The Daily Campus: October 5, 2012

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Guard Dogs plan to separate from USG

By Katherine Tibedo Senior Staff Writer

SURPRISINGLY MODERN BLUEGRASS BAND HITS JORGENSEN Punch Brothers rock a full house.

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IT’S JUST A JERSEY THING UConn heads to New Jersey to face Rutgers.

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Guard Dogs is beginning the long process of becoming an independent Tier III organization separate from USG, according to Guard Dogs Executive Director Adam Batholomeo.

Currently Guard Dogs operates as a program within USG, meaning they fall under USG jurisdiction and work closely with the organization. However, members of Guard Dogs do not have to be members of USG. The advantage to this set-up, according to Batholemeo, is that Guard Dogs does not have to apply for funding, but rather is allocated a certain amount of USG’s total budget next semester, an average of $40,000 a semester.

“Funding is the primary relationship,” said Bartholomeo.

“We operate 100 percent independently otherwise.”

Around two-thirds of that $40,000 goes to rental, insurance and fueling costs for the cars used to provide free rides to students Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The rest goes toward operational and membership cost and promotion.

How to maintain that level of funding is a main point of dis-

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The Guard Dogs student organization pictured above holding a meeting on Jan. 22, 2011. Guard Dogs are now planning to separate from USG to become an independent Tier III organization.

cussion as Guard Dogs moves to become completely independent of USG. While there has been some discussion of Guard Dogs petitioning for its own fee, other options are also being discussed, said Bartholomeo, especially given that the USG fee increase from $45 is set to go into effect next year.

“I want to make sure that the option that we go with is going to benefit the students, because ultimately it’s all for them,” said Bartholomeo.

Also in the works is a move to purchase vehicles for Guard Dogs’ use rather than renting cars every weekend.

Bartholomeo explained that

Graduate student enrollment numbers are falling in the United States.

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Undergraduate students pay $87 each in support of these organizations, according to the Bursar’s Office. With over 17,000 undergraduate students, that amounts to potentially over $1.5 million, although an exact number was not available from the Bursar’s Office.

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meaning that the restaurant could potentially open sometime in January 2013.

A visual and performing arts group is currently interested in leasing part of the Storrs Center complex, but will be performing and setting up exhibits without an actual indoor space in the meantime.

Another area of focus at the meeting was the complex at 1 Royce Circle, which is located in front of the newlyconstructed parking garage.

Royce Circle is currently being leased to several different parties, with about 75 percent of the complex leased overall, according to Kaufman.

The UConn Co-op Bookstore is currently committed to a lease in Royce Circle, and has received permission from UConn Dining Services to serve Dairy Bar ice cream in the store.

Once the Co-op moves in, UConn’s Ballard Puppetry Museum will be relocated to a small performance and exhibit space within the new bookstore location.

Urgent medical care offices will also be opening up in the Royce Circle space. These offices will most likely offer walk-in services to patients.

Offices of other medical specialists, as well as a dentist, will also be opening up in the complex.

According to Kaufman, these medical offices will serve an estimated 100,000

Lecturer speaks on Mansfield Town Council whether civilization is discusses Storrs Center worth the cost complex schedule

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owning cars could be less expensive in the long run. The money for the cars comes from a USG saving initiative in progress this year.

Tier III organizations are defined by the University as supported by student fees.

Currently there are nine Tier III organizations on campus.

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George Woodwell gives his Teale lecture, entitled “Civilization: Is it Worth the Cost?” on Thursday, Oct. 4 at the Dodd Center.

By Chris Kelly Campus Correspondent “Our world is really in trouble, our view isn’t working and we need a new view.”

That was the premise of George Woodwell’s lecture Thursday night as part of the Teale Lecture Series, entitled “Civilization: Is it Worth the Cost?”

Woodwell is the founder and Director Emeritus of the Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Mass., a facility focused on environmental issues such as climate change.

They operate projects around the world in conjunction with governments and other organizations.

Appropriate for the election season, the premise of Woodwell’s lecture was that in order to change “our view,” we need to change our government. Woodwell described our current state of governance as a “corporatocracy,” where corporations continue to profit without bearing the costs of harming the environment. Global warming is a major focus of the Woods Hole Research Center, and the issue of carbon emissions came up often, including references to oil sands and the BP oil spill.

“If the costs were applied to corporations, we would not be doing what we are doing,” Woodwell theorized.

He described our cur-

rent course as “suicidal,” but admitted that progress has been made. Woodwell praised acts passed by the Nixon administration that protected the environment, the most significant being the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. He also referred to examples of environmentally friendly acts that he believes can be easily reproduced across the country, such as a school in Rhode Island that covered the roofs of its buildings in solar panels. Woodwell also stressed the importance of academia in researching and advancing environmental protection.

The audience at the lecture

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The Mansfield Town Council conducted a special meeting Thursday to discuss the Storrs Center complex.

Howard Kaufman, master developer of the Storrs Center project, gave a presentation on the progress of the complex.

A number of businesses, including Subway, FroyoWorld, Insomnia Cookies, 7-Eleven and Sweet Emotions candy shop are all already open or close to opening in the complex on Dog Lane.

Moe’s Southwest Grill, which should be open by the end of October, and the Mooyah fast food restaurant should be open within a matter of weeks.

Roughly 95 percent of the space at Dog Lane is currently being leased, according to Kaufman.

“We’re looking to get to 100 percent eventually.

Considering that we’re about 10 months ahead of schedule on the Storrs Center project at this point, 95 percent is more than acceptable,” said Kaufman.

One business that the town of Mansfield recently came to an agreement with is Geno’s Grill, a restaurant group run

by Geno Auriemma.

Building permits for Geno’s Grill are currently being acquired and construction will probably take three months once it commences,

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What’s on at UConn today...

Slutwalk UConn 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Fairfield Way Outside Student Union Revolution Against Rape will be holding its second annual slutwalk as a protest against sexual violence and victim blaming.

Late Night Starring Glee 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Student Union Come join Late Night for a night of Glee. There will be karaoke, slushies, photo CD covers and music box recordings for attendees.

Zorbing 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Student Union Ballroom Students who enjoy the idea of rolling around inside of a giant bubble can come and try zorbing. Admission is free.

Women’s Soccer vs. USF 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Morrone Stadium UConn will play USF at Morrone Stadium.

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Police seek computer of teen shot by dad

NEW HAVEN (AP) — An attorney for a Connecticut man who fatally shot his 15-year-old son, thinking he was an intruder, said Thursday that state police want access to a computer and phone used by the teen to try to determine why he was out at night wearing a ski mask and armed with a knife.

Gene Zingaro said his client Jeffrey Giuliano is cooperating with the request because he and his wife want the same answers.

Police say Giuliano went outside with a gun around 1 a.m. on Sept. 27 when his sister called to say someone was trying to break into her house next door in New Fairfield. Authorities say Giuliano saw a masked person holding a shiny object come toward him in a threatening manner and shot him.

He later was told the person he killed was his son Tyler. Police said the weapon was a knife.

Police are investigating the shooting and declined to comment on details. No charges have been filed.

Former cemetery chief charged with theft

STAFFORD (AP) — Police say the former president of the Staffordville Cemetery Association stole $26,000 and overcharged grieving families for cemetery plots to feed a cocaine habit.

The Hartford Courant reports that Mitchell Muzio is charged with first-degree larceny. He has pleaded not guilty and has not yet hired a lawyer.

The newspaper says he did not respond to requests for comment.

Authorities say the 49-year-old Muzio resigned and returned bank records to the association when confronted about the alleged theft. He wrote to association members, apologized for taking the money, promised to repay it and said he could not afford to go to jail.

Dueling tax plans a key issue on Conn. senate race

HARTFORD (AP) — The state’s two candidates for the U.S. Senate agree many of the numerous tax cuts set to expire on Jan. 1 should remain on the books, but they part ways when it comes to extending certain reductions for wealthier taxpayers.

The Tax Policy Center warned this week that taxpayers across the income spectrum will be hit with tax increases totaling more than $500 billion if the president and federal lawmakers fail to renew a laundry list of expiring cuts.

The roster includes tax cuts enacted during the administrations of President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush.

They include higher rates, reduced deductions and credits and an exemption for the alternative minimum tax. It works out to be an average tax increase of nearly $3,500 per household, according to the center.

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Hundreds seen at risk in meningitis outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people widened dramatically Thursday as health officials warned that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients who got steroid back injections in 23 states could be at risk.

Clinics and medical centers rushed to contact patients who may have received the apparently fungus-contaminated shots. And the Food and Drug Administration urged doctors not to use any products at all from the Massachusetts pharmacy that supplied the suspect steroid solution.

It is not clear how many patients received tainted injections, or even whether everyone who got one will get sick.

Mexico holds 2 in connection with border shooting

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal police have arrested two men who may be connected with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent just north of the Mexico-Arizona border, a Mexican law enforcement official said Thursday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said it was unclear if there was strong evidence linking the men to the shooting of Agent Nicholas Ivie.

Ivie and two other agents were fired upon Tuesday in a rugged hilly area about five miles (eight kilometers) north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz., as they responded to an alarm that was triggered on one of the sensors that the government has installed along the border.

The wounded agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks and released from the hospital after undergoing surgery. The third agent wasn’t injured.

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UConn’s first AfricanAmerican professor dies University honors the memory of professor emeritus Rollin C. Williams

By Jackie Wattles Campus Correspondent UConn’s first AfricanAmerican professor recently died at age 90 and left the university a portion of his estate in his will.

In 1957, Rollin C. Williams made history when he took a job as an associate professor with the School of Social Work. He worked at UConn for 30 years, and served as an interim dean and also ran admissions before retiring as a professor emeritus.

Williams died on Sept. 24 in Waterford. after a short illness.

In his will, Williams left UConn a portion of his estate out of gratitude for the enjoyable years he spent with the university.

“Rollin had a deep fondness for the UConn School of Social Work, and we are grateful for his commitment and contributions,” Salome Raheim, the dean of the School of Social Work, said.

After affirmative actions laws were passed in the 1960s, several other social work schools contacted Williams offering him jobs.

Williams, however, stuck by UConn.

“I said no, I wouldn’t take those jobs,” he told UConn Magazine in 2011. “UConn brought me in when they didn’t have to, and has been better to me than anybody else.”

When asked about his experience, William said in the interview. “I spent many happy years at the university … I treasure those memories and the relationships I formed.”

Williams was born in 1922 and was raised in Tulsa, Okla.

He graduated from Howard University before joining the Army during World War II and served as a personnel sergeant major. He then received a master’s degree in social work from Boston University.

After getting his degree, Williams took a job as a medical and psychiatric social worker for the Veteran’s Administration before becoming the first psychiatric supervisor at Norwich State Hospital. He served as supervisor until he joined the UConn faculty.

His friends describe him as “cultured” and “comfortable in any setting.” An accomplished musician, he played violin and had a collection of more than 200 opera CDs. In May of 2010, Williams was one of five organ-loft singers that performed at the funeral of Lena Horne, an internationally famed singer, actress and civil rights activist.

Peter Brostek, Williams’ friend of over 40 years, said Williams was a true asset to the university and a good friend.

“He was always a joy to talk to and he always had

Guest speaker discusses pros and cons of civilization

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showed a diverse group of listeners, representing students, faculty and outside visitors.

“If the costs were applied to corporations, we would not be doing what we are doing.”

George Woodwell Founder of Woods Hole Research Center

Maggie Chase, a 7th-semester environmental engineering major, described Woodwell as “a smart guy, a lot of history with all of the environmental research. He gave really great tips about what college students can do and how the academic community

can improve. I thought he was equally hopeful and also cautionary.”

Also present in the front row was UConn President Susan Herbst, who introduced George Woodwell as the newest part of the Teale Lecture Series. The Teale Lecture Series focuses on bringing renowned scholars and scientists to UConn to lecture to the public about the environment.

This coincides with the university’s recent push to become more “green,” with a number of improvements across campus, including the application of new fuel-cell technology.

Following the lecture, Dr. Herbst described her excitement for the series: “I think the Teale Lecture Series is one of the leading components of our environmental sustainability initiative, and we’ve got this intellectual leadership side of it and all of what we do everyday: try to pick up trash, try to recycle, try to conserve and try to learn.”

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Rollin C. Williams, professor emeritus of the UConn School of Social Work, died on Sept. 24.

a way of making a bad day a good one with his everso positive outlook on life,” Brostek said. “He was a wonderful man. The world truly has lost a treasure.”

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. in Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home in Waterford.

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America reacts to presidential debate AP — Like so many other Americans, David Becker knew long before Wednesday night’s debate whom he’d be supporting in the presidential election. And, like so many other Americans, he tuned in anyway.

He was hoping his guy — Republican Mitt Romney — would step it up a notch, “get out there and take command, put more on the table, tell us what you will do.”

“A guy like Romney should excite me,” said Becker, 30, a Republican who manages real estate investments in Fairfield, a charming shoreline town on Connecticut’s affluent “gold coast.” ‘’But he has not done that.”

That was before the 90-minute head-to-head matchup between Romney and President Barack Obama in Denver, their first of three debates before Election Day. After it ended: “I think he had Obama on the run. I was pleased to see him finally take the gloves off.”

And so it went on the night of the Great Debate in a country ever more polarized and an election year where most Americans, the pollsters tell us, have already decided whom to choose.

Across the land — from an art museum in North Carolina

to college campuses in California and Iowa, a retirement community in Florida and Becker’s home along the Long Island Sound — debatewatch gatherings were filled with partisans whose minds were pretty much made up before the candidates opened their mouths. The debate itself didn’t change their votes.

But the exchange did serve to reinforce their decisions.

And perhaps even more importantly for Romney, who has lagged in national polls, the night brought with it a sense of relief and excitement for Republicans who were worried their nominee might not have what it takes to beat Obama.

“Romney far succeeded my expectations,” said Republican Art Rotelli, who joined a mixed group of Democrats, Republicans and even one undecided voter at Becker’s house to watch the debate. Before things got started, Rotelli had some tough words of advice for his candidate: “He needs to provide a clear contrast, on health care, on the economy.

“He needs to stop coming off as too careful.”

Afterward, the 35-year-old advertising product designer was dreaming of an Election Day victory.

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By Michael Sin Campus Correspondent

For the second year in a row, enrollment rates for graduate schools have fallen in the United States. A report from the Council of Graduate Schools has found that students are increasingly saying no to further education after a spike in 2008 and 2009. These peaks happened during the financial crisis, where the unemployed found respite in graduate education to further their credentials in the hope of finding a job.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual unemployment rate for 2009 was 9.3 percent, compared to 8.1 percent for August 2012. Headaches caused by undergraduate school debts have also contributed to the decline. The dropping graduate numbers are partially attributed to government budget cuts, forcing public schools to slash financial aid to students.

The education sector took

the largest tumble, with a dropoff of 8.8 percent from 2011.

Graduate Duncan Keith is one of the 433 graduate students pursuing a master’s degree at UConn’s highly acclaimed Neag School of Education. He says that the problem lies with employers hiring workers who are less experienced.

“With people losing jobs, employers are actually passing on more qualified possible employees, and going with the cheaper option,” Keith said. “With the competitive nature of so many colleges, the simple bachelor’s degree is all an employer needs, in many cases.

More money is usually required with a higher degree, so unfortunately, some employers are simply training staff to do more rather than hire more educated options.”

President of the Council of Graduate Schools Debra Stewart says that public schools are under high pressure to enrich the skills of teachers. Graduate enrollment for arts and humanities fell by 5.4

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“With people losing jobs, employers are actually passing on more qualified employees and going with the cheaper option.”

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Site work on the Price Chopper will begin in the spring, and the building is expected to be operational by late 2013 or early 2014.

The town of Mansfield currently has an agreement with the hotel group to move into the Storrs Center area.

The details of the agreement, including the identity of a hotel group, will be announced officially at a later date.

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degrees, and schools are no longer funding principals to go back and get principal certificates.”

Despite the waning enrollment numbers, 3rd-semester English and economics double major Sebastian Correa plans to enroll in an MBA program after graduation.

“Although I plan to go into a master’s straight after graduation, the only thing that’s discouraging me is the price. It’s obscene,” Correa said. “We live in an increasingly competitive society where we have to get a master’s degree in order to remain competitive. Now, companies aren’t paying to train you anymore, you have to be ready to get in the corporate world.”

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Surprising blue grass band hits Jorgensen

By Deepti Boddapati Campus Correspondent

The Punch Brothers visited Jorgensen this Thursday and entertained a packed house with a soulful, interactive concert.

Chris Thile started off the night with an invocation of the UConn Huskies cheer. Tom Brosseau was the opening act. He combined elegant guitar with soulful vocals and shared many funny anecdotes. One of his songs did what folk music does best: bring awareness of social problems.

It dealt with the oil drilling in the Bakken Formation, located in North Dakota and Montana, which is allegedly causing many problems for the residents.

All of Brousseau’s songs paired a powerful voice with mellifluous guitar melodies.

His poetic lyrics found a good match in his flexible rhythm and intonation. Between songs he connected with the audience with personal, relatable anecdotes. “Originally I’m from North Dakota. I come from Grand Forks, it’s a confluence of two rivers...I consider myself a river man. I did all the things one shouldn’t do. You probably JOHN KULAKOFSKY/The Daily Campus shouldn’t fish there or swim there, believe you me. It looks The Punch Brothers, a modern-day blue grass band, entertain a full house at Jorgensen theater with their smooth sound and comedic interuptions. calm but it’s one hellish current,” he said during one break. audience to join in, clapping along to the beat and even One of their numbers, “”Patchwork Girlfriend,” was Brousseau’s next song was about a flood that he experienced as a child called dancing in the aisles. Paul Kowert, the bass player, a bright piece, played in staccato. It sounded much like “Here Comes the Water Now.” Though the lyrics played well enough put many dubstep drops to shame. something one might hear in a Venetian gondola. Thile were about a flood, they had a mournful quality about Mandolin virtuoso Thile wielded the mandolin much poked a lot of good-natured fun at UConn, calling it a them, indicating that they were about something much like a rock star would while playing unbelievable mel- “particularly rural part of Storrs” before singing a song odies. Many of their songs included improvisational about how “City girls are all the same, they play you greater: the tides of time.

The Punch Brothers followed this great opening playoffs between the mandolin and the fiddle, which like a pinball game.”

During this concert the Punch Brothers showed that with more great music. Although they had a tradi- always caused the crowd to erupt in applause.

The group was comedic as well. “Sometimes to stay they are nothing like your typical folk band. They were tional bluegrass set-up, they were surprisingly modern in their songs. Some of their songs had the familiar awake during a show one needs some very strong iced edgy, experimental and just plain awesome. This is folk feel but much of it also had a delicious mournful tea. Not that you aren’t a very exhilarating audience, definitely one band that UConn was very lucky to get tension. Their vocals were easy on the ears and felt but how should I have know that? Now that it is here a visit form. very smooth. Their playing was very engaging, often we might as well drink it,” Thile said about a shot of Deepti.Boddapati@UConn.edu involving their entire bodies. This led many of the alcohol they had between songs.

Ifft pushes religious limits O Beautiful addresses difficult but worthy questions

By Jason Wong Senior Staff Writer

Comedian Eddie Ifft performs daring comedy on subjects related to students’ everyday lives.

By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer Unafraid to push his humor and take chances by commenting on controversial subjects, comedian Eddie Ifft performed at the Student Union Theater on Thursday night.

A native of Pittsburgh, Ifft began his career as a standup comedian at the club circuit in New York City. He has performed for channels Comedy Central, NBC, BET and ABC. In 2001, he performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival in “New Faces” and filmed his own half-hour special for Comedy Central. In addition to working on the Queen Latifah Show and being featured in shows like “The Green Room,” Ifft has also hosted many radio shows. He frequently tours the UK and Australia and filmed a documentary entitled “America the Punchline.”

Ifft began the show with material relatable to college students, including topics like marijuana and drinking. Before sharing personal anecdotes about interesting things he has witnessed, Ifft covered many controversial topics.

“I don’t like Mitt Romney cause he’s a Mormon,” said Ifft. “Don’t worry, I joke about every religion. Just not Islam, cause I don’t wanna die.”

He added a comedic twist to sensitive matters like abortion, rape and homophobia. He explained how more people follow football religiously than religion itself. He shared how

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he wanted to test the Pope on his statement about condoms. He also made a few Obama and Romney jokes.

“I enjoyed how he tackled issues that many comedians do not dare touch on,” said Jose Brocero, a 3rd-semester actuarial science major. “I did not expect such an uncensored and hilarious performance, but he certainly delivered one.”

Ifft recalled how, when he performed a joke about the Catholic Church in a Jesuit school, the entire audience left the show. Though his jokes sometimes offend people, Ifft enjoys pushing the limit to see how much the audience can handle.

He then shared many bizarre stories, like how his friend had to race diarrhea while in a wet suit that had a broken zipper, how he misunderstood an Australian phrase and ended up getting beaten by rugby players, how he made a stripper cry while conversing about dolphins and how he learned to argue from homeless guys.

“I liked that the material was relatable,” said Brittany Holliday, 3rd-semester political science major. “He was making fun of his friends doing stupid things, and we all have those experiences.”

Currently doing college shows, Ifft plans to tour soon and in the spring he will visit Australia, where he has a large fan base.

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

Thursday night, the Connecticut Repertory Theatre previewed their production of “O Beautiful” at the Jorgensen Theater. The play is a close examination of the effects of political polarization on contemporary American life, mixing humor with sharp political, social and religious critique.

“O Beautiful” even employs the use of historical figures like Jesus, Joan of Arc and many Founding Fathers.

The play follows the lives of two Delaware high school students: Lennie Ryan, played

by Coles Prince, and Alice Fletcher, played by Hannah Kaplan. Lennie faces the bullying of his peers after he embarrasses himself at the school talent show, and Alice struggles to deal with a rape and the subsequent unwanted pregnancy.

Prince’s performance was good all around. I found his interpretation of the shy, existential teenager to be spot on. Kaplan performed similarly well. Her delivery really allowed the audience to empathize with her position. She was able to depict the hardships of teen pregnancy, especially when surrounded by uncompassionate people.

Another noteworthy performance was that of Lennie’s mother Linda, played by Olivia Saccomanno. In the beginning, we do not see much of her character beyond her being the sole dissenting opinion among the parent characters on the subject of gun ownership.

However, in the second act of the play, Saccomanno gave a real, passionate display of sorrow that brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience.

Moreover, later in the play we see a demonstration of the character’s strength, brilliantly complementing her earlier sadness.

The character of American history teacher Ty Janaleris, played by Thomas Brazzle, was another well-played character. Brazzle perfectly captured the enthusiasm of the truly passionate and idealistic teacher. Another great performance came from Will Haden, who played the part of Jesus.

Though his lines were seldom long, they had humor, and in many ways he was able to capture the wisdom that we as the audience would feel appropriate to his character.

“O Beautiful” also featured a “Glenn Beck”-style character named Simon West, played by Laurence Lau, who appeared intermittently throughout the performance. Not only was Lau able to perfectly emulate the ideological fervor that Mr. Beck employs, he was also able to bring an element of satire to the role that truly augmented the experience.

The play made good use of the technology that Jorgensen has to offer. Projected images formed the background scenery while the crew expertly and efficiently brought props onstage. While the play did not have a continuous musical soundtrack, it did make use of the Jorgensen sound system at particularly emotional scenes, employing a spine-tingling bass to emphasize the seriousness of the moment.

As a whole, “O Beautiful” might offend those who have strong social, political or religious leanings. However, I think it is at its core a play designed to challenge the viewer, imploring the audience to examine their preconceived notions with an unbiased eye, and perhaps even change them.

This play asks difficult questions, and is well-worth the time for anybody interested in contemporary theater.

Jason.Wong@UConn.edu

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By Kelsey Sullivan Campus Correspondent Automobile transportation may be public enemy number one when it comes to environmental degradation. Its harmful effects are blatantly noticeable – the unpleasant, never-ending noise of traffic, the pools of oil and piles of litter that gather in our roadways and parking lots, the urban sprawl created by our freeways, and of course, the poisoning of our air.

Don’t let anyone tell you that exhaust is clean. Cars are responsible for 43 percent of Connecticut’s air pollution, including particulates and nitrogen oxides an enormous proportion compared to the national average of 29 percent.

Not to mention that burning just one gallon of gas adds 20 pounds of CO2 to the atmosphere.

Clearly, our current transportation system is a relic of the past that is completely unfit for a healthy, progressive society. Re-working our nation’s infrastructure seems like an impossible task, but it simply must be done. The initial cost may be high, but the ultimate benefit that we will all collectively reap in our health and our wallets will make any actions that we take now more than worth it. And the best way to make a difference is, as always, to make change happen locally.

So where does Connecticut stand in terms of transportation?

Just this week, state and federal officials announced that Connecticut will be receiving $121 million in federal funding for a high-speed rail project that would connect New Haven, Hartford, Willimantic and Springfield. Governor Malloy has already contributed $174 million in state bonds towards the project, which should begin daily service in 2016. This is an exciting, applaudable leap forward for Connecticut and New England in general because it illustrates intelligent, long-term planning.

Officials recognize that the ultimate economic gains will far outweigh the up-front costs.

However, there is still much room for improvement in our state. An absurd amount of Connecticut workers (70 percent) commute to their jobs in single-passenger vehicles.

We have far too many paved surfaces, one consequence of which is dire water pollution – it is now estimated that only 11 percent of Connecticut’s rivers and streams are officially clean enough to swim in.

Too many of us have to hop in the car just to run simple errands or meet up with friends. We are all entitled to cheap, efficient transit systems that preserve our health and our environment. There are some huge opportunities coming up to help make this happen in our state.

In the 2013 legislative session, our representatives will be revising the State Plan of Conservation and Development, and we can all directly influence this process! An excellent place to learn more and to find specific instructions on how to make a difference is Getting Where You Want To Go, the new transportation guide produced by the nonpartisan Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, which is available for free on their website.

Kelsey.Sullivan@UConn.edu

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Public concert to support aid trip to Guatemala

By Focus Staff Don’t fret if you couldn’t land tickets to Regina Spektor or you missed Punch Brothers at Jorgensen last night; UConn has another concert happening this weekend, and this one’s free.

UConn’s Medical Humanitarian Society will be hosting a concert Friday night at 8 p.m. on the Student Union Mall in support of an upcoming medical aid journey to Guatemala. The group will be accepting donations at the event and online.

This Good Robot, a selfdescribed eight-man “indierock/science-fiction” group from Long Island, will open the concert, followed by Voted Most Random, a band hailing from Hamden, Conn., who are a pop-punk outfit with a guitar-

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Costumed participants in the Village Halloween Parade pose for photographs as they make their way up Sixth Avenue in New York. This year’s Village Halloween Parade has an end-of-the-world theme, a reference to a Mayan calendar, which ends on Dec. 21.

By Michelle Golladay Campus Correspondent Halloween: it’s the annual costume-themed party everyone is invited to! The difficulty with choosing a Halloween disguise is its infinite possibilities, so my goal here is to find and share some entertainingly worthy ideas.

Last weekend, I went to a rainy New York City for no reason other than to fulfill my insatiable craving for a city. While walking around, I realized how many costume shops suddenly appeared out of nowhere for the upcoming holiday. I walked into as many as I could, asking people in the stores and on the streets for their most outrageously clever ideas. While many New Yorkers dismissed my presence and most store managers denied me permission to pick the minds of their employees, my curiosity was only heightened.

As I was exiting a vintage costume shop in the Lower East Side, a homeless man sitting against the exterior brick wall confronted me, asking me what I was thinking of being for Halloween. I jokingly told him I wanted to be a “fly on the wall, but nobody will help me find that costume.”

When I reversed the question, he said with a glorious howl of laughter, “Nothin’. I already scare all the kids!”

After my weekend of findings in NYC, I asked my friends on Facebook for their “wicked” Halloween ideas. Taking the best of both results, combined with my own collection, I’m pleased to share with you the costume ideas that will draw attention, laughter, horror and pure envy.

New York University student Leila Gleich wants to be her favorite storybook character, Alice from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” with an exciting approach. Gleich plans to buy a blonde wig, borrow her friend’s stilts and bake some cookies that read “EAT ME” on them.

“I’ll put the cookies in my trick-or-treat basket, but I’ll need to practice with the stilts sooner

rather than later,” Gleich said. I hope she sends me pictures, but she may need a panorama option.

Last year, vampires and drooling blood were all the rage. But this year, according to a Spirit Halloween Superstore employee in Manchester, most of the adult customers who have visited the store so far want to be brain-obsessed zombies.

I can definitely work with this– if your goal is to scare, get some all-white contact lenses, smother some fake blood all over your face and use lots of black eye makeup. You could get really into it and actually chase people around demanding their brains, but that may quickly turn your zombie coolness into an orange jumpsuit failure, which is not nearly as fabulous. If you’re a girl and your Halloween goal is to seduce or at least torture some boys, I think a zombie persona could do it. Dress in tall dark heels, lots of lace and lingerie, and use lots of red stuff that looks like blood. If you can spare some lace, rip it up—who said looking like an evil mess couldn’t be hot?

When I asked my friends on Facebook, they gave me some great ideas: “I’m going to be a tampon!”

“Tetris blocks…I hope you’re ready.”

“I’m going to rock ‘Sexy Spock’.”

“Reggie Rocket from ‘Rocket Power!’”

Halloween is celebrated and loved because it allows us to be whatever we want. Can’t think of something to be? Don’t want to pay for a costume? Look around, use anything you see and maximize your creativity– making your own costume is cheaper and more fun! And for Halloween’s sake, don’t be boring. If you’re going out to party with your friends, collaborate!

Each person in the group could dress up as a fast food characters (Ronald McDonald, the Jack in the Box, the Colonel). If you can play the game “Categories” with a group of friends, you can put together a group costume theme. I’m just trying to figure out how I’ll pull off my lifelong Halloween dream: a sumo wrestler.

Michelle.Golladay@UConn.edu

Google, publishers shelve book-scanning suit SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google and major book publishers have settled a lengthy legal battle over digital copyrights, but a bigger dispute still looms with thousands of authors who allege that Google is illegally profiting from their works.

The truce announced Thursday ends a federal lawsuit filed in 2005 by several members of the Association of American Publishers after Google Inc. began stockpiling its Internet search index with digital duplicates of books scanned from libraries.

Google has maintained that its scanning is covered by fair-use provisions of copyright law, although it offered to remove specific books from its index upon request. It also showed only snippets of the copyrighted books unless permission was given to show more.

Publishers and authors, however, insisted that Google needed explicit permission from them before making the digital copies, let alone showing even snippets of text from the books on Google’s website.

Google worked out a $125 million settlement with publishers and authors in 2008, only to have a federal judge in New York reject it after the U.S. Justice Department and other critics contended that it would thwart competition in the rapidly growing digital book market and flout U.S. copyright law.

One of the reasons that settlement unraveled was because it would have given Google broad

authority to copy books, unless an author or publisher notified the company not to make the duplicate.

Terms of the new settlement weren’t divulged, but it won’t require court approval because its reach will be limited to the parties signing on.

The scaled-down agreement with publishers is likely to make more copyright-protected books available online. Most of those will be sold through Google Play, a digital store. Publishers will have the right to release digital copies of their books in Google Play or remove them from Google’s search index entirely.

That’s not a major change in how Google has been handling matters with the lawsuits pending, but publishers now feel comfortable enough with the system to set up an official framework, Tom Allen, president of the publishers’ group, said in an intervieww.

Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif., will also provide publishers with a digital copy of a scanned book upon request.

The settlement “shows that digital services can provide innovative means to discover content while still respecting the rights of copyright holders,” Allen said in a statement.

Both Google and the publishers may have been more motivated to figure out a way to work together with so many more people reading books

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driven sound. The group has played on the Vans Warped Tour and the Bamboozle Festival, just to name a few, and draw influence from other pop-punk bands including We The Kings and The Cab. Patent Pending will conclude the concert with what their Facebook page describes as their “anthemic brand of poptinged punk rock.” The six-man punk rock band from Long Island have opened for Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship and Bowling For Soup, and they’ve also made appearances on Warped Tour, as well as a live performance on the 2012 Billboard Music Awards broadcast.

The Student Union Mall is the patio located behind the Student Union facing the nearby quad.

The concert is scheduled to end at 11 p.m.

Jerrod Niemann takes new tack on ‘Free the Music’

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Country music singer Jerrod Niemann’s “Free The Music,” released on Oct. 2, 2012, is another re-imagining of what the modern country music album can be.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some things have changed for Jerrod Niemann since he finally scored a couple of hit songs after years of disappointment.

And some things haven’t.

In the change category, the rising country singer-songwriter has been on the road constantly the last two years and has finally found the stardom he’s been seeking. He even has the impulse buy to prove it.

“Well, I bought a car when I was drunk,” Niemann acknowledged sheepishly when asked recently about celebrity moments. “I wanted a car. I didn’t know what I was going to get and I didn’t even see it. I was on eBay in my hotel room and I woke up and had bought one and had bid on another one.

I was, ‘Oh, please don’t win!’

Luckily, I didn’t win the other one.”

While that Dodge Charger has helped keep his lifestyle in fast forward, Niemann remains firmly rooted when it comes to his music. “Free the Music,” out this week, is another reimagining of what the modern country music album can be. He used humor and spoken-word interludes to subvert the form on his debut, “Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury.”

This time around he takes a more sober-minded, but no less interesting look at the history of country music. “Free the Music” has a few potential cuts that could be hits on country radio, but it’s also got just as many songs that push the boundaries of what we’ve come to expect from the genre in the 21st century.

Using a unique tape-to-digital format, the 33-year-old native of Texas peppered the album with Dixieland clarinet, a horn section, swampy B3 Hammond organ, unconventional percussion and pre-steel guitar instrumentation, all mixed in with some of country’s mod-

ern mainstays. Niemann said so often country performers pay tribute to the great songwriters of yesteryear. He came at it from a different direction.

“I want to pay homage to certain instrumentation,” Niemann said. “The pedal steel guitar wasn’t invented until ‘48, so there was horns in country music for 20 years before the pedal steel guitar was even invented. When we think of horns first and foremost, you don’t think of traditional country music.”

That clarinet grabs your attention on the jazzy “Honky Tonk Fever,” which swings unlike any song you’ve heard with honky-tonk in the title.

The muted horns add to the Caribbean vibe on “I’ll Have to Kill the Pain,” what might otherwise be a conventional country take on drinking away woman troubles. And that rolling B3 adds a funky J.J. Cale vibe to “Guessing Games.”

Tuba and French horn are buried in the mix as well.

“Jerrod has definitely put himself in that category: Not your average Nashville artist,” said close friend Lee Brice, who co-wrote two songs on the album. “... Now, he’s a country boy at heart and he’s a huge country music fan. But also the other types of music in him come out. When he sits down to write, he just wants to write a song he loves and he wants that song to be him.

So sometimes he loves the horns and sometimes he loves some percussion and things that aren’t necessarily on a country record.”

Niemann wants those sounds and ideas to resonate with listeners — and the other musicians who follow the muse.

“Hopefully someday down the road — even if it’s just one person — maybe it will inspire someone else to do their own thing,” Niemann said.

Signature Sneakers Evolve Sneakers have been a part of our growing athletic and fashion culture for the last 50 years. Long gone are the days of the classically flimsy Chuck Taylor Converse sneaker, as 2012 has brought some of the highest performance technology and materials to our feet. The intersection of style, sports, fashion and hip-hop has always gone hand in hand. Leading the way through the history of sneaker culture are celebrity artists and athletes who have earned their own signature sneakers and corresponding advertising campaigns.

It all really started in the mid-1980s. 1986 was the year that legendary rap group RunDMC signed their famous deal with Adidas. The iconic shell toes became a signature of their wardrobe, spawning the song “My Adidas.”

Along with being arguably the first mainstream hip hop act, Run-DMC became role models for urban life. These Adidas sneakers became staples of hip-hop and break dancing culture throughout the 1980s. This deal that Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen made with Adidas was the first of its kind.

As far as athletes in the 1980s go, tennis legend Andre Agassi often gets looked over for his impact in sneaker culture. Agassi was a heavy influence in the skate and urban culture of the 1980s. His neon Nike Tech Challenge line and his mullet hairstyle paved the way for young rebels all over the country. Bo Jackson, NFL star running back, also got a foot in the game during the 80s with his own Nike sneaker and “Bo Knows” national campaign.

However, 1985 was the year which changed the game.

Michael Jordan’s first deal with Nike changed the culture forever. One of the most popular athletes ever has easily the most popular sneaker line in history. With over 20 signature models, Jordan followed up his rookie Nike deal, creating his very own Jordan Brand. These sneakers are in just as high demand now than they were when he was still dominating the NBA. Throughout the 1990s, we saw superstar athletes such as Ken Griffey Jr., Deion Sanders, Penny Hardaway and Charles Barkley sign Nike deals and put out successful signature lines. Into the 2000s, we saw rappers and musicians take a bigger role in the sneaker game. Both Jay-Z and 50 Cent struck Reebok deals, putting out signature casual sneakers. Kanye West took the rap sneaker throne when he and Nike put out the Air Yeezy sneaker.

Fans lined up and camped out for the limited release, which was duplicated in 2012 with the release of the Air Yeezy 2.

The signature sneaker is one of the cementations of superstardom in athletics today. With LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan still leading the way in sneaker sales, there will soon be room for the next big athlete or musician to make his or her way with an awesome and timeless shoe.

Jamil.Larkins@UConn.edu

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‘Frankenweenie’ joins reanimation of stop-motion

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Vince Lee, 34, a library staffer at the University of Michigan’s Buhr Shelving Facility, stands among the 2.4 million books that will be digitized in Ann Arbor, Mich. by Google and U.S. publishers.

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on digital devices than just a few years ago. Google has been playing a more important role in that transition since it started selling a tablet computer, the Nexus 7, in July. The tablet is set up to download books and other digital content from Google Play.

Although the sparring over Google’s effort to create the world’s largest digital library appears to be over on one front, a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild remains in the way of Google’s ambitious plans to digitize more than 130 million of books sitting on library shelves around the world.

The authors’ suit, which came before the publishers’ complaint, raises thornier issues and threatens Google with a huge bill. The authors are seeking $750 in damages for every copyrighted book that Google has scanned over the past eight years.

Despite the lawsuits, Google has made digital copies of more than 20 million books so far. The copyrights on many of those books have already expired, making them fair game and not part of any infringe-

ment damages that might be awarded. Even if just one-quarter of the books scanned so far

by Google are protected by copyrights, the company would be liable for nearly $4 billion if a court sides with the authors.

“The publishers’ private settlement, whatever its terms, does not resolve the authors’ copyright infringement claims against Google,” the Authors Guild said in a statement Thursday. “Google continues to profit from its use of millions of copyright-protected books without regard to authors’ rights, and our classaction lawsuit on behalf of U.S. authors continues.”

In an interview, Authors Guild lawyer Michael Boni said the publishers agreement made him “cautiously optimistic” that a settlement of his case could be reached before it goes to trial.

But he also stressed the authors’ issues are much different than the publishers’ concerns. “We’re really on a separate motor at this point,” Boni said.

Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif., declined

to comment Thursday on the legal dispute with the authors.

In May, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New York granted the authors’ lawsuit class certification, meaning the case would cover all authors, even if they are too small to hire their own lawyers to sue Google.

Chin also rejected Google’s attempt to get the case thrown out.

The authors’ suit is in a holding pattern until an appeals court rules on Google’s attempt to strip the authors of their status as a united class.

One of the biggest sticking points in the authors’ case revolves around the rights to millions of out-of-print books that are still protected by copyright but whose writers’ whereabouts are unknown.

The prospect that Google could gain a digital monopoly on these so-called “orphan works” was one of the main reasons that the Justice Department and other objectors urged Chin to scotch the earlier $125 million settlement with publishers and authors. Chin rejected the agreement in 2010.

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Burton’s ghoulish sensibilities, ghosts, goblins and other creatures from beyond, somehow make a nice fit for the slightly clunky, chunky stop-motion style.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As far as Tim Burton’s concerned, you can’t keep a good dog down. And you can’t keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either.

Burton’s boy-and-his-dead-dog tale “Frankenweenie” is Hollywood’s latest resurrection of stop-motion animation, a century-old style that still creeps on to the big-screen now and then in an age of computer-generated cartoon blockbusters.

It’s a simple concept — inanimate objects moved infinitesimally and photographed a frame at a time to create an illusion of motion. But with elaborate miniature sets and puppets whose innards are intricate gears to create movement and expression, it’s a painstaking process requiring dozens of animation teams and years of work.

The result is something that looks like a loose, lumpy caricature of reality yet can feel more concrete and genuine than its slick computeranimated cousin.

“It’s a more pure form, stop-motion,” Burton said. “You try to put the form with the right story, and this one, just because you’re reanimating something, there’s something about moving a puppet that just works with that idea.”

A feature-length version of Burton’s 1984 live-action short film, “Frankenweenie” tells the story of a boy genius who pulls a Frankenstein and brings his beloved dog back to life after a car accident. Burton expanded the story to include a menagerie of resurrected monsters, including a were-rat, a mummy hamster and a Godzilla-like giant turtle.

Hollywood can go years without a stopmotion film, then deliver them in waves.

“Frankenweenie” is the third one this year, following “ParaNorman,” from the makers of 2009’s stop-motion tale “Coraline,” and “The Pirates!

Band of Misfits,” from Aardman Animations, the British outfit behind 2005’s “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” the only stopmotion cartoon to win the Academy Award for feature animation.

“Wallace & Gromit” came out the same year as Burton’s “Corpse Bride,” the filmmaker’s second stop-motion flick after he revived the format with 1993’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Burton’s ghoulish sensibilities — ghosts, goblins and other creatures from beyond — somehow make a nice fit for the slightly clunky, chunky stop-motion style. Along with “Coraline,” ‘’ParaNorman” and “Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” the upcoming stop-motion demon comedy “Hell & Back” also has an otherworldly bent.

“Stop-motion has always had a macabre side to it, and I think that goes back to the tradition

of it as a medium. If you look at the people who really drove it forward early on in short films, they were animating bones and dead chickens, lord knows what else,” said Chris Butler, who worked on “Corpse Bride” and “Coraline” and wrote and co-directed “ParaNorman.”

“Then you have to always come back to ‘Nightmare Before Christmas.’ That set a tone, I think, for the whole thing.”

Like “Frankenweenie,” ‘’ParaNorman” is a story about reviving the dead, centering on a misfit boy whose ability to talk with ghosts makes him an unlikely hero after his town is besieged by zombies raised from their graves.

Stop-motion animators have been creating ghostly magic since the early years of cinema on such short films as 1907’s “The Haunted Hotel,” which showed a dinner being prepared by invisible hands.

In live-action movies, stop-motion was used to create dinosaurs in the silent adventure “The Lost World,” the great ape of the original “King Kong” and fighting skeletons and other creatures in films from special-effects master Ray Harryhausen. James Cameron used stop-motion to animate the creepy metal endo-skeleton of his “Terminator” killing machine after its coating of Arnold Schwarzenegger flesh was burned away.

Stop-motion also has had a more familyfriendly history with such TV favorites as “Gumby,” ‘’Davey and Goliath” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

While two-dimensional hand-drawn animation that once ruled the cartoon world has mostly vanished on the big-screen, stop-motion’s puppets and miniature sets are a natural in today’s world of digital 3-D cinema.

“It’s a great marriage,” said “ParaNorman” co-director Sam Fell. “It’s always been so tactile, stop-frame. I remember being young and watching Harryhausen. I always wanted to take one of those skeletons home and just reach in and touch the stuff inside. The 3-D just makes it even more tangible and invites you in even more. You become more immersed in the craft of it.”

Along with digital 3-D photography, stopmotion films now are peppered with computeranimated visual effects to add to the spectacle.

Yet the basic idea is the same as it ever was.

“It’s a guy behind a black curtain, pushing a puppet one frame at a time. So it really hasn’t changed in a hundred years,” said “Frankenweenie” producer Allison Abbate.

“It’s still embracing that old-school, handmade, handcrafted technology that I think you feel when you watch the movie. It feels like a labor of love, and you can see it on screen.”

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Sulzberger maintained New York Times’ platform as top paper

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rthur Ochs Sulzberger, the longtime publisher of The New York Times who died last week at age 86, was an inspiration to anybody who values quality journalism. His contributions made immeasurable progress to investigative reporting, and kept the Times alive and well, which arguably has more influence on this country than any other newspaper (not to mention informing many students here at UConn, owing to the university program distributing free copies around campus).

In 1964, Sulzberger helped take the libel case New York Times v. Sullivan all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, culminating in a decision which perhaps did more than any other to ensure freedom of the press. The Times published a full-page advertisement implying high criticism of L.B. Sullivan, the Public Safety Commissioner of Montgomery, Ala. The Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects any statements published about public officials made without “actual malice,” meaning the statements could not be made knowing they were false or with “reckless disregard” of their possible falsity. In other words, the standard for prosecuting the press for criticizing any public official was made extremely high, so high as to render it almost impossible for such an official to prevail.

In 1971, The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers, classified documents from the U.S. military that detailed hidden secrets of the military’s tactics and involvement in Vietnam. The exposed material cast a dark shadow of doubt on the legitimacy and truthfulness of previous statements issued by the Pentagon and the presidency, in some cases even revealing the outright lies previously perpetrated on an unknowing public. Sulzberger was even warned that he might face the possibility of a prison sentence as a result of his actions, but he proceeded regardless. (And fortunately stayed out of jail.)

In 1970 Sulzberger introduced the op-ed page, a forum for commentary columnists and others. For example, this section is the primary medium for Nicholas D. Kristof, the columnist and author whose book “Half the Sky” was the UConn Reads selection last semester and who filled the Student Union Theatre with his lecture in April. The newspaper won 31 Pulitzer Prizes while Sulzberger was at the helm from 1963 to 1992.

As student journalists ourselves, we value and take lessons from the legacy Sulzberger set. But even for those not looking to enter the journalism field, the New York Times has for decades exposed corruption, brought an unparalleled level of news analysis to the debate and helped keep public officials honest. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger played no small part in helping craft and retain that reputation.

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

Not just because it’s October 5, but today is just NOT Valentine’s day.

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Anti-tax activism: an enduring Conn. tradition

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oday is the 21st anniversary of the largest public political demonstration in the history of the State of Connecticut. You may well ask what caused over fifty thousand people to march on the state capitol in Hartford on Oct. 5, 1991. By that point in time, the United States had ended its involvement in the Persian Gulf War, was only beginning to experience economic decline and had not yet embarked upon the 1992 presidential campaign. What drew citizens by the thousands to the grounds of the

By Chris Kempf Capitol on that Weekly Columnist October afternoon was a populist rage against taxation, which, though it manifested itself twenty years ago, was the ideological and cultural ancestor of today’s Tea Party movement. This chaotic, exciting and often sordid period in Connecticut’s political history is not one that we could have experienced firsthand due to our age, but those belonging to earlier generations surely remember the names of Lowell Weicker and Tom Scott and the sharp political and cultural divides that those two leaders represented.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., was the governor of Connecticut from 1991 to 1995 and a former three-term senator. His first year in office he instituted a state income tax. At the time, the state was one out of only eight to not have such a law, and it was made necessary, to its advocates, by an impending state revenue shortfall. The law passed by the narrowest of margins in the Connecticut General Assembly after weeks of passionate debate and back-room bargaining that pitted Democrats and Republicans against dissenting members of their own parties.

Weicker, however, refused to accept the many compromise plans proposed by

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» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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I think today’s (10/1/12) Healthy and Beauty col-

the legislature that did not tax income because they ultimately contributed to the budget deficit and forestalled a longterm solution to the state’s financial crisis. He forced this agonizing decision upon Connecticut lawmakers knowing that he would be perceived as ineffective if he failed and vilified if he was successful.

Tom Scott, a talk radio host from Milford and prominent Connecticut neoconservative, soon afterward became the face of the public campaign for income tax repeal. His Connecticut Taxpayers Committee organized the October 1991 protest and eventually merged its grassroots organizing network into Scott’s 1994 gubernatorial campaign. Scott’s message was simple: Weicker had betrayed the voters of Connecticut by passing the same income tax that he said he did not support in the 1990 campaign. In the legislature, he made enough corrupt deals with legislators to secure the bill’s passage, which would not only have an adverse economic effect on Connecticut’s middle class, but was also emblematic of a broader rollback of constitutional liberties.

The imagery, rhetoric and emotion of the income tax rally seem so familiar to us because they were, in large part, the foundational structures and sentiments of contemporary Tea Party activism.

Footage of the 1991 rally shows the mass singing of national songs, waving of oversized Gadsden and American flags and chanting of familiar anti-tax slogans – a sign held by a man shaking Scott’s hand even reads “Hartford Tea Party.” Both movements repeat-

edly invoke the founding documents and personalities of the Early Republic and appeal to the symbolic nature of rights and liberties. Both movements attack particular scapegoats, whether they be legislators or executives like Weicker or Barack Obama, so as to focus the anger of the protestors on specific, identifiable targets. Both movements adopt institutional and electoral strategies to meet their goals – public protest itself is never the ultimate goal. And, perhaps most worryingly, both movements encourage strong emotions that often exceed the bounds of civility and reason and verge on outright hatred.

Scott himself characterized the movement as a “tax revolt” – and signs in the audience concurred, asserting, “This means war.” One wonders if Jefferson’s infamous quotation on “watering the tree of liberty” has been taken a bit too literally.

Thus when we look at today’s Tea Party rallies and campaigns, we need not see them as representative of a new political and ideological phenomenon. Though they are dwarfed by the size of the now-21-year-old demonstration, we can see in them the reinvigoration of an old tradition and the reassertion of certain Revolutionary values. But they must also be seen as a new epidemic of oppositional politics, of a political culture that is spurred on by unrestrained emotion.

“Both movements attack particular scapegoats, whether they be legislators or executives like Weicker or Barack Obama, so as to focus the anger of the protestors on specific, identifiable targets.”

Weekly Columnist Chris Kempf is a 5th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.

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“Why would someone who Jamie Dinar begins her suffered over 10 years with article with a few incred- her weight suddenly give ibly ignorant comments up?” Ms. Dinar writes of concerning Lady Gaga’s Gaga “giving up” her disrecent public confirma- order as if anorexia and tion of her battle with bulimia are something to multiple eating disorders. be desired and Lady Gaga Ms. Dinar seems to be is weak for allowing herattempting to promote self to become healthy. If the ideal that “curves are the author had bothered to beautiful,” yet she com- educate herself on the topic, ments that Gaga’s “addi- she would know that eattional 25 pounds may not ing disorders are not somebe as visually pleasing.” thing one can simply “give Instead of focusing on the up.” Allow me to reiterate fact that Lady Gaga was that eating disorders are able to achieve a healthy a deadly mental disorder body and overcome a dead- that takes many women ly mental disorder under and men year to recover the harsh spotlight of the from. In fact, some never media, Ms. Dinar presents do. Eating disorders have

the highest death rate of all mental illnesses. Ms. Dinar may want to research her writing topics a bit more thoroughly in the future.

Finally, I would prefer that Ms. Dinar not offer me health advice unless she is a medical doctor. She belittles the reader for craving taco salad and choosing not to use the gym. While going to the gym may be a good lifestyle choice for some, what is “healthy” for you, Ms. Dinar, may be very different from what is healthy for Lady Gaga, and is certainly very different from what is healthy for me. Maybe next time, the Health and Beauty column will choose to feature an article that places more concern on a woman’s health and well-being and less on the way she looks.

– Becca Uliasz

Blue Versus White

Two writers argue their points of view on separate sides of the same issue.

See the debate on page 9 in this issue of The Daily Campus.

This week: “How much is affirmative action still needed?”

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Commentary

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» A CHANCE TO SUCCEED

» DROP THE QUOTA

Individuals are not demeaned Current inclusive policies by affirmative action don’t do enough for diversity

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hile proponents debate the need for more affirmative action programs, the opponents argue that these programs are expenBy Lara Hawley sive and they only Staff Columnist create another type of racism and ultimately do more harm than good.

While compelling points can be made on both sides, the facts supporting affirmative action clearly outweigh the counter-arguments.

The Regents of the Uni versity of California vote d in 1995 to end all affirmative action programs on their campuses. The results were devastating and they completely support the argument I am about to make.

After ending affirmative action, Berkeley’s minority admissions dropped 61 percent and UCLA’s admissions dropped 36 percent.

Although I understand why people might question affirmative action strategies, I feel that the reasons to support these programs are compelling. Their purpose is not to choose unworthy minorities over worthy majorities but instead to ensure that all applicants have an equal opportunity. There is no doubt that this is still needed in our society today.

More than 90,000 employment discrimination complaints were filed in 2009, 89.3 percent of chief executives are white and African American women with a bachelor’s degree make only $1,545 more annually than white males with a high school diploma. These num-

bers speak for themselves and they illustrate that discrimination is still prevalent in society. It baffles me that people can look at these statistics and still argue that affirmative action is unnecessary. I often hear people argue that discussing these topics serves no purpose and only makes the problems worse. Their solution is to ignore the problem in the hopes that it will go away.

History teaches us that ignoring hatred and discrimination doesn’t solve the problem. If you witness cruelty or discrimination and ignore it, it doesn’t erase the fact that it happened. As I see it, when you ignore the issues, you become part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Affirmative action is one positive step that we can take to acknowledge that a problem exists and to begin to bridge the gap between minorities and the rest of society.

Even those that acknowledge that discrimination exists and should be addressed argue that affirmative action is not the right way to proceed because it forces institutions to accept individuals based on their background rather than their qualifications. However, as I stated earlier, affirmative action is not about quotas.

It is about giving those who are equally qualified equal access to opportunities. As Stanford University states, affirmative action in no way requires unqualified individuals or quotas, and in fact such factors would violate the anti-discrimination laws.

Despite these facts, people still make the argument that

minorities with lower tests scores are admitted to top universities. Even if this is the case, it is important to look at the whole picture. It is important to recognize that someone who is demeaned or denied opportunities or key resources based on race or gender is starting life at a significant disadvantage.

They are then competing with individuals whose abilities were funded and celebrated at every turn. It seems likely that test scores in these two groups will differ and it seems appropriate that we should support legislation that gives these disadvantaged people a boost in the job market and allows them an opportunity to prove themselves and rise to their full potential.

Affirmative action doesn’t demean individuals in any way.

It gives them the opportunity to succeed that they need and deserve. It gives people the chance to explore academic and career opportunities that would otherwise be beyond their reach.

It opposes discrimination of minorities when they apply for jobs or when they apply for entrance into a university.

Understandably, affirmative action is not a magic wand.

Discrimination still exists.

But if you think affirmative action programs should be stopped completely, just look at what happened in California when the program was abandoned. It isn’t the complete solution but it is a step in the right direction.

Staff Columnist Lara Hawley is a 1st-semester pre-education major. She can be reached at Lara.Hawley@UConn.edu.

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hroughout the history of the United States, there have been countless cases of minorities being abused, slandered or otherwise harmed by the majority.

After the Civil Rights movement, however, this disparity

By Carleton Whaley was brought Staff Columnist drastically and permanently into the public eye. Finally, people on a wide scale were confronted with the atrocities and prejudices that beset minorities, and many began to think of equality in ways they had not before.

Years later, there is still a disparity between minorities and the majority, a fact that is not only disconcerting but threatening to the future of minorities and the nation as a whole.

Of the many policies that have helped to give minorities greater chances for education, work and overall equality, none has been more prevalent – or more contested – than affirmative action.

This policy considers factors such as race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and national origin in order to create a fair, representative and nondiscriminatory environment in school and business. There has, however, been much dispute over whether such a system, once thought necessary, is still needed today, and about what it really does to the hearts and minds of Americans. Racism and sexism seem overtly prevalent in today’s society, and attempts have so far failed to stop it. This brings into question the place of affirmative action as a piece of legislature, and whether it would be better to instead favor race-neutral policies, particularly for universities.

So far, nine states have completely abandoned affirmative

action for enrollment in schools.

During the first years of raceneutral decisions, minority representation suffered, but has since flourished, with percentages even higher than during the years of affirmative action.

Financial aid in schools like that is instead based on class and economic standing, where deserving students of any race that would not otherwise have the means to attend college are given opportunity. Only in highly selective schools, such as UCLA and Berkeley, Calif. has the percentage of Hispanic and African American students declined. Overall, however, colleges are much more diversified and representative in states that have race-neutrality.

Affirmative action is a highly contested article, and brings about several issues of discrimination.

There are some who claim that what once started as anti-discrimination has led to discrimination against white males in preference of minorities. Technically, as they do not specifically benefit from the policy, this may be seen as true, but I believe differently.

I believe that affirmative action does promote discrimination, but it does so against everyone. The legislation proposes a clear difference between race, gender and other distinguishing characteristics that have no true bearing on whether or not a person is qualified to work, receive education or hold an office. True equality cannot be mandated by the state in some official warrant, and in fact attempts to do so, though once necessary, are now accomplishing the opposite effect, driving a wedge between people of different background and social standings. The fact that affirmative action is in place shows that there is a racial and gender preference, not of minorities, but of

white males. The fact that there must be quotas of females and racial minorities in work places and colleges are evidence of this immoral preference. When this program was removed, all but the most selective colleges increased their percentages of ethnic and gender diversity. This goes only to show that the best way to create a society free of racial and gender discrimination is to not discriminate by those factors. While seemingly obvious, affirmative action places great stress on these qualities, and thereby only serves to aid in the prejudice against them.

This is not to say that affirmative action, one of the main victories of the Civil Rights movement, and a profound statement for its time, was not successful or necessary in some ways. From its inception until 1980, it saw marked increases in diversification and the overall improvement in the lives of minorities.

Since then, however, the place of minorities has stagnated. Things are not getting any worse, but certainly not improving. This is because a new revolution was needed, not one of arms or speeches, but a silent one, whispered between friends and shown ubiquitously throughout society.

This new revolution is one of the human subconscious, of global understanding and acceptance of others. It does not require legislation that only serves to reinforce racial and gender differences; it requires only thought and an actual honest effort by society to be more open-minded.

Staff Columnist Catleton Whaley is a 1st-semester English major. He can be reached at Carleton.Whaley@UConn.edu.

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Welcome back to music, Adele

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Totally saw it coming

Which Fall season TV premiere were you most excited for?

– By Kevin Scheller

“Seinfeld.”

“Revenge.”

“Psych.”

“Gossip Girl.”

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» SOFTBALL

Friday, October 5, 2012

Sports

» WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

» WOMEN'S SOCCER

UConn to Huskies off to Mass. History, playoffs on the line face two in- for New Englands state foes

By Peter Logue Staff Writer

By Jack Mitchell Campus Correspondent

By Kyle Constable Campus Correspondent The UConn softball team is gearing up for a busy weekend, competing in back-toback double-headers on Friday and Saturday, where they will play Eastern Connecticut and Quinnipiac.

After kicking off the new school year with two games against Providence, the Huskies look to continue their brief fall season with another weekend of competition.

Today, the team will make the short trip to the Eastern Connecticut State University, playing against the Warriors in a double-header. The team will then return to UConn for Saturday’s double-header against the Quinnipiac University Bobcats at UConn’s Burrill Family Field.

Last spring, the Huskies did not compete against Eastern Connecticut, but the team did travel to Hamden to play the Bobcats, coming up just short in a close 5-4 finish.

Overall, the team posted a .270 batting average against Bobcat pitching one of their best team averages of the season yet they still were unable to walk away with the win.

Then-junior Kiki Saveriano pitched the game, striking out six and only walking two batters. However, after giving up five hits, the Bobcats had already done enough damage to put up three runs in six innings. It was this loss that sent the rest of Saveriano’s spring season into a downward spiral, going into the game with an 11-7 record and finishing the season 11-16. This Saturday, the Huskies are hoping to avenge what proved to be much more than just another loss and defeat Quinnipiac not only once, but twice, on the Huskies’ home turf.

The major concern for this weekend is the looming threat of inclement weather. The team’s official Twitter account posted that they are “gonna try to beat the rain,” which prompted the two scheduled games against Eastern Connecticut to be moved to Friday instead of going forward with the original plan to hold them on Sunday. Even with the weather remaining a significant concern for the Huskies, the chances of it leading to a postponement or cancellation are slim.

The Huskies will compete against Eastern Connecticut at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. tonight in Willimantic and then return home to play on Saturday against Quinnipiac at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. on UConn’s softball field. The team was also scheduled to play against the University of Albany this weekend, but that game has been postponed to a date yet to be determined.

Kyle.Constable@UConn.edu

After finishing in fourth place at the Roy Griak Invitational last weekend in Minneapolis, the UConn women’s cross country team will head to Westfield, Mass. this weekend to compete in the five-kilometer New England Championships. The event, which takes place in between two of the Huskies marquis regular season meets – the Roy Griak and the Wisconsin Invitationals – is certainly not the team’s most important meet, but it still serves a valuable purpose.

With championship season right around the corner, Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough plans on using the New England meet as a way to see who might be able to fill the eighth and ninth spots on the roster down the road.

“Its not as important as [the Griak and Wisconsin] meets, mostly because it’s sort of sandwiched in between the two, so it’s tough for us to run our top girls that many times,” Grove-McDonough said. “That being said, some of the girls who raced at the Griak will run.

We’re kind of making some strategic decisions just based on where people are in terms of their training.”

The New England Championship, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary

this year, is also the last crosscountry race that some seniors will participate in wearing a UConn jersey.

“It’s the last true crosscountry race that some of the girls will run, for example the girls who won’t travel on to Wisconsin and the Big East Championship,” GroveMcDonough said. “So we want to end on a good note.”

The six starters heading to the meet will be sophomore Terra Briody and freshmen Emily Durgin, Laura Williamson, Katherine Vodopia, Emily Howard and Emily Lewson.

“I think there’s a lot to be said for giving freshmen experience being at the front of races,” Grove-McDonough said, “I think that it’s always a great boost for their confidence.”

The only returning runner with experience at the New England meet is Terra Briody, who finished 170th overall last year with a time of 20:31 last year.

Despite Grove-McDonough’s intentions to remain as competitive as possible at the New Englands, the competition at the meet will not be nearly as stiff as it was at the Griak Invitational.

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Jackson.Mitchell@UConn.edu

» MEN'S TENNIS

UConn, others play in Quinnipiac Invitational this weekend

By Bea Angueira Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s tennis team will be traveling to Hamden, this weekend for the annual Quinnipiac University Invitational.

The Quinnipiac Bobcats will host the weekend invitational, a three-day event set to begin on Friday at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts. Apart from the Huskies, Quinnipiac has invited Hofstra, Sacred Heart, Bryant, Villanova, Hartford and Bentley.

There are high expecta-

tions for this invitational. Last weekend, UConn hosted some of these teams on their home courts, with great outcomes for the Huskies as well as for Bryant and Quinnipiac. It will be a weekend full of excitement for all of the players and coaches. ”I have been having an amazing time so far,” freshman Andrew Ginzberg said. “Playing on the tennis team has been an unbelievable experience. The guys on the team could not be more fun and I look forward to the great times ahead.”

Carmen.Angueira@UConn.edu

The UConn women’s soccer team will have a chance to cement their legendary coach’s place in the record books while also improving their Big East ranking this weekend when they host a pair of conference foes, USF and No. 20 Marquette.

Len Tsantiris, who is in his 32nd year as the head coach for the women’s soccer team, enters the weekend with a career record of 498-178-52. If the Huskies can win in both of their games, Tsantiris will join North Carolina Coach Anson Dorrance as only the second coach to ever join the elusive 500 wins club.

However, Tsantiris will be far more focused on moving up the Big East standings than dealing with the historic milestone.

The Huskies are currently fifth in the American division of the Big East, with an in-conference record of 3-3-0 (7-5-1) over-

all. USF sits at third (6-4-2, 2-1-2 Big East) while Marquette enters the weekend atop the American division with a perfect conference mark of 5-0-0 and an overall record of 9-2-1.

USF has played competitive soccer all year long, with their four losses coming by a combined five goals. They have a particularly stingy defense; over their last six games, they have only allowed four goals.

UConn will attempt to counter the Bull’s rock-solid defense with an offense that has been led all season by one of the conference’s most prolific scorers, Danielle Schulmann. The forward has been brilliant in her senior campaign. She is currently tied for second in the Big East in points (25) and goals (9), and is tied for the conference lead in assists with (7).

Marquette has been the dominant team in the American division thus far and enters the weekend on an absolute tear. Since losing their only two games of

the season to North Carolina and Duke at the Duke/Nike Classic on Sept. 7th and 9th, respectively, the Eagles have humiliated opponents, winning their next six games by a margin of 23-1. They feature a balanced offensive attack led by Maegan Kelly (5 goals, 6 assists) and Kate Reigel (5 goals, 5 assists).

UConn is hoping to bounce back from a frustrating performance last Sunday against Notre Dame. Len Tsantiris said that “we’ve never had that dominance against Notre Dame in all the years I’ve been here.”

Despite outplaying the Fighting Irish, the Huskies squandered several golden opportunities and ultimately let the game get away, falling by a score of 4-0.

UConn will face USF at 7 p.m. on Friday and Marquette at 1 p.m. on Sunday, with both games being played at Joseph Morrone Stadium.

Peter.Logue@UConn.edu

Men's hockey begins season

By Timothy Fontenault Staff Writer While National Hockey League owners and players squabble over the future of their league, the UConn men’s hockey team will return to the ice on Saturday at 3 p.m. in an exhibition game against York University from Canada.

The Huskies did not exit the 2011-12 season quietly. Bruce Marshall’s squad had a less-thanstellar 16-19-4 record overall but went 12-12-3 in the Atlantic Hockey Association, a record that totals 27 points (two points for a win, 1 for a tie or overtime loss). 27 points allowed them to squeak into the conference tournament as the No. 8 seed, earning them home ice in the first round.

UConn was able to sweep Canisius in the first round, earning a date with Air Force, the No.

1 seed, in the quarterfinals. It took the Falcons three games to beat the Huskies and in each loss, the score was 4-3.

Saturday’s exhibition will help the Huskies gauge where they are as a team heading into a season that requires them to replace six players.

Junior Brant Harris is the top returning option in the attacking zone after producing 18 goals and 15 assists last season. Harris will prove vital once again on special teams this year after finishing tied for sixth in the nation last season with 10 power play goals.

Another important returnee for the Huskies, who should feature on Saturday, is senior goaltender Garrett Bartus. Bartus led the nation in saves last year with 1,179, a total that missed the Atlantic Hockey record by one save. In 2011-12, he also set the UConn single-season record for shutouts with five. The Illinois native’s 2,816 careers saves

is a school record and he is one win away from breaking the school record.

The Lions of York University will be UConn’s lone preseason opponent and are looking for a turnaround season of their own. A member of the Ontario University Athletics West division in Canada, the Lions went 14-14 in regular season play last season. Last season, York went 0-6 in preseason play, including losses to UConn’s AHA opponents Robert Morris and Mercyhurst. This season has been quite different so far. York has won its four nonconference games in Canada by scores of 5-1, 7-1, 6-4 and 7-1.

UConn’s regular season campaign begins Oct. 12 with a game at Massachusetts. The Huskies first regular season home game is Oct. 27 against Providence.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

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What's Next Home game

Away game

Oct. 13 Temple TBA

Oct. 19 Syracuse 8 p.m.

Oct. 9 Iona 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 Seton Hall 7 p.m.

» That’s what he said

Nov. 3 USF TBA

Nov. 9 Pittsburgh 8 p.m.

» Pic of the day

Oct. 24 Providence 3 p.m.

Oct. 20 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 Marquette 1 p.m.

Oct. 11 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

Oct. 20 Providence 7 p.m.

Field Hockey (10-0) Tomorrow Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Louisville Georgetown Stanford Noon 1 p.m.

Noon

Volleyball Tomorrow Notre Dame 2 p.m.

Oct. 18 Boston College 7 p.m.

Oct. 21 Princeton 1 p.m.

Oct. 14 Louisville 2 p.m.

Oct. 19 USF 7 p.m.

(11-7)

Oct. 7 DePaul 3 p.m.

Oct. 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country Tomorrow Oct. 13 Conn. College N.E. Invite Champ.

TBA Noon

Oct. 19 CCSU Mini-Meet 3:30 p.m.

Oct 26.

BIG EAST Champs TBA

Nov. 9 NCAA North East Regional TBA

Women’s Cross Country Oct. 7 New England Championships Noon

Oct. 12 Wisconsin Invitational 11 a.m.

Oct. 19 CCSU MiniMeet 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 26 BIG EAST Champ.

TBA

Men’s Swimming and Diving Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Homecoming- Fordham And Alumni Meet Bucknell Noon TBA

Oct. 26 Army TBA

Nov. 3 Rutgers, Villanova and Georgetown 4 p.m.

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» WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

UConn ready for its second game of year

AP

Bobby Valentine

By Scott Carroll Campus Correspondent

Well, that totally sucked

Women’s Soccer (7-5-1) Today South Florida 7 p.m.

Note from the Editor: We have decided as a staff that we’ll be going in a different direction with this space.

Stay tuned for the stat of the day to begin next week!

–Grace Vasington, 7th-semester English and French major

— Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine on this year’s relations with some owners and players.

Men’s Soccer (9-0-1) Tomorrow Marquette 8 p.m.

The Daily Question Q : “Can the men’s soccer go undefeated?”

A : “No.”

“I had just a feeling, I don’t have any facts, just a feeling once in a while that we weren’t all on the same page.”

Football (3-2) Tomorrow Rutgers Noon

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UConn women’s ice hockey will play Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Friday and Saturday at the Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y. The Huskies are coming off an opening 3-2 loss to Union.

UConn jumped out to an early lead in the matchup, but couldn’t fend off the steady Union attack. Goals were scored by Rachel Farrel and Caitlyn Hewes in the effort. The Huskies will be looking to turn the tide against the Renssalaer Engineers.

The Huskies and Engineers played two back-to-back games in 2011 as well.

UConn tied Rennssalaer in the first matchup 3-3. Returning forward, Kelly Horan had two assists in the game while returning defender Caitlyn Hewes and returning forward Sarah MacDonnell each netted one goal. The Huskies were unable to defeat the Engineers in the second matchup. RPI took the game by a score of 1-0.

However, this is a different Huskies team.

UConn will start freshman Elaine Chuli in goal. Chuli played well in goal her first game, stopping 27 shots as her career with the Huskies began. Seniors Maude Blain, Kelly Horan and Casey Knajdek look to take control and lead the team this season.

Kelly Horan looks to keep the bowl rolling on her great Huskies career. Last year she competed in all 34 games scoring three goals and gaining six assists for a total of nine points. Casey Knajdek was named to the Hockey East All-Academic team in 2011 while playing defenseman and some center.

The Engineers are led by their two captains, Katie Daniels and Taylor Norton.

Daniels sat out last season due to injury, but hopes to return to full form this year. Prior to the injury, Daniels was a vital member of the Engineers defense and was named to the East Coast Athletic Conference AllAmerican during her freshman through junior seasons. Norton is a junior forward who has scored 28 goals and has dished out 29 assists during her career. The Engineers return 18 players from last season and hope to use their experience in games to come.

Friday’s game against the Huskies will be the Engineers’ first game and their first chance to see what they’re made of.

UConn finished toward the bottom of the tough Hockey East last season, but has enormous potential to improve, with many young faces to bolster the lineup as they begin the new season.

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Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine watches the baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, Sept.

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» MEN’S SOCCER

UConn to be tested at No. 9 Marquette

By Danny Maher Staff Writer The No. 2 UConn men’s soccer team began its toughest road trip of the season by handing No. 3 Georgetown its first loss of the year. Sophomore Allando Matheson’s goal in the 64th minute was enough to down the Hoyas 2-1 as the Huskies preserved an undefeated season and improved to 10-0-1, 3-0-0 in the conference.

Preseason conference Offensive Player of the Year Mamadou Doudou Diouf scored the first goal of the game on a free kick in the 39th minute. The goal was his eighth of the season, tied for the most in the Big East.

Matheson is right behind, scoring six goals this year while primarily coming off the bench.

All-American goalkeeper Andre Blake was peppered by the Georgetown attack in the first half. He was required to make six saves to keep a one-goal lead heading into halftime. In the first half, Georgetown outshot Connecticut 12-6 and attempted five corner kicks, while UConn did not have one. Blake made several spectacular saves to deny Georgetown’s leading goal scorer Brandon Allen. Blake boasts

a conference-best 0.36 goals against average and has delivered six shutouts.

With wins over Yale and Notre Dame last week, Carlos Alvarez was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week. His fifth goal of the season came in the first half on a penalty kick agianst Notre Dame. Senior Flo Liu was named to the honor roll after his first career goal in the win over the Irish.

The path does not get easier for the Huskies. They face No. 9 Marquette in Milwaukee tomorrow night at 8 p.m. The Golden Eagles have an unblemished record of 10-0-0, 2-0-0 in the Big East and are tied with Connecticut atop the Big East Blue Division standings.

Marquette defeated in-state rival Wisconsin and conference foe Providence last week to earn double digit wins for the first time since 2002. The Golden Eagles were selected to finish fourth after winning the Blue Division last year.

The Huskies have dominated the all-time series against Marquette, posting a 7-0-1 record including a 3-0 win last year in Storrs. Since then, Marquette has not lost a regular season match and are 18-3-1 in its last 22 games.

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UConn junior midfielder George Fochive moves the ball up the field during a UConn men’s soccer game at Morrone Stadium against Notre Dame.

Both teams have scored 23 goals this season, the most in the Big East other than Syracuse (26). The showdown may be the biggest game in Division I men’s soccer thus far, as the winner will likely go on to be the No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament.

This year, UConn has allowed a conference-best four goals, two

in the last two games. Marquette goalkeeper Charlie Lyon has played every minute in net for the Golden Eagles and has only let five balls get past him.

Marquette has seven players who have scored multiple goals in 2012 and 12 players who have recorded at least one point.

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» CROSS COUNTRY

New England’s on tap next

Friday, October 5, 2012

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It’s just a Jersey thing

UConn heads to New Jersey to face Rutgers

By Abigail Mace Campus Correspondent For the UConn men’s cross country team, championship season is here. Starting Sunday, the Huskies will make their first championship appearance of 2012 at the New England Championship at Stanley Park in Westfield, Mass.

The eight-kilometer race will kick off at 2:15 p.m. and will feature teams of all athletic divisions throughout the New England area.

A diverse competition such as the New England Championship is unique as it indicates how runners of different divisions stack up against each other. “The New Englands are a chance to bring everyone into one spot,” said Coach Rich Miller, who will race a full roster on Sunday.

While top Division I teams such as Dartmouth and Providence (ranked fourth and fifth in the northeast, respectively) should contend for the team title, many strong Division II and III teams are expected to provide a challenge as well. In Division II, Stonehill and UMass Lowell boast a spot on the national ranking chart, while Bates and Williams lead a contingent of Division III teams ranked in the top 30 nationally.

At the 2011 championship, the Huskies took home the New England title, but this year, the unranked UConn squad has different goals in mind.

“For many of our runners, there will be the largest number of competitors they’ve faced this year out there on the starting line, so it’s a good test of where we are during this point in the season,” Miller said. “I want to see steady progress from where they started off.”

Miller’s goals are not the same for all of his athletes. For frontrunners Ryan McGuire and Jordan Magath, achieving AllNew England honors (a top 20 individual finish) is within reach as the pair placed 29th and 32nd respectively, at last year’s meet. In order to build upon his previous performance, McGuire said that a fast start will be crucial to staying with the lead pack.

“It usually goes out fast before settling in just after the first mile,” McGuire said. “I want to keep the leaders close at this point so I can respond to their moves later in the race.”

An additional challenge for UConn on Sunday will be racing on an unfamiliar course. Traditionally held at Franklin Park in Boston, the site of the 2012 New England Championship was moved to Westfield due to construction around Franklin Park. While a new course presents another unpredictable element in something already as unpredictable as a race, McGuire remained positive.

“Many of the other teams will have the same problem (of being unfamiliar with the course) because New Englands has never been there before,” he said.

UConn seems to be in a perfect position as they approach Sunday’s meet: ready to take on the challenge of a new course and a competitive field without being overwhelmed by the pressure that permeates the atmosphere of championship races.

“New England’s is really a big opportunity for us to see how we do as a team in big races,” McGuire said. “We’re all going to prepare for this race the best we can.”

The Huskies’ focus on individual preparation rather than obsessing over possible outcomes of the race should suit them well when the time comes to line up against New England’s best.

“The only pressure we have is the pressure we put on ourselves,” Miller said.

Considering the team’s positive outlook, this pressure should allow the Huskies to excel in the competitive environment that is the New England Championships.

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By Dan Agabiti Sports Editor

The non-conference portion of UConn’s schedule ended last week with a 24-17 win over Buffalo.

This week, the Huskies’ conference schedule begins with a game on the road against rival Rutgers.

Against Buffalo, UConn got off to exactly the kind of start that Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni had been looking for all season, but was never able to get out of his team. On their first three possessions, the Huskies scored three times.

On the first, UConn started on its own 31-yard line and scored a field goal. On 4-0, 1-0 the second, UConn started on its own 7-yard line and drove down the field on ten plays to score a touchdown.

Then, on their third possession, the Huskies started on their own 25-yard line and and went down the field on five plays, adding another 3-2, 0-0 touchdown, this time from Sat., Noon, SNY the ground.

For the rest of the game, High Point Buffalo was playing catchStadium in N.J. up, which is a position that Pasqualoni said UConn has been in too many times this season and he found it refreshing to be on the other end of it for a change.

He said during the team’s weekly press conference on Tuesday that they were able to run the ball with a little more consistency last week, which opened up a few more things for UConn’s passing game.

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UConn sophomore running back Lyle McCombs runs down the field past a University at Buffalo defender during last weekend’s football game.

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» FIELD HOCKEY

Stevens, company ready for another conference game

By Erica Brancato Campus Correspondent The UConn field hockey team will travel to Louisville this weekend to play their fourth conference game of the season against the Cardinals.

Louisville, with an overall record of 7-5, is coming off a two game losing streak and will be ready for a win on their home field.

“Louisville plays well at their field, so we will need to bring our best game. Conference games on the road are always a special challenge,” head coach Nancy Stevens said. “We are focused on the things that make our team difficult to beat: sound defense, good midfield play, break away attacking threats and a potent penalty corner.”

Louisville should also take note that Chloe Hunnable was recognized as the Big East offensive player of the week for two consecutive weeks in a

row, proving that the Huskies offense is a powerhouse.

“Any time a player receives recognition it brings recognition to our program,” Stevens said.

“Chloe realizes that her teammates make her look good.”

Collaboration and dedication is the key factor to UConn’s outstanding success this season.

With the second half of the season well underway, the Huskies hope to maintain their faultless record. To improve their skills, the team has been working on enhancing defensive and offensive penalty corners.

“We work to make corner practice a competition,” Stevens said. “This helps prepare the team for the pressures they encounter in a game.”

These intense game situation practices have been paying off for the Huskies. Recently the team advanced from the No. 5 spot to be ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Division I league.

Clinching this spot allowed the team to surpass their tough

competitors Princeton and Maryland. Not only does this change in ranking put excess pressure on the team, but it also motivates them that much more to succeed.

“I think it works both ways,” Stevens said. “The target on our back keeps getting bigger and opponents would love to take us down. A good national ranking represents a lot of hard work, which prepares the team for the challenges ahead.”

Last year, the Huskies beat the Cardinals 4-2 during the season and defeated them in the Big East Championship 3-2. But in 2010, UConn was defeated 3-2 by Louisville in double overtime. Despite the Cardinals’ inconsistency this year, they still remain a top competitor that shouldn’t be taken lightly. UConn will be challenged this weekend in hopes to maintain their top national ranking.

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UConn junior Marie Elena Bolles moves past Yale defenders during a UConn field hockey game.

By Timothy Fontenault Staff Writer

Angela Roidt had 56 assists and 13 digs. And Kelsey Maving had an astounding 40 digs. The match came down to Jackie Wattles, a campus correspondent at The Daily Campus, providing an ace when the score was 16-16 in the fifth set to move UConn to match point. She then got her fifth block of the match on the next point to win the match.

The Irish are currently 5th out of 14 teams in the Big East this season, with a 3-1 record, which includes a win over then-No. 10 Louisville. UConn’s 2-1 record puts them sixrh, just behind the Irish, making Saturday’s game one that could help UConn creep up the table. UConn will need to be on the lookout for Notre Dame’s Toni Alugbue, who last week was the Big East Player of the Week.

After Saturday’s match,

Huskies set to face Fighting Irish

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UConn sophomore outside hitter Devon Maugle goes for a shot during a UConn volleyball game.

The UConn volleyball team will look to get back on track this weekend with matches on Saturday and Sunday against Notre Dame and DePaul.

After starting the Big East season 2-0 for the first time since 2004, the Huskies were shut out 3-0 by St. John’s last Saturday, falling to 11-7 overall and 2-1 in the Big East.

Saturday’s match in South Bend, Ind. will be a rematch of an epic thriller between Notre Dame and UConn from last year at Gampel Pavilion, which the Huskies won 3-2. Several Huskies stepped up that day.

Devon Maugle recorded 18 kills.

Mattison Quayle had a doubledouble with 14 kills and 16 digs.

UConn will travel to Chicago to play the DePaul Blue Demons.

DePaul finished a game behind the Huskies in 2011 with a conference record of 3-11. Last season, UConn was able to grind out a 3-1 victory over the Blue Demons at Gampel Pavilion.

After losing the first set 25-14, UConn went on to survive the next three sets with scores of 26-24, 25-21 and 25-20.

While it looks like UConn has made the turnaround this season, the same cannot be said for the Blue Demons. They currently sit 12th in the conference at 1-6 and are 6-11 overall.

The two games this weekend end a three-game road stretch for the Huskies. They return to Gampel Pavilion on Oct. 12 to

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