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This Monday in the Dodd Center, Rita Kesselring, a visiting scholar in social anthropology from the University of Basel, Switzerland, spoke on the current issue of human rights and law, specifically, how victimhood is evidenced in class action suits.

She demonstrated this idea with the example of South Africa, and the cases being presented dealing with apartheid.

In these cases, courts and victims take very different perspectives in dealing with class action suits. The “vue croisée,” as she calls it, demonstrates the crossperspectives that the two parties have. Plaintiffs in these cases speak from experience, while courts rely on hard evidence.

Kesselring’s thesis, however, suggests that these perspectives overlap in some instances. Thus the issue becomes “legalization as a practice,” where the people of South Africa speak of legality in everyday citizens’ lives.

Kesselring also said that legalization leads to depoliticization and individualism.

Kesselring first addressed the TRC of South Africa, or the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is at its base essentially a self-support group. Witnesses identified as victims of human rights violations were invited to give statements about their experiences. However, most victims of the apartheid horrors have not testified their accounts in court. Kesselring discusses this idea of witnessing in postTRC South Africa in significant detail. Witnesses are divided into two categories: “testis” versus “superstes.” “‘Superstes’ are the individuals who experience a specific event herself, a survivor. A ‘testis’ is an expert witness, a third party who stands between two parties in an argument or judicial process and reports to an event which she only observed but was not involved in,” Kesselring said.

Kesselring stated that she wishes to bring recognition to both strands of witnesses.

She continued with an interview she conducted with a South African who went through the

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Rita Kesselring, a social anthropologist from the University of Basel, Switzerland, gives a speech to UConn students about human rights in regards to law.

horror of apartheid. Beauty Kotta, a black South African woman, talked, as Kesselring put it, very emotionally, without pausing. Kotta viewed this as an opportunity to tell her story, even producing evidence, a piece of paper with the identification numbers of two witnesses who were there at the murder of her son.

It was not a legal setting, but Kesselring realized that Kotta took this non-legal sentence as conducive to her telling her story. The one thing she didn’t do was explicitly point out the agents of the horrors done to her. She never addresses the issue of blame or responsibility.

Kesselring points out that this is exactly opposite of the courts, who would first try to assign responsibility.

This connects, then, to Kesselring’s main topic of class action suits that have been brought against major companies in South Africa and the United States, accused of being in collaboration with the apartheid cartels and aiding in their efforts, including

including mayor, first selectman, school board and zoning board. Those five towns already held their elections in May. “There is no perfect solution to this particular election,” said Merrill, whose office has held at least five conference calls with hundreds of registrars of voters and town clerks, giving them guidance on how to run the elections under a difficult situation.

“The laws are designed to be flexible under certain circumstances, and this is definitely one of them.”

Merrill said she has urged the local elections officials to preserve as much normalcy as possible.

Polls are scheduled to be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Connecticut was hit by a freak autumn snowstorm over the weekend of Oct. 29-30.

At one point, more than 800,000 electricity customers were out of power. As of Monday afternoon, more than 46,500 Connecticut Light and

then became: if the violation is not personal but the injury is, how does one make it actionable?

The logic of the plaintiffs calls for similarity and solidarity, in other words the idea that all wronged victims should be represented but also as a class so they can be addressed impersonally. The logic of the law states that every class has to be defined.

Individual harm needs to be proven on individual representations; there needs to be one representative who is singled out.

Kesselring’s conclusions are that individualization through law threatens solidarity and similarity.

The law singles individual victims out to represent the whole, which turns them from superstes to testis. This individual’s trustworthiness within the group is then called into question.

Kesselring proposes then, that there needs to be a tie between the plaintiffs and the law, so that all victims can gain justice, while at the same time remaining within the law.

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Crews work to repair line damage from a snow storm in Manchester. More than 750,000 customers in the state were without power from the storm, which set Connecticut records for outages and snowfall so early in the season.

Power customers were still in the dark.

Merrill said she was very proud of local election officials for using creativity and resourcefulness to make sure voters can get to the

polls. She said there were many instances where election officials from different towns reaching out and helping one another, such as printing voter registration lists for towns without power.

Recently, Secretary of State Denise Merrill joined national partners from the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and Everyday Democracy regarding Connecticut’s index of civic health. The 2011 Connecticut Civic Health Index is the first of its kind.

Civic Health is the study that examines how connected constituents inhabiting different areas feel to their community. The 2011 Connecticut Civic Health Index employed the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) to analyze data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, and observed different indicators of civic health.

The civic health of a particular region can be analyzed by examining voter turnout, volunteering opportunities, social connectedness between constituents, the amount of leadership roles within the community, and many other factors that contribute to the connectedness individuals feel towards their community.

Connecticut ranked higher than the national percentage in the categories of volunteering, voter turnout, voter registration, talking politics with friends and family, social connectedness through the internet, donating to charities, belonging to groups and taking leadership roles within the community. The sixth-highest percentage in the nation, 58.4 percent of Connecticut inhabitants reportedly donated to charities.

Among the more interesting findings of the 2011 Connecticut Civic Health Index was the discovery that women tend to participate more than men in school, neighborhood, or community associations (18.1 percent compared to 10.7 percent).

Men tend to participate more than women in civic associations (9.7 percent to 7.7 percent).

Civic Health cannot only aid aspiring politicians, but it can be an indicator of the overall quality of life of citizens within different communities.

“Civic Health might seem like a ‘feel good’ extra, but evidence shows that it is fundamental to solving public problems,” said Martha McCoy, executive director of Everyday Democracy, “Having a voice, being heard, and working together are essential to creating communities and a state that work well for all residents.”

“This groundbreaking study for the first time quantifies what all of us who work in public service have wanted to know for some time--that is, how connected do we as a state feel to our communities?” Merrill said.

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Class action suits, or collective lawsuits, while being impressively common here, are brand new in South Africa, and thus give way to certain problems within the cases. These cases deal with civil crimes and the victims are used as evidence. Originally, 13 plaintiffs sued the large companies. The defendants moved for dismissal because of the unmanageability of the cases. The plaintiffs were scattered and all of these issues could not be forced into one class action.

Specifically, Kesselring spoke of one case that was the secondclass action suit to ever take place in South Africa. Three bread companies, including “Tiger Brand,” were sued for the infringement of social and economic rights. The victims of these large companies received no compensation for bread distribution as well as other economic problems. During this case arose the issue of numerosity, that there were too many parties involved in the case.

The problem, Kesselring said,

Storm-affected Conn. towns move polling places

HARTFORD (AP) — Nine cities and towns hit hard by the recent autumn nor’easter are moving or consolidating their polling places for Tuesday’s municipal elections because they lacked power or there is too much storm damage.

Affected towns include Avon, Bloomfield, Newington, Plymouth, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Stafford and Vernon.

Meanwhile, officials in the town of Farmington were deciding Monday whether to go to court and postpone their local election. Democratic Registrar Barbara Brenneman said power was still out in three out of the town’s four polling places.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said the situation isn’t perfect but that elections would move forward in most of the state’s 169 cities and towns.

Voters in all but Andover, Bethany, Naugatuck, Union and Woodbridge are scheduled to elect candidates for local seats,

Secretary Merrill releases first index of Connecticut’s Civic Health

Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium This lecture, comparing a college experience to a dance floor, seeks to encourage students to be engaged with their school.

Women in Business: The Hartford IT Program 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Business School, 102 The Hartford is hosting this lecture for women seeking careers in Information Technology and related fields.

Lecture by Dr. Stanton Wolfe 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Monteith, 115 Dr. Wolfe will be addressing students on how they can get involved, at the undergraduate level, in world health issues and campaigns. He will discuss his experiences with conducting humanitarian and volunteer efforts.

Relationships vs. Hook-Ups: Love vs. Lust 7 to 8 p.m.

Arjona, 215 Come share your opinions at an open debate on the stereotypes, myths, facts and the REAL definition of a “Hook-Up.”

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terfeit $20 bill. His bond was set for $2,000 and his court date is Nov. 15.

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Malloy blasts utility, says it let down Conn.

HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says Connecticut Light and Power, the state’s largest utility, has failed its customers by breaking self-imposed deadlines to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers.

The governor said he spoke with Charles Schivery, the head of CL&P’s parent company Northeast Utilities, on Monday and told him his company’s handling of the autumn nor’easter has been unacceptable and demanded changes in how CL&P is managed.

As of early evening, more than 45,000 CL&P customers remained in the dark.

Malloy made his remarks at the Capitol, away from the emergency operations center where he has stood near CL&P President Jeffrey Butler. Malloy said he did not want to vouch for information provided by Butler, who had earlier promised 99 percent of customers would be back online by midnight Sunday.

Police: 2 NY teens dead in I-84 crash in Conn.

DANBURY (AP) — State Police say two teens from the same Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood were killed when the van in which they were riding rolled down an embankment along Interstate 84 in western Connecticut.

Police say 16-year-old Eli Shonbron and 15-year-old Dani King were declared dead at the scene early Monday morning.

Nine other occupants of the van were taken to Danbury Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

State police say the van was headed east. It drove off the right side of the highway, slid down an embankment, collided into several trees and rolled over.

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Cyber weaknesses should deter US from waging war

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top U.S. cybersecurity official says America’s computer systems are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations.

Richard Clarke, a top adviser to three presidents, joined a number of U.S. military and civilian experts Monday in offering a dire assessment of America’s cybersecurity, saying the country simply can’t protect its critical networks.

Clarke says if he was a advising the president he would warn against attacking other countries because many could launch devastating cyberattacks that could destroy power grids, banking networks or transportation systems.

He says securing networks will require more government regulation and a commitment by the U.S. to respond harshly to efforts by China and others that use cyberattacks to steal sensitive corporate or government data.

Cain campaign: All harassment allegations false

ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain’s campaign has issued a swift denial after a woman claimed he reached for her genitals in mid-1997.

The Republican presidential contender’s campaign said Monday that ‘all allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are completely false.” The campaign says Cain “has never harassed anyone” and is calling the latest allegations by Sharon Bialek “bogus attacks.”

Bialek on Monday accused Cain of behaving inappropriately when she sought to be rehired at the National Restaurant Association, which Cain headed at the time. Bialek called on Cain to “come clean.”

She is the fourth woman to allege inappropriate sexual behavior by Cain and the first to go public.

White House says no evidence of extraterrestrials

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, E.T. lovers — the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.

The White House made the unusual declaration in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign.

In this case, more than 5,000 people signed a petition demanding that the White House disclose the government’s knowledge of extraterrestrial beings, and more than 12,000 signed another petition seeking formal acknowledgement of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.

In response, Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy wrote that the U.S. government has no evidence life exists outside Earth, or that any extraterrestrial presence has contacted any member of the human race.

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Oct. 30 Colby D. Fogg, 18, of Sanford, Maine, was arrested at 12:35 a.m. at Grange Hall and charged with assault in the third degree and breach of peace in the second degree.

Police responded to a report of a fight. Police found one of the two fighting men had been struck in the face, and a female bystander was injured.

Fogg was identified as the one responsible. His bond was set for $5,000 and his court date is Nov. 7.

Oct. 31 Mohammad A. Khan, 24, of Avon, was arrested at 3:43 p.m. at the UConn Co-op and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. Khan was seen leaving the store without pay-

ing for an $80 textbook. His bond was set for $500 and his court date is Nov. 8.

Nov. 1 Colin J. Smith, 20, of Newtown, was arrested at 4:51 p.m. at Mansfield Apartments and charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree. An officer responded to the apartments on request of the UConn Fire Department. Upon investigation, it was determined that Smith tampered with the smoke detector by placing a bag over it. His bond was set for $1,000 and his court date is Nov. 15.

Nov. 3 Daniel A. Caliendo, 19, of North Billerca, Mass., was arrested at 12:27 a.m. on Hunting Lodge Road and charged with failure to drive right, forgery in the second degree, driving while under the influence and weapons possession in a motor vehicle.

Caliendo was stopped for failing to drive right. After a brief investigation, Caliendo

was found to be under the influence of drugs and in possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a knife and a fake license. His bond was set for $5,000 and his court date is Nov. 16.

Theodore R. Pert, 24, of Stratford, was arrested at 12:58 a.m. on Hunting Lodge Road and charged with failure to drive in the proper lane and driving while under the influence. Police saw Pert’s car drive off the side of the road. Police pulled him over and subjected Pert to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set for $500 and his court date is Nov. 17.

Nov. 4 Eamon P. Flannery, 18, of Storrs, was arrested at 12:39 a.m. on Hunting Lodge Road and charged with forgery in the first degree and forgery in the second degree. Flannery was the passenger of a vehicle stopped by police. Flannery had a false license and a coun-

Jackson doctor convicted in star’s death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death for supplying an insomniaplagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big comeback.

Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, sat stone-faced, his chin held high, as he heard the verdict that could send him to prison for up to four years and cost him his license to practice medicine. He was handcuffed and immediately led off to jail without bail to await sentencing Nov. 29.

The verdict marked the latest chapter in one of pop culture’s most shocking tragedies — the 2009 drug-overdose death of the King of Pop at age 50 as he was about to mount a series of heavily promoted concerts in London that he hoped would turn his career around after a slide prompted by child-molestation allegations and years of bizarre behavior.

A shriek broke the silence in the packed courtroom when the jury’s decision was read, and the crowd outside the courthouse erupted in cheers. Jubilant Jackson fans sang “Beat It” and held signs that read “Guilty” and “Killer.” Drivers honked their horns.

Members of Jackson’s family wept, and his mother, Katherine Jackson, said, “I feel better now.”

His sister La Toya said she was overjoyed and added: “Michael was looking over us.”

Members of the jury were escorted from the building and not available for comment. Murray’s lawyers also left without saying anything.

The jury deliberated less than nine hours after a six-week trial that depicted Jackson as a tormented genius on the brink of what might have been his greatest

Michael R. Johnson, 19, of Bridgeport, was arrested at 8:59 p.m. on Storrs Road and charged with interfering with an officer. While investigating an incident, officers told Johnson repeatedly to leave. Johnson disregarded the warnings and was arrested. His bond was set for $500 and his court date is Nov. 15.

Nov. 5 Evan M. Adwar, 20, of Saint James, N.Y., was arrested at 2:09 a.m. at Mansfield Apartments and charged with assault in the third degree and breach of peace in the second degree. Police responded to the basketball courts in Mansfield Apartments for a reported fight. Police determined Adwar injured another person. His bond was set for $5,000 and his court date is Nov. 15.

Nov. 6 Dallas S. Crouch, 18, of Branford, was arrested at 12:20 a.m. near Hilltop Apartments and charged with breach of peace in the second degree. Police responded to the apartments, where it was reported that people were walking on the hoods of cars and tipping over garbage cans. Crouch was found to be one of the responsible parties in this incident. His bond was set for $500 and his court date is Nov. 15.

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Dr. Conrad Murray listens as the jury returns with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom . Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

triumph but for one impediment — extreme insomnia.

Prosecutors portrayed Murray as an incompetent doctor who administered propofol — an extremely potent anesthetic normally used during surgery — in Jackson’s bedroom without adequate safeguards and botched his care when things went wrong.

Murray, who did not testify, told police that he administered only a small dose on the day Jackson died. And his lawyers blamed Jackson for his own death, saying the singer gave himself an extra, lethal dose while Murray wasn’t watching.

Prosecutors said that theory was crazy, and in any case, they argued, Murray should not have left Jackson alone.

The jury was not asked to determine whether Murray actually gave Jackson the fatal dose, only whether he was primarily responsible for the singer’s death.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren extended his sympathies to the Jackson family, who “lost not a pop icon, but a son and a father.”

In Las Vegas, a former Murray patient and current friend, Donna DiGiacomo, sobbed and said the jury was under “overwhelming pressure to convict.”

“This man didn’t deserve this. They needed a scapegoat,” said DiGiacomo, a former Long Island, N.Y., teacher’s aide who said she didn’t believe Murray did anything to intentionally harm Jackson.

Testimony came from medical experts, household employees and Murray’s former girlfriends, among others. The most shocking moments, however, came when prosecutors displayed a large picture of Jackson’s gaunt, lifeless body on a hospital gurney and played his drugged, slurred voice, as recorded by Murray just weeks before the singer’s death.

dents on the UConn campus take their civic duties quite seriously, which may have contributed to Connecticut’s high ranking when it comes to civic health around the nation.

“It’s important to be involved within the community. When you give back and you make your opinions heard, you feel a sense of pride in your town,” said Anna Harabosky, a 5thsemester consumer behavior major at UConn, as well as a team leader for the Walk for Multiple Sclerosis and a morale captain for HuskyTHON. “As educated and contributing members of society, it is our civic, political, and social duty to render assistance and service to others in our community and our world. Active participation in community and human service, as well as political and social affairs not only builds personal strength and character, but it empowers and betters the world around us,” said Kulsum Lalani, a 5th-semester communication sciences major who is both a peer career advisor and OFSL liaison at UConn Department of Career Services.

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US judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packs WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked a U.S. government requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that it is likely the cigarette makers will succeed in a lawsuit to block the new standard. He stopped the requirement until after the lawsuit is resolved, which could take years.

A similar case brought by the tobacco companies against the labels is pending before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley upheld most of the marketing restrictions in the law in January 2010.

The appeals court heard arguments in the case in July but is not expected to rule for several months.

Leon found the nine graphic images approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June go beyond conveying the facts about the health risks of

smoking or go beyond that into advocacy — a critical distinction in a case over free speech.

The packaging would have included color images of a man exhaling cigarette smoke through a tracheotomy hole in his throat; a plume of cigarette smoke enveloping an infant receiving a mother’s kiss; a pair of diseased lungs next to a pair of healthy lungs; a diseased mouth afflicted with what appears to be cancerous lesions; a man breathing into an oxygen mask; a cadaver on a table with post-autopsy chest staples; a woman weeping; a premature baby in an incubator; and a man wearing a T-shirt that features a “No Smoking” symbol and the words “I Quit” “It is abundantly clear from viewing these images that the emotional response they were crafted to induce is calculated to provoke the viewer to quit, or never to start smoking — an objective wholly apart from disseminating purely factual and uncontroversial information,” Leon wrote in his 29-page opinion. He pointed out that at least

some were altered photographs to evoke emotion.

The judge also pointed out the size of the labels suggests they are unconstitutional — the FDA requirement said the labels were to cover the entire top half of cigarette packs, front and back and include a number for a stopsmoking hotline. The labels were to constitute 20 percent of cigarette advertising, and marketers were to rotate use of the images. Leon said the labels would amount to a “mini-billboard” for the agency’s “obvious anti-smoking agenda.”

The Justice Department argued that the images, coupled with written warnings, were designed to communicate the dangers to youngsters and adults. The FDA declined to comment on the judge’s ruling, and a spokesman for the Justice Department would not say whether it plans to appeal, only that it is reviewing the ruling.

Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, urged the Obama administration to appeal the ruling that he said “is wrong on the science

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In this combo made from file images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012. A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images on their cigarette packages to show the dangers of smoking.

and wrong on the law.” He said a delay would only serve the financial interests of tobacco companies that spend billions to downplay the health risks of smoking and glamorize tobacco use.

“Studies around the world and

Republicans’ favorite targets — of making unsubstantiated allegations. But until now, none of the details behind the accusations had been disclosed.

Bialek, who was introduced at the New York news conference by lawyer Gloria Allred, said she had worked for the educational foundation of the National Restaurant Association in 1996-1997. Cain was head of the trade group at the time.

Bialek was terminated by the foundation but had become acquainted with Cain at official functions in the presence, she said, of her physician boyfriend. After she was let go by the foundation she said the boyfriend suggested she ask Cain’s help in finding another job. She said she traveled to Washington in July 1997 to meet personally with Cain.

Her boyfriend booked her a room at the Washington Hilton Hotel but when she arrived she was shown to a suite of rooms. Later, as they met at the hotel bar and later spoke over dinner at an Italian restaurant, she said, Cain told her he was responsible for her room upgrade. After dinner she said Cain drove her back toward the hotel by way, she said, of the building that housed the restaurant association.

He parked the car some distance from the building, she

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said, and while parked on the street Cain asked why she was in Washington. Bialek said she told Cain that her boyfriend had recommended she ask him for help with a job since he had appeared on past occasions to like her.

Cain then, Bialek said, reached under her skirt for her genitals and pulled her head toward his crotch.

She said she asked what he was doing and he responded, “You want a job don’t you?”

After she objected to his advance, Bialek said, Cain drove her back to her hotel.

Bialek said she did not file a workplace complaint against Cain at the time because she was no longer employed at the foundation of the restaurant association.

Allred showed but did not release what she said were copies of sworn statements from Bialek’s then physician boyfriend and another friend, a businessman, who attested under oath that the accuser had told them about the incident shortly afterward.

Neither man was named.

Allred, a high-profile lawyer who specializes in discrimination, said Bialek is a stay-at-home mother of a 13 year-old son. They live in Chicago. Allred did not explain how Bialek supports herself and her son.

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $410 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting more than 13 million Bank of America customers who had debit card overdrafts during the past decade.

Senior U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King said the agreement was fair and reasonable, even though it drew criticism from some customers because they would only receive a fraction of what they paid in overdraft fees. The fees were usually $35 per occurrence.

“It’s really undisputed that this is one of the largest settlements ever in a consumer case,” said Aaron Podhurst, a lead attorney for the customer class.

The settlement became final a week after Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America backed off a plan to charge a $5 monthly fee for debit-card purchases. The outcry prompted other major banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., to cancel trial tests of their own debit card fees.

Bank attorney Laurence Hutt said 13.2 million Bank of America customers who had debit cards between January 2001 and May 2011 would get some payment. Those who still have accounts would get an automatic credit and the others would get a check mailed to them. No one would have to take any action or fill out any paperwork.

Barry Himmelstein, an attorney for customers who objected to the deal, said he calculated that the bank actually raked in $4.5 billion through the overdraft fees and was repaying less than 10 percent. He said the average customer in the case had $300 in overdraft fees, making them eligible for a $27 award — less than one overdraft charge — from the lawsuit.

“It’s $4.5 billion that’s gone missing from people’s accounts,” Himmelstein said.

Hutt said only 46 customers filed formal objec-

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Customers will receive a minimum of 9 percent of the fees they paid through the settlement, Hutt added. The bank has already paid the money into an escrow account.

The lawsuit claimed that Bank of America processed its debit card transactions in the order of highest to lowest dollar amount so it could maximize the overdraft fees customers paid. An overdraft occurs when the account doesn’t have enough money in it to cover a debit card transaction. Similar lawsuits have been filed against more than 30 other banks.

Despite the settlement, Bank of America insists there was nothing improper about the processing sequence. New regulations enacted following the recent financial crisis prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees on debit cards without first getting customer permission.

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Sharon Bialek said she had come forward about the incident in 1997 to provide “a face and a voice” to support other accusers who have so far remained anonymous in their charges against Cain, one of the Republican presidential frontrunners.

“Come clean,” Bialek challenged Cain, demanding he confess to any inappropriate behavior with her or other women.

Cain’s campaign instantly issued a denial. “All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are false,” it said.

The new allegations deepen the sexual harassment scandal that has dogged Cain for more than a week and overshadowed everything else in the race to find a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama, less than two months before the first votes for a nominee are cast.

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More attention needed for male body image issues

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deal body image is a controversial subject that has recently inundated popular media. From impressing weight standards on supermodels and adjusting BMI analyses for health standards, to implementing social measures such as the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty and Fat Talk Free Week, it is clear that a stand is being made against negative female body image and bad self esteem. But this movement to remove negative body image stigma from women is also a negligent campaign. Amidst the focus on women’s health, we have ignored men’s health, especially when discussing body image.

Men, and teenage boys, are not immune to feeling dissatisfaction with their bodies. And while there is an extensive battery of literature and studies on eating disorders in women, relatively few studies focus on the prevalence of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia or body dysmorphic disorder in men. Considering the overly-bulked-up G.I. Joe ideal that is the corollary to Barbie for young girls, we do men and boys a disservice by ignoring that they, too, can struggle with their image and cause themselves harm because of it. From the “average Joe” to the elite athlete, men need to see images in the media that emphasize health over some dehumanized, objectified ideal. People complain about what the image of a Victoria’s Secret model can do to a young girl’s or woman’s self esteem and perception of herself and her own beauty. The same can be said about what the image of an Abercrombie model’s physique does to a young boy’s perception of masculinity, and what constitutes a “good-enough” physique.

It is not only through advertising that young men and boys are affected by an unhealthy message regarding their bodies.

Anyone who has watched a wrestler train can attest to the pains young men undertake to gain or lose weight. Weightlifting, bodybuilding, football, boxing, crew, swimming, cross country, track and gymnastics, to name a few, have long perpetuated a tradition of encouraging drastic weight cutting and gaining to achieve an athletic advantage or aesthetic, even though it is a practice frowned upon by the medical field and athletic governing bodies. A study done through the Ohio State University Medicine Center also found that athletes in who participate in “lean” sports such as track, cross-country or swimming and diving show higher occurrences of symptoms of eating disorders, such as binging and purging. Pressure to perform well while aspiring to a certain image of masculinity can create a vicious cycle of bad nutrition and disordered eating, detrimental exercise habits, potential substance abuse and bad self-esteem in men.

We need to consider the Adonis complex with the same gravitas given to anorexia in women. The research may be less developed, but as the condition persists, the medical field is The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.

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Valuing art important to valuing life

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ometimes I walk out of literature classes utterly depressed. In a post-modern, post-colonial world, it seems that every piece of literature pulled out for a class discussion is ultimately written to make readers want to slit their wrists to escape this cruel world and the horrific people, just like you and me, who live in it. In the face of these works, it is no wonder that society no longer sees any value studying the arts and humanities.

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By Michelle Anjirbag more depressWeekly Columnist ing each day by the media, no one would volunteer to be saddened by great works of art and literature. But just because the majority of what is labeled great art seems to come from a depressing or controversial place, it should not devalue the study of art in society’s eyes. To jump on “Glee’s” bandwagon, hard times are when we need to cling to the things that give humanity value, such as art, music, dance and literature.

This is not to say that universities and public schools should throw out the current humanities syllabus and begin teaching “Harry Potter” and the “Twilight” series instead. But it would not be remiss to update the syllabi so that books are sometimes chosen for the sake of the language and the literature itself, and not only for the social commentary it is fashionable to study.

People need a means through which to express themselves, to communicate when words are not enough. Moliere blamed all the ills of the world on the fact that people no longer know how to dance.

Louis Armstrong believed that the music he played was life itself. Jackson Pollock insisted that his paintings had a life of their own, and he just let it “come through.”

Picasso saw his painting as another form

“People need a means through which to express themselves, to communicate when words are not enough.” of a diary.

In the classical world, the pursuit of art was a way of pursuing the truth in life. From the testimony of these greats, and many others, we see that if the art is depressing, it is only because it is a reflection of life at the time of its creation. The visceral reaction we have to Munch’s “The Scream” or a self-portrait of a mutilated van Gogh is often more memorable than whatever minor flutter of emotion arises from viewing his

painting of a vase of sunflowers. It is important that we also remember that though van Gogh might be surrounded by the rumors of a severed ear mailed to a girlfriend, he is also the artist that gave us “Starry Night,” a painting that captures the stars as living objects, and not dead lights above us.

Joy and pain are a part of life. These form a binary through which we define ourselves as human. The arts give us a way to express these things and share them. Learning about the arts, and utilizing creative expression gives students another language to use. Standardized testing will not solve the problems in American’s public school system. More tests will not make us better. More art, and more creativity, however, will help students realize that they are capable of creating something of social value.

They will see past the bad things in the world, because they will have a way to express how they feel without being destructive.

A lot of art expresses pain or deals with social violence and injustices.

Because of the destruction presented, we forget that art is inherently a process of creation, and so we forget that the arts can save lives, give people purpose and be used as a method for job creation.

Creating art is a part of the human condition, and whether expression elation or utter sadness, we need to continue to appreciate it because it keeps us human.

Weekly Columnist Michelle Anjirbag is a 7th-semester English major with a creative writing concentration and an anthropology and indigenous studies double minor.

She can be reached at Michelle.Anjirbag@UConn.edu.

Two-party system not to blame for current ills

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mericans are frustrated with their political system. Despite promises to the contrary by our nation’s politicians, the unemployment rate has long hovered near 9 percent, our debt rating has been downgraded and the United States’ reputation abroad has been diminished.

It is common during periods of economic hardship and political frustration for our two-party system to be criticized. It is, durBy Stephen Klinck ing these periStaff Columnist ods, blamed by many Americans for causing “Washington gridlock.” It is considered exclusionary and intolerant of unorthodox ideas. It is considered corrupt.

But at the same time, those same Americans, when asked whether the wealthy should be taxed heavily or lightly, will answer by saying either “heavily” or “lightly.” Those same Americans, when asked whether they support capital punishment or do not support it, will answer with either a “yes” or a “no.” Those same Americans, when asked by Gallup whether they approve or disapprove of the job the President is doing, will answer with either an “approve” or a “disapprove.”

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options. Though the justifications for or against choosing one particular option are often unique, the end result never is. One can either vote “yay” or “nay.” A measure can either pass, or it can fail.

Shortly after George Washington warned the America of 1796 about the danger of political parties, two competing political parties were formed. This formation did not occur out of disobedience but rather out of necessity, for it was our second president, Thomas Jefferson, who acknowledged that “men have differed in opinion and been divided into parties by these opinions from the first origin of societies.”

There are, always have been and always will be two sides to every issue and, thus, two political parties opposite in their viewpoints. Unending division began in the United States with the debate between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists and progressed to the conflict between the Federalist Party and the DemocraticRepublican Party. The current division between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party has been with us for 160 years, and despite current sentiment suggesting otherwise, is destined to be with us for at least that long into the future.

During each of the 215 years since Washington’s address, two political parties have dominated

national politics. The outcome of every presidential election for the last 158 years has been either a Republican victory or a Democratic one, and Congress has been controlled by either a Republican or a Democratic majority for 154 years.

During this period we endured a bloody civil war, won two world wars and became a superpower.

While the number of major political parties has not changed in two centuries, party platforms and the nation’s underlying political philosophies have changed dramatically. The Republican Party of 2011 differs vastly from the Republican Party of 1980, and it certainly bears little resemblance to the Republican Party of 1852. But each and every Republican Party since the 1850s found, as its principal opponent, each and every Democratic Party since that same time period. And each and every Democratic Party has had to compare and contrast its beliefs and governing philosophies to the beliefs and governing philosophies of its opposing party.

On election day, each and every respective American voting population has chosen the party they feel best represents their viewpoints.

And if they do not feel either party represents their viewpoints, they simply change the composition of the party with which they most relate to. A party’s members, after

all, morph the party’s platform.

Together, a party’s members are the party itself.

Within each party there will, of course, be variations in viewpoints.

Geographic locations and population segments, for example, will alter the composition of a political party. But at its core a political party contains a set of viewpoints that, while broad, diverse and occasionally conflicting, are focused enough to form a dichotomy between an opposing party’s far more dissimilar set of viewpoints. This intense focus has enabled Americans to transform itself from a loosely tied group of colonies in the 18th century to the world’s largest superpower by the 20th.

Temporary economic hardship or political fatigue do not warrant a severe alteration to our nation’s historically effective and long-lasting political structure. Problems with the current political system should be solved not by applying a steamroller to the mechanics of dichotomy that have served us well for two centuries but by using a rolling pin to smooth out the lumps of corruption and stagnation with which we are currently afflicted.

Staff Columnist Stephen Klinck is a 1st-semester business major. He can be reached at Stephen.Klinck@UConn.edu

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US wealth gap between young and old is widest ever

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.

The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday.

While people typically accumulate assets as they age, this gap is now more than double what it was in 2005 and nearly five times the 10-to-1 disparity a quartercentury ago, after adjusting for inflation.

The analysis by the Pew Research Center reflects the impact of the economic downturn, which has hit young adults particularly hard. More are pursuing college or advanced degrees, taking on debt as they wait for the job market to recover. Others are struggling to pay mortgage costs on homes now worth less than when they were bought in the housing boom.

The report, coming out before the Nov. 23 deadline for a special congressional committee to propose $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over 10 years, casts a spotlight on a government safety net that has buoyed older Americans on Social Security and Medicare amid wider cuts to education and other programs. Complaints about wealth inequality, high unemployment and student debt also have been front and center at Occupy Wall Street protests around the country.

“It makes us wonder whether the extraordinary amount of resources we spend on retirees and their health care should be at least partially reallocated to those who are hurting worse than them,” said Harry Holzer, a labor economist and public policy professor at Georgetown University who called the magnitude of the gap “striking.”

The median net worth of households headed by someone 65 or older was $170,494. That is 42 percent more than in 1984, when the Census Bureau first began measuring such data broken down

by age. The median net worth for the younger-age households was $3,662, down by 68 percent from a quarter-century ago, according to the Pew analysis.

Net worth includes the value of a person’s home, possessions and savings accumulated over the years, including stocks, bank accounts, real estate, cars, boats or other property, minus any debt such as mortgages, college loans and credit card bills. Older Americans tend to have higher net worth because they are more likely to have paid off their mortgages and built up more savings over time.

Because the Pew report examines households at the midpoint of the economic scale, it does not delve deeply into changes occurring at the top and bottom of the distribution. A new census measure released Monday shows the poverty rate to be higher than previously known — about 15.9 percent for Americans 65 or older, compared to the official 9 percent rate reported in September. Working-age adults ages 18-64 also saw increases in poverty — from 13.7 percent to 15.2 percent.

Nancy LeaMond, an executive vice president of AARP, noted that older Americans spend a disproportionate share of their income on out-of-pocket medical care, compared to other groups.

“Millions of older Americans today continue to struggle to make ends meet,” she said. “Many older Americans do own their homes, but plummeting housing values — along with dwindling savings, stagnant pensions and prolonged periods of unemployment — have taken their toll.”

The 47-to-1 gap in net worth between old and young is believed by demographers to be the highest ever, even predating government records.

In all, 37 percent of youngerage households have a net worth of zero or less, nearly double the share in 1984. But among households headed by a person 65 or older, the percentage in that category has been largely unchanged at 8 percent.

While the gap in net worth has been widening gradually due to delayed marriage and increases in single parenting among young adults, the hous-

ing bust and recession have made it significantly worse.

For young adults, the main asset is their home. Their housing net worth dropped 31 percent from 1984, the result of increased debt and falling home values. In contrast, Americans 65 or older were more likely to have bought homes long before the housing boom and thus saw a 57 percent gain in housing net worth even after the bust.

Older Americans are staying in jobs longer, while young adults now face the highest unemployment since World War II. As a result, the median income of older-age households since 1967 has grown at four times the rate of those headed by the under-35 age group.

Social Security benefits account for 55 percent of the annual income for older-age households, unchanged since 1984. The retirement benefits, which are indexed for inflation, have been a consistent source of income even as safety-net benefits for other groups such as low-income students have failed to keep up with rising costs. The congressional supercommittee that is proposing cuts has been reviewing whether to trim college aid programs, such as by restricting eligibility or charging students interest on loans while they are still in school.

Paul Taylor, director of Pew Social & Demographic Trends and co-author of the analysis, said the report shows that today’s young adults are starting out in life in a very tough economic position. “If this pattern continues, it will call into question one of the most basic tenets of the American Dream — the idea that each generation does better than the one that came before,” he said.

Other findings: —Households headed by someone under age 35 had their median net worth reduced by 27 percent in 2009 as a result of unsecured liabilities, mostly a combination of credit card debt and student loans. No other age group had anywhere near that level of unsecured liability acting as a drag on net worth; the next closest was the 35-44 age group, at 10 percent.

US poverty at new high: 16 percent, or 49.1M

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of Americans — 49.1 million — are poor, based on a new census measure that for the first time takes into account rising medical costs and other expenses.

The numbers released Monday are part of a first-ever supplemental poverty measure aimed at providing a fuller picture of poverty. Although considered experimental, they promise to stir fresh debate over social programs to help the poor as a congressional supercommittee nears a Nov. 23 deadline to make more than $1 trillion in cuts to the federal budget.

Based on the revised formula, the number of poor people exceeds the record 46.2 million, or 15.1 percent, that was officially reported in September.

Broken down by group, Americans 65 or older sustained the largest increases in poverty under the revised formula — nearly doubling to 15.9 percent, or 1 in 6 — because of medical expenses that are not accounted for in the official rate.

Those include rising Medicare premiums, deductibles and expenses for prescription drugs.

“As seniors choose between food and medicine, some lawmakers are threatening lifeline programs that provide a boost to those in poverty or a safety net to those grasping at the middle class,” said Jo Ann Jenkins, president of AARP Foundation, which represents the needs of older Americans.

“With nearly 16 percent of seniors already living in poverty, our country cannot afford to slide further backward.”

Working-age adults ages 18-64 saw increases in poverty — from 13.7 percent to 15.2 percent — due mostly to commuting and child care costs.

And for the first time, the share of Hispanics living in poverty surpassed that of AfricanAmericans, 28.2 percent to 25.4 percent. That is due to a jump in the poverty rate for Hispanics under the new measure because of lower participation among immigrants and non-English speakers in government aid programs such as housing and food stamps.

Due to new adjustments for geographical variations in costs of living, people residing in the suburbs, the Northeast and West were the regions mostly likely to have poor people — nearly 1 in 5 in the West.

Economists have long criticized the official poverty rate as inadequate, although they differ widely on the best ways to calculate it. Based on a half-century-old government formula, the official rate continues to assume the average fam-

ily spends one-third of its income on food. Those costs have actually shrunk to a much smaller share, more like one-seventh.

The official formula fails to account for other expenses such as out-of-pocket medical care, child care and commuting, and it does not consider non-cash government aid when calculating income, such as food stamps and tax credits, which have increased in the last few years.

In reaction to some of the criticism, the federal government last year tasked the Census Bureau with developing a new measure, based partly on recommendations made by the National Academy of Sciences. The new measure’s goal is to help lawmakers to better gauge the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs. It does not replace the Census Bureau’s official poverty formula, which continues to determine eligibility and distribution of billions of dollars in federal aid for the poor.

“We’re now about to go into federal debt discussions showing a major increase in elder poverty and a decrease for African-Americans.

That just defies common sense, and the political implications could be devastating,” said Douglas Besharov, a University of Maryland public policy professor and former scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, who called the new measure “arbitrary.”

“Sure, there’s a lot of suffering out there, but the inexorable result of all of this is to give more ammunition to groups to prevent cuts for the elderly. That means more cuts for low-income families,” he said.

Kathleen Short, a research economist at the Census Bureau, said many of the shifts in poverty reflect the large numbers of older people who hover near the poverty line after receiving cash payments for pensions. The poverty line is defined under the official measure as $11,139 for an individual, or $22,314 for a family of four.

Other findings: —Poverty for Asians increased, from 12.1 percent under the official measure to 16.7 percent.

Among non-Hispanic whites, it rose from about 10 percent to 11.1 percent.

—The poverty rate for children declined, from 22 percent to 18.2 percent.

On Monday, the Census Bureau said its new measure remained a “work in progress,” with additional refinements needed to better determine commuting and housing costs. The bureau also said it needed to collect additional data before it can publish reliable supplemental numbers on poverty broken down by state.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Dow regains the 12,000 mark

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Trader Warren Meyers, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Stocks edged higher in choppy trading Monday as investors turned their attention toward mixed headlines out of Europe.

NEW YORK (AP) — A late rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average back above 12,000 Monday as investors responded to the latest twists in Europe’s efforts to control its debt crisis.

U.S. indexes were down for much of the day on worries that Italy could become the next country to run into trouble. Stocks turned higher after 2 p.m. Eastern on news that Greece would receive the latest installment of emergency aid as long as the country’s two main parties commit to implementing economic reforms agreed to by the country’s previous government.

Investors again reacted to whatever was the latest headline out of Europe. The region’s problems have been offsetting optimism about strong corporate earnings in the U.S. and signs of improvement in the economy.

“Every day it seems like it’s the butting of heads between whatever the latest rumor is out of Europe with good economic data and corporate earnings,” said Karyn Cavanaugh, a market strategist with ING Investment Management. “It’s overshadowing the fact that earnings are on track to be the best year ever.”

The Dow rose 85.15 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 12,068.39. The Dow closed near its highest point of the day and had been down as many as 102 points shortly after midday. Hewlett-Packard Co. rose 3.4 percent, the most of the 30 stocks in the Dow. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 7.89, or 0.6 percent, to 1,261.12. Last week the S&P had its first down week since September. The Nasdaq rose 9.10, or 0.3 percent, to 2,695.25.

Worries that Italy could become the next victim of Europe’s debt crisis kept investors uneasy.

Italy’s borrowing rates spiked Monday to the highest level since the country adopted the euro. Unlike Greece, Portugal or Ireland

— all of which received financial lifelines — Italy has too much debt to be rescued by its European neighbors. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rejected suggestions that he resign to make way for more cost-cutting.

In Greece, the two main political parties agreed over the weekend to share power in a new government after George Papandreou said he would step aside as prime minister.

European finance officials agreed to release the next slice of bailout money to Greece as long as leaders of the parties agree in writing to carry out austerity measures required by international lenders.

The payment has been delayed by two months and is needed to avoid a potentially disastrous default on the country’s debt, which would roil financial markets and cause losses for European banks.

The worries over Europe’s debt problems lifted the prices of assets seen as safe havens.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.01 percent from 2.04 percent late Friday.

Bond yields fall when their prices rise, reflecting an increase in demand. Gold rose 2 percent.

In corporate news: — Amgen Inc. rose 5.9 percent to $58.43, the most in the S&P 500 index, after the biotech drugmaker said it would buy back up to $5 billion of its stock.

— Dish Network Corp. rose 5 percent to $24.66 after the satellite TV provider announced a special $2 per share dividend and a 30 percent increase in net income.

— Home Depot Inc. rose 2.6 percent to $37.34 after getting upgraded by analysts.

Rising stocks slightly outnumbered falling ones on the New York Stock Exchange.

Volume was lighter than average at 3.4 billion shares.

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brilliantly by Danny Trejo for crying out loud, it’s immediately obvious that this movie is doing something right.

Aside from the writing and acting, part of the comedic value also comes from the 3D effects that are -- of course -- so very blatant and overdone in its stupidity. Eggs, cocaine and claymated genitalia are just a fraction of the things that will be shoved right in front of your eyes. Honestly, you simply have to pay the extra ticket price for the stereoscopic version; not just because it’ll be funnier, but because it misses the point if seen in two dimensions.

So yes, despite such a ridiculous movie title like “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas,” this is a great return of the beloved stoners.

Unfortunately, their return does have issues. At this point, it just feels counterintuitive to have Harold and Kumar whine about the value of their friendship for the third time; and yet, here we are. The flawed pacing also returns, and the ending comes off as more forced than ever in trying to have a happy finale.

But at the same time, looking for a complete refresh in the franchise in this movie feels pointless after just reciting the title. We shouldn’t so harshly chastise that this isn’t the sequel that will feel fresh all over again; we should be just as thankful that this raunchy Christmas film isn’t ruined with Harold and Kumar jumping the shark. In fact, fans will be relieved that it’s better than the disappointing previous film, Escape from Guantanamo Bay. For adults looking for a trip to the movies this holiday season that’ll leave them in stitches from all the belly laughs, these hysterical potheads will have you covered.

“Dollhouse.”

“Gorilla Beach.” “The Fame Game.”

These are the names of novels you will be sure to hear about in the near future.

How do I know? Let’s just see what these three novels have in common.

“Dollhouse” isn’t a novel written by the Kardashian sisters: Kourtney, Kim and Khloe.

“Gorilla Beach” is a novel by “Jersey Shore’s” number one guidette, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.

“The Fame Game” is a novel by “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills” star, Lauren “LC” Conrad.

Without reading a page of any of these novels, two similarities can already be seen: reality tv stars wrote of each of these novels and, for all of these reality stars, these are not their first novels.

You may recall “Kardashian Konfidential,” “A Shore Thing” and the “LA Candy” series. What you may not know is that each of these three books ranked on the New York Times Bestseller’s List in the months following their releases.

So, what makes someone a writer? For that matter, does being a writer automatically make you a good author?

The simple definition of a writer is someone who produces any type of literary content and we can then define an author as an originator of any written work.

In these terms, these reality TV stars can be deemed writers and authors. They’ve clearly produced a type of literary content. It can be assumed that the written content is original work.

However, does this mean that just anybody can be an author? If the Kardashian sisters, LC and Snooki can all make it on the New York Times Bestsellers List, can anyone do it?

Probably, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the books will be good.

Since I myself haven’t read any of these stars’ other published works, I feel I can’t make a judgment on whether they can truly be deemed good authors. Ye t , having read novels by other reality TV stars, I can recommend some good reads.

A reality-TV-star-turnedauthor that I can’t wait to read another novel from is Nicole Richie. Both of her novels, “The Truth About Diamonds” and “Priceless” were books I couldn’t put down. The stories are captivating and creative, but most of all, nothing like what I expected out of Richie. Her novels are fun and inspiring and they include romance, mystery and lots and lots of drama.

On the other side of the spectrum, we have a book I wouldn’t recommend unless you are looking for a really good laugh. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s “Here’s The Situation” is not my cup of tea (and that’s coming from a “Jersey Shore” fan). However, if you want the nonsensical humor of the “Jersey Shore” in paper form, this just might be your pick.

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By Purbita Saha Focus Editor Two rap moguls for the price of one; it’s hard to beat such a class act.

Jay-Z and Kanye West performed on Saturday and Sunday at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. as part of their nation-wide “Watch the Throne” tour. Neither artist has had an active concert circuit in the past few years. The next closest shows will be in Mohegan Sun

on Nov. 18 and in Boston’s TD Garden on Nov. 21.

All public service announcements set aside, Jay-Z and West’s “Watch the Throne” tour has been a massive success so far.

The majority of the 27 scheduled shows have been sold out.

Additionally, critics have commended the artists for their performance value and set design.

The floor arrangement for this particular concert was unique.

There were two cube-shaped platforms facing each other: one was

placed in front of the main stage and one was placed amongst the central, floor seats. The platforms had projector screens on the sides that were visible once the stages were elevated.

After Jay-Z and West emerged from the bullpen the first thing they did was commandeer the two cubes. They fired verses over the heads of the audience members during a frenzied rendition of “H.A.M,” and them immediately launched into “Who Gonna Stop Me” and “Welcome to the

Jungle.” As these two songs were being played the platform projectors and the screens of the main stage displayed images of snarling bears and rabid panthers.

The collaborating artists converted mostly all of the songs from “Watch the Throne” to the stage. They sat down on the stage steps and adopted a conversational tone for “New Day,” but then resurrected an urgent and vibrant texture for “Otis,” “Why I Love You,” “Gotta Have It” and “No Church in the Wild.”

Because there was no opener or intermission, the concert consisted of two hours of relentless rap Ping-Pong. JayZ, the Brooklyn businessman, wore his traditional Yankees hat and layers of chains during the performance. West on the other hand, dressed more eccentrically as he paired shiny leggings with a tunic imprinted with a vampire version of his face.

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The third installment of ‘Harold & Kumar’ hit theaters this weekend to kick off the holiday season. Many of the original characters, such as Harold (John Cho), Neil (Neil Patrick Harris) and Kumar (Kal Penn), make a comeback in this Christmas-themed movie.

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer For years, it seemed like rewatching “Bad Santa” for the millionth time would be the only R-rated good time to celebrate the Christmas season.

That is, until now. Don’t let the ridiculous title fool you: this Christmaas Harold and Kumar comedy is no awful sellout.

It’s been a few years since we’ve last seen the titular duo.

Harold himself is in a good place: married to Maria, working a fancy business job and living in a great house to top it all off. Kumar, on the other hand,

is the same, pot-smoking couch dweller whose only life change is being broken up with Vanessa and losing contact with Harold.

But several wacky situations later, the two find themselves teamed up again on Christmas Eve to find a Christmas tree so Maria’s resentful father will accept Harold’s marriage.

What follows is the standard, unpredictable series of events that made the first film such a blast to watch. Unfortunately, it does take a while for things to pick up steam, but once the night starts to get crazy, the fun really begins. The jokes here are hilarious and consis-

tent, ranging from just plain crude to so-wrong-but-toofunny-to-care. It’s been seven years since the first movie, but Jon Cho and Kal Penn can still play Harold and Kumar

with mid-twenties charm. Neil Patrick Harris also makes his triumphant return with more cartoony personality than ever.

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Originally, “Tower Heist” was titled “Trump Heist.” It would have starred a who’s-who of the African American acting community, such as Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle, in a comedy about robbing Donald himself.

Unfortunately, this was too good of an idea for Hollywood executives to accept, so instead we got “Tower Heist,” a perfectly serviceable film that is disappointing not only in the context of what could have been, but also through its wasted potential. It’s entertaining enough, unless you’re looking for a movie better than “slightly worse than mediocre.”

“Tower Heist” has one major advantage in today’s Occupy Wall Street world in that it’s essentially a movie where the 99 percent rise up against the 1 percent screwing them over. Ben Stiller plays the manager of New York City’s finest apartment building overlooking Central Park, forever gracious to his rich boss Arthur Shaw, played by one of the world’s finest living actors, Alan Alda. Unfortunately for Stiller and a supporting cast including Matthew Broderick as a fired Wall Street executive, Michael Pena as an elevator doorman fired on his second day and Casey Affleck as the building’s concierge, Shaw has squandered their pensions, along with millions of additional dollars, in fraudulent sales and deals.

With the help of Eddie Murphy’s Slide, a thief who neighbors Stiller, the 99 percent decides to rise up and steal Shaw’s $20 million parachute. Unfortunately for them, things get much hairier than expected. If they didn’t want chaos, they shouldn’t have scheduled the heist during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but that’s a moot point.

Before the film gets to the titular tower heist, it suffers from a lazy, slow pace. The characters are established and the pensions are stolen, but it’s more compelling as a drama than a comedy. Last time I checked, this was supposed to be an action comedy. That’s not a good sign.

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or so is worth a laugh, aside from a few throwaway lines. Stiller feels completely wasted in his role, and Murphy only slightly less so. Neither of the famous funnymen have more than a few moments to shine. Stiller especially isn’t the right straight man for the job; sometimes it seems he’s just in it for the (presumably large) paycheck. Slide, on the other hand, is almost painfully stereotyped. From the moment he hits the screen he’s a ghetto caricature, only included in the first

place because the white characters assume he’s good at stealing. It’s especially painful here considering the original concept, and further character development goes to some places equally as wrong.

Once the heist kicks into gear, though, the film becomes a semislick caper. Director Brett Ratner, known for the “Rush Hour” series, does a decent job of melding action and comedy as the plot suddenly begins twisting and turning.

Plans change, characters turn on one another, chases occur and the

supporting cast gets a chance to shine (especially “Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe, who’s the best thing in the movie as a Jamaican cleaning lady with a knack for lock-picking). Things escalate until Ferris Bueller himself is hanging from a Ferrari’s hood 70 stories over New York City. The film slowly gets better, but it’s still somewhat of a lost cause.

Considering what might have been, the whitewashing of “Tower Heist” is a bit awkward at best. But as it is, the heist is pretty heisty as those things go, which almost makes up for the laughless first hour. Due to its timely theme and decent second half, it’s an entertaining enough film, and sometimes that’s all you need; however, if you were hoping this would resurrect Murphy’s career, you should probably just wait for his Oscarshosting gig.

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I don’t remember the last time I ever saw a bad Russell Crowe movie. Starting with “L.A. Confidential” and ending with “Robin Hood,” the man has been a godsend for the American movie industry.

In “State of Play” Crowe plays the same cynical character that he has been typecast as for the past 10 years. Luckily, this role never gets old for Crowe or his most devoted fans.

As per usual his part in “State of Play” is frumpy, but ultimately turns out to be heroic. Crowe is a cut-throat journalist who gets caught up in a political scheme that involves his friend, the affable and suave Ben Affleck. “State of Play” has some cheap twists, but the storyline is realistic and the acting is top notch. Even if the movie was awful though, would it matter? No, because Crowe is in it.

Ifans as Earl Edward of Oxford evokes a mystery and intrigue that is becoming to a character that disguises his brilliance in order to maintain his political stature.

Shakespeare is depicted as incapable and unintelligent, which actually makes the argument more plausible, and the queen, shown to have several bastard children, adds to the heartache and sensuality that propels Edward’s writings.

The beauty of the movie is also its focus on the true power of words and original theater. Emmerich does a splendid job of recreating the original theater experience with groundlings, and the actors are connected and affected by the words on stage. When “Romeo and Juliet” is performed, you see the audience sigh with pleasure; when “Richard III” is performed, the audience cries with rage. The Earl of Oxford quietly admires the affect his words have and in this realizes that his true legacy, though not by name, is in his written works.

Emmerich focuses more on the fleeting and fascinating world of the actors and writers. Their plays were a form of entertainment that reflected their world and simultaneously helped them escape its daily grind. The power of art and desire is evoked through true relationships between the characters. The story poses an interesting argument for the Earl of Oxford. Even true advocates of Shakespeare will be swayed in favor of the earl, whose only relief is to write his thoughts and turn them into stories.

Several American film critics have netted international acclaim for their work – Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin and David Denby, to name a few. Ebert has even won the Pulitzer Prize.

What sets these writers apart is that they combine their distinctive voice with wit and sophisticated analysis. They understand how to construct a review: what to emphasize, how to introduce it, how to explain their ideas, etc. Needless to say, these writers have left an indelible mark on film criticism that is sure to never go away.

I revere these critics dearly, but my favorite critic is none of the aforementioned people. Despite their prodigious talent and admirable body of work, no writer really captures my own thoughts about a film like movies. com’s Dave White.

Don’t be fooled by the generic name (or the fact that you likely have no idea who he is), White belongs in the same echelon as the best film critics. He is skilled at describing his gut reactions to any and all films, and is receptive to all genres.

Maltin has described himself as a “card-carrying wimp” in his review for “127 Hours,” and it shows: his distaste for violence and gore is limits his range as a critic. White, on the other hand, is just as at home writing about genre fare like “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” as he is for art house favorites like “Uncle Boonmee, Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”

Take, for example, a quote from his review for this year’s “Moneyball.” In reference to the lead actor’s work as Billy Beane, White writes, “Brad Pitt’s the MVP here, of course, giving a great worn-down, tired-eyed, torn-in-too-many-directions performance, the kind they give awards to when it’s time for that sort of thing.”

In a single sentence, White manages to capture exactly what it is that is so good about Pitt’s Oscar-worthy turn, despite the fact that it is a reserved and unshowy example of what the actor is capable of. In contrast, Maltin, in spite of “com[ing] away with greater admiration than ever for Brad Pitt,” writes only that the character is “well played” by the actor.

My point is not to give an isolated example of lazy writing by Maltin; he is an excellent critic, and perhaps more prolific than any other reviewer whose work I’ve read. Rather, I wish to illustrate why it is important to have skilled and unorthodox critics out there like White. He has influenced my own reviews heavily, and deserves as much praise and exposure as any other writer out there. His work can be found on movies.com and he co-hosts the podcast, “Linoleum Knife.” If you are a fan of film criticism, seek him out –you will likely find his style to be a breath of fresh air.

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Rhys Ifans plays the Earl of Oxford in Roland Emmerich’s movie, which proposes a fictitious theory to who Williamn Shakespeare was.

By Elmira Fifo Staff Writer “Anonymous” presents a question that is by no means new to any Shakespeare reader: Did William Shakespeare write the most brilliant, most performed plays in human history? Was the man, born in Stratford-upon-Avon to regular parents, able to produce such an extraordinary legacy of literature?

This movie tackles this question with an entirely new perspective.

“Anonymous” poses Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, as the imaginative, passionate writer of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius

Caesar,” “Hamlet,” “Richard III” and all the other incredible works credited to William Shakespeare.

Edward’s genius and natural talent for words is illustrated with

flashbacks of him as a young boy writing plays for the Queen, who is enchanted by them. As he grows older, Elizabeth I’s advisor William Cecil, takes Edward under his care to mold him as a gentleman of the state. However, he believes plays are evil and stifles Edward’s desire to write outwardly. The film depicts an older Edward who tells up-and-coming poet Ben Johnson to take credit for his work because his position in court cannot be threatened. Johnson tells actor Will Shakespeare, an illiterate, bumbling idiot about this, and Shakespeare, greedy for the fame and fortune, takes credit instead.

The story is intertwined with a sensual romance between Edward and Queen Elizabeth, who falls just as deeply for his poetry as the Earl himself. Director Roland Emmerich’s newest feat succeeds because of excellent acting and an equally complex and powerful plot. However, like many historical dramas, the beginning halfhour is filled with names of earls and who is taking over whom.

Unlike generic historical dramas, Anonymous infuses political drama with personal emotion generated expertly by the actors. Rhys

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The most crucial element of the concert was the dynamic between West and Jay-Z. Before the show the prediction was that West would be cast as the main act, partially because he is known for being egotistical and partially because Jay-Z took the back seat during most of the “Watch the Throne” album.

But the two artists divided up the set list efficiently. In between the collaborative tracks the rappers went back and forth to perform their most popular songs.

Jay-Z drew upon his decade-old albums and spit out murderous verses from “Hard-Knock Life,” “Big Pimpin’,” “Dirt Off Your Shoulder,” “Public Service Announcement” and “Jigga What, Jigga Who.” Meanwhile, West covered all five of his albums by reproducing singles such as “Jesus Walks,” “Diamonds from Sierra Leone,” “Touch the Sky,” “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” “Good Life,” “Heartless,” “All of the Lights” and “Monster.”

When it came to stage presence, Jay-Z endorsed a true rapper persona. His lyrics were delivered with clear, crisp precision, and his movements were more fluent with his rhythm.

West however, had a difficult time juggling his choreography, his vocals and his rapport with the audience. His rendition of “Stronger” was messy, and his autotuned improvisation on “Runaway” was tiring and ineffective. When he and Jay-Z took the stage together, West seemed like an apprentice rather than complement.

Minnal Packiam, a 7thsemester chemical engineering major, agreed that Jay-Z trumped West when it came to performing live. “It was clear that he had more stage experience and swag. He definitely killed it with songs like ‘Public Service Announcement’,” he said.

Still, West brought a showy, idealist aspect to the show, and it paired well with Jay-Z’s fundamentalist approach. Toward the end of the concert the duo played off of each other while performing “Run This Town,” “Gold Digger” and “99 Problems.” And to ensure that the message of “Watch the Throne” was delivered to its full capacity they ran through “N***** in Paris” twice, and then did an encore with JayZ’s classic hit “Encore.”

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Spokesman: Bieber will take a paternity test in the U.S.

ATLANTA (AP) – Justin Bieber will take a paternity test and then he plans to sue the woman who has filed a paternity suit against him, a representative for the teen pop star said Monday.

Matthew Hiltzik said the 17-year-old singer will take a paternity test when he returns to the U.S. within the next two weeks. He also said Bieber's team plans to "vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to protect Justin."

The paternity suit was filed last week in San Diego Superior

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Court by Mariah Yeater. She said she had just turned 19 when she and Bieber, then 16, had a brief sexual encounter after one of the singer's concerts last fall in a backstage bathroom at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

Bieber has said he's never met Yeater and has denied allegations that he fathered Yeater's 3-month-old child.

The singer was in London Monday where Bieber fever raged from the west end to the east Monday, as the pop star switched on the Christmas lights at the city's two biggest shopping malls.

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Action flick needs more momentum

By Brendon Field Campus Correspondent There’s one scene early in “In Time” where Justin Timberlake’s character states, “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything stupid.” That is a lie.

He does several things that are stupid, as do many of the characters around him. This sums up the overall feeling I got from “In Time.” Here is a film with an intelligent premise and strong relevant themes, yet the whole thing just seems stupid.

“In Time” takes place in a future where people stop aging at 25, after which they are given one more year to live. Everyone has an implanted counter that states how much time they have left. Time has now replaced currency, so working and earning gains time, and spending depletes it. This way, the poor die quickly while the rich live forever.

All of this is delivered in a convenient opening monologue that throws subtlety straight out the window.

“In Time” deals with the issue of class warfare, and how the rich increase their power at the expense of the poor. It reiterates this theme constantly, beyond the point of overkill. “In Time” is one of those films where the director, Andrew Niccol, is aware that the message is more important than the film itself, and attempts to make the audi-

ence realize it as well. It’s a very blunt and risky style of filmmaking that often heeds mixed results. It worked in Niccol’s film “Gattaca,” but not here. The world of “In Time” lacks logic and there are several blatant contradictions to the redistribution of wealth message.

The film’s story follows Will Salas, a poor factory worker who is given over a century to live by a suicidal rich man, who tells him there is more than enough time for everyone to live, being stored by the rich. Shortly after, his mother’s clock runs out as a result of inflation. Salas attempts to enact revenge while on the run from the police, called Timekeepers and a time-thieving mobster named Fortis.

This is all well and good, except for the fact the plot is pushed forward by every character doing something inherently stupid. What’s Salas’ first act of revenge after gaining time, going off to the wealthy district to live like the people he despises. He only begins his revenge, which boils down to him turning into a futuristic Robin Hood, after he is apprehended by the police and takes Sylvia Weis, an entrepreneur ’s daughter hostage. She and Salas form a relationship and become partners in crime. The film’s plot is full of obvious holes, and much like the world the

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Amanda Seyfried plays a rich, rebellious daughter in 'In Time.' The movie is based off of the divide between the rich and the poor, and uses time as currency.

film takes place in, is simply irrational.

For a movie that takes place in a universe where every second matters, “In Time” runs at a snail’s pace. The characters seem to move and talk in slow motion and even the action scenes, which are few and far between, appear to have lag. The film does make mention of the fact that the rich act slower, because they can afford to, but that can only serve as an excuse for a couple scenes. The pacing is all over the place and there are far too many oneon-one scenes of Will and Sylvia; who only have moderate screen chemistry. “In Time” does do a good job at inserting visual and scripted events that are important for later scenes, and they prevent the film from being completely nonsensical.

The character of Will Salas is played by Justin Timberlake, and it’s evident

that Timberlake’s strong performance in “The Social Network” was a fluke. His performance is wooden and doesn’t act or speak with any passion. The same can be said for the rest of the cast, who do nothing to help the fact they’re portraying cutout characters. The screenplay is just as bland, and doesn’t have nearly enough wit. The film appears to be completely unconcerned with itself, and as a whole feels underwhelming.

I admire “In Time” for its attempt to tackle a controversial and germane social topic. But its attempts to do so are heavily flawed.

“In Time” had potential and while its heart is in the right place, its head certainly isn’t. The film runs at just under two hours, and I can think of several ways to better spend that time.

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Yoon and Lin part after almost decade as teammates

By Michael Corasaniti Campus Correspondent

After playing tennis together since their days at New York City’s Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, two Huskies are ending their tenure as teammates after last weekend’s Connecticut Championships at Yale.

Jai Yoon, a seventh-semester economics major, is graduating this fall after a strong collegiate career at both UConn and the University of Indiana, leaving behind longtime teammate, friend and fellow Bayside native Wei Lin. “I can still remember watching him play when he was in middle school,” Yoon said.

“We’re always pushing each other. We know each other’s game inside and out. It’s kind of like a continuation of high school, always being around each other. It’s like having a

little brother.”

Despite playing with different partners last weekend in doubles, Yoon and Lin were frequently paired together in doubles play over their time at UConn. Most recently, at UConn’s Oct. 4 dual match against the University of Hartford, the pair dominated Hawks Michael Kennelly and Josh Isaacson en route to an 8-2 victory. Lin, the “little brother,” explained how he and Yoon have been so successful together over the years.

“We’re real to each other,” Lin said. “If one of us is struggling we’re never afraid to say something… In practice we’re always pushing each other to be better.”

Prior to last weekend’s tournament, Yoon expressed that he was excited to play as a Husky for the final time in his career.

“This is going to be my last tournament going in so I’m looking forward to a good experience,” Yoon said. “Nothing

different, I’m just looking to do well and help the team. And I’m sure Wei will put on a good show so that should be fun.”

Although Lin laughed at this comment, it certainly rang true in his play. In singles, Lin made it to the finals of his consolation bracket, racking up two straight set victories along the way. And as for Yoon, his last victory as a Husky came against Quinnipiac’s Ben Shapiro in an exciting first round match that ended with Yoon on the better side of a 10-7 tiebreaker.

The tournament was a testament to the strong fall season that Yoon and Lin, as well as the rest of team, have had this year. Starting with strong performances at the Fairfield Doubles Invitational (at which Yoon made the finals of his bracket alongside freshman partner Peter Surovic), the Huskies rarely had a bad outing.

“The fall is not so much about

winning and losing, just about getting a little better every step of the way,” Lin said. “We’re definitely ready for the spring.”

Now that Yoon’s days of swinging his racket for the white and blue are over, he has a few ideas for how to spend his time as an alumnus.

“I’m thinking about going abroad after I graduate later this fall,” Yoon said. “I just feel like experiencing the world. Maybe I’ll see Korea.”

As for Lin, the fifth-semester computer science and engineering major, post-graduation plans are not yet at the top of his list.

“What am I doing after I graduate? I have no clue,” Lin said to laughter on both their parts.

Whatever the two do after they leave the University of Connecticut, it’s hard to imagine they’ll stay apart for very long.

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Senior Jai Yoon hits the ball during UConn's 6-1 win over Sienna on Sept. 21 at home in Storrs.

» MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

UConn falls to Army over the weekend, 176.5-123.5

By James Huang Campus Correspondent

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Swimmers prepare to dive during the preseason Alumni/Homecoming Meet in Storrs.

The UConn men’s swimming and diving team lost an away meet to Army over the weekend by a score of 176.5-123.5. This was the first loss of the season for the Huskies and puts them at a current record of 2-1. Coach Goldberg felt that the Army was a very strong team before the meet and had the same feelings after the meet.

“Army was a very good and very deep team,” Goldberg said. “To beat army we needed a perfect meet and a little luck because the Army team had so much depth.”

After the meet, Goldberg said the team still had a good performance.

“I think the entire team swam pretty well. Lach

Shumkov, Justyn Alexandre, Luke Zalewski and Sawyer Franz swam very well, but the whole team swam pretty good,” said Coach Goldberg.

Freshman Lachezar Shumkov won both the 100-yard Breaststroke and 200-yard Breaststroke with times of 57.84 and 2:06.21.

Freshman Sawyer Franz won the 200 Yard IM with a time of 1:57.14. And to cap it off, junior Karim Zayed won the 200-yard Freestyle with a time of 1:41.33. Goldberg knows the formula his team needs to follow to succeed.

“We are on the correct path to be ready for our conference meet in February,” Goldberg said. “We just need to keep working the way we have been.”

James.Huang@UConn.edu

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» WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

Huskies take down Army at West Point, 182.5-109.5

By Krishna Scully Staff Writer

The UConn women’s swimming and diving team defeated Army on Saturday by a score of 182.5 to 109.5, in West Point, N.Y. UConn was led by three double winners in senior Caitlin Gallagher, junior Kim Fleming and junior Jordan Bowen Gallagher won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.75 and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:19.11 while Bowen won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.11 and the 500-yard freestyle in

Tepperman: Panic mode in New England from ARE, page 14 Since 2001, all four major New England teams have won at least one title, and have combined for seven overall: three by the Patriots, who also have an undefeated regular season to boot (we won’t talk about what happened in the playoffs. In fact, I think they decided not to play the Super Bowl that year…); two by the Red Sox, who broke their 86-year curse in 2004; and one by the Celtics and Bruins, who before those hadn’t won since 1986 and 1972, respectively.

For about a decade, Boston sports teams have been at or near the top of the sports world.

All of that, however, may be about to change.

(Warning: the sentiments of “doom and gloom” that are about to follow could be premature.

Therefore, disregard this entirely if the Pats go on to win Super Bowl XLVI and the B’s go on another deep playoff run.)

Let’s start with the Red Sox’s historic collapse, which, even a month-and-a-half later, continues to steal some headlines in Boston. The Sox and manager Terry Francona – who won two titles with the team – parted ways immediately after the season.

Shortly after, general manager Theo Epstein, a local boy who helped end the “Curse,” bolted for the still-cursed Chicago Cubs, where he was named president of baseball operations.

On top of that, the Sox only have three healthy starters locked up for 2012 – and all three have been accused of occasionally drinking beer in the clubhouse during games. Starters John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, meanwhile, will make a combined $26 million to warm the bench after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

Therefore, in addition to all the off-the-field problems, the team has a lot of holes in its pitching staff, and almost no payroll flexibility to fix them.

Then there’s the Patriots, whose defense once again looks a few pieces short of title-worthy. The line still can’t get any pressure on the quarterback, and the secondary, despite many of its younger players being a year older, looks worse than it did a season ago.

That’s not too surprising considering Bill Belichick inexplicably decided to cut four starters right before the season.

The defense literally isn’t capable of making a big stop in key situations (I half-expect teams to convert on 3rd-and-25). That couldn’t have been made any clearer than Sunday when, with a three-point lead in the final minute, the D couldn’t keep Eli Manning out of the end zone to at least force overtime (I think he’s officially earned the right to call himself the Pats’ daddy).

As for the winter teams, the Bruins have scuffled out of the gates to a 5-7-0 start, while the Celtics are old, locked out and, uh, old.

Like I said before, this all may be (and probably is) an overreaction. The Pats very well could make a run to the Super Bowl (they certainly have the talent to), and the B’s will likely find themselves in the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs when all is said and done.

But that “doom-and-gloom” mentality that dominated Boston sports fans before the Sox won in 2004 seems to have once again crept into the back of people’s minds.

Ryan.Tepperman@UConn.edu

5:03.70. Fleming won the 100yard backstroke in 59.18 seconds while she won the 200yard backstroke in 2:19.11.

“I came back this year with the focus on working on the small things that can have a major impact on the race as a whole. I have been working on my starts and turns and especially on my underwater work”, said Fleming. “I try to keep my mind clear. However, at this meet, I remember my coach mentioned that Army is a team that will fight until they touch the wall at the finish. I kept that in mind while I was racing this weekend and

made sure to keep pushing on the last few yards to the wall.

Army was a team that will never give up so we had to make sure to follow through and finish the race hard even if you had a lead going into the last lap.

UConn won both diving events as junior Danielle Cecco took the one-meter with 297.38 points and junior Nicole Borriello won the three-meter with 282.71 points.

Cecco, after the meet said that nothing has changed in terms of technique and mindset. “I just take a deep breath and think about two important

things I want to get on this dive. I just do what I have been practicing and go after the dive according to the good feedback and support I receive from the coaches.”

Junior Mary deMarrais won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:32.80, senior Erin DeVinney won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:06.80 and freshman Chinyere Pigot won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.73 seconds.

The Huskies will be back in action this Sunday, Nov. 13th as they host Penn State in a home meet beginning at noon.

Krishna.Scully@UConn.edu

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A UConn swimmer competes during the Big East Quad Meet on Oct. 28 in Storrs.

» NCAA FOOTBALL, NFL

LSU, Giants come up with big wins

By Mike McCurry Staff Writer

The two best games this weekend and, by no coincidence the two with the most hype, were LSU-Alabama and GiantsPatriots. LSU-Bama, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in college football, was a heavyweight bout featuring two defenses that are bigger and scarier than what I imagine Rex Ryan to look like first thing in the morning. What was deemed as the “game of the century” long before kickoff really transformed into a battle of willpower and mental toughness, with the Tigers of Baton Rouge not winning that game as much as say, surviving.

A win’s a win though, especially one with this much firepower and significance, and I’m sure Les Miles wouldn’t have it any other way. LSU’s vision of the national championship just got a lot clearer, yet for Alabama the picture is blurrier than Shaq’s from the free throw line.

While the SEC tilt was all about hard-nosed, in-your-face, impenetrable defense, the Giants-Pats was supposed to be a shootout. Tom Brady. Eli Manning.

The last time these two teams met (sorry Pats fans) was in 2008 in a game that was, well, kind of a big deal. My Giants won that Super Bowl with superior defensive line play, great linebackers, and a disciplined secondary that was sensational in limiting big plays. The Pats’ D wasn’t too

shabby either. Turn the page to today, and it’s a totally different story. The Patriots 11-man group can’t stop a nosebleed, and the G-Men, albeit some stellar outings, have a banged-up defensive front and have made castoffs like Beanie Wells and Tavaris Jackson look like Brian Westbrook and Donovan McNabb in their prime. Turns out, the Giants initially survived thanks to their defense. Four New England turnovers, a 27-yarder wide left off the foot of Gostkowski, and some unBrady like moments enabled New York to still be in the game despite a lackluster offense equivalent to that of the Colts.

In the final moments, Eli took over and ended up finding up-and-coming tight end Jake Ballard in the end zone for the massive victory.

One game consisted of two amazing defenses with unproven quarterbacks. The other had two experienced, poised signal callers with questionable-at-best defenses.

LSU and the Giants came out on top, which was very fine with both me and my wallet. These two squads came out victorious by limiting themselves to stupid penalties and turnovers unlike their opponents. All four teams being discussed here know how to win and have done it plenty before, but in the end it was guys like LSU safety Eric Reid and running back Michael Ford, as well as Giants Eli Manning and Jake Ballard that ultimately

took over and made sure they weren’t going back home with a loss.

Two plays stand out to me the most, one for each game. In Tuscaloosa Saturday night, the home team Crimson Tide was deep in LSU territory at the start of the fourth quarter. Heisman candidate Trent Richardson was stuffing the rock right down the throats of the Tigers but, for no apparent reason after a Marshawn Lynchesque run, the Crimson Tide resorted to some trickery. Alabama had wide receiver Marquis Maze line up in the wildcat, take the snap, and throw to a receiver open right around the end zone.

It looked as if tight end Michael Williams was totally in the clear for a gigantic go-ahead touchdown grab until Reid pretty much just ripped the ball away from Williams as the two hit the ground, both still wrestling for the ball. Reid succeeded in his final attempt to fully swipe it worked, as Bama never had full possession of the football. What would have been a 13-6 deficit on a night where the chances of LSU scoring a touchdown were as slim as Derrick Rose actually passing the SATs turned into LSU’s ball, not only saving that game but their entire season as well. The Tigers have just Eric Reid to thank for that.

The play that everyone will remember for the Giants in this one is Eli’s final touchdown pass to Ballard. But the one

McDonough: Show the teams some love from BOOING, page 14 The fans who booed should be ashamed of themselves.

I’ve heard all the arguments.

The players are on full scholarship. People are paying good money to attend the games. I understand the frustration, but booing isn’t needed. What recruit wants to go to a school where the fans turn on their team in a 7-7 game?

The best part of all of this is, like the men’s basketball team in 2002, the football team heard the boos and still won, 28-21.

“We try to not care,” McEntee said. “We definitely don’t like it but we understand why they were mad and we just try to block it out.”

“The fans were upset,” said Moe Petrus. “I understand why they were upset. It’d be better if they stuck with us through the thick and the thin but I understand why they were upset. We didn’t play well in the first half, had a couple turnovers and stuff like that.”

Petrus said he’s not worried about fans who are fickle. He knows that when the team turns it around during a game, they fans will be behind them. Paul Pasqualoni credited the fans in the second half for helping disrupt the Orange.

“I thought the fans were great...

What I love about this place is that the people in the state of Connecticut love the University of Connecticut,” Pasqualoni said.

They weren’t showing UConn love in the second quarter. I don’t agree with booing. Why waste energy booing the team? Save that energy for cheering.

This is a free country. People can do whatever they want. Fans are free to do and say whatever they want.

But this is also UConn Country. Don’t boo the Huskies.

Fans that boo their own team look phony. Often times those are the same fans that will cheer on the next play. There’s a name for people like that: frauds.

Don’t be a fraud.

Leave that to the people at Boston College.

Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu

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that most have probably already forgotten occurred four plays before that. A desperate 3rd and 10 situation with a little over a minute left for the Giants from their own 39 against the most clutch quarterback playing today was all that was staring in the face of New York. Eli dropped back to throw, saw everyone was blanketed in coverage, and then given the circumstances let Jake Ballard have a go at it. Manning, with the intention of leading Ballard in his mind, made a poor throw that was headed right for Pat’s safety Patrick Chung’s hands.

Instead, somehow, some way, Ballard turned around and sniped it right out of the hair for an outstanding 28-yard catch.

How he did it, I still don’t know. What I do know, however, is without Jake Ballard the Patriots would still be able to boast about their home win streak.

Hats off to Alabama and New England for playing their hearts out, and also for providing us with enough drama to last a season. I’d feel a lot better though if I was a Pat, seeing that unlike Alabama a loss this weekend does nothing to my title chances. If I’m taking my hats off to these two losers though, not being Janet Jackson I don’t know what I’d take off for LSU and my beloved Giants. They both found ways to win in the end and, to be honest, I couldn’t be happier.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

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Nov. 20 Vermont 2 p.m.

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Pittsburgh two times and we put ourselves in good position to win the division.”

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The Daily Question Q : At 4-5, how do you see the UConn football team finishing the season? expecting them to finish strong while highlighting talents that A : “I’m UConn fans should be excited about next year.”

“What this really means to me is that we are 6-2, we beat

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Missouri’s Phil Pressey, center, gets a hand in the face by Central Missouri State’s Widgett Washington, bottom, as he passes during the first half of an exhibition NCAA college basketball game, Monday.

PROVO, Utah (AP)—The Big East has had discussions with BYU about giving up its football independence and joining the rebuilding conference.

Cougars football coach Bronco Mendenhall said the Big East approached the school about joining the league.

“There is a push and there are conversations that are in place for the Big East to convince or to have BYU join that conference,” BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said Monday during his weekly news conference. “I trust our athletic director and President Samuelson to deal with all of that. I have been informed along the way.

At some point there will be a decision with what our intentions will be.”

BYU is in its first year as a football independent after leaving the Mountain West Conference. Its other sports teams compete in the West Coast Conference.

The Big East is working to add new members and become a 12-team football conference, following the announced departures of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

The Big East wants to add Boise State, Air Force and Navy in football only and SMU, Houston and Central Florida in all sports, but would still need another member to eventually have 12.

Adding BYU would give the Big East a historically successful football program and allow the league to further bolster the western wing it’s building with Boise State, Air Force and the Texas schools.

The Big 12 and BYU had discussions about the Cougars joining that conference.

Instead, the Big 12 added West Virginia from the Big East and TCU, which was slated to join the Big East in 2012.

Mendenhall said there does not seem to be any timetable on a possible decision by BYU, regarding the Big East.

“I don’t know how fast nor do I think a time frame is relevant at this point,” he said.

“Certainly there are plenty of questions on our part that are in place but with the landscape changing, the main benefit I can see on a short term scale would be inclusion to the BCS system.

“That is up in two years and whether the Big East can hold that spot with the new teams going in, my guess would be yes. I can’t speak as to what we are going to do other than just to verify we have been approached. I wasn’t involved in anything else.”

» NCAA FOOTBALL

Penn State sex scandal engulfing revered Paterno

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)— Joe Paterno, major college football’s oldest, winningest and perhaps most revered coach, was engulfed Monday in a growing furor over the alleged cover-up of a sex abuse scandal at Penn State.

The Pennsylvania state police commissioner said Paterno fulfilled his legal requirement when he relayed to university administrators that a graduate assistant had seen former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky attacking a young boy in the team’s locker room shower in 2002. But the commissioner also questioned whether Paterno had a moral responsibility to do more.

On the Happy Valley campus and in the surrounding town of State College, some were even asking whether the 84-year-old coach should step down after 46 years on the sidelines.

Two Penn State officials, Senior Vice President Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley, surrendered on charges that they failed to alert police to the complaint about Sandusky, Paterno’s former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent.

Schultz and Curley are also charged with lying to the state grand jury that indicted Sandusky on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years. Both stepped

AP

A statue of Joe Paterno is seen outside Beaver Stadium on Monday in State College, Pa. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly confirmed Monday that coach Joe Paterno is not a target of the criminal case.

down from their posts Sunday, Curley taking a temporary leave and Schultz retiring. They appeared Monday in a Harrisburg courtroom, where a judge set bail at $75,000.

They weren’t required to enter pleas.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said Paterno is not a target of the investigation into

how the school handled the accusations. But she refused to say the same for the university president, Graham Spanier.

“All I can say is again, I’m limited to what’s contained in the presentment, and that this is an ongoing investigation,” Kelly said.

State police Commissioner

Frank Noonan said that although Paterno may have met his legal requirement to report suspected abuse by Sandusky, “somebody has to question about what I would consider the moral requirements for a human being that knows of sexual things that are taking place with a child.”

He added: “I think you have the moral responsibility, anyone.

Not whether you’re a football coach or a university president or the guy sweeping the building. I think you have a moral responsibility to call us.”

At a news conference, Noonan and Kelly were peppered with questions about whether Paterno was given details about what graduate assistant Mike McQueary—now the team’s wide receivers coach—saw on the night of March 1, 2002.

The grand jury report said McQueary was in the locker room that night to put away some new sneakers when he heard “rhythmic, slapping sounds” and looked into the showers.

He reportedly saw a naked boy, about 10 years old, with his hands against the wall as Sandusky subjected him to anal sex. McQueary left immediately and first contacted his father before calling Paterno the next morning and then meeting at Paterno’s home.

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Booing the boo-birds

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» WOMEN'S RUGBY

UConn’s season comes to end in Boston

By Brendon Prescott Campus Correspondent

Matt McDonough In December of 2002, the 5-0 UConn men’s basketball team hosted 1-4 UMass at the Hartford Civic Center. The Minutemen led the Huskies 30-9 at halftime.

What did the players hear from the hometown fans when they went into the locker room? Boos.

What did Jim Calhoun do? He egged the crowd on and waved his arms asking for more boos, according to a column by The Hartford Courant’s Desmond Conner.

How did the team respond?

UConn came back in the second half, went on a 29-2 run and beat UMass 59-48.

Reporters asked Calhoun about the fans after the game.

“We got stuck in mud and I’d hope they’d always be there to help us,” Calhoun said that day.

They weren’t there to help.

The Huskies willed themselves to victory. The crowd didn’t will them. Calhoun taught the crowd a lesson that day but the moral wasn’t fully grasped by everyone. Fast forward to the second quarter of the UConn football team’s game against Syracuse on Saturday. The UConn offense got the ball at the Syracuse 49-yard line. After two incompletions, Johnny McEntee fumbled. The boos rang across Rentschler Field, with the majority of the boos coming from non-students. On the next drive, McEntee threw an interception.

More boos.

The game was tied 7-7, yet the boo-birds were in full swing.

It’s pathetic. It’s embarassing.

It’s counterproductive. This isn’t Philadelphia. What’s the use of home-field advantage if the fans boo their own team?

Fans should build up the team, not break them down. Boo Syracuse. Boo the referees when they make a bad call. Don’t boo our own players when they are in the middle of a three-game homestand and trying to make a bowl game.

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The UConn women’s rugby team recently competed in the annual Beantown Tournament in Boston and finished with a record of 2-2 before being eliminated. Despite the premature ending to the season, captain Amy Brown was satisfied with the performance the girls exhibited throughout the season.

“Our girls came out wanting to play every game and we never put our heads down even in some very tight situations,” Brown said. “I am disappointed to see the season end a bit

prematurely. However. I am excited to see how the spring semester will pan out now that this talented rookie class has a little experience.”

UConn’s key players are Alycia Washington, who currently leads the team in scoring, Amy Brown, the team’s leading tackler. Other major contributors include Cassandra Eilers, Emily Webster and Deirdre Shea.

The rugby team is coached by Mark Jordan.

During the regular season, the rugby team had a record of 2-3, with wins coming against UMass Amherst and Northeastern. Because of three

tough losses and their performance in the Beantown tournament, the rugby team did not make the playoffs this season.

“It was disappointing to not make it to playoffs this season, but with so many young players and position switches, I’m very proud of what we accomplished. It was overall a great season and I’m already looking forward to playing in the spring” Shea said on the team’s overall performance this season.

Despite the somewhat disappointing season, the team has a lot to build from with many young freshmen and sophomores on the team.

Junior Michelle Scatamacchia is optimistic about the future of the girls.

“I really think that, come next year, we will be a better team,” Scatamacchia said. “We just need a little time to readjust and get a little more chemistry going out on the field. Team bonding is big on our squad, so we like to always be on the same page and do fun activities outside of Rugby.”

UConn’s three losses this season came to Army, Boston College, and Boston University.

Scatamacchia believes that losses are necessary in order to make a team stronger.

“Even though we lost a few of

No. 7 UConn advances to Big East semifinals

By Gregory Keiser Staff Writer

Are New England sports declining?

By Ryan Tepperman New England Sports Columnist

» TEPPERMAN, page 12

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HUSKIES DISMANTLE SCARLET KNIGHTS

» MCDONOUGH, page 12

Just five months ago, after the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup title for the first time in 39 years, New England fans were riding a ridiculous sports high.

Until then, the B’s had become sort of the laughing stock of New England sports, gaining a reputation for never getting it done in the postseason. But after a two-month-long playoff run, which included three dramatic seven-game series, the team finally got that monkey off its back.

To top it off, over 10 players on the roster were under the age of 27 and still under contract, meaning another title run was likely on the horizon. And to top that off, the loaded Red Sox were getting in the swing of things, having just rattled off 10 wins in 11 games. And to top off the top off, the Patriots – despite being in a lockout at the time –looked like one of the frontrunners to make another title run whenever the new collective bargaining agreement got signed.

Sure, the fact that many Boston fans were labeling their city “Title Town” was arrogant, obnoxious or [insert whatever applicable adjective you want to use here].

But it wasn’t totally unfounded.

our games, it allows us to focus on the things we did wrong and then figure out ways to make them better for the future,” said Scatamacchia. “It’s good to learn from the experience because it just makes us stronger in the long run.”

The UConn Rugby team will resume play this spring, looking to bounce back from the fall season. Captains Amy Brown and Emily Webster will focus on getting the team back on track to a winning season. Above all, these girls stress teamwork, practice and, of course, having a little fun.

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Junior forward Stephane Diop runs with the ball during UConn’s 4-0 win over DePaul in the Big East quarterfinals Thursday at home at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium in Storrs.

No. 7 UConn men’s soccer took care of Rutgers 3-1 in the Big East quarterfinals on Sunday in Piscataway, N.J. After a scoreless first half, Rutgers senior midfielder Bryant Knibbs assisted a goal to sophomore forward Kene Eze in the 52nd minute.

Then only 87 seconds later, junior forward Carlos Alvarez took a corner kick, which senior midfielder Tony Cascio headed to sophomore defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste. Baptiste fought through the box to put the ball past Rutgers redshirt-junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen.

In the 61st minute, Cascio fired a shot for a goal from 25 yards out for an unassisted goal to put the Huskies up 2-1.

In the 84th minute, junior forward Stephane Diop sprinted the length of the field, splitting two defenders and beating McMullen to put the game away at 3-1.

The win was the Huskies’ first comeback of the year.

They’ve now scored three or more goals in three of their past four games. This is directly after the team scored a total of one goal over a three game stretch.

“We’re really burying our chances,” said junior defender Max Wasserman. “We have a great attack it just hasn’t always been clicking.

Also notable was freshman goalkeeper Andre Blake making a handful of saves at the end of the game to hold Rutgers to just the one goal.

“In my opinion, I think he’s the best keeper in the Big East,” said freshman goalkeeper Greg O’Brien.

“He makes saves that everyone has no idea how he did it. It’s kind of hard to describe.”

The Huskies take on Louisville Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. The Huskies beat them 1-0 in double overtime at Louisville on Oct. 1.

“They’re going to want revenge,” Wasserman said.

The winner will face either Villanova or St. John’s for the Big East Championship.

Gregory.Keiser@UConn.edu

» MEN’S HOCKEY

UConn drops two over weekend, fall to 3-4-1

ond game in as many days on Saturday as they fell, again to Mercyhurst, 2-0.

The Huskies outshot the Lakers After beginning the season with in the first two periods with a total two straight wins in conference of 29 shots in the first 40 minutes play, the UConn men’s hockey but were outshot 18-12 in the team dropped a two-game set final 20 minutes. over the weekend at Mercyhurst.

Scoreless in the third period, On Friday, the Huskies were Matthew Zay took advantage of down 3-1 heading into the power play and the third period when scored the game winthey rallied to tie the ning goal at the 8:03 game with goals by mark. They would add Daniel Naurato and another goal later on in 3 the third period in an leading scorer Brent UConn Harris. Harris’ goal, his Mercyhurst 4 empty net after Bartus seventh of the season, was pulled to add an Friday (OT) extra attacker to try and came with just 1:29 left in the third period to the game.

UConn 0 tieWith force overtime. the two loses Just 2:02 into over- Mercyhurst 2 the Huskies now sit at time, Mercyhurst 3-4-1 (2-2) and suffer Saturday notched the game wintheir first conference ning, power play, goal losses of the year. to hand the Huskies their first UConn will hit the ice again conference loss of the season. on Saturday, Nov. 12, when the Goalie Garrett Bartus tallied 30 faceoff against AIC in Springfield, saves in the game. The first Huskies Mass. The puck is set to drop at goal came in the second period on a 7:05 p.m. power play by Cory Jendras.

UConn dropped its sec- William.Penfield@UConn.edu

By Willy Penfield Staff Writer

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Freshman defenseman Tyler Leeman passes the puck during UConn’s 4-2 win over Holy Cross on Oct. 27 at home at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs.