The Daily Campus: October 10, 2012

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DAN RATHER COMES TO EASTERN

Acclaimed reporter delivers speech about upcoming election

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Back on the winning track Huskies rebound from loss with 2-0 win over Iona.

SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: WESLEYAN ABADONS NEEDBLIND POLICIES DUE TO FINANCIAL NEEDS Wesleyan trying to maintain a high quality of education without raising the cost of tuition.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: SANDUSKY GETS LEAST 30 YEARS, DENIES WRONGDOING Judge says he expects Sandusky to die in prison.

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Dan Rather delivers a speech at Eastern Connecticut State University on Tuesday night.

Dan Rather, who spoke on the upcoming presidential election in a speech hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University Tuesday, said voters need to keep four things in mind when considering the candidates: the economy, education, threat of nuclear war and hunger and homelessness in the U.S. Rather is a former “CBS Evening News” anchor and “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported on iconic U.S. events, including the Kennedy assassination, the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon’s resignation, Civil Rights movements in the South and the 9/11 attacks.

He has covered every presidential campaign since 1952.

“One reason I state to you, and I want you to understand, I’m not an expert on anything,” Rather said. “I’ve been very lucky. I’ve covered big stories ... But that doesn’t make me an expert.”

Rather said citizens should be concerned with job creation when determining whom to vote

for in the upcoming election.

He said jobs are not being created quickly enough and that the “dangerously high” official rate of unemployment stunts the economy.

On education, Rather said the U.S. system of education should be based on the systems of countries who have surpassed the U.S. in international testing.

Rather said this will allow for the country to improve in international education rankings.

“Are we going to keep sliding?” Rather said. “Are we going to take a look at some foreign countries? They used to look to us. Now some of them are better than we are, but we don’t look to them.”

Rather also said he feared that nuclear warfare could become a reality and asked the audience to think about how a candidate would handle a situation of nuclear conflict.

“The proliferation of nuclear weapons has continued unabated,” Rather said. “We have to face the fact that we could be a nuclear war with another country … Nobody wants to discuss it.”

Police questioned by students

Presidential Campaigns Rather discussed the current state of the presidential campaign and how debates have influenced past elections, but said he would not make predictions on the outcome and what the next president will accomplish.

“He who lives by the crystal ball learns to eat a lot of broken glass,” Rather said.

The number of registered voters planning to vote for Obama went up in the polls after the Democratic National Convention, Rather said, but Romney gained potential votes after the presidential debate, which he decidedly won.

“These debates are scored by and large by the public,” Rather said. “Historically, over these 50-plus years we’ve gone through the presidential debates,

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Student veterans push for themed housing

Panel allows students to voice concerns

By Joseph Kirschner Campus Correspondent

By Christian Fecteau Associate News Editor Students questioned police on Carriage guest policy, Spring Weekend and marijuana laws at the law enforcement panel held on Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the Student Union Theater.

UConn Chief of Police Barbara O’Connor and Mansfield State Trooper Sgt. Richard Cournoyer led the panel, which was moderated by USG Chief of Staff Syed Naqvi.

The panel was handled in a town hall format, with the floor being opened to the audience for questions after introductions. Audience members were encouraged to come up to the microphone, introduce themselves by their first names and then pose their questions to the panel. Many of the questions came from Carriage residents with concerns about the stricter guest policy.

“Did you come up with the four-guest rule, or was that Carriage Apartments?” asked Sean, a Carriage resident.

Cournoyer confirmed that the four-guest policy was the idea of Carriage apartment management, although the police were consulted about its implementation.

“Campus apartments do hire us and work closely with us,” Cournoyer said. “However, we would rather be seen and not heard.”

“I don’t want people coming in mass amounts either,” said Kelsey, another Carriage resident. “But I was offended when I came home without my ID and was questioned.”

Cournoyer said that officers at Carriage have a list of residents

Rather also said that the presidential candidates have not paid enough attention to hunger and homelessness in the U.S., an issue he said should be at the forefront of political discourse.

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State Trooper Sgt. Richard Cournoyer, UConn Police Lieutenant Christopher Casa and UConn Chief of Police Barbara O’Connor are questioned by students at Tuesday’s panel in the Student Union Theater.

and guests so that they know who to let inside, though there are still plenty of people who try to lie to get inside. “People will tell us they live in building 45,” said Cournoyer. “We know there’s no building 45.”

Cornoyer said that he wanted to make sure the police and residents maintained a good relationship with each other.“I don’t want you to be afraid of us,” Cournoyer said. “Come up. Talk to us. We get bored talking to each other all night.”

Many of the audience members were looking further down the line and wanted to know about the policies surrounding the next Spring Weekend “We understand the unsafe conditions,” said Andrew, one of the UConn students who went up to the microphone “We just want to have a good time.”

O’Connor said she understood the concerns but that public safety was the police’s primary concern. “From our standpoint,

we have a responsibility for the safety of Mansfield residents and you guys,” O’Connor told the audience. “It’s a balancing act.”

USG President Stephen Petkis also had comments to offer on the topic of Spring Weekend; “This is something we’ve been working on,” Petkis said. “We’ve been working with the police on that. I think the culture is changing, and so the policies may change as well.”

In addition to Carriage and Spring Weekend policies, students wanted to know if there would be any changes made to how marijuana possession was handled on campus.

“The state of Connecticut decriminalized marijuana,” said Frank, a UConn student, to the panel. Frank wanted to know if recent legislation changes would affect campus marijuana policies.

“Every October 1, we get a large book about laws that changed and we are still looking

at it,” said Lt. Christopher Casa.

“From what we understand, you will still not be able to possess marijuana on campus.”

The next person to speak was Cody, a UConn student diagnosed with cancer. “Will medical marijuana patients be a priority for UConn police?” he asked the panel.

O’Connor was sympathetic but repeated that, as of now, marijuana was not allowed on campus. “We have to follow the law,” O’Connor said.

USG Vice President Jigish Patel thanked the police panelists for taking the questions and said that conversations like these would help create a dialogue between students and officers.

“Communication here is the first step,” Patel said.

“Thank you for your suggestions,” Cournoyer said to the audience. “At the end of the day, it’s always about your safety.”

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The circumstances U.S. Armed Forces face today cause student veterans who live on campus to have a hard time transitioning from their military lifestyle to civilian one.

For this reason, ResLife has implemented a new veteran housing plan on campus. The new program has an option for student veterans to choose other student veterans as roommates.

“The new housing program has not worked,” said John Arnett, class of 2012, former R.A. and U.S. Marine. “Veteran housing has not helped at all.” Arnett recalled three people he knew that signed up for the program and were not given correct housing.

Arnett continued, “UConn does not see a need for veteran housing.

The university thinks that by placing the student veteran with the general undergraduate population, he/she will acclimate better to college life. Unfortunately, this has the opposite effect.”

Arnett is also a teaching assistant for the veterans class that helps veterans transition to civilian life more easily. He stated that the program is not working is because there are no statistics gathered on student veterans. Although they know who receives the benefits, they do not know how many student veterans are actually on campus.

Also, most veterans are typically older than the average college student, which makes it difficult for them to relate to and identify with other students. Many veterans move off campus very quickly because of an independent mindset to “adapt and overcome.”

“If we are having issues on campus, why stay here?” Arnett said.

Some student veterans face feelings of isolation, loss of identity and post traumatic stress disorder

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What’s on at UConn today...

Disney College Program 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Student Union Tabling Stop by the table in the Union to speak to representatives and pick up information about the Disney College Program.

Senior Scoop 2013 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Student Union Food Court Judges will taste the three finalist flavors of the Senior Scoop competition and choose a winner. A limited supply of free ice cream will be available.

Coffee Hour 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

McMahon Hall, International Center Join the Asian American Cultural Center for coffee, refreshments and music.

Information Session 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Library, Class of ’47 Room Representatives from top political science internships will present about their organizations and will be available to speak with students.

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Stanley Black & Decker selling unit for $1.4B

NEW BRITAIN (AP) — Tool maker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. is selling its hardware and home-improvement business to Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. for $1.4 billion in cash.

The hardware and home-improvement unit makes locksets, hardware and faucets for residential use and includes brands such as Pfister, Baldwin and Kwikset.

Spectrum Brands, based in Madison, Wis., said that the acquisition will broaden its product offerings which include the Rayovac, Remington and Toastmaster brands.

Stanley Black & Decker, which is based in New Britain Conn., said the sale is part of its ongoing strategy to diversify its revenue and geographic reach. The hardware and home-improvement unit gets 90 percent of its revenue from North America and more than 50 percent of its revenue from U.S. home-improvement stores.

Both companies’ boards have approved the transaction.

College official admits pay raises mistake

HARTFORD (AP) — A top Connecticut higher education official admits he made a mistake when he awarded pay raises of up to $48,000 to staff members in his organization without the approval of an oversight board.

Robert Kennedy is president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system, which includes 17 state universities and colleges excluding the University of Connecticut.

Kennedy said Tuesday that system employees who got raises deserved them because their job responsibilities had increased. He says he awarded the raises without telling the Board of Regents, because he wrongly thought he had that authority.

Murphy questions McMahon’s abortion rights stance

HARTFORD (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Chris Murphy on Tuesday questioned his Republican rival’s support of abortion rights, pointing to comments made by an abortion opponent who says he’s still voting for Linda McMahon even though she now supports repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, posted an online comment on Monday that said his endorsement of McMahon is “no longer accurate” in light of McMahon saying at a debate on Sunday that she would vote to repeal the federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

But Wolfgang said he is still voting for the former wrestling executive “because her victory could mean the end of Roe v. Wade.”

The comments were first reported by the Hartford Courant.

During a conference call on Tuesday with the national political director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Murphy said he questions what McMahon told Wolfgang to make him feel she could help overturn the abortion rights court decision, such as supporting GOP leadership and backing their efforts to support conservative abortion opponents on the U.S. Supreme Court. McMahon has said repeatedly that she is an abortion rights supporter.

Former WWE wrestler arrested 4th time in weeks

BRANFORD (AP) — A former WWE wrestler has been arrested in Connecticut for a fourth time in weeks on charges stemming from domestic violence cases.

Branford police say 39-year-old Tamara Sytch (STICH), who was known in the ring as “Sunny,” was arrested Monday when officers say they found her drunk and asleep in her former home. A court order banned her from being in the Branford residence.

Sytch was arrested three times in September on charges including third-degree strangulation, disorderly conduct and violating a protective order. The new charges include third-degree criminal mischief.

Bail was set at $25,000.

Report: Lawyer to give police dead teen’s phone

NEW FAIRFIELD (AP) — The lawyer representing a New Fairfield teacher who fatally shot his 15-year-old son says he will give State Police the boy’s cellphone and iPod. The Connecticut Post reports that New Haven lawyer Eugene Zingaro also said investigators will visit the family’s home to examine a computer as they continue to investigate why Tyler Giuliano was outside his aunt’s home last month when he was shot.

Police say Jeffrey Giuliano went outside with a gun at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 27 after his sister called to say someone was trying to break into her house next door. Authorities say Giuliano saw a person wearing a ski mask holding a shiny object approach him in a threatening manner and shot him.

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Rise in Calif. gas price slows, remains record

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The rise in California gasoline prices has slowed after recent jarring increases, but nonetheless the cost of a gallon inched up to another record high, even as officials hope their emergency action will help ease the sticker shock.

The average price for regular gas in the state on Tuesday was a bit over $4.67 a gallon, according to the AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. The price was a state record and the highest in the nation.

The cost increased only a fraction of a cent overnight, however – compared to nearly 50 cents in the past week.

The highest average price in the state, at $4.75, is in Central California, in the San Luis Obispo area.

San Diego average prices are at $4.72 a gallon, and the Los Angeles area about $4.71.

Analysts said the spike has been driven by refinery disruptions and corrosion issues in an important pipeline.

Also contributing to the high prices, California law, in an effort to reduce air pollution, requires

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Gas prices approach $5 a gallon at a Shell Station, Monday, in Encinitas, Calif.

that gas stations during warmer months use a special blend of fuel that is not widely available.

State leaders – and drivers – hope to see gasoline prices drop soon because Gov. Jerry Brown

has ordered the California Air Resources Board to allow socalled “winter-blend” gasoline to be sold in California earlier than usual to increase supply.

California usually converts

to the gas on Oct. 31. The fuel evaporates in heat more quickly than summer-blends, so sends more pollutants into the environment, especially in warm weather.

Rather reflects on career, discusses current projects from DAN, page 1 the president who won usually got the bounce [in ratings].”

A Reuters-Ipsos poll shows the candidates as being tied for potential voters, and most national polls show the candidates as having less than a 1 percent difference.

“In Governor Romney’s case, he definitely got a bounce from the debate,” Rather said. “He came up in the polls. Not a lot. The question was, and it remains, whether … he can keep the momentum going.”

Dan Rather received a standing ovation when he concluded his speech. “We are a Constitutional Republic based on freedom of Democracy,”

Rather said. “A multi-religion multi-racial, multi-ethnic [republic], and in that we stand united.”

Q&A With Rather In a Q&A session after the speech, Rather reflected on his reporting career, the economy and the field of journalism.

One attendee, who identified himself as a veteran and ECSU alum, said he admired Rather for reporting on George W. Bush’s “spotty military record,” though it hurt him professionally. “Was it worth it?” he asked.

Rather said he did not regret reporting the story. “We reported the truth,” he said. “We reported the facts. He got into the Texas National Guard for the purpose

“I have complete editorial control over what I do now.”

– Dan Rather of not having to go to Vietnam.”

When asked about the changes in the profession of journalism, Rather said the formation of media conglomerations has

changed the field.

“No more than six, my count is four, international corporations control the distribution of news in this country,” Rather said. “It is a fact of life. They have lost any sense of public interest.”

Rather, who now runs and hosts his weekly show, “Dan Rather Reports” on axs.tv, said he enjoys the editorial freedom.

“I have complete editorial control over what I do now,” he said. “I Love CBS News and no, I didn’t want to leave it. With a large corporation, you can’t, but I can do things how I want to, do what I want to and when I want to.”

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Living together would help student veterans transition to civilian life from STUDENT, page 1 everyday. Many student veterans agree that a “Themed Living” program similar to what the university does for its transfer students would be a tremendous help to combat that.

For three years now, efforts have been made to make a floor or two dedicated to student veterans.

However, only the latest veteran housing policy has come out of ResLife.

“Themed living will help build an identity and help transition better. Securing identity in the veteran culture is a must-have for the success of a veteran undergraduate career,” Arnett said.

“I feel like we’re an invisible population,” Andrew Lyon a U.S. Army veteran and 5th-semester physiology and neurobiology major, said.

Paul Gaines, the coordinator of Veterans Services, said, “The student veteran population is an emerging constituency that is a growing population, and it’s going to grow in the next several years due to the economy.”

Despite the slow response to the requests of student veterans, Gaines said the University is will-

ing to have a dialogue. But things take time.

With more veterans looking to get an education and the Veterans Oasis being the only safe place for veterans on campus to be without a culture conflict, more student veterans see a need for a “Themed Living” option for oncampus housing.

“My belief is that themed housing would be the number one thing the school can do to support veterans.” Lyon said. “I’ve been asked if I have ever killed anyone before.

I said, what if I did say yes? Nonveterans just don’t understand.”

The importance of having “Themed Living” has been a growing issue in the recent past. With age and life experience gaps being the main issue, the University is losing out on a tremendous opportunity to make student veterans feel more connected than ever before.

“Personally, I have had to overcome obstacles with age gaps and life experience gaps with traditional students. Most of us have lived on our own for at least four years, that lifestyle combined with military experience made it difficult to relate,” said Garrett Taylor, the president of the Veteran Student Organization and a 4th-semester finance major.

“Rather than forcing veterans to live off-campus, themed housing would create a safe environment for veterans other than the Oasis,” Lyon said. “Veterans add a dimension to the classroom and to the campus that makes the University a better place.”

This is part of the reason why veterans should be able to have a housing option that can actually work. “It is easy for a veteran to disappear, especially for commuter veterans. Go to class, then go home,” Lyon added.

Meg Sirag, president of the Woman’s Veterans Group, said, “It would be a unique experience to live in an understanding environment.”

Sirag is a senior nursing major who served in the Army, and is looking for a way to help reach out and provide assistance in any form to veteran woman. “It is difficult to reach out to women veterans. Having veteran-themed living would help,” Sirag said.

Like many other veterans on campus, Sirag would like a way to feel accepted in the community.

Veterans are just students; the only difference is they served in the Armed Forces.

“We want themed living to create exposure to make us seem like

a more tangible group and make us seem more real,” Sirag said.

“Veteran-themed housing would create a transition between service member to student.”

In a late response to an interview, John Saddlemire, the vice president of Student Affairs, said, “The challenge is in assessing student veteran needs and determine in what ways they are different from the general population. I agree that we have had some come to us stating a desire to create a themed housing option. Others have said that is not what they are interested in. Male Veterans and female veterans have also defined their needs differently.

I can tell you that UConn is very committed to becoming a more and more veteran friendly environment, whether that is through housing, academic policies, parking policies or specific support through Student Health Services. In fact, we have a full time Veteran’s Services Coordinator position on the market right now (you can see this on the UConn website). We know we need this expertise and are committed to hire in individual to lead our campus in its response to all veterans; students, faculty and staff.”

Joseph.Kirschner@UConn.edu

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In the Sept. 28 story “Safe space provided by writers,” there were a number of errors. Poetic Release was founded by Devin Samuels, Alicia Pittman and Destiny Printz, not only Samuels; the lineup featured 15 people, not 14; the poem “Child at War” was misnamed; and a poetry slam occurred that the writer did not include in the story. The Daily Campus regrets the errors.

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Sandusky gets least 30 years, denies wrongdoing

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — In what sounded at times like a locker room pep talk, Jerry Sandusky rambled in his red prison suit about being the underdog in the fourth quarter, about forgiveness, about dogs and about the movie “Seabiscuit.”

With his accusers seated behind him in the courtroom, he denied committing “disgusting acts” against children and instead painted himself as the victim.

And then, after he had said his piece, a judge sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday, all but ensuring the 68-year-old Sandusky will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the child sexual abuse scandal that brought disgrace to Penn State and triggered the downfall of his former boss, football coach Joe Paterno.

He leaves behind a trail of human and legal wreckage that could take years for the university to clear away.

“The tragedy of this crime is that it’s a story of betrayal. The most obvious aspect is

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — So much for Mitt Romney’s plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama’s early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas?

Forget them.

The presidential battleground map is as compact as it’s been in decades, with just nine states seeing the bulk of candidate visits, campaign ads and get-outthe-vote efforts in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. That means just a fraction of Americans will determine the outcome of the race for the White House.

“It’s difficult if not impossible to pull new states into that kind of competition,” said Tad Devine, a Democrat who long has helped his party’s presidential nominees craft state-by-state strategies to reach the magic number.

A month before Election Day, that means both candidates are concentrating their precious time and money in the handful of states that still seem to be competitive: Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.

Obama succeeded in expanding the map in 2008 by winning the traditionally Republican states of Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia. But it took a Democratic tidal wave to do so, and he was the exception in a nation that’s

NEW YORK (AP) — A Frenchman and an American shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to peer into the bizarre quantum world of ultra-tiny particles, work that could help in creating a new generation of super-fast computers.

Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland opened the door to new experiments in quantum physics in the 1990s by showing how to observe individual atoms and particles of light called photons while preserving their quantum properties.

Quantum physics, a field about a century old, explains a lot about nature but includes some weirdsounding behavior by individual, isolated particles. A particle resists our idea of either-or: it’s not here or there, it’s sort of both. It’s not spinning clockwise or counterclockwise, but a bit of both. It gets a definite location or spin only when it’s measured.

Working separately, the two scientists, both 68, developed “ingenious laboratory methods” that allowed them to manage and measure and control fragile quantum states, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

Wineland traps ions – electrically charged atoms – and measures them with light, while Haroche controls and measures photons.

“Their ground-breaking methods have enabled this field of research to take the very first steps towards building a new type

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your betrayal of 10 children,” Judge John Cleland said after a hearing in which three of the men Sandusky was convicted of molesting as boys confronted him face to face and told of the lasting pain he had inflicted.

The judge said he expects Sandusky to die in prison.

In a disjointed, 15-minute address before he learned his sentence, Sandusky said: “In my heart I did not do these alleged disgusting acts.”

Sprinkling his remarks with sports references, the former assistant coach spoke of being locked up in a jail cell, subjected to outbursts from fellow inmates, reading inspirational books and trying to find a purpose in his fate. His voice cracked as he talked about missing his loved ones, including his wife, Dottie, who was in the gallery.

“Hopefully we can get better as a result of our hardship and suffering, that somehow, some way, something good will come out of this,” Sandusky said.

He also spoke of instances in

which he helped children and did good works in the community, adding: “I’ve forgiven, I’ve been forgiven. I’ve comforted others, I’ve been comforted. I’ve been kissed by dogs, I’ve been bit by dogs. I’ve conformed, I’ve also been different.

I’ve been me. I’ve been loved, I’ve been hated.”

Sandusky was convicted in June of 45 counts, found guilty of raping or fondling boys he had met through the acclaimed youth charity he founded, The Second Mile. He plans to appeal, arguing among other things that his defense was not given enough time to prepare for trial after his arrest last November.

Among the victims who spoke in court Tuesday was a young man who said he was 11 when Sandusky groped him in a shower in 1998. He said Sandusky is in denial and should “stop coming up with excuses.”

“I’ve been left with deep painful wounds that you caused and had been buried in the garden of my heart for many years,” he said.

WH race contested in far US, French physicists win fewer states than in past Nobel for quantum work

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he arrives for a campaign rally, Tuesday, in Van Meter, Iowa.

grown increasingly polarized, with demographic shifts heralding Democratic victories in the Northeast and on the West Coast and Republican dominance in the West and South.

“Politics in the country has become homogenized regionally and culturally,” said Steve Schmidt, a veteran of Republican presidential campaigns. So, he added: “You’re left with the only states that have the population and demographic mix where it’s in question who is going to be on top at the finish line.”

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that 93 percent of the $746 million spent so far, or $697 million – has poured into the nine battleground states. Less than a quarter of the nation’s voters live in those states.

The trend is clear. Over the past 20 years, markedly fewer states have been competitive in presidential elections. In 1992, there were 33 decided by fewer than 10 percentage points. In 2008, just 15.

Despite seemingly having the money to compete on a bigger playing field, neither Romney nor Obama is going after some states that long had been perennial swing-voting battlegrounds.

