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By Sandy Mueller Campus Correspondent

Brand loyal to peanut butter Changes in dining hall offerings spark controversy.

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IT HITS THE FAN, AGAIN UConn comes up flat against Cincinnati, falls to 0-6.

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COMMENTARY/page 4 UCOnn hosts nonprofit career panel Students learn about opportunities in non-profit organizations.

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Over 200 people joined the Out of Darkness 5K with friends and family to support the American Suicide Prevention Foundation on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 19. The event began at 10:30 a.m. at the Jorgensen Theater and included a candle lighting ceremony, the 5K Walk, a performance by the E.O Smith High School Choral Group, a raffle and music and refreshments.

“I’m here representing my family. My sister lost her son almost two years ago,” said Melissa Kaitis. “I think it is very important for people to realize that suicide is preventable with the diagnosis, care and realizing people needs,” she added.

Many people involved in the walk had lost a loved one to suicide. This event focused on suicide prevention and coming together as a community to remember those lost to suicide.

“I think it is important to raise awareness for people who have been dealing with mental health issues or feelings of suicide to know that they are not alone and that other people have experienced those feelings and that we are hear to help them,” Out

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Students march through North Campus as part of a suicide prevention walk to support the American Suicide Prevention Foundation on Saturday. The event included a candle lighting ceremony and a choral performance to accompany the walk.

of Darkness Walk Event Staff Member Conor Collins said.

There was a candle lighting ceremony at the end that demonstrated different people that may have been lost. Every color represented a different friend or family member that died from

Swedish student comes to UConn, spends time with friend

By Annie Pancak Staff Writer

This article is part of a series profiling this semester’s exchange students and their experience at UConn.

Typically seen around campus with headphones on and a proclaimed music lover, Swedish exchange student, Axel Dalman, said he spent half a year taking time off of college to work at a radio station and trying to become a recording engineer.

The 22-year-old said it was the norm in Sweden to take a semester off during school and that a lot of students try to become professional deejays in the country

native to big names like Swedish House Mafia and Avicii.

“I’m more into the English and German music scenes,” said Dalman, “but I’m really into all different types of music.”

The nightlife in Sweden is centered on student run organizations called ‘nations,’ which host deejay’s every night, Dalman said, and while big names perform on the weekends, the weeknights are a good starting point for student deejays.

Dalman ended up studying abroad at UConn after he returned to school and met and became friends with UConn student, and Daily Campus associate managing editor, Jimmy

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Swedish exchange student Axel Dalman is shown riding his bike outside of the Student Union. He is visiting the UConn in a yearlong exchange program.

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Onofrio doing exchange at his university in Uppsala.

“It’s the main reason I came, to hang out with a good friend for a year,” he said.

The language differences were never a constraint to having an English-speaking, American friend. He said English was part of the Swedish curriculum since he was 8, and because of the American media influence, people in Sweden speak English well. When Dalman is with his Swedish friends he says they sometimes even throw in American phrases that they heard in movies.

“My favorite thing about America is the Americans, that’s why I came back so many times,” he said, “People are so happy to have someone from abroad come.”

Dalman said he found an interesting difference between the two cultures to be how welcoming to foreigners Americans are, while he said Swedish people could sometimes be more reserved when first meeting someone.

In general, he said traveling is a huge part of the Swedish culture, and easily listed off ten countries he has traveled to.

He said he has been surprised to meet people at UConn that

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victims of suicide.

“I walked for my cousin, Kyle, who took his own life, sadly, last year,” Collins said.

The attendees repeated “We Remember Them” to never forget the people that were lost from suicide during the “We

Remember” part of the event.

State Senator Donald E. Williams Jr., State Senate President Pro Tempore also spoke at the event.

By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor

“We were out there having fun, that’s all it was about” Omar Calhoun, who finished with 10 points for Team Geno said. “We had to win at the end of the day though, Team Geno – you know, Geno doesn’t like to lose.”

Before the game, Ollie and Auriemma addressed the crowdand each had his own words of encouragement for the Husky faithful in attendance.

“Damn, I missed y’all so much,” Ollie opened. “I am so excited for this season, so excited…I want to thank you all for coming out – keep coming out, keep supporting. And also, I just want to say congratulations to Geno again and the women’s team for winning another national championship.”

Auriemma, never one to mince words, closed with a quip about conference realignment: “When you’re back home and people ask you, ‘Hey, you guys used to be in the Big East. What league are you in now?’ Just tell them, we’re in a league of our own… we’re UConn.”

The scrimmage was preceded

by Pictionary-style game and a quiz on which player was shown in various baby pictures.

The men’s basketball team opens its season on Nov. 8 against Maryland at the Barclays Center. The women’s team opens the following day against Hartford at the XL Center.

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First Night excites students for basketball’s return Fans and students suffering through football season have longed to hear the words: UConn basketball is back.

Though it is no longer the official starting point for the season – men’s basketball practice began Sept. 28 and the women hit the court Oct. 15 – First Night gave Storrs at-large its first taste of Husky Hoops since last March.

“Any time you’re getting ready to start the season it’s exciting,” women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma said before the event. “I think the fans that show up tonight and the students that show up tonight make it different every year. So if this place is rocking tonight and the students are out in full force and the fans are out, I think it’ll be a special night for everybody.”

As it turned out, the Huskies played their first ever inter-squad scrimmage in front of what UConn described as a “capacity crowd.”

Team Geno – led by Shabazz Napier (11 points), on the men’s side of things, and Breanna Stewart (five points) on the women’s side – eked out a comefrom-behind 51-49 win over the team coached by Kevin Ollie.

Ollie’s team was spearheaded

by Rodney Purvis (11 points) and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (seven points).

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suicide.

“It is more of a memorial to those we have lost,” Collins said.

The E.O Smith High Choral Group preformed “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Let It Be” as part of the memorial for

2014 Winter Intersession Registration begins All Day Storrs Campus More information available at: http:// registrar.uconn.edu/

Clothesline Project 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Storrs Campus The Clothesline Project is a traveling visual display of t-shirts made by survivors and secondary survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence to raise awareness about the prevalence of these violations of human rights.

Fabulous First Impressions: Interviewing and Searching for Jobs 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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“Uncanny” Symposium at Contemporary Art Galleries 4 - 5:30 p.m.

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Bring your computers and your thinking caps to the Rainbow Center for a discussion of interview etiquette and tips on searching for jobs and the place that will welcome all of you.

The Contemporary Art Galleries is hosting a symposium and reception for “Uncanny” on Monday, Oct. 21. It will be held in the Arena Gallery in the lobby of the Art Building.

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Efforts underway to find Conn. government savings

HARTFORD (AP) — For years, it was common knowledge among some Connecticut state employees that they were administering social service programs that could be paid for with federal money rather than precious state funds.

But union leaders contend the higher-ups didn’t want to hear about it.

“The line workers had been saying it for years,” said Patrice Peterson, president of the CSEA/SEIU and a Connecticut Department of Developmental Services employee. “But they hadn’t been allowed to say it with each other and to the administration that would actually support doing something about it.”

Communication now between labor and management is changing, albeit slowly, Peterson said.

Since unionized workers in 2011 ratified an agreement reached with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, labor and management have been encouraged to share ideas on saving money in state government.

The agreement promised $180 million in savings ideas to balance last year’s fiscal budget.

Since then, Peterson said, committees made up of labor and management have been reviewing ideas for 10 state agencies and their work is moving toward becoming a permanent avenue for streamlining government operations. Eventually, they would like the initiative to reach all state operations.

“We believe that this is the way we should be doing business,” Peterson said.

Benefit being held for Manchester fire victims

MANCHESTER (AP) — An American Legion post is holding a benefit for the dozens of people who lost their homes when a fire destroyed a building in downtown Manchester last week.

The benefit pasta dinner is being held Sunday afternoon and evening at American Legion Post 102 in Manchester. Raffle prizes are planned, and a DJ will be playing music.

The fire on Oct. 12 destroyed a large building on Main Street that housed the Great Harvest Bread Co., other businesses and about two dozen apartments. There were no major injuries, but many families lost all their belongings.

The building was heavily damaged and torn down.

Post 102 also has set up a fire victims’ fund. Information is available at http://legionpost102.org/

2-year-old boy killed by vehicle in East Hartford

EAST HARTFORD (AP) — A 2-year-old boy has died after being struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway in East Hartford.

Police say the boy was playing with other children outside a home on Morris Court on Saturday afternoon when he was struck by the vehicle. He later died at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.

The boy’s name hasn’t been released.

Authorities say the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and was questioned by police.

The accident remains under investigation.

RI man charged in 9-car highway wreck in Conn.

FAIRFIELD (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been charged with reckless driving for allegedly causing a nine-car pileup on Interstate 95 in Connecticut that snarled traffic for hours and injured three people, including a baby.

Connecticut state police say 28-year-old Marco Nunez of Providence was speeding and driving erratically when he caused Saturday morning’s wreck in the southbound lanes in Fairfield.

The Connecticut Post reports that a station wagon struck by Nunez’s rental car rolled over several times. Seven other cars were damaged.

An 18-day-old baby and two adults from West Haven in the station wagon were taken to Bridgeport Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities also treated several people at the scene.

It’s not clear if Nunez has a lawyer. A phone number for Nunez couldn’t be found.

Police search for man who approached Wolcott boys

WOLCOTT (AP) — Wolcott police are investigating what may have been an attempted abduction of two boys.

Police say the boys, ages 8 and 10, were playing outside a home on Woodtick Road when a man got out of a blue minivan and approached them shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. Authorities say the man appeared to offer them candy.

Officials say the boys ran away when a parent called them to come inside. The parent didn’t see the man.

The suspect is described as a white man in his mid-30s with a thin build but large stomach. He is about 6 feet tall with short brown hair and a thick brown beard. Police say he was wearing a white T-shirt and green camouflage shorts.

Anyone with information is urged to call Wolcott police.

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UConn hosts non-profit career panel News

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

Careers for the Common Good (CCG) hosted a panel discussion on non-profit careers Friday evening at the UConn Foundation.

The UConn Foundation is a non-profit organization that strives to raise money for UConn, as Rachel Marshall, the associate director of giving highlighted. She also noted that multiple types of employment could be found within the non-profit, from marketing to IT positions, emphasizing how non-profit careers are not constrained to one specific task.

The idea of non-profit organizations being deeper than the stereotype of building house with the Peace Corp or protesting for a living with Amnesty International was a theme throughout the panel.

The panel featured three UConn alumnae, whose educations and careers provided diverse discussion and advice.

Melissa King, class of 2004, graduated from UConn with a political science degree.

She described her experience working for Teach for America in New Orleans right before Hurricane Katrina and how she was unsure of what to pursue after graduation.

King eventually went on to work for the state of

Massachusetts as a budget analyst, but knew that the field was not ideal for her.

Eventually, after strategically distributing her resume, King landed her current job as a State Aid Coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

King emphasized putting yourself out there and seizing opportunities, even if you are unsure about where they may lead.

“There is value and experience gained no matter what you do,” King said.

Robin McHaelen was the second panelist to speak. After graduating from UConn in 1976, Haelan was also unsure of what she wanted to do after graduation.

“I couldn’t figure out who I wanted to be when I grew up,” she said.

After working for a telephone company and a myriad of other careers, McHaelan found her dream career. In 1993, McHaelan founded a support and advocacy group, True Colors Inc., for sexual minority youth. At the time, there were only two programs in the state for LGBTQIA youth.

“All I did in this,” McHaelean said, “was follow my passion.”

The third panelist was Lisa McGuire, a 1983 graduate.

Another political science major,

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Panelists at Friday’s career panel talk about opportunities in non-profits and types of employment a student can pursue in the field.

McGuire had thought about going into education, but followed her interest in politics to become the Director of Public Affairs, of the CT Business & Industry Association. The position enables McGuire to develop and enhance grass roots programs to influence public policy.

McGuire discussed how her career defies the stereotype of a non-profit organization.

“I encourage you, when you think of Careers for the Common Good, to think of corporations and politics, not just the Peace Corps,” McGuire said.

The panel was followed with a question and answer period,

as well as a final piece of advice for each panelist.

“Being in a non-profit is about number one, knowing what your passion is,” McHaelen said, “and number two, go with those values.”

Careers for the Common Good host events year round and their next event will be a Career Expedition. Students will to Hartford to interact with alumni at their work places and shadow career professionals.

The event will be on Nov. 8 and will focus on Human Right and Healthcare work. For more information visit the Career for the Common Good webpage.

“The traditional model has gotten to the point that some people who do well in that environment think that they’re the ones moving knowledge forward, and they’re pulling the audience along with them,” said Trip Kirkpatrick, a participant and facilitator of discussions. “At THATCamp, the experience is that anybody facilitating sees the group as moving forward as a whole.”

A range of topics were explored at this year’s THATCamp, which combined aspects of humanities and technology. For example, Recreating the Irreproducible concerns work across various multimedia to recreate how a story is told. More technical THATCamp discussions, such as Encoding TEI, focus on real applications of coding to help professionals create Wordpress websites, or preserve digital media in online campus libraries.

The “unconferences” culminated with the Maker’s Challenge.

Participants have two minutes to present work they’ve completed over the two day period at THATCamp. The audience, all of which had open laptops browsing the THATCamp New England Wordpress website, voted immediately after the projects were demonstrated, and the winners were rewarded amazon gift cards.

These projects can be found at THATCamp’s website.

The UConn THATCamp attracted over 80 participants from schools all over New England including professionals from Harvard and Yale. The success of UConn’s THATCamp provides hope of subsequent New England THATCamp events, however, as of this publication, there is no confirmed host.

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THATCamp brings scholars, professors to Storrs

By Alban Murtishi Campus Correspondent

Last Saturday, scholars, professors and students from throughout New England took part in UConn’s first official THATCamp.

The Humanities and Technologies Camp, or THATCamp for short, has seen it’s fourth successful year as a new way to conduct scholarly meetings and lectures.

The event began last Friday with a keynote speech by Dan Cohen, Founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America and one of the creators of THATCamp. However, the actual “unconference” portion of the event took place the following Saturday.

The “unconference” is a unique aspect of THATCamp that separates it from a typical scholarly lecture. The process begins with some preliminary ideas for discus-

sions, but discussion ideas can be endorsed the day of as well. Those ideas are written on sticky notes and displayed on windows, and the “campers,” or attendees of the event, can vote on what discussions they would like to see held that day.

“Everyone here is already part of a hierarchical organization.” said Paul Lyzun, media producer and facilitator of THATCamp New England. “THATCamp is more democratic in that you can choose what you want to discuss that day, and how you discuss it.”

THATCamp is like a real summer camp, but instead of campers, counselors and canoeing there are scholars, discussion facilitators and Encoding TEI. The campers sat in circles, the light of everyones tablet and laptop replacing the bonfire, while the facilitator of the discussion went around the circle asking what they wanted to learn of the specific subject.

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Art4AIDS gallery to open Exchange: US culture in Dec., accepting entries is vibrant, ‘a bit crazy’

By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent

The Health Education Office is accepting artwork for Art4AIDS, an art gallery focused on HIV/ AIDS that will be opening on Dec. 4 in the Student Union.

Works of any and all mediums will be accepted, as long as they are related in some way to HIV/ AIDS awareness. This includes, but is not limited to, paintings, collages, drawings, sculptures, crafts, and hand-sewn items.

“The purpose of Art4AIDS is to allow for an artistic expression of the impact and effect that HIV has had on individuals, communities and humanity,” said Health Education Coordinator Joleen Nevers. “We use art as a medium to engage students on the topic and to raise awareness of this ongoing epidemic.”

Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff

are all welcome to participate.

Submissions can be brought to the Health Education Office in Wilson 125A in South Campus until Nov. 1.

Art4AIDS is only one part of World AIDS Week, a larger effort to stir discussions about HIV/ AIDS that will take place during the first week of December.

Prior to the gallery’s opening, there will be a reception featuring performances by a number of student groups.

The week will also include a Wear Red Day, as well as an HIV/AIDS vigil at the gallery.

The vigil will feature performances by student organizations.

For more information about Art4AIDS, contact World AIDS Week Coordinator Kim Adamski, 5th semester healthcare management major and at student2021@ad.uconn.edu.

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have never gone beyond New England.

Another difference Dalman mentioned was the cost of college. Going to university in Sweden is free and students are given a stipend to pay for living expenses, he said.

Because of this, the taxes are high in Sweden, but Dalman said it is a safe place to grow up.

“The flip side is it tends to get a bit boring, that’s why I like the U.S., the culture is vibrant. There are influences from different countries, it’s a bit crazy and doesn’t always work well,” he said.

On the Swedish store Ikea, Dalman was familiar with the name, but called it “generic” and said it is where college students would buy furniture, or his family if they needed a

basic piece such as a trash bin.

He said the modern, minimalistic style that Ikea furniture has is popular in Scandinavia though.

On the subject of furniture, Dalman also talked about his job, where in one instance he met the Queen while helping her do some furnishing.

The job is at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. He said he tells people not to take photos or touch the paintings when the palace is open to visitors, but he has also been able to meet the prince and princess.

Working in the palace was not going to change Dalman’s study abroad plans though. “I feel like you really miss something if you don’t go abroad, it’s been the best two months of my life so far, such a cool experience,” Dalman said.

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In a story published on Oct. 18 entitled “Sexual assault case under investigation,” the story stated that President Susan Herbst did not respond to the open letter on the new husky logo written by Carolyn Luby. President Herbst did respond to this letter last April in a statement on her wesbite. We regret the error.

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The Mormon community at the University of Connecticut is coming together through the newly formed Latter-day Saint Student Association (LDSSA) aimed to provide a place to worship and connect on campus.

UConn’s Mormon population faces difficulties when it comes to finding churches close to campus. The closest church is a 15-minute drive, making it especially challenging for students without cars to attend worship services.

L a t t e r- d a y Student Association Director Scott Huff said the driving force behind the organization was to make it easier for Mormon students to practice their religion.

“There was a desire for LDS students to connect and not

feel alone on campus,” Huff said. “Students may be going to different LDS congregations around the state, but we wanted to make sure they had some resources while they’re here on campus, too.”

The Latter-day Student Association will invite all members of UConn and the surrounding community to attend their events, although they will be geared towards the college generation. Huff said he hopes to expand the Mormon community on campus as its current population is small. Unofficially, there are just 10 students and eight professors who have reached out to him and identified themselves as Mormons, he said.

“The LDSSA is designed to provide fellowship to LDS students on campus, invite others to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints, and to provide service to the community at large,” Huff said.

Future LDSSA programs will follow traditional Mormon practices in church attendance, personal prayer, scripture study and missionary work outlined by the online center for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (lds.org). They will coordinate with local congregations to provide access to worship services and will also broadcast services from other LDS churches. The first broadcast will be on November 3rd and will focus on the needs of young adults, Huff said. Service projects and routine bible study called “Institute” will also be essential components of LDSSA. Although LDSSA is in its beginning stages, Huff has already contacted congregations around the state in

attempt to attract additional support.

The fact that the Mormons must adhere to a strict lifestyle void of alcohol, drugs and premarital sex provides further motivation to create a LDS network on a college campus where engaging in non-approved activities is a frequent occurrence.

Instead of following such behaviors, The Church states that Mormons must practice respect for their own bodies through modest dress and appropriate verbal and nonverbal language use. A modest and positive body image coupled with a commitment to service, missionary work, family life and contribution to society is the Mormon way to live a life that is both devout and happy.

By bringing the LDS church to UConn, Mormon students will have an opportunity to

incorporate their religion into their college experience which should make for a more fulfilling lifestyle.

“I hope it becomes a meaningful part of LDS students’ lives,” Huff said. “My hope

would be that it can be seen as a group of people that are supportive and a resource during their college experience.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The last piece of legislation President John F. Kennedy signed turns 50 this month: the Community Mental Health Act, which helped transform the way people with mental illness are treated and cared for in the United States.

Signed on Oct. 31, 1963, weeks before Kennedy was assassinated, the legislation aimed to build mental health centers accessible to all Americans so that those with mental illnesses could be treated while working and living at home, rather than being kept in neglectful and often abusive state institutions, sometimes for years on end.

Kennedy said when he signed the bill that the legislation to build 1,500 centers

would mean the population of those living in state mental hospitals — at that time more than 500,000 people — could be cut in half. In a special message to Congress earlier that year, he said the idea was to successfully and quickly treat patients in their own communities and then return them to “a useful place in society.”

Recent deadly mass shootings, including at the Washington Navy Yard and a Colorado movie theater, have been perpetrated by men who were apparently not being adequately treated for serious mental illnesses. Those tragedies have focused public attention on the mental health system and made clear that Kennedy’s vision was never fully realized.

The legislation did help to

usher in positive life-altering changes for people with serious illnesses such as schizophrenia, many of whom now live normal, productive lives with jobs and families. In 1963, the average stay in a state institution for someone with schizophrenia was 11 years. But only half of the proposed centers were ever built, and those were never fully funded.

Meanwhile, about 90 percent of beds have been cut at state hospitals, according to Paul Appelbaum, a Columbia University psychiatry professor and expert in how the law affects the practice of medicine. In many cases, several mental health experts said, that has left nowhere for the sickest people to turn, so they end up homeless, abusing substances

or in prison. The three largest mental health providers in the nation today are jails: Cook County in Illinois, Los Angeles County and Rikers Island in New York.

“The rhetoric was very highfalutin. The reality was a little more complicated, and the funds that were provided were not adequate to the task,” said Steven Sharfstein, president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System, a nonprofit behavioral health organization in Baltimore.

“The goals of deinstitutionalization were perverted.

People who did need institutional care got thrown out, and there weren’t the programs in place to keep them supported,” said former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, the president’s nephew. “We don’t have an alternate policy to address the needs of the severely mentally ill.”

He is gathering advocates in Boston this week for the Kennedy Forum, a meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of his uncle’s legislation and an attempt to come up with an agenda for improving mental health care.

The 1963 legislation came amid other changes in treatments for the mentally ill and health care policy in general, Appelbaum said.

Chlorpromazine or Thorazine, the first effective antipsychotic medicine, was released in the 1950s. That allowed many people who were mentally ill to leave institutions and live at home.

In 1965, with the adoption of Medicaid, the government program that provided health care coverage for the poor, deinstitutionalization accel-

erated, experts said, because states now had an incentive to move patients out of state hospitals, where they shouldered the entire cost of their care, and into communities where the federal government would pick up part of the tab.

Later, a movement grew to guarantee rights to people with mental illness. Laws were changed in every state to limit involuntary hospitalization so people can’t be committed without their consent, unless there is a danger of hurting themselves or others.

Kennedy’s legislation provided for $329 million to build mental health centers that were supposed to provide services to people who had formerly been in institutions, as well as to reach into communities to try to prevent the occurrence of new mental disorders. Had the act been fully implemented, there would have been a single place in every community for people to go for mental health services.

But one problem with the legislation was that it didn’t provide money to operate the centers long-term.

“Having gotten them off the ground, the federal government left it to states and localities to support,” Appelbaum said.

“That support by and large never came through.”

Later, during the Reagan administration, the remaining funding for the act was converted into a mental health block grant for states, allowing them to spend it however they chose.

Appelbaum called it a death knell because it left the community health centers that did exist on their own for funding.

Robert Drake, a professor of

psychiatry and community and family medicine at Dartmouth College, said some states have tried to provide good community mental health care.

“But it’s been very hard for them to sustain that because when state budget crunches come, it’s always easiest to defund mental health programs because the state legislature gets relatively little pushback,” he said. “Services are at a very low level right now. It’s really kind of a disaster situation in most states.”

Sharfstein points out that most mentally ill people are at a very low risk of becoming violent. He said it’s unthinkable we would go back to the era when people were housed in “nightmare” conditions at overcrowded, understaffed and sometimes dangerous state hospitals.

“The opportunity to recover is much greater now than it was in 1963,” he said.

But for those who do not take their medication, don’t recover from their first episode of illness and don’t seek treatment and support from professionals, they are vulnerable to homelessness, incarceration and death, he said.

Linda Rosenberg, president and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health, counts among its 2,100 member organizations many of the original community mental health centers that were built under the 1963 legislation.

“Whenever you pass a piece of legislation, people would like to think that you’ve solved the problem,” she said. “It did some very important things. It laid some ground work. It’s up to us now to move forward.”

By Abby Mace Staff Writer

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Members gather for the morning session of the 183rd General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, in Salt Lake City.

Kennedy’s vision for mental health never realized

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Fans need to show respect when a player goes down injured

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ast week during the Texans-Rams game, Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub fell to the turf with less than four minutes remaining in the third quarter. He didn’t get up immediately, indicating an injury. This led some fans in the stands to start cheering. When it was clear that he was injured and backup T.J. Yates came into the game, the cheering only increased. Texans fans had grown frustrated with Schaub because he had been playing poorly, throwing an interception returned for a touchdown in four games. While he was certainly playing poorly, this in no way allowed the fans to cheer when he went down with an injury.

The team ridiculed the fans afterward when Texas left tackle Duane Brown called the fans cheering Schaub’s injury “disgusting,” and Yates calling the applause “disrespectful.” Houston defensive end Brian Cushing went as far as to call the fans’ reaction “barbaric.” Schaub himself said that “there’s no place” for that kind of behavior in the game.

A similar situation happened during the Caridnals49ers game last week as well. Arizona defensive end Calais Campbell went down with what ended up being a neck injury. Campbell lay on the turf for a few minutes before being carted off. One would have expected the San Francisco fans to remain silent out of respect for the player. Instead they did the wave and players slammed them for it with Joe Staley taking to Twitter to say, “To all the fans that did the wave while a player was on the field in pain getting carted off, I was embarrassed for you. Very disrespectful.”

A similar problem is when fans boo a player’s injury, particularly on the opposing team. Sometimes players, particularly defensive players, will fake an injury to stop the clock or stop an offenses’ momentum. As a result fans will boo when an opposing player is down on the turf, thinking they are faking an injury. However, fans are in no position to know if someone is faking an injury. They should give players the benefit of the doubt and be respectful.

Football is a dangerous sport, and the players put themselves at risk of injury on virtually every snap. In football or in any other sport, regardless of whether it is a player on their team or on the opposing team, fans should be respectful whenever a player goes down with an injury.

Linking health insurance to employment creates an American caste system

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e are all familiar with the caste systems found all over the world, especially the Indian caste system. In a caste system there is no socioeconomic ladder to climb. When one is born in a caste system, they marry and die within the caste. There is little vertical mobility between classes.

The most renowned caste system are the “untouchables” in India.

The “untouchables” are a group of almost 160 million Indians who are tainted by their birth into this social class. The rest of society

By Omar Allam deems them Weekly Columnist impure and sub human, according to National Geographic. They are often forced into unsanitary jobs, such as working with human feces.

Society shuns these people, often leaving them no chance for mobility, resulting in a vicious cycle of being born into a caste system, marrying within the class, and birthing children who in turn will endure the same.

Like the horrendous caste system of India, the United States of America has integrated in its society a similar system, limiting citizens from social mobility.

During World War II, due to the shortage of workers, corporations necessitated a continuously popular method to incite employees to work for their company.

However, the U.S government had prevented an increase in wages, as it would result in inflation, which could be detrimental during war.

As a result, companies created health insurance to attract workers. Since, health insurance policies have commonly been provided through jobs.

Susan Sered and Rushika Ferandopulle, authors of the book “Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity” state that “the current American system in which health care is linked to employment is creating a caste of the chronically ill, infirm and marginally employed.”

Because health insurance is directly linked to employment, when a family or individual loses their employment and falls into what Sered and Ferandopulle call a “death spiral,” there is a very little chance for social mobility.

The “death spiral” is a system of events that form this American caste structure. In the “death spiral” when job disruptions occur due to ill health, a subsequent loss of health insurance follows. This loss of health coverage results in medical conditions going untreated, which in turn worsens health conditions, lowering the ability for an individual to work. This lowered ability to work results in a smaller chance of attaining a job, which lengthens the period no medical coverage.

In other words society shuns these marginally employed or unemployed individuals. They have no way of improving their health and are locked into this caste system. Sered and Ferandopulle illustrate that this group of individu-

als is similar to the untouchables. The uninsured are often noted by society by physical and moral characteristics, which differentiates them from society’s other members.

The “untouchables” of America are often noted by their “rotten teeth, chronic cough, bad skin, a limp, sores that heal, obesity, uncorrected hearing or vision deficits, addiction to pain medications,” said Sered and Ferandopulle.

Americans also have long placed hard work to strive toward the American Dream as a sign of moral virtue, however when they encounter someone is who is unemployed, society deems them as lazy and uncooperative. All of these factors establish the caste system.

America is the only first world country to not have universal health care.

Instead, Americans who cannot work due to ill health are forced to stay unemployed as their health deteriorates. The American non-system intervenes only when the unemployed are near death, only to be temporarily stabilized and thrown out in society to deteriorate till near death again and so on, all at the cost of working Americans. We ought recognize that this caste system in American is not due to personal decisions; instead it is the result of our failure to provide basic health care to everyone. There needs to be a push for more universal coverage and to eliminate this caste system.

 Omar.Allam@UConn.edu  3rd-semester chemistry major

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ver since our first tours of the UConn campus, we have all heard about the UConn blue-lights – officially known as the Code Blue Phone Kiosks. Throughout the Storrs campus there is an extensive network of over 200 phone kiosks located in all campus buildings, parking garages and in numerous bus shelters. They are also located on streets and

By Yolancia Pagdiwala walkways across Staff Columnist campus.

There is a detailed UConn map of every phone location on the UConn Police website. In the event of a university-wide emergency, they are automatically activated with flashing lights and voice messages. Or if you are in distress, phone kiosks, which are equipped with a GPS tracker, can be used to contact the UConn 911 system directly with the push of a button.

These phone kiosks make travelling around the huge campus a little more secure for students. The phones

are connected directly to the UConn Police Department and are monitored 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays. Especially at night, the phone kiosks make long walks back to your room after studying at the library or working out at the gym more comfortable. Not to mention, these long walks sometimes come with dangerous distractions, such as cell phones and loud music, which might make you less aware of your surroundings.

Code Blue Phone Kiosks are a great effort taken by UConn to improve safety on a campus of around 17,000 undergraduates.

When looking at the incidence of crime on the Storrs campus, we can appreciate the phone kiosks a little more.

According to U.S. Department of Justice, 20 to 25 percent of women will experience a completed and/or attempted rape during their college career. In 2012, there were 13 reported cases of sexual assault on or near the Storrs campus, however the actual number of sexual assaults might be far higher, accord-

ing to UConn Police Chief Barbara O’Connor. There is a real issue of sexual assault both on and off campus. The convenience of the phone kiosks can help the issue by making reporting crime easier and more frequent. Of course, they are not only there for reporting sexual assault. The phones can be used to request help, report a crime in progress, report suspicious activities, request an escort or for any other type of emergency you may encounter.

Most of us have heard about the UConn video from 2012 that made fun of the UConn phone kiosks. The basic premise of the comedy sketch was that a woman attempts to use the phone to call for help during an assault, but is unfortunately directed to a supermarket because the kiosk ridiculously mistakes the word “rape” for “grapes.”

The phone threw some derogatory names at her as well.

This was all a very negative depiction of the emergency service that belittles the importance of safety and reporting crime on campus adding to the problem. On

many college campuses, people do not report sexual assault because they are fearful, they want to avoid a frustrating and possibly traumatizing judicial process or they just don’t understand the legal definition of sexual assault. Videos that demean helpful services like the Code Blue Phone Kiosks reinforce the problem.

Considering the importance of the Code Blue Phone Kiosks, it concerns me that there are a few on campus that don’t work. Numerous times a week, I walk by a Code Blue Phone Kiosk between the library and Dodd center that has a sign on it that says, “Phone Out of Order.” I have seen this particular phone out of order for a while now and am reminded of it whenever I see someone casually leaning against it or a bike locked around it. Hopefully, UConn is making efforts to fix this issue and restore a little sense of security at that small corner of campus.

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Jorgensen crowd shows Husky spirit

By Jingyuan Fu Campus Correspondent

For an event that was supposed to be all about celebrating the University of Connecticut, there were precious few students in the audience at the Jorgensen. Most of the people attending Spirit Extravaganza seemed to be family members of the performers, though there were a few curious students.

“It seemed interesting,” John Ewan, a 3rd semester journalism major, commented, “I’ve never been to anything that was just about celebrating school spirit before.”

The program began with a general video on the university’s accomplishments in athletics while “White and Navy,” the Husky remix of Wiz Khalifa’s popular song “Black and Yellow” played in the background. The

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UConn Cheerleading Squad then performed a quick introductory routine.

Applause subsided after their departure but quickly resurged as Jonathan the Husky, the school mascot, made his first appearance with Toya Ambrose, the coach for UConn’s Cheerleading and Dance Teams.

“This isn’t a typical Jorgensen event,” Ms. Ambrose told the audience, “If you like something, we want to hear you.”

People did not hesitate to comply and enthusiasm for the performances only seemed to increase as the night went on. Nor was the cheering only targeted toward UConn performers, as routines by Eastern Connecticut University’s cheerleading squad were also well received. Limelight Dance Studio’s interpretative rendition of Coldplay’s “The Scientist,” was greeted with cheers and applause, as was

the Farmington Dance Studio, which consisted of younger performers.

However, the performances by UConn students were the main event.

Members of different teams on UConn showed their talent by dancing to a series of popular songs like “Thrift Shop” (which featured the performers wearing vintage clothes), “Off to the Races” and “Twerk It.” A cappella group Conn Men made guest performances as well, singing tunes such as “Neon” and “Thank You” while members of the Dance Team performed to their music.

The audience was especially impressed with the more creative routines of the night. The Kickline Team, for example, performed a jazz routine with impressive high kicks that wowed the audience.

“I really liked what they did,” Emily Simpson, a 1st-semester pre-teaching

major said, “The choreography was great, and everyone was in synch.”

The last performance before intermission, a hip-hop routine by the senior captain of the dance team, was also received with tremendous applause.

By far the most popular performer of the night was Jonathan the Husky.

The audience cheered and laughed at all of the mascot’s antics, such as when he attempted to dance. Though some people were confused when Jonathan suddenly appeared on the stage with a lightsaber, confusion quickly turned to amusement as he dueled with another person in a reenactment of an iconic scene in “The Empire Strikes Back.”

Though all the routines were done with great talent, in the end it was still our mascot that was the embodiment of school spirit.

Over the course of the past year UConn consumed 8,000 pounds of individually packaged peanut butter. Three years ago Dining Services at the UConn switched from providing large communal tubs of peanut butter to serving peanut butter as individually packaged ¾ ounce containers of SYSCO’s House Recipe Creamy Peanut Butter due to contamination issues. Although this change may appear trivial it turns out that peanut butter is quite the controversial food across college campuses.

Most undergraduate students grew up eating a certain brand and variety of peanut butter and when they come to college they except that peanut butter to be available to them in the dining halls. Vegetarian and vegan students, on the other hand, do not only enjoy eating peanut butter, but it is a significant source of their dietary protein. Therefore eliminating peanut butter from the dining halls is simply not an option.

