The Daily Campus: December 1, 2011

Volume CXVIII No. 63

» INSIDE

USG to host grievance airing session next semester

By Liz Crowley Senior Staff Writer

A 6th YEAR OF ART4AIDS UConn’s tribute to World AIDS Week features art.

FOCUS/ page 7

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN Huskies hit 12 threepointers, force 30 turnovers in blowout win.

SPORTS/ page 14 W. HARTFORD BOARD OF ED’S OPENNESS TO REFORM IS GOOD Students and educators must understand each other for an effective learning environment.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE MANSFIELD Representatives will serve Mansfield in the state General Assembly after approval of redistricting plan.

NEWS/ page 2

» weather THURSDAY Sunny.

High 49 / Low 28 FRIDAY/SATURDAY

High 50 Low 28

High 485 Low 32

» index

Classifieds 3 Comics 5 Commentary 4 Crossword/Sudoku 5 Focus 7 InstantDaily 4 Sports 14

The Daily Campus 11 Dog Lane Storrs, CT 06268 Box U-4189

www.dailycampus.com

Thursday, December 1, 2011

UConn students can speak their minds at two open meetings next semester: one devoted to tuition prices and another to the general grievances they have, said Undergraduate Student Government Senator Ethan Senack at Wednesday’s Senate meeting.

Senack, chair of the External Affairs Committee, said that they will host an event where students can express their needs to UConn organizations such as USG, The Daily Campus and ConnPIRG since they work for the entire student body.

“We just want to hear the average student,” Senack said. “[They can] come out and tell us what they want.”

At a separate event held on Jan. 19, students can discuss tuition costs with UConn’s Board of Trustees chief financial officer Richard Gray and the provost at a town hall meeting. The representatives

will explain UConn’s budget situation and the different options they are considering for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

“The university is projecting right now to be in a minimum of a $45 million hole,” said Board of Trustees student representative Brien Buckman.

Buckman said UConn’s state grant has been decreased twice, which is a major reason why the university would increase tuition.

USG President Sam Tracy encourages all students to attend this meeting to voice their concerns.

Having attended the meeting his freshman year, he spoke with some of the trustees directly and appeared on the news.

“This is probably one of the most important issues that students face…because it affects them very directly,” Tracy said.

He warned students that if they don’t attend the meeting, they give trustees free reign

to make all the decisions.

Plus, many students have different thoughts on the price of tuition.

“There’s a division of opinion among students so it is good to show the proportion of opinions,” said Tracy.

Vice President Lindsay Chiappa serves on Town Gown, a committee made up of Mansfield and UConn representatives, and deals with their shared issues. At their Nov. 8 meeting, the Mansfield Downtown Project said they signed their first lease with the frozen yogurt store FroYo. She also said the New England Rail Coalition project, a plan to build a railroad connecting local New England towns between Maryland and Montreal, was presented. More information can be found at NewEnglandrailcoalition.org.

BiILL PRITCHARD/The Daily Campus

Elizabeth.Crowley@UConn.edu

Need to build your résumé? Find an intership that suits your skills

By Christine Peterson Staff Writer “Overall, Students who completed one or more internships received an average salary offer of $41,580 while those who did not take part in an internship received an average salary offer of $34,601.”

This statistic on the internships.uconn.edu website reveals just one of the benefits of taking part in an internship. Wednesday’s lecture in the Homer Babbidge Library offered a workshop so UConn students considering an internship can easily find what they are looking for by navigating the University’s website.

Jennifer Grunwald gave an informative presentation that had positive feedback with the students.

“I thought it was really helpful. I found a lot of information I never would have known about and I’m really excited about looking for an internship now,” said Tikeyah Whittle, a 7th-semester journalism major who attended the workshop yesterday.

Grunwald took the students through the website step by step, showing them all of the resources and links that would be helpful in finding an internship.

“Internships are a work and learning experience that may be for credit, not for credit, paid, or not-paid,” Grunwald said.

One aspect of internships is whether or not they are offered for credit within the student’s major. The first step is to contact the major’s department and inquire. If internships are not

In this file photo from Oct. 19,2011, USG President Sam Tracy speaks at a USG meeting.

Faulty equipment to blame for injuries at Storrs Center Site

By Kimberly Wilson Senior Staff Writer

JOHNATHAN KULAKOFSKY/The Daily Campus

Jennifer Grunwald gave students internship advice at a lecture on Wedneday. Grunwald oversees UConn’s internship website, www.internships.uconn.edu.

available through the department, Career Services offers a one-credit internship as an alternative. On the internships website there is a “Major/Dept internship policies” link that can direct students to the person to contact and also shows if the major accepts internships for credit.

Internships.uconn.edu offers other internship search engines such as Aftercollege, internships.com, Job Monkey and others. Some are specialized search engines that cater specifically to a certain field like anthropology and history or art and media.

In addition, Grunwald exposed the group to international internships and related

search engines. Grunwald recommended the UConn office of study abroad internships page; with other websites fees might be associated. “Going Global” is the main link Grunwald showed the students, which contains country career guides and internship listings. Students can also search in the U.S as another search engine.

There is also the “tips and resources” link on the internships website. Grunwald advised the group on issues they might have with unpaid internships. The tips and resources section offered scholarships and awards along with scholarship and grant databases

» ONLINE, page 2

The industrial accident at the Storrs Center project at 13 Dog Lane on Monday involving two construction workers was caused by a faulty scissor lift, said Donna Prince, director of marketing at Erland Construction Inc., and general contractor of the project. The workers fell from the height of the second story, not the fourth as stated in the Connecticut State Police Department’s report.

The police report given cited a four-story fall from collapsed scaffolding, but Prince said equipment failure was the cause of the accident.

When the scissor lift malfunctioned, the scissor portion of the equipment separated from a part of the base, causing the platform to fall over to the right, Prince said. The men were thrown off the platform as it fell.

Prince said the cause of the accident appears to have been a structural failure in the equipment, not operator error.

“We certainly wanted to look into the accident to see if unsafe practices had been used and we haven’t found that to be the case,” Prince said.

For now, the faulty scissor lift remains unmoved at the site of the accident.

“Many different companies

need to inspect the lift including insurance companies, and we have not been authorized to move it,” Prince said “It could be up to six months before we hear back from OSHA on the accident. Other than that, the construction goes on.”

The injured men are employees of Empire Construction Special Projects, a subcontractor of Shepherdsville Construction, according to Prince. Prince said representatives from Erland Construction Inc., Shepherdsville Construction and Empire will be meeting tomorrow and that she hopes to know more information on the workers’ conditions then.

“We are praying for the workers’ full recovery and wish their families well,” Prince said.

OSHA has recently fined Pioneer Valley Concrete Services, Inc. $2142 for a violation at the Storrs Center site that was reclassified as “other than serious” although it was originally classified as “serious,” Prince said.

The original fine was $4284 but was reduced with the reclassification. The fine resulted from an error in the angles where a trench was being dug.

Prince said the violation was minor and not connected with the accident.

Kimberly.Wilson@UConn.edu

What’s on at UConn today...

Stuff a Husky 1 to 4 p.m.

Student Union, 303 Want a free stuffed animal? Come stuff your own husky dog with the Commuter Student Association this Thursday afternoon. While supplies last. Limit one per student.

Journey to Journey House 6:30 to 8 pm.

Student Union, 407A Journey House is a juvenile detention center in Willimantic, CT. Students from the African American Cultural Center will be visiting the Journey House several times throughout the semester.

CRT Presents: I’m Connecticut 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Jorgensen Theatre “I’m Connecticut” is love a story about a young man who grew up in Simsbury now living in New York City and searching for love. Amid the anxieties of dating he begins to ask himself what a Nutmegger really is.

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Presentation 5 to 6 p.m.

Student Union, 325

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is presented by Careers for the Common Good. The camp is a no-fee camp for youths aged 7 to 15, with cancer and serious blood diseases, who reside in New England, New York or New Jersey.

- Kim Wilson

The Daily Campus, Page 2

Thursday, December 1, 2011

News

DAILY BRIEFING » STATE

Two representatives to serve Mansfield after approval of redistricting plan

Following the upcoming 2012 elections two representatives will serve Mansfield in the state General Assembly after a redistricting plan was approved Wednesday, Mansfield State Representative Gregory Haddad said in a statement.

The 54th district comprises Mansfield and Chaplin but under the new redistricting, Chaplin and the southwest portion of Mansfield are no longer included, according to a press release.

The statewide redistricting is a constitutionally mandated based on changes reported by the 2010 census, the release said.

The 2012 elections will use the new districts and new representation will occur after legislators are sworn into office, the release said.

“I’ve been honored to represent all of the citizens of Mansfield and Chaplin and will continue to do so for the rest of my term,” said Haddad in a statement. “Everyone in Mansfield will benefit from having increased representation in the House.”

A nine-member bipartisan Reapportionment Commission approved Wednesday the new district boundaries they determined. The release said since Haddad is not a member he did not have a vote on the final plan.

- Nicholas Rondinone

Child porn found in home of late Greenwich teacher

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Greenwich police say a public school teacher who committed suicide earlier this month was in possession of what appears to be child pornography.

Police Chief James Heavey says a detective who was investigating the death of 57-year-old Steven Allen found the sexually explicit computer printouts in a storage bin inside his Greenwich home. Police say Allen shot himself and was found dead on Nov. 9.

Heavey said Wednesday that police are investigating Allen’s “level of involvement in this activity.” He said there is no indication any of the people portrayed in the photographs are local but police are working to identify possible victims.

FBI spokesman William Reiner said the agency is assisting Greenwich police with the investigation.

Police: Child molester on lam rescues teen

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A jogger who saved a suicidal teenager from drowning herself in a Connecticut lake was a convicted child molester on the lam from Georgia for six years, police said Wednesday.

Michael Rogers, 49, said shortly after the rescue that he could not bear to walk away and have the girl’s death on his conscience, and Hamden police said an officer involved in the rescue might have died without his help, too.

Rogers was being held without bond in Connecticut on Wednesday, one day after he was arrested at his sister’s Hamden home on a charge of being a fugitive from justice, police said. Georgia authorities said they planned to seek his extradition.

Conn. storms devastating to many retailers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Many businesses that sell furniture, jewelry and other discretionary items were devastated by sales losses and extra expenses after the recent storms that swept the state, while some hardware providers and mall food courts saw their business boom to near-record levels.

That was the assessment Wednesday of officials from the Connecticut Retail Merchant Association, whose review of store owners’ experiences after the August and October storms found extremes on both ends.

Representatives of that organization and other business groups shared their post-storm experiences Wednesday with a state panel created by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to assess Connecticut’s preparation and response to those storms.

US reps from Conn. want no big change in districts

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s five members of the House of Representatives say there is no need for major changes to congressional district lines as a panel works to come up with new boundaries for voting districts.

The bipartisan panel of mostly state legislative leaders is coming up against a midnight Wednesday deadline to agree on a new plan.

The five U.S. representatives — all of them Democrats — said in a statement Wednesday that where changes are necessary, they should respect the integrity of current district lines as much as possible.

Much of the committee’s focus has been on ways to redistribute the growing population in the northeastern part of the state and how to spread out those numbers as evenly as possible.

The Daily Campus is the largest college daily newspaper in Connecticut with a press run of 8,500 copies each day during the academic year. The newspaper is delivered free to central locations around the Storrs campus. The editorial and business offices are located at 11 Dog Lane, Storrs, CT, 06268. To reach us through university mail, send to U-4189. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

The Daily Campus is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.

All advertising is subject to acceptance by The Daily Campus, which reserves the right to reject any ad copy at its sole discretion.

The Daily Campus does not assume financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising unless an error materially affects the meaning of an ad, as determined by the Business Manager.

Liability of The Daily Campus shall not exceed the cost of the advertisement in which the error occurred, and the refund or credit will be given for the first incorrect insertion only.

» BUSINESS

Indian drugmaker OK’d Online resources available to to launch generic Lipitor help students find internships from NEED, page 1

AP

This undated photo provided by by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows Atorvastatin Calcium tablets, or generic Lipitor, which is being sold under a deal with Pfizer. Cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor is so valuable to its maker that Pfizer Inc. is practically paying people to keep taking it after generic rivals hit the U.S. market this week.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — India’s largest maker of generic drugs won approval late Wednesday to sell a generic version of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor. The world’s topselling drug ever lost U.S. patent protection earlier in the day.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it granted Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. approval to sell a generic verson of Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor, called atorvastatin calcium.

The last-minute decision ended widespread speculation over the outcome of a delay caused by long-standing manufacturing issues at some Ranbaxy factories.

Analysts, pharmacists and others had been watching closely to see whether Ranbaxy would be able to get its generic on the market by the time the patent expired for Lipitor.

That’s because quality problems at some Ranbaxy factories, dating to 2006, had led

the FDA to block shipments of many of its generic drugs to this country and to hold up approval of any new Ranbaxy drugs.

According to FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh, Ranbaxy will be manufacturing the pills under a partnership with Ohm Laboratories in Ohm’s New Brunswick, N.J., facility.

With billions of dollars in annual U.S. sales of Lipitor at stake, the largest-ever switch from a brand name to generic drug has been arguably the biggest event this year in the pharmaceutical industry.

Lipitor had peak sales of $13 billion and still brings in nearly $11 billion for New York-based Pfizer, roughly two-thirds of that from U.S. sales. That figure will plummet, however, with the advent of generic competition.

A Ranbaxy spokesman said the company would issue a statement later Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering tightening restrictions for the levels of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer groups pushed the agency to crack down on the contaminant.

Studies show that apple juice has generally low levels of arsenic, and the government says it is safe to drink. But consumer advocates say the FDA is allowing too much of the chemical — which is sometimes natural, sometimes man made — into apple juices favored by thirsty kids.

There is little consensus on whether these low levels could eventually be harmful, especially to children. Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods, said Wednesday the agency has already stepped up testing and research on arsenic in apple and other juices and is seriously considering lowering the FDA’s so-called “level of concern” for the contaminant.

“We continue to think that apple juice is generally safe based on the fact that the vast majority of samples are very

low,” Taylor said. “But we want to minimize these exposures as much as we possibly can.”

Arsenic is naturally present in water, air, food and soil in the two forms — organic and inorganic. According to the FDA, organic arsenic passes through the body quickly and is essentially harmless. Inorganic arsenic — the type found in pesticides — can be toxic and may pose a cancer risk if consumed at high levels or over a long period.

The FDA uses 23 parts per billion as a guide to judge whether apple juice is contaminated. The agency has the authority to seize apple juice that exceeds those levels, though it has never done so.

Consumer groups say the FDA’s level is too high and isn’t enforced with enough urgency.

Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, released a study on Wednesday calling for the levels to be as low as 3 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency has set levels for drinking water — it’s consumed at much greater quantities than apple juice — at 10 parts per billion.

FDA examines level of arsenic in apple juice

that would be an option to supplement an unpaid internship.

All of these features previously talked about were also just a general search. To perform more advanced searches, Grunwald had the group sign in on the internships.uconn.edu website.

“There are 721 organizations and companies on the site, and they’re not necessarily opportunities…there are thousands of opportunities,” Grunwald said.

Grunwald typed in a sample search, suggesting that the search remain very broad.

There are two sections to the internship page: recently announced and recurring opportunities.

“Recently announced are those that tend to expire, companies might not continue to offer it, or the deadline is two weeks away, something like that,” Grunwald said.

Recurring opportunities are the internship options that will recur annually and are usually on the career services website.

After searching for an internship based off of different criteria, there are available links to companies application pages.

Grunwald told the group that all application are different for internships and some cannot be applied for directly through the UConn website.

On the website, there is also the Husky career link. On this webpage, organizations and employers will post positions and internships available at UConn. Unlike the other search, it is possible to apply directly through the Husky career link.