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David Wineland, right, an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards in Boulder, who shares the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with Serge Haroche of France, is pictured with fellow NIST physicist Eric Cornell, left, at a news conference at NIST in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday.

of superfast computer based on quantum physics,” the academy said. “The research has also led to the construction of extremely precise clocks that could become the future basis for a new standard of time.”

Haroche is a professor at the College de France and Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris.

Wineland is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, and the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Haroche said he was out walking with his wife in Paris when he got the call from the Nobel judges.

“I was in the street and passing a bench so I was able to sit down,”

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Wesleyan abandons need-blind policies due to financial needs

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esleyan and Yale were the last schools in Connecticut to have “need-blind” admission.

Wesleyan has announced that they will be ending the policy. Wesleyan, like most other schools in the nation, was hit hard by the 2008 financial crisis. It is unfortunate that we have to begin sacrificing our educational pillars for the sake of money.

Wesleyan’s financial strain has forced them to raise their tuition to nearly $60,000. The increase has made the university one of the most expensive schools, and one of the most exclusive, in the nation, but now tuition increases are not enough.

While Wesleyan has remained proud of their strong academics (the purpose behind a needs-blind admission policy) the University President Michael Roth insists that, “We will be as ‘need blind’ as we can afford to be. Our models tell us that probably about 90 percent…of all the admits will be made without regard to financial need.”

Wesleyan considered other ways to trim the budget and save money while still retaining its need-blind policy. But staff layoffs and program cuts would have been too much.

The result of such measures would be an incredibly expensive school with a low-quality of education.

Schools like Wesleyan and Yale are fortunate enough to have a high budget by nature of being privately financed.

Many students aspire to attend these schools because this budget may give these schools a higher educational standard. As a result, it is reasonable for Wesleyan to try and maintain that reputation even if that means sacrificing needblind admission. Other schools in similar financial straights with need-blind admission are watching warily, as it means they, too, may have to accept this fate.

The bottom line is that this is a sad indicator of the face of education today. For years Wesleyan has struggled to maintain its funding and the quality of its student population. It is a delicate balance that can only be stretched so far.

The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.

I’m studying abroad in the UK, and I was just taught that y=mx+c. LIES. Slandering my y=mx+b!

Did anyone else see Mitt Romney give a campaign speech today wearing a black North Face? Looks like he’s trying to win the college girl vote. Next he’ll be wearing Uggs.

Now all those snarky Texas Longhorn fans know how it feels to see West Virginia score again.

Today my professor pretended to be a Dalek from Dr. Who by putting an antenna on his forehead and saying “Exterminate!”

Sometimes I just really need to sit on my bed and watch the Food Network for like 6 or eleven hours. Is that so wrong?

You can tell from the bike racks outside of the library itself that it’s midterm week.

Kudos to UConn for scheduling the Senate debate on the same night as Lip Sync.

If this gets in the InstantDaily, the next time in an interview I’m asked if my writing has ever been published I’ll be able to say yes!

Did they take out Sanchez yet? I really want to start yelling “Tebow Time” at the top of my lungs again.

All the football team has done this season is make me anxious for basketball season.

I can’t wait to hear Coach Ollie give a speech again at First Night. #wetakethestairs #escalatorsareforcowards When Dan Rather tells you to not be intimidated or distracted, you’re damn right not going to be intimidated or distracted. You go Dan Rather.

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In debates, performance is better than facts

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f you didn’t see the first Presidential debate, let me sum it up for you in a paragraph: Jim Lehrer would “ask” a question (to be more accurate he would state a topic, “health care,” “the economy” etc.). President Barack Obama would then talk about how Mitt Romney’s tax policy was terrible for America according to new studies.

Romney would then declare the President a liar and talk about how his tax plan was great for America, according to a study. The president and the ex-governor would then “cite studies” at random and call each other liars ad infinitum

By John D. Nitowski until Lehrer interWeekly Columnist jected that they’re 30 minutes over the allotted time for the topic and they need to move on. Obama and Romney then proceeded to tell Lehrer that they knew they were over the time limit, but that they just wanted to make sure they had a chance to let “the American people know” that their opponent was lying.

That was essentially the entire two hours summed up into 139 words. No kidding. And if anyone else remembers anything from the debate last week, it probably concerns Romney’s declaration to fire Big Bird and Jim Lehrer. Other than that, there’s really nothing of note in the debate.

What I found most interesting about this debate is that Romney won. If you’ve read my article from two weeks ago, you know that I’m no supporter of Romney (the article concerns Romney’s inability to understand

that the basic human need to eat is not an knew he’d be standing in front of a huge entitlement, as Romney believes or at least percentage of the American people, he lied to says). But lots of Anti-Romneyites have present an excellent picture. Now, checking even come out to declare Romney the win- the same Politifacts page, President Obama’s ner of the debate. Talking heads shook with comments only appear less false. Not comfury trying to figure out how Obama let the pletely true, mind you, but his markings American people down… by sticking to the come off better than the ex-governor’s. truth. Everyone admits that Still, Romney won the Romney lied through his debate. Everyone says so. teeth in the debate. The govWhat are we, the American ernment, the Obama adminpeople, to make of that? istration and the statistics he The message is quite simpresented are not the same ple: as long as you look that we’ve experienced over good behind a podium, as the last four years. long as you sound truthA quick search on ful, and as long as you Politifacts rates the factoids act presidential, what you from both Romney and say becomes the truth.

Obama. The only mildly This isn’t a new concept. true things Romney said George Orwell warned us were that Obama promised the government using John D. Nitowski, about to reduce the deficit by words to twist and bend half (rated as true) and that Weekly Columnist their lies until they become Massachusetts’s schools are the truth. In “Animal Farm” the best in the nation (rated he says, “all animals are as mostly true). Of course, equal, but some animals are his far more specific claims come in with more equal than others,” and in “1984” the less truth. Among the things Romney said: dystopian society preaches, “War is Peace, Obama has cut $716 billion from Medicare Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” (rated as half-true), Obama’s put in place a I won’t say that voting for Romney will board that can “tell people ultimately what lead the American people on a path to treatments they’re going to receive (rated Oceania. I won’t say that, because Obama as mostly false), that the CBO estimates is bringing us along that path too. Maybe 20 million people losing their insurance as it’s time we not only reexamined our “two Obamacare goes into effect next year (rated party democracy,” but did something toward as false), that pre-existing conditions are bringing about a “verit-ocracy.” covered under his own health care program (rated as mostly false) and that President Obama has doubled the deficit rather than Weekly columnist John D. Nitowski is a 7thhalved it (rated as false).

What are we to get from this? That Romney semester English major. He can be reached at is a liar? Well, yes. On an occasion where he John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.

“What are we to get from the debate? That Romney is a liar? Well, yes.”

Why going public is suicide for a startup Internet company

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hanks to the success of Silicon Valley, there are new tech and Internet startups being formed every day in the hopes of reaching the same success as Facebook. With young tech startups, there are always important decisions that need to be made. What direction

By Kayvon Ghoreshi s h o u l d the busiStaff Columnist ness go in? Where is the funding coming from?

Who are we going to hire?

Another question that many startups have now decided to ask themselves is whether or not they should offer an IPO and go public. Many new companies struggle with this question, which is surprising given how harmful going public can be for a young tech or Internet startup.

Many point to Facebook’s IPO flub as an isolated incident for Internet startups, but it isn’t the case if you look at other Internet and tech companies that launched with high IPO expectations. Pandora launched at around $16 and dropped to the low teens the day after. Despite an initial boost, Groupon has only gone

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downhill from its $20 IPO start and currently resides at a measly $5. Zynga, the creators of Farmville, had a promising IPO start at $10 a share and have now fallen to just a little over $2.

Going public tends to be a means of gaining funding, providing young startups with the cash they need. And while getting more money is always great, it turns your business over to the interests of shareholders rather than the interests of the company. Much of the value in a startup comes from its user base. While profits are important, startups spend a lot of their effort satisfying their customers. As Sean Parker’s character pointed out in “The Social Network,” when you have something that’s “cool” you don’t want to ruin it with advertisement. When a company goes public, revenue becomes the main interest for stockholders since they want a return on their investment.

With companies like Facebook and Pandora, advertising is the main stream of revenue.

However, advertisements tend to discourage users, and the more advertisements a site puts up, the more they push the patience of their users and

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open the door for competition.

Going public will also put your company under a lot more public scrutiny. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it could pose a problem when a company bases its decisions around how the public would respond as opposed to what is best for the company. And in the case of a company like Netflix, sometimes they make decisions they think are favorable, but that in reality create an unwanted storm of public criticism. Also, analysts have noted that employees in these young Internet startups spend their time checking their brokerage accounts as opposed to other productive tasks when the company goes public. This kind of corporate culture can be harmful to startups that need to be firing on all cylinders.

But perhaps the greatest threat to an Internet startup in going public is the push for growth. This is what killed Groupon. With the decision to go public, Groupon’s venture capitalists wanted it to have a successful IPO. So they decided to push the company’s growth with an exorbitant amount of money for advertising. Though the com-

pany posted $645 million in revenue, they also posted a loss of $146 million. Given the amount of growth, people overlooked the loss of profits.

However, when they realized that Groupon would not be able to sustain such growth, the stock started to fall to where it is today.

If startup CEOs, both present and future, are still unsure about the decision to go public, consider this. When you build a company, it is your baby and you have put more blood, sweat and tears into it than anyone else involved in it. Since its founding you have made decisions and decided a path that you see best fit. With the decision to go public, you will most likely hand over the reins to your shareholders, and if they are displeased with the company’s direction they can go so far as to replace you with someone they feel is more competent to be CEO, despite all you’ve done. The benefits of an IPO for an Internet startup are short-lived, and should be not considered a justification for going public.

Staff Columnist Kayvon Ghoreshi is a 1st-semester molecular and cell biology major. He can be reached at Kayvon.Ghoreshi@UConn.edu.

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A sweet surprise in Storrs Center

By Zach Lederman Campus Correspondent

The hair down there

Just in time for Halloween, Sweet Emotions Candy has opened its doors in the new Storrs Center.

I had the opportunity to stop by the store a few times this week and sample some of the devious delights.

The first time I walked into the store, I realized I had found something special. This was no ordinary candy store chain.

This was obviously a labor of love. Someone had put a lot of work into making sure that anyone who walked in would have an excellent experience whether they bought something or not. The store was decked out in full Halloween décor: witches hung from the ceiling, cobwebs lined the corners and ghosts lurked around every corner. Giant pots of typical Halloween fare lined the shelves, ranging from the typical (candy corn) to the uncommon (big gummy worms and bugs) to the just plain weird (Blood Energy Drink?), and I couldn’t help but love every bit of it.

Not an inch of the store’s space is wasted. The back of the store is dedicated entirely to bulk candy, where customers can fill bags with any of their favorite candies at very affordable prices. Just about every candy imaginable is present, including various gummies, multiple flavors of gumballs and malted milk balls, the ever-popular candy Lego Blocks and licorice, just to name a few. There’s also a Jellybean dispenser, filled with dozens of Jelly-Belly flavors.

Lining the remaining walls, and filling the center, are the pre-packed candies. I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen so many varieties of chocolate bars. There’s also a whole shelf dedicated to novelty candy, such as the risqué Chocolate Undergarments, Body Paint and Chocolate Boy/Girlfriends. Customers of a slightly older disposition

will enjoy the decade packs, each filled with candies originating in a specific decade, ranging from the 50s to the 90s. The store also stocks fresh chocolate, imported from a local chocolate maker.

On a side note, I recommend everyone try the Dark Chocolate Salted Caramels, my personal favorite.

The real star of the show

Green Day cancels headlining set at New Orleans festival

By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Grammy-winning rock band Green Day has canceled its upcoming performance in New Orleans.

The band was scheduled to headline the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience at City Park on Oct. 27.

The announcement, which was posted on the Voodoo festival website, did not include a reason for the cancellation but comes less than a month after the band’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, headed into treatment for substance abuse.

Armstrong had a meltdown onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in September as Green Day was wrapping up its performance during the two-day concert. He profanely complained that the band’s time was being cut short and smashed his guitar before leaving the stage. The band later apologized in a statement but canceled other promotional appearances.

Voodoo was one of the few appearances the band had not canceled, until Tuesday.

“We, like everyone, were looking forward to having Green Day back at Voodoo,” said the festival’s producer, Stephen Rehage, who added that Green Day’s 2004 Voodoo performance was “one of the festival’s greatest.”

Rehage said he’s disappointed by the cancellation but “the health and well-being of Billie Joe is the most important thing right now. We wish him and the entire Green Day family the best and offer them our full support.”

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Jars of candy sit on a shelf at Sweet Emotions, a new candy store that recently opened at Storrs Center. Candy prices are $8 per pound for candy like Jelly Belly jellybeans and bulk candy, but slightly more for chocolates found behind the counter.

here, however, is the staff.

They are some of the best people I’ve had the pleasure to meet in Storrs. Every customer is greeted with a pleasant smile and a warm welcome. They really do put in the extra effort to make sure that every customer feels comfortable, something you don’t see very often in our fast and furious consumer society.

They willingly answer any question about any piece of candy, even going so far as to offer free samples to insure everyone knows what it is that they’re buying. Plus, the store delivers anywhere on campus.

Candy delivery? If that isn’t great customer service, I don’t know what is. Having a bad day? Just let Sweet Emotions bring you a bag of candy and

kick your spirits up a notch.

For anybody looking to buy some delicious treats, I can’t recommend Sweet Emotions Candy enough. You’re guaranteed to leave satisfied, happy and with a bag full of fresh, delicious candy every time.

Zachary.Lederman@UConn.edu

Royalty crowned at annual pageant

Navi Cheema of the Asian American Cultural Center and Josh Thomas of the African American Cultural Center were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at the Royalty Pageant on Tuesday night.

Crowds from cultural centers, Greek life sororities and fraternities, learning communities and even parents of contestants filled the seats of the Jorgensen with posters, cheering on the eight participants. Emcee Andrew Callahan hosted the event, dressed in a suit and bowtie. He began the night by introducing the eight: Alex Addabbo, O’Rayne Clarke, Navi Cheema, Michael Pollock-Twomey, Avery Desrosiers, Sagar Rana, Cara Harvey, Allan Rousseau, Sam Sojka and Josh Thomas. Each person greeted the crowd and gave shout-outs to the houses and communities they represented.

As part of each pageant, the competition for the Alma Mater Sing also took place, beginning with the brothers and sisters of Delta Zeta and Pi Kappa, who did their own rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory.” Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Beta Pi, Alpha Gamma and Kickline were next up in the competition, adding their own beatboxing and Michael Jackson moves.

The first part of the pageant feautured spirit costumes, where contestant were supposed to represent their organizations, the homecoming theme and what UConn represents. Addabbo came out dressed in a record costume with tracks that symbolized things like her sorority and her role as vice president of recruitment of Huskython.

Clarke was Lady Gaga’s alter ego, a representative of organizations that support first generation and low-income students.

Cheema and Pollock-Twomey came out after, the fomer wearing a sari with Asian flags to commemorate the diversity of Asian cultures at UConn and the latter wearing a Beatles-inspired outfit with a guitar. Desrosiers showed off 17 flags of different countries and the way they connect to one another for Global House.

Rana wore traditional Indian garb with

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Sam Sojka, one of four female competitors running for Homecoming Queen, wears a Beach Boys-inspired outfit while holding a surfboard for the Royalty Pageant’s spirit costume competition.

stethoscopes to show his dedication to medicine, and Harvey demonstrated how she wrote for The Daily Campus. Rousseau dressed up as Skrillex while Sojka donned a Beach Boys-inspired outfit while holding a surfboard. Thomas represented the African American Cultural Center and global issues.

After two more performances from Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Epsilon Pi and from the Asian American Cultural Center singing the Alma Mater, the talent portion of the competition began with Addabbo tapdancing to the Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started.”

“I believe the most important talents is the ability to serve others,” said Clarke before playing a homemade video for the audience that demonstrated Clarke’s sense

of humor and service to the community.

Cheema did an Indian dance to Bollywood music with two backup dancers, while Rana showed his skills with nunchucks while dancing to “Gangnam Style.” Other performances included French lessons by Desrosiers, violin-playing by Harvey and guitar-playing to Santana’s “Maria Maria”

by Thomas.

The last three groups for the Alma Mater Sing wrapped the competition up before the question and formal dress portions of the pageant. The contestants waited in anticipation for the results.

Callahan announced the winners of the pageants to be Cheema and Thomas, with Rana and Harvey in close second.

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Pubic hair, though it seems largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, is a hot issue in the bedroom. Although being unshaven does not seem as if it would put a damper on the sexual experience, the boys I questioned said otherwise. “It’s gross,” said the first male student that I asked.

“Like, maybe if she’s a ten out of ten it’d be different. But maybe not even then. Girls have a code to uphold.”

The “code,” apparently, is maintaining a relatively hairless body from the neck down.

There is a belief that girls who do not shave are somehow “dirty,” and that it retracts from their femininity. A full bush is deemed repulsive, while even stubble makes the men shudder. Another male student grimaced and retorted, “Not even if she’s hot, man!

It’s gross. I want it completely shaven.” This statement was agreed upon by other male students, although a female student commented that she would prefer men to have pubic hair because it seemed “more natural than just having it waving there without anything to cover it.”

The double standard regarding pubic hair maintenance is absurd; if it is deemed acceptable for men to have their pubic hair any way they want it, then why are women being pressured to be bare underneath their clothes?

One possible answer is the images of women that men are confronted with before their real-life sexual experiences.

In pornography, the women are often clean-shaven, or have a miniscule amount (called a ‘landing strip’ or a ‘the Brazilian,’ both of which consist of a thin strip of hair).

Even in sex scenes in films, the woman is completely shaven, which gives men the illusion that the women they encounter in real life also uphold the same hair maintenance. It creates anxiety for girls, who feel as if they will be less desirable for having a full bush, or for having any amount of pubic hair at all.

Another female student that I spoke to mentioned that her boyfriend was not fond of “downtown hair,” but that, in the heat of the moment, he was less inclined to care. Most men, I figured, would not be concerned due to the sexual experience, which I don’t believe decreases or increases with the amount of body hair a woman has. However, the boys all concurred that it was necessary for women to be bare without citing any reasons other than “that’s just the way it should be.”

It seems to me that men are unaware of the complications that can come with constantly shaving your pubic area, which can consist of (but aren’t limited to): itchiness, redness, ingrown hairs and mild pain. Shaving every day is uncomfortable for women, and no girl provides constant maintenance, regardless of what men think is pleasing to the eye.

Food for thought: a totally shaved vagina is known as “the Lolita,” after the titular character from Vladimir Nabokov’s famous novel.

Lolita is considered alluring in the book because of her prepubescent state. Just think about that.

Imaani.Cain@UConn.edu

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NBA Jam: On Fire Edition (360) Though “NBA 2K13” is at the top of the peak when it comes to basketball video games, my favorite b-ball game (and favorite sports game overall at the moment) has to be “NBA Jam: On Fire Edition.” The zany graphics (3D players with flat 2D faces taken directly from actual games), frantic arcade gameplay (two-ontwo gameplay while the average shot clock is about 12 seconds) and sense of humor (tons of mascots and secret teams like “The Honey Badgers”) make it well worth the $15 downloadable game pricing EA’s selling it at. And Kemba’s amazing in it.

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Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder gets into the zone in this screenshot from 2K Sports’ ‘NBA 2K13.’ Durant’s Thunder are one of the game’s premier teams along with the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat.

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor After an offseason filled with absolute dynamite storylines (the Dwight Howard saga, Lin and Lamb landing in Houston, Ray Allen to Miami and Brooklyn’s debut, just to name a few), the NBA season is slowly kicking into gear in preseason play. Of course, fans can get a jump on the action with 2K Sports’ latest, “NBA 2K13,” if they want some more basketball before tip-off on Oct. 30.

In recent years, 2K’s flagship basketball franchise has been anywhere from “pretty good” to “this is pretty amazing,” and “2K13” lands a lot closer to the latter. It simply feels like basketball done right; the visuals, presentation, gameplay and experience are all at the very highest ends of sports game quality in today’s market.

Gameplay in “2K13” is much

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looser and harder to completely control than in recent years, specifically “2K11,” as the ball has become the emphasis of physics instead of something attached to players’ character models in-game. This means the game plays more free; instead of relying on your players perfectly executing a play, you can put the ball where you need it to be for the assist or threepoint shot. To give the player more control in a sports game like this is important and it pays dividends to the player, who can pop up for shots in a completely natural-feeling movement.

The graphics and presentation are both stellar. Players look their most realistic yet, which is awesome concerning players UConn students know and love in the game. Walker, Drummond and Lamb all play just as they did in their Huskies uniforms.

2K has nailed the feel of just about every player in the NBA in gameplay. The game’s presentation is fantastic, thanks in part to executive producer Jay-Z. His choice of music adds quality to the game; he hand-picked two dozen tracks, that can be played instead of commentary by selecting “2K Beats” from the main menu. Otherwise, the menus flow well and loading screens are minimal, only annoying in modes where you cycle through many games back-to-back like “My Player.”

My experience in “My Player” is really the heart of why I love “2K13.” The game contours to every kind of player, from those who love to play in the paint, to sharpshooters from the far ends of the arc. I decided to play my orange-haired, bluebearded player, who managed to get drafted by the Celtics as the

NBA 2K13 PS3, 360 9.5/10

second coming of Ray Allen, and was used alternating as a point and shooting guard. When I was a point guard, the game wanted me to move the rock and rack up assists; when I subbed in at SG, the name of the game was posting up three-pointers.

This translates to the full game: players do what they’re expected to do. No more AI brainfarts, no more blown coverage, simply well-played, low-error basketball. “NBA 2K13” comes out of 2012 as its best sports game, and I didn’t even mention the competing Olympic Dream Teams from 1992 and 2012 or the video game debut of the NBA Celebrity Team, featuring Pauly D from “Jersey Shore,” Bow Wow and Justin Bieber as a squad ready to take on the world.

OK, I did mention those. So now you have no excuse.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

‘Fable: The Journey’ casts Kinect magic

When the Kinect system was unleashed two years ago for the Xbox 360, there were promises that the camera-based, gesturedetecting gadget could turn users’ bodies into paintbrushes, allow them to chat with a virtual lad named Milo, transform real-world skateboards into digital ones and transport wannabe Jedis to a galaxy far, far away.

The reality has been far less wondrous, setting an extremely low bar for “Fable: The Journey,” one that this spinoff in the popular “Fable” fantasy role-playing series from Lionhead Studios easily gallops over with an enchanting gameplay mechanic that virtually outfits players’ hands with a pair of magical gauntlets and the reins to a powerful horse.

“Fable: The Journey” (Microsoft, for the Xbox 360, $49.99) is set 50 years following the revolutionary events of “Fable III.” The heroic bloodline has dried up and evil has returned to the realm of Albion.

Unlike its wide-open predecessors, “Fable: The Journey” is a linear adventure where players serve as a daydreaming gypsy named Gabriel.

After he’s separated from his caravan, Gabriel and his trusty steed, Seren, encounter blind seer Thersea, a staple in the “Fable” series who is again voiced by deliciously raspy “Harry Potter” actress Zoe Wanamaker.

She guides Gabriel on a sweeping quest to reunite with his tribe and harness powers capable of taking down any foes that stand in his path.

The hand-based controls are assigned to a variety of actions that include spinning a crank to engage an elevator, cracking reigns to force Seren to trot faster, reaching up to a tree to pick an apple for her to eat, lifting a treasure chest lid up and wielding a Forcelike spell to tug enemies across the landscape and thrust open closed passageways.

Other than the frustratingly slow first hour or so of the game, “Fable: The Journey” is impressively paced, seamlessly alternat-

ing between guiding Gabriel’s horse-drawn carriage through picturesque vistas, leading him on intense high-speed chases and blasting magic out of his hands in ground-based, on-the-rails confrontations. There are a few puzzles, too.

The controls aren’t perfect. Neither is sorcery, right? Sometimes an electric bolt or fireball goes flying off in the wrong direction on the screen. Such an issue would be unforgivable in a shooting game. It feels less severe here. The developers included an “aftertouch” ability that allows most spells to be redirected after they’re cast.

The controls are certainly a departure from the other “Fable” titles, but “Fable: The Journey” retains the series’ colorful aesthetic, rich storytelling and unexpected humor. The game finally answers several questions about the mysterious Theresa, who is far more

fascinating than new protagonist, Gabriel, a paint-by-numbers reluctant hero.

As the game unfolds, Gabriel earns new powers that require more complex gestures to cast, and he can unlock stronger renditions of spells. He must also tend to Seren by feeding and watering her, plucking arrows from her coat and healing her wounds. It all helps to establish a bond of “Black Beauty” and “War Horse”-like proportions with the virtual stallion.

While there are a few stellar Kinect games — “Dance Central,” ‘’Fruit Ninja Kinect” and “Child of Eden” come to mind — but “Fable: The Journey” is the first to successfully mix motion with emotion. It doesn’t feel like it’s fighting the technology and makes for an experience that, unlike most silly Kinect diversions, is truly complete.

Three and a half stars out of four.

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This undated publicity image provided by Microsoft, shows a scene from the new Kinect-based Xbox 360 video game “Fable: The Journey.”

On Wednesday night, after a long period of exams had finally been defeated, I headed to Gamestop to buy myself a reward: “NBA 2K13.” Thing is, I didn’t want to pay the full $60 for it, so I decided to bring two games to trade for it: “Skyrim,” which I figured would be worth something because it’s still insanely popular 11 months after it came out, and “Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock,” because I completely regretted buying it in May even though it was only $10.

Two games, both somewhat recently released. I wasn’t expecting much, but I also wasn’t expecting the highway robbery the game store hit me with. “Skyrim” was worth about $16. This was fine with me because I wanted “NBA” as soon as possible, although used copies of the RPG go for twice as much on Amazon. “Guitar Hero” was worth $3, but I just wanted it gone, so I didn’t mind. However, I was charged $4 for a refurbishing fee on “Skyrim” and wasn’t told, which set me back more than the entire value of “Warriors of Rock.”

Never mind that the game never froze up on me or my roommates once for the year we owned it, but I was charged for something that wasn’t necessary and was not told about it.

This may have simply been an issue with the store I went to. This might have been company policy for a while and I wasn’t aware.

But this incredibly poor customer service is the effect of Gamestop killing off pretty much every direct competitor they had. How many independent video game stores are left these days? No one can stand up to the mighty billiondollar company, so they have total control of the market, and can therefore set the prices high.

Luckily, there’s always Amazon as a backup.

Amazon, though the experience is somewhat more complicated than Gamestop’s, is better on both the buyer and seller sides of the transaction. Though it’s come by total domination of the online market just as Gamestop did by the real-world one, selling on Amazon is a longer process, but almost always has higher prices for sellers and lower prices for buyers than in brick-and-mortars. The money drops into either a Paypal account or a bank account instead of some kind of Amazon store credit; you’re buying from or selling to average people, so no one’s likely to go out of their way to screw you like Gamestop does, and a trip to the Post Office can be a heck of a lot closer than a drive to a mall or shopping complex in most areas.

And because it’s a huge website with millions of users, it’s going to be much easier to find a rare copy of a game for cheap, or a non-rare game for pennies.

Next time you want a new game or you want to sell an old one, take a second look at Amazon before you run out to Gamestop. The savings will add up on both sides of the transactions.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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Big Bird flies high in 2012 presidential campaign NEW YORK (AP) — Big Bird is flying high in the 2012 presidential campaign.

President Barack Obama’s campaign deployed the beloved “Sesame Street” icon in a new TV ad Tuesday mocking Mitt Romney for saying he would defund public broadcasting if elected.

The foundation backing “Sesame Street” quickly disavowed the spot, and Romney dismissed it as un-serious even though the Republican hopeful brought Big Bird into the national political conversation at last week’s presidential debate.

Big Bird has been a big deal since Romney, in outlining ways he would cut federal spending, said, “I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS,” adding, “I like PBS, I love Big Bird.”

Romney’s vow to de-fund public broadcasting has been a staple of his campaign appearances for months, but the nationally televised declaration last week in Denver — more than 67 million were watching — gave it a much broader audience than ever before.

Romney’s comment drew immediate reaction on social media, with users posting online photos of Big Bird appearing down on his luck or searching for work. Mock Big Birds have followed Romney to campaign events, and the real Big Bird even made an appearance on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend.

“I feel like I’m famous now. I was walking down the street the other day and felt like everyone recognized me,” Big Bird said.

The “Sesame Street” dis offered an opening to Obama, who has faced strong backlash for his widely panned debate performance. At rallies and campaign appearances every day since the debate, he has used Romney’s remark and referenced other “Sesame Street” characters to mock his opponent in a way audiences find funny and relatable.

“He said he’d bring down our deficit by going after what has been the biggest driver of our debt and deficits over the last decade — public television, PBS,” Obama told people at a fundraiser Monday in San Francisco. “Elmo has been seen in a white Suburban. He’s driving for the border. Oscar is

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A person dressed as Big Bird holds a sign outside Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s headquarters, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Derry, N.H.

hiding out in his trashcan. We’re cracking down on them.”

The satiric Obama campaign ad, set to air on national broadcast and cable stations, echoes that theme. The ad shows images of convicted financiers including Bernie Madoff and Enron’s Ken Lay, and suggests Romney believes Big Bird is responsible for their crimes.

“Big, yellow, a menace to our economy,” the ad says. “Mitt Romney knows it’s not Wall Street you have to worry about, it’s Sesame Street.”

While Romney’s comment drew criticism from PBS the day after the debate, the Sesame Workshop, which supports “Sesame Street” and other public broadcasting shows, demanded that Obama’s campaign remove the ad.

“Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns,” the organization said in a terse, two-sentence statement. “We have approved no campaign ads and, as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down.”

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said the campaign was reviewing the organization’s concerns.

Romney, campaigning in Iowa, dismissed the Big Bird ad as inconsequential and suggested Obama was focusing on trivial matters rather than the economy and high unemployment.

“These are tough times with

real serious issues, so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird.” Romney told a cheering crowd. “I actually think we need to have a president who talks about saving the American people and saving good jobs and saving our future.”

With his newfound political celebrity, Big Bird has emerged as the latest star in a campaign proxy war over a larger policy issue.

In 2008, Joe Wurzelbacher, or “Joe the Plumber,” set off a proxy battle over tax policy when he asked Obama about his tax plan for small business. Obama’s videotaped reply, in which he told Wurzelbacher that “when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” prompted Republican John McCain to seize the statement as evidence that Obama supported socialist tax policies. Obama doubled down on his argument that higher income earners should be taxed more than the middle class.

This year, Big Bird is serving as a central actor in the debate over federal spending in tough economic times.

Public broadcasting has long drawn the scorn of many conservatives who see it as wasteful and having a liberal bias. Romney has framed it as a fiscal issue, suggesting shows like “Sesame Street” should charge for advertising like other television stations and shouldn’t depend on the federal government for support.

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Encouraging start in ratings for NBC in fall 2012 season

NEW YORK (AP) — It may not qualify as a revolution, but after years of relentless bad news in the ratings, NBC has opened the new television season with some positive signs.

The network has been in fourth place in the ratings for eight straight years. Through the first two weeks of the new TV season, it is the only one of the top four broadcast networks to see its viewership increase compared with last year, according to Nielsen, the company that measures television audience.

Sunday night football leads the way, as is often the case for NBC. “The Voice” was the mostwatched reality show last week, beating veterans like “Dancing With the Stars,” ‘’Survivor” and “The Amazing Race.” The thriller “Revolution,” heavily promoted during the Olympics, has opened the season as NBC’s top scripted show.

While third in the ratings race last week, NBC won among viewers ages 18-to-49, the demographic where it concentrates its business.

“They’re off to an encouraging start,” said Brad Adgate, a television analyst for Horizon Media.

They’re nowhere near hits, but new NBC comedies like “Go On” and “Guys With Kids” already reach a larger audience than critically-praised cult favorites “The Office” and “30 Rock.” New management at NBC views some of those older

comedies as niche players, and wants shows that will appeal to more people.

Once the crown jewel of the network’s comedy lineup, the Emmy-winning “30 Rock” opened its final season with less than 3.5 million viewers.

Only Brian Williams’ “Rock Center” newsmagazine and the comedy “Up All Night” had smaller audiences for NBC. NBC said it was delaying the scheduled Oct. 19th season debuts of the comedies “Whitney” and “Community.” The network said it wants to concentrate its promotion on other shows and see more about how the season shakes out before rescheduling them, and that the delay is not a sign that it is losing faith in the comedies.

CBS was the most-watched network last week, with “NCIS” beating pro football as the most popular program.

CBS averaged 10.4 million viewers for the week in prime time (6.6 rating, 11 share). ABC was second with 7.7 million (5.0, 8), NBC had 7.5 million (4.7, 8), Fox had 5.3 million (3.2, 5), the CW and ION Television both had 1 million (both 0.7, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with an average of 3.5 million viewers (1.9, 3), Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 580,000 (0.2, 1), Estrella had 150,000 and Azteca had 80,000 (both 0.1, 0).

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This image released by NBC shows CeeLo Green from the singing competition series “The Voice,” during a mentoring session in Los Angeles that aired on Oct. 8, 2012.

Louis C.K. to delay show’s 4th season until 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — FX network says it’s delaying the return of its hit comedy “Louie” until spring 2014.

The network said Tuesday it had granted the request by the series’ Emmy-winning star, Louis C.K., for what he called “a little breathing room.”

Along with performing in the show, he serves as producer, writer and editor, and also created it.

“Louie” recently concluded its third season. Until the extended hiatus was announced, its return for a fourth season was expected next summer.

During a teleconference, Louis C.K. said he gets “irritated” when he’s not working but that he sought a break from the show “to feel hungry” again.

But he won’t be idle in the meantime. This fall, he’s continuing a live standup tour.

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Louis C.K. accepting the award for outstanding writing in a comedy series for “Louie” at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Comics

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The amphitheater, with marble imported entirely from Greece, is the first ever to be built on a college campus.

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Horoscopes Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Use your talents to create beauty from chaos. A possible conflict or misunderstanding could slow you down until compromise gets achieved. Don’t gamble. You

by Brian Ingmanson

have what you need.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re getting even more interesting. Make hay while the sun shines. Do what you promised, with a friend’s help. Together, anything is possible.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- You can see the big picture. Good judgment is required.

Stick to tested techniques. Let others know what you want, and ask for help. Invest in home and family.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Motivate those doing good work. Provide unexpected service, and the money will follow when you least expect it. Success builds upon success. Travel is not favored now.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Controversy arises and makes you stronger. Use wits and charm to clear the miscommunication.

Note the emotional flow at work. You don’t have to control everything. Let it be.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- If at first it doesn’t work, don’t despair. Re-do, until you get it right. A new opportunity arises from working out the bugs. Postpone a romantic conversation.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Be patient with a talker. Accept a nice compliment.

Gentle persuasion reveals a brilliant suggestion. Do what you promised. It’s not a good time to travel.

Socialize.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -Loved ones believe you can succeed. Gather data and question theories. Think quickly and move slowly. Financial conditions have changed for the better, despite resistance. A hunch pays.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- If words do not come easily now, express yourself with pictures, or with some other creative expression. Accomplishing a goal provides a great feeling; savor it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Provide support for those who are weaker. Fan the passion flames. Misunderstandings may be more abundant than usual. Clean up any messes as they come.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Listen carefully to the team’s suggestions, and keep everything on track. One good friend leads to another. List the pros and cons before proceeding to your dream.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Postpone a romantic interlude (temporarily) and avoid arguments at all costs (even/especially if you’re right). Invest in renewable solutions for energy. You’re gaining confidence. Tomorrow words flow.

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Sports

Part 1 of 3: The top 35 soccer phenoms

By Miles DeGrazia Soccer Columnist Managers all around the world are constantly searching for young players to turn into global icons. With the implications of financial fair play looming, teams have begun a shift from buying well-established stars at the peak of their power to creating the best players of tomorrow. These 35 players, all under the age of 22, have the ability to become the next crop of Xavis, Messis and Ronaldos.

PART 1 of 3 35. Josh Gatt, right wing (Molde FK / USA) - Josh Gatt is currently playing for Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjær and is blessed with blistering pace that will surely see him play for the US national team one day.

34. Romelu Lukaku, striker (On loan at West Bromwich from Chelsea / Belgium) Romelu Lukaku tore up the Belgian League before his big money move to Chelsea two summers ago. At 6’ 3”, Lukaku is still surprisingly fast and mobile for a forward.

33. Nélson Oliveira, striker (On loan to Deportivo La Coruña from Benfica / Portugal) - Nélson Oliveira is a striker blessed with good dribbling and heading ability. Oliveira made three appearances at last summer’s European Championships for Portugal.

32. Joel Obi, center midfielder (Inter Milan / Nigeria) - Joel Obi

is the center midfielder for Inter and has been looking to replace the aging Dejan Stanković and Esteban Cambiasso.

31. Fabio Borini – Striker (Liverpool / Italy) – Fabio Borini had a strong 2011-12 season with AS Roma in Italy but since his move to Liverpool has moved to a wide position.

30. Erik Lamela, right wing (AS Roma / Argentina) – A traditional tricky speed demon winger, Lamela established his name at the famous River Plate in Argentina.

29. David Alaba, left back (On loan to 1899 Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich / Austria) David Alaba is already Austria’s established left back, and his dribbling ability will make him a Bayern first teamer for years to come.

28. Kyriakos Papadopoulos, center back (Schalke 04 / Greece) - Kyriakos Papadopoulos made himself an important member of Schalke’s team last season, playing in 29 of 34 Bundesliga matches.

27. Kevin De Bruyne, attacking midfielder (On loan to Werder Bremen from Chelsea / Belgium) - One of many talented Belgians, Kevin De Bruyne possesses a passing ability unseen in others.

26. Gastón Ramirez, attacking midfielder (Southampton / Uruguay) - Southampton’s most expensive player ever, at £12m, Gastón Ramirez established himself last year at Bologna and even played at the Olympics for

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Atalanta goalkeeper Andrea Consigli, on the ground, grabs the ball as AS Roma forward Erik Lamela of Argentina challenges him during a Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and Atalanta, at Rome's Olympic stadium.

Uruguay last summer.

25. Jack Rodwell, defensive midfielder (England / Manchester City) - Jack Rodwell is a throwback to an older generation, as a tough-tackling midfielder that looks like he could have played in the 70s.

24. Isaac Cuenca, right wing (Barcelona / Spain) - A similar player to Alexis Sánchez, Isaac Cuenca is a graduate of

Matheson, Diouf score as Huskies cruise to 11th win of season

the famous La Masia academy, which produced Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi and Iniesta.

23. Raphaël Varane, center back (Real Madrid / France) - A 6’ 3” center back with a strong heading ability, who moved to Real Madrid in the summer for €10 million after a recommendation from former France and Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane.

22. Cristian Tello, left wing (Barcelona / Spain) - Another pacey winger with tricky dribbling skills, Cristian Tello recently won Man of The Match in Barcelona’s 3-2 comeback win against FC Spartak Moscow.

21. Marco Verratti- central midfield (Paris Saint-Germain / Italy) - Marco Verratti is a traditional center midfielder more

On Saturday, Marquette ended senior Colin Bradley and UConn's unbeaten season. The Huskies bounced back Tuesday night with a win over visiting Iona.

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knocked out for the remainder of the season in the Marquette game.

After the goal, Iona (3-8) started to press forward, which opened up the counterattack for UConn. Following a clearance in UConn’s third in the 79th minute, sophomore midfielder Adria Beso connected with Diouf by playing a ball over the left back.

Diouf ran it down at the edge of the 18-yard box and also utilized the same fake cross that Diop used earlier in the game. The Iona keeper came out of his net to challenge Diouf, so UConn’s leading goal scorer popped an arcing chip over the keeper. The

ball found the back of the net to beat the Iona defense that was racing back to defend the counter. It was Diouf’s ninth goal of the season and sealed the game for the Huskies.

“I just got it the first time and was thinking about crossing it,” Diouf said. “I cut it and saw the goalie close the angle, so I chipped it.”

Coach Ray Reid said it was a “brilliant goal from a brilliant player.”

The Huskies have the next eight days off because their originally scheduled game against West Virginia was vacated after the Mountaineers moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“We’ve got a lot of work

to do in the next 70 days, but we’re in a good spot,” Reid said. “The break couldn’t come at a better time.”

UConn’s next game is at home against Seton Hall on Oct. 17.

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Huskies win in Sanchez's honor

By Miles DeGrazia Staff Writer The No. 6 UConn men’s soccer team showed their fortitude last night, when they won their final non-conference match of the season, 2-0, over Iona. It was the first match after losing 3-2 to No. 4 Marquette in Wisconsin, but more importantly after losing senior captain Jossimar “Jozy” Sanchez.

It took UConn 52 minutes to break the dead lock as sophomore forward Allando Matheson headed home a deflected cross from senior forward Stephane Diop.

As Matheson celebrated his goal he lifted his shirt to revel a message to his captain.

“My shirt said, ‘Dedicated to #44,’ which one of our captains, Andre Blake, suggested. He was the one who actually drew everything. And the reason why I wore it was because last game, where we lost when Jozy went down after the goal he scored, I told myself I would score and make sure we win–which clearly didn’t happen, so today the goal was to go back on the promise I made,” Matheson said.

UConn got its second goal when Mamadou Doudou Diouf latched onto a lobbed ball from Anria Beso and then sprinted into Iona’s box. Diouf then shot, but was saved. He gathered his rebound, faking another shot and drawing Iona goalkeeper Bill Litch out. Diouf then placed a delicate left-footed chip into the back of the side netting.

UConn teammates Michael Mercado and Allando

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interested in keeping the ball for his team than beating a man with a trick. He is a similar player to his hero, Andrea Pirlo.

20. Coutinho, central attacking midfield (Inter Milan / Brazil) - A dribbling wizard who has been likened to a much faster Kaká.

Matheson cited Diouf’s recent playing at FIFA ’13 as the inspiration behind his chipped goal.

Diouf, who is second in the Big East with nine goals, also talked about losing Sanchez against Marquette.

“The first thing I want to talk about is my captain,” Diouf said. “He was big-time for us, all of us, and I don’t think any of us will ever play again with him in the UConn jersey. So I’m just gonna thank him and just send him a message that we’re gonna battle every game, every ball, just like he did, because he is our leader and he was big-time for us and all of us will miss him there. But we will fight for him and we will try to finish the job.”

Coach Ray Reid cited the crazy week for his team’s on-field performance last night.

“We had a tough week. We flew to Georgetown Tuesday, we played in almost ninety-degree heat, got back late Wednesday night, regenerated for a day, flew to Marquette, [and] got stuck in traffic.

They had the whole week off, held Carlos out to be smart and then Jozy has the accident at the end. So since we left last Tuesday, it’s been a hell of a week,” Reid said.

After a hectic two weeks, the team will now enjoy a week’s rest before playing Big East foe Seton Hall next Wednesday at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium in Storrs.

Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu

Anderson pitches A's past Tigers to avoid sweep

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Prince Fielder halted his home run trot when Coco Crisp snagged his fly at the top of the center-field wall in the second. He seemed stunned when shortstop Stephen Drew robbed a single from him in the fourth, and he stopped his

sprint around first when Yoenis Cespedes made a diving catch in left in the seventh.

After grounding into a gameinning double play in the ninth, Fielder and the rest of the Detroit Tigers had to hold off on the most important thing: another celebra-

tion.

Fielder finished 0 for 4 to highlight another poor performance at the plate for the Tigers, losing 2-0 to the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night in Game 3 of their AL division series.

Detroit leads the best-of-five series 2-1. Game 4 is Wednesday night in Oakland.

The Tigers' high-priced lineup could squeeze only four hits out of Brett Anderson, three relievers and the rest of the low-budget A's to spoil a solid start from fellow playoff newcomer Anibal Sanchez.

Even more troubling, they have only one RBI off a hit — a solo home run by Alex Avila in Game 1 — in four games of this series.

"That's a little freaky, to be honest with you," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said before Game 4. "And we're going to have to do better than that."

Even the balls Detroit hit hard didn't drop.

Prince, who signed a $214 million, nine-year deal as a free agent from Milwaukee in the offseason, had perhaps the most frustrating night of all of Detroit's sluggers.

Crisp jumped against the padding, reached his glove at the top of the wall and made the grab leading off the second, forcing a stunned Fielder to stop his trot before second base. Crisp, who had a two-run error trying to make a basket catch on Miguel Cabrera's fly in Game 2, flexed his arms and screamed, "Whoo!"

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Sports

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receiver Percy Harvin must finally understand my pain, albeit for much more impressive skills. In a Week 4 win over the Lions, Harvin began the game with a 105-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. This past Sunday, the legitimate MVP candidate caught eight balls for 108 yards and two scores (one rushing TD). Harvin is just one reason why Minnesota isn’t going anywhere this season, except possibly to the playoffs.

2. Drew Brees: It was almost too easy to jump off the Drew Brees bandwagon prior to Week 5. Sean Payton is still walking around the city drunk and barefoot, the defense had no pulse as of press time and the last time New Orleans won a game they were paying players to take out opposing quarterbacks. That all changed Sunday night. Brees, going up against a Chargers team with which he started 58 games, threw for 370 yards and four TDs in a 31-24 win. He also now holds the all-time record for the most consecutive games throwing a touchdown pass (48). My crystal ball tells me the Saints are

about to get on a roll, with Brees being the main catalyst.

3.

Rams Special Teams: Rookie punters not named Matt Dodge (curse you!) rarely get any publicity for their job, and it’s even more uncommon that the publicity requires kudos.

Rams punter Johnny Hekker does not mind being the exception. Hekker ranks fifth in the NFL in punting average, has a 68-yard boomer this year and even got to throw a touchdown pass. The only problem is that he has been outdone by teammate and fellow rookie Greg Zuerlein. Zuerlin, a kicker from Missouri Western State (oh, that powerhouse!), is a perfect 13-13 on FG’s and is clearly not a fan of the chip-shots. In Week 4 against Seattle, he nailed kicks of 58 and 60 yards.

Be Aware of the Nearest Emergency Exit: 1.

Chicago Bears: Since Chicago’s Thursday night loss to Green Bay in Week 2, this team has gone straight bananas.

In dominating wins against the Rams, Cowboys, and Jaguars, the Bears have outscored their

opponents 98-27. The defense alone has accounted for five touchdowns in the last three weeks, thanks in large part to the incompetence of Tony Romo and Blaine Gabbert. Also, it would be a sin to go without mentioning wide receiver Brandon Marshall. The CutlerMarshall love affair (282 yards, two TDs in last two games) is beginning to look more powerful than Kanye and Kim. 2. Andrew Luck: He may not stare back at you every time you turn on the TV (RGIII), and has yet to show off a ladyfriend that even comes close to Ryan Tannehill’s wife, but Andrew Luck is undoubtedly the best-looking rookie QB that the NFL has seen in decades.

Luck is showing poise beyond his years, makes Reggie Wayne feel like he’s young again and seems to have a flair for the dramatic. Even sweeter than beating Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in your fourth NFL game? Being able to deliver the game ball to head coach Chuck Pagano, who earlier last week was diagnosed with leukemia.

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UConn hosts Quinnipiac in first home match

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The UConn women's tennis team kicks off the home schedule against Quinnipiac today at 2 p.m.

By Kyle Constable Campus Correspondent In their first dual match of the season, the UConn women’s tennis team is hoping for the opportunity to best Quinnipiac for a third year in a row at home.

After rain postponed the Huskies’ first home match against UMass, the team is looking for another opportunity to start off at home with a win. Today’s match is the first of two home dual matches that the team will be participating in this fall, the second being against UMass next Wednesday.

Morrissey: McCombs, will move on from ATHLETES, page 12 As for McCombs, I hope he has learned from this and will move forward, both on the football field and off. He has already apologized in a statement, which is always a great first step. I hope Pasqualoni learns that when an athlete does something unspeakable, he should take the necessary actions to hand down the proper punishment. And finally, for the rest of this UConn football team, I hope they can all do their best to focus on the task at hand, which is to win Big East football games as they get ready for Temple this Saturday.

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Last season, the Huskies defeated the Bobcats in Hamden on the Quinnipiac campus in a 4-3 victory. Overall, the results for the team were mixed, but they managed to edge out their opponent 2-1 in doubles and split the singles matches 3-3. Both of the doubles tandems that won last year are returning for another year of play, as well as two of the three winning singles competitors. Bringing back players with that kind of experience will undoubtedly play a significant role in giving the Huskies a victory.

“We have a lot of depth on our

team this year,” said junior Lucy Nutting, who was half of one of last year’s victorious doubles tandems. “Hopefully it will show tomorrow and display the hard work we've put in so far this fall.”

The team has already encountered competitors from Quinnipiac multiple times this year, competing against them at Quinnipiac’s own invitational and the Army Invitational. So far, the Huskies have found some success over the Bobcats, having beaten them in five out of nine singles matches and two out of six doubles matches. In almost every match they have encountered each other, the results have been consistently close, one of the matches even being the final match of the Quinnipiac Invitational, which decided the winner of one of the doubles flights. The level of competition between the two teams has not been higher all season, and today will be the culmination of the in-state rivalry that continues to develop.

“We’re expecting a tough, competitive match,” said Nutting. “[Quinnipiac] is always a great team to play.

The Huskies hope to post an even stronger performance against Quinnipiac than they did last year.

The team is convinced that their combination of new talent and returning players will be enough to orchestrate a big win over the Bobcats.

“I’m very excited,” said freshman Srna Stoŝljević. “Hopefully it doesn’t rain.”

After rain cut short the opening competition of the season and postponed their first dual match, that is a sentiment the whole team can agree with.

Kyle.Constable@UConn.edu

AP

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws a touchdown pass for his 48th consecutive game, breaking Johnny Unitas' NFL record, which stood for over 50 years, during a game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.

1. Matt Cassel: It’s abominable that Cassel’s touchdown to interception ratio (5:9) is lower than his completion percentage (58.5 percent). Nothing can be worse than that, right?

Well, after seeing highlights from Sunday’s Chiefs game, I

stand corrected. After Cassel got destroyed on a hard-hit in the fourth quarter and lay motionless on the ground, Chiefs fans began to applaud the hit and relish the fact that Cassel was done for the afternoon. Stay classy, KC. 2. Arizona Cardinals

Offensive Line: What does Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb have in common with potatoes?

They’ve both been sacked a little too much in the last two weeks. In fact, for Kolb, the exact number is 17.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

UConn prepares for Temple

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statistical thing and how efficient it is, there are more people involved than just the offensive line.”

Looking ahead to Temple UConn will face their second Big East opponent of the season this Saturday when the Temple Owls come to Rentschler field for the first time since 2007. The Owls are coming off a 37-28 victory over South Florida, and a 2-2 season so far. Pasqualoni will spend the week preparing his team for an expected hard fought game. “Temple is going to come in and they’re going to play hard,” said Pasqualoni.

“I promise you, you are going to see effort out of that team.”

The Owls boost a strong core of running backs, including senior Montel Harris, who was named offensive player of the week after his 133-yard performance against South

Florida. Harris, a Boston College transfer, has 168 yards on the ground, as well as 65 yards receiving to complement his two rushing touchdowns. Pasqualoni is expecting Harris to be a big contributor to the Temple offense.

“Montel Harris, the transfer from Boston College, is really a downhill tough runner,” said Pasqualoni. “I would say he’s going to run their power game and zones very well, no question.”

The quotable Paul Pasqualoni

Coach P on sensing frustration with the season thus far: “We have played six games; we have played some good teams in that bunch of six. I think we have battled, every one of those games were winnable games. I think it magnifies the need for detail.”

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What's Next Home game

Away game

Oct. 19 Syracuse 8 p.m.

Nov. 3 USF TBA

Oct. 20 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Nov. 9 Pittsburgh 8 p.m.

Nov. 24 Louisville TBA

Oct. 24 Providence 3 p.m.

Oct. 27 Oct. 31 Providence Big East 4 p.m. Tournament

Field Hockey (13-0) Oct. 13 Georgetown Noon

Volleyball Oct. 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.

Oct. 18 Boston College 7 p.m.

Oct. 14 Stanford 1 p.m.

Oct. 21 Princeton 1 p.m.

Oct. 27 Syracuse 1 p.m.

Oct. 21 Pittsburgh 1 p.m.

Oct. 27 Rutgers 2 p.m.

Nov. 2 Niagara 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 3 Niagara 7:05 p.m.

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Oct. 14 Louisville 2 p.m.

Oct. 19 USF 7 p.m.

Men’s Hockey (0-0-0) Oct. 12 UMass 7 p.m.

Oct. 26 Holy Cross 7:05 p.m.

Oct. 27 Union 8 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (0-2-1) Oct. 12 Colgate 7 p.m.

Oct. 13 Colgate 4 p.m.

The number of career wins for women’s soccer head coach Len Tsantiris

» That’s what he said – Yankees manager Joe Girardi after losing game 2 of the ALDS to the Orioles.

Men’s Soccer (11-1-1) Oct. 17 Seton Hall 7 p.m.

Stat of the day

Oct. 20 Maine 2 p.m.

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““I think that we’re going to do whatever it takes to win this three-game series.”

Football (3-3) Oct. 13 Temple 1 p.m.

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Maine 2 p.m.

Oct. 26 Syracuse 7 p.m.

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Giants beat Reds, cut NLDS deficit to 2-1

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Hardly able to get a hit, the San Francisco Giants used a misplayed grounder to prolong their NL playoff series.

Third baseman Scott Rolen’s two-out error in the 10th inning gave the Giants the goahead run Tuesday night in a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn’t shake 17 years of home postseason futility.

The Giants avoided a sweep in Game 3, cutting their deficit to 2-1.

Rolen, an eight-time Gold Glove winner, couldn’t come up with Joaquin Arias’ shorthop grounder, bobbled it and threw late to first.

The Giants managed only three hits against Homer Bailey and Reds relievers, but got two of them in the 10th — along with a passed ball by Ryan Hanigan — to pull it out. San Francisco won despite striking out 16 times.

Cincinnati finished with four hits, just one after the first inning.

Left-hander Barry Zito will pitch Game 4 on Wednesday for the Giants, who have won the last 11 times he started. The Reds have to decide whether to try ace Johnny Cueto, forced out of the opener in San Francisco on Saturday with spasms in his back and side.

The Reds haven’t won a home playoff game since 1995, the last time they reached the NL championship series. One win away from making it back there, they couldn’t beat a Giants team that has barely been able to get a hit.

Didn’t need many in this one.

Bailey made his first start at Great American Ball Park since his Sept. 28 nohitter in Pittsburgh and allowed only one hit in seven innings, the latest dominating performance by a Reds starter. Marco Scutaro singled in the sixth for the only hit off Bailey.

Fortunately for the Giants, Bailey’s one lapse let to a run. He hit a batter, walked another and gave up a sacrifice fly by Angel Pagan in the third inning.

That was it until the 10th, with the Giants going down swinging — the Reds set a season high for strikeouts. Closer Aroldis Chapman got a pair of strikeouts on 100 mph fastballs during a perfect ninth inning, keeping it tied at 1.

San Francisco’s one-hit wonders finally got it going against Jonathan Broxton, who gave up leadoff singles by Buster Posey AP — the NL batting champion — and Hunter U.S. men’s national soccer team Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann calls out to players during a workout in Miami. The U.S. plays at Pence, who pulled his left calf on a wild Antigua and Barbuda on Friday Oct. 12, and in Kansas City against Guatemala on Oct. 16, in two World Cup qualifying matches. swing before getting his hit.

Stop right there!

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Realignment of men’s basketball coaching staff

Red Sox want to re-build with new manager and contract for Ortiz

By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer

Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Homecoming- Fordham And Alumni Meet Bucknell Noon TBA

The University of Connecticut announced on Friday that the coaching staff of the men’s basketball team is to be rearranged.

Kevin Ollie, an assistant at UConn for the past two seasons, was named the head coach of the team on Sept. 13 after the retirement of Hall of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun. There are no new members of the staff yet. But some coaches have moved into bigger roles while others have been given fewer responsibilities.

The biggest change is that Associate Head Coach George Blaney has dropped down to assistant coach. Blaney has been with the program for 11 years and was named the associate head coach in 2007. Due to Calhoun’s health troubles and last season’s suspension, Blaney led the team on many occasions over his five years in the role. His most triumphant moment was filling in for Calhoun on Jan. 23, 2010, when No. 21 UConn, who had been struggling all year, upset No. 1 Texas at Gampel Pavilion.

Replacing Blaney is Assistant Coach Glen Miller. This will be Miller’s 10th year with the Huskies. He was originally an assistant coach with Calhoun Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

Following one of their worst seasons in decades, the Boston Red Sox and general manager Ben Cherington have wasted no time in their attempts to put 2012 fully in the books. Manager Bobby Valentine was let go almost immediately after the season ended and the candidates to replace him are reportedly in abundance. But for now, things on the field appear to be a lot simpler.

According to an ESPN source, talks between the team and designated hitter David Ortiz will begin next week to keep the free agent in Boston. The 36-year old Dominican missed all but one of the Red Sox final 72 games due to an Achilles strain, which shouldn’t hamper him in the off-season. He hit .318 with 23 homers and 60 runs batted in 90 games this past summer.

Last winter, Ortiz signed a 1-year, $14.58 million contract on the day he was due for an arbitration hearing. The designated hitter has pined for

Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Wisconsin CCSU MiniInvitational Meet 11 a.m. 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 26 BIG EAST Champ.

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Oct. 26 Army TBA

Nov. 9 NCAA Regional 11 a.m.

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from 1986 until 1993. Blaney was an assistant coach during the 2010-11 season after originally being the Director of Basketball Administration.

With Ollie moving from assistant coach to head coach, Director of Basketball Administration Karl Hobbs returns to the bench as an assistant coach. Hobbs was with UConn as an assistant coach originally from 1993 until 2001, making him a member of the coaching staff during the 1998-99 national championship season. He left in 2001 to become the head coach at George Washington and returned to Storrs after 10 seasons.

His assistant, Kevin Freeman, will fill Hobbs’ former position of Director of Basketball Administration. Freeman was one of the marquee players on the team that won the national championship in 1999. He is UConn’s alltime leader in games played (140) and was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1999 Big East Tournament.

Reports from multiple sources throughout Connecticut suggest that Freeman’s assistant will be hired soon and that it is likely going to be Ricky Moore, Freeman’s teammate on the 199899 championship team.

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer

a long-term deal for the past few seasons but a true opportunity had not arisen until now. The Red Sox plan to reconstruct a roster that failed miserably to fulfill mediocre expectations and was largely let go mid-season.

With the trades of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis and others, Boston freed up hundreds of millions of dollars to make transactions this off-season. In addition to Oritz, one of the team’s first moves will be an attempt to negotiate with outfielder Cody Ross, who also signed a one-year pact last winter.

However, bolstering a simply horrible pitching staff figures to be the franchise’s No. 1 aim in the coming months.

Red Sox hurlers finished 27th out of 30 teams in ERA and quality starts and 24th in opponents’ batting average.

The Red Sox will open their 2013 campaign on April 1st with a three-game set at the New York Yankees.

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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Athletes need to be held accountable

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK

Huskies rebound from loss with 2-0 win over Iona

By TJ Souhlaris Staff Writer

Tyler Morrissey Ever since we were children, all of us were taught the difference between right and wrong. We learned that when we did something wrong there were consequences and a punishment that fit the crime.

However, this was not the case for UConn running back Lyle McCombs last weekend.

For those of you who don’t know, McCombs was arrested at 12:19 a.m. on Friday for second-degree breach of peace. According to police, McCombs yelled, pushed and spat on his girlfriend during a dispute on campus. McCombs was released on $500 bond and must appear in court on Nov. 27. Due to this incident, head coach Paul Pasqualoni benched the Huskies starting tailback for one quarter in the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

There are a few things in this whole situation that don’t sit very well with me. First and foremost, the actions of McCombs. It is never okay to put your hands on a woman, no matter the circumstances.

It’s wrong and he should have known that. But what’s done is done and you can’t change the past, only learn from it and move forward. That being said, McCombs should never have been allowed to play the very next day against Rutgers.

Pasqualoni felt that by sitting McCombs for just a quarter he would get the message.

Sitting out one quarter is a slap on the wrist, and quite frankly, embarrassing. By playing McCombs, you are only drawing more negative attention to an already bad situation.

McCombs is not the first star athlete to commit an indiscretion like the one he committed Friday. Pasqualoni should have suspended McCombs for at least a game to send a message to the team that actions such as arrests will not be tolerated.

McCombs did not have one of his better games that Saturday. He rushed for only 32 yards and averaged just 2.7 yards a carry. Was McCombs distracted by what was happening off the field? Only he would know, but one can’t help but think that when a running back rushes for his season low amid turmoil off the field that football was not the only thing on his mind.

One case of law-breaking star athletes that comes to mind is the Boston University hockey scandal in 2011. Two of their best players, Corey Trivino and Max Nicastro, were charged with sexual assault after being accused of raping an RA on campus.

Terriers Head Coach Jack Parker immediately threw both men off the team, even though Trivino was BU’s top scorer at the time.

The accusations against the two BU hockey players were a lot more serious than those against McCombs. However, in the BU hockey scandal, the punishment fit the crime and even though one of the players that were involved was the top scorer, nobody was given a free pass based on their skill.

Athletes need to be held to the same standard as everyone else on this campus. When you do something wrong, there are consequences that need to be faced, no matter how fast you can run or how high you can jump.

» MORRISSEY, page 10

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Forward Allando Matheson fights off an Iona defender in last night’s 2-0 victory over the Gaels. Matheson scored his seventh goal of the season in the 51st minute.

After losing their first game of the season to Big East rival Marquette on Saturday, the No. 6 UConn men’s soccer team bounced back and beat the Iona Gaels, 2-0, at a frigid Morrone Stadium on Tuesday night.

Although the Huskies (11-1-1) weren’t able to get on the board in the first half, they came out firing in the second. In the 49th minute, junior striker Mamadou Doudou Diouf made two step-over moves past two Iona defenders about 30 yards away from the net. Diouf flicked the ball ahead to sophomore substitute striker Allando Matheson, who was met at the top of the 18-yard box by the keeper.

Matheson didn’t get a solid strike on the ball, and the keeper was able to chase the ball down just short of the goal line and knock it out for a corner.

Matheson would get his revenge just two minutes later, however. Senior midfielder Stephane Diop streaked down the left sideline, faked a cross with his left foot, cut back and crossed it with his right. The ball deflected off an Iona defender and popped up right to Matheson, who headed the ball in for his seventh goal of the year. The Huskies went up 1-0 and wouldn’t look back.

“I don’t remember much of the goal,” Matheson said. “I remember being in the box, it deflected off a guy and [I] just got my head on it and put it on frame.”

Matheson lifted his jersey in celebration after the goal, donning a t-shirt that read “Dedicated to #44.” The shirt was in honor of senior captain Jossimar Sanchez, who was

» MATHESON, page 9

Huskies running game seeks improvement

By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor

upbeat. He didn’t know what was going to happen, but he was focused and ready to go.”

UConn is ranked 107th in One of the most discussed facets of the UConn football the country in rushing this offense of late has been the year, with 613 yards on 219 performance of the run game. attempts. The Huskies have Last weekend against seven rushing touchdowns Rutgers, the Huskies only on the season and average managed 53 rushing yards just 102.2 yards a game. and scored zero rush- Pasqualoni has been very outspoken that the play ing touchdowns. of the run game Sophomore running has been a work in back Lyle McCombs progress for much only rushed for 32 of the year, but he yards in the 12 times has not lost faith that he touched the in the run game’s football. McCombs potential for the only played in three Notebook rest of the season. quarters of the game “My point to you against Rutgers, due to an arrest for second- guys is ‘no way am I discourdegree breach of peace. Head aged by it,’” said Pasqualoni.

Coach Paul Pasqualoni feels “We got three guys who that off- the-field issues may have been playing who realhave contributed to his per- ly didn’t play last year very much and were playing really formance in the game.

“Anytime things happen good teams. Just last week they’re a distraction, let’s the team we played just hapbe honest,” said Pasqualoni. pened to be a really good “Was he distracted? Probably team. I wish we had finished he was, but I thought when a couple things, I wish we had he got to the game he was beaten them off the ball in a

FOOTBALL

few places, but those things didn’t happen.”

Offensive line working hard to support the run game

UConn’s offensive line has been trying to improve in order to support the play of the running backs. The offensive line has seen some changes over the past few weeks.

Junior Tyler Bullock was moved from the guard position to center and has shown improvement in his game, according to Pasqualoni.

In order for the UConn run game to improve, it is important for the offensive line to work together as a cohesive unit. However, Pasqualoni said that it’s more than just the play of the offensive line, but rather the offensive unit as a whole.

“Were working really hard at the run game,” said Pasqualoni.

“Sometimes when you look at the big picture and you start to do the

» UCONN, page 10

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Running back Martin Hyppolite and the Huskies were only able to manage 53 rushings yards against Rutgers.

The NFL Bandwagons: Week 5 Edition

By Mike McCurry NFL Columnist

AP

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan,left, and tight end Tony Gonzalez celebrate a 30-28 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sept. 30. The Falcons and Texans are both 5-0 this season.

Five weeks have come and five weeks have gone, and we are still waiting on a couple of things to happen for the first time in this young NFL season.

For starters, both the Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons are undefeated at 5-0. On the flip side, the Cleveland Browns are hoping that they can pull out a victory before LeBron James adds another ring to his resumé.

And last and definitely not least, Terrell Eldorado Owens (that’s his real middle name, folks) is still anxiously awaiting a phone call from a general manager that he’ll probably never receive.

Unless your surname happens to be Owens or Ochocinco, its very possible that your good or bad fortunes can turn around in the time it takes you to say “Roethlisberger.” For example,

there’s a better chance of former Saints Head Coach Sean Payton returning to the sideline this year than there is of the Texans or Falcons running the table. The Falcons, despite the fact that Matt Ryan is carving up defenses with the same intensity that Eagles Head Coach Andy Reid must have when he carves up turkeys, still has to play the Saints twice, as well as the Cowboys, Giants and Eagles. The Texans, a team that seemingly has no weakness whatsoever, get the Packers and Ravens in the next two games.

As for Cleveland? Their next two weeks entail the Bengals and the Colts, whose starting quarterbacks are 24 and 23 years old, respectively. Browns rookie QB Brandon Weeden, who is older than both the telegraph and the automobile, turns 29 this Sunday. Even if his birthday bash is ruined via a couple of losses, there is absolutely

no way this team goes all 2008 Detroit Lions on us and finishes 0-16. When they do win, by the way, let it be known that I’ll be cheering jubilantly on the couch next to Mr. Owens himself. Heck, I may even supply the popcorn for T.O.!

For now, enough talk about the future and about changes that I anticipate will take place soon enough. Let’s get right down to business and check out the NFL bandwagons for Week 5.

Hop on the Bandwagon, Quickly:

1. Percy Harvin: I am well aware that I often dress like a stud and can occasionally knock down the three-point jumper, but after a while I grow weary of all the “M-V-P” chants I receive daily. Vikings wide

» MCCURRY, page 10