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Gun stolen outside Mansfield Middle School By Miles Halpine Campus Correspondent
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While evaluations for Mansfield Community Center Recreation Basketball were being held at Mansfield Middle School on Saturday at noon, someone allegedly broke into a parked vehicle and stole a wallet and a handgun. Through several e-mails sent out Sunday night and Monday, Fred Baruzzi, Mansfield Superintendent of Schools, informed parents and guardians of the incident. According to the first e-mail, “state police were notified and are currently investigating the incident.” The e-mail also said Sergeant Richard Cournoyer, the Mansfield resident state trooper, is not considering this situation as a threat
to the school and also does not believe a student committed the theft. Recently, there have been an increased number of break-ins into cars throughout the town of Mansfield. The e-mails said Cournoyer asked the superintendent’s administration to “remind all parents, guardians, and staff to lock your vehicles and store any items of value out of the public eye.” Baruzzi said he requested State Police be outside Mansfield Middle School as students arrived in the morning. By Monday morning, Baruzzi was able to confirm in a second e-mail that someone was arrested regarding the various car breakins around Mansfield. However, Baruzzi said to parents about this issue, “Those arrested do not
involve anyone associated with Mansfield Middle School.” The investigation is continuing and Cournoyer still considers the school to be safe for students and faculty. On Monday afternoon around 4 p.m., Baruzzi sent a third e-mail that said the investigation regarding the incident at Mansfield Middle School is ongoing and police have not been able to find the stolen firearm. “After morning announcements,” Baruzzi said, “students who were at the event on Saturday met individually with either the principal or assistant principal to ensure they were comfortable in school and did not have any information regarding the incident to share. “ The third e-mail also stated that
both students and staff had a productive school day, and that a retired State Trooper was mentioned in social media but was not involved in this incident. Baruzzi also requested again that State Police be at Mansfield Middle School on Tuesday for when students arrive and dismissal. Baruzzi also thanked parents “for (their) continued support regarding this matter.” Mansfield Middle School serves 580 students in grades five through eight. The Resident State Trooper’s office, Mansfield Middle School and Mark LaPlaca, chair of the Mansfield Board of Education, could not be reached for comment.
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Genomic expert joins JAX lab team By Abby Mace Staff Writer
NCAA TOURNAMENT TIME UConn draws Quinnipiac first round of men’s soccer tourney SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: Putting new transfer credit policy on hold was in students’ interest The UConn Senate’s decided to hold off on a decision that would severely limit allowable transfer credits COMMENTARY/page 4
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Genomic analysis expert George Weinstock, Ph.D., will serve as a professor and associate director of Microbial Genomics at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX), part of the UConn’s Health Center campus in Farmington. Weinstock was selected to join the research team at JAX for his dedication to microbial genomics as well as his diversified knowledge in genetics, molecular microbiology and human health and disease. Currently a leader of the Human Microbiome Project, Weinstock has created technologies to characterize the microorganisms that live inside the human body and impact human health. Weinstock said he is eager to join a group of researchers at the forefront of genetics. “It is an honor for me to join the Jackson Laboratory, one of the venerable institutions in the field (of) genetics,” he said in a press release issued by JAX. “Genomic medicine is at the leading edge of the current era of biomedical science, and I am extremely excited to be a part of the Jackson Laboratory’s vision for this era.” Weinstock’s career at JAX will
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The UConn Health Center in Farmington, Conn. is blanketed in snow in this Jan. 18 photo. The Farmington campus will be the site of the new state-of-the-art Jackson Laboratory planned to complete
perhaps be similar to his previous positions. He comes to Storrs from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was the associate director of the school’s Genome Institute and a professor of genetics and molecular microbiology. Prior to Washington University, Weinstock was a professor and co-director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Weinstock’s research dates back to 1998, when he collaborated
with the The Institute for Genomic Research in one of the first studies of bacterial genome. Together, they were able to sequence Treponema pallidum, a genome that causes syphilis. For his efforts during his career, Weinstock has been distinguished as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Human Genome Program senior fellow and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Ham for the holidays By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent
Interested in getting a head start on holiday preparations while supporting a UConn student organization? UConn Block and Bridle will be accepting orders for hams through next Monday, Nov. 25 as part of the organization’s annual Holiday Ham Sale. The hams are locally grown, and are maple-cured and smoked by local vendor Grote & Weigel. They are $4 per pound, and customers can order a ham weighing anywhere from 10 to 18 pounds. Members of the student organization will be cutting the hams to order in UConn’s meat science laboratory. Block and Bridle member and Holiday Ham Sale contact Abby Ruane, a 5th-semester animal science major, explained that Block and Bridle will scrape extra fat off of the carcasses before packaging and tagging the hams, and that the hams will be pre-cooked. “All the customer has to do is heat it up,” she said. Customers will be able to pick up their hams on Dec. 12 and 13 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the meat
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Ratcliffe Hicks Arena, shown in this Nov. 15 photo, is where students who order hams from UConn Block and Bridle can pick up their order.
science laboratory in the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena. “I bought a ham last year from our sale and in all seriousness, I have never had a better cut of ham,” said Ruane. In addition to smoked hams, Block and Bridle is also accepting orders for beef tenderloin steaks, bought locally from Salem Prime Cuts. These are $12 per pound and will be cut and wrapped in bacon by members of Block and Bridle. The funds raised by the Holiday Ham Sale will enable Block and Bridle to continue to run the Little International Livestock Show, an annual event for which animal sci-
ence students learn how to show young livestock species for class credit. Block and Bridle runs all of the practices for the show and sponsors the show itself, so fundraisers such as the Holiday Ham Sale are very important to the organization. Funds may also be used to bring students in Block and Bridle to a national convention as well as competitions such as the Northeastern Student Affiliates Competition. For order forms or for more information about the sale, contact Abigail.Ruane@uconn.edu.
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“George Weinstock is a giant in the field of human metagenomics,” said Robert Braun, Ph.D., JAX vice president for research in the press release. “He fills a strategic goal for JAX to contribute to the understanding of how the human microbiota influences normal human health and disease. His contributions have and will continue to transform our view of human biology.” The addition of Weinstock to
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USG hosts sexual assault discussion By Annie Riley Campus Correspondent
The Undergraduate Student Government hosted an open discussion in the North Reading Room in Wilbur Cross on Nov. 13 titled, “A Community Dialogue on Violence, Culture and UConn.” Students and faculty had the opportunity to create questions and discuss issues that are occurring on campus. The discussion started at 5 p.m. with food and drinks provided from USG and ended at 7 p.m. after all questions were discussed. “We hoped it would facilitate a comfortable discussion for the campus and encourage students to safely talk about their opinions and concerns,” Claire Price, chief financial officer of USG said. Students who did not feel like speaking publically were able to use social media and anonymous boxes to express their questions and opinion. The front of the panel table held a sign that said, “tweet questions to @UCONN_ USG” so that students who could not attend the event could ask questions that would be discussed. Two microphones were used on each side of the room so that students could openly get up and express their opinions. When a question was asked about how safe students feel on campus, many students admitted that the blue light safety system needs improvement. “USG is making a committee in order to change the emergency system,” said sophomore student, Carles Lopez. “The system is antiquated.” The facilitator asked other
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Brick to aid snow removal By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent
A defining feature of UConn is the constant construction and landscape work being done around campus. One of the more unusual projects currently occurring on campus is the replacement of certain grassy areas with brick. However, the replacement of grass with hard surface is by no means simply an aesthetically motivated change. One of the recurring problems associated with grassy and muddy areas, especially at curbs, is that due to snow plowing, they are constantly damaged year after year. Through the current landscaping project, it is hoped that winter snow removal will be more efficient, and have less longterm consequences on the landscape. Despite concerns much of the campus’s grassy areas will be replaced, this is not the case. President Susan Herbst said that the project will replace grassy patches at roads “only in central locations and
those with the highest traffic.” While the campus may have less grassy roads, the university has also taken many environmental and research based approaches to protect and improve greenery around campus. Particularly, UConn is planning to switch to a more environmentally friendly deicing chemical during the winter. This will prevent the damage caused to plants by more harmful chemicals, and will have less of an impact on the soil quality. The university is also analyzing different locations where grass is suffering, and weeds such as crabgrass are able to thrive. By analyzing these areas thoroughly and through better environmental care, the areas at risk can be drastically improved to help enhance the greenery found around campus. Overall, it is hoped that the improvement of the grass quality, and better environmental care will make up for any grass that will have to be replaced by brick.
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What’s going on at UConn today... Art from India and the Diaspora 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Benton Museum of Art Convergence: Contemporary Art from India and the Diaspora brings together fifteen contemporary artists. This exhibition was curated by Kathryn Myers, Professor of Art.
Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. George White, 115 The Department of Animal Science presents a lecture titled “The Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition on Muscle Development in Lambs” by Joseline Raja for a Master of Science Defense.
Game Night 6 to 8 p.m. McMahon Hall The International Center encourages students to stop in with friends to play ping pong, fooze ball, chess, and Xbox360 Ping Pong tournaments will be announced.
UConn Piano and Strings Chamber Music Ensembles 7 to 9 p.m. von der Mehden Recital Hall The UConn Piano and Strings Chamber Music Ensembles will perform a trio for clarinet, viola and piano.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Mass shootings a violent, recurrent part of history
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Tom Sullivan, who’s son Alex was killed in the 2012 Aurora movie theatre massacre, speaks at a rally against gun violence in front of the state Capitol, in Denver, Monday Nov. 18, 2013.
Jane Dougherty, sister of Mary Sherlach, who was killed in the Newtown school shooting in 2012, speaks at a rally against gun violence in front of the state Capitol, in Denver, Monday Nov. 18, 2013.
By Katie McWilliams Staff Writer The average number of mass shootings in the United States has tripled in the past few years according to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. During a press conference in Washington in October following both the Navy Yard shooting and a shooting at a school in Sparks, Nev., Holder addressed Americans and advocated for police to increase their ability in handling active shooters. Mass
murder and mass violence are defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a person murdering four or more people during an event with no stopping or cooling off between the killings. With the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, where Adam Lanza killed 27 people and took his own life, nearing in the next few weeks, Holder’s statistic is a stark reminder that mass violence is an unfortunate part of the society we live in. According to
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a report researched by Mother Jones, there have been 86 instances of shootings in the 21st Century alone, a decrease from 160 in the 20th century. However, according to “Mass Murder in the United States” author Grant Duwe, 2013 is the most violent year since 1999, the year of the Columbine School shooting in Littleton, Colo. But mass violence is not a new phenomenon in the United States. Mass violence has existed globally for centuries, and it is worth noting that while South
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America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and Canada all share a Wikipedia page for instances of mass violence, the United States has its own page to accommodate the expansive list of instances. The first recorded occurrence of mass violence in the United States happened before the Revolutionary War. In 1764, a schoolmaster and at least nine children were shot by four Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania, in an incident labeled “Pontiac’s Rebellion School Massacre.”
Following this instance, the only recorded non-war related mass violence in the century, were 24 school shootings in the 19th century. Most of the shootings perpetrated in the 19th century were based on revenge. One reported shooting in Lagrange, Indiana was committed by the teacher’s rejected suitor and another in Knight’s Ferry, Calif., by an angry parent. Fast forward to society’s image of present day shootings sprees and it is evident that mass violence has always been a product
of mental health issues. According to the report by Mother Jones, 63 percent of perpetrators of mass violence suffer from a mental illness and retaliate at places familiar to them, such as a school or the workplace. Furthermore, the Mother Jones report discovered that between 1982 and 2012, Caucasian males commit twothirds of violent instances, with only one female shooter in the 30 years of the study.
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students don’t know about, such as USG,” said Sargent. “It is frustrating that students don’t have that feeling of having their voice heard on campus when there are outlets.” Elena Innes, academic affairs chair of USG, was happy with the amount of attendees and the variety of people. “There is a very large presence here and there are differ-
ent points of view that makes the conversation diverse,” Innes said. Kailee Himes, student services committee chair of USG, was also impressed with the turnout of attendees. “We are excited to see that so many people came to express their opinions about what is going on around campus,” Himes said.
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USG committee to advocate changes to on-campus emergency system
questions including if students felt a sense of community on campus. Some students said UConn could create a stronger community giving students a stronger voice to express their own concerns. Mark Sargent, USG external affairs chair, gave a different opinion about this issue. “There is an outlet for communication on campus that
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Jackon Lab to open next Oct. from GENOMIC, page 1
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This Nov. 2, 2009 file photo shows a Thanksgiving turkey. The average Turkey Day dinner will cost $49.04, or just 44 cents less in 2013 than it did in 2012. Students shared their feelings on heading home for the holidays and revealed mixed emotions.
By Nathan Seper Campus Correspondent Thanksgiving is the holiday that means the start of the holiday season. For most people, it is a time to enjoy a large meal alongside friends and family. But according to some University of Connecticut students, it can also be a period of difficulty. “I love going home and seeing my family,” said Eliot Simon, a 2nd-semester actuarial science major. “But it can also be very frustrating period of time.” “Students are highly stressed this time of year,” said Dr. Crystal Park, a clinical psychology professor at UConn. “They are aware of coming deadlines and finals,” she explained. Logan Horbal, an undecided freshman described these
feelings. “Finals are coming Robinson, a junior and an around the corner, so I feel very economy major said, “My bignervous havgest worry is ing to study the dinner not for them,” he being ready.” said. “Dinner “They have is the priorto return to ity,” said Tyrell families they Ranger, a 8thhaven’t seen semester biolin a long time, ogy major. and having While not been away at without difcollege, they f i c u l t y , may have Prof. Crystal Park Thanksgiving developed can still be an lifestyles that UConn Psychology enjoyable time make it hard of year. to fit in back “Yes, I worry home. This is about finals,” particularly Horbal said. acute for college freshman,” “But I am also excited to go Dr. Park said. home and see my family, relax It can be inferred that these and have a delicious meal.” fears vanish as one advances through college. Anuscha Nathan.Seper@UConn.edu
“Students are highly stressed this time of year.”
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JAX’s faculty comes at a time of significant improvements to the Farmington lab, as the construction of a new 183,500 square foot facility is underway and expected to open in October 2014. JAX is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with three locations nationwide. In addition to the UConn branch in Farmington, JAX maintains laboratories in Sacramento, Calif., and its flagship location in Bar Harbor, Maine. JAX aims to solve the problems of disease and improve human health through genomic research and empowerment of the global biomedical community, according to the institution’s press release. Genomic analysis expert George Weinstock, Ph.D., will serve as a professor and associate director of Microbial Genomics at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX), part of the UConn’s Health Center campus in Farmington. Weinstock was selected to join the research team at JAX for his dedication to microbial genomics as well as his diversified knowledge in genetics, molecular microbiology and human health and disease. Currently a leader of the Human Microbiome Project, Weinstock has created technologies to characterize the microorganisms that live inside the human body and impact human
health. Weinstock said he is eager to join a group of researchers at the forefront of genetics. “It is an honor for me to join the Jackson Laboratory, one of the venerable institutions in the field (of) genetics,” he said in a press release issued by JAX. “Genomic medicine is at the leading edge of the current era of biomedical science, and I am extremely excited to be a part of the Jackson Laboratory’s vision for this era.” Weinstock’s career at JAX will perhaps be similar to his previous positions. He comes to Storrs from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was the associate director of the school’s Genome Institute and a professor of genetics and molecular microbiology. Prior to Washington University, Weinstock was a professor and co-director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Weinstock’s research dates back to 1998, when he collaborated with the The Institute for Genomic Research in one of the first studies of bacterial genome. Together, they were able to sequence Treponema pallidum, a genome that causes syphilis. For his efforts during his career, Weinstock has been distinguished as a fellow of the American
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Girlfriend says Zimmerman pointed shotgun at her
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman was charged with assault Monday after his girlfriend called deputies to the home where they were living and claimed he pointed a shotgun at her during an argument, authorities said. The girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, called 911 in the early afternoon to say that Zimmerman had smashed a glass table, threatened her with the shotgun and ultimately pushed her out of the house, according to an arrest report. After pushing her out, Zimmerman barricaded the door with furniture and refused to leave, saying that he would talk to police by phone, authorities said. The arrest was the latest legal problem for Zimmerman since he was acquitted in July of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen. The case sparked accusations that Zimmerman had racially profiled Martin and led to nationwide debates over the so-called Stand Your Ground defense laws in Florida and other states. “You point your gun at my fricking face,” Samantha Scheibe is heard telling Zimmerman on a 911 call. “Get out of my house. Do not push me out of my house. Please get out of my house.” Seconds later, she told the dispatcher, “You kidding me? He pushed me out of my house and locked me out. ... He knows how to do this. He knows how to play this game.” Moments later, Zimmerman called 911 from inside the barricaded house to tell his side of the story. “I have a girlfriend, who for lack of a better word, has gone crazy on me,” Zimmerman said. Zimmerman then said he never pulled a gun on his girlfriend, and that it was Scheibe who smashed a table at the home they shared. He also told the dispatcher that Scheibe was pregnant with their child and that she had decided she would raise the child on her own. When Zimmerman started to leave, “she got mad,” he said. Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Dennis Lemma said at a news conference that Scheibe wasn’t preg-
nant. Deputies used a key provided by Scheibe to unlock the door and they were able to push through the barricade of items, Lemma said. “She was very concerned for her own safety especially having the weapon pointed at her and then being pushed out,” he said. Lemma says Zimmerman was compliant and unarmed when deputies came to the house. “The easiest way to describe it is rather passive. Clearly, he’s had the opportunity to encounter situations similar to this in the past,” he said. Zimmerman was charged with domestic aggravated assault with a weapon, domestic battery and criminal mischief. His first court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. He will be housed in a single-person cell and guards will check on him hourly, Lemma added. Scheibe told deputies that the ordeal started with a verbal argument and that she asked Zimmerman to leave the house. Her account in the arrest report says he began packing his belongings, including a shotgun and an assault rifle. She says she began putting his things in the living room and outside the house, and he became upset. At that point, the report says, he took the shotgun out of its case. Zimmerman told his girlfriend to leave and smashed a pair of her sunglasses as she walked toward the front door, the report says. Scheibe told deputies that he pushed her out of the house when she got close to the door. Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the Martin family, was at Harvard Law School on Monday with the teen’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, to speak at a symposium about his legacy and self-defense laws. Crump said they found out about Zimmerman’s arrest from television reports. He said the news of the arrest didn’t affect their mood because they are focused on discussing ways to reform self-defense laws. “They’re focused on how we can all better deal with conflict resolution. But there is a certain irony in that while they were doing that, at basically
NEW YORK (AP) — Is the stock market due for a pullback? The Dow Jones industrial average has surged 900 points since early October and crossed the 16,000-point threshold Monday. IPOs are hot again. Small investors, stirred from their post-recession daze, are coming back to stocks. And it’s been more than two years since the market has had a significant slump. Those trends have raised concerns of a stock bubble. They shouldn’t, money managers say, because even with the broader market’s 26 percent jump this year, stocks aren’t overpriced yet. “Stocks are not cheap, but that does not mean that the stock market is expensive,” says Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist with Blackrock. The ratio of stock prices to projected profits for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index is 15, according to data from FactSet. That’s slightly below the average of 16.2 over the last 15 years and far below the peak of 25 in late
1990s and early 2000s. Underneath the rally, most of the fundamentals of this market remain solid. Corporate profit margins are near historic highs and profits are expected to keep rising. There are no signs the U.S. economy, which is still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession, will slip back into a downturn. All that leaves investors with conflicting feelings. Few see the stock market as attractive as it was at the beginning of the year, but fewer see an alternative where they should put their money. Bonds are down 2.1 percent this year, according to the benchmark Barclays U.S. Aggregate bond index. Cash has a near-zero return in money market funds. Gold has dropped 24 percent. “It’s hard to say stocks are expensive when you compare them to any other asset class,” says Brian Hogan, director of equities at Fidelity Investments. “The other options are simply not attractive.”
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In this July 9, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom for a lunch break his trial in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla. A Seminole County Sheriff’s Office statement says Zimmerman was arrested Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, after deputies responded to a disturbance call at a house in Apopka, Fla. Zimmerman will be transported and booked into jail.
the same time that incident was happening with their son’s killer,” Crump said in a phone interview. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense when he shot Martin in February 2012. He wasn’t charged until 44 days after the shooting, leading to protests nationwide from people who believed he should have been immediately arrested. Demonstrations also broke out again after his acquittal. Federal authorities are now reviewing the case the see if Martin’s civil rights were violated. Neither Mark O’Mara nor Don West — Zimmerman’s defense attorneys during the trial of the Martin case — is currently representing him, said a spokesman for O’Mara. A message seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned by Zimmerman’s brother Robert Zimmerman, Jr. Scheibe’s neighbors said it was frightening to learn that Zimmerman had been living nearby.
“Just when you thought you heard the last of George Zimmerman,” said neighbor Catherine Cantrell. She said she had twice seen a man who looked like Zimmerman get out of a truck that’s been in the driveway for nearly a month. The truck parked there Monday appeared to be the same one that reporters have seen Zimmerman drive previously. “I’m in absolute shock. He was never outside. It’s not like he was out flaunting around,” she said. Cantrell said Scheibe was very sweet and quiet. Sarah Tyler, 26, also lives across the street from the tan stucco house on a cul-de-sac street of single family homes in Apopka, about 15 miles northwest of Orlando. “It’s kind of frightening,” she said. Zimmerman has had other brushes with the law since his acquittal in the Martin case. He and his estranged wife were involved in a domestic dispute in September just days
after Shellie Zimmerman filed divorce papers, but police later said no charges were filed against either of them because of a lack of evidence. Zimmerman has also been pulled over three times for traffic stops since his acquittal. He was ticketed for doing 60 mph in a 45 mph zone in Lake Mary in September and was given a warning by a state trooper along Interstate 95 for having a tag cover and windows that were too darkly tinted. He was also stopped near Dallas in July and was given a warning for speeding. In 2005, Zimmerman had to take anger management courses after he was accused of attacking an undercover officer who was trying to arrest Zimmerman’s friend. Later that year, Zimmerman’s former fiancee filed for a restraining order against him, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman responded by requesting a restraining order against her. Both requests were granted. No criminal charges were filed.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Parents, twin sons found dead in Mass.
ARLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — A husband and wife and their infant twin sons, a week away from celebrating their first birthdays, were found dead at their home on Monday after police were asked to check on them. Authorities released few details about the deaths, but a relative said the couple had experienced marital problems. Arlington police Chief Frederick Ryan said police weren’t looking for any suspects and there was no reason for the public to be alarmed. “We’re quite certain that the community is safe and people can go out and go about their business this evening,” he said. An officer found the bodies in the two-family home in a quiet residential neighborhood in Arlington, just northwest of Boston, around noon. Authorities did not say how long the bodies had been there. “This is obviously a very troubling, very tragic situation,” Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Ryan identified the dead as Scott Jones and his wife, Mei Kum Jones, both 43, and their sons, Colt and Cameron, who would’ve turned a year old on Nov. 26. Ryan wouldn’t say how they died. The state medical examiner’s office removed the bodies Monday evening. Mei Kum Jones’ brother, Ben Li, said in an interview with Boston’s WBZ-TV that the couple had recent marital problems. “I think he just moved out a couple of days ago, and I think she’s going through the motion of the divorce,” Li told the station. He called his sister “a great person, a loving mom, a loving, caring person.” Caroline Ronten, a former co-worker of Mei Jones at two companies, said her friend had seemed happily married when they reconnected last fall after several years and she was pregnant with the twins. “She seemed really happy and really positive,” Ronten said. Ronten said she never met Scott Jones but she and Mei Jones would chat when they crossed paths. “We ran into each other at Starbucks and in the neighborhood, and I saw her and her husband walking the twins in their double stroller,” she said. “The babies were adorable.” Neighbor Stephen Trebino, who grew up across the street from the couple’s home, said he often saw one or the other of them walking with the babies. He said Scott Jones was nice to his father and would shovel the sidewalk without asking when it snowed. “He was friendly,” Trebino said. “He was always working on the house, always go, go, go.” Mei Kum Jones had worked for Road Scholar, an educational travel program formerly known as Elderhostel, which called her “a valued member of our team” and said her loss was “deeply felt by all of us.” “As we grieve together, we can only imagine the impossible loss Mei’s family must bear, and our deepest sympathies are with them,” it said in a statement.
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Putting new transfer credit policy on hold was in students’ interest
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he UConn Senate voted last week to put a controversial proposal that would limit the number of credits incoming students can transfer in on hold. The proposal, which had caused an outcry among students, was put on hold indefinitely. UConn made a good decision to listen to their students on this issue. The proposal would have changed the amount of transfer credits (excluding AP and ECE) allowed from 90 to 30. The plan was supposed to “enhance the value of a UConn degree,” but in reality it would have been harmful to students. The proposal would have made it more difficult for certain students to apply to UConn. Students from community colleges in particular would have a harder time making a UConn education feasible. Forcing students to take most of their classes here may have added to the ‘prestige’ of the university, but it would have prevented those who couldn’t pay university prices from earning a degree here, even if they were accepted as transfer students. Retaking so many of the classes they had already taken would be cost prohibitive for students who had made the practical decision to start their higher education at a community college. In an era where tuition can go up four percent in a year, this a route that more and more students are taking. Hopefully, the university has recognized this. While part of the reason for this proposal was probably to bring in more revenue, the university isn’t going to get that money from students who are already attending college as cheaply as possible. Instead of forcing more tuition money out of them, the administration would have forced some of them out of UConn entirely. It’s great that UConn is making efforts to become a higher quality school, but those efforts should center on providing higher quality education, not just higher rankings. The university is getting better, but it’s still not the kind of school that has a major national draw. UConn’s duty as a public university should be to provide a cost effective, accessible education that students wouldn’t be able to get at expensive highly ranked colleges or universities. UConn was wise to make their mission to provide affordable quality education their first priority.
Joss Whedon vs. feminism
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n Nov. 4, Joss Whedon (“The Avengers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) was honored for his work with Equality Now, and his acceptance speech has been the source of much debate with some commenters deriding his attack on the word “feminist.” There was a great deal of panic for me as a strong Whedonite and feminist when I thought the two might be fighting. Were they going to split up? Was I to blame? Who would I spend Christmas and Thanksgiving w i t h ? (Reasonable responses, right?) Instead By Victoria Kallsen I found out it appeared to be Weekly Columnist more of a mild squabble, with feminism upset that Whedon seemed to misunderstand the point. What I find to be most important is that feminism and Whedon have the same goals, you know that whole women are human beings and deserve rights, yada yada yada. There’s just a miscommunication in how to accomplish this. Joss focuses his speech on the word “feminist,” and why the word is problematic. Whedon’s opponents disagree with the main thrust of his argument: that the “ist” implies that feminism is not a natural state when feminism is so. A writer from the Atlantic struggles with the idea that equality is something natural when we’ve spent most of recorded not exacting following that model. To me, the
debate boils down to lesser of two evils question: is it better that people are born racist, sexist and in general just indisposed to caring for other humans or that people are taught to subjugate others? As a result, I can understand Whedon’s push that empathy should be our natural state. While I would like to think people are born said general predisposition, the bulk of the evidence does suggest people enter this world thinking only of themselves, an idea society reinforces. However, to suggest equality is natural is to suggest that it is something that should be expected of us or something we should more easily embrace. Regardless, this does not negate the importance of feministic teachings, nor do I think Whedon implies that. To understand the history of oppression is to understand why it happens and how to prevent it. The fact Whedon isn’t up there referencing the works of important feminist theorists is not to suggest that he doesn’t care about the past. He even pokes fun at the idea, saying, “All of recorded history versus one benefit dinner? No context.” Instead, it should lead us to further discussion on why feminist theory is so confined to the academic realm and how to change that. As a white male, Whedon’s comments have drawn more attention, something which feminist writers are quick to deride. “Genderism,” as “newly” invented by Whedon, isn’t really new, and Whedon acknowledges this fact. He knows someone else came up with the idea long before him, and sarcastically notes that now that he, a male, has come up with the idea, people will talk about. And that they did. Even if we point out that the problems with the word feminism existed long before Whedon talked about them,
Whedon has, for better or worse, allowed a spotlight to be shone on the word which we are really only encouraging. For many people with mixed feelings on the word feminism (especially its history marginalizing women of minorities), this is a launching pad for these discussions. I can’t fault Whedon for being a white male, and I applaud him for acknowledging his privilege and using it in a way to highlight issues. To me, there are bigger Big Bads afoot with the differences in how we are feminists more of “Trio or the Master” type, and the actual issue of enlightening people on these matters a Glory or The Mayor flavor of evil. I support Joss Whedon because at our core we share a common goal: that women are not treated equally in our society. I and other feminists can feel free to disagree on why feminism is the wrong or right term, but I don’t think we should use this as an excuse to eradicate the good Whedon has done. I don’t see a lot of other big name directors, especially for the superhero or action genre, talking about the under or misrepresentation of women in media. This doesn’t mean I’m going to throw a party every time Whedon says feminism, or rather, genderism, but I have to acknowledge that there is progress being made in that the conversation is at least happening. As a result, Whedon is always welcome in my feminist Scooby Gang. (But really, are you responding to my e-vite?)
Victoria.Kallsen@UConn.edu 5th-semester mechanical engineering @Oh_Vicki
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“I felt like I was in a Congressional hearing in that class.” Classic exchange student story: “I was in New York and saw someone famous with all these people milling around him so I went up, shook his hand, and said ‘I’m a big fan.’ No f^#%ing idea who he was but I took a photo so hopefully people can tell me.” “I’m gonna get drunk and kill people” - me spending my break with GTA V next week Finnish has to be the strangest language in the world. Ymmärrätkö? Anybody remember the Occupy Legoland girl in the giraffe suit on Fairfield Way a few years ago? “I don’t judge people... until they go liking Snookie’s pictures on Facebook.” Really do not understand people who reminisce about high school. I don’t have anything to say I just want it to be seen by a lot of other people. I hate when people are complaining about being busy but you can tell they’re actually proud of it. Get a life
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s many of you may know the Senate recently passed a piece of legislation known as the Employment Non Discrimination Act or ENDA. This law, if enacted, would ban workplace discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and transgendered status, and would be a major milestone for the LGBT commuBy Devin Keehner nity. I want to get a Staff Columnist couple of things out of the way. I despise discrimination, I am gay and I oppose ENDA. The government has no business regulating private voluntary relationships, and furthermore, this proposal would not benefit the LGBT community in any real way. I don’t oppose laws against discrimination out of hatred, racism, bigotry, or any perverse form of self-loathing. I oppose these laws, because I have fundamental beliefs regarding how people should treat one another. Yes, discrimination is wrong, but so is forcing your beliefs on other people. If I was fired for being gay I would not resort to violence in order to keep my job. I would not
hurt my former employer, I would not take their property, and I certainly wouldn’t take it upon myself to lock them in a cage. I personally make no distinction between private, and public force. I also can’t support any law that I wouldn’t feel comfortable enforcing myself. It’s worth noting the federal government – and many state governments – have a long history of barring employment discrimination. I don’t support these laws, but I also have little interest in repealing them. I oppose ENDA, in particular, for a couple of reasons. One, the bill has yet to be passed, and that makes defeating it a lot easier. Two, and this is more important, this bill is being passed in my name. This is a problem for me. I do not want to be associated with this, and I don’t want people wondering whether I got a promotion because I earned it, or because my boss was afraid I might sue him/her. This is a problem faced in particular by African Americans, and I’m not convinced it’s better than the alternative. Rarely have I seen the government make a situation better. As far as I can tell, anti-discrimination laws represent little more than a milestone. Legislation of this kind is not easy to pass,
and doing so requires a broad coalition. Just the act of passing ENDA would suggest overwhelming support for the LGBT community among the general population. We should celebrate that support. We should also recognize what got us to this point. Margaret Thatcher used to say “First you win the argument, then you win the vote.” When it comes to equality what good is a vote, if you are winning the argument? If people’s attitudes towards gays and lesbians began to revert, than all the legislation in the world wouldn’t do a darn thing. Speaking of attitudes, do you know what I just love? Being told what to do, what to think and how to act. That being said I’m not sure the rest of the population is so receptive. We can’t force tolerance, and trying to could have negative consequences. Anyone spending more than a couple minutes following LGBT issues has probably heard of the dreaded “gay agenda.” The theory holds that we, the LGBT community, aren’t satisfied with equality, and maintains that that our real goal is to force ourselves on society. ENDA would undoubtedly be offered up as proof that such an “agenda” exists. There is a real risk of pushback with
a bill of this kind. Furthermore what would we have to show for our troubles? I think it’s pretty clear that the standard liberal model for reaching equality doesn’t work. How long have liberals been fighting for disenfranchised minorities? Yet racism, sexism and anti-immigrant sentiment persists. We have achieved a relative level of legal equality. The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the overturning of The Defense of Marriage Act were historic victories. We should take those victories, and go on with our lives. If not we risk the same fate as other minority groups, whose progress towards true equality has been stalled by perpetual outrage. We cannot allow ourselves to be led by professional activists and politicians. These people profit from our discrimination, and they will always find new grievances with which to secure our support. I support tolerance, and I always will. That means tolerating other people’s beliefs. We should not abuse our newfound public support. We should be understanding, and patient. That’s how I will fight for equality.
Devin.Keehner@UConn.edu 5thsemester communications
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Human Rights Institute hosts panel on ethical challenges of healthcare Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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The Human Rights Institute at UConn hosted Dr. Michael Knipper, M.D., Ph.D., for a lecture on Monday entitled: “Equity to Health: Old Questions, New Answers?” Knipper is on the faculty of medicine at Gniessen University in Germany; in his medical work, he has specialized in pediatrics as well as tropical medicine. However, in his lecture, Dr. Knipper focused mostly on the more social sciences-based topics he has recently been researching, namely the anthropological history of medicine and particularly the issue of global access to health. Knipper emphasized the WHO’s assertion (and the international consensus) that health is a human right, but also acknowledged the difficulty in tackling the unequal distribution of the world’s resources on a broader level. “The analysis of the problems at hand,” Knipper said. “Leads to the very general conclusion that we have to change the world… but this answer is not a new one.” Knipper used several cases to highlight the intersection between politics and medicine; while he first asked rhetorically whether politics was an external or essential factor in how we conceptualize and practice medicine, he definitely seemed to lean toward the latter. He first used an X-ray of a lung afflicted with bilateral bronchial carcinoma (also known as lung cancer) to illustrate the politics of smoking, which he explained is a “social expression of identity”
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Dr. Michael Knipper, center, addresses the human rights concerns on the topic of healthcare.
in certain parts of the world. He then went on to describe a complex patient case involving a woman living under constant threat of deportation; he described how this political and legal threat contributed to and exacerbated the symptoms of her mental illness. Knipper was excellent at describing these cases in a way that those without his extensive education were able to understand,
and encouraged listener participation and input. The session not only provided an absolute wealth of information, but encouraged a spirited and productive discussion. Dr. Sarah Willen, assistant professor of anthropology and head of UConn’s Human Rights Institute, emphasized the value of these lectures not only in their ability “to engage faculty and students on all of
UConn’s campuses in discussions about health and human rights,” but also in prompting students to think about the fact that “according to the WHO, there is a basic human right to health” that goes unmet in far too many areas of the world. However, anthropological concepts like cultural relativism and ethnographical study are important in attempts by developed countries to pro-
vide global access to healthcare. “The health of the world does not depend only on physicians,” Knipper said. Essentially, Knipper’s point was that we cannot allow discoveries about the minutaie of medicine to distract from the bigger – and highly politicized – picture of modern medicine.
‘Girl Rising’ spreads awareness UConn alumnus to launch campaign for of women’s rights issues Eleanor.Hudd@UConn.edu
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Pictured above: Audience members at the screening of the women’s rights documentary ‘Girl Rising.’
By Tania Rivera Campus Correspondent The Dodd Center hosted a coffeehouse and screening Monday evening for a groundbreaking documentary, “Girl Rising.” The film centers around a group of young girls around the world who want to step forward and change the way that other young girls and women live in their countries, pursuing education so they can become role models for others. The story follows girls living in Haiti, Cambodia, Peru, Ethiopia, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, Sierra Leone and Nepal. Each girl has her own strategy to help her pursue her dream in education. For example, Suma (Cambodia) sang songs to herself that she composed to help her endure her forced labor. She has formed a group of freed girls to go around her country and free other girls from their masters. She, like the other girls featured in this documentary, only hopes that one day she will not see girls being forced into places where they do not wish to be. These girls want to see girls in their countries and around
the world take a stand and fight for their education. Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins brings a film that sets many goals for the young girls mentioned and sends a message of strength to an audience wishing to make a difference in women’s culture. A girl’s education will reflect in her empowerment, her family, her community and ultimately change her country, as quoted on the official website for the documentary. The audience is introduced to girls who seek the education they know they deserve. The film touches base with many issues and concepts such as arranged marriages and childbirths. There are many unsettling facts that are brought to light that relate back to other concepts such as how many girls are infected with HIV/AIDS, how many deaths are caused by childbirth, the amount of girls that are married off every year, how many girls were victims of sexual violence, and what the age group is for all of the girls included in these statistics. After the film, there was a gath-
ering in the Public Lounge of the Dodd Center where coffee and snacks were served. A discussion carried out and pertained to how some of the viewers that came out that evening could help the cause to get girls in school and out of these lifestyles displayed. The film is named after a movement “Girl Rising.” The campaign is global and presents the battle for equality for girls’ education by girls, boys, women and men all the same. Donations are driven to help girls get in school and secure their place there. The future of the group revolves around having world leaders recognize the issue in deprivation of education and stealing the power of young girls when they each have their own stretch of potential that should be embraced. “Girl Rising”’s next big event is International Women’s Day on March 8. For more information about the film and movement, visit www. girlrising.com.
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design chosen gets printed onto transfer film through a miniature Gravure printer and them placed in a “wet” oven press on top of the blank sunglasses frames. Just a minute later, the design is permanently on the frame and in high definition color. There are some examples on the campaign page, but the possibilities are endless. As part of the campaign, Canvas Eyewear is offering perks for supporters. These include the “Early Bird,” where one pair of glasses is $30, four pairs of custom sunglasses for $100, and more. The company has already had supporters from overseas and plans to ship pre-ordered sunglasses free to anywhere in the world within two business days. The project began entirely with Ward Meehan, an alumnus of UConn, and Justin Street. Both Meehan and Street regularly update the campaign page and have posted pictures of some sunglasses they’ve made, and announcements for things like the Canvas Referral Program, where you can win free sunglasses for referring friends. Recently, Street updated pictures of a design made by a graffiti artist. He showed how with their upload tool, customers can easily make cool glasses. Canvas Eyewear plans to launch in early 2014.
Everyone has either waited for or, at one point, hoped for a pair of the perfect sunglasses: ones that are not only in style, but your personal style with the designs you want. Though it seems unimaginable, there is one company that does just that, and for a reasonable price (especially for college kids). Canvas Eyewear is a pioneer in the sunglass industry, allowing customers to choose their own lenses and designs on a customized, one-of-a-kind pair of sunglasses made by and created for you. Here’s how it works. Canvas Eyewear, so far, has chosen the classic wayfarer sunglasses as its first frame style. The materials used to make the frames are ecofriendly, durable, and lightweight. The hinges on each pair are “Snap and Click” locking hinges that are mechanically engineered and contrast ones that use screws and springs. With a choice of five different colors, the lenses hold a UV400 protection. This is where the customization comes in. Canvas Eyewear provides an online tool on its website, canvaseyewear.com, where customers are able to either find customizable patterns and designs or upload their own images or designs to put on the glasses. The
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MIAMI (AP) — A doctor says singer Rita Ora is fine after collapsing at a photo shoot for a Madonna fashion line in Miami. Dr. David Farcy is chairman of the Mount Sinai Hospital Miami emergency department. He said in a statement that the 22-year-old was treated for heat exhaustion and dehydration
Monday and released. A publicist for the Londonbased singer says Ora was at a photo shoot for Madonna’s Material Girl teen fashion line campaign when she collapsed. Best known for her hit “R.I.P.,” the campaign is Ora’s first gig as a model. She’s also working on her second album.
Rita Ora OK after collapsing during Miami photo shoot
Sunday was my 20th birthday. Feeling nostalgic at having left my teen years behind, I thought about the things that have impacted my life over these 20 years. As you can tell, reading, books, and writing has had a huge influence on my life. This is because of my parents. They felt that reading was very important and surrounded me, literally, with books. My crib was lined with dozens of board books, so from six months on, books were constantly accessible to me. I learned how to read at an early age, I wasn’t even five years old. However, my parents are unsure as to the exact age I started reading. They only found out because a teacher told them, to their surprise, that I had been reading to the class. Apparently, I was a sneaky child and hid my ability to read because I didn’t want my parents to stop reading to me. While I’ve graduated from being read to out loud, my parents and I often discuss things we’ve read, whether it’s books, newspapers, or magazines. My personal example shows how bringing books into someone’s life at an early age can turn them into a lifelong reader. Being able to read, especially to read well, is crucial. You need to be able to understand what you’re reading and form an opinion. People who claim they don’t like to read are missing out on more than they could ever realize. They are closing themselves off to adventures, mysteries, romance, and magic. Their lives are devoid of imagination and new ideas. Reading is inspiring, whether you read fiction or nonfiction. Both genres make you look at the world a little differently. Characters found in novels may be fictional but they can pose as models for how to live your life and make you notice good or bad qualities in a person. They are someone you can connect with and live vicariously through. As J.K. Rowling once said, “Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home”. Sometimes that’s all you need in a book; something you can continuously return to when things are rough. It can help to know that the contents of a novel will always be there when everything else is changing. Books may be small but they can be symbolic objects of comfort. Nonfiction is equally important and serves as a tool to enlighten readers about the world around them. Countless amounts of factual information can be found within pages of a book. Readers can learn about people who helped make a difference, whose struggles led to reformation. There are so many people whose hard work and dedication allows us to be where we are today. Nonfiction also allows us to discover new passions. For me, the book “Spillover” by David Quammen was what caused me to discover my interest in zoonotic diseases. If I didn’t read regularly, I never would have learned this about myself. Over the course of my life, reading is probably one of the most important skills I’ve learned. I honestly don’t know where I would be without my ability to read well. As I embark on my 20’s, as scary and foreign as that sounds, I look forward to new books that will continue to open my mind.
Alyssa.McDonagh@UConn.edu
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By Randy Amorim Staff Writer Matthew McConaughey is a great actor. A lot of people do not know this because despite entering mainstream stardom by demonstrating his abilities in movies like “Dazed and Confused” or “Amistad,” McConaughey has spent the majority of his career playing the same good looking guy in the same romantic comedy with the same jokes. The last few years he seemed determined to remind everyone he is a good actor by returning to serious roles and dramas. McConaughey has had some great performances in the past, but “Dallas Buyers Club” is the best of his career so far. While the film is well directed and has an emotionally gripping story, McConaughey goes all out with his performance carrying the film on his back. The story is centered on the true story of Ron Woodroof. Woodroof is your stereotypical over-masculine Texas redneck living in 1985 Dallas. Ron is an elec-
trician who likes to spend his free time gambling on rodeos, doing copious amounts of drugs and having lots and lots of sex with strangers and prostitutes. After an accident at work, Ron learns that he has HIV and is diagnosed with 30 days to live. Ron is incredibly homophobic and is angry and in denial that a straight man like himself could have gotten a disease believed at the time to only be spread by homosexual males. Without medication or any readily available options to survive for patients diagnosed with AIDS at the time, Ron meets a doctor in Mexico who gives him drugs not approved by the FDA. After he finds them to be successful, Ron smuggles them into the country and begins to sell them to other AIDS patients. Ron has difficulty finding a wide audience for the medication. He then finds that a homosexual male cross-dresser (Jared Leto)
can help him reach the gay community, the largest clientele for the medication, without him doing much work or having to deal with them himself. Of course, the two become friends and Ron changes his homophobic ways. The film centers on the bond between the two as well as Ron’s fight against the FDA to illegally distribute the drugs that prolonged his life as well as his ability to continue handing them out. While the story is gripping, the two leads really steal and make the show. Matthew McConaughey gives his best performance and deserves an Oscar. Jared Leto has played both homosexuals and drug addicts before, but this is by far his best performance as well. Unlike his co-star, he’s not guaranteed an Oscar, but he certainly should earn a nomination at the least. The two really go above and beyond and make us believe in and feel for these characters so much so
Dallas Buyers Club 9/10
that they make Jennifer Garner look bland. She doesn’t do a bad job, but compared to Leto and McConaughey she seems to just be there and never able to keep up. I suppose her character was too minor to really make a difference anyways. The film is inspiring in its two main goals. It shows us a man who is given no option but to die and manages to never give up hope and survive. While the homophobia around AIDS was true to the time, homophobia in our country still exists today. I would have loved to see the film subtly draw a parallel to show the ignorance of this behavior, but no such luck. I suppose Ron’s transformation from homophobe to best friend of a cross dresser is good enough. It will keep you on the edge of your seat, and it will move you to tears. “Dallas Buyers Club” is a huge emotional investment and a very moving and powerful film.
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‘The Little Mermaid’ remains a timeless classic
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From left to right: Ariel, Sebastian and Flounder from the cover art on the new “The Little Mermaid’ DVD.
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Make no mistake, if it wasn’t for “The Little Mermaid” its very possible that the Walt Disney Animation Studios would no longer exist today, or at the very least not in their present form. Before the 1989 film dropped, the studio had not had a bona fide hit since 1977’s “The Rescuers” and not since 1967’s “The Jungle Book” before that. Enticed by steady stream of revenue provided by theatrical re-releases of “classic” Disney Animated Features, then CEO Michael Eisner seriously considered shutting the company’s animated division down. “The Little Mermaid” stood as the final hope for the division that started the Walt Disney Company.
The rest is history. Far from the Walt Disney Animation Studio’s swan song, “The Little Mermaid” served as the catalyst for a renaissance for the studio. A wild success with both critics and audiences, the film would go on to win the Academy Awards for both “Best Original Score” and “Best Original Song”, the first animated Disney film to accomplish the feat since “Pinnochio” over four decades earlier. Almost 25 years later, the film can be called nothing less than a true classic. Disney has tried its hand re releasing some of its classic films in 3D these past few years with varying degrees of success. While the 3D reissue of “The
Lion King” was a spectacular success, re-issues of titles such as “Beauty and the Beast” and “Finding Nemo” came with less than stellar results. As a result, Disney has axed the theatrical reissue of “The Little Mermaid” but have elected to still re issue this version directly to home video on Blu-ray. Considering this is a film forever engrained into the minds of modern audiences I don’t feel the need to recount too much of the plot. Based on the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, “The Little Mermaid” tells the story of Ariel, a mermaid and daughter of Triton King of the Seas, who is fascinat-
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ed with the human world. Her father does not approve and after striking a deal with the Sea Witch Ursula, Arial becomes human with a limited amount of time to make the human Prince Eric fall in love with her. The film holds up incredibly well. All the characters from Ariel herself to Sebastian, Flounder and Buddy Hackett’s Scuttle remain as charming as ever. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s brilliant score and unforgettable songs rank among the finest in the history of the studio. And even a quarter century later, the fantastic animation from the millions of bubbles to Ursula’s tentacles still manage to amaze. What is most impressive regarding the 3D reissue is just how much better the film looks.