Usually the applications will ask for resumes and cover letters.

“If you haven’t gotten your resume critiqued, you should come to our office and have it checked out,” Grunwald said.

Students can go for resume critiques everyday of the week in the career services office in CUE Room 217.

However the résumé is a step that comes later in the process.

Initially it is important to find the proper internship that fits all of one’s needs. This can be done through the internships.uconn. edu website.

“I thought it was very eyeopening. I learned about resources I didn’t know about and I learned about more databases too,” said Chris Andradre, a 5th-semester linguistics and psychology double-major.

Grunwald broke down the internships website and provided vital information for students who might be looking for an internship for the spring or even the summer.

Christine.Peterson@UConn.edu

Action Comics 1 sells for $2.16 million in auction PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A rare and pristine copy of the first issue of Action Comics, famed for the first appearance of Superman, has set a record Wednesday for the most money paid for a single comic book: $2.16 million.

The issue, graded at 9.0, was auctioned starting Nov. 11 online at www.comicconnect.com . The starting bid was just $1 but there was a reserve price of $900,000.

Neither the name of the buyer nor seller was disclosed.

It’s the first time a comic book has broken the $2 million barrier. The issue was published in 1938 and cost just 10 cents.

“When we broke the record in 2010 by selling the Action Comics No. 1, graded at 8.5, for $1.5 million, I truly believed that this was a record that would stand for many years to come,” said Stephen Fishler, CEO of ComicConnect.com and Metropolis Collectibles.

The previous record set in March 2010 was followed by the sale of another copy for $1 million. But neither of those issues was in as good a condition as the issue that sold Wednesday, though it’s pedigree of setting records was already documented.

Twice before it set the record for the most expensive book ever, selling for $86,000 in 1992 and $150,000 in 1997.

But in 2000, it was stolen and thought lost until it was recovered in a storage shed in California in April this year.

AP

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2011, Mike Meyer, 48, strikes a Superman pose in a spare bedroom he has dedicated to the Man of Steel in his home in Granite City, Ill. After much of Meyer’s decades-old Superman collection was stolen in August, people around the world helped replenish his memorabilia.

About 100 copies of Action Comics No. 1 are believed to be in existence, and only a handful of those in good condition.

After it was stolen, Fishler said, collectors figured it would never be found or, worse, would be destroyed.

“Clearly, I was wrong.

Not in my wildest imagination could I have predicted that this legendary, stolen Action Comics No. 1 would be found, graded at 9.0 and break the record a year and a half later,” he said.

Corrections and clarifications Front Desk/Business: Fax: Editor-In-Chief/Commentary: Managing Editor/Photo: News/Sports: Focus/Online:

(860) (860) (860) (860) (860) (860)

486 486 486 486 486 486

-

3407 4388 6141 6119 6118 6110

Melanie Deziel, Editor-in-Chief Mac Cerullo, Managing Editor Brendan Fitzpatrick, Business Manager/Advertising Director Nancy Depathy, Financial Manager Brian Zahn, Associate Managing Editor Nicholas Rondinone, News Editor Amy Schellenbaum, Associate News Editor Arragon Perrone, Commentary Editor Ryan Gilbert, Associate Commentary Editor Purbita Saha, Focus Editor John Tyczkowski, Associate Focus Editor Brendan Albetski, Comics Editor

Matt McDonough, Sports Editor Colin McDonough, Associate Sports Editor Jim Anderson, Photo Editor Ed Ryan, Associate Photo Editor Demetri Demopoulos, Marketing Manager Dawn Tarabocchia, Graphics Manager Joseph Kopman-Fried, Circulation Manager Nicole Butler, Online Marketing Manager

This space is reserved for addressing errors when The Daily Campus prints information that is incorrect.

Anyone with a complaint should contact The Daily Campus offices and file a corrections request form. All requests are subject to approval by the Managing Editor or the Editor-in-Chief.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Copy Editors: Ariel Brand, Lauren Saalmuller, Nicholas Rondinone, Michael Corasaniti News Designer: Kim Wilson Focus Designers: Michelle Anjirbag and John Tyczkowski Sports Designer: Andrew Callahan Digital Production: Kevin Scheller The Daily Campus 11 Dog Lane Storrs, CT 06268 Box U-4189

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Daily Campus, Page 3

News

Bond denied to 4 Pa. spruce shines in NYC’s Rockefeller Center in US Amish haircutting cases

» NATIONAL

NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Wednesday night, putting a spotlight on a small-town spruce from Pennsylvania and ringing in the holiday season.

Anna Veteri, visiting the city from suburban Yorktown, said it was “great” to see the colorful lights go on.

“It makes you feel like Christmas,” she said.

The 74-foot-tall Norway spruce was illuminated by 30,000 lights during a ceremony that featured performances by Neil Diamond, Cee Lo Green and Carol King. Justin Bieber and Tony Bennett provided pretaped performances.

It was the first time at the tree lighting for 13 year-old best friends Emily Solomon and Carmela Civello, of Brooklyn.

“It was beautiful,” they said in unison.

Though they partially attended the lighting ceremony to see Bieber and were a bit miffed his performance was prerecorded and shown on monitors, they said they were happy to be there.

“I’m ready to get my Christmas gifts!” Emily said.

Tens of thousands of people were penned in on the streets

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A federal magistrate in the state of Ohio has denied bond to four of seven men accused of hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish and ruled that their cases can go before a grand jury.

U.S. Magistrate George Limbert in Youngstown made the rulings following Wednesday hearings. The men were charged with hate crimes last week after federal agents raided the compound of their breakaway

Amish group. Three others face similar hearings Friday.

Authorities accuse the men of forcibly cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and taking their photos.

The Amish believe the Bible instructs women to grow hair long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once married.

Authorities say the men carried out attacks in September, October and November outside Bergholtz in eastern Ohio.

Want a toy with that Happy Meal? 10 cents please

AP

The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit using 30,000 energy efficient LED lights in the 79th annual lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30.

surrounding Rockefeller Center, in midtown Manhattan. Most caught glimpses of performances on screens set up on street corners.

Paloma Diaz, 11, called herself a Bieber “believer” and attended to see him perform.

“I love him, but I also want to see the tree lighting,” said

the Queens resident, who was with her mother. “I’ve heard other people say it’s really pretty when it lights up.”

The tree-lighting ceremony happened on a day President Barack Obama was in town to raise money for his re-election bid. The combination of blocked-off streets and holiday

visitors led to traffic jams across Manhattan.

The tree was cut down in Mifflinville, Pa. It’s decorated with 5 miles of lights. The lights will be on until Jan. 7.

After that, the Christmas tree will be turned into lumber for the housing charity Habitat for Humanity.

Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the agency to reclassify marijuana so doctors can prescribe it and pharmacists can fill the prescription.

The governors said Wednesday they want the federal government to list marijuana as a Schedule 2 drug, allowing it to be used for medical treatment. Marijuana is currently classified a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it’s not accepted for medical treatment and can’t be prescribed, administered or dispensed.

Washington and Rhode Island are two of 16 states, and the District of Columbia, that have laws allowing the medical use of marijuana.

“Each of these jurisdictions is struggling with managing safe access to medical cannabis for patients with serious medical conditions,” the 99-page petition and report reads. “Our work with the federal agencies has not resolved the matter.”

Gregoire said that the conflict between state and federal laws means legitimate patients lack a regulated and safe system to obtain marijuana.

“It is time to show compassion and time to show common sense,” she said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday.

Washington voters approved a medical marijuana law in 1998 that gives doctors the right to recommend — but not prescribe — marijuana for people suffering

from cancer and other conditions that cause “intractable pain.”

Earlier this year, Gregoire vetoed most of a bill that made major reforms to the state’s medical marijuana law, saying state workers could be prosecuted under federal law the way the measure was written.

The legislation was passed to set clearer regulations on medical marijuana use and to establish a licensing system and patient registry to protect qualifying patients, doctors and providers from criminal liability. Gregoire vetoed provisions of the bill that would have licensed and regulated medical marijuana dispensaries and producers. She also nixed a provision for a patient registry under the Department of Health.

“There’s chaos and conflict between what the states are doing and what the Justice Department is threatening to do,” said Chafee, who was on Wednesday’s conference call with Gregoire.

A DEA spokeswoman said officials at the agency had heard of the petition but could not comment.

Earlier this month, the DEA raided 10 storefront dispensaries in Washington state, including several in Seattle, where law enforcement officials have taken a lenient view of medical marijuana grows and dispensaries. Search warrant affidavits suggested the shops were fronts for illicit drug dealing and revealed that agents were looking for evidence of drug conspiracies, money laundering and guns. Similar raids occurred in Montana and California as well.

Morgan Fox of the Washington,

D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project said the petition was a “good first step” but reclassifying the drug will not “change the federal penalties for possessing, cultivating or distributing medical marijuana.”

“That is the change we really need,” Fox said in a news release.

“These governors should be insisting that the federal government allow them to run their medical marijuana operations the ways they see fit, which in these cases includes allowing regulated distribution centers to provide patients with safe access to their medicine and not force them to turn to illicit dealers.”

The DEA has rejected prior petitions seeking to reclassify marijuana, but Gregoire noted that this is the first petition signed by governors.

Gregoire also said the science on the issue has changed. The American Medical Association reversed its position two years ago and now supports investigation and clinical research of cannabis for medicinal use.

Gregoire said she was on a phone call in August with other governors in medical marijuana states and said that there was a “huge volume” of interest.

Asked why no other governors have signed onto the initial petition, Gregoire said she and Chafee wanted to take the lead on the initiative.

“I have every expectation that you will see other governors join us,” she said.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin plans to sign the petition and write

Classifieds Classifieds Dept.

U-189 11 Dog Lane Storrs, CT 06268

tel: (860) 486-3407 fax: (860) 486-4388 for rent

ON CAMPUS HOUSING The Nathan Hale Inn is now reserving Spring and Fall housing.

Excellent location, housekeeping, privatebath, pool & spa, fitness center, high speed internet, includes all utilities. Parking option available.

Contact missy.diloreto@ihrco.com 860-427-7888 http://www.nathanhaleinn.com

for rent

SPRINGBREAK HEADQUARTERS! Early

In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo, a Happy Meal is seen at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Francisco. McDonald’s restaurants in San Francisco found a way to comply with a city law that bans free toy giveaways with Happy Meals: charge 10 cents for the toys.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new city law aimed at making fast food for kids follow nutritional guidelines won’t be making Happy Meals healthier, just more expensive — if you want a toy.

Beginning Thursday, it will cost an extra dime in San Francisco to get a toy in a Happy Meal — a move one county supervisor called a marketing ploy prompted by the new law.

San Francisco was the first major U.S. city to prohibit fastfood restaurants from including toy giveaways with children’s meals that don’t meet nutritional guidelines for sodium, calories and fat.

Eric Mar, the San Francisco supervisor who sponsored the ordinance, called the 10-cent charge a “marketing ploy,” but said he doesn’t plan to make any changes in the ordinance to address the tactic.

The goal of the law was not to micromanage fast-food chains but to raise awareness about the nutritional content of the food, he said, pointing to McDonald’s switch to apples and smaller portions of french fries in Happy Meals as an example of the success of the law.

“We feel that our efforts to

services

booking pricing Punta Cana, Mexico, Cancun, Jamaica, Cruises.

Deposit holds your trip!

TRAVELPLANNERS 1254 Storrs Rd. 860487-2030 ddvacations@gmail.com.

NEW LOCATION! Tailoring by Tima!

Moving to 1733 Storrs Road (195) Storrs. 1/4 mile past CVS at the Four Corners on

services

December 1, 2011.

860-429-4877

Help wanted

BARTENDING! Make up to $300 a day. No experience necessary.

Training available.

(800) 965-6520 ext.

163

create healthier options forced the industry to acknowledge their role in childhood obesity,” he said about the law that also goes into effect Thursday.

Scott Rodrick, who owns 10 of the 19 McDonald’s franchises in the city, said the 10-cent charge was intended to adhere to the letter of the law while giving consumers what they want.

All those dimes will go to help build a new Ronald McDonald House to accommodate families of sick children at the new University of California, San Francisco hospital now under construction.

“Our customers expect a company like McDonald’s to comply with that law and every other law, but they also expect us to deliver an experience they’ve grown accustomed to,” Rodrick said.

The law, which followed similar legislation in nearby Santa Clara County, requires fruits and vegetables to be served with each meal that comes with a toy.

Supporters of the law say the toy giveaways made children clamor for the meals and contributed to high childhood obesity rates. Opponents call it government regulation run amok and an intrusion into people’s private choices.

Policies:

For ads of 25 words or less: 1 day............................................................................ $5.75 3 consecutive days........................................................ $15.25 5 consecutive days: ...................................................... $26.50 10 consecutive days:..................................................... $48.00 1 month:..................................................................... $88.00 Semester:.................................................................. $215.00 Each additional word: ..................................................... $0.10 Additional Features: Bold ..................................... ...........$0.50

For more information: www.dailycampus.com

services

AP

Rates:

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

LOOKING FOR OFF CAMPUS HOUSING? Check out the UConn Off-Campus Student Services Website at www.offcampus.uconn. edu for more information on Housing, Roommates, Sublets and More!

(860)486-3426

a letter in support of the proposed change, said spokeswoman Susan Allen. Gil Duran, a spokesman for California Gov. Jerry Brown, did not have an immediate comment when asked about the petition Wednesday.

“The governors in Washington and Rhode Island raise a valid conflict that needs to be resolved,” said Eric Brown, a spokesman for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. “Colorado law requires we make a similar ask of the federal government

by Jan. 1. We will do that. We will also continue to consult with other governors on this issue and with Colorado’s attorney general before deciding whether anything else will be done.”

Other governors did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press.

There is currently an effort in Washington state to decriminalize and tax recreational marijuana sales for adults. Initiative 502, which has been endorsed by two former Seattle U.S. attorneys and the former head of the FBI in Washington state, would create a system of state-licensed growers, processors and stores, and would impose a 25 percent excise tax at each stage. Adults 21 and over could buy up to an ounce of dried marijuana; one pound of marijuana-infused product in solid form, such as brownies; or 72 ounces of marijuana-infused liquids. It would be illegal to drive with more than 5 nanograms of THC, the active ingredient of cannabis, per milliliter of blood.

Classifieds are non-refundable. Credit will be given if an error materially affects the meaning of the ad and only for the first incorrect insertion.

Ads will only be printed if they are accompanied by both first and last name as well as telephone number. Names and numbers may be subject to verification. All advertising is subject to acceptance by The Daily Campus, which reserves the right to reject any ad copy at its sole discretion. The Daily Campus does not knowingly accept ads of a fraudulent nature.

help wanted

miscellaneous

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS WANTED No experience necessary.

Great experience for anyone--particularly those going to medical school! We have helped many in their careers. Two locations: Vernon & Coventry. Be sure to check out our website www.proeyeonline.com!

Send resume to: uconn. resumes@proeyeonline.com

KILLINGTON-COLLEGE SEASON PASS $329 save $20 - now only $309** with code.

Contact your campus representative for code. jake.gawlak@ uconn.edu (860)9838613 www.killington.com/ campus_pass

Page 4

www.dailycampus.com

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Daily Campus Editorial Board

Melanie Deziel, Editor-in-Chief Arragon Perrone, Commentary Editor Ryan Gilbert, Associate Commentary Editor Michelle Anjirbag, Weekly Columnist Tyler McCarthy, Weekly Columnist Jesse Rifkin, Weekly Columnist

» EDITORIAL

W. Hartford Board of Ed’s openness to reform is good

W

est Hartford’s school board recently appointed its first Latino member in years. Mark OvermyerVelazquez, who is also a UConn professor and director of the college’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, has made it his mission to raise awareness about the challenges that the non-English speaking students in the town are facing.

Over 30 percent of the student body at the Smith School of Science, Math and Technology, speaks Spanish. OvermyerVelazquez has emphasized the need to adjust the West Hartford education system to accomodate the growing number of students who need language accomodations to get the most of their education. He has suggested, for example, hiring more Spanish-speaking instructors, but other adjustments can also be made.

Some argue that people who live in America should speak English, or that public money should not go toward helping those who don’t speak English. Others assert that improving schools’ academic performance should be the priority, as opposed to catering to students’ language needs.

Personal opinions aside, effectiveness should always be the focus of education. People work best together when they understand each other. Students should be able to expect a learning environment in which they can understand and be understood by their peers and their teachers. If non-English speaking students must jump a linguistic hurdle before jumping an academic one, they are not being offered the same chance at an education or at educational success. Rigidity in the education system would, in effect, prevent it from achieving its goal.

Promoting multi-lingualism in a multi-lingual community is a logical first step, but it draws attention to a larger issue: considering the needs of the learning community when structuring and changing the system of education. Ongoing education reform is absolutely essential to keeping up with an everchanging world.

Groups that oversee education systems and processes should be ready and willing to make changes to both acknowledge and accomodate the needs of their students, as the West Hartford Board of Education is preparing to do.

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.

Now that the UConn engineering sweaters have replaced the Northface, someone should come up with an Ugg replacement.

What’s the deal with the mini bike with a flat tire thats been sitting in front of the classroom building for the past month? First dibs if no one claims it.

Apparently Wikipedia reads the Instant Daily and swapped in a picture of an aging cat lady.

I used to watch a lot of “To Catch a Predator” ... Now I call that watching ESPN. To the kid who clotheslined himself on the “Keep UConn Green!” grass protecting string outside the Union: I totally saw that.

Is junior year an appropriate time to delete the people you awkwardly met at orientation from Facebook?

Whoever said Billy Joel isn’t so great is clearly a Bieber fan...

I don’t even know what to say! I can’t stand it! The ugly sweaters at whitney are driving me CRAZY!!!!!

Tried to drink the daily recommended amount of water and had to use the bathroom every hour I was awake...

It’s so much more convenient being unhealthy.

Roommate 1: No wants to watch ugly people on TV. Roommate 2: That’s what real life is for.

Is it bad if part of me wanted Caroline Doty to get injured just to be able to see her all dressed up and looking fine on the bench again?

To the kid drinking out of a solo cup this morning: I think pregaming your 9 a.m. lecture is against the student code.

Today I woke up with a squirrel in my bed. Seriously. #HuskyProblems

Send us your thoughts on anything and everything by sending an instant message to InstantDaily, Sunday through Thursday evenings. Follow us on Twitter (@ InstantDaily) and become fans on Facebook.

TV can be a powerful influence

I

think it’s safe to say that most people consider television to be a source of shallow, mindless and mildly amusing entertainment. A show about a group of insufferable Italian-Americans spending the summer on the Jersey shore = shallow. A show about two and half men finding 3,792 different ways to tell the same dimwitted dick joke = mindless.

A show about a glee club of horny teenagers who cover pop songs = mildly amusing.

I understand why most people can’t or don’t become deeply moved by

By Ryan Gilbert TV shows, but my Associate Commentary Editor relationship with the boob tube is one of absorbed, blissful affection. I love television and I believe in its power to provoke people and – more importantly – to shift attitudes.

This past weekend, a “secret” was featured on the PostSecret mobile app that reads: “These two characters cured my homophobia. Best thing that ever happened to me,” and the “secret” was written over a picture of the “Modern Family” characters Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker (Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, respectively). Clearly, one of the TV show’s millions of viewers has been so moved by Mitchell and Cameron’s weekly shenanigans and pronouncements of love that his or her attitude toward same-sex couples has changed for the better.

The best part about all of this is “Modern Family” isn’t the only show and Mitchell and Cameron aren’t the only fictional TV

characters to have this precious effect: Callie and Arizona’s relationship on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Kevin and Scotty’s relationship on “Brothers & Sisters,” and anything having to do with the Taylor family from “Friday Night Lights” or the Braverman family from “Parenthood” for example, TV can help form and influence how we talk about major social issues.

And while many of us tend to stick with networks and shows that support thoughts and beliefs we already have, it can be a pleasant shock to have those notions contested on the small screen in ways we

“I love television and I believe in its power to provoke people and, more importantly, shift attitudes.” wouldn’t see coming.

I never needed television to convince me of the awfulness and absurdity of homophobia, but I plainly remember watching “Gilmore Girls” as a teenager and being emotionally affected by Lorelai and Rory’s uncommon mother-daughter relationship, and questioning the quick and typically vicious judgment cast on teen moms. I’ve also had my views on issues such as abortion (“Friday Night Lights”), polygamy (“Big Love”), single parenting (“Everwood”), mental illness (“The United States of Tara”) and racial disenfranchisement (“The Wire”) challenged by some of TV’s best scripted

shows. Television can also be held responsible for my acceptance of Christmakuh as a legitimate holiday (“The O.C.”).

The “Modern Family” secret is a precise reminder of the power of television. With Justin Bieber’s paternity test, Kim Kardashian’s wedding blitz, Lindsay Lohan’s “Playboy” deal and Dr. Conrad Murray eating up the entertainment news cycle, it’s easy to be trivializing of television. The homophobia-curing response, along with the news this week that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney considers “Modern Family” one of his favorite shows, makes me think there is hope for some more mind-changing yet.

Movies change plenty of minds — documentaries are made to engage and inform, and I still believe literature is the keenest and swiftest medium to truly stir the frayed nerves of society. But when it comes to changing long-held beliefs, TV seems to have a built-in advantage. You get to know the characters week after week, developing an affection and emotional investment that just isn’t paralleled in a one-off two-hour film. When you already love the characters, you go on a journey with them — through questionable decisions and bad break-ups, season-long drags and triumphs. When the writers throw in some social commentary, it’s not as easy to dismiss the subjects as “political” or “pointless,” because you are already right there with them, kissing Blaine for the first time or crossing your fingers for Mitchell and Cameron’s adoption. You care. And once you care about fictional lives, it’s much harder to be hurtful in your real life.

Associate Commentary Editor Ryan Gilbert is a 7thsemester journalism major. He can be reached at Ryan.Gilbert@UConn.edu.

Public protest is an integral part of democratic societies

R

ecent incidents involving the unprovoked use of excessive force on protesters associated with the Occupy movement should not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the history of social protest in America. Lieutenant John Pike’s pepper-spraying of non-violent protestors on the campus of the University of California, Davis on Nov.

By Chris Kempf 18 and the eviction of Staff Columnist Occupy Wall Street activists from Zuccotti Park on the morning of Nov. 15 are, to be sure, the latest chapters in that history. When considered with respect to the countless other repressed political demonstrations in American history, it becomes clear that America has an enduring and troubling aversion to protest that rejects institutional channels for discontent and makes a physical, visual and aural show of it. The fact that police and military forces can silence political speech and deny people the right to “peaceably assemble for a redress of grievances,” in the words of the First Amendment to the Constitution, is indicative of a trend toward greater censorship and weaker democracy that must

QW uick

“A it

be immediately arrested.

There have been so many forcibly suppressed political movements and protests in the history of the United States that there is not enough space to mention even a small fraction of them. Some of the most notable are the quashed strike of American Railway Union workers against the Pullman Rail Car Co. in 1894; the Bonus Army’s failed attempt in 1932 to secure for veterans an immediate payment of bonuses promised by Congress and the murder of four anti-Vietnam War protestors at Kent State University by National Guardsmen in 1970. In each case, the protest was met with extensive force that not only deprived demonstrators of their rights, but in many cases of their health or their very lives.

Within the past few years, moreover, we have seen the eruption of two more social protest movements which have turned at least in part to non-violent protest. One has seen the election of hundreds of its adherents to public office and the universal recognition of its strength and relevance; the other has seen its protest encampments evicted from parks and its adherents arrested, tear-gassed and ridiculed en masse. I think it is clear

that the Tea Party’s willingness to work within the institutions of American democracy – political parties, elections and pressure groups – has enabled the movement to translate those broad sentiments of discontent that led to its formation into actual political power. The Occupy movement, on the other hand, has shown itself to be extremely mistrustful of any political party, of any elected official and of the promise of elections to bring about change in society.

By the nature of its protest and demands, it has forsaken the one path to success that our democracy seems to proscribe.

When Lt. Pike unleashed pepper spray on the protestors at UC Davis, neither the protestors nor the bystanders fought back against the police’s unprovoked display of force – at most, they shouted “Shame!” Why didn’t they? Didn’t they have a right to defend themselves and their comrades? It is remarkable that American political protest does not entail, as it does in Europe, setting up barricades, preparing fusillades of Molotov cocktails and engaging violent force with violent force. That protestors in this country find the use of force against their fellow citizens to be abhorrent is extraordinarily

encouraging – but it evidently has not been matched by the police’s and the military’s rejection of such tactics. I therefore believe that it is a citizen’s right to contest the use of force by authorities if it is used illegally or unconstitutionally, for the defense of liberty against powerful aggressors often requires determined self-defense of one’s rights through active resistance to their infringement.

Democracies must allow political protest to occur outside of government. If people feel that their needs as citizens are not being met through the current governmental organization, they have the right to assemble in public to advocate for alternative ideas and to renegotiate the social contract. When these demonstrations are silenced through uncontested official violence, as they have been for the Occupy movement, our liberal democracy and society are weakened. We must therefore work to overcome this nation’s historical aversion to street protest so that incidents as disgusting as the ones we have seen in previous weeks never need occur again.

Staff Columnist Christopher Kempf is a 3rd-semester political science major and geography minor. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.

woman in S outhern C alifornia pepper sprayed her fellow cus tomers on B lack F riday at W al -M art so she could get an advan tage while shopping . B ut the good news is , today she was offered a job with the UC D avis police department .” –J ay L eno

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Comics

The Daily Campus, Page 5 I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell

Side of Rice

by Laura Rice

Toast

by Tom Dilling

Froot Buetch

by Brendan Albetski and Brendan Nicholas

Horoscopes

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 a 6 -- It’s fine to find solace in solitude, but don’t get lost in the archives. New information opens up new possibilities.

Put more into the household account.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- A dose of your friends is prescribed.

Side effects include fun, distractions, playful conversation and optimism.

You’re surrounded by love.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Go ahead and daydream. Put your ideas to work for the betterment of your community and the world. Let your imagination take wing. Say “yes.”

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get ready for two days of adventure.

Use what you learned recently for new income possibilities. There’s nothing wrong with a little ambition.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The month begins with intensity where business is concerned. Use your charm and determination. Do what you already know works. Stay thrifty, but get what you need.

Monkey Business

by Jack Boyd

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Let your feelings of affection for another flourish. A partner relies on your smarts. It’s simple: Keep doing what works and stop doing what doesn’t.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -The impossible looks easy. Projects are coming at you fast, and you can handle them. It may require perfecting new skills.

Explore new directions.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Cast your own romantic spell.

Your powers are particularly keen, and your mood is infectious. Friends offer encouragement. Go for it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your spiritual practices clear your mind. Get into nesting at home. Discover something new and surprising about your family roots. Step into new leadership.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- To get to the next level, study with a master. You’re ready to learn the lesson.

Practice as often as it takes until you get it. Then celebrate!

#hashtag

by Cara Dooley UConn Classics: Back in My Day, Comics Were These Comics Super Glitch

by John Lawson

Happy Dance

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

by Sarah Parsons

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Let your schedule tell you what to do (and you’re the master of your schedule).

Precision and profit are correlated. Follow an educated hunch. Friends surprise.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- The Moon is in your sign, and you are the star. Do the work, with loving support, and succeed. The practical plan works best. You’re building something.

Eggsalad

by Elliot Nathan

Questions? Comments?

Other Stuff? <dailycampuscomics@gmail.com>

The Daily Campus, Page 6

Thursday, December 1, 2011

News

» INTERNATIONAL

Central banks move to stabilize financial system

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The central banks of the wealthiest countries, trying to prevent a debt crisis in Europe from exploding into a global panic, swept in Wednesday to shore up the world financial system by making it easier for banks to borrow American dollars.

Stock markets around the world roared their approval.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose almost 500 points, its best day in two and a half years. Stocks climbed 5 percent in Germany and more than 4 percent in France.

Central banks will make it cheaper for commercial banks

in their countries to borrow dollars, the dominant currency of trade. It was the most extraordinary coordinated effort by the central banks since they cut interest rates together in October 2008, at the depths of the financial crisis.

But while it should ease borrowing for banks, it does little to solve the underlying problem of mountains of government debt in Europe, leaving markets still waiting for a permanent fix. European leaders gather next week for a summit on the debt crisis.

The European Central Bank, which has been reluctant to

intervene to stop the growing crisis on its own continent, was joined in the decision by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the central banks of Canada, Japan and Switzerland.

“The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial markets and thereby mitigate the effects of such strains on the supply of credit to households and businesses and so help foster economic activity,” the central banks said in a joint statement.

China, which has the largest economy in the world after the European Union and the United States, reduced the

amount of money its banks are required to hold in reserve, another attempt to free up cash for lending.

The display of worldwide coordination was meant to restore confidence in the global financial system and to demonstrate that central banks will do what they can to prevent a repeat of 2008.

That fall, fear gripped the financial system after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a storied American investment house.

Banks around the world severely restricted lending to each other.

The global credit freeze panicked investors and triggered a crash in stock markets.

Britain orders Iran’s diplomats to leave UK LONDON (AP) — Britain ordered all Iranian diplomats out of the U.K. within 48 hours and shuttered its ransacked embassy in Tehran on Wednesday, in a significant escalation of tensions between Iran and the West.

The ouster of the entire Iranian diplomatic corps deepens Iran’s international isolation amid growing suspicions over its nuclear program. At least four other European countries also moved to reduce diplomatic contacts with Iran.

The British measures were announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague, who said Britain had withdrawn its entire diplomatic staff after angry mobs stormed the British Embassy compound and a diplomatic residence in Tehran, hauling down Union Jack flags, torching a vehicle and tossing looted documents through windows.

The hours-long assault Tuesday was reminiscent of the chaotic seizure of the U.S. Embassy in 1979. Protesters

replaced the British flag with a banner in the name of a 7th-century Shiite saint, Imam Hussein, and one looter showed off a picture of Queen Elizabeth II apparently taken off a wall.

“The idea that the Iranian authorities could not have protected our embassy or that this assault could have taken place without some degree of regime consent is fanciful,” Hague told lawmakers in the House of Commons.

The diplomatic fallout from the attack quickly spread to other Western countries with embassies in Iran. Norway announced it was temporarily closing its embassy as a precaution, and Germany, France and the Netherlands all recalled their ambassadors for consultations. Italy said it was considering such a recall.

Iran currently has 18 diplomats in Britain. About 24 British Embassy staff and dependents were based in Tehran.

The White House condemned the attacks and spokesman Josh

Earnest said the U.S. backed Britain’s ejection of Iranian diplomats.

European Union foreign ministers were to meet Thursday to consider possible new sanctions against Tehran.

France’s budget minister, Valerie Pecresse, said the EU should consider a total embargo on Iranian oil or a freeze on Iranian central bank holdings. British officials said the U.K. would likely support new measures against Iran’s energy sector.

Hague claimed those involved in Tuesday’s attack were members of a student group allied with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s paramilitary Basij organization, which recruits heavily on university campuses.

“We should be clear from the outset that this is an organization controlled by elements of the Iranian regime,” he said.

Hague told Parliament the private quarters of staff and Britain’s ambassador were trashed in the attack and that

diplomats’ personal possessions were stolen.

“This is a breach of international responsibilities of which any nation should be ashamed,” he said.

Some were alarmed by Hague’s tough tone. David Miliband, Britain’s former foreign secretary, said he hoped the robust words would not become “part of the very unwelcome drumbeat of war.”

Iran’s government has publicly expressed regret about the “unacceptable behavior” of the protesters, whose attacks began after anti-British demonstrations apparently authorized by authorities.

However, regime hard-liners have spoken out in support of the protesters, reflecting the deepening power struggle over which direction Iran might take in the future.

Mohammad Mohammadian, a representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised the attackers, saying they had targeted the “epicenter of sedition.”

Border staff, teachers join one-day UK strike

LONDON (AP) — Paramedics, emergency crews, teachers and even some employees from the prime minister’s office took to the streets of Britain for the country’s largest strike in decades — drawing attention to government cuts but failing to bring the nation to a standstill.

Public sector employees staged the oneday walkout Wednesday over government demands that they work longer before receiving a pension and pay more in monthly contributions, part of austerity measures to tackle Britain’s 967 billionpound ($1.5 trillion) debt.

The strike came a day after the government announced that public sector pay raises will be limited to 1 percent through 2014 — even as inflation now runs about 5 percent.

“The government wants us to work longer, pay more and at the end get less. How fair is that?” said Eleanor Smith, president of the UNISON trade union which represents about 1 million health, education and law enforcement staff. Smith joined a picket outside Birmingham Women’s Hospital in central England, where she works as a nurse.

Prime Minister David Cameron defended the government’s stance in Parliament, insisting that “as people live longer it’s only right and only fair that you should make greater contributions.”

“I don’t want to see any strikes, I don’t want to see schools closed, I don’t want to see problems at our borders, but this government must make responsible

decisions,” Cameron told the House of Commons.

Labor unions in Britain said as many as 2 million public sector staff joined the strike, which would make it the largest since the infamous industrial dispute known as the Winter of Discontent in 1979, which presaged the arrival of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.

A small number of separate protesters, meanwhile, stormed an office in London’s West End as night fell. Police said 21 arrests had been made there and the incident was unrelated to the strike.

London police said altogether 75 people had been arrested in the protests, including 37 people detained after clashes at a rally in Hackney, east London.

About two-thirds of England’s 21,700 state-run schools were closed as teachers joined the strike. Health officials said 60,000 non-urgent operations and appointments had been postponed in advance in England, while in Scotland at least 3,000 operations and thousands more appointments were canceled.

London’s ambulance service said it was responding to life-threatening injuries only. Some police forces warned those calling a non-emergency number that they may need to leave a message and wait for a response.

“We are still under severe pressure and expect this to increase over the next few hours as a result of today’s industrial action,” said London Ambulance Deputy

AP

Police guard the entrance to Britain’s parliament as public sector workers picket in Westminster, London, Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Director of Operations Jason Killens.

“There are still a number of patients who are waiting for an ambulance response.”

At London’s Hammersmith Hospital, the corridors were quieter than usual as fewer patients were being treated. Some medical technicians were on strike and in some departments only emergency operations were being performed. There were similar staff shortages at many other hospitals.

AP

The Euro sculpture is reflected in a puddle on the lid of a bin that stands in the Frankfurt Occupy camp at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Excommunicated bishop joins in China ordination BEIJING (AP) — An excommunicated bishop took part in an ordination ceremony in southwest China on Wednesday, an event likely to worsen relations between the Chinese statecontrolled Catholic church and the Vatican, which had warned against his participation.

Wednesday’s ordination of Peter Luo Xuegang as coadjutor bishop of Yibin diocese had the blessing of the Vatican, a recent point of agreement in its decadeslong rift with China’s church. But the appearance and participation of the excommunicated bishop, Paul Lei Shiyin, in the ceremony fueled fresh tensions.

Lei was ordained in the nearby diocese of Leshan in June against Pope Benedict XVI’s wishes — one of three recent cases in which China unilaterally ordained bishops. The Vatican insists that only the pope has the right to choose bishops, while China sees this as interference in its internal affairs.

The Vatican’s chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Wednesday evening that Lei’s participation “causes disapproval and consternation,” especially

since “it appears he participated as a consecrating bishop and cocelebrated the Eucharist.”

A man from the administrative office of Leshan’s branch of the Catholic Patriotic Association, which runs China’s churches, said Lei had participated in religious rituals.

“Bishop Lei Shiyin went to Yibin and attended Bishop Luo Xuegang’s ordination ceremony and he is back in Leshan today,” said the man, surnamed Yang.

“He also participated in the religious rituals there.”

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that China was “sincere” about improving relations with the Vatican and that recent ordinations “promote the healthy development of Chinese Catholicism.”

Lombardi expressed appreciation that Luo had enjoyed the pope’s approval, following three recent ordinations in defiance of the Vatican. “Having a new prelate who is in communion with the pope and with all the Catholic bishops of the world is certainly positive,” the Vatican spokesman said.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

BORN ON THIS DATE

1955

In Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws.

www.dailycampus.com

The Daily Campus, Page 7

Thursday, December 1, 2011

A 6th year of ART4AIDS UConn’s tribute to World AIDS Week features student, faculty and staff art

ZARRIN AHMED/The Daily Campus

Top, the Rolling Tones perform in the Student Union Art Gallery for ART4AIDS, sponsored by Health Education. Top right and bottom right, some original art that was present at the exhibition. This year marks the sixth year that the ART4AIDS exhibit has appeared at UConn.

By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent Health Education sponsored the opening of the sixth annual ART4AIDS exhibit at the Student Union Art Gallery yesterday.

As a tribute to “World AIDS Week,” ART4AIDS featured student, staff and faculty artists’ work to support those who are coping with and have passed away from HIV/AIDS. These artists created pieces ranging from articles of clothing to traditional posterboards in order to help raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic that has affected over 40 million people around the world.

The pieces all convey important messages that the artists put into a physical

form to share with the community. Each highlights a part of the crisis that has touched every continent.

While some art is more literal, like UConn student Kayla Allen’s piece, “You Say AIDS Like It’s a Bad Thing,” which depicts pictures and quotations dealing with HIV/ AIDS in Africa, others are representative of situations many people endure from HIV/AIDS, such as Emma Hannan’s “Goodbye Love” in which a man and woman are holding each other with the words “Hello Disease” written in front of them.

The event featured a presentation that introduced the exhibit and the importance behind the artwork. Becky Warren, the coordinator of

the event, began with a small speech that packed a powerful punch. She began asking the crowd questions about HIV/ AIDS, pretending as if we were investigators trying to resolve a problem.

She shared important facts about the disease itself, including how the first case was reported 30 years ago, that there have been 30 million deaths due to the disease since then, that 34 million have HIV/AIDS, and that one in five Americans carry the disease without even knowing it.

Warren stressed the significance of educating others about practicing safe sex and using other precautions to prevent the disease from spreading. She told the audi-

ence that although donating and volunteering are great efforts toward the cause, raising awareness is the best way to fight it.

In addition, Warren commented on the multitude of available resources on campus that advocate and demonstrate how to keep ourselves safe, such as the Health Education Office at Rome Hall in South.

A cappella groups A-Minor and Rolling Tones delivered performances in tribute to the cause. A-Minor sang “Lullabye” by Billy Joel and “It Don’t Have to Change” by John Legend. Rolling Tones performed “True Colors”

by Cyndi Lauper, “The Freshmen” by The Verve Pipe, and “Perfect” by P!nk.

Other artists that contrib-

uted art to the show are Kim Adamski, Austin Longendyke, Jacqueline Perron, Christina Pollari, Sarah Hoyle, Marichris Cariaga, Becky Warren, Joleen Nevers, Queers United Against Discrimination, and some anonymous artists.

The pieces displayed have been donated over the past six years in addition to new art that was created for the event.

Warren has spent the past year volunteering to coordinate the whole event.

Other World AIDS events this week include the HIV/ AIDS Vigil, which will occur tonight at the Student Union Art Gallery and the Condoma-thon, which will be held at Late Night on Friday night.

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

» MUSIC

Center City Brass Quintet comes to UConn Fine brass and famous standards will grace Jorgensen tonight

By John Tyczkowski Associate Focus Editor The Center City Brass Quintet will come to UConn this week to perform a program filled with the music of Byrd, Bernstein and Gershwin.

Its members come from such diverse musical backgrounds as the Boston S y m p h o n y, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The Quintet will perform on tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, with a concert talk beforehand at 6:45 p.m. given by Dr. Louis Hanzlik of the UConn Department of

Music. Craig Knox, the tuba player in the Quintet and native of Storrs, will also be participating. Their performance will feature several standards including selections from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” Berstein’s “Dance Suite” and Byrd’s “Earl of Oxford March”.

Tickets are on sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Jorgensen Box Office, for $28 and $30. UConn students can purchase tickets for $7 and $10 tickets are available for non-UConn students.

Tickets and more information on discounts are also available

TICKETS:

11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Jorgensen Box Office UConn students, $7 Other students, $10 Others, $28-$30

John.Tyczkowski@UConn.edu

Woody Allen – 1935 John Densmore – 1944 Bette Midler – 1945 Brad Delson – 1977

Courtesy of classicalarchives.com

The Center City Brass Quintet, which draws members from symphony orchestras throughout the entire United States, performs at Jorgensen tonight at 7:30.

» GIRL VS FOOD

To freeze or not to freeze

Now that Thanksgiving is over, my mom is sending me back to school with all the leftovers I could possibly dream of.

This is obviously awesome because the less cooking I have to do, the better. But every year this happens, I remember that I can’t eat three pounds of leftover turkey, half a casserole dish of stuffing, twelve peanut butter cookies and a whole apple pie in a few days.

This made me think about the concept of freezing food.

It seems like the be-all, endall solution for the poor college student trying to preserve what they just bought from the grocery store, but it doesn’t quite work like that. Freezing things has always been a process of trial and error for me, so hopefully taking the guesswork out of it for you will ensure you don’t end up with food that is a weird version of what you originally put in the freezer.

If your parents shipped you off to school with a container full of Thanksgiving gravy, you better eat that first. The fat separates when you put it in the freezer, but the good news is you can whisk it back together. If you’re in your dorm, it won’t be quite as good as the first time when you stick it in the microwave, but those in apartments can heat it on the stove.

One of the biggest no-no’s in the world of freezing food is most raw vegetables. Things like lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes and anything else that hasn’t yet been cooked completely loses its consistency once you freeze and unfreeze it. It’s a frustrating fact of life; all that fresh produce you picked up has to be shoved in your mouth within the week.

You can also try to work your way around the issue by making your meal first, and then freezing it. Lettuce probably still won’t apply here, but hey, you tried.

Another classic freezer no-go: cheese. I’ve made this mistake several times, hoping I can save an entire block of cheese that I bought only to realize I’ve used two slivers in the last week and a half. But alas, cheese chooses not to follow the laws of kitchen physics.

Blocks of cheese will look like they froze just fine, but when it’s fully thawed you’ll realize that you now have a block of cheese you never knew before, and when you try to slice into it, you wind up with a crumbly mess. The concept is similar with cooked eggs (they crumble) and, even worse, raw eggs just become gummy. Gross.

While technically not a food, spices should also never be frozen. A lot of them either lose their flavor or change flavor completely. This doesn’t apply to all of them, but it does count for a lot of them, so why take the chance? Besides, why are you freezing your paprika, anyway?

Keep it in the cupboard and it’ll be fine.

The best way around throwing away heaps of good produce is to buy either frozen bags and heat them up – they taste just as good and have all the same nutrients – or to avoid buying pre-portioned bags of them.

A good example of this is green beans, which come prepackaged in two sizes: a pretty hefty-sized bag or enough to feed the neighborhood. Instead, get a plastic bag and fill it up with a few for yourself, and do the same with broccoli, potatoes and any other produce you fancy. You’ll save money and waste less, a plus on both ends.

Rebecca.Radolf@UConn.edu

The Daily Campus, Page 8

Album Of The Week

FOCUS ON:

MUSIC Billboard Top 10 Albums

Week of Dec. 3, 2011

Upcoming Shows Toad's Place, New Haven 12/5 City and Colour 9 p.m., $22 12/9 The Machine 9 p.m., $15 Webster Theater, Hartford 12/3 Those Mockingbirds 6 p.m., $12 12/11 Man Overboard 6 p.m., $12 Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA 12/10 Mike Gordon 8 p.m., $25 12/31 Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band 8 p.m., $45

This Day in Music 1958 The Teddy Bears were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘To Know Him is to Love Him.’ The title of the Phil Spector song came from words on his father’s tombstone.

1982 Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ album was released. It spent 190 weeks on the UK album chart became the biggest selling pop album of all time, with sales over 50 million copies.

1998

The first night of a US tour with *NSYNC, Britney Spears and B*Witched opened in Columbus, Ohio.

2008 Wham’s Last Christmas was the most played festive track of the last five years.

Courtesy of Thisdayinmusic.com

Want to join the Focus review crew?

Come to a Focus meeting, Mondays at 8 p.m.

Your name could be on next week’s Music page!

Norman

‘Talk’ confuses fans

By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent

1. “Take Care,” Drake 2. “Christmas,” Michael Buble 3. “21,” Adele 4. “Concerto: One Night in Central Park,” Andrea Bocelli 5. “Under the Mistletoe,” Justin Bieber 6. “Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album Volume 2,” Soundtrack 7. “NOW 40,” Various Artists 8. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1,” Soundtrack 9. “Mylo Xyloto,” Coldplay 10. “Someone to Watch Over Me,” Susan Boyle

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Focus

Island pop princess and sex icon of the music industry Rihanna released her sixth studio album “Talk the Talk” on Nov. 21.

synthesized drum set. “Talk that Talk,” the song for which the album is named, is probably my favorite due to Jay-Z’s contribution, which overpowers Rihanna’s overly repetitive chorus and verses.

“Cockiness (Love It)” begins

A World Tour of Music: Asia Part 1

oped into a brand all their own.

Echo & Drake have a debut far better than most, but that’s only the beginning.

Sorry about that hiatus during the last week – mid-semester crush y’all. We’re going to jump right into Asia, the mother of all continents, the epicenter of Eastern cultures and the birthplace of cuttingedge forms of music.

When the topic of Asian music pops up, many people instantly think of Bollywood, Korean pop and snake charmers. But Northern Asia, which includes the Siberian nations of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has its own styles of modern entertainment.

Pop singer Shahzoda is from Uzbekistan and sings in a quartet of languages: Uzbek, Russian, Kazakh and Persian.

Consequently, she is an all-encompassing musician that has a big fan base across Asia and Europe. Her music is infused with light techno beats and poppy refrains, and can be compared to that of Ian Van Dahl and Cascada.

Shahzoda has had a strong solo career since 2002, when she released her debut LP “Bor ekan.”

Since then she has composed seven more full-length albums, which evens out to almost one per year. In addition to being a highly productive and successful musician, she doubles as an actress in Uzbek movies.

Contrary to Shahzoda’s easy, graceful rhythms is the Russian metal band Arkona. The group prides itself on being a continuation of traditional Slavic paganism. Its name refers to a mythological Slavic city, and many of its lyrics are drawn from ancient tales and ballads.

Arkona is lead by Maria Arhipova, who is known to be a masterful screamer/growler. The band has put out several albums and music videos that have been well-received by metal fans.

While the bulk of their support lies in Russia, they have many followers in the U.S. who constantly petition them to come tour in North America.

Zveri is another Russian band that has conquered the pop-rock genre. Their album “RayoniKvartali” is full of slow jams and random piano lines. The lead singer, Roman Bilyk, conveys self-assurance and ardor through his voice. Although he sings in Russian, his lyrics can be enjoyable to every one, especially because of the rolling “Rs” and heavily loaded “Ks” that accent his parts.

Bilyk, who is better known as Roma Zver, is the epitome of the grunge rocker with his ragged, cut-off shirts and gel-ridden faux hawk. This image may seem unimportant to those who’ll never see Zveri perform live. However, this nonchalant attitude is very appealing to the Russian youth that readily recreate it. The band nevertheless sticks to tame topics when it comes to writing music.

One way it can gain more international attention in the future is to compose songs about political oppression and censorship, even though those pieces may never make it out of Russian borders.

Kazakhstan has a fame that reaches far beyond Borat’s insulting pranks. This fame can be attributed to the jazz band, The Magic of the Nomads, which is anything but derogatory. The group is made up of six composers, vocalists and instrumentalists who are trained in folk music, throat singing performance art and business. Consequently, the band makes intricately designed music that is soft on the ears but impressionable on the mind. The Magic of the Nomads often plays at international jazz festivals and is revered by other instrumentalists for its creativity and professionalism.

Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu

Talk that Talk Rihanna

11/21/11 11 tracks

5

/10 Courtesy of ofcelebrity.net

In this 15-track compilation of anything but clean lyrics and dance-pop beats, Rihanna delivers a sex-driven record that is amazingly catchy. The album opens up with “You Da One” and “Where Have You Been,” two songs that actually stray from the bad girl image Rihanna has embraced. Still, the songs have the electro-pop beat that everyone can easily fist pump to. However, her lurics lack her usual witticisms. The third track is her recent single “We Found Love,” which follows the same pattern as the first two songs: a search for love, less than mediocre lyrics, and a standard 8-beat

with a catchy island flavor and makes way for the Rihanna everyone’s accustomed to: the stone cold artist only interested in sex. She says that she “could be your dominatrix” in this song, and that she’ll make you her slave in the next song, “Birthday Cake.” Needless to say, she’s not talking about an actual cake.

“We All Want Love,” “Drunk On Love” and “Fool In Love” all raised red flags before I listened because of the word “love” in all of the titles. The first two only reaffirmed my worries with the bleeding heart singing and lyrics.

The fact that Rihanna still kept an upbeat pop pattern to both

Rihanna’s latest album, the 15-track “Talk the Talk”, was recently released on November 21.

songs while trying to convince her listeners that love has hurt her so much made the songs worse. I felt no emotion in her voice, let alone the music itself.

“Fool In Love” wasn’t so bad in itself, but that can be attributed to the acoustic guitar and the regret shown in her lyrics, asking her papa if he’s ashamed of “how his little girl turned out.” But it’s completely hypocritical in “Roc Me Out” where she said “I’ve been a bad girl, daddy” as seductively as she can.

The message of the album is

confusing: does Rihanna want everyone to think that she’s in it for the sex, or that she honestly just wants someone to love her?

Either way, what she tries to convey is nothing more than lovesick teen drama masked by her adult sex drive. If you’re looking for substance, this album will undeniably disappoint you. But if you want a few more songs to party to, I’m sure you could find a couple to your liking in “Talk the Talk.”

By Purbita Saha Focus Editor

“Silver Bells” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” are slowed down beyond capacity.

Meanwhile, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is sped up to an unreasonable rate. The piece has so much potential; Ward and Deschanel are known for their melodious conversations, but it quickly falls apart around a hurried and dissonant beat.

Still, “A Very She & Him Christmas” is a better-than-average seasonal album. Deschanel adds vintage charm to all twelve of the songs, while M. Ward slathers the background with his signature zealous acoustics. There is a sense of nostalgia that surrounds the whole record. This sentiment is particularly conspicuous on the duets during “Christmas Wish” and the finale of “The Christmas Song.”

Christmas Album”

“Christmas Wrapping.” The strongest carols on the album are “Let it Snow,” which has some jazzy harmonies, and “River,” which is a beautiful and obscure holiday song.

Overall, it’s wise to skip this overproduced soundtrack and opt for a more effortless, acapella collection.

“Holiday Spirits” by Straight, No Chaser is a wise and competent alternative.

Michael Bublé “Christmas”

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

Cue the blue Christmas music

The winter holidays are always a green light for Mariah Careywannabes to start belting out “All I Want for Christmas is You.” And if that’s not tiring enough, every December Americans are met with an avalanche of holiday albums that cover the same generic carols. So far, this year has proven to have very few exceptions.

“A Very Christmas”

She

&

Him

This album was a precedent for the 2011 holiday season, as it hit the market before toilet-papering and trick-or-treating season even began. Since then it has been high on the best-seller charts and has elicited good reviews from critics and bloggers alike. But the truth is the tracks on “A Very She & Him Christmas” have only been doused in a thin layer of ingenuity.

Therefore, they are presented as underdeveloped and dry.

Tempo is also a big caveat for this album. Some songs, such as

“Glee: The Music, The

There are two volumes of the “Glee” holiday soundtrack, but once you listen to the first one there is a chance that you won’t want go to anywhere near the second.

The show, which airs on FOX, has lost a lot of viewers over the past season due to its flimsy plot lines and unrealistic characters.

Yet its music has still prompted a strong response from the American public. Popular covers such as “You and I” and “Someone Like You” have had high iTunes’ sales and millions of YouTube hits.

Volume 2 of Glee’s Christmas album is a complement to last year’s 12-track release. It pans out to be predictable, with sultry renditions of “Santa Baby” and “Blue Christmas,” as well as poppy versions of “Extraordinary Merry Christmas” and

Somehow, Michael Bublé ends up being the saving grace for this year’s menu of Christmas music.

The Canadian singer covers 15 basics on his album “Christmas,” but has a refreshing take on each one. Songs such as “Ave Maria” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” are stripped down to show off Bublé’s vocal talents, while “Cold December Night” and “Jingle Bells” are filled with catchy twists.

Bublé caps off the holiday collection with a genuine duet of “Feliz Navidad,” which features the famous Latin singer Thalia.

Purbita.Saha@UConn.edu

Long-expected debut lacks confidence

By Julie Bartoli Senior Staff Writer Echo & Drake formed in the summer of 2005. Considering they didn’t release their debut album “Sundrenched Elsewhere” until October of 2011, one may assume the band was lacking confidence, aesthetic, and dare I say talent?

“Sundrenched Elsewhere” silences all those concerns within the first few seconds. The 12-track LP opens with a Curereminiscent guitar jangle and vocalist Jon Ericson breathing new life into the immediate clichés that come with their song titled “Airport.”

“Morning Dove” features a wall of sound that would have made Spector drool. “Lights Out” is a platform for Ericson to showcase his falsetto and Rich Devito to shine with his cyclic, enthused guitar line. The title

track “Sundrenched Elsewhere” is Phoenix meets The Postal Service, pushing the band forward experimentally.

Credit for the band’s sound can in part be attributed to Jeff Lipton, who also mastered tapes for Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Arcade Fire and the Love Language, but by in large it’s Echo & Drake.

Despite playing for six years, they manage to sound youthful and eager throughout the album.

There’s no jadedness that typically comes with playing for years and receiving nothing more than negligible critical acclaim (Chris Bell). Their spirit isn’t broken, and it’s refreshing.

However, Echo & Drake are lyrically hit-or-miss. In most tracks they avoid falling victim to the rookie mistake of solely writing concrete imagery. There’s room for interpretation and abstraction; the music is conversational. But in “My

Darling Aries” and “Buy Time” this ambiguity burdens the record with formulaic lines like, “If I had your kinda money/I’d buy time.”

Luckily, even when it becomes contrived, the words

is far from perfect, but it’s extremely promising. The band hasn’t yet come to it’s own, but they’re on their way. Their next album, assuming there is one, will be more cohesive, and their sound will have ideally devel-

Sundrenched and Elsewhere Echo & Drake 10/2/11 12 tracks

6.5

/10

have an internal rhyme scheme and a way of meshing together.

Plus Ericson sings with enough conviction that truisms become somewhat forgivable.

“Sundrenched Elsewhere”

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Daily Campus, Page 9

Focus

» REVIEW

Yelawolf debuts ‘Radioactive’

By Jamil Larkin Campus Correspondent

Rap music isn’t colorblind.

Unless an artist has an astronomically unique skill or trait, the public will not look past his skin color and simply focus on the music. Eminem was the most successful trying to break down this barrier through his talent and persona. Coincidentally, next up to the plate is Yelawolf, Shady Records and Eminem’s newest protégé. Yelawolf isn’t a new artist by any means. He first broke onto the scene with his critically acclaimed mixtape “Trunk Muzik.” Under Shady Records, Yelawolf will seemingly craft his history of Alabama and quick tongued raps into commercial success.

With his first attempt, Catfish Billy brings us “Radioactive.”

Yelawolf is easily one of the most unique rap artists ever.

If you could somehow combine the best elements and sounds of T.I., UGK and Bone Thugz, Yelawolf would emerge under the Gadsden, Alabama sunlight. His early catalog includes many stories told about growing up in Alabama, his struggles through school

and relationships, as well as the ins and outs of drug use in his hometown of Gadsden.

“Radioactive” combines all of these themes with more recent events of his career, including signing to a major record label and gaining commercial success. Even through all

the success and working with Eminem, Yelawolf’s authenticity to his style of music has pushed him to this level. At some points, “Radioactive” seems to fall into some of the traps of commercial trends.

Through the first six songs on the album, I genuinely got the feeling this was turning out to be the best release of the entire year. Each song was perfect in capturing the themes that Yelawolf has built his entire career around: Box Chevy’s, family, alcohol, and community. The introduction injects a pulse to the album, beginning with Yelawolf stating, “I am the American Eagle.” The first single for the album brings Lil’ Jon out from obscurity on “Hard White.” A pure chant anthem, this song delves back into the glory days of when Lil’ Jon was a mainstay on radio stations across the country. Yelawolf has always stated that classic rock and punk rock are just as influential to his music as hip hop. Because of this, it was only right that he enlisted the Detroit native Kid Rock to sing the chorus for “Let’s Roll.” This serves as a dedication record for Yelawolf’s hometown of the

Radioactive Yelawolf

11/21/11 15 tracks

8

/10

south, and could easily become the next big hit for him.

The highly anticipated Eminem feature didn’t disappoint, also working alongside Gangsta Boo on “Throw It Up.” Irony strikes at the end of this song, however. An interlude features a conversation between

» THE SOUNDBITE

From models to Zomby

By Ronald Quiroga Campus Correspondent 5) The Throne and Nicki Minaj perform at the annual VS show

Courtesy of yelawolf.com

Yelawolf’s debut album, ‘Radioactive’, was recently released this week. Yelawolf had previously produced a mix tape, ‘Trunk Muzik’.

Eminem and Yelawolf, with the two joking about featuring a love song on the album. Yelawolf has definitely made songs about relationships in the past, with “Love Is Not Enough” serving as a prime example. The sound and abundance of “love songs” on Radioactive depreciate the value of his classic sounds.

“Good Girl” and “Write Your Name” see Yelawolf alongside some lackluster guest features on the choruses. One vocal feature that I did really enjoy was in the track “Animal.” Fitting in with the popular dub-step and rap junction we have seen lately, “Animal” is a high energy song employing Fefe Dobson to help out with the hook.

“Radioactive” is really a tale of two sounds. The high energy and strong emotions that are audibly sensed in the first half of the album almost drop off completely towards the end. Two songs specifically, “Everything I Love The Most” and “Radio” manipulate some of Yelawolf’s classic rock influences into a slow and almost boring manner. But to balance those songs

out, “Slumerican Shitizen” is an uptempo anthem alongside Killer Mike.

This album absolutely contains every aspect of his career that Yelawolf has stressed as important. He worked alongside Eminem, Mystikal, Lil Jon, Kid Rock, and Killer Mike, who were all influences to his career.

The inclusion of choruses sung by other people gave the album too much of a pop and radio sound, when Yelawolf easily could have thrived in reciting the hooks, as he did on “The Last Song.” Though the album musically slowed down towards the end, the content remained perfectly fit throughout the entire listen. A debut album should tell a full story of the artist for new listeners to learn something, and Yelawolf did exactly that.

Whether or not you still can’t get over the sound of Yelawolf’s unique and sharp rhymes, he will be around the industry for a long time. “Radioactive” is a step in the right direction for a long career.

Jamil.Larkin@UConn.edu

Last night, as most UConn students were probably aware, was the premier of the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion show. There, some of the most beautiful women on the planet displayed insanely expensive and often impractical lingerie.

But aside from the beautiful parade, the “Watch The Throne” duo (Kanye West and Jay-Z) came through to performed “N***** in Paris” and Kanye went solo for his hit “Stronger.” Shortly after, Young Money’s main lady hopped on stage and ran through her summer smash, “Super Bass.”

4) Update on Vybz Kartel: Runaway Fugitive Sometime in October, I posted that reggae superstar and Jamaican native Vybs Kartel had been arrested on murder charges in his home country. Now it has been reported that he, along with seven other inmates, escaped from the facility. The group held the guards at gunpoint and managed to escape. It is also reported that one of the guards died of heart attack in connection to the incident, according to Rapradar.com.

3) Africa Hitech XLR8R mix Juke kings “Africa Hitech” were featured on the XLR8R podcast series, where they spun some of their own records, including this year’s emphatic tune “Out in the Streets,” along with some other contemporary and classic electro highlights via Abeano.com. It’ll be worth

checking out, simply because they may have the record of the year.

2) Amazing Late Night TV performances During the last couple of weeknights, late night audiences had some very pleasant surprises from the musical guests of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Conan.”

Fallon presented M83, who performed their stand-out single “Midnight City” from their seminal album “Hurry up, We’re Dream” which was released a few months ago.

On a far stranger note, Das Racist took to the stage for their first television performance on Conan and played a rendition of “Michael Jackson” from their debut LP, “Relax.” It involved a lot of equipment and a King-of-Pop impersonator.

1) Zomby and Salem EPs released this week A couple of under-the-radar releases this week should get some more deserved attention. UK’s mystery producer, Zomby, released a seven track EP, “Nothing,” that is both an extension of his somber summer release, “Dedication,” and his jungle, rave-inducing LP “Where were U in 92?” Described as danceable, the album should be a highlight this fall. The bizarrelyenigmatic trio, Salem, have released a four track EP of songs that did not make last year’s defiant “King Night.”

The succinct release includes a remix of Alice Deejay’s 90’s anthem, “Better Off Alone.”

If those last few words don’t intrigue you, I’m not sure what will.

Ronald.Quiroga@UConn.edu

The Daily Campus, Page 10

Thursday,December 1, 2011

Focus

Krasinski, Hunt, Common among in-crowd at Sundance Film Festival

AP

In this image released by Sundance Film Festival, Helen Hunt, left, and John Hawkes are shown in a scene from "The Surrogate." The film will be competing at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Krasinski, Helen Hunt, Michael Cera, Amanda Seyfried, Danny Glover and rap star Common are among the stars with movies heading to the Sundance Film Festival.

Films announced Wednesday that will compete for prizes at next month's independent-film showcase include dramas dealing with family crises, such as director Ry Russo-Young's "Nobody Walks," with "The Office" co-star Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby; "The End of Love," starring Cera, Seyfried, Shannyn Sossamon and writer-director Mark Webber; and Sheldon Candis' "Luv," featuring Glover and Common.

Hunt stars with John Hawkes and William H. Macy in Ben Lewin's "The Surrogate," an unusual story about a 36-year-old man who has spent most of his life on an iron lung and now develops a plan to lose his virginity.

They're among 16 films in Sundance's competition for U.S. dramas, whose past winners included eventual Academy Awards nominees "Winter's Bone," ''Precious" and "Frozen River."

Sundance also announced 16 films competing in each of three other categories: U.S. documentaries, world dramas and world documentaries. The festival runs Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah.

Festival director John Cooper said the lineup had gone a bit mainstream and populist some years but that the roster this time has veered squarely back toward the edgy terrain for which lower-budgeted indie films are known. That could have something to do with the uncertain state of the economy, he said.

"I like the eclectic nature of the storytelling," Cooper said.

"Filmmakers, for some reason or other, they're not conforming to Hollywood stereotypes, not that independent filmmakers ever did.

But I think even less than they did a couple of years ago. They're being bolder, taking risks, telling the stories they want to tell.

"In challenging economic times, artists maybe tend to get a little freer in what they do, and sometimes, maybe even a little better."

The U.S. dramatic competition also includes directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos' "Filly Brown," a hip-hop saga with Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos and relative newcomer Gina Rodriguez in the title role; James Ponsoldt's "Smashed," a story of a booze-loving couple featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul and "The Help" star Octavia Spencer; and So Yong Kim's "For Ellen," starring Paul Dano, Jena Malone and Jon Heder, whose career was launched at Sundance with his title role in "Napoleon Dynamite."

Overseen by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, the festival will include 110 feature-length films, chosen out of 4,000 submitted from around the world. The festival announces its lineup of star-studded premieres, which will screen out of competition, next week.

Though Hollywood A-listers at Sundance get most of the attention, Redford tries to keep the focus on fresh talent from the indie world.

"We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers," Redford said. "So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we

are living in. Some are straightforward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that."

The Sundance opening night schedule features one title from each of the four competitions: director Todd Louiso's U.S. drama entry "Hello I Must Be Going," a divorce comedy with Melanie Lynskey and Blythe Danner; Australian filmmaker Kieran Darcy-Smith's world drama contender "Wish You Were Here," starring Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer in the story of a vacation gone terribly wrong; Lauren Greenfield's U.S. documentary "The Queen of Versailles," about a couple who go bust while building a palatial 90,000-square-foot home; and Malik Bendjelloul's world documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," a British-Danish film tracing the life of a 1970s rock performer who vanished into oblivion.

Sundance once was known almost exclusively as a showcase for rising U.S. filmmakers, but organizers added the international competitions a few years back to raise the festival's profile for overseas films. The result has been an international lineup that included such breakout hits as "An Education," ''Animal Kingdom" and "Once."

"Internationally is where I see a real spike in the caliber of films we had submitted to us," said Trevor Groth, Sundance's programming director. "There are world-class films submitted to us on par with any festival in the world right now. I think international filmmakers are now looking at Sundance as a premier place to launch films. It's not just Cannes or Berlin anymore."

Next legal step uncertain for O'Keeffe art at Fisk 'Little Mole' Czech cartoonist

Zdenek Miler dies at 90

AP AP

This flie image provided by Fisk University shows the 1927 painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, "Radiator Building -Night, New York, " which is part of a 101-piece collection donated to the historically black university by the late artist.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fisk University's decade-long quest to generate cash from a 101-piece art collection donated by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe is one step closer to fruition.

But it is unclear how quickly the historically black university in Nashville will be able to complete a $30 million deal to sell a 50 percent stake in the collection to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Ark. Under the agreement, the artworks including O'Keefe's own 1927 oil painting "Radiator Building — Night, New York — would move between Fisk and the Arkansas museum every two years.

A state appeals court ruling Tuesday threw out a judge's requirement for Fisk to reserve two-thirds of the proceeds to ensure future upkeep of the collection amid the university's shaky financial circumstances.

Fisk officials argued at last year's trial that the school had mortgaged all of its buildings, was running a $2 million annual deficit and had no unrestricted endowment available.

The opinion notes that when President Hazel O'Leary was asked whether Fisk was "viable" given the scope of its financial challenges, she responded, "No, not at all."

The 2-1 decision found the lower court didn't have the authority to require the creation of the $20 million endowment to guard against creditors should Fisk declare bankruptcy.

Appeals Judge Frank G. Clement Jr. disagreed. "The record clearly reveals that that Ms. O'Keeffe never intended for the Collection to be sold or otherwise monetized in order for Fisk University to pay its general operating expenses," Clement wrote in his dissent.

Even with the endowment in place, Fisk would be able to use $10 million to "rise above its current financial predicament," while staying closer to O'Keeffe's original charitable intent, Clement said.

The Crystal Bridges Museum features artwork amassed by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton, including Asher Durand's landscape painting "Kindred Spirits" and Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter."

While the majority opinion rules out the judge establishing an endowment requirement, it does not preclude the court from approving one or another "dedicated source of support" for the collection. It also calls on Fisk to lay out how it will use a $1 million pledge from Walton to upgrade the display space and outline how it plans to spend the $30 million from the deal.

In this March 1999 file photo, Czech animator and illustrator Zdenek Miler poses with his most popular character named Mole, in Prague.

Miler died on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, aged 90.

PRAGUE (AP) — In the 1950s, Zdenek Miler stumbled over a molehill in woods west of Prague, giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even made it into space on a NASA shuttle.

Miler, creator of the Little Mole character, died Wednesday. He was 90 and spent the last months of his life at a nursing home in Nova Ves pod Plesi, southwest of Prague.

Born Feb 21, 1921 in the town of Kladno, he graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He illustrated a number of children books and made several cartoons, but his most famous creation was the mole.

He created the character, which is always cheerful and ready to help those in need, in 1956 after walking in woods near Kladno and tripping over a molehill.

"So, I said to myself: that's it. The mole," Miler said in a 2006 interview with Czech public radio.

The very first episode titled "How the Mole got his Trousers," was an immediate hit, winning the Silver Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Since then, 50 episodes have been made, attracting a wide audience among children in Eastern Europe and countries such as Germany, Austria, China and India.

A stuffed toy of Little Mole, known as "krtek" in Czech (pronounced KRRR-tech), returned to Earth in July after a voyage to outer space on NASA's shuttle Endeavour.

The toy accompanied American astronaut Andrew Feustel on NASA's last shuttle mission. Feustel's wife, Indira, is of Czech origin.

"Krtek spent a lot of time floating around the international space station," Feustel

commented during his visit to Prague. Miler said in a letter to Feustel he was honored.

Miler was looking for a new creature for a new film in the 1950s that would not be used by anyone else.

"Walt Disney used for his cartoons almost all animals, but one," Miler said. "That was chosen by me."

The mole doesn't speak and uses just nonverbal exclamations to express his feelings, a strategy that resonates well with an international audience. More than 5 million copies of books with the mole adventures, translated into 20 languages, have been sold worldwide as well as numerous mole toys.

Miller personally signed off on all designs based on the mole until he died.

"He never disappointed me," Miler said about the mole. "He made me happy all my life."

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Daily Campus, Page 11

Sports

» NBA

» NFL

Basketball back in focus for NBA Pats prep for Colts

AP

NBA players run the court at Delmar Field House during the Houston Lockout Celebrity Basketball Game hosted by former player and coach John Lucas, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in Houston. Several NBA players played in the event that will benefit charities including the John Lucas Foundation.

NEW YORK (AP) — These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for.

Teams began talking to agents Wednesday as the lockout inched closer to its end, and basketball moved back into focus. Dwight Howard and Chris Paul were linked to trade speculation, while free agents such as Tyson Chandler and Nene were in the news after months of attorneys getting all the ink.

Now, the players are taking over and the league was set to reopen its facilities for workouts Thursday.

Some may arrive out of shape, just as was the case in January 1999 after the NBA's only other shortened season.

But they're anxious to get back, with a little more than three weeks until they start playing games.

"The guys are going to come in and I'm sure they're going to be in good shape. They want to play," new Houston coach Kevin McHale told reporters.

"These guys have played basketball their entire lives.

They love to play basketball and they're excited to get after it."

The league still hopes to open training camps and free agency

next Friday, leaving both sides scrambling to get business finished in time.

The lawsuits have been settled, contingent upon the ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement by Dec. 9. Players are in the process of collecting the signatures needed to approve the reformation of the union, which must be done before the sides can resume bargaining on the remaining issues that must be settled before each side can vote.

NBA officials are working to complete a two-game exhibition schedule for each team that will lead to a 66-game regular season, starting with a fivegame slate on Christmas.

"Considering that a lot of this is brand new to us, the last 24 hours has been a little bit of a scramble," Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti said.

"We have a lot of things that we have to do from getting players in and just basically preparing ourselves for what's ahead."

Philadelphia 76ers president Rod Thorn was working in the league office during the last lockout and knows how much work it will take to stay on the schedule Commissioner David Stern revealed after reaching a tentative agreement with the

players early last Saturday.

"I definitely remember that time and how hectic it was on the NBA side," Thorn said. "If you think it was hectic over here, it was really hectic on that side."

Trying to make the process smoother, the NBA agreed to allow players to re-enter the buildings Thursday. Coaches aren't allowed, but players, who will have to sign a waiver removing teams of liability in case of injury, can meet with the teams' training personnel and conduct unsupervised workouts. The decision was made in consultation with the union Tuesday, and league spokesman Tim Frank denied it had anything to do with the settlement of the litigation.

"We agreed that it was in everyone's interest that players have the opportunity to get back to work," he said.

The lockout began July 1, which would have been the opening of free agency. It finally arrived in a minimized form Wednesday morning, when teams were allowed to talk to agents. Contracts can't yet be offered or signed — not that anyone is ready to rush into it as they digest the new signing and spending rules that will become official in the new deal.

Chandler, the starting center for NBA champion Dallas, and Denver's Nene headed a solid core of free agent big men.

Jamal Crawford, the former top sixth man from Atlanta, was available for teams seeking backcourt scoring punch, and teams seeking a reliable veteran swingman could sort through Grant Hill, Shane Battier, Caron Butler and Tayshaun Prince.

But the class isn't spectacular, which is why the focus was already on next summer, when Howard, Paul and Deron Williams can become free agents.

There were reports that Paul planned to leave New Orleans, and that the teams were angling to trade for him. Nets general manager Billy King denied an ESPN.com report that he was preparing to offer Brook Lopez and two first-round picks to Orlando in hopes of getting Howard to play with Williams.

"I'll go on the record that I haven't talked to Orlando about a trade since February, right before the trade deadline," King said. "I have not had any conversations at all with my good friend Otis (Smith, the Magic general manager).

"So, I don't know where that is coming from."

» NHL

Lucic nets 2, Bruins win 12th in 13 games

TORONTO (AP) — Milan Lucic scored twice and David Krejci added a goal and two assists for the Boston Bruins, who beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Wednesday night for their 12th win in 13 games.

The defending Stanley Cup champions rebounded from a slow start this season and went 12-0-1 in November, marking the first time since January 1969 that the Bruins went an entire month without a regulation loss.

Tim Thomas made 34 saves and earned his ninth consecutive win.

Zdeno Chara, Benoit Pouliot

and Brad Marchand also scored for Boston (15-7-1), which hasn't lost in regulation since Oct. 29 at Montreal.

Mikhail Grabovski, Joffrey Lupul and Matt Frattin had goals for Toronto (14-9-2).

Boston The Maple Leafs pushed the Bruins to Toronto their limit in the first of a home-and-home series between teams near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. They will face off again in Boston on Saturday night.

This game lived up to the hype as the quick skating teams took

turns mounting rushes during the first period, in which the Bruins held a slight edge in possession and shots, 17-16.

But the game was tied 1-1, with each team scoring on a play.

6 power Grabovski netted 3 Toronto's first goal at 7:29, taking a perfect cross-ice pass from Clarke MacArthur and beating Thomas with a backhander on the rush. It was his sixth goal of the season.

Jonas Gustavsson was strong early in goal for the Maple Leafs but was beaten after Boston's

NHL

extended 5-on-3 power play. The Bruins used crisp cross-ice passes to take apart the Leafs' penaltykillers, and Lucic roofed a shot from the side of the net at 15:08 as the first penalty expired.

Shortly after, NHL scoring leader Phil Kessel was sent in on a breakaway but couldn't beat Thomas with a deke.

The game didn't slow down in the second period. Krejci gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 3:33 by going hard to the net and knocking home a rebound off the rush.

Kessel then found Lupul on a 2-on-1 break to get Toronto even at 7:00.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — For the third straight game, the high-scoring New England Patriots are preparing to face a backup quarterback.

And this one plays for a winless team.

The Indianapolis Colts plan to give Dan Orlovsky his first start of the season Sunday against an improving Patriots defense.

Two weeks ago, the Patriots beat Kansas City, 34-3, with Chiefs quarterback Tyler Palko making his first career start. Last Sunday, they beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-20, with Vince Young filling in for an injured Michael Vick.

Now it's Orlovsky's turn, a formidable task because the Patriots' pass rush is improving at a time of the year when they rarely lose.

In the past 10 seasons, they have the NFL's best record in December, 32-5, under Bill Belichick.

"Coach Belichick has always stressed that the best teams get better this time of year," Tom Brady said Wednesday. "You want to be a good finisher. If you play poorly down the stretch, you're not going to give yourself much of a chance to accomplish any of the goals that you set at the beginning of the year."

The goal this week is simple — beat another pro team — regardless of its record.

The Colts are 0-11. The Patriots are 8-3, tied for the best mark in the AFC, but their players planned to prepare like they do for every other game.

"They've heard me talk about (it) every week, saying we don't care about the record, and we don't," an unusually animated Belichick said. "What difference does it make how somebody played two weeks ago against somebody else? Who cares? Us or anybody else, it doesn't matter.

The only thing that matters is how we and the Colts perform against each other on Sunday."

There's an excellent chance the Patriots will perform better, much better.

Orlovsky would be the third quarterback to start in place of Peyton Manning, who hasn't played all season following neck surgery in September. Kerry Collins played the first three games then went on injured reserve with a concussion. That's when Painter got his chance and played well early.

But he faltered with a quarterback rating below 51.0 for four consecutive games. Then, after throwing two interceptions in the end zone in the last five minutes in a 27-19 loss to the Carolina Panthers last Sunday, coach Jim Caldwell had seen enough.

Enter Orlovsky.

Huskies prepare for Texas A&M from LUCKY, page 14 Possibly the biggest asset is the amount of players that can hit three-pointers. A third of the teams’ shots were from behind the arc, shooting 12-21.

“They paint a line out there.

You have to use it. And we’ve got some players that are pretty good at knocking it down, so we might as well take advantage of it,” said Auriemma. “And we’re good at finding where the 3 point shooters are. As long as we have the opportunity to shoot them, we’re going to shoot them.”

The huskies have six days of practice before playing Texas A&M on Dec. 6 at the XL center. For Auriemma, the weeklong practice is key for such a young team.

“With a group at this age, the fundamental stuff we need to work on everyday gets lost when we have too many games,” said Auriemma. “Little by little, from now to exams, we need to figure out ways to maximize what we have.”

The No.4 Aggies will be the Huskies biggest test since their win over Stanford on Nov. 21.

Both Hartley and Lewis are confident that their team is focused and ready for both the week ahead and the next matchup.

“Tonight, we played a lot better than we were playing a couple days ago,” said Lewis. “Like coach said, a couple days later a different mindset-then we look like a different team.”

Danielle.Ennis@UConn.edu

Look out for Boston

By Matt Stypulkoski NHL Columnist Something is brewing in Boston. And whatever it is, Bruins’ fans should be very excited.

After a dreadful first month of the season where the Bruins picked up just six points in 10 October games, Boston has come alive over the past few weeks, streaking through November almost untouched. The Bruins opened the month with a 10-game winning streak, and didn’t drop a game until Nov. 25 when they lost to Detroit in a shootout.

The most incredible part about the Bruins turnaround isn’t the number of wins they have picked up of late, but rather how they are doing it.

In the month of October, the Bruins scored a measly 22 goals, for an average of 2.2 per game.

While 2.2 goals per game isn’t terrible, it’s not very good either, and it certainly wasn’t getting the job done for the Bruins. In November, however, Boston has been pouring on the offense, netting 51 goals in the first 12 games of the month, good for an average of 4.25 per game.

And with the Bruins’ usually solid defense, those two goals per game make a world of difference.

In fact, the most telling of the Bruins’ explosive offense so far this month is that in October, they managed to score just two goals or less in seven of their 10 games. But in November, the Bruins have been putting the puck in the net with remarkable consistency, scoring two goals or less three times in the past 12 games.

In October, the Bruins also seemed to have suffer from a virus traveling around Boston sports teams – the choke bug.

In the first month of the season, Boston went 1-4 in one-goal games. But as soon as the calendar turned, the Bruins fought off

the disease, winning four of their five games, which were decided by one goal in November.

Another important part off Boston’s turnaround has been the play of their top forwards, particularly Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. October was a slow month for both players, as Marchand tallied just six points and Bergeron racked up four during the first 10 games of the season.

However, the two forwards came out firing in November, as Marchand tallied 11 and Bergeron tacked on 13 through the first 12 games of the month.

The two are now currently tied for second on the team with 17 points apiece, six behind youngster Tyler Seguin, who also has 13 points in November.

This return to form for some of the Bruins’ top forwards has been a driving force in its turnaround, and has been a key part of their explosive offense over the past month.

The improved effectiveness of the team’s power play has also been a crucial factor. The power play was dreadful all last season for the Bruins, especially in the playoffs. Those woes continued into the first month of this season since it struggled to convert on just 13 percent of its opportunities. However over the month of November, the power play has somewhat improved, converting 22 percent of its chances.

With the offensive turnaround and their current hot streak, Boston is up to 29 points in the standings, putting them just one point behind division-leading Toronto and three behind conference leading Pittsburgh.

And while this offensive tear may not continue for the rest of the season in Boston, Bruins fans should be happy to know that their team is in fact capable of putting the puck in the net and perhaps capable of a repeat.

Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

The Daily Campus, Page 12

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Sports

Callahan: Ohio State/Michigan in the Big House was the trip of a lifetime

from HAIL, page 14 4:56 AM The towns of Jersey Shore and Mile Run in the great state of Pennsylvania are now in the rearview. Now, if you just wondered whether or not the town is named after the TV show, please kindly punch yourself square in the face.

6:02 AM I just awoke from a brief nap to a couple new status likes. Though I have to ponder what my 85-year old grandmother is doing online at such an ungodly hour. I now recall my theory that Farmville indeed has her by the diaper and this sadly just confirms it. #livelongandharvestgrandma 8:07 AM We stop briefly at an Ohio rest area. I race into the restroom and begin brushing my Mountain Dew and Peanut Butter M&M warped teeth before realizing I have an audience. A prepubescent punk sporting the most botched Mohawk I’ve ever seen glares at me, thus inducing a short staring contest. Now drooling into the sink, I finally break the pipsqueak’s stare and he moves on to find mommy. Victory. #backtotheroad 8:36 AM I feel a big, warm welcome to the Midwest as Cracker Barrel billboards are popping up seemingly with every mile marker.

This welcome takes the form of rising cholesterol and a good deal of sudden pressure on my chest. #goodthingimbehindthewheel 11:29 AM We finally arrive in Ann Arbor after being trailed by a red Honda Element for the last 125 miles. Not sure if he’s going to the game too or is in search of approval for buying such a heinous looking car. Either way, we made it and it’s time to call home.

12:55 PM A trip to the best U of M apparel store is made and then followed with a feast at Five Guys. I’m now obscenely full, satisfied and in need of some sleep.

Thanksgiving part two? Time to head to our friend’s place.

5:36 PM After playing catch up and watching LSU take Arkansas out to the woodshed, we head out for dinner; Chinese it is and so continues the most abominable day of eating I’ve ever had.

6:23 PM General Tsao picks a bad time to wage war in my stomach as we enter to play basketball at their school gym. Word is his forces are moving northward; hopefully they can be contained.

11:47 PM Tsao’s advances were stopped however, I could not be contained out there on the court.

After knocking in a three to start both games, I refuse to take another long jumper as I don’t want my court respect to fall from its now all-time high. #showtimedrew #goodnightworld SATURDAY 6:34 AM The Michigan marching band serves as a premature wake up call, practicing loud and proud just blocks from our friend’s apartment. But, it’s hard to be pissed about being woken up. ‘The Game’ is now just five hours away.

9:07 AM We leave for breakfast and manage to hear a certain girl shout above the rest at the party going on across the hall. “I think my first drunk night was like seventh or eighth grade!” #youstayclassyannarbor 9:52 AM Having downed a bowl of oatmeal, a plate of eggs and couple pieces of toast at a terrific local place called Angelo’s, I feel ready to take on Ohio State all by myself. Or maybe just the nearest restroom. #letsgowiththelatter 11:04 AM Our fake Michigan student IDs have now finally been prepared. Problem is, as good as our small pictures look pasted on the plastic cards, the identities we’ve assumed are three of our host’s best Asian girl friends.

Apparently everyone else is out of town, soooo…. yeah.

11:21 AM Walking to Michigan Stadium is an alcoholic straight man’s dream. There are parties everywhere with beer flowing like wine and the women flocking like the salmon of Capistrano. #stillquotingdumbandumber 11:35 AM At the student entrance I pick out the sweetest little old lady scanning tickets, who looks like she could get blown over by a good sneeze. Smiling brightly I reach out to show her my bogus ID and very real game ticket. She glances, beams back at me and scans away. Ding! Yours truly,

Ann Liu-Yung, has just entered the Big House.

11:54 AM The world famous Ohio State marching band comes out to perform. The ensemble finishes by “dotting the i”, at which point 110,000 Wolverine fans react as though the band just sacrificed a small Dalmatian puppy at midfield. Then, in comes the Michigan band and everyone in maze and blue responds as though they’ve each been handed a free pup. Gotta love fanhood.

12:06 PM Kickoff is now seconds away. The thought occurs to me that there are only two things in this world that could possibly congregate so many people together in one place: religion and football.

And when the two become one and the same, as they’ve been for over a century here in Ann Arbor, it’s a remarkable thing. Go Blue!

12:28 PM The hated rivals trade touchdowns on their opening drives after Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson scampered for six just moments ago. During the commercial break, the Ohio State fan nearest to us becomes a magnet for a blowup doll that’s being hit up into the air by the crowd like a beach ball; you know, except for the part where everyone’s deliberately aiming for his skull.

12:37 PM A safety is called against Ohio State for offensive holding in the end zone. 9-7 Michigan. The best part of this is that the entire student section knew the unusual consequence of the flag even before the ref made the announcement. Quite the change from the student section I frequent back home that argues false start calls and thinks the game ends after three quarters. #letscutthatout 12:48 PM Denard strikes again, this time through the air. The Wolverines are now rolling with three minutes left in the first quarter. Just decided on my favorite sign, which reads “I bought this sign from Terrelle Pryor” .

12:49 PM Holy crap. There’s a forced fumble on the Ohio State kickoff. The refs just signaled its Buckeye ball but I’m now putting the over/under on heart attacks sustained during the course of this game at 1,731.

» NCAA BASKETBALL

No. 5 UNC beats no. 9 Wisconsin

AP

Wisconsin's Ben Brust drives to the basket as North Carolina's James Michael McAdoo (43) defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) rebounds to aid their strug— Harrison Barnes scored 10 gling offense. of his 20 points during the For the Badgers, almost decisive second-half surge to everything went to plan help No. 5 North Carolina except for the outcome. rally past No. 9 Wisconsin They made the Tar Heels 60-57 on Wednesday night. work for their shots. They Tyler Zeller added 12 points repeatedly made them defend for the Tar Heels (6-1), who into the final seconds of the had to show plenty of fight shot clock. And coach Roy and toughWilliams ness to grew so outlast the frustrated at Badgers in point in 60 one the ACC/ North Carolina the second Big Ten Wisconsin 57 half that Challenge. he ripped Coming off off his suit its first loss of the season, jacket and yelled at his playNorth Carolina trailed by five ers. points midway through the But North Carolina — second half before going on which despite the NBA potenan 18-5 run that finally put tial on its front line had been the Tar Heels ahead for good. outrebounded three times this Barnes was critical in that season — responded by conrun, knocking down two trolling the boards behind 3-pointers and a jumper. But John Henson, who finished on a night when their fast- one shy of a career-high with paced attack rarely got out 17 rebounds. in transition, the Tar Heels Jordan Taylor had 18 points only fought off Wisconsin to lead Wisconsin, which held (6-1) after stringing together North Carolina to 42 percent enough defensive stops and shooting. That included a getting enough defensive 6-minute scoreless stretch in

NCAA BASKETBALL

the first half, but the Badgers didn't fare any better (36 percent) and couldn't knock down the 3-point shots that would have brought even more tension to the blue-clad crowd.

Wisconsin, which came in shooting 47 percent from 3-point range, missed 20 of 28 shots from behind the arc.

North Carolina also shook off its struggles at the foul line by hitting 16 of 18 free throws in the second half.

North Carolina was coming off a loss to UNLV in the Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend, which also included Barnes playing 30 minutes despite spraining his right ankle in the first half.

He missed Monday's practice and Williams didn't sound sure Barnes would be ready for the Badgers, though Barnes made it through a full practice Tuesday evening and was back in the starting lineup to spark the Tar Heels' sluggish offense.

Things won't get easier for UNC. Next up is Saturday's trip to Kentucky, which replaced North Carolina at No. 1.

ANDREW CALLAHAN/The Daily Campus

1:51 PM Ohio State takes a slim one-point lead at half as they respond to two Michigan touchdowns with three of their own, plus a field goal. Then, a nearby girl halfway to Margaritaville asks how they’re the ones winning. Since her BFF Jack Daniels can’t answer, my friend from home has to suffice with a reply of “Well dear, they’ve scored more points”. She slumps and sits, thankfully for the next hour.

2:21 PM The Wolverines open the second half with the ball and more third down magic. The whole offensive unit rides Denard Robinson down the field like a pack mule for another touchdown drive to go up 30-24.

2:42 PM Ohio State is knocking on the door as the fourth quarter begins and every fan sings to “Lose Yourself” by native son, Eminem. Chilling moment. Huge series upcoming, Buckeyes could take the lead.

2:47 PM The Big Blue defense lives up to its stout billing, stonewalling their visitors three times inside the ten yardline. A field goal makes it 30-27 Michigan as the official attendance is announced at 114,132 crazies on hand.

3:08 PM Yikes. After the Wolverine offense flies down field for another touchdown, their defense blows it by allowing Ohio State to go 80 yards in as many seconds. With the eerie quiet this place has just turned into the Big

Funeral Home.

3:21 PM I’ve decided to make a petition for Denard Robinson’s nickname to be changed from Shoelaces to “The Answer”. It’s former owner, Allen Iverson, hasn’t played meaningful ball since the Bush administration and Michigan just scored again. The rushing touchdown is now under useless review. Time to celebrate.

3:22 PM A Guinness world record was probably just set for the largest out of tune rendition of Don’t Stop Believin’, currently being blasted through the speakers. Strangely enough, Buckeye fans are the ones who should be singing loudest, as an inexcusable overturn is the only thing saving them for defeat.

3:23 PM Jesus H Christ. There’s the overturn. No touchdown, no celebration. Journey, you suck. #itakeitback #onlysortof 3:26 PM Sweet Mary and Joseph. Two Michigan penalties on the subsequent retry denies them another touchdown and pushes the offense back to a 3rd and 26 with roughly two minutes remaining.

The “boo” might’ve originated in Ancient Greece but its making its home right now in Ann Arbor.

People are ticked.

3:28 PM Field goal try on fourth down is good. 40-34 Big Blue.

3:34 PM Ohio State takes over at the 20 yardline and converts a first down thanks to a miraculous run on fourth down by freshman

quarterback Braxton Miller. Kid is going to be special one day.

3:36 PM After an incompletion and quick gain of four yards, Miller shows his inexperience with an inexplicable spike on third down.

Over 40 seconds still remain yet the Buckeyes have now just one shot to go six yards or it’s over.

Here comes fourth down. Time to bring the noise.

3:37 PM Interception! That’s it!

Michigan beats Ohio State for the first time in eight years and potentially lines itself up for an at-large BCS bowl bid. What’s that? Storm the field? Don’t mind if I do!

4:09 PM Now lounging around on the turf with thousands of other fans, my friends and I take pictures as the sun begins to set in Ann Arbor. What a game, what a day and what a trip this has been thus far. The PA guy asks everyone to leave the field. #goodluckpal 9:21 PM The Michigan fight song “Hail to the Victors” plays for the final time, now through our car speakers. Our GPS tells us we’ll arrive back at 8:06 AM Sunday but it could be 8:06 PM for all I care. The grin I’m sporting isn’t going to wash away for days.

It’s finally time to head home and chase tomorrow’s dawn, which even with 12 hours of driving ahead– is no problem. For today’s wildest dreams have been caught, realized and lived.

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

Does Alabama deserve another shot at LSU? from SHOULD, page 14 Houston, and I don’t think anyone is going to say Houston would beat LSU anyway. The idea here was just to point out that not winning that division should not be held against Alabama. Alabama may have lost to LSU, but why does that mean they aren’t deserving of a rematch? In fact, they are more deserving than any other one-loss team. Bama’s one loss is a tougher loss than literally any other loss of a one-loss team. Alabama is the second-best team (not just because of rankings), so they should play LSU. It’s that simple.

Michael: I agree with the fact that Alabama’s one loss was the toughest of any of the other teams, but then how do you then defend the rankings after that early November LSU-Alabama game?

Even after the Tide fell, they were still placed ahead of then still undefeated Stanford and Boise State (we’ll leave Houston out of this).

All season long, teams have been

unfairly judged simply because they don’t play in the SEC. Now, with the national championship on the line, teams are still being unfairly judged. The BCS needs to wise up, look at the playing field with a set of logical eyes, and give one of the other good teams that did not already blow their chance a shot.

Darryl: They were still ranked in front of Boise because Boise plays a cupcake schedule. We found out that it was for good reason because they can’t even win the Mountain West. If you put Alabama in that conference it would be a joke.

Your strongest argument would have to be for Stanford going in place of Alabama, especially since Oklahoma State lost to a 6-5 team and probably shouldn’t be number three over Stanford. But if you look at Stanford’s loss to Oregon, they got stampeded in the second half and never had a shot. If you ask me, I would say that is more “blowing your opportunity” than losing to the best team in the coun-

try by only 3 points because your kicker choked.

Michael: If we’re looking at quality of losses then like I said, Alabama would probably take the cake with their 3 point choke-fest.

But I think that the best teams in the country should be measured by the quality of their wins. Yes, Alabama has been posting impressive wins over ranked opponents all season such as No. 23 Penn State, No. 14 Arkansas, No. 12 Florida, and most recently No. 24 Auburn. But look at the other teams in contention. Oklahoma State put up awesome numbers en route to wins over No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 17 Kansas State, No. 22 Texas, and a very good Baylor team. Virginia Tech dismantled both No. 24 Virginia and No. 20 Georgia Tech on the road with their only loss coming to No. 13 Clemson. Alabama may very well the second best team in the country but, in the current format, there are too many other good, deserving teams that cannot be ignored.

Interested in covering UConn sports?

Come to meetings starting next semester at the Daily Campus Building on Monday nights at 8:30.

TWO Thursday, December 1, 2011

PAGE 2

What's Next

Home game

Away game

Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford

» That’s what she said

Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

Dec. 22 Fairfield 7 p.m.

Dec. 28 USF 9 p.m.

By Mac Cerullo Managing Editor

I work out!

Dec. 21 Dec. 29 Dec. 18 Coll. of Fairfield Baylor Charleston 7:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer (19-3-2) NCAA Quarterfinals Dec. 4 Charlotte 1 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey (4-7-2) Dec. 3 RIT 7:05 p.m.

Dec. 29 Dec. 9 Army Bentley 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

Dec. 30 Toyota Classic TBA

Women’s Ice Hockey (3-12-2) Dec. 3 Vermont 2 p.m.

Dec. 4 Vermont 2 p.m.

Jan. 3 Harvard 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 Brown 1 p.m.

Jan. 10 Union 7 p.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving U.S. Short Course Nationals Dec. 2 &3 All day

Jan. 21 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

Jan. 29 Colgate Noon

Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon

Women’s Swimming & Diving U.S. Short Course Nationals Dec. 2 &3 All day

Jan. 21 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

Jan. 29 Colgate Noon

Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon

The Daily Campus is more than just a paper.

Twitter: @DCSportsDept www.dailycampus.com www.dcsportsonline.wordpress.com

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

Huskies take part in international meets

Dan Orlovsky

Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

Tomorrow RIT 7:05 p.m.

“Red Sox fans, how do you feel about the hiring of Bobby Valentine as manager?”

» QUICK HITS

AP

Women’s Basketball (6-0) Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Texas A&M Seton Hall 7 p.m 7 p.m.

Next Paper’s Question:

The Daily Roundup

» Pic of the day

Men’s Basketball (6-1) Dec. 18 Holy Cross 1 p.m.

–Grant Losapio, 5th-semester civil engineering major.

–New England Patriots safety James Ihedigbo on facing Colts quarterback and former UConn Husky, Dan Orlovsky, this Sunday.

Dec. 3 Cincinnati 12 p.m.

Dec. 8 Harvard 7 p.m.

The Daily Question Q : “How excited are you for the NBA season to start on Christmas?” like a nice candy stocking stuffer. Good for the day, but let’s A : “Itgetwillto thebe bigger presents. #uconnbasketball #NFLplayoffs”

“ The thing about Orlovsky is this isn’t his first start ever.”

Football (5-6)

Dec. 3 Arkansas 3:15 p.m.

The Daily Campus, Page 13

Sports

AP

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps debuts Speedo’s new Fastskin 3 swimsuit, swim cap and goggles during a new conference in New York, Wednesday.

Karim Zayed, a junior on the men’s swimming and diving team, won the 100 and 200-meter freestyles and placed second in the 400-meter freestyle at the Egyptian National Championships.

Zayed, who has dual citizenship between Canada and Egypt according to UConnHuskies. com, won the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 51.54, the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:52.67. He finished the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:59.02.

With the wins, Zayed has qualified for the Egyptian National Team and the World Swimming Championships next year, and is a contender to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Eight other UConn swimmers will be competing nationally closer to home this weekend during the United States Winter Nationals in Atlanta.

Seven of the eight are on the women’s team.

The swimmers competing are senior Caitlin Gallagher (100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard and 400-yard IM), juniors Mary deMarrais (400-yard IM), Jordan Bowen (400yard and 1,500-meter freestyle), Kim Fleming (100-yard and 200-yard backstroke), sophomore Kati Kyle (100-yard and 200-yard backstroke), as well as freshmen Holly Gallagher (200-yard butterfly) and Chinyere Pigot (50-yard and 100yard freestyle).

On the men’s team, freshman Wyatt Boliek is competing in the 200-yard breaststroke.

On the court, freshman Andre Drummond was named Big East Rookie of the Week after his performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Drummond averaged 11.3 points, eight rebounds and four blocks on the week. In the Huskies 78-76 overtime win over Florida State, Drummond recorded his second career double-double, scoring 12 points and 10 rebounds to go with seven blocks and three steals.

For the women’s team, freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her second consecutive Big East Freshman of the Week honor.

Mosqueda-Lewis helped lead the Huskies to a 4-0 week, averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and two steals.

On the ice, UConn junior defenseman Alex Gerke was named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month.

Gerke led the men’s hockey team with a teamhigh nine points on four goals and five assists. All of his goals were scored during special teams situations, three were scored on the power-play and the other was shorthanded.

The more you know.

Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu

» MLB

Forget ‘11: Bobby V is coming

BOSTON (AP) — Players eating fried chicken and drinking beer in the clubhouse during games. If it didn’t bother Bobby Valentine as a baseball lifer, it would certainly offend his sensibilities as a self-proclaimed gourmet chef.

“He won’t let that happen.

There’s no way he’s going to let that happen,” said Tommy Lasorda, Valentine’s manager in the minor leagues and a mentor who encouraged him to try for the Red Sox job.

“There’s times — in all phases of life — when you’ve got to kick them in the (rear) when they need it, and there’s times when you need to hug them if they need it. Your livelihood depends on those guys. You’ve got to have them in the right frame of mind, to be loyal to the organization, to put forth all the effort that they have.”

Boston announced Valentine as its new manager Wednesday, and he will be introduced by the Red Sox at a Fenway Park news conference on Thursday evening.

The 61-year-old replaces Terry Francona, who left after eight years in which he guided the Red Sox to two World Series titles but also the biggest September collapse in baseball history. The

first job for the former Mets and Rangers manager: reversing a culture in which players ate takeout fried chicken and drank beer in the clubhouse during games instead of sitting on the bench with their teammates.

“You give loyalty, you’ll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back,” Lasorda said Wednesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “And that’s the way it has to be.”

At a news conference the day he formally interviewed for the job, Valentine said he learned a lot about discipline while managing in Japan. Although the players there are more respectful of authority and less likely to step out of line, he said, they also appreciated having clearly defined rules so they knew where their limits were.

“Discipline is not 30 whacks with a whip these days,” Valentine said. “I think everyone likes discipline. I think everyone likes structure. Everyone likes to be acknowledged when they do things properly. Discipline and rules and things like that — it’s just about right and wrong.”

Francona admitted he lost his players near the end of a tenure during which he counted on them to police themselves and never

AP

Valentine, shown here as the Mets manager in 2002, will be introduced today as the new Boston skipper.

said anything negative about them in public. When Valentine was in New York, he did not hesitate to criticize his players and bickered with them, his boss and the media.

Former Mets general manager Omar Minaya said Valentine is every bit a players’ manager but one who insists on accountability.

“Bobby is not going to be the guy who’s cracking the whip.

I can tell you that right now,” said Minaya, who was in the Rangers and Mets front offices

when Valentine managed there.

“He’s going to be a players’ manager, but he’s going to command respect. ... I think what Bobby’s going to try to do is demand that players be professional.”

The Red Sox topped the AL East for much of the summer and had a nine-game lead in the wildcard race that they squandered by going 7-20 in September, missing the playoffs for the second straight season. Francona left before he could be fired, saying the clubhouse needed a different voice.

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.13: Bobby Valentine in as Red Sox manager. / P.12: No. 5 UNC tops No. 9 Wisconsin. / P.11: Bruins beat Maple Leafs behind Lucic.

Page 14

Thursday, December 1, 2011

www.dailycampus.com

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN

Hail to the memories

Huskies hit 12 three-pointers, force 30 turnovers in blowout win

By Danielle Ennis Staff Writer

Andrew Callahan Like almost all things, it began simply with an idea; an idea that slowly solidified into a concrete plan. Then, months laterm that plan transformed into a trip of a lifetime–witnessing arguably sports’ greatest rivalry played out in a cathedral of college football.

Last weekend, I enjoyed the great fortune of standing as one of 114, 132 strong who watched Michigan and Ohio State battle in the Big House. Accompanied by two first-class friends, the 23-hour roundtrip was completed largely thanks to a fourth pal who goes to school in Ann Arbor. Now, I will admit that upon leaving late Thanksgiving night, I did expect our voyage to be unforgettable.

But looking back, that single, cliché word doesn’t seem to do those memories even a shred of justice. Our trip was overall surreal, at times hilarious and, reflectively, one of the best of my entire life. Now, lucky for you, I managed to keep a running diary of everything we did before heading home. Do enjoy.

FRIDAY 12:14 AM The obligatory humblebrag of a Facebook status has just been made as we depart from nearby Willington– I’m heading to Michigan/Ohio State and it’s going to be great.

Here, let me tell you about it in nice fashion.

12:48 AM After the realization that Dumb and Dumber has been omitted from our DVD collection for the trip, a sevenminute back and forth of reciting quotes ensues. This lifts my spirits as we’re not even through Connecticut yet and the missing movie is already depressing me.

1:01 AM A quick debate pops up as to whether or nor not I should use an occasional hashtag in the diary entries. #guesswhichsidewon 1:28 AM I just discovered the western Connecticut formula for naming towns: Use the word “New”, a cardinal direction or body of water as a pre-fix for either “field” or “town” and boom–you have yourself a town.

2:13 AM We pass the 45th exit sign offering a route back to New York City. How desperate is that city for attention?

2:15 AM I spot in the distance our first traffic sign listing the distance until Scranton, PA and decide to hold my breath until a mention of The Office is made.

2:15:11 AM After an astonishingly long wait, I finally exhale.

Last night, the Huskies finished off a 10-day, five-game run, advancing to 7-0 season record. The Towson Tigers entered the XL center with a 4-1 record, its only loss coming from in-state rival No. 9 Maryland. No. 2 UConn handed them their second loss with a 92-31 win, the third 90 plus point win for the Huskies.

From the start, the Huskies met the Tigers with a full court press, a tactic UConn has employed since the start of the season.

Again, it proved impassible to the struggling offenders. The defense was strong at the other end of the court, forcing three shot- clock violations within the first half, and 30 turnovers on the game.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, in routine performance, had the hot hand throughout the first half. In four minutes of play, Lewis went 4-4 behind the arc, with her short streak interrupted once by a three from teammate Tiffany Hayes.

On Lewis’ play, Coach Geno Auriemma said, “She has tremendous confidence in her-

self as a shooter. And we keep feeding that. She’s very smart, knows how to play and just has that knack for the game that some great players can never achieve.”

The Huskies went to the locker room with a safe 52-14 lead at the half, despite an early scare when Caroline Doty hit the ground hard after a successful drive to the hoop.

With a mild head and neck injury, Doty did not return to play the rest of the game to avoid crowd noise.

“That was one of the better 20 minutes we’ve had all season,” said Auriemma regarding his teams’ first half play.

The second half was a steady mix of fast break points and bench points.

Bria Hartley led the team with 24 points. . “Everyday she’s getting better and better,” said Auriemma.

“Everyday.”

Auriemma also commented n the current strength of the guards.

“Our guards are the strength of the team right now. They all have different skills that translate into full court play,” he said.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

92 31

ARI MASON/ The Daily Campus

Tiffany Hayes rises above the Towson defense for a lay-up last night at the XL Center in Hartford. Hayes finished with sixteen points.

The senior was topped only by sophomore Bria Hartley and freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis who had 24 and 21, respectively.

» HUSKIES, page 11

» WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

4-guard lineup continues to carry UConn

By Ryan Tepperman Staff Writer While UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma has expressed frustration with his team’s half-court offense at times early in the season, he’s had little to complain about regarding its full-court press.

The No. 2 Huskies (7-0) used their lethal pressure defense to race past Towson (4-2) 92-31 last night at the XL Center. UConn stole the ball 15 times and forced 30 turnovers in the game, which were converted into 42 points.

“Right now our guards, we’ve got a bunch of them, and they all I think have certain skills that kind of translate pretty well into full-court stuff,” Auriemma said in his postgame press conference. “And they’re good with the ball in the open floor, and we’re

» CALLAHAN, page 12

a pretty good shooting team. I While pressure defense and think it’s an appropriate way to points off turnovers helped play for this particular team.”

UConn build a quick double-digForcing turnovers has been a it margin, it was the team’s other theme for the Huskies through- offensive strength, the 3-pointer, out their seven that allowed them to games in November, extend the lead to 38 as the team entered by halftime.

Wednesday averagWith the Huskies ing 15.5 steals and up 14-6 five-and21.8 forced turna-half minutes in, overs per contest. reserve Kaleena In last Saturday’s Mosqueda-Lewis hit 90-34 win against a 3-pointer to up the Buffalo in the World lead to the 11. She Notebook Vision Classic, they then hit another two forced a season-high consecutive triples, 32 turnovers against the Bulls. sandwiched around a 3-pointer The trend continued yester- by senior guard Tiffany Hayes. day against the Tigers, when the Those four straight threes Huskies stole the ball five times between the 14:13 and 12:12 in the first 2:10. This led to a marks of the first half upped 10-0 lead, as Towson didn’t get UConn’s lead to 26-6. its first shot off until nearly three “If it’s open, we’re going to minutes into the game. take it,” said sophomore guard

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Bria Hartley, who finished with a game-high 24 points, five assists and four steals while nailing 4-for-5 3-pointers. “[We] just ran out there, ran our offense and when we got an open shot made sure we knocked it down.”

The Huskies, who spent a lot of time this season playing a four-guard lineup, entered the game averaging 24 percent of their points from three. Against Towson, the team scored 36 points and shot 12-for-21 from beyond the 3-point stripe.

Hartley, Mosqueda-Lewis and Hayes combined for 11 of those threes (in 15 attempts) against the Tigers, as the trio scored 61 of the Huskies’ 92 points in 77 minutes.

Leading the charge has been Mosqueda-Lewis, who has a team best 21 3-pointers on 43.8 percent shooting from beyond

the arc after her 21 point, five 3-pointer effort against Towson.

“She’s one of those kids that has tremendous confidence in herself as a shooter,” Auriemma said. “We just kind of keep feeding that and keep building that confidence in her so that it never wanes.”

Doty leaves game with injury Guard Caroline Doty left the game late in the first half and did not return due to with what the team called a “mild head and neck injury.”

The redshirt junior went down hard after being fouled while making a layup with 4:41 remaining in the first half. She left the game shortly after missing the free throw, and stayed in the locker room for the second half to avoid the crowd noise.

Ryan.Tepperman@UConn.edu

Should there be an LSU and Alabama rematch in the title game?

Yes

By Darryl Blain Campus Correspondent LSU and Alabama should rematch in the National Championship. LSU has been the unanimous No.1 in the polls for three weeks and Alabama has only one loss, which happens to be against LSU. You aren’t going to find two better teams and it is, in fact, the two best teams that should play in the National Championship.

Whether or not it is a rematch is irrelevant. It is time to get a championship with the two best teams in college football underway.

AP

Should Alabama take on the Tigers again...

Darryl.Blain@UConn.edu

» POINT/COUNTERPOINT Darryl: Many people will be quick to point out that Alabama should not play for the title because they had their shot at LSU in front of their own crowd but lost, or that they couldn’t even win their division. Neither should really be used as valid points. They didn’t win their division because the team that did is No.1 in the country. Who cares if they couldn’t win their division if literally no other college team in the country would have bested the best team either? That’s like saying no one else deserves a shot at the title. Alabama is flat out the second best team in the country, and no one else is more deserving of a shot to play the number one team for the title. End of story.

Michael: Saying that no other college team in the country would have won the SEC epitomizes this entire debate. There is abso-

lutely no way of proving such a point until a team actually gets a shot. In this case, that means a shot at LSU. Sure, Alabama may indeed be the second best team in the country right now, but there is no way of proving it. The fact of the matter lies with what Alabama did prove: that they cannot beat the No. 1 team. If Alabama’s record set them apart then fine, let’s see a rematch. But there are too many other deserving one-loss teams to ignore such as Oklahoma State, Stanford, or even Virginia Tech.

An LSU-Alabama rematch would be a slap in the face to other deserving teams such as these.

Darryl: I am saying that no other team would have won the SEC simply because LSU is the only unbeaten team outside of

» DOES, page 12

By Michael Corasaniti Campus Correspondent

No

In a perfect world, LSU and Alabama would probably rematch each other for the National Championship next January. But in that perfect world, college football would have a legitimate playoff system. In this imperfect college football world we live in where computers decide who plays who, all of the other good one-loss teams cannot be kicked to the curb to make room for an Alabama team that already had their shot at the Tigers.

Michael.Corasaniti@UConn.edu

AP

... or another one-loss team like Stanford?