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By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer
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After months of planning, the Spring Weekend committee has a plan for the most anticipated weekend of the semester. In December, student organizations were urged to program events through the committee and submit their own ideas for review. The committee received 25 events from student groups, according to Amanda Spinelli, the student who handled the selection process. “The organizations were clever and creative in their suggestions, thus you can certainly expect to see many of the ideas come to fruition during Spring Weekend,” Spinelli said. This process has now been closed and faculty advisor to the committee, Rebecca Herman, says that the weekend is full of events. “We have a preliminary schedule for the weekend that involves a huge variety of events, from music to service to food to lectures to competitions – it is going to be a very busy, vibrant, fun weekend,” Herman said.
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Students get dirty playing Oozeball during last year’s Spring Weekend. The event was moved to Spring Weekend last year as part of open effort to redefine the weekend known for hard partying. Final plans are coming together for this year’s Spring Weekend.
A Year Ago This Week
Livin’ life after ‘Made’
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By Alban Murtishi Campus Correspondent
INSIDE NEWS: Sexual assault complaint still in investigation
This week last year, Brooke Dragon, 6th-semester nutritional science major, had just finished a dramatic physical transformation. Dragon became a part of the popular MTV series “Made” that takes young adults and turns them into the person of their dreams. During her time on the show, fitness trainer Tianna Ta turned Dragon from a physically inactive snacker, into a toned, disciplined and confident young woman. Since her experience on the show, Dragon became a spokesperson for Bodybuilding.com, participated in countless bodybuilding/modeling competitions, and turned her body into something she can be proud of. In an earlier article, Dragon expressed interest in becoming a registered dietician, and since then she has made large strides of progress. After completing all the required courses for her major, Dragon has started volunteering at the UConn Courtesy of Brooke Dragon Nutrition Office of Student Health Services, teaches a Brooke Dragon, shown above, under went a physical transformation as part of the MTV Bodywise fitness class, and show “Made.” last year. has even created meal plans said. “I wasn’t worried about a spokesperson position for for her friends. It’s been over a year since the placement because for me, Bodybuilding.com, whom Dragon’s MTV appearance, it’s not about the trophy or the she is still sponsored by. but she is still busy. “I com- placement. It’s about showing “Bodybuilding.com has flown peted at Connecticut State your hard work on a stage in a me to Ohio and Las Vegas Championships in June where bikini in front of hundreds of last year for the Arnold Sports I placed top 5 and continued people and feeling fully confi- Festival (Arnold Classic) and onto Team Universe, a nation- dent, nothing that I would have the Olympia to work in their booth in the expo,” she said. al, last July. I placed in the been able to do in the past.” Through her experience “They equipped all the athmiddle of the pack, 16 out of almost 30 girls,” Dragon with the show Dragon landed
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Winter celebration coming to Storrs By Miles Halpine Campus Correspondent
An array of winter festivities and events in Mansfield announced earlier this week will begin tomorrow. From Feb. 1-9, there will be a celebration of the season sponsored by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership (MDP) and Leyland Alliance, the master developer for the downtown development project known as Storrs Center. Starting on Saturday and going until the following Sunday, some of the numerous events listed are martial arts classes, a Family Fun Night and a Pool Tournament at the Mansfield Community Center, a performance by the Grammy Award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts and perfor-
mances of “the Mystery of Sir Edwin Drodd,” a musical at E.O. Smith High School. While an entire list of events is available on its website, a statement provided by MDP said that other events “may continue to be added, so residents are encouraged to check the website frequently for the most up-to-date information.” Town residents are invited to attend any and all of the events, a few of which are going to be held at the University of Connecticut. The events at UConn are mostly sporting events, which include a swimming and diving meet and a women’s basketball game. For a full listing of the events and other details, visit www. MansfieldCT.org/mdp, click on the Events page and then “Winter Fun Week.”
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ZumbaTHON happening Saturday By Sandra Mueller Campus Correspondent
UConn Recreation is hosting its third annual Zumbathon. It is happening on Saturday February 1 in the Fieldhouse from 12 to 4 p.m. “The Bodywise fitness program is hosting Zumbathon.We will be taking over the Field House for a Four Hour Non-Stop Zumba Party,” according to a Zumbathon flyer. Because the Bodywise program runs Zumbathon, it is similar to a Zumba class but for four hours instead of one.
“Zumbathon is a four hour dance party. Over the course of the four hours, eight instructors will be teaching different [dance] routes,” said Ashlee Shaw, instructor at Zumbathon. The different dance routines vary from instructor to instructor. However, at Zumbathon, the most important thing is for participants to have a good time. “For every song we have a dance route and participants will dance along with us, however they see fit. Zumba is just about moving and having fun,” stated
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What’s going on at UConn weekend... Name Art Friday, 12 to 4 p.m. SU North Lobby Join SUBOG for a snack and a unique way to display your name. Free for UConn students.
Star Trek Friday, 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. SU Theater Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto star in this reboot of the science fiction classic. James T. Kirk (Pine) and Spock (Quinto) face off against a vengeful villain who threatens to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. Admission is free
Ender’s Game Saturday, 8 to 10 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday, 7 to 9 p.m. Student Union, Theatre From the visually stunning battle room to the complex characters. Ender’s Game is a powerful coming-of-age tale. Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for others.
Husky Puff Sunday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Field House Husky Puff is a powder puff football tournament played using intramural flag football rules. Teams will consist of 10 ladies, while only six on the field at a time. Winners will receive prizes. All players must be UConn students. -KATHERINE TIBEDO
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Sexual assault complaint still in investigation
By Marissa Piccolo Campus Correspondent In late October 2013, when seven students came forward with high-profile discrimination lawyer Gloria Allred to file a Title IX complaint against the university and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, it set the stage for an embattling and lengthily legal process. “The litigation remains pending in court, and we do not have an estimate on when it may be resolved,” university spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said. Yet in the meantime, the plaintiffs and defendants are doing what they can to prepare. After an intensive and competitive request for proposal process, the State Office of the Attorney General approved the hiring of the Wiggin and Dana law firm as outside legal counsel to represent UConn in the upcoming cases. On January 17, Wiggin
» A YEAR AGO
Confidence comes with dramatic makeover
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letes with signing cards, which I thought was weird at first, ‘Who would want MY signature?’ I thought. Come to find out, a lot of people!” As for her relationship with her former trainer, Dragon and Ta still keep in close contact. “She’s my girl! We bounce ideas off of each other sometimes about different dieting techniques and value each other’s opinions,” she said. “I know in the show we have some really rough times. There were times where I couldn’t stand her and wanted to end the whole process. I had to learn to trust her and realize that she wasn’t doing this for anyone but me.” Being a Bodybuilding.com spokesperson, featured on MTV and a full-time student has only made Dragon more confident, which is seen in her forward momentum with her bodybuilding and dietician career. She plans to compete in at least three shows this year, including the Powerhouse Classic in New Haven on April 5. Above it all, Dragon is still working out. Hard. On an average day, after completing a round of cardio in the morning, she will attend the gym later in the day for a session of heavy lifting. Saturday is her only rest day, and throughout the week she meticulously works out every muscle group. The life Dragon explains before her involvement on “Made” which was comprised of chicken wings, pizza and apathy toward the gym, is a far cry from where she is today. “To me, its not another part of my agenda, its part of my free time because I’m doing something I seriously love. I never look at an opportunity to lift as a ‘job’; I just do it because I love it.” Dragon said.
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and Dana officially filed its appearance in Title IX litigation on behalf of UConn. The firm will also represent UConn in the private Title IX lawsuit filed in federal court. Richard Orr, UConn’s chief legal officer, released the statement, “Wiggin and Dana’s team is especially suited to all aspects of the representation. The firm has an extensive practice representing and advising institutions of higher education, headed by Aaron Bayer, who previously served as general counsel and secretary to Connecticut College and as the Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut.” The team from Wiggin and Dana includes attorneys with experience in sexual assault and harassment cases. Orr continued, “UConn intends to work cooperatively with OCR to make sure that the university has in place sound, effective policies and procedures related to sexual assault that will
protect and support our students and fully comply with Title IX.” Regarding the complaint that has been filed with the U.S. Department of Education, Jim Bradshaw of the department’s press office stated, “In light of federal privacy laws, OCR can neither confirm nor deny whether any specific individuals are or are not involved in any OCR matter.” The Department did confirm, however, that there is one open Title IX investigation involving the University of Connecticut. At this point, the Office of Civil Rights is not making a judgment or determination on the case; they are neutrally collecting and analyzing evidence and data. There is no indication how much longer they will be in the investigation stage before making a decision, or what specific details and information they have looked into.
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Two of the students who filed the Title IX complaint participate in a rally on Oct. 30, 2013. The investigation into the Title IX complaint is ongoing.
Event supports HuskyTHON Conn. Republicans host annual dinner
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Shaw. Zumbathon is also a fundraiser. The proceeds go towards HuskyTHON. “Zumbathon [is] a fitness marathon that benefits UConn’s HuskyTHON and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center,” stated the Bodywise website. There is a five-dollar fee to get into Zumbathon but the money will be going towards the Bodywise’s team for HuskyTHON. “Bodywise is its own team for Huskython and it is one the events that Bodywise and Recreation center puts together for Huskython. So all of the money that people pay goes towards Huskython,” said Shaw. Zumbathon is a great way to get ready for the 18-hour dance Marathon, HuskyTHON. “It could be a really practice session because HuskyTHON, your dancing and moving around for 18-hours. It’s considered a fourhour practice run, ” said Shaw.
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By Domenica Ghanem Staff Writer
Prominent northeast Republican leaders will meet tonight for their first annual dinner. The guest of honor will be former Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Frank Williams. Williams, an Abraham Lincoln scholar, was also president of the Abraham Lincoln Association, a group dedicated to preserving the memory of Lincoln by celebrating his anniversary each year. The dinner will include a dis-
When things go well, most people don’t question or even wonder where these things come from. When people are faced with disaster, they start asking questions. A good example is our utilities. Most people don’t question where their water and electricity comes from, as long as they can plug in their laptops. But when they are disrupted people go exploring. Thus, a mission was made to explore the Central Utility Plant. The tour was given by Stanley Nolan, the energy service engineer at UConn, who has been employed at the utility for eight years, whose job it is to import fuels to the Central Utility Plant: natural gas, electricity, oil and propane. “We buy electricity from Connecticut Light and Power to give to the surrounding area,” he said. The plant normally is powered by natural gas, however, in the winter, oil is used as a backup due to the high demand for
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In this Nov. 13, 2013 photo, students do Zumba during ZumbaTHON, a fundraiser for HuskyTHON.
UConn electricity is self-sufficient By Nathan Sapier Campus Correspondent
cussion of Lincoln, “A Study of Courage.” There will also be an opportunity to meet the 2014 Republican gubernatorial candidates: Tom Foley, John McKinney, Mark Boughton, Joe Visconti, and Toni Boucher. Connecticut’s Secretary of State Peter Lumaj and Lieutenant Governor Penny Bacchiochi are among the guest list for the dinner. The northeast Republicans will eat at Wrights Mill Farm in Canterbury at 6 p.m.
natural gas for heating homes. “During the winter the power plant will burn through 50,000 gallons of fuel oil per day, and on a normal day,” he said. “It will burn 5000 MCF (1000 cubic feet) of natural gas. It generates 18 MW of power a day.” While importing electricity, the plant grants the campus the ability to be self-sufficient during a severe storm. “We make sure all our units are up and running,” said Nolan, “and 4 of our 5 circuits are located underground,” which Nolan credits for allowing the plant to operate even after Hurricane Sandy, which is referred to by Nolan as “island mode.” Walking through the Central Utility, there’s complex machinery that provides heat, water and air quality control. There’s boilers that heat the water and send steam to the various parts of the campus for heat, and then steam is brought back to the plant and cooled so it can be recycled so there’s no need to drain an aquifer to create water for the
utilities. The plant itself was built in various stages. “The original plant was built in the 1930s, and was originally designed to provide steam for heating on campus,” said Nolan. “Around the 90s, the plant expanded and was given its chilling water system. The current oil-natural gas power system was built in 2005 in a separate building, performing three services, but at the same efficiencies as the original 30s plant.” The goal of the plant has always been to be as efficient as possible. Gone are the days when students would have to shovel coal into furnaces to generate power. The attempt to build the most efficient power plant continues. “A fuel cell has been operating on campus since 2012,” said Nolan, “and we are looking to expand that current system by this summer.” His words are a sign of the continued advancement in power generation, as well as other utilities on campus.
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2014 Weekend will have variety of events from SPRING, page 1
While the committee has plans to implement careful marketing and release of event information over the course of the semester, committee members are looking into the possibility of a concert and an event similar to Late Night but with bigger attractions. “The issue we’re facing is trying to find an act that the UConn crowd would enjoy on our budget,” Santiago Pelaez, a student committee member said. Despite the fact that a lineup of events has not yet been released, Herman is optimistic about student reception to the weekend’s events. “Suffice it to say, there will be something for everyone to get excited about,” Herman said. Spring Weekend traditionally begins on a Thursday evening and goes until the Sunday before the last week of class. Last year, each day had a different theme, UConn Cares, UConn Learns and UConn Serves, this year the events follow the criteria of the themes but are spread out evenly across the weekend. Instead of concentrating UConn Serves events on one day, service themed events
will be distributed evenly throughout the week, giving students more opportunities. “This year the events are scattered throughout the weekend, which we think is a more accurate demonstration of UConn’s values of learning, service, and care for the community. When the schedule comes out people will be able to look at events by day or by theme,” Herman said. The committee has no plans as of now to release an event schedule for the weekend, but more information will be forthcoming in the next month as the committee finalizes its plans. “First we need to establish a timeline for the rest of the semester,” Herman said. “With such a huge range of events and dozens of people with different responsibilities, we need to make sure everyone is on the same page about when things need to be done. This will include a marketing timeline, for which we will decide when to start releasing information about the events to the UConn student body.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo’s email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people those Yahoo mail users have recently corresponded with, the company said Thursday. Yahoo didn’t say how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google’s Gmail, according to the research firm comScore. There are 273 million Yahoo mail accounts worldwide, including 81 million in the U.S. It’s the latest in a string of security breaches that have allowed hackers to nab personal information using software that analysts say is ever more sophisticated. Up to 70 million customers of Target stores had their personal information and credit and debit card numbers compromised late last year, and Neiman Marcus was the victim of a similar breach in December. “It’s an old trend, but it’s much more exaggerated now because the programs the bad guys use are much more sophisticated now,” says Avivah Litan, a security analyst at the technology research firm Gartner. “We’re clearly under attack.” Yahoo Inc. said in a blog post on its breach that “The information sought in the attack seems to be names and email addresses from the affected accounts’ most recent sent emails.” That could mean hackers were looking for additional email addresses to send spam or scam messages. By grabbing real names from those
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Yahoo said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, that usernames and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and used to access accounts, but the company isn’t saying how many accounts have been affected.
sent folders, hackers could try to make bogus messages appear more legitimate to recipients. “It’s much more likely that I’d click on something from you if we email all the time,” says Richard Mogull, analyst and CEO of Securois, a security research and advisory firm. The bigger danger: access to email accounts could lead to more serious breaches involving banking and shopping sites. That’s because many people reuse passwords across many sites, and also because many sites use email to reset passwords. Hackers could try logging in to such a site with the Yahoo email address, for instance, and ask that a
password reminder be sent by email. Litan said hackers appear to be “trying to collect as much information as they can on people. Putting all this stuff together makes it easier to steal somebody’s identity.” Yahoo said the usernames and passwords weren’t collected from its own systems, but from a third-party database. Because so many people use the same passwords across multiple sites, it’s possible hackers broke in to some service that lets people use email addresses as their usernames. The hackers could have grabbed passwords stored at that service, filtered out the accounts with Yahoo addresses
and used that information to log in to Yahoo’s mail systems, said Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, a group devoted to security research and education. The breach is the second mishap for Yahoo’s mail service in two months. In December, the service suffered a multi-day outage that prompted Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to issue an apology. Yahoo said it is resetting passwords on affected accounts and has “implemented additional measures” to block further attacks. The company would not comment beyond the information in its blog post. It said it is working with federal law enforcement.
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Toyota tells dealers to stop selling 6 models DETROIT (AP) — Toyota has told North American dealers to stop selling six popular models with heated seats because the fabric doesn’t comply with U.S. safety codes and potentially could catch fire. The order affects 36,000 cars, trucks and minivans, about 13 percent of the inventory on dealer lots in the U.S., spokesman John Hanson said. Also affected are additional vehicles in Canada, Mexico, Korea, Israel and other countries, but no total number was available. No fires or injuries have been reported, but Toyota can’t legally sell cars that don’t comply with U.S. safety codes, Hanson said. Dealers can no longer sell certain Camry, Avalon, Sienna and Tacoma models with heated seats from the 2013 and 2014 model years, as well as Corollas and Tundras from 2014. The Camry is the top-selling car in the U.S. with more than 408,000 sales last year. One soft material beneath the seat covers does not comply with U.S. safety standards, Hanson said. Toyota doesn’t know yet how long the repairs will take. Hanson said a replacement material is being manufactured and already is being installed at factories. Dealers will use the material to fix cars now on their lots. “We don’t think it will take long to get the parts and make the changes,” Hanson said. “I don’t have any numbers on the timing.” As for vehicles already on the road, Toyota contends a recall isn’t necessary since there have been no fires or incidents, Hanson said. It will petition the U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration to ask that the problem be declared “inconsequential” to vehicle safety. NHTSA said it is monitoring the risk from the problem and will take public comment on the petition. If it grants the petition, there won’t be a recall. Earl Stewart, owner of a dealership in North Palm Beach, Fla., said he can sell only a few of the 30 Avalon full-size cars on his lot because most have heated leather seats. “Hopefully we’ll get some parts in where we can get them fixed by the end of February,” he said. Other models such as the Camry aren’t as affected because they are more often sold with unheated cloth seats, he said. The timing couldn’t be worse. With much of the nation in the midst of a record cold snap, people will take heat wherever they can get it. “There’s sure to be high demand for models with seat heaters,” said Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book. All the vehicles affected by the order were made at U.S. factories, Hanson said. Some were exported to South Korea, where safety regulators discovered the problem after disassembling seats and testing individual fabrics, he said. U.S. safety standards require fabrics to resist flames at a certain rate, but the one fabric didn’t meet the standard, Hanson said. Toyota is the global leader in sales, ahead of General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG. It has struggled to regain its once sterling reputation for quality after announcing massive recalls over several years, starting in 2009, for a variety of defects including braking, accelerators and floor mats.
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Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstated FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — More than two years after Amanda Knox returned to the U.S. apparently home free, an Italian court Thursday reinstated her murder conviction in the stabbing of her roommate and increased her sentence to 28½ years in prison, raising the specter of a long, drawn-out extradition fight. Knox, 26, received word of the verdict in her hometown of Seattle. The former American exchange student called it unjust and said she was “frightened and saddened.” “This has gotten out of hand,” Knox said in a statement. “Having been found innocent before, I expected better from the Italian justice system.” Lawyers for Knox and her 29-year-old ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who was also found guilty, vowed to appeal to Italy’s highest court, a process that will take at least another year and drag out a seesaw legal battle that has fascinated court-watchers on both sides of the Atlantic. After nearly 12 hours of deliberations Thursday, the appeals court in Florence reinstated the guilty verdicts first handed down against Knox and
Sollecito in 2009 for the slaying of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Those verdicts were overturned in a second trial that ended in an acquittal in 2011, and Knox was released from prison after four years behind bars, returning to the United States. But Italy’s highest court ordered a third trial. The Florence court increased Knox’s sentence from the original 26 years and handed Sollecito 25 years. Kercher, 21, was found dead Nov. 2, 2007, in a pool of blood in the bedroom of the apartment she and Knox shared in the central Italian city of Perugia, where both were studying. Her throat had been slit and she had been sexually assaulted. Knox and Sollecito denied any involvement in the killing, insisting they were at Sollecito’s apartment that night, smoking marijuana, watching a movie and making love. Prosecutors originally argued that Kercher was killed in a drug-fueled sex game gone awry — an accusation that gave the case a lurid cast that fascinated the European tabloids and led to headlines about
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A woman believed to be Amanda Knox is hidden under a jacket while being escorted from her mother’s home to a car, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Seattle. Amanda Knox says she is frightened and saddened by her “unjust” murder conviction in the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox’s lawyers have vowed to appeal to Italy’s highest court.
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unflushed by the third defendant in the case, Rudy Guede. Guede, who is from the Ivory Coast, was convicted in a separate trial and is serving a 16-year sentence for the murder.
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Legal experts have said it is unlikely that Italy will request Knox’s extradition before the verdict is final. If the conviction is upheld, a lengthy extradition process will probably ensue, with the U.S. State Department ultimately deciding whether to turn Knox back over to Italian authorities to serve her sentence. Her lawyers are likely to argue that she is the victim of double jeopardy, because she was retried after an acquittal. “Many Americans are quite astonished by the ups and downs in this case,” said Mary Fan, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle. But Fan said U.S. courts have previously held that being acquitted and then convicted of a crime in another country is not a legal bar to extradition. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Knox’s home state of Washington, said she was “very concerned and disappointed” by the verdict and confident the appeal would reexamine the decision. “It is very troubling that Amanda and her family have had to endure this process for so many years,” she said in a
statement. “I will continue to closely monitor this case as it moves forward through the Italian legal system.” Sollecito’s lawyers said they were stunned by the conviction. “There isn’t a shred of proof,” attorney Luca Maori said. Kercher’s brother and sister were in the courtroom for the verdict and said the outcome was the best they could have hoped for. “It’s hard to feel anything at the moment because we know it will go to a further appeal,” said her brother, Lyle Kercher. “No matter what the verdict was, it never was going to be a case of celebrating anything.” In his closing arguments, Knox’s lawyer, Dalla Vedova, had told the court he was “serene” about the verdict because he believed the only conclusion from the files was “the innocence of Amanda Knox.” The first trial court found Knox and Sollecito guilty of murder and sexual assault based on evidence that included DNA and confused alibis. But the DNA evidence was later deemed unreliable by new experts.
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Today's Birthday (01/31/14). This year growth and fulfillment come from creative fun with people you love and admire. Mercury enters Pisces (until 2/13): communicate compassion and dreams. Meditate and exercise, to balance busy work and social life. Practice childlike fascination. Use intuition to find joy and passion; grow it with disciplined action. Infuse it into career for tangible results. Express your love. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21 -- April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- For about four weeks, your dreams seem prophetic, with Mercury in Pisces. Love comes easier with Venus direct today. Don't get greedy. Do without something that could serve another better than you. Share with friends. Taurus (April 20 -- May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- For about four weeks, expand your influence. Listen carefully to others for the gold in their words. Team projects go very well. Create new possibilities with difficult relationships. It's getting easier to get along. Gemini (May 21 -- June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Follow the rules, even if it seems harder. There may be short-term financial shortage. But this next month with Mercury in Pisces, new career opportunities and investments arise. Relax and let it all out. You'll be fabulous. Cancer (June 21 -- July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- For about four weeks, your interests turn to philosophy, metaphysics or spirituality. Dissolve limits. It's getting easier to make money with Venus direct, and to compromise. There's an art to growing prosperity. Plan the garden. Leo (July 23 -- Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You're very attractive now. For about four weeks, your work gets more fun and profitable. Ask for what you think the work is worth. Organize finances. Reward your discipline with a delicious flavor or experience. Invite a partner. Virgo (Aug. 23 -- Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Listen to the competition carefully for the next four weeks, and learn useful strategies to improve your own performance and service. Emphasize those qualities you have which others admire. Visualize success. Love and money come easier now. Libra (Sept. 23 -- Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Face something you've been avoiding, and discover freedom. New opportunities are opening up. Oh, oh oh oh, you don’t have to go. Scorpio (Oct. 23 -- Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- It's getting easier to earn and save. For the next four weeks with Mercury in Pisces, you're exceptionally persuasive. Capture your thoughts onto paper. There's love all around at home. Soak it up. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 -- Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You may crave travel, but resist temptation to spend your savings. Luckily, for the next month, you'll do your best thinking at home. Accept support from a partner more easily now that Venus is direct. Capricorn (Dec. 22 -- Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Things go better than expected, especially regarding business and finances. For the next four weeks, you're even smarter than normal. Consult an expert in the areas where you have less experience. A female adds an artistic flourish. Aquarius (Jan. 20 -- Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Your desires realize with greater ease, with Venus direct. Obstacles seem like nothing to you with the Moon in your sign. You're hot today and tomorrow. For about four weeks, it's easier to finish old business. Celebrate a windfall. Pisces (Feb. 19 -- March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Work moves forward harmoniously now. For the next four weeks with Mercury in your sign, you're even smarter than usual, and team projects go well. Capture your love in artistic expression. Share it.
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Rapper Big Sean gives short and sweet concert in Jorgensen
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After a great opening act by Connecticut Native J.B. Aliyu, Rapper Big Sean took the stage at the Jorgensen Center.. He performed his own hits as well as covers from other artists.
By Emily Herbst Staff Writer Prior to the opening act, the DJ of the night performed a more than hour-long set with a combo of EDM, hiphop, and dance music—all infused with heavy bass and a lot of energy. Big Sean’s opening act, a Connecticut native, was J.B. Aliyu—an up and coming, young rap artist. Aliyu performed a generous set with a variety of clever bars atop some diverse beats, his flow fast-paced and upbeat. With more than enough homage
paid to Jay-Z and other classics in the game, J.B. made it clear who’s inspired him in the making of his art. Just 21, Aliyu has released quite a bit of material. His new mixtape “Popular II” can be found on HotNewHipHop, as well as his first project, “Popular,” via iTunes. Big Sean hit the stage at around 9:05 p.m., his arrival long-awaited and the crowd boisterous. He opened with his classic, club-worthy banger “Dance (A$$)”, which set the tone for his hyped performance. Continuing with some material from his early album, Finally Famous,
the Detroit-born rapper reminisced on his start in the hiphop industry while covering his classic hits from just four years ago. He remixed several songs and reintroduced some collaborations with other hiphop artists. One of these was the newer hit, “Beware,” which otherwise features vocalist Jhene Aiko and fellow rapper Lil Wayne. This was the highlight of Big Sean’s set, with slightly gloomy lyrics and a haunting melody that any contemporary hip-hop fan recognized. Sometime during the middle of his performance, the
rapper introduced a special guest to the audience at the Jorgensen: his own mom. With appreciation and a big hug, he attributed his success in the music industry to her constant love and support. Following this very sweet introduction, Big Sean continued the show with “Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay” (originally featuring Kanye West), his chart topper from 2011. Next were his renditions of G.O.O.D Music’s summer 2012 hit, “Don’t Like” (featuring Chief Keef) and the previously stated label’s “Clique”. These were the two hits that seemed to reso-
nate with the student crowd the most, bringing on crowd surfing and item-throwing on stage (both quickly halted by security). Additionally, Big Sean intertwined some Drizzy with his performance, creating his own version of “All Me,” one of Drake’s top hits from his winter 2013 album, Nothing Was The Same. The concert was slightly short, but altogether satisfying for any true Big Sean fan in the audience.
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ice cream and yogurt is also available, with a few unconventional toppings from fig jam to Nutella peanut butter.
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Dog Lane gets taste of UConn Co-op: Jazzing up Thursday nights at Storrs Center France with new cafe
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Thursday night jazz returns, moving from Lu’s Cafe in the Family Studies Building to the new UConn Co-op in Storrs Center.
By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer Children dancing to upbeat drums, saxophone solos filling the open space, chatter from students and residents at tables filled with food – if you waltz through Storrs Center and into the new bookstore on Thursday nights, you’re likely to find all of it there. The musicians that once played in Lu’s Café located at the basement of the Family Studies building will now play jazz every Thursday night at the Co-op Bookstore. Though there is a change in venue, the combined effort of both the Le Petit Marche Café at the bookstore and Lu’s Café made jazz nights still possible and even better. “This is awesome, we’ve been in the co-op before and just went from Lu’s café,” said Colin Walters, a member of the jazz group UConn Jazz and founder of the Colin Walter quintet that performed Thursday night. He described how all the cafes are connected, so it’s been a group effort that isn’t just limited to
the cafés and musicians. Suzy Staubach, General Books Manager of the Co-op, described how the Le Petit Marche café was just another café on the Storrs campus that accepted points and saw students regularly. The new bookstore has an open floor layout with the café toward the back, complete with tables and chairs. In the middle of it all a piano rests against a wall, open to anyone willing to play it. There is a children’s reading section, a conference room and even space for a Puppetry Museum next to a table filled with puppets for sale. The museum will open with a ceremony on March 1. The bookstore was pushed by UConn in an effort to spread its wings. Partnering with the Puppet Museum, UConn Co-op opened the new bookstore to act solely as a bookstore while the Co-op Store next to Gampel sells everything else, including text books. The location of the store makes it possible for students and residents alike to mingle in a shared space with reading, food, and music.
In contrast to Lu’s Café, the brighter lighting, spaciousness, and diverse crowd was a step up for the Colin Walters quintet. Having played in several venues already, Walters was excited to be able to get the group’s name out to a bigger audience. “A lot of people go to school here and aren’t exposed to jazz music,” said Walters. “So we’re just trying to show them another side to UConn.” The group played two onehour sets, the first of which had children dancing right in front of the musicians. In between the first two songs, Walters thanked the crowd for coming and encourage them to grab a bite while they provided the music. Director of Jazz, Earl MacDonald joined his students during the second one-hour set on the piano. This was the first of many Thursday jazz nights to come, so if you’re up for enjoying some good music, good food and good reading, swing by the UConn Co-op at seven and you’re sure to find all three.
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Le Petit Marche Café, part of the new Co-Op Bookstore at Storrs Center, does its very best to bring a touch of France to Storrs. For the most part it succeeds in this effort and while there is room for improvement, for true foodies there is little doubt that Le Petit Marche is the best café around campus yet. Many of the same pastries and soups that can be found throughout other cafés on campus are also served here. However, Le Petit features a variety of unique items exclusive to the cafe. From croissants and fresh baguettes to chocolate tarts and éclairs, the selection is impressively extensive. The biggest draw to the cafe will undoubtedly be the crepes, this cafe’s signature item. A french staple filled to order, the crepe itself provides a very unique treat and when topped with ice cream truly hits the spot. While the crepes at Le Petit can be tasty, anyone who has ever had the pleasure of trying the brilliant, fresh, liquor infused crepes at North Dining Hall can tell you there is absolutely no comparison. The cafe’s crepes are also a tad expensive considering the relatively small portions. Then again it’s nice to have such an exotic dessert available for purchase, and it helps Le Petit stand out from the rest of the pack. But for those with a sweet tooth, Le Petit features far more than simply crepes and French pastries. A selection of
The sandwiches at the cafe are equally impressive. Half sandwiches only cost $3.99 each, aren’t exactly tiny and come loaded with a variety of upscale meat and veggie fillings. Throw in the variety of fresh baked bread these concoctions come piled on and you’ve got hands down one of the best sandwiches available at UConn. For those who tire of enjoying the same items over and over again, the cafe’s selection of specialty crepes and sandwiches alters each week, creating a refreshing change of pace from a typical menu. Overall, the food selection at Le Petit is fantastic, but the ambiance is a bit of a disappointment. Rather than provide a cozy atmosphere that one can find at a Starbucks, Barnes and Noble cafe or even at Lu’s, disappointingly, Le Petit features comparatively bland cafeteria style seating as well as relatively bright lighting which significantly reduces the effectiveness of the atmosphere the cafe otherwise creates. If you ever find yourself down by Dog Lane, Le Petit Marche is definitely worth a try. Even if you stop in just for dessert, you’ll likely to find an item you’ve never had before. In time this cafe might very well end up being one of the most popular spots in Storrs Center.
“Le Petite Marche Cafe” 8.5/10
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While the polar vortex settles in to make this winter tougher than usual, your workout plans do not have to drop when the temperature does. Whether your normal routine is outside or the walk to the gym is too treacherous, there are plenty of opportunities to stay in shape within the confines of your dorm or apartment. While P90x and Insanity take the idea of home workouts to the extreme, there are much milder versions of workouts that can be performed on your own that may even help warm you up on cold nights. When the risk of frostbite is too high outside, doing some of the exercises you learned in gym class can help maintain your fitness without the need for special equipment or weights. Pushups and sit-ups are great exercises that work your chest and abs respectively very well. You can even add variety by doing pushups with different hand positions. Changing from a narrow hand position to a wide one affects the muscles being used and creates a new challenge. If pushups seem like a joke out of third grade physical education, the next time you do them put your feet on a chair for more resistance and see how strong you really are. Some of the best workouts you can do in the comfort of your own room are those that focus on your core. While everyone wants to have a six-pack, working your core is beneficial far beyond aesthetics. By building a strong core, you make everyday athletic and non-athletic movements easier, more efficient and less prone to injury. Next time you find yourself shutin, try doing several sets of planks and side planks and even the best abs will be sore the next day. When you get more advanced you can buy small items like stability balls to make your workout fully comprehensive. One of the unique features of dorms that you can leverage is their height. That’s right, since most dorms are higher than one story, stairs can be a great indoor cardio workout. Simply jogging up and down the stairs a few times will have your quads and calves wishing you went to the gym. Humans were able to manage their fitness for thousands of years without the latest innovations in gym technology, and so can you. There are numerous bodyweight and home exercise websites on the Internet that can show you how to work every muscle from your calves up to your neck without having to miss the next episode of The Bachelor at the same time. So the next time you try to use the cold as your excuse for not working out, think of all the potential that lies in front of you in your very own 10x12 gym.
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Konover lecture focuses on human rights in India Traffic and places that just aren’t worth saving
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Nicholas Robinson, a resident fellow at Harvard Law School, gave a talk in Konover auditorium titled “India, Judicial Activism, and Human Rights “ Thursday evening.
‘Becoming Josephine’ author Heather Webb talks writing, research, Napoleon By Tania Rivera Campus Correspondent Thursday night at the UConn Bookstore at Storrs Center, Heather Webb talked about her first novel, “Becoming Josephine.” The book focuses on the life of a Creole woman that changes her identity and accidentally wins the love of Napoleon Bonaparte. Webb is from the Mansfield area and was a French teacher who has traveled to France on numerous school and study abroad opportunities. Webb is a freelance editor, posts on publishing and writing blogs, and is currently writing
her second novel, which is hopefully to be as popular as her first. She found the inspiration one night before she left her teaching job to write a novel. That novel ended up being based on the empowering female figure, Josephine. As Webb described her, there was a twinkle in her eye that showed the admiration for the woman. She discussed why she liked Josephine and even said that the night she chose her as a topic of writing, she had a dream about Josephine. Digging into the life of Josephine, Webb described her researching process. It was a time consuming but was well worth the investment of
her time to discover what Josephine’s home was like and what make-up was produced with, along with what the make-up was contained in. As she did this research, she learned more about the woman she felt a distant yet strong personal connection with. Another one of the concepts that Webb really admired was Josephine’s focus on women. She learned through her research that if Josephine found out about a popular female in almost any sort of business, she would invite them all over for a large gathering and applaud their work. The talk then focused on fun facts about Josephine. The woman bought 900
dresses in one year and even collected plants. Webb discovered that many old biographies about Josephine were written by men and had a very biased story about what she stood for as a female. “She slept around to get her way to the top,” Webb said in a matter-offact manner. In her novel, she includes distasteful quotes directed toward Josephine because they were true. She claims her novel is 90 percent historical fact but there were some minor details that she decided didn’t have an effect on the big truth of the novel. Webb jokingly says that the last 10 percent of the novel is influenced by her life. By the end of the dis-
cussion, Webb returned to her writing process during the Q&A portion of the talk. It had taken her about three years to establish a novel that was ready for editing and revising by the big publishing houses. Once she started the hunt, she got one particular rejection letter that helped her go back to the novel and truly work hard to get the final product. “Becoming Josephine” is a novel that should be brought to the light for women studies. She was a figure that may have made poor choices but had great intentions for other women surrounding her.
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Scarlett Johansson and international charity Oxfam part ways over politics
(AP) — Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, a company operating in a West Bank settlement that features the Hollywood star in an ad that will air during the Super Bowl. Johansson became the latest casualty of a widening campaign to boycott the settlements, drawing attention to a larger debate about whether Israel will become an international pariah, at a steep economic price, if it fails to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians. Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid stoked such fears this week, warning that if negotiations break down “and we enter a reality of a European boycott, even a very partial one, Israel’s economy will retreat backward and every Israeli citizen will feel it straight in the pocket.”
His comments reflected a growing sense in Israel that the coming weeks will be decisive for the country’s future.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is formulating ideas for an Israeli-Palestinian framework agreement and is expected to present them next month. Israeli and Palestinian leaders have balked at some of his expected proposals and, if sticking to their positions, could derail what is widely seen as a last chance for ending a long-festering conflict. Meanwhile, European officials have warned that Israel could face deepening economic isolation if it presses forward with the construction of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, war-won lands the Palestinians want for their state. The fate of dozens of settlements, home to 550,000 Israelis, is a key sticking point in the talks.
Johansson, 29, stepped into that controversy this month when she agreed to become a global brand ambassador for SodaStream, a Tel Aviv-based company that makes home soda machines and has its main plant in an Israeli industrial park next to the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim. The actress, nominated four times for a Golden Globe, is to appear in a SodaStream ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Her decision riled Oxfam International, a humanitarian aid organization for which she had served as global ambassador for eight years, helping raise donations for victims of natural disasters in Indonesia and the Philippines, among other causes. On Wednesday, Johansson said in a statement that she was stepping down from that role, citing a “fundamental difference of opinion” with Oxfam. The actress, whose
movies over the past two years include “The Avengers” and “Her,” said she supports economic cooperation between “a democratic Israel and Palestine.” Oxfam accepted her resignation Thursday. The organization said it believes SodaStream and other businesses operating in West Bank settlements contribute to the “denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support.” The charity said it opposes all trade with Israeli settlements, deemed illegal by most of the international community. Johansson was one of 17 celebrity ambassadors for Oxfam. Others who are continuing in that role include the band Coldplay, pop singer Annie Lennox and U.S. actress Kristin Davis of “Sex and the City” fame, the organization said.
Traffic. In modern-day America, it is a universal, and universally despised, experience. There are few things more loathsome to the human condition than sitting in an unmoving car, wasting away hours of life, immersed in an unrelenting barrage of sensory unpleasantness. Why do we accept this on a regular basis, and why is it that so few of us realize that we deserve better? That it is possible for us to live a life free of traffic and from the ugly sprawl that now characterizes so many of our hometowns? The American populace is suffering from an epidemic of low-self esteem, in which we placidly accept built environments that are criminally inadequate in meeting our needs. A richer lifestyle is possible! It is time that we take back our communities and utilize our civically endowed powers to create communities that are worth loving and lifestyles that nourish us. Examining traffic patterns and building a more desirable streetscape may be a good place to start. As with most things, the first step towards progress is education. When it comes to building better streets, many of the facts are shockingly counterintuitive. For example, although traffic studies are perhaps the most prescribed activity across the nation for any kind of street design project, urban planner Jeff Speck insists that they are utterly useless. In his book “Walkable City,” Speck explains that all traffic studies “are [expletive] for three main reasons.” The first two of these reasons are straightforward – they include the fact that the computer models used in the studies can be easily manipulated for a certain outcome, as well as the fact that traffic studies are conducted by the same engineering firms that perform road expansions and thus, the studies almost always conclude a need for road expansion. The third and most important reason, however, may be suburbia’s biggest secret hidden in plain sight – it is a phenomenon called induced demand, and it essentially means that expanding roadways does not ease congestion. Study after study has proven that although adding lanes or expanding roadways does ease traffic for a short time, it will actually attract more drivers to the road so and congestion will just as bad as ever. This may not seem like exciting news if you’re not an urban planning or engineering geek, but the implications are immense! Across the country, neighborhoods have been scarred and divided by a senselessly aggressive highway construction agenda. Wide, dangerous straight-aways invite highspeed vehicles that have killed thousands of Americans and segregate communities, making it impossible to bike or walk to different points of interest. We continue to allow engineering firms and government agencies to rob us of a walkable lifestyle, all for the sake of traffic efficiency – and because of induced demand, we now know that these wide highway deathtraps don’t even work. It is an appalling injustice to American communities everywhere. In “Walkable City,” Speck writes: “this powerful phenomenon, for which the most and best data can be found in the United States, has had virtually no impact on road-building in the United States. But there is good news: it has caused great advances in Europe! In Great Britain, where planners are no longer allowed to justify new highways on the
basis of reduced congestion, road construction has dropped so drastically that Alarm UK, the main freeway protest organization, disbanded itself ‘on the grounds that it was no longer needed.’” So how do we eliminate traffic in suburbia? The answer is we can’t. Traffic is an inevitable product of the low-density, dissociated land-use patterns that characterize suburban development. The authors of the popular guidebook “Suburban Nation” explain that all throughout human history, towns and cities evolved naturally to the human scale, so that all of the needs of daily life were located within walking distance of one another (think of historic cities such as Boston or Burlington, Vermont). In contrast, suburban sprawl is an artificial invention in which all of the needs of daily life – offices, public buildings like schools, shopping and residences – are separated and can only be reached efficiently by car. They explain: “Since each piece of suburbia serves only one type of activity, and since daily life involves a wide variety of activities, the residents of suburbia spend an unprecedented amount of time and money moving from one place to the next. Since most of this motion takes place in singly occupied automobiles, even a sparsely populated area can generate traffic of a much larger traditional town.” This stunningly obvious revelation prompts one more question – how do we save the neighborhoods that were produced under the sprawl regime? How do we reclaim them and convert them into the more traditionalstyle neighborhoods that were the standard up until World War II? Although there is in fact a small sect of urban planners who are abuzz about in-fill development and “retrofitting suburbia” (there’s quite an interesting TED Talk on the subject), the answer may once again be just as simple – we don’t. When asked this question in an interview with The Atlantic, urban planner and author Jeff Speck responded: “So many of these places are unlovable and therefore not savable, nor worth saving. Why should a postwar sunbelt ‘city’ that consists of nothing but cookie cutter chain stores, cubicle farms, and tickytacky houses claim our attention, when we have hundreds of historic downtown cores with underused infrastructure, beautiful buildings with empty upper floors, and great social amenities like churches, restaurants, cafes, and pubs…” The most practical solution to sprawl, then, may be to abandon it – to “vote with our feet” and choose to live in places that are already set up to be walkable. From there, we can develop new zoning codes that will encourage new growth to occur in the traditional style. We are better than sitting in traffic. We are better than shopping centers, office parks and acres of parking lots. We deserve lifestyles in which it is not only possible but easy to get adequate and safe exercise, spend time with our loved ones, and enjoy an active neighborhood social life. We deserve beautiful public spaces that inspire the populace with the high ideals of civic life. It is immensely exciting that our generation could be the one to break the cycle of sprawl and usher in an era of enlightened urban living.
Kelsey.2.Sullivan@UConn.
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New state data portal will make Connecticut more transparent and accessible
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The most important football event not called the Super Bowl
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ith the State of the Union now over, many Americans will be turning their attention to this weekend’s Super Bowl. Even if the Patriots aren’t contending, I always look forward to the event as a time to eat some good food with some good friends and enjoy two great teams competing for the Lombardi trophy. Following the Super Bowl, the NFL will plunge into the offseason, and while plenty of personnel decisions will be made with regards to free agency and the draft, one of the biggest decisions will be taking place in a court room. The NFL was recently sued by former players over concusBy Kayvon Ghoreshi sions and the Commentary Editor adverse health effects they have had as a result, years after taking off their pads. In recent years, the NFL has done more to not only inform players about the risks, but it has also tried to reduce the number of concussions with the implementation of new rules such as banning helmet-to-helmet collisions and requiring plays be called dead if the ball carrier’s helmet comes off. However, these new changes don’t rectify what happened to athletes that played decades ago. Currently, the case is at a junction where Judge Anita B. Brody, who is presiding over the case, struck down the NFL’s proposed settlement of $765 million. The primary issue was that there wasn’t enough evidence to support that $765 million would be suffi-
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cient to cover over 18,000 retired players for conditions they either currently have or may develop further down the line. Though the NFL has arrived at the $765 million amount through some sort of calculation, they have not released the data or methods that were used, making it difficult to vet its accuracy. But despite the seemingly large magnitude of the payment, there is a very real concern over whether or not it will be enough. According to the New York Times, the terms of settlement go something like this: When a player is diagnosed with dementia or another eligible condition, he will get a lump-sum payment in accordance with his age and career length. For example, a 12-year player with Alzheimer’s disease at 62 receives $950,000, while a one-year player with Parkinson’s at 57 receives $260,000. There are also some fixed costs with the settlement calculations as $70 million will be appropriated to the families of players who have died from diseases related to brain damage. The issue becomes accounting for the retirees that haven’t yet developed any illness, which requires statistical data. Starting with the average American male as a baseline, 1.3 percent of American men aged 60 to 64 have dementia according to a 2013 study entitled “The global prevalence of dementia: a systematic review and metaanalysis”. This, combined with the national average rates for Parkinson’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, leads to an estimated $350 million in necessary payments, according to the New York Times. It may seem as though the proposed settlement is more than enough, but that fails to take into consideration the comparisons between the average American male and an NFL retiree.
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In a 2009 study by the University of Michigan, 6.1 percent of players age 50 and above reported that they had received a dementia-related diagnosis. Players of ages 30 through 49 showed a rate of 1.9 percent. Compare these results to national average rates of 1.2 and 0.1 percent, respectively. According to a 2013 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former NFL players were also four times more likely to develop Parkinson’s and four times more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. If $350 million is an estimation based on the rates for an average male, then it isn’t difficult to see how potential costs for the former players could have a high ceiling. When you consider the potential advancements in diagnostics and treatment in the years to come, in addition to all the current data, there really is too much variability to set a cap on the settlement amount as the NFL wants to do. The best strategy is to just accept this immense variability and make the cap fluid. As players age, there will be more data and research, which can provide more a more accurate indication and estimation of payments. If data in five or ten years shows the necessary costs going over the proposed $765 million, then the cap should be adjusted to accommodate the new findings. This way the players get the assurance that they will be covered if an illness develops, and the NFL won’t have to suffer the PR consequences of leaving hundreds or thousands of players without the payment they deserve should the money run out.
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Republicans beginning to return to core policy issues
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t seems congressional Republicans are beginning to heed the advice of conservative policy wonks and The Wall Street Journal editorial page to come up with viable, conservative legislation addressing core policy issues. If you listened to the Tea Party’s official response to President O b a m a ’s 5th State of By Paul DaSilva the Union Staff Columnist address on Tu e s d a y, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) provided a glimpse of the “positive, innovative, [and] thoughtful policy reforms” currently being worked on by Republican congressmen and senators. These reforms include a plan to simplify the tax code, an effort led by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to reform the criminal-justice system, and Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio’s agenda to combat poverty – the most thoughtful and comprehensive plan proposed by either side in recent memory – among a host of others. Lee urged Tea Party activists to move “from protest to progress” – to get past merely lambasting President Obama and the Democrats’ agenda and looking towards conservative reform. This is a point I and countless conservative policy wonks and intellectuals have stressed for years now: sure, it’s perfectly justifiable to fulfill the expectation of an opposition party and denounce the president’s solutions to the myriad problems our nation faces, but that must be paired with the creation of viable alternatives. On Monday, a trio of Senate Republicans put forth the most comprehensive plan yet to replace The Affordable Care Act. Long a slogan of the G.O.P,
their promise to offer a replacement for President Obama’s sweeping health-care law has gone unfulfilled, until now. The ACA currently is viewed favorably by just 38 percent of Americans according to the aggregate poll data compiled by Real Clear Politics, and a vast majority wants to see the law replaced. This is where the right has fallen short: they have correctly pointed out that the law is poorly conceived and tremendously unpopular, but they have not satisfied Americans’ wishes that the law be replaced with something that would expand insurance coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured, minus the more unpopular provisions such as the imposition of numerous mandates and regulations. The Senate G.O.P. plan – proposed by Sens. Tom Coburn (OK), Richard Burr (NC), and Orrin Hatch (UT) – would pre-
serve the more popular elements of the ACA, including a requirement that insurers allow adult children to remain on their parents’ premiums until 26, but scrap the individual mandate and the requirement that insurers not deny coverage to individuals with preexisting health conditions. Though not perfect, and likely to be opposed by certain sects within the Republican Party, it is certainly a huge step in the right direction for conservative policy reform. In addition to healthcare, Sen. Rubio was able to inject a conservative alternative into a debate on poverty on which the Democrats have had virtually exclusive influence. Rubio called for two significant reforms to the social safety net in a speech he delivered regarding the success of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty: first, he would
replace the Earned Income Tax Credit with a real wage subsidy something that would be a monetary amount that the working poor would receive on each paycheck versus in one annual lump sum; and, he called for increased discretion for states by combining the numerous federal antipoverty programs into one fund. Again, I’m sure valid concerns of Rubio’s proposal will arise within conservative circles, but it appears to be a comprehensible and sensible solution to the left’s desire to superficially address poverty. We are presently in a midterm election year, and while it may not be as important to have a well thought-out platform, voters are going to ask Republicans what they are proposing as an alternative to President Obama’s social and economic agenda, which clearly have been less than success-
hour, the minimum wage for tipped workers remains at $2.13, a standard accepted uniformly and industry wide in the 30 or so states where the federal law is the only in force. Other states, like Florida, have a slightly higher wage of $4.15 an hour, though the state GOP has consistently pushed to strip the extra cushion, and the law’s future is uncertain. The fact of the matter is that the federal standard for tipped wages has not increased since 1991, and in the 23 years since the real value of the tipped minimum wage has fallen by 36 percent, by some estimates. The result, of course, comes to the consumer as the restaurant industry, which saw record profits of almost $632 billion last year, pads its balance sheet with artificially low payroll expenditures. Meanwhile, customers’ gratuities, which were
originally intended as a little something extra for exceptional service, have come to make up the preponderance of wages for wait staff. All of this is a result of a rather tricky fight over the minimum wage that happened back in the 90s; as Bill Clinton fought Senate majority leader Bob Dole’s Republican caucus over a minimum wage hike – then from $4.25 an hour to $5.15 – the National Restaurant Association, the lobbying group for the restaurant industry as a whole, managed to secure a significant compromise excluding tipped workers from the increase. That effort, lead by failed 2012 Republican candidate a later president of the association Herman Cain, while originally considered a temporary solution, has since solidified into settled policy. This low minimum wage
may not be a problem for workers at classier joints; the more expensive restaurants often cater to wealthier customers, who in turn are able to pass on a healthier gratuity to the staff, who themselves can often make a relatively comfortable living. The issue rather devolves on the career wait staff working at lower-quality or out-of-the-way sorts of places where tips are infrequent or uneven - the sort of workers to whom a couple dollars an hour extra at full time, or around $4,000 dollars more a year, can be a lifesaver. There are protections written into the law for the times when a waiter doesn’t quite make up to minimum wage with tips alone; all wait staff have the right, for example, to demand their employer make up the difference between their wages after tips and the federal mini-
mum. However, this is by no means automatic, and requires the wait staff themselves to compute their hours on a weekby-week basis. And, besides, restaurant owners aren’t exactly spreading this info around. Recently, a couple of bills have been authored in Congress to remedy this issue; Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, has introduced a measure that, along with raising the minimum wage to $9.80/ hr and tying further increases to inflation, would raise tipped compensation to $6.86/hr and set it at 70 percent the Federal standard wage. This is a start, but GOP control of the House, and that party’s close industry ties, makes passage in that chamber seem unlikely. The more salient issue is, of course, one of a living wage; even pushing the wages of tipped workers to the
ful. A Republican Party united on policy to reform big government and its countless ails would go a long way towards shedding the notion that the Democrats have (perhaps rightly) inflicted on them: that they are primarily a party of “no,” and lack any eagerness to engage in policy discourse. It is my hope that all Republican legislators get behind these reforms that have been recently proposed or offer a thoughtful alternative of their own; because to bluntly put it, absent a detailed agenda in 2016, the G.O.P. will fall victim to the assertion that their platform is either incredibly vague or completely nonexistent, and therefore lose big.
Paul.DaSilva@UConn.edu 2nd-semester political science and economics major @paultdasilva
Push to raise minimum wage leaves out service industry
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ith the living wage movement occupying many of the headlines recently, from fast-food strikes in New York City, to pushes at the state-level to increase minimum hourly compensation, to becoming a major piece of the president’s agenda in the recent State of the Union address, there is some reason to believe that By Nate Herter the cause of the workStaff Columnist ing class is finally being taken seriously within some policy circles. And yet for all the momentum, there is still a class of worker to whom no serious attention is being paid; the people who serve you your food. While the federal minimum wage today rests at $7.25 an
current Federal level may not be enough to lift career wait staff out of poverty, with living wages in places like New York City being nearly double the Federal minimum. The creation of a living wage for most people will require a complete change in the way that we view labor in this country. The president, with his speech on Tuesday, seemed to articulate a labor-centric vision for his next few years, but with the restaurant industry now nearly 10 percent of the economy and one of the fastest growing sectors for job growth, it is important that we not, again, forget these vulnerable workers. And until things change, please, remember to tip your waiter.
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The construction and development on the UConn campus in the past decade is a testament to the generosity of the state and the people of Connecticut. This generosity has been poorly reciprocated. Under the current university administration, they have eliminated the program for continuing education, and they have made computers inaccessible to members of the community wishing to do research in what is supposed to be a public library. To top it off, I recently parked my car in one of the satellite lots (W) during the semester break in order to take a walk on Horse Barn Hill. Imagine my dismay when I got back to my car and find a ticket: a $30 fine for parking in an empty lot without a sticker! The next time UConn approaches the legislature for more funding, they should be refused until they learn to stop biting the hand that feeds them. -Margarita Halpine, UConn PhD 1995
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Blazers, Rockets each get two NBA All-Star reserves NEW YORK (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets each had two players picked as reserves for the NBA All-Star game, while the Indiana Pacers had to settle for just Roy Hibbert despite the league's best record. LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard made it from the Trail Blazers, who have been among the Western Conference leaders all season. Dwight Howard, who was passed late in fan voting for a starting spot, was chosen Thursday along with Houston teammate James Harden. Old reliables Chris Paul, Tony Parker and Dirk Nowitzki round out the West reserves for the Feb. 16 game in New Orleans. Nowitzki earned his 12th selection, tying him for sixth all-time with
nine players. "I have been a part of All-Star weekend every year since I have been in the league and not being there last year felt strange," Nowitzki said in a statement. "The Dallas fan base has always been great to me and the Mavericks' organization and the city deserves to be represented at the All-Star game." The rest of the East reserves are: Miami's Chris Bosh, Washington's John Wall, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan, Brooklyn's Joe Johnson, Chicago's Joakim Noah and Atlanta's Paul Millsap. Wall is the first Wizards All-Star since Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison were picked in 2008, the last time the game was in New Orleans. "I am very proud to represent the
Wizards franchise and the city of Washington as an All-Star and to share this honor with the fans who have supported me and stuck by me since I arrived here," said Wall, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft. The Pacers hoped Lance Stephenson, who leads the NBA in triple-doubles, would also be selected to join Hibbert and Paul George, who was voted to start. The reserves were chosen by the coaches from each conference, who had to vote for two guards, three frontcourt players and two regardless of position. They were not allowed to vote for their own players. The West ones went for veterans with their choices at guard in Paul, last year's All-Star game MVP from the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Spurs' Parker. That left first-time
hopefuls Goran Dragic of Phoenix and Mike Conley Jr. of Memphis home. The starters were announced last week: Miami's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, New York's Carmelo Anthony and Cleveland's Kyrie Irving were voted to start along with George. The fans voted for NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, Golden State's Stephen Curry, Minnesota's Kevin Love and the Clippers' Blake Griffin. Bryant is injured and not expected to play. Adam Silver, who will become commissioner Saturday, will choose replacements for Bryant and any other injured players. Indiana's Frank Vogel and Oklahoma City's Scott Brooks will
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coach the game. Brooks would determine who replaces Bryant in the starting lineup. Bosh is an All-Star for the ninth time in 11 seasons, while Lillard, Wall, DeRozan and Millsap were all
chosen for their first All-Star game. Millsap was the Eastern Conference player of the week last week. "Paul has been an All-Star player and an All-Star teammate for us," general manager Danny Ferry said.
"ITF rules make it challenging to make that decision early in the week. You lose options," said Courier. Courier said he and Jay Berger, the team's coach, made the decision to have Young fill in for Isner. "It was great to get the call," said Young, who will be making his Davis Cup debut. Young beat Murray at Indian Wells in March 2011. Asked if that win would give him confidence going into Friday's match, Young said, "yeah, definitely getting a win over anybody makes you feel good about it. "But since then he's (Murray) won a couple slams and played his best tennis, It's on a different surface. It will be a new day. We'll see how it goes." Murray, who has beaten Young at the U.S. Open, said "obviously, I don't have best memories from that (Indian Wells) match. I've never played him on clay before so
it's different." "He's pretty quick," Murray added. "He's not an easy player to play against." While Young was designated the No. 2 slot on the U.S. team, Sam Querrey was elevated to No. 1 and will play Great Britain's No. 2, James Ward, in the second match on Friday on the newly laid clay court at the San Diego Padres' Petco Park. The doubles match, set for Saturday, will pit the U.S. Bryan brothers, Mike and Bob, against Colin Fleming and Murray, who is scheduled to play all three days. British captain Leon Smith said he would leave it up to Murray to decide whether he will play three days in a row after returning to the tour from back surgery. The reverse singles are set for Sunday with Murray facing Querrey and Young meeting Ward. The last time the U.S. and Great Britain met in the Davis Cup was in 1999.
United States Olympic champion Andy Murray to face Donald Young in a rematch at the Davis Cup swimmer Rebecca Soni retires
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Rebecca Soni celebrates her win in the women's 200-meter breaststroke swimming final
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni retired from swimming Thursday. The 26-year-old American plans to launch a new lifestyle company and blog instead of making an attempt at her third Olympics. Soni took an extended break after the London Games, but left open the pos-
sibility of returning to the pool. Finally, with about 2 1-2 years to go until the 2016 Olympics, she decided to retire. "I know I've conquered my goals in the pool, and now it's time to conquer something else," she said. Soni won the 200-meter breaststroke at the last two Olympics while taking back-
to-back silvers in the 100 breast. She also was part of medley relay teams that won gold in Beijing and the silver in London. She is best known for becoming the first woman to break 2 minutes, 20 seconds in the 200 breast. At the London Olympics, Soni set a world record with a time of 2:19.59, a mark that was broken at last year's world championships by Rikke Pedersen of Denmark. "Achieving my dream of going below 2 minutes and 20 seconds in the 200m breaststroke really put the storybook ending on my career," Soni said. She will launch her new company, The Atlas Ventures, in the spring in partnership with another U.S. swimmer, Ariana Kukors. "I want to do my best to inspire the next generation and to share some of the things I've learned," Soni said.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Young, who beat Andy Murray at Indian Wells in 2011 in what he termed "the biggest win of my career," will get another shot at the two-time Grand Slam champion Friday in a first-round Davis Cup match between the United States and Great Britain. Young, ranked 79th, was a surprise selection to replace the injured John Isner for the U.S. team when the draw for the weekend's matches was announced Thursday. Isner retired from his first round match at the Australian Open earlier in January with an ankle injury after losing the first two sets, 6-2, 7-6 (5) to Martin Klizan. "We knew he (Isner) wasn't going to play earlier in the week," said U.S. captain Jim Courier. "Donald has been practicing. John actually hasn't hit a ball since Sunday. We've known for a while, but you're probably wondering why we haven't made the announcement.
Utah ape predicts Seahawks will Men's swimming and diving host a win Super Bowl this Sunday
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Eli the ape with a paper mache Seattle Seahawks helmet she chose over a Denver Broncos helmet, predicting the winner of this Sunday's Super Bowl at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ape that has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner for six straight years predicted Thursday that the Seattle Seahawks will be the next NFL champion. Eli the ape ran into an enclosure Thursday morning and swiftly knocked down a papier-mache helmet bearing the Seahawks logo, signaling his pick, said Erica Hansen of Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. "He made his pick without any hesitation," Hansen said. That could mean bad news for Broncos fans. The 13-year-old primate hasn't been wrong since 2006. Last year, Eli charged out and knocked over a papier-
mache goal post decorated with the Ravens logo. Sure enough, the Ravens beat the 49ers 34-31. Eli's pick this year drew mixed reactions from his team of zookeepers that include avid Broncos fans. "They are hoping that this is his first wrong year," Hansen said. After he made his prognostication, Eli was joined by his mate, Eve, and daughter, Acara, and allowed to smash, play and eat the papiermache helmets. Hansen said interest and excitement about Eli's Super Bowl pick has increased as his streak grows. This year, people have been asking daily when he's making his pick.
Thirteen percent fewer NFL concussions in 2013 than 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — The number of concussions in the NFL dropped 13 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to data the league released Thursday and touted as a result of its efforts to better protect players' heads. Using information collected from team doctors during preseason and regular-season practices and games, the NFL also said there was a 23 percent decrease over the past two seasons in the number of concussions caused by helmet-to-helmet contact. Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl news conference, Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior VP of health and safety policy, called the data "positive numbers from our perspective; positive trends." "Our perspective is that rules changes, culture change, the enforcement of the rules and the elimination, over time, of dangerous techniques is leading to a decrease in concussions. Now all of that said, we're talking about a small sample size of only a couple of years," Miller said. "This is an ongoing and important culture-change event, and so we're going to continue to analyze it and I think that there's
room for continued growth," he added. "So we're pleased with the data, unquestionably, as it relates to concussion, but there's still more to do." Some players have expressed concern that the NFL's emphasis on decreasing hits to the head could lead to more low hits and more knee injuries. But Miller said the injury statistics for the past three years — the only seasons for which he provided data Thursday — show there has not been an overall increase in damaged knee ligaments. Another finding about all injuries that cause a player to miss a game or practice, according to Miller: "Thursday night games don't pose a more significant risk of injury to the players, at least as relates to the objective data that we've collected" about that day of the week, as compared to games on Sundays or Mondays. Concussions rose nearly 4 percent from 2011 to 2012 — 252 to 261 — before lowering to 228 this past season. The NFL Players Association receives the same data. "Yes, there has been a decrease. Frankly, I would like to see what those numbers look
like over a three-year, fouryear period, rather than a oneyear period," said DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA. "We'll crawl through the numbers in the offseason and we'll take a look." Ever since Commissioner Roger Goodell was taken to task by Congress at a 2009 House hearing about brain trauma in professional football — and, more recently, as thousands of former players sued the NFL about concussions — the league has been updating its policies on head injuries almost constantly. Changes this season included a rule banning hits with the crown of the helmet, and putting independent neurological experts on sidelines during games. Mitch Berger, a neurosurgeon who served as a sideline expert for San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders games this season, said concussion assessment has "been pretty consistent" the past three years. "With the same level of awareness and assessment, it's of course encouraging to us that the number is going down," said Berger, a member of the NFL's head, neck and spine committee.
head-to-head meet this weekend
By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s swimming and diving team will look to take their head-tohead meet record to 5-0 as they host the Dartmouth College Big Green. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies are coming off of a convincing win over Seton Hall this past Sunday, winning 15 of 16 events en route to a 175-116 victory. UConn is also riding a 3-0 undefeated streak at home coming into the matchup. Dartmouth comes into
the meet on the heels of an want to win this one,” he impressive first place finish said. at the Dartmouth Invitational. Saturday will mark just the The Big Green won 15 of third meeting between the 18 events Huskies and and scored The Big Green, a 1,106.50, with each prowell ahead gram winning of UMass one meet each A m h e r s t , of the past two Connecticut years. College, Maine “It’s a new and Boston rivalry, but College for the it’s growing,” win. Goldberg said. “Dartmouth “The guys are Preview got us pretalways trainty good last ing hard. It’s year,” UConn head coach an important match up,” he Bob Goldberg said. “They’re said. one of the better Ivy League teams. We’re going to need all the guys to step up if we Eugene.Joh@UConn.edu
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Men's track and field compete in the Coaches Tribute Invitatioal in R.I. of competition as he called this week’s invitational, “our New England Championship, as we won’t be at the All New England in late February as After last week’s dominant it conflicts with the AAC performance at the Boston Championship.” In regards to their rival University Terrier Classic, Rhode Island he said, “Rhode the UConn men’s track and field team looks for a similar Island is the only team to result this Saturday at the beat us in the last 15-20 years Coaches Tribute Invitational at the Indoor Championship, so they will be in Kingston, gunning for us Rhode Island. at their home Trying to foltrack. We will low up last have to be at week will be a our best to beat tough test conthem, as they sidering the seemingly get Huskies had stronger each thirteen top year.” This ten finishes up week’s compein Boston. tition will be In both the Preview telling for the track and field rest of the seaevents, UConn was out in front of their son as the huskies need to be counterparts, putting up at their best so they will be good times in every event. reading for the AAC chamCompetition picks up this pionship which is under a week as well as this is a month away. Captains need to lead their scoring event which will team on and off the field, feature better teams including perennial New England and so far the three captains rival, Rhode Island. Coach for the Huskies have done Roy commented the increase just that. Captains Darnell
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Cummings, Eric Masington and Cory Duggan have been dominating events and more importantly setting the tone for the whole team. One of the captains, senior Eric Masington, who competes in the shot put, said this week all he can try to do is his best. In regards to what his expectations are he said, “Put simply, I would like to see the work that my teammates and I have been putting in to show up at the meet. The expectation is for far distances, fast times, and a win. I don't think I could ask for more than that.” As a captain, hard work and effort is all one can ask for in their teammates, as hopefully like Eric said that can produce a win this week up in Kingston. With only four more competitions, including this one, before the AAC and IC4A championships, this is the time to really pick it up and gain momentum.
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Men's hockey takes on conference rival in Colorado By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer The UConn men’s hockey team heads out to the Rocky Mountains this weekend for a two-game road series in Colorado Springs, CO with conference rival Air Force. This weekend’s series with the Falcons (14-8-4, 9-5-3 AHA) is yet another leg in the gauntlet of Atlantic Hockey opponents the Huskies (12-74, 10-4-3 AHA) have run since the start of the New Year. All of their last eight contests were conference tilts – a stretch on which the team holds a 5-1-2 record. “When we started the
month of January, I told the kids, ‘The first half of the season – October, November, December – that’s like the first two rounds of the Masters,’” head coach Mike Cavanaugh said. “‘We made the cut. We played well enough to put ourselves in position to win the league. January is Saturday, that’s moving day. We’re on hole 15 now, let’s make sure we finish it off and continue to get some points and put them on the board.’” Cavanaugh said he has been pleased with the way the team has performed in what has been a particularly crucial stage of the season in terms of postseason implications, but that it is equally crucial for the
Huskies to end the month on a high note. “I’m happy with the way we’ve played in January, however we have to finish this month off,” Cavanaugh said. “It’s two big points against a team that’s two points below us in the standings. And we all know [Air Force has] been probably the top team in [Atlantic Hockey] for the last five or six years.” The Air Force team that has had its share of peaks and valleys this season, with two wins over nationally-ranked teams in Providence and Northeastern – then ranked No. 5 and No. 16 in the country, respectively – and losses against Mercyhurst and Robert
Morris, falling to the former 8-2 on Nov. 2 before being swept by the latter in a twogame series on Jan. 24-25. Despite their recent pitfalls, Cavanaugh said Air Force remains a stout opponent, especially when considering the Falcons trail third-place UConn by only two points and are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. “I’ve been able to coach against [Air Force] a couple of times, and [Air Force head coach] Frank Serratore is a very experienced coach,” Cavanaugh said. “He has them playing very disciplined. They play structured hockey, and they very rarely beat themselves.”
Cavanaugh said he expects the Falcons to come back from last weekend’s sweep at the hand of Robert Morris with a vengeance, and that the Huskies will have to stay on their toes against an Air Force team that boasts a 7-1-2 home record this season. “They’re 5-1-1 at home in the league, so it’s certainly a formidable opponent that we’ll have on our hands,” Cavanaugh said. “They just got swept at Robert Morris, so you know that this is going to be a rough week at practice, they’re going to be pretty angry, and we’re going to have our hands full. We are going to have to come out and play our very best hockey.”
Senior forward Jordan Sims could become the second UConn player to join the 100point club this season, as the Toronto native heads out to Colorado with career totals of 97 points (35 goals, 62 assists) in 133 games. Senior forward and captain Brant Harris was the first Husky to reach the 100-point plateau this season, doing so on Jan. 18 against Mercyhurst. Puck drop for Friday night’s game is scheduled for 9:05 p.m., while Saturday’s game is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. start. Coverage of both games can be heard on 91.7-WHUS radio.
and [six] rebounds, that’s just a great job by Amida [Brimah], and then Phil [Nolan] gave us a lift on the offensive and defensive end. It was just a complete game by us.” Nolan posted 10 points for the second time in his career Thursday night, falling one short of his career high. He added seven rebounds, as did freshman Kentan Facey, who finished with career highs of seven points and three blocks. “Tonight was one of those nights when I just happened to get the ball a lot more than usual,” Nolan said. “Fortunately, I converted.” Napier puts a lot of the blame on himself for the Dec. 31 loss in Houston, UConn’s first game in the American Athletic Conference. But tonight, the senior point guard set the tone from the start. The reigning AAC Player of the Week finished a game-high 19 points, moving past Jeff Adrien into 14th place on the all-time scoring list. “Today, I was much more aggressive,” Napier said, “and I understood that I had to be more aggressive because DeAndre was out…
In the first half at Houston, I wasn’t the guy setting the tone. The second half I did and we came back. But we knew these guys were good, but we knew that if we played our game they weren’t going to be able to play with us.” Now on a three-game winning streak after a Jan. 18 loss to Louisville, UConn will take a week off before travelling to Ohio to take on No. 13 Cincinnati, who remains unbeaten in the American after a win Thursday night over the 12thranked Cardinals. Ollie says that the top priority during the time off is to get Daniels back to full health. But after seeing what his team was able to do without Daniels tonight, Ollie is pleased with the Huskies’ progress. “We’re on our way,” Ollie said. “We’re trending in the right way – rebounding, defense – everything is trending in the right way. Now we’ve got to keep it up.”
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — After an uncharacteristically sloppy game for the Big Ten leaders, Michigan coach John Beilein was relieved to have won. "It's going to be a battle all year long," Beilein said. "We're pleased that we could keep our head above water tonight." Caris LeVert had 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career doubledouble, and No. 10 Michigan beat Purdue 75-66 on Thursday night, extending its winning streak to 10. The Wolverines were outrebounded and turned the ball over 16 times, but their brilliant shooting can cover up a lot of problems. Nik Stauskas scored 16 points and Derrick Walton added 14 for Michigan (16-4, 8-0), which shot 61 percent from the field against a Purdue team that had held its previous five opponents under 42. The Wolverines were also 7 of 13 from 3-point range.
"We didn't really like the turnovers," LeVert said. "We had a lot of them tonight, but we just wanted to make up the plays that we messed up on." The Boilermakers (13-8, 3-5) were led by A.J. Hammons, who had 16 points and eight rebounds. Michigan was coming off three straight wins over top-10 teams, and there was no letdown at home against Purdue. LeVert has been one of the Big Ten's most improved players this season, and the wiry sophomore showed he can mix it up around the basket against Purdue. After playing 39 minutes in Saturday's win at Michigan State — and finishing with eight rebounds to match what was then his career high — he went right back to work Thursday. The 6-foot-6 LeVert went 5 of 11 from the field, and in addition to leading both teams in rebounding, he also added two assists, two blocks and
three steals. "He reminds me of Manny Harris with his speed right now," Beilein said, referring to the former Michigan standout who went on to play in the NBA. "He can get to places, that you're trying to figure out, 'How did he just get there?' Walton, meanwhile, has looked increasingly comfortable after a quiet start to his freshman season. The Michigan point guard went 6 of 7 from the field against Purdue, helping take some of the pressure off Stauskas. "The two pull-up jump shots he had, we didn't see that even earlier in practice," Beilein said. "Those were shots that a No. 3 used to hit last year for us." No. 3, of course, was Trey Burke, the national player of the year who left Michigan early to go to the NBA. Walton has replaced him, and as his confidence grows, so does Michigan's.
viding a cushion that offset Terry Rozier's two from the line that brought Louisville within a point with 7 seconds left and left the Cardinals' Luke Hancock with a 3-point attempt in the final seconds that missed. Kilpatrick finished 11 for 11 from the line. Jackson, questionable for the game with an ankle injury, started and finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals in 37 minutes. Shaquille Thomas added 11 points and Titus Rubles eight with rebounds for the Bearcats, who shot 63 percent in the second half and 49 percent overall (23 of 47). Harrell had 18 points for the Cardinals, who shot 44 percent (26 for 59) and snapped a four-game winning streak. Hancock and Russ Smith each added 16 while Rozier had 10. Cincinnati also controlled the boards 36-25, which proved critical in avoiding the embarrassment of the big second-half lead.
That was the value of having Jackson back after he sustained a left ankle sprain in the first half of Sunday's win over Temple. Despite missing Tuesday's practice that put his availability in question, the Bearcats' best defensive player looked just fine running the floor and proved it by making plays on both ends at key moments. Louisville was healthier as well with the return of point guard Chris Jones from a three-game absence with a strained oblique muscle. Though Rozier had been solid in his place alongside Smith, Louisville coach Rick Pitino said his presence was important to the Cardinals' quest to improve. Jones' four second-half points were certainly helpful in rallying Louisville from a huge deficit built by a Bearcats squad that seemed poised to break the game open after leading 28-20 at the break. Kilpatrick and Ge'Lawn Guyn opened with back-to-back 3-pointers to start Cincinnati's 6-of-7 start
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UConn gains three-game win streak No. 10 Michigan handles Purdue 75-66 in conference match against Houston from HOUSTON, page 12 The Huskies’ win came without second-leading scorer DeAndre Daniels, who suffered a high ankle sprain at Rutgers Saturday night. “The next guy stepped up,” Napier said of playing without Daniels. “When Boat was out, the next guy stepped up. Same with DeAndre, when he was out the next guy stepped up.” Houston’s 43 points was the fewest UConn has allowed all season and the fewest by any opponent since Butler in the 2011 National Championship Game. UConn also grabbed 55 rebounds, the most in the Ollie Era. Even more impressive for the Huskies is that they held TaShawn Thomas, the fifth-leading scorer and the second-leading rebounder in the American, to four points and six rebounds. Thomas had not been held to under 10 points all season. “The Ace of Spades of the game was TaShawn Thomas,” Ollie said. “And to hold him to [four] points
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sean Kilpatrick scored 28 points, including six free throws down the stretch that helped No. 13 Cincinnati rally for a 69-66 victory over No. 12 Louisville on Thursday night. Unfazed despite blowing a 17-point lead in the second half, the first-place Bearcats (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) regrouped to hold the Cardinals to just two points over the final 5 minutes to win the conference showdown with a big hand from Kilpatrick. Down 64-61, Kilpatrick made two from the line before Justin Jackson's tip-in gave Cincinnati the lead for good with 1:41 left. After Russ Smith's missed layup and Montrezl Harrell's turnover, Kilpatrick closed with four more free throws in the final 9 seconds to cap the Bearcats' 13th straight win that put them 2½ games ahead of Louisville (17-4, 6-2). All of Kilpatrick's late his free throws were big in pro-
from the field en route to its biggest lead at 44-27 with 16:33 remaining. Louisville scored 14 unanswered points in just over two minutes to get within three as Rozier hit from beyond the arc, Harrell added a pair of dunks, Hancock added four points and Smith capped it with a 3-point play at the 13:58 mark. The Bearcats stretched it back to eight points with 12 minutes left before Louisville answered with another big run, this one a 19-8 surge over 7 minutes resulting in its first lead since the opening minute. Smith's two 3-pointers including the go-ahead basket with 5:01 left led the way, but Jones, Hancock and Harrell added multiple baskets to bring the home crowd to its feet and keep them on edge for the remainder of the game. Rozier's free throws provided some late help, but those points were all Louisville could get after that as Kilpatrick sealed the game.
Short-handed Vanderbilt has three playing 40 minutes NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Vanderbilt Commodores are so short-handed that there are nicknames being circulated to best describe them. Magnificent Seven. Scrappy Seven. The Commodores aren’t too picky about what they’re called. They’re just trying to survive — and win — in the Southeastern Conference after injuries, departures and two suspensions left coach Kevin Stallings with only seven scholarship players at the start of conference play. Junior guard Dai-Jon Parker has played all 40 minutes in five games this month, senior Rod Odom forward has gone all the way in four and senior guard Kyle Fuller has three. They are three of the SEC’s top four in average minutes played in league competition with Parker averaging 39.4 minutes, Fuller 38.6 and Odom 36.9 with 11 games remaining. Parker and Odom have played 120 consecutive minutes since 1:27 of a loss at LSU on
Jan. 18. “It’s almost a dream come true for us,” Parker said of playing so many minutes. “But playing in the SEC is a little bit difficult going night in, night out with these guys basically playing SEC football out here the way the physicality is.” Vanderbilt (11-8, 3-4) now has won two straight and three of its last five after a 59-54 win at Georgia on Wednesday night. Fuller rested 26 seconds in that victory or the senior guard’s total would match Odom for 40-minute games. Now the Commodores are back home for three straight games starting Saturday hosting Mississippi State so they at least get a break from traveling. The storm that hit Georgia on Tuesday forced the Commodores to fly first to Atlanta, then to Greenville, S.C., before they bused into Athens leaving no time for a shootaround. “It’s nice to feel this thing is shifting in our direction a little bit,” Stallings said.
Stallings, in his 15th season, can’t recall having a team where he had to play even one man a full 40 minutes. He had little margin for error after losing three players last summer, including his leading scorer suspended for a year. Center Josh Henderson tore his left ACL after eight games, and leading scorer Eric McClellan was suspended before being kicked off the team the first week of January at the start of SEC play. Stallings added manager Rob Cross to the roster Jan. 16 to give him enough players to practice, though a bruised shin for one player limited Tuesday’s practice to 20 minutes before Stallings switched to shooting and a walk-through. Coming into this week, a team had two or more players play 40 minutes in regulation 59 times this season according to STATS LLC. Darius Gardner of American University leads all Division I players with 10 games logging all 40 minutes in a non-overtime game, and 36
Division I players had gone 40 minutes at least four times. Ice baths and stretching with the strength coach are key in helping these Commodores stay fresh. Odom said he is one of the luckier players as a senior with classes only three days each week, giving him more time to rest. No one has nodded off in class yet, something Parker said would get back quickly to Stallings. On the court, they have to avoid foul trouble and turnovers. Hitting the boards is a must as well, and they’ve been doing well enough that Stallings believes his Commodore 7 are good enough. “That’s if we can keep these seven healthy,” Stallings said. “We obviously can’t afford anything to go wrong with these guys and so every day when I see our trainer I just look at him like you better not be here with bad news because we can’t’ take any bad news on the injury front. We’re going to hang in there and keep battling.”
tum. I think we’re ready and I think that you’re going to see some good things from us.” The first test comes in the The UConn women’s ice hockey team will be back in form of Boston University, action over the weekend, as as the Terriers find themthe Huskies take on Boston selves second in the conferUniversity in a home-and- ence despite dropping four straight contests. home series. While BU represents a firm The Huskies will open test, coach Chris MacKenzie the weekend Friday night at Freitas Ice Forum, as UConn is optimistic for his team’s will host the annual Skating chances in conference play Strides for Breast Cancer from here on out, as the firstAwareness game. The con- year head coach believes his team has what it takes to ference foes will compete night in rebound quickand night out. ly, as a contest “We focus on in Boston will the next game, have a 3 p.m. the next peripuck drop the od, the next next afternoon. shift and just UConn enters play our best,” the weekend MacKenzie said. having split “Whatever haplast weekend’s pens, happens. series with We’re doing our Providence, as Preview very best. As the Huskies now long as we’re find themselves playing our best game, we’re with a 4-8-1 record in congoing to be in every game ference. However, UConn’s lead- from here on out.” “There’s really no secret at ing scorer, Kayla Campero, this point,” MacKenzie said. admitted there was a tough road ahead as the Huskies “Everyone is good in their still had matchups with system and everyone knows what’s going on. We just Hockey East’s elite. “We still have to play have to execute and make a (Boston College) and (Boston play when there’s no room University) and they’re one out there.” and two inAD theFOR conference,” THE DAILY CAMPUS the junior said. “So those FRI 1/31/14 2 COL. x 3.0" will be hard games, but we’re finally picking up momen- Ryan.Tolmich@UConn.edu
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NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Brooklyn Nets 8 p.m. ESPN
Two of the hottest teams in the NBA face off Friday night as the Thunder take on the Nets. The Nets are one game away from finishing with the NBA’s best record in January, however Kevin Durant and the Thunder will be a huge obstacle Brooklyn has to overcome. Durant has scored 30 points or more in the past 12 games, helping the Thunder come back from trailing the Heat for most of the first quarter in their last game. AP
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NCAAM: Duke vs. Syracuse, Sat., 6:30 p.m. ESPN No.17 Duke takes on No. 2 Syracuse on Saturday on ESPN. The 20-0 Orange will host Duke after squeezing past Wake Forest University in their last match up. Although Syracuse won by ten, the Blue Devils (17-4, 6-2) are on a five game winning streak and look to improve their conference record. Tip off starts at 6:30 p.m.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Phil Mickelson’s back was better than his game Thursday in the Phoenix Open. Returning to play after withdrawing from Torrey Pines last Friday night because of back pain, Mickelson opened his title defense with an even-par 71 at TPC Scottsdale. That left him seven strokes behind leaders Bubba Watson and Y.E. Yang. “My back is fine. My game was a little rusty,” Mickelson said. “I got off to a poor start, played a couple over, and finished poorly. In the middle of the round, though, I hit a lot of good shots and had a good little run, but it just wasn’t quite sharp. I wasn’t quite focused on every shot the way I need to be and let way too many shots slide.” Mickelson first felt soreness in his back two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, and pulled out of his hometown event in San Diego after making the 36-hole cut. He flew to Georgia to see back specialist Tom Boers and was told his facet joints locked up. “It’s fine. Honestly, it’s no big deal,” Mickelson said. “It was a five-minute fix. I just have to be careful for a week or two as it heals up. It’s fine. Mobility is back. It’s just not a big deal. ... It happens every now and then. Last time was about four years ago.” Mickelson had a double bogey on the par-3 12th — his third hole of the morning round — after hitting into the left-side water. He made 20-foot birdie putts on the next two holes, but three-putted for par on the par-5 15th after hitting a hybrid pinhigh from 245 yards. “Fifteen really stung,” Mickelson said. “It was only a 12- or 15-footer, and I am thinking eagle. I roll it 6 feet by and I miss it coming back. That was costly. Lefty got to 3 under with birdies on Nos. 17, 1 and 4, then bogeyed three of his last five holes. He three-putted the par-4 fifth — missing from 5½ and 3½ feet — and failed to get-up-down for par after finding greenside bunkers on Nos. 7 and 9. “I threw away a lot of shots,” Mickelson said. “I made some careless swings. Hitting it in the water on 12 was just pathetic. Playing the last five holes at 3 over, when I had the round going, was really bad.” He hit five of 14 fairways, 11 greens in regulation and had 30 putts. “I wasn’t as sharp as I need to be, for sure,” Mickelson said. In his victory last year, he opened with a 60 — lipping out a birdie putt on the final hole — and matched the tournament record at 28-under 256. The 43-year-old former Arizona State star is making his 25th appearance in the event that he also won in 1996 and 2005.
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KC Royals, Bruce Chen agree to $4.25M deal
Canucks Mike Santorelli has shoulder surgery
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Left-hander Bruce Chen got his wish Thursday, agreeing to a $4.25 million, oneyear contract to return to the Kansas City Royals, where he’s spent the past five seasons. Chen became a free agent after last season, but he made it clear that he wanted to return to the Royals. He’ll do so on a deal that pays $3.25 million this season with a mutual option at $5.5 million for 2015 with a $1 million buyout. The deal is subject to a physical, likely to take place Friday. He’ll also be eligible for performance bonuses this season of $125,000 for each start from 16 through 25, a sign the Royals may view him primarily as a longreliever with the ability to step in as a spot starter in the case of injuries or ineffectiveness. That’s similar to the role Chen had last season, arguably the best of his 15-year career. He went 9-4 with a 3.27 ERA while making 15 starts and 19 appearances out of the bullpen. One of the most popular players in the clubhouse, the 36-year-old Chen has seemingly gotten better with age.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Defenseman Kevin Bieksa will miss Vancouver’s five-game road trip leading into the Olympic break, adding another name to a long list of injuries for the Canucks. The team also announced Thursday that center Mike Santorelli is expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum. Bieksa played 23 minutes in Vancouver’s 5-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday night, and then missed practice on Thursday. Assistant coach Mike Sullivan said it’s more than just a maintenance day. “He is not going to join us on the trip,” Sullivan said. “We don’t know the details of it yet. When we get more information we’ll update you.” Fellow defenseman Christopher Tanev also is out with what’s believed to be a broken hand. Captain Henrik Sedin has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury, but Sullivan thinks he will be back soon. “He’s still day to day, but I believe he will join us on this trip and we are hopeful that we’ll get him at some point here,” Sullivan said. The injuries have taken a toll
He won 35 games for the Royals from 2010-12, when he was almost exclusively a starter, and then helped stabilize the rotation the last 2½ months of last season. Chen’s been successful despite a fastball that rarely breaks 85 mph. He instead relies on a beguiling mix of sliders, curveballs and cutters, and often jokes about his lack of velocity. The front end of the Royals rotation is set with James Shields, Jeremy Guthrie and recently signed Jason Vargas. Talented left-hander Danny Duffy, who came back from Tommy John surgery last season, is in line for one of the remaining spots, leaving the fifth job up for grabs. Hard-throwing youngster Yordano Ventura pitched well during a September callup and is widely expected to join the rotation at some point this season. It’s possible that Chen could serve as a stopgap out of spring training if Ventura isn’t quite ready to step into the rotation. Former starter Luke Hochevar, who flourished in the bullpen last season, and Wade Davis, who has also been much better as a reliever than a starter, could also compete for the job.
on the sputtering Canucks, who have lost three of four and 11 of 15. They have been held to two goals or less in nine of their last 10 games. Coach John Tortorella also has one game left in his sixgame suspension for trying to get into Calgary’s locker-room after a first-period line brawl Jan. 18. Tortorella will sit out Friday game’s at Winnipeg before returning Monday against Detroit. The 28-year-old Santorelli had 10 goals and 18 assists in 49 games this season. He was injured Jan. 16. “After consultation with our team physicians, we determined Mike would require a procedure on his shoulder,” Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said in statement. “The surgery was successful and we expect a full recovery.” The loss of Bieksa also is a significant blow. He has four goals and 15 assists in 55 games this season. The 32-year-old Bieksa will be replaced on the blue line by Frank Corrado, who was recalled from Utica of the AHL. The 20-year-old Corrado played six games for Vancouver earlier this season but has yet to register a point.
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By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor
Mike Peng In July of 2009, I was pitching for my high school summer ball team when I was struck in the face by a comebacker. I never saw the ball coming. According to my coach and teammates, the baseball apparently bounced off my right cheekbone before landing just past the shortstop on the outfield grass, though I didn’t recall any of that either. Luckily, a minor contusion was all I sustained from the incident, but I never forgot what the doctor told me at the hospital; that if the ball had struck me any higher or any harder, I would have either lost my right eye or broke my cheekbone. Since then, I’ve watched a number of Major League Baseball players suffer the same misfortune of getting struck by those lightening-quick comebackers. There was Brandon McCarthy in September of 2012, then Doug Fister a month later in the World Series, followed by Alex Cobb and J.A. Happ last season at Tropicana Field, just to mention a few of the recent incidents that gave me flashbacks. These accidents are rare and often unstoppable, but MLB did something earlier this week to help mitigate the seriousness of the injuries. On Tuesday, MLB notified all 30 teams of its approval of the padded baseball caps manufactured by isoBlox, a subsidiary of 4Licensing Corporation, as an alternative option to the regular caps. The new caps are “fitted with uniquely-formulated protective plates that use a combination of dispersion and absorption techniques to diffuse energy upon impact with a high-velocity object,” according to the isoBlox website. While the description indicates the increased safety that comes with the new caps, some players – even the ones who have been hit – said they would not wear it. In a column written by ESPN’s Jayson Stark, he mentioned McCarthy’s dissatisfaction with the design of the new caps and the choice of not wearing them. On Sept. 5, 2012, McCarthy was hit near his left ear by a linedrive off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels’ Erick Aybar when he was pitching for the Oakland Athletics. The injury was so severe that McCarthy had a life-threatening brain contusion along with skull fracture and epidural hemorrhage. A successful brain surgery saved McCarthy’s life and he was back on mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season. However, McCarthy stressed the increased size and “awkward” feeling of the cap as the reasons for his reluctance to wear it. He has a point. Baseball is a sport of rhythm and comfort, whether if you are in the batter’s box or on the mound, any little tweak in a motion can cause world of different in this sport. But to have success on field come at the risk of serious head injuries? Sorry, I’ll take the uncomfortable and silly looking caps any day. It’s not as if players nowadays still wear the same baggy pants and loose caps that the likes of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams once wore. Players can adapt to outfit changes and even fix their mechanics according, but they cannot mend a damaged brain. The new caps still wouldn’t help protect the facial areas from injuries like the one I suffered, but by providing any type of protection to prevent players from getting seriously hurt by those “corked bullets,” it’s a step in a positive direction.
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Five minutes into Thursday night’s game at Gampel Pavilion, the UConn men’s basketball team had a 16-3 lead, and Houston coach James Dickey had already used two of his timeouts. At the end of the timeout, with the roaring crowd on its feet, UConn guard Shabazz Napier and his teammates smacked the floor. “We’ve got this thing, it’s called kills,” Napier said. “We get three [stops] in a row, it’s a kill. We understood that we had two stops in a row and we needed one more.” The Huskies got the kill, and that 13-point deficit was as close as the Cougars would get the rest of the night, as UConn rolled to an 80-43 victory, avenging a 75-71 loss in Texas on New Year’s Eve. UConn (17-4, 5-3 American Athletic Conference) scored 12 points in the final two minutes of the first half, capped by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Ryan Boatright, to bring a 51-22 lead into the break. In the second half, Houston (11-10, 3-5 AAC) held the Huskies to just 10 of 32 shooting, but UConn was still able to keep a stranglehold on the contest. “I told the guys that this wasn’t a ‘revenge game’ for us,” Ollie said. “We just wanted to show Houston that we were a better team [than the last time they played]. That was the only goal we had in mind… They ruined my New Year’s. Now we just ruined TROY CALDERIA/The Daily Campus their Chinese New Year’s.”
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Women’s basketball braces for a fast February By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor
Come Saturday, when the UConn women’s basketball team pays its yearly visit to Cincinnati (9-11, 2-7 American Athletic Conference), the calendar flips to February. “Once February comes, it’s like a ski jump,” UConn coach Auriemma said. “You look up and it’s March 1.” The next four weeks then are the final fleeting moments Auriemma has to prepare his team for the postseason. In his assessment, the Huskies (22-0, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) improved some during the course of January, but still have areas of weakness in need of tweaking and upgrading. The biggest area of concern? Rebounding. “I think rebounding is always a huge key,” Auriemma said. “I don’t think there’s anything more important defensively than rebounding the ball. And when you think about
it, Kiah [Stokes] is the one player on our team built for rebounding. She’s built like a rebounder. “Stefanie [Dolson] has to work hard at it, [Breanna Stewart] has to work hard at it. It’s not something that just comes naturally to anybody other than Kiah, so we’re constantly trying to make that better.” Of course, even with that weakness, UConn has out-rebounded its opponent in 20 of 22 games this season. The other big standout for Auriemma has been the production of his bench players. Depth has never been a strength of this squad – with Morgan Tuck out for the remainder of the season after knee surgery, the Huskies are down to just eight scholarship players on the roster. “I don’t think Saniya [Chong] has gotten a lot better, which I’d hoped that she would,” Auriemma said. “She’s kind of plateaued a little bit. And that’s kind of natural, that happens. I don’t think Brianna Banks has gotten better; I think she’s going to have to take a major
step forward. Her and Saniya – we need both of them to get good and to get good fast.” While those things may be problem areas for UConn, they’ve had more than enough production from the remainder of the team to cover up any deficiencies to this point. Breanna Stewart, who finished Tuesday’s game against Temple with a career-high 37 points, has averaged 19.5 so far this season. Combined with the production from the Huskies two main guards, Bria Hartley and Moriah Jefferson, they’ve managed to avoid any pitfalls of being short-handed and playing with quick turnarounds over the season’s first three months. The trip to Cincinnati marks UConn’s fourth game in 11 days. Over the first three games of that span, Jefferson – who has registered a historically impressive 3.25 assist/turnover ratio – has racked up 25 assists, but turned it over just five times. In addition to posting 11 assists against the Owls, Hartley has now scored in double figures in each of
Not a revenge game The Huskies dropped their conference opener against the Cougars, 75-71, in Houston on New Year’s Eve, but Ollie insisted that this was not a “revenge game.” “We just wanted to show Houston that we were a better team,” Ollie said. “That was the only goal we had in mind… They ruined my New Year’s. Now we just ruined their Chinese New Year’s.” Daniels sits out with ankle injury Though DeAndre Daniels said he was “definitely going to play the next game no matter what” following the UConn’s win over the Rutgers last Saturday in which he suffered a high ankle sprain, the junior forward sat out Thursday night’s game and senior Niels Giffey was inserted into the starting lineup instead. “DeAndre is a competitor. Everybody has seen that at the
RAC when he came back in,” Ollie said. “He wanted to play and I listened to [team trainer] James Doran. He was trying to get [Daniels] right, but he just wasn’t to the point where we thought he could be effective and we just went with Niels.” The Huskies had little trouble getting past the Cougars Thursday night without Daniels, but his presence in the lineup is something they can’t afford to miss. “He’s the best player on our team,” Napier said. “When he plays the way he’s supposed to play, he just looks tremendous out there and makes it easier for everybody.” Ollie is “hopeful” that Daniels will be ready for Cincinnati next Thursday. “If he’s not ready, then we’re going to go [into the bench],” Ollie said. “We got enough in that locker room no matter who’s out.” Nolan provides spark off the bench and on the glass
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Stefanie Dolson (left) and Kiah Stokes (right) go up to defend a shot against a Memphis offensive player.
the last six games. “When we were down those few guys in the beginning of the season and we had those quick games,” Stefanie Dolson said, “it kind of taught us to push through being tired, making sure we made smart decisions on the floor. It really came in handy for times like now when we’re down a guy or someone gets hurt here and there.”
On Dec. 29, the teams’ first meeting and their first conference game, UConn prevailed 67-34 in a sloppy game at Gampel Pavilion. Tip-off between the Huskies and Bearcats is set for 2 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena and the game can be seen on SNY.
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Without Daniels, Huskies defeat Houston By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer
Four players scored in double figures, with Shabazz Napier’s 19 points to lead all, as UConn routed Houston 80-43 Thursday night in front of a crowd of 9,312 at Gampel Pavilion to improve to 17-4 overall and 5-3 in the American Athletic Conference. “It’s much easier for me,” Napier said on the effect of collective scoring. “When I’m the only guy scoring, it’s tough. I don’t like it. I hate it because the most time that happens, it’s always close game. When everybody is scoring double digits, it just shows how good we are if we come together and play together.” The Huskies jumped out to a 16-3 lead just five minutes into the contest and never looked back. “That was a great game by us,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “Team effort. We came out and played right out of the gate.”
Phil Nolan came off the bench at the 16:40 mark in the first half and immediately made an impact on the game. The sophomore forward hit his first four shots and scored six consecutive points for the Huskies during a stretch in the first half. “I think that dunk got him going in the beginning,” Ollie said. “And that’s what good point guards do. Ryan [Boatright] was punching it, and if you get the big guy in it early, and you get them a dunk, their whole world changes. Their energy goes up.” Nolan finished the game with 10 points, just one shy of his career-high. The Huskies also grabbed a season-high 55 rebounds Thursday night, with Nolan being one of the three Huskies recording seven of them, and Ollie “loved” the team’s rebounding effort. “We are 11-0 when we outrebound our opponents,” Ollie said. “That’s the common denom-
inator in all of our wins.” Nolan said the team does approximately 10 rebound drills each practice and that its “starting to pay off.” Containing TaShawn Thomas Houston’s junior forward TaShawn Thomas gave UConn plenty of trouble down in Texas about a month ago as he scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Cougars win. Comimg into Thursday’s contest, Ollie knew containing Thomas would be the key to the game. The Huskies managed to hold Thomas’ scoring to single digits for the first time this season. “To hold him to six points and four rebounds, that’s just a great job by Amida [Brimah],” Ollie said. “And then Phil [Nolan] came in and gave us a lift on the offensive and defensive end. It was just a complete game by us.
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