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This year’s most anticipated sequel “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” will be released this weekend. As I explained in a column last year, I wasn’t fond of “The Hunger Games.” Essentially, the first half got me completely invested, and the second made me not care in the slightest. I have had a number of debates over the film’s quality, and one defense I frequently hear is that “The Hunger Games” is an excellent book-to-film adaptation. My response to that is simple; it doesn’t matter. That’s not to say the process of adaptation isn’t important. It’s extremely difficult; some would argue it’s harder than original work; and it deserves to be commended when done right, which is why there is an Academy Award for it. But movies shouldn’t be judged in comparison to their original mediums and exist as their own entity. The experience a book desires to give its audience is drastically different from that of a film. I never read “The Hunger Games,” and while I don’t plan to, I’m not going to write it off because I didn’t like the movie. Maybe the book presents Peeta in a way that doesn’t make him as boring or as hard as asphalt, and there’ll certainly be no shaky camera to ruin the action scenes. Or maybe it’s complete crap; that’s equally possible. The point being, no piece of art should be judged in relation to its original form. The best example of the irrelevance of adaptation is “Watership Down.” Easily the greatest nature fantasy ever written, it was remolded into an animated feature in 1978. It’s a terrible adaptation. The tales of El-ahrairah are almost completely removed, we get much less of a sense of the rabbits as a culture, and the book’s thematic elements are absent. But the film itself is phenomenal. It understood its limitations and made the proper adjustments to give us the most compelling story it could and bring life to characters incapable of human expression. Then there is “The Hobbit.” The book consists of only 310 pages, and was written prior to “The Lord of the Rings.” But it is being adapted in a long trilogy of movies, reshaping itself to act as a prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and incorporates parts of the Middle Earth anthology, including Tolkien’s unfinished “The Silmarillion.” Placing it next to the book, it fails as an adaptation, but it’s allowed to because it’s trying to be something different. Could Peter Jackson really follow up his masterpiece trilogy with just one film covering “The Hobbit?” Of course not. He went bigger because he already proved he knew how to, and the final product (thus far) was still spectacular. I acknowledge it’s not easy to separate one’s experience with a book from that of a movie, especially since one has likely spent 10 times the hours over the book. But people must remember that a movie is attempting to tell its story to those who have never read the book and will have different methods of pushing itself forward. Take a look at the “Harry Potter” series. Now those films were doomed to adaptation problems from the start because they began production when only four of the books had been released. The later installments clearly suffered from over-compression, and there are fractions that one who hasn’t read the books won’t completely grasp. But I
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Maria Bartiromo leaving Arena Gallery showcases the CNBC after two decades ceramic art of UConn students Tuesday, November 19, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — CNBC says veteran anchor and reporter Maria Bartiromo is leaving the business news channel. Bartiromo’s contract ends Nov. 24, concluding 20 years with CNBC, the channel said Monday. The New York Times and others reported Bartiromo is joining Fox Business Network. The Fox network said it had no immediate announcement to make Monday. The Drudge Report was first to report Bartiromo’s move. “After twenty great years of having a front row seat to some of the most important economic stories in the world, it’s hard to sum up the gratitude and appreciation I have for the team that helped make it happen,” Bartiromo said in a statement. “I am incredibly proud of what we have been able to accomplish.” Her representative did not immediately respond when asked to comment on reports that she’s going to Fox Business. Bartiromo joined CNBC in 1993 after five years as a
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producer and assignment editor with CNN Business News. At CNBC, she pioneered daily live reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and won an Emmy Award for a documentary on Google. Her high-profile work at CNBC and photogenic looks
earned her the nickname “Money Honey.” Bartiromo anchors CNBC’s “Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo” and the syndicated “On the Money with Maria Bartiromo.” CNBC is owned by NBCUniversal.
What changes are acceptable, and which ones aren’t? I don’t quite have an answer. “American Gangster” is one of my favorite movies. It’s a great movie, but I was crushed to find out that it sort of never happened. Frank Lucas was a real person, and he did do most of the things the movie showed, but they left out one big detail. He was not Denzel Washington. Throughout the film we see Denzel give a great performance as this intelligent, charismatic, calculated and ruthless kingpin. The real life Frank Lucas made the kind of money we see him make and did famously cut out the middle man by directly importing
the drugs himself and even used the coffins of dead U.S. soldiers to do this. Google confirms this, but it also confirms that he was incredibly uneducated, illiterate and not at all the man he is depicted to be in the film. There was also a lawsuit filed against the studio for its depiction of police corruption. While the film ends with the arrests of several corrupt cops we see throughout, it seems questionable if their real life counterparts were ever involved in these shady activities. Even if this is all true it is still a great film, but it just isn’t the same to know that it is mostly fiction. “Captain Philips” has drawn some controversy. The film depicts Captain Philips as a hero and shows his amazing story with Tom Hanks portraying the brave man in an Oscar worthy performance. According to members of the real life crew, Philips apparently traveled the dangerous route with the intention of being taken over by pirates. They claim he didn’t have to be taken hostage, but chose to because he had a death wish. The crew apparently begged him not to travel the route beforehand for fear of pirates, but he had no interest in safety, and some claim that he was not the hero the film has made him to be. It’s hard to tell whether the film is accurate or if the crew is telling the truth, but it really does take away from the film and its emotional impact to find yourself wondering at the end. I still love this movie, but knowing this beforehand may have interfered with my suspension of disbelief. “Pain and Gain” was a movie that was both accurate and false. The film was true to the events and kept the details straight with only minor changes probably made for legal reasons. However, some of the characters were composited into one, and some of the backstory and events are
Unusual clay figurines and pots made by the students in classes taught by two different professors, filled the Arena Gallery in the Art Building last week. The Arena Gallery, or Pit, cycles through artwork from art students constantly. Professors Kate Oggel and Monica Bock only displayed their students’ ceramic pieces for a week. The gallery was set up with white platforms arranged in a variety of ways and grouped according to different criteria. “The process was somewhat simplified—just getting the pedestals around the art building and then creating clusters of pedestals,” Oggel said. The students were the ones to put the exhibit together. Oggel encouraged them to find similarity in form or surface and figure out how things work together visually. The students had a chance to do so along with Bock’s class. Ceramics, as taught by both professors, isn’t just about playing with clay and making simple
How true is ‘based on a true story?’ By Randy Amorim Staff Writer
Every other movie seems to begin with “based on” or “inspired by” a “true story” these days. A lot of these are horror movies where nothing really happened, but something small has been altered and exaggerated to make a scary story. Now that Oscar season is among us, we are seeing a lot of movies based on actual true stories released. We all know that movies change the truth more often than not to make a more interesting story, but at what point does it take away from the film?
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minimized, condensed or cut completely. This is no doubt done to make for easier writing. I don’t feel this quite takes away from the story. A lot of the details were bizarre and unbelievable, and the film includes these and these sorts of alterations and condenses are typical in Hollywood. While minor changes like the ones I have discussed don’t necessarily take away from a film, they do lead you to question its accuracy and feel cheated somewhat afterwards. The only real changes that really hurt a film and its story are ones like in the 1992 biopic “Hoffa.” While Jimmy Hoffa’s story was somewhat accurate, we have a main character sidekick in the film who never existed. He is a composite of several other people, but he is made incredibly important and given a lot of backstory and time that seems unnecessary and pointless considering he never existed and does nothing for the film. Why is he there? Another film that bothers me is “Primary Colors.” The film is not meant to be exactly a true story, but rather a fictional, true depiction of the Clinton presidential campaign. At first you buy into it, but then somebody commits suicide and a lot of things happen, and you find yourself spending too much time wondering what is and isn’t real even if it was never supposed to be true. These are the kinds of changes we should be concerned about more. Personally, I find myself happier the truer a film stays to its real events. Minor changes will always be made, and facts will always be exaggerated, but the closer a film stays to the facts the better it usually is. The way I see it, if a story is really worth telling and being put on film, would it really require extensive dramatic changes?
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extruder—which Bock describes as something like a “playdough factory” where a machine makes long tube-like shapes. The challenge for the class is to choose a verb to enact with one’s body and impact the clay. “I want them to use machines and tools,” Bock said, explaining how important it is to understand that sculpting isn’t just about what you can make with your hands but with all the tools available. In another project, titled “Press Mold/Mold Assemblage,” students were able choose from a palette of common molds like figurines, teapots and ashtrays to compress clays together and create unusual combinations of works. Students put small and large fragments together and were encouraged by Professor Bock to “be kitschy and humorous.” Professor Bock’s class is currently working on a final project in which students must use new methods and hand building to transform chairs, which will be presented in the hallways of the Art Building at the end of the semester. “My intention is to really loosen people up when they see what clay can do—when it’s not just processed by hand,” Bock said.
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a second opinion. While the characters have been swapped, the effect is still conveyed. The movie just had to do what was necessary to tell its version of the story. A movie cannot be blamed for being unfaithful to its paperback counterpart. A book cannot be blamed for not being as exciting as its cinematic counterpart. But a movie can be blamed for being shallow and poorly engineered, just as a book can be blamed for being underwhelming and overlong. Their quality is mutually exclusive.
What makes a good movie adaptation would like to call your attention to one moment near the end of “Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” While Malfoy is conflicted throughout the film about what side he’s on, there is one scene where we get a second long take of the face of Blaise Zabini. In the books he was a very minor character with only one conversation of significance in the entire series. Why is he being awarded attention in this pivotal moment? Because Crabbe is dead, and the actor who played Goyle didn’t return for the final film. But he is still an identifiable ally of Malfoy, who the latter looks at when desiring
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The films drawings have been cleaned up and enhanced for the release painting a crystal clear portrait for the screen that blows all previous releases of the film out of the water. What more impressive is that unlike Disney films that followed it such as “Aladdin” and “Pocahontas,” most of the film was assembled by hand without the digital aid of computers, meaning Disney went out of their way and undertook a significant amount of effort to restore this film to the crystal clear image presented in the release. The effort certainly shows. Showcasing how to do 3D right yet again, the format enhances what was already great. It doesn’t attempt any elaborate “tricks” or gimmicks. The viewing experience is seamless. The film’s various multiplane shots, originally
intended to create the illusion of depth within the 2D drawings are finally brought to life with this quality 3D experience. A particular shot in which Ariel is singing “Par of Your World” and extends her arm out through a rock formation reaching for the surface immediately comes to mind in this regard. The success of the “The Little Mermaid” laid the groundwork for the modern era of Disney Animation. A true classic that can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, it can’t come with anything less than the highest recommendations. The 3D release features one of the finest conversions of classic films I’ve seen in the format to date and it most certainly should serve as the definitive version of the film moving forward. It is a darned shame they didn’t give this one a theatrical release.
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objects. Though all students need to start from the basics of pottery, Oggel and Bock ultimately open their students’ perspectives and understandings about the possibilities of the art form. Since the exhibit took place in the middle of the semester, the works shown were only the beginnings of both classes. As the semester progresses, students take on new challenges and more complicated assignments. Oggel describes this as taking “nearly all semester to sharpen your skills.” Oggel’s class, “Pottery and the Vessel,” presented a lot of bowls, vases and cups in the display. “The work we had is just some of the early work,” Oggel said. “The whole process takes several weeks to work through.” The process Professor Oggel mentions is that of throwing the clay on the wheel and shaping it, firing it in the kiln and adding a layer of glaze before firing it again. With multiple pieces from several students going through the process for each assignment, timing for each finalized piece adds up. In Professor Bock’s class, “Clay/Ceramic Art: Sculpture,” students get a limited amount of time to complete three separate projects over the course of the semester. The first of those assignments revolves around using an
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A-Rod grievance resumes after monthlong break
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In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez arrives at the offices of Major League Baseball for grievance hearing in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez's grievance hearing to overturn his 211-game suspension resumed Monday with the first of what could be 10 straight days of sessions. The sides spent their ninth day before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, who also heard the case from Sept. 30-Oct. 3 and Oct. 15-18. Rodriguez's legal team was set to call witnesses when the hearing resumed. MLB and the players' association appear to be trying to finish testimony before Thanksgiving, and it remained unclear whether the New York Yankees third baseman would testify. He had been scheduled for an investigatory interview with MLB on Friday, but the session was canceled when Rodriguez's side said he was ill with flu-like systems and could not travel from California. Rodriguez arrived at MLB's office on Monday morning. MLB has been expected to
assert that Rodriguez should not be allowed to testify at his grievance if he first refused to answer MLB's questions at the investigatory interview. Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games by MLB on Aug. 5 for alleged violations of the sport's drug agreement and labor contract, and the players' association filed the grievance to overturn the penalty. The three-time AL MVP said four years ago he used performance-enhancing drugs while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, but he has denied using them since. At the time of his suspension, MLB said the penalty was for "use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone over the course of multiple years" and for "engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the office of the commissioner's investiga-
tion." A Florida police department said Monday it had reopened an investigation into the theft of documents related to baseball's inquiry. Boca Raton police officer Sandra Boonenberg said the investigation was reopened several weeks ago based on new information stemming from Rodriguez's lawsuit against MLB, which accused the sport of engaging in a "witch hunt." Boonenberg offered few details on the open investigation but said detectives have "a lot of leads that they're pursuing." The documents were stolen in March from the car of Porter Fischer, who took them from Biogenesis of America, the now-closed Florida anti-aging clinic where he worked. The clinic and its owner, Anthony Bosch, have been accused of providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to Rodriguez and other
major leaguers. Bosch agreed to cooperate with baseball's investigators, and baseball later suspended 14 players. Citing unidentified sources close to the investigation, ESPN reported last week that MLB impeded the Florida investigation. "MLB investigators knowingly purchased stolen documents in their quest to allow Commissioner Selig to act, for the first time, as if he was tough on PED use in baseball despite striking a cooperation deal with Anthony Bosch who MLB knows is under federal investigation for providing steroids to minors," Jordan Siev, one of Rodriguez's lawyers, said in a statement. MLB has repeatedly denied the accusation. "The truth continues to be that we did not knowingly purchase stolen documents and there is an active police investigation to determine if the documents were in fact stolen," the commissioner's office said in a statement.
Concussion expert says players still in fear No. 9 Syracuse beats St. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A leading concussion expert from the United States says players in highlevel contact sports still are often fearful of sitting out games after head injuries because they might lose their positions on their teams. Chris Nowinski, a Harvard graduate and former wrestler, is a co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University, otherwise known as the "Brain Bank." It is one of the leading research groups in the world on the effects concussions are having on athletes, highlighted by recent cases involving NFL players. Nowinski has been in Melbourne meeting with officials from the Australian Football League players association and the National Rugby League. "There still has to be a culture change with the play-
ers, they need to take that time off," Nowinski said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. "They still have that impression that their job or role might be at risk. And I'm still not sure that players anywhere, even now, appreciate or understand the risk they are exposing themselves to." He said Australian officials and those in the United States have become more aware of rest and recovery needed after concussions and head injuries, but even the prominent lawsuits in the NFL haven't improved the situation as much as he'd like to see it. "You would think so, particularly is a player is mishandled," Nowinski said of the threat of legal action against teams by their players over head injuries. "There is no reason now why a player can't come back
to the team and say he had permanent brain damage and it was because of lack of proper treatment by the team doctors." One of those players seriously affected by head injuries is Shaun Valentine, a former rugby league player in Australia who retired in 2003 after suffering seven concussions in 18 months while playing for the North Queensland Cowboys. Valentine, whose struggles with short-term memory, is one of nearly 200 athletes who have donated their brains to Nowinski's Boston center for posthumous research. The only way to confirm Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) caused by concussions is by examining brains after death. Nowinski said he met the 37-year Valentine for the first time over dinner on Monday night in Melbourne. "It was good to see him,
we had a lot in common as we both are now about 10 years out since we had our concussions," Nowinski said. "We talked about how we can make things better in the future. "How he's feeling, his experience of having those concussions over such a short period," Nowinski added. "How that was allowed to happen, to me, is one of the worst cases I have ever come across." Even worse, Nowinski says, is that no one from the National Rugby League where Valentine played has ever contacted him about his current medical condition. "I think they could learn something from him," Nowinski said. "It's unfortunate. Shaun proved his toughness in coming back from serious injuries, and where did it get him? No one should ever have to go through what he did again."
right ankle that required surgery. The Braves earlier this month declined to make a qualifying offer to Hudson, who won 49 games during the previous three seasons. "I'm pumped," Giants lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt said by text message. "Great signing for us. Competitor and innings eater. Knows how to win!" Hudson was hurt July 24 in New York when the Mets' Eric Young Jr. inadvertently stepped on the back of the pitcher's lower right leg while Hudson covered first base. San Francisco, which missed the playoffs this year after winning the World Series in 2010 and '12, is seeking another starter to join Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum in a rotation losing Zito and probably also free-agent righty Ryan Vogelsong. Cain and Bumgarner are signed long term, while Lincecum received a $35 million, two-year deal last month. Hudson was drafted by the A's in the sixth round of the 1997 amateur draft out of Auburn. Oakland traded Hudson to the
Braves in December 2004 and he pitched nine seasons in Atlanta. The three-time All-Star earned NL Comeback Player of the Year honors in 2010 after he returned from elbow ligament replacement surgery to go 17-9 with a 2.83 ERA. He had surgery for a herniated disk in November 2011. The Giants had been eager to find an experienced starter to fill in the rotation. Zito just finished a $126 million, seven-year contract and had his $18 million option declined for 2014. Vogelsong's $6.5 million option for 2014 was declined by the club. Hudson is 205-111 in a 15-year career and was coming off a $36 million, four-year contract. After snapping a careerworst 10-game winless streak with a 13-4 victory July 6 at Philadelphia, Hudson went 4-0 with a 3.10 ERA in his last four starts. Hudson will pitch to 2012 NL MVP and batting champion Buster Posey, who is signed through 2021. Right fielder Hunter Pence was given a $90 million, five-year contract before the season ended.
San Francisco Giants reach deal with Tim Hudson
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In a May 20, 2011 photo Tim Hudson throws against the Los Angeles Angels. The Giants were working Monday to finalize a $23 million, two-year contract with the free agent.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tim Hudson is headed back to the Bay Area. The San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract with the free-agent pitcher, who began his career with Oakland. Hudson had a physical Monday, and the team said the deal is pending the results of that examination.
Hudson made his major league debut with the Athletics in 1999 and went 92-39 in six seasons with Oakland, where the righthander teamed with Mark Mulder and Barry Zito to form a successful "Big Three." The 38-year-old Hudson went 8-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 21 starts this season for Atlanta. His season was cut short by a broken
Penn State's defense shines in latest victory over Purdue STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Lost in Penn State's scoring spree against Purdue on Saturday was a defensive unit chipping in a bit more than usual. Maligned for giving up 63 points at Ohio State and not being able to get off the field in the first half during a 24-10 loss at Minnesota, Penn State's defense limited Purdue to two scoring drives in its 45-21 win. A 100-yard kickoff return by Raheem Mostert accounted for the Boilermakers' other touchdown. That alone isn't cause to celebrate, given Purdue (1-9) is last in the Big Ten in scoring offense and total offense, but the Boilermakers' only two plays of 20 yards or more (38 and 45) during the game came on those drives.
"They had two big plays and we beat ourselves on those plays and they took advantage of it," said Penn State cornerback Adrian Amos, who had eight tackles including two for a loss. Overall, Penn State (6-4) forced two Purdue fumbles and intercepted freshman quarterback Danny Etling once while holding the Boilermakers to a single yard rushing in the first half and 41 overall. Defensive end Deion Barnes and linebacker Nyeem Wartman forced Purdue's fumbles while defensive tackle Austin Johnson and linebacker Mike Hull had the recoveries. Cornerback Jordan Lucas recorded his third interception of the season. The trio of turnovers was the most the defense has had since the opener against Syracuse.
Francis Brooklyn, 56-50 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 13 points, including a tying follow with 1:43 left, and set up the go-ahead basket by Michael Gbinije in the final minute, as No. 9 Syracuse held off St. Francis Brooklyn 56-50 on Monday night in an opening-round game of the Maui Invitational. Syracuse (4-0), making its first appearance in the tournament since winning it in 1998, plays its next game in Hawaii in a week against Minnesota. The Orange closed the game on a 10-0 run, holding St. Francis scoreless for the final 4:10. Syracuse's last nonconference home loss was to Cleveland State on Dec. 15, 2008. In that one, Cedric Jackson took an inbounds pass with 2.2 seconds left, turned and swished a two-handed, 60-foot shot at the buzzer to give the Vikings a shocking 72-69 victory over the 11th-ranked Orange. The Orange were in trouble in this one until the final 3 minutes as its top scorer struggled mightily. C.J. Fair, who came in shooting 53.3 percent and averaging 21.7 points, couldn't buy a basket, going 2 of 13, all but one of his attempts coming from close range. But with the game on the line and time winding down, the ball was in Fair's hands. He drove to the basket, missed at the rim and Grant
was there to convert it to tie the game at 50-all. Grant then stole the ball and fed Gbinije for the decisive basket with 65 seconds left. The Terriers (2-2) committed a turnover in the closing seconds and Ben Mockford threw up an airball 3 as the Orange escaped. Dajuan Coleman matched his career high with 14 points and Trevor Cooney had 12 for Syracuse. Jalen Cannon led St. Francis with 16 points and Anthony White had 10. Ben Mockford broke a 46-all tie with a 3-pointer from the right corner at 4:48 coming off a timeout, but that was the last basket for the Terriers. Moments later, Cooney missed a 3 from the top of the key and Tyler Ennis couldn't convert a drive through the lane as the Terriers held on to a 50-46 lead in a game in which neither team led by more than four points in the second half until the final minute. St. Francis whooped it up before the game and in the runway before the second half, and that was understandable. The Terriers knocked off reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion Miami 66-62 in overtime to open their season nine days ago. Cannon's layup with 1:02 left put St. Francis ahead for good as Miami never led in the extra session.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Reilly Smith and Carl Soderberg had a goal and an assist each in the first period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Monday night. Johnny Boychuk scored midway through the third period, and Milan Lucic added an empty-net goal for Boston, which has 11 points in its last seven games (5-1-1). Tuomo Ruutu scored his first goal of the season with 4.8 seconds left in the opening period. Boston killed four Carolina power plays, including 63 seconds when the Bruins were down two skaters. They haven't allowed a power-play goal in 32 short-handed situations since giving up goals on five consecutive power plays in October. Carolina has scored only one goal in its last 21 power plays. The Hurricanes played their first game since Oct. 24 with
Cam Ward in net. Ward, who missed 10 games because of a leg injury, made 27 saves. He rebounded from a rough start in which he gave up two goals on Boston's first four shots. Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots for Boston. Smith gave Boston an early lead with a power-play goal 2:31 into the game. Loui Eriksson passed to Soderberg, who found Smith in front for a one-timer that got past Ward for his third goal. Soderberg redirected a shot by defenseman Dennis Seidenberg to put Boston ahead 2-0 midway through the first period. Since the 2010-11 season, the Bruins are 100-6-6 in games in which they have a two-goal lead. The Hurricanes netted their only goal when a pass from Eric Staal went off the skate of Boston's Patrice Bergeron and caromed to Ruutu, who nudged the puck past Rask.
Smith, Soderberg lift B's over Hurricanes 4-1
High school basketball coach accused of biting player
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Penn State's Jordan Lucas, left, and Glenn Carson stop Purdue's Justin Sinz during an NCAA college football game Saturday in State College, Pa.
CARTHAGE, Miss. (AP) — Accused of biting a player in the face, a girls' high school basketball coach with more than 1,200 career wins has resigned. Doyle Wolverton, reports the Neshoba Democrat, coached at Leake Academy in Madden for 38 years. By one count, Wolverton is the second-winningest coach in high school girls' basketball history nationwide. Leake County Sheriff Greg Waggoner says Wolverton is
accused of biting the unnamed player during a timeout during a Nov. 12 game in Marion County. The player was brought to a hospital emergency room in Carthage after the team returned, and hospital employees called the sheriff's office because the injury was an assault. A police report obtained by WJTV-TV states a deputy took pictures of the bite mark. Waggoner says the family is declining to press charges.
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Puzzling Jets picking up pieces after blowout loss FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Win one. Lose one. Win one. Lose one. And, repeat. That's how it has gone during this puzzling season for the New York Jets. Ten games with five wins and five losses — all in alternating weeks. Playoff contender or frustrating pretender? That's what the Jets need to figure out, and soon. "We have six games ahead of us," quarterback Geno Smith said Monday, "that we have to go out and get some wins." Coming off a bye-week break, the Jets were stunningly flat in an embarrassing 37-14 blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Going in, it was considered a statement game by many fans and media who figured the team would show whether it was for real. "We didn't play anywhere close to where we thought we would," coach Rex Ryan said. "Obviously, we know we have to play better. That's not hard to figure out. "We know our fans deserve better, and we certainly are going to play better." Jets fans have been on a roller-coaster ride all season. One week, they are cautiously optimistic about Smith and the team's postseason chances. The next, some are already moving on from the mistake-prone rookie quarterback and thinking about next year's draft. That's the kind of swing you get from yo-yo performances from week to week. After all, they're the first team since the 1970 merger to alternate wins and losses through its first 10 games. "We're a good team," tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. said. "But then, we could be a bad team. That's how practice goes. Some days we have good days, and some days we have bad days. If we practice better, I think it'll be better for us." Yet, the Jets still somehow control their playoff destiny despite how far off the postseason seems. They are tied record-wise in the AFC with division rivals Miami,
which New York still has to play twice, and a game ahead of a pack of teams with 4-6 records. One of those is Baltimore, the Jets' next opponent and Ryan's former team which has struggled after winning the Super Bowl last season. Smith, benched in the Jets' last two losses, will remain the starting quarterback this week. He insists he isn't worried about his job security or running out of time to prove himself despite one touchdown and eight interceptions in his past five games. "I haven't seen a timer on that, so, no, I don't have any concerns," he said. Smith has eight touchdown passes and 16 interceptions. With his four lost fumbles, the rookie leads the NFL with 20 turnovers. "We have to get him dialed in better," Ryan said. His 10.1 quarterback rating against Buffalo was the lowest by a Jets starter since Mark Sanchez had an 8.3 rating in 2009 — also against the Bills. He also has had four interceptions returned for touchdowns, including Da'Norris Searcy's 34-yard runback Sunday. "I don't think statistics tell every single thing, every part of the story," Smith said. "I obviously don't want my stats to look like that and I don't want to play like that. But I've gotten better. I've become a smarter player. "I've just made poor decisions in some situations in games." It all had some wondering if the answer might be to sit Smith for a game and give inexperienced Matt Simms an opportunity. Simms, the son of former Giants star Phil Simms, threw his first regular-season NFL touchdown pass in mop-up time Sunday. "I've watched the tape," Ryan said. "I put myself through it again and I think, without question, Geno's going to start this game." And, that's fine with Simms, who remains the No. 2 quarterback, ahead of veteran David Garrard.
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Jets quarterback Geno Smith is sacked by Buffalo Bills free safety Jairus Byrd during the first half on Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y.
"Everyone's a fan of the backup quarterback when something goes wrong," Simms said. Ryan did acknowledge that there's a possibility Simms could see a few more snaps with the first-team offense in practice this week. That could be the first sign that Ryan's patience in Smith could be wearing a bit thin. The coach, however, also refused to pin the team's struggles all on Smith. "I think Geno has a chance to be a good quarterback," Ryan said. "But again, everything starts with protection first, with any quarterback. And then, there's
times where, quite honestly, we have to get open. We weren't getting separation. A lot of things contribute to a poor performance like that." Smith also knows that until he strings together a few good games, there will continue to be questions as to whether he should be the starter this week — or beyond. "Am I surprised? No," Smith said. "I think every player in the NFL, everyone's job is on the line, every single person. That's day to day, no one's job is 100 percent secured.
Princess Diaries: Phaneuf more useful as Fan's fall from stadium target for criticism than as hockey player deck caught on video By Ryan Tolmich NHL Columnist The life of an NHL defenseman is a rough one. The men charged with protecting the net receive little recognition compared to their attacking counterparts. Goals are generally hard to come by, while physicality is considered a necessary part of a day’s work. A defenseman is charged with minimizing the efforts of their opponents by any means necessary. Whether it’s blocking a 100 mile-per-hour slap shot or sacrificing your body to lay down a huge check, defensemen are famous for doing the dirty work. However, one defenseman that has it particularly rough is Toronto Maple Leaf blueliner Dion Phaneuf, as the 28-year-old D-man takes almost as much abuse off the ice as he does on it. The latest round of Phanuef bashing came from everyone’s (least) favorite enforcer, John Scott. The Buffalo behemoth recently dropped the verbal gloves against the Toronto captain after a strange play resulted in an on-ice donnybrook. While handling the puck, Phaneuf loses his balance, taking out the
knees of the hulking Scott. After play stops, both teams take offense to the incident, resulting in a full on melee. Scott, for one, wasn’t impressed. “All of a sudden I’m not allowed to hit him anymore,” said Scott, who recently returned from a 10-game suspension. “He’s Princess Phaneuf. It’s a joke.” While Scott’s verbal attack on “Princess Phaneuf” is fairly offensive, the big man’s words are minor compared to the abuse Phaneuf has taken in the past. Phaneuf’s biggest media shaming came at the hands of legendary trash talker Sean Avery, as the NHL’s favorite pest gave perhaps his most ridiculous performance in his insulting of Phaneuf. First things first, Avery is the man that called legendary goaltender Martin Brodeur “fatso.” He attacked the entire population of French Canadians and how they play hockey. This is a man that’s entire game was predicated on talking trash. Yet his now infamous quote on Phaneuf from 2008 will always be his best performance. “I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with
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Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf, right, battles for the puck with Buffalo Sabres' Marcus Folingo during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday.
my sloppy seconds,” said Avery in response to Phanuef dating his exgirlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert. “I don’t know what that’s about.” Commissioner Gary Bettman called Avery’s remarks “disgusting”. The Dallas Stars, Avery’s team at the time, severed ties with their resident pest. Avery was suspended six games for his remarks describing Phaneuf’s now wife. So you see, Scott’s comments are just another chapter in Phaneuf’s public humiliation. At the end of the
day, Phaneuf is a stud of a hockey player, as the Candian is a three-time all-star and a phenomenal leader for the Toronto Maple Leafs. But unfortunately for the talented defenseman, he may be remembered more for his shaming off the ice than his talent on it, as his reputation as ‘Princess Phaneuf’ might just be how the Maple Leaf captain is regarded for the rest of his career.
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James has had "preliminary talks" with David Beckham about possibly bringing an MLS team to Miami. The talks were first reported in the British media and confirmed by James after the Miami Heat's practice Monday. "There's some interest on both sides," said James, the four-time NBA MVP who already has a small ownership stake in the English club Liverpool through his involvement with Fenway Sports Management. "David has become a good friend
of mine over the last few years. And I think it would be great for this city to have a football club for sure. So there's interest on both sides but it's preliminary talks. But there (is) some open dialogue." The Associated Press first reported last month that Beckham decided to start an MLS expansion team in Miami. Several matters, however, must first be taken care of, including league approval. Beckham scouted some Miami locations last week — for at least the second time — and is looking for investors. Beckham, who played for the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS, has the right to pay $25 million to start an expansion franchise. But the overall startup costs would far exceed that amount when factoring in other setup costs such as stadium construction and player acquisitions. "The research is still being made out," James said. "I think it could be huge. But you never know. I think this is a great town for soccer. There's a lot of soccer players, there's great youth soccer players here and people love the city as well. So that definitely would help." South Florida has had an MLS team in the past — the Miami Fusion played in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. from 1998 to 2001, before shutting down because of poor attendance. But it's surely
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An unruly football fan who survived a fall from the top deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium onto a man below has been banned from the stadium and could face charges, officials said Monday. Video from Sunday's game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets shows the fan sliding down the 300 level railing in a seated position before flipping backward and plummeting about 30 feet to the 200 level. He and the man he landed on were treated inside the stadium before being taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released, authorities said. Bills President and Chief Executive Russ Brandon called the fallen fan's behavior irresponsible and in violation of the fan code of conduct. "This individual will not be permitted back into Ralph Wilson Stadium," Brandon said in a statement. Season ticket-holder Jeff Savidge, of Rochester, said play on the field had stopped for a television timeout when the falling fan suddenly landed across the neck and shoulders of a man across the aisle from him.
"He kind of bounced off him and landed about two rows down on the ground," Savidge said in an interview. "I heard somebody scream from behind us, 'Oh my God!' or something like that." The man who fell got up and said he was OK but was stopped by security from leaving, Savidge said. Arriving emergency workers put a neck brace on him and carried him away on a chair stretcher, he said. A security officer, meanwhile, held the head of the fan who was struck to keep him from moving as he sat upright in his seat awaiting medical attention, Savidge said. He was carried out on a backboard. "As much as it was kind of chaotic, everybody was in control," he said. The Bills' ban on the man sliding down the railing was supported by Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, who said the fan "has shown that he is a danger to himself and others." "Yesterday's reckless and dangerous incident at Ralph Wilson Stadium is an example of the type of behavior that gives Buffalo a bad reputation and that can never be tolerated, dismissed or accepted," Poloncarz said.
Court denies NJ bid to LeBron James has preliminary talks with rehear sports gambling case David Beckham about Miami MLS club NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied New Jersey's request for another chance to argue that sports betting should be legal in the state. The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on Friday quashed the state's motion to bring the arguments before the full court. In September, a three-judge panel ruled that New Jersey's law allowing sports betting conflicts with federal law and can't be implemented. A 1992 federal law banning sports betting made exceptions for four states: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon, all of which had some type of sports gambling at the time. Lawyers for Republican Gov. Chris Christie argued the law vio-
lated state sovereignty and equal protection clauses. This month, Christie asked that the full court, not just the three-judge panel, hear arguments. Now, however, Christie's only recourse will be to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Christie's office was mum Monday. A spokesman, Colin Reed, did not return a request for comment. In September, Reed said Christie was prepared to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. New Jersey voters approved a referendum to allow sports betting in 2011. Christie signed it into law last year. Four professional sports teams and the NCAA then sued the state.
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brilliance: a moment that would not come. Wood was Plan A. There was no Plan B. After a half hour, New Zealand settled back in their final third, which was working wonders until numerous mental lapses could no longer be covered up. Rebounds found Aguilar, Marquez found Jimenez on 45-yard passes and Jimenez provided the spark as an outside back – El Tri were firing on all cylinders. It was about time. Throughout qualifying, Mexico lacked composure at the back, as well as cohesion and urgency. As the Mexicans put five past the Kiwis, the urgency
El Tri finds sense of urgency after US provides second breath of life On Wednesday, Mexico, or should we say Club America, defeated the Kiwis with absolute ease; however it took quite some time to overcome the visitors who were keen to sit back and defend. New Zealand seemed content to allow Mexico time and space on the ball, and hopeful to rely on their aerial presence to catch the hosts sleeping. Chris Wood of New Zealand was largely ineffective after receiving a yellow card, he seemed too cautious. It appeared that the Kiwis would rely on Wood to conjure up a moment of
in Herrera’s men was worn on their sleeves. The passing in the center of the park was superb, and with the ball at their feet, Mexico never looked threatened. The second half appeared to be damage control – like talking your way out of a poor gift decision for your significant. But then there was life – Chris James added a consolation goal for the visitors with five minutes to go. A goal which could spark a nation, and destroy the gift that the United States graciously granted their most bitter rivals.
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Miami Heat's LeBron James, left, talks with Boston Celtics' head coach Brad Stevens. Reports surfaced Monday that the NBA superstar is interested in MLS franchise ownership.
conceivable that Beckham's star power could make MLS more viable in Miami, and aligning with James certainly will help. Beckham created a buzz last season when he sat courtside for some Heat games, and James often speaks about his appreciation for some of the world's
best players. "I've grown a great interest in watching the game and learning the guys," James said. "It's a pretty intense sport. And my kids love it as well. But I've grown to the point where I know exactly what's going on when I'm watching the game."
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Nov. 21 Boston College 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 Indiana/ Washington TBA
Dec. 2 Florida 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tomorrow Oregon 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 Boston University 7:30 p.m.
The UConn field hockey team has 10 wins over ranked opponents this season, with just three losses in such games.
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» That’s what he said -Lions coach Jim Schwartz on his team’s fake field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter Sunday
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Nov. 26 Loyola (Md.) 7 p.m.
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Rossi scores as Italy ties Nigeria 2-2
“We got the look that we wanted, we thought it was there, we didn’t execute it great.”
Away game
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Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Monmouth St. Bonnies Ohio State 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
Football (0-9) Nov. 23 Temple 7 p.m.
Nov. 30 Rutgers Noon
Dec. 7 Memphis 1 p.m.
Men’s Soccer (11-2-6) 2013 NCAA Tournament Nov. 21 Quinnipiac 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey (19-4) Nov. 22 Final Four North Carolina Norfolk, Va.
Volleyball Nov. 22 Memphis Noon
Nov. 24 Temple 2 p.m.
(12-17) Nov. 27 Louisville 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 Cincinnati 1 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (4-6-1) Today Brown 7 p.m.
Nov. 23 Boston College 2 p.m.
Nov. 24 Boston College 2 p.m.
Nov. 29 Yale 1 p.m.
Nov. 30 Quinnipiac/ RIT TBA
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Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo kicks a ball during a day ahead of the World Cup qualifying playoff second leg soccer match between Sweden and Portugal in Stockholm, Sweden. The winner of the playoff advances to Brazil next summer.
» NCAA FOOTBALL
Briles, Baylor set for a big week in Big 12
Men’s Hockey (3-2-1) Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Niagara AIC Canisius Canisius Niagara 7:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m.
What's On TV
Soccer: France vs. Ukraine, 2:45 p.m., ESPN3
LONDON (AP) — France needs an unprecedented comeback to avoid missing its first World Cup in 20 years. No European team has ever qualified for the World Cup through the playoffs after losing the first leg 2-0. Two decades after France failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup following a shock home defeat against Bulgaria, Les Bleus lost to Ukraine for the first time in the first leg by a two-goal margin.
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That means the odds are indeed heavily stacked against Didier Deschamps’s team ahead of Tuesday’s return game at the Stade de France.
CBB: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Butler Bulldogs, 7 p.m., FS1 Both teams enter their Tuesday-night matchup with unbeaten 2-0 records, but neither has been convincing in doing so. Butler took down Princeton Saturday, but had to survive a close call to do it. The Tigers hung around and pushed the Bulldogs before succumbing in a 70-67 game. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt grabbed an 11-point win over Lipscomb on Friday night after opening the season with an 86-80 win over Georgia State.
LONDON (AP) — Born just a day apart in the United States, two strikers were celebrating scoring in an international friendly on Monday night. But for different teams. And the Stars and Stripes were nowhere in sight on the banks of the River Thames. New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi marked his first Italy start in two years with the opener before Oklahoma-native Bright Dike headed Nigeria even with his first international goal. The lively game between the World Cupqualified countries at Craven Cottage, home of Premier League club Fulham, which is owned by American businessman Shad Khan, ended 2-2. After Shola Ameobi put Nigeria in front, Rossi helped to set up Emanuele Giaccherini’s equalizer a minute into the second half For the 26-year-old Rossi, this friendly proved so significant. The Fiorentina forward, who returned last May from a 1 1-2-year layoff caused by three knee operations, hadn’t scored for the Azzurri since June 2011, or even started for them since October 2011. Rossi’s breakthrough in London came after just 12 minutes, lifting the ball over goalkeeper Austine Ejide after Mario Balotelli held off defender Azubuike Egwuekwe to set up his fellow forward. The Balotelli-Rossi strike partnership is one that could be together at the World Cup next year in Brazil. “I liked how Rossi and Balotelli played in attack,” Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said. “They immediately found each other.” But the Italians were made to pay for their inability to turn dominance into a second goal when Dike tied it in the 35th minute. The Toronto FC striker rose above Manuel Pasqual to meet Ameobi’s cross with a header. And, inside four minutes, Ameobi volleyed in at the near post from Francis Benjamin’s cross. But Italy got even at the start of the second half, with AC Milan striker Balotelli playing a deft role in the goal. He back-heeled the ball from the edge of the penalty area to Rossi, who flicked it on for Antonio Candreva to send to Giaccherini. And the Sunderland midfielder struck his third international goal in the 46th minute. In Prandelli’s 50th match in charge, Italy was repeatedly denied a winner by goalkeeper Ejide and had to settle for a fourth successive draw. “We have several months to go before the World Cup and I have a lot of certainties,” Prandelli said. “I still have a few thoughts to consider and I will do that. In any case, 2013 has been very positive.”
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WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Art Briles acknowledges that this week is a big game for his undefeated and third-ranked Bears. They just happen to be playing at No. 11 Oklahoma State, the preseason Big 12 favorite that has won six straight games to get back in the thick of the title chase. “It doesn’t matter whatever team that Oklahoma State was playing this week or Baylor was playing this week,” Briles said Monday. “It was going to be a big game because of what they’ve done up through the season and what we’ve done up through this season. It just happens to be we’re playing.” With an offense on pace to set major college records at 61 points and 685 yards a game, the Bears (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) are riding a schoolbest 13-game winning streak, have matched their highest-ever AP ranking and fourth in the BCS standings. Yet Briles, the Texas-born coach whose whole career has been spent in the Lone Star State, keeps the same even tone that he has throughout his six seasons at Baylor. “It’s huge. That mentality trickles down to us. You can’t make any game bigger than any of the others,” quarterback Bryce Petty said. “You have to treat each game as it’s a onegame season, as it’s just a normal day. So that kind of confidence is what makes us play at such a high level.” The Bears have gotten themselves in position to win their first Big 12
title, still facing a pair of potential title-deciding games in the last three weeks. Baylor hasn’t won an outright league title since Mike Singletary was a linebacker in 1980 for a Southwest Conference title team. The Bears shared the SWC title in 1994, only because unbeaten Texas A&M was ineligible and they were among five teams with 4-3 SWC marks. Oklahoma State (9-1, 6-1) is coming off a 38-13 win at Texas, which had been the only other team without a loss in Big 12 play. The Bears playing their final regular season game Dec. 7 against the Longhorns (7-3, 6-1), who are still alive in the championship chase. The Bears overcame their first double-digit deficit of the season in a 63-34 victory over Texas Tech at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium. Baylor trailed 14-0 and 20-7 but gained the lead for good by the end of the first quarter. Now they head Saturday night to Stillwater, where Baylor hasn’t won since 1939, with plenty on the line. “You have to embrace it, you really do,” Petty said. “You’re there for a reason. The Big 12 is what we want. I think it’s OK to take that for what it is and be excited about it.” Briles believes playing in the festive atmosphere of the NFL stadium, a sold-out home game against Oklahoma two weeks ago and a trip to Kansas State earlier this season helped prepare the Bears for what to expect at Oklahoma State.
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In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Baylor head football coach Art Briles checks on a play against West Virginia during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas.
“We’ve been in some pretty good atmospheres so far this year, and we feel like Stillwater’s going to fall right in line with some of the things that we’ve lived through,” Briles
said. “Without question, the guys have been on a big stage, and we feel like it’s going to be one this week in Stillwater, and we feel like our players have earned it.”
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UConn draws Quinnipiac in first round of men’s soccer tourney By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer
Tim Fontenault Sunday was one of the most miserable days of my four years at UConn. Anyone who has spent time around me knows that there are three things that matter to me at UConn: The Daily Campus, my friends and UConn soccer. The latter has aged me. All three seasons have ended in heartbreak since I’ve been here: a loss in the second round to Brown on penalties in 2010, Charlotte on penalties in the Elite Eight in 2011 and a shocking loss to Creighton in the Elite Eight last year. Add the 2013 American Athletic Conference Final to that list of heartbreak. Penalty kicks are the devil. UConn twice had a chance to win after beautiful saves by Andre Blake, who Ray Reid has coined the greatest collegiate goalkeeper ever, a player that will have a career in England. But twice, they were denied. The third time in a row they were stopped by South Florida’s goalkeeper, it ended the match. I’m not going to get into the argument that South Florida’s keeper was off his line before the ball was kicked. He was, and it should have been called, but it wasn’t, and there is nothing anyone can do about it now. UConn lost the shootout, and it may have cost the Huskies a first-round bye. Regardless, the stage is set. UConn will host Quinnipiac Thursday. If they win, they travel to Baltimore to play UMBC. After that, it would likely be a trip to UCLA. If UConn can win that, chaos ensues in the bracket. If the Huskies can win four games in the row, not only would it run the team’s unbeaten streak to 17 matches, but it would also mean a berth in the College Cup for the first time since 2000, the last year that UConn won a national championship. This recent heartbreak reminds me of 2011, when the Huskies played St. John’s in the Big East Final. With the no score in extra time, Andrew JeanBaptiste misplayed the ball around midfield, allowing St. John’s to get out on the counter and beat a helpless Blake for the goal that gave the Red Storm the title. UConn went on to the NCAA Tournament and plowed through Monmouth and James Madison in the second round and Sweet 16 respectively. Yes, those two games were at Morrone and yes, the next one didn’t end well, but UConn came out angry and looking to make a statement. The Huskies have a chance to make a statement in the NCAA Tournament. Quinnipiac is a lesser opponent. UMBC has not faced a team of UConn’s quality. UCLA needs to score a lot of goals to win, a difficult task against a defense like the Huskies’. The road is tough, but manageable. But they can’t look ahead. Right now, Thursday is the only game on the schedule. They just have to take it step by step.
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UConn’s Allando Matheson carries the ball upfield against SMU in the conference quarterfinals last week. The Huskies will play Quinnipiac in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. A win would put UConn into the second round against UMBC on Sunday afternoon.
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Huskies takes on Brown in non-conference clash By Matt Zampini Campus Correspondent After an extended lay-off, the UConn women’s hockey team will take on the Brown Bears when they travel to Rhode Island on Tuesday night for a non-conference matchup. The Huskies last took the ice nine days ago on Nov. 10 in a Hockey East contest against the Providence Friars. UConn picked up its first conference win while moving its overall record to 4-6-1 on the season. The Bears (1-6-1) last played on Nov. 16, losing to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4-1, a team that UConn swept earlier in the season. Brown has had trouble putting the puck in the net this season. The Bears have failed to score more than two goals in the eight games
they have played this season. Since picking up its only win of the season back on Oct. 26, Brown has struggled significantly. The team has gone 0-5-1 since that win and have been outscored by its opponents 20-7. UConn will benefit from Brown’s weakness as the Huskies have received outstanding goaltending from both of their net minders this season. Head coach Chris MacKenzie has been able to swap goaltenders Sarah Moses and Elaine Chuli in and out of the lineup knowing that each will perform at a high level and give the team a chance to win. Chuli and Moses have similar statistics this year. In six starts, Chuli has posted a .907 save percentage, allowing 20 goals and making 195 saves. Moses has made five starts, also posting a .907 save percent-
age, making 204 saves and allowing 21 goals. Sarah MacDonnell has continued to be the leading point-getter for the Huskies so far this season. MacDonnell is on a pointper-game pace 11 games into the season with 11 points, tallying four goals and seven assists. Michela Cava is the next closest Husky with seven points. Erin Conway leads the Bears in points with six. With the lack of goals that the Bears have been able to produce, no other player has more than three points. The last time the Huskies won five games in a season was three years ago during the 2010-11 season. UConn will have a chance to reach five wins with a victory on Tuesday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
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The UConn women’s hockey team travels to Rhode Island to take on Brown Tuesday. It will be the Huksies first game in nine days.
Mexico capitalizing on Americans’ gift By Robert Moore Soccer Columnist
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The UConn men’s soccer team (11-2-6, 4-0-4 American Athletic Conference) drew in-state rival Quinnipiac (9-4-7, 7-1-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) on Monday’s Division I Men’s Soccer Championship Selection Show. The Huskies will host the Bobcats on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Morrone Stadium. Both teams played in their respective conference tournament championship matches on Sunday and both played to 0-0 draws after 110 minutes of action. UConn, however, fell 6-5 to South Florida in penalties while QU was able to defeat top-seeded Monmouth in its shootout, 4-3, to win its first MAAC championship. The Bobcats earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for its first appearance. The 2013 tournament marks the 55th time the championship will be played under its current format. The second round is scheduled for Nov. 24, the third round on Dec. 1 and the quarterfinals will be held from Dec. 6 through Dec. 8. Four teams will advance to the College Cups finals that will be played at PPL Park in Chester, Penn. on Dec. 13 and Dec. 15. The Indiana Hoosiers are the defending champions after defeating Georgetown, 1-0, in Hoover, Ala. last year. UCLA was named the No. 1 seed in the 48-team field by the committee on Monday with its 11-3-4 record this season. The Bruins have won four national championships, with the last title coming in 2002 against Stanford. UCLA poses as a potential third-round opponent for either UConn or BU should they advance that far. The winner of Thursday’s match will advance to the second round where they would face the No. 16 seed and sixth-ranked University of Maryland–Baltimore Country on Sunday.
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Mexico’s soccer players warm up on Azteca Stadium field prior to the start of their 2014 World Cup qualifier match against New Zealand in Mexico City Wednesday.
El Tri stepped into the Estadio Azteca Wednesday afternoon for their World Cup qualifier against the All Whites of New Zealand and completely bulldozed the competition 5-1. Let’s not forget, however, the Mexican national team would not be in this position if it were not for the United States’ heroics. All we’re left with from Mexico’s day of reckoning, are the shouts from the Mexican announcer saying how the United States was the best country in the world, and that the Mexican team was not worthy for the chance they were about to be given. The arrogance, turmoil and utter disappointment the
Mexicans showcased during the CONCACAF qualifying group appeared to be thrown out the window Wednesday, as the youthful nature of the squad controlled proceedings against the Kiwis. Mexico and New Zealand embarked on their two-legged mission on Wednesday, and with 82 percent possession El Tri controlled the match quite handily. Goals from Oribe Peralta (2), Paul Aguilar, Rafa Marquez and Raul Jimenez all but sealed Mexico’s fate. Another team has practically qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, barring a complete disaster in Wellington on Nov. 20. After going through managers at an alarming rate – a rate much quicker than that of Roman Abramovich at Chelsea – Miguel Herrera
seemed to instill confidence in his men and the supporters of El Tri. In the starting XI alone, seven players play for Club America, leaving the European-based players off the roster. While Mexico is unlikely to treat their second leg trip as a vacation, Herrera’s men seem to have ended all doubts, for the time being. El Tri ran rampant on the zonal marking of the All Whites, so much so that it appeared at times that New Zealand was not even fit to play on the same park as the CONCACAF men. However, it appears that if Mexico can bag a goal quickly in the second leg, the supporters in Wellington will all but force their heads into their hands in despair.
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