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UConn’s McCombs arrested, still plays STORRS, Conn. (AP) — University of Connecticut tailback Lyle McCombs was arrested Saturday, accused of yelling, pushing and spitting at his girlfriend during an argument outside a residential hall, police said. The 166-pound sophomore was charged with second-degree breach of peace, police said. The fight occurred just after midnight Friday on campus in Storrs. Police said McCombs, 20, was released after he posted a $500 bond. “I just got put in a bad situation,” McCombs said after UConn lost 19-3 to Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. “I could have handled it better, but it is what it is. I apologized for my mistake. “As far as football goes, I think I’m good. I just have a few things to take care of and it will be wiped away,” he said. McCombs was benched for the first quarter of UConn’s game Saturday at Rutgers for what the school called a violation of team rules. He went on to rush for 32 yards on 12 carries. “I got the whole story from a very reliable source,” UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni said after the game. “That’s all I’m going to say about it.” McCombs, from New York’s Staten Island, had a breakout season as a freshman, carrying the ball more than 275 times for more than 1,100 yards.
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In this file photo from Sept. 8, 202, UConn played North Carolina State University,. UConn runningback Lyle McCombs, pictured above, was arrested Saturday and charged with secod-degree breach of peace after he was accused of yelling, pushing and spitting at his girlfriend.
Gov. Malloy tells UConn Dan Rather to give lecture students why politics matter at Eastern Connecticut State University Tuesday
By Cole von Richthofen and Aiie Garry Campus Correspondents Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy was the keynote speaker of Saturday’s “What Can I Do, and Why Should I Care? A Roadmap to Political Engagement” conference, held in the Student Union Saturday. Gov. Dan Malloy spoke on the importance of being politically active and what students can do to get involved. He told his story about having politically active parents. The environment he grew up in was one of discussing political issues over dinner., he said. Malloy said he knew that he was going to be involved in politics, it was his calling and so he started by volunteering for a campaign when he was in college. Malloy urged young people was to become involved in theircommunities. “When you do this you start to measure success based on the well being of the community rather than your personal accomplishments and it is truly rewarding,” Malloy said. Another presenter at the conference was Ryan P. Barry, an honors alumnus of both the University of Connecticut and the UConn School of Law, who served in the Connecticut General Assembly for eight years and now a firm partner. In his presentation on “Politics and the Law,” Barry established the connections between case law, or law set by precedents and judicial review, and statutory law, or official laws as passed by the state legislature. In another such workshop, the League of Women Voters of Mansfield assessed campaign literacy in the face of the recent Presidential debate.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy came to UConn on Saturday to give a lecture titled “What sCan I Do, and Why Should I Care? A Roadmap to Political Engagement” on Saturday.
Attendee and 1st-semester psychology major Santorini Rivera said that debates are really for “people on the fence [who] don’t necessarily know what each person stands for.” She also noted that debates force the candidates to go off-script. She said, “You have to come up with some stuff on your own.” Mark Sargent, a 5th-semester Political Science and Economics dual major, mentioned that while the conference included several conservatives on the Minority Panel and was closed by a leading state Republican. “I am disappointed by the lack of nonpartisanship; [it is a] term not appropriate [for] this conference,” he said. Despite this, some representatives of the College Republicans showed interest in greater involvement in future such events.
President of the UConn Democrats and third semester Political Science major, Mary “Molly” Rockett was pleased with the success of the conference, having never planned such an event before. “The workshops were intimate” thanks to the smaller scale. When asked whether the Democrats and their affiliates had plans for a future conference, Rockett said, “if we were to do it again, it would be in two years, to coincide with elections.” The event was sponsored by the College Democrats with support from the Alternative Political Society, Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the UConn Young Americans for Liberty.
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WILLIMANTIC – Eastern Connecticut State University’s Arts and Lecture Series is presenting former “CBS News” anchor and “60 Minutes” correspondent Dan Rather, who will be speaking on “Looking Ahead to the 2012 Election” tomorrow night at ESCU. UConn and ESCU students can reserve free tickets by calling (860) 465-0036 or emailing tickets@easternct.edu. The lecture will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium. Because tickets are in high demand, students should reserve their tickets as soon as possible to get a seat. Tickets for the general public are $10. For more than 40 years, Rather has been reporting on the world’s leading news stories. Rather’s reporting skills have taken him to locations as far ranging as Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Russia and Cuba. He served as a correspondent during the Vietnam War, the Mujahadeen uprising against the Soviets in Afghanistan and the first and second Iraq wars. Rather was among the first estern journalists to report on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and he interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev in Red Square and Fidel Castro in Havana. On the domestic front, Rather has covered every presidential campaign since 1952. He was a White House correspondent for “CBS News” during the administrations of Presidents Johnson and Nixon and was the first network television journalist to report that President John F.
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Dan Rather, former CBS news anchor and“60 Minutes” correspondent will be speaking at ESCU Tuesday. Tickets for UConn and ESCU students are free.
Kennedy had been assassinated. As a reporter and White House correspondent during the 1960s, Rather reported on the civil rights struggle in the South, covering civil rights demonstrations in Savannah, GA; Birmingham, AL; and multiple locales in Mississippi from 1962 to 1964. From 1972 to 1974, Rather covered the Watergate scandal and the subsequent resignation of President Richard Nixon. In the days and weeks that followed the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, he became the first journalist to report from underneath “The Pile” at Ground Zero. Rather has written eight books, five of which are on the New York Times best-sellers list. “Rather Outspoken” is currently in stores.
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What’s on at UConn today... The Clothesline Project 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fairfield Way The Clothesline Project is a travelling visual display of T-shirts made by survivors and secondary survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence to raise awareness about gendered violence.
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Conn. DMV now offering service podcasts
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles is adding more podcasts and videos to its website. The department says the multimedia offerings will give drivers an alternative to reading about its services. Commissioner Melody Curry says an audio or video explanation sometimes can be easier to understand. She says they also can be a benefit to people with certain disabilities. The first video to be posted is a two-minute explanation of the steps to renew a motor vehicle registration. The DMV says it plans to add more in the coming months. DMV’s audio-visual section also includes an audio version of the state’s driver’s manual and links to its podcasts series on topics including traffic signs and the dangers of text messaging while driving.
Conn. fallen firefighter among those being honored
WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who died while responding to a report of smoke at a Windsor health care center is among dozens of firefighters being honored at a national memorial service in Maryland. Fifty-year-old Robert Watts was a member of the Windsor Volunteer fire department. He collapsed and died while connecting a hose to a hydrant as he responded to a report of smoke at the Windsor Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in April of last year. Watts is the only Connecticut resident on the honor roll of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service being held on Saturday and Sunday at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has ordered U.S. and state flags to fly at half-staff on Sunday to honor fallen firefighters.
Malloy is asked to denounce witchcraft executions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Descendants of some of the 11 people executed for witchcraft in mid-1600s Connecticut are hoping for a little magic of their own: that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will issue a proclamation clearing their distant relatives’ names and condemning the prosecutions and killings. Over the past seven years, descendants and their supporters have been trying to get state officials to denounce the Connecticut witch trials, which began in 1647, three decades before the more famous trials in Salem, Mass., and ended in 1697. About 46 people were prosecuted, according to a 2006 state report. “They were wrongly accused. It’s a justice issue,” said Debra Lynne of New Milford, who says her great-great-great-great-great-great-greatgreat-grandmother, Mary Sanford, was hanged for witchcraft in Hartford in 1662. The first person executed in the New World for witchcraft was Alice Young of Windsor, Conn., who was hanged in Hartford in 1647, according to several books on the trials. The last executions were in 1662.
Conn. says thousands trained in abuse reporting
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families says over 10,000 people have taken its online training on the state requirements for reporting child abuse and neglect. The videos, which outline the state’s mandated abuse reporting laws, went online three months ago. Users are required to register and report the number of people who participate in the online training. Commissioner Joette Katz says she’s gratified that large numbers of mandated reporters are accessing the two videos. One of the videos is tailored to school employees and the second to other community mandated reporters, such as doctors, police officers and coaches. The department says it received 96,000 calls in the last fiscal year and 45,748 of those were reports of abuse or neglect.
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie has made some changes to his coaching staff. Ollie on Friday promoted Glen Miller from assistant to associate head coach, and promoted Karl Hobbs from Director of Basketball Administration to assistant coach. George Blaney, who served as associate head coach under Jim Calhoun, will remain on the staff as an assistant coach and former Husky forward Kevin Freemen will take the role of director of basketball administration. He served as Hobbs’ assistant last season. Ollie took over the coaching job last month when Jim Calhoun retired. He has never held a head coaching job. But Miller (Penn, Brown, Connecticut College), Hobbs (George Washington) and Blaney (Stonehill, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Seton Hall) have a combined 57 years of collegiate head coaching experience.
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Students address rape culture By Alie Gary Campus Correspondent In January 2011, a representative from the Toronto Police said, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized.” This statement spawned outrage and led to a global movement against victim blaming. The event is called The SlutWalk. UConn SlutWalk began with members of the Revolution Against Rape (RAW) group on campus. Rachel Stewart, one of the founders of UConn SlutWalk, said the importance of this movement is to give people a venue to share their stories and be heard. “I am glad to have made this space for other people,” she says, “we empower them.” During her speech after the march, Stewart explained why SlutWalk is necessary to break down the blinders of the “rape culture” we are living in. She listed specific cases in which victims of rape were disenfranchised by friends, family and the government. These stories varied from topics like, her friend who, on a feminist blog, was called a slut after she posted a picture of the dress she was wearing the night she was raped, to court cases in which perpetrators were acquitted because judges found that the attacks were not legitimate. “We need SlutWalk because this summer Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri made a statement that if a rape is legitimate, then the female body has ways of preventing pregnancy. The 32 thousand women who become pregnant from rape every year would speak differently and the fact that he thinks some rapes are more legitimate than others is a very strong symptom of this rape culture.” It is a forum for people to share their
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On Saturday, people on campus united to participte in the UConn SlutWalk, an event designed to dispel the taboo of discussing rape culture and its effects. This is the second time SlutWalk has been held at UConn.
stories. The stage was opened to the public for anyone that would like to speak. Several individuals including, women, men, victims and supporters got up on stage. These activists are working to change the culture of rape. The goal is that eventually, rather than being taught to dress conservatively or not to go out at night alone, instead it will be taught that no means no. Kylie Angell, a coordinator of the walk said, “We walk because we’ve had
enough.” The walk congregated on Fairfield way on Saturday with participants holding signs and chanting “Stop the guilt and the blame survivors, victims, deserve no Shame.” This was UConn’s second SlutWalk and Stewart she plans to continue to have an annual walk to show support and raise awareness. “We need to keep moving forward,” said Kelsey Barringham. “Keep SlutWalk going even in spirit.”
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Student Health Services to Students with allergies administer free October flu utilize gluten-free options shots to students
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By Olivia Balsinger Staff Writer The University of Connecticut has something to brag about: its vast selection of gluten-free products in its dining halls. A glucose allergy limits many students in their dietary options, as glucose is the main protein found in wheat, barley and rye. It is found in a majority of processed foods, including pasta and bread. The UConn Dining Services accommodates for these students by providing a vast selection of food choices for students in all dining halls around campus. “It is an expensive lifestyle to live when you are allergic to most common things,” said Diamond Hernandez, 3rdsemester anthropology major. “Having a gluten free dining facility helps a broke college student out.” The program has been touted as being so strong that it serves as a model for the Boston Children’s Hospital. As of 2010, the hospital decided to make informational videos about the importance of gluten-free foods and how important it is to have gluten-free options for patients, parents and other institutions. In addition to the selection, students with the allergy, as well as their parents, have the ability to talk with dining hall staff to discuss and answer any questions about the glutton-free menu. Students who do not have a
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UConn’s dining halls serve gulten-free options to accommodate students with gluten allergies. Pictured above is Towers Dining Hall, one of the UConn campus’ eight dining halls.
gluten allergy can also recognize the importance of providing many options for students to eat. “I think it’s fantastic that UConn caters to the needs of students with special diets,” said 5th-semester economics major Erin O’Brien. “As a vegetarian, I know how frustrating it is to have special dietary needs and sometimes it’s difficult eating in dining hall settings.” For more information about the gluten-free selection at UConn, as well as the complete menus, visit dining.uconn.edu.
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By Adrienne Ciervo Campus Correspondent As flu season approaches this year, Student Health Services is running their annual clinic administering the vaccine for UConn students. For students who are weighing the pros and cons of the shot, the director of the clinic, Kathleen Sanner, says the benefit is simply: “You don’t get the flu.” Student Health Services usually administers about 1,500 flu shots on average each year, although last year’s numbers sank with less than 1,000 vaccines given. “I don’t get flu shots, I got one 6 years ago and got sick, also I generally don’t get sick,” said Tyler Alexander. However, Sanner wants students to know that they cannot get the flu from the vaccination because that strain will then be dead. What students do sometimes experience is a reaction to the shot. Sanner encourages students to remember as flu season begins that the flue is not necessarily vomiting and diarrhea but a respiratory illness associtated with high fevers and a hacking cough. This year’s vaccine, like many years past, is trivalent – meaning that it contains and protects from three different strains of the flu. Two of these three strains are new to the vaccine this year. As far as how these strains are selected, since the North East is affected later than other areas in the world with the flu, global research is done to determine a trend in what strains are prevalent in this year’s flu virus. Another way to determine possible strains is to look at the strain from last year and consider possible mutations,
according to Sanner. A new method of administering the shot has been advertised recently, this being the use of a 90 percent shorter needle to inject the vaccine. This method involves injecting intradermally as opposed to the traditional intramuscular injection. The risk with this new, shorter needle is that since the injection is very shallow many people get a severe local reaction at the injection site. The symptoms of this reaction include redness and burning. In order to avoid the risk of these local reactions UConn has made the decision to remain with the traditional intramuscular approach to flu shots, with this method the main reaction is a sore muscle for a day or two. Though drug stores such as CVS and Walgreens have been advertising flu vaccines since the summer, it isn’t necessarily better to receive a shot early. “Most drug stores administer the vaccine in July and August which means your immunity will be waning by the time the flu hits the North East in February and March,” said Sanner. “We give the vaccine in October because students will be protected for the projected flu season but will still be protected if the virus hits earlier or later.” Free flu shots for students with ID will be administered in the Student Union Ballroom October 30, 9-5 p.m. and October 31, 9-2 p.m., walk-ins are welcome. The first 1000 students will be given the vaccine, however if there is a high demand another clinic will be run in November.
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What Jerry Sandusky can expect in Pa. prison
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky will walk into state prison with little more than a watch and wedding band. He’ll be able to work a 30-hour week to make a few dollars. He’ll be able to watch Penn State football but not violent movies. If the former Penn State defensive coach is sentenced Tuesday to a long state prison term, he will find himself far removed from the comfortable suburban life he once led, placed under the many rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Even Sandusky’s own attorney believes that whatever sentence he gets, at age 68 Sandusky will likely live out his days inside a state prison. Prison officials, written policies and former offenders provided a detailed look to The Associated Press about the regimented life behind bars that Sandusky faces. Sandusky has been housed in isolation inside the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte since his conviction in June on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, and he has spent his days reading and writing, preparing a statement for sentencing and working out twice a day, defense attorney Joe Amendola said. “Jerry is a very likable guy — he gets along with everybody,” Amendola said last week, as he worked with Sandusky to help get his affairs in order, including a power of attorney and updated will. “He’s a model inmate. He doesn’t cause problems, he’s sociable, he’s pleasant.” Assuming Judge John Cleland gives him at least two years — the minimum threshold for a state prison sentence — Sandusky’s first stop will be the Camp Hill state prison near Harrisburg, where all male inmates undergo a couple weeks of testing to determine such things as mental and physical health, education level and any treatment needs. Prison officials will assign him a security level risk and decide which “home prison” to send him to. Although Sandusky’s home in the Lemont area of State College is only a couple miles from Rockview state prison, there is no way to predict where he will end up. Older inmates sometimes end up at Laurel Highlands, which can better treat more severe medical problems, or Waymart, a comparatively lowersecurity prison in the state’s northeastern corner. The roughly 6,800 sex offenders are scattered
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In this June 21, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky should be sent to prison for life when a judge sentences him Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, according to several of the jurors who convicted the former Penn State assistant coach of molesting several boys over a period of years.
throughout the prison system, which has no special units for them. Treatment is available for sex offenders, and those who hope to be paroled must participate. “My guess is he’ll wind up in a minimum-security facility, and probably a facility for nonviolent people,” Amendola said. A convicted sex offender who spent 10 years in prison, and who works with other released sex offenders through the Pennsylvania Prison Society, said Sandusky won’t be able to keep a low profile. “You can have some control over how obscure you are as a prisoner,” said the 52-year-old man from the Philadelphia suburbs, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the stigma attached to sex offenses. “You can either make yourself standout, or you can stay closer to the woodwork. There’s no hiding that man.” The state will provide him with clothes, shoes and bedding, and the first set of toiletries. He’ll be
able to bring a wedding ring without gemstones, a basic watch worth $50 or less, eyeglasses and dentures. Sandusky uses a machine for sleep apnea and takes medications. State prison menus rotate monthly, and two of the three daily meals are hot. Exercise rules vary, but inmates generally spend an hour or more a day in the yard, which might entail walking, playing ball or lifting weights. If he’s at a prison that allows baseball or softball, the bat has to be tethered and secured to the backstop. In the kitchen, knives also are tethered. Inmates can buy a television with a 13-inch screen for their cells, at a cost of about $275, with prison-designed programming of about 15 channels that costs some $15 a month. The channels include the networks but no R-rated movies or shows with a lot of violence. He’ll be able to watch college football, including
Penn State, when the games are broadcast on ESPN or another major network. “A lot of guys live for it,” said the man who works with released sex offenders. “Football season is huge.” Sandusky, a regular attendee at a Methodist church in State College, will be able to go to religious services. There’s also a shared television in the day room, a common area where inmates congregate when not confined to their cells. The guards usually decide what channel to have it on. Cards are popular, as are dominoes and board games. If he has a musical bent, Sandusky will have a list of approved instruments to choose from for purchase. Sandusky, who has a master’s degree, will be encouraged to work, and most inmates do, although it’s not technically mandatory. An inmate’s first job is often in the kitchen or doing janitorial work, while more coveted occupations include maintenance, landscaping, clerical work or tutoring. The pay barely covers the cable bill: 19 to 51 cents an hour, with a 30-hour work week. Some of that money may go to pay fines or costs, or toward the $10 copay for a doctor visit. If people on the outside put money on his account, it also can be deducted to pay any fines and costs. For those who can afford it, the commissary sells snacks, cigarettes and toiletries. He’ll be able to have books and magazines sent to him inside prison, but if personal property starts to pile up, officials will direct him to box it up and send them home. Most Pennsylvania prison cells are designed for two people, but it’s possible he could end up in his own cell or in a small dormitory. Visiting rules vary by institution, but all visits last at least an hour, and facilities generally allow two or three visits per week, with five to eight visitors allowed at once. Inmates can have up to 40 people on their visiting list. There’s another possibility for Sandusky, said Bill DiMascio, executive director of the prison society: They could swap him for an inmate in another state. “They might even put him in a federal prison,” DiMascio said. “They have some other options.”
Calif. initiative will test voters’ Private space station delivery to launch ‘Dragon’ cargo ship Sunday appetite for GMO food
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about “produced with genetic engineering?” California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw and processed foods to carry such a label. In a closely watched test of consumers’ appetite for genetically modified foods, the special label is being pushed by organic farmers and advocates who are concerned about what people eat even though the federal government and many scientists contend such foods are safe. More than just food packaging is at stake. The outcome could reverberate through American agriculture, which has long tinkered with the genes of plants to reduce disease, ward off insects and boost the food supply. International food and chemical conglomerates, including Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co., have contributed about $35 mil-
lion to defeat Proposition 37 on the November ballot. It also would ban labeling or advertising genetically altered food as “natural.” Its supporters have raised just about one-tenth of that amount. If voters approve the initiative, California would become the first state to require disclosure of a broad range of foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Food makers would have to add a label or reformulate their products to avoid it. Supermarkets would be charged with making sure their shelves are stocked with correctly labeled items. Genetically altered plants grown from seeds engineered in the laboratory have been a mainstay for more than a decade. Much of the corn, soybean, sugar beets and cotton cultivated in the United States today have been tweaked to resist pesticides or insects. Most of the biotech crops are used for animal feed
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station. On Sunday night, Californiabased SpaceX will attempt to send a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab and its three-member crew. Liftoff of the company’s unmanned Falcon rocket is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 60 percent. Thick clouds and rain are the main concerns. A Dragon cargo ship successfully docked to the space station last May, but that was considered a test flight. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the postshuttle era. “We got there once. We demonstrated we could do it, so there
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Columbus Day should be celebrated, but not on this date
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oday is Columbus Day, an American national holiday which, this year, approximates the 520th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Bahamas and the supposed discovery of the Americas. It is primarily observed by the Italian-American community as a celebration of Italian culture and traditions. Indeed, the city of Hartford celebrates the occasion with a parade down Franklin Avenue – the main thoroughfare in the city’s Little Italy section – which culminates in an afternoon festival at Columbus Park. The chairman of the 2009 parade, Al Marotta, explained the reason for the celebration: “We do it for ethnic and heritage, so young Italian Americans and [other] people don’t forget the Italian American and Italian culture.” In this respect, Columbus Day seems no different from St. Patrick’s Day or any other ethnic holiday. But Columbus Day, of course, represents something different to millions who do not see the Western conquest of America as an occasion to celebrate. Indigenous people and their allies, that is, rightfully see in the celebration of Columbus an implicit approval or pardon for the extraordinary acts of violence, subjugation and destruction brought about by the opening of the New World to Western conquest and settlement. The conquistadors’ attitude toward the native peoples of America was often one that denied and denigrated their humanity and justified enslavement and genocide for the prosperity of European empires. It is hard to see the past 520 years as being anything other than an epoch of misery and decline for what were once prosperous and flourishing cultures. This is not to say, however, that the idea of a holiday that serves to celebrate the contributions of Italians and Italian-Americans to American culture is one that should be discarded. On the contrary, we think that this is a fine idea, especially when the occasion leads to charitable giving, as it does in Hartford. But it makes little sense to use the anniversary of Columbus’ 1492 landing as the date on which to celebrate, or as the reason for that celebration. Columbus, though born in Genoa, was in the employ of the Spanish monarchs when he landed on Guanahani. He was also not the first Western explorer to encounter the New World: that honor belongs to the Viking Leif Ericsson. And it is, at last, shameful to even implicitly endorse the suffering of America’s native population on a day that represents their conquest and subjugation. 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.
Mitt Romney style! Beds are more comfortable with a sexy friend. #winkyface I feel like Storrs weather literally battles with the weather that’s supposed to happen and gains experience points. That’s why it’s so overpowered. Dear Connecticut Repertory Theatre: For the record, Regina Spektor sincerely apologizes for any loud disruptions to your performance Saturday night. On the other hand, I saw and heard an angel and am therefore entirely unapologetic. I suddenly got the urge to buy a cardigan sweater. I’m hood, but I gotta look sophisticated every once in a while. Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning: The Face vs. The Forehead. Not to be a jerk, but part of me has to question where some of these Oriole fans are coming from. What else is there to do on a rainy Sunday night but watch Rocky II through IV? Sometimes I wish life was as simple as when Boy Meets World came on every Thursday night. Go away cold. YOU DON’T EVEN GO HERE. I think I saw a hobo outside of the Co-Op this weekend. Does that make zero sense to anyone else?
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Where did the New England Republicans go?
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xactly 10 years ago today, Connecticut’s governor and three of its six Congressional representatives were Republican. Today, its governor and all five Congressional representatives are Democrats. After Election Day 2002, five of the six New England states had Republican governors, all except Maine. Now only one has a Republican governor. (Ironically, it’s Maine). What a shame, because this country could use an injection of New England Republicanism right now. What we currently have on the By Jesse Rifkin federal level are Associate Commentary Editor two parties that usually find little to no common ground. The National Journal recently calculated that, between Democrats and Republicans, this is the least-compromising House of Representatives and the second-least-compromising Senate over the last three decades. “For… only the third time in the 30 years that National Journal has published these ratings,” they concluded, “no Senate Democrat compiled a voting record to the right of any Senate Republican, and no Republican came down on the left of any Senate Democrat.” By contrast, Connecticut used to have a Republican Senator named Lowell Weicker. When the Watergate scandal began plaguing Republican President Richard Nixon, Weicker was among the first Republicans to turn against him. Eventually, Weicker began leading his party’s call for Nixon to resign.
Can you imagine a prominent politician so vocally criticizing a president of the same party today? Today’s Republican Party barely whispered when Republican President Bush racked up the national debt, but shouted from the hilltops when Democrat President Obama did so. In general, the defining characteristics of New England Republicans were a combination of fiscal conservatism alongside centrism on social issues. Those are the same policies the majority of the country now wants! Almost everybody these days seems to agree our country spends too much, with the national debt on everybody’s minds and public backlash against such measures as the stimulus package and Wall Street bailouts. But at the same time, public opinion surveys and polls recently indicate for the first time over 50 percent approval for such measures as same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization. As a whole, the country right now is fiscally conservative and socially moderate. Unfortunately, and in a rather ironic twist of fate, the era when the country would seemingly support New England Republicanism the most is also when it largely disappeared. The obvious objection to this argument is that current Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was the former governor of Massachusetts. Romney the Governor did in fact more or less fit this mold. Romney the Presidential Candidate, however, is nowhere near that ideal. In the last decade, Romney had reversed – or at least modified – his positions on health care, immigration, climate change, gun control, and much more. As he currently stands, Romney is a New England Republican not in the traditional sense, but only under the literal denotation: he is a registered Republican who lives in New England.
All around the nation, people strongly dislike the Democrats and the Republicans. According to Real Clear Politics, Congressional job approval currently stands at 13.8 percent approval to 79.6 percent disapproval. America wants the Republican Party to continue pressing for lower governmental expenditures, only without denying science at the same time. America wants the Democrat Party to continue its focus on women’s rights and the like, only without raising the national debt to over 100% of gross domestic product – as occurred last year for the first time since 1947. What national politics is missing is middle ground, of the variety that New England Republicans used to fill. Afew still survive, including Olympia Snow of Maine and Scott Brown of Massachusetts. But Snowe recently announced her upcoming retirement this January, while Brown’s re-election campaign presently shows him behind. In Connecticut’s Senate primary in August, moderate Chris Shays – the last remaining New England House Republican – lost to a candidate with no political experience, 27 percent to 73 percent. Meanwhile, mainstream Democrats keep raising the national debt and failing to bring down the full unemployment rate, while mainstream Republicans have just gone completely mental. (There’s no evidence of evolution or global warming, but lots of evidence that Obama is secretly a Kenyan Muslim? Give me a break). What the United States of America needs more than ever is something we no longer have.
Associate Commentary Editor Jesse Rifkin is a 5thsemester journalism and political science double major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.
Why I would vote for Barack Obama, the lesser of two evils
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t may surprise many of you to learn that in Connecticut four names will appear on the ballot including Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Independent Party of Connecticut candidate Rocky Anderson. However, it probably comes as no surprise that the two front runners are Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican By Stephanie Blasnik c a n d i d a t e Staff Columnist Mitt Romney. According to a national poll by Rasmussen Reports released October 4th, Obama led Romney 49 percent to 47 percent, while all other candidates had a mere 1 percent, and 3 percent were undecided. Moreover, for better or worse, the majority of voters in the country have chosen already or are about to choose between Obama and Romney. While I will be voting for neither of these two gentlemen, hypothetically speaking, if I were forced to choose, I would have to go with Obama. Now, this is not because I can point to particular policies of his which I prefer to Romney’s, in fact, in most cases I am probably more inclined to Romney policies; rather, it is something which Obama lacks - a 35 year friendship with the Prime Minister of Israel, Binyamin
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Netanyahu, and a $100 million Zionist donor, Sheldon Adelson. While in statements Obama and Romney have a seemingly similar stances - that it is unacceptable for Iran’ to possess nuclear weapons - actions speak louder than words, and Obama’s inaction vis-a-vis Israel the past three and a half years has undoubtedly kept Israel in check and from making any pre-emptive strives on Iran. Yet, for Romney this equates to throwing “allies like Israel under the bus.” Furthermore, given Romney’s stated public position, coupled with his active personal friendships, should Romney be elected to office I fear a drastic shift in American diplomatic relations with Israel and thus, an exponentially increased likelihood that the United States will get drawn in to another conflict in the Middle East, perhaps one with nuclear consequences. This notion has become clearer in the wake of Romney’s July 29 trip to Israel (something Obama has never done), in which Romney stood side-by-side with the Netanyahu as the Israeli leader called again for military intervention in Iran. Romney followed up affirming “by history and by conviction, our two countries are bound together.” What is more, the two friends who first met as corporate business advisors as the
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Boston Consulting Group, even share mutual friends, Dan Senor and Ron Dermer, both American born and who both happen to be the political advisors for Romney and Netanyahu respectively. Therefore, in stark contrast with Obama who reportedly rejected to meet with Netanyahu after visit to the UN, Romney and Netanyahu have a relationship that is too close for comfort. Another disconcerting relationship, forged more recently by Romney, is that with billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson. For those of you who have been following the race since the primaries you may recognize Adelson as the infamous money man behind Newt Gingrich. Now with Gingrich out, Adelson, an ardent Zionist, has moved to back Romney pledging to spend around $100 million this election cycle to help defeat Obama. After an initial meeting in May, the two have stayed in communication and both made the July 29 trip to Israel. Moreover, should Romney be elected President he will be deeply indebted to this uncompromising Zionist. Now, for anyone who may have lingering skepticism towards the potential implications of Romney’s relationships with Netanyahu and Adelson, consider the contrasting reac-
tions of Obama and Romney to Netanyahu’s “Red Line” speech at the UN. Though Netanyahu demanded “red lines” be set where Iran must not cross, Obama made it clear that he is not ready to take any such steps:“when it comes to our national security decisions ... I am going to block out any noise that’s out there.” In contrast, Romney took the opportunity to criticize the Obama’s diplomacy, citing this as “the latest evidence of his chronic disregard for the security of our closest ally in the Middle East.” Furthermore, closely tied with Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, and with Zionist mega donor, Adelson, Romney has no capacity for a mute button when it comes to foreign policy and the Middle East; if he were President there is no doubt in my mind that decisive military action against Iran would ensue, and the US would be locked in yet another conflict, one which has the potential to be far more devastating than any we have yet seen. So, while I cannot support the President for re-election for what he has done, I have to give it to him for what he has not done. Staff Columnist Stephanie Blasnik is an 8th-semester history and psychology double major. She can be reached at Stephanie.Blasnik@UConn.edu.
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No fear over missed exercise routines By Jamie Dinar Campus Correspondent
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Russian born, Regina Spektor, sold out Jorgensen center and attracted students with her indie pop like music. Influenced by various artists Spektor entertained audience with piano playing and an capella song called “Ain’t No Cove.” She also made the audience laugh with her playful beatboxing.
By Cole von Richthoven Campus Correspondent “If you were a student here when we were last here, you’d be what we call a super senior” said singersongwriter Regina Spektor, Saturday night on the Jorgensen stage. The Russian-born singer-songwriter had no problem selling out the hall for her show, which was brimming with enthusiasm and turnout of all ages. Spektor’s music, often categorized as anti-folk or indie pop, is exactly what one would expect of her upbringing. Having been exposed to both classical Russian music like Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava and rock-androll like The Beatles and Queen at an early age, Regina’s sound has a folklike theme with multicultural influences that seem to mock mainstream music.
The show opened with Regina’s husband and front man of the nowdefunct Moldy Peaches, Jack Dishel. Dishel played a stripped-down set of seven songs, all of which were accompanied by pre-recorded music and sound effects to back his acoustic guitar. Dishel returned towards the end of Regina’s set for a duet they had co-written, entitled “Call them Brothers.” Dishel, who goes by the name “Only Son” in his solo career, met with fans in the lobby after the concert. A very relaxed, down-to-earth musician, Dishel noted that he had no idea what sports the Huskies played: “hockey?” Regina herself began with a soulful a capella song, “Ain’t No Cover,” rapping on the mic while she gave the audience an appetizer of songs to come. As she settled herself at the grand piano, Spektor apologized to the performing arts students that she had
met backstage who had had to miss the concert to put on “O Beautiful” that night. She continued on to playful, upbeat tracks such as “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitter Pas)” and returned to more soulful tracks like “The Prayer,” which she sang in Russian. Since many of Spektor’s lyrics aren’t autobiographical, she had no problem playing various contrasting characters throughout the concert; The pianist was able to make the crowd laugh with her playful beatboxing in “All the Rowboats” – and then cry just a few minutes later with “Blue Lips,” in which she notes that “blue lips, blue veins” are both human and yet imply completely different states of life. Patrick Belanger, a 1st-semester computer science major, attended with his girlfriend Melissa Jensen from Eastern Connecticut University. A fan of Regina for years, he commented that her “very eclectic, unique style”
has kept him coming back. “She’s quirky... she does a lot of interesting music, and the mainstream wants synth.” After a solid 20-song set, Regina returned to the standing crowd for four additional tracks, including a sing-along to the popular single, “Fidelity.” Sisters Kelly and Meghan McDarby, students of Applied Economics & Management and Human Developments, respectively, drove six hours from Cornell to see Ms. Spektor, having missed her performance in Philadelphia last spring. “Her lyrics are pensive and highly reflective”, Kelly commented seconds before a song. “Samson” proved a perfect end to the encore performance, as Spektor mused “Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth I have to go, I have to go.”
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Homecoming week begins with carnival
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Students lined up for rides, food, and games at the Homecoming carnival Sunday afternoon. The carnival was at the end of the Homecoming parade that took place in the early afternoon with this year’s theme ‘Party in the 860.’ Homecoming events will take place throughout the week leading up to Lip Sync and Saturday’s football game where UConn will play Temple.
By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer In conjunction with Homecoming Week, SUBOG celebrated its 60th anniversary with a carnival on the Student Union Mall Sunday afternoon. Despite the overcast and sometimes rainy weather, students attended the carnival, waiting in lines for food and rides. From moon bounces to stations for making “Sandy Candy,” SUBOG arranged for a variety of attractions at the carnival that brought in local residents, parents, and children as well. Kicking off Homecoming Week along with the Parade held on the same day,
the carnival is just the first of the many events lined up for the week. Free for the public, the carnival had a DJ set up, served free refreshments and carnival foods like fried dough, cotton candy, and popcorn, and set up a number of rides and games. “The fried dough and ice cream tasted amazing,” said Alexander Eloi, a seventh semester communications major. “But some of the rides made me so dizzy and nauseous. That one like Teacups that spins you around made me so lightheaded after.” Some of the rides were slow like the Ferris Wheel while others were meant to
be more thrilling like the ride Eloi mentioned. Games included the “Balloon Water Race Game” and “Pop a Pimple,” and each of these games had a winner that received prizes like stuffed animals and blow up bats. “I liked the carnival games and the rides were fun,” said Pahola Almonte, a 3rd-semester History major. “They executed the theme for homecoming pretty well with carnival and parade. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the week and Lipsync and the pageant… it should be really fun.” SUBOG also gave away a number of free items including headphones, graf-
fiti banners, and other items with the 2012 Homecoming theme “Party in the 860.” With the Homecoming Pageant on Tuesday and Lipsync Thursday night, the carnival set up the hype for the rest of the week for students who are in the midst of midterms and exams. “I have five exams this week,” said Eloi, “So it was nice to take a break from studying and get to come to this. Even though I know I’ll be busy and have a lot to do this week, I don’t want to miss out on the other Homecoming events.”
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Studying for four exams in one week is certainly time consuming. But finally midterm week is coming to an end and its time to make that long-awaited grand return to the gym. Only problem is, now that I’ve finally made it back, I can’t move! It hurts to raise my arms, walk or even laugh—but I don’t regret trying out those extra abdominal routines or reaching for that extra mile. It’s all worth it. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS, is that dreaded soreness that occurs 24 to 48 hours after unusual physical activity. It doesn’t matter how athletically inclined you are, even the world’s most well known athletes experience DOMS. It usually comes when you haven’t worked out in a while or are experimenting with a new exercise regime. When you work out, you create stress on your muscles while they are contracting. This stress will form tears in your muscle’s fibers, which will then cause inflammation and pain. Don’t be discouraged from this new regime, however— the soreness is good. It just means that you are building strong muscles, and hence improving your previously weaker ones. Here are some tricks to help alleviate the pain created by DOMS: First, make sure to always stretch. That is something many will forget, and later deeply regret. Stretching is important because it breaks your muscles’ usual cycle of soreness to muscle spasms to contraction and tightness. In addition to stretching, a warm up and cool down period is imperative to help prevent soreness. Your routine should look like this: warm up, stretch, work out, cool down and stretch. Each step is vital in thwarting DOMS. Applying heat could also help. Studies prove that when muscle temperature increases, so does blood flow. And with that increased blood flow brings forth healing nutrients and fresh oxygen to help heal those tearing fibers. Try using a heating pad, or even try special creams such as Icy Hot or Mineral Ice, to help create a heating sensation on sensitive areas. If those don’t work, you can also try applying ice, antiinflammatory medicines, such as Advil, or even massages! But most importantly, rest. When you are sore, it is wise to take it easy for a few days after the initial pain sets in. That doesn’t mean you have to completely stop going to the gym, however. DOMS only affects the muscles that were worked, so if you are hurting, try switching up your routines. Focus on a different set of muscles, let the aching ones rest and allow other groups of muscles the opportunity to grow. Go for that full workout! And make sure to remember the vital steps in each routine: stretch, warm up, work out, cool down and stretch. It’s important to remember, or else you may not be able to move for a few days!
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‘Once Upon a Time’ goes into its second season with lots of action as a curse is lifted and many are slowly recovering memories. However all is not well in Storybrooke as a potion takes over the town and soul sucking creature has made an appearance.
By Shirley Chen Campus Correspondent The intense rollercoaster ride through various fairy tale characters living in the modern day world is back with an all new season two. ABC’s fantasy – drama television series, Once Upon a Time, premiered last Sunday night at 8p.m. Season one ended with Emma’s true love kiss on Henry’s forehead that broke the curse that froze time and erased all the memories of the fairytale characters’ true selves that live in Storybrooke. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold pours a mysterious potion into the wishing well, forming a purple fog that consumes all of Storybrooke. Season two starts out with the heart-touching reunion of Mary Margaret Blanchard, Snow White, David Nolan, Prince
Charming, and their daughter, love’s kiss, based on Sleeping Emma Swan, as well as the Beauty, with his warrior comrecognition amongst of the rest panion, Mulan. However, a of the fairytale characters’ true deadly wraith, a soul-sucking selves. However, they have creature, suddenly appears and come to realize that although faces Prince Phillip and unforthey have recovered tunately marks their memories, they Once Upon a Time him. As a result, are not back to their he sacrifices his ABC homeland. With this life in order to save Sunday 8:00 p.m. problem in hand, they Princess Aurora went out in search for and Mulan. answers from Regina Back in Mills, the Queen. Storybrooke, After realizing that Mr. Gold, Regina held no solutions, nor was she completely Rumpelstiltskin, takes venresponsible for this problem, geance on Regina for locking Emma decided to lock her up. up his loved one by marking Although Regina says that the her with the medallion that fairytale world has already been a deadly wraith is bound to. destroyed by the curse, we see Luckily, Emma, Mary Margaret that it is not true. In the fairytale and David came in time to save world, Prince Phillip awakes Regina. Regina has already Princess Aurora with a true given up because her fate lies in
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Silly antics and old flames plague ‘New Girl’
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What I’m Watching Gravity Falls Underrated: Disney Friday at 9 p.m. Did Disney channel actually come out with another decent cartoon show? I suppose it’s possible even after the many ridiculously ludicrous shows that they have come out with. With Photo courtesy of avclub.com some of these shows it’s posNew Girl is well into their season as the main characters pick off where they left off and continue with their shenanigans such as Schmidt impersonating Mitt Romeny’s son in order to sible to loose brain cells after pick up chicks. viewing for five minutes. However ‘Gravity Falls’ is an By Michael Sin mates that he has been able ‘Future Nick’, and understands gets creepy this episode by fixodd show but strangely enough Campus Correspondent to ‘reach completion’ with his all his current issues – and owns ing an unwavering stare at pretit can be very compelling with penis cast on with some ‘very a tattered version of his hoodie. ty much any woman that passes precise and vigorous nipple- Turns out he was just a crazy by him – a dry spell caused by its bizarre plot line. The two After receiving critical play’. Jess has also been laid off homeless man. Shelby. There seems to be more main characters live with their acclaim in the first season, the from her school, despite makThis week’s episode entailed tension between the couple than great uncle for the summer follow-up season of New Girl ing it through two months of arguably the funniest situation old flames, Cece and Schmidt. but they are constantly dealing set a high standard for its fans. summer school in the entire three epiEverything from the last seawith supernatural situations and The real question was if cre- without laughsodes – Schmidt imper- son is still there - Jess’ tradeNew Girl creatures. Despite the peculiarity ator Liz Meriwether could back ing at a stusonating one of Mitt mark awkwardness and failure Romney’s sons to pick up to be sexy, Schmidt’s doucheFOX of the show there is something up the stellar performance. We dent called Vaj women. He slips up by bag antics, Nick’s pessimism Tuesday 9:00 p.m. very comical about the situations were left hanging in the break to Rejuv. ponder over Cece and Schmidt’s In the second recalling him and ‘Dad’ and juvenile habits and Winston and how they act upon it in breakup, Nick moving out of episode, themes fishing with a ‘couple of being…Winston. Everything order to solve it. the loft and the ‘will it happen of a sex farce cold beers in hand’, but except Schmidt’s penis cast. The It’s certainly not a laugh your or won’t it’ relationship tension and Nick’s the girl points out that affable characters of New Girl belief in time Mormons don’t drink. have developed to be some of guts out show but it does have between him and Jess. To my delight, the first three travel made this an excellent folNothing is more entertaining the funniest personalities over a lot of pleasant and unexpected episodes exceeded all expeclow-up to the first episode. Jess than seeing Schmidt on the the last season. This season puns here and there that can tations, and the outlook for a goes ‘off the grid’ during her back foot. He responds,“We promises to be a hit with the keep you amused for hours. impressive second season is spiral of depression, becomes don’t drink the beers, Courtney, fans and easily has potential to
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positive. The premiere commenced with Schmidt fresh out of the shower in a trash bag diaper, announcing to his house-
irresistible to the opposite sex and decides to go on a promiscuous romp. Nick meets a man at his bar who claims to be
we just buy them to support American breweries. Then we dump them in the lake, because we’re Americans.” Winston also
be one of the best sitcoms of 2012.
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In case you haven’t lost count, the long-running and perennially acclaimed animated sitcom “The Simpsons” began its 24th season this past week along with the rest of Fox’s “Animation Domination” programming block. While many viewers still enjoy the program, its popularity has been somewhat overshadowed by that of its clone, “Family Guy,” in recent years and that program’s vast decline in quality over the past two or three seasons make this an unfathomable truth. It’s most recent episode featured the Simpsons family traveling to New York where the type of pop-culture packed humor that only this program can deliver remained on full display. No irrelevant cutaway gags are necessary to make the audience laugh. The fact of the matter remains that 24 years in, “The Simpsons” remains at the forefront of comedy and its season premiere reminds us all that we need to pay more attention to it. There are those who point to the show’s perceived lack of quality in comparison to the show’s early years. Blasphemy. “The Simpsons” has been awarded more Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program than any other in history. Not only has the show been nominated annually since 1995, but the program’s most recent win was only in 2008, a mere four years ago. Rather than begrudge the new episodes of the show for their perceived inferiority, it makes much more sense to simply remember and commend the excellence of the shows early episodes for what they were: an anomaly of some of the greatest television comedy ever to grace the homes of American viewers. To consistently live up to that level of quality for 24 seasons, practically a quarter century, would be an insurmountable, if not impossible, task for any program. The show is also as relevant to the times as ever. Like most adult humor oriented comedy shows, the characters never age. The same Bart we saw 20-something years ago is still the same kid, only now using a smartphone. The humor, while rarely topical like “South Park” or late night TV, has evolved with the show over the years. This includes the frequent use of guest stars who are still pulled from the most relevant of modern entertainment personalities. The 23rd season finale last spring starred none other than Lady Gaga. Rather than to begrudge “The Simpsons” as a show that is past its prime, or something “old,” viewers should be keenly aware that the denizens of Springfield are as hilarious as ever and “The Simpsons” is still must see TV.
Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu
Monday, October 8, 2012
Rocking for healthcare awareness
By Shirley Chen Campus Correspondent The week ended with the UConn Medical Humanitarian Society’s second annual awareness concert, which featured three local bands: This Good Robot, Voted Most Random and Patent Pending, on the Student Union Mall Friday night. The concert was in support for the group’s upcoming January 2012 Guatemala trip, where they will provide healthcare for less fortunate residents. Tables were set up around the stage to accept donations. The awareness concert started off with a warm welcome by the president Rabale Hasan, vice president Khalil Rahman and Fundraising Chair Avery Desrosiers, of the UConn Medical Humanitarian Society. After introductions, the first band to play was The Good Robot from Long Island, NY. Their upbeat, fast-paced, indierock songs brought excitement to the crowd. “I really liked The Good Robot,” said Laurel Pehmoeller, a 1st-semester art major. “What I liked most about this band is that there was one song where the lead singer took out a toy gun and used it for sound effect. It fit perfectly with the song and I find that really unique and cool.” Between the switching of The Good Robot and Voted Most Random, the UConn Medical Humanitarian Society’s three Awareness Chairs, Sumia Hussain, Raza Zaidi and Matt Somerville, went on stage and gave an interactive presentation about the awareness of malaria, water sanitation and hunger. The crowd was bustling with answers as the members asked general questions about these issues. Passing students stopped to watch the performance, increasing the number of audience members by the time Voted Most Random, an American pop punk band from Hamden, played that set. “This concert was especially
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UConn Medical Humanitarian society held their second annual awareness concert this past Friday night. Various bands attracted many students.
cool because the other bands and us happen to have a lot of fans in common,” said Voted Most Random. “The effect of this was that most people arrived early, stayed for all three bands and were attentive the entire time. You can’t ask for a better audience.” After Vote Most Random’s performance, the UConn Medical Humanitarian Society’s Major Trip Coordinator, Syed Naqvi and Promotions Officer, Sabah Islam, spoke more about the purpose of the trip to Guatemala. First, they reflected on their past trip to Peru on March 2012. Then, they talked about their goals for this next trip. Although the last band to play was Patent Pending, a rock and pop punk band from Long Island, the strong lively vibe of the crowd did not decline. “We’re only there for the
music but they did a really good job of combining the music and spreading awareness,” said Yury Fomin, a 1stsemester psychology major. “I actually learned quite a bit.” “Overall, I believe the concert was a great success. We collected just over $300 in donations throughout the night, but since then, we have been receiving more via online. Some of the bands actually dipped into their own pockets to help our cause and that in my opinion was very meaningful,” said the UConn Medical Humanitarian Society’s Major Trip Coordinator, Syed H. Naqvi, a 7th-semester Allied Health major. “All in all, it was a much better event than last semester!”
Shirley.Chen@UConn.edu
O’Reilly, Stewart tangle in mock debate WASHINGTON (AP) — There were all the trappings of a high-octane presidential debate: the over-the-top declarations, the pre-practiced zingers and the schmaltzy appeals to America’s truest values. But the presidential candidates were nowhere to be found. In their place Saturday were two celebrity gabbers who have claimed their stakes to the polar opposite ends of the political spectrum: Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart. The political odd-couple came to Washington ready to tangle in an event mockingly dubbed “The Rumble in the AirConditioned Auditorium.” Choice words not suitable for the faint of heart dotted the 90-minute exchange between the Fox News anchor and the star of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” who bantered aggressively but good-naturedly over birth control, President George W. Bush and the so-called “War on Christmas.” Stewart came prepped with a mechanical pedestal he used to elevate himself in the air, making the height-challenged comedian appear taller than the lanky O’Reilly when he wanted to drive a point home. “I like you much better that way,” O’Reilly quipped at one point as he gazed up at his ideological foe. The political feud between the two caffeinated TV personalities dates back more than a decade. Much like family members who just can’t resist pushing each other’s buttons over Thanksgiving stuffing, Stewart and O’Reilly love to disagree, but appear to hold nothing against each other once the latest spat has run its course. The two have appeared on each other’s programs since 2001, but the face-off Saturday at The George Washington University marked their first head-to-head debate. Appearing wholly presiden-
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Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, left, and Bill O’Reilly tape an interview in New York. Stewart and O’Reilly, with a history of public political feuds, tangle in a sold-out debate.
tial in dark jackets and face makeup under a sign reading “Yum, this banner tastes like freedom,” the two quickly turned to talk of government spending and the 47 percent of Americans that Republican Mitt Romney said in a video are dependent on government. Stewart, defending government involvement in health care and social programs, said the U.S. has always been an entitlement nation. “We are a people that went to another country, saw other people on it and said, ‘Yea, we want that,” Stewart said. “Have you ever seen ‘Oprah’s favorite things’ episode?” Asked who he’d like to see as president, O’Reilly deadpanned: “I’d have to say Clint Eastwood.” “Well why don’t we ask him,” said Stewart, mocking the Hollywood actor’s widely panned speech in August at the Republican National Convention by getting out of his chair and staring at it
while the crowd erupted in laughter. In an apparent show of bipartisanship, Stewart even got on O’Reilly lap at one point. “And what would you like for Christmas, little boy?” O’Reilly said slyly. “The display that you saw tonight is why America is America. Robust, creative, no holds barred,” O’Reilly told reporters after the debate. “You can call it whatever you want, but you wouldn’t see this in a lot of other countries. That’s for sure.” Organizers said about 1,500 people attended the event, but the main audience was intended to be online, where the event was live-streamed for $4.95. On Twitter, viewers complained they missed the event when the video servers crashed. Organizers said video will be available for download and that those who experienced errors will be eligible for a refund.
Millions of pints later, Oktoberfest closes
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A young man displays a beer mug in the Hofbraeuhaus tent after the opening of the famous Bavarian “Oktoberfest” beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
BERLIN (AP) — Munich’s famed celebration of beer, the Oktoberfest, is drawing to a close after some 6.4 million visitors downed an estimated 6.9 million liter mugs of Bavarian brew — some 14.6 million pints.
Organizers said they were satisfied with this year’s event, which opened Sept. 22 and ends Sunday — although visitor numbers were lower than last year. Festival director Dieter Reiter says that’s
because the festival grounds were reduced to accommodate an agricultural fair which takes place every four years, news agency dapd reported. In 2011, the Oktoberfest drew some 6.9 million visitors, who downed well
over 7 million liters. The Oktoberfest draws visitors from across the world — many of whom try out traditional Bavarian dress. Reiter says: “Purely from a visual point of view, there are only Bavarians.”
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Email 3 of your best sample comics to Dailycampuscomics@gmail.com! Horoscopes Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Things will be easier for a couple of days before they get trickier again. Enjoy what you have right now, especially your friends.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Dive into an extremely productive Monday. Focus on the task at hand, and hide from distractions. You’ll be amazed at how much you can get accomplished. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Go for it: Step out of your comfort zone. One thing that you try doesn’t work, but something else does. More work equals more pay. Quiet meditation lifts spirits. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Take a deep breath, and let your partner do the talking. The best things in life are still free. Financial planning seems easier. Friends give you a needed boost. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Costs could be higher than expected. Someone you trust helps you see a financial leak so you can plug it. It will require negotiations and compromise. It turns out to be easy. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- What you do for others now counts double. Focus on doing a great job and completing projects today and tomorrow. But don’t rush your decisions. Listen carefully. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -Don’t let others dampen your creativity and enthusiasm. Make key decisions so you can start the project. Don’t get stopped by regulations. You’re bigger than that. Pay bills.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re gaining confidence. Spur others in the right direction, gently. Sand the rough edges. Do the research to set the right price. Don’t overlook domestic chores. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Moods fluctuate. A short stroll around your neighborhood or park helps recharge your batteries. Throw your hat over the fence that you know you want to jump. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re entering a mentally active cycle. Imagination takes over, especially about creating new ways to make money. A window may be closing, but a brighter one opens. Keep a lid on the spending. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Notice what’s blocking your path. Clear the way or just jump over it with ease, and gain accolades. Great wealth can be yours. Accept encouragement. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Postpone fun and games for now, and focus on keeping your promises. It doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy the process. Others admire your work. Don’t buy gifts yet.
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Women's soccer coach nears 500 wins By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer Head Coach Len Tsantiris remains stuck on 498 wins, but the UConn women’s soccer team was able to get a crucial point in a 1-1 draw against No. 20 Marquette. The Huskies are the first team to earn at least a point against the Golden Eagles in Big East play this season. Marquette, now 10-22 overall, entered the match 6-0-0 in the Big East. UConn now has 10 points in conference play with a 3-4-1 record. With the draw, they move one point ahead of Providence for the fourth and final guaranteed tournament spot in the Big East American Division. The weekend started on a sour note for the Huskies as they fell 1-0 to South Florida. The Huskies dominated possession of the ball and outshot the Bulls 21-6. With five minutes left, USF’s Sarah Miller found the ball at her feet after a flick towards the goal off
of a corner kick and put the ball past freshman goalkeeper Jessica Montrose, who was playing her second game of the season. Montrose was, undoubtedly, the woman of the match on Sunday. Being asked to play in her third game against one of the top teams in the conference, she rose to the occasion, making ten saves on 11 shots on goal. “I was worried about [Montrose] but we had no other choice right now,” Tsantiris said. “She is very good but she is also not used to this. That’s why it took her so long to get her going because every other day she was hurt.” The game went back and forth right from the start with both teams getting chances early. The 798 fans looked like they were watching a tennis match as play moved from side to side constantly. Marquette broke the deadlock in the 38th minute when Mary Luba got on the end of a cross from Maegan Kelly and fired the ball past Montrose from six yards out.
Marquette was able to hold UConn off for a while, but the chance finally presented itself for the Huskies in the 63rd minute. Freshman forward Stephanie Ribeiro was pulled down just inside the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Junior midfielder Jennifer Skogerboe stepped up to the spot and converted for her fourth goal of the season. UConn had a chance to win in the final minute of regulation with a free kick from about 19 yards away. But junior midfielder Devin Prendergast struck the far corner of the crossbar and the ball went out of play. The second half ended with the score level at 1-1 with Marquette holding a 14-13 edge in shots. In the first overtime, both sides had four shots and came very close to finding the game-winner. Ribeiro was the closet to ending the match when she curled a shot just over the crossbar from 18 yards out. UConn ran into trouble in the second overtime. With five minutes left, senior forward Danielle Schulmann was sent off after a
second yellow card, forcing UConn to play with 10 players the rest of the way. While it looked like Tsantiris instructed midfielder Ruby Fee to move up to forward, UConn defended the rest of the way. Marquette had seven shots in the second overtime and nearly won with 10 seconds left, but Montrose salvaged a point when she parried a close up shot that forced her into a dive. The whistle blew shortly after and UConn survived with a draw. “[The point] is okay,” Tsantiris said. “It’s not great, it’s okay. We kind of should have won this game, playing at home. But I’m not unhappy about it. The most important thing that I will take out is that we competed…I would say the result is fair.” With two games remaining, UConn will travel to Pittsburgh on Thursday. Because of the red card, Schulmann will miss the match, but Tsantiris knows the team will need to be able to adjust. “We do have the players that can go in. I mean we are going
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Women's soccer head coach Len Tsantiris roams the sidlines during a recent soccer game at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. Tsantiris is clossing in on 500 career wins.
to lack her experience and she is the leading scorer but we gotta do what we gotta do. We got to adjust we gotta find out what we need. At
least we’ve got a little bit of time to figure that out.”
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
Field hockey remains unbeaten Huskies fail to capitalize on scoring oppertunities after victory agaisnt Louisville By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer Graduate student defender Louisa Boddy continued her torrid start to the season as the No. 3 Huskies defeated Louisville in Kentucky on Saturday. Boddy – who was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Oct. 1 issue of “Faces in the Crowd” – posted UConn’s only two goals in a 2-1 win against the Cardinals, pushing the Huskies’ season opening win streak to 13-games. Just over 20 minutes into the contest, Boddy netted the
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first of her two, giving the Huskies the 1-0 advantage; the lead was pushed to 2-0 just three minutes later. Both of Boddy’s goals came off of penalty corners and were assisted by Vicky Arthur and Chrissy Davidson. Louisville tried to make a push in the second half, scoring at the 49:36 mark to cut the lead in half, but were unable to finish the job. For the game, the Huskies held a 13-6 advantage in shots and out cornered the Cardinals 8-6. Goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield made five saves in net for UConn.
In addition to their perfect 13-0 record on the season, the win improved the Huskies to 4-0 in the Big East. The team returns home following the end of their three-game road trip to face Georgetown and Stanford this weekend at the Sherman Sports Complex. UConn plays the Hoyas at noon on Saturday before facing off against the Cardinal at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Matt.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu
eleven of us. We just didn’t do our jobs today.” Whitmer completed just 14 of 32 passes for 191 yards and four interceptions, totaling 10 for the season. The second of the signal caller’s turnovers was returned for a touchdown by safety Wayne Warren with 3:44 left in the game, effectively sealing the Huskies’ fate. The two subsequent drives also ended in Whitmer picks and accounted for 62 of the Huskies total 191 yards of offense. After being benched for the first quarter due to an earlier arrest for second-degree breach of peace, running back Lyle McConbs gained just 32 yards rushing. Geremy Davis was the Huskies’ leading receiver with four catches for 78 yards, furthering his season lead over other UConn pass catchers in those categories. However, an apparent miscommunication between Davis and Whitmer on the team’s second possession led to an easy Logan Ryan interception. “We have to be able to run the ball more efficiently than we ran it today.” Said UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni. “We have to protect the passer. We have to be able to do those things. Give credit to them, they played a very good game today.” Following the Ryan forced turnover, the Scarlet Knights could only move the ball seventeen yards over six
plays. Freshman kicker Kyle Frederico knocked in his fifth field goal of the year from 45 yards out after four short Jamison rushes and two passes from quarterback Gary Nova. Nova finished the day 18-27 for 157 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. A Nick Williams fumble on the ensuing kickoff set the table again for the Rutgers offense on a short field. Starting at the UConn 29 yardline, the unit was forced to kick another field goal after a Jamison touchdown run was called back due to offensive holding. Husky defensive captain Jory Johnson made two stops on the drive and finished with team-high 10 tackles. With the score 6-0, the teams traded scoreless drives after UConn defensive tackle Shamar Stephen blocked a 50-yard field goal attempt early in the second quarter. Taking the ball at the Rutgers 47, the UConn offense moved forty-five yards behind the running of McCombs and ‘wildcat’ quarterback Scott McCummings. Then on third-and-goal from the two, McCummings misfired on a rollout pass to Martin Hyppolite to set up a chipshot Chad field goal with 2:39 left in the opening half Though, thanks to another stop by the defense, Whitmer and co. faced another opportunity to put points on the board. Starting from midfield, the Huskies had thirty-three seconds and three timeouts to move into Rutgers terriorty.
However, after a long completion to Davis at the Scarlet Knights’ 34, the team ran up to the line for a spike instead of stopping the clock. Now with only eight seconds, head coach Paul Pasqualoni sent on the kicking unit who missed a 51-yard attempt. The drive encapsulated UConn’s performance on the day, filled largely with missed opportunities and mental gaffes. “We need to take advantage of the scoring opportunities, getting more out of the scoring opportunities that we had,” Pasqualoni said. “We didn’t have a ton of scoring opportunities in this game. Being able to cash in when you have those opportunities. We lost some chances today.” On the first Rutgers series of the second half, Nova directed the best drive of the game that featured steady Jamison runs and completions to receivers Brandon Coleman, Tim Wright and Mark Harrison. Harrison capped it off by taking a 14-yard screen pass into the endzone. The 13-3 score held until Warren’s late picksix in the second half as the Scarlet Knight defense shut down UConn down to a four yards per play average. The Huskies will take to the gridiron again this Saturday at home against Temple during Homecoming weekend. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Andrew.Callahan@UConn.edu
NHL, players' association meet in Toronto
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to reporters after meeting with team owners.
TORONTO (AP) — The NHL and the players' association quietly resumed collective bargaining talks Friday and expect to be in contact again in the upcoming days. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly met with union head Donald Fehr and special counsel Steve Fehr in the NHLPA office on the 20th day of the NHL lockout. "We met with the Union today in Toronto," Daly told The Associated Press in an email. "We are supposed to touch base over the weekend. Nothing more to report right now." N H L PA spokesman Jonathan Weatherdon said any discussions this weekend won't be in person. The meeting on Friday marked the first negotiating session since talks broke off Tuesday in New York, where the sides had met four times in five days to discuss issues other than core economics. No specifics were given about Friday's negotiations. "Just general discussion of where we are and how to move the process forward," Daly said.
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Jets using Tebow as marketing tool By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer
AP
New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow (15) leaves the field following an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami.
Two weeks ago, I used this column to rant about my dissatisfaction with how the New York Jets were using Tim Tebow, believing it was a marketing gimmick. Well, the gimmick is about to get a whole lot worse. Reports surfaced from the NFL Network this week that the Jets had 12,000 unsold tickets for tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup against the Houston Texans as of Friday, which threatened the local television broadcast of the game. According to NFL rules, games must be sold out in order to air in the local market. Unfortunately, considering how dreadful the Jets have looked as of late, selling out MetLife stadium could easily become an ongoing issue as fans become more and more disgruntled with the squad’s performance. When team performance wanes, and fan interest suffers, the simplest way to jumpstart
ticket sales is with a jolt of excitement. What’s more exciting than the controversial, media-circus that is Tim Tebow? Pressure on the Jets’ coaching staff to start Tebow could soon be ramped up if ticket sales – and the franchise’s bottom line – continue to hurt. Though I would typically welcome Tebow as the starting QB with open arms, these are not the circumstances that should lead to such a decision. As much as professional sports is a business, players should not be exploited for their revenue-generating potential because of their personal life and beliefs. If teams want to bring in a highly-skilled stud and market him until they’re blue in the face in an effort to boost ticket sales, then fine. But using the controversy created by a man’s religious views and overall personality to boost the bottom line is disgusting. As a Jets fan, I hope they avoid making fools of themselves by using Tebow as a marketing ploy. Considering it’s the Jets we’re
talking about, I fully expect the worst. Giants’ sloppy start In the first few minutes of the Giants’ game against the Browns on Sunday, fans watching must have sworn they were watching the other New York team play; the G-Men quickly fell behind 14-0 after a first-play fumble led to an easy rushing touchdown for Cleveland, followed by a horrendous looking drive that resulted in a punt and a quick Brandon Weeden throw over the top for another score. Though they managed to storm back and win the game in easy fashion, the Giants will have to avoid such egregious starts and errors going forward if they hope to make it back to the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. Thankfully for them, their miserable opening minutes came against an equally pathetic Browns team. Yankees kick off the playoffs on the road Despite finishing with the best record in the American League, the Yankees began their playoff run by visiting the Orioles
at Camden Yards Sunday night, thanks to the new 2-3 format of the first round that the MLB introduced this year. Making the higher seeds begin on the road is a marked disadvantage, as they lose the opportunity to set the tone of the series behind the support of a home crowd. In addition, should the series end in a sweep, the higher seed loses out financially as they would only host one game, as opposed to two for the lower seed. While it may be less important for teams like the Yankees to generate that revenue, low-budget teams like the Oakland Athletics could certainly benefit from the extra ticket and food sales and must be wary of the new format. Don’t be surprised to see the higher seeds start to complain if they fall behind 2-0 in a series on the road – I’d be confused by why the MLB is punishing me for being successful too.
Matt.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu
Men's hockey has sights set on Atlantic Hockey Title By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer The UConn men’s ice hockey team has some unfinished business. Last season ended earlier than the Huskies would have hoped for. UConn went 13-17-4 in the regular season and 12-12-3 in Atlantic Hockey Association play. The 27 points during the AHA season, two points for a win, one for a tie, allowed UConn to get home ice during the first round of the AHA tournament, as the No. 8 overall seed out of 12 teams. After sweeping the No. 9 seed Canisius in the best-of-three opening round, UConn moved on to face the conference’s top team and No. 1 seed, Air Force. The Huskies had to go to Colorado and play three straight games on the Falcons’ home ice. A team that many expected the Falcons to brush aside easily, Bruce Marshall’s team gave Air Force everything it had. After dropping the first game 4-3, UConn took Game 2 3-1. Air Force took Game 3 and the series the next day, but UConn once again gave them everything they had, losing 4-3 once again. The memory of what happened in Colorado last March and the thought of what could have been is one that looms large for the Huskies and one that will motivate them throughout the
2012-13 season. “We knew it was going to be a battle and it was down to the wire and it sucked having to lose that game,” said senior captain and defenseman Alex Gerke. “So I mean a lot of the guys, they want revenge, especially against Air Force because it’s always a dogfight against them.” “We can’t wait for Air Force to come down here and play,” said senior captain and center Sean Ambrosie. Simply beating the Falcons, who come into the season ranked No. 19 in the country, will not define success for the Huskies. Despite losing six seniors and Cole Schneider, who would be a junior right now had he not signed with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, the team is still confident that this will be a big season for UConn, who are beginning their next to last season before joining Hockey East, the elite conference in college hockey. The loss of Schneider was the second-biggest headline during the offseason for the Huskies after the announcement of the conference change. After posting 45 points last season with 23 goals and 22 assists, Schneider was rewarded with a twoway contract by the Senators. Despite losing their top weapon, the offense looked impressive in Saturday’s 3-3 tie against Canadian side York University and Head Coach Bruce Marshall
Eagles come up Agabiti: short in 14-6 Atlanta failed loss to Steelers in other ways from THAT'S, page 10 only made things worse. The Cardinals’ David Freese reached second base on a throwing error by Atlanta’s Dan Uggla and then a sacrifice play brought Freese to third base. He’d then score on a fielder’s choice hit by shortstop Pete Kozma, but yet another throwing error brought Kozma to second. The very next batter, Matt Carpenter, hit an infield single (on a play when nobody from Atlanta covered first base) and Kozma scored from second. Right there are two runs that could have been prevented by Atlanta. Yes the umpire mad a really bad call late in the game, but Atlanta failed in so many other ways that it really didn’t matter. On a totally random and unrelated note, champagne for getting the Wild Card, St. Louis? Poor form. Follow Dan on Twitter @ DanAgabiti
Dan.Agabiti@UConn.edu
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Fourthquarter comebacks and close wins allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to emerge from September in first place despite a negative turnover ratio. But engineering another late go-ahead drive wasn't enough for Michael Vick to overcome his early sloppiness with the football on Sunday. Shaun Suisham hit a 34-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 16-14 victory over the Eagles. Vick fumbled three times — losing two in the first half, including one at the goal line to negate likely Philadelphia points. It was enough to overshadow what would have been Vick's fourth fourth-quarter game-winning drive in five games this season. "It's the game of football," Vick said. "Things happen. I wish I could take the fumble back on the goal line but you can't. Ultimately I think we put ourselves into a position to win this game and we didn't win." Philadelphia (3-2) took its only lead at 14-13 with 6:33 left on Vick's 2-yard touchdown pass to Brent Celek. That play capped a 17-play, 79-yard Eagles drive that took up more than half of the fourth quarter and included a pair of risky fourth-down conversions, including one deep inside their own territory.
feels confident with the team that he has entering his 25th season. “We feel that we’ve gotten better,” Marshall said. “We have solid goaltending. Our D have gotten better and our forwards are getting better. We are gonna have to manufacture goals no matter what, you know. You can have 35 home runs and then only hit three the next year, so that doesn’t mean your team’s not gonna win. You’d like them, but you have to find other ways to win too.” With seven players gone from last season’s team, a lot of adjustments have been made to the lineup. Several players have been moved on to new lines and there are even two lines made up entirely of freshmen: the fourth offensive line of Joey Ferris, Shawn Pauly and Tyler Helton and the third defensive line of Kyle Huson and Tyler Cooke. The freshmen are being given a lot of responsibility. There are the two all-freshmen lines, but Patrick Kirtland played in Saturday’s exhibition as the left wing on the first line and defenseman Chris Bond is teamed up with senior Tom Janosz as the second defensive pairing. “They’re gonna fit in well,” Gerke said. “We’ve got a lot of really strong guys. It’s hard to replace, you know, a 50-point goalscorer but I mean we’ve got a lot of guys that are gonna step up, even returners from last year that they’re looking solid.
It should be a good year. There should be a lot of guys stepping up.” The new-look Huskies will have a chance to test themselves early on in the season. The regular season begins with a trip to future Hockey East foe Massachusetts. The Minutemen were No. 28 in voting for the Top 20 poll in college hockey to start the season and are one of several teams that are either currently in the Top 20 or received preseason votes for the rankings that show up on UConn’s schedule this season. One of UConn’s biggest games of the season is their home opener on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m., when they host Union College. The Dutchmen were ranked No. 5 in the preseason poll after reaching the Frozen Four in 2012, where they lost to national runner-up Ferris State. Union started the season with a 4-1 loss to Merrimack, who UConn play on the road on Nov. 10. Ambrosie says that games like the one against Union at the start of the season are exciting to play in, especially after what the Dutchmen accomplished last year. “It’s gonna be fun playing a team that, I don’t think I’ve ever played a team that’s been that deep since I’ve been here… They’re gonna have a good team and it’s gonna be fun to have them here in our barn.” Opponent prestige means
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UConn freshman defenseman Joe Schmitz saktes the puck up ice away from a York University player in a exhibition game at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
very little to the Huskies however. Both captains expressed the same goal for the season. “Win the league, that’s always your target,” Gerke said. “We want to be in the top of the league at the end of the regular season. We want to be up there, be a contender so we go in the playoffs hot and win the league title and make the national tournament. The ultimate goal is to
go as far as possible but we definitely want to get that Atlantic Hockey championship before we go into Hockey East and we want to get that this year.”
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
Volleyball splits two games on the road By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer
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UConn outside hitter Devon Maugle sets the ball over the net in a recent game at Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies return home on October 12.
The UConn volleyball team improved to 3-2 in the Big East Conference over the weekend from a Saturday loss at Notre Dame to defeat DePaul in Chicago after recovering on Sunday. UConn, now 12-8 overall on the season, finished up a span of three straight road matches this weekend. A trip to South Bend, Ind. was first on the agenda as the Huskies battled the 3-1 Fighting Irish. Notre Dame had an easy time with UConn, winning in straight sets 25-12, 25-21 and 25-11. It was a quiet day for the Huskies, as senior Mattison Quayle was the only player to reach double digits in kills, with ten. Her regular partner in front of net, sophomore Devon Maugle, was relatively quiet with three kills and five errors. Freshman Marissa Prinzbach led the way defensively with eight digs. Senior Kelsey Maving, who averages 5.61 per set, had only five digs the entire match. Sunday was a tight affair in Chicago, but the Huskies were able to prevail 3-1 over
DePaul. UConn took the first set 25-21, but the Blue Demons were able to pull the match back to a tie with a 25-20 win in the second set. The Huskies kept fighting and, in what has become a very common theme this season, were able to hold on by a thread down the stretch. UConn won the last two sets 25-23 and 25-20. Maugle led the way on Sunday with 17 kills and seven assists. Sophomore Karson Ratliff had a career day, producing a career-high 14 kills and a team-best .619 hit percentage. Maving had a more productive day defensively with 14 digs. With the 1-1 weekend, UConn remains in 6th in the Big East standings and is in position to make the conference tournament at the end of the season. Next up for the Huskies is a home match on Friday against 5th place Cincinnati (6-13, 4-2). Four of the Bearcats’ six conference opponents in the conference to date are in the bottom half of the standings.
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
TWO Monday, October 8, 2012
Home game
Away game
Oct. 19 Syracuse 8 p.m.
Nov. 3 USF TBA
Oct. 17 Seton Hall 7 p.m.
Nov. 9 Pittsburgh 8 p.m.
Nov. 24 Louisville TBA
Oct. 20 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Volleyball Oct. 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.
Oct. 18 Boston College 7 p.m.
Oct. 14 Stanford 1 p.m.
Oct. 24 Providence 3 p.m.
Oct. 27 Providence 4 p.m.
Oct. 21 Princeton 1 p.m.
Oct. 27 Syracuse 1 p.m.
Oct. 21 Pittsburgh 1 p.m.
Oct. 27 Rutgers 2 p.m.
Nov. 2 Niagara 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 3 Niagara 7:05 p.m.
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Oct. 14 Louisville 2 p.m.
Oct. 19 USF 7 p.m.
Men’s Hockey (0-0-0) Oct. 12 UMass 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 Holy Cross 7:05 p.m.
Oct. 27 Union 8 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (0-2-1) Oct. 12 Colgate 7 p.m.
Oct. 13 Colgate 4 p.m.
Oct. 20 Maine 2 p.m.
Oct 21. Maine 2 p.m.
Oct. 26 Syracuse 7 p.m.
Women’s Cross Country Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Wisconsin CCSU MiniInvitational Meet 11 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 26 BIG EAST Champ. TBA
Nov. 9 NCAA Regional 11 a.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Homecoming- Fordham And Alumni Meet Bucknell Noon TBA
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Men’s Soccer (10-1-1) Oct. 9 Iona 7 p.m.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookies in the postseason, the Washington Nationals played like poised veterans. The Nationals escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning, Tyler Moore blooped a two-out, two-run single in the eighth and Washington beat the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Sunday in an NL playoff opener. They have just four players with postseason experience on the roster. But they have the lead. “Not many people have probably watched too many Nationals games, but we have a great starting rotation and a great bullpen,” said Ian Desmond, who singled for his third hit in the go-ahead rally. “They keep us in the ballgame and some timely hits from this kid, and the rest of the guys coming off the bench, that’s really been the formula.” The Nationals, who had never come close to making the playoffs since moving from Montreal for the 2005 season, overcame a wild start by 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez. They limited the Cardinals to just three hits. “All the credit in the world goes to the bullpen,” Gonzalez said. “I’ve been saying it all year. The reason why we’ve been so successful is these guys come in and shut it down.” Rookie reliever Ryan Mattheus needed just two pitches to bail out the Nationals in the seventh with St. Louis ahead 2-1. Moore, another rookie, put them ahead soon after that, Tyler Clippard worked around an error in the eighth and Drew Storen saved it with a 1-2-3 ninth. The NL East champion Nationals led the majors with 98 wins this season, and brought postseason baseball to Washington for the first time since 1933. The Nats go for a 2-0 series lead Monday when Jordan Zimmermann opposes Jaime Garcia. “This team is not hanging our heads,” St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright said. “We can come back and win this easily.” The Cardinals made it to the best-of-five division series by beating Atlanta in the wildcard matchup Friday. But St. Louis wasted a AP 10-strikeout gem by Wainwright, failing to Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne reacts to the crowd after their 30-27 win over the Green Bay Packers capitalize enough on Gonzalez’s career hightying seven walks and frustrating its towelin an NFL football game in Indianapolis. waving fans.
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Giants rally, keep Browns winless, 41-27
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Bradshaw added a 4-yard (AP) — Ahmad Bradshaw got run as he darted inside and furious at himself, and took it outside and frequently broke out on the Cleveland Browns. feeble tackle attempts. Bradshaw fumbled on the Bradshaw’s yardage on 30 first play from scrimmage, carries easily beat the 132 he setting up a Cleveland touch- had heading into the game. down. After that, he was The Giants are 9-0 in games unstoppable, surpassing his he has rushed for 100 yards yardage on the ground for or more. the season with a career-best New York (3-2) also forced 200 yards in a 41-27 victory three turnovers, including Sunday. Chase Blackburn’s intercep“I was angry at myself for tion in the end zone midway the fumble and I just used in the fourth quarter to clinch it,” Bradshaw said. it. That led to rookie “I was disappointed David Wilson’s first with the fumble, but NFL touchdown, a you put it out of your Cleveland 27 40-yard scamper, mind. I knew I was which Wilson celcool. We knew the New York 41 ebrated with a flip in running game was the end zone. there, we were confident.” The Giants rushed for 243 The passing game was yards. there, too. Victor Cruz made “It was across the board,” a career-best three touchdown Bradshaw said of the rushing catches. Eli Manning hit Cruz effort. “Inside, outside, left for scores of 3, 7 and 28 yards, or right, the line was doing prompting Cruz’s trademark everything right.” salsa in the end zone after The Browns weren’t. They each touchdown. are 0-5 for the first time since “We showed how resil- their return season to the ient we are,” said Cruz, who NFL in 1999 and have lost entered the game leading 11 straight dating back to last the NFL with 32 receptions season, matching the franchise and added five for 50 yards. record. Their inexperience as “We started off rough, getting the league’s youngest team behind the 8-ball a bit, but we could not be offset by the were able to keep our wits skills of third overall draft about us. We understand we’ll pick Trent Richardson, who be able to make some plays ran for a touchdown for the offensively.” fourth straight game.
NFL
Brady tops Manning, Patriots beat Broncos 31-21
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. 247 on the ground, in a 52-28 (AP) — Tom Brady and Peyton rout of the Buffalo Bills. The Manning were both solid in their Broncos sputtered after beating latest showdown. As usual, Brady the Oakland Raiders 37-6. beat him even though Manning Brady and Manning first faced was in a new uniform. each other in the third game of In the 13th meeting between the 2001 season. The Patriots the star quarterbacks, and first won 44-13 in Brady’s first career since Manning joined the Denver start. Broncos, Brady directed four There were plenty of close scoring marches of at least 80 games in subsequent regularyards and the Patriots won 31-21 season matchups with six of the on Sunday. previous seven decided by seven Brady improved to 9-4 points or less. Sunday’s outcome against Manning, who left the was different, although Manning Indianapolis Colts brought the Broncos after last season. back from a 24-point Brady completed deficit in the second 23 of 31 passes Denver 21 half. His scoring pass to for 223 yards and one touchdown and New England 31 Stokley followed a fumble by Brady on a sack. ran for another. Ridley then lost a fumble on Manning was 31 of 44 for 345 yards and three touchdowns but New England’s next possession lost a fumble on a third-quarter and Manning seemed poise to keep the comeback going. A sack. The fumble led to Stevan 28-yard completion to Demaryius Ridley’s 8-yard run that put the Thomas put the ball at the Patriots Patriots (3-2) ahead 31-7 with 14 but two plays later Willis about five minutes left in the McGahee fumbled and Jermaine third quarter. Ridley led the Cunningham recovered at the Patriots with a career-high 151 New England 11.. The Patriots led 17-7 at halfyards rushing. Manning then threw touch- time and 31-7 after three quardown passes of 2 yards to Eric ters. Brady and his runners Decker and 5 yards to Brandon kept slicing through the Denver Stokley but Denver (2-3) lost a defense with a balanced attack. They went ahead to stay, 14-7, fumble with 3:42 remaining. The Patriots set a franchise midway through the second quarrecord with 35 first downs as ter on a 14-play drive (seven pass they kept their offense rolling plays and seven runs) capped by one week after gaining 580 yards, Shane Vereen’s 1-yard run.
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RUN OVER AT RUTGERS
That’s a you problem
Huskies fall to Rutgers 19-3 in Big East opener By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer
Dan Agabiti
My oh my, there’s been a lot of complaining about game officials this past month, hasn’t there? To be perfectly honest, I’m absolutely sick of it. These guys are professional athletes, grown men capable of controlling themselves when something goes wrong. Quit whining and go do your job. Was the infield-fly call in the bottom of the eighth with two runners on base and one out one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen an umpire make? Of course it was. But the call wasn’t the reason the Atlanta Braves lost that play-in game (MLB can give it whatever cute little title it wants to, it’s still a play-in game) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Sure the Braves would have had bases loaded with one out in the eighth inning, but if you watched the game, or even the highlights, you’d have seen that the Braves still had the bases loaded (the Cardinals walked McCann) with two outs in that same inning, but Michael Bourn struck out. Then if you look at the bottom of the ninth, with the score only 6-3, the braves once again could have tied the game. Chipper Jones hit an infield single with two outs and Freddie Freeman hit a ground rule double to send Jones to third. But Dan Uggla grounded out to second base ending the game. In the final two innings of a three-run game, the Braves left five runners in scoring position. Atlanta, you have no reason to complain. That loss is on you, not the umpires. I’ve heard a few people throw out the psychological argument and say that the blown call by the umpire in left field had an effect on the Braves’ psyche, but that’s an extremely pathetic argument and one that I really have no interest in hearing. If a blown call messes with your head that much, then you have no business being in Major League Baseball. Despite what’s happening with calls, go out and do your job. Looking at the game as a whole, Atlanta was a pathetic 1-8 in scoring position. Out of 12 hits all game, they only scored three runs off of them. The only runner brought home from scoring position scored in the bottom of the seventh inning when Bourn grounded out to second base after Jose Costanza had tripled. The Braves’ only RBI with a runner in scoring position all night came from a groundout, that’s just not going to cut it. In addition to the missed opportunities at the plate, the Braves totally shot themselves in the foot on the base path and in the field. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Braves were down 3-2 with runners on first and third base and one out. I can’t for the life of me understand why Andrelton Simmons lays down a bunt and then proceeds to go out of his way to run into fair territory to interfere with the throw—he was correctly called out for runner interference. Plus, why wasn’t Freddie Freeman sprinting home from third base? Curt Schilling correctly pointed out that Freeman missed the chance at a squeeze play. In a one-run game, the guy at third needs to be running home on a bunt. Errors in the seventh inning didn’t help the Braves at all and
» AGABITI, page 10
PISCATAWAY—At the start of the second half, defensive back-ups Andrew Adams and Marquise Vann combined for the play of the day, silencing a crowd of 5,000 strong. Forcing a fumble from returner Jeremy Deering, the pair gave possession to the UConn offense at midfield at a critical stage of a 6-3 Rutgers game. Then, with a quick a three-and-out, the Huskies handed the ball right back—never to see as quality an opportunity again. No. 22 Rutgers (5-0, 1-0) rolled over the UConn Huskies (3-3, 0-1) 19-3 thanks to a 13-0 second half last Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium. The Big East foes kicked off their respective conference seasons with a defensive slugfest where neither team eclipsed 300 yards of total offense. Scarlet Knights running back Jawan Jamison was the lone bright spot, recording his fifth consecutive 100-yard game on the ground with 110 yards on 28 carries. “We missed a lot of opportunities.” UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer said. “Rutgers has a good defense and is a good team. I give a lot of credit to them, but we just didn’t execute. It’s just everybody not clicking. It’s all
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UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer scrambles away from a Buffalo defender in a recent game at Rentschler Field. The Huskies will return home this weekend when they take on the Temple Owls.
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Huskies upset on the road by Marquette By Miles DeGrazia Staff Writer
The No. 2 ranked University of Connecticut men’s soccer team suffered their first loss of the season when they lost 3-2 to No. 9 ranked Marquette, Saturday evenings in Wisconsin. With the loss, UConn now move to a 10-1-1 record, while Marquette remain one of only two teams with a perfect record in the entire nation at 11-0-0. Two goals in an eight-minute span right before halftime ultimately proved to be the downfall of UConn, who never drew level after that. In the 32nd minuet Marquette midfielder Islami Kelmend picked out forward Adam Lysak with a cross; Lysak controlled the ball before firing a low shot which beat UConn goalkeeper Andre Blake, before nestling into the back of the net. This was the first time all season UConn found themselves trailing a match. Just eight minutes later, Marquette forward Andy Huftalin latched onto a low-driven cross and drilled home a shot to give Marquette a 2-0 lead. Marquette were good value or their lead, holding a 9-4 edge in shots and a 3-1 advantage in corner kicks at halftime. UConn did not give up without a fight though, pulling one back in the 71st minute, through senior captain Jossimar Sanchez.
Sanchez beat Marquette goalie Charlie Lyon to a ball just outside his six-yard box and tapped it just enough to score his first of the season and third all time. While pushing men forward searching for an equalizer, UConn was hit with a Marquette sucker punch. Andy Huftalin netted his brace when a near-post cross was hit low to restore Marquette’s two-goal lead. UConn’s Adria Beso did grab one back in the final minute and nearly pulled out a draw when his last-second free kick was saved to preserve the 3-2 win for Marquette. The Golden Eagles held an advantage in all offensive categories outshooting UConn, 21-15 and tripling the Huskies corners 9-3. UConn now faces the stretch run of the season with just five matches left. They play Iona College at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium Tuesday night, they have eight days off before playing Seton Hall again at home next Wednesday. Three days later, the Huskies then face Pittsburgh before ending the regular season with a home and home series with Providence, the latter match being held at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
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UConn senior forward Carlos Alvarez works around a defender in a recent game against Notre Dame at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
Men’s hockey ties in exhibition game By Miles DeGrazia Staff Writer
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UConn senior Evan Carriere skates past a York University defenseman in a recent exhibition game at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
The University of Connecticut men’s hockey team began their season Saturday with a 3-3 draw against York College of Canada at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. The exhibition match was played before the team was even allowed to practice full time, but head coach Bruce Marshall was still impressed with his team’s performance. “We haven’t had a full week of practice yet, but I thought our energy was really good, having just gotten together really,” said Marshall. “I thought we played our systems really well for the first time out,” Despite UConn starting the match the better team, York scored the first goal of the match halfway through the first period when Chad
Hohmann put home a loose puck. But just 20 seconds later, UConn’s Cody Sharib leveled the score with a similar goal. York only allowed the match to stay tied for less than two minutes when Ryan Kerr put the Canadian side up 2-1. York held a 2-1 lead until the second period, when Joe Birmingham again leveled the score line. Then Uconn finally took the lead in the third period when Evan Harris scored a power play goal to secure UConn 3-2 lead. With just eight seconds left, York pulled their goalie and put John de Gray on the ice, who scored the equalizer. Then after a quick overtime period in which neither team created much the game finished 3-3. Marshall is hoping his team can benefit later in the season from this late game experience.
“You always want to win no matter what, but I think the main thing as that we have to focus on finishing the game when we’re eight seconds away from a win, whether it’s an exhibition or not,” said Marshall “Taking penalties is something we have to look at. We need to focus on that,” said Marshall. “We got a little discombobulated and we lost a couple guys. That changed our power play and we had some different guys out there. We would have liked to work on that a little more with the full unit but we got a power-play goal regardless.” The UConn men’s hockey team opens their season this Friday when they play UMass, who played in the Frozen Four last season, in Amherst.
Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu