The Daily Campus: November 9, 2011

Volume CXVIII No. 51

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Democrats regain control of council

By Liz Crowley Senior Staff Writer

Exploring a ‘prized’ trilogy Author Caragh O’Brien discusses her new book “Prized.”

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Democrats retained control of Mansfield’s Town Council after Tuesday’s election, where all six Democrat incumbents and three Republican incumbents kept their previous positions.

The six Democrats earned the most votes, led by Paul Shapiro.

Issues in this election included the Four Corners project, the South Eagleville sidewalk project and the general fiscal management of the town. Antonia Moran, deputy mayor, said democrats kept control of the council because people are happy with it.

“In this town, I think the majority of people are satisfied with the way the town is run,” Moran said.

Moran said the council hasdone well managing the town’s economic affairs, providing town services and keeping up a good

education system.

Shapiro, who joined the council in January, came in first with 1,508 votes. He was followed by democratic Mayor Elizabeth Paterson with 1,470 votes, Peter Kochenburger with 1,396, William Ryan with 1,389, Carl Schaefer with 1,367 and Moran with 1,307. Meredith Lindsey earned 927 votes, the most for the Republican committee, followed by Denise Keane with 880 and Christopher Paulhus with 875. It is required by Mansfield that three of its nine council member positions are held by the minority party.

The council will hold a caucus to decide who will be mayor this term, although Shapiro said he expects Patterson will keep her position. He said he thinks he garnered the most votes because of his position on the ballot, as well as his open-mindedness.

“I’m very open to any ideas

that anyone has – Republicans included – and I’ve made that very known,” Shapiro said.

Republican Ed Neumann was the lone non-incumbent who ran in the election. He gained 746 votes. Shapiro said it is hard for a new Republican to run in a predominantly democratic town.

“People who live near a university community are more likely than not to be democrat,” he said.

Tony Lent, chairman of the Mansfield Republican Committee, said he chose to run four candidates, rather than the full six that he could have, because he didn’t want to take on too much too fast, especially as he just started his position in January. “[I’m] not trying to bite the whole thing off in one chew,” he said. “I wanted to get a few

Mansfield Town Election Results

Town Council:

*Paul Shapiro: 1,508 *Elizabeth Paterson: 1,470 *Peter Kochenburger: 1,396 *William Ryan: 1,389 *Carl Schaefer: 1,367 *Antonia Moran: 1,307 *Meredith Lindsey: 927 *Denise Keane: 880 *Christopher Paulhus: 875 Ed Neumann: 746 * refers to election winners

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COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: AURIEMMA SPEAKS ON PATERNO SITUATION Geno Auriemma offers his thoughts on Joe Paterno’s future.

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A giant ice-comet has hit the earth, leaving only a small patch at the Hilltop area of the UConn campus untouched by the tremendous floodwaters of the Pacific Ocean. This is the scenario posed at the second annual Life Raft Debate. The sole survivors of this natural disaster are the members of USG’s Academic Affairs Committee, who happened to be on a group-bonding boating excursion at the time, and a small group of professors.

With only one seat left of the boat, each professor was forced to debate why he, as well as his major, deserve to be saved.

The professors participating in the event were Thomas Long from the School of Nursing, C. Michael While from the School of Pharmacy, Sachin S. Pandya from the School of Law, Brendan Kane from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Daniel Burkey from the School of Engineering. Each professor was given five minutes to argue why he would provide the most benefit to the society destined to spring from the lone survivors, followed by questions from the judges and audience. Scores were based on logic, humor and presentation. A panel of judges, who also represented the surviving students in the boat, decided the final winner. The judges were Elizabeth Golas, a 7th-semester communications major; Ethan Senack, a 7th-semester political science major; Kyle Smith, a 5thsemester biological sciences major; Michael Bradley, a 1st-semester mechanical engineering major; John Giardina, a 1st-semester economic and molecular cell biology major; Bryan Clark, a 7th-semester political science major; and Sam Tracy, a 5th-semester political science major and USG president.

1st-semester biology major Kristina Dortche said, “I think the School of Engineering will win. They foster innovators, thinkers. I’m pretty sure that they are going to think of ways to get us out of a bad situation.”

Phil Chew, a 3rd-semester math major, sided with nursing. He said, “We need people

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This disaster scenario debate focused on which department at UConn would be the most beneficial to society in the event that they are the lone survivors of a freak apocalyptic incident.

to help us to stay alive. That’s the most important part in rebuilding society.”

The approaches to the debate varied. Pandya and Kane focused on the benefits their disciplines would have to future society, while Long, White and Burkey described how the majors they represented would assist in immediate survival –­ although White expanded his emphasis on immediate survival into the future of the budding civilization by focusing heavily on reproduction, or, as host Leo Lachut, director of Student Services, said, “Sex, sex, sex.”

The debate opened with Kane, a history professor from CLAS. He began his argument by stating that he was going to demonstrate the importance of history and how learning from the past can rebuild the future. At the same time, he offered up a shift in the debate. He said, “All of these disciplines can help you survive, but only history can help you live.”

From there, he directed the audience’s attention to a clip of “Gilligan’s Island,” equating each discipline with one

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of the characters and explaining their uselessness in going beyond simple survival. He then flashed an image of himself in a small inflatable tube, a long blue wig and a pencil and paper in hands, telling the audience that this was the famous historian that chronicled “Gilligan’s Island,” drawing loud laughter from the audience.

“You’re the new Rome,” Kane said in his closing statements, asking the judges to let him record their legacy.

Next to the podium was Pandya, representing the School of Law. “I am going to do something radical,” he said to begin his speech. “I am going to tell you the truth.”

Pandya admitted to the audience and judges that, as a lawyer, he offered little in the immediate survival beyond moral support and aid in conflict resolution. His role, he explained, would come later, when society had begun to rebuild itself and law was needed to maintain order.

While in a small group the need for formal law may never arise, having a professor who knew the law well

would be a valuable resource when the need for formal laws and rules arose. He said, when asked by an audience member about immediate survival, “I am okay at making fires, at hunting I am horrible, but I can sharpen sticks for someone else.”

Following Pandya, Daniel Burkey of the School of Engineering took to the stage.

His approached focused on the benefits he would bring to immediate survival, chastising the previous professor for ignoring this very important aspect of a post-apocalyptic world. He highlighted how he would collect water by engineering a solar sill, start fires for warmth using steel wool and a nine-volt battery and make alcohol for sterilizing wounds and the occasional drink – it is the end of the world after all, he said.

He finished by displaying the vast uses for chemical engineering and the fact that he was a Boy Scout.

White, from the School of Pharmacy, emphasized the importance of having a person with a concrete understanding

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This fall, actuarial science major Tiffany Daley, CLAS ’15, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA).

The IABA’s goal is to increase the number of black actuaries in a profession where they are underrepresented.

“We feel that one way to do this is to increase the diversity in actuarial science programs,” said Kate Weaver, IABA executive director, “Scholarships are one method for ensuring this happens.”

Tiffany Daley is the first recipient and is one of 250 undergraduates majoring in actuarial science, a program in the math department.

Daley planned to major in mathematics when she applied to UConn, but considered actuarial science because it combined her love of math and business.

“I really like how actuarial science can be applied to real life,” Daley said. “I like the data analysis side of it, and I can help people make their insurance plans.

Mathematical proofs were never my thing.”

Of the actuarial science majors, less than 10 are black. According to James Trimble, director of the actuarial science program in CLAS and Daley’s adviser, only 1.8 percent of actuaries are black and less than 2 percent are Hispanic.

Trimble, a member of the IABA’s advisory council, approached the IABA last year to inquire about scholarships here at UConn.

The resulting scholarship is a four-year commitment from the IABA Foundation to offer one scholarship of up to $5,000 per year. The CLAS Dean’s Office is providing an additional $5,000 a year for a renewable UConn Actuarial Diversity Scholarship that will render assistance to black, Hispanic and Native American students. The potential scholarships will help the actuarial program to recruit students.

Most actuarial science majors enter the program having previously considered engineering or business, according to Trimble.

Trimble is trying to recruit them earlier, especially when they are in high school. He actively makes strides to inform Hartford-area high school students about the

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Student Union Room 307 Every Wednesday in the International Ceter of the Student Union come get a free cup of coffee and mingle with friends and meet new people.

Lecture: “Pre-Stonewall: The Compton Cafeteria Riots” 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Student Union Room 403 This presentation will bring to light the riots in San Francisco by transgender individuals and transvestites that happened three years before the rebellion.

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DAILY BRIEFING » STATE

Handful of Conn. schools still closed after storm

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in the handful of Connecticut schools still closed after last month’s snowstorm are hoping power is restored quickly enough to resume classes Wednesday.

Simsbury, Farmington, Avon, West Hartford and a few other districts remained closed Tuesday for their seventh day as utility crews worked to restore electricity after the late October storm that battered the region.

Some districts have adjusted their calendars to turn half-day sessions later this year into full days, and might trim vacations to recoup some lost days.

Connecticut schools must hold at least 180 days of classes yearly, and must close by June 30.

Some other Connecticut districts also had no classes Tuesday so their schools could be used as Election Day polling places, but already built that time into their schedules before the storm.

Police: Conn. drive-in robbed through window

NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — Naugatuck police say a masked man robbed a fast-food restaurant by climbing into the drivethrough window and stealing cash after threatening an employee.

NBC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/tDYgr9 ) that police say the man broke into a McDonald’s shortly and held a knife to an employee’s neck. Police say he led the worker into a back office and took cash from a safe.

The suspect, who robbed the store just before 3 a.m. Monday, got out the same way he came in. Surveillance photos furnished by police show the robber squeezing through the drive-through window with the money.

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Coast Guard OKs wind down of BP spill cleanup

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard has approved a plan to end cleanup along the Gulf Coast from the BP oil spill, a move officials said opens a new phase of work for BP — restoring areas damaged by the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.

According to the document obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the plan “provides the mechanisms for ceasing active clean-up operations.”

In it, the Coast Guard spells out protocol for ending the cleanup. It has been going on since April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon exploded off the Louisiana coast.

Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Suzanne Kerver says the shoreline plan outlines “the standard for clean.”

She said about 10 percent of the Gulf Coast fouled by the BP spill remains to be cleaned.

West Hollywood OKs ban on fur clothing sales

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — West Hollywood has approved an ordinance that bans the sale of fur clothing, becoming what is believed to be the first U.S. city to enact such a law.

Council deputy Michelle Rex says the precedent-setting ordinance received final approval early Tuesday. The ban would affect sales of clothing made from the skin or pelt of animals with hair, wool or fur.

Rex says the ordinance wouldn’t take effect until 2013.

The city has yet to decide what the penalties may be for violators. Officials also want to study the potential impact of a ban, which is opposed by some retailers.

West Hollywood has long been known for its animal-friendly laws. It bans declawing of cats, and pets are formally recognized as “companions” while their owners are “guardians.”

Judge: Facebook post should cost job of NJ teacher

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey administrative law judge has ruled that a first-grade teacher who wrote that she was a “warden for future criminals” on Facebook earlier this year should lose her tenured job.

The state education commissioner now has 45 days to accept, reject or modify the decision regarding Jennifer O’Brien.

The Paterson teacher posted her remark to 333 friends on March 28. But it was forwarded and several parents saw it.

O’Brien’s lawyer, Nancy Oxfeld, tells The Record newspaper (http://bit.ly/v8ERLR) that her client will appeal the ruling, which was made public Tuesday. O’Brien had testified that she wrote the post in exasperation because several students kept disrupting her lessons and one boy had recently hit her.

But the judge called O’Brien’s conduct “inexcusable.”

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Lecture discusses postapocalyptic scenerios

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of both manufactured drugs and herbal remedies and teas. He explained how this knowledge is a necessity in treating both physical and mental conditions that are bound to arise in a postapocalyptic world. However, he placed a particular emphasis on drugs that ensure a high fertility rate. White observed there was only one female in the boat, and suggested that through the use of Viagra and female fertility drugs, the human population would skyrocket to a staggering 19,000 people by the year 2051, an average of eighth children per birth. Throughout his argument, the audience roared in laughter, while White maintained an intense focus.

The first round of the debate concluded with Long, an English professor representing the School of Nursing. He explained that he merely represented the School of Nursing, and if crowned winner he personally would not be the nurse joining the boat. He argued that the nurse is the ultimate multitasker, walking behind each of

the seat professors, placing his hands on their shoulders and explaining why a nurse could fulfill the roles of each. A nurse, he said, can treat both the physical and mental health of the survivors, as well as aid in ethical decisions. However, when asked how he personally could contribute, he said, “I can’t. I could recite poetry,” at which point the audience broke out into laughter.

During the five-minute break while the judges deliberated, audience members expressed their view on who they believed should win.

Regina Cusson, the Dean of Nursing, said, “Think about your neighborhood. Who do people go to if there’s a problem? If there’s a nurse on the block, that’s who people go to.

Nurses are seen as an accessible resource in the community.

Graham Musson, a 3rdsemester accounting major, said, “I’m torn between the School of Pharmacy and the School of Engineering. They both got straight to the point.

With procreation you have to worry about health systems and

keeping people alive.”

The participating professors expressed confidence, commenting on how receptive the audience was and joking with each other about the weaknesses in their competitors’ arguments.

Kane said about the arguments focused on immediate survival: “It showed a narrowness of mind. They [the students] will survive. They’re young and they need to think about their legacy.”

The two finalists were Kane and White, who duked it out in a final debate, where Kane emphasized the importance of recording the budding civilization and White continued his emphasis on reproduction.

Ultimately, Kane was named the winner, and USG President Sam Tracy presented him with the honorary life tube and plaque.

The event was organized by Grace Collins, a 7th-semester English major and head of the USG Academic Affairs Committee. She called the event a success and said the committee plans to hold it again next year.

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UND to retire Fighting Sioux name BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State senators voted Tuesday to let the University of North Dakota scrap its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname, but ordered the school to wait three years to pick a replacement for a name the NCAA says is offensive to American Indians.

State law requires UND’s athletics teams to be known as the Fighting Sioux. The school has sought to retire its nickname for years, and UND has been under sanctions from the NCAA since August for keeping the name and a logo that depicts the profile of an American Indian warrior.

“Let us ... recognize that being forced to change what you’re called doesn’t mean changing who you are,” said state Sen. Mac Schneider, D-Grand Forks, a former UND football player.

“We are the University of North Dakota, and we’ll always be fighting,” Schneider said.

The state Senate voted 39-7 to approve the legislation, sending it to the House, which has been

“[I’m] not trying to bite the whole thing off in one chew,” he said. “I wanted to get a few more people on council first and get reestablished.”

Overall, Lent said the biggest issue this election was spending.

He said the town spends money in a way it wouldn’t if it were their own money. The Republican candidates would use “common sense” financial spending, he said.

“A lot of people are getting disgusted with the way money is spent,” Lent said.

David Freudmann, a Mansfield resident, said he is standing with the Republicans for this election because he thinks the town is spending too much money.

MOSCOW (AP) — A daring Russian mission to fly an unmanned probe to Phobos, a moon of Mars, and fly samples of its soil back to Earth was derailed right after its launch by equipment failure.

The Phobos-Grunt (PhobosSoil) craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket at 12:16 a.m. Moscow time Wednesday (2016 GMT Tuesday) from the Russianleased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It separated from the booster about 11 minutes later and was to fire its engines twice to set on its path to the Red Planet, but it never did.

Russia’s Federal Space Agency chief Vladimir Popovkin said neither of the two iginitions worked, probably due to the failure of the craft’s orientation system. Russian news reports quoted Popovkin as saying that space engineers have three days to reset the craft’s computer program to make it work before its batteries die.

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more hostile to dumping the nickname. Rep. RaeAnn Kelsch, R-Mandan, the chairwoman of the House Education Committee, said she believed the measure would win House approval.

The proposed three-year wait “gives the emotions a little bit of

time to heal, whether they actually will or not,” Kelsch said.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who could have to sign an approved bill into law, has already expressed support for retiring the UND nickname and an American Indian school logo.

“I hope we get a change in the town council,” Freudmann said before the election results were in.

“I’d like to see more fiscal responsibility.”

He said he thinks there are a number of different places in town that need a sidewalk before South Eagleville Road. He said he also disagreed with the council’s decision to build a parking garage on Dog Lane because Mansfield will be paying for it for a long time.

Keane said she wants to see change in the council after many years of Democrats running it.

I think the council, for a long time, has been stagnant,” Keane said.

She said a big issue for her is the possibility of the town building a new school, and thinks it would be more practical to have money in the budget for proactive school

maintenance and repair.

“There is no good reason to close them and build something new,” Keane said.

Keane said she thinks she’s been chosen as a council member because she does not fit the normal mold. As a social worker, she said she brings a unique perspective to the council and represents the average person. She said she thinks too many people on the council represent the UConn community, but as she is not affiliated with the school, she represents the rest of the town.

“I’m an average person that is well educated,” she said. “I think a lot of the council is out-of-touch with the average person who is not well educated.”

immense career potential in the Hartford financial service industry.

Last year, 31 of the approximately 48 seniors in actuarial sciences had jobs lined up by March.

Last year, UConn’s program garnered recognition from the Society of Actuaries as a Center of Actuarial Excellence.

“I wouldn’t have even known about the scholarship if it hadn’t been for Professor Trimble,” Daley said. “He got to know what kind of person I was and knew this would be a great opportunity.”

A Northborough, Mass. native, Daley said she hopes to receive an internship at Travelers this summer. She said she wants to pass the first two of the approximately 10 professional actuarial examinations before leaving UConn, an opportunity she would not have had at other schools. Most colleges and universities do not permit students to begin taking exms while still in school.

Although Daley is unsure of which actuarial path she’ll take, Daley said that the auto insurance industry seems to peak her interest most and makes the most sense to her.

Currently, Daley is dividing her time between her schoolwork, internship search and her athletic responsibilities. Daley is a 200- and 400-meter sprinter for UConn’s women’s track and field team.

Daley even keeps three calendars to make sure she stays on schedule, although she admits she does not sleep enough.

Daley loves the diversity and opportunities that UConn has afforded her, but she has one complaint, which she says affects her running.

“It’s really windy here,” Daley said.

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In this March 22, 2010, file photo, a hockey sweater displaying the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux logo is seen in a souvenir shop It will cost the University of North Dakota about $750,000 to retire the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.

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Auriemma speaks on Joe Paterno’s retirement this year STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was among those grappling Tuesday with the issue of whether Penn State football coach Joe Paterno should be held responsible for the scandal that has enveloped the football program at that school.

Speaking to reporters after practice, Auriemma was asked if he believed a head coach is responsible for everything that goes on in his program.

He said that the head coach often gets too much praise when things go right and is held responsible when things go wrong, “most of the times unfairly, but not always.”

“I think more importantly from my standpoint as a person, it’s my personal opinion, it’s not, ‘Can you possibly know everything that’s going on in your program?’ I don’t know. I don’t think so,” he said. “But what do you do when you do know? I think that’s where we are going to get judged. I think that is ultimately where the judgment is going to be on us.”

There have been calls for coach Paterno’s resignation there after the arrest of Jerry Sandusky, his former defensive coordinator on two national championship teams in 1980s, on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years. His lawyer has said

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Sandusky is innocent.

Pennsylvania state police Commissioner Frank Noonan said Monday that Paterno fulfilled his legal requirement when he relayed to university administrators that a graduate assistant had seen 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.

Auriemma said that is the real question for coaches.

“I have no idea how much a head coach is supposed to know, not supposed to know, can possibly know,” he said.

“I think the issue is what happens when you know?

That might be a bigger issue than, ‘Are you supposed to know?’”

Auriemma grew up just outside Philadelphia and said he understands the attachment the state of Pennsylvania has to Paterno and his program.

“It’s probably not that much different than what UConn basketball and I’m using that as men’s and women’s obviously, has become in this state,” he said. “Except they’ve been doing it for 50, 60, 70 years at Penn State.”

“There’s just some names of coaches that seem to become the institution, and when you’re a kid growing up in Pennsylvania that’s what it is.”

Hip-Hop star Heavy-D dies at 44 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44. Lt. Mark Rosen of the Beverly Hills police said Heavy D died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing at his condominium building.

Rosen said Beverly Hills police officers were dispatched to Heavy D’s condominium building Tuesday morning after receiving a report of an unconscious person laying on the walkway of a building. They found Heavy D was conscious and communicative but had difficulty breathing and was transported to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where he later died.

Rosen said Beverly Hills detectives found no signs of foul play and believe his death is medically related. He said Heavy D “was returning home from shopping. He experienced difficulty breathing while walking into his condominium building. He was being assisted up to his apartment by building personnel when he collapsed in an exterior hallway.”

The last tweet from Heavy D posted Tuesday morning read, “BE INSPIRED!” Dwight Arrington Myers, the rapper known as Heavy D of Heavy D and the Boyz, and his crew released their debut album “Living Large” in 1987.

Their hits included “Now That We Found Love,” ‘’Who’s the Man” and “Somebody For Me.” The New York-born rapper was one of the genre’s most integral stars in the last 1980s and early 1990s, as it relied on new voices and star power to fuel its phenomenal growth in the mainstream.

The deep-voiced rapper’s earliest hit, “The Overweight Lover’s in the House,” played up his hefty frame. But while that nickname would stick, his weight did not become part of his shtick, like the Fat Boys. What drew people to his music was his singular style, which celebrated an easygoing, party vibe — sometimes humorous, sometimes inspiring and almost always positive.

In the mid-1990s, Heavy D became president of Uptown Records, the label that released most of his albums and was also the home to acts like Mary J. Blige and Jodeci. He also created the theme songs for sketch comedy shows “In Living Color” and “MADtv” and acted on the TV shows “Boston Public” and “The Tracy Morgan Show,” as well as in the films “Life” and “Step Up.” “Most know Heavy D as a rap icon,” said actor-comedian Tommy Davidson.

“I considered him a brother who made an indelible mark on me as a performer and a human being. I miss him already.”

Combined with the fusion of the “New Jack Swing” musical style, Heavy D was a constant presence on the charts, and also a go-to figure for several performers. He collaborated with such artists as Michael Jackson on the 1991 single “Jam” and the 1997 duet “Keep It Coming” with B.B. King.

Heavy D attempted a reggae-fueled comeback in 2008 with the album “Vibes,” which didn’t contain any rapping. He returned to rapping on his latest album, “Love Opus,” which was released in September, and he performed a medley of his past hits at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards last month.

“I’m so glad that we got to work together for his performance at last month’s BET Hip-Hop Awards,” said

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In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, rapper Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, performs at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Stephen Hill, BET’s president of music programming and specials. “Hev was focused, energetic and happy. He worked hard, as he always had, to excite the crowd. Our condolences go to his family and specifically his daughter who he doted on. He was a unique figure in hip-hop and will be missed.”

He also had a cameo appearance in the new movie “Tower Heist,” starring Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller.

Oil soars but motorists don’t need to worry

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are soaring again, but motorists don’t need to worry — yet.

The price of crude has jumped 22 percent since the beginning of October and is nearing $100 a barrel. For most of the summer, oil prices drifted lower on fears that the U.S. was headed toward another recession. But those concerns have started to wane as the economy stabilizes. Political tensions in the Middle East, which produces 29 percent of the world’s oil, also have helped drive up crude prices at the fastest clip since February.

So far, the big jump hasn’t translated into a surge in prices at the gasoline pump. Gasoline has crept up less than 1 percent, or 3.1 cents, to $3.41 per gallon, over the same period.

That’s partly because people drive less once vacations

wind down after Labor Day. This year, Americans have also bought less gasoline because of the weaker economy. That lackluster demand has kept prices in check, even as oil soars. If crude continues to rise, however, gasoline eventually will be forced to follow.

“Enjoy it while you can,” said Ben Brockwell, pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service. “We may be in for a spike” in the spring. Brockwell expects gasoline prices — which peaked at $3.98 per barrel on May 5 — to flirt with $4 per gallon early next year.

As signs emerge that the U.S. isn’t headed for another recession, the price of oil has risen.

When economies improve, demand for oil goes up.

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And in Nigeria, one of the top five oil exporters to the U.S., production continues to be hampered by spills, sabotage and thefts of its crude.

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Limit of 500 words on Common Application too short

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he Common Application, used by 415 universities and colleges in the nation, including the University of Connecticut, recently reinstituted a 500 word limit on the personal statement portion of the application.

While such a limit makes sense for purposes of standardization, a longer word limit would be fairer.

The personal statement is considered by many students, teachers and admissions officers alike to be the most important component of the application. Unlike the transcript, standardized test scores or grade point average, the personal statement allows an applicant to truly express themselves in an open forum and potentially set themselves apart from the competition.

Having some form of word limitation does seem a valid method of ensuring that all applicants are abiding by the same rules and guidelines.

Besides, with the number of applications skyrocketing around the nation, many admissions committees simply do not have the time to read sprawling epics. UConn, for example, received 25,294 applications for the 2011-2012 school year, a 23.84 percent increase from the previous year. Another Connecticut school, Trinity, saw an astonishing 47.38 percent increase in applications this year alone.

Common App Executive Director Rob Killion explained: “The lack of any guidance regarding a maximum size over the last four years had led to essays that were far too long, less well-written, and, at the end of the day, often skimmed rather than read by admission officers. In addition, the absence of a maximum size proved to be confusing for students — particularly those without access to counseling — who simply did not know when to stop writing.”

While the concept of a word limit is sensible, selecting 500 words is still rather short. A slightly larger limit, such as 750 words, would barely require any more time to read, likely less than two minutes more. Yet this addition would guarantee many students the opportunity to expand on the topic of their choice in a manner that almost no other section of the application allows.

For comparison, this publication typically features official editorials approximately 400 words in length, while the weekly columnists and staff columnists run approximately 700 words.

Surely very few readers would claim that a weekly column or staff column is excruciatingly long.

Criticisms are arising across the country from those who believe that a 500-word limit is often inadequate. Indeed, while the idea of a word limit on personal statements is wise, the reinstituted limit could be increased somewhat and still provide the optimal balance between quality and brevity.

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.

Do you understand how palindromes work?

So we’re just changing definitions now? Not even every date this WEEK will be a palindrome. How about 11-19-11, 11-30-11, etc? In fact, there are only 11 palindromic dates this month (1-9, 11, 22). You just got DEALT WITH. Today at Taco Tuesday, I watched my boyfriend casually apply sour cream to his face to alleviate razor burn.

Thiiiiis is the way I live.

Does forgetting that today was election day make me a bad political science major?

Quote from my friend: “I want to go to Egypt. The Weasleys went so why can’t I?” Does anyone else feel like oversized Buddy the Elf in Santa’s workshop when they try to use the bathroom in the Classroom Building?

In Dante’s The Inferno, the Second Circle of Hell is reserved for the lustful; the punishment is constant wind.

Is Storrs a coincidence? I think not.

I remember the Halloween candy being on sale...if only I didn’t have all of the empty lollipop sticks to remind me how many I ate...

50 percent of UConn undergraduates have never actually experienced a real Spring Weekend. Think about it.

I don’t question why there are so many unsold Gavin Edwards jerseys, but rather why the co-op ordered them in the first place.

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The grim future of a local bookshop

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ean Norman gazes around Paperback Trader, the small bookstore she has owned since 1980. Her eyes pause at the rows of comic books. “A young man named Jay used to stop by often for the comics,” she remembers. “He graduated in 1987 and lives in Florida now. But I still mail him his comic book subscriptions.”

No more. The entire building complex will soon be demolished.

Norman, age 82, has owned the space in the Storrs Commons & Marketplace complex since Jimmy Carter was

By Jesse Rifkin president, but now Weekly Columnist she is being priced out. Construction work is being done next door on the Storrs Center, the new project in the southeast section of campus described as “one of the most ambitious public/private initiatives in the history of the state.” Any businesses that wanted to remain in the same location will have to move next door to the more expensive new complex.

Progress and expansion benefit the economy and consumers and provide the gears that make the machine of the free market turn. Yet it is worthwhile to remember the people who can be adversely affected in the process.

“I received a notification telling me that my rent was going up,” Norman said. “Up to two and half times the current rent. If I can’t pay, I have to be out of here by April 1.” She can’t pay.

She looks at the thousands of books cov-

ering the shelves – one with yellow pages looking unopened in decades, another one

by J.K. Rowling. She looks at the oldschool vinyl records collection for sale, prominently displaying a used copy of The Very Best of the Everly Brothers. She looks at the toys and G.I. Joe action figures, the T-shirts including one with the Green Lantern logo, and the Pez dispensers at the checkout counter.

“...there is something unsettling about the thought of a local landmark...being turned into a parking lot.”

The Storrs Commons & Marketplace complex is perhaps best known among the UConn student body for restaurants and bars including Wings Over Storrs, Husky Pizza and Tequila Cove. Yet Paperback Trader has lasted longer than any of them.

Which of the current businesses in the complex were here when Norman first began?

“The barbershop,” Norman answers, racking her brain for a few moments. “And that’s it.”

Norman has been a member of the UConn family since 1947, when she arrived as a freshman majoring in psychology. “Tuition was $67 a semester,” she muses. “Hard to believe that now.” Her roommate that year had a hometown friend named George, and the roommate introduced Jean and George to each other. They are still married today.

Norman spent many years as the administrative assistant for the Dean of the UConn

Business School before opening her store.

The store has survived the expansion of mega-bookstores Barnes & Noble and Borders, the explosion of the Internet and the popularity surge of e-readers like the Amazon Kindle. “[Technology] has had no impact on our sales,” Norman claims.

“None. People come here because they want to.” Now they will not be able to.

On the whole, Storrs Center seems like a bright spot in what is otherwise a stagnant economy. Retail, restaurant and office space will total 200,000 square feet. The estimated construction budget is $220 million, the majority of which will be financed from private equity and debt sources by the developer, with relatively minor contributions from taxpayer dollars. This project may have the potential to revitalize and transform an area largely dependent on an agrarian economy into perhaps one of the preeminent destinations in the eastern half of Connecticut.

By all means, the project should proceed full steam ahead. But, there is something unsettling about the thought of a local landmark – where readers get lost in science fiction, where children excitedly pick up comic books, where the last true small independent bookseller in town survived year after year – being turned into a parking lot.

I bought “Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton, “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown, and a copy of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom.” It was perfectly quiet inside the bookstore. As I left, the only sound I could hear was the loud grinding of construction equipment.

Weekly Columnist Jesse Rifkin is a 3rd-semester political science and journalism double major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Compensation for organs should be legalized

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60 year old Brooklyn rabbi, Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, recently became the first person ever convicted in the U.S. for organ trafficking. The rabbi paid Israelis for their kidneys, matched them with U.S. patients and arranged surgeries at prestigious hospitals in New Jersey. Now, he is facing up to 20 years in prison and deportation to

By Thomas Dilling Israel. But the real tragedy Staff Columnist is not what Rosenbaum did, but the fact that organ sales are illegal to begin with.

The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, sponsored by Rep. Al Gore and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, outlaws any compensation for organs. In President Reagan’s statement on signing the act, he said, “This bipartisan legislation provides a framework that should help increase the overall supply of much needed organs.” To the contrary, prohibiting compensation for organs is the greatest restriction that has ever been placed on the supply of organs.

According to the OPTN/SRTR Annual Report, a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and

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Human Services, there are currently over 100,000 people on an organ donor waiting list. From 1989 to 2009, the number of people waiting for organs has increased nearly 500 percent, whereas the number of donors has only increased by less than 150. Thus, the gap between the demand for organs and what is supplied by donors has increased dramatically since the outlawing of compensation for organs.

Unlike in other areas of bioethics, there is no potential conflict here between life and choice.

Rather, in this case, being allowed compensation for organs can only complement life by making otherwise inaccessible organs available to those who need them.

Opponents of organ compensation might argue that it creates an environment which exploits the underprivileged. They don’t want someone who has lost their job and is focused on their short-term finances to be compelled to make such decisions with their health and bodies. But these people ignore the fact that every action comes with potential risks to health and body.

So, the argument would apply to any form of compensation for any action, not just compensation for organs.

Most people would not accept

the argument that firefighters should be outlawed because it could attract underprivileged people to take risks with their body for monetary gain. This is because we accept that the right a person has to their own body allows them to weigh those risks for themselves.

We also accept that firefighting is largely beneficial for society, so we allow financial incentives to ensure that supply. Likewise, the supply of organs for transplant is very beneficial for all those in need and should be allowed financial incentives.

Even if you don’t accept my firefighting analogy, the exploitation argument disregards that in many cases, organs wouldn’t be removed until after death, leaving absolutely no health risk in extracting the organ, since the person would already be deceased. Yet, in these cases, where extraction cannot occur until after death, any compensation is still outlawed.

Without laws prohibiting compensation, insurance companies, for example, would be allowed to pay people while they are alive to sign over their organs to be used as transplants upon their death. The cost of care while a person is on a transplant waiting list is very high, and often times, it takes several

years for an organ to become available. Because insurance companies profit from keeping expenses low, they are incentivized to reduce the time people are on waiting lists.

The only way to reduce the time people are on waiting lists is to find organs to transplant quicker.

Thus, it is a very real scenario that in the absence of laws prohibiting compensation, people would be paid while they are alive to make their organs available upon their death. This would reduce, if not eliminate, waiting times for transplants, which would save lives, and reduce the overall expenditures on medical care.

It should be clear that the benefits of allowing compensation for organs far exceed any potential harms. Yet, the mention of it often elicits a visceral emotional response that portrays the idea of offering money for organs as the plot of a horror film. As such, there is bipartisan support for keeping organ compensation outlawed, when there should be bipartisan support in favor of something that would allow more options for saving lives.

Staff Columnist Thomas Dilling is a 7th-semester biological sciences major. He can be reached at Thomas.Dilling@UConn.edu

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by Brian Ingmanson To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s easy to just bluster through financially. You’ve got confidence, ambition and power. Keep it inside a plan, and don’t spend wildly. Make an emotional appeal.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Learn how to be prepared from another’s emergency. Friends are ready to lend a hand, and a strong back or two, if you need them. Better safe than sorry.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Slow down and contemplate.

Procrastination is knocking on your door.

Indulge it productively by cleaning house, but only if you can keep your deadlines.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Begin a new project. Stumble upon your creative self and make things happen. Accept a generous offer for your work. You can see farther. Focus on abundance.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Follow your intuition when it comes to career now. Dare for bold and audacious dreams, and go for them. Pay back a debt. The money’s available. Plan your actions.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- This could be a lucky break for you.

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Material abundance is nice and could just flow easily. Say “thank you.”

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- What you’ve learned is being tested now. Don’t worry about the final score, just enjoy the process. Finances flow for the next few days.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your relationships are becoming stronger. Take care of others like you would like them to take care of you. Join forces with a master of surprises.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Make sure that you get plenty of rest as the action gets more hectic.

Don’t take it (or yourself) too seriously, or you may burn out. Pace yourself. You can do it.

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Your connections open doors.

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Berlusconi promises to resign NJ residents vote after economic reforms are passed on sports gambling

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey residents voted Tuesday on whether the state should legalize betting on football, baseball and other sports, provided a federal ban is lifted.

The sole statewide question on the ballot asked whether New Jersey should pass a law that would be the first step toward permitting sports betting at Atlantic City casinos, the state’s four horse tracks and a former racetrack site in Cherry Hill.

A federal ban on sports betting in all but four states would have to be repealed before anyone in New Jersey could legally bet on professional, college or amateur sports. Bets would not be allowed on any college sports or athletic events that take place in New Jersey or in which a New Jersey college team is playing.

New Jersey missed a 1991 federal deadline to legalize sports betting, and it was left out of a 1992 law that allowed it in Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana. Nevada is the only state taking legal bets on individual games.

Gov. Chris Christie endorsed the idea. He says people all over the country are betting on sports illegally and that it’s time to bring the gambling out of the shadows and let the state benefit from the money it generates.

That was also on the mind of Maureen Nap, a homemaker from Point Pleasant who voted yes on the question.

“It would take it out of the hands of organized crime,” she said.

Her husband, Bob, a retired plastics engineer, also voted in favor of the measure.

“I think we should be able to bet on whatever we want, and the government should be able to tax it, since they tax everything else,” he said.

But Bill Morrow, a Point Pleasant retiree, voted no, feeling the approval process is just too complicated.

“If you want to do this, go to Vegas and do it,” he said.

A national gambling study in the 1990s pegged sports betting — legal and otherwise — as a $380 billion industry, and some say that figure now is closer to a half-trillion dollars.

State Sen. Raymond Lesniak,

an Elizabeth Democrat, said he plans to introduce legislation on Thursday laying the groundwork for sports betting in New Jersey.

He said the bill would be fasttracked through the Legislature and sent to the governor to sign before Jan. 10, when the legislative session ends.

Lesniak had sued to overturn the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which bars betting in most states, but a judge dismissed the challenge in March.

Opponents include the National Football League. At a public hearing last year on proposals for sports betting, NFL spokesman Timothy McDonough reiterated the league’s long-standing opposition to legalized betting on its games. He said such gambling games could undermine their integrity in the eyes of fans.

Sports betting proponents want to help Atlantic City’s 11 struggling casinos and the state’s four racetracks: the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, Monmouth Park in Oceanport, Freehold Raceway and Atlantic City Race Course in Mays Landing. They say legal sports betting also would provide a new source of tax revenue from a huge pool of money that now flows untaxed to unlicensed offshore Internet sites or to illegal bookmakers, many of whom are allied with organized crime.

A former racetrack site in Cherry Hill also would be eligible to collect bets. Lawmakers feared losing the affluent suburban market to nearby Philadelphia if Pennsylvania were to approve sports betting.

The benefits would come not so much by flooding the casinos and tracks with new revenue from sports bets, but by drawing more customers, who would presumably gamble and spend money on other things as well.

“It’s another amenity,” said Dennis Gomes, co-owner of Resorts Casino Hotel, who started one of Nevada’s first sports books in Las Vegas decades ago.

“You’re giving your casino customers another reason to come here. There’s a lot more money in that, from those extra people coming down and playing at the casino than there is from the money people actually bet on sports.”

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi conceded Tuesday he no longer had the support to govern and announced he would resign like his Greek counterpart, becoming the biggest political casualty yet of the European debt crisis.

Berlusconi promised to leave office after Parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union to keep Italy from sinking into Europe’s debt mess. He came to the decision hours after a vote on a routine piece of legislation made it clear he no longer commanded a majority in the lower Chamber of Deputies.

A vote on the reform measures is planned for next week, giving Berlusconi a few more days before his turbulent 17 years in public life — and a political era in Italy — draw to a close. Over the years, Italy’s political establishment watched as the media mogul survived sex scandals and corruption charges while branding his opponents communists, traitors and terrorists.

Both Italy and Greece are under heavy pressure to reassure financial markets that the 17-country eurozone is moving quickly to reduce crippling government debts before they break apart the monetary union and plunge the world into a new recession.

In Greece, critical power-sharing talks between Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras dragged on Tuesday without the expected announcement of who will lead an interim government.

The two have agreed the new government will shepherd the country’s new €130 billion ($179 billion) European rescue package through Parliament and end a political crisis that threatened Greece’s solvency and membership in the eurozone. Papandreou, the son and grandson of Greek prime ministers, will not lead it.

Wealthier European countries including Germany and France have already bailed out Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and Greece will get an additional €100 billion ($138 billion) of debt relief as soon as it resolves its political crisis.

But as the eurozone’s third-largest economy, Italy, with debts of around €1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion), is considered far too big for Europe to bail out, putting even greater pressure on the country’s leaders to reassure markets that Italy is willing and able to get its financial house in order.

Italy’s borrowing rates spiked Tuesday to their highest level since the euro was established in 1999. The yield on Italy’s 10-year bonds was up 0.24 percentage point at 6.77 percent. A rate of over 7 percent is considered unsustainable and proved to be the trigger point that forced

Conn. voters go to polls following days of outages

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials reported that Tuesday’s municipal elections were running smoothly in Connecticut a little more than a week after a freak autumn snow storm wreaked havoc in the state, causing widespread damage and lingering power outages that forced them to move some polling places.

It appeared voting may not have been a priority for some who spent days without power.

“A lot of people aren’t showing up. I don’t think it’s a physical thing. Today is a beautiful day,” said Edward Leary, the Republican registrar of voters in Farmington. He said many voters in his hard-hit town have likely been paying more attention over the past 10 days to making sure their pipes didn’t freeze or that their children had a babysitter rather than who was running for local offices such as school board and first selectman.

As of 2:30 p.m., only 13 percent of registered voters in Farmington had cast ballots. Turnout for the town’s municipal elections is typically 30 to 35 percent, he said. The town still had about 300 homes without power. Statewide voter turnout for local elections is usually 20 to 30 percent.

Voters in 164 cities and towns had until 8 p.m. to cast ballots for local candidates, including mayors and first selectmen.

In eight towns — Avon, Farmington, Newington, Plymouth, Simsbury, South Windsor, Stafford and Vernon — regular polling places had to be moved or consolidated because they had no power, were too heavily damaged or were being used as shelters.

Av Harris, a spokesman for Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, said there had been no major problems as of early evening. He said frequent conference calls among state and local election officials in recent days likely helped the process.

Turnout was expected to be higher in cities and towns with competitive races.

In East Haven, where incumbent Democratic Mayor April Capone faced Republican Joseph Maturo Jr. and independent write-in candidate Oni Sioson, 24 percent of registered voters had cast ballots by 3 p.m.

One of the most closely watched mayoral races was in Waterbury, where five-term Mayor Michael Jarjura was running for re-election as a Republican after being rejected by fellow

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi attends a voting session at the Lower Chamber, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Premier Berlusconi won a much-watched vote Tuesday, but the result laid bare his lack of support in Parliament as financial pressure from

Greece, Portugal and Ireland into accepting bailouts.

The usually defiant Berlusconi acknowedged he no longer has a parliamentary majority and said he will step aside for the good of the country.

“The markets don’t believe that Italy is capable or has the intention of approving these reforms,” he told his private Mediaset television. He added: “Things like who leads or who doesn’t lead the government” are less important than doing “what is best for the country.”

His resignation may not be enough.

Political analyst Sergio Romano, in a front-page column in Corriere della Sera on Tuesday, warned that unless a clear program emerges in a post-Berlusconi era “the foreign observers will reach the conclusion that the end of the Berlusconi goverenment does not necessarily mean the advent of a more credible, trustworthy government.”

Italy accounts for 17 percent of the eurozone’s gross domestic product. But a substantial part of its debt needs to be rolled over in coming months and years — the nation needs to raise €300 billion ($412 billion) in 2012 alone — just as interest rates have been soaring.

Berlusconi last week took the humiliating step of asking the International Monetary Fund to monitor the country’s reform efforts in a bid to reassure markets. On Wednesday, a separate European Union monitoring mission is to begin work in Rome to review measures taken so far.

The EU’s questionnaire, put to Italy ahead of the mission, said additional measures will be needed beyond what Italy has pledged to do to balance the

budget by 2013, according to the text shown on Italian television.

Once Berlusconi resigns, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will begin political consultations to form a new government. The most widely discussed name to lead a government is Mario Monti, the former EU competition commissioner.

The developments capped a convulsive day in the markets and in Parliament. In a routine lower-house budget vote that became a test of Berlusconi’s support, the prime minister garnered 308 votes of approval and none against. But 321 deputies abstained, a tactic that laid bare Berlusconi’s shrinking hold.

Berlusconi’s margin was eight shy of the 316 votes he needs to claim an overall majority in the 630-member chamber.

“This government does not have the majority!” thundered opposition leader Pierluigi Bersani. “If you have a crumb of sense in front of Italy, give your resignation!”

As Bersani spoke, Berlusconi scribbled his options on a piece of paper. An AP photo showed he wrote “resignation” and also “eight traitors,” an apparent reference to former allies who had abstained.

Business leaders once enthusiastically backed the media mogul’s leadership, but now some say his government has failed to revive Italy’s stalled economy.

“The country cannot stay in these conditions,” said Emma Marcegaglia, who leads an influential Italian business lobby.

Director of analysis at IHS Global Insight, said Berlusconi’s resignation would bring a short relief rally to the markets.

Candidate Herman Cain denies any harassment of women

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A street in North Haven, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 is barricaded because of a downed wire and a fallen tree

Democrats. His party backed retired Waterbury Police Chief Neil O’Leary, whom Jarjura originally appointed. Also running was Independent Party candidate Larry DePillo, who narrowly lost to Jarjura a decade ago.

Jarjura is known for running in unusual races.

In 2005, the former state representative lost the Democratic primary for mayor but won reelection as a write-in candidate.

The Democratic mayors of Connecticut’s largest cities were also up for re-election, with all expected to win. They included Pedro Segarra in Hartford, who took over as the capital city’s mayor after former Mayor Eddie Perez was convicted on corruption charges. He was endorsed by both Democrats and Republicans but faces challenges from three petitioning candidates.

In New Haven, Democratic Mayor John DeStefano sought a 10th term. If he wins, he would become the longest-serving mayor in New Haven’s history. He faced independent newcomer Jeffrey Kerekes.

Meanwhile, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, also a Democrat, sought a second term and faced Republican businessman Rick Torres and Independent Jeff Kohut.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant Herman Cain declared he would not end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior and called his latest accuser a troubled woman and tool of the “Democrat machine” in America.

Cain spoke at a news conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, one day after Chicagoan Sharon Bialek became the fourth woman to lodge complaints of unwanted sexual advances.

He denied that he even knew Bialek, saying he watched her New York news conference Monday.

“I don’t even know who this woman is,” he said. “I tried to remember if I recognized her and I didn’t.”

Earlier in the day, Cain sought to undercut Bialek’s credibility.

She had been the first accuser to attach her name to the allegations by making them in a televised appearance with women’s rights lawyer Gloria Allred.

“We will get through this,” he added, trying to steady a campaign that has made him the leader in an unofficial race to emerge as the principal conservative rival to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

A political novice, Cain shot to the top of opinion polls with small government, anti-tax tea party activists and other conservatives flocking to the former pizza chain CEO with his tell-it-like-it-is style and outsider image.

But, since Oct. 30, Cain has been dogged by accusations from women that he acted inappropriately toward them while he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. And in recent days, the women have started to step forward publicly.

The women who have issued the

complaints worked for the restaurant trade group.

Cain’s political trouble surfaced less than two months before the leadoff contests of the Republican nomination fight in Iowa and New Hampshire to decide their challenger to President Barack Obama.

Romney joined other Republican opponents in urging Cain to answer the allegations.

Prominent Republicans pressed for a full accounting. And there were growing indications of unease in conservative circles.

Cain said he agreed with his chief rival Romney, who called the allegations “particularly disturbing.”

“I find the accusations disturbing, but false. I don’t believe Gov. Romney was saying I was guilty of these accusations,” Cain said.

Another name confronted Cain, as well, when one of his two original accusers was identified publicly by news organizations including The Associated Press as Karen Kraushaar, now a spokeswoman in the Treasury Department’s office of inspector general for tax administration.

When asked about Kraushaar, Cain said he recalled her accusation of sexual harassment but insisted “it was found to be baseless.”

He again acknowledged that she received a settlement payment from the association as part of an agreement to end her employment there.

Kraushaar and her attorney, Joel Bennett, previously had attempted to keep her name out of the public discussion, but they issued an anonymous statement last week that confirmed she had complained of sexual harassment and received a financial payout from the trade group. Kraushaar later confirmed to news organizations that she had

filed the complaint. And she spoke publicly on Tuesday to The New York Times, saying she had decided to speak out since her name was public.

“When you are being sexually harassed in the workplace, you are extremely vulnerable,” she said. “You do whatever you can to quickly get yourself into a job some place safe, and that is what I thought I had achieved when I left.”

After the Cain news conference Tuesday, Bennett told MSNBC cable television that he and Kraushaar would be contacting the other women who have made anonymous allegations and asking them to join in a news conference to lay out the details of their claims. One of the anonymous claimants also received a payment for agreeing to leave the restaurant association. A third never filed an official complaint against Cain, saying she did not after learning that the other two had done so.

Kraushaar, 55, previously worked as a news reporter, and she has held other U.S. government jobs since she left the National Restaurant Association after she settled her complaint against Cain.

She also has written a children’s book with her mother-in-law, “Gas Station Charley,” about a dog. Her husband, Kevin, has worked as a lobbyist on environmental, municipal and health issues. He has donated money to both Democrats and Republicans. They live in suburban Maryland.

The AP has not identified the other woman who filed a claim against Cain while working at the restaurant association. It also has not identified the third woman, who did not file a claim, because it promised confidentiality to her because she said she feared retaliation if her name became public.

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Exploring a ‘prized’ trilogy

Say goodbye to ‘He loves me, he loves me not’

By Holly Battaglia Campus Correspondent

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Author Caragh O’Brien visited the UConn Co-op Tuesday evening to share in the launch of her new novel, “Prized.” The book is part of O’Brien’s “Birthmarked” trilogy. She answered questions and shared anecdotes of her trials in writing the novel.

By Lily Rhodes Campus Correspondent The UConn Co-op welcomed author Caragh O’Brien for the launching of her novel for young adults, titled “Prized,” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

“Prized” is the second book of the “Birthmarked” trilogy, and it continues the story of 16-year-old protagonist Gaia Stone. “Birthmarked,” the first novel of the trilogy, was an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a Junior Library Guild selection. It also earned nominations for the YALSA Best

Fiction for Young Adults list and the 2010 Amelia Bloomer list.

The Co-op, O’Brien’s local bookstore, was the first venue to host a reading of her newest novel. Several of her past students and a few colleagues were in the audience, and many of them participated in the question portion of the evening.

“Thank you for coming. I know I’m competing with the E.O. Smith Concert,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien used to write part time while working as a teacher at Tolland High School, but recently made the transition into writing full time.

O’Brien wrote the first drafts of “Prized” while still working full time as a teacher. She would write on her laptop during 20-minute lunch breaks and, as a result, was disappointed with her drafts.

“I would end up throwing away 150-page chunks,” O’Brien said.

One of her former students asked her how she handled moving from full-time teaching to full-time writing.

“I’m really happy writing.

I’m braver now than I was when I taught,” O’Brien said.

“I wake up in the morning and write until I go to bed.”

An audience member raised her hand during the question

forum and asked O’Brien how she decided on the moral issues that are emphasized in her novels.

“I don’t think about the moral issues very much while I’m writing at all. I’m just trying to get a story going,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien wove many details of the books together, and explained that readers may find pieces of the second novel present in the third, which she is currently writing.

O’Brien writes about a dozen drafts before she sends one in for copy editing.

“The third book is going into copy edits tomorrow,” O’Brien said.

“Prized” was dedicated to O’Brien’s editor, Nancy Mercado. Her website, www. caraghobrien.com, includes a blog written by her and explains the reason for her dedication.

“Nan has surprised me countless times by how completely she gets how my mind works,” the blog reads. “It’s almost uncanny, really.”

O’Brien read “The Wasteland,” the first chapter of “Prized.” She stayed after her reading to sign books and answer more questions.

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Musicians perform for Occupy Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City went old school on Tuesday as activist musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash delivered a touch of Woodstock, plans for a march to Washington were unveiled and some participants practiced another kind of democracy — voting.

Demonstrators have been making their voices heard in the nation's town squares for some time now, and the spirit of protest has remained paramount. At Zuccotti Park, Crosby and Nash, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were the latest entertainers to lend their talents to the cause.

The white-haired duo led a chant of "No More War!" and played a 20-minute acoustic performance for about 1,000 protesters and onlookers who stood elbow-to-elbow and spilled out of the lower Manhattan park onto nearby streets.

There was an air of nostalgia — and the smell of marijuana — wafting over the crowd as the pair had fans humming along to hits like "Teach Your Children Well," from the 1971 'Deja Vu' album, and "Long Time Gone," from their first album.

Teenager Tyler Westcott wasn't around when Crosby and Nash made it big, but knew well the impact they made.

"These relics of Woodstock came and supported our movement," said the 19-year-old college student from Hunt, N.Y., his voice rising with excitement. "It's wild, how things line up.

"What you have here is the New Left from the Vietnam era — and the new left here now."

Last month, folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed.

Recently, rappers Talib Kweli, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco

Marcel Proust claimed that unrequited love is the only successful, sustainable love.

However, one cannot sit alone pining over another person his or her entire life, and, to quote Blink-182, “there are only so many ways I can make love with my hand.”

At one point, almost everyone will like someone who does not like him or her back, or vice versa. Sometimes, the noncompliant stooges pull it together and decide to requite the ardor of their admirers.

Other times, the admirers need to cut their losses and find a more worthy subject for their affection. I am here to help you understand why you are still hung up on this person, and how to stop.

1) You assume they are playing hard to get.

Cat’s out of the bag! No one’s playing hard to get.

Stop making excuses for why he or she didn’t text you back. They’re not being purposely aloof. They were awake, saw the text and put the phone down immediately upon viewing it. Be honest: you’ve done the same thing before to people you didn’t want to talk to.

The only way to know if the person in question is truly playing hard to get is if you delete his or her number so that you cannot contact them at all. If, after a few days, they start texting you on their own accord, there are two possibilities: (1) you were texting them too much to begin with and it was creeping them out, or (2) they are actually playing hard to get.

2) You need to hear the truth.

“The only cure for being in love is to get indisputable evidence that the target of one’s love is not interested,” says Dorothy Tennov, Ph.D. and University of Connecticut graduate, in her book “Love and Limerence – the Experience of Being in Love.”

In other words, if you have been courting someone and can’t tell what he or she really wants from the situation, it is best just to ask rather than being led on a wild goose chase. The worst-case scenario is they will tell you that they don’t like you at all, and you are wasting your time.

The best-case scenario is that perhaps your love is not unrequited after all.

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David Crosby, center, and Graham Nash, right, perform at the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 in New York. The movement began on Sept. 17 in Manhattan’s Financial District and has since attracted support from several big-name celebrities through social media networks as well as in person.

visited protesters in the park. In California, hip hop heavyweights MC Hammer, Raymond "Boots" Riley of hip hop group The Coup, and local rapper Mistah FAB have stopped by encampments.

Taking the Occupy protest on the road to the country's elected officials was also on the agenda Tuesday.

A small group of Occupy Wall Street activists will start a march Wednesday with the hope of arriving in Washington on Nov. 23, the deadline for a congressional committee to decide whether to

keep President Barack Obama's extension of Bush-era tax cuts.

Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.

Kelley Brannon is organizing the 240-mile march through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland with a core group of a dozen activists. They hope to pick up other marchers along the way — even if for a day, or only an hour.

"Occupy the Highway" — as it's been dubbed — will start from the Manhattan park and continue with a ferry ride across the Hudson

River to Elizabeth, N.J. Brannon likened the effort to the long-distance marches led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., during the civil rights era.

"I mean, I'm not comparing us to Martin Luther King," said Brannon, of Queens, referring to three marches King led in 1965 from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. Those marches ranged in size from 600 to 8,000 people.

"That's the premise Occupy is taking to the road: the historic relevance of such long-distance

marches for social causes," Brannon said.

But a day before beginning the march begins, some protesters recognized Tuesday as election day in the U.S, and cast their vote in some of the many local races and higher profile races being decided in several states.

Tom Hagan, a 61-year-old salesman from Queens and a Vietnam War veteran, flashed a big smile as he stood in the Zuccotti Park with a sign that read: "Election Day Sale. Buy One Politician. Get One Free."

3) You see no other options, so you’re “recycling.”

Perhaps you are being lazy and need to go meet some new people. It can be difficult if your unrequited love is within your immediate group of friends. If this is the case, try hanging out with some friends you have not seen in a while, as they might be able to introduce you to new people.

Talk to a babe in class, or join a club that interests you.

Maybe even post something on LikeALittle.com about someone that sits near you in the library. You would be surprised how many attractive people go to this school if you take a look around.

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In an effort to celebrate the 20th annniversary of the realease of “Sonic,” Sega created “Sonic Generations.” The game comes complete with a twist in the script and a fast-paced storyline.

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer Very few video game franchises are lucky enough to last 20 years, but even fewer obtain the celebration of the anniversary they deserve. Fortunately for Sonic fans, Sega sent a love letter for Sonic’s 20th birthday in the form of “Sonic Generations,” a game that’s ripe with nostalgia and displays the blue rodent at his absolute finest.

In a plot that the game’s writers seemed too lazy to commit to, the modern, greeneyed Sonic is joined together with the classic, portly Sonic of old to thwart a shadowy entity that is trying to erase all of the hedgehog’s previous triumphs. What follows is a quest where each version of Sonic must revisit previous levels from the Sega Genesis, Dreamcast and modern eras in their own style.

The old-school ‘90s Sonic levels contain simplicity and fun that made the 16-bit games so great. But what makes the 2D tasks better than the ones in last year’s “Sonic 4” are the

Seeing as this year is the 20th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog, it seems appropriate to look back on the classic that started it all: “Sonic the Hedgehog.”

I’m not talking about the abysmal Xbox 360 game of the same name from 2006.

The original Sega Genesis game blew the world away with its speedy platforming. It doesn’t have any of the special moves like the ever-important spin dash, but this game still holds up really well with great music and stellar level designs.

For those who haven’t played any of the millions of ports over the years, you can actually unlock the full version to play in “Sonic Generations.”

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Sonic Generations

8.5

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The Good

-Whether you play as old school Sonic or modern day Sonic, this game is a fast paced blast that will literally take your breath away.

-Both the graphics and soundtrack are some of the best that Sonic has ever had.

-The story itself is junk, but the English localization gave it some personality with a script that references Dr. Robotnik’s name change to Eggman and a logical question before the credits that’s just too good to spoil.

The Bad

-I can appreciate Sega’s new format for Sonic games that is quality over quantity, but it sure doesn’t take too long to beat this game.

-A flawed framerate and level design blemishes aren’t too prevalent. But in a game this fast, those moments stand out like a sore thumb.

“Sonic 3D Blast.” There are also harder versions of the excellent boss battles.

Aside from the nostalgic aesthetics, “Sonic Generations” is also the best-looking game in the franchise yet. The environments and character designs have detail to the smallest of pixels. Plus the vivid colors add a sense of festivity to the whole experience. The soundtrack stands out for implementing plenty of remixes of the older Sonic music,

though the chip tune beats of the classic Sonic mode are easily the best.

Is this game the best birthday present for Sonic?

Unfortunately, there are some framerate hitches, cheap deaths and awkward elements like a terrible hub world that set it back a bit. But even so, this is a stellar entry of the franchise that has plenty of appeal for fans, both old and new.

‘Professor Layton’ keeps riddles and storylines fresh in final installment

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little 3D changes in perspective, more thrilling action in one level a huge truck is constantly trying to make a hedgehog pancake and the coolness of seeing levels from the 3D era lose one dimension.

As for the modern-day Sonic levels, thank goodness they are based on the first 3D game of the franchise to get the gameplay system right, “Sonic Colors,” released last year. Sega even got around to improving the bar set by the excellent Wii game they fixed the flow of the levels so they are without sudden stops, making the wall jump and ground stomp moves less awkward. Also, it’s actually funny to experience levels based around the previous, flawed, 3D entries in the “Sonic Colors” style that should’ve been implemented in the first place.

The actual campaign itself doesn’t take too long to beat, but there’s plenty incentive to go back. Aside from the levels themselves being a blast to play with record times to beat, there are all sorts of challenge levels that have unique challenges including support moves from other Sonic characters and collecting Flicky birds like in

After the touching finale to the trilogy in “Unwound Future” that went so far as to finally reveal Layton’s suave hair style underneath his tall hat, many pondered where the Professor Layton series would go from there. The fine developers at Level 5 made

their answer in the start of a new, prequel story arc, “The Last Specter.”

“The Last Specter” is the tale of a gentlemanly archaeology professor, Hershel Layton, when he first meets his plucky young apprentice, Luke Triton. When Hershel was still a new blood who had yet to become the famous puzzle solver, one day he received an S.O.S letter

Professor Layton and the Last Specter

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/10

The Good

- “The Last Specter” ushers in a new slew of Professor Layton adventures, and I’m already invested after this first entry.

-It really says something that after the hundreds of puzzles in the previous games, this fourth release still has dozens of riddles that’ll surprise and engage you.

-London Life is a cute extra RPG mode that should add at least a few more hours after the credits finish rolling.

The Bad

-Those compressed animated cutscenes and watching the heavily improved 3D presentation of “Mask of Miracle” in online videos makes me really want Nintendo to release the 3DS game as soon as possible.

-This is one of the few franchises that can get away with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” motto, but I am glad that this is the final, standard DS sequel.

apparently from his college buddy and Luke’s father, Clark. With a hidden message and a new assistant, Emmy Altava – who is literally thrown into her first job while helping with the case – Layton goes out to help the Triton family, with a mystical Specter, that is destroying their town and rumors of a city of gold within.

The way the good gentleman solves the mystery isn’t any different than the previous three games. He and his sidekicks yet again explore a land where all conflicts are solved with riddles. Not that it’s a major gripe, the formula of the Layton games is built to last. It has the fun of solving a book of brain teasers, with an endearing storyline to keep interest.

I’ll admit that the story in “Last Specter” doesn’t have as much heart as “The Diabolical Box” or the satisfaction of “The Unwound Future,” but it’s still a great start to a whole new slew of puzzling adventures. Maybe it’s because I have a case of riddle fever from attending a problem solving class, but I had a smile on my face the entire time I solved the many

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clever puzzles.

For the longest time, the series has had the major fault of lacking replay value once the credits were reached. To make up for that, there’s an adorable, “Animal Crossing”esque RPG mode called London Life. Developed by “Mother 3” and “Sword of Mana” creator, Brownie Brown, this is a quaint little extra where you make up a character that goes around completing tasks around Little London in the pursuit of both happiness and cash.

There’s allegedly over 100 hours of content for those who are up for it.

It’s true that the whole time I was playing this game, I had the nagging desire to play the 3DS sequel already out in Japan, “Mask of Miracle.”

But in the twilight days of the original DS, a great new Professor Layton like this still manages to shine.

Layton fans should definitely play this game anyway though, because the animated film, “Eternal Div–that has a DVD release in the U.S. this week–takes place after this game.

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“Sonic Generations” is more than just a superb new game in the Sonic franchise; it commemorates the 20th anniversary of the character. I’ve been playing Sonic games since I first picked up a controller, and they’ve provided plenty of good (and bad) memories. It’ll be a while before I decide where “Sonic Generations” belongs on my Top 5; but for now, here’s the list of my favorite games in the series.

5. “Sonic CD” There are people out there who say “Sonic CD” is the best Sonic game ever made. I can understand the argument. Sadly, I can’t forgive the time traveling system that is absolutely frustrating to implement, and certain levels that are some of the worst designs in the entire 2D franchise. Even so, there are also plenty of fantastic levels, catchy music and the legendary animated opening cutscene that makes all fans scream “Sonic Boom!”

4. “Sonic Colors” There was a time – a long time, actually – when 3D Sonic games were bad. Granted, “Sonic Adventure 2” and “Sonic Heroes” weren’t complete train wrecks, but Sega didn’t really get it right until last year’s gem, “Sonic Colors.”

The camera didn’t induce vomiting, the ebb and flow matched the 2D games, and the presentation matches “Super Mario Galaxy” in consistent charm. It’s thanks to this game that the 3D portions in “Sonic Generations” didn’t ruin the fun of the 2D levels.

3. “Sonic 3 & Knuckles” To set things straight, “Sonic & Knuckles” is just part two of “Sonic 3.” But you can make the complete package once you put the “Sonic 3” cart in the top of the S&K cartridge to enjoy.

Forget “Sonic Adventure,” this is the most adventurous game in the series. You travel various, colorful lands to catch up to Dr. Robotnik in a long quest with a deep storyline. One of my friends – a bigger Sonic fan than I am – considers this his favorite Sonic game, but I disagree for two reasons. First, the controls weren’t as fast and tight as before. Second, the underwater and sandy temple levels were a bit of a chore to handle.

2. “Sonic Rush” Ever since the Game Boy Advance era, developer Dimps has been bringing 2D Sonic games back to life. The GBA entries were great, but the first game for the DS was even better.

It was here where they perfected the dash and trick systems, provided tons of adrenaline-filled levels and had one of the few Super Sonic finales that was not a pain to complete. Sonic Rush is the game that ushered in a new era of two-dimensional Sonic games, which still has yet to be topped. Dimps sure does a good job trying.

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‘Goldeneye’ lacks intensity, originality sole’s limited power and the transition to the more powerful 360 embarrasses the game.

Ever since I started gamBond moves sluggishly and ing, one of my favorite the controls are a crapshoot; licensed series has been the enemies have very poorly done James Bond: 007 games. hitboxes, leading to incredFrom “Goldeneye” to “007: ibly frustrating firefights; Nightfire,” to “Everything the game’s missions are slipor Nothing” and “Quantum shod, basically repeating “run of Solace,” while the games around and kill a bunch of haven’t always been good, people before you can move they’ve always remained on” over and over. For a man entertaining. Playing as Bond known for his stealth, Bond himself, one of the coolest is noticed immediately every characters ever created, can’t time he tries to sneak around; be beat and saving the world frequently, I completed misis always a sions only good premto be told ise. they were Goldeneye 007: Reloaded Last year’s incomplete “Goldeneye due to sub007,” a missions remake of the game /10 the 1997 d i d n ’ t classic for i n f o r m The Good the Wii, was me of and -Daniel Craig is always cool, even a virtual verfairly well I spent sion of him received, minutes -Splitscreen multiplayer is decent fun, and the though it at a time classic characters like Oddjob and Jaws are still paled in searching here comparison for small to its preclues, not decessor. obviThe Bad made Never one to ous by the -The controls, the single-player mode, the turn down a game, necMI-6 Ops mode, online multiplayer… so pretty quick buck, essary to much everything else t h o u g h , push misActivision sions along. decided to port it to the 360 These frequent flaws made and PS3 a year later in the for one of the least enjoyform of “Goldeneye 007: able gameplay experiences Reloaded.” To put it bluntly, I’ve had in a long, long time. it’s one of the worst ports I’ve “Reloaded” even has exploever played. sive barrels all over the place The noticeable upgrades in an attempt to have destrucof “Reloaded” from the Wii tible environments. How cute. version include updated HD Now, I’m exaggerating a bit graphics-and not much else. when I say nothing was added.

The single-player of a Wii A series of “MI-6 Modes” were first-person shooter is obvi- thrown in as a bonus for those ously limited compared to with higher-end consoles… but today’s premier 360 and PS3 they’re just a poorly-done ripoff gun games, due to the con- of other games’ Horde modes.

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Players revisit the best of “Sonic,” 20 years later from SONIC, page 8 1. “Sonic 2” Aside from the fans who consider “Sonic CD” to be the best, there is the group that considers the second game of the series to be the finest.

Why? It’s because this is the game that did everything right, aside from the laggy multiplayer. All the level designs and boss battles are brilliant, the locations including Casino Zone and Battery Zone are some of the most stylish and the controls and challenge are absolutely flawless. If there was one Sonic game that stood toe-to-toe with the “Super Mario” franchise in the 16-bit era, this was definitely it.

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And what’s more, even with special additions like Paintball or Golden Gun, they’re poorly done and simply not fun.

The stealth mechanics are broken, making the stealth-centric modes nearly impossible; and other “kill ‘em all” modes get boring when they’re not incredibly difficult. Even though the modes are completely customizable, that doesn’t detract from the fact that “Reloaded” plays worse than the PS2’s “Nightfire,” which came out nine years ago.

And don’t even get me started on multiplayer. The Wii barely has an online presence, and instead of retooling the game’s online play for consoles that actually have full online integration, Activision simply drag-and-dropped the multiplayer. Deathmatches are slow, laggy and at times, hard to even comprehend.

Splitscreen fares better, though it’s still trapped within a game it doesn’t deserve.

“Goldeneye 007: Reloaded” is a dreadful game, at least in my experience, and shouldn’t have ever been ported. It makes a mockery of first-person shooters and when it’s placed on a shelf next to such high-end games as “Battlefield 3” or “Modern Warfare 3” (from the very same publisher), or even less graphically-intense games like “Dead Island” or “Deus Ex: Human Revolution.” It’s a laughing-stock. It’s a throwback to classic FPS games of yesteryear like “Duke Nukem Forever,” but like “Duke,” it only serves to remind us how far FPSes have come in the last 14 years. You can put a homeless guy in a tux and say he’s James Bond, but everyone will know the difference when he gets shot in the face on his first mission.

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While Daniel Craig lends a celebrity persona to the game, “GoldenEye 007: Reloaded” lacks finesse on the controls as well as single-player options. The newest 007 adaptation does not provide much action from the online multiplayer and falls short in one-on-one combat scenes.

“the production has indeed compensated Ms. Taymor for her contribution as a co-book writer.” They added that “the court system will provide, once and for all, an opportunity to resolve this dispute.”

Taymor was not available to comment. Spada did not return phone calls and e-mail messages seeking additional comment.

The lawsuit seeks half of all profits, gains and advantages derived from the sale, license, transfer or lease of any rights in the original “Spider-Man” book along with a permanent ban of the use of Taymor’s name or likeness in connection with a documentary film that was made of the birth of the musical without her written consent.

It also seeks a jury trial to determine her share of profits from the unauthorized use of her version of the superhero story, which the lawsuit said was believed to be in excess of $1 million.

Taymor, who had been the “Spider-Man” director and co-book writer, was fired from the $75 million musical that features music by U2’s Bono and The Edge in March after years of delays, accidents and critical backlash. It opened in November but spent months in previews before opening a few days after the Tony Awards in June.

Philip William McKinley, who directed the Hugh Jackman musical “The Boy From Oz,” in 2003, was hired to steer the ship. He was billed as creative consultant when the musical opened.

The stunt-heavy and expensive show has been doing brisk business ever since, most weeks easily grossing more than the $1.2 million the producers have indicated they need to reach to stay viable. Last week, it took in $1.4 million, and 86 percent of the 1,930-seat Foxwoods Theatre was filled.

According to Spada’s state-

Julie Taymor sues ‘Spider-Man’ producers

NEW YORK (AP) — Director Julie Taymor sued the producers and her former co-book writer of “SpiderMan: Turn off the Dark” on Tuesday, saying they violated her creative rights and haven’t compensated her for the work she put into Broadway’s most expensive musical. She is seeking a minimum of $1 million.

Charles Spada, an attorney who filed the suit on behalf of the Tony Award-winning director, said Tuesday in a statement that “the producers’ actions have left her no choice but to resort to legal recourse to protect her rights.”

The copyright infringement lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, seeks “compensatory and statutory damages, a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief.”

In a statement, lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris disputed Taymor’s allegations, saying

ment, “producers have failed to compensate Ms. Taymor for their continued use of her work to date, despite the fact that the show has consistently played to capacity or near-capacity houses since its first public performance in November 2010.”

The lawsuit said the producers continued to “promote, use, change and revise” her work, including the book of the musical, without her approval. It said that her contracts called for no changes to be made without her consent.

She also is suing Glen Berger, her former collaborator on the musical’s story.

According to the lawsuit, the producers’ lawyers belatedly sent Taymor a check for $52,880 on Nov. 4, purportedly as payment of her co-bookwriter royalties for performances of the musical through April 17, the last performance of the show before the revisions.

“The producers, however, continue to refuse to pay Taymor any royalties for performances after April 17, 2011,” the lawsuit said. It said she is owed more than $70,000 additional book royalties to date, along with royalties of nearly $3,000 per week for performances.

The lawsuit said nearly one quarter of the new “Spider-

Man” book is copied verbatim from Taymor’s original book.

It claims producers have kept her name on promotional materials such as billboards and merchandise “while refusing to compensate Taymor as she is entitled.”

Taymor’s lawsuit comes less than a week after the Tony Awards Administration Committee ruled that only Taymor will be considered eligible for the show’s Tony for best direction of a musical category. The lawsuit said the awards committee rejected the producer’s contention that McKinley had changed the musical into a “new” production.

Taymor, who also helmed “The Lion King,” is also seeking compensation through the union that represents theater directors. The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society filed an arbitration claim in June against the show’s producers over unpaid royalties.

The legal fights are in contrast to the wide smiles and hugs shared by the creative team, who reunited on opening night on the red carpet and “Spider-Man” stage. In the months since then, Taymor hasn’t spoken at length about the behind-the-scenes turmoil, but has said she is still proud of the show and is not bitter.

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Shakira enshrined with Hollywood sidewalk star LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning Colombian singer Shakira now has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

During a Tuesday ceremony surrounded by hundreds of screaming, flag-waving fans, Shakira unveiled her sidewalk star in front of the W Hollywood Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. It's the 2,454th star dedicated along Hollywood's avenue of dreams.

"This is incredible," said the singer and activist. "I would like to thank all of you."

Shakira said she remembered being on the boulevard as a tourist when she was 7-years-old, accompanied by her mother who told her, "Shaki, one day you'll have your own star here."

"If someone had heard that conversation, they would have thought she was insane," said Shakira, who was flanked by her parents at the ceremony.

The ceremony for the 34-year-old singer comes on the eve of her Las Vegas honor as the Latin Grammy person of the year.

Born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira was just 14 when she released her first album, "Magia."

Her popularity rose in Latin America and Spain with the 1995 release of "Pies Descalzos" and the 1998 release of her album "Donde Estan los Ladrones?"

In 2001, she sold more than

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Colombian singer Shakira poses as she is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Shakira has won Grammy Awards for her Latin pop music, and is active in fighting poverty.

13 million copies worldwide of her first English language album "Laundry Service," which contained the hit single "Whenever, Whereever."

She won her first Grammy

when "MTV Unplugged" was selected as best Latin pop album.

"Donde Estan los Ladrones?" won a Grammy as best Latin rock/alternative album.

Shakira has also raised mil-

lions of dollars to fight poverty and provide education for the poor through her Pies Descalzos Foundation.

Shakira dedicated her star to her fans, who "have listened,

supported and understood my music all these years," and to Hispanics in the U.S. whom she praised as "a community that works and dreams, every day, to make this a better

country."

A committee selects celebrities eligible for a Walk of Fame star and those who accept pay $30,000 in costs and fees.

'Deadliest Catch' crewmember Brains, guts and glitz honored falls ill and is rescued during NYC Glamour fest

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers flew a member of the cable TV series "Deadliest Catch" fishing crew to a remote clinic in Alaska after he collapsed and showed signs of shock and dehydration on board a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.

The agency didn't identify the 28-year-old man but said he's a crewmember of the 150-foot Wizard, part of the hit Discovery Channel reality series that depicts the crab fishing industry in the dangerous waters off Alaska.

Discovery didn't immediately provide information and emails seeking details that were sent through the website of the Seattle-based Wizard were not immediately answered.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew flew the man Monday afternoon to a clinic in the Alaska Peninsula community of Cold Bay, 60 miles to the south. He was then flown to an Anchorage hospital.

Waves were only about 3-feet high when he fell ill.

The National Weather Service said it occurred before the arrival of a huge storm brewing in the Bering Sea. Wendy Whitney, a nurse practitioner at the Cold Bay clinic, said privacy laws prevented her from identifying the crewmember. But she said the man was conscious at the clinic, adding that his condition wasn't seasickness and needed further evaluation.

The man was flown Monday night to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage

and was stabilized with intravenous fluids. He appeared be feeling better before he departed on the medical flight to the medical center, Whitney said.

The illness comes less than nine months after a crew member of another "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel was found dead in an Alaska motel room. Justin Tennison, who worked on the Time Bandit, was found dead in Homer in February amid beer, hard liquor and a small amount of marijuana in a room where police believe a party had taken place the night before.

Last year, Capt. Phil Harris of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie died following a massive stroke at age 53.

LONDON (AP) — It has masterpieces, media frenzy, a contested gem — everything but the "Mona Lisa." London's latest blockbuster art show confirms Leonardo da Vinci as a Renaissance rock star.

A new exhibition of the artist's paintings at London's National Gallery is opening amid A-list levels of hype and anticipation.

The BBC asked viewers: "Is this the greatest art exhibition ever?" Tuesday's VIP preview is being broadcast live on television and in 40 British movie theaters.

"Leonardo: Painter at the Court of Milan" focuses on da Vinci's formative years as a court artist in the 1480s and 1490s. The gallery spent five years persuading museums in Italy, France, the United States, Russia and Poland to lend fragile works for the show, which gathers nine of Leonardo's 15 surviving paintings and dozens of his drawings.

"There are many loans we only seriously dreamt would come here," said National Gallery director Nicholas Penny. "Everything we dreamt of has come true."

There is no "Mona Lisa" — it was created later, after Leonardo had left Milan — and no "Last Supper," which remains in Milan's Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

The show does include a full-

scale copy of the mural by one of Leonardo's students, as well as the master's preparatory sketches and other drawings — many loaned by Queen Elizabeth II, who owns one of the world's largest collections of them.

There are sights to stir artlovers' hearts, including two versions of the Biblical scene "The Virgin of the Rocks" which have never been shown together. One usually hangs in the Louvre in Paris, while the other — once thought to be a studio copy but now restored and validated as the master's work — is owned by the National Gallery. The show's curator, Luke Syson, said even Leonardo probably never saw them in the same room.

Another talking point is "Christ as Salvator Mundi," a formerly disputed portrait that sold at auction in 1958 for just 45 pounds, but which the gallery says is an authentic da Vinci work.

The painting, which shows Christ face-on, holding up one hand in blessing and grasping a crystal orb in the other, still has its doubters, but has recently been valued at $200 million. It is owned by R.W. Chandler, a consortium represented by New York art historian and dealer Robert Simon.

The exhibition, which opens Wednesday and runs to Feb. 5, is expected to be one of the

most popular in the gallery's 187-year history and is already sold out until mid-December.

To avoid it being overrun, the gallery is selling 180 tickets every 30 minutes, 50 fewer than it is allowed under health and safety rules, and is extending opening hours to accommodate demand.

Beyond the hype, Syson said he hoped the show would "refocus attention on Leonardo the painter" — rather than the scientist, inventor, architect or sculptor.

"First and foremost, Leonardo was trained as a painter, and he thought as a painter, even when he was working on other things," Syson said.

"Careful, detailed, precise observation" was at the root of all he did, Syson said. "Trusting what he could see, rather than what he could read."

The exhibition traces the development of da Vinci's technique and artistic vision under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan — "the classic wicked uncle, the despot," Syson said, but also an art-loving aristocrat who gave Leonardo money and time to explore his ideas.

Syson said that when da Vinci arrived in Milan from Florence, aged about 30, Leonardo was already "unprecedentedly curious about the world around him."

Leonardo da Vinci the star of major London show

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Singer Jennifer Lopez is seen on stage at the Glamour Magazine 21st Annual Women of the Year Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

NEW YORK (AP) — His wife couldn't be there herself to accept her honor. So Mark Kelly, husband of recovering congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, spoke on her behalf. But, he made clear, his wife was still running the show.

"We went over my remarks very carefully," Kelly said at Glamour's Women of the Year awards on Monday. "She's still in charge."

Giffords was one of 11 women honored at the Carnegie Hall ceremony, the 21st time the awards have been presented. As always, the assembled group was a formidable mix of brains, guts, entrepreneurship, and yes, glamour.

On that last count, Jennifer Lopez was there, dressed to the nines in a high-slit Versace gown — her award presented by designer friend Donatella Versace, in fact. She talked about the year's "ups, and not-so-ups," the latter a reference to her split with husband Marc Anthony.

"It's the women in my life that helped me," she said, tearfully. "The most important thing they taught me is to support other women."

An emotional high point came from an unexpected place, with the appearance of a woman named simply "T," who was forced into prostitution as a child and now is an activist trying to stamp out sexual slavery in this country.

"I am just one of many," said "T," or Withelma "T'' Ortiz-Macy. She advised the young girls in the audience to "Think about your personal influence."

The tone for the evening — solidarity among women — was set by Glamour's editor-in-chief, Cindi Leive. "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women," she said, to applause. "We didn't let any of them in tonight."

Each honoree was presented with her award

by someone of equal or often greater fame: Latenight host Chelsea Handler was given her award by friend Jennifer Aniston, who misted up as she praised Handler, even while noting that "Half her life, she is drunk."

Handler was as direct as she is on TV. "You really can do what you want. Just get out there and do it," she said — expletive removed here.

The world of fashion had a strong presence, naturally.

Tory Burch, a go-to designer for upscale professional women, was introduced by actress Jessica Alba. Burch declared proudly that 80 percent of her employees were women. "Women are our best investment," she said.

And designer Marc Jacobs wasn't getting an award — wrong chromosome — but he presented one to artist Cindy Sherman, known for conceptual photographs of herself, one of which recently sold for $3.9 million — a record for a photo.

"I'll just let my work speak for itself," Sherman said, concisely.

Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post has become a media force, received her award from Barbara Walters. She cheekily urged women to "sleep their way to the top" — by enriching their sleep-deprived lives with some more shuteye.

She also regaled the crowd with the story of a failed relationship that set her career on an upward path. "Everything good that happened to me happened because a man wouldn't marry me," she said.

The lifetime achievement winner was Gloria Steinem, whose award was presented by Anita Hill, 20 years after the Clarence Thomas hearings.

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Patriots release DL Albert Haynesworth

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP)—The New England Patriots took just half a season to decide they didn’t need Albert Haynesworth.

Two days after he sat out most of the second half against the New York Giants, the Patriots released the defensive lineman they obtained after his rocky two-year stay with the Washington Redskins.

In six games with the Patriots, Haynesworth had just six tackles and no sacks. His last play came in Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the Giants when left guard David Diehl blocked him to clear the way for Brandon Jacobs’ 10-yard touchdown run with 9:10 left in the third quarter.

“We had a lot of defensive linemen active and so they played in different rotations,” coach Bill Belichick said Monday. “Vince (Wilfork) is a guy, obviously, that we don’t want off the field, but the rest of those guys, they can’t all play.

One guy plays for a while and then somebody else plays and they rotate.”

Belichick didn’t mention Haynesworth during his regular Tuesday conference call.

About 4 1/2 hours later, the team announced Haynesworth’s release. The Boston Herald first reported the news.

On the Giants’ first series of the second half, the 350-pound Haynesworth made some good plays early but got dominated on others. Then, on the sideline after Jacobs’ touchdown run, he and defensive line coach Pepper Johnson had an animated discussion.

“Whatever we talk about as a team during the game or in meetings and all that, it’s between the players and the coaches,” Belichick said Monday.

The Patriots are 5-3, tied for first in the AFC East with the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets, and have been ranked last in the NFL in defense most of the season.

They still have another underachieving high-profile acquisition, wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. They obtained the six-time Pro Bowl player from

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In this Sept. 1, 2011, file photo, New England Patriots defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth looks on from the sideline during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Giants at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

the Cincinnati Bengals the same day they acquired Haynesworth.

Ochocinco has just nine catches for 136 yards and no touchdowns, but Belichick and offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien have praised him.

Haynesworth, who missed two games this season with a back injury, wasn’t involved in any public troubles with New England, unlike his two-year stay in Washington.

“He’ll see how we do things around here,” Wilfork said when

the trade was made. “I don’t think it will be a big problem.”

After signing a seven-year, $100 million free-agent contract with the Redskins after the 2008 season, Haynesworth feuded with new coach Mike Shanahan in 2010. He skipped offseason workouts because he didn’t want to play nose tackle in the 3-4 defensive alignment Shanahan was installing.

Then it took him 10 days to pass his conditioning test. He lost his starting job and played

in just eight games before Shanahan suspended him for the final four because of conduct detrimental to the club.

The Patriots obtained Haynesworth on July 28 for a fifth-round draft choice in 2013.

“Albert has worked hard. I think that it’s coming,” Belichick said after Haynesworth’s first practice with the Patriots.

“We’ve got a long way to go, so just take it day-by-day, but I think he’s doing fine.”

Four days before the season-

opening 38-24 win over the Miami Dolphins, Haynesworth was upbeat.

“I didn’t do much in D.C. The scheme didn’t fit me,” he said.

“Now I can go out there and play and I can get back to what I used to do.”

And last Wednesday he said, “I want to do everything better.

I’d like to rush the passer and get after the quarterback more.

Instead of just getting the pressures, I want to get the sacks.”

But he was a backup in all six

games he played.

The Patriots have good depth on the defensive line with Wilfork, Andre Carter, Shaun Ellis, Mark Anderson, Gerard Warren and Kyle Love. They also recently activated two defensive linemen from the physically unable to perform list, Brandon Deaderick, who has played two games, and Ron Brace, who has played one.

Deaderick “did a nice job in the running game, used his hands well, played with good technique,” Belichick said Monday.

» TENNIS

Andy Roddick, John Isner win at Paris

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US tennis player Andy Roddick returns the ball to Julien benneteau of France during their match in the Paris Tennis Masters tournament Tuesday in Paris, France.

PARIS (AP)—Americans Andy Roddick and John Isner advanced Tuesday at the Paris Masters.

Roddick defeated Julien Benneteau of France 6-4, 6-4, making 12 unforced errors compared to 25 for his opponent.

Isner relied on his strong serve to edge Stanislas Wawrinka 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5). He had 20 aces, including on match point.

“I’ve been in that situation, a bunch of tight matches, where although I’m maybe a little tired, I’m still able to hit my biggest serve,” Isner said. “That’s what I did.”

Isner is ranked 25th and hopes to get into the top 10.

“It’s something I definitely think I can do,” Isner said.

“It won’t happen this year, but it’s going to be one of my goals in 2012.”

Juan Monaco of Argentina cruised past Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-2,

and Richard Gasquet of France defeated Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Roddick hit a forehand return winner followed by a running forehand winner down the line to take the first set. The 2003 U.S. Open champion rallied from 3-1 down in the final set to convert his first match point with a backhand volley.

“It’s a lot slower than last year,” Roddick said about the surface. “I don’t know if they enjoy keeping us guessing, because you never know what you’re going to get when you come to this tournament as far as what the court is going to be.”

Roddick can no longer qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals, but he can still end the year in the top 10. The last time Roddick failed to finish a season in the top 10 was 2001.

“I’m looking forward to this

offseason and getting an extended period to train, come back, and feel like I’m actually ready,” Roddick said.

Tomas Berdych is just one win away from securing a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals after edging Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 7-5.

The 2005 Paris champion won five straight games in the first set to rally from a 3-1 deficit, hitting 12 winners to only three for Verdasco.

Berdych broke the Spaniard twice for a 5-2 lead in the second set but wasted four match points to let Verdasco tie at 5-5. But the fifth-seeded Czech broke Verdasco again with a forehand pass before clinching victory with a crosscourt backhand winner.

Also, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, Feliciano Lopez of Spain, Ivan Dodig of Croatia, Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine

and Jeremy Chardy of France won their first-round matches.

Tsonga defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-4.

The sixth-seeded Tsonga can secure a spot for the tour finals by winning his next match.

Lopez beat Michael Llodra of France 7-6 (7), 6-3, Dodig rallied past Fabio Fognini of Italy 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 and Stakhovsky defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 6-3.

Lopez saved four set points in the tiebreaker before taking a 4-0 lead in the second set and landing an ace to clinch victory. The Spanish lefty will next play eighth-seeded Gael Monfils of France.

Dodig will take on top-seeded Novak Djokovic.

Nishikori struggled after stunning Djokovic last weekend to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel, where he lost to Roger Federer.

» MLB

AP source: Cardinals interview Francona

ST. LOUIS (AP)—Former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona has interviewed with the St. Louis Cardinals for their manager opening, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made.

The interview took place in Cincinnati, where Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. lives.

Francona managed the Red Sox for eight seasons and left after they wasted a nine-game September lead in the AL wild-card race.

St. Louis is seeking a replacement for Tony La

Russa, who retired two days after winning his second World Series in 16 seasons with the Cardinals.

More interviews are planned for Wednesday, believed to be with third base coach Jose Oquendo and Hall of Fame second baseman Ryan Sandberg, who managed the Phillies’ Triple-A team last season.

St. Louis previously interviewed Mike Matheny, Joe McEwing and Chris Maloney.

Matheny and Maloney have organizational ties and McEwing played for St. Louis.

The 48-year-old Oquendo has been the third base coach the last dozen years. He played

his final 10 major league seasons with the Cardinals from 1986-95 when he was nicknamed the “Secret Weapon” as a nod to his versatility.

St. Louis has received permission from the Phillies to talk with Sandberg, ruled out earlier for the managing job with the Cubs, the team he starred for from 1982-97.

After he left the Red Sox, there were reports players drank beer and ate fast food fried chicken in the clubhouse during games rather than root on their teammates. The Boston Globe reported the club was concerned he was “distracted,” living in a hotel while separated from his wife and taking

painkillers to deal with knee operations. Francona has said his personal life didn’t affect his performance.

Boston ended an 86-year championship drought in 2004, Francona’s first season, when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in the World Series. Francona also managed the Red Sox to a sweep of Colorado in the 2007 World Series.

Francona is the secondwinningest manager in Red Sox history with a 744-552 record and 8-0 mark in the World Series.

Francona and Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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In this May, 26, 2011, file photo, then-Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona looks on in the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit.

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Toss up: Who will win the AFC North?

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Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, right, runs past Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (92) and cornerback William Gay (22) on the first play from scrimmage to the end zone in an NFL football game Sunday in Pittsburgh. The play was called back on a penalty.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) rolls out of the pocket to throw a pass against the Baltimore Ravens in the third quarter of the NFL football game Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Ravens won 23-20.

By David Marinstein Campus Correspondent

By Ryan Curto Campus Correspondent

The AFC North has been wild this year. The season started with the Baltimore Ravens absolutely drubbing the Pittsburgh Steelers, establishing a possible early dominance in the division.

But as the season progressed, the Steelers have bounced back, the Ravens have made a case for why they could be an AFC favorite and the young Cincinnati Bengals have surprised everyone by going 6-2, creating a virtual three-way tie for first place (the Steelers are 6-3, but have not yet had a bye week). This AFC North division race is going to continue to be a tight one, but at the end, look for the Pittsburgh Steelers to emerge on top.

Most recently, the Steelers lost their second game of the season to the Baltimore Ravens in a game that came down to the final minute. Led by quarterback Joe Flacco, the Ravens were able to come back from a 20-16 deficit on a touchdown pass to rookie receiver Torrey Smith. A game in which the Steelers controlled for the most part was out of their hands, and they took the loss.

Although Pittsburgh lost to Baltimore both times this season, Pittsburgh has shown something on both sides of the ball that the Ravens have not–consistency. Once the Steelers picked up their play following the season-opening loss to Baltimore, they’ve been dominant as always defensively and executed the offense as expected. The Ravens, on the other hand, have shown their defensive dominance, but have struggled at times offensively. Joe Flacco has played well recently, but going back just three games, he had

a less-than-spectacular performance against the mediocre Jacksonville Jaguars. Additionally, a huge part of the Ravens' offense is their running game, which was non-existent in that game against the Jags. It makes analysts wonder whether the offensive coaching is responsible because running back Ray Rice is a Pro-Bowlcaliber back. With these flaws offensively, the Ravens are a tougher team to pick. In addition, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been having a good year, and running back Rashard Mendenhall has made big contributions as well to the offense.

Consistency always helps make a safe pick. But there is another reason why the Steelers are a better pick to win the division over both Baltimore and Cincinnati: experience. The players on the Steelers have, for the most part, all been to the playoffs before. Just a season ago, the Steelers were in the Super Bowl. Many of the returning players know exactly what it takes to get back there. Although the Ravens have experienced players in terms of the playoffs, very few, if any ,have made it to the Super Bowl other than Ray Lewis. The defense of the Ravens, like that of the Steelers, is championship quality and could propel them to the Super Bowl, but the Steelers are a much safer choice.

We’re halfway through the season, and the remaining schedules of each team also contribute to this decision. The Steelers have a much lighter schedule than the Ravens for the rest of the season, which is just another reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers will win the AFC North division.

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Nine weeks into the NFL season, it is time to begin analyzing possible playoff contenders. Some unexpected teams have had success through the first half of the season and have demanded attention throughout the league.

The Detroit Lions are perhaps at the front of the pack. They hold a 6-2 record after enduring years and years of failure. The San Francisco 49ers are another team seeing first-half success. Although they have not experienced years of failure at the level of the Lions, their 7-1 record has impressed many. Cincinnati is home to another team that has shocked many by their early season success. The Bengals hold a 6-2 record in arguably the toughest division in the NFL, the AFC North. In a division that houses perennial Super Bowl contenders, many have taken notice at the Bengals’ success this year.

Few have even questioned whether or not the Bengals could be considered playoff contenders. Unfortunately, playing in a division with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, the Bengals will not reach the playoffs. Instead, the Ravens will come out on top of the AFC North.

It is true that, so far this year, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has not played like he has in recent years. He has already thrown six interceptions, fumbled nine times and has a lower completion percentage than he has ever had in his career. However, even with

his early struggles, it is impossible to look past some of the success that he has had.

He has already led the Ravens to victory in arguably the most important games of their season. Beating the Steelers twice this season demonstrates that Flacco still has the ability to succeed under pressure and perform on center stage.

Ray Rice is another huge reason why the Ravens will come out on top of the AFC North.

Already having a tremendous year, Rice has shown no sign of slowing down. His six touchdowns this season put him one short of his career high. With the threat of Anquan Boldin and others down field for Flacco to throw to, it becomes more difficult for opposing defenses to completely shut down Rice.

However, it is impossible to discuss the success of the Ravens without talking about their defense. With pro-bowlers everywhere on the field, the defense of the Ravens is possibly the toughest for any team to go against. Led by veteran Ray Lewis, the Ravens’ defense ranks in the top five of every defensive category. With linebacker Terrell Suggs and free safety Ed Reed adding to the dominance of the Ravens' defense, it is difficult to imagine any team passing them in the AFC North. Many will argue in favor of the Steelers, but the Ravens defense has already demonstrated the ability to completely shut down the offense run

by Ben Roethlisberger this season.

It is very difficult to argue that the Baltimore Ravens won’t win the AFC North.

Ryan.Curto@UConn.edu

UConn battles Pace University without Doty and Mosqueda-Lewis

from HUSKIES, page 14 “It definitely feels a lot better than it did last Thursday,” Mosqueda-Lewis added. “I’m looking forward to coming back this week and practicing with the team for the game on Sunday… [There’s] no question I’ll be out there Sunday.”

Freshman guard Brianna Banks, who hadn’t practiced since the Assumption game until yesterday, will be in the lineup against Pace, according to Auriemma. He said that she’s been out after stepping “on someone’s ankle and then she had her wisdom teeth taken out,” but that she’s been cleared to play.

Banks was one of nine players to score in the game against Assumption, when the Huskies featured a balanced attack in their 89-30 beatdown of the Greyhounds despite getting off to a sluggish start. The teams traded baskets early on, as UConn held a 22-16 lead after the first 10-plus minutes in a game that saw the teams combine for 16 turnovers to that point.

But a 37-3 run in the last 8:30 of the first half – sparked by four 3-pointers from Mosqueda-Lewis – quickly put the game out of reach for the Greyhounds.

The Huskies opened the second half with a 12-0 run in the

first 3:30 to extend the lead to 49, and from there, they cruised to victory.

Senior captain Tiffany Hayes led the way with 18 points and 10 assists, while sophomore center Stefanie Dolson had 12 points and 10 boards. Sophomore Bria Hartley and junior Kelly Faris joined the other three starters in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Tonight’s game marks the first action of the season for Pace, which plays in the Division II Northeast-10 conference alongside Assumption.

The Settlers went 24-9 last year and 15-7 in conference play, with two of those wins coming against the Greyhounds.

Auriemma said that defense is one of the team’s focuses tonight as it wraps up exhibition play.

“I think the biggest problem defensively is just keeping teams from dribble penetrating,” Auriemma said. “The officials I think have a tendency to want to call a lot of the hand checking and stuff, so we’re trying to spend a lot of time on that… At the same time, we’re trying to do a lot of that ourselves.”

Following tonight’s game, the Huskies will begin regularseason play Sunday with a 2 p.m. matchup with Holy Cross.

Ryan.Tepperman@UConn.edu

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Sophomore guard Bria Hartley dribbles the ball during UConn's 89-30 preseason win over Assumption at home in Gampel Pavilion in Storrs on Thursday.

McDonough: C.W. Post's Carberry was a UConn Ennis: Moore an inspiration opponent worthy of my cheers Saturday from NOT, page 14

from CATCHING, page 14 “I’m proud to see how much he’s improved since high school,” Spilka said. “And how good he has become.”

Although Tobin wasn’t a big UConn fan when he was a kid, instead dreaming of one day playing football for Notre Dame, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t amped to play against the Huskies.

“I was hyped up, I was ready to play,” Carberry said. “I came in there, as soon as I walked in the gym I had a smile on my face. But I wish I shot better.”

Tobin hit only 3-of-18 shots from the field, but he scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out two assists. His coach mentioned his shooting woes, but said he contributed in other areas of the stat sheet.

“Tob is a terrific kid. He’s

excited about every game,” said C.W. Post coach Chris Casey.

“He found ways to get involved.”

Tobin played this past summer in the Pro-Am in Hartford, which gave him the opportunity to face current and former UConn players.

“It helped me out defensively; even though I didn’t shoot well I had a good game defensively,” Carberry said. “I know all the guys, so I know how they play.”

After finishing his stellar career in Hamden Fathers, Tobin played high school basketball at Cheshire Academy, before eventually transferring to Hamden High. Tobin was the team captain his senior year, leading the Green Dragons to the SCC final and garnering All-Area MVP honors from the New Haven Register.

Tobin said his coach, Clem Batcheldor, helped him go from Hamden to college basketball.

“Going from Hamden High, I had great coaches and a great upbringing,” Carberry said.

“Especially my senior year, we had a great time…We went out with a bang and that got me ready for my college years.”

Tobin played at Southern Connecticut before transferring to C.W. Post.

“My brother was an assistant, that’s why I went there,” Carberry said. “So I transferred because I thought he was going to be an assistant there, but the coach didn’t take him, and that really kind of hurt so I had to get out of there.”

After taking a trip down memory lane and seeing Tobin for the first time in years, we asked him if we still shared the same hometown on breaks from college.

“Yes, I live in Hamden,” Carberry said.

Photo Courtesy of CWPostPioneers.com

C.W. Post's junior guard Tobin Carberry.

Watching a Hamden native play against UConn Saturday made me proud that I could say that same sentence.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

She also earned wildcard entry to face the men in the Reef Hawaiian Pro in two weeks.

Never mind recreation league, high school, collegeor gender boundaries, this 19-year-old is breaking the barrier in a professional circuit.

The Hawaiian native won the Roxy Pro Biarritz surf tournament, becoming the youngest world champion in surfing history. Her win also marked Hawaii’s first female world champion in 30 years. Now, she’ll return to her home state to see if a bikini-clad teenager can compete against the boardshorts in Honolulu.

Since the start of her surf career, she has begun and ended each day with surfing, filling the in-between time with gym workouts.

In just a few weeks, we’ll see if it pays off, as she could forever alter the way women’s surfing is viewed. The teenager faces the

pressure of representing women’s surfing as a whole, not just the personal glory of riding against the other guys. But to Moore, pressure won’t hold her back. She thrives off it.

The women’s triple crown of surfing is canceled this year due to lack of sponsors. This regression in an industry that for years saw steady progress is discouraging.

But Moore has a chance to save the respect of her fellow surfers.

Proving to the boys that the girls can paddle out on the North Shore and score big numbers is just the feat Moore is anxious to accomplish.

Perhaps hers is more attainable than mine ever was. But if Moore can pull this off in few waves and inspire the masses, maybe, just maybe, I’ll find myself on the moon with a bat and glove. In the outfield. Playing with the guys.

Follow Danielle on Twitter @ Ennismenace11

Danielle.Ennis@UConn.edu

TWO Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Home game

Away game

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Sports

The Daily Question Q : Who will win the Jets vs. Patriots showdown Sunday night?

A : “The Bills.”

–Andrew Chan, 5th semester economics major.

» That’s what he said

Nov. 26 Rutgers TBA

AP

- Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on Pittsburgh’s 23-20 loss to the Ravens.

Dec. 3 Cincinnati 12 p.m.

Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center Nov. 11 Columbia 7 p.m.

Nov. 14 Wagner 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 17 Maine 7 p.m.

Mike Tomlin

» Pic of the day

Men’s Basketball (0-0) Nov. 24 UNC Asheville 7 p.m.

Nov. 20 Coppin St. 1 p.m.

They see me finger-rollin’

Women’s Basketball (0-0) Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center Today Pace (exhibition) 7 p.m.

Nov. 25 Nov. 21 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Fairleigh Stanford Holy Cross Pacific Dickenson 2 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m

Men’s Soccer (16-2-2) Friday, Nov. 11 Big East Tournament semifinals Louisville, 5 p.m.

Field Hockey (17-2) Saturday, Nov. 12 NCAA Tournament first round Princeton, 2 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey (3-4-1) Nov. 12 AIC 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 16 Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 19 Yale 7 p.m.

Nov. 25 Air Force 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 26 Air Force 7:05 p.m.

Women’s Ice Hockey (1-9-2) Nov. 12 Providence 1 p.m.

Nov. 19 BU 3 p.m.

Nov. 20 Vermont 2 p.m.

Nov. 25, 26 Nutmeg Classic 4 & 7 p.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Nov. 18, 19, 20 Pitt Invite All Day

Nov. 12 Penn Noon

Women’s Swimming & Diving Nov. 12 Penn Noon

Nov. 18, 19, 20 Pitt Invite All Day

Volleyball (14-13) Nov. 12 Rutgers 2 p.m.

Nov. 13 Seton Hall 2 p.m.

TBA Big East Tournament TBA

Men’s Cross Country Nov. 12 NCAA Northeast TBA

Nov. 21 NCAA Champs.

TBA

Women’s Cross Country Nov. 12 NCAA Northeast TBA

Nov. 21 NCAA Champs.

TBA

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Senior guard Tiffany Hayes lays the ball up during UConn’s 89-30 preseason win over Assumption at home in Gampel Pavilion in Storrs on Thursday.

THE Storrs Side Lamb, Oriahki and Drummond named to Naismith Watch List

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer The No. 4 UConn men’s basketball team saw three of its own lauded as being among college basketball’s best two days ago. As determined by the Atlanta Tipoff club, sophomore Jeremy Lamb, junior Alex Oriahki and freshman Andre Drummond have been named to the 2011-2012 Naismith Trophy preseason watch list. The award is handed out annually to the nation’s best player at season’s end during the Final Four.

The voting members consist of leading basketball journalists, coaches and administrators, though last season 25 percent of the vote was accounted for by fan balloting. The new feature aided former BYU shooting guard Jimmer Fredette, who eventually won the award over former UConn guard Kemba Walker.

This year’s UConn squad will hope to take home the trophy with one of its candidates.

Named to the Associated Press All-American team just last week, Lamb is poised to step into Walker’s shoes as the Huskies leading scorer in 2011-12. The

6-foot-5 guard averaged 20 points during UConn’s exhibition schedule and was the second-leading scorer in both of last year’s Final Four games. In addition, he has since been selected to this season’s Wooden preseason Top–50.

Oriahki enters his junior year after receiving votes for the AP’s All-American squad and a spot on the All-Big East second team.

His double-double in last year’s championship game earned him acclaim from many as the best player on the floor that night. He hopes to ride that momentum and dominate this season, when he’ll benefit from another talented presence on the interior.

Standing at an imposing 6-foot11 and 270 lbs, Drummond will be counted on early and often to produce for the reigning champions. The Connecticut native is one of seven freshmen on the watchlist, and with Lamb and Oriahki, makes up one-third of the Big East players listed. Completing the list are Tim Abromaitis, Ashton Gibbs, Darius JohnsonOdom, Kevin Jones, Kris Joseph and Peyton Siva.

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

Tweet your answers, along with your name, semester standing and major, to @DCSportsDept. The best answer will appear in the next paper.

» FIFA

Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford Nov. 19 Louisville TBA

Where does Joe Frazier rank among boxing’s all time greats?

The Daily Roundup

“To be quite frank with you, it stung as much yesterday as it did on Sunday night, as it should.“

Football (4-5)

Next Paper’s Question:

Qatar urged to scrap air conditioning in World Cup stadium ZURICH (AP)—After all the talk of using state-of-the-art air conditioning to cool stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect in charge of one of the venues reversed course and claimed Tuesday that a more oldfashioned solution would be cheaper and better.

Leading firm Populous, which is designing the Sports City stadium in Doha, is trying to persuade Qatari organizers to scrap plans to have air conditioning at the venue.

Populous director John Barrow said the system is too expensive and “notoriously unsustainable” for the environment when used on a large scale. Barrow, whose firm helped draw up the prototype of an air-conditioned stadium, now believes the planned 47,000-seat Sports City arena can be kept cool by shading seats and using traditional Arabic methods for ventilation.

“I think you can be more clever. It is about air movement, moisture in the air and it is about temperature at the right time of day,” Barrow told delegates at the International Football Arena conference. “If we get it right … that is the way ahead.”

The concept of air-conditioned stadiums to beat the 122-degree desert heat in June was a defining theme of Qatar’s winning bid last year.

Qatar hired Populous to help its campaign, drawing on the firm’s experience in building signature projects such as the new Yankee Stadium, London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium and Arsenal’s Emirates arena.

The firm built a small prototype of an airconditioned stadium in Doha to help persuade a FIFA inspection team that the tiny nation’s ambitious World Cup project could succeed.

“We are doing away with all the air-conditioning kit that is going to cost a fortune to run,” Barrow said.

Instead, he is proposing wind towers that suck up hot air to create fan-like air movement inside the stadium.

“It is part of the building tradition in the Gulf to create wind towers, which naturally ventilate. If you have got an air movement, which keeps you cool like a fan, that makes all the difference.”

Qatar promised FIFA that its 12 World Cup stadiums could be regulated at around 79 degrees. Now, Barrow says spectators could be sitting in 86-degree temperatures during evening matches.

“Fan expectation needs to be a little more relaxed,” he said on the conference sideline.

THE Pro Side Game of the Week: Edmonton Oilers at Phoenix Coyotes

By Jimmy Onofrio Staff Writer Edmonton was arguably the hottest team in the NHL going into Saturday’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Winners of six straight games with the best goals-against average in the league, the Oilers were looking very strong. Phoenix struck first on home ice, scoring two goals in the second period after controlling play most of the first 40 minutes. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored Edmonton’s first goal 10 minutes into the third period, only to be answered by Phoenix two minutes later to extend the lead to two. An empty-net goal with 11 seconds remaining put the final score at 4-2, and handed Edmonton its first loss since Oct. 20.

Big Letdown: Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks Prior to Sunday’s game in Chicago, Vancouver had been very inconsistent this year while Chicago had been nearly unbeatable at home. In their first meeting since the opening round of last season’s playoffs, the Canucks took advantage of

the power play from the very beginning. They were able to convert on five of six opportunities, while Chicago went 0-5 in that category. The Blackhawks are at the bottom of the league in power-play conversion.

While only scoring one goal during even play, Vancouver was still able to power itself to a 6-2 win against its Western Conference rival.

Wish We Were There: Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks San Jose put on a thrilling comeback rally to capture a 4-3 shootout victory over Eastern Conference leaders Pittsburgh.

The Penguins struck twice in the first three minutes of the game and were in control until the third period. “We had no business winning that game after the first period,” said coach Todd McLellan. A Jamie McGinn goal with five minutes remaining tied the game.

A scoreless overtime forced a shootout, where Ryane Clowe scored the game-winning goal against Pittsburgh goalie MarcAndre Fleury.

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.13: Three Huskies on Naismith Watch List. / P.12: Steelers or Ravens in the AFC North?. / P.11: Patriots cut Haynesworth.

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Catching up with Carberry

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HUSKIES HOST SETTERS AT XL CENTER No. 4 UConn plays Pace University in preseason battle in Hartford

By Ryan Tepperman Staff Writer

Colin McDonough In 2003, my twin brother Matt and I played in the Hamden Fathers Basketball Association town championship. Our team, J.E. Oil, had a couple unathletic, undersized and over-theirhead point guards: Matt and me.

Facing us in the championship was Axman Chiropractic, a team led by Tobin Carberry. We won the town championship over Tobin, not because we teamed up to outplay him at the point guard position, but because our teammates won the game for us. If you see Matt and me pictured on the SRF wall under Intramural Champions, it’s not because we’re good at basketball: it’s thanks to our teammates.

Anyway, Tobin and his C.W. Post Pioneers played the No. 4 and defending national champion UConn men’s basketball team Sunday at the XL Center in Hartford. Much like me trying to guard Tobin eight years ago, it was a mismatch–only this time, for Tobin.

The Huskies dominated C.W. Post, winning 91-61 to end their exhibition schedule with a 2-0 record. Although I was glad UConn took care of business Sunday, I had never been prouder to hear an opponent’s name called over the loudspeakers during the starting lineups.

But it wasn’t just a meaningful moment for me to see someone I played against as a kid.

Tobin, whose brother Tobe played against UConn as a member of the Vermont basketball team in 1999, said that over 30 friends and family made the trip from Hamden to Hartford. Matt Spilka, a UConn student and former teammate of Tobin in Hamden Fathers and at Hamden High, was one of the many Carberry fans in attendance.

» MCDONOUGH, page 12

Not afraid to play with the boys

By Danielle Ennis Action Sports Columnist When I was in 5th grade, my yearbook goal read, “To be the first girl to play baseball…on the moon.” Forget about shattering the glass ceiling: I was going for the ozone layer, the stratosphere, the exosphere and right to the stars.

I had just won my town’s World Series playing right fielder for the Braves. It didn’t matter that no 4th-grader was going to send the ball anywhere close to me. I was a mere speck out. The boys were playing the real defense in the infield, but I didn’t realize it, and it didn’t matter. I’d rather pick blades of grass by the fences than pitch underhand in softball. I was playing with the guys.

In my naïve, albeit hopeful, brain under that red mesh baseball hat, I had already accomplished playing a boys’ sport and needed to aim for something bigger– something the boys would surely be doing when I was older: playing baseball in space.

At some point later on, whether I lost my passion, relinquished my stubbornness or just gained some practicality, I stopped dreaming out of this world and joined the girls’ teams.

Now, over 10 years later, one female is ready to hang with the boys out in the water.

In December, professional surfer Carissa Moore will be competing against over 200 men in the Triple Crown of Surfing on the North Shore of Oahu.

» ENNIS, page 12

ED RYAN/The Daily Campus

After a 59-point win in last Thursday’s opening exhibition game, the No. 4 UConn women’s basketball team will play its final tune-up tonight against Pace University.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the XL Center.

The Huskies will once again be without redshirt junior Caroline Doty, who’s still recovering from a knee injury, as well as freshman 0-0, 0-0 Kaleena MosquedaLewis, who left the game against Assumption two minutes into the second half with a calf strain.

Coach Geno Auriemma said yesterday that Doty will return to “full practice” by Friday, but that 0-0, 0-0 Lewis’ injury, while not a 7 p.m. long-term issue, is more of a day-to-day situation.

XL Center “We’re waiting a little Hartford, CT bit to see how it feels,” Auriemma said. “These things are delicate… Sometimes you’re just better off being more cautious in the beginning and then don’t let them linger.”

“It’s definitely frustrating,” Mosqeuda-Lewis, who had 17 points against Assumption, said about the injury. “I just want to be out there with my team, be able to practice with them and play with them tomorrow.

Junior guard Kelly Faris goes up for a lay-up during UConn’s 89-30 preseason win over Assumption at home in Gampel Pavilion in Storrs on Thursday.

» UCONN, page 12

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

VS.

Not so happy valley; Penn State in big trouble

By Eric Ploch Campus Correspondent

Across the nation, most college athletic directors and school presidents are worrying about conference changes or a few minor recruiting violations to write up reports on. At Penn State, they wish that were the case.

After a three-year investigation into reported sexual abuse on the Penn State campus, former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of various child abuse allegations. The allegations are believed to contain advances made on at least eight boys over a 15-year span. Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, the vice president for finance and business, left their respective positions after an indictment

on Saturday from a grand jury saying the two worked to cover up Sandusky’s abuse.

Sandusky worked in the ‘80s and ‘90s as Penn State’s defensive coordinator, and was seen as the heir apparent to head coach Joe Paterno. Sandusky also started the Second Mile Foundation in 1977 to help at-risk kids, and he continued his work with the foundation after his retirement from football in 1999. Sandusky’s charges include “multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor, as well as single counts of aggravated indecent assault and attempted indecent assault (CBS News).”

The first of Sandusky’s victims came to light in 2009, and as a result, Sandusky

was no longer allowed in the child’s county. The Second Mile Foundation was forced to take action.

“Although he maintained there was no truth to the claims, we are an organization committed first and foremost to the safety and well-being of the children we serve,” The Second Mile said late Sunday in an email to CBS News.

“Consistent with that commitment and with The Second Mile policy, we immediately made the decision to separate him from all of our program activities involving children.

Thus, from 2008 to present, Mr. Sandusky has had no involvement with Second Mile programs involving children.”

Curley was appointed athletic director in 1993, and Schultz to his respective position the same year until his retirement in 2009, as well as his current interim

position as the university looked to fill his void.

The main issue involving Curley and Schultz is believed to have taken place in 2002. During this time, a graduate assistant to Paterno reported to the head coach he entered the team showers only to see Sandusky assaulting a naked boy. Paterno then reported the abuse to Curley.

After meeting with the graduate assistant, Curley and Schultz proceeded with no further action, and the assault was not only left unresolved, but also without a police report, which is required by the State of Pennsylvania. Also, during the investigation, both university officials had different stories in regards to the 2002 incident, presumably leading to the perjury indictment for Curley and Schultz.

As for head coach Joe Paterno, it has been reported

that his testimony with grand jury officials will lead to no police action against the NCAA’s winningest head coach. Paterno followed the correct path of action in letting his higher up, Curley, know of the sexual abuse allegations.

Paterno had a press conference scheduled for Tuesday morning, which reports say he was ready for, but the conference was canceled shortly before it was planned to take place.

No matter how you look at it, these are dark days for the university. While most universities look forward to their noon kickoffs and dreams of conference championships, all Penn State can dream about is the end of this tragedy – both for the university and, more importantly, for the victims of Sandusky’s terrible crimes.

Eric.Ploch@UConn.edu

» BOXING

Boxing great Joe Frazier dies after cancer fight

PHILADELPHIA (AP)— Joe Frazier had to throw his greatest punch to knock down “The Greatest.”

A vicious left hook from Frazier put Muhammad Ali on the canvas in the 15th round in March 1971 when he became the first man to beat him in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden.

“That was the greatest thing that ever happened in my life,” Frazier said.

It was his biggest night, one that would never come again.

The relentless, undersized heavyweight ruled the division as champion, then spent a lifetime trying to fight his way out of Ali’s shadow.

Frazier, who died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67, will forever be associated with Ali. No one in boxing would ever dream of anointing Ali as The Greatest unless he, too, was linked to Smokin’ Joe. “I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration,” Ali said in a statement. “My

sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones.”

They fought three times, twice in the heart of New York City and once in the morning in a steamy arena in the Thrilla in Manila in the Philippines.

They went 41 rounds together.

Neither gave an inch and both gave it their all.

In their last fight in Manila in 1975, they traded punches with a fervor that seemed unimaginable among heavyweights.

Frazier gave almost as good as he got for 14 rounds, then had to be held back by trainer Eddie Futch as he tried to go out for the final round, unable to see.

“Closest thing to dying that I know of,” Ali said afterward.

Ali was as merciless with Frazier out of the ring as he was inside it. He called him a gorilla, and mocked him as an Uncle Tom. But he respected him as a fighter, especially after Frazier won a decision to defend his heavyweight title against the then-unbeaten Ali in a fight that was so big Frank Sinatra was shooting pictures at

ringside and both fighters earned an astonishing $2.5 million.

The night at the Garden 40 years ago remained fresh in Frazier’s mind as he talked about his life, career and relationship with Ali a few months before he died.

“I can’t go nowhere where it’s not mentioned,” he told The Associated Press.

Bob Arum, who once promoted Ali, said he was saddened

by Frazier’s passing.

“He was such an inspirational guy. A decent guy. A man of his word,” Arum said. “I’m torn up by Joe dying at this relatively young age. I can’t say enough about Joe.” Frazier’s death was announced in a statement by his family, who asked to be able to grieve privately and said they would announce “our father’s homecoming celebration” as soon as possible.

Manny Pacquiao learned of it shortly after he arrived in Las Vegas for his fight Saturday night with Juan Manuel Marquez. Like Frazier in his prime, Pacquiao has a powerful left hook that he has used in his remarkable run to stardom.

AP

In this undated file photo, boxer Joe Frazier poses for a photo. Frazier has died after a brief final fight with liver cancer.