The Daily Campus: October 20, 2011

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UConn Parking Services may sharply increase student parking fees if the Student Fee Advisory approves their request, Chief Justice Jared Ashmore said at the Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday night.

Parking Services submitted a request to increase student fees by about $60. The Student Fee Advisory, which is comprised half of students and half of staff, asked the department to present its request again and give its rationale for the increase.

“That is a pretty big deal on this campus, for a number of commut-

ers and parkers,” Ashmore said.

UConn’s parking fee is about 25 percent less than fees at most other peer universities, Ashmore said. Parking Services receives some money from the General University Fee (GUF), which all students have to pay for in their fee bills. Ashmore said Parking Services would like to increase the cost of parking so they won’t need money from the GUF. After Parking Services presents their request, the Student Fee Advisory will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees, which will vote on the decision.

A discussion was held on the legislation “A Statement of Position Concerning the Equalization of Residential

Affairs Marijuana and Alcohol Response and Policies,” which will be voted on at a future Senate meeting. The legislation aims to equalize the Residential Life policy regarding the possession of small amounts of marijuana – under half an ounce – and alcohol possession in dorms.

“Right now if you are possibly caught with marijuana, RAs are required to call the police department,” Brian Flanagan, senator of Busby Suites, said. “This is not what they have to do with alcohol.”

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Abe Scarr, Organizing Director of ConnPIRG talks to USG senators during Wednesday’s meeting.

Week aims to improve body image

Running of The Great Pie Race

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Taming the terriers No. 4 Field Hockey runs winning streak to eight games.

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Students chase delicious pie at the end of a rainy five-kilometer race through the university campus Wednesday during The Great Pie Race held by Student Recreation, Natural High and the Outdoors Club.

UConn Recreation holds annual race with a promise of pie

By Joseph O’Leary Senior Staff Writer

Despite cold, wet and windy conditions, The Great Pie Race was a success yesterday, as a large crowd ran a fivekilometer race around campus with the promise of pie at the finish line.

The race, sponsored by UConn Recreation, Natural High and UConn Outdoors, seemed ill-fated at first, as gusting winds and driving rain nearly blew over the finish line, but 45 runners came out for the occasion.

“I didn’t think anyone was going to come in the rain, but there was actually a really

great turnout,” said Danielle Leshinsky, a 5th-semester kinesiology major and student manager for BodyWise at the fitness and wellness center The five-kilometer (3.1 mile) race had competitors racing around campus beginning at the north entrance of Gampel Pavillion. The course passed Morrone Stadium before turning onto Separatist Road, and then South Eagleville Road. Continuing past Mansfield Town Hall and E.O. Smith High School, the course went up Bolton Rd. before ending back at Gampel.

Tim Isselee was the men’s winner with a time of 17 minutes and 22 seconds, and Kristin Weisse won for the

women with a time of 20:18.

“A lot of my friends show up to run these races, so it’s just a great time to all run together,” said Isselee, a 5thsemester exercise science major.

All 45 racers completed the race within 33 minutes, none with a pace slower than 11 minutes per mile. Most of the runners immediately sat down to rest on the steps entering Gampel, relaxing after the long run.

Most racers were clad in workout clothes and didn’t seem to mind the weather.

“The weather was actually good for the race, it kept me cool. I probably would have done worse had it been

hotter,” said Sam HeskethTutton, a 7th-semester journalism major.

David Frulla, a 1st-semester exploratory major, said “The race was fun. It was nice weather for running, nice and cold. The rain in your face cools you off.”

Blueberry, lemon and apple Table Talk personal pies awaited the runners as they completed the course, but they weren’t the only awards handed out. The outright winners for each gender also received prizes from UConn Recreation, including fullsize pies, bags and t-shirts.

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UConn will be observing national “Love Your Body Day” as part of “Fat Talk Free Week.”

The National Organization for Women (NOW) foundation created “Love Your Body Day” in 1998 to promote positive images for Americans in the media and fight “unrealistic and harmful standards of beauty.” Oct. 19 marks the 14th annual celebration of this event.

“This event and movement strives to eliminate ‘fat talk’ from our everyday lives and to work against the thin ideal that exists so strongly in our society,” said Rachel Gitter, the intern in charge of Students Helping to Achieve Positive Esteem (SHAPE).

UConn SHAPE is a peer education group that works to celebrate all body differences, and to encourage self-esteem and positive body image. The group strives to raise awareness about issues connected with negative self-esteem – such as eating disorders – through various presentations and events.

“Love Your Body Day” is taking place tomorrow on campus.

The event intends to provide the public with useful information and promote conversations about the issue of body image regarding societal standards and norms.

“All too often, women and men look in the mirror and hate their bodies…and our culture has a large part in that,” said Gitter, who, along with SHAPE, hopes to influence the current culture to become more versatile in its acceptance of other people regardless of appearance.

“If we can help change the culture…then we can help change how people view their own bodies too,” she said.

Even though, in Gitter’s opinion, every day should be a day in which people love their bodies, having a specific event and day can help raise awareness.

With the rate that Americans are subject to the barrage of “thin” media, it is not hard to understand why so many people feel inadequate.

“Even the ways the we use language reflects this engrained message that thin and young are better – ‘You look great! Have you lost weight?’ ‘She is too fat to be wearing that shirt’ or ‘I just need to lose 10 pounds and then

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What’s on at UConn today...

University Writing Center Workshop: Personal Statements 3 to 5 p.m.

CUE 320 This talk explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals.

30-20-10 EMC 5 to 7 p.m.

Classroom Building, Lecture Hall EMC will talk with students about the challenges and rewards of working with diverse age groups.

DCF Internship Panel 5 to 6 p.m.

CUE 320 Presented by Careers for the Common Good. A DCF Internship Panel will be held on Thursday.

Journey to Journey House 6:30 to 8 p.m.

SU 407A Journey House is a juvenile detention center in Willimantic, Conn. that is in partnership with 11-21.

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DAILY BRIEFING Malloy: Deal not yet inked on state jobs bills

HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he and Connecticut lawmakers are not yet ready to publicly release the details of a job creation bill. He says legislative leaders still need rank-and-file members to sign off on the proposal.

The governor said on Tuesday that he expected the final pieces of the legislation would be worked out by mid-day on Wednesday. But by the afternoon, Malloy said he was holding off from releasing anything.

He said conversations “are ongoing, productive” and will “ultimately be fruitful.”

Two legislative committees have scheduled informational hearings for Thursday on the jobs legislation, as well as a second bill that would approve funding for a bioscience lab at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.

Malloy does not expect bipartisan support for the UConn legislation.

UConn adding new data security software program

STORRS (AP) — University of Connecticut officials say they are implementing a new computer program to locate and protect personal data in their systems that could be vulnerable to identity thieves.

The program, known as Identity Finder, is used by many universities and other entities to scan their websites, file servers and networks to spot unsecured data like Social Security numbers and credit card information.

UConn officials said Wednesday they are installing it throughout the university. Employees will be required to download the software on desktop and laptop computers to ensure data is secure on that equipment.

UConn is holding an information session at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 about the software and other efforts to protect personal information. It is open to the public and takes place in the Student Union ballroom.

New Haven gun raids target 24 suspects

NEW HAVEN (AP) — Federal and local agents are rounding up people suspected of involvement in trafficking illegal firearms in New Haven.

Agents began serving warrants for 24 people wanted on weapons and drug charges, including some with multiple warrants. Ten of the suspects were arrested by midafternoon Wednesday and 15 guns were seized.

Acting New Haven Police Chief John Velleca says the city is seeing an alarming rate of gun violence and the raids are among several initiatives to stop the flow of illegal guns.

The sweeps involve local police, parole officers and agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Hartford urges protesters to come in from rain

HARTFORD (AP) — Hartford officials say some protesters camping out in the city’s downtown as an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement have heeded their advice to get in out of the rain.

City officials say some of the demonstrators have taken down their tents since the fire department encouraged them to come inside Tuesday night and then again on Wednesday morning.

Officials say they made the request in the interest of public safety ahead of a rain storm.

The activists kicked off Occupy Hartford a week and a half ago with a march to the corner of Broad and Farmington streets, a spot they dubbed Turning Point Park.

Police spokeswoman Nancy Mulroy says the number of protesters in the area has fluctuated between zero and 40.

State task force studying eyewitness ID issues

HARTFORD (AP) — A new Connecticut task force is looking into issues surrounding the use of eyewitness identifications in criminal cases.

The group, created this year by the General Assembly, is also looking into the use of sequential live and photo lineups of possible suspects rather than showing witnesses the suspects and their photos simultaneously.

Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney of New Haven, a supporter of the task force legislation, said eyewitnesses are prone to inaccuracies but they also provide compelling courtroom testimony. He said the state has an obligation to make sure that testimony is as accurate as possible.

On Wednesday, a national expert in the field of eyewitness identification, Gary Wells of Iowa State University, will address the group.

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Lecture focuses on intersection with technology and identity

By Colin Neary Campus Correspondent Dr. Eve Shapiro, former UConn faculty member, professor of sociology at Westfield State University and author of “Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age,” visited the Rainbow Center for its weekly “Out To Lunch” series. Shapiro reminisced about her childhood in the 1980s, when she and her friends would imagine the 21st century as a robotic age where clothing would be made of plastic. She then explained that, though there might not be regular body swapping today, stem-cell technology, in-vitro fertilization and genetically modified food are common.

“As science fiction predicted, technology has changed the world,” Shapiro said.

“Individuals are shaped by social change for better or worse.”

Shapiro spoke about the ways in which technology has increased opportunities for both agency and social control, power and inequality. She presented an 1851 advertisement from Harper’s Bazaar for “bloomers,” the first design for pants, which displayed women in traditionally masculine roles smoking, walking arm in arm and dressing as men.

“The implication is that to allow women to wear pants would have disassembled traditional concepts of gender,” Shapiro said. “A commonly held belief in the Victorian era was that if women were allowed to ride bicycles, they would destroy their reproductive function.”

Shapiro then addressed the importance of the corset, a ubiquitous fashion in Victorian society.

“The prevailing style enforced a hegemonic womanhood,” she said. “Women were considered the weaker sex, and the necessity of the corset implied that their bodies and minds required external support.”

The hourglass shape created by the fashion changed both the image of beauty and the physical appearance of women.

Shapiro discussed how health complications associated with wearing corsets were overlooked, and that the restrictions

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they imposed were used as a means to justify the belief of feminine inferiority.

“Technology was used to delineate the division between male and female,” Shapiro said.

“The gender bending of the flapper aesthetic in the early 20th century opposed the Victorian gender scripts. These women were characterized by their independence, changing their scripts by cutting their hair to a bob and wrapping their breasts with cloth to appear more boyish.”

She connected this observation with the fact that new technologies have opened up avenues for transgendered individuals. Steroids, hormones, plastic surgery and laser hair removal allow for an easier transition into transgender identities.

According to Shapiro, the power of the Internet offers individuals space to work on selfdefinition. She explained how 79 percent of Americans are now online, and that the Internet has become central and critical in connecting transgender groups.

“This collection of virtual communities offers free spaces for self-discovery, substantiation and identity evaluation,” she said. “The anonymity also lessens the risk for stigma, sanction and violence.”

Shapiro also focused on the

ability of the Internet to promote social change. She discussed two transgender protests against the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1993 and 2008. Whereas the 1993 outcry only achieved a modest effect, the 2008 protest was loud enough to illicit a formal reaction from the APA. The circulation of the petition to change the policy for how the APA diagnosed transgendered people on blogs, articles and online forums led to coverage

by NPR and The New York Times.

In addition, Shapiro warned of the digital divide. She asked the audience to consider who has access to support what is becoming more digitized when large segments of the population are not online, especially transgendered communities.

She explained that in many ways, cyberspace widens the gap between those with privilege and those without.

“The Internet is not a panacea or Utopia,” Shapiro said. “The Web reproduces social categories and provides new venues for old biases, while also allowing people to challenge and rewrite gender scripts. The virtual world allows for a diverse array of changes, and remains tantalizingly open.”

na are the same in Connecticut, Flanagan said. The legislation wants Residential Life to have residential assistants and hall directors deal with students in possession of small amounts of marijuana in the same way they deal with alcohol.

Residential assistants have to call the police if they suspect that residents are smoking marijuana in the dorm. However, they are allowed to use their discretion when they believe underage residents are drinking in the dorm.

Flanagan said the legislation would not try to change Residential Life’s punishments for possessing marijuana. He said the legislation would allow the RA to determine if he or she can handle the situation with or without the police.

Ashmore, a residential assistant, warned that this is a very controversial topic for residential assistants and hall directors because an RA cannot tell how much marijuana a student has and different amounts call for different penalties. Residential Life is trying to protect residential assistants with their policy, he said.

Thirteen senators were sworn in at the meeting: six academic, six residential and one class senator.

Caitlin Rooney, a 5th-semester political science major, was sworn in as the Garrigus Residential Senator. She said she wanted to get more involved in student activities and in helping student groups.

“I’m excited. It feels like you’ll have a lot of room to make changes,” Rooney said.

Since she has a good relationship with residents in Garrigus, she said that she’ll be able to represent and help them. Given that most students in Garrigus are juniors and seniors, she thinks parking is a major issue for them.

“Personally, I think a lot of people think the price is really high for the treatment they get,” Rooney said in regard to the fact that students are not guaranteed spots in any lots.

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campus,” he said. “We wanted to get logistics set, like communication within the group and the media, since it’s one of the most important things for starting a movement like this.”

The general feeling among the individuals at the general assembly was excitement about what they are starting.

“I’m very excited by how many people this movement has brought together tonight,” said Brenna Regan, a 7th-semester environmental justice major and president of UConn’s Idealists United. “I’m excited how we can change campus, the area and the world.”

Individuals interested in the Occupy UConn movement were able to attend an hour-long information session prior to the general assembly meeting at 5 p.m.

It was emphasized that all decisions will be made by the group of individuals involved in the Occupy movement, not just the students who originally put the event together.

The group members also talked about the importance of getting the support of the UConn administration. According to Joel Frazier, a 3rd-semester human development and family studies major, the Public and Community Engagement program is facilitating a conversation with President Susan Herbst about the definition of a democratic learning environment and how she would define it.

The individual reasons for wanting change differed from person to person. Jason Ortiz, 10th-semester public and community engagements major, told the group to “see the current

politicians as employers of Wall Street. If you have a problem, you don’t blame the secretary.”

“I’m here because I get to go to one of the greatest public universities in America,” Frazier said. “I feel it is important for the people who get to attend UConn to have a say in how they lean and develop as individuals.”

Desiree Gueye, 6th-semseter human development and family studies major, is involved with Occupy UConn because she wants to see change.

“It is really important to stand up for all the injustice in the world. Big things always start in small ways,” Gueye said.

The next general assembly for Occupy UConn & Storrs will be held on Sunday at noon outside Homer Babbidge Library.

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Occupy UConn holds intial meeting

By Courtney Robishaw Staff Writer About 50 students and a scattering of professors and community members held an initial general assembly meeting yesterday outside the Homer Babbidge Library for the “Occupy UConn & Storrs” movement.

Branching off from the other “Occupy” movements across the country, Occupy UConn hopes to bring changes to the general way society operates.

However, the group is not yet ready to make statements, as they are waiting until everyone’s opinions can be represented to expand the movement, according to Jimmy Onofrio, a 3rd-semester political science major.

“Our goal of the first general assembly was to see how large the initial response would be on

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Official: Texas court break-in work of bar-hoppers SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Five foreign nationals with French visas broke into a San Antonio courthouse early Wednesday, authorities said, setting off a heavy police response with bombsniffing dogs and FBI agents.

Hours later, officials said the young men turned out to be harmless bar hoppers looking for kicks.

Courthouse surveillance photos released by police show two men donning sombreros while running down a hallway around 1:30 a.m.

A beer bottle was left in one courtroom, Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz said, and the suspects playfully swung around a judge's gavel before getting caught.

"Evidently, they had been drinking prior to coming up here," Ortiz said. "It's very likely these individuals were just intoxicated."

All the men are in their 20s and are expected to be charged with burglary. Although their visas listed French addresses, authorities said they were not sure of their original nationalities. Ortiz said the men appeared to pose no security threat.

The levity with which police described the drunken caper at an afternoon news conference differed sharply from the intensity and suspicion that surrounded the courthouse earlier in the day.

Police closed downtown streets and tactical units combed the building for explosives.

Authorities also searched the nearby convention center where dozens of top U.S. intelligence officials were attending a conference, including Michael Vickers, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence.

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An RV allegedly used by the suspects in the break-in at the Bexar County Courthouse remains parked outside the courthouse moments before it was towed away by authorities in San Antonio on Wednesday.

Ortiz defended the aggressive police response to five foreign suspects seen breaking into a government building, and acknowledged local kids pulling the same prank wouldn't have brought out the same swarm of law enforcement.

"Because they are foreign nationals, and because of everything that has happened in the

United States recently, we can't take anything like this as a prank," Ortiz said. "We have to do our due diligence."

Also raising initial suspicion was the rented RV the men had been using to travel across the country. Some of the group arrived in New York and had driven down to Florida to pick up the others, Ortiz said. Authorities

two monkeys — were captured and taken to the Columbus Zoo. A wolf was later found dead, leaving a monkey as the only animal still on the loose.

Those destroyed included six black bears, two grizzlies, a baboon and three mountain lions.

“It’s like Noah’s Ark wrecking right here in Zanesville, Ohio,” lamented Jack Hanna, TV personality and former director of the Columbus Zoo. Hanna defended the sheriff’s decision to kill the animals but said the deaths of the Bengal tigers were especially tragic. There are only about 1,400 of the endangered cats left in the world, he said.

“When I heard 18 I was still in disbelief,” he said. “The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.”

As the hunt dragged on outside of Zanesville, population 25,000, schools closed in the mostly rural area of farms and

widely spaced homes 55 miles east of Columbus. Parents were warned to keep children and pets indoors. And flashing signs along highways told motorists, “Caution exotic animals” and “Stay in vehicle.”

Officers were ordered to kill the animals instead of trying to bring them down with tranquilizers for fear that those hit with darts would escape in the darkness before they dropped and would later regain consciousness.

“These animals were on the move, they were showing aggressive behavior,” Sheriff Matt Lutz said. “Once the nightfall hit, our biggest concern was having these animals roaming.”

The sheriff would not speculate why Thompson killed himself and why he left open the cages and fences at his 73-acre preserve, dooming the animals he seemed to love so much.

were waiting on a search warrant Wednesday afternoon to thoroughly search the RV, though investigators said they already had found the visas, maps, cell phones and computers.

Ortiz said two of the men broke into the courthouse through a fire escape and set off an alarm immediately. They were arrested shortly after and appeared to cause no

damage. Ortiz said they spoke little English but were being cooperative with investigators through the help of a translator.

"They were clowning around in the courtroom. They put on Mexican hats, they grabbed the gavel," Ortiz said. "That gave us an indication they weren't up to anything other than a prank."

US officer arrested in pot smuggling PHOENIX (AP) — A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led Arizona state police and federal agents on a high-speed desert chase in his government vehicle, throwing bundles of marijuana out of the window as he fled, the Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

The deportation officer, identified as Jason Alistair Lowery, 34, had been under surveillance for more than month after a known smuggler who had been arrested gave authorities a tip about the officer in an effort to get lenient treatment, Department of Public Safety Officer Carrick Cook told The Associated Press.

DPS and federal agents tried to pull Lowery over Tuesday after he picked up a load of marijuana in the desert with his unmarked ICE pickup truck, Cook said. The officer fled, leading agents on a 45-minute chase at speeds of up to 110 mph (177 kph) as he threw 10 of the 14 bundles of pot that he had in the truck out of the window, he said.

“He got pretty desperate,” Cook said.

The chase began in the Vekol Valley about south of Phoenix and ended 20 miles (30 kilometers) away when Lowery’s truck rolled over and he gave himself up.

Lions and tigers shot in Ohio; owner freed them

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — in a big-game hunt across the Ohio countryside Wednesday after the owner of an exotic-animal park threw their cages open and committed suicide in what may have been one last act of spite against his neighbors and police.

As homeowners nervously hid indoors, officers armed with high-powered rifles and shoot-to-kill orders fanned out through fields and woods to hunt down 56 animals that had been turned loose from the Muskingum County Animal Farm by owner Terry Thompson before he shot himself to death Tuesday.

After an all-night hunt that extended into Wednesday afternoon, 48 animals were killed. Six others — three leopards, a grizzly bear and

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Athletics should not overshadow academics

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ecently, thanks to President Susan Herbst’s efforts, the topic of UConn as a research university has been at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds. The unfortunate truth is that, to people unfamiliar with the campus, the name UConn has become synonymous with our athletics programs. While the school’s sports department is important and highly praiseworthy, our academics are equally deserving of praise, but are often neglected as a part of our image.

The school has so many people across all disciplines doing fantastic work in the world of academia. Because of that, a part of our school spirit and pride should be dedicated to recognizing the work done by students and faculty on a daily basis.

Our campus is responsible for some of the best research being done in the fields of psychology and agriculture, as well as unparalleled theater and arts projects. These are just a few examples of how UConn is reaching above and beyond other public research universities to strive for excellence in all aspects.

This isn’t to say that our athletics programs aren’t important.

Nor is it to say that our sports department is undeserving of the praise and acclaim that they receive. This is simply to say that our academics are equally on par, people just tend to forget that or allow it to be overshadowed by things like our men’s basketball team winning the NCAA championship last year. However, these things should not be overshadowing our academics, but rather shining a light on them. It’s important to start taking advantage of the unique opportunities that our athletics department gives us. We have the luxury of an automatic audience as a result of sports fans seeing UConn and what we can do. It’s up to those off the field to rise to the occasion and show that they can reach the same level of excellence as those on the field.

The current initiative to better UConn academically is something that should be propelled by the full support of the entire Husky community, both by those in sports and those in research and academics. It isn’t about being great on one plateau, but being great across all plateaus. UConn has that level of greatness; it’s simply a matter of getting the world to recognize the other half of it. That effort starts with recognizing it ourselves.

So the next time you find yourself defending Husky Pride, remember that you have more in your arsenal than basketball.

You have a top 20 public university, with profound research departments as well as a campus striving for excellence across the board. What do our rivals have?

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.

We are the 99%... of students who live in South and have to park in W lot...

OCCUPY S LOT! because 25 parking spots, is much too much.

I have considered purposing to the insanely hot hipster chick who drives green line, she’s actually my girlfriend.

Take this moment to let the jealousy soak in.

To the guy in McMahon who randomly jumped on a chair, screamed “EXPELLIARMUS,” and threw a knife at his friend...you are my hero.

To the guy who yelled “Expelliarmus!” in McMahon DHall: Avada Kedavra. I win.

I love it when people talk on the 4th floor of Homer so much that I invite the security guards to come listen.

To the girl who thinks its a good idea to leave carved pumpkins outside her room: once they start to rot I am going to stand outside your room holding the pumpkin so I can throw it at your face when you walk out.

Today I saw my friend while walking to my car, so I ran up to her to give her a hug! ...it wasn’t her.

My professor keeps telling our class to “try” to do the readings and assignments. Obviously he’s never gotten advice from Yoda.

That awkward moment when Syracuse and Pitt still had to attend Big East media day.

Advice to the girl who gave professor Jain attitude in class yesterday, you don’t get extra credit for saying “UMM” before everything to add emphasis.

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Strong women should be recognized

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trong, outspoken and determined women have never been in short supply in my life. For the most part, my mother raised me by herself. The loved ones who cared for me and guided me through the basic lessons of life – walking, speaking, sharing and loving – were women. The educators who saw my potential and pushed me to do better were women. The managers who never let me off the hook and trusted me with more r esponsibility

By Ryan Gilbert were women. The Associate Commentary Editor friends who continue to challenge my beliefs and demand I think broader are, yes, women. I am the product of fearless, passionate and proud women.

I appreciate that my experience may be unique or, at the very least, infrequent, but it shouldn’t be difficult for anyone to recognize the power and influence of women.

Our society’s incessant shock over professional women being promoted to commanding headship positions, and the unrelenting blame imposed on single mothers for our country’s economic woes and decline in traditional family values is reprehensible.

When Susan Herbst was named UConn’s 15th president, almost every news story about her selection pointed out (and almost marveled) that she was the first female president in the university’s nearly 130year history. Jill Abramson of The New York Times was given the same treatment and attention when she was announced as the first top female editor in the paper’s

160-year history.

CBS’s “Sunday Morning” profiled Abramson, and made sure to emphasize the purportedly historic nature of a woman running arguably the world’s most authoritative newspaper.

“It would be nice to think we would get to the point where it wasn’t so remarkable when a woman rose to the top job at an important institution,” Abramson said. “But we aren’t there yet.”

“The refrain is no longer an angry, ‘We can too!’ The mantra is a more measured and assured, ‘We already are.’”

No we’re not.

Some may remember that in June 2008, Hillary Clinton ended her presidential campaign, endorsed Barack Obama and gave an impassioned and prescient speech in which she addressed this issue.

“When I was asked what it means to be a woman running for president, I always gave the same answer: that I was proud to be running as a woman, but I was running because I thought I’d be the best president,” Clinton said. “I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential of every last one of us. There are no acceptable limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st century. You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable…to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.”

Clinton and the “18 million cracks in the hardest glass ceiling” are saying that it’s supposed to be unexceptional that women can be the bosses, and we aren’t supposed to be surprised by the accomplishments of driven, capable women. Yet many of us are still bowled over by the sheer notion of women being in charge when, really, we should’ve seen this coming. There’s a notso-new feminist movement occupying college campuses and the professional world.

The refrain is no longer an angry, “We can too!” The mantra is a more measured and assured, “We already are.”

According to a nationwide Pew Research Center survey, “women surpass men by record numbers in college enrollment and completion, they also have a more positive view than men about the value higher education provides. Half of all women who have graduated from a four-year college give the U.S. higher education system excellent or good marks for the value it provides given the money spent by students and their families; only 37 percent of male graduates agree. In addition, women who have graduated from college are more likely than men to say their education helped them to grow both personally and intellectually.”

Recently, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history, and this trend isn’t going to end any time soon. I’m not saying that women should be in charge of everything, but… well, actually…yes, I’m saying that women should be in charge of everything. The truth is, they already are. Think about it: How did you get here?

Associate Commentary Editor Ryan Gilbert is a 7thsemester journalism major. He can be reached at Ryan.Gilbert@UConn.edu.

College students should do their part to end bullying

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hile I was aware that middle and high school bullying has been a growing problem, I didn’t realize just how bad it could get until I watched a CNN special titled “Bullying: It Stops Here,” hosted by Anderson Cooper. In one segment the speBy Grace Malloy of cial, Cooper Staff Columnist hosted four teens from Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota. The school district enforces a “neutrality” policy, which disallows teachers to discuss homosexuality in school.

The result is constant bullying of those who are gay, or perceived to be gay, which has reached a level of near dehumanization.

Kyle, 14, one of four students who are suing the school district, tells Cooper of a time when he was in the bathroom and another boy urinated on him. He says he can personally name 40 other students who bully him on a daily basis.

It’s inexcusable that a 14-yearold boy must face such awful treatment at school. One of the main purposes of the CNN special was to discuss potential ways to end bullying. One way

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is to speak with the parents of bullies in hopes that they will instill better values into their children. However, there are two issues with this approach. For one, speaking with parents is often considered to be invading upon a family’s private sphere.

In addition, bullies often behave the way they do because it is behavior occurring in their own home, so speaking with parents about this issue may be a futile attempt. Another approach taken in an attempt to end high school bullying is to involve teachers and other school officials.

This seems like the most logical answer, but as is the case with the Anoka-Hennepin School District and other districts, teachers and school officials seem to be denying that the problem exists at all.

The superintendent of AnokaHennepin, Dennis Carlson, said about their neutrality policy, “All the students come with parents in this community and parents have a wide range of beliefs. We serve them all.”

Essentially, he is saying that there are members of the community who don’t approve of homosexuality, and therefore they don’t address the issue in school. He doesn’t seem to care that this neutrality policy is lead-

ing to the bullying of homosexuals. This neutrality policy is essentially abdicating responsibility from teachers and school officials, as “Glee” cast member Jane Lynch, a guest on the show, pointed out.

So if we cannot speak with parents of bullies or encourage teachers and school officials to address the issue, then how do we effectively combat high school bullying? I believe that involving more college students in anti-bullying campaigns would be beneficial.

Campus Compact is an organization that encourages the mentoring of grade school children by college students through establishment of mentoring centers, leadership assistance to groups around the nation, issuing of program development grants and more. According to the site, “College students make excellent mentors because they are close enough in age to young people to establish strong relationships, yet mature enough to offer guidance.”

College students, having just exited that world of cliques and popularity contests, would be better able to communicate with bullies. The high school atmosphere is still fresh in our minds, so we’d

be better able to relate to students’ experiences. In turn, bullies would have more open ears when being spoken to by college students. A bully is naturally going to want to resist authority, and adults such as teachers and school officials certainly qualify as authorities. But college students who can connect with students would be more likely to be respected by bullies in middle and high schools. Bullies would take to heart what college students have to say. So, if college students speak to high schools with bullying problems and to the bullies themselves and send the message clearly of how wrong bullying is, then we’d see an impact.

Unfortunately, some degree of bullying exists in all walks of life, but it seems to be especially brutal in middle and high schools. It is not something that we can turn a blind eye to – not when so many bullying-related suicides are occurring across the country. College students could be effective in decreasing the amount of bullying that occurs in grade schools, so it is our responsibility to take that step.

Staff Columnist Grace Malloy is a 7th-semester political science and journalism double major. She can be reached at Grace.Malloy@UConn.edu.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Comics

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by Carin Powell

Side of Rice

by Laura Rice

Stickcat

by Karl, Jason, Fritz & Chan

Froot Buetch

by Brendan Albetski and Brendan Nicholas

Horoscopes To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

by Brian Ingmanson

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A major revelation opens a new door for a promotion or a rise in status. Your optimism and adaptability are quite attractive. Hide any shyness behind a Halloween mask.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Continue your growth and expansion, considering long-term goals and sustainability. It’s an excellent time for love and money. Share treats, and say thank you.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 5 -- An outrageous suggestion prompts a new way of looking at things. Home is where you want to be, and some repairs need your attention. A mellow evening with friends delights.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get into home decoration. Create a cozy, delightful space to settle your bones. Your creativity delights your friends, who come to partake of your treats.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Good things are magnetically attracted to you today. Complete deadlines before starting the next project. Power through, relax at the finish and then celebrate wildly.

Monkey Business

by Jack Boyd

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contemplate your latest dream, and allow your creativity to flourish through a project that surprises. Make some magic, and clean up later.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- It’s a good day to work from home. Trust your intuition. Spice up the place and invite a friend over. A quiet night could delight, but the spirit is running wild. Go with it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Get advice from a trusted friend if your issues seem nebulous or vague. Avoid big decisions. Indulge your fantasies with improvisation, and play with your crew.

Toast

by Tom Dilling UConn Classics: Back in My Day, Comics Were These Comics Phil

by Stephen Winchell and Ben Vigeant

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Choose treat over trick. Give without expectation. Your generosity comes back to you multiplied, but that’s not the point. Take care of your health by sharing love.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Get outside and play as soon as you can today. There’s fun afoot, and some possible chaos. Hide any reservation behind a mask, and let your enthusiasm out.

Based on True Sean Rose

by Sean Rose

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Change is in the wind. Get together with your team to plot a new course. This afternoon, art and beauty take a darker twist.

Appreciate soulfulness.

Happy Dance

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You gel with a new partner, and their mediation provides valuable results.

Strange demand could open interesting opportunities. Enjoy peaceful moments before the evening’s madness.

by Sarah Parsons

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Greece: Riots as austerity steps get 1st approval ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive antigovernment rally against painful new austerity measures that won initial parliamentary approval in a vote Wednesay night.

The rioting came on the first day of a 48-hour nationwide general strike that brought services in much of Greece to a standstill, grounding flights for hours, leaving ferries tied up in port and shutting down customs offices, stores and banks.

More than 100,000 people took to the streets of the Greek capital to demonstrate against the austerity bill, which includes new tax hikes, further pension and salary cuts, the suspension on reduced pay of 30,000 public servants and the suspension of collective labor contracts.

Creditors have demanded the meaures before they give Greece more funds from a €110 billion ($152.11 billion) package of bailout loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund.

Greece says it will run out of money in mid-November without the €8 billion ($11 billion) installment.

But Greek citizens said they already are reeling from more than one-and-a-half years of austerity measures.

“We just can’t take it any more. There is desperation, anger and bitterness,” said Nikos Anastasopoulos, head of a workers’ union for an Athens municipality, as he joined the demonstration early in the day.

The bill won initial approval in the 300-member Parliament late Wednesday, with 154 deputies voting in favor on principle and 141 against. A second vote, on the bill’s articles, is due Thursday. Only after that procedure will the bill have

AP

An Irish traveler resident holds up a cross for the media, in front of a burning barricade during evictions at the Dale Farm travelers site, near Basildon England, 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of London, Wednesday.

AP

A protester throws a petrol bomb at riot police during clashes outside the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday. Greek anger over new austerity measures and layoffs erupted into violence outside parliament on Wednesday.

passed. A communist partybacked union has vowed to encircle Parliament Thursday in an attempt to prevent deputies from entering the building for the procedure.

The new measures have even prompted some lawmakers from the governing Socialists to threaten not vote for at least some of the articles in the bill. But Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos insisted there was no choice but to accept the hardship.

“We have to explain to all these indignant people who see their lives changing that what the country is experiencing is not the worst stage of the crisis,” he said in Parliament. “It is an anguished and necessary

effort to avoid the ultimate, deepest and harshest level of the crisis. The difference between a difficult situation and a catastrophe is immense.”

Hours before Wednesday’s vote, one of Athens’ largest demonstrations in years degenerated into violence as masked and hooded youths pelted riot police outside Parliament with gasoline bombs and chunks of marble smashed from buildings, metro stops and sidewalks.

Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Authorities said 50 police were injured in the clashes, along with at least three demonstrators, while 33 people were detained for questioning or arrested for alleged

involvement in the rioting. At least three journalists covering the riots were also slightly hurt.

Long after Wednesday’s demonstration was over, violence continued, with police fighting running street battles with youths setting up burning barricades along the back streets near Athens’ main Syntagma Square and near the tourist area of Monastiraki.

Thick black smoke billowed from burning trash and busstops, and debris lay strewn along the capital’s broad avenues. A hurled gasoline bomb set fire to a sentry post used by the ceremonial presidential guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Parliament.

UK riot police clear illegal Traveler camp

CRAYS HILL, England (AP) — British police used sledgehammers, crowbars and a cherry picker Wednesday to clear the way for the eviction of Irish Travelers from a site where they have lived illegally for a decade.

By the afternoon police said they were in control of the site, and that bailiffs were beginning to move onto the disputed property.

Essex Police said two protesters were Tasered and 23 people arrested after police officers were attacked with rocks, other missiles and liquids including urine.

Residents and supporters, however, said police had used excessive force.

Evictions of Travelers, a traditionally nomadic group similar to, but ethnically distinct from, Gypsy or Roma people, are relatively common across Britain. But few are as large, or as highprofile, as Wednesday’s at Dale Farm.

The police and bailiffs faced resistance from several dozen protesters who threw bricks and struggled with officers at the site, set in fields 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of London. One mobile home was set on fire as police moved in at dawn, and several protesters chained themselves to barricades with bicycle locks to slow down the evictions. Others scaled a 40-foot (12meter) scaffolding tower.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

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1944

U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, returning to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.

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Angel Reapers to take over Jorgensen Thursday, October 20, 2011

Dancers will perform interpretive dance

theater piece,” the event’s press release said. The dance play is not just a biography on Lee. It is based on the A dance performance legacy of the Shakers, and unlike any other will make its their struggle to find truth Connecticut debut tonight at through worship and over7:30 at the Jorgensen Theater. come sexual repression.

“Angel Reapers” is a “Angel Reapers” is not demonstrative adaptation of suitable for all ages, as it the story of Ann Lee. Lee, contains nudity and incitotherwise known as Mother ing themes. It is only recAnn, was one of the cofound- ommended for those who ers of the Shakers communi- are 15 years of age and ties in the Northeast. The older. Tickets can be purShakers were a group of chased from 11 a.m. to 5 Englishmen and women p.m. or immediately before who fled the monarchy in the show starts. The price the 1700s to escape religious of admission is $30, $27 and discrimination. Their name $25 for various seating levoriginated from their practice els. Discounted tickets for of shaking during devotional UConn students are $7. prayers and hymns.

Additionally, there will be a Once Lee helped set- panel discussion at Jorgensen tle the colonists into their before the performance from new homes in Connecticut 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Uhry and (Enfield), Massachusetts Clarke will be available to and New York, she became answer questions, and a proa highly regarded preacher fessor from Mount Holyoke within the Shaker sect. She College will be on hand to also advocated gender equal- provide further insight on ity and efficiency amongst Shaker history. The panel community members. is free and open to the pubPulitzer, Tony and Oscar- lic. Those who are interested award winner Alfred Uhry must reserve a spot by going wrote the script for “Angel to the Jorgensen website, Reapers.” He then enlisted or calling the theater’s box the help of choreographer and office at (860) 486-4226. director Martha Clarke to turn it into a “provocative dance Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu

Pumpkin Food Fest

2010 Summer Breeze, a silver award winner at the Big E competition, was a very sweet summer wine.

All of these wines are available to purchase.

Overall, this small vineyard has a tremendous amount to offer for any college student looking for something fun and affordable to do on a Saturday afternoon.

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A member of the “Angel Reapers” dance group performed at the American Dance Festival in Durham, N.C.

Lee shared stories about “Angry Little Girls” comics

By Jason Wong Staff Writer

ROCHELLE BAROSS/The Daily Campus

Lela Lee spoke to students Wednesday at the Student Union about her “Angry Little Girls” comics and women’s issues.

On Wednesday, Lee showed the audience the original five shorts that she said sparked it all, entitled “The First Day of School,” “Pat,” “Saturday

at the Park,” “Lunch with Sally” and “Park Bench.” In the first short, she expressed anger at people who assumed that either she could not speak

English, or would speak it poorly just because she was Asian. In the second, she spoke about men’s lack of awareness about women’s issues.

to do all of those things at the Cassidy Hill Vineyard in Coventry.

There is a small wooden house where you can walk in to buy a glass of wine while you walk around the vineyard.

Here, you can also do a wine tasting, which is exceptional and affordable. For $6, you can try seven different red and white wines.

There are two red wines: a 2009 Coventry Spice and Jet’s Red. The Coventry Spice is a

surprising red wine that has both a fruity taste to go with hints of spices, such as cinnamon. Jet’s Red, on the other hand, is a smooth and fruity, full-bodied red wine.

There are also five different white wines to try: a 2010 Riesling, 2010 Coventry White, 2010 Chardonnay, 2010 Pinot Gris and the 2010 Summer Breeze. The 2010 Riesling, a bronze winner at the Big E wine competition, was by far my favorite.

It was a sweet, floral and fruity wine that I could see myself pairing with any meal, appetizer or even dessert. The 2010 Coventry White was less sweet and more tart than the Riesling with hints of grapefruit and blood oranges. The 2010 Chardonnay was a light and crisp wine that included an interesting pineapple flavor. There’s not much more to say about the 2010 Pinot Gris other than that it is your classic, dry white wine. The

“The talk was insightful as to what Asian-Americans experience,” said 1st-semester fine arts major Sarah Rawlinson.

“I never really thought about it before this.”

Following the short videos, Lee discussed what happened next: she dropped out of school and had to work at her parents’ dry cleaners as she tried to pursue a career in acting. She eventually graduated with a degree in rhetoric.

All these events led to an opportunity for her to showcase her “Angry Little Asian Girl” work.

She then detailed the long and arduous process of getting her work published, during which she displayed some of the comics that she drew.

Many of them were inspired by personal experiences, such as the drawing of her first birthday, which showed her receiving an SAT as a gift. In another, a Caucasian boy asks the angry little Asian girl if she is from Japan. In response, she inquires if he’s from England.

He replies, “I’m from here,” and she says, “Me too…hard having your illusions shattered, isn’t it?”

“I can relate to the stereotypes presented about Asian people, especially the one about the first day of school,” said 7th-semester anthropology major Dan Vang.

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Cassidy Hill Vineyard offers wine tasting

Feel like having a glass of wine while you walk around a vineyard? Want to have a romantic date eating a picnic lunch while surrounded by the vineyard grapes? Interested in doing a wine tasting with your friends?

Right off Rt. 195, through a road with never ending trees, there is the opportunity

» GIRL VS. FOOD

Excluding the fact that the Hell season that is Connecticut winter is looming, my favorite time of the year is fall.

It might be because of the foliage, the crisp air, blah, blah, blah. Let’s be serious: I love fall because pumpkin-flavored things make their annual cameo in restaurants and stores.

If you haven’t gotten on the bandwagon and started gorging yourself on pumpkin-flavored things for the next three months, you’re missing out on one of the world’s greatest seasonal flavors.

Pumpkin turns some already great foods into ingenious culinary creations. There are a few places to get the best ones around. You might as well stock up on the flavor now, because in a few months pumpkin will be gone forever.

Or maybe just for the next nine months.

First, everyone should be fully aware of all the baked good pumpkin options around campus.

There are three major ones. First, try the pumpkin donut at Dunkin’ Donuts.

“The pumpkin donut is like a cinnamon-y burst of autumn exploding in a glaze waterfall into your mouth,” said Kate White, a 7th-semester animal science major. “Oh my God, it’s so good.”

You might think that nothing could top that clearly favorable review, but you’d be wrong.

Go across campus and pop into Starbucks, where a pumpkin muffin with ooey, gooey cream cheese filling awaits you.

“The pumpkin muffin at Starbucks is absolutely amazing, too,” White said. “But there’s a pumpkin chocolate chip muffin that melts in your mouth at Dunkin’ Donuts, and that one’s amazing too.”

Yes, it’s true. The amazing pumpkin-goodness continues back at Dunkin’ Donuts, and they’ve taken a more classic version of a pumpkin muffin, topped with streusel and white icing.

While we’re on the subject of chain coffee houses, both Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks bring their pumpkin beverage creations back, but each one has perfected their own types. Generally, I like the pumpkin iced coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts and the pumpkin latte at Starbucks. I don’t know if this is particularly because the pumpkin flavor at one is better than the other, but rather that Dunkin’ Donuts has always excelled at iced coffee and Starbucks at hot coffee.

I can tell you that all of them are good, but everyone should experiment to find their favorite.

Pumpkin muffins and donuts and iced lattes are delicious, but my favorite pumpkin flavored food is, hands down, pumpkin ice cream.

During this time of year, the dining halls usually stock the ice cream bar with gallons upon gallons of pumpkin ice cream, and anyone with a meal plan should at least try it. It has the best ratio of cinnamon to sugar, and the texture of ice cream is just the perfect consistency for pumpkin flavor.

Even better, get creative and mix the pumpkin ice cream at the dining hall with Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. I did this all the time sophomore year, and now, I miss those days. The creamy, crunch combination was better than pumpkin pie.

And don’t forget to try the Dairy Bar’s pumpkin ice cream, which is probably the best version of pumpkin ice cream probably within the state. Come on, it’s the Dairy Bar. Everything there tastes like rainbows.

If it sounds like I’m obsessing over pumpkin flavoring, I am.

There’s never a time of year where such a great flavor makes everyone’s lives better for three months.

Get your pumpkin fix now, so you’ll have the reserves to make it through the harsh winter.

Lela Lee spoke to students about career

By Megan Toombs Campus Correspondent

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By Becky Radolf Staff Writer

By Purbita Saha Focus Editor

The Student Union Theatre hosted a presentation by artist and actress Lela Lee Wednesday afternoon. Lee is well known for her comics and videos – entitled “Angry Little Asian Girl” and “Angry Little Girls” – that capture issues of racism, gender, sexism and other stereotypes with uncoated words, anger and candor.

Lee started the presentation with a background about her comics. It all started, she said, her sophomore year at the University of California, Berkeley. There, she found herself in a far more progressive world where concepts like racism and sexism existed. This was a sharp contrast to her life before college, where she dealt with expectations of first-generation Asian-American parents, as well as the nuns of an all-girl Catholic school. These newfound concepts filled Lee with a great deal of anger, prompting her to create her first “Angry Little Asian Girl” short videos.

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10/27 Machine Gun Kelly 9 p.m., $20

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Webster Theater, Hartford 10/28 Let The Boys Jam 6 p.m., $12 10/29 Yellowcard 6 p.m., $22 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, R.I. 10/23 J. Cole 7 p.m., $76 10/26 Long Live the Beatles 5:30 p.m., $65

This Day in Music 1955 Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets both appeared at Brooklyn High School auditorium in Cleveland.

1964 The Rolling Stones played their first live concert in France when they appeared at the Paris Olympia.

1969 The Who played the first of six nights at New York’s Filmore East performing a two-hour show featuring the songs from ‘Tommy.’

2002 Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland, started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Dilemma.’

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“Charity Starts at Home” may come off as a mere slough of tracks with similar sound and tone, lacking enough similar lyrical content to be considered a tight, fully developed album. But listen and think about the album’s lyrics, and you’ll find an experienced lyricist’s courageous attempt to deconstruct recent trends in rap to depict only the extraordinary. With “Charity Starts at Home,” Phonte works against recent tendencies to rap on overly extravagant beats, with lyrics that overhype whatever subject they discuss.

Think about recent releases: “Watch the Throne,” “The Carter IV,” “The Red Album,” “Cole World,” even Drake’s singles from his upcoming album, “Take Care.”

Every girl is “the” girl, every breakup leads to suicidal thoughts, every artist claims to be the best alive and everybody’s entry into the music industry is a self-described impossible dream somehow realized.

If that’s the kind of music you were looking for, avoid Phonte’s “Charity Starts at Home” at all costs. The most “extraordinary” track on the album invites listeners in its chorus to “Take some time to dream, peace of minds a delightful thing, this is the life of kings.”

Though probably not a shot at Kanye and Hov, Phonte’s words beg to compare to those found in albums like “Watch the Throne.” If “The Life of Kings” can be achieved by having peace of mind through thought, why are they preaching that life atop the throne is all about of Maybachs, bad girls, drugs and nice watches?

On “Charity Starts at Home,” Phonte tells

accurate stories of everyday life through a mode that can best be described as “realist rap.” He chronicles topics ranging from life in the working class in “The Good Fight” to thoughts about marriage, family, monogamy and sex in the tracks “Eternally,” “Sendin’ My Love” and “Ball and Chain.”

His emphasis on topics that relate to everyday men and women not only gives his album serious substance and intrigue, but also gives it a sincerely honest feel that is flat out refreshing.

which features a powerful guest performance from fellow southerner Big K.R.I.T., “The Good Fight” and the combo of “Not Here Anymore ft. Elzhi” and “Eternally.”

I grouped them together because through their production and flow, it becomes hard to tell when the first song ends and the next begins.

Overall, “Charity Starts at Home” is a fresh release worthy of a listen. Solid production, strong lyrics and Phonte’s honest voice carry the album, but it lacks the

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Though the production on “Charity Starts at Home” is far from bombastic, it is still memorable. The majority of the tracks on the album rely on strong, deep bass lines, piano and organ keys, electric melodies and soulful samples to complement its lyrics.

The album has great continuity in its sound ,and whether juxtaposed tracks are similar or polar opposites in mood and subject, each flows well into the next.

Highlights include “The Life of Kings,”

strong, lock-tight concept that would put it among the year’s best releases or the big single that could raise its position on the charts.

In an attempt to bring hip-hop back to earth and return music to the people by documenting the more ordinary and everyday, Phonte drops an extraordinary piece of work.

Thomas.Teixiera@UConn.edu

‘Days’ sounds similar to band’s first album

By Julie Bartoli Senior Staff Writer Take your average Friday night.

You get dressed up, take some shots and hike over to a fraternity party. You dance for a couple hours, forget to take phone numbers but promise to keep in touch, and you sober up on the walk home. You wake up the next morning feeling a little nauseous, but with no other complaints. You

grab an omelet, watch an episode of “The O.C.” and, before you know it, you’ve completely forgotten about last night.

That’s the best way to describe Real Estate’s second studio album, “Days.”

Released Oct. 18, the LP is a 10-track set of overall enjoyable indie pop jangle. Unfortunately, that’s its main selling point.

For starters, “Days” isn’t much different from Real Estate’s selftitled debut. Other than cleaning

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and loosely brightening the mix, all of “Days’” singles (excluding “It’s Real”) would have fit perfectly on the Jersey boys’ original album.

What was lost in transition between “Real Estate” and “Days” was the band’s standout quality.

They seem to have misplaced the garage-esque echo that separated them from every other chillwave indie pop outfit. “Atlantic City,” “Suburban Dogs” and “Fake Blues,” arguably some of their greatest pieces, don’t lend influence to the glossier new singles.

Two standout songs include “It’s Real” (Matt Mondanile shines enough to distract from Estate’s typical muddy drumming) and “Wonder Years” (Martin Courtney’s voice borders country-tinged, Wilco/Billy Bragg territory).

Otherwise, every song on “Days” is interchangeable, with

“All the Same” sounding like “Out of Tune” sounding like “Easy.”

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a bad album. It’s the slightly clichéd, yet still endearing suburbanthemed LP. It’s a definite night driving soundtrack. It’s not necessarily something you should go out and buy, but it’s worth a stream.

In the end, however, “Days” isn’t anything to write home about. It won’t leave a tune stuck in your head, nor will it make you yearn to hit the replay button. It’s enjoyable, but completely unremarkable.

“Days” is the unmemorable, but still wholly entertaining frat party you made it to last Friday.

It won’t leave you with comical tales of drunken debauchery and youthful misgivings, but it was better than nothing.

Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

I’m being very cautious to avoid Americanized music in this series of international columns. But just because the U.S. makes up the entire abdomen of North America doesn’t mean I have to ostracize the whole continent during my reviews. There is a gold mine of fresh music to be found in Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean islands, and it spans multiple genres and languages.

Last week, I talked about how Latin music was dominant in South America, but it also holds a lot of weight in Mexico. The pop group Maná is “the best of reggae, calypso, ska and rock,” said Focus Associate Editor John Tyczkowski. Reggae, ska and calypso are all island-based genres. Ska, however, has some European and Western influence, and was popular in the U.S. during the 90s.

Maná is a typical boy band that comes with nice hair, commercial success, tight jeans and choruses full of “oooos.” All stereotypes aside, Maná takes a new perspective on popular music.

The singers’ harmonies are perfect in pitch, and are tailored to snuggly fit around the instrumental backing.

Although the group has been in existence since 1981, it is still relevant today. Its latest album, “Drama y Luz,” was released this April and sold 47,000 copies in its first week of sales.

Belanova, another pop group from Mexico, is also relevant to the modern music scene. Belanova is not as light as Maná. It is considered to be more of a dance-pop group due to its heavy synth beats and electronic effects.

Still, the group is not comparable to rowdy groups like Animal Collective and Pretty Lights. Belanova’s lead singer, Denisse Guerrero, can be considered the Mexican version of Oh Land. Her smooth voice and techno-hipster attitude lend a certain temperament to the band that sets it apart from the other synth groups that have recently surfaced on American radio stations.

“Fantasia Pop” is Belanova’s third album, and is probably the most memorable of Guerrero’s resume.

The song “Paso El Tiempo,” which translates to “I pass the time,” is fitting for a summer soundtrack. Meanwhile, “Cada Que…,” otherwise known as “Whenever,” is an ecstatic, carefree catalyst for dancing.

It’s only natural for music from Canada to make its way to American ears by spilling over the border. MGMT is revered in this country, as is the Grammy Award-winning Arcade Fire and the indie treasure Islands.

One Canadian band that has yet to make it big is Tokyo Police Club, which has a loyal fan base in Toronto. Outside of that, however, its exposure has been limited. The band has only released two albums to date, and though “Elephant Shell” broke the top 100 in the U.S., the singles were not strongly promoted. The

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Little Dragon attracts wide ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ range audience in Philly is balanced and dynamic

By Jamil Larkins Campus Correspondent On Tuesday evening, I ventured into Philadelphia during my last night at home of my make-shift fall break. On the agenda at Union Transfer, Philly’s newest concert venue, was Swedish indie band Little Dragon. In 2011, the fourmember band has made huge strides in popularity and critical acclaim. Every previous concert I’ve been to in Philly has been unique, not only because of the musical artists, but mainly due to the venues and other fans in attendance. Whether a moonlit jazzfest at Penn’s Landing or a hardcore rap show in the basement of a church, concerts in Philly always bring out the best (and sometimes worst) that the City of Brotherly Love has to offer.

Union Transfer in Philly has gone through numerous transformations over the years, being the most recent home of a restaurant called the Spaghetti Warehouse. Union Transfer, now as a brand new concert hall, can hold around 1,000 people and still has a very intimate and open feel. There isn’t a bad view in the house. The sound was as crisp as I’ve heard for a live show.

Little Dragon doesn’t have a defined genre of music in which they fit into. Throw electronic, modern pop and soul into a pot, sprinkle a generous amount of synth and heavy bass on top, and out comes the eclectic Swedish band. With such a unique sound,

this show also attracted a wide demographic range of people.

Philly’s finest came in all ages, sizes and shapes, which is typical for a Little Dragon audience.

Even before Little Dragon’s main performance, the night featured two opening acts.

Although Questlove, the drummer of the Roots, was the first opener, it had a different role.

As a DJ, Questlove ran through a wide arrange of tunes to entertain every unique individual in the crowd. From J.Dilla to James Brown, DJ Questlove successfully held his own in starting the night off on a good foot. Up next was Tycho, a post-rock band with origins in San Francisco. With no vocals, Tycho created an atmosphere of intrigue under dimmed lights with their complex instrumentals.

The night went on smoothly and on schedule, which is completely the opposite of any other concert I’ve been to. It was a nice change of pace to actually have a show start at the time listed. Punctuality is a strange concept. Little Dragon came onto stage led by their lead singer and percussionist Yukimi Nagano. If you don’t have a chance to see them in concert, I highly recommend searching for live videos of Little Dragon simply due to Nagano’s unique stage presence. While the three other members lay each track to perfection, Nagano floats effortlessly around stage, dancing and accenting every beat of the music. As a percussionist, she even uses her own unique drum pad on stage to create another

level of sound. The band went through its entire catalog of music stemming from three studio albums. Fan favorites such as “My Step,” “Please Turn” and “Shuffle A Dream” got the entire venue dancing along with Nagano.

The main performance was full of highlights and noteworthy moments. Each song was played flawlessly live, and was easily studio quality. A rarity in live performances, Nagano’s soulful voice actually sounded better in person. Behind the music, what was even more impressive was the light display that catered to every single sound in Little Dragon’s catalog. In a theatrical display of colors and pulses, the lighting really turned this concert into a performance. As a cap for the evening’s performances, Questlove came back on stage during Little Dragon’s set to join the group and help out in his field of expertise: the drums of course. A combination of snares, cymbals and cowbells alongside Questlove ended a magical performance by Little Dragon.

It was the confident stage presence of a then-unknown band, which made me a fan initially, but this second experience with the sounds of Little Dragon have confirmed my previous thoughts that they put on the best live show of any band or artist that I have had the chance to see. The next time Little Dragon comes anywhere near the East Coast, I suggest you clear your schedule.

Jamil.Larkins@UConn.edu

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By Ronald Quiroga Campus Correspondent The concept album can often lead to an artist or group’s tightest and most well-developed efforts. It’s a simple idea that works for the most obvious reason. It can be artistic expression at its finest. Take, for instance, the work of artists in other fields: Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” or Shakespeare’s love sonnets. These are all driven by a clear focus and an energy

Anthony Gonzalez, frontman and, as proclaimed by Spin magazine, mastermind behind M83, is to show the relationship between a person’s dreams.

“It’s mainly about dreams, how every one is different, how you dream differently when you’re a kid, a teenager or an adult,” said Gonzalez in an interview with Spin.

The opening track, inconspicuously named “Intro,” is a collaboration with Zola Jesus, who adds her deep, “bassy” vocals to the big, airy

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that leads to the completion of a once-raw, but now fully expressed concept.

Whether or not M83 has created a classic album can be debated. What is evident, however, is their completion of an idea.

“Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” marks the sixth album by this former Francebased, shoegazing band, which now records live in Los Angles. Their latest endeavor is the longest, and hands-down most ambitious, defining album of the group’s career. It may seem a daunting task to sit down and carefully listen to the entire 70-minute, 22-track album.

Logically, each side of the LP holds 11 tracks. The focus of the album, as defined by

instrumentals that build into a massive wall of sound before bursting at around three minutes and 20 seconds. The steady building of each musical piece into a unified whole becomes a trend throughout the entire album, constantly adding more and more until it all comes crumbling down in a type of disorganized beauty.

The beginning of the second album shadows the mantra of the first half with “My Tears Are Becoming a Sea.” With the expectations left from the first 11 tracks, you feel like M83 might back away from the epic feel. But of course, you would be wrong. M83’s placement into the category of shoegaze seems right, but simultaneously deceiving. At its height in the 90s, shoegaz-

ers like Lush or Jesus and the Mary Chain used guitar distortion and overwhelming percussion to build a constant wall of sound. Gonzalez and M83 take a different approach on this LP by focusing on their theme of dream, building each song through dreamy synthesizers and embracing the ambient quality of shoegaze.

At times, the album can be a little bit of everything, from hi-fi to chamber music.

However, there has always been an emphasis on prominent percussions. “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” is balanced and dynamic. Just as a song begins to slow down, it speeds up. As some other tracks drag on for several minutes, the next one caps off at no longer than a minute and a half.

The album achieves its goals of creating an environment where the listener is completely aware of its intent, notion of dreams and unpredictability. Instead of simply letting the sounds build a grandiose feeling on their own, the voice samples at the beginning of choice tracks, which can become cliché and over-zealous, continue to be a crutch for the band.

Regardless, “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” stands as their most complete and best work to date. In their interview with Spin, Gonzalez and the gang agreed.

“I’m really proud of it.

If you’re doing a very long album, all the songs need to be different and I think I’ve done that with this one.

Overall, it’s pop and very epic. Anyone who loved M83 before, they’ll love this album even more. People who hated me are going to hate this too.”

Ronald.Quiroga@UConn.edu

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lead singer of Tokyo, David Monks, has a voice that contests The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy when it comes to the nasal effect. Still, the band does a good job creating invigorating music by slathering bright guitar parts with syncopated rhythms and breezy lyrics.

When it comes to island

nations, Rihanna is the strongest seller by far. But she has also helped out artists from her homeland of Barbados with all the star power that she has acquired in the past few years. For example, over the summer, she had the band Cover Drive back her up at one of her sold-out concerts.

Cover Drive is an R&B quartet. The vocalist sounds

like a direct derivative of Rihanna. Overall, the band has a generic sound. Its single “Lick Ya Down” however is catchy and entertaining. If Cover Drive markets itself in the right way, it could be the next biggest thing to come out of the tiny island nation.

Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu

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By Ronald Quiroga Campus Correspondent CMJ Feature (College Music Journal) “New Music First” Covering relevant information is the goal of any respectable publication. In the music world, the most relevant event happening on the East Coast is the College Music Journal’s Music Marathon & Film Festival. CMJ’s event takes place annually during the middle of October, and it showcases the “super underground” scenes of indie, hip-hop and almost any other genre of the audible arts. According to its website, CMJ provides “interactive media, live events and print” to connect fans and music industry professionals with the latest trends, hot tracks and albums.

The event, which is running this week from Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 22, will

be presenting series of performances organized by music labels and the genres they support. Some of the bigger headliners performed Wednesday, ranging from Odd Future to bluesy Portugal, the Man to hip-hop beat-making phenomenon Araabmuzik.

According to CMJ’s website, the festival is the longest running of its kind. Along with organizing the events, CMJ produces a weekly trade magazine, CMJ New Music Report, providing similar content as its website, with reviews and features on an array of music for “non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales.”

Clear your schedules for next year, and prepare for a great weekend of music and film.

With so much variety, you’re bound to find a few things that interest you.

Ronald.Quiroga@UConn.edu

Shania Twain stalker denied bail TORONTO (AP) — A former doctor who admitted that he stalked Canadian country star Shania Twain had yet another outburst on Wednesday after he was denied bail.

A judge "quite reluctantly" denied Giovanni (John) Palumbo's request to be freed while he awaits his next court date on Nov. 15, citing an insufficient release plan.

After Justice Richard Schneider reached that conclusion, Palumbo — who has been an animated presence throughout his trial, twice previously interrupting Twain's video testimony with loud protestations — swore under his breath before shouting at the court.

"You know you're all very sick, you really are — it's so sad," Palumbo said. "Have fun, because I'm going to keep having fun, wherever I am. ... What a bunch of psychopaths. Woo hoo.

"Shame, shame, shame. Shame on all of you!"

Last month, Palumbo pleaded guilty to criminal harassment and

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one count of failure to comply with a court order. He pleaded guilty after listening to testimony from Twain.

Prosecution lawyer John Flaherty requested at the time that Palumbo undergo a psychiatric evaluation before sentencing. While Dr. Helen Ward's report concluded that Palumbo suffers from bipolar disorder and a narcissistic personality disorder, she also deemed him criminally responsible for his actions.

But after Palumbo testified earlier this week, Flaherty asked for further clarity on the evaluation and Schneider agreed it was necessary. Ward will testify on Nov. 15, and Palumbo could face sentencing.

Last month, Twain testified via video link and described the numerous lovelorn letters Palumbo had mailed to her residences in Ontario and Switzerland, and discussed the feelings of fear and vulnerability conjured by his unwanted visits.

Work begins on 'Extreme Judge revokes Lindsay Makeover' homes in Joplin Lohan's probation

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — When executives with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" contacted builder Sam Clifton about a project in Joplin, he told them it was a great idea, but building a single home wouldn't send much of a message to a community that lost more than 7,000 of them to a devastating spring tornado.

So on Wednesday, work began on a project to build seven homes in seven days that will be featured on the popular ABC show. It is another effort by volunteers to reshape the southwest Missouri community that still in the early stages of recovering from the May 22 twister that killed 162 people, one of the worst tornadoes in U.S. history.

The homes, which are going up a few blocks from the city's hospital, which was destroyed, will be far from opulent. Clifton, who is overseeing the project, said the new units will be functional, 1,300- to 1,800-square-foot homes, similar in size and style to many of the dwellings destroyed in the

tornado.

"We want to help get the community going," Clifton said.

"Get some excitement going in the town. That's my goal."

The TV show typically rebuilds a single home for a family that has been struck with some tragic circumstances. In Joplin's case, the seven homes are being built along the same street, just a few blocks from the hospital that was destroyed in the tornado.

"This is what we do," said Diane Korman, senior producer for the program. "We look for families in trouble and how to help them."

Korman said the show's staff gathered on May 23, the day after the tornado, to discuss a project in Joplin. They contacted Clifton, with whom they had worked on a 2009 show in Ash Grove, Mo., and concurred with his assessment that the project needed to be bigger than one home.

The families getting the new homes range in size from two to six, and their stories are compelling.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan sported a new accessory Wednesday after a judge revoked her probation: Handcuffs.

The actress was taken into custody after Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner revoked her probation because she was ousted from a community service assignment at a women's shelter.

"There has been violation after violation," Sautner said.

Bail was set at $100,000.

Lohan's spokesman Steve Honig said it was immediately posted and the actress was later released

from Airport Courthouse.

"We're dealing with someone on probation," said Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley. "Most people on probation don't always do things perfectly."

A city prosecutor recommended jail time, but Sautner set a Nov. 2 hearing to decide whether Lohan should serve another stint behind bars, where she has been sent four previous times only to be released early due to jail overcrowding.

"If jail meant something in the state of California now, maybe I'd put her in jail," Sautner said.

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Can the Cardinals win it all or will the Rangers outslug them? from WHO, page 14 season that he is a dominant pitcher. Alexi Ogando, who posted good but not outstanding stats during the regular season, has given up only one run in 10 innings of relief work. Neftali Feliz has been as dominant in the closer’s role as anyone this postseason. The Rangers’ bullpen as a whole gave up just four runs in 27 1/3 innings of relief work against Detroit, and was credited with all four wins in the series. If Texas’ offense can get the team a lead early

the bullpen won’t let them down. St. Louis will have to score early in games to have a chance.

Mike: The same could definitely be said for the Rangers.

While the Cardinals’ starting rotation may have been performing poorly recently, St. Louis fans were able to avoid the panic button by falling back on a bullpen that has become a nominee for Security Blanket of the

Year. In their six game set against Milwaukee, the St. Louis bullpen pitched more than half the innings played while enjoying a 1.58 ERA. But in defense of these starters, I think Chris Carpenter’s declaration, “The feeling in this clubhouse is winning,” shows that they’re still confident and ready to get back in the swing of things in the final series.

Jimmy: Clubhouse attitude

is definitely important. Both teams benefit from knowing that their pens will prop them up in the late innings. Texas should benefit from having a lot of players returning from last year’s runnerup team. While it’s obviously a new season and a new team, reaching the Series for the second year in a row does a lot for confidence, as well as having that experience in

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Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun talks to reporters at the Big East NCAA college basketball media day in New York, Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The basketball coaches of all 16 Big East schools were in one building, ready to talk about their teams and the prospects of a season that starts in just about three weeks.

However, this media day was different. A lot of the talk on Wednesday was about conference expansion, a significant topic since Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced they're leaving to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

TCU was slated to join the Big East in 2012, but jumped to the Big 12 before anybody got close to the Horned Frogs.

Big East Commissioner John Marinatto had announced on Tuesday that the conference was looking to bring in schools to make up for the defections and ward off any more.

"Without the Big East, I would never had a chance to win three national championships," said Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, whose team was picked as co-favorites with

Syracuse in the coaches' preseason poll. "If we were to stay in the Big East, it would be a great thing and that's what I would like. But if we aren't able to, I'm sure our leadership will find a suitable location for us."

There has been plenty of talk — some by the governor of the state — that UConn would be interested in also going to the ACC, but it has said they are set with 14 members right now.

"I worry about UConn basketball in the future. In the past five years we've had the best basketball league in the country. We had (a record) 11 teams in the NCAA tournament last year and on paper today nine of them would be in it again."

Connecticut closed the season on an 11-game winning streak with all of them elimination games en route to winning the Big East tournament and the national championship. In last year's preseason poll, the Huskies were picked 10th.

"It was kind of easy to play last year because all we did was play basketball," Connecticut junior forward Alex Oriahki said. "It's different this time.

After winning the Big East and the national championship, everybody's going to be gunning for us and we'll get everybody's best game."

The Huskies will have to do it without All-America guard Kemba Walker, who did everything needed to win games.

Calhoun has three starters returning, including sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb, a preseason first-team pick, and Oriakhi, a second-team selection. Freshman Andre Drummond, a 6-foot-11 center, was chosen preseason rookie of the year.

"He's a crazy athlete," Oriahki said of Drummond, who didn't enroll at Connecticut until the summer. "With all the hype around him, you would think he'd be some type of arrogant but he's not. He listens. I try

to coach him out there and tell him what he does wrong and he takes it like a sponge.

He's still raw but the sky's the limit."

Syracuse, which had five first-place votes — two less than Connecticut — returns first-team selection Kris Joseph, a senior, and secondteamer Scoop Jardine, a junior who led the conference in assists with a 6.1 average last season.

Orange coach Jim Boeheim was asked if he thinks his team will be treated differently during road games because of the decision to leave the league.

"Nobody has ever cheered for us on the road. We never got a lot cheers," Boeheim said. "On the road the fans are always against you, especiallly Syracuse. You just have to go out and play. I mentioned it briefly, maybe five minutes.

They know what life on the road is all about. I don't think it will be much tougher."

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Mamadou Sakho Center Back – Paris SaintGermain (France) – Perhaps better known for his crazy hairstyles then his playing ability Mamadou Sakho is a tough, hardworking center back. Sakho was the youngest player to ever captain a Ligue 1 side when PSG played Valenciennes FC when he was just 17.

a player that divides opinions. Despite the off field antics and headaches he has given to Inter and Man City supporters no one can deny Balotelli’s talent. Balotelli’s rise to prominence culminated when he was named Man of The Match in the 2011 FA Cup Final.

An attacking midfielder with pace, passing vision and amazing dribbling technique. Götze helped Borussia Dortmund win their first Bundesliga title in nine years in 2010-11.

the clubhouse is invaluable in October baseball. That said, Texas will need to find success away from home the way they did in the opening series against Tampa Bay where they won both road games.

Mike: It will definitely be interesting to see how the teams faire on the road in this one, as history clearly tells us the home teams have the advantage here.

But speaking of history, it’s

hard to ignore the history the Cardinals have on their side.

Winning 10 out of 17 of the World Series they have played in their 111-year history, the Cardinals are used to winning the Fall Classic, as opposed to the Rangers, who still have not won once in their 60-year existence. In that span, St. Louis has won nine pennants to the Ranger’s two and four championships to the Rangers zero. Current experience and skill on paper are probably on Texas’s side. History and current winning ways are, on the other hand, with St. Louis. I’ll take that any day.

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U.S. Open could keep Monday finish

NEW YORK (AP) –After four consecutive years of rainpostponed men's finals, the U.S. Open is looking into changing its schedule as soon as next year and could become the first Grand Slam tennis tournament to switch permanently to a Monday finish.

Tournament director Jim Curley told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday that the U.S. Tennis Association started discussions last month with broadcaster CBS about finding a way to heed top players' calls for a day off between the men's semifinals and final.

Currently, the U.S. Open is the only major tournament that schedules those matches on consecutive days, Saturday and Sunday.

Roger Federer, whose record 16 Grand Slam titles include five at the U.S. Open, was among those who said during this year's tournament that it's time to rethink the schedule.

He called Wednesday's word of possible changes "the right move for our sport."

One proposal under consideration would add a 15th day to the tournament, shifting the men's final from Sunday to Monday, and the women's final from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon. That also would give the women a day to rest between their semifinals and final.

The USTA also is considering keeping the men's title match in its traditional Sunday afternoon spot, but moving their semifinals to Friday.

The USTA board of directors has approved exploring various scheduling options.

"We're just getting into this process," Curley said, "and right now, everything is on the table."

The U.S. Open, played at

Flushing Meadows in New York, has boasted what it calls "Super Saturday" since 1984, with two men's semifinals and the women's final all played on that day, followed by the men's final Sunday. Wimbledon, the French Open and Australian Open follow another pattern: women's semifinals Thursday, men's semifinals Friday, women's final Saturday, men's final Sunday.

"The sport has become much more physical over the years, to the point where players feel very strongly that they need to have a day between the semis and the final," Curley said.

"While the players are an integral part of the U.S. Open, it's one aspect we need to take into consideration, along with onsite fans, TV viewers, corporate sponsors, television partners, both domestic and international. It's a Rubik's Cube, since so many variables need to be taken into consideration."

Changes might result in the loss of one or two sessions during the U.S. Open — under the present format, tickets are sold for 26 sessions, some during the day, some at night — and a change in TV rights fees received by the USTA. "It's fair to say that this type of change would have a negative financial impact on the USTA, and that's another reason why we're being very thoughtful in this process. We're talking about millions of dollars," Curley said.

He acknowledged such losses "would have to have an impact" on any future plans to add a roof to the tournament facility.

CBS has aired the U.S. Open since 1968, and its current contract runs through 2014.

CBS Sports spokeswoman Jen Sabatelle confirmed the network has been approached about a change.

son. During the 09-10 season, Pjanić had a breakout campaign helping Lyon reach the UEFA Champions League Semi Finals.

Neymar Santos Striker - Santos Futebol (Brazil) - Neymar Santos better known as Neymar, is the most hyped young player on earth. Playing for the Brazilian team Santos, Neymar has drawn comparisons with the great Pelé. Neymar has scored seven goals in his first 13 internationals for Brazil and if rumors are true he will join Real Madrid next summer.

DeGrazia: The best U-21 players in the world hail from all over

Juan Agudelo Striker – New York Red Bulls (USA) – Juan Agudelo is U.S. Soccer’s next big thing.

Despite being only 18, Juan played in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final against Mexico and already has 12 U.S. caps with two goals.

Agudelo, currently learning from his Red Bulls teammate, Thierry Henry, hopes to have more substance then previous US phenom.

Mario Balotelli Striker – Manchester City (Italy) – Mario Balotelli is

Mario Götze Attacking Midfield – Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – Mario Götze is in my opinion the best player on this entire list.

Miralem Pjanić Attacking Midfield – AS Roma (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Miralem Pjanić introduced himself as a top tier player when he was handed the legendary No. 8 shirt for Lyon after Juninho retired after the 2008-09 sea-

Miroslav Stoch Winger – Fenerbahçe (Slovakia) – Miroslav Stoch is a lightning quick left winger who has already established himself in the Fenerbahçe and Slovakian first teams.

Stoch played in all four of Slovakia’s matches during the 2010 World Cup.

Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu

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» WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

NBA continues mediation Huskies enter national polls for first time

By Krishna Scully Staff Writer

AP

Federal mediator George Cohen speaks at a news conference following the end of talks in the NBA labor negotiations, Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners and players ended negotiations Wednesday after more than eight hours.

Federal mediator George Cohen said the two sides would resume bargaining Thursday afternoon. Owners had to leave to attend board of governors meetings Wednesday evening through midday Thursday.

"The discussions have been direct and constructive, and as far as we are concerned, we are here to continue to help assist the parties to endeavor to reach an agreement," Cohen said.

The two sides met for more than 24 hours in a 32-hour span.

Without a deal this week, Commissioner David Stern might have to decide when a next round of cancellations would be necessary. The season was supposed to begin Nov. 1, but all games through Nov. 14 have been scrapped, costing players about $170 million in salaries.

Cohen said players and own-

ers met in a variety of settings during mediation, sometimes in subcommittees, other times in groups as large as 40 people.

"Everyone is extremely focused on the core issues, the difficult issues that confront them," he said.

Stern left after talks surpassed the seven-hour mark to attend an owners' planning committee meeting at another hotel.

He departed with Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, the planning committee chairman, and NBA president of league and basketball operations Joel Litvin.

Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, the league's lead negotiator, and Spurs owner Peter Holt, who heads the labor relations committee, remained to lead the talks with players.

Stern hoped to bring a deal to his owners during their two days of board meetings; otherwise, he warned more games might be canceled. Already 100 games have been lost.

It was unclear whether the

two sides were closing the divide between them on two main issues, the division of revenues and the structure of the salary cap system.

Players believe owners' attempts to make the luxury tax more punitive and limit the use of spending exceptions will effectively create a hard salary cap, which they say they will refuse to accept. Also, each side has formally proposed receiving 53 percent of basketball-related income after players were guaranteed 57 percent under the previous collective bargaining agreement.

Talks originally weren't planned Wednesday, the 111th day of the lockout, because owners had previously scheduled meetings. But the labor relations committee returned about 10 a.m. to resume negotiations with the players' executive committee, just eight hours after the sides wrapped up a marathon 16-hour session with Cohen on Tuesday night.

Callahan: Dr. Drew is back returning emails to those troubled in the sports world

from DR. DREW, page 14 of you and hence, everyone on the team has since "peaced out".

Also, Tito’s gone and Theo's leaving town too. Your impending hangover however, is likely to make itself at home in a matter of minutes. So, do your best to kick back (shouldn’t be an issue) and in the meantime here’s a preview of your reception on Opening Day 2012 at Fenway: ‘BOOOO!’ Dear Dr. Drew, The big man upstairs must hate me. First the torn ACL in my prime, then years of miserable play afterward and now this trade to Oakland. The most able organization I will have been apart of in the last 20 years will be Boy Scouts. Is there anyway I can go back to retirement?

My life is a Black Hole, Carson Palmer, Quarterback Oakland Raiders Carson, Your new offensive coordinator, Al Saunders, has said you’ll start Sunday against the Chiefs as long as you’re breathing.

Saunders is a smart man, as his other option – Kyle Boller – is simply a gutterball of an NFL quarterback. So, even if you perform as the epitome of average or for some reason pass out, you’ve still got yourself a job.

But you know, perhaps you can start up something in the Bay Area. As silly as it used to sound, the Raiders have good talent and are improving, especially at their skill positions. The AFC West will be up for grabs down the stretch, and Oakland is no longer the worst place you could land. I wouldn’t lie to you Mr. Palmer – scout’s honor.

Dear Dr. Drew, Jim Harbaugh hit me! He shook my hand too hard and then he gave me a five star. What’s wrong with trying to take a swing at him?

May the Schwartz be with you, Jim Schwartz, Head Coach

Detroit Lions Dear Dr. Drew, WHOOOOOOOO! HOOOOO!, Jim Harbaugh, Head Coach San Francisco 49ers Jims, First of all, you both are acting like buffoons. Schwartzy– The five teams you’ve beaten kindly request you pop a chill pill or two, or six, to quell your own exuberant celebrations after wins.

Harbaugh – Looney Tunes is on line one, you’ve got an audition next Thursday.

Now, listen–congratulations on taking your respective teams to 5-1 records. Truly. It’s a very impressive mark given what you’ve had to deal with in your own separate scenarios. But, cut the crap. With your postgame foolishness, you took away from the best game the NFL had to offer last week.

Not only that, you took away from the hard work your players put forth, fighting for you. And you took away from the real storyline that afternoon about how each franchise has resurged under your personal guidance. It’s not right and sends a miserable message to anyone who watched or has recently been within eyeshot of an ESPN program. You’re better than this and better things await you both.

Dear Dr. Drew, So, the BCS standings just came out. Not that it really matters… Got slotted at No. 5. Again.

Can’t wait to not move up at all, barring the complete kidnapping of every top 25 team. Help?

Just got jumped again, Boise State Football Boise, You’re right. The moneygrubbing big wigs that run the BCS and refuse to let it die are screwing you. These fat cats perpetuate this garbage and more

under bogus non-profit titles as they host extravagant parties, run golf events, go on cruises, hire strippers and donate pennies to charity.

I wish I could help. You’d be able to prove yourself in a playoff but until then keep plugging along. You’ve got a fan in me and of course the undisputed No. 1 home turf in college football.

Dear Dr. Drew, Does anyone remember that we exist? The NBA is in a pathetic lockout and still somehow garnering more attention than us.

Hello?! Our season has already begun!

Still here, The NHL NHL, I wasn’t aware there was a National Hunting League, but I’d like to assuage your frustrations by saying that most people probably haven’t heard of you either.

I’d start with a solid marketing campaign and it looks like you’re off to a grand start already with that acronym, which to my knowledge is unclaimed. Best of luck this season!

Dear Dr. Drew, Magic Johnson made fun of me for not having won a championship yet. Then he tweeted about it.

Then this lockout is still going on and I can’t win one until it’s lifted.

Also, Delonte West has been over a lot more lately now that he’s not playing too.

What should I do?, LeBron James, McDonald’s Commercial Guy LeBron, With all due respect, you’re on your own because I love everything about this. See you this weekend when I flip through channels and do as your highness does nowadays ­– sit and do a whole lot of nothing. Say hi to Mrs. West for me!

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

After climbing to No. 28 in the national poles, the UConn women’s cross country team will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, Conn. for the CCSU Mini Meet. This event marks the first time in the program’s history that the Huskies are in the national rankings after having received votes from the USTFCCCA during the past four weeks.

“This is very exciting for our program and a testament to how far this team has come in just a few short years,” said head coach Andrea McDonough. “I am so happy for the team and for what this will mean to them.

These women have worked so hard this summer. Right from the start when we talked about bring-

ing Connecticut to the NCAA championships in cross country a lot of people thought we were crazy. But this team saw that it was possible, believed that it was possible, and set about quietly making it happen. They should all be very proud of themselves.”

The top runners will once again be sitting out, thereby giving the spotlight to the remaining Huskies. Running in the Mini Meet will be Maureen Stringham, Cassandra Goutos, Cassondra Hunter, Christine Vogel and Terra Briody.

During the 2009-10 season, the team sent seven student-athletes to compete at the CCSU Mini Meet in New Britain and dominated the competition. The Huskies won the team title, placing five runners in the top 20 who earned 50 points. UConn rested its top nine athletes that year for the Big East Championships the following weekend in Syracuse,

and still came away with a team victory. Vogel was the lead Husky with a second-place finish.

Although very satisfied with the results from the Penn State Nationals that took place a week ago, coach McDonough noted that the times were slow due to muddy and wet course conditions with a steady rain throughout the entire race. Looking ahead, McDonough will expect bigger and better performances from her athletes.

“The key to beating both ranked teams was the depth of my squad especially at positions 4-7 as well as executing the race plan, which they did perfectly,” McDonough said. “I would say the breakout race would probably go to Brigitte Mania. Brigitte finally had the cross country race that we all knew she was capable of having.”

Krishna.Scully@UConn.edu

UConn continues winning ways at home

from TAMING, page 14 Hunnable scored an unassisted, game-winning goal 39:02 into the game. Hunnable has a team-leading 13 goals on the year.

The Huskies defense closed out the game strong, not allowing another goal in the contest. They also only allowed one corner in the second half, compared to the seven allowed in the first half.

Goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield had five saves on six shots on goal. It was her fifth straight game where she allowed one

“A good team gets better against good competition.”

--Nancy Stevens Field Hockey coach goal or less.

“A good team gets better against good competition,” said Stevens, “and we were

able to make that adjustment after the first half. In the second half, we played great.”

With the win, the Huskies’ home record improved to 9-1 on the season. On Sunday the Huskies will host No. 6 Syracuse in their final home game of the season at 12 p.m.

The Orange are 13-2 on the season.

UConn will then wrap up their season down in New Jersey with road matches at Rutgers and later Princeton, on Halloween weekend.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

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Home game

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Sports

The Daily Question Q : “Will the UConn football team make a bowl game?” real life correlates at all with my season in NCAA 2012, then no.

A : “IfThey’ve won three too many games already” –Grant Losapio, 5th-semester civil engineering major.

» That’s what he said “The accusation that we were drinking in the dugout during games is completely false”

Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford Oct. 26 Pittsburgh 8 p.m.

Nov. 5 Syracuse TBA

Nov. 19 Louisville TBA

Nov. 26 Rutgers TBA

Dec. 3 Pittsburgh 12 p.m.

Men’s Soccer drops first match of 2011

Oct. 22 Oct. 26 Georgetown Marquette 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Jon Lester

» Pic of the day

By Mac Cerullo Managing Editor

Beginning with a bang

Men’s Soccer (13-1-1) Big East Tournament TBA

Women’s Soccer (7-7-2) Oct. 22 Providence 1 p.m.

Field Hockey (13-1) Oct. 23 Syracuse 12 p.m.

Oct. 28 Rutgers 3 p.m.

Oct. 30 Princeton 2 p.m.

Nov. 5 Big East Tournament TBA

Volleyball (11-10) Oct. 29 Tomorrow Oct. 23 Villanova Georgetown Notre Dame 2 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

Oct. 30 DePaul 2 p.m.

Nov. 4 West Virginia 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Oct. 28, 29, 30 Connecticut Championships All Day AP

Women’s Tennis

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter dives to tag first base to get Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus out during the first inning of Game 1 of baseball’s World Series Wednesday.

Oct. 28, 29, 30 Conn. Championships All Day

Oct. 29 Big East Champ.

TBA

Nov. 12 NCAA Northeast TBA

Nov. 21 NCAA Champs.

TBA

Nov. 21 NCAA Champs.

TBA

Golf Oct. 30, Nov. 1 Kiwah Island All Day

Rowing Oct. 22 Head of the Charles All Day

Oct. 29 Head of the Fish All Day

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu

Beck will start for Redskins vs. Carolina

Women’s Cross Country Tomorroww Nov. 12 CCSU Mini NCAA Meet Northeast TBA TBA

The No. 1 UConn men’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday, falling 2-0 to West Virginia on the road.

With that loss, the Huskies drop to 13-1-1 (4-1-1 Big East) on the year, while West Virginia improves to 8-5-1 (4-2-1 Big East).

The Mountaineers took the lead midway through the first half after junior midfielder Shadow Sebele scored on a penalty kick to make it 1-0. It was the first time that UConn had trailed all season.

UConn had several scoring chances early, including a header off the crossbar from UConn sophomore forward Mamadou Doudou Diouf, but the Huskies couldn’t convert. In the 79th minute, the Mountaineers added an insurance goal off the head of junior defenseman Eric Schoenle, who redirected a bending cross from Sebele past UConn goalie Andre Blake.

UConn will return to Morrone Stadium this Saturday when it hosts Georgetown on Senior Day. Prior to kickoff, the Huskies will honor the three graduating seniors, Tony Cascio, Nickardo Blake and Lionel Brown.

UConn sophomore goalkeeper Garrett Bartus was named AHA Goalkeeper of the Week after making 47 saves to earn his first career shutout in the Huskies’ 5-0 win over Army last Friday.

Bartus recorded 39 saves in the Huskies’ 3-2 overtime win over UMass-Lowell on Tuesday, lowering his goals against season average to 1.96.

The men’s basketball team was picked as cofavorites to win the Big East Conference this year, along with Syracuse, in the Big East preseason coach’s poll.

UConn and Syracuse each totaled 209 points in the poll. UConn received the most first-place votes with seven, while Syracuse had five. Louisville finished third in the poll and received three firstplace votes, and Pittsburgh was picked to finish fourth.

Sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb was named to the Preseason All-Big East First Team, and freshman forward Andre Drummond was named Big East Preseason Rookie of the Year. Pittsburgh senior guard Ashton Gibbs was named Preseason Big East Player of the Year.

Junior center Alex Oriakhi was named to the Preseason All-Big East Second Team, and sophomore guard Shabazz Napier and Drummond were each selected as Big East Honorable Mentions.

UConn redshirt freshman Byron Jones was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead the Huskies to a 16-10 Homecoming win over South Florida.

» NFL

Men’s Cross Country Tomorrow CCSU Mini Meet TBA

Tweet your answers, along with your name, semester standing and major, to @DCSportsDept. The best answer will appear in the next paper.

» QUICK HITS AP

-Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester on rumors concerning the team’s demise.

“Will the Green Bay Packers go undefeated this NFL season?”

The Daily Roundup

Away game

Football (3-4)

Next Paper’s Question:

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — There’s no other way to put it: Rex Grossman turned over the Washington Redskins starting quarterback job to John Beck.

Beck was anointed as the new No. 1 on Wednesday, chosen by coach Mike Shanahan to start Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. Grossman gets the demotion after throwing four interceptions in a 20-13 loss to Philadelphia.

“You can’t constantly turn the football over,” Shanahan said.

“And if you do, you’re going to lose your opportunity to lead the football team.”

Beck, the 30-year-old former second-round pick, will make his first NFL start since 2007, when he was a rookie for a Miami team that went 1-15. He played the fourth quarter against the Eagles after Grossman was benched, leading the Redskins’ only touchdown drive of the game.

“There’s been a lot of hard work that’s gone into this,” Beck said. “You never know when your opportunity’s going to come, and you’ve always got to stay ready.

I’ve tried to do that.”

Beck and Grossman took turns at the burgundy podium expressing their respective excitement and disappointment, reversing their roles from six weeks ago

when Grossman won the job at the end of training camp.

“Things change,” Beck said, “in the blink of an eye.”

Shanahan called the quarterbacks into his office Tuesday to inform them of the switch.

“I was frustrated,” Grossman said. “Not completely surprised, but I’m disappointed that I wasn’t able to come back off that game.”

Although the Redskins (3-2) have a winning record, Grossman hasn’t been able to shake reputation as a turnover machine.

His nine interceptions tie him for the NFL lead with Carolina’s Cam Newton, who has 42 more attempts.

Grossman has 11 total turnovers — including two fumbles — through five games this season, and 18 in eight Redskins starts dating to last season. He has 46 touchdown passes and 49 interceptions in a career that reached its peak when he led Chicago to the Super Bowl after the 2006 season.

Grossman’s quarterback rating is 66.5, ranking 32nd of 33 quarterbacks in the league. He’s ahead of Indianapolis’ Kerry Collins, who hasn’t played since Week 3.

Yet Grossman on Wednesday repeatedly defended his body of work leading up to the Philadelphia game.

“The frustrating part about it

is I do think that they were good performances. The frustrating part is they should have been great,” he said. “I had an opportunity to make it clear as day, and it wasn’t.

For the first four games, I played well. And I could show you to prove it, but it doesn’t matter.”

Grossman admitted he had an “unacceptable performance” against the Eagles and that he perhaps need to change his mind-set when it comes to turnovers.

“The only thing I could do that could maybe encompass all turnovers — just have a little more conservative approach to the fact that, hey, turnovers are bad, but they’re emotional mistakes that create emotion in the stands, create an odd emotion everywhere,” Grossman said.

“Ultimately,” he said, “I’m responsible for the ball.”

Beck is also more agile than Grossman, an important advantage given that the Redskins lost two offensive line starters to injuries against the Eagles.

“I have a lot of confidence in John Beck because he does have that mobility, that strong arm,” Shanahan said. “I’m not going to be putting him in the Hall of Fame yet, but I really do believe he’s got a lot of talent.”

Beck becomes the 21st quarterback to start a game for Redskins

in 19 seasons, reflective of the franchise’s overall lack of stability. He will be the third starter in 22 games under Shanahan, who whiffed last year with Donovan McNabb and said at the beginning of the season that he would stake his reputation on both Grossman and Beck.

“We don’t mind going to bat, taking a shot at a guy that was very talented,” Shanahan said. “I watched Donovan through the years. ... We brought him in here to see if it would work out. It didn’t work out. ... There’s nothing wrong with admitting you made a mistake or that guy’s not the future of your organization.”

“You’ve got to see what’s out there,” the coach added. “It’s not like they fall out of trees.”

Beck said he’s improved since training camp, having learned more about the offense as the No. 2, making up for study time lost during the NFL lockout. He completed 8 of 15 passes for 117 yards in relief against the Eagles and scored on a 2-yard run.

That gave him a modest QB rating of 79.0 — much better than in any of his five games with the Dolphins. He went 0-4 as a starter in 2007 and made one relief appearance for a bad team.

He’s been waiting for another chance ever since.

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.13: Bartus named AHA goalie of week. / P.12: Women’s Cross Country enters national polls / P.11: Men’s Basketball atap Big East poll

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TAMING THE TERRIERS

Dr. Drew’s Mailbag II

No. 4 field hockey runs winning streak to eight games

By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer

Andrew Callahan

With a tight win last night over No. 16 Boston University, the No. 4 UConn field hockey team was able to keep its winning streak alive.

The Huskies winning streak extended to eight games with a 2-1 victory over the Terriers. The Huskies’ record improved to 14-1, including a 9-1 record at home.

The Terriers record slipped to 8-7.

In the first half, the Huskies were able to strike early, scoring in the first five minutes of the game on a penalty corner.

Forward Anne Jeute scored her seventh goal of the season on an assist from back Jestine Angelini, tying her with a team-high of 12 assists on the season.

The Terriers would respond, however, getting the equalizer on a penalty corner. The first half would close at a 1-1 draw. The Terriers outshot the Huskies 8-7 in the first half, and posted a 7-2 advantage in corners as well.

“Boston University made us better and they played a great first half,” said head coach Nancy Stevens. “They dominated and it made our team better.”

The Huskies would respond with another goal early in the second half. Forward Chloe

Folks, it’s happened again.

Pro and college sport figures have spilled their guts and aired their dirty laundry in an embarrassing flurry of emails, thinking I’m celebrity Dr. Drew Pinsky.

Keep them to myself? Save these apples of the public eye surefire embarrassment? Ha. Let the games begin– again.

Dr. Drew, (Elongated beer burp) Hey man. Just chicken it, I mean kickin’ it here in the clubhouse.

Everyone apparently peaced out, I must’ve dozed off after a few brewskis. Anyways, I thought the season was still going, you know being the best team ever in all, but whatever. Care to get me and the fellas caught up on what happened?

Popeye’s later?

John Lackey, Starting Pitcher Boston Red Sox John, Oh boy. Well this September, every fifth day, you, Jon Lester or Josh Beckett took a break from ninth inning rally beers, Popeye’s fried chicken and video games to do this thing called pitch. This “pitching” didn’t work out so well for any

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» CALLAHAN, page 12

The top U-21 players

ASHLEY POSPISIL/ The Daily Campus

The No. 4 field hockey team improved its record to 14-1 after a 2-1 victory last night over No. 16 Boston University at the George J Sherman Family Complex.

» UCONN, page 12

» FIELD HOCKEY

By Miles DeGrazia Futbol Columnist

Huskies keep piling impressive season stats

Georginio Wijnaldum, Attacking midfielder / Winger – PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) – In what seems like an assembly line of great Dutch attacking midfielders, Georginio Wijnaldum is one of the fastest ones out there.

Wijnaldum, the youngest player ever to play for Feyenoord at the age of 16, went on to represent them over 130 times before moving to PSV this summer.

Jack Wilshere, Central midfielder – Arsenal (England) – With the departure of Cesc Fàbregas and Samir Nasri this summer, more pressure had been placed on Jack Wilshere’s shoulders. Wilshere was named in the 2011 Premier League Team of The Year; he was also the 2011 Young Player of The Year and was Arsenal’s Players of the Year in 2011. Wilshere could have a huge season this year culminating in the European Championships this summer.

By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer

Sports are games of numbers. Everything an athlete does in a game can be measured by some sort of statistic. Stats are the basis for almost everything in sports, from rankings and positions to historical numbers and records, and they factor into almost every tactical move a head coach makes.

The UConn field hockey team has been very successful this season, and they have the statistics to back it up.

The Huskies’ record stands at 14-1, and they are currently on an eight game winning streak. At home they are virtually unbeatable, holding a 9-1 record. Since 2006, the Huskies have been 60-5 at the George J. Sherman Family Complex. If the Huskies can

» DeGRAZIA, page 12

pull off one more win in their last three games, it will be the 10th straight season where they have had at least 15 wins.

Offense has not been an issue for UConn this season, as the team has seven games with at least four goals or more. The Huskies have outshot their opponents » Notebook 2 2 9 - 1 2 0 , outscored them 53-13 and out cornered opponents 106-72.

Forward Chloe Hunnable leads the team in goals with 13, and back Jestine Angelini leads the team with 12 assists. In addition, six Husky players have recorded at least 10 points this season.

» FIELD HOCKEY

The defense also has an important set of statistics.

Goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield has recorded six shutouts thus far in her sophomore season.

In 15 games, she has recorded 49 saves, has a save percentage of .790 and a goals against average of 1.11.

“We have a lot of seniors on our team, and when you have a lot of experience on the field you’re going to have a good season,” said head coach Nancy Stevens.

Stevens believes that if you can keep your players healthy and combine that with experience, then you will have success on the field.

“And obviously we have an outstanding goalkeeper and that’s going to make you hard to beat,” she said.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

ASHLEY POSPISIL/The Daily Campus

Sophomore forward Maria Elena Bolles maintains possession last night against the Terriers.

Who will win the World Series?

Texas Rangers

By Jimmy Onofrio Staff Writer The Texas Rangers were one of the most high-powered offensive teams all season and playoffs. Behind Nelson Cruz and Ian Kinsler, Texas won two extra-inning games with Detroit, wrapping up the ALCS with a dominant 15-5 win, where they posted nine runs in one inning alone. The Rangers’ bullpen has been in control, posting an ERA of about 2.00 for the playoffs.

Texas has the advantage of experience on its side, having gone to the Series just last year. The Rangers’ combination of offense and experience will be too much for St. Louis. Rangers in six.

Will the Rangers bring a title to Texas...

AP

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

» POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Jimmy: The Rangers’ offense has been huge this postseason, driving in over six runs a game.

The combination of Nelson Cruz and Ian Kinsler has driven in 22 runs in just 10 games, with Cruz hitting a walkoff grand slam in the 11th inning of Game 2 against Detroit, before driving in two more runs in the top of the 11th in Game 4. Texas posted 9 runs in the third inning of Game 5 – behind Cruz’s sixth home run of the Championship Series.

The Rangers led the league in home runs and were third in runs scored. If the Cardinals’ starters continue to falter the way they have, Texas will bury them early and not look back.

Mike: Yes, the Cardinals’ rotation needs to wake up this series, but talking strictly about runs this postseason, the Cards have handed losses to Roy Halladay,

Roy Oswalt, and former ALCy Young winner Zack Greinke en route to scoring 19 runs in five games against Philadelphia and 43 runs in six games against Milwaukee (to the Ranger’s 39 against Detroit). Specifically, the Redbirds have found their savior – David Freese, who is showing no signs of cooling off after batting .595 with three home runs and nine RBIs in the NLCS. And, just in case some people forgot, St. Louis still has the best player in the universe in Albert Pujols, who also just happens to be batting .478 in his last six games.

Jimmy: I think we can agree this looks like it is going to be an explosive series. Texas has to be a little concerned with CJ Wilson’s lackluster playoff performance so far, but he proved all season that

» CAN, page 11

St. Louis Cardinals

By Michael Corasaniti Campus Correspondent

Standing more than 10 games out of a wild card spot in late August, nobody expected the Cardinals to be a September threat – let alone make it to the World Series. Now, after a 23-8 run to end the regular season and series wins over the Phillies and Brewers, the Cardinals are the hottest team in baseball. What makes this team so potent is that while the household names remain productive, the unknowns have been able to pick it up too.

When all 25 guys step up, this St. Louis team is scary and primed to do what last year’s NL underdogs did – send Texas home embarrassed. Cardinals in five.

Michael.Corasaniti@UConn.edu

AP

... or will Pujols and co. finish their unlikely run?