But the health of non-meat eaters isn’t dining services only concern. As assistant director of Residential Operations, Michael White, (a UConn graduate of 1996 in economics and political science), pointed out, there has been a “huge increase in the number of students with tree nut and peanut allergies” enrolling at UConn over the past few years. The lives of these students are literally on the line when another student unwittingly uses the same knife to spread their peanut butter, jelly and cream cheese from the communal containers.

In order to please the peanut butter and jelly loving students, provide enough protein for vegetarians, and keep students with allergies safe, the university turned to individually packaged peanut butter as the only realistic solution.

While SYSCO’s Creamy Peanut Butter may satisfy many of UConn’s students, for those who are accustomed to all natural varieties, the sweet, light colored spread may not be quiet as appealing.

“I try to limit my consumption of sugar and hydrogenated oils whenever possible. The packets of peanut butter in the dining halls are filled with these and other unnecessary ingredients,” said Katie Gailiunas, a 1st semester

Peanut butter is a popular choice for many dining hall goers. Eight thousand pounds of it were consumed at UConn last year.

undecided engineering student.

For Gailiunas and many other like-minded students a natural peanut butter option would be much appreciated.

With growing awareness of not only what is in our food, like the fully hydrogenated vegetable oil that Gailiunas objects to, but also how the packaging and transportation of food affects a household or a university’s carbon footprint these thousands of packages concern many involved in university Sustainability.

According to White, it is not clear that using individually packaged peanut butter as opposed to larger tubs actually affects how much plastic is thrown away. In the past, when even the smallest dab of jelly got into the peanut butter tub the entire container had to be disposed of. This contamination problem could easily have caused the same amount or more waste as do the individual packages that

By Ellie Hudd Campus Correspondent

This past Friday, the UConn Foundation paired up with Career Services’ Careers for the Common Good program to offer a panel on nonprofit careers. Three UConn alumni gave their time to speak about their career paths and the personal journeys that landed them in the field of nonprofit work.

The overall takeaway from this highly informative session was that the nonprofit sector is incredibly rich and diverse and students in any discipline can find a rewarding career in nonprofit work. Here are some potential careers in nonprofit that students may not have considered in their thoughts about their future plans.

Government work: Political science alumna Melissa King found her way to an enjoyable career with the Massachusetts Department of Education, but there is a government career for students of all disciplines and interests. The Department of Defense has a large demand for qualified lawyers; students proficient in critical languages can find great success as a linguist or even a special agent with the FBI. Students interested in public health might look to the CDC and many careers in advocacy are available within the executive branches of federal, state, and even local governments.

Fundraising: “Nonprofit work is essentially sales,” in the way nonprofits must

constantly work to acquire funding, said Robin McHaelen, the founder and executive of True Colors, Inc. Indeed, the UConn Foundation itself is a nonprofit.

The Foundation raised over $62 million last year to support UConn programs, and its employees work in a wide variety of areas: research, finance and information technology, to name just a few.

Postgraduate service: Jobs with organizations like AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps can provide valuable experience while also helping an important cause.

Additionally, these organizations provide opportunities to travel as well as open your mind to careers you may not have thought about.

Start your own nonprofit: McHaelen faced a lot of challenges in building True Colors – an organization that supports the needs of LGBT youth – but she notes that “all [she] ever did in this work was follow [her] passion.” Today, True Colors consists of five devoted employees, but this small organization has made a huge and overwhelmingly positive impact on LGBT youth. McHaelen – who was inspired to form True Colors after she “saw a lack of LGBT programs specifically for young people” – urges students to “know what your values are,” which is especially apt advice for those attempting to build an organization from the ground up.

Panel attendee Jimmy Duong, a 7th semester communications major, aptly

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A nonprofit career panel at the UConn Foundation explored the vast array of post graduate opportunities in the nonprofit sector.

expressed what he gained from the conference, saying that he “take[s] comfort in knowing that I’m going into a field where people have succeeded.” Indeed, the conference highlighted the incredible success that can easily be found in the nonprofit sector.

A bunch of ‘Hocus Pocus’

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On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Mystic Aquarium hosted the 7th Annual Run / Walk for the Penguins to raise money for African penguins whose population has dropped from 1.5 million in 1910 to only 19,000 pairs in 2013.

In September 2010, African penguins were placed on the endangered species list and if their decline continues will be extinct within fifteen years. The populations breed in Namibia and South Africa where commercial fishermen have forced the birds to search for prey farther off shore. Environmental problems, such as oil tank spills and global warming, have also caused a decrease in the African penguin population. This and more information can be learned from multiple staff members at the Mystic Aquarium as well as on their website.

In order to contend the population’s downward spiral, the Mystic Aquarium has teamed up with the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB).

This is a non-profit organization that works in conservation, rehabilitation and education. By working with local and international partners, SANCCOB has promoted efforts to reduce further extinction of these birds.

Since 1968, SANCCOB has rescued over 90,000 African penguins. But most importantly is their effort to educate the public, SANCCOB hopes to create a more environmentally conscious world, in which endangerment is less likely.

The Mystic Aquarium’s part-

nership with SANCCOB has helped to rehabilitate oiled birds and abandoned African penguin chicks. The aquarium has also helped on research programs such as the Chick Bolstering Project, which includes cutting edge research on rearing chicks from eggs.

In its continued partnership, the Mystic Aquarium now hosts an annual 5K race to raise funds for the African penguin and SANCCOB. Over 500 runners made up the 5K portion this year with even more participants taking place in the 2 mile walk or quarter mile kids race.

This year, the top male finisher, Spy Barres, completed the mixed trail and road race in 17:56. The top female finisher was Jennifer Pajer in 20:41.

“Don’t forget to keep on running; the finish line is always a little bit further,” Barres told the front group before the race started. Although I thought the Mystic native was referencing the awkward placement of the finish, it was clear the statement had a greater meaning. Maybe it was meant for the penguins, but it was a lesson always worth remembering.

Even though Barres took the win with over two minutes on his next competitor, he was not the one taking home the prize; not today. The real winners were the top fundraiser and top team-fundraiser, Jessica Harris and Maggie’s Waddlers, respectively. Both of these winners received special prizes from race director Theresa Mullin.

The aquarium set a goal to raise $35,000, of which these contributors greatly helped.

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Werewolves.

Witches.

Hobgoblins. All creatures that anyone inclined toward the supernatural learn to look out for as we creep closer to All Hallows’ Eve. But 20 years ago, a movie gave us something else to be afraid of when the full moon looms overhead: virgins with lighters.

That’s right: “Hocus Pocus” was released two decades ago and we’re all getting old. A feeling Winifred Sanderson and her sisters can sympathize with, seeing as they went through all the trouble of collecting dead men’s toes and biting off pieces of their own tongues to conjure a literally life-sucking potion.

Yet even child homicide doesn’t prevent Winnie, Mary, and Sarah from being the most beloved witches in pop culture (give or take a Sabrina). And can we be blamed for loving them so? Bette Midler’s over-the-top campy goodness as Winifred can only—just maybe--be matched

by Jessica Lange’s work on “American Horror Story.” Then you have Sarah Jessica Parker’s sultry idiot Sarah with her inability to see a boy without throwing her hands on her chest and Kathy Najimy’s dumb-yet-dutiful Mary, riding a vacuum cleaner and being inexplicably and hilariously part dog. Of course I could spend days talking of the glories of the Sandersons, but let’s get back to that virgin with the zippo.

Max Dennison’s California, laid-back, tied-dyed point of view is apparently “keep it in your pants until Allison and her yabos put out” and everyone makes sure we remember it.

Seriously, take a drink every time someone says “virgin” with a strange hint of disgust and you’ll be drunk before you can say “I Put A Spell On You.” Even little sister Dani played

by Thora Birch, now 31 with an impressive set of yabos of her own, can’t hide her disdain for her brother’s status. “What happened?” “A VIRGIN…lit the candle.” Thackery Binx, that mangy feline, spends his eternal life protecting the candle from “airhead virgins” yet puts the blame on them when he finally reunites with his ghost sister who wants an explanation for his centuries-long stint eating sewer mice. “Sorry, Emily, I had to wait 300 years for a VIRGIN to light a candle.” It’s a bit contradictory and a weird message to put into a Disney movie, but hey, it was the nineties.

Besides virgin-shaming and multiple attempted child homicides, “Hocus Pocus” has all the classic Halloween tropes and then some: black cats, cauldrons, spell books, bullies stealing candy (ICE!), jack-o-lanterns on haystacks, a mom in a Madonna costume, the devil himself, even a Zombie! It also ages pretty well (much to Winnie’s delight I’m sure) and is entertaining as ever, as people from the past flung into the strange world of sprinkler systems, firemen and city buses is never not funny. And I didn’t even get to touch on the majesty of the musical number. It may not be as quotable as “Mean Girls,” but it is definitely up there on that list. I find every opportunity to say “Dost thou comprehend?”, “Tis FIRM!”, “Oh, look. Another glorious morning.

Makes me SICK!” (reserved for Mondays), and the coup de grace of “AMUK! AMUK AMUK AMUK AMUK!” What are your favorite quotes and moments? Let me know on Twitter @a_ferretti25! Hocus Pocus will be on ABCFamily the nights of 10/26 and 10/27. Have a Happy Halloween. Watch out for virgins.

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Many of “Toy Story” fans’ favorite characters are back for the series first television special. “Toy Story of Terror” packs various classic Halloween plots in the 22-minute show.

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer See that Dreamworks? Now that’s how you do a great television special.

“Toy Story of Terror” marks Pixar Animation Studios first attempt at a fulllength prime time television special. Rather than hand off the duties for the project to another studio, Pixar has decided to create the special in house.

And predictably, the special stands as a spectacular success.

While the iconic cast of toys from the “Toy Story” films have made a few select appearances in short films following the release of 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” the television special marks the first major appearance of the characters in years.

Lampooning the plots of various classic horror films, the special finds the toys in a random motel following a flat tire on a road trip with their owner, Bonnie. As soon as they enter the motel, the toys begin to get picked off one by one, mysteriously vanishing. Right from the get go, Mr. Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton) narrates the events as they unfold, explaining what is supposed to occur based off of the plots of various

horror films. a solid performance, with Joan Cusack’s Soon enough, Jessie remains the last toy “Jessie” absolutely stealing the show. standing and its up to her to save her friends The addition of great comedic characters from a terrible fate. in the motel’s manager and the G.I. JoeWhat’s most impressive about “Toy Story esque action figure “Combat Carl” (Carl of Terror” is the sheer amount of material Weathers) bring a fantastic sense of humor that was packed into the special. The plot to the latter parts of the special. The faux could have easily been expanded to accom- narration by Mr. Pricklepants also stands as modate a feature length film, but remark- a true highlight of the special. ably, despite its under 30 minute running While the plot does cover a bit of the same time, the special never feels ground as “Toy Story 2,” the simirushed. larities are easily over shadowed Toy Story of Terror Seeing some of Pixar’s most by a brilliant infusion of rapid fire ABC Family Special delivery of comedic material when beloved characters reunited in any form is a major treat in the scenario becomes to familiar. and of itself, but one simply Despite the minor similarities couldn’t predict the level of the second act shares with “Toy sheer entertainment provided Story 2,” “Toy Story of Terror” by this special. Destined to be stands as a fantastic animated spea holiday classic, “Toy Story cial and is destined to become an of Terror” is at times frighting, others dra- annual classic in the years to come. Pixar matic and often genuinely amusing. The has truly gone to infinity and beyond craftway the special manages to seamlessly ing this half hour of animated television. “phase shift” back and forth between such Indeed come next year, an Emmy would scenarios is nothing short of incredible surely be in order.

All of the major voice talent from the original “Toy Story” films reprise their roles for the special including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Don Rickles each delivering Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

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Sixteen more seasons? Not likely

Numbers from TVbytheNumbers.com Week ending October 11 (Numbers of viewers x 1,000)

What I’m Watching 13 Nights of Halloween Underrated: ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween is now in it’s 11th year, which means you’ve probably been looking forward to this since you were in elementary school.

All the favorite Halloween classics, (barring “Halloweentown”) are in one place for the next week and a half. Movies that we all remember from childhood like “Beetlejuice” and “Hocus Pocus” will be on within the next week. Recently, modern pop classics such as “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” were also added to the line up. World premieres of shows made especially for the network event, including a Halloween episode of “Pretty Little Liars” and a new “Toy Story” episode are featured.

Check out their website for the full schedule of shows.

-Kim Halpin

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The season four premiere of “The Walking Dead” had three plot arcs that continue the subpar quality seen in season three.

By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer “The Walking Dead” has continued into its fourth season to break records and remain the most watched and one of the most popular shows on television. After an amazing first season and a very good second season it’s not difficult to see why the show became so popular. However, let’s not try and pretend that the third season was not awful. It was the television equivalence of a sequel like “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” It was formulaic, poorly written, the conflicts were unnecessarily dragged on and the characters, especially the new ones, were hardly developed. There were many episodes where nothing remotely important occurred with strange developments and subplots that we never came back to, but there was always a random zombie action scene just to keep the fans watching.

Everything about season three, including its anticlimactic ending, felt incredibly forced. The

writers have now confirmed to be inconsistent with last seaa spin-off show and that their son, but I keep watching. There plans are to keep the show on are three main plots going on in the year for twenty more years at the episode. One involves Rick least. It’s safe to say that it’s not venturing off into the woods and going to get any better. meeting a strange woman who As bad as last season was, I demands his help. I see the twist tuned into season four with high coming that she wants to kill him hopes. The opening scene of a and eat him immediately, but this season before the theme song is dragged on for an hour. The and commercials other involves Carl, should be something who is somehow interesting to hook The Walking Dead more of a child and Sunday 9 p.m. you back into the not the ruthless, murshow. What happens dering brat we saw in the season four last season, discoveropening? Rick is ing that he is being listening to an ipod, kept from learning to looks at zombies and defend himself while ignores them and the other kids are. digs up a gun in the prison gar- Both of these plots are uninterden. What has this scene told us? esting. The third involves a zomThis season will be just as bland bie attack on a supply run. I’m and uninteresting as last season. aware that this is nothing more Nothing has changed. than an excuse to give us a zomYet, I keep watching. There bie attack in another uneventful now is a huge amount of people episode, but seeing my favorite living at the prison and they have characters (Daryl and Tyrese) in started some sort of a commu- action is still pretty cool. nity there. We meet a lot of new All in all, the new season of characters who are poorly intro- “The Walking Dead” does not duced. The returning cast seems seem promising. It’s off to a

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rocky start. The one new character that seems interesting is played by Larry Gillard Jr. who previously played D’Angelo on “The Wire.” We don’t know much about him other than he was once a medic for the military and given the way he stared at bottles of alcohol in a grocery store he must be sober soon to fall off the wagon. There seems to be a disease spread from sick pigs to people within the prison.

If this is developed it could be something interesting, but I have a feeling it’s just an excuse in the plot to put zombies within the prison walls. While the season premiere certainly was watchable, it was not the gripping or exciting event it should have been and it does not give me much hope for the rest of the season. For now I’ll keep watching, but don’t think I’m going to sit around and take much more of this with better shows on television and their 20 year plan in mind.

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

If there is one reason that I am still alive, it’s because in my 21 years I have seen enough movies to know how to survive just about any sort of scary situation. The rules are very basic, but nobody ever thinks about them. Lucky for you, I have and I will tell you how to survive.

The first step is really easy. Don’t go anywhere that sounds like an easy premise for a horror movie. Let’s take this into context. I don’t know if I do or don’t believe in ghosts, but I don’t go to places I have been told are haunted.

Do I believe in hauntings? No, but in every movie there’s a skeptic who ends up dying a believer. Don’t go to haunted cemeteries, houses, asylums or anywhere else haunted. I’ve been invited numerous times to check out places like this.

My answer is hell no every single time.

Don’t go camping in places like Camp Crystal Lake where Jason Voorhees has been known to murder horny and stupid teenagers again and again. In one of the movies people show up there the next day after a huge massacre in the area. I already wrote once about the questionable amount of stupidity people have in horror movies and I don’t want to upset my one weekly reader, by repeating the material. Let’s just ask what the hell is up with that and drop it there. Actually, don’t go camping at all, they made at least one billion movies in the 80s where it didn’t end well for the campers. Think before you do anything that sounds like it could potentially be a horror movie set up.

The “Scream” franchise gave us some basic rules for surviving a murder spree.

Don’t drink or do drugs, don’t have sex and never say “I’ll be right back” because you won’t. You’ll be dead. Very dead. The killer or killers will somehow be unable to kill you if you don’t engage in bad behavior. This is simple enough, but considering the amount of horror sequels made nowadays you’re probably not in an original. Scream rules are not as forgiving for sequels. The rules change and anybody can die.

“Friday the 13th” and other slashers gave us better rules for sequels. No matter what, keep your clothes on. If you take off any of your clothes for any reason what so ever you will die. This is especially true if you are a woman because the male audience watching you undress is now uninterested in you. Never go anywhere alone. Don’t even go to the bathroom alone.

You probably already check behind the shower curtains because you’ve seen Psycho, but Jason has killed people sitting in porta-potties. There literally is not a death I can think of more embarrassing than being killed sitting on a porta-pottie. Use the buddy system EVERYWHERE! Never stand in front of a window. For some reason killers always lunge at their victims through windows.

Strangely, the audience somehow does not suspect it and jumps. Even stranger, the vic-

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By Carles Lopez Campus Correspondent

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Students gathered at the Rainbow Center Saturday afternoon to watch “RENT” and discuss sexuality issues raised in the film.

By Katie McWilliams Senior Staff Writer The sounds of Broadway and the strife of the ABC Village took over the Rainbow Center on Saturday afternoon, as they screened the popular musical “RENT.” Rainbow Cinema, hosted every Saturday, presents a film depiction of LGBTQIA issues and invites viewers to participate in a discussion about the portrayal of the issues and the culture around the identities. Previous selections have included “Billy Elliot” and “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”

This week’s selection focused on a broad range of LGBTQIA issues, including homosexual relationships, transgender characters and heterosexual relations. The overarching theme of the film was each character’s struggle with HIV/AIDs, whether directly or indirectly, and the struggle of aspiring artists in New York City during the late 1980s and early 90s.

In a time when New York City was known for high crime rates, litter and high drug abuse rates, the main characters confront love, death and friendship.

The film depicted the many ways HIV/AIDs can be transmitted. Some characters contracted it through drug abuse and others through intercourse. The diversity in the contraction methods was realistic and a nice change from the mainstream media’s por-

trayal of HIV/AIDs as a homosexual man’s disease.

Even the characters who didn’t have HIV/AIDs were affected, a realistic depiction in and of itself.

“RENT” also demonstrated how difficult it is to accomplish the American Dream of working your way up from the bottom. The struggle of making a living in the city that never sleeps was not solely confined to the late 1980s, as many young people still struggle to make ends meet in the city today.

The film also discussed sexuality, but in very fluid terms. Angel, a transgender female, is so comfortable with her identity, something that is rarely portrayed by the media. Furthermore, her acceptance by her male partner and her friends is so easy and no mention of her sexuality is made until the end, when another character is confused as to whether or not he should address her as a “he” or a “she.”

“I don’t think the concept of transgender was even discussed,” said host Chris Richards.

Richards, a 7th semester cognitive science major, also mentioned that an important part of the film was the audience’s ability to “witness how it affects family and friends.”

The film series aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment to have an active conversation about LGBTQIA representation in film, while also having fun.

AZA! used a mixture of drums, dancing, comedy and music to teach about African Cultural Arts hilarious and electrifying experience recommendable for everyone.

Everyone who participated in the event was smiling and the show engaged spectators.

The show included people from many departments at UConn. There were dance and music majors from the School of Fine Arts, UConn’s Women’s Choir and even members of the audience got involved. The directors of the show were Ohio State University professors Paschal Yao Younge and Zemlma Badu-Younge.

Younge directed the music aspect of the show, teaching his students about the powerful African beats, while BaduYounge directed the choreography. Surprisingly, the two directors did not only instruct and direct the show, they also took an active part in it. They played the drums and literally

danced their hats off as BaduYounge danced with such intensity; her hat flew out of her hair.

Each dance and song was completely different and the performers kept a smile on throughout the show. One of the more amazing dances, “Sanga,” comes from Northern Ghana and represents the struggles of men trying to chase women. This dance showed the male dancers following the female dancers like hunters. However, the males ended up only being teased, leaving them distressed and crying on the floor. The typical African dancing was mixed with a lot of jumping and shaking and a more modern style with was similar to krumping. After such intense drumming from the Earthtones Vocal Ensemble, the UConn Women’s Choir gave the audience time to relax with a mellow lullaby called Tutu Gbovi (“Baby Don’t Cry”).

Probably the most surprising aspect of the whole spectacle was the small time lapse in

which the students had to learn and practice all the dances.

CC Ciaudelli, a 3rd-semester accounting major, explained to me that they learned the whole thing in six weeks. The first five weeks they only practiced once a week for three hours, and then they practiced every day during the last week of rehearsals.

Brid Grant, the dean of the School of Fine Arts was pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the whole show and was proud that the students were able to get everything together in such a small window of time, and noticed how every single member of the show enjoyed themselves while doing it.

The show AZA! was a culturally fulfilling spectacle, which taught audience members about Africa in an unconventional sense.

“We teach about Africa through the Arts, that is all we want,” Badu-Younge said.

Carles.Lopez@UConn.edu

Avoid obvious danger situations

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tim hiding from the killer is standing in front of a window. Also, if you and your friends start to have strange nightmares where the same killer is stalking you, don’t go to sleep. What you need to do is call up Leonardo DiCaprio and get him to do some inception stuff to get this guy out of your head. Except his dead wife may make matters worse so you might want to call up Joseph Gordon-Levitt instead.

All in all, the key to surviving a horror movie is to be smart, avoid danger and be creative because the killer always will. As the movie progresses the deaths will also get more creative, so you need to be as well. The odds are against you, but you can survive if you are smart mainly because chances are everyone else will be stupid.

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

Shutdown coverage benefits cable news networks

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All natural peanut butter to come

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are used today.

However, as the Manager of Culinary Development, Robert Landolphi, said the evolution of dining hall food has not stopped. “We are always looking to change products to a cleaner label and something that would lessen our carbon foot print.” In fact, Landolphi and White are currently attempting to use the buying power of UConn to convince peanut butter companies to manufacture an all-natural, nonstir peanut butter in an individually packaged form. They are hoping that UConn will soon

become the first university to offer all natural peanut butter to its students in an individually packaged form.

Whether you are a vegetarian, a student with an allergy or really just love a certain food, like peanut butter, White and Landolphi stress that “communication is key.” They want students to give them feedback on what is provided in the dining halls so that the eating experience of every student can be made healthier, safer, and more enjoyable.

Julia.Werth@UConn.edu

Mystic Aquarium amuses runners from STUDENTS, page 5 exceptionally flat. I had to dart around a couple youngsters in penguin costumes, but how many people can say they’ve done that?” exclaims Shannon Nardi, a 3rd semester ecology and evolutionary biology major.

Following the race and ceremonies, all race participants gained free admission to the aquarium.

“I loved the aquarium, I was

actually really surprised because I’m from Boston so I didn’t think it would compare, but the aquarium was so fun, I loved the seals!” says Marcela Trocha, a 3rd semester physiology and neurobiology major.

Inside the aquarium, the penguin activities did not stop. At 12:30 the birds raced one another in the Roger Tory Peterson Exhibit, followed by their feeding and an enrichment swim.

These elegant animals were comfortable with their trainers but visitors were warned that the birds tend to bite. Keep an eye out for the 8th Annual Run / Walk for the Penguins, coming next October. Until then, consider adopting a penguin of your own or making a donation at www.sanccob.co.za.

Emily.Lewson@UConn.edu

Carol Burnett receives top US humor prize in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Carol Burnett launched her namesake variety show in the 1960s, one TV executive told her the genre was “a man’s game.” She proved him wrong with an 11-year run that averaged 30 million viewers each week.

On Sunday, the trailblazing comedienne will receive the nation’s top humor prize at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Top entertainers including Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will pay tribute to Burnett as she receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The show will be taped and broadcast Nov. 24 on PBS stations.

In an interview, Burnett said she was drawn to comedy after realizing how it felt to make people laugh. She went to UCLA with plans to become a journalist, but she took an acting course that put her on stage in front of classmates.

“I played a hillbilly woman, and coming from Texas ... it was real easy for me,” she said. “I just made my entrance, and I said, ‘I’m Baaack.’

Then they exploded.”

“I thought whoa! This feels good,” Burnett said. “I’d never been that popular in school. ...

All of a sudden, it just opened up to me.”

Few women were doing comedy when Burnett set her sights on New York. She caught a break when she was spotted by talent bookers from TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” and was invited to perform her rendition of “I Made a Fool of Myself over John Foster Dulles.”

Almost immediately, Burnett transformed Dulles, the former secretary of state, “from a Presbyterian bureaucrat into a smoking hot sex symbol,” said Cappy McGarr, the co-creator of the Mark Twain Prize. “She sang that she was ‘simply on fire with desire’ and that was really her big break.”

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CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC saw their viewership increase during the 16-day partial shutdown, peaking at more than five million Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, 2013, when Congress passed a compromise bill to put the government back online.

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government shutdown damaged the reputations of Washington politicians but proved good business for the cable television news networks — and taught some reporters new benefits of virtually instant communications.

CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC saw their viewership increase during the 16-day partial shutdown, peaking at more than five million Wednesday evening when Congress passed a compromise bill to put the government back online.

“It was a drama,” said CNN congressional correspondent Dana Bash, who logged many hours of airtime along with Kelly O’Donnell of NBC News and Mike Emanuel of Fox. “Whenever there’s a drama, people are interested.”

MSNBC, which has struggled in this post-election year, saw its average prime-time viewership jump 35 percent to 978,000 this month through Wednesday, compared to the first nine months of the year, the Nielsen company said. Fox, which chose not to make any of its reporters available for this story, was up 9 percent to 2.22 million in the same period (although the network also benefited from a prime-time schedule change this month). CNN improved by 11 percent to 721,000.

The news networks brought their traditional hallmarks of crisis coverage to the political

machinations, including “countdown clocks” that marked each second closer to a debt limit deadline. The story meant brutal hours: O’Donnell, who filed for MSNBC, CNBC and NBC News, was at work past 3 a.m.

Eastern the first night of the shutdown, then back at 6 a.m. for “Morning Joe.” There were many strong points to the coverage, particularly when reporters didn’t fall back on cliches like declaring winners and losers for an event that did few people proud, said Jane Hall, a journalism professor at American University.

“It certainly gave voice to the American people disgusted over this and there were a number of good stories about the impact of the shutdown on government workers,” Hall said.

Social media was a big help, O’Donnell said. She would hear from people outside the Capitol cocoon through Twitter and email, with many raising questions she used in her reporting. She was asked how the shutdown would affect Social Security or back pay for government workers. NBC used a “dearcongress” hashtag on Twitter to encourage questions.

Sometimes the concerns were very specific, like when shrimp fishermen asked about access to launches on federal land, which she took to an individual congressman in the affected area.

“That was a real-time experience of the shutdown that did not compare to anything in a crisis that we had covered before,” O’Donnell said.

In the past, Bash said she’d often need to plead with producers for time off the air to report.

In this case, it wasn’t really necessary: Her sources would text, tweet or email information while she was on the air. When President Barack Obama spoke to the nation on Thursday, Bash had instant reaction from several Republicans minutes after he left the podium.

When Republicans and Democrats weren’t talking to each other, Bash found that they would talk through her.

“I’ll report something or I’ll tweet something and I’ll get a call from a source pushing back or trying to shape it — not because it’s a message to the world, but because it’s a message to the other side,” she said.

Bash would set up live shots in the hallway between Speaker John Boehner’s office and the floor of the House of Representatives, a passageway teeming with sources.

Even though TV reporters love few things more than airtime, by the end even that was wearing off.

“There’s always a rush in covering a big story,” Bash said.

“But at a certain point, you want your government to work a little better, regardless of what you do for a living.”

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UCONN CLASSICS: THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 7: THE MID-TERM BURN. STARRING JONATHAN THE HUSKY AND PRESIDENT HERBST.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- It's Mercury retrograde Monday. Brace yourself for the unexpected. Communications and transportation may break down. Flexibility serves you well. Think fast and back up vital info. Spark imagination and creativity.

You get a great story to tell.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- There may be setbacks and resistance, but at the end it's all worth it. This week is especially good for attracting money. Sign contracts only after thorough review. It's better to be sure than sorry. Consult a respected friend.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Watch out for confusion at home over the next three weeks. You're eager to go. Get farther by staying put. Complete a domestic project. Have back up plans for all essential operations.

Leave extra leeway.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Review recreational plans and refurbish necessary equipment. Revise and refine. Finish up old projects. Costs appear prohibitive at this point. Don't venture far. Find fun close to home.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- There's more analysis required. Practice obedience, and get much stronger. You're attracting the attention of an important person.

Be careful not to rock the boat.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You're entering a house cleaning phase. Keep tight track of your money. New opportunities present themselves with new research. Keep working! Postpone a romantic interlude until the job's complete. Make plans and even reservations. A flexible schedule suits.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Review recent personal decisions. Get into negotiations. Run a reality check. It could get awkward. Make repairs right away. The more careful you are with the details, the better you look.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Settle in and develop plans. Join forces with a master of surprises. Keep it practical.

Travel beckons but take care. Wait to take action on your dreams. Spend time growing a partnership.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Travel could get confusing. Review the data to find the truth. Keep it updated and backed up. Gain deeper insight with patient listening.

Go ahead and wax enthusiastic. Wait to see what develops.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -Carefully review your savings plan and develop team goals. Tend the fire, and manage chores and responsibilities. Imagine a path into a brighter future. Regroup and go again. Just show up. Eat healthy food.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 5 -Reorganize a kitchen drawer. Keep equipment in repair, as you study unfamiliar territory. Stay close to home as much as possible. This saves time and money. Conference calls and chats keep you connected.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Secure what you've achieved, and complete household projects. Clarify issues first. Consider an outsider's objections. Discuss what should be done first. Do what's best for all. Ignore distractions. Work towards a vision.

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Ribeiro's brace can't stop Senior Day blues

By Kyle Constable Staff Writer

Sophomore forward Stephanie Ribeiro scored twice in Sunday afternoon’s 3-2 loss against Louisville on Senior Day in Storrs.

Ribeiro scores again Ribeiro has been unstoppable in the Huskies’ last four games, scoring five goals over the span, including the game winner against Cincinnati in overtime.

Her first goal came in the 36th minute, with UConn down 1-0. The goal tied up the game, shifting the momentum in the Huskies’ favor. Her second goal came in the 51st minute, giving UConn the lead.

While they could not hold the 2-1 lead, Ribeiro’s two

goals ultimately proved pivotal in keeping the Huskies in the game. “(I’m) just doing more with the ball, taking care of it, putting it in the net,” Ribeiro said.

Tsantiris said Ribeiro is a good player who “finishes well,” adding that she takes advantage of openings made by other offensive players.

Seniors recognized Prior to the game, seniors Jennifer Skogerboe and Devin Prendergast were recognized for their four years of contributions to the UConn women’s soccer team.

Skogerboe, one of the team’s co-captains and a midfielder, scored her first goal of the season on Oct. 11 against Temple.

She has seven career goals and three career assists in 5,387 minutes of play.

Prendergast, a defender, has been an integral part of the Huskies’ stifling defense this season. In addition to her defensive efforts, she has amassed six goals and one assist in her 4,767 career minutes with UConn.

During their time at UConn, the two have competed in one NCAA tournament, two Big East tournaments and more than 65 games each.

First regular season loss against Louisville UConn fell to Louisville for the first time ever Sunday, after previously compiling 2-0-2 record against the Cardinals.

The Huskies first faced Louisville in 2005, winning in a 2-1 victory at Morrone Stadium. Before Sunday’s matchup, the last game

between the two resulted in a 2-2 tie in Storrs in 2011.

“We always have close games with them,” Coach Len Tsantiris said before the matchup. “Last time we played here, it was 2-2. But, (Louisville is) a very good team, so we gotta have our energy.”

First 10-win season since 2010 Despite the loss Sunday, UConn’s win on Thursday gave the Huskies their first 10-win season since 2010, when the Huskies last played in the NCAA tournament.

With two games remaining on the schedule – both of which are on the road ¬– the Huskies will have to win at least one of the them to ensure a strong seeding in conference play to ideally return to the NCAA tournament this sea-

son.

“We’ve gotta win,” Tsantiris said about continuing the team’s success down the stretch. “We can’t depend on

what the other teams do. I mean, we’ve gotta win.”

needed to win the AL pennant for the third time in 10 years.

After converting 21 of 24 save opportunities in the regular season with a 1.09 ERA, he is five of five while allowing one run in nine innings in the playoffs.

And he's not done yet.

The World Series starts in Boston on Wednesday, when the Red Sox will play the St. Louis Cardinals in a rematch of the 1946, 1967 and 2004 Series. Uehara is a big reason why, anchoring a bullpen that allowed the Tigers just one run in 21 innings of relief.

"I think coming to the postseason, there were a lot of questions circling around our guys to bridge it to Koji," said Red Sox manager John Farrell, praising setup men Junichi Tazawa and Craig Breslow, who along with Brandon Workman pitched four scoreless innings after the Red Sox fell behind 2-1. "They couldn't have pitched anymore consistently, more effectively."

Since giving up a gameending homer to Tampa Bay's Jose Lobaton in Game 3 of the division series, Uehara has allowed zero runs, four hits and no walks in 7 1-3 innings. He pitched a perfect ninth in the Game 2 victory over the Tigers, got four outs for the save in the

third game, retired five in a row in Game 5 and closed out the series with another scoreless inning.

That's why he was leaping into catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia's arms after striking out Jose Iglesias to clinch the trip to the Series and draped in an AL championship flag on the stand wheeled onto the infield for the trophy presentation.

"I was reading a lot of the articles today about when they signed him, they probably in their own mind didn't anticipate this was going to happen," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said before the finale. "But sometimes it does. And they caught lightning in a bottle.

He's been absolutely terrific, there's no question about that.

And obviously his significance right now is probably as important as anybody they've got on their team."

Uehara had a 1.75 ERA in 37 relief appearances for the Rangers last year, holding batters to a .160 average. The Red Sox signed him at the winter meetings to a deal that guaranteed him $4.25 million. He he's earned another $800,000 bonuses and finished enough games to guarantee a 2014 salary of $5 million.

"It was more of how the team

wanted me, their passion to acquire me and the sincerity," Uehara said after collecting his ALCS MVP trophy. "I felt honored to play for this team."

But no one expected him to be the closer.

Three weeks after signing Uehara, the Red Sox acquired Hanrahan. But he only lasted until the first week in May before needing season-ending elbow surgery. Bailey, who missed most of last season following thumb surgery, gave closing a shot but was ineffective before giving way to Uehara and then shutting it down around the All-Star break.

Although Farrell conceded Uehara was promoted out of necessity, it's not like the team didn't see the potential from the start.

"We knew he was going to be a key contributor toward the back end of the bullpen," Farrell said last week. "His track record indicates that. ...

And I keep going back to the fact that he's not doing something this year that is so out of the norm for him. He's been a very successful pitcher, whether it's been in Japan or here.

But the fact he's the closer here, he's gained the notoriety that he deserves."

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UConn sophomore midfielder Stephanie Ribeiro scored two goals on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to Louisville at Morrone Stadium. Ribeiro now has five goals in UConn's last four matches.

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ALCS MVP Uehara the last-choice closer for Red Sox

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Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia celebrate the Red Sox 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Uehara was named ALCS MVP as the Red Sox advance to their 12th World Series.

BOSTON (AP) — Koji Uehara wasn't Boston's first choice to be closer this season.

Or the second.

The 38-year-old right-hander got the job after neither Joel Hanrahan nor Andrew Bailey lasted as closer. Uehara was

setting up for them before he inherited the ninth-inning role in late June, and by October he was the AL championship series MVP. "All I can say that I'm extremely, extremely happy right now," he said after the

Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 in Game 6 of the ALCS on Saturday night to advance to the World Series.

Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth in the clincher, giving him three saves and a victory in the four wins Boston

(AP) – Alabama and Florida State hold the top two spots in the first BCS standings of the season. Oregon was a close third behind secondplace Florida State.

The Seminoles (.9348 BCS average) are coming off their biggest win of the season, a 51-14 victory at previously unbeaten Clemson.

The Ducks (.9320) have only played one team that was ranked at the time, but could get a boost in the next two weeks with games against UCLA and at Stanford.

Ohio State is a more distant fourth, followed by Missouri in the standings released Sunday night.

The top two teams in the final standings after the end of the regular season play in the Rose Bowl for the national title in January.

Alabama is a comfortable

No. 1 on the strength of being top-ranked by a wide margin in both the USA Today coaches' poll and Harris poll. The two-time defending champion Crimson Tide is second in the computer ratings.

If the Tide can stay unbeaten, it should reach the BCS championship game for the third straight year and for the fourth time in five seasons.

The polls count for twothirds of a BCS grade.

Florida State is No. 1 in the computer ratings and third in each poll. Oregon is second in the polls and fourth in the computers.

The race between the Ducks and Florida State is shaping up to be a close one if both keep winning. The Seminoles still must play unbeaten Miami, rival Florida and potentially in the ACC championship game, which could be a

rematch with Miami or maybe a game against Virginia Tech (6-1).

In addition to Oregon's next two tough games, the Ducks play Oregon State and potentially the Pac-12 title game against perhaps UCLA or Arizona State.

Ohio State is probably relegated to hoping for the teams in front of it to fall. The Big Ten is not affording the Buckeyes many opportunities for resume-boosting victories.

Stanford was sixth and Miami seventh. Unbeaten Baylor starts the BCS race eighth.

Only twice since the BCS started in 1998 have the top two teams in the first standings played in the title game.

The BCS is in its final season. It will be replaced by a four-team playoff next season.

Unbeaten Alabama, Florida State top first BCS standings in 2013

Women's XC places 35th at Wisconsin Adidas Invite

By Eddie Leonard Campus Correspondent The UConn’s women cross country team competed in the 5th annual Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Saturday.

Arizona grabbed first place in the Invite with 117 points.

UConn placed 35th out of the 37 competing teams.

Brigitte Mania stepped up for Connecticut when she crossed the finish line with a

time of 21:03. Emily Durgin finished closely behind Mania with a time of 21:23.

The last member of UConn’s top three to finish was Abby Mace, who clocked in at 21:46.

UConn is a young team consisting of many sophomores.

Coach Amy Yoder Begley said, “I thought the team showed its young age during the race. Brigitte is one of the only runners that has had

the experience of running a 6k. She ran exactly like she was supposed to do. She had a strong start, she had a great finish, and was incredibly strong during the race.”

The Huskies will not race this Friday at the CCSU Mini Meet in New Britain, Conn.

Instead they will be preparing for the American Athletic Conference league championships on Nov. 2.

transfer from the University of Minnesota, with 832. He finished first in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.01.

Impressive performances also came from two underclassmen, freshman Christopher Girg and sophomore Jeffrey Magin. Girg finished first in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 1:53.74, earning 720 points, second to Samuels’ 832. Magin finished first in both the 100 and 200 meter backstroke events, with

times of 51.61 and 1:54.48, respectively.

UConn senior players also had good showing. Keith Piper, who finished first in the 100 meter freestyle in 47.08, and Asher Garcia, who finished first in the 100 meter butterfly in 51.93.

The team will host Army at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m.

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Men's swimming and diving holds intersquad meet

By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s swimming and diving team competed this past Saturday in an intrasquad meet at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium, a week ahead of the UConn men’s swimming and diving team’s next meet against Army.

Garnering the most points was junior Felix Samuels, a

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AP

Freshman sensation Jameis Winston has Florida State thinking about a national championship after a win over Clemson on Saturday.

Volleyball drops two matches on road trip

By Ryan Tolmich Campus Correspondent

The UConn volleyball team fell to 1-6 in American Athletic Confrence play, as a pair of losses over the weekend derailed the Huskies momentum.

The Huskies, who were coming off of two consecutive victories, dropped contests at Temple and Memphis by scores of 3-0 and 3-2 respectively.

UConn’s first matchup of the weekend came against Temple, who found themselves second in the AAC standings at 6-1.

The Huskies couldn’t recover

from a sluggish start, as UConn dropped the opening set 12-25 before dropping the next two 21-25 and 25-27.

UConn were led by Immanuella Anagu in the loss, as the sophomore recorded 10 kills, while Marissa Prinzbach posted a double-double with 28 assists to go with 11 digs The Huskies second contest of the weekend was a heartbreaker, as UConn dropped a five-setter at Memphis.

UConn fell behind 2-0 early, but was able to rally to force a fifth set.

However, it was not to be for the Huskies, as the Tigers were able to

hold off the Husky rally by taking the fifth set by a score of 15-11.

The Huskies were led by Madeline Kuppe, who posted 16 kills to go along with the 10 registered by Erika Thomas. Datti was able to contribute a team-high 20 digs for UConn, while Sage Esposito ended the contest with 16 of her own.

The Huskies look to rebound from the losses this weekend, as home matchups with winless Cincinnati and conference leaders Louisville are on the horizon.

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bats work extra hard against their superior pitching staff.

If it wasn’t for some late game heroics from Ortiz and Victorino during the course of the series, who knows what could have happened.

Fortunately for Red Sox fans in Boston and around New England, hypotheticals are a moot point. October baseball is back in Boston and it could not have come at

a better time. Just six months ago the city was reeling from the devastating Boston Marathon bombings, but a lot has changed since then.

Just like the city, this Red Sox team showed character, resiliency and came to epitomize the meaning of “Boston Strong.” Just like Victorino’s walk-up music says “Don’t worry about a thing, because every little thing is going to be alright.”

All is well at “Friendly

Fenway” this year and this World Series will be one hell of a ride. Regardless of the result of the World Series, Boston fans can hang their hats on one thing. This team never gave up on their fans, their city or each other.

Game 1 on Wednesday cannot come soon enough.

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Nov. 8 Louisville 8:30 p.m.

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This will be the fourth time the Red Sox and Cardinals play in the World Series. St. Louis won in 1946 and 1967. Boston won in 2004.

Nov. 16 SMU TBA

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» That’s what he said -Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino on playing in Boston during the 2013 season

Nov. 23 Temple TBA

Nov. 30 Rutgers TBA

UConn beats Georgetown, falls to American

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To lift a city with a swing

Men’s Soccer (6-2-5) Oct. 26 Cincinnati 7 p.m.

Oct. 22 Yale 7 p.m.

Stats of the day

“Just listen to the crowd. The one thing I came here to do is to be a part of this city. With all we went through as a city, there’s definitely a bond.”

Away game

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Nov. 2 SMU 7 p.m.

Women’s Soccer (10-7-0) Oct. 24 Rutgers 7 p.m.

Oct. 27 Memphis 7 p.m.

Field Hockey (13-2) Oct. 23 Old Dominion Noon

Oct. 26 North Carolina 1 p.m.

Nov. 2 Temple Noon

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Oct. 25 Cincinnati 7 p.m.

Oct. 27 Louisville 1 p.m.

Nov. 1 Houston 8 p.m.

Nov. 3 Yale 2 p.m.

Nov. 3 SMU 2 p.m.

Nov. 8 USF 7 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (1-4-0) Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Rensselear Rensselear 2 p.m.

2 p.m.

Nov. 1 Vermont 2 p.m.

Nov. 3 Maine 2 p.m.

Nov. 6 BU 7 p.m.

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Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino and Red Sox fans celebrate Victorino’s game-winning grand slam Saturday against the Tigers in Game 6 of the ALCS. Boston beat Detroit 5-2 to clinch its 13th American League pennant.

Men’s Hockey (0-2-0) Nov. 2 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Sacred Union Army Heart 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

7:05 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Nov. 4 Oct. 30 Southern CT Concordia 7 p.m.

7 p.m.

Nov. 8 Maryland 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 15 Nov. 12 Holy Cross Bentley 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 11 Yale 3 p.m.

Nov. 14 Detroit 7 p.m.

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The No. 2 UConn field hockey team (13-2) split a pair of road games in Washington, D.C. this weekend, defeating Big East rival Georgetown 5-0 Friday afternoon before falling to American 4-3 on Sunday.

The Huskies put on an offensive clinic against Georgetown (2-12), posting 15 shots on goal to the Hoyas’ one. Senior forward Marie Elena Bolles netted her first career hat trick while UConn maintained its undefeated Big East record, cruising to 5-0 in the conference.

Sophomore midfielder Mckenzie Townsend put UConn on the board 18 minutes into the first half, scoring off of her own rebound deep in the Georgetown circle after a save from Hoyas goalkeeper Rasalie Nolen.

Junior forward Anne Jeute added the Huskies’ second goal in the 25th minute, sending home a rebound off of a shot from freshman forward Olivia Bolles to move the score to 2-0.

Bolles’ netted her hat trick in a five-minute span beginning in the 40th minute, with two of the three goals coming off of penalty corners at the 40th and 44th minutes, respectively. Bolles would add the third goal at the 46 minute mark, chipping in a shot off of a cross from Jeute to give UConn the 5-0 lead.

Bolles now trails junior forward Chloe Hunnable by one for the team points lead, which currently stands at 34. Bolles recorded her 100th career point last week in a win over No. 14 Louisville.

Huskies’ goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield coasted to her sixth shutout of the season, making just one save in the game.

UConn took the field against American (10-4) on Sunday, falling to the Eagles 4-3 for their second loss of the season. The Huskies last defeat came on Oct. 6 against No. 9 Boston College in a close overtime game.

The Huskies jumped out to an early lead in the game, as Jeute posted a goal – her eighth of the season – four minutes into the contest off of an assist from Marie Elena Bolles to move the score to 1-0.

After American’s Rebecca Treharne tied the game at 1-1 in the seventh minute, Jeute struck again off of another assist from Bolles in the 28th minute to give the Huskies their second lead of the game.

UConn maintained a 2-1 lead for the first 20 minutes of the second half before American’s Isbel Terwindt chipped in a game-tying goal in the 56th minute. The Eagles added a pair of goals just minutes later in the 57th and 60th minutes to give American a 4-2 lead.

The Huskies tried to mount a late comeback attempt after a 66th minute goal by Hunnable off of an assist by sophomore midfielder Roisin Upton, but American would hold on for the 4-3 victory.

UConn will go on the road again next weekend to take on No. 15 Old Dominion and No. 3 North Carolina.

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Men’s hockey falls to McCombs nonexistent No. 18 Minnesota State in running game in loss

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The UConn men’s ice hockey team dropped a pair of road games against No. 18 Minnesota State this weekend to open its 2013-14 season, falling 2-1 on Friday and 6-1 on Saturday.

The games marked the debut of new UConn head coach Mike Cavanaugh, who took over the team from Bruce Marshall – the all-time winningest coach in program history – who resigned in January 2013.

The Mavericks got on the board first on Friday, netting a powerplay goal with 5:17 left in the first period. Minnesota State would add another goal six minutes into the second period to move the score to 2-0.

Senior forward Jordan Sims scored the Huskies first goal of the season in the third period, sending home a shot off of assists from freshman forward Brett Skibba and junior defenseman Jacob Poe. However, Sims’ goal would prove to be too little too late, as the Mavericks held on to win a close 2-1 game.

UConn netminder Matt Grogan, a senior, made 29 saves on 31 shots for a 0.935 save percentage.

The Huskies’ offense managed just 17 shots in the game and was 0-for-2 on the powerplay.

Junior forward Brad Smith had two penalties on the night, one for tripping and another for slashing, totalling four minutes in the box.

Junior forward Cody Sharib also had a two-minute minor penalty for interference.

UConn returned to the ice against the Mavericks on Saturday night for the second game in the two-game series, but was unable to emerge with a win, falling to Minnesota State 6-1.

Once again it was Sims scoring the Huskies’ lone goal of the night, with the senior chipping in a powerplay score 12 minutes into the first period on assists from Poe and senior forward Billy Latta, moving the score to 2-1.

The game would be all Minnesota State after the first period, with the Mavericks scoring four more times over the second and third periods to solidify the 6-1 victory.

The Mavericks put on an offensive show against the Huskies, posting 48 shots to UConn’s 17, with Grogan able to make 42 saves for a 0.875 save percentage. Each team ended the game with three penalties.

UConn will return to the ice Friday to take on No. 16 Union (1-2-1) in Storrs at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum at 7:05 p.m.

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by Cincinnati’s Devon Drane, who returned the ball 41 yards to the two-yard-line.

Kay did the rest of the work, scoring on a one-yard keeper with 91 seconds to play in the half.

Cincinnati’s defense then forced a punt, and Kay got one more shot at the end zone, hitting Max Morrison on a 32-yard touchdown pass.

Kay would match his career high of four touchdown passes when he hit Anthony McClung for a 28-yard score in the fourth quarter.

The Huskies’ defensive problems were clear throughout the game, but no time more prevelant than when Cincinnati’s wildcat quarterback Jordan Luallen was able to sell that the Bearcats were running a jet sweep, only to lob a 27-yard pass to Moore, who walked into the end zone untouched.

After rushing for a careerhigh 164 yards rushing last week against South Florida, UConn running back Lyle McCombs did very little on Saturday, rushing for 14 yards on nine carries. Max DeLorenzo led the Huskies with 46 yards on six rushes, and the redshirt sophomore

scored UConn’s lone offensive touchdown, a 12-yard run in the third quarter.

UConn’s one defensive highlight on Saturday came with just over six minutes left in the game, when Marquise Vann recovered a fumble and ran it 40 yards to the end zone.

With the 10th meeting between the two schools, Cincinnati now leads the alltime series 8-2.

Still in search of their first win, the Huskies will be down in Orlando next Saturday to take on No. 21 Central Florida. The Knights (5-1, 2-0 the American) are coming off of the biggest win for any AAC team in 2013, a road victory against conferencefavorite and defending Sugar Bowl champion Louisville (6-1, 2-1 the American), ending the Cardinals’ national title aspirations and dropping them from No. 8 to No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll.

Saturday’s game is the American Game of the Week on SNY, meaning it will be broadcast throughout the major markets within the conference.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

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IT HITS THE FAN, AGAIN

UConn comes out flat against Cincinnati, falls to 0-6

Tyler Morrissey Today the crisp New England air feels a lot crispier and the sun is shining a little bit brighter as the Boston Red Sox are returning to the World Series for the first time since 2007.

It’s almost unfathomable the Sox are back in the Fall Classic after last year’s embarrassing display of baseball, but believe it folks the Red Sox are in the World Series.

On Saturday Shane Victorino cemented his name in Boston sports history after his grand slam in the 7th inning catapulted the Sox to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series.

While Boston celebrated on the infield of Fenway their next opponent the St. Louis Cardinals sat waiting.

The Cardinals and the Red Sox are no strangers to each other in October. This will be the 4th time the two teams will meet in World Series.

First there was 1946 when the four teammates Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr were in the World Series together for the first and only time. In 1967 the Sox and Cards met again in what’s remembered as the “Impossible Dream” dream season and also the beginning of Red Sox Nation. We all know what happened in 2004. The Red Sox defeated the Cardinals to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

It was also in 2004 that a famous sports writer and former Daily Campus employee, Leigh Montville wrote a book entitled, “Why Not Us?: The 86-year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans From Unparalleled Suffering To The Promised Land Of the 2004 World Series.”

Montville’s book chronicles what it was like to be a Red Sox fan in New England during the dark ages of Boston’s title drought.

One day Montville returned to his home town of New Haven, which is about 20 minutes from my own hometown. At a book signing Montville wrote a personal inscription on the second page of my copy of “Why not us?”

“Tyler, may all of this happen again and again to the Red Sox. Best, Leigh Montville.”

Two years later the Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies to win their second World Series in just three years. I have thought about the inscription in my book ever since 2007. Did Montville have an idea the Sox would win it all again?

Probably not. However part of me still wants to believe the Red Sox are guaranteed to have another duck boat parade in my lifetime.

What better time than now.

With their bearded faces and cavalier attitude, this team echoes many of the same characteristics of the self-proclaimed “idiots” in 2004. With the exception of David Ortiz, the names and faces are different, but the feeling is just the same.

When any team in any sport has the chemistry like this group of guys does it shows on the field.

The road to a World Series title has not been an easy one. The Red Sox made light work of Tampa, but the Tigers made Boston’s

» MORRISSEY, page 10

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor

It is not a homecoming that T.J. Weist will want to remember.

Weist, who left Cincinnati for UConn this past offseason, and the UConn football team dropped to 0-6 for the first time since 1978 with a 41-16 loss to the Bearcats at Nippert Stadium on Saturday.

The Huskies (0-6, 0-2 the American) continue to inch closer to the 1978 team’s 0-8 start, the worst start to a season in UConn football history.

In his second career start, freshman Tim Boyle threw for 300 yards, completing 17 of 24 passes, but threw three interceptions and still does not have a touchdown.

It did not take long for Cincinnati to get on the board.

Less than three minutes into the first quarter, Bearcats quarterback Brendon Kay connected with Chris Moore for an eightyard score.

UConn had a chance to tie the game in the first quarter, but after getting the ball inside the five-yard line, left tackle Jimmy Bennett was flagged for a false start, and the Huskies were only able to kick a field goal.

The second quarter was all Bearcats.

There was panic for Cincinnati early in the quarter, when Kay hit his wrist on a teammate’s helmet following through on a pass. It was eventually diagnosed as a sprained wrist, but on the very next play, Kay hit tight end Blake Annen in stride for a 41-yard touchdown reception.

Trying to gain some momentum near the end of the half, Boyle and the Huskies began moving the ball effectively down the field. But Boyle was intercepted

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UConn freshman quarterback Tim Boyle looks to throw under pressure against South Florida on Oct. 12 against South Florida. Boyle threw for 300 yards on 17 of 24 passing while being picked off three times against Cincinnati on Saturday. The Huskies dropped to 0-6 with a 41-16 loss.

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Huskies fight back twice to draw No. 7 Louisville

By Mike Corasaniti Senior Staff Writer

The UConn men’s soccer team drew No. 7 Louisville to a 2-2 draw on the road Saturday evening in the two team’s first and last regular season conference match.

The Huskies (6-2-5, 2-0-4 The American) overcame a 2-1 second half deficit with goals from Edir DaGraca and Cyle Larin.

UConn has now not lost a match since a Sept. 17 at Syracuse when the Orange took down the thenNo. 12 Huskies 1-0.

The Cardinals (9-2-2, 4-0-1 The American) have not lost since a Sept. 13 home loss to UC Irvine entering their match with UConn undefeat-

ed in conference play.

The Cardinals struck first in the match Tuesday night when forward Zack Foxhoven broke through just after the first 30 minutes of play. The goal, Foxhoven’s first of the season, was the first goal scored on the UConn defense since a 2-2 draw at home against UCF. The Huskies drew even with the Cardinals just after

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a minute in the second half when sophomore Nicholas Zuniga assisted DaGraca’s for the UConn’s first score of the game. The Cardinals went right back ahead though less than ten minutes

later when Louisville’s Ivan Gutierrez scored his sixth goal of the season.

UConn drew even for the second and final time when the freshmen Larin found the back of the net on a ball set up by Adria Beso.

The Huskies held on to the draw for remainder of the match and two overtime periods. UConn had multiple opportunities to take advantage in overtime from Allando Matheson and Jacob Nerwinski, but was not able to overcome the draw.

UConn will return to action tomorrow night on the road against the Yale Bulldogs.

The last out-of-conference road match for the Huskies will kick off at 7 p.m.

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UConn freshman forward Cyle Larin fights his way past a Columbia defender on Tuesday against Columbia. Larin scored an equalizer for UConn in a 2-2 draw against Louisville.

UConn falls to Louisville despite Ribeiro’s brace

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor

Stephanie Ribeiro can’t stop scoring.

But despite Ribeiro’s two goals on Sunday, her fourth and fifth in four games, the UConn women’s soccer team walked out of its final game at Morrone Stadium this season on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline against Louisville.

The Cardinals (11-4-1, 7-1-0 American Athletic Conference) now have 21 out of 24 possible points in AAC play in 2013.

UConn (10-7, 4-3-0 the American) remains on 12 points, sitting in fifth place in the conference.

The Cardinals took the lead in the 18th minute, when junior Erin Yenney fired a shot from 25 yards away that was placed perfectly to prevent a save from Armstrong.

But Louisville got careless with the ball and it almost cost them in the 31st minute. Sam McGuire

stole the ball just outside the box and fired a shot immediately.

Her effort beat goalkeeper Paige Brown, but trickled just wide of the left post.

Ribeiro put the two sides back at level pecking five minutes later.

Senior captain Jennifer Skogerboe was unable to put her shot on target, but Rachel Hill settled the ball on the touchline and found the Pawtucket, R.I. native wide open for a first-time finish that nestled into the net over Brown, who was stood frozen on her line.

Ten minutes into the second half, Ribeiro found the net again.

Rachel Hill won the ball outside the box and was able to pull Brown off her line before making a pass back to the middle for Ribeiro, who fired into the open net.

“She’s a good player,” UConn coach Len Tsantiris said of Ribeiro. “She finishes well.”

UConn nearly doubled its

advantage two minutes later, but McGuire’s through ball to Hill took a menacing bounce right in front of the freshman, landing in Brown’s arm.

Louisville equalized against the run of play just before the hour mark when Christine Exeter scored her eighth goal of the season. Exeter got on the end of a long ball and pulled Armstrong off her line, allowing the senior Canadian to tuck the ball calmly into the right corner.

The game went back and forth after that, but with just over six minutes to play, Charlyn Corral, the American’s leading scorer, found the post to be in her favor, beating Armstrong with her shot before it kissed off the woodwork and into the net for her 13th goal of 2013.

UConn now has two games remaining in the regular season, both on the road next weekend at Rutgers Thursday and on Sunday

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UConn sophomore midfielder Stephanie Ribeiro takes on a Louisville defender during the Huskies’ 3-2 loss to the Cardinals Sunday at Morrone Stadium. Ribeiro had two goals.

at Memphis. With both UConn and Rutgers competing for a home game in the AAC Tournament, the Huskies will need to overcome their 1-3-0 record in away matches this season.

“We have to win,” Tsantiris said. “We can’t depend on what the other teams do. We’ve got to win.”

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu