The Daily Campus: December 2, 2011

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CONCERN FOR WORKER SAFETY VOICED AT MEETING Labor reps asked to leave by Mansfield Downtown Partnership board

By Jimmy Onofrio Staff Writer

QUINTET BRINGS A NIGHT OF VARIETY Performance features pieces from Gershwin and Bernstein.

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After 30 minutes of outcry from attendees regarding the accident that sent two workers plummeting from the construction site on Dog Lane, managers of the Mansfield Downtown Partnership closed Thursday’s meeting from the public.

Representatives from state labor groups came to the Mansfield Downtown Partnership monthly meeting at the Lodewick Visitors Center to voice concerns about the way the Storrs Center construction site is being managed.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is in the process of investigating the incident. Latest reports suggest a metal pin at the base of the scissor lift in question came loose, weakening support for the crane. While

the base remained stable, the cherry picker tipped over, dumping two workers from the second story (initial estimates were closer to four stories).

The scissor lift had been certified “proper for use” by NES, a national equipment leasing company.

Charlie LeConche, business manager for the Connecticut Laborers’ District Council, a division of the Laborers International Union of North America, had many issues with how the project has been managed.

Calling it a “cheap-suit operation,” he said the town of Mansfield and UConn have spent “millions of dollars in taxpayer waste” on poorly managed projects. He cited undocumented workers, issues with social security numbers and workplace accidents among the many problems he has seen.

“There’s no oversight, and no one’s paying attention,” he said.

President of the Partnership’s Board of Directors Philip Lodewick cut LeConche off for making “editorial comments.”

James Duffy, executive director of the Labor Management Foundation for Fair Contracting in Connecticut, criticized project managers for not being responsible to the community and suggested that Mansfield enact responsible contractor legislation.

He also asked why building supplies are coming from Massachusetts and not a local supplier like O.L. Willard.

“Even the realtor is a 901 number,” he said. By not trying to hire locally, he said, “you’re robbing people.”

Duffy also commented on the quality of the buildings themselves, saying contractors weren’t

even taking care to use strong, lasting materials.

Terry Grabowski, a 20-year resident of Ashford who has served on the town’s Board of Finance as well as the Planning and Zoning Commission, made the last public comments. He said the partnership has done a great job bringing money and jobs to Mansfield, but that they need to keep in mind their accountability to the surrounding community.

Members of the public were asked to leave the room at this point so that the board could enter executive session.

Storrs Center is being developed by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, Leyland Alliance LLC and Erland Construction.

Also involved in the construction are many subcontractors, including Empire Construction Special

» TRANSPORTATION UCONN IN ELITE COMPANY UConn is one win away from the Final Four.

SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: XL CENTER EXPANSION IS SUPERFLUOUS, COSTLY Trying to compete with nearby large city arenas would fail.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: LOCAL CAMP COUNSELORS DISCUSS WORKING WITH CANCER PATIENTS Counselors were from the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

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By Kimberly Wilson Senior Staff Writer The UConn Department of Transportation kicked off its new shuttle bus service that connects the Storrs campus and the UConn Health Center in Farmington this past Monday.

The bus service is being funded through the Office of the Provost but will not cost anything to students directly.

Students and faculty must only present their UConn ID cards to enter the bus.

“The service was primarily developed to get researchers and students who have classes at the Storrs campus and need to commute between the Health Center and the campus,” said Janet Freniere, the manager of the UConn Department of Transportation. “Researchers and students get to do research at the Health Center and the shuttles will provide transportation to and from the center.”

The service runs four times each weekday from 7:50 a.m. to 5:05 p.m. The last run of the day leaves UConn at 4:05 p.m. and arrives in Farmington at 5:05 p.m. The shuttle will stop out-

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A free shuttle bus service will travel four times a day from campus to the the UConn Health Center in Farmington, pictured here.

side Jorgensen Center to pick up those who wish to ride the bus and drop them off at the Health Center’s academic entrance.

Researchers at the Health Center conduct basic science, clinical, epidemiological and

biobehavioral research on a budget of more than $90 million a year. Researchers then translate discoveries into advances in patient care and license new technologies.

Freniere said the service will

benefit students outside the scope of research as well.

“Commuters will be using the bus service also, so it really serves a dual role,” Freniere said.

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Estée Lauder reps give advice on hiring process

The School of Business Career Center enticed students to its last 30-20-10 Lecture of the semester with a mystery company billed as “a dynamic N.Y. based technologically advanced, innovative company with a worldwide reputation for elegance, luxury and superior quality.”

Almost 40 students attended the presentation Thursday in the lecture hall of the Classroom Building. The intro slide on the PowerPoint did not identify the company, but showed its 40 percent stock growth over the last 12 months.

One presenter introduced herself as Judy Stewart, and said that her company is headquartered in New York City, with production facilities on

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Active Minds members win awards

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Projects, which employed the injured workers.

Empire was served a stopwork order from the Connecticut Department of Labor this week over an issue relating to workers’ compensation.

Senior Vice President of Erland Construction Chuck Vaciliou said their first concern was the safety of those injured.

The company is awaiting an official report from their engineers and from OSHA. The Frequently Asked Questions page of the Storrs Center webpage says that “Leyland Alliance and Education Realty Trust are committed to hiring local contractors whenever possible.” It maintains a list of Connecticut companies contracted to work on the project.

Long Island. The company was then revealed: Estée Lauder Companies, the Manhattan cosmetic giant.

Stewart is a human resources manager and has been employed

by Estée Lauder for over 20 years. Accompanying her were Abigail Hoke, a 2009 graduate of Hofstra, and Bil Vesce, a 2011 University of Denver graduate. Their presentation was titled “Getting Your Foot In the Door: Tools, Tips and Advice on Getting Hired.”

The 30-20-10 Lecture Series brings executives and professionals from major corporations to Storrs, with two goals in mind.

The companies share information about their own hiring practices and corporate goals, giving students an intimate look at possible employers. Then the professionals

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Estée Lauder representative Judy Stewart speaks to students from the School of Business at the last 30-20-10 lecture of the semester. Stewart suggested taking advantage of social networking sites.

Ever since Active Minds, a club whose motto is to “change the conversation on campus about mental health” first began at UConn, Leah Nelson has had a great commitment to advancing both the club and its messages.

At the Active Minds’ Eighth Annual Mental Health on Campus Conference, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Nelson was awarded the Katherine P. Dahl Student Leader of the Year Award.

The conference “[brought] together hundreds of passionate mental health advocates from Active Minds chapters all over the country to share ideas and learn from one another,” said Nelson.

Nelson said that there were six other awards given out at the conference, including a number of chapter awards, a distinguished alumni award and an adviser of the year award. Barry Schreier, the current advisor of UConn’s Active Minds organization and the director of Counseling and Mental Health Services, received the adviser of the year award two years ago.

Leah is the last remaining founding member of Active Minds, which began in 2007.

While she is currently the Education and Development Coordinator of the group, she has served as many positions within the organization. She also boasts the title of Active Minds’ representative to the UConn Suicide Prevention Committee.

“It is really Leah’s commitment to the organization’s mission, her passion for campus mental health and her boundless energy and organizational skills,” said Schreirer. “Active Minds exists because of students like Leah who have vision for campus mental health and who are motivated to add the vital student voice to the work being done to better campus mental health.”

Leah first became interested in the Active Minds organization on campus because she rec

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What’s on at UConn this weekend...

Friday: Outdoor Film 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.

Benton Museum of Art In “Marwencol,” a man suffers a vicious attack that leaves him brain damaged and broke and finds comfort in a WWII-era town he creates in his backyard.

Saturday: Holiday Horse Photo Noon to 3 p.m.

Horsebarn Hill Arena Families are invited to come take photos with UConn horses in front of holiday-themed backdrops. Admission is $10 per family.

Saturday: 30 Minutes or Less 8 and 11 p.m.

Student Union Theatre Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

Admission is $2.

Sunday: Teale Lecture 3 to 4 p.m.

CT State Museum of Natural History Dr. Gregory Anderson will give an illustrated review of the Nightshade Family of plants, beans, and vegetables, which have influenced world history.

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Couple charged with sexually assaulting kids

GLASTONBURY (AP) — A couple who adopted nine boys through the state Department of Children and Families since 2000 has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two of the youngsters.

The Hartford Courant reports that George Harasz and Doug Wirth were taken into custody Wednesday. Harasz was charged with assaulting two children and Wirth is accused of assaulting one.

One of the couple’s children, 19-year-old Carlos Harasz, says he has lived with the two men for more than 10 years and never witnessed or experienced abuse the two are accused of committing.

It was not known if Harasz, who is 48, and the 43-year-old Wirth are represented by a lawyer.

Joette Katz, commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, says she became aware of the allegations in February and immediately had the children removed from the home.

Veterans angry at theft of WWII memorial

DERBY (AP) — Derby war veterans are appealing to scrap metal dealers to be on the lookout for three stolen bronze plaques honoring a local World War II hero.

Two plaques weigh about 100 pounds each. The three memorials were stolen from Witek Memorial Park earlier this week.

Police say they are investigating, but have no leads.

The New Haven Register reports that Bernie Williamson, quartermaster of Derby’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, said local veterans are furious about the theft and are concerned the thieves may try to sell them.

The memorial was dedicated in 1999 to honor Frank P. Witek, who was killed in action at Guam on Aug. 3, 1944. He was 22.

He posthumously received the nation’s highest military citation, the Medal of Honor, in 1945.

Eastern Conn. ‘Penguin Plunge’ planned for charity

COVENTRY (AP) — Dozens of students from Eastern Connecticut State University are anticipating a bone-chilling start to their weekend in the name of charity.

Students and others at the Willimantic school are taking pledges from family, friends and businesses as they prepare to participate in the third annual “Penguin Plunge,” in which they will jump into a Coventry Lake on Saturday morning.

Money they collect through the fund-raiser will go to Special Olympics Connecticut.

Officers from the Coventry and ECSU police departments also plan to endure the morning “plunge” as part of the fund-raiser, the first of several planned throughout the winter throughout Connecticut.

Saturday’s temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s, so the plunge may be a bit more bearable than others scheduled in January and February.

Judges see surveillance photos of Wesleyan shooter MIDDLETOWN (AP) — A three-judge panel in Connecticut on Thursday viewed surveillance photos that police say show a man charged with killing a Wesleyan University student running with a handgun at the crime scene.

The photos were entered into evidence on the second day of Stephen Morgan’s trial at state court in Middletown. The pictures were taken from video from an off-campus bookstore cafe on the day 2½ years ago that 21-year-old Wesleyan junior Johanna Justin-Jinich of Timnath, Colo., was fatally shot.

Morgan, 32, of Marblehead, Mass., is charged with murdering JustinJinich. He chose three judges instead of a jury and is pursuing an insanity defense. Testimony is scheduled to resume Friday.

Case pits victim privacy against open records

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court is considering whether the state constitution’s promise of respectful, fair treatment for crime victims entitles them to a voice in decisions on whether certain court records of their abusers can be released.

The case, which balances victims’ rights against open records laws, was argued Thursday before the Supreme Court.

Attorneys on both sides acknowledged the outcome could have wideranging ramifications in Connecticut courts, depending on how deeply the justices delve into questions of privacy, freedom of information laws and victims’ legal standing to raise question about the release of records in the prosecution of their alleged abusers.

Justices did not say Thursday when they expected to issue their ruling.

The case stems from the prosecution of Adam Gault, whose story became national news when he was arrested in 2007 on charges of sexually abusing a teenage runaway he’d been hiding in his West Hartford house for almost a year.

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Black student sparks debate with Confederate flag

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — A black U.S. college student who drew complaints for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window said he sees the banner as a symbol of pride and not racism.

Byron Thomas, 19, said university officials asked him in late November to take the down the banner associated with proslavery secessionist forces during the 1861-1865 U.S. Civil War after students and parents complained. They have since told him he can put it back up.

“When I look at this flag, I don’t see racism. I see respect, Southern pride,” he said. “This flag was seen as a communication symbol” during the Civil War, he said.

That history is debatable.

The orange flag with a blue St. Andrew’s Cross and white stars is a relatively modern rectangular variant on banners carried into battle by the secessionists, also resembling a rebel naval jack.

The variant banner, confused by many with the markedly different Confederate national flag, was adopted as a symbol of pride generations after the South surrendered and slavery was abolished.

Controversy has surrounded the use of the symbol since — some associating it with regional pride and others a legacy of the enslavement of Africans and their descendants and the ensuing century of often violent racial segre-

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Byron Thomas, 19, a student at USCB holds a Confederate battle flag in his dormitory room, Wednesday.

gation. Several states incorporated its design into their official flags; South Carolina raised it over its state capitol for the war’s 1961 centennial, where it continued to fly until widening opposition to the symbol brought it back down in 2000, nearly 40 years later.

Byron, a student at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, took the flag down at

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to the belief that the flag’s real meaning has been hijacked. He said he wants people to thoughtfully consider issues of race and not just knee-jerk reactions to such symbols.

The freshman from North Augusta said his generation can eliminate the flag’s negative power by adopting the banner as a symbol of Southern pride.

As founder of club, recipient uses experiences to change stigmas about mental health

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Don Douville, a 10-year resident of Mansfield who has worked on construction in the area for over a decade, was not pleased with the hiring practices. He said it was a “major slap in the face” to Connecticut workers.

“Forty percent of construction workers in this state are unemployed,” he said, adding that legislation should be passed requiring that some or most work go to Connecticut residents and businesses.

ognized that there was a need for a mental health advocacy group. “[I] immediately fell in love with the mission of the organization - changing the conversation about mental health in an effort to reduce the shame and stigma that surrounds mental health issues,” said Nelson.

“I also saw an opportunity to be able to use my own experiences and turn them into a positive force to create lasting change in the UConn community and beyond.”

The Active Minds organiza-

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the university’s request, but he said he’s considering putting it back up after the officials relented. Thomas has drawn nearly 70,000 views since he posted a video online in which he acknowledges: “I know it’s kind of weird because I’m black.”

In a telephone interview Thursday, Thomas said a class research project made him come

tion is open to anyone who has a desire to help change stigmas associated with mental health on campus.

“There are plenty of opportunities to be involved from attending weekly meetings to planning events to running for an Exec Board position,” said Schreirer.

“The organization has about 30 or more consistently attending members and another couple hundred subscribed members.

The organization does a dozen or so programs a year and is very actively connected to Counseling and Mental Health Services.”

For students who take an

interest in Active Minds or just want a break from the stress of finals cramming, the organization will be hosting National Stress Out Day on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Student Union room 104.

“Students can take a break from studying for finals to come and participate in some fun, stress-relieving activities,” said Nelson. “Jonathan the husky dog will be there to take pictures and provide pet therapy, along with UConn S.H.A.P.E. and UConn’s Suicide Prevention Committee.”

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Rep suggests using social media sites to connect with professionals, stand apart from ESTÉE, page 1 share the secrets and tips they have learned in their years in the business world.

The focus of Thursday’s lecture was social media. Sites like Facebook and LinkedIn are the most important tools for today’s applicants in the job-search process, said Stewart. Traditional job boards, and companies like Monster, provide too much competition for applicants to get noticed.

Social media is a vital part of maintaining your professional network. “Reach out to your second-level contacts on LinkedIn,”

said Stewart. Second-level contacts are like people with whom you have mutual friends on Facebook, but have not added as friends. Stewart stressed the value of connecting with people who have over 1000 friends on Facebook and LinkedIn. Citing the book “Social Media for Dummies,” she called these people “hubs.” “They probably won’t have a job for you, but they might know someone who does,” she said.

Hoke and Vesce offered their insights as recent graduates who have used social media in their application processes.

Hoke said it is very important

to be aware of your appearance.

“You might meet someone at a restaurant or basketball game or in the subway that will get you to your next job lead. Be put together, professional, and polite,” she said.

Stewart used Vesce as an example of how to get noticed in a more traditional paper application process. She reviewed his application herself, and said he used a Quick Response (QR) code at the top of his resumé that linked to his LinkedIn. All three presenters agreed that making yourself stand out is the most important part of

the job process, whether that be through a unique resumé, a strong recommendation or in the interview.

They also agreed that jobseekers need to remain flexible. Vesce said that growing up playing sports he never would have imagined working for a company like Esteé Lauder. A company’s brand image is not necessarily an indication of its work culture.

This lecture concluded the 30-20-10 series for the fall.

There will be more lectures in the spring.

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For Herman Cain, the campaign is all but over

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain arrives for a meeting with the editorial board of the Manchester Union Leader newspaper, Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain is still campaigning for president. But by most measures, his White House bid is all but over.

His standing in polls is cratering. Supporters are wavering if not fleeing. Fundraising is suffering.

And, these days, the former pizza company executive is less a serious candidate than the butt of late-night comedy jokes after a string of accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior and, now, an allegation of a 13-yearlong extramarital affair.

“His chance at winning the presidency are effectively zero,” said Dave Welch, a Republican strategist who worked on both of John McCain’s presidential bids.

And Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway said: “It’s the daily dose of the wince-andcringe factor that leaves people wondering what could be coming next.”

As it has since Ginger White stepped forward Monday, the allegation of an affair overshadowed Cain’s campaign for another day Thursday, when he told the New Hampshire Union Leader that his wife, Gloria, did not know he was providing the 46-year-old Atlanta-area businesswoman with money for “month-to-month bills and expenses.”

And, Cain said, his wife also didn’t know of what he called a

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friendship with White until she said publicly that she had a casual 13-year affair with Cain that ended about eight months ago.

It is the latest chapter in a saga that has played out in recent weeks as his campaign has been rocked first with allegations of sexual harassment and, now, White’s affair claim.

Even before all that surfaced, Cain faced steep hurdles to the nomination. He didn’t have much of a campaign organization. He was spending more time on a book tour than in early primary and caucus states.

And he was facing doubts about whether he was ready for the presidency, given a series of fumbles on policy questions.

Over the past month, Cain has watched his standing in polls sink. He acknowledged his fundraising took a hit after White came forward, and political experts predict that his ability to take in campaign cash will evaporate now that he is re-evaluating whether to remain in the race. If he decides to continue running, Cain would face another big hurdle: the loss of grassroots support, which has provided the core of his base for his antiestablishment campaign.

Atlanta Tea Party Patriots cofounder Debbie Dooley typifies the falloff of support. She had

been vigorously defending Cain as the sexual harassment allegations trickled out. But White’s accusation proved too much.

On Thursday, White’s attorney released more cell phone billing records showing that Cain and White had been in touch through phone calls and text messages since June.

“I don’t know what to believe,” Dooley said. “I just think he needs to get out now and focus on his family.”

Charlie Gruchow, one of Cain’s earliest and most devout supporters in Iowa, has said he has moved his support to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, because he doesn’t think Cain can survive politically.

“I still don’t believe all the allegations,” he said. “But it’s really damaged him.”

Even Cain’s supporters acknowledge his odds have grown even steeper with a cloud planted over his campaign and just weeks before voting gets under way in Iowa.

“I’m still backing him, but I definitely think it’s a bigger and bigger mountain to climb,” Florida state Rep. Carlos Trujillo said Tuesday, the day after White emerged. “It’s going to be difficult to make up that ground in so short an amount of time.”

Cain has said he is reassess-

ing and re-evaluating whether to remain in the race and will only make that decision after speaking face-to-face with his wife of 42 years.

The candidate is expected back in his home state of Georgia after campaign stop in South Carolina Friday afternoon and will presumably talk with his wife then. His campaign wouldn’t provide details.

He has canceled a Friday night event at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

“We’ve postponed it while he revaluates,” organizer Gil Bell said.

But Georgia state Sen. Josh McKoon, a supporter, said the planned opening of a campaign headquarters in Atlanta was still on.

“Without a doubt,” McKoon said.

Cain was keeping up a busy campaign schedule.

After visiting New Hampshire, he was set to deliver a business-focused speech at Middle Tennessee State University. He was also set to headline an event Friday afternoon in Rock Hill, S.C. In Iowa, his campaign shot out an email to supporters saying that Cain “is in it to win it.”

Campaign manager Mark Block met with staffers there saying the campaign was “full steam ahead,” the email said.

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US Report: Foster kids get Machinists reach tentative high rate of psych meds deal with Boeing

(AP) – Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are prescribed the drugs 2.7 to 4.5 times more than non-foster children and often at much higher doses.

Hundreds of foster children are being prescribed five or more of the medications at once, which can have severe side effects including diabetes and suicidal behavior. In some regions, foster children as young as 1 year old were twice as likely to be prescribed the medications, according to a two-year investigation by the Government Accountability Office. The investigation looks at 2008 data from more than 100,000 foster children in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas.

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del, requested the investigation’s release after media reports of high prescribing rates and anecdotes from former foster

children who said they were on multiple medications at the same time. The report was released ahead of a hearing Thursday by his congressional sub-committee that deals with federal services.

“This report we are releasing today confirms some of our worst fears,” Carper said.

Some of the drugs have “black box” label warning for children’s safety and are not approved for use by young children. But doctors often prescribe them off label. The drugs affect the central nervous system and can change behavior or perception. They are prescribed for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions. Little is known about the long term side effects of the drugs and drug, experts said.

“We’re kind of flying blind as far as knowing the safety and efficacy long term risks (for children),” said Dr. Christopher Bellonci, a child psychiatrist at Tufts Medical Center.

The report offered several explanations for the high prescription rates, noting the children had

greater exposure to trauma before entering foster care and that state agencies were lax in overseeing the prescriptions.

Critics say the drugs are overused as a chemical restraint for unruly children.

Child welfare advocates say there’s a nationwide shortage of child psychiatrists, often leaving pediatricians to handle complex behavioral problems.

“I do believe that medications are being used almost in default and my concern is that is being used in lieu of psycho-therapeutic interventions,” Bellonci said.

Six-year-old Brooke was on two psychiatric medications for an ADHD diagnosis when Todd and Lisa Ward adopted her out of Florida foster care in 2010.

Over the next two years, doctors put her on an array of powerful drugs as her parents watched her behavior become more aggressive, erratic and agitated.

She twice tried to kill the family dog, pulled skin off her nose and wiped blood on the walls, threw tantrums as doctors plied her with more than a dozen medications over the years, her mother said.

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“We’ve had strikes three out of the last four times that we’ve gone to the table with the union,” he noted Wednesday morning. “To me it was a loselose for both of us.”

But he gave no indication of the blockbuster deal that would be announced by the company’s Machinists union just two hours later: that in exchange for keeping work on Boeing’s modernized 737 in the Puget Sound region, the union had agreed to drop a federal complaint over the company’s decision to open a new $750 million, nonunion plant in South Carolina.

The National Labor Relations Board case had become a major political issue, with Republican presidential candidates using it to bash the Obama administration. While the labor board is an independent agency, it is dominated by appointees of President Barack Obama, and

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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

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XL Center expansion is superfluous, costly

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n Nov. 15, longtime Connecticut investor and entrepreneur Howard Baldwin unveiled a $105 million proposal to expand the XL Center, likely the largest and most popular entertainment destination in the city of Hartford. Unfortunately, several problems with this proposal cause hesitancies in supporting the project too enthusiastically.

Many critics contend that the vision is too grand in scale.

Hartford will always be a smaller market located roughly in the center of the three significantly larger metropolises of New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. Trying to turn the XL Center venue into an epic monstrosity on par with the largest arenas in any of those three cities would likely fail due to Hartford’s smaller population and lighter reputation.

Comparable examples do not bode particularly well for this renovation plan. The Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence underwent an $80 million renovation in 2008. According to the Boston Globe, the venue suffered net losses in 2008, suffered net losses again in 2009, and in 2010 turned a net profit of $823.

To the contrary, the XL Center is currently turning a profit even without renovations, according to Senior Vice President and General Manager Chuck Steedman during a recent guest lecture at UConn. In part, this is due to the seating capacity of approximately 16,000 being roughly the optimal size for the city in which it is located. Too much larger and it would often be half-full. Too much smaller and demand would outweigh supply.

The collateral economic benefits to the city are already large.

According to a recent XL Center press release, “Restaurants, hotels, parking authorities and local attractions will all see the benefits of the jam-packed schedule, as it is estimated that nearly $750,000 is spent with downtown businesses on every big event night.” If a renovation of this magnitude failed to recoup its losses, it would hurt not only the XL Center but the nearby businesses that rely on the extra revenue.

Many arenas are in perilous economic situations at the moment. For example, the comparably sized Civic Arena in Pittsburgh was recently closed and its demolition was approved unanimously. A $105 million price tag for a renovation to the XL Center seems too large a cost, particularly when similarly priced renovations have often failed to produce effective results.

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.

You know you’re staying up too late when you usually catch “The Colbert Report” the third time around.

To the person who isn’t pre-gaming their 9 a.m. lecture: You’re doing it wrong.

I was worried I wouldn’t be able to submit my Instant Daily before I go to the bar.

Yeah he definitely had to be pregaming. Only alcoholic beverages are allowed in solo cups and nothing else.

So AD Paul Pendergast wants to start “a tradition” of saying the pledge at basketball games. I say we just continue the tradition UConn basketball already has: winning.

I think you are a sexist. You think you’re not but you are.

You participate in the objectification and degradation of women. Whoever you are, know that. I hope you try to change.

There was cake in the fridge. I checked.

I’m sexy and I know it...and I have smarts.

I went to see “Breaking Dawn,” and every time Bella was in danger, I began to chant: SAVE. BELLA. SAVE. BELLA. SAVE. BELLA. SAVE. BELLA. I think it worked.

Ma, I’m in Algebra...

Today my professor said “penis” and I tried to hard to suppress a laugh that I farted. This is college life.

Why doesn’t anyone ever make use of the pun “U Conn” as in, “You Can” but sort of Austrian-German-like, almost like Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator?

Someone should!

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Stress management is still key

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hese last weeks of the semester, right before finals, make me nostalgic for freshman year. The approximately two weeks of sheer brutality, agonizing over group projects, essays and neglected reading assignments were mitigated by the excitement of completing my first semester. I had survived my first year of college, and I couldn’t wait to see high school friends and share stories about my crazy, wacky adventures.

Nowadays, the mountain of coursework that stands in front of me seems like just one challenge in a long chain of challenges. Like many of my peers, I will spend Christmas

By Arragon Perrone break trying to put my future Commentary Editor together. There will be studying for the GRE, deciding whether or not graduate school is a realistic financial choice while facing a barrage of questions and well-meaning advice from my parents and extended family.

In other words, these are stressful times for me, and many fellow seniors as well. As I look toward the future while remembering the past, I remind myself that this is another stage in life, and sometimes it’s not possible to know when my hard work will start to pay off. I remind myself how easy it is to underrate past struggles or to emphasize the easiest times. Before the unusually light-hearted first semester, there were the chaotic months during senior year of high school when I visited colleges, applied to them and waited anxiously

for a response, all while continuing my class work, practicing for band competitions and training for track. During those hectic times, I had no idea how I would get through them. Looking back, I succeeded because I did not let anxiety drag me down and continued to work hard despite my fears.

Sometimes, either from a false sense of humility or a desire to not dwell in the past, we forget our previous successes. By doing so, we risk emphasizing present difficulties while sugarcoating the past. We end up forgetting the lessons we learned from those challenges, lessons that may provide answers to our current dilemmas.

I tend to deemphasize my academic successes in high school, especially since my accomplishments seem distant after these several years. Nevertheless, I cannot afford to forget what made me successful. Multi-tasking was a huge strength by the time I graduated. Of course, that strength was developed slowly over time. First, I had to spend many nights trying to remember every detail of “Les Miserables” when I should have been reviewing general themes for my more important history tests. I tried to do everything perfectly, which left me exhausted and my work mediocre at the end of the day. Gradually, through trial-and-error, I became much better at multi-tasking.

Acknowledging my strengths reminded me just how hard I worked for some goals, even when I felt overwhelmed or the end wasn’t in sight. Knowing where I come from provides more than

comfort, however; it provides practical use. Remembering how good I was at multi-tasking allows me to recall specific tricks-of-the-trade I learned along the way, which I can reapply to solve present dilemmas. Forgetting these developed strategies would doom me to repeat the same struggles all over again, wasting time and resources that would have been better spent completing other tasks.

The next time I catch myself wishing this was December 2008, when the workload seemed tolerable because the rewards stared me in the face, I will consider my entire past rather than a single moment in time. I will remember other times when I faced a tough situation and succeeded, all while developing new skills, even though I doubted the outcome. There was that time in pit band when we all didn’t know our parts so we had to practice until 7 p.m. on a school night, and I had an algebra test the next day. Survived that. How about that fifteen-page paper and job interview, while applying for internships?

Survived that, too.

Seniors, we should all give ourselves credit. We’ve worked hard to get where we are. The situation may look bleak, but really, we’ve seen days like these before and came out alive. Actually, we came out more than alive. We became better people.

Commentary Editor Arragon Perrone is a 7th-semester English and political science double major. He can be reached at Arragon.Perrone@UConn.edu.

Tumultuous primary season has no bearing on regular election

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he primary season is upon us. In just 39 days, New Hampshire residents will cast their votes for the Republican candidate they feel most deserves to reign victorious in what is quite possibly the longest and most tumultuous game of tug-of-war known to man. Since the middle of the 20th century, American political parties have utilized

By Stephen Klinck c o n t e n t i o u s political primaStaff Columnist ries as a means of selecting the candidate they wish to represent their party in the general election.

The process can hardly be described as elegant, but it is effective. Despite decades of vehement argument between many candidates vying for the one position, the process has remained intact.

Over the course of two years, one candidate’s poll numbers may rise and fall, while another’s may never rise at all. But when the seemingly never-ending series of televised debates ceases to air, the mud that has been slung has been disposed of and legitimate and illegitimate allegations have been proven either legitimate or illegitimate, a nominee is always chosen.

Upon the selection of this nominee, something peculiar happens.

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nees transform themselves from opponents to supporters, disagreements are discontinued and bridges thought to have been burned are quickly repaired. At the conclusion of virtually every primary season, endorsements once thought impossible become possible and, despite aspirations to the contrary by an opposing party, the rope used in the most historically significant game of tug-of-war is finally put down.

The 2012 election cycle will be no exception. If Mitt Romney is nominated as the Republican candidate for President, Newt Gingrich will not hesitate to call him a conservative. If Newt Gingrich is nominated as the Republican candidate for President, Mitt Romney will pretend to forget Gingrich ever dared question his conservatism.

This is not to say either candidate will be chosen as the nominee, nor to say that they can or will win the general election. But if the Republican party cannot declare victory a year from now, it will not be because the party failed to select a candidate before the formal candidate selection process had even begun. It will not even be because a 1990s-era Herman Cain chose to combine his love for pizza and John Lennon in an unforgettable YouTube sensation.

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Nevertheless, longtime critics of the Republic party have declared, as they are wont to do, this particular primary season to be different.

Many have labeled a candidate or two a “buffoon.” The Boston Herald, for example, declared the primary field “a clown car,” and still many others see current Republic indecision as a sure sign of a Democratic victory next fall.

“... the divisions that have come to define this year’s search for a Republican nominee will quickly disappear” As much as future opponents wish it to be the case, the divisions that have come to define this year’s search for a Republican nominee will quickly disappear. Surely the division in the Democratic Party between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama did not prevent the latter from winning 68

percent of the available electoral votes in the general election, nor did it prevent Clinton from being selected to become a key member of the President’s Cabinet. John McCain, on the other hand, was chosen quickly and painlessly, a fact which failed to grant him a presidential portrait.

The mudslinging and allegations that defined the 2000 primary battle between George W. Bush and John McCain failed to impact an election resulting in Republican control of the House, Senate, and the Presidency, nor did it prevent John McCain from campaigning for Bush in his 2004 re-election campaign.

History clearly demonstrates that the pure level of contentiousness and divisiveness a primary season possesses has little bearing on the outcome of the general election. Impassioned and thorough debate of principles and policies only serves to aid voters in their decisions on primary day.

Perhaps the Godfather of Pizza is not best suited to the Oval Office.

But there is no harm in allowing voters to make that determination for themselves.

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

said he ’ d only drop out of the race if his wife is no longer behind him . H is wife said she ’ s always behind him , because there ’ s never any room under him .” – C onan O’B rien

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US too preoccupied with economic rights; needs to sign ICESCR

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he chant of “this is what democracy looks like” can be heard echoing from Wall Street to Los Angeles, from Hartford to Midwestern capital cities. It is the call that has

By Nicole Rubin been taken up by colStaff Columnist lege students and labor unions alike, by those who fought for civil rights in the 1960s and those who have only read of the struggle in textbooks.

Clearly the Occupy Movement has hit some sort of nerve with the American people, but what exactly is the movement demanding? Constitutional rights? Human rights? Economic rights?

At a little more than two months old, it seems a bit premature to expect the Occupy Movement to have a detailed list of demands.

However, in this brief period the movement has managed to refocus the national conversation from renegotiating the debt ceiling to discussing income inequal-

ity, an issue that affects everyday Americans. The CIA reports that while the U.S. is the 12th wealthiest country, it also has the 43rd highest income inequality out of the 140 countries it recognizes.

“The Occupy Movement, like George Carlin, has called this country’s bluff and has begun the fight for economic justice in the U.S.” The most complete and current data on income inequality in the U.S. comes from Dr. Edward N. Wolff from the Levy Economics

Institute at Bard College. While the data only goes up until 2007, before the economic recession, Dr. Wolff finds that in 2007 the top one percent controlled 34.6 percent and the bottom 80 percent controlled only 15 percent of this country’s net wealth. Dr. Wolff estimates that from 2007-2009 median income dropped by 36.1 percent and the top one percent’s control of the U.S.’s net wealth grew to 37.1 percent.

I doubt that from 2007 to 2009 the average American worked 36.1% less hard than she or he did before the recession. So, why did the “top 1 percent” get wealthier and the average American get poorer during the recession?

Furthermore, why has the issue of income inequality been ignored for so long? The answer is simple, but challenges everything we have been taught about being an American: In reality, just because you work hard does not mean you are rewarded for it. The streets are not paved with gold, and sometimes it does not matter how hard

you pull up on your bootstraps.

In the words of the great comic and visionary George Carlin, “It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

The Occupy Movement, like George Carlin, has called this country’s bluff and has begun the fight for economic jU.S.tice in the U.S.. From a human rights perspective, the fundamental step in achieving economic justice is for the U.S. to finally ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural, and Social Rights (ICECSR). While the U.S. ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, which outlines basic civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights, declarations are not binding in international law.

ICECSR was designed to specifically describe the economic, cultural, and social human rights outlined in the UDHR. The U.S. signed the covenant in 1977 but has failed to ratify the document. As a signatory the U.S. is

not bound to the covenant but is supposed to be actively working toward ratification and not acting in a way that contradicts the covenant.

The ICECSR includes economic rights such as the right to work (Article 6), the right to fair wages (Article 7) and the right to an adequate standard of living, which includes adequate food, clothing and housing, and the continuous improvement of living conditions (Article 11). Of particular interest to college students, the covenant also describes the right to education, which includes the state’s obligation to make higher education available to all based on merit and to work toward the establishment of free higher education (Article 13, Section 2c).

Sadly, the U.S. has not even held up its obligations as a signatory of the document. Here at UConn, tuition and student fees have increased from about $6,000 for the 2000-2001 school year to $10,700 for the current school year. Furthermore, in October,

the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate for college graduates with a bachelor’s degree between the ages of 20 to 24 was 7.7 percent.

American college graduates face the double burden of debt and a lack of good jobs in their field.

The Occupy Movement might be young and might still be finding its voice, but it has succeeded in uniting Americans from all walks of life in the fight against income inequality. While the majority of occupations across this country have been evicted or face imminent eviction, you cannot evict an idea. Americans have begun to wake up from years of disillU.S.ionment and are demanding the economic justice promised to U.S. in ICESCR and a return to an America that is truly a land of opportunity.

Nicole Rubin is a 7th-semester biological sciences and individualized double major and a student ambassador for UNESCO. She can be reached at Nicole.Rubin@UConn.edu.

» THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN Having your first ever cup of coffee in 20 years of living and being DESTROYED.

Sweet teas are made of leaves (Who am I to disa-steep?).

DC Critique is the best one-credit class anyone has ever taken at UConn ever.

December is colder, even children get older.

Costumed study parties?

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» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Re: Misunderstanding of First Amendment causes unfair war on Christmas

There are a number of problems with the column on the war on Christmas. At the most basic level the war on Christmas is not real. If Christmas were to lose its status as a federal holiday, if there were laws at all levels of government preventing Christians from celebrating, or if our elected officials spoke out against Christmas as many of them do against Islam or Atheism then perhaps a war on Christmas would be real.

Fortunately, none of these scenarios is the case and what the war on Christmas really amounts to is fear mongering over our society becoming overly politically correct, which is a separate issue entirely. Instead, perhaps we should talk about the war on the First Amendment, considering the fact that peaceful protests all over this

country have come under attack by the state. The right to peaceably assemble, something as explicit in the Constitution as freedom of religion is being threatened at all levels of our government.

Historically speaking though, Thomas Jefferson is perhaps the worst founding father to reference when arguing about religious intent. He rewrote the New Testament to remove everything supernatural Jesus does within. I would argue further he was a Deist and not a Christian but lack the room to do so. Also, he like many of the other founding fathers thought the Constitution should be rewritten generationally, so perhaps in his world the literal wall between church and state could have been written in eventually.

But, criticizing Hugo Black is by far the most ludicrous part of the column though. Presumably since he wrote the majority opinion, the majority of the justices agreed with him? Even if it is not explicitly in the Constitution, a separation of church and state is probably a good thing, lest we have enforced Christian prayer in schools and the teaching of silly things like creationism or as its

now called “intelligent design. Let’s also not forget that objectively “good things like civil rights and privacy rights were also largely the concoctions of 20th century jurisprudence by the same Supreme Court that apparently started the “war” on Christmas.

– Michael Maranets

Blotting Out Police Blotter

Instead of humiliating your fellow students for minuscule convictions, that we probably have all taken part in at some time, why do you refrain from giving out names and make a graph of types of crimes committed on campus compared from month to month. This school is not as big as it seems, so do your peers a favor and protect their privacy. What if it were you?

– Dylan Lomangino

What is your favorite Christmas movie?

– By Jess Condon

“‘Santa Clause 2;’ it’s a quality movie.”

“‘Bad Santa’”

“‘Home Alone,’ because watching it has been a family tradition.”

“‘Elf,’ because that movie and Will Ferrell rivet and exhilarate me.”

Sabrina Herrera, 3rd-semester journalism and French double major.

Tyler Morrisey, 3rd-semester political science and journalism double major.

Danielle Pulli, 3rd-semester psychology major.

Dan Kohan, 7th-semester economics major.

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» HEALTH

» COLLEGE

Calories from apple juice can pose a health risk

Penn State pledges $1.5M for sex-crimes

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An apple and a pitcher of apple juice are posed together in Moreland Hills, Ohio.

(AP) - It’s true - apple juice can pose a risk to your health.

But not necessarily from the trace amounts of arsenic that people are arguing about.

Despite the government’s consideration of new limits on arsenic, nutrition experts say apple juice’s real danger is to waistlines and children’s teeth. Apple juice has few natural nutrients, lots of calories and, in some cases, more can soda has. It trains a child to like very sweet things, displaces better beverages and foods, and adds to the obesity problem, its critics say.

“It’s like sugar water,” said Judith Stern, a nutrition professor at the University of California, Davis, who has consulted for candy makers as well as for Weight Watchers. “I won’t let my 3-year-old grandson drink apple juice.”

Many juices are fortified with vitamins, so they’re not just empty calories. But that doesn’t appease some nutritionists.

“If it wasn’t healthy in the first place, adding vitamins doesn’t make it into a health food,” and if it causes weight

gain, it’s not a healthy choice, said Karen Ansel, a registered dietitian in New York and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says juice can be part of a healthy diet, but its policy is blunt: “Fruit juice offers no nutritional benefit for infants younger than 6 months” and no benefits over whole fruit for older kids.

Kids under 12 consume 28 percent of all juice and juice drinks, according to the academy. Nationwide, apple juice is second only to orange juice in popularity. Americans slurp 267 ounces of apple juice on average each year, according to the Food Institute’s Almanac of Juice Products and the Juice Products Association, a trade group. Lots more is consumed as an ingredient in juice drinks and various foods.

Only 17 percent of the apple juice sold in the U.S. is produced here. The rest comes from other countries, mostly China, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, the association says.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State University officials on Thursday said they will donate $1.5 million in bowl proceeds to a pair of sex-crime advocacy organizations in the wake of shocking sex-abuse allegations levied against a oncerevered assistant football coach.

University President Rod Erickson promised the donation the morning after he and other administrators faced pointed questions at a student-organized town hall forum.

Erickson told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that the Big Ten bowl revenue, which usually goes back to the athletic department, will go instead to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

“This presents an excellent opportunity for Penn State to raise the national visibility of this issue,” Erickson said. “Our students and fans are focused on a cause to play for, to cheer for.”

Also Thursday, Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer said he has not discussed pleading guilty with his client and that the former coach continues to maintain he is innocent of the charges against him.

Joe Amendola said he would consider “possible alternatives” with Sandusky if new charges are filed that involve more victims than the eight boys covered by the 40 pending criminal counts, but that Sandusky has never considered a plea in his case. Sandusky, 67, is awaiting a preliminary hearing.

Amendola said the topic of a guilty plea came up as a “what if” question from a reporter about potential additional charges.

“My answer to the ‘what if’ question was analogous to saying, if weather forecasters were predicting a blizzard next week, which they are not, I would have

» PHILANTHROPY

Local camp counselors discuss working with cancer patients

By Michael Corasaniti Campus Correspondent “We seem to be a little short on brotherly love around here,” Paul Newman said in his 1969 classic “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” When in reference to the opportunity Newman would create for illness-stricken children years later however, the sentiment could not be further from the truth.

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a place where children battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses can get away from their hardships and enjoy time with other kids dealing with similar troubles. With the name originating from Newman’s gang in “Butch Cassidy,” the westernthemed camp has acted as an escape for kids who need it since it opened in 1988.

UConn’s Careers for the Common Good invited counselors and representatives from the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp to speak to a crowd of more than 40 students Wednesday night about the opportunities there are for students and recent graduates to be a part of the camp experience.

“The idea is that the kids can escape the challenges they may be facing in the world,” said Ben Viner, a counselor at the camp. “Our goal is for the kids to be able to come to camp and come be a kid for a few days in the summer.”

The camp, which is a 15-minute drive from the Storrs campus, provides lessfortunate children the opportunity to enjoy a summer with friends. With everything from mini-golf to rock climbing and from fishing to horseback riding, kids easily forget the troubles they have been facing for years or sometimes their entire lives. Although there is a highly capable medical program and staff on hand, the past and

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present counselors stressed the fact that the camp feels nothing like the doctors offices and hospitals that the kids are so used to. But as much as the camp is an opportunity for the kids, it is also a chance for counselors and volunteers to grow themselves.

“While working with the kids at camp, you don’t even realize how much you’re learning from them,” said a past counselor.

Throughout the informational session, other current and past counselors shared their experiences about the family atmosphere that the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp provides.

CCG works to provide students with opportunities that “benefit the greater good of society,” and the camp acts as that opportunity.

Throughout the year, in a collaboration between Career Services, Community Outreach and the Human Rights Institute, CCG provides UConn students with opportunities to get involved with programs such as those offered through the Hole in the Wall Gang.

“What we’re really trying to do is promote to students socially responsible career paths,” said Anne Thompson, CCG Coordinator. “We provide opportunities and services for students that want to get involved and work toward that kind of career.”

CCG also provides students with internships, graduate school options and resume critiques.

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Penn State President Rodney Erickson, left, responds to a question as Acting Executive Vice President and Provost Rob Pangborn, center, and Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims look on during a town hall forum organized by students at the university’s main campus, Wednesday in State College, Pa

to at least consider the possibility of postponing my scheduled trip to Philadelphia,” Amendola said in an email.

In another development, lawyers for a young man described in a grand jury report as a victim of sexual abuse by Sandusky said Thursday they had settled a legal action regarding a charity’s assets.

Harrisburg attorneys Ben Andreozzi and Jeffrey Fritz said the settlement protected the claim their client plans to assert to the assets of The Second Mile, a nonprofit for at-risk children Sandusky founded in 1977.

“We intend to initiate a civil lawsuit seeking damages from the organizations and individuals responsible for the sexual assaults upon our clients,” the lawyers said in a release. “However, our priority at this time is to support our clients, including Victim No. 4, who will be testifying against Mr. Sandusky at the

preliminary hearing.”

Andreozzi and Fritz said that under terms of the settlement, The Second Mile has agreed to obtain court approval before transferring assets or closing and give their client the ability to weigh in before a judge regarding any distribution of assets.

The Second Mile released a statement calling the agreement a reiteration of its existing legal liabilities and saying it does not include a finding of liability.

The Second Mile said earlier this week that its donors should consider giving their money instead to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, the latest sign that the charity may not be around much longer. The Second Mile said its December programs would go on as scheduled, however.

The Wednesday night forum on Penn State’s main campus came on the heels of fresh sex abuse allegations against Sandusky, who was accused in a lawsuit of sexu-

ally abusing a young boy more than 100 times after meeting him through his charity.

The state police commissioner has criticized school leaders for failing to do more to alert authorities to the allegations, and Erickson told about 450 attendees at a crowded auditorium at the student union building that ethics would be raised “to a new level so that everyone at the university understands not just the legal thing to do, but the moral thing to do, so that we learn to do the right thing the first time, every time.”

Students appeared grateful to get answers more than three weeks after Sandusky was charged Nov. 5, hopeful it would aid in the arduous healing process.

“I think this is a good start for a lot of good things that can happen at the university,” said student Andrew Comes, 21, following the two-hour forum. “It’s a singularly bad event, but there can still be positive repercussions and good things happening from it.”

Administrators sought to reassure students worried about the unintended ramifications of the scandal, such as the reputation of a Penn State degree.

After several questioners mentioned they felt shamed by the scandal, vice president Henry Foley, as part of an answer about the school’s top three priorities, told students to focus on academics and to “recognize that none of you are guilty. ... You may feel shame, but none of you are guilty.

Just keep doing what you came here to do.”

The scandal has resulted in the departures of head coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier. Athletic Director Tim Curley has been placed on administrative leave, and Vice President Gary Schultz, who was in charge of the university’s police department, has stepped down.

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Enrico Fermi, Nobel Prizewinning physicist, directs and controls the first nuclear chain reaction, ushering in the nuclear age.

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Lucy Liu – 1968 Nelly Furtado – 1978 Britney Spears – 1981 Cassie Steele – 1989

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Quintet brings a night of variety

By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent The all-star ensemble Center City Brass Quintet lit up the Jorgensen stage last night with classic brass music pieces.

“They were brilliant. I’ve heard so much about this group, and it’s just amazing that all that talent was on the stage,” said Robert Joseph Anderson, a 1st-semester history major. “These musicians are the best of the best.

I’ve always been a fan of instrumental music and I’m accustomed to orchestras with string instruments, but this was new to me. It was a great experience.”

The Quintet consists of Anthony DiLorezo and Geoffrey Hardcastle on trumpets, Richard King on the horn, Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto on trombone and Craig Knox on tuba. The five renowned soloists come from some of the nation’s finest orchestras and each has his own claim to fame.

Anthony DiLorenzo, a native of Massachusetts, is an Emmy-award-winning composer whose works can be found in movies like “Benji: Off the Leash!” He has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops and New York Philharmonic.

Goeffrey Hardcastle is second trumpet of the Buffalo Philharmonic. New Yorker Richard King holds the position of principal horn in the Cleveland Orchestra. He began playing the horn at the age of 9 and earned acceptance into Julliard School’s Pre-College division.

In addition to being one of the foremost Japanese trombonists of his generation, Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto is the

Recover from Thanksgiving stuffing

By Lauren Cardarelli Campus Correspondent

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Center City Brass Quintet members Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto (trombone) and Geoffrey Hardcastle (trumpet) perform at the Jorgensen Thursday night. The program consisted of traditional pieces by Byrd and more recent ones such as selections from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”.

principal trombonist of the Seattle Symphony. Yamamota studied at Julliard and is a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Music. Craig Knox is a Storrs native whose parents are members of Jorgensen’s CoStars.

He is the Principal Tuba of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and artist-lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University.

Despite the widespread geographical locations of these

artists, they still find time in their busy schedules as soloists in other orchestras to piece together the Center City Brass Quintet. Because of the difficulty in working around each member’s schedule, the quintet performs a limited number of recitals throughout the United States each year.

The group began the night with “Earl of Oxford March,” a composition that resembled its name in glory and bold-

Informality and self-deprecating humour important skills in comedian’s arsenal

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Comedian Dan Boulger performs in the Student Union Theatre on Thursday night. Boulger has appeared on such television programs as “The Craig Ferguson Show” and “Comedy Central Presents”.

By Celine St. Pierre Campus Correspondent The Student Union Theatre welcomed standup comedian Dan Boulger, who has appeared on numerous television programs such as “The Craig Ferguson Show” and “Comedy Central Presents.”

He also won the Boston Comedy Festival at 20. He filled in for scheduled guest Jay Montepare.

Boulger’s obvious knack for getting quick laughs out of a shy college crowd made the enigmatic comedian get off to a good start by warming up the crowd with quirky wit and a self deprecating sense of humor. “I’m not the smartest. I swear a lot. I’m very apathetic.”

His relatable humor touched on everything from college drinking to gay marriage. “I don’t understand bigots,” he said. “People are people.

Massachusetts was the first state to allow gay marriage. People are running out excuses, I mean like, the argument that it will take out the sanctity of marriage. Yeah right.”

The Bostonian seemed a typical college kid, giving off an informal disposition without alienating the crowd.

He used awkward moments to his advantage.

When explaining a story about a friend with an

attractive girlfriend, his friend bragged, “Dude, I’m living your dreams.” To which he replied, “You own a dragon?”

For Sam Wentworth, a 1st semester engineering major, it was his first time watching a stand-up show at the Student Union Theatre. “It was a good show. It made me want to go back to the theater.”

3rd semester geoscience major Michael Barnett agreed, “He was gut-busting hilarious!”

Despite professing a lack of intelligence, it’s obvious he uses this exaggeration to his advantage. “I won the Boston Comedy festival. I did not expect it, nor did anybody else. I was really young. I had been doing a couple years, and I went up against guys who had been doing it for 10 to 15 years. I had no business winning it, but it gave me a little bit of heat, I got be on Live at Gotham on Comedy Central and a tour.”

“It was right before my 21st birthday.” He modestly explained about his tours and was even featured on the Craig Ferguson Show. “I taped Craig Ferguson in October and got to open for him in Boston and I had a really good set, usually people have to jump through hoops to do stuff like that.”

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ness. They then performed three parts of the “Quintet No. 1 in Bb” by Victor Ewald.

This piece began with a slow haunting and eerie tone that eventually gave way to a faster paced tempo, and ended on the same sorrowful as it begun with.

Before the next song, Knox introduced the crowd to the mutes each musician had: a device that softens the sound of each instrument. Each mem-

ber showed off their mutes in a sort of competition (Knox’s tuba mute won the contest by far). The Quintet then played “Four Sketches,” a piece written by Anthony Plog before the Intermission. The concert ended with the pieces “Suite From the Monterigian Hills,” “Dance Suite” and selections from “Porgy and Bess.”

By Purbita Saha Focus Editor

Yule Be Swingin’ Saturday, 3 p.m., von der Mehden Free The band and choir will be joining a variety of ensembles to perform holiday songs with a jazzy twist. Families are especially welcome at this event.

Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with Rockapella Saturday, 8 p.m., Jorgensen Tickets: $65, $55 and $35 The nationally famous a cappella group Rockapella will sing alongside the Boston Pops Orchestra during Jorgensen’s biggest holiday concert yet. A guest performer will be contributing French carols to the first half of the show, while Rockapella debut songs from their new album for the second half of the show. The concert will be preceded by a special reception where guests will get to meet the musicians and take part in a silent auction.

Rolling Tones Fall concert Saturday, 6 p.m., Wilbur Cross Reading Room Free The 16 members of Rolling Tones will be putting their best voices forward for their biannual a cappella concert. This weekend’s event will also feature a “newbie pageant” and a talent show.

Choral Concert Sunday, 3 p.m., von der Mehden Student and children’s tickets: free, Non-student tickets: $7 The UConn Women’s Choir, Men’s Choir and Concert Choir will perform classical holiday pieces. The directors for the show are Mary Junda and Michele Holt.

UConn Steel Pan Ensemble Performance Sunday, 7:30 p.m., von der Mehden Free Students will conquer

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A holly, jolly UConn Christmas

This weekend, Storrs is the place to be. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are chock-full of musical events and performances. So relax and enjoy these last few days before finals.

Chamber Music Ensemble Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m., von der Mehden Free Directors Julie Rosenfeld and Irma Vallecillo are leading the ensemble this weekend.

This event is sponsored by the UConn School of Fine Arts.

A Bollywood Dream; A Dream for Education Friday, 6:30 p.m., Student Union Theatre Student tickets: $5, Nonstudent tickets: $10 Asha for Education is hosting its fall fundraiser this weekend.

Student organizations will be performing dances and songs from some of the most popular Bollywood movies. All proceeds from tickets and door prizes will be donated to the D.F. Blind School for Children in Calcutta, India.

Extreme Measures Fall Concert Friday, 7 p.m., Wilbur Cross Reading Room Free This is must-see concert, considering that Extreme Measures in one of UConn’s most popular co-ed a cappella groups. The singers can tackle everything, from country, to hip-hop, to soul.

Rubyfruit Christmas concert Friday, 8:30 p.m., Storrs Congregational Church Free Rubyfruit will be leading a fully loaded production on Friday. CDN and the Dartmouth Aires will be joining the group on stage for various holiday serenades and classic a cappella covers.

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Thanksgiving…the good, the bad and the ugly. Whether you overindulged this year or not, many Americans have a love/hate relationship with the holiday.

I mean, in the moment, what’s not to love? Baked apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, creamy mashed potatoes drizzled in homemade gravy and an endless supply of warm apple cider are just a few of the food fest staples.

It sounds all hunky dory and tastes even better (especially those second helpings) but fast forward a week to a bloated, lethargic self. To make matters worse, add in the fact that workouts will be next to impossible with finals on the horizon. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the lingering guilt leftover from watching the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show the other night!

Dr. Mehmet Oz told ABC News last year that more than half of Americans pack on two pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. A whopping 10 percent of the population gains five pounds or more!

So how can you reverse the curse of this overindulgence marathon? Forget about the liquid diets and resist reverting back to the comfort of junk food. Here are a few Thanksgiving recovery tips that will help you bounce back from your food coma in no time.

Compensate with exercise.

If you eat more, be consistent and strive to increase your workout routine to avoid a holiday belly pooch. Besides helping you shimmy into your favorite pair of skinny jeans, exercise will help alleviate holiday stress, boost overall energy and improve your immune system. Don’t be a Scrooge! Finding time for a daily sweat session will get you through all the hustle and bustle of shopping, sniffle-free and with a grin!

Resist the slippery slope. If you’re like me, just “a taste” of a fresh-out-of-the-oven treat turns into a sweet tooth rampage. Once I start, I just can’t stop! Refraining from grabbing that second or third cookie takes a lot of willpower, but if you’re trying to salvage your healthy lifestyle, you must put your mind to it in order to get back on track. Mentally set goals for fitness and food to avoid stumbling into bad habits. Hello! Spring break will be here before you know it!

If you cleanse, do it the right (i.e. healthy) way. Lighten up your diet and turn to natural remedies to relieve postThanksgiving bloat. Many scientific studies have proven certain spices like cinnamon and cayenne, for example, speed up the rate of metabolism. The Huffington Post suggests green tea, which provides antioxidants that help the body detoxify. Let your body recover with sleep, load up on veggies and fiber-rich foods and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

Remember what this season is all about. ‘Tis the season to be jolly so if that means relishing with a holiday treat once in a while, so be it. You only live once, right? Be grateful for the fact you have food on your plate, soak up the wonderful things this season has to offer (the lights, caroling, present giving, etc.) and set aside “me time” to reflect.

Lauren.Cardarelli@UConn.edu

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Sushi certain to satisfy, nutritiously

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Vegetable sushi rolls are easy to make and offer a range of nutritional benefits, utilising such ingredients as brown rice, carrots, cumcumbers, sesame seeds and nori (seaweed).

By Megan Toombs Campus Correspondent I’ve been making miso soup for months now. So I figured, why not try to make sushi to go with it? I had carrots and cucumbers in my fridge, so I decided to use them both and make a vegetable sushi roll. This sushi is incredibly easy to make and tastes fresh and delicious. It is also very cleansing and healthy. If you prefer, you could get a nice cut of fish at the grocery store and try making tuna sushi or salmon sushi.

Serves: 1 Here’s what you’ll need: 1 carrot 1/2 hot house cucumber White toasted sesame seeds

1 cup cooked brown rice 1 sheet of sushi nori (seaweed) Bamboo mat Wooden spoon paddle The first step in making sushi is to prepare the rice. When you go out to eat sushi, I’m sure most of you have sushi prepared with white rice. Here I decided to use short grain brown rice instead. Because white rice is refined, it loses some of its nutritional benefits. These include a loss of fiber, vitamins and minerals. So to increase the health benefits of my sushi, I steered clear of white rice and stuck with the more nutritional brown rice.

For every one cup of rice you make, you need 1.5 cups of water. I decided to make

two cups of rice because more is better than less. So I put three cups of water into a pot over medium high heat to boil. Once the water was boiling I added my rice, turned the heat down to low and constantly stirred for the next 30 minutes until all the water had evaporated leaving me brown fluffy rice.

Next, I unrolled the bamboo mat and placed a sheet of sushi nori on it. Then, I prepared my vegetables.

I washed the carrot, peeled it and then I cut off both ends and cut into thin, long strips. I washed the hot house cucumber and cut it in half. I made sure to cut off the end of the cucumber. I then cut the cucumber into long, thin strips.

With the vegetables ready,

I used my wooden spoon paddle to flatten a scoop of rice evenly on the nori. When I had an even layer of brown rice on the nori, I sprinkled white toasted sesame seeds over the rice to provide additional texture and flavor.

Next, I placed about eight strips each of the carrot and cucumber on the rice and then proceeded to carefully roll the sushi together, holding it tightly in my hands to prevent a loose and messy roll. Once rolled, I took a wet knife and cut it into slices. If the knife is not wet, it is virtually impossible to make a clean cut. Once sliced, enjoy the sushi by itself, with soy sauce or perhaps miso soup!

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Production explores Nutmegger identity

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At first it can take some time get familiarized with the all the functions and the subtle color changes, but after some use it becomes second nature. Although it’s a little pricey, it often goes on sale for 99 cents. Grab it while you can, and get even more addicted to snapshots!

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IN STYLE

Fashion and football

By Jamil Larkins Campus Correspondent

Skysurfing Air and water are both fluids; so it should be easy to adapt waterrspots for air. If this sounds like a normal course of action, skysurfing may be for you.

This novel marriage of surfing, snowbaording, skydiving and acrobatics was invited in 1986 by two French skydivers. Skysurfing enjoyed its height of popularity in the mid-late 1990s, prominently featured in the X-Games, but is still practiced today.

Skysurfing is especially dangerous, as has caused several highprofile deaths in the past, the most notable of which was Rob Harris, who died while performing stunts for a Mountain Dew commercial in 1995.

The sport requires great skill and training, and most of the notable skysurfers started out as skydivers.

The skysurfer jumps out of a plane with feet strapped to a snowboardlike board, and performs acrobatic flips and stunts in freefall.

Can’t decide if you’d rather surf, snowboard, tumble, or skydive?

Now you can have all at the same time!

» A CAMPUS

Courtesy of the Connecticut Reperatory Theatre

“I’m Connecticut”, penned by “Simpsons” wrtier Mike Reiss, tackles tough issues about Connecticut identity in a changing United States.

By Joseph Katz Campus Correspondent Do you live in Connecticut? Ever suffered from low self-esteem and wondered, why me? “Simpsons” writer Mike Reiss and the Connecticut Repertory Theatre are offering a compelling new answer this 2011-2012 season.

The theatre’s world premier new play, “I’m Connecticut,” is described by its media release as being a comedy “about our Connecticut identity.” It does nothing if not live up to this promise.

“I learned the most during the writing process,” wrote Reiss in the playbill. “My idea that Connecticut is wonderful, yet not very interesting, was proved true during my

research.”

The play, which follows fictional Simsburynative Marc (Harris Doran), his grandpa (Jerry Adler of “The Sopranos”), his love interest Diane (Maggie Sulka), and her mother Polly (Joyce DeWitt of “Three’s Company”) around New York City, is rife with amusing insights and potshots at the expense of “The Land of Steady Habits.”

“A bunch of little things make a place special,” says Marc’s neuroscientist coworker, Kyle, early in the play. “Connecticut has none of them.”

When Diane first hears the name of the town Mark hails from, she says, “That sounds like a computer simulation of a town!” Later, she remarks that every city in the state “sounds like [the name of] an English butler!”

Where the play could be mired by its selfacknowledged adherence to the “boy gets girl, loses girl, gets girl back” trope Reiss injects distinctly modern (and often extremely racy) wit, often relying on an impressive-but-notoverwhelmingly-so set of stage props and special effects.

In one scene, the protagonist has an imagined interaction with famed 19th-century author and well-known Connecticut resident Mark Twain. When Marc accuses Twain of ignoring his home-state throughout his writings, the author (played by Harrison Greene) quips about its ho-hum residents, “People raking leaves and eating patty melts.”

In another scene, Kyle (Michael John

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Holiday gifts to make on a student’s budget

By Louisa Owen Sonstroem Campus Correspondent Bulk up on the holiday cheer this year with scissors, cloth, Elmer’s glue and a pinch of white glitter. For those students who enjoy creating, or who do not have a lot of money to spend on gifts this season, there are many attractive, inexpensive do-it-yourself projects that make great gifts and fun festive activities.

1. S t r i n g Ball Decorations: yarn, Elmer’s glue, pack of balloons

Give these as ornaments for the tree or attach a bunch to a length of string for a garland.

To make, blow up balloon to desired size and tie (for a smaller, rounder ball, use water balloons). Unwind 20 yards of yarn and rewind into a loose ball. Pour glue into an old container and soak yarn in glue for one min. Then take gluey yarn and begin to wind yarn around balloon. Focus on wrapping over the beginning yarn end during the first few wraps; after the end is secured, begin to rotate randomly. When you run out of

yarn, you can either tuck the end under a pile of wrapped strands or tie on a new length of gluey yarn. The more yarn covering the balloon, the stronger the finished ball will be. Hang balloon over newspaper to dry. When completely dry, nip balloon with a pair of scissors and gently remove it from the yarn form. Done!

2.

Pine Cone Garlands: pine cones, glue, white glitter, string This easy-to-make garland begins with a peaceful walk out into the woods behind

Horsebarn Hill or Mansfield Apartments. Gather a bagful of pinecones, then come inside and paint them with glue. Sprinkle glitter, then let dry. Tie them to a string for a snowy garland, or, as with the string balls, hang separately from the tree.

3. No-Knit Scarves: two and a half yards lightweight knit fabric, optional trim Knit scarves are great gifts;

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Sundays during the fall are dominated by the nation’s most popular sport: football.

Men of all ages congregate to cheer on and live vicariously through professional athletes.

Whether it was a knee injury in college or getting cut from the high school team, men constantly talk about their own lives in comparison to the professionals on TV as “what could have been.” In some occasions, these men leave behind women who could care less about any statistic or fantasy football trade that you just made. At first thought, it was tough trying to figure out any parallel from a female’s standpoint to compare with the beer and nacho infused Sunday football parties. However, this week was unique.

Tuesday night played host to the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The world’s top supermodels floated up and down the runway equipped with wings, diamonds and everything else an angel would tote. The hype surrounding a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is really unprecedented in the fashion world as far as national media goes. I sat in my room Tuesday night ready to sit back, enjoy the show, and refresh my Twitter timeline to see what everyone was talking about.

Through the conversations on Twitter, I really noticed the similarities between a guy watching football and a girl watching these models on TV. My Twitter timeline included numerous girls who turned this fashion show into a social gathering, mimicking how guys throw on their favorite team’s jerseys to go meet at the bar on Monday nights.

“I wish I was as fast as Devin Hester” smoothly translated into “I would love to be as skinny as Chanel Iman.”

Shoulder pads and cleats got traded for angel wings and heels. On Tuesday night, JayZ, Kanye West, Maroon 5 and Nicki Minaj filed in on the runway as the “half-time show.” “I’m gonna start lifting everyday to get big like Adrian Peterson” was now substituted for tweets like “My quest to have a body like Adriana Lima begins tomorrow.”

The rationale behind each side is almost exactly the same. It’s not a matter of personal insecurities being exposed, yet one of admiration of a very distant lifestyle that are a select number of people’s realities.

We grow up seeing athletes, actors, models, and celebrities of all kinds on TV. The superstar athlete who young boys look up to is supposed to go after the perfect supermodel that girls see in the media. Usually, this linkage doesn’t happen so perfectly (unless you bring Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen into the conversation).

It’s only natural that now there are parallels across the sexes with major sporting events and such a marquée spotlight of the fashion world.

My thought process through this whole series of events doesn’t apply to everyone.

There are plenty of girls who could care less about the fashion show and love watching football on Sunday.

However, everyone with an opinion definitely came out of obscurity and into the limelight of the social networking worlds on Tuesday.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is absolutely the AllStar Game of the fashion world; it is a showcase of the

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Body type A very musical does not weekend awaits determine you at Storrs success

from FASHION, page 8

best and most popular stars out there. Just because an athlete doesn’t fit a stereotypical body type does not mean they won’t succeed based off of their skill and work effort.

However, being a Victoria’s Secret Angel is completely different, and that is where we see the huge discrepancy in opinions. These people get paid to maintain an image, so we as normal students and almost adults should just sit back with our pizza, wings and beer and enjoy the show.

Jamil.Larkins@UConn.edu

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Trinidadian drums for guests from the campus and the community. The concert will be one hour long, and will be filled with light, lively music.

“I’m Connecticut” Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Jorgensen Student tickets: $17, $13, Non-student tickets: $29, $26 Mike Reiss, an awardwinning writer for the “The Simpsons,” penned this satirical play about love and the metropolitan area. Jerry Adler from “The Sopranos” is just one of the actors who is on the cast for this refreshing and comical on-stage drama.

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Focus

Scarves still an easy and doable gift idea for those who cannot knit from HOLIDAY, page 8 however, for those who do not knit or who do not have time, all hope is not lost. Go to a fabric store and buy two and a half yards of soft lightweight knit fabric (similar to t-shirt material). Depending on the desired thickness and the weight of the particular fabric, the scarf may be complete. If not, cut the cloth into half lengthwise for two narrower scarves. Hemming is not necessary, as most lightweight knit fabrics do not unravel. On the other hand, for those who enjoy sewing and desire a more personalized scarf, fabric stores offer aisles full of various trims which can be stitched to the edges. Also consider buying white fabric and using Rit dye to produce individualized colors and patterns.

4. Recipe Book: all your favorite recipes, paper, binder Give the gift of your favorite dishes in the form of a personal recipe book. Either by hand or on the computer, write out your favorite recipes. Draw festive or illustrative doodles in the margins.

Consider photocopying and giving copies to all the sets of aunts and uncles. Bind each copy (check out inexpensive options at the UConn Co-op).

5.

Sweater Pillows: old sweater, bag of pillow stuffing, thread, needle, optional beads Take an old sweater (or buy one from a thrift store) and cut off the sleeves and collar/ shoulders so you are left with one rectangular tube. Turn inside out; sew across the bottom to close. Sew across top until four inches before closed. Turn right side out, stuff, and sew the final seam the rest of the way closed.

For added appeal, stitch beads to front (in the shape of a snowflake? The recipient’s initial?).

When in doubt, gift certificates are always popular.

Give a free massage, or a couple hours of cleaning time.

For grandparents, an album of recent photos is perfect. And if all else fails, go to Etsy. com and buy something that someone else made.

Louisa.Sonstroem@UConn.edu

Shapes of states’ comic appeal explored in play from PRODUCTION, page 8 Improta) provides further comic relief: comparing the distinctly masculine shapes of Massachusetts, New York and Florida to diminutive Connecticut.

It works to undeniable effect.

“Do you know why you got no self-esteem?” he asks in a thick “Bawston” accent.

“Connecticut!” is the resounding reply.

Reiss acknowledges the autobiographical elements of the play

in its bill.

“I’m that guy: dull, bad on dates, and Jewish,” he says. “I was born and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, and there are scenes right out of my own life.”

A preview of the play, which runs until Dec. 10 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, was performed Thursday. It received standing-ovation reception from a near-packed house.

Joseph.Katz@UConn.edu

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Comics

I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell

Toast

by Tom Dilling

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

Editor’s Choice

by Brendan Albetski

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 5 -- Greek philosopher Democritus said, “Nothing exists except atoms and empty space. Everything else is opinion.” Focus on the space to avoid confrontations.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t get distracted trying to make sense of everything. Your friends and your instincts help keep you on track.

You can always connect the dots later.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Nobody told you whether the road to success was paved or straight. There are detours, and sometimes you may have to backtrack. Follow your heart. Use your artistry.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- It’s not a great day for travel, romance or spending money. Therefore, a quiet, productive day suits you just fine. Keep to your principles. Revise your routine.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t overspend or flash your money; it could lead to a clash of wills. Postpone an outing, and be patient. Quiet time sorting out the plan gets you farther.

Mensch

by Jeffrey Fenster

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t let the turkeys get you down. Your imagination could trick you.

Misunderstandings are possible, so listen for love and ignore the rest.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your busy schedule may lead to romantic problems. Don’t stress about it.

Everything works out. Be gracious to a hothead. There’s no hurry.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Problems are smaller than they seem.

Try not to alienate the boss. Obligations force a delay. Don’t forget an important detail. It’s getting busy.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You feel pushed to take action.

Find a family member or friend who understands, and get their advice. Don’t spring your idea on an elder yet.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Follow your highest ideals.

Keep to basic routines without fuss or controversy. Don’t lend, spend or travel.

Go slow. Relax with a walk and good food.

Procrastination Animation

by Michael McKiernan UConn Classics: Back in My Day, Comics Were These Comics Super Glitch

by John Lawson

Happy Dance

by Sarah Parsons Sad Hampster

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Consider new options. Only accept cost-effective ones. Strive for balance and fairness. Things don’t go according to plan, so be adaptable and flexible.

Eggsalad

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Travel and spending money could be chaotic today ... better avoid both. Pay attention to other people’s arguments.

They could have some real pointers.

Questions?

Comments?

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by Elliot Nathan

Friday, December 2, 2011

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Sports

» COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Texas A&M fires head coach Mike Sherman

AP

This Oct. 22, 2011 file photo shows Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman looking on during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State.

(AP)—Mike Sherman was fired as Texas A&M’s coach Thursday after the Aggies finished the regular season a disappointing 6-6.

Athletic Director Bill Byrne announced the move in a statement.

Sherman went 25-25 in his four seasons. He was hired at the end of the 2007 season three days after Dennis Franchione resigned.

His best and only winning season came last year when the Aggies won their last six regular-season games and lost in the Cotton Bowl to finish 9-4.

“I appreciate Coach Sherman’s selfless service to Texas A&M as our head football coach and his tireless efforts in building leaders of character,” Byrne said in the statement. “He is truly one of the great offensive minds in football, both collegiate and professional, and I know that he has much to offer the game of football in the future.”

Byrne said he will talk with the assistant coaches to decide who will serve as the interim coach for Texas A&M’s bowl game. He also hopes to meet with the team and remaining staff Friday.

Texas A&M is moving from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference next year.

The Aggies entered this season with 18 returning starters, a top 10 ranking and were expected to contend for the Big 12 championship and be a factor in the national title hunt.

Instead they lost early games to Oklahoma State and Arkansas after holding double-digit halftime leads to fall to 2-2.

They won three in a row after their first skid, but a three game losing streak, which included two overtime losses, ensured the Aggies of a mediocre season. The low point of the season came when Texas A&M ended their more than century-old rivalry with Texas with a 27-25 loss at home on Thanksgiving.

At times, Sherman seemed to be grasping for ways to deal the team as the close losses piled up. Four of their six defeats were by a combined 10 points, including a 53-50 four-overtime loss to Kansas State.

“I’ve never experienced a season like this and I don’t plan on experiencing a season like it

again,” Sherman said after the loss to Texas. “This was a very difficult season to swallow. We have good kids, they work hard, but for whatever reason the ball bounced funny for us sometimes, and we didn’t make the play when we need to make it to win the games we didn’t.”

Sherman came to Texas A&M after spending two seasons as an assistant head coach with the NFL’s Houston Texans. It was his first college job since he worked as an assistant with the Aggies from 1995-96.

After leaving A&M he worked as an assistant with Green Bay and Seattle before becoming the Packers’ coach in 2000. Green Bay went 59-43 under Sherman and won three NFC North titles in his six seasons, but he was fired after the Packers finished 4-12 in 2005.

The change gives the Aggies a chance for a fresh start when they move into the SEC next season.

They end their time in the Big 12 after a decade filled mostly with disappointing finishes. The team had more than seven wins just twice since 2002.

Pasqualoni: Cincinnati is going to be tough Huskies' offense looking good in playoffs so far

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UConn's student section "The Goal Patrol" cheers on the Huskies at Morrone Stadium. UConn has not lost at home all season.

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UConn tight end John Delahunt stretches for extra yards against Syracuse. A win this weekend makes the Huskies bowl eligible.

from WIN, page 14 “This week we’ve got a very talented Cincinnati team, scoring a lot of points per game,” Pasqualoni said. “They’re not giving up very many points on defense. This will be another huge challenge in our conference.”

The Bearcats average close to 34 points per game while giving up under 20. The offensive numbers, however, may be a bit skewed.

Quarterback Zach Collaros suffered a broken ankle in the second quarter of a 24-21 loss to West Virginia at Paul Brown Stadium on Nov. 12; Munchie Legaux has been the starter since then, going 1-1. Legaux rebounded after

a 20-3 loss at Rutgers with two touchdowns in a 30-13 win at Syracuse. Pasqualoni doesn’t see a lot of change in the offensive system without Collaros.

“The system is the system and it might be a little late to change the system,” Pasqualoni said. “But there is no question that there is more of a run game. I think that the snaps are still pretty balanced.

The run to pass ratio is still close to fifty-fifty. With the two-quarterback system they employed last week, which was very productive for them, is what has been a little more of their niche right now than it was before.”

With more of a rushing game, the Huskies’ defense will be on the

lookout for Cincy running back Isaiah Pead. Pead has rushed for 1,102 yards and 11 touchdowns.

He’s also caught three touchdowns through the air this season.

“First of all, he has got what I would consider to be long speed,” Pasqualoni said. “He gets to the second or third level of the run game. I don’t know if there are too many teams that can run him down. He’s very explosive and can cut on a dime. He’s excellent catching screens. They will flank him out and throw quick wide receiver screens. He’s a pretty special back with good hands, good vision and is good in protection.”

Matthew.McDonough@UConn.edu

Colangelo: Gerhart and Young are great players to add, but Rice is not from FANTASY, page 14

Toby Gerhart: Not much has been said about Mr. Gerhart since his days at Stanford, but the Vikings running back could be getting a chance to prove himself this week against Denver with Adrian Peterson not looking likely to return this weekend with a high ankle sprain. The Broncos have allowed the 12th most fantasy points to running backs to this season and Gerhart is coming off of a 44 yard and one score performance last week against the Falcons. He might not have the speed and playmaking ability of AP, but he is a strong and hardworking back available in 65 percent of Yahoo! Leagues.

Lance Moore: He had a big game last week against the Giants and expects him to do the same this week. As Drew Brees shredded the G-Men’s secondary on Monday night, Moore caught five passes for 52 yards and two touchdowns.

This was done in only 20 snaps, compared to the 43 for Marques Colston and the 44 to Devry Henderson. The Lions have given up the 18th most fantasy points to wide receivers this season and without Suh

rushing Brees expect to see better numbers for the Saints’ receivers. Moore is available is about 37 percent of Yahoo!

Leagues.

Vince Young: Hopefully you are not having quarterback issues this late into the season, but if you need one Young is your man. The former Titan will now be at the helm of the No. 1 offense in the league for the third straight week.

Although the Eagles were beat up by the Patriots last week, Young still threw for 400 yards.

Although there haven’t been too many rushing yards from Young in those three starts he is still capable of picking up a few fantasy points on the ground, which could be a difference maker. He is available in about 70 percent of Yahoo! Leagues.

Denver Defense: Often the most overlooked positions in a fantasy matchup, but just think about how many times that an either dominant performance or a poor one by the defense has decided a matchup. It is week 13 and there cannot be any room for error now. The Denver Defense has looked great lately and their deadly pass rush could prove troublesome for rookie quarterback

Christian Ponder, who has been sacked 16 times over the last four weeks. Denver is available in two-thirds of Yahoo!

Leagues and is quickly becoming the highest added player on the transaction trends so do not let this slip away from you if you have a shaky defense.

Players to Drop: Sidney Rice: Poor Mr. Rice, his first season with the Seahawks is not going as well as he had hoped as he suffered his second concussion in three weeks on Sunday. His third major injury of the year, Rice was quickly put on Injured Reserve. Pick up Baldwin to take his place for the rest of the season because I doubt the Seahawks will rush Rice’s return this late into the season.

Fred Jackson: The Buffalo running back was placed on Injured Reserve last week with a broken fibula and after speaking to the media this week it looks like Jackson is more concerned about figuring out his contract for the rest of his career, rather than getting back on the field. He had a great season, but do not let him eat up a bench spot.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

from UCONN, page 14 games.

“Everyone knew it was going to be tough to fill [graduated goalkeeper] Josh Ford’s gloves, but Andre has embraced the position and done an unbelievable job,” said junior midfielder Jossimar Sanchez. “We know that if we need a big-time save, Andre is the man you want in goal for it.”

Junior defender Max Wasserman is questionable to play after tweaking his knee a few weeks back. He hasn’t played since Nov. 11 and is currently day-to-day. The offense is playing well as of late; sophomore forward Mamdou DoudouDiouf capitalizing on three goals in the tournament thus far.

“He’s on fire,” O’Brien said.

Diouf is the team’s leading scorer with thirteen. The team will look for him to continue his dominant play Sunday.

“Mamadou plays really well at home,” Wasserman said. “He always has a couple of goals, knock on wood. He loves the crowd and feels really comfortable there.”

The Huskies haven’t lost at Morrone all season. “Not only does the opposition have to worry about Mamadou, [junior forward Carlos] Alvarez, [junior forward Stephane] Diop and [senior midfielder Tony] Cascio, just to name a few, but they have to deal with a constant attack from our fans,” Sanchez said. “[Playing at Morrone] is really night and day to from anywhere else. You run up the field with a packed crowd like that, you can’t even describe it. It’s the best feeling in the world,” Wasserman said.

“It’s a huge benefit to us and a definite distraction for the other team.”

The match will be the last game

at home for Cascio, senior goalkeeper Lionel Brown and senior defender Nickardo Blake.

“I get a special feeling every time I step on that field,” Blake said. “There is no place like home.”

It certainly wouldn’t feel too bad playing in Alabama, either.

“I think it’s a long time coming,” Wasserman said, adding that after all the hard work put in by the team throughout the spring and summer in preparation for the season, “I think we definitely deserve it.”

“It feels good that all the hard work we have done, many since last December, is slowly paying off,” Sanchez said. “But at the same time, we are not trying to get caught up in the ‘Oh, if we win, we are going to the Final Four.’ We are just trying to win another game.”

Gregory.Keiser@UConn.edu

» TENNIS

ATP ready to start season

By Carmen Angueira Campus Correspondent

Kicking off the ATP World Tour on Jan. 30 with the first grand slam of the year, the world’s No. 3 tennis player, Novak Djokovic, defeated Britain’s Andy Murray in three straight sets (6-4,6-2,63), giving him his second Australian Open championship. Djokovic’s 41-match winning streak came to end at the hand of Roger Federer in the French Open semifinals, making it also his third loss in this grand slam’s semifinals.

On June 5, defending champion Rafael Nadal claimed his sixth French Open title by defeating Roger Federer in an extensive match with score of 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1. A two-time Wimbledon champion, Rafael

Nadal was unable to defend his title, being defeated by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic also claimed the No. 1 ranking with this win.

“It has been the best day of my life, most special day of my life,” Djokovic said as he accepted his third grand slam and first Wimbledon title. On Sept. 12 the U.S. Open final featured for the first time since 1995 the top 2 players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in a lengthy match. Djokovic defeated the world’s No. 3 Roger Federer two days prior in a five-set match where Federer was in control of until the third set.

Federer, a former No.1 and 16-time grand slam winner, did not obtain any of the grand slam titles in 2011 and had a major fall in the 2011

Shanghai Masters, where he lost 600 ranking points. This contributed to his drop from world No. 3 to 4. Making a comeback in the Swiss Indoors Basel, he earned his fifth title and went on to win the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris for the first time.

The tour will wrap up with the 2011 ATP World Tours Finals, where only the top eight players of the season qualify for the prestigious tournament. Federer started off strong and maintained his rhythm, earning a place in his 100th final where he defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a straight set of 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. Obtaining the title for the second year in a row and becoming the oldest titlist at the year-end championship.

Carmen.Angueira@UConn.edu

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» MEN'S HOCKEY

RIT comes to Storrs for two-game series

By Willy Penfield Staff Writer After a disappointing series in Colorado against Air Force, the UConn men’s hockey teams look to turn things around tonight against conference foe RIT in the first of a two game stint in Storrs.

The series should have some extra buzz to it as RIT has knocked the Huskies out of the playoffs the last two seasons.

In 2010, RIT knocked them out in the quarterfinals and they got knocked out in the semifinals this past year.

Without a win against RIT since Jan. 16, 2010, the Huskies will be looking to get their first win aginst the club after dropping five in a row.

The Huskies have been on a bit of a slide in conference play since their fast 2-0 start, losing four of their last six, with a tie and a loss mixed in.

Entering the series the Huskies sit a 3-4-1 in the conference, good for eighth, and RIT is 4-2-1, good for fourth in the AHA. Overall in November, the Huskies went 1-5-1 with one bright spot in junior defenseman, Alex Gerke.

After being named AHA Player of the Week last week, Gerke was announced as the AHA Player of the Month on Wednesday.

Gerke notched nine points on four goals and five assists in the month despite the teams poor performance.

Heading into the series, the Huskies will have a big advan-

tage in special teams with a unit ranked No. 2 in the nation on the powerplay, scoring on 28.3 percent of their chances with a man advantage. RIT will counter with the nation's 34th ranked penalty kill at 80.4 percent.

But the Huskies biggest advantage could be their goalie, Garrett Bartus, who has been outstanding all season.

He sits at 19th in the nation in save percentage, .926, and has the fourth most saves in Division I hockey with 452 on the year.

The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. for both the Friday and Saturday night games at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.

William.Penfield@UConn.edu

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UConn's sophomore forward Brent Harris fights a Sacred Heart opponent in a men's hockey game on Nov. 16.

» WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Huskies take on Catamounts in rematch

By Tyler Morrissey Campus Correspondent

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Junior forward Kelly Horan moves up the ice, handling the puck agasint a Providence defender during a game on Nov. 12. The Huskies face Vermont this weekend.

Cerullo: Student athletes deserve some of the new TV contract revenue and should fight for it

from BOYCOTTING, page 14 And as an added bonus, the NCAA prