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Students get ‘Farm Fresh’ food from local markets on Fairfield Way By Brittany M. Bousquet Campus Correspondent
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Despite cold temperatures and the threat of rain, the Farm Fresh Market was still held on Fairfield Way Friday. The market runs rain or shine from the start of the semester until the middle of October. It also operates during the summer. Deya Ray, a 1st-semester communications major, came to the market because she saw the tent. “I’m huge on organic and local food,” she said. Ray went home with a bag of green beans and squash. Shopping at Farm Fresh Market also saves students and faculty a trip to the grocery store. The produce is fresh and the prices are reasonable. Farm Fresh Market operates from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. They sell a variety of fresh produce from around the state and the region. The market operates on a cash-only basis. The market is staffed primarily by UConn students. However, representatives from the farms supplying produce also come to be at the market. Larry Rayment, Area Assistant Manager, said that the produce comes from East Windsor, Tolland and UConn’s Spring Manor Market among other places. Some of the produce comes from regional areas rather than directly from Connecticut. Rayment also said that the produce varies weekly depending on what the farms have available. Josh Ivaldi, a 7th semester electrical engineering major works at the market. He said that the produce sold includes strawberries, blueberries, corn, squash, kale and pumpkins. The market also had fresh honey and apple cider for sale.
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Bernadette Astiaco, a graduate student majoring in international studies, picks out fresh strawberries at UConn’s Farm Fresh Market on Friday. The market runs every Friday rain or shine until October 12.
“The corn is delicious raw,” Ivaldi said. The market also includes toadskin melons, lemon cucumbers and green beans. The market normally has a good turnout with between 80 and 100 customers. Many of the customers are UConn students. Both students and faculty go shopping, although they tend to buy different things. Faculty favor squash, kale, and more dinner-type produce. Students favor strawberries, b l u e b e r r i e s
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beans, squash and onions on Friday. Although the market has a better turnout when the weather is warmer, people were still stopping to shop on Friday, a day where the weather was colder than it had been most of the semester and rain started to fall shortly after the market opened for business. The last Farm Fresh Market will be on Friday, October 12.
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and other fruit. “The berries aren’t local, but they’re a big seller with the students so we bring them in,” said Rayment. Farm Fresh Market tries to market to students as much as it can. However, the produce and the market also appeal to the staff. “I come every time. My favorite part of the market is that it’s located on campus,” said Mary Briggs, who works at the Homer Babbidge Library. Briggs, who loves Farm Fresh Market, bought corn, apples, green
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Pi Betta Phi hosted Arowspike, their annual charity volleyball tournament, Saturday in Husky Village. Proceeds went to First Book, an organization that provides books to underprivileged children.
By Allie Garry Campus Correspondent Pi Beta Phi hosted their annual philanthropic volleyball tournament, called Arrowspike, on Sunday to benefit First Book, an organization that provides books to underprivileged children. Along with the volleyball tournament, Pi Beta Phi also held a book drive where teams could earn points for the more books they donate. The Tournament hosted twenty-one fraternity and sorority teams at the volleyball courts in Husky Village. Allie Cipolla, Pi Beta Phi Philanthropy Chair and 7thsemester education major, said that the event raise around
$2,000 and they have collected a little over 300 books from students and faculty. Over the course of the afternoon, teams faced off in hopes of a first place trophy and more importantly, bragging rights. The winners were, Delta Zeta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Pi Beta Phi has been hosting the volleyball tournament since their founding in 1947. They will be accepting book donations through out this week. Donations can be placed in the ‘Book Donation’ box outside their house in Husky Village. Sponsors for the event were D.P. Dough, Wooster Street Pizza, Willington Pizza and Monster.
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By Adrienne Ciervo Campus Correspondent With a campus of over 17,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students, one of the goals of the Muslim Student Association is to show there is a smaller community out there that students are welcome to be a part of whether they are Muslim or not. The association has over 250 members, including students, faculty and people of the community. They pride themselves in being one of the only buildings on campus that always has someone there. Members of the MSA stress the importance of education. It has lectures weekly about the Quran for women at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays for men. Members can also be found in the Homer Babbidge Library at
their Outreach Table from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. every Wednesday, “educating those who want to listen,” said leader of the MSA, Safwan Shaikh.
“[Islam] is more of a lifestyle than a religion,covering conduct on a variety of contemporary issues.” Safwan Shaikh MSA Leader The mission of this organization is based upon three
things: the practicing of the Islamic faith, increasing awareness, and addressing the global aspects of their faith. All three of these missions are based upon education as well as realizing the Islamic faith is more than a religion. “[Islam is] more of a lifestyle than religion, covering conduct on a variety of contemporary issues,” said Shaikh. In regards to the current violence and protests in the Middle East about the online video rash-talking the Prophet Muhammad, Shaikh makes very clear that this type of action is not what the Islamic faith is about, these violent outbursts are “culture based and ignorant.” Shaikh says that both those who made the video and those who are violently protesting the video should be condemned.
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Learn about study abroad basics by attending one of our drop-in introductory information sessions. Study Abroad staff and peer leaders will be on hand to discuss how to plan for study abroad
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Conn. panel to seek public input on transit
WINSTED, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Public Transportation Commission has planned several public meetings this fall to gather input about the state of public transportation services. The panel has scheduled four hearings around the state. The first is set for Oct. 10 at the Winsted Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Others will be held in Windsor, Bridgeport and Mansfield. Commission members are seeking testimony from the public, transportation providers, public officials and others concerning the operation of public transportation services, dial-a-ride programs, transportation for the disabled and other issues. They are trying to determine if the services are meeting the public’s needs and whether improvements or new services are needed.
Police find vehicle carjacked from elderly woman
NEW BRITIAN, Conn. (AP) — New Britain police say they’ve found a minivan that was carjacked from an elderly woman after she offered a ride to a stranger who asked for help. Police say they found the vehicle abandoned and unoccupied in New Britain Sunday morning. The victim told police that a younger woman approached her near St. Francis Church on Saturday and said she needed a ride. The younger woman was wet from her knees down and said her husband had pushed her into a pond. Police say the younger woman, believed to be in her 40s, pushed the elderly woman out of the minivan during the ride and took off. The elderly woman suffered minor injuries.
Motorcycle club leader charged in Conn. stabbing
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — New London police say they’ve arrested a motorcycle club president and are trying to find his brother in connection with a stabbing at the group’s clubhouse. City police on Saturday evening charged 34-year-old Jose Roman of New London with first-degree assault and carrying a dangerous weapon and are seeking to arrest his brother, 31-year-old Juan Baptista-Roman, on similar charges. Authorities told The Day of New London (http://bit.ly/PjQL5N ) that 26-year-old Anthony Swift suffered life-threatening stab wounds and three other men were hurt on Sept. 22 in a brawl at the WildStyle Riders Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse on Bank Street. Police say Jose Roman is the club’s president. Jose Roman is detained on $400,000 bail and will be arraigned Monday in New London Superior Court. It’s not clear if he has a lawyer.
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Fundraiser honors Connecticut SEAL killed in Afghanistan
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Patricia Parry was taken aback last month when 27 relatives turned out for a Virginia Beach motorcycle fundraiser to honor her late son, Brian Bill, a U.S. Navy SEAL and Stamford native. “Can you imagine dinner for 27 people?” Parry asked. At that event, and a similar one held in Connecticut on Sept.22, she learned that the support for her son extends far beyond family. Bill, 31, was killed Aug. 6, 2011, with 29 other Americans and eight Afghan commandos when the Chinook helicopter they were in crashed after being struck by a Taliban fighter’s rocket-propelled grenade. The fourth annual Thunder on the Sound Motorcycle Ride & Family Barbeque attracted more than 280 motorcyclists and another 50 passengers to help finance the Brian Bill Memorial Fund. The fund is raising money to build a monument honoring Bill and others who served or were killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Before the ride, which started from the Exit 35 park and ride off the Merritt Parkway, Patricia Parry said she was pleased the “Honor and Remember” flag was being carried on the lead motorcycle in the procession. It included a gold star, the acknowledged symbol on honorary flags to represent a military member who lost their life during their service. “Everything on the flag has
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symbolism, the red is blood, the white is purity and the Gold Star is for Gold Star moms and dads,” she said. “It’s very special.” Patricia Parry rode the 60-mile course with her younger brother, Jeffrey Davis, on Bill’s 2003 Harley-Davidson Night Train. Other riders included Bill’s sister, Amy Kutney, and her husband, Chad; Bill’s sister, Tessa Bill; and his aunt, Maureen Davis. Bill’s uncle, Tom Davis, and aunt, Joann Davis, also attended the event. Bill’s stepfather, Michael Parry, said the family was humbled by the large turnout, which he believed represented a sincere appreciation for the sacrifice made by Bill and other servicemen and women. “Most of these people are
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — It took a while to nail down whether it was, in fact, a landmark year. Somewhere along the line in the past 75 years, the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra’s seasons switched from following the calendar to a series that spanned fall to spring. Then there was the matter of whether an anniversary should be based on the group’s founding year, or its first concert. After scouring scrapbooks, archives at the local museum, library and newspaper and other records, organization officials felt assured that this was, in fact, the right season for celebration. Making the research cumbersome has been the deaths of a couple of organization devotees with tremendous institutional knowledge, including former executive director and board member Carol Gilbert. A handful of other longtime collaborators continue with the group, including a violinist, Elinor Sills, who has been with the ensemble for about 65 years, and Dante Galuppo, the group’s librarian and former personnel director. Galuppo joined the WSO as a trombonist in its second concert.
High waves hit a breakwater in Kihocho, Mie prefecture, western Japan Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. A powerful typhoon is heading to Tokyo after injuring dozens of people, causing blackouts and paralyzing traffic in southern Japan.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Barack Obama’s administration has awarded a $1 million grant for the Hartford Innovation Hub under a federal program designed to spark economic growth in urban America by partnering federal officials with local decisionmakers. The Hartford plan seeks to help the city attract serial investors, grow advanced manufacturing companies and increase global competitiveness. Hartford is one of only three cities nationwide being awarded the grant intended to spur long-term economic growth and job creation through the Strong Cities, Strong Communities Challenge. Federal officials say the idea is to create Community Solutions Teams, which will include employees from several different federal agencies, and have them work directly with local officials.
TOKYO (AP) — A weakening tropical storm was speeding out of Japan on Monday after bringing gale-strength winds to Tokyo and injuring dozens of people, causing blackouts and paralyzing traffic to the south and west of the capital. Japan’s Meteorological Agency had warned Tokyo residents to stay indoors while Typhoon Jelawat passed Sunday night. The storm then had winds of up to 126 kilometers (78 miles) an hour but weakened to a tropical storm with 108 kph (67 mph) in the morning. On Sunday, Nagoya city issued an evacuation advisory
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here because they have a lot of gratitude for the sacrifice he made, as well as for the entire military,” Parry said. The Connecticut Patriot Guard, which provided an escort for the Bill family at Brian Bill’s funeral, also had a large turnout, Chuck Harvey, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, said. Harvey, president of the Connecticut chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, said the event was a small way to fulfill the Patriot Guard’s mission of helping veterans. “It’s a perfect way to help support fellow veterans and get this memorial built,” said Harvey, a Stamford resident. Scattered throughout the crowd of black leather, bandan-
nas and denim were Stamford natives who remembered Bill for his sense of humor, drive to succeed, and down-to-earth personality. Before the ride, Shaun Zaro, 44, a Stamford High School graduate and Parry family friend, recalled a ceremony at which Bill received his Eagle Scout badge for a project building a rock garden at Villa Maria School in North Stamford. Zaro said Bill was a good mimic, doing a spot-on impersonation of comedian Jim Carrey. “He’d do everything but climb on top of you doing the impersonation,” Zaro said. “He’d have me in stitches for hours.” Near the registration tables for the ride, Casey Cummings, who graduated from Trinity Catholic High School with Bill in 1997, was selling Brian Bill Memorial Fund rubber wristbands for $5. “He was just so full of spirit and always happy and willing to help others,” Cummings said. “I’m so happy to see so many people here.” At 10 a.m., the procession of bikes began to leave the lot and head north on the Merritt Parkway. From Stamford, the ride proceeded to Exit 42 where it continued along backroads through Redding before returning to the Ponus Yacht Club for a barbecue. In addition to food, the event featured Jump the Gunn, a country music cover band.
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to more than 50,000 residents because of fear of flooding from a swollen river. A similar advisory was issued for more than 10,000 people in the northern city of Ishinomaki that was hit by last year’s tsunami. The typhoon left 145 people with minor injuries in southern and western Japan, about half of them on the southern island of Okinawa, public broadcaster NHK said. Tens of thousands of homes were without electricity. Kyodo news agency reported one fatality, a man who was swept away by seawater while fishing in Okinawa.
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran’s cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West’s “soft war” of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google’s popular Gmail appeared to be a swipe too far. Complaints piled up — even from email-starved parliament members — and forced authorities Sunday to double down on their promises to create a parallel Web universe with Tehran as its center. The strong backlash and the unspecific pledges for an Irancentric Internet alternative to the Silicon Valley powers and others highlight the two sides of the Islamic Republic’s ongoing battles with the Web. It’s spurred another technological mobilization that fits neatly into Iran’s self-crafted image as the Muslim world’s showcase for science, including sending satellites into orbit, claiming advances in cloning and stem cell research and facing down the West over its nuclear program. But there also are the hard realities of trying to reinvent the Web. Iran’s highly educated and widely tech-savvy population is unlikely to warm quickly to potential clunky homegrown browsers or email services. And then there’s the potential political and economic fallout of trying to close the tap on familiar sites such as Gmail.
“Some problems have emerged through the blocking of Gmail,” Hussein Garrousi, a member of a parliamentary committee on industry, was quoted Sunday by the independent Aftab-e Yazd daily. What he apparently meant was that many lawmakers were angry and missing their emails. He said that parliament would summon the minister of telecommunications for questioning if the ministry did not lift the Gmail ban, which was imposed last week in respond to clips on Google-owned YouTube of a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad that set off deadly protests across the Islamic world. Even many newspapers close to the government complained over the email disruptions. On Saturday, the Asr-e Ertebat weekly reported that Iranians had paid a total of $4.5 million to purchase proxy services to reach blocked sites, including Facebook and YouTube, over the past month. Iranian authorities — perhaps recognizing the risks at hand — decided against taking a symbolic twin shot at Google and cut access to the Web browser in a country with 32 million Internet users among a population of 75 million, according to official statistics.
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Making her pitch at Plymouth State University, Megan Ogora’s tone was as sparkly as the glitter on the handmade “Students for Obama” sign stuck to her table at the student union building. To each passer-by who mumbled something about being registered to vote in another state, she offered a quick argument for voting in New Hampshire instead — state law allows it, and because New Hampshire is a swing state, votes cast by students here may have more of an impact. “Because you are here, your vote counts six times as much,” Ogora, who is from Lebanon, N.H., told several fellow students Thursday. That’s exactly the attitude that has angered Republican House Speaker Bill O’Brien, who supports a new law that would essentially prohibit out-of-state students from voting in New Hampshire unless they become legal residents. A Strafford County Superior Court judge blocked implementation of the law last week, but the state has filed requests in two courts seeking to have it reinstated, leaving the matter unsettled just weeks before the Nov. 6 election. O’Brien, who has asked to become a party in the case, said last week’s ruling created two classes of voters — “all of us who reside in New Hampshire and those residents of other states who choose to vote here because we are a battleground state.” “The people of New Hampshire deserve not to have non-residents wandering around diluting their votes,” he said Friday. Students traditionally have been allowed to declare the state their domicile for voting purposes
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In this Sept. 27, 2012 photo, students walk on the campus at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. Out-of-state college students react to uncertainty over whether they can vote in New Hampshire in November.
without holding legal residency, which involves an intent to stay for an extended period of time. A federal judge ruled in 1972 that the New Hampshire could not forbid out-of-state students from voting in New Hampshire even if they planned to leave after graduation, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled similarly seven years later. But under a law passed over Gov. John Lynch’s
veto this year, new voters would have been required to sign a statement saying they declare New Hampshire their domicile and are subject to laws that apply to all residents, including laws requiring drivers to register cars and get a New Hampshire driver’s license. The statement doesn’t specifically require students to be residents but makes them subject to hundreds of laws involving residency.
Hannah Sikand, a 19-year-old Plymouth State student from Connecticut, said she plans to vote for President Barack Obama in New Hampshire but doesn’t like the idea of changing her car registration or license. “The biggest thing is, we need people to vote, and that is turning a lot of people away from it. That’s not cool,” she said. “College students, being liberal or not, they still have ever legal right to vote. I don’t think it should matter where.” Just what kind of effect out-of-state college students have on elections is impossible to determine. But that impact likely is greater in New Hampshire than in other states due to the high percentage of outof-state students attending college here. In the fall of 2010, 47 percent of the first-time freshmen at New Hampshire colleges and universities were from outside the state, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Only three states had higher percentages: Vermont, Rhode Island and North Dakota. And among the states considered battlegrounds in November, the percent of out-of-state students are significantly lower, ranging from 11 percent in Michigan to 32 percent in Iowa. In New Hampshire, an analysis of total enrollment at the state’s 17 residential colleges and universities shows just over 32,500 out-of-staters enrolled in fall 2011. That’s a sizable number in a small state (John Kerry beat George W. Bush by fewer than 10,000 votes in 2004), but no one knows how many of them will actually vote in New Hampshire. According to exit polls, 10 percent of 2008 voters in NH were 18-24, and they backed President Barack Obama 62 percent to 37 percent.
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EDITOR’S NOTE _ Part of the occasional series Coming Home, about veterans’ adjustment to civilian life. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The link between U.S. military service and running for office is as old as the republic itself. It started with George Washington, who famously wrote that, “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.” During the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of veterans have come home and laid aside their uniforms. But not all have opted to simply blend back into civilian life. Many have chosen to run for public office. Several dozen veterans — some of them from earlier wars — are vying for U.S. House and Senate seats this year. And many others are seeking state and local offices across the country. Men and women, Republicans and Democrats, they range from well-known hopefuls such as congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, who became a double amputee when her National Guard helicopter was shot down in Iraq, to Arizona state House contender Mark Cardenas, a 25-year-old Iraq vet who remains a National Guardsman.
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In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo, Seth Lynn, right, director of the Center for Second Service at George Washington University, talks with Darren Phelps, a current student and former Marine, center, and Mark Kennedy, director of GWU Graduate School of Political Management, in Washington.
They are people like former Marine tank commander Nick Popaditch, who lost his right eye during the April 2004 Battle of Fallujah in Iraq, and who is now the Republican nominee in California’s 53rd Congressional District. “I was looking at my government and I wasn’t happy with it,” says the ex-gunnery sergeant, who cuts a striking figure on the campaign trail with his shaved head and black eye patch. “So rather than complain, I decided to run myself. I thought I could do a better job, and I still feel that way.” After back-to-back wars, there are more recent combat
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WASHINGTON (AP) — If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there’s more to it than good customer service. As of Monday, Medicare will start fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge due to complications. The penalties are part of a broader push under President Barack Obama’s health care law to improve quality while also trying to save taxpayers money. About two-thirds of the hospitals serving Medicare patients, or some 2,200 facilities, will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000 per facility this coming year, according to government estimates. Data to assess the penalties have been collected and crunched, and Medicare has shared the results with individual hospitals. Medicare plans to post details online later in October, and people can look up how their community hospitals performed by using the agency’s “Hospital Compare” website. It adds up to a new way of doing business for hospitals, and they have scrambled to prepare for well over a year. They are working on ways to improve communication with rehabilitation centers and doctors who follow patients after they’re released, as well as connecting individually with patients. “There is a lot of activity at the hospital level to straighten out our internal processes,” said Nancy Foster, vice president for quality and safety at the American Hospital Association. “We are also spreading our wings a little and reaching outside the hospital, to the extent that we can, to make sure patients are getting the ongoing treatment they need.” Still, industry officials say they have misgivings about being held liable for circumstances beyond their control. They also complain that facilities serving low-income people, including many major
teaching hospitals, are much more likely to be fined, raising questions of fairness. “Readmissions are partially within the control of the hospital and partially within the control of others,” Foster said. Consumer advocates say Medicare’s nudge to hospitals is long overdue and not nearly stiff enough. “It’s modest, but it’s a start,” said Dr. John Santa, director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center. “Should we be surprised that industry is objecting? You would expect them to object to anything that changes the status quo.” For the first year, the penalty is capped at 1 percent of a hospital’s Medicare payments. The overwhelming majority of penalized facilities will pay less. Also, for now, hospitals are only being measured on three medical conditions: heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. Under the health care law, the penalties gradually will rise until 3 percent of Medicare payments to hospitals are at risk. Medicare is considering holding hospitals accountable on four more measures: joint replacements, stenting, heart bypass and treatment of stroke. If General Motors and Toyota issue warranties for their vehicles, hospitals should have some similar obligation when a patient gets a new knee or a stent to relieve a blocked artery, Santa contends. “People go to the hospital to get their problem solved, not to have to come back,” he said. Excessive rates of readmission are only part of the problem of high costs and uneven quality in the U.S. health care system. While some estimates put readmission rates as high as 20 percent, a congressional agency says the level of preventable readmissions is much lower. About 12 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who are hospitalized are later readmitted for a potentially preventable problem, said the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, known as MedPAC.
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The prominence of satire in presidential election season
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he 2008 election between candidates Barack Obama and John McCain showed the country many things. It was a hard fought race and for the past four years, many have speculated on why the election went the way it did. One possible explanation that many academics are starting to entertain is that political satire made more of a difference than ever before. Some of the most memorable and noteworthy elements of the previous election had to do with sketches on “Saturday Night Live,” segments from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report.” Tina Fey’s interpretation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made national news each week as she continued to don the outfit and mock parts of what Palin said in the news. Recently, Jay Pharoah took on the role of President Obama and made headlines, with experts speculating on whether he’s up for the task and how he’d portray the incumbent. Satire in pop-culture is nothing new to politics, especially during an election year. However, something indescribable about the 2008 election season made political satire more of a factor to the undecided voter than ever. Many have speculated that it’s because of an increase in intellectual comics like Stewart and Bill Maher, who are given entire blocks of television to pontificate on complicated issues while still dumbing them down so that people can wrap their heads around them. Others have blamed the widespread use of streaming video so that these insights and satires can be passed around to young voters in the country. Whatever the reason may be, the facts remain that in this upcoming election, political satire is expected to be a huge contributing factor in the upcoming election between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. While this may seem like a poor place to put our generation’s political opinions, at the very least, it’s something that will get people engaged. The biggest pitfall to having comedians dictate popular political opinion is that they aren’t necessarily unbiased and are in a position to push an agenda. However, the alternative to this is to leave people who would otherwise not be informed before voting to be somewhat informed. These satirists are not necessarily just comics with whoopee-cushions. Many of them are intellectual and well informed themselves. While this isn’t the best way to inform an electorate, the alternative should be unacceptable. Perhaps this is a rare occasion of art having a direct affect on the world. This election year, it is important for the informed among us to consume the satire critically. However, if there absolutely needs to be those who will allow satire alone to inform their decision, which after 2008 people believe is more true than ever, at the very least the satire is coming from an informed place. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Rereading a childhood favorite as an adult
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arker themes appear in J.K. Rowling’s first novel since Harry Potter, entitled “The Casual Vacancy” and published last Thursday. I completed the book on Saturday and appraise a mixed review, certainly not measuring up to any of the seven works comprising her famous series. As I finished the final sentence, my thoughts wandered not so much on the story’s main characters or plotlines as on the effect that Rowling had exerted on my life, an effect which continued this past weekend. I first read By Jesse Rifkin “Sorcerer’s Stone” Associate Commentary Editor back in 2000 at age eight. Possessing the limited vocabulary of an elementary school student at the time, I believed that “sorcerer” was another of Rowling’s various made-up words like “Quidditch” or “Muggle,” not recognizing its actual usage as a synonym for “wizard.” Good times. In a bizarre way, this fantastical unrealistic series would provide me a taste of real life, just as, or even before, comparable events hit my actual life. In the fourth volume, “Goblet of Fire,” (SPOILER ALERT) Cedric Diggory died near the end, murdered by the villainous Peter Pettigrew. Reading this at age eight was shocking, having never read a book – or watched any film or television show – in which a “good guy” died. Nor had I yet experienced a death of anybody I person-
ally knew, such as a family member. You could say Cedric was my first death. The fifth volume, “Order of the Phoenix,” featured a 15-year-old Harry experiencing his first date and first kiss with a girl. I was age 11, only shortly before I would later desire to myself experience a first date and first kiss with a girl. Not having any older siblings, I suppose I in some ways learned from Harry’s successes and failures as he fumbled his way through adolescent yearnings. In retrospect, my early attempts in this arena would likely have proven more successful if only I – like Harry – had defeated a “Dark Lord” who terrorized the populace. But George W. Bush served out his second term. With Rowling taking well over a year to complete each subsequent addition – even though the characters aged one year in each – I eventually nearly caught up to Harry and his friends in age. At 15, the final “Deathly Hallows” installment debuted, featuring 17-year-old Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Themes of genocide, justice, and ambiguous morality resonated with my 15-year-old brain, which had only recently begun reading the news every day and thinking critically about philosophical questions regarding life and meaning. During the subsequent five year “Potterless” gap, I experienced the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, a fervent enthusiasm and later cynical disappointment with President Barack Obama, legally becoming an adult, graduation from high school and entering college, and moving out of my childhood home for the first time. (Although my parents will quickly point out that, for the time being, I
still live there during summers.) As would probably be expected, my book selections largely stopped residing on the shelves of my local library’s “young adult” section and firmly into the “adult” section. I read “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Gang Leader for a Day” and “Prince of Thieves” and “The Lost Symbol” and the original “New Yorker” short story version of “Brokeback Mountain.” Then came last Thursday: making my way through the tale of the seeminglypeaceful rural English town of Pagford and its residents, all of whom hide secrets. Everybody puts on a happy face when out and about – but when all eyes are turned, one cuts herself with a knife, another cheats on his wife, another steals and accepts bribes, another abuses hardcore drugs. When the book publisher’s promotional advertisements described it as a “novel for adults,” they were not kidding around. At 20, I was finally old enough to accept all this sobering and disturbing madness with a mature outlook and a recognition of understanding. Over the previous 12 years since first discovering Rowling’s work, I had evolved from an elementary school student to a fully functional adult capable of making his own decisions. (Unless you ask whoever sets the minimum age for drinking and gambling.) In her small and indirect yet meaningful way, J.K. Rowling had played a miniscule yet indisputable role in advancing me there.
Associate Commentary Editor Jesse Rifkin is a 5thsemester journalism and political science double major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.
Romney needs to step up, figure out health care position The Fifth Element is on tonight. Bad news for my exam tomorrow. Dare I hope that UConn might now have that elusive combination of a quarterback who can throw the football and receivers who can catch it? To the 58% of UConn students who didn’t pick March Madness as the best sporting event on the Daily Poll: were you just not paying attention in 2011? Who doesn’t love a song with the good grunt in it? Thank you Cher Lloyd. That awkward moment when a drunk girl pulls your wig off your head. The fact that my homework for one class required the simultaneous help of my graphing calculator, financial calculator, Excel, and the Internet makes me wonder how people learned 100 years ago. The acetone in chem lab took off my nail polish...Oh the sacrifices I make to be premed. Happy birthday T-Pain. We love you. Air conditioners make the air cooler, hair conditioners make my hair cooler. Well hello there sinus infection, nice to see you again.
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ot being a Romney supporter, I can only wonder how it feels to be taken for such a fool. Allow me a brief illustration; consider the interview Romney gave to CBS’s Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes last week. The wide-ranging talk briefly covered many topics of relBy Nate Herter evance to the Staff Columnist N o v e m b e r decision. A m i d s t Romney’s usual tap-dancing, dodging and pandering, one remark should have stuck out to viewers. Pelley, lobbing what should have been a softball for any severely conservative governor, asked Romney whether he thought government had a responsibility to insure the estimated 53 million Americans without health insurance. How did he respond? “Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance, people-- we-- if someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and die,” he began. “We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that care.”
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And that was it. Romney tittered about state’s rights after Pelley mentioned that this method is in fact the most expensive form of health care, but nothing else. He actually put forth emergency rooms as a plausible resource for the uninsured. It is worth pointing out that exactly no one supports this. Indeed, the consensus on both sides of the issue is that this expensive and morally indefensible practice has to stop. The President in a large part sought to address the reliance on emergency rooms in his health care law. Even conservative leaders have seen the fault - one noted Republican said: “When they show up at the hospital, they get care. They get free care paid for by you and me. If that’s not a form of socialism, I don’t know what is.” It should surprise no one that the speaker of the last quote was Mitt Romney. There’s more - In his gratingly titled book, “No Apology,” Romney noted his opposition to the status quo. As a solution to the problem, Romney suggests, “If we could get our hands on that money, and therefore redirect it to help the uninsured buy insurance instead and obtain treatment in the way that
the vast majority of individuals did -- before acute conditions developed -- the cost of insuring everyone in the state might not be as expensive as I had feared.” But, you say, we know all of this already. We have a mountain of evidence - from before 2009, that is - that Romney doesn’t really believe all this. We’ve seen so much of this self-contradiction that it is background noise, and, in a way, sickeningly funny. What’s the problem? That is the problem. Lost in the haze of the eight years that this preening fool has been running for the Presidency is the fact that he is running for the Presidency - and all indications are that he thinks we are stupid enough to elect him. Because it is not about the abhorrent and moronic things he says anymore, though they are legion; it is the painfully obvious fact that he does not believe them. Romney knows what he wrote in his book. Romney knows what he said in 2007. And, despite the fact that he’d like us to forget, he remembers the law he passed in Massachusetts. He’s had it rubbed in his face more than once before, to no effect. All we can assume is that Romney
is banking on the idea that most of us just can’t read; he’s concentrating his hopes on what he views as the ignorance of the American electorate. Such constant and extended disrespect doesn’t really merit him any consideration as a candidate. It really is mind-bending that we have allowed this man to insult us so. But, if the polls are to be believed, we will soon see a positive end to this painful campaign, and we might do well to consider the postRomney era. The late, great Christopher Hitchens, in his “Letters to a Young Contrarian,” once credited a certain therapeutic benefit to a daily exercise in outrage. He chose to focus on the conceited and absurd byline of the New York Times - “All the News that’s Fit to Print.” That didn’t work out for Hitchens in the end, but he might have needed something stronger. Perhaps if we all thought once a day on the equally absurd tale of the unctuous millionaire who thought he could lie his way to the Oval Office, we may yet live forever. Staff Columnist Nate Herter is a 5thsemester classics major. He can be reached at Nathaniel.Koch@UConn.edu.
“Mitt R omney’s campaign said O bama is spiking the ball too early in O hio after recent polls show Obama pulling ahead. Obama hasn’t it earned that win yet , which is why today the NFL replacement refs just gave it to him anyway .” –J immy F allon
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Fans flock to Global Festival By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor When a charity concert ends with Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, K’Naan and Band of Horses all onstage performing “Rockin’ In The Free World” together, it’s a pretty good sign that it went well. That was the scene at the conclusion of Saturday night’s Global Citizen Festival, which packed 60,000 screaming fans onto the Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park for six hours of music with a message: ending extreme poverty in the modern world. Between sets by five illustrious acts, including two of rock music’s most popular bands and one of its absolute legends, the Global Poverty Project’s Global Citizen movement made impassioned pleas to the masses who had gathered in the middle of the city. They asked them to help the 1.4 billion people in the Photo courtesy of AP world, living on $1.25 or less, to Global Festival took stage in New York city’s Central Park this past Saturday. The line up included various Neil Young, Crazy Horse, the Black Keys, K’Naan, and a many more. The festival help fund training for midwives had over 60,000 screaming fans pack onto the Great Lawn. in Africa to save mothers from dying in childbirth and to help save children from polio in Afghanistan, the bands that followed him, but he to millions of people, but to be opening mood was a powerful reminder of the Pakistan and Nigeria - the three countries quickly won over the indifferent crowds for Neil Young. Their 20-minute set was concert’s cause and stakes. in the world that haven’t eradicated the by playing booming drums while singing a very enjoyable slice of their adult-conA special guest was introduced before disease. The speeches, which were given “In The Beginning.” He sped through the temporary alternative rock. That overly- the next band. He was described as a by charity spokespeople, activists from uplifting song, “The Seed,” so he could wordy description means they’re a bit humanitarian and a musician, which led a affected nations including the daughter give his final song, the triumphant and bland at times, but luckily they largely decent amount of attendees groaning that of the President of Pakistan, and celebri- famous “Wavin’ Flag” as much time as leaned on their first and best album, Bono might be coming out. Instead, John ties including Katie Couric and Selena he could. Crying out that he wanted the 2006’s “Everything All The Time.” After Legend came out to a piano on one side Gomez came fast and furious, hitting Central Park crowd to help him reclaim a poppy, fun version of their latest radio- of the stage, where he sang a well-done hard (especially when the topic had its the song as a personal one, rather than friendly single, “Knock Knock,” the band cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” own video about the horrors victims the commercial hit it now is, the singer rocked through three of that album’s best Third were The Black Keys, who put faced). sang an intro quietly, then had his band songs. After a fantastic, dreamy rendi- on an hour-long force of a show that It was a wonderful message that cut build layers in each ensuing verse as he tion of “The Great Salt Lake,” Bridwell would have been the centerpiece of any deep, but the music was the reason why picked up tempo, finally exploding into mentioned that the band had to play their other event put on this year. Opening so many fans came, whether they were the chorus, though most of the crowd best songs, even if they weren’t happy with a quick “Howlin’ For You,” the locals, tourists or international visitor was still caught in the mile-long entrance ones, then proceeded to jump into a bearded, swaggering guitarist Dan – they weren’t disappointed. K’Naan to the Great Lawn. melancholy pair of tracks. The first was Auerbach and the glasses-wearing, stern opened up the show around 4:30 p.m., Band of Horses took the stage just after “No One’s Gonna Love You,” a pining drummer Pat Carney (with a backup and while he was only given 15 minutes, 5 p.m., with lead singer Ben Bridwell lover’s obituary to a former partner, band) managed to rip through 14 songs, he made the most of them. The Somalian- continually saying how unbelievable it while the second was the emotional, easily the longest set of the night. They born singer was much less famous than was for the band to not only be playing powerful “The Funeral,” whose somber » CENTRAL PARK, page 6
Pianist dazzles with Mozart
By Shirley Chen Campus Correspondent
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Pianist Hyun Ju Jang dazzled audience with her performance this past Sunday playing famous pieces by Mozart.
By Zach Lederman Campus Correspondent Von der Mehden Recital Hall was alive with the sound of music Sunday night as famed pianist Hyun Ju Jang performed a piano recital on UConn’s campus. Jang, currently a graduate student at UConn, came onstage ready to dazzle audiences with her mastery of the piano. Jung began the night with Mozart’s “Piano Sonata” in C major. Following this were selections from Grieg’s lyric pieces including “Arietta,” “Butterfly” and “The Lonely Wanderer.” She continued the night with some more modern music like Carl Vine’s “Five Bagatelles” (1994) before going back to the more classical theme with her penultimate piece, Beethoven’s Sonata “Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27 No. 1 in E flat Major.” She concluded with Chopin’s “Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23. “ Jung began each piece with a bow to the audience and ended it with thanks. David Dorfman, a Fifth Semester Musical Performance Major, found her playing to be, “Really Fantastic. I’ve heard her before at convocation, and have wanted to hear her in person for a while. She played wonderfully.” Ms. Jang is quite well known
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to the musical world. She has received multiple degrees from a variety of different schools, including a Masters of Music from Mannes College and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at the Yale School of Music. She is currently working towards her Doctor of Musical Arts at UConn. Ms. Jang has won numerous awards over the course of her career, including the first prize in the 2006 Summit Music Festival Concerto Competition in Tarrytown, NY and the Seoul National University Concerto Competition. She was also awarded the Elizabeth Parisot Prize at Yale. While students came out to recognize Jang’s talents, other students came out because they had to, but enjoyed the show anyway. First semester physiology/neurobiology major Zana Khoury came to the show to fulfill a requirement for class, but “found it great! I play trumpet with the marching band, so it’s really nice to hear something new.” Jung has a penchant for group performances, having performed with many other artists over the course of her career, including the Brentano string quartet, Stephen Clapp, and David Shifrin.
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On Saturday evening, Joshua May, lyric tenor, had his third and last performance at von der Mehden Recital Hall. May displayed musical talent early back in his childhood. “I have always loved show choir and band in high school,” he said. He started his path of music at University of Florida, where he doublemajored in music and premed. He received his masters at New England Conservatory. Now, he is a candidate for a Doctor of Musical Arts in voice performance at the University of Connecticut. As a D.M.A. Candidate in Voice Performance, he is required to perform in three professional recitals. As this is his last requirement and last professional recital at the UConn, many people from the music department, as well as friends and family, came to support him and watch this special performance. Joshua May performed a broad range of classical music, including three selections of Henri Duparc, 1848-1933, three selections of Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873-1943, and five Shakespeare songs, Op. 23, by Roger Quilter. 1877-1953. These styles of music range from the Baroque period to the Romantic period to the 20th Century, each with a different singing style. “Singing the selections of Sergi Rachmaninoff was my favorite part of the performance. I really liked this style of music as well as learning the sounds of the Russian language from the lyrics,” said May. “My favorite pieces out of the musical selections
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Joshua May, a lyric tenor, gave his last performance at Von der Mehden concert hall this past Saturday night.
he performed tonight are the Russian songs by Sergi Rachmaninoff,” said Ellen Autes, a 5th semester vocal performance major. As a fluent speaker of French, Joshua May teaches French Diction at the University of Connecticut. “Singing a different language is very challenging. Even though he does not know Russian, his pronunciation of the Russian lyrics in the Russian selections was so fluent and with so much emotion and expression,” she added. “As this is his last recital, this must be one of the best recitals he has ever performed,” said Noelle Curvie, a 7th semester vocal performance major. “He was very expressive and clearly knew how to perform each selection.”
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“After I receive my D.M.A. in Voice Performance, I will continue to be an active performer nation-wide,” said May. “I love performing and I’ve been performing for so many years already so I don’t want to stop that. However, my future goal is to become a professor in music. I love working with young singers. I would love to teach them how to sing different styles of music in different languages and watch them grow into becoming professional singers.” Some upcoming performances that Joshua May will be performing in are “Male Chorus” in “The Rape of Lucretia” and Samuel Parris in “The Cruicible.”
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» Health and Beauty
America’s obsession with ideal body image
By Jamie Dinar Campus Correspondent
Celebrity tabloids are both annoying and addicting, but for some reason Americans find immense pleasure in reading the upmost personal secrets in celebrity’s lives. Hey, how else are we going to entertain ourselves, right? The big buzz of late is Lady Gaga’s weight gain. Yes, her additional 25 pounds may not be as visually pleasing, but it is eminently refreshing to see a public figure, and for many, a role model, transform her body in such a way that goes against culturally superficial norms. The pop star confirmed that she fought a lengthy battle with eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia since the ripe age of 15. But why the sudden change of heart? Why would someone who suffered over 10 years with her weight suddenly give up? Because curves are beautiful, that’s why. According to “Psychology Today,” most women believe that men find ultra-skinny girls more attractive than the luscious curves most women have, and are undeservedly ashamed of. These women are brainwashed by the power of the media. Showing stick-thin women on the cover of fashion magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan definitely does not help a girl raise her diminishing self-esteem. Back in the 1950’s Marilyn Monroe was the object of every man’s desires, and she was certainly known for her voluptuousness. “To all the girls that think you’re ugly because you’re not a size 0, you’re the beautiful one. It’s society who’s ugly,” she said. “Psychology Today” has conducted multiple studies where women must predict the body type they believe men would prefer. And time and time again, they underestimate the amount of body fat a man really desires. Let me reiterate that this does not mean you should maintain an unhealthy lifestyle. Yes, it is important to make sure you are eating enough during the day, but don’t overeat! Studies prove that eating five small meals a day is ideal. Spreading out your meals will keep your metabolism constantly running, making it work better and faster. This will also stop you from becoming famished enough to “stuff your face” with a hearty taco salad from the Student Union. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there before. Although most of us are either in the process of studying for midterms or those dreaded exams that are coming up, make sure you visit the gym at least three times a week. It’s important to stay fit, especially while eating on a college budget. Plus, exercise will also stimulate your brain, which is very helpful for those long hours in Homer Babbidge. Finally, I’d like to give a giant shout out to Lady Gaga. Kudos! I hope all women and men who suffer from eating disorders will follow in your lead. Remember, UConn, that curves are beautiful. It’s society who’s really ugly.
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A dry start for Sherlock Let’s talk about obesity By Imaani Cain Campus Correspondent
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CBS premiered its new show ‘Elementary’ a modern twist on the Sherlock Holmes tale as the great detective works in the big apple as a consultant.
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the typical quirkiness of the great detective. Since Watson must keep a There is a new Sherlock watchful eye on Sherlock, she Holmes in town, or rather has moved into his odd apartin New York City, who has ment that is in serious need of really weird fetishes and, yes renovations and furniture. At I am referring to sex. one point as she is setting up CBS’s new show, her room there is honey leak“Elementary,” is a modern ing through the ceiling. We twist on the Sherlock Holmes learn that Sherlock likes to tale where Lucy Liu plays keep bees as one of his many Dr. Joan Watson. However the hobbies. Despite the touches former Doctor Watson, who of humor the show still has used to be a surgeon and a a gloomy feeling. Perhaps it recovered addict, is hired to was the New York City cold make sure Sherlock, played weather but there is a constant by Johnny Lee Miller, stays feeling of gloom as many of off drugs since he was an the characters are very dry, addict. cliché and softly spoken. Within their first Perhaps my encounter things expectations Elementary start off bizarre were set too high CBS since Sherlock since many other Thursday 10:00 p.m. repeats movie lines Sherlock Holmes to Watson curious shows or movto see her reaction. ies always portray She quickly learns the detective and his odd sex fetish his sidekick as a of S&M and has no prob- humorous and curious pair. lem being open about it. The However “Elementary” has scenes move quickly along as made this Sherlock tale darker the viewers learn that he is a and more serious with hints consultant for the New York of humor. In the end we learn police department and con- that both Watson and Sherlock tinues where he left off after do manage to play off each being in rehab for the drug other well as a team despite addiction. the rough start. They also do If you have ever seen USA’s add small touches of the typishow “Monk” you can com- cal Sherlock that we know pare Sherlock’s and Monk’s from the novels such as his investigating styles since love for the opera and the they both really analyze the various odd hobbies he keeps. crime scene. It’s a downer The one thing this show needs that Sherlock doesn’t have his to be wary of is pacing since own unique style of investi- it’s a little slow and dry. gating since Monk has made It was only the pilot epifamous the way he looks at sode, however hopefully the a crime scene and envisions pacing picks up. This show what the scenario must have has the possibility of being looked like. He shares the lost in the TV world as anothsame techniques as the great er investigative drama. OCD detective Monk however not as squirmy at germs. Luckily the show does have bits of humor as we still see
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What I’m Watching Dexter Underrated: Showtime Sunday at 9 p.m. Dexter is finally back . It seems that it’s been a while since we last encounter the sociopath’s bizarre habits and way of thought. However our favorite serial killer now returns with the threat of his biggest secret of being revealed. How many times has this been a threat? In the previous season there wasn’t to much action compared to previous seasons although we do learn more on his thoughts about religion which was a different but a unique direction. One thing I personally look forward with the show is the fact that many of the characters are very raw. After watching so many seasons there is continuous character development which makes the show great. Even Dexter himself has developed and slowly starting to feel something; maybe. -Loumarie Rodriguez
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and treating the live wire in their shower as a “fun game.” Meanwhile, Ben Wyatt and April Ludgate are in the nation’s “Parks and Recreation” is capital. The interns don’t respect already showing signs of hav- Ben at all and view him as being ing a promising fifth season too uptight, while April does no with no intentions of slowing work at all and disinterestedly down. Although it was first watches the interns torment him. pooh-poohed for being too simi- Ben does a complete 180 to get lar to “The Office,” “Parks and the interns to like him, while Recreation” has only sought to Leslie anxiously wonders how differentiate itself from its pre- she should vote. If she votes for decessor. While everyone seems her soda tax, then there will be to loathe working in Dunder- layoffs. If she doesn’t, obesity Mifflin, Leslie Knope and her and diabetes rates will continue band of quasi-misanthropes and to rise and it will seem like she earnest friends seem doesn’t support her to enjoy being a part Parks and Recreation own tax. of the parks and recIn conclusion, NBC reation department, Parks and Rec Thursday 9:30 p.m. and ultimately come has come back to together when one of NBC with a bang. them is under duress. Amy Poehler conThe second episode tinues to shine as depicts Leslie and Councilwoman her best friend Ann Leslie Knope, with Perkins, played by Amy Poehler a quirkiness that launches her and the beautiful Rashida Jones, from the miserable Manic Pixie debating whether or not to pass a Dream Girl trope and into a specsoda tax. It has been mentioned tacularly odd, yet comedically before that their town of Pawnee significant character. Her and is “third in obesity,” a marvel Ben’s romance has not grown that may be attributed to the fact stale, unlike Jim and Pam’s in that the serving cups for their The Office, and has clearly profsodas, are, in fact, humongous. ited from the slow build that the During the meeting, the Pawnee writers favored. Leslie’s relationRestaurant Association mentions ship with her co-workers has also that they have a ‘child size’ cup grown, instead of falling by the that is 512 ounces because “it’s wayside. This is a system that roughly the size of a two-year- allows them all to have to their old child, if that child were lique- own storylines as well instead fied.” In the background of this, of the show being solely focused Andy Dwyer, Tom Haverford, on Ben and Leslie. Parks and and Chris Traeger, played by Recreation is the definition of Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, and Rob the happy medium of workplace Lowe respectively, are helping comedies: there is a balance Andy train for the police acad- between romance and jokes, with emy in hopes that he will be enough layering of realism and able to have a better life for the fantastical to keep the audihimself and his wife April. This ence watching avidly. could avoid many heinous things they’ve had to do in the past, such as eating diner off Frisbees
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The new season of ‘Parks and Recreation’ shows to be promising in this week’s episode focuses on obesity and a potential soda tax.
Central Park packed for charity fest
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were heavily reliant on their latest, and biggest, album “El Camino,” but never slowed, let alone pause; Auerbach didn’t introduce the band until the set was nearly three-quarters over. The acoustic intro of “Little Black Submarines” was an early standout in their set, as when Auerbach finished finger-picking it on an acoustic, he immediately walked to left-stage to swap to an electric, then proceeding to kick the song’s hardas-steel second half into double speed. The poppy “Nova Baby” was also an uncommonly good performance. The band did play four off “Brothers” and three off “Attack & Release,” including a terrific, frantic closer of “I Got Mine” that turned into a sevenminute jam. Chants from Foo Fighters fans caused a UNICEF plea for donations to be interrupted, so perhaps the band decided to make it up to the charity introducing them by deciding to put on a hell of a show. Or maybe it was because the show was the band’s last in a long time, frontman Dave Grohl admitted to the audience. The band’s not likely to split up; more likely, Grohl is heading off to his other friends, Them Crooked Vultures, and then they’ll take a break before following up “Wasting Light” in a few years. Anyway, the Foos decided to go out with a bang,
tearing through a nine-song set filled with their biggest hits. They opened with “Times Like These” and “All My Life” off 2002’s “One By One,” then late90’s classics “My Hero” and “Learn to Fly.” Of course, they had to plug their latest album, so “Wasting Light” made three appearances. Luckily, Grohl was at the top of his game on them, screaming his damn head off (he has time to rest his voice, he plays drums for TCV) and it didn’t hurt that they were big-chorused and raw songs that translate perfectly to huge crowds - “Arlandria,” “These Days,” and “Walk.” The band ended their set with an absolutely emotional rendition of “Everlong” that came with a drop in temperature. The resulting chill made it feel like if it were the Foos’ final concert, it would be a fantastic ending. Some younger fans who were up close didn’t want to stick it out for Neil Young and Crazy Horse, so many in the crowd were able to gain five or ten rows before they started their performance after the conclusion of ceremonies by Global Citizen. Those who stayed to see the rock legend were met with an overwhelming display of rock ’n’ roll’s power, where 50,000 people are transfixed by what’s happening in front of them. Young and Crazy Horse jammed on “Love and Only Love” for 15 minutes, longer than
K’naan’s entire set, and never
on with guitars. Then K’naan
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Musician Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters perform at Global Festival in Central Park this past Saturday.
faltered. Neil and the band were 15 feet apart, max, at all times, and they were absolutely owning the show, trading off and rocking back and forth with one another, bobbing around with grins on their faces. The jams continued on a selection of his vast collection: “Powderfinger,” three minutes of cacophonous stomping to end “Walk Like A Giant,” and a fantastic performance of a song that has a title I can’t print in the paper. But then, it happened. After the expletive-titled song, other people began to come on stage. Grohl and Auerbach walked
and Band of Horses popped up mics on the left hand side, with a few Foos (the mustachioed drummer Taylor Hawkins the most noticeable) joining in as well. And then the riffs began, and they didn’t let up. With four guitarists and ten singers, “Rockin’ In The Free World” became an incredibly strong, almost angry ironic scream to the world demanding an answer, with a perfectly-cut video of the night’s original causes, the 1.4 billion, coming up on the screen behind the bands.
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Another election year means new SNL skits By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent
As you should be aware, 2012 is home to yet another one of those special occasions that only occurs once every four years. No, not leap day, another U.S. Presidential Election. If there’s one show featuring political humor you should be tuned into (not featuring Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert), this year it has to be “Saturday Night Live.” Of course, it’s tough to imagine the program topping its Sarah Palin sketches from the 2008 election cycle, which garnered Tina Fey an Emmy award for her performance, but the show has already been off to a good start. The first cold-open of the season featured cast member Jay Pharaoh taking over the role of Barack Obama from Fred Armisen, who has played the part since 2008. While Armisen played the President as a straight man, one can hardly blame him. Unlike past Presidents including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush, which were portrayed memorably by Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, and Dana Carvey, Obama doesn’t really have any easily imitatible eccentricities or mannerisms. Or so we thought. Jay Pharaoh’s spot-on impression of the President was hilarious, as anyone who has seen him perform it online. Pharaoh’s performance alone is something comedy fans should be excited for in the coming weeks. The great thing about SNL’s brand of political humor is that it maintains a non-partisan bias. Whereas “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” sometimes skew towards a liberal bias in their humor, “SNL” for the most part attacks each and every political story from an outside point of view. In consecutive weeks on “Weekend Update Thursday,” SNL has attacked both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Romney (Jason Sudekis) was shown spitting out a “fine hamburger sandwich” at a McDonald’s, showcasing his inability to connect with lowerclass folks, while Obama (Jay Pharaoh) was shown quoting “The Sixth Sense” in an attack on the President’s jobs record: “I see employed people.” NBC has also decided to bring back “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday.” Originally introduced for two limited threeepisode runs in 2008 and 2009, “Weekend Update Thursday” is an extra half hour of “SNL’s” sketch comedy in primetime on Thursdays. Featuring a cold-open sketch, the rest of the broadcast is filled by an extended edition of the popular “Weekend Update” segment with anchor and SNL head writer Seth Meyers making cracks at popular news stories of the week, repeatedly interrupted by various characters such as “Drunk Uncle” (Bobby Moynihan) or ESPN analyst Steven A Smith (Jay Pharaoh). Many would consider “Weekend Update” to be among the most consistently funny bits every week on SNL. It has currently aired two shows this season which can be viewed online if you missed them. The main program airs Saturday at 11:30 p.m. EST. “Saturday Night Live” is can’t miss TV during an election year, so make sure you tune in.
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Procrastination Animation by Michael McKiernan
Vegetables and Fruits! by Tom Bachant and Gavin Palmer
Horoscopes by Brian Ingmanson Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- By now you should be able to see improvement. Be the rock of stability. Mental alertness is key. Show yourself the money for the next couple of days.
Side of Rice by Laura Rice
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Balance work with fun. The confusion is only temporary. Don’t drive right past your off ramp. Pull in creative harvest for profit, and then go celebrate. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Take it easy for a moment; think and regroup. A loved one helps you get farther than expected. Discipline and careful listening are required. Slow down and contemplate. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Work through a conflict with some help from your friends and a willingness to compromise. Share details with partners. Keep track of spending, and maintain control.
Classic Royaly Free Speech by Ryan Kennedy
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -Pay attention to social protocol, but stand up for yourself. Others wonder if you’re ready for more responsibility. You are if you say so. Demonstrate, and give thanks. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t be frightened by a friend’s fears. Underneath, they really believe in you. You set the standards. Artistic endeavors gain momentum. You can have it all. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Keep things simple and make life easier. Identify the potential in the circumstances to increase work productivity and satisfaction. Don’t talk much; avoid a communications breakdown. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Pay attention to a master for the next few days. This person helps restore balance, and assists with decisions. Avoid risk and conflict. Find what you need nearby. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re entering two hectic days. Doublecheck the data. Stick to the rules you’ve set. Everything’s changing ... it’s a good time to ask for money and make executive decisions.
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Take care of family first. Set long-term goals together, and make sure to include savings. Heed your partner’s advice for a beautiful moment. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Move cautiously. It’s easier than expected. Check instructions again. Make household decisions and an important connection. There’s a surprising discovery ... answer with a yes. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’ll retain information well for a while. Check details with the bank. You’re looking good. You succumb to feminine wiles. Call home if you’ll be late.
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Women's soccer has up and down weekend By Peter Logue Staff Writer A critical weekend of conference games for the UConn women’s soccer team started with promise on Friday night but ended in disappointment on Sunday afternoon. It was a tale of two very different games for UConn, who won a thriller against Depaul before squandering several opportunities against Notre Dame. With the split, UConn’s conference records currently stands at 3-3., while they are 7-5-1 overall. On Friday night at Joseph Morrone Stadium in Storrs, the Huskies won a 3-2 thriller against Depaul when Linda Ruutu sniped the game-winning goal on a penalty kick from thirty yards out in the 84th minute. Ruutu, a senior
midfielder from Finland, also contributed an assist to freshmen Sam McGuire. The Huskies also got a goal from freshmen forward Stephanie Riberio. The offensive contributions by freshmen has been a theme for the Huskies all season long, as the thirteen rookies have made their presence felt all season long. Redshirt freshmen Andrea Plucenik is third on the team in goals with five goals and eleven assists, while Samantha McGuire and Stephanie Riberio are tied with Ruutu for second on the team with nine points apiece. The Huskies rode the momentum from Friday night’s victory into Sunday afternoon’s contest with red-hot Notre Dame, who is one of three teams atop the Big East Conference with an undefeated record of 5-0-0 (Georgetown and Marquette).
UConn completely dominated the Fighting Irish, especially in the first half, and had several staggering scoring opporturties. They were left scratching their heads after Danielle Schulmann, who leads the conference in points (25), goals (9), and assists (7), beat the Notre Dame defense only to hit the right goalpost. Only a few minutes later, Ruutu also hit the crossbar on a shot from the middle of the box. We missed two open, very good opportunities that normally those two kids, Linda (Ruutu) and Danielle (Schulmann) score,” said 32nd year head coach Len Tsiantiris. “If we get something out of that, we change the whole game. We get two goals and the game is ours.” The missed opportunities quickly caught up to the Huskies as Notre Dame would score four
unanswered to pick up the road win, although Tsiantiris said that it was one of the most impressive efforts that he has seen from his team against the Fighting Irish throughout his storied tenure. “Bottom line, we’ve never had that dominance against Notre Dame in all the years I’ve been here,” said Tsiantiris. With the split, the Huskies find themselves right in the thick of the Big East mix as they head down the final stretch of the season. They are currently third in the Big East American Division with nine points, and will have an opportunity next weekend to make up some ground when they host USF and Marquette in a pair of conference matchups.
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UConn senior midfielder Linda Ruutu, fights off two Notre Dame players in order to gain possession of the ball in a recent game against the Irish.
Europe wins Ryder Cup after shocking collapse by Americans By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer Before I begin, I just need to open by saying that this will hurt to write. You see, today, I witnessed one of the biggest choke jobs you’ll ever see. Epic proportions, really. Coming into Sunday at Medinah, the United States led 10-6 over the European squad, needing just 4.5 points more to win the Ryder Cup. Instead, the Europeans are partying on our soil tonight, and Chicago remains a city of sports heartbreak. For those of you unfamiliar with how the Ryder Cup works, allow me to fill you in. The Cup is the biggest team tournament in golf; it’s contested every other year, with the host alternating between U.S. and Europe each time it is held. The 12 best players
from each country/continent are selected to play on a team together, fighting to win a trophy for the pride of their home. Yes, pride. Strictly pride. Players receive no money for competing in the Ryder Cup. They play solely for the desire to win the Cup and bring it home to their side - it’s that important. The first two days of the tournament are split into two separate formats – foursomes and fourball. In foursomes, two players from each team are pitted against a pair from the other side, and the duo alternates shots, with the best score winning the hole. Like foursomes, fourball involves two players from each team, but rather than alternate shots, each player plays their own ball. Then, between the two players, the best score is used for that team and the team with the better score wins
the hole. Both formats require eight players from each team to play, leaving the other four on the bench for that session. On Sunday, the teams play singles matchplay. All 12 players play a 1 v. 1, 18-hole match against someone from the opposite squad. In all three formats, teams receive one point for matches won and a half point for matches halved, meaning the total points available in the tournament is 28. The team that won the last Ryder Cup needs just 14 points to retain the Cup; while the other side needs 14.5 to take it back. In 2010, the Europeans won the tournament, giving them the slight edge heading into this past weekend. But the Americans quickly came out and took that edge away, as they led 5-3 after the first day of competition. By midday Saturday, the U.S. team held a resounding 10-4
lead, leaving them with plenty of opportunities to make up the 4.5 points needed to close out the win. Then the Europeans got hot. Before the Americans knew what hit them, the tournament was tied 10-10 and their once-insurmountable lead had evaporated. The pressure of the event – which is unlike any other in golf – was evident all around the course, as no one on the U.S. side could roll in a putt. Phil Mickelson went into the 17th hole with a 1-up lead. He lost. Jim Furyk went into the 17th hole with a 1-up lead. He lost. And worst of all, Steve Stricker – who went into the 17th hole against German Martin Kaymer all-square – one of the best putters in the game, lipped out on a sixfooter to halve the hole. Heading into the 18th hole,
Boddy has been key to Husky offense was named the Big East defensive player of the week. Boddy, who is pursuing her master’s in sports management, was named team Graduate student Louisa Boddy MVP at Durham University last has started off the season at a tor- year,” the segment reads. In addition to her hat trick last rid pace. In fact, Boddy has been weekend, Boddy tallied two goals so strong in the Huskies first 10 games that even Sports Illustrated and an assist against Providence College on Friday and added a goal has taken notice. In this week’s issue of SI’s against Boston University Sunday evening. “Faces in Boddy is the Crowd” responsible p i e c e , for taking Boddy is “Boddy had a hat trick the majorlisted alongity of shots side five and anchored two on penother amashutout victories....” alty corteur athletes ners for the who have Huskies, impressed and that lately. role has produced the majority of A string of her accomplishments her points this season. are laid out for the world to read The Derbyshire, England native next to her picture in the country’s is tied for second on the team with biggest sports magazine. “Boddy, a graduate student and eight goals on the season and is defender at Connecticut, had a hat third on the team with 20 points. trick and anchored two shutout She easily leads all defenders in victories to help the undefeated both categories, as the secondHuskies earn the No. 1 NCAA leading scorer among defenders is freshman Emily Walsh, who ranking. She scored her three goals in a has one goal. Prior to attending 5-0 win over Rutgers, helping to for UConn, she played for both hold the Scarlet Knights to eight the England U16 and U18 teams. shots on goal, and then limited Yale to just one shot the next day. She Matt.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu
By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer
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UConn graduate student Louisa Boddy celebrates with her team after a recent victory agaisnt the UNH Wildcats in Storrs.
with the Ryder Cup tied at 13-13, Stricker suddenly found himself down one hole, needing to win the last in order to keep the tournament alive. But he couldn’t do it, and the U.S. players found themselves resigned to sit and watch as their adversaries lifted the Cup for the seventh time in the last nine events. And the rest of the country sulked with them. Reaction on Twitter was of devastated, shocked fans that had been given so much hope this was the year when European dominance came to an end. Instead, what they got was a slap in the face and a reminder that nothing good happens when it comes to sports in Chicago. Ironically, the best analogy I can make for this historic collapse happened in Beantown, not the Windy City. Even though Cubs fans have
seen and endured just about everything when it comes to painful sports moments, this was more Red Sox’ bad. Shades of Boston’s crumble last September are the only thing that seems appropriate in comparison, as certainty quickly gave way to weariness – and then just plain pain. So I’m sorry, America, if you watched that horror show unfold. I’m sorry to the greenskeeper at Medinah, too, for all those burned edges on the holes made by the U.S. team. And I’m sorry, professors, if I don’t find my way to class this morning; these aren’t just the Monday blues I’m dealing with, its Ryder Cup fever gone horribly wrong.
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UConn holds off Buffalo at home from GRABBING, page 12 down. The rushing touchdown was also Hyppolite’s first carry of the season for the Huskies. Head coach Paul Pasqualoni felt that the 50 yard play was one of the highlights of the running game for the afternoon. “I thought we had a real good play on third and one, that was a run,” said Pasqualoni. “I thought that was a really well executed play, it was a big play in the game.” Buffalo went back on offense but UConn safety Ty-Meer Brown would pick off Bull’s quarterback Alex Zordich for Brown’s first interception of the season. A few drives later, UConn linebacker Sio Moore recovered a fumble at the Buffalo 40 yard line, but the Huskies could not turn the good field position into points. UConn took a 17-7 lead into the locker room at the half and would get the ball to start the second half. The Huskies traded possession with the Bulls back and forth until the 9:23 mark of the third quarter when UConn running back Lyle McCombs would score a two yard rushing touchdown, for his fourth rushing touchdown on the season. McCombs was happy with running lanes that the Husky offensive line provided him against Buffalo. “As far as I’m concerned, I think the O-line did a great job at picking guys up,” said McCombs. “You got to give credit to the Buffalo defense, their physical and they’re not easy to move out of the way.” Buffalo did not go quietly.
With time winding down in the third quarter, Zordich and the Bull’s offense engineered a six play 86 yard drive which included a 50 yard touchdown run by Murie off a hook and ladder play. UConn’s offense could not find the solid rhythm that they found earlier in the game. “We kind of stalled out a little bit and that’s something we want to improve on,” said Whitmer. “We just go to maintain that focus throughout the game and put it away.” Zordich did not stop there for Buffalo, completing a 43 yard pass down the field to give the Bull’s great field position late in the fourth quarter. Bulls’ kicker Patrick Clarke would add a 44 yard field goal with 2:32 left in the game which brought Buffalo within three. Buffalo then turned to the onside kick again, but this time the Huskies recovered and were able to run out the clock to leave the Bulls only 1:27 to either tie or win the game. UConn’s defense would hold for the waning seconds of the game, leaving Whitmer to take over on downs and take a knee to ensure the victory. “There were a couple of opportunities where we could have taken advantage of good field position, but they came back and got us on the trick play,” said Pasqualoni. “They fought their way back into and well coached teams will do that.” The Huskies will hit the road to begin the Big East portion of their 2012 schedule. UConn will take on Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey on October 6.
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Huskies to take on Georgetown from IRISH, page 12 ence win. He made six saves in the victory. Despite the win, head coach Ray Reid was not happy with the performance. He said, “We need to play better. In a big game we were flat.”
UConn heads on the road for the next two games against two ranked conference foes. Wednesday, the Huskies play at No.5 Georgetown and No. 10 Marquette on Saturday. Both teams are unbeaten and are tied with UConn atop the Big East Blue Divison.
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Huskies succeed in aerial attack By Scott Carroll Campus Correspondent UConn was able to put on quite the aerial display Saturday at Rentschler Field with a 24-17 win against Buffalo. Chandler Whitmer completed 15 of his 22 passes for 227 yards and 1 touchdown against the Bulls. It was a balanced attack as Whitmer completely passes to 8 different receivers. This Notebook new passing attack has added a new element to an offense that heavily relied on the running talents of Lyle McCoombs for most of their production last season. “I thought Chandler played well today,” said Coach Paul Pasqualoni. “I thought he hung in there and didn’t turn the ball over”. The highlight of UConn’s day
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on offense came at the end of the first quarter when the Huskies took the ball 92 yard on a 10 play drive that gave them the lead. The drive was capped off by a 36 yard touchdown pass from Whitmer to tight end Ryan Griffin. Some are calling it the Huskies best drive of the young season. “It was a good drive,” said Whitmer. “92 yards is a long way to go and we did a good job keeping the defense off balance and finishing the drive”. Coach Paul Pasqualoni was also pleased with his team’s performance on this particular drive. “I thought Chandler did a really great job on that drive,” said Pasqualoni. “I thought we executed well and got it down the field”. UConn’s line had a terrific game as well, allowing their quarterback the time necessary to make the plays that he did. Pasqualoni was especially proud of his line, citing a screen pass to McCoombs at the end of the first quarter, “That dump off to the back takes a lot of time. That’s the third piece of the progression
and if we don’t have protection than the ball never gets to that guy”. UConn also displayed a tough bend, but don’t break defense. Buffalo’s junior quarterback, Alex Zordich proved to be a nuisance for the Huskies as he passed for 220 yards and 1 touchdown while rushing for 76 yards. The aggressive Buffalo offense was taking chances early and often. The Bulls went for it on fourth down three times and successfully completed an onside kick with 6:10 left in the first quarter. They kept the Huskies on their heels with a up-tempo offense throughout the game. “We expected a hard fought game, we prepared for a hard fought game and we got a hard fought game,” said Pasqaloni. With 33 seconds left in the third quarter Buffalo showed just how tricky their offense could be down by 3 scores. The Bulls ran a screen and lateral that would lead to a 50 yard touchdown for Brandon Murie. The play caught the Huskies completely off guard and would allow the Bulls back
in the game going into the fourth quarter. “The play got them back in the game,” said senior outside linebacker, Jory Johnson. “The hook in latter is kind of a gimmick play that they executed well. It got their momentum going”. The stout UConn defense was able to fend off the Bulls’ late attempt at victory with a strong defensive performance from Johnson who led the Huskies with 14 tackles, 2 of which were for a loss. The defense also got a needed contribution from linebacker, Yawin Smallwood with 11 tackles. Defensive end Trevordo Williams and defensive back Byron Jones each added 7 tackles. It was a complete effort on defense for the Huskies. This tough win is exactly what UConn needs heading into New Brunswick next weekend to play the nationally ranked, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, in an emotional grudge match against a bitter rival.
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UConn running back Lyle McCombs caries the ball up the field in a game against the Buffalo Bulls at Rentschler Field.
Huskies top Providence and BU to remain undefeated By Erica Brancato Campus Correspondent
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A UConn field hockey player takes a shot on goal in a recent game against UNH at George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex.
The UConn field hockey team had another successful weekend, beating both Providence College and Boston University to remain undefeated with eleven consecutive wins this season. UConn battled Providence College under the lights on Friday to win their third conference game of the season 4-2. However, Providence didn’t go down without a fight; the Friars came back and scored two goals on their only two shots of the game. “They had two corners and scored on both,” head coach Nancy Stevens said. “Their first corner was a miss-hit and a little difficult to handle, but
Agabiti: Fantasy football changes how fans look at player injuries from RETHINKING, page 10 good season. He’s a great running back whose had one elite season in the NFL— which by my calculations is still one more than any of you have. Through the first four seasons, he averaged over 1,400 yards per season. Let’s calm down a bit. For whatever reason, we as fantasy football owners tend to have this complex that Johnson as an athlete owes us something because he’s had one good year. It’s the one industry (aside from the NBA draft lottery) where one is doomed because of his success. A second reason Grant gives for hating fantasy football is how it changes the way in which we look at a player’s injuries. When a man severely hurts
himself, we as fantasy owners instantly personalize it. We try to act as if we’re the victim of that player’s injury. We get this attitude of “Poor me! My starting wideout hurt himself and now I’m probably going to lose.” Oh you poor thing. For crying out loud, somebody tore an ACL and your primary concern is a sports equivalent to World of Warcraft? That’s messed up and I think Grant has a point there. The third point he gives is that it’s ridiculous to take the ultimate team game of football and reduce it down to the actions and statistics of just one player. Last week, when the Patriots lost a tough 31-30 game to the Ravens, Belichick was taking heat not for hitting a ref, but for not giving the ball to Gronkowski more. That wouldn’t have solved
any offensive problems however, because there were no problems to be solved. They scored 31 stinking points. People weren’t upset about game strategy regarding a team, they were upset that one of their players didn’t get touchdown passes. Get over it, the Pats scored without Gronk on those plays. I’m not saying that I dislike fantasy football. I’m just saying that we shouldn’t act like the head coach of the players on our teams because you have a Yahoo! account. Just let the games happen, and if your team does well, great. If not, remember that these are actual people that you are dealing with and not poker chips. Follow Dan on Twitter @ DanAgabiti
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they finished; they had a great finish. The second corner was just a terrific execution by Providence.” The Huskies 19 shots on goal compared to Providence’s two showed their dominance on offense, yet Providence’s goalkeeper Kathi Weidman held the Friars’ defense together. “We pride ourselves on our corner defense and we like to get shut outs. At one point it was 3-0 and we can’t let them back in the game like we did, so we need to address that,” Coach Stevens said. “But I’m happy with the team’s resiliency because when it got to 3-2 there was no panic. We were very confidant and kept possession with the ball. We created separation with 4-2.” Marie Elena Bolles and Chloe Hunnable helped the Huskies
by adding in two goals in the game. Louisa Boddy also scored two goals in the match, rounding out her success to eight goals in the season thus far. Providence’s unexpected comeback pressed UConn to fight back and prove their dominance as an undefeated team. UConn continued their winning streak on Sunday evening, playing Boston University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Huskies beat the No. 12 team 3-2 with goals from Chloe Hunnable, Louisa Boddy and Hayley Hodge. Hodge, a freshman, scored her first career goal putting UConn up 2-0 at halftime. The teams were evenly matched with shots on goal and penalty corners, but UConn prevailed to keep their perfect record alive. Despite the
Huskies’ tremendous victories thus far, they still remain humble as ever. “We look at the season and we are 9-0 in the first half. Now we begin the second half and we are 1-0,” Stevens says. “Looking ahead we want to improve our corner executions… we had 16 penalty corners in the Providence game and scored off only a few… you’re not always going to get 16 corners, you know? We night get six or eightso we need to improve that.” The Huskies hard work and dedication helped them achieve an undefeated season thus far with only a few minor details to improve upon.
Erica.Brancato@UConn.edu
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» That’s what he said -Rory McIlroy on almost being late for his Ryder Cup tee time
Oct. 13 Temple TBA
Oct. 6 Rutgers Noon
Oct. 19 Syracuse 8 p.m.
Nov. 3 USF TBA
Nov. 9 Pittsburgh 8 p.m.
Men’s Soccer (9-0-1) Oct. 3 Georgetown 3p.m.
Oct. 6 Marquette 8 p.m.
Oct. 9 Iona 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 Seton Hall 7 p.m.
Oct. 20 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer (7-5-1) Oct. 5 South Florida 7 p.m.
Oct. 7 Marquette 1 p.m.
Oct. 11 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Oct. 20 Providence 7 p.m.
Field Hockey (10-0) Oct. 3 UMass 6 p.m.
Oct. 6 Louisville Noon
Volleyball Oct. 6 Notre Dame 2 p.m.
Oct. 13 Georgetown Noon
Oct. 14 Stanford 1 p.m.
Oct. 18 Boston College 7 p.m.
Oct. 14 Louisville 2 p.m.
Oct. 19 USF 7 p.m.
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Oct. 7 DePaul 3 p.m.
Oct. 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.
Men’s Cross Country Oct. 6 N.E. Champ. Noon
Oct. 13 Conn. College Invite TBA
Oct. 19 CCSU Mini-Meet 3:30 p.m.
Oct 26. BIG EAST Champs TBA
Nov. 9 NCAA North East Regional TBA
Oct. 12 Wisconsin Invitational 11 a.m.
Oct. 19 CCSU MiniMeet 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 26 BIG EAST Champ. TBA
Men’s Swimming and Diving Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Homecoming- Fordham And Alumni Meet Bucknell Noon TBA
Oct. 26 Army TBA
Nov. 3 Rutgers, Villanova and Georgetown 4 p.m.
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Orioles beat Red Sox 6-3, move closer to playoffs
BALTIMORE (AP) — The champagne was on ice, plastic shields were in place above the cubicles in the Baltimore clubhouse and couches were removed to accommodate a celebration 15 years in the making. The party never happened. After the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 Sunday, around two dozen players and coaches took scoreboard watching to a new level by staying on the field at Camden Yards and rooting for the Texas Rangers to defeat the Los Angeles Angels. If the Angels had lost, Baltimore would have clinched its first playoff berth since 1997. After exchanging high-fives and fistbumps following their fourth straight win, the Orioles gathered along the first-base line to watch the scoreboard telecast of the ninth inning, which began with Texas winning 4-3. Many in the crowd of 41,257 stood and watched, too. But a two-run double by Torii Hunter put the Angels in front and ruined the fun. As the Orioles walked off the field, manager Buck Showalter waved to the crowd and offered a fist-pump of encouragement. The Angels’ 5-4 win kept the Orioles’ magic number to clinch a wild-card berth at one. The Angels and Rangers were scheduled to wrap up the doubleheader on Sunday night, and while a loss by Los Angeles would put Baltimore in the postseason, that wouldn’t do anything to get the champagne out of that enclosed container. Sitting in front of his locker with a beer in his hand, first baseman Mark Reynolds said, “It would have definitely been cool to celebrate with our fans. They’ve been supporting us all year. To be able to celebrate out there with them and take in the moment, it would have been pretty neat.” Baltimore, on the other hand, is looking to go into the postseason as AL East champions. The Orioles remain tied atop the division standings with the New York Yankees, who rallied to beat Toronto 9-6. Both contenders have three games left. New York begins a season-ending series against visiting Boston on Monday night, and AP the Orioles travel to Tampa Bay. Baltimore held out hope of cracking open a European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal holds up the trophy at the closing ceremony at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament. few cases of champagne in Florida.
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Women’s Cross Country Oct. 7 New England Championships Noon
“Were you impressed with Chandler Whitmer’s performance against Buffalo?”
–Jess Condon, 5th-semester Allied Health major
“It’s my own fault, but if I let down these 11 other boys and vice captains and captains this week I would never forgive myself.”
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Late turnovers help Arizona beat Miami 24-21 in OT
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — game. They lost 23-20 last The Arizona Cardinals didn’t week to the Jets. get a great game from its Miami rookie Ryan defense, just two great plays. Tannehill threw for 431 yards The result was another wild but his two turnovers on two win at home. big hits from the Cardinals’ Jay Feely kicked a 46-yard defense led to Arizona’s final field goal 6:31 into over- two scores. time to keep the Cardinals First, Daryl Washington unbeaten with a 24-21 victory sacked the Tannehill, whose over the Miami Dolphins on fumble was recovered Sunday. by Vonnie Holliday at the Arizona (4-0) forced over- Arizona 49 and the Cardinals time when Kevin Kolb threw moved downfield to score. a 15-yard touchdown pass The winning field goal on fourth down to came after Tannehill Andre Roberts with was hit by Paris 22 seconds to play Lenon as he threw in regulation. Miami 21 and Kerry Rhodes The Cardinals came up with an 24 interception. are off to their best Arizona start since winning Brian Hartline set their first seven 38 years ago. a Dolphins record with 253 They’ve won 9 of 11 overall yards receiving on 12 catchand eight straight at home. Of es. Miami outgained Arizona those eight wins, five have 480-297. come in overtime. “I am kind of speechless,” “That’s how we do it,” Hartline said. “I really don’t Roberts said. “I don’t know know what to say. ... Losing what it is about us. We have isn’t funs but there are games to take it down to the last where you just get beat. I moment of the game, but don’t mind saying it — I we’re winning and that’s all don’t feel we got beat.” that matters.” Arizona was only too happy Are they just lucky? to force overtime. “It’s not luck, I can tell you “Fortunately for us, the that,” coach Ken Whisenhunt overtime thing continues to said. “It can’t be luck as many work for us,” Whisenhunt times as we’ve been success- said. “It wasn’t pretty. We’ve ful with that.” got a lot of things we’ve got ‘The Dolphins (1-3) lost to correct, but there’s a lot of their second straight overtime fight in our team. To be able
NFL
Rodgers throws late TD, Packers beat Saints 28-27
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Drew Brees threw for 446 As if bearing the brunt of the yards with three touchdowns for call that ultimately led to the the winless Saints (0-4). Brees end of the NFL’s replacement has thrown at least one touchofficials wasn’t enough, Aaron down in 47 straight regularRodgers and the Green Bay season games, tying the NFL’s Packers nearly had a big come- all-time mark set by Johnny back win undone with a blunder Unitas. by the regular refs. With the win, the Packers Rodgers threw a go-ahead were able to put Monday night’s touchdown to Jordy Nelson controversial replacement offiin the fourth quarter, and the cial-driven loss at Seattle behind Packers shook off a week’s them. But even with the regular worth of controversy with a refs back this week, the Packers rally to beat the New Orleans and their fans still nearly were Saints 28-27 on dealt a crushing blow Sunday. on a blown call. With Packers After Rodgers’ fans howling about Green Bay 28 touchdown to Nelson, Darren Sproles what appeared to be yet another bad New Orleans 27 appeared to fumble the ensuing kickoff but call — this time by the regular officials, not the officials ruled that he was down replacements — Garrett Hartley by contact. Replays showed that missed a 48-yard field goal the ball clearly came out but the attempt with just under three Packers were out of replay chalminutes remaining, costing the lenges, leaving Packers fans screaming at the officials for Saints a shot at the lead. Rodgers threw for 319 yards the second week in a row. McCarthy said he was fruswith four touchdowns and an interception for the Packers trated because video replays “clearly illustrated” that it was (2-2). “I’m very proud of our foot- a fumble. Brees then led the Saints into ball team, especially the week we’ve endured,” Packers coach field goal range, and Hartley Mike McCarthy said. “We talk hit a 43-yard attempt — but a lot about integrity and charac- the Saints were called for holdter, and I thought today’s game ing, forcing Hartley to line up had plenty of those types of a 53-yarder. The Packers then situations where it showed up were called for encroachment, leaving Hartley to try a 48-yardbig.” er and he missed it wide left.
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Rethinking fantasy football for me
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GRABBING THE BULL BY THE HORN Huskies gain 133 yards on the ground in home win
By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor
Dan Agabiti
I’m not a huge fan of Grantland. I’m just not. Somewhere between the obnoxiously long Bill Simmons columns, the weekly “Mad Men” power rankings and incessant references to HBO programming (as much as I enjoy “The Wire” and “Game of Thrones,”) I lost interest and failed to see the point. Anyways, every once in a while, I do come across a gem there. On Thursday, my roommate, Grant sent me a piece from the site about the problem that’s arisen as fantasy football has gotten more popular and I have to admit, it was brilliant and spot on. But before I go into the piece’s content, I need to preface my living situation. I live in a Garrigus suite with five other dudes, all of whom I’m really close with. Two of my suitemates couldn’t care a less about sports, and another is a casual football fan. The last two, however, are avid football fans. One loves fantasy football and the other, Grant, despises it. I’m sort of in the awkward middle of that which makes for some interesting conversations. At first, I thought that Grant was weird, but now I’m starting to think that he’s on to something. He gives three points that point to why he hates fantasy sports in general, but especially football. While I don’t necessarily hate fantasy football, I’m in a league with other current and former coworkers of mine, I could see why he has came to the conclusion he has. The first point is that we act like we understand a player’s career when in all reality, we haven’t the slightest clue. Here’s where the Grantland piece enters the fold. The article that Grant sent me discussed how we as sports fans can take a professional athlete, take running back Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans for example, and turn him into nothing but a stat. In his rookie season, Johnson rushed for 1,228 yards, it was quite the season for him and by rookie standards, it was very impressive. But in 2009, he had 2,509 yards from scrimmage in addition to scoring 16 touchdowns. It was a monster year and for fantasy football owners all over the country, it was a year that could go a long way in winning an owner a league championship. Then in 2010, he had a “slump” and only had 1600 yards—I know right? Quite the slump. The following year, he did about the same. So to be clear, that’s four straight years of 1,000 yards rushing or more. Then once he goes into a real slump this season, the sort of slump that any running back goes through, he instantly becomes a chokeartist. My gosh, if I hear one more overly frustrated fantasy football manager that calls Chris Johnson a bad running back because Johnson didn’t do enough for said manager beat the guy from accounts receivable last week, I’m going to flip. Johnson doesn’t suck as a running back and he’s not some fluke whose had one
» AGABITI, page 10
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UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer threw for 227 yards and one touchdown pass in the Huskies 24-17 over the Buffalo Bulls at Rentschler Field Saturday. The Bulls started the game on offense but after a quick three and out, Buffalo was forced to punt. Whitmer led the Husky offense down the field on UConn’s first drive of the game, resulting in a 29 yard field goal from kicker Chad Christen. Buffalo would respond quickly with a 10 play, 75 yard drive which ended with a four-yard touchdown run by Bulls running back Brandon Murie. Buffalo then caught the Huskies off guard with an onside kick, which was recovered at mid-field by the Bulls. However, the Buffalo offense could not take advantage, going three-and-out on their next possession. With Buffalo leading 7-3 at the start of the second quarter, Whitmer connected with UConn tight end Ryan Griffin on the first play of the quarter. UConn extended their lead to 17-7 when running back Martin Hyppolite capped off a five play 75 yard drive with a 50 yard rushing touch-
UConn running back Lyle McCombs avoids a Buffalo tackle in Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Bulls at Rentschler Field. McCombs scored on a two yard touchdown run for his fourth rushing touchdown of the season.
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UConn women’s soccer shutout at home By TJ Souhlaris Staff Writer
Despite outshooting their opponent 20-15 in game, including 11-3 in the first half, the UConn Huskies women’s soccer team fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon in front of nearly 1,500 people at a cloudy Joseph J. Marrone Stadium. “The better team did not win today,” said UConn head coach Len Tsantiris. “They had three goals given to them. I don’t know how it happened, but it was too easy.” UConn (7-5-1, 3-3) peppered the net often in the first half, but they were unable to score. The best chance for the Huskies came in the 22nd minute, when freshman forward Andrea Plucenik played a through ball to senior striker Danielle Schulmann, inside the 18-yard box. Schulmann, who leads the Big East in goals scored, curled the ball around the charging Notre Dame goalkeeper, but the far post kept the ball out. The ball sat teasingly inside the six-yard box, waiting for someone to knock it home. Schulmann, however,
didn’t make good contact with it on her follow-up attempt and the ball flew out of bounds. UConn had many chances similar to this throughout the course of the game. “We didn’t take the shots that were there and at times, we took shots and we missed,” Tsantiris said. “We had six or seven opportunities that we just didn’t take the shot and it was right there. We get something out of that and we change the whole game. We get two goals and the game is ours.” Notre Dame (9-3-1, 5-0) played in its defensive half for a majority of the first half, but they capitalized on their only good opportunity. With just two minutes remaining in the half, the Fighting Irish drew a foul from about 25 yards from the net. Lauren Bohaboy was able to beat UConn goalkeeper LeighAnn Jaggon with a free kick that hit the crossbar and dropped into the net to put the Irish up, 1-0. The Irish’s second goal came in the 56th minute. A miscommunication between UConn defenders Gianna Roma and Gabrielle Charno gave Notre Dame forward Cari Roccaro the ball inside the
six-yard box. Roccaro beat Jaggon far post to double the Irish’s lead. Notre Dame tacked on two insurance goals later in the half. The third goal came when Irish forward Crystal Thomas mishit a ball off of her knee, which chipped Jaggon. The final goal of the match came in the 83rd minute on a crisp cross from Karin Simonian, who found Anna Gilbertson for her third goal of the season. Even though the Huskies lost by a whopping four goals, Tsantiris said that, in his 32-year tenure with UConn, his team has never dominated the Irish the way they did on Sunday. “I mean, legit, they had one goal that I would say that they created,” Tsantiris said. “Every other one was either a mistake by our backs, a miskick or on the keeper. Things that could’ve gone in a different way, but they didn’t. “That’s the game we play. Sometimes, when it rains it pours.” The Huskies will take on the USF Bulls in their next game, Friday at Marrone Stadium.
TJ.Souhlaris@UConn.edu
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UConn freshman forward Andrea Plucenik fights off a defender in a recnt game agianst the DePaul Blue Demons at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
Irish have no luck against the Huskies By Danny Maher Staff Writer
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UConn midfielder Jossimar Sanchez advances the ball down the field in a recent game agaisnt Notre Dame. Sanchez has one assist on the season for the Huskies.
The No.2 UConn men’s soccer team defeated No. 8 Notre Dame 2-1 Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at Morrone Stadium. Seniors Carlos Alvarez and Flo Liu scored goals in the first half to lead the Huskies. UConn improves to 9-0-1, 2-0-0 Big East and owns an 11-7-4 all-time record against Notre Dame. Saturday’s win extended UConn’s home unbeaten streak to 32 games. The streak is the second longest in the country behind North Carolina (33) and seventh longest all-time. Notre Dame (8-2-0, 0-2-0 Big East) controlled most of the possession in the opening minutes until the 21st minute. Junior Mamadou Diouf collided with Notre Dame goalkeeper Will Walsh on a breakaway just outside the penal-
ty box. Sophomore Allando Matheson substituted in for the Big East’s leading-scorer Diouf, who did not return for the rest of the game. Eight minutes later, Matheson received a pass from Alvarez and Notre Dame’s Walsh tackled Matheson in the penalty box. A foul was called and the Huskies were awarded a penalty kick. Alvarez lined up and drilled his fifth goal of the season in the bottom left hand corner of the net. Alvarez is 3 for 3 on penalty kicks in his career, 6 for 7 including shootouts. UConn is 15-0-0 when Alvarez scores a goal. In the 36th minute, Alvarez cut through multiple Irish defenders and had his shot blocked by Walsh. The ball redirected to Liu at the top of the box, who immediately launched a shot that deflected off the inside of the crossbar and into the net. The goal was
Liu first career goal and gave the Huskies a 2-0 lead heading into halftime. “I won the 50-50 at midfield and slipped the ball through to Carlos. I was kind of expecting the ball to get back to me and luckily it did so I buried it with my right foot,” Liu said. The Huskies are 6-0-1 when leading at halftime this season. UConn came out flat to begin the second half and paid in the 49th minute. Notre Dame’s Luke Mishu found Dillon Powers who weaved through the Connecticut defense and scored in the lower left hand corner. Power’s fourth goal of the season cut the UConn lead in half. The goal was the first goal sophomore Andre Blake allowed since Sept. 9 against Boston University. Blake did not allow a goal in the last 40 minutes as UConn held on for its second confer-
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