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Police arrest USG approves $12,000 to go towards installing wireless internet in gym man in Bookworms

By Jackie Wattles Associate News Editor

Holocaust survivor shares amazing odyssey Her story serves as a living piece of history.

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EAGLES IN THE GARDEN Huskies to face old conference fo Boston College in New York City SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: NEW GYM in 2016 is necessary for students For many students the gym is a critical part of their daily routine.

The Undergraduate Student Government allocated $12,000 of its more than $1 million budget in order to extend Wi-Fi access to the entire student recreation center.

The USG Senate passed legislation unanimously approving the funding for the project at its meeting Wednesday night. The bill points to a petition for Internet access in the recreation facility that was signed by 100 students over the course of an hour.

According to Student Services Committee Chair Kailee Himes, the total cost of the project was estimated by University Information Technology Services to be around $32,352. UITS has agreed to shoulder $14,352 of the cost, and Recreational Services has offered to put $6,5000 toward the project – leaving $11,500 for USG to fund.

The senators decided to overfund in case UITS’s estimate was conservative.

“The quote that’s given now could fluctuate a little bit,” Himes said. “The extra $500

By Alban Murtishi Campus Correspondent

would hopefully cover anything.”

The plan for installing Wi-Fi that UITS developed will guarantee Internet access to the majority of Greer Field House and Guyer Gymnasium, but will not necessarily include offices or locker rooms used by varsity athletic teams.

USG’s budget is made up entirely of student fees, and USG Comptroller Claire Price

Zeta Theta brings a taste of the Caribbean to Thanksgiving

INSIDE NEWS: Innovation Accelerator now Program pairs teams of students with entrepreneurs.

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Conboy said. “This is something students can see that USG has done, and students that are paying their fee want to see this.”

The legislation states the aim of the project is to “provide access to academic resources and streaming music on smartphones and tablets, and thus improve the productivity and multitasking capabilities

Study targets childhood obesity in Hartford

By Julia Werth Campus Correspondent

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said due to unforeseen over enrollment, their budget has an unallocated surplus with more than enough to cover the $12,000 tab.

Rachel Conboy, one of the bill’s authors, said she works at “the cage” in the recreation facility and has heard from gym-goers that Wi-Fi is something students want.

“This is a service that will directly benefit students,”

Yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m. an individual was arrested in the Bookworms Café. According to a witness account by Tom Godfrey, first semester business major, two officers approached the suspect, pulled what appeared to be a brick sized portion of cocaine from his bag and then escorted him out of the cafe.

Godfrey described the suspect as a white male about 5 feet 11 inches tall with long straight black hair and wearing what appeared to be a hoodie or a beanie. He was seated alone in the center area of the café next to the coffee counter when the two officers approached him.

Lt. Andrew Fournier of the UConn police department said that the witness account cannot be verified and that the suspect was arrested and is currently being held for breach of peace and interfering with a police

By the age of two, many children already show signs of obesity and practice unhealthy habits that lead to continued weight gain throughout their lives. According to Dr. Amy Gorin, an assistant professor in UConn’s psychology department, “over 40 percent of Hartford Preschoolers are obese by the time they hit preschool.”

Gorin and Dr. Michelle Cloutier, a medical doctor from the UConn Medical Center in Farmington, are implementing a research study focused on obesity prevention through behavior modification.

The project, which is funded by a National Institute of Health grant, focuses on infants – birth to 12 months old – and their mothers in “at risk families” in Hartford.

By utilizing an already in place home visitor service, Nurturing Families, Gorin and

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“Over 40 percent of Hartford Preschoolers are obese by the time they hit preschool” Amy Gorin UConn Assistant Psychology Professor Cloutier are able to educate and train mothers directly.

The first part of the education process involves the recognition of four core behaviors that mothers are suggested to modify in order to help prevent the obesity of their child. Number one is getting mothers to breast feed their children “Breast feeding has an obeso-protective effect” on the child, Gorin said. This means that if a mother breast feeds her child they are less likely to develop obesity than if she used formula or only breast fed for a short period of time

and then switched to solid food.

The second core behavior directly relates, it involves the switch from a liquid to solid food. According to Gorin, mothers are “not supposed to introduce solid food until the baby is six months old.”

The same goes for sweetened beverages. Infants should be drinking milk and water, no sippy cups filled with juice until they are at least half a year.

The third behavior that mothers are told to be aware of is their child’s screen time.

money was donated by David Barton ‘61, a member of the UConn Foundation Board of Directors and graduate of UConn’s School of Business.

“He is invested in the university and wants to make sure that alumni continue to give for years to come,” said Rachel Marshall, the associate director of annual giving at the UConn Foundation. “This is meant to educate students while they’re here about being

donors.”

Students who are interested in participating must submit an application by Dec. 13.

The applications are available at huskydrive.uconn.edu.

Marshall said that up to 30 groups will be accepted into the competition based on their cause and their demonstrated ability or plan to fundraise.

“We want groups that are going to have the most suc-

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UConn foundation Ignites this years fundraising competition

By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent Students who want to raise money for a specific cause on campus, such as a student organization, academic program or scholarship, now have the opportunity to do so through the UConn Foundation’s Ignite competition.

Now in its second year, the Ignite competition pits teams

of students against each other in a contest to get donations from the highest number of UConn students and young alumni.

The team with the most donors will win the first place prize of $10,000, which will go toward their cause along with all other money raised throughout the course of the contest.

Second, third and fourth place teams will also be award-

ed $5,000, $3,000 and $1,500, respectively. Additionally, many other prizes will be awarded to teams that have the highest number of student or young alumni donors at certain points throughout the competition.

Each group can keep the money raised toward their cause even if they lose the overall competition.

In total, $25,000 will be given to the teams. The

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What’s going on at UConn today...

From Old Masters to Revolutionaries 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Benton Museum of Art This is an ongoing installation that presents a changing selection of exceptional works from the museum’s permanent collection, including Mary Cassatt’s Woman and Child.

Elvis Costello - SOLO 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Jorgensen Elvis Costello has embarked on his first major set of headlining solo dates in a decade with 13 intimate performances on the east coast, including a stop at UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. Admission cost $20 for students

The Three Musketeers 7:30 p.m.

Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel gets an adventurous staging as this tale of friendship and romance follows young d’Artagnan upon his arrival in Paris in search of fame, fortune, and a place among the King’s Musketeers. Admission costs $7 for students, up to $31 for others.

UConn Wind Ensembles Presents Blue Mountain 8 to 10 p.m. von der Mehden The life of Edvard Grieg unfolds through his own account and through the perspectives of those around him in the first performance of this chamber opera outside of Norway. Admission is free for students and children and $10 for others.

– KATHERINE TIBEDO

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By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent

Innovation Accelerator, a UConn and Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation initiative in which teams of students assist an entrepreneur with research, marketing and development, is looking to recruit 12 students for the spring semester.

Students in this program are broken up into teams of three to five students. Each team works with an entrepreneurial venture or project to create a commercialization strategy, or what CCEI executive director Christopher Levesque calls a “go-to marketing strategy.” This includes evaluation of a product and of the market, the competitors and the customers.

The program works with a wide range of ventures including bio-tech firms, software firms, consumer product firms, student businesses and faculty-

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Students from all educational Levesque said that while

“Ultimately, most of business is about people”

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students can gain specific hard skills in this program such as financial modeling and assessing financial and economic prospects, much of what students learn revolves around human interaction and understanding.

“Ultimately, most of business is about people,” said Levesque, noting that part of developing as a consultant is developing credibility. “It revolves around a deep appreciation of people.”

Undergraduate students who are interested in entrepreneurship do not have to take any specific classes to prepare for admission to this program, according to Levesque.

“We love recruiting and integrating students from various backgrounds,” said Leveque, citing open-mindedness, creativity, a willingness to learn and a willingness to roll up sleeves as the most important qualities in a candidate.

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Although approved, new gym is still a long ways off from WI-FI, page 1

of students using the Student Recreation Facility.”

Though the Board of Trustees recently approved a $100 million plan to build a 200-square foot building to replace the current facility, Himes – who spearheaded the Wi-Fi initiative - said the new building’s earliest completion date will be sometime in 2016.

The project will still need approval from the Student Activites Business Office, but Himes said UITS will begin working on installing the needed hardware as soon as possible.

Plans for a new recreation facility also have a few hurtles left to clear before the plan is put into action.

Michael Daniels, the undergraduate student member of the board who was elected last spring, said the plan still needs approval from the committees on financial affairs and buildings, grounds and environment.

“We expect to see a much more detailed presentation from [university officials] regarding how their plan compares to facilities which have recently been built at similar

institutions,” Daniels said. “I also hope to include a number of safeguards as part of the resolution.”

If plans are approved and a new facility is up and running, Recreational Services Director Cynthia Costanzo said at a presentation last month that the current recreation center will be left for use by varsity athletic teams.

Costanzo said the new facility would not be available for these teams to use practices, as the current facility is, and would be geared toward use by the student body and club sports teams.

The facility will be paid for in student fees that will be charged after the facility is open. Daniels said he supports the fee proposed by Costanzo and the working group that has been gearing plans so far – that fee would be $250 per semester for undergraduates.

With the semester coming to a close, Comptroller Price said USG still has about 40 percent of its budget to spend.

She said there are a few projects that will draw from the budget, and she expects to roll over about $277,000 to next semester.

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USG Comptroller Claire Price speaks at the Senate meeting on Wednesday. USG approved funding to go towards putting wi-fi in the student gym.

Obese family members lead to obese children from STUDY, page 1

Gorin reports that there should be “no screen time for kids until they are two years old.”

The final core behavior is a child’s sleep pattern.

Establishing regular and healthy sleep cycles in children is essential for the maintenance of a healthy weight since sleep plays a critical role in weight gain.

In Gorin and Cloutier’s study, however, mothers are

not only provided with education they are also provided with training so that they can implement the knowledge they have learned. This training component is essential because, as Gorin said, “most people know what to do, but, for whatever reason, they just can’t implement it.”

In the study the home visitors teach the mothers how to set goals, how to problem solve, and how to change their environment in order to sup-

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port healthy children for their children and themselves. And being healthy themselves is critical.

The program is based off an ‘Ecological Model of Health’ which states that it is not only an individual, in this case the baby, that is involved with his or her own health; it is their mother, other relatives, community, country, and even the entire world that effect if a baby will become obese or not. Therefore, the study

aims to encourage mothers to become a healthy role model for their children.

With the kickoff of this exciting new program this week Gorin and Cloutier hope that with their new approach in combating the obesity from the perspective of an infant, Hartford’s next generation will be able to make a healthier start.

Julia.Werth@UConn.edu

By Domenica Ghanem Staff Writer

Two students were taken to Windham hospital Sunday evening after they spilled chemicals in the Engineering II building.

The students were working with ammonia and sulfuric acid in a lab when they started having trouble with fumes, according to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz.

The UConn Fire Department was called at 5:26 p.m. and they asked the Mansfield department for assistance with the HAZMAT (hazardous materials) situation.

About 50 students were evacuated from the various secondfloor labs so the fire department

could conduct its testing and cleaning operations.

The two students who caused the spill were not injured, but taken to the hospital to be checked as a precaution for being exposed to ammonia, according to Fire Chief John Mancini.

UConn Fire notified DEEP (the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection) of the spill, which determined that the spill was small enough that a state response was not necessary.

The UConn Fire Department was able to clean up the spill and the second floor was reopened about a half hour later.

Domenica.Ghanem@UConn.edu

UConn professors have scientific breakthrough

By Julia Werth Campus Correspondent

A new door opens for biotechnology as University of Connecticut professors Challa Kumar and Rajeswari Kasi are the first in the world to stabilize a protein in order to prevent it from being permanently denatured.

In the fall of 2012 Kumar and Kasi published a paper describing their amazing results demonstrating that the protein hemoglobin could be subjected to extreme heat if it was adequately stabilized.

The idea of being able to stabilize a protein like hemoglobin is particularly exciting for medical and pharmaceutical fields. If hemoglobin remains in its active state after being subjected to extreme heat, like being boiled, then it means that it is possible to sterilize a protein. Sterilizing hemoglobin, the essential oxygen carrying protein in blood, could mean no more concerns about matching blood type or a person contracting an illness from a blood transfusion.

In Kumar’s experiment he used the contrasting properties of proteins and polymers to achieve this stable hemoglobin compound.

Polymers, unlike proteins, are extremely stable. They can be subjected to heat and pressure without chemical change, while proteins are denatured.

Kumar started this research over three years ago with the idea that “if you were to chemically link protein and polymer” then it might be possible for a protein to survive heat and pressure.

Therefore Kumar decided to wrap the protein hemoglobin in the polymer polyacrylic acid before subjecting it to extreme heat.

Hemoglobin and polyacrylic acid may sound like random choices for the protein and poymer, but Kumar had specific goals in mind with his selection.

If the process ended up working, and a protein was able to be sterilized, then the potential benefits from sterilizing the essential blood protein made hemoglobin the logical choice. Polyacrylic acid, on the other hand, was selected for its safety and abundance. It is a polymer found in baby diapers across the world.

Although looking back on the experiment it seems simple and straightforward, as with all

chemical experimentation it had its fair share of frustrations and difficulties. According to Kumar, the biggest issue was “controlling the chemistry – as always – when using two big molecules so many different products are made when you only want one.”

Kumar, Kasi and their many graduate and undergraduate assistants spent two years working to get the right reaction conditions, balance of reactants, molecular weight of the polymer, pH and many others. Each problem needed to be systematically fixed and “optimized one at a time, which takes a long time,” Kumar said.

But all of those hours in the lab paid off, according to Marc Novac, a Masters Student in BioPhysical Chemistry who started work with Kumar as an undergraduate in 2009. Novac says the most exciting part of working on this experiment was “seeing the first steam sterilized data.” For months they had looked at data that showed no activity of the proteins after they were heated so “to see that we were actually getting data was mind blowing.”

In the year since Kumar’s paper showing the possibilities for hemoglobin stabilization his team has been able to demonstrate that the effect from polymer wrapping is not exclusive to hemoglobin.

It turns out that wrapping any protein in a polymer will stabilize it. Caterina Riccardi, a PhD student who recently joined Kumar’s team, had also made significant recent progress in terms of stabilizing proteins. She has been able to create proteins that remain in their active state for months.

If other labs were also able to extend the shelf life of active proteins, it “could save months of time and a lot of money” according to Novac.

In addition, Kumar said, that this “process is very simple so expense is not an issue.” Due to the attractiveness and potential for this new stabilization process pharmaceutical companies are already contacting UConn about possibly forming a partnership.

In the meantime, UConn has filed for a patent for deceptively simple process devised by Kumar, Kasi, Novac and many other graduate and undergraduate students.

Julia.Werth@UConn.edu

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Cultural Center event features home-cooked Caribbean food

By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent On Wednesday, students at the African American Cultural Center had the opportunity to sample the diverse and exotic food of the Caribbean.

Organized by the Zeta Theta chapter of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity, the event was titled “Taste of the Caribbean: Thanksgiving Edition,” and featured a wide array of the finest Caribbean dishes.

The food featured at this fundraising event included Jamaican jerk chicken, which is a richly marinated and flavorful dish that involves slowly grilling chicken that is enriched with

spices. Pernil, which is a form of pork shoulder that is deeply marinated with Caribbean spices, was another prominent food that was featured at the event.

Spanish white rice and potato salad accompanied both of these meats.

The fundraiser was also not just limited to Caribbean main courses. Fried plantains, a popular signature Caribbean snack, were also available.

This dish involves frying the widely-grown Caribbean fruit, plantains, which are somewhat similar to bananas.

Despite the exotic nature of many of these foods, all of the food featured at the event was freshly prepared at the kitchen

inside of the cultural center.

According to Iota Phi Theta president Anthony Reid, the food prperation began at about 9 or 10 a.m., and serving began at 1 p.m.

Though planned a few weeks in advanced, the event coincided well with the upcoming Thanksgiving break. Iota Phi Theta treasurer David Best described how students will “get the feeling of a home-cooked meal, especially before leaving for break.” Overall, the event attracted several people who were enthusiastic about having the opportunity to enjoy the fresh food.

This is not the first time this year that Iota Phi Theta held

an event featuring Caribbean cuisine. A similar Caribbeanthemed fundraiser was held on Sept. 18. The success and popularity of the September event was a major factor in the decision to serve Caribbean food.

Through these events, Iota Phi Theta is able both to fund its own activities and assist the community in a variety of philanthropic ways. Current projects which are being undertaken

by Iota Phi Theta include raising money for the Connecticut Children’s Hospital and participating in the St. Jude’s walk this weekend.

Fatir.Qureshi@UConn.edu

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Campus resource availability for victims of sexual assault unclear

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer As the University grapples with a Title IX complaint, students across campus are searching for answers by attending Title IX Coalition events such as the Huskies for Solidarity Rally, the women gender and sexuality studies information session on Sexual Violence and the numerous forums held by the task force on civility and campus culture.

At the latest forum on civility and campus culture, many people volunteered ideas on how to improve the rape culture on campus and throughout the world, but many also expressed how they feel that they are not aware of their resources. Whether the resources were Counseling and Mental Health Services sessions or where to go after an assault, students felt that the services offered to them were unclear.

Lisa Vickers, a 5th-semester womens gender and sexuality and history major expressed her confusion as to why UConn students who need medical attention after an assault are picked up by Eastern Connecticut State University and bussed to Windham Hospital. Vickers questioned why the university does not have its own Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) to aid victims.

“I am concerned about not having these services on campus for a couple of reasons,” Vickers said. “Firstly, many men and women who need these services are traumatized from their attack and do not want to travel far to be tested.

UConn should be a place of home and comfort for students, yet when only half of the rape kit can be completed on campus, there is an undue hardship placed on students to leave what should be a safe zone.”

The answer to why UConn does not perform the medical component of sexual assault reporting is just as surprising

as the fact.

According to Michael Kurland, director of Student Health Services, the university employed five SANE nurses some time ago after the state allocated grant money to train and keep these individuals on campuses. However the nurses would only ever perform one examination a year, Kurland said.

“The reason we have none is because we were doing one exam per year,” Kurland said.

“We couldn’t sustain the practice.”

Taking evidence collection after an assault, Kurland said, is a delicate process that requires constant upkeep to be ensured that it is performed perfectly to be held up in a court of law.

“We don’t do evidence collection. Evidence collections needs to be done by experts who do it often and are very proficient,” Kurland said.

“We don’t want to mess up someone’s chances in a court of law.”

If the university is not providing evidence collection on campus, where do students go?

Student Health Services is often the first stop for students, Kurland said, and they are given immediate attention from the nurse practitioner.

“Even if they have a full list of patients the nurse practitioner will clear all appointments for the day–other people will pick up the slack– and they will be given 100 percent full attention,” Kurland said.

After coming to SHS, students will be informed of their options, which include going to a hospital for evidence collection and treatment or to the police.

“We explain that if they go to the hospital for a rape kit, or if they go to the police, time is of the essence,” Kurland said.

Kurland also says that the policy is to encourage students to report their case to the police.

If a student chooses to take action, SHS calls Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services

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(SACS, which provides a professional advocate for the victim and handles counseling and discrete transportation to Windham Hospital if necessary.

This arrangement is to ensure anonymity for the student so that she or he can feel safe and comfortable after the traumatic experience.

“We have an arrangement with SACS,” Kurland said.

“We give them a private office, day or night so they can see the student.”

Aside from arranging an advocate, SHS provides sexually transmitted disease testing, medication and the morning after pill for free to victims

“Whatever is done is done for free,” Kurland said.

Similarly, SHS is obligated to report to the Office of Diversity and Equity if and when sexual assaults occur on campus that go unreported, but are treated through their facilities.

“We do all the reporting for ODE or Clery or the Police,” Kurland said. “A lot of the reporting that is done is if a student chooses not to go to the police. It’s important that it be reported for prevention services.”

CMHS is also obligated by university policy to report instances of sexual assault or harassment, but offers a different variety of services for victims.

Treatment for mental health issues resulting from assault or harassment can often be long term and because of this UConn students can see university counselors and seek help for as long as they need it, Cracco said. Cracco also said that counseling is an effective method of helping individuals cope with their trauma and confront their fears and concerns. Whereas SHS can refer patients to a SACS advocate, CMHS provides discrete counseling with professional therapists and counselors “Victims can seek treatment at any point in their recovery.

CMHS serves specifically the student population, and will offer referrals to those who may be graduating or leaving the university,” Cracco said.

“While we offer a brief model for individual therapy, sessions can often extend across several semesters and renew annually. In addition, group services, psychiatric services and psycho-educational support services such as Stress Management Clinic and STRONGER support group for survivors are unlimited.”

As far as immediate attention, like SHS, CMHS can immediately assist individuals in crisis.

“In the immediate crisis victims may receive support, information about resources, assessment of current safety needs, information about reporting options, information about expected or typical responses in the aftermath of an assault and assistance with developing an immediate plan for action and coping,” Cracco said.

Just as Kurland and his team at SHS urge victims to take timely action on their assaults to better their chances for justice, Elizabeth Cracco, director of Counseling and Mental health Services, advocates for students to get the necessary therapy to help overcome their trauma.

“For many survivors however, eventually the distress of the trauma emerges in the form of negative symptoms. It becomes apparent that avoidance is not working,” Cracco said. “For example, symptoms of anxiety and depression may emerge and have caused significant disruption. It is at this juncture that many survivors seek education and treatment.

We often find that victims/ survivors are greatly relieved to discover, through counseling, that they are not alone in their reactions and that they have a safe, nonjudgmental space for expression of intense and often confusing or conflicting feelings.”

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Ignite is a unique chance from UCONN, page 1

cess in reaching out to undergraduates and young alumni,” said Marshall. “The idea is that the students are fundraising to give something back to the community.”

Last year, Community Outreach won the competition, but smaller organizations are also encouraged to apply. Both the ski team and the EuroTech program made it into the final seven last year because of their marketing abilities and in spite of their small numbers.

All undergraduate and graduate students at any UConn campus are eligible to participate, as long as their cause is not connected to a national non-profit such as Engineers Without Borders or the Red Cross.

The UConn Foundation provides each accepted group with an online giving platform and eight weeks to promote their causes beginning on Feb. 9.

Marshall explained that techniques such as marketing videos and social media were encouraged as tactics for getting more young people involved.

One of the main goals of this competition is turning more students and young alumni into donors, which is why the team that wins will

not be the team that raises the most money, but the team that has the most donors.

“We’re not concerned with how much money they raise,” said Marshall.

However, Marshall still considers the goal of raising money for a specific cause an important aspect of the competition.

“A lot of students groups have reasons that they want to fundraise, but we can’t allow every organization to solicit alumni on a regular basis,” said Marshall. “This gives groups that need financial support a chance to ask for it.”

Marshall said that this competition, which was first implemented last year, has proven very effective in increasing the number of student donors.

“The year prior to this program we had 500 student donors, and last year we had 2,500,” said Marshall, explaining that the competition was successful because it enabled students to sponsor something that was important to them.

Students who are interested in applying can get more information by contacting ignite@foundation.uconn. edu.

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Students reflect on being transgender

the ceremony hit close to home.

She talked about how physical and emotional violence was once The Rainbow Center hosted a a large part of her life.

“I remember being shot at… I panel on Nov. 20th in recognition of International Trans Day did not have support. My famof Remembrance. The panel was ily did not accept it,” Ruff said. comprised of UConn students and Now, she works to support those faculty as well as other leading indi- in similar circumstances as those viduals in the transgender commu- she grew up in. “Today, I advocate nity. They spoke about their expe- for transgendered people of color,” riences as transgender individuals she said.

When Reverend Louis Mitchell, and answered questions from the audience. Each one of the six pan- the East Coast Regional Minister elists had a different story to tell, for The Fellowship of Affirming and while the subject matter was Ministries spoke, he began by talkserious, there were often moments ing about individuals murdered because of of levity. their gen“I’ve had der identhe opportutity. His nity to be a goal is to best man at move the one friend’s discussion wedding and away from a bridesmaid the vicat anothtims and er!”

Alice towards Fairfield, the pera librarian at Homer Nadine Ruff petrators. wasn’t Babbidge, Transgender Rainbow “It who they said.

Eric Ribera Center Panelist are that got them talked about killed… it how his transition began in his thirties and the is not the job of the victim to stop response he had from his relatives. the violence,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell also spoke of the “My whole family was always very accepting.” He also talked social challenges facing African about the challenges he faced mak- Americans in the transgender ing that transition. When he found community and the need for more himself asking “How do I act like leaders to provide guidance for a guy?” his fiancee answered the younger generations of trans indiquestion for him. “‘Just be who viduals.

“Early in my transition the only you are.’”

At the opening of the discussion, two transgendered black men I Rainbow Center student worker knew committed suicide within a Lyn Zander and panel facilitator year of each other,” Mitchell said.

Mg Brush read off the names of individuals who had died as a result of transgender violence. For panelist Nadine Ruff, this part of Trevor.Phillips@UConn.edu

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New gym in 2016 is necessary for students

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fter years of students voicing their desires and months of planning and budgeting, it’s now official. Last Wednesday, the university’s Board of Trustees officially approved construction of a new gymnasium for students. The time had come.

As almost any current student can tell you, the current facility was built decades ago and it shows. Three basketball courts and far too few treadmills and other equipment means nearly as many people standing around waiting for a spot to open as there are people actually utilizing the gym. If these problems seem bad now, surely the surge of new students over the next few years through a combination of the Next Generation UConn initiative and a higher “yield” rate recently would only exacerbate the problem.

The one catch is that a mandatory $488 fee per year will be added to the cost of attendance, or $244 per semester. However, no student will pay that money until the gym is completed, likely in the fall of 2015. For this year’s undergraduates, only current freshmen will ever be charged the fee, and even then it will not occur until their senior year. Even then, for all prospective applicants current high school seniors or younger, the slight increase in cost will be a factor they know going in before deciding to apply and/or attend. This is not hidden in the shadows or sneaking up on anybody. And as President Herbst’s deputy chief of staff Michael Kirk told the Daily Campus in September, state contributions and private alumni donations would both seem virtually certain not to fully fund such an expenditure.

According to the Board of Trustees budget document, the bulk of the expense will be for $75 million in construction. The funding source is almost entirely through a 30-year revenue bond, which the student fee would go towards paying off. According to the Connecticut Mirror, the building will also cost approximately $10 million to operate. Numbers compiled by the administration calculate the estimated construction cost per gross square foot at $355, compared to a $395 national average for college gyms.

Thousands of students use the gym every day especially now that it’s usually too cold to go jogging or biking outside. For a significant segment of the campus population, the gym is a critical part of their daily routine, just as important as classes or clubs and organizations. UConn needs this now. In fact, we needed it a few years ago. 2016 will have to do.

Public schools need better funding

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he US Department of Education released their yearly report on the achievement gap in public schools this month, and once again Connecticut topped the list. We had one of the highest achievement gaps in the nation between white and minority students.

Given the fact that Connecticut is one of the richest states in the country, it should be surprising that we rank so low in terms of the education we offer. Unfortunately, our issues with education are tied directly to another problem–income inequality.

Connecticut has the largest disparity between the rich and

By Kristi Allen the poor in the Weekly Columnist US. To put this in perspective, the southwest corner of the state that falls under the New York metro area would be the 14th most unbalanced place in the world if it were a country. A Bloomberg news analysis of census data showed that the income inequality there is comparable to Brazil’s.

This inequality manifests itself in a number of ways, but none are more obvious than the effect it has on schools. Funding for schools is dependent to local taxes, most specifically property tax. An area with more expensive real estate and a larger tax base will have a huge advantage in funding over a school in a poorer area.

On average, funding for schools is split pretty evenly between states and towns

(with the federal government providing around ten percent of funds), but in individual communities those numbers can be far different. A community with lower property values- something often associated with crime, poverty and other barriers to success–will have far less money to spend on schools. In Bridgeport, the median household income is about $35,000. In Glastonbury, it’s around $100,000. Schools in Bridgeport are chronically underfunded and in danger of closing. The Glastonbury school system bought every freshman an iPad last year.

The way state money is allocated to schools doesn’t properly address these disparities. In Connecticut we have a system called the Education Cost Sharing Formula, which starts out with a base amount of money it takes to educate one child and then modifies it for considerations like family income level, disabilities and the amount of local tax revenue in the community where that child is attending school.

Unfortunately, the formula is completely ineffective at addressing the needs of schools and students. The ‘baseline cost’ of educating one student isn’t close to the actual cost and the formula uses outdated and inaccurate data. According to Connecticut Voices for Children, schools have been receiving anywhere between 30 and 159 percent of their “target” grant.

Because school funding is a function of property values, low income areas are often caught in a self perpetuating cycle. High levels of crime and poverty mean these school systems can’t provide the quality education that’s necessary to break the cycle, and their student are left to fall back into poverty. Students who stand to benefit most from a good education are systematically excluded from one.

Education is supposed to be a vehicle for people to transcend their circumstances. Tying it to socioeconomic background defeats the purpose entirely. The fact that the quality of your schooling is determined by the town you grew up in is the elephant in the room when it comes to fair and equal schooling. Students who attend school in these places are at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

Reforming school funding is a difficult task, especially in an era where state budgets are tight (or a billion dollars in the red, like Connecticut). Those who live in affluent communities want the best possible schooling for their children, and they can afford to pay for it. Passing a law that would force them to subsidize schools outside their community would be a hard sell at best.

Right now, schools are administered mostly by the towns they serve. Giving states a larger role in funding would mean giving them more power over schools in general, something many people are opposed to. And in many cases, raising taxes enough to cover a significant portion of school funding would be impossible.

The US is currently right in the middle of the rankings for education in developed countries. In a Pearson report, we were ranked 17th out of 40 developed countries, just ahead of Hungary, Slovakia and Russia. The US is far from the best in terms of education, and if we want to keep up with the rest of the world and maintain an educated population, we’ll have to fund our schools differently.

 Kristi.Allen@UConn.edu  3rd-semester journalism major

Professors should be able to speak out against UConn

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niversity of Connecticut professor Heather M. Turcotte was recommended for dismissal after she publicly criticized the poor response the University had in protecting student Carolyn Luby in a letter to the Feminist Wire.

Included in the Title IX lawsuit against UConn is a small section stating that the university never responded to this letter.

However, Turcotte and two other professors who also wrote the letter were informed

By Aysha Mahmood shortly after Staff Columnist writing it that their contracts would not be renewed upon their expiration. That action though, is still a response. The university has not explicitly replied and President Susan Herbst never even commented on it, but the fact that their contracts were not renewed a short time after calling out the university says a lot more than words could.

According to the CT Mirror, the department told Turcotte that they were dissatisfied with the quality of her research. Now Turcotte has tenure-which means that for the five years she has

been at UConn, the university thought she positively contributed and taught the students of the community. Although the specifics of her research are unknown, the timing of her recommended dismissal seems to be rather convenient for the university’s attempt to make this issue go away. The fact that the two other professors have also declined multiple requests to comment to media questions tells me as a student that they feel uncomfortable about continuing to speak out. No one should ever feel uncomfortable about speaking out against sexual harassment or rape.

Even though Nancy Naples, the director of the women gender and sexuality studies program at UConn, was reported by the CT Mirror as saying that no one had been wrongfully terminated, the timing of this whole situation just seems to add another blow to the university’s reputation. For future students, donors and anyone who knows that UConn is a top 20 public school university, it doesn’t matter what it is, it matters what it looks like…and at the end of the day, it looks bad.

It looks as though the university is trying to silence the people it essentially hired to be

role models for the students. If the administration is punishing our role models for speaking out against issues they believe in, tells me I could also be reprimanded for my actions if I speak out against or disagree with the administration.

I feel as though any more chance of professor involvement however, is now impossible.

Even if Naples is right and the timing of Turcotte’s request for dismissal is just a mere coincidence, I don’t think other professors will look at it that way.

If Turcotte does end up being dismissed, why would faculty take the chance of speaking out just to risk their own job? The university appears to be giving them two options-they can speak out or they can continue working at UConn, and after the example they made of Turcotte, professors have no choice but to be silent. It seems like the whole message here is if you’re not with us, you’re against us. The administration is saying that faculty have to pick a side, and if they pick the wrong one, they will be reprimanded.

What’s more unfortunate however, is that the students need the professors. The fight against sexual harassment and rape is not

just a student issue. It’s an university wide issue, and because of that students need everyone to get involved. So if the university does punish professors for ultimately supporting students, the students will have no choice but to continue to fight for their rights alone.

It’s safe to say that this lawsuit is the biggest thing that has happened in my, and many other fellow student’s academic career at UConn. The whole incident has basically tarnished the school. The unfortunate timing of Turcotte’s recommended dismissal only adds insult to injury. According to the CT mirror, Turcotte is currently awaiting word from the dean on her future, but is not hopeful that she’ll be able to stay. If Turcotte leaves, I fear that will be the end of any teacher involvement on the issue.

But I suppose the main question here becomes, if professors don’t speak out, how can students be expected to?

 Aysha.Mahmood@UConn. edu

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Holocaust survivor shares amazing odyssey

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On Wednesday Nov. 20th, SUBOG presented Inge Auerbacher, a child Holocaust survivor to tell her amazing story of how against all odds she survived the Holocaust. Auerbacher was the last Jewish child to be born in the Southwestern Germanyin town of Kippenheim in 1934

By Carles Lopez Campus Correspondent This Wednesday Nov. 20th, SUBOG presented Inge Auerbacher, a child Holocaust survivor to tell her amazing story of how against all odds she survived the Holocaust.

Auerbacher was the last Jewish child to be born in the Southwestern Germanyin town of Kippenheim in 1934.

Kippenheim had 2,000 residents and around 60 Jewish families. Auerbacher’s father was a WWI veteran who was badly wounded and he had given the Iron Cross for his service for the German Army.

After his military career her father moved to Kippenheim and started a textile factory.

Auerbacher was surrounded by the Nazi regime when she was born.

“The doctor who brought me to life was a Nazi. He treated all the Jewish families with respect. But years later he would exterminate thousands of people with disabilities. He was sentenced to many years in jail, ” Auerbacher said.

Auerbacher’s life was normal until 1938, when Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, occurred. During this time her father and grandfather were arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp. Inge, her mother and grandmother hid in a shed in her backyard escaping danger for the time being.

Two weeks later Auerbacher’s father and grandfather came back from Dachau. However, Auerbacher’s grandfather died soon after of a heart attack, or a “broken heart” as Auerbacher said because her grandfather couldn’t believe what his nation had done to him.

Kippenheim’s synagogue was desecrated during Kristallnacht and for many years after that it became frozen pork storage, which was insulting because Jews cannot eat pork. The town of Kippenheim reconstructed the synagogue after the war and it’s now a social building were every religion and race is welcome in remembrance of the death of millions.

After that incident, Auerbacher’s father knew they had to flee the country. However it was almost

impossible for them to flee the country as they had lost their German citizenship because of the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, which stripped Jews and nonAryans of their German citizenship.

Because they couldn’t flee the country, Auerbacher’s family decided to move to her grandparents’ house in Jebenhausen, Germany. This town was separated from the horrors of antisemitism for a while because approximately 40 percent of the population were Jewish and lived on a street separated from the Christian population.

Auerbacher wasn’t allowed to go to school with the Christian children, so she had to take an hour-long train ride to go to school. She remembered having to wear a yellow star, which Jews had to wear, at all time and her father instructing her to rest on the window while riding on the train so people wouldn’t see it for her security.

In 1941, right in the middle of the Holocaust, her grandmother and many other family members were sent to a camp in Latvia were her grandmother would die shortly after. Her

father was able to save them from going to Latvia because he wrote a letter to the Gestapo, the German secret police, saying that he was a war veteran.

By 1942, however, Auerbacher and her parents were sent to Terezin, a camp in Czechoslovakia. At seven years old, Auerbacher was the youngest person to be transported to the camp out of 1,200 people.

Terezin was a transition camp, where prisoners would be sent before they were sent to extermination camps, such as Auschwitz or Treblinka.

Life in Terezin was deplorable. There were Scarlet Fever and Typhus epidemics, which most children suffered from. The prisoners were also exploited. “Not enough to die, not enough to live. We just had enough to exist,” Auerbacher said.

During Auerbacher’s stay in Terezin, the Red Cross came to inspect the camp living conditions in 1944, during which the Nazi’s decorated everything and even gave food and toys for the prisoners so they seemed to live well. The Red

Cross concluded that as prisoners, they lived in a livable institution and left.

Soon after the Red Cross inspection, the Nazi’s sent most of the Terezin’s population to Auschwitz or other extermination camps. However, Auerbacher was able to stay in Terezin because of her father’s military career from the past.

“After three long years, liberation came by the Soviet Army on May 8, 1945. I was only 10 years old” Auerbacher said.

Beating all the odds, both of her parents survived and they proceeded to move the United States where Auerbacher finished her studies and became a chemist.

Jessica Stargardter, a 3rd– semester education major came to the lecture for both educational and personal reasons. “I thought the lecture would be interesting and I wanted to see how her story compared to my grandfather’s. Her story was way more eventful than my grandfather’s, she was really well spoken,” Stargardter said.

Carles.Lopez@UConn.edu

Elvis Costello comes to Jorgensen Theater for the first time

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Grammy winning British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will make his Jorgensen debut on his East Coast tour tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased on Jorgensen’s website, www.jorgensen.uconn.edu., or by phone at 860-4864226. Tickets range in price from $15 to $60, with differentiated prices for UConn students and children under 18.

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer From London pubs to center stage, Grammy winning British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will make his Jorgensen debut on his East Coast tour tonight at 7:30 p.m.

An ambitious musician, Costello has excelled in his solo work producing hit albums such as “My Aim is True” and collaborations with artists such as Paul McCartney and T Bone Burnett. In 1998, Costello won a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration for his

work with Burt Bacharach on “I Still Have That Other Girl.”

Musicians and performers such as Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and No Doubt have covered Costello’s music.

“Rolling Stone” named him one of the 100 greatest artists of all time and Costello

has also been nominated for several Oscars for his work on soundtracks for films such as “Cold Mountain,” “The Delivery Man” and “North.”

Costello’s impressive resume promises an exciting show for the audience.

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I don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday by leaps and bounds.

If I could replace my birthday or any other holiday with another Thanksgiving, I would do it in a heartbeat. Why? Because Thanksgiving comes without the obligation of having to buy gifts, without the ridiculous themed commercialization of other holidays and it’s really about being thankful for the wonderful people you have in your life.

It’s also about one other thing: consuming an amount of food that can only be described as unholy or obscene.

To start, my personal Thanksgiving Day ritual begins with…a banana. And that’s it. I wake up that morning, eat a banana and then I don’t eat anything else for the rest of the day until Thanksgiving dinner. Why? The banana gets my metabolism going early and prevents my stomach from shrinking (as it would if I didn’t eat anything at all until dinner), and of course, not eating thereafter keeps my stomach nice and empty for the coming feast.

Because of the immense amount of preparation involved, Thanksgiving dinners are often (at least in my experience) served later than usual. Sometimes, appetizers are served to keep hungry guests at bay until everything’s ready. Make sure not to fill up on cheese and crackers, and try to keep drinking to a minimum. Filling your belly with liquid may be a good way to diet, but that’s not the end goal here. Be responsible!

Now we come to the food itself. Not all Thanksgiving foods are created equal.

Delicious as they may be, mashed potatoes and stuffing are particularly filling, so try not to load up your plate with too much of either, or you may find yourself full to bursting before the dinner’s even halfway through.

Instead, fill up on that roasted turkey (you’re unlikely to get it any other time of year), and of course, anything that’s a vegetable won’t be too filling either, so feel free to pile those delicious entrees on as you please.

Hopefully, you’ve paced yourself throughout the meal, and have left sufficient room for a helping or three of Thanksgiving dessert. But what to choose from? Something like cheesecake (or anything else high in dairy) is particularly heavy, and should be eaten in moderation. Personally, I’m a big fan of pies, especially if the piecrust is well made.

A final way to avoid Thanksgiving bloat is of course to make traditional dishes healthier, which has the added benefit of assuaging some of that caloric guilt.

Roast or smoked turkey is healthier than a deep-fried one, and gravy can be made with vegetable oil rather than turkey drippings (and even if made with turkey drippings, you can skim some of the fat off the top if you let it sit in a separator for a while).

For desserts, most of that fat comes from the crust, so using reduced-fat ingredients there can go a long way. Of course, the most important thing about eating like a champion at Thanksgiving is to know your limits. Don’t overdo it, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Jason.Wong@UConn.edu

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Eric Clapton is one of the legends. As a musician, singer and songwriter, Clapton has reached stardom in every facet of music. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame an astounding three times, once for his solo career, and as a group member of both The Yardbirds and Cream. “Rolling Stone” magazine put Clapton second on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and “Gibson” put him fourth on its list of the top 50. He is most known for his symbolic presence in the psychedelic rock era of the 1960s, but his ability to stay at the top of his game for the decades after earns him the status of legendary.

The release of a new album should have fans of all music genres running to their computers before they even finish reading this. “Unplugged Re-mastered” features Clapton on the acoustic guitar with background music from piano, bass and drums. The original release of “Unplugged” in 1992 was widely loved, and the album won six Grammy’s. Now it is back with all the hits and digitally improved quality. It is nothing more than an absolute showcase of Clapton’s talent. Each song starts with a quick preview of the song’s melody, and every time without fail the audience shows its excitement with applause and shouting. Then comes the sound of piano and bass, whose players are undoubtedly following Clapton’s lead.

The first track sets the tone of the album. “Signe” starts with loving applause and turns into

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The original release of “Unplugged” in 1992 was widely loved, and the album won six Grammy’s. Now, the album has been re-released with all the hits and digitally improved quality.

a two minute jam session by actively searched Clapton’s Clapton and the band. There music can spot out the rock/ are no lyrics, just blues rhythm of perfectly pro“Layla,” which gressing and uniis arguably the Unplugged Remastered fied music. He greatest rockworks around the love song of all Eric Clapton guitar in a way time. There is 11/19/13 that sounds so not one second 20 tracks good you’ll have on the fourteen to surrender to song album that the urge to tap isn’t great and your foot. The not worth listen/10 track list includes ing to again. the renowned C l a p t o n hit “Tears in proves he’s a Heaven,” a deeply emotional legend in every sense of the song written about his late son. word with this flawless musical And even those who have never performance. For anyone that

looks over Clapton because he’s seemingly old or outdated is doing themselves a huge injustice. Clapton has put out 21 studio albums, not to mention all the live recordings and albums released from his groups.

Existing fans should be ready to continue their exploration of his genius, and Clapton rookies better be ready to push their pre-existing music favorites aside for a while. “Unplugged Re-mastered” gets a perfect score for keeping truly great music alive.

progresses Blood Orange drifts whole album. It’s a little bit of from the 80s into the 21st cen- 1993 rap chased with Kavinsky. tury with his follow up tracks. It’s nothing “Drive” worthy, For example, at this stage of the but then again, “Drive” had album we’re still in that Brat the one of the greatest movie Pack phase when Judd Nelson soundtracks of our generation. walks away with his fist held Too bold a statement? Whatever, high despite the fact nothing’s it was Grand Theft Auto on the really changed for him… but silver screen and this song is hey, dope movie, dope track, I’d just Ponyboy golden. give it a high-five.

“Always Let U Down” has “Chosen” sounds like that an amazing bass line followed 90s R&B song by this lady that you play outside sounds like she the love of your looks pretty.

Cupid Deluxe life’s window That’s how right before they much I liked Blood Orange call the cops her vocals. She 11/12/13 on you. The practically took 11 tracks French chick in physical form the beginning is like that chick in a glorified ver“Smart House” sion of the girl at except, unlike /10 the beginning of that lucky family every Maybach in the movie, she Music Group didn’t try to hold song but it only gets better. Just me against my will so she could wait on it. take care of me and only me.

“Clipped On” is straight up “On the Line” sounds a lot dope. I will go as far as to say like Onra; the good news is it’s the second best song on the that I like Onra’s music. “High

Hopes” and “Long Distance” are my jams. This song is pretty good too, it’s kind of just a lot of repetition of the song title but the beat was pretty nice. It could definitely be on that nighttime playlist if you’re looking for some new music to sleep to.

“High Street” is straight. It kind of reminded me of that one foreign guy that B.E.T. invites for their award show cyphers.

“Time Will Tell” is that one song they play at the end of every feel good black romantic comedy where they give us background information of each character and what they went on to do. It’s a nice track; if I heard it in a movie I’d Shazam it.

All in all, this album is downright fantastic. It’s kind of like if the 90s had a baby with 2013 and the baby was like “I HATE IT HERE, MOM! I’M AN OLD SOUL!” and then became “Cupid Deluxe.” This album has the power to make you dance in the mirror when no one’s looking.

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‘Cupid Deluxe’ is a great album despite its flaws

By Michael Jefferson Campus Correspondent Today we’re going to take this Barry White-slow and go track-by-track in this album review of “Cupid Deluxe” by Blood Orange. So put on your listening ears, thinking caps or whatever floats your story carpet boat and let’s get started.

“Chamakay” is the first track on the album and it’s okay but the hook is really boring. The beat sounds like it belongs in a “Donkey Kong” video game and while I do love brass instruments, the one at the end of this song can only save so much face. But while this song is misleading, I urge you to persevere and give the album a chance.

“You’re Not Good Enough” is the best song on the album.

It definitely took me back to my Dragon Ball Z days. You remember when Vegeta just kept getting passed over as the strongest even though he trained constantly? Well this was the song he was jamming to during his stint in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The hook is catchy and the beat is ridiculously smooth; it’s definitely dance montage worthy.

“Uncle Ace” sounds like it was made just before the end of the disco craze. The saxophone sample that comes and goes throughout the song is amazing.

And like I always say, if playing the saxophone on “The Arsenio Hall Show” could help Clinton win the election, then any song with a saxophone deserves a listen.

“No Right Thing” is that 80s song you use for montages when two characters realize they belong to each other after a couple of wacky scenes, but other than that I wouldn’t recommend blasting it while on the highway and honestly, if a song can’t be played really loud on the highway should it be played at all?

“It Is What It Is” is pretty cool, definitely a nice follow up to “No Right Thing.” It’s almost as though as the album

Rhythm & soul: Ode to Arcade Fire

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Tuesday I parted ways with $143 and bought two tickets to see Arcade Fire at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn exactly four days after my 21st birthday. I already am entertaining a fantasy about hitting up Brooklyn’s Barcade–yes, an arcade turned trendy bar– having a drink and then sauntering off to the show with my favorite people in tow.

I think it’s time for a columnist confession. I started attending concerts very late in life for a music lover. I went to my first real show my freshman year of college and it was Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Jorgensen.

I went to my first non-UConn concert this past summer– Fun. with Tegan and Sara at Pier 26 in Manhattan–and it was such a phenomenal experience that I’ve vowed to try and catch most of my favorite artists whenever they pass through town.

Seeing Arcade Fire live, however, isn’t just a goal, it’s been a dream. I listened to them religiously through high school and my senior year began with the release of “The Suburbs” which went on to win the Grammy for Best Album. “The Suburbs” came out at a pivotal time in my life. I was applying to college, thinking about leaving childhood behind and preparing myself to move on out of my own version of the Fairfield County suburbs.

The title track essentially captured all my emotions at the time with its reminiscing about learning to drive, teenage rebellion and romance.

Songs like “Suburban War” and “Deep Blue” were quasi-lullabies–I used to listen to them as I fell asleep.

“Sprawl II: Mountains Beyond Mountains” is memorable for another reason. I couldn’t stop listening to it while I read “The Hunger Games” and the imagery of mountains, running and primal feelings was an apt soundtrack for a book filled with the same kind of nature and primal behavior. In other words, “The Suburbs” was basically my album of the year on top of being voted the best of the year.

After that glowing review of “The Suburbs” you’re going to be surprised to discover that it’s not my favorite album of theirs.

When it comes down to it, “Funeral” is my favorite for a plethora of reasons. While “The Suburbs” has this sunny outlook on life while

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Lily Allen’s ‘Hard Out Here’ sparks controversy

By Claire Galvin Campus Correspondent Lily Allen is back from a four year hiatus with her satirical, sarcastic and controversial single, “Hard Out Here.”

“Hard Out Here” is an ode to gender inequality and the injustice to women in the media industry. It covers topics such as the glass ceiling, sexual liberation, the female body after childbirth, plastic surgery and the pressure to be thin.

The song features piano, synthesizers and techno beats.

Although the song lacks some musical originality, Allen created a catchy and bouncy pop song that stands as social commentary with over 7 million YouTube views on Nov. 20.

The striking video begins with Allen undergoing liposuction, and then shows her in the kitchen washing car rims.

It also features over the top sexualized twerking, perhaps a pointed jab directed toward Miley Cyrus.

Included in the lyrics are notso-sly jabs at Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Allen mimics several of his lyrics (“Have you thought about your butt; who’s gonna tear it in two?”), and

they both use silver balloons in their videos. The song also references Three 6 Mafia’s “It’s Hard out Here for A Pimp.”

Jenny Yung, a 1st-semester nursing student appreciates Allen’s approach to social commentary.

“Like all good satires, there is an explicit, extreme allusion to something in social media, and she decided to reference Robin Thicke,” Yung said.

Allen has been criticized in some reviews for her use of black dancers, potentially making the video racist. Allen addresses these attacks directly on her Twitter page.

“The video is meant to be a lighthearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture. It has nothing to do with race, at all,” Allen tweeted.

This is not the first time Allen has voiced her opinions about the objectification of women. In one of her previous songs, “The Fear,” she sings, “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless/ ‘cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous.”

Few critics acknowledge Allen’s purpose in the music video, and applaud her for creativity.

“Created specifically to drum up controversy, engage a debate and represent the now, ‘Hard Out Here’ is exactly what we wanted from a Lily Allen comeback,” said Michael Cragg of the Guardian.

Yung also finds the video’s depiction of sexuality in and out of the industry interesting.

“In her song, she sings ‘If I told you about my sex life, you’d call me a slut,’” Yung said. “The industry does promote sexuality, and the manager in the video notes how women should be acting in front of the camera. However, there’s a huge discrepancy in how women should act out of the industry, and I think she effectively addresses the double standard.”

Fans can watch for her third studio album, possibly coming in early 2014.

“Hard Out Here” will be this season’s feminist anthem.

Rising above the ignorant disapproval, Lily Allen has only one thing to say to her critics, taken directly from the song’s lyrics. “If you can’t detect the sarcasm you’ve misunderstood.”

Claire.Galvin@UConn.edu

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Jhené Aiko’s vocals stay For the love of extra-sweet on ‘Sail Out’ Arcade Fire take us and make us believe we are free.” Breaking up isn’t her answer here, but rather, mutual On her newest studio album, partaking in “herbal” therapy is rising R&B queen Jhené Aiko Aiko’s first-response for a relastirs up our emotions and finds tionship crisis.

Rapper/comedian Childish a spot on listeners’ hearts to attach. Multi-ethnic, Aiko’s slight Gambino joins Jhené for a John and soft accent seeps through and Yoko type joint, fittingly entievery bar, tying Latin, Asian and tled “Bed Peace”. “The love is Caribbean tones to the already ours to make so we should make island vibe she established from it...everything else can wait/The her start in the music industry. time is ours to take so we should Aiko doesn’t stray far from the take it.” Their philosophy is typical, sexually charged sub- simple, but worth noting.

Hands down, the most beautistance characteristic to R&B and the 25-year-old singer’s themes ful song on the album goes to revolve heavily around boys, Aiko and Kendrick Lamar’s colblunts and breakups, however laboration, “Stay Ready (What her honeyed voice and surprising A Life).” The six minute song is absolutely sensual– range compena quality not ususates for any ally equated with absent lyricism.

Sail Out the name “K-Dot”, Aiko is the girlbut makes for an next-door, a Jhene Aiko astounding exceppersona effort11/12/13 tion. The first phase lessly exuded 7 tracks is a sleepy sesfrom her simsion of pillow talk ply chill style between the two, a and content, but mutual recognition she’s also not /10 of their affinity to afraid to make one another—and a dent in the inability to tear currently maleapart from the union. The secdominated R&B sphere.

The opener, “The Vapors”, bor- ond phase is single-Jhené talking, ders on eery. With a beat that hits or venting, about life in a comyou straight in the heart, the track pletely different sense—treading is ridden with loneliness, lust and on the value of self-reliance and hazy stoner talk; its not to men- being “okay” with being alone. tion, highly worthy of a remix Another solid collab with TDE’s from the Weeknd—one who’s an very own poet--otherwise known expert in all these subjects. “Can as Ab-Soul–follows, capping I hit it again?” Aiko asks over and Aiko’s seven-track EP with some over in the hook. Distinctly inde- final hip-hop touches.

“Sail Out” is your standard pendent and totally capable of the no-feelings deal, she resembles a soft-R&B album, but it’s also a rougher, less breakable version powerful sneak peek into Aiko’s of female; one who, upon listen- extremely dope perspective on ing to her lines about staying on everything from fame to intimate her grind and rolling in her ride, relationships to having faith in tempts us to keep it G ourselves. oneself. An artist in her own She keeps it real which is all we league, Aiko blends tough with can hope for from any heighten- sweet and enough ups and downs ing artist. Aiko speaks in meta- in between. The album’s clarity phors, although any fan knows and refreshing production, comwell what she is referring to, bined with Aiko’s dulcet vocals, reassuring her lover in question makes it an inarguable classic. that “the vapors can save us and

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acknowledging the flaws in the world, “Funeral” looks at the darker side of life, but sees beauty.

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the juxtaposition of death and the quiet, simple moments of life in “Funeral” is a beauty beyond compare. The writing on “Funeral” is absolutely phenomena. “Rebellion (lies)” is an amazing piece of musicianship that features quiet, subdued melody, a single delicate, constant piano chord and a thumping, driving bass line.

The lyrics in this piece are pure poetry as well with lyrics such as “people say that your dreams/ are the only things that save you/ come on baby is our dreams we can leave our misbehavior/ every time you close your eyes, lies lies.” Imagine this soaring chorus that magnifies itself into a spectacular apex of sound. Other tracks worth listening to on the album are “Neighborhood #3,” “Haiti,” “Crown of Love” and “Un Anee Sans Lumiere.”

The band’s first album “Neon Bible,” is my least favorite, simply because the sound has not developed to what I enjoy on their last three albums. The sound on “Neon Bible” is much more sparsely harmonized and has a generally subdued feel to it. The title track “Neon Bible” is a perfect example of this.

While the song has beautiful lyrics, something you come to expect as an Arcade Fire fan, the sound is so acoustic that it’s hard to believe it was produced by the same band how wrote “Month of May.” Stand out tracks on this album are “Keep the Car Running,” which sounds the most like the Arcade Fire we know and love today, the upbeat and thought provoking “The Well and the Lighthouse,” and campy, falsetto and organ heavy driving rock song “No Cars Go.” “Reflektor” the band’s latest addition to their impressive canon is everything to college as “The Suburbs” was to high school. The album is full of edgy, rock ‘n’ roll tracks that sound like they would fit perfectly in the underground club scene of 1980s London. It’s an energetic take on previous themes, and it translates well into a college setting.

If you’re a first time Arcade Fire listener, don’t go spending $63 on tickets to see them live yet, but give them a listen and I can guarantee you’ll wish you knew about them sooner.

Kathleen.McWilliams@UConn.edu

Paramount fights ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ sequel LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paramount won’t be giving any wings to a planned “It’s a Wonderful Life” sequel.

A studio spokeswoman said Wednesday that Paramount would fight the proposed follow-up to the 1946 holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a desperate family man who imagines during Christmas time what his town would be like if he’d never been born.

Star Partners and Hummingbird Productions announced plans Monday to create a sequel to the Frank Capra directed film titled “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story.”

Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hummingbird Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for release in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played Bailey’s daughter in the original film.

The filmmakers said the sequel would focus on Bailey’s unlikeable grandson. Grimes, who said the iconic line “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” in the original film, would play an angel in the follow-up.

“No project relating to ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ can proceed without a license from Paramount,” the studio said in a statement. “To date, these individuals have not obtained any of the necessary rights, and we would take all appropriate steps to protect those rights.”

While a lapsed copyright led TV stations in the 1970s, ‘80s and early ‘90s to repeatedly broadcast “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Paramount has controlled the rights for the past 14 years, after the studio acquired Republic Pictures as part of its acquisition of Spelling Entertainment in 1999. Paramount has since licensed “It’s a Wonderful Life” to NBC, which now airs it sparingly during the holiday season.

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Knick's struggles this season's biggest surprise

By Spencer Mayfield NBA Eastern Conference Columnist

One of the big surprises in the NBA this year has been the disappointing play of the New York Knicks. It is hard to place the blame on one factor. We can look at the aging roster that has been put together or the fact that Tyson Chandler, the anchor of the defense has gone down with a leg injury, and his replacement, Andrea Bargnani, has not been able to fill the void left on the defensive end.

The underwhelming play of J.R Smith, who was recently signed to a three-year contract extension, has also hurt the team. All of this dysfunction is taking place during the contract year of Carmelo Anthony, all the more reason for him to leave the team in search of a championship.

The Knicks’ offseason acquisition of Andrea Bargnani was a very questionable decision.

Bargnani has a reputation for struggling on the defensive end as well as in the rebounding department.

The Knicks finished last in rebounding last season and added a finesse big man that does not improve the team’s rebounding.

The loss of Chandler, who leads the team in rebounds per game, means that for the Knicks to succeed, Bargnani needs to play a bigger role. Bargnani is not a traditional post player, but New York needs him to find his shot within the offense now that he is in the starting lineup.

The Knicks also have a roster full of aging players that are not producing. Amar’e Stoudemire has not been able to provide much help for the team due to the minutes restrictions that have been placed on him by the organization. Injuries have caused Stoudemire to become a total shell of his former self as a player.

New York has been openly trying to trade Stoudemire but it seems like no team will be foolish enough to trade for a player with a long history of knee injuries. Kenyon Martin and Pablo Prigioni are two other aging players that do not offer much for the team on the stat sheet. The Knicks

need to make an effort add youth into their rotation.

The Knicks have also been struggling because they are running an inefficient offense.

Smith has returned from suspension and has been unable to play effectively. He is attempting over 13 shots per game but is only averaging 11 points.

Smith has to focus on providing an efficient scoring option off the bench, taking higher percentage shots by attacking the paint rather than settling for shooting 3-pointers; Smith is averaging six 3-point attempts per game. Anthony needs to be more than just a volume scorer for the Knicks to be able to win; he needs to commit to the defensive end of the floor and set the example for the team.

Although the Knicks are struggling on the defensive end, they are actively trying to trade their best perimeter defensive player Iman Shumpert. Trading Shumpert would be the worst thing that can happen to this team that is already on the verge of falling apart. The Knicks need to increase Shumpert’s role in the offense as he has showed

that he has the athleticism to be a successful starting wingman in the league. It would be wiser for New York to keep Shumpert, as he is one of the few young players on the roster. When playing with confidence, Shumpert is a nice third scoring option for the Knicks and a good complement to Anthony. Shumpert’s play has been inconsistent this year, and the fact that his name is in trade rumors every week cannot be helping him feel comfortable within the offense.

Major improvement will be necessary if the Knicks want to retain Anthony after this season. Anthony will have the opportunity to jump ship and join a team that will give him a better chance to win a championship. With the current state of the Knicks, it does not appear that they are operating with a successful plan to keep Anthony. The Knicks need to find a way to get younger and more consistent. Both are daunting tasks, but it will be much easier for them to become more consistent.

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New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (7) drives against Atlanta Hawks' Paul Millsap, left, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in New York.

By Eddie Leonard NBA Western Conference Columnist

won six of their nine games in hostile territory.

The unique thing about this team is that there is no superstar or definite leader on the team, which can be a good and bad thing. The positive aspect is that you never know who is going to take the final shot and it is hard for a defense to predict play calls during the game. However, the downfall is that almost all championship teams need a superstar.

The only championship team probably in history without that makeup was the 2004 Pistons.

However, the Trail Blazers are a long way away from being like Detroit, as they are 15th in points allowed this year.

Portland has a solid defense but it is nothing to stress about.

That being said, just because a team doesn’t have a true leader doesn’t mean they don’t have great players that may be future leaders. Damien Lillard is only in his second year in the NBA and he is averaging 20 points, six assists and five rebounds per game. Lillard is a dynamic allaround player who will soon be the man in the locker room, if he isn’t already. They also have LaMarcus Aldridge, who is now an All-Star, and he is averaging 22 points per game. As Portland matures and gains more confidence they will become a force in the postseason.

Portland’s record is not deceiving, but they are not at the level of teams like the Spurs and Thunder due to their lack of experience. We saw lack of

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Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge, left, works the ball against San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan during in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.

The Portland Trail Blazers have started the 2013-14 season red-hot. They are taking the league by surprise this year, and they boast the second best record in the Western Conference with an impressive 9-2 start. They are also the only team to knock off the 9-1 San Antonio Spurs.

Portland is a young, dangerous team with a lot of talent but not a lot of experience.

They are known for being a very good home team when they play in the comforts of the Rose Garden, but this year they have become a tough road team as well. The Trail Blazers have

experience last year, when the young Golden State Warriors blew big leads with turnovers late in games to the experienced Spurs. It all comes back to experience when you are playing at the highest level in the game. Portland is a solid allaround team – they are sixth in scoring and eighth in rebounding – but will most likely end the season as the fifth seed, which is not that bad considering they would face the fourth seed in the first round of the playoffs. We see those upsets a lot. Regardless of how far their experience will take them in the postseason, Portland is on every NBA team’s radar.

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Dolan's triple-double leads way for Huskies

By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor

EAST HARTFORD – It’s no secret by now that the Huskies are shorthanded. Everyone, Oregon included, knew that heading into Tuesday’s game.

The only unknown was how UConn would respond to “The System,” Ducks coach Paul Westhead’s feverish style of play. In the end, the answer was clear: the seven Huskies available showed no signs of slowing down or fatigue in the 114-68 win.

“They love to play like that,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “If they could play like that every night they would. Not a lot of thinking involved; just go up and down the floor, if you’re open, shoot it.”

Without Kaleena MosquedaLewis and Morgan Tuck at their disposal, the rapid-fire pace had the potential to do the Huskies in. Instead, they racked up a 46-point victory.

Buried inside that number was another victory; chalk one up in the “W” column for preseason conditioning.

“Every game we’ve had this past week has been a different type of test for us,” Stefanie Dolson said. “Tonight was no exception.

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fast…it was tough, but I think we did a great job of getting back on defense and staying in pace with them.”

Dolson dishing them out With 1:20 remaining Wednesday night, Dolson threw a pass from the high post and found Kiah Stokes standing alone for assist No. 10 on the night. That simple pass, which she’s thrown so many times before, made history.

After tacking on one final assist in the waning seconds, her final line read: 26 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists. With that, Dolson had UConn’s secondever triple double.

“That’s crazy,” Dolson said of being just second in program history to hit the mark. “I’m honored, there’s no other word to describe it. I was really surprised when they told me that, I never expected it.”

Despite a long list of AllAmericans and professional players that have come since, no one had cracked the triple-double category since Laura Lishness did it in 1989. Part of the reason for that, Auriemma explained, is the balance that his UConn teams typically put on display.

“When you have as many really good players and we have and have had for all these years,” Auriemma said, “you don’t get to play enough minutes…So it is where it is right now because guys

are playing a lot of minutes and that gives you an opportunity to do a lot of things – plus the way the game was played today.”

For a triple-double to occur, it also takes a complete player to go along with the opportunity presented. Dolson, who’s averaged 3.1 assists last season, had the ball-handling abilities to make it happen.

“Points to me don’t matter, we’re all going to take our turns with points,” Dolson said. “Rebounds, the last few games I’ve gotten double-digits so I’ve been happy with that and just trying to keep that up. But for me, assists –I’ve always prided myself on the way I pass the ball and I’ve never gotten double-digit passing, so that was just really exciting for me.”

Healthy Hartley’s resurgence Last season was largely lost to injuries. This season, ankles back to full health, the potential All-American version of Bria Hartley appears to be back.

Following a 20-point outburst against Stanford last week, UConn coach Geno Auriemma didn’t hesitate when asked the last time his senior guard had played that well: “Sophomore year,” was the response.

But after a 17-point game against Oregon, Hartley’s tallied three great scoring efforts in the last four games.

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Even in the lone exception – a 4 of 21 shooting night against Maryland last Friday – Auriemma was more than pleased with what the guard brought to the floor.

“There’s a big difference between shooting poorly and playing poorly,” Auriemma said at practice Tuesday. “There’s this feeling out there that if you make shots, you played a great game… in the Maryland game, Bria Hartley didn’t make any shots, but she played an unbelievable game.”

Playing defense, throwing passes, grabbing rebounds – it all factors in for Hartley, especially the latter.

“I think I did a pretty good job [aside from scoring],” Hartley said. “I don’t necessarily think I shot too well, but I think I did a good job of maybe rebounding. It’s never really one of my strong points, so if I can get like five or six rebounds that’s pretty good for our team.”

In fact, the final tally ended up being six boards for the senior guard. And about that shooting – she went 7-for-12.

A year ago, that performance likely would have drawn a more positive reception. But now, health in check and confidence restored, the standard for Hartley has been raised.

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UConn senior center Stefanie Dolson (31) looks to make a play against the University of Oregon defense Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

UConn to play two in NYC from HUSKIES, page 12 Napier has been the spark for the Huskies through the first four games of the season, averaging close to a triple-double to start the season with 13.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists. His 31 total assists are the fourth-most in the country, and his 7.8 average is sixth.

Napier’s rebounding play has been huge for the Huskies this season. He is the only player on the team averaging more than 3.8 per game, which has helped UConn

keep a narrow advantage on the glass against its opponents, holding onto a plus-1.5 average margin through four games, although Napier gives credit to his forwards for the rebounds he is getting.

“I expect our big guys to rebound the ball, and they do their best,” Napier said.

“They’re boxing out, I’m just getting their for the scraps, so it’s not a lot about me it’s about the big guys that are boxing out.”

The Eagles enter the game on the back of their first win of the season, a narrow 82-79

victory over Florida Atlantic that may not have happened if not for a 38-point explosion by the reigning ACC Freshman of the Year, Oliver Hanlan. Steve Donahue’s team began the season with losses to Providence, UMass and Toledo before getting the win over FAU. Thursday’s game tips off at 7 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN2. Friday’s consolation game will be on ESPNU, but the championship will again be on ESPN2.

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NCAAF: Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. No. 18 UCF Knights, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

After surviving a near-collosal upset on the road against Temple, UCF (8-1, 5-0 American) returns to action tonight against Rutgers (5-4, 2-3 American).

UCF junior quarterback Blake Bortles has 19 touchdowns this season and is a main reason for why the Knights average more than 35 points per game.

Rutgers has dropped 3 of their last 4 as they near the end of their first and only season in The American.

NFL: New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network The New Orleans Saints (8-2) head into Atlanta (2-8) for what was expected at the beginning of the season to be a highpowered NFC South matchup.

Both teams are headed in very different directions, though, as the Saints are loooking to solidify their place among the NFC’s best while the Falcons are simply looking to keep their head above water.

The Saints won the first meeting between these two teams in Week 1, 23-17.

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Pete Carroll left the University of Southern California after winning two consecutive national championships, three consecutive Rose Bowls and seven straight Pac-10 Championships. One of Carroll’s championships was vacated, but guess what NCAA? I remember watching them win and perform better than any other team that year regardless of what you say.

USC tried to replace Carroll in 2010 after he left for the Seattle Seahawks with Lane Kiffin. Kiffin, a high profile coach, had worked on USC’s staff before as a positional coach, but had more notably worked as the head coach of Tennessee and the Oakland Raiders.

Kiffin, who isn’t the most well liked coach in the business, went 28-15 as head coach of the Trojans and won the Pac-12 South championship in 2011.

Unsatisfied with his success in the following years though, Kiffin was fired by USC after allowing 62 points to the Arizona State Sun Devils in a loss this seasonto make the Trojan’s 3-2.

Enter head coach Ed Orgeron who has proven he has what it takes to be the head coach of the Trojans.

He worked as an assistant under Carroll during their back-to-back national championship run and had rejoined the staff in 2010 after a failed stint as Ole Miss’ head coach and has brought a sense of enthusiasm and energy that hasn’t been felt in Pasadena since the days of Coach Carroll.

Orgeron has gone 5-1 so far as head coach, most recently defeating the No. 4 Stanford Cardinal last week, and fans and players alike love him. He brought his team In and Out Burgers during a film session and has brought the fun back to the field. He has allowed snacks back onto the training tables and has been quoted as saying, “Give a lineman a cookie and he’s happy.”

The Trojans would be dumb to give this job to anybody other than Orgeron. He clearly is in love with the position, even going so far as to say, “I think I woke up happy for the first time in my life this morning besides the day I married my wife and had my kids. I’m not a happy guy, but today I was happy.

I don’t know why. I just had that feeling of happiness to be able to represent USC.” Orgeron is a member of the USC family and wants to keep it that way for a while. Plus keeping the position in–house brings the fans, students and players together as they feel they are growing with the coach.

If you need an example of an in-house coaching hire success story, look no further than UConn.

UConn hired Coach Kevin Ollie after the departure of Jim Calhoun. Ollie was and is a UConn guy who truly loves the program and the university. Ollie said that he plans on being the coach of the Huskies for a long time and the players and fans love him for it.

The man is hungry for the job and would be a coach that the fans would rally around. If USC is smart, this won’t be a hard decision and Orgeron will get the job.

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If you’re the Utah Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards or Sacramento Kings, there’s reason for optimism. The 2014 NBA Draft, at least at the top, has the potential to be as magnificent as the 2003 sweepstakes that produced LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade.

It’s clear as to who the “Big 3” are right now. All three arrived on campus with larger-than-life expectations, but Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins and Julius Randle have, for the most part, been even better than advertised so far. I’ve been monitoring the freshmen trio closely through the first two weeks of the season and have developed scouting reports on each of them.

Jabari Parker, Duke Stats: 22.4 points per game, 8.8 rebounds per game, 56 percent FG, 65 percent 3-FG Draft Projections: 4th overall by Draft Express, 2nd by NBADraft. net, 3rd on ESPN’s Big Board Breakdown: The only one of the three to score more than 20 points in every game, Parker is reminding us that before a prolonging foot injury that badgered him in his senior year of high school, he was the one ordained to be the next Lebron. Parker is highly efficient, is shooting the cover off the ball from the outside

(13-for-20 from deep) and carries himself like a senior the way he has comfortably stepped into the role of Duke’s number-one option.

The Chicago native put on an absolute show against Kansas in the Champions Classic, and it’s as if Parker was hosting a versatility clinic. When the taller Joel Embiid guarded him, he took the 7-footer out of his comfort zone and buried perimeter jumpers in his face. He also showed off his sound midrange game, the ability to guard multiple positions and some of the best finishes around the rim that we’ll see this year. Parker’s scorching first half forced Bill Self to adjust defensively, as Perry Ellis and sometimes Wiggins drew the assignment down the stretch. I’m really interested to see whether Parker will play small forward or power forward in the NBA. I don’t know if he has the foot-speed to close out upper-echelon wings, but putting him at the “4” would equate to him guarding the David Lee’s and Zach Randolph’s of the world. Parker needs to improve on the defensive end.

Andrew Wiggins, Kansas Stats: 17.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 55 percent FG, 33 percent 3-FG Draft Projections: 1st overall by Draft Express, 1st by NBADraft. net, 1st on ESPN’s Big Board Breakdown: He hasn’t been unstoppable the way Parker and Randle have, but Wiggins has wasted no time in proving that he’ll be one of the freakish athletes

the second he puts on an NBA uniform. His crazy athleticism will, and already has, elevated his play on both ends of the floor. On offense, defenders are ill advised to attempt to block his path in the open-court, because be it an alleyoop or off-the-dribble, Wiggins will make a poster out of his opponent.

Also, countless times this year he has demonstrated just how simple it is for him to jump through the roof and pluck a rebound out of the sky.

He only has one block this year, but he has five steals in three games and could very well develop into a lockdown defender. My knock on Wiggins is his overall offensive skill level – he has already established he will be a one-and-done player, therefore I believe he needs to make the half-court his new classroom. He’s not a great 3-point shooter, isn’t consistent with his off-the-dribble jumper, and sometimes relies on his teammates to set him up too often. Still, that stepback he nailed against Duke was one of the prettiest moves by anyone on the night. Also, Wiggins has really impressed me with his knack for moving without the ball. Should he cultivate a steady jump shot, he’ll be absolutely unstoppable. A killer instinct wouldn’t hurt, either, as Wiggins has been too passive as a Jayhawk.

Julius Randle, Kentucky Stats: 20.8 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 61 percent FG Breakdown: A few years from now, if you’re scanning the NBA

rosters and can’t find the last name Randle, it’s most likely because he changed his name to DoubleDouble. Seriously, nothing’s going to change when Randle gets drafted – the guy is going to continue to eat glass. Few players in college basketball occupy the motor that Randle plays with. He’s always in the paint, is smart enough to go inside despite showing flashes of a jumper and, like all great rebounders, truly believes that every loose ball belongs to him. I was blown away with his play against UNCAsheville and Northern Kentucky.

Before Parker and Wiggins officially became household commodities (Kansas and Duke was the nightcap), Randle dazzled fans and NBA scouts alike against the daunting Michigan State frontcourt at the Champions Classic. Spartans senior forward Adreian Payne showed up a lot on First-Team AllAmerican ballots this preseason, yet Randle tossed him around like a rag doll. Although he tends to favor his dominant left hand, he’ll drive right to the basket to mix it up and keep the defense honest.

Also, like Tyler Hansbrough during his collegiate days, nothing seems to faze Randle. So many of his shots are contested, forcing him to double-clutch in midair, but the result stays the same: usually a bucket accompanied by a foul.

Amazingly, Randle has attempted 53 free-throws in five games.

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The UConn men’s basketball team is one of eight teams that will compete in the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off, according to a release by the program.

It will be the 10th consecutive November tournament for the Huskies, having participated in the 2005 and 2010 Maui Invitationals, the 2006 Hispanic College Fund Classic, the 2007 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, the 2008 and 2012 Paradise Jams, the 2009 NIT Season Tip-Off and the 2011 Battle 4 Atlantis.

The tournament, which will be played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan from Nov. 20-23, 2014, will include Boston College, College of Charleston, Dayton, George Mason, New Mexico, Texas A&M and West Virginia.

There will be 12 games played over three days – Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

The two undefeated teams after two days will play in the championship on Sunday, while the remainder of the field plays through a consolation bracket.

The ESPN family of networks will televise the event.

First played in 2007, the champions of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off include Miami, Xavier, Villanova, Minnesota, Alabama and Oklahoma State.

The 2013 tournament begins Thursday.

Participating in the eight-team filed are Georgetown, No. 10 Virginia Commonwealth, Northeastern, Kansas State, Charlotte, Long Beach State, Florida State and No. 14 Michigan.

UConn is currently competing in the 2K Sports Classic, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, which concludes with a game against Boston College Thursday and either Indiana or Washington Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

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UConn men’s basketball sophomore forward Phillip Nolan (0) looks to make a move against the Yale Bulldogs defense in a Nov. 11 game at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. The Huskies will travel to New York City Thursday to play Boston College at Madison Square Garden.

UConn and Boston College have not met on the basketball court since Jan. 5, 2005, with the Eagles getting the last say against the Huskies before leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

On Thursday night, the rivalry will be renewed.

The No. 18 Huskies (4-0) will square off with Boston College (1-3) at Madison Square Garden in the 2K Sports Classic.

Both teams will play again Friday night, with the winner playing the winner of Thursday’s game between Indiana and Washington and the loser playing the loser of that game.

UConn head coach Kevin Ollie was a point guard for the Huskies from 1991 to 1995. As a player, he never lost to the Eagles, defeating eight times during a stretch of 23 straight wins for UConn over its New England rival. But Ollie remembers that those wins did not come easy.

“It was just a great war,” Ollie said. “I mean every time we played it came down to the end, you know, double overtime, overtime games, it was always a one-possession game at the end, and it was about us making plays. I just remember us executing at the end and winning some tough games pretty much every time we played them.”

UConn captain Shabazz Napier used to play in the Eagles’ gym and attended several games when longtime friends Tyrese Rice and Steve Hailey played for Boston College – Hailey played during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and Rice played the following four seasons. He stopped going to Chestnut Hill after Rice left, and he was surprised when the Eagles did not show any interest in him out of high school.

However, Napier does not know much about the history between the two schools, who have met 89 times since the 1918-19 season with UConn holding a 54-35 edge.

“I understand BC and UConn have a little rivalry,” Napier said. “It’s a New England thing. But these are two totally different teams that haven’t played in a while, and I expect this to be a good game.”

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Men’s soccer begins NCAA tournament at home

The No. 10 UConn men’s soccer team (11-2-6, 4-0-4 American Athletic Conference) will host the first round of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship against in-state rival Quinnipiac (9-4-7.

7-1-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Morrone Stadium.

The Huskies are coming off a heartbreaking AAC tournament championship loss Sunday in Frisco, Texas, where they tied South Florida, 0-0, after 110 minutes, but fell 6-5 in a penalty kick shootout.

UConn, however, will still enter the tournament on a 13-match unbeaten streak, and the team has not allowed a goal in 585 minutes.

Andre Blake, the conference Goalkeeper of the Year and arguably the best goalkeeper in college soccer, has a large part to do with those streaks as he posted a 0.49 goals against average and 10 total clean sheets this season, including six consecutive after his performance on Sunday.

Freshman forward Cyle Larin, meanwhile, has been a force on the offensive end this season with a conferenceleading 11 goals. Larin has also scored in seven of UConn’s last

nine matches and was named the AAC Rookie of the Year.

In addition, junior Adria Beso took home the AAC Midfielder of the Year award with nine assists on the season. The trio, along with junior defender Sergio Campbell, were all named to the conference All-Tournament team and All-Conference First Team as well.

For the visiting Bobcats, their championship game on Sunday had a similar plot to the Huskies’ but had a better ending. After 110 minutes of scoreless action against topseeded Monmouth, QU was able to pull out a 4-3 victory on penalty kicks to win its first

to attempt as many threes as they do, the tendency is to get caught up in that kind of game and there were times in the first half that we did…

Your heart;s going one hundred miles an hour from playing that way and its not easy to make shots at that pace,” Auriemma said. “So for us the game plan going in was lets make sure we make two three passes maybe… lets make them play some defense that way we can catch our breath then we will still get whatever shot we want.”

By the end of the first half, UConn was up 62-35.

Stephanie Dolson and Breanna Stewart led the pack with 17 points and 14 points, respectively. Oregon was 15-52 in field goals and a mere 2-17 in three pointers, while Chrishae Rowe was the only stand out offender with 15 points in the first half.

Dolson surpassed her season high of 16 points in the home opener against Hartford with 26 total points on Wednesday. She was able to be more of a dominant force scoring wise this game, compared to her three-point

game against Penn State.

Dolson also earned a triple- double this game with 11 total assists. She is only the second Husky to have a triple-double in a single game.

Laura Lishness was the first player to get the triple-double in the 1989 game against Providence.

“You have to be a pretty good all around player to accomplish something like that,” Auriemma said. “Tonight she was just fabulous. She did all the things that make her the All-American that she is at both ends of the floor, and that’s what we have come to expect from Stephanie. I’m really happy for her, nobody deserves it more than her.”

Auriemma said that Dolson is the leader on the floor. She was able to get the second ever triple-double because she has had a lot of minutes, unlike seasons past where most star players only had a little bit of playing time. The play of the game also contributed to her success and countless points.

“I’m honored, I mean there is no other word to describe it.

I don’t know, I was really surprised when they told me that,

I just didn’t expect it so I’m just very happy,” Dolson said. “…I pride myself on the way I pass the ball and I’ve never gotten double digit passing and that was just really exciting for me.”

All seven of the Huskies were able to make it on the court tonight. Six of the nine UConn players were able to rack up double digits while every player, with the exception of Tierney Lawlor, was able to score points.

In the past four games the team has had a different player each night step up and lead the pack, showing their depth and leadership on the court. Their team is continuing to get better as the season progresses breaking out new and different talents from the games before.

“Anyone can step up and do that on our team,” senior Bria Hartley said. “We have been getting some really good contribution from Stewie, Stephanie, Moriah has really stepped up and I think anyone on our team can lead our team on any given night.”

By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer

MAAC championship en route to an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Senior midfielder Simon Hinde and junior goalkeeper Borja Angoitia have been the leaders for the Bobcats this season. Hinde has scored a team-leading nine goals while Angoitia has made 71 saves, allowed just 12 goals for a 0.63 goals against average and posted eight shutouts along the way.

The two Connecticut schools do not have much history. In their only meeting on Oct. 5, 2004, UConn pulled out a 2-1 victory at Morrone Stadium.

Unlike their opponents, who are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance, the

Huskies are no strangers to the big stage. Since 1960, the first time UConn made an appearance in the tournament, the Huskies have a record of 38-265 and are 21-9-5 under 17-year head coach Ray Reid. UConn is also 30-15-3 at home in NCAA Tournament games, 18-4-3 under Reid.

The winner of Thursday’s match will advance to the second round, where they will face the America East champion and fourth-ranked University of Maryland – Baltimore County, the No. 16 seed in the tournament, on Sunday.

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Women’s basketball all over sloppy Oregon in Hartford

By Erica Brancato Staff Writer

The UConn women’s basketball game against Oregon went pretty much as predicted.

The Ducks played all offense with barely any defense and ultimately suffered the consequences as the Huskies outplayed them in every aspect of the game as UConn defeated Oregon 114- 68.

“There’s an old saying where I grew up,” head coach Geno Auriemma said. “‘A players favorite shot is an uncontested 18-footer and their second favorite shot is a contested 18-footer’ and tonight’s game was kind of like that.”

The Ducks playing was frantic and sloppy. The runand-gun style of play was evident, as Oregon never seemed to take time to set up their shots. This scrappy type of play could work on other teams, but the Huskies handled and overcame it with their in–sync and smooth play as a team.

“I think when you play against a team that is going

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UConn junior guard Brianna Banks (13) dribbles the ball up the court against the University of Oregon Ducks Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.