

‘Broken City’ is adequately entertaining Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

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Russel Crowe (left) stars as the Mayor, alongside Mark Wahlberg (right) who stars as Billy Taggart. In this image, the Mayor attempts to strong-arm Taggart.

By Brendon Field Campus Correspondent

The Artist (2011)

Film production contains two roads, ambition and competence. It’s often best to find a delicate line between the two, as sticking to one can lead to pictures that are overdone and pretentious on one end, and stale on the other. “Broken City” sticks entirely the second road, but handles itself smartly enough to create a polished final product that is if nothing else, very entertaining.

“Broken City” stars the always reliable Mark Wahlberg as Billy Taggart, a former New York cop turned private investigator following a murder scandal. He takes a job for the mayor (Russell Crowe) to follow his wife whom he believes is having an affair.

This pulls Taggart into a political conspiracy involving a rival mayoral candidate (Barry Pepper) and the deconstruction of a neighborhood to which Taggart has ties. It all escalates when an important figure turns up dead. The plot moves at a rigorous pace and takes a lot of twists and turns to keep the conflict exciting. All the characters receive proper development and are interesting enough to each carry their own arc.

The sole exception is Natalie Martinez as Taggart’s girlfriend; but the film intelligently ends her story at the midway point.

One thing I appreciated was how “Broken City” roots itself in drama and tells its story through dialogue and investigations rather than unneces-

sary action scenes. There’s a quick car chase and a couple small fights which manage to entertain without breaking the flow.

If you’re big into neo-noir (or you just watch a lot of “Law & Order”), you’ll probably be able to map out the entire plot come the second act, but even without surprising you, the screenplay makes you care about the people involved and does a good job of mixing the worlds of crime and politics. The one annoying aspect I found was that the characters would tend to hastily mumble important details, which prevented me from getting a complete grasp of the story at times.

For a low budget January release, “Broken City” fea-

Broken City 7.5/10

tures quite a few big stars, all giving solid performances.

Crowe completely pulls off the political figure who is an obvious slime ball yet it’s feasible to see him winning several elections. Pepper surprises as the vulnerable liberal opponent and Jeffrey Wright gives possibly his best performance as a tough, no-nonsense police chief.

There isn’t a whole lot to be said about “Broken City.” It’s not the type of film one will be remembering months from now, but it’s right at home in the dog days of January and February, and shines when compared most of the other films its competing against.

There’s a lot to enjoy about it, and very little reason to dislike it.

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

Snubs and surprises With the annual Oscars ceremony moved up to Feb. 24, the Academy released its set of nominations early this year. As usual, there are a set of unexpected inclusions and exclusions ruffling feathers in the industry and amongst the moviegoing public.

First, to get all the obvious ones out of the way that have already been excessively talked about, the following people/films were snubbed: Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Leonardo DiCaprio, “Moonrise Kingdom,” Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, and arguably “Skyfall.”

SNUB: John Hawkes for Best Actor in “The Sessions.” Back in December, I predicted Hawkes would outright win, beating favorite Daniel Day Lewis. His complete lack of recognition baffles me. In “The Sessions,” he plays a man crippled by polio using a therapist to lose his virginity. It’s a difficult role that tugs the heartstrings, and is the type of performance the Academy would nominate even when it wasn’t deserved.

Hawkes has gained a lot of prestige over the last five years and the Academy tends to reward late blooming actors. The film was also well received and has garnered a number of other accolades. This is one snub I just don’t see a reason for.

SURPRISE: Benh Zeitlin and David O. Russell for Best Director: A lot of talk has gone into the snubs of Affleck and Bigelow, but very little of the two directors that placed ahead of them, one of whom I’m happy about; the other, not so much. Zeitlin made his debut last year with the stunningly powerful “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” While his film did earn a Best Picture, I wouldn’t place it amongst the top five contenders, which the Best Director nominations have been used to represent since the Best Picture category was expanded in 2009. Russell’s nomination is less surprising as his film, “Silver Linings Playbook” is a dark horse to take home the grand prize, but it’s not really a director driven film. I can name several directors who had a much larger influence in the success of their movies. Not just Affleck and Bigelow, but also Wes Anderson, J.A. Bayona, Sam Mendes and Quentin Tarantino.

SNUB: “Cloud Atlas:” This picture, for which I will never run out of praise, was wrongfully shut out, not earning a single nomination.

I suppose enough people disliked to warrant a Best Picture exclusion and having three directors may have made it ineligible for Best Director, but to go unrecognized for Best Adapted Screenplay or any of the production categories is criminal. Even those who hated it acknowledged the quality of the art direction, editing and most of all makeup. It’s not easy to make Halle Berry appear as a Caucasian and Jim Sturgess as a Korean. The miserable train wreck “Mirror Mirror” receives a costume design nomination but “Cloud Atlas” doesn’t; that’s just not right.

SURPRISE: “Les Miserables” for Best Picture. You’re probably wondering how this can be called a surprise. After all, it did win of the two Golden Globes for Best Picture and has been a contender since before it even finished production. Have you seen the critical reviews for it? While it sits at about 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, many of the positive reviews were marginal, and just as many of the negative reviews were overwhelmingly critical. I’ve seen it appear on far more lists of the worst films of 2012 than I have the opposite. It doesn’t make sense that in a year as strong as 2012 a film can still earn a Best Picture nomination when over a third of the audience despised it.

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Focus

‘Movie 43’ scores well below its titular number

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Halle Berry in Relativity Media’s ‘Movie 43.’ It has garnered a rare score of 4 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

By Randy Amorim Campus Correspondent I have seen a lot of awful movies in my life. Most of the time, I find myself saying I should have known better.

Other times it looked like it had so much potential and I had to see it out of curiosity. “Movie 43” has possibly the largest ensemble cast ever filled with Oscar winners, comedians and other talented actors.

Even with all these great actors and the few awful ones who managed to sneak in, this movie falls in the category of “I should have known better.”

The tagline for “Movie 43” is, “Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” This is unfortunately true.

“Movie 43” has 12 short comedic skits with different big name directors and actors strung together. This must have sounded like a great idea to everyone involved but they forgot that the first thing about a comedy is that it must be funny. The writing is awful.

There are no jokes or punch lines. A comedic skit usually builds up to some big laugh at the end or some payoff, but not once does this happen and they had 12 tries. The humor is all centered around feces, genitals, crude sex jokes and people reacting stupidly in situations involving the latter. The film aims to be offensive, provocative, dirty and weird, but it is none of these things.

We’ve all seen poop, nudity and dirty jokes before and shoving mass amounts of them in our face does not impress anybody. The only offensive thing about this film is that I was expected to pay to see it.

Halle Berry was ripped apart by critics after appearing in “Catwoman” which went down in history as one of the worst movies ever made. Her career now has hit a new low and she is not the only one who must regret this. Some skits were okay. Some were too short and rushed, preventing them from

becoming funny, while others were never funny and ran way too long. There were few moments where I chuckled and even fewer where I had a mild laugh, but never did I really laugh or enjoy a joke. The few jokes I would have laughed at were all in the trailer. Some of the actors do a good job and managed to bring me a small chuckle, but even Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Common, Greg Kinnear, Emma Stone, Seth Macfarlane or any of the A-list stars in this film could bring me the slightest enjoyment. I don’t see why they brought in different directors either. There are no notable different approaches or styles in any skit to differentiate who directed what. It all just looked like a big piles of feces similar to the one on screen that the film wanted me to laugh at again and again.

This was released in January to be hidden. With this many

Movie 43 3/10

stars you would expect larger advertising and a better release, but “Movie 43” is so awful it was placed here to make a slight profit and not be a complete loss. Its poor quality is no secret. Producer Peter Farrelly has stated that he expected critics to hate this, but thought it would be a hit with college students. I love dirty humor. I will even defend last year’s “That’s My Boy.” While ridiculous, I could not stop laughing. “Movie 43” thinks it has made this kind of movie, but instead it has made what will be sure to go down as the biggest failure in comedy ever. Mr. Farrelly, I am a college student and love dirty jokes, but your movie sucks.

It is not even worth a dollar rental at a Red Box or a free streaming on Netflix. To whoever is reading this, do yourself a favor and do not waste a penny or a second of your time on this awful film.

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

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Conference suggests ways Broadway can be better NEW YORK (AP) — A conference on how to make the Broadway experience better for theatergoers has come up with some prescriptions: Be brave in the stories that are told onstage and embrace youth and technology.

“Broadway, I don’t think, has boldly gone where it needs to,” said “Star Trek” actor George Takei, riffing off his old show’s motto. “I have a sense that Broadway hasn’t entered into the 21st century.”

The second TEDxBroadway conference on Monday brought together 16 speakers — producers, marketers, entrepreneurs, academics and artists — to try to answer the question: “What is the best Broadway can be?”

“We use the word ‘best’ because the goal of today is to go right past better all the way to the extent of what is possible, even if it seems a little bit outlandish,” said co-organizer Jim McCarthy, the CEO of Goldstar, a ticket retailer.

TEDx events are independently organized but inspired by the nonprofit group TED — standing for Technology, Entertainment, Design — that started in 1984 as a conference dedicated to “ideas worth spreading.” Video of the Broadway event will be made available to the public.

While the health of Broadway is good, with shows yielding a record $1.14 billion in grosses last season, some speakers noted that total attendance — 12.3 million last season — hasn’t kept pace, meaning Broadway isn’t always attracting new customers.

Three speakers — one the sister of Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg — argued that new technology means the stage experience doesn’t need to be confined to the four walls of the theater and so can grow new audiences.

David Sabel, who has helped drive the National Theatre of Great Britain into the digital age, pointed out that broadcasts of his stage shows on movie screens across the world haven’t dampened demand at the box

office and have actually have themselves become profitable.

“I think in our business, digital is uniquely not a threat but an opportunity,” he said. “What if we could open it up and invite a much greater audience in to speak with us?”

Randi Zuckerberg said the Broadway community could increase visibility by having auditions for minor parts via YouTube, have live tweeters backstage, offer crowd funding to knit people to productions, give walk-on parts for influential figures or even make the Playbills electronic.

“Why should Broadway be limited by physical space?

By ticket prices? By the same shows, over and over?” she asked. “Instead of having just a small sliver of the world come to Broadway, why not bring a small piece of Broadway to the entire world?”

And Internet guru Josh Harris said producers need to open the entire process to the outside world, including video cameras backstage to capture actors getting ready and even having the orchestra pit filled with people interacting with the audience via their electronic devices.

The annual gathering centered on Broadway is the brainchild of three men: McCarthy; Ken Davenport, a writer and producer; and Damian Bazadona, the founder of Situation Interactive.

It drew 400 people to the offBroadway complex New World Stages and into the theater where “Avenue Q” usually plays.

Takei in the past few years has grown 3.3 million Facebook friends and leveraged them into audience members to “Allegiance,” his new musical about Japanese-Americans during World War II, “If I can do it, Broadway certainly can,” the 65-year-old said. “Broadway is at its best when it embraces all of the technological advancements of the time and starts making a lot of friends on social media.

Then, as we say on ‘Star Trek,’ Broadway will live long and prosper.”

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

COMICS

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Comics

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Roses are red, violets are...hopefully UConn blue. This floral decorated cake was on display last week at the Union along with some other patriotic and Husky themed deserts.

I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell

Introducing...

Michelle Penney!

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Money comes in. It could be easy to spend it all on food, comfort or other sensual treats. Have some of that. Pay down a debt, and save some, too. Have it all.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Hermit-crabbing sounds appealing.

Taking care of business close to home recharges your social batteries. Get in the spotlight later.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s getting easier to step forward. It seems so comfortable to hide out, but there are costs. Your creativity wants to escape. Cook something up.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The conversation is rich: The revelation you’d been looking for gets discovered by the group. You begin to understand. Defer gratification.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap into abundance without spending more. Get the word out, and it goes farther than expected. Remember, love’s the most important part. Be patient with someone.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Plan a fabulous adventure. A new assignment baffles. Slow down and puzzle it out. Organize for efficiency. There’s fun ahead. Make a change for the better.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Home vies with career for your attention.

Consider your options carefully, including an unreasonable request. Don’t worry about status. Set priorities.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re on top of your business game.

Create new partnerships and complete negotiations. You have many reasons to be happy. Your friends are there for you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Entering a very busy two-day phase. Focus on the difference you can make. Expect changes in your career, and glitches in communication. Relax.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You’d rather play for the next few days.

Balance finances and romance. With some creativity, you can make it all work. Hold that carrot out on a stick.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Build abundance with a foundation of love. Avoid going out on spending sprees.

Things go smoother at home. Keep your promises, and be respectful.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re even smarter than usual for the next few days. You can find the solution to that old problem. The assignment changes.

Stand up for what’s right.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Sports

Michigan No. 1 for first time since Fab Five

By Mike McCurry NCAA Basketball Columnist

With the release of the Associated Press’s Top-25 rankings early Monday afternoon, it became official: for the first time since 1992, the University of Michigan Wolverines are the top-ranked team in all the land.

Michigan received a resounding 51 of the 65 first-place votes in the AP poll, a list formulated by sports writers throughout the country.

The last time Michigan stood atop the college basketball landscape, things were much different in Ann Arbor. For one, the head coach was Steve Fisher, who now paces the sidelines at San Diego State University. Fisher, 67 is not only one of the oldest coaches still active, but also one of the brightest and best. As conductor of one of the most remarkable turnarounds in recent college hoops history, the job he has done at taking the Aztec program from mediocrity to a No. 2 seed and a Sweet-16 appearance in the 2011 NCAA Tournament is nothing short of legendary. Nowadays, it’s former West Virginia coach John Beilein who holds the clipboard for the Michigan.

The players are a lot different as well. While current catalysts such as Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Nik Stauskas are all big-time studs, don’t expect this group of Wolverines to star in an ESPN documentary anytime soon. If you have yet to see “Fab Five” in

the 30 for 30 series, chances are you’re either a Duke fan or you happen to be one of the benchwarmers that persuaded Chris Webber to call the famous timeout that he didn’t have. Whatever the case may be, the 1992 crew of Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard and others were every bit as electrifying and exciting as they were controversial and villainous. Even when they weren’t ranked No. 1, they acted like they were. Trey Burke and company are not, and never will be, the Fab Five. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

The ultimate trophy in college basketball is awarded in early April, not late January, and John Beilein was quick to imply that after Michigan’s 74-60 win on Sunday at Illinois. Still, it’s a great accomplishment to be No. 1 at any point in the season, and the Wolverines got there by doing something that elite powerhouses like Duke and Louisville failed to do: win tough games in daunting environments on the road.

Louisville, who is getting as much out of Peyton Siva recently as the Mets got out of that Jason Bay character, fell to Villanova and Georgetown this past week.

Both losses occurred away from the KFC Yum! Center, and for that Louisville has slid to No. 12 in the AP Poll. Duke, meanwhile, took advantage of regaining their hold on No. 1 for all of seven days.

Last Wednesday, the Blue Devils suffered their second consecutive

conference road loss at the hands of Kenny Kadji and Miami. And it was not simply a loss—it was a good ole’ fashion licking. In fact, Duke’s 90-63 defeat had Coach K wondering what amount was more at the end of the night: the number of highlight-reel dunks that Miami had in the second half, or the number of Plumlees that exist.

I was able to watch the Michigan-Illinois game on the computer courtesy of the Big 10 Network’s live streaming, and boy am I glad I did. The Fighting Illini do have 6 losses on the year, but they have a high RPI (33) and boast some great wins on the resume in the form of Gonzaga, Butler, and Michigan State. They won the Maui Invitational and were even ranked in the Top-10 at one point.

Illinois may rely on the three-ball way too much and are only 2-5 inconference, however they do have one of the game’s best scorers in Brandon Paul and had the luxury of playing Sunday’s game at home.

None of that mattered much to Michigan, however. UM shot over 50 percent from the field, forced Illinois into committing 15 turnovers, and managed to get solid performances from each of their four double-figure scorers (Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway, Robinson III). The Wolverines also overcame the adversity of losing starting center Jordan Morgan less than two minutes into the contest due to an ankle injury. Big guys like Jon Horford (seven points, five rebounds; yes, Al

AP

Michigan's Trey Burke brings the ball up the floor in a game against Illinois on Sunday. The Wolverines are No. 1 in the lastest AP Poll.

Horford’s brother), Mitch McGary (six points, eight rebounds), and Max Bielfeldt (four points, two rebounds) were called upon to step up in the absence of Morgan, and they did just that. Michigan’s defense forced Brandon Paul (3-9 from three; also had five turnovers) and D.J. Richardson (4-14 FG, 2-9 from three; had 30 points against Nebraska earlier in the week) into taking tough, contested jump shots.

And when a team like Illinois (according to Team Rankings, currently 9th nationally in attempted three-pointers per game) is off from the perimeter, they’re going to have a hard time defeating any-

body. Shoot 6-25, or 24 percent, from Steve Novak land against Michigan? Yeah, no shot.

Kudos to Beilein and his guys, because they both merit and are worthy of their new No. 1 ranking. In my mind, Trey Burke is a top-3 point guard in America, and to me he is a poor man’s Chris Paul. Burke is lethal in transition, has an underrated pull-up jumper, and sets his teammates up very well. Stauskas, one of the most accurate sharpshooters in the country, continues to prove that he’s much more than just a long-range specialist. Tim Hardaway Jr. and Glenn Robinson III are playing

beautiful basketball and have some special bloodlines to boot. Then there’s the key role players like McGary, Horford, and Morgan.

This Michigan team is not the Fab Five. No one is, really. For the first time since Jalen Rose and Chris Webber graced Ann Arbor, however, UM is once again No. 1.

January or not, that means something. Parity is dominating college basketball right now. So, as March starts approaching and the focus shifts to Atlanta and the Final Four, why not Michigan? Let’s just hope they know their timeout situation.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

Colangelo: Fans in for interesting ride as Celtics search for Rondo solution from CELTICS, page 12 with 11.1 assists per game, is responsible for a league-leading average 24.3 points off of those assists. Combine that with his 13.7 points per game and Rondo is personally responsible for 38 points per game.

However, there are some stats that might prove otherwise. The Celtics have played 2,167 total minutes this season, 1,423 minutes with Rondo on the court and 744 minutes without him. Efficiency is a statistic that is calculated by points per 100 possessions. With

Rondo on the floor, the Celtics have an offensive efficiency of 99.2 and a defensive efficiency of 100.5, yielding a net efficiency of negative 1.3. When Rondo is not on the floor, the Celtics have an offensive efficiency of 100.4 and a defensive efficiency of 100, resulting in a net efficiency of .4.

It may be a slight increase in efficiency without Rondo, but it is difficult to put your faith in this statistic because there are many variables that will present themselves as the season progresses.

The first is injury, the unpre-

dictable event that comes unannounced and throws a wrench right into a team’s strategy, which is the situation the Celtics are dealing with now.

Second is age, which has been a topic for this team for many years. Not to beat a dead horse, but the Celtics are old, plain and simple. They are mainly a group of seasoned veterans who want to win. Their legs are not getting any younger and they will need all their strength to battle through an 82 game season, let alone a playoff run.

Third is the unpredictability of youth. Avery Bradley, Jeff Green and Jared Sullinger will now be thrown into bigger roles and there is uncertainty to how they will respond. They have all shown promise, but now can they deliver?

Finally, there is a lack of talented big men. The Celtics rank No. 28 in rebounding and are tied for 26th with 4.1 blocks per game.

Brandon Bass is not the same man he was last year, averaging one less rebound and about five less points per game than he did a season ago, Sullinger is a rookie and Chris

Wilcox is not the answer either. It looks like Garnett will be taking on most the work load, but he is also 36 years old. The Celtics can play small, using Pierce and Green as both small and power forwards, but it will be a struggle when teams want to play big.

So, welcome to the crossroads that the Celtics are in. Do they keep the team they have or do they make a trade? Rivers is happy with his team and believes in them. The Celtics always want to play for a championship, but should they prepare for the future?

I mean, Pierce has arguably the highest trade value and there is potential to get a player like Rudy Gay for him, but if Pierce was traded, Boston would explode. It would be pure blasphemy.

Well Celtics fans, looks like we will just have an interesting couple of months ahead of us. It could be a pleasant surprise, a valiant effort, a tragic loss, a time of change or some sort of combination of all of those things. Whatever it is, we will just have to wait and see.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Sports

Marleau, Thornton lead Sharks to fast start SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton have found the perfect way to silence the talk about whether their window for success is closing in San Jose.

With Marleau scoring goals at a record pace to start the lockoutshortened season and Thornton at his playmaking best, the Sharks have won their first five games to get off to the best start in franchise history.

The fast start comes nine months after an early finish last season when the Sharks got eliminated in five games in the opening round of the playoffs by the St. Louis Blues.

The step back after two straight trips to the Western Conference finals raised questions about whether a club led by 33-year-olds in Thornton and Marleau had missed its opportunity to win a Stanley Cup. ''Every year you have to earn respect,'' Thornton said Monday. ''It's not given to you. We've had good years in the past. Obviously, people might be doubting us a little but this year just because people

say, 'You guys are getting old, you're 33, Joe and Patty.' We still have lots left in the tank. We still feel like we're one of the elites in the West. We just have to prove it each and every night right now.''

They have done that so far, winning their first five games in commanding fashion to top the previous best start for the franchise in 2008-09. San Jose has outscored the opposition by 15 goals and is the third team in NHL history to win its first five games by at least two goals.

The Sharks have the top line of Thornton, Marleau and Joe Pavelski to thank for the early success.

Marleau became the first player in nearly a century to score at least two goals in the first four games, joining Ottawa's Cy Denneny in 1917-18 as the only NHL players ever to achieve that feat. Marleau added a ninth goal in Sunday night's 4-1 win over Vancouver, even though the record streak came to an end. ''It's something that was fun,''

Marleau said. ''It was helping the team. It was kind of special. The pucks are bouncing right at the right time and going off me. It was fun.''

Marleau has gotten off to the fast start despite not playing any games during the four-month lockout in contrast to Thornton and Pavelski, who went to Europe.

Instead, Marleau skated with teammates in San Jose and went to camps on Phoenix and Colorado to play with other NHL players where he put more time into working on skills like stickhandling and shooting than he normally can during a season.

But still, he expected it to take time to get back up to game speed, but that wasn't the case after the one-week training camp. ''I thought it might take me a little bit,'' he said. ''But obviously playing with two guys who had been playing overseas, that helped me out a lot out there.''

With nine goals and four assists, Marleau is tied with Thornton (three goals, 10 assists) for the NHL

scoring lead and has single-handedly outscored San Jose's opponents.

Marleau is the first player in 20 years to score at least two goals in four straight games at any point in the season and the only Sharks player ever to accomplish the feat. ''You want to keep feeding him because he's so hot,'' Thornton said. ''It just seems like he was always around the goal and the blue paint.

That's where he's scoring a lot of his goals. For it to keep going in like it has, I haven't seen anything like it.

It's real fun to watch.''

Thornton has seen plenty of Marleau over the years. The two have been linemates for much of the time since Thornton arrived in San Jose in the 2005-06 season in a trade from Boston.

They also played together on Canada's gold-medal winning team at the 2010 Olympics and coach Todd McLellan made a conscious decision to keep them together with Pavelski to start the season in hopes the chemistry would pay off in a season with a shortened training camp because of the lockout.

AP

Patrick Marleau (right) and Joe Thornton celebrate a goal. Marleau racked up nine goals over the first five games of the Sharks' season.

Women's swimming and diving sinks the Pirates Villanova visit XL Center

By Erica Brancato Campus Correspondent

The UConn women’s swimming and diving team started off the second half of its season with a strong win over Seton Hall. The Huskies defeated the Pirates 166-108 in their last home meet of the 2012-2013 season and improved to a record of 4-1 for the season.

The seniors being honored in the final home meet of their careers had a very successful meet, winning several events. Katie Dobler won the 200-yard freestyle event swimming a time of 1:56.42. Isabelle Nat came in a close second place with a time of 1:55.65. Mary deMarrias also won the 500-yard freestyle event coming in at 5:12.87, while Jordan Bowen won the 1000- yard freestyle

event in 10:27.89. To wrap up the seniors success Danielle Cecco won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events scoring 320.10 and 344.40 points. Senior Nicole Boriello came in second in both events scoring 239.24 in the onemeter event, and 266.24 in the three-meter event.

Along with the seniors, the underclassmen also had a successful meet winning five events in total. Freshmen Kristen Goodson, Laura Hyland, Kennedy Meier and Rachel Burke showed off their talents and proved to be dominant forces on the team. Kristen Goodson won the 100-yard backstroke in a mere 59.47 seconds, while senior Kim Fleming came in a close second with a time of 59.61 seconds. Laura Hyland won the 200-yard breaststroke event, swimming a

time of 2:21.71. Hyland came in a close second place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.46. Seton Hall’s Kerrie Kolackovsky came in first place with a time of 1:06. 33. Kennedy Meyer came in a close second place in the 200-yard backstroke event with a time of 2:10.07.

Seton Hall’s Andrea Shuba came in first place with a time of 2:10.02. Rachel Burke won the 100-yard freestyle event swimming a mere 53.38 seconds. Seniors Isabelle Nat and Jordan Bowen finished in second and third place for this event with times of 54.14 and 54.33.

Sophomore Holly Gallagher won the 200-yard butterfly event with a time of 2:08.

87. She came in almost three seconds ahead of Seton Hall’s Jane Ehret who finished in second place. Sophomore

Hannah Perna came in second place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:42.21.

Perna also came in second place in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:14.92. Finally, sophomore, Chinyere Pigot won the 50-yard freestyle event in a mere 24.47 seconds, while Seton Hall’s Alie Zlenkey came in second place with a close time of 25.28 seconds.

The Huskies had a successful meet and a memorable Senior Day. The UConn women won a total of ten events and had competitors placed in the top three spots in every single event. The women’s swimming and diving team hit the road and travel to Hanover, New Hampshire to compete against Dartmouth on Feb. 2 at 1 pm.

Erica.Brancato@UConn.edu

from CATS, page 12 On Jan. 21, UConn gave the ball away 15 times in their 79-49 victory over Duke. Last Saturday the Huskies turned the ball over 15 times again against the Bearcats.

UConn has been hard at work at practice to try to reduce the number of turnover they commit in a game.

Senior Kelly Faris attributes her turnovers to playing the game too fast at times.

“I’m playing too fast and there’s times where I predetermine what I’m going to do and that’s been a habit that I really had to break this year,” Faris said.

Villanova heads into the game with UConn coming off a 65-59 win over No. 22 Syracuse on Jan. 26. So far this season the Wildcats have posted a 16-3 record over all and 5-1 record in Big East play.

They are led by leading scorer Laura Sweeney, who averages 13.2 points a game. UConn has a

strangle hold in the all-time series against Villanova with a record of 35-17. The Huskies have also won the last nine straight gamwes against the Wildcats.

Auriemma has told his players during practice that playing the Wildcats means not just a physical game on the court, but a mental game as well. Freshman Morgan Tuck will experience this for the first time but she said the Huskies are just trying to focus on playing as a team.

“I know he’s talking about it being more of a mental game,” Tuck said. “We haven’t been really focusing on this too much, we’re just trying to make sure we’re ready as a team and that we play together as a team.”

Tip-off between UConn and Villanova is scheduled for tomorrow at 7 p.m. and the game will be televised live on SNY.

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

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Weekend recap of UConn sports

‘’I watched the game and noticed the improved quality of the game.’’

-NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the Pro Bowl

AP

Men’s Basketball: The Huskies defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights by a score of 66-54 Sunday afternoon at home in the XL Center. Shabazz Napier led UConn with 19 points, six assists and five rebounds while still recovering from his shoulder injury. Ryan Boatright put in 15 points and DeAndre Daniels put in 13 points. With this victory, the Huskies have an overall record of 13-5 and are 3-3 in the Big East.

Women’s Basketball: The No. 3 Huskies defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats by a score of 67-31 Saturday night in Cincinnati. Stefanie Dolson led the Huskies with 15 points and Breanna Stewart put in 10 points. With this victory, the Huskies have an overall record of 18-1 and a record of 5-1 in the Big East.

Men’s Ice Hockey: The Huskies defeated American International 3-1 Friday night at home in the Mark Edward Freitas Forum. The Huskies then played American International for a second game away in Springfield, Mass. this past Saturday night and played to a final score of 1-1 in overtime. With this victory and tie, the Huskies have an overall record of 10-11-3 and a conference record of 7-8-2.

Women’s Ice Hockey: The Huskies drew a tie with the Maine Black Bears by a score of 1-1 Saturday afternoon in Freitas Ice Forum. The Huskies then played the No. 3 Boston College Eagles and lost 8-0 Sunday afternoon in Chestnut Hill, Mass. With this tie and loss, the Huskies have an overall record of 3-20-3 and a record 1-11-1 in the conference.

Men’s Track (Indoor): The Huskies competed in the Boston University Terrier Invite this past Saturday away in Boston.

The Huskies achieved eight finishes in the top 5.

Women’s Track (Indoor): The Huskies competed in the Boston University Terrier Invite this past Friday away in Boston.

The Huskies achieved six first place titles.

Men’s Swimming: The Huskies defeated the Seton Hall Pirates 180-108 Sunday on Senior Day at home in the WolffZackin Natatorium. The team improved its dual meet record to 3-2 for the season.

Women’s Swimming: The Huskies defeated the Seton Hall Pirates 166108 Sunday on Senior Day at home in the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium. The team improved its dual meet record to 4-1 for the season.

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Syracuse 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball (18-1) Today Villanova 7 p.m.

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Tiger Woods added another trophy to his shelf on Monday as he closed out a four-stroke victory in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

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Tiger takes another trophy at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tiger Woods is a winner again at Torrey Pines, and the only question Monday was how long it would take him to finish.

Woods stretched his lead to eight shots in the Farmers Insurance Open before losing his focus and his patience during a painfully slow finish by the group ahead.

Despite dropping four shots over the last five holes, he still managed an even-par 72 for a four-shot victory on the course where he has won more than any other in his pro career.

He won the tournament for the seventh time, one behind the record held by Sam Snead, who won the Greater Greensboro Open eight times. It was the eighth time Woods won at Torrey Pines, which includes his playoff win in the 2008 U.S Open.

This one was never close.

Woods built a six-shot lead with 11 holes to play when the final round of the fog-delayed tournament was suspended Sunday by darkness. He returned Monday - a late morning restart because CBS Sports wanted to show it in the afternoon on the East Coast - and looked stronger than ever until the tournament dragged to a conclusion.

Having to wait on every tee and from every fairway - or the rough, in his case - Woods made bogey from the bunker on the 14th, hooked a tee shot on the 15th that went off the trees and into a patch of ice plant and led to double bogey, and then popped up his tee shot on the 17th on his way to another bogey.

All that affected was the score. It kept him from another big margin of victory, though the message was clear about his game long before that.

One week after he missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, he ruled at Torrey Pines.

It was his 75th career win, seven short of the Snead’s all-time tour record. ‘’It got a little ugly toward the end,’’ Woods said. ‘’I started losing patience a little bit with the slow play. I lost my concentration a little bit.’’

He rallied with a two-putt par on the 18th hole to win by four shots over defending champion Brandt Snedeker and Josh Teater, who had the best finish of his career.

Like so many of his big wins, the only drama was for second place.

Brad Fritsch, the rookie from Canada, birdied his last two holes for a 75. That put him into a tie for ninth, however, making him eligible for the Phoenix Open next week.

Fritsch had been entered in the Monday qualifier that he had to abandon when the Farmers Insurance Open lost Saturday to a fog delay.

Woods effectively won this tournament in the final two hours Sunday, when he stretched his lead to six shots with only 11 holes to play. Nick Watney made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 ninth when play resumed to get within five shots, only to drop three shots on the next five holes.

Everyone else started too far behind, and Woods wasn’t about to come back to them.

Even so, the red shirt seemed to put him on edge. It didn’t help that as he settled over his tee shot on the par-5 ninth, he backed off when he heard a man behind the ropes take his picture.

Woods rarely hits the fairway after an encounter with a camera shutter, and this was no different - it went so far right that it landed on the other side of a fence enclosing a corporate hospitality area.

Woods took his free drop, punched out below the trees into the fairway and then showed more irritation when his wedge nicked the flag after one hop and spun down the slope 30 feet away instead of stopping next to the hole.

He didn’t show much reaction on perhaps his most memorable shot of the day - with his legs near the edge of a bunker some 75 feet to the left of the 11th green, he blasted out to the top shelf and watched the ball take dead aim until it stopped a foot short.

He failed to save par from a bunker on the 14th, and he hooked his tee shot so badly on the 15th hole that it traveled only about 225 yards before it was gobbled up by the ice plant. He had to take a penalty drop and wound up making double bogey.

More than his 75th career win, it was a strong opening statement for what could be a fascinating 2013.

Before anyone projects a monster year for Woods based on one week - especially when that week is at Torrey Pines - remember that he just missed the cut last week in Abu Dhabi.

Woods said he wasn’t playing much differently, and would have liked two more rounds in the Middle East. Instead, a two-shot penalty for a bad drop sent him home.

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‘CATS COME TO TOWN

Super fan base matchup

UConn women’s basketball faces off against Villanova

By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor

Mike Corasaniti As far as fan bases go, the University of Connecticut would appear to be in the middle of two pretty successful ones. Though their fans may like to come off as a bit more tortured, it’s hard to deny some of their recent successes.

First, we have the Boston fan base. (I still refuse to acknowledge it as “New England.” A fan base cannot claim six states.) Arguably the most decorated fan base in the last ten or so years, each of it’s big four sports teams won their respective championships, with the Patriots winning thrice (’01, ’03 and ’04’), the Red Sox twice (’04 and ’07), and the Celtics (’08) and Bruins (’11) winning one apiece.

Second, not to be hypocritical with the Giants and Jets, who play their home games in New Jersey, there is the New York City fan base. While maybe not so dominant in recent years, the Giants have enjoyed two Super Bowl wins in the past five years and the Yankees have won enough championships in the last century–and 2009–for me to never feel any sympathy for their fans in down years. (Is it that obvious I’m a Mets fan?)

While the local population has been able to see these two fan bases duel for dominance in recent memory, there are two distant yet strong fan bases out there about to collide for the first time for a championship in history.

San Francisco and Baltimore, who will see their 49ers and Ravens (respectively) face off in the Super Bowl this Sunday, have two of the more storied histories in all of American sports.

Legendary names from Montana to Ripken and Mays to Unitas have been the defining figures for the two fan bases over the years while names like Lewis and Kaepernick may soon be joining them. The San Francisco 49ers have enjoyed the laurels of two of the greatest quarterbacks of all time en route to five Super Bowls, while the Baltimore Colts secured their spot in history as the victors of The Greatest Game Ever Played.

So when these two see each other on the biggest stage in all of American sports, it’s interesting to look at which team deserves more support from a fan base standpoint.

On the one hand, it’s hard to say that San Francisco hasn’t been pretty spoiled in this generation.

The baseball Giants have made it to the World Series four times since 1989, winning twice in the last three years, while the 49ers dynasty of the 1980s and early 90s still feels very real to the area’s fans.

Conversely, it’s hard to say that Baltimore hasn’t been a little bit tortured in its history. For one, their beloved Colts controversially jumped ship for Indianapolis in between the 1983 and 1984 seasons, leaving Baltimore without a football team for more than a decade until the Cleveland Browns moved into town. (The tortured life of a Cleveland sports fan is a story for another day.) And in the baseball world, the Orioles haven’t made the playoffs for 15 years before losing in the divisional round this year.

I’m not saying that Baltimore should be pitied here. I myself am rooting for San Francisco this time around, still bitter over Baltimore’s Super Bowl win over the Giants in 2000. But the fan base argument does provide for a different perspective on the whole matchup.

It’s not just Lewis v. Kaepernick, Joe Flaaco v. Aldon Smith or even Harbaugh v. Harbaugh. It’s two storied fan bases going at each other to decide the next chapter of their history. And it should be pretty cool to watch.

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UConn center Stefanie Dolson goes up for a layup against No. 4 Duke on Jan. 21. The Huskies won that game 79-49.

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The No. 3 UConn Huskies will try to notch their seventh straight victory when they take on the No. 25 Villanova Wildcats, tomorrow at the XL Center in Hartford.

UConn is fresh off a 67-31 rout of the Cincinnati Bearcats, when the Huskies only allowed nine points at the halfway point. UConn has won their last six games in a row after a heartbreaking loss to No. 2 Notre Dame at Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 5.

One of the Huskies who has been at the top of her game for the better part of the season has been junior Stefanie Dolson. She is currently second on the team in points scored behind sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. Dolson has been averaging 13.4 points per game this season and is looking for another good performance on the court when Villanova comes to Hartford.

Freshman forward Breanna Stewart has also has been playing well off the bench for the Huskies.

Against Cincinnati, she scored 10 points and grabbed seven boards, earning her Big East Freshman Player of the Week honors. According to head coach Geno Auriemma, Stewart is one of the best freshman basketball players in the country today.

“This is one of those years where there’s a lot of really good freshmen in our league and I think Breanna in the Duke game, in the second half really solidified herself as one of the best freshman not just in our league but the country,” said Auriemma. “She’s had her struggles here and there but I think given what we ask her to do I think she’s overall when you take the whole thing I think she’s had a great year up to this point and it’s only going to get better.”

Although the Huskies have been playing good basketball during the month of January, turnovers have plagued the team during their last two contests.

» VILLANOVA, page 9

» COLUMN

What’s next for C’s without Rondo?

By Carmine Colangelo Staff Columnist

As a Celtics fan, I never thought that beating the Heat in double overtime would ever be a bittersweet victory, but on Sunday I was proved wrong.

One would think that beating LeBron James and Benedict Allen, as he is known in my household, at home to snap the six-game losing streak would have been would have been an incredible storyline. However, the only snapping was happening in Rajon Rondo’s knee as the unfortunate news of the AllStar’s torn ACL spread throughout the sports world.

Boston was deflated like a day old birthday balloon. Rondo, who was recently selected to his fourth All-Star game, will miss the remainder of the season and there is no current timetable on his return. Doc Rivers informed his team of the new development in the locker room after beating

the Heat 100-98.

Well, now what?

That is the question sportswriters, fans and presumably the Celtics organization are all asking. The Celtics are currently 21-23 and are the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, a lackluster start to a season that many saw as a last hoorah for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. The Celtics’ season is looking like a lost one.

However, Rivers thinks otherwise. He was quoted by ESPN’s Chris Forsberg saying “you can write the obituary, but I’m not.

We’re going nowhere.”

I want to believe Doc, but I do not know if I can. I mean, do not get me wrong, Rivers has been the best coach of the Celtics in my lifetime. Granted I grew up in the down era of Celtic’s history and was not old enough to witness the late great Red Auerbach coach. But, Rivers has been better than Chris Ford, M.L. Carr and of

course, Rick Pitino.

Rivers has had a successful run with the Celtics in recent history and that 2007-08 championship team was one of the best seasons of basketball I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Nobody knows this Celtics team better than Rivers and it is hard to argue against him after that recent win over the Heat, but I am skeptical if this team can keep the momentum going for the rest of the year without Rondo.

Right now it looks like the point will be run by a committee of Courtney Lee, Avery Bradley and maybe support of Jason Terry and Leandro Barbosa.

Who knows, maybe Pierce can act as a point forward, but a point guard committee is not how you want to run a team. I might not be an NBA coach, but I have a hunch.

Rondo, who leads the league

» COLANGELO, page 10

AP

Rajon Rondo high-fives fans running down the court during a Celtics’ game earlier this season. Reports broke Sunday that Rondo was done for the season with a torn ACL.

» SWIMMING AND DIVING

Men’s swimming and diving beats Seton Hall

By Sarah Levine Campus Correspondent With the stands packed for Senior Day on Sunday, Jan. 27, the UConn men’s swimming and diving team coasted to a 180-108 win over Seton Hall, improving their record, 3-2.

After the seniors were honored in a ceremony prior to the meet, the Huskies began their fight against the now 4-9 Pirates, decorated in the traditional Connecticut blue and white in a room filled with family members and supporters.

This festive atmosphere and the emotions of senior day aided in driving five of the Huskies to win two events each.

Three of these double-winners

were seniors, making a huge impact in their last home meet.

Among them was Kyungsoo Yoon, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 20.94 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 47.31.

Joe Glowacki beat the pack in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.31 seconds, and the 200-yard butterfly in 1:56:09.

Senior diver Grant Fecteau also won the one-meter dive with a score of 309.53 and the threemeter with 354.23, making Sunday a great day for all of the seniors and their fellow Husky teammates.

Also contributing to the victory with multiple wins were sophomore Lachezar Shumkov, prevailing in the 100 and 200yard breaststroke, and freshman Mike Lennon, the victor of the

500 and 1,000-yard freestyle.

The Huskies did not stop there, posting wins in several other events. Junior Sean Battle bested his competition in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.39, and his fellow classmate Keith Piper enjoyed similar success in his event.

Sophomore Sawyer Franz won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:53.44, and freshman Diguan Pigot topped off the Husky victory with his 1:56.33 win in the 200-yard individual medley.

Inspired by their recent success, the Huskies return to the pool this week in preparation for an away meet against Dartmouth at 1:00 p.m. next Saturday.

Sarah.Levine@UConn.edu

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The UConn men’s swimming and diving team defeated Seton Hall on Sunday in their last home meet of the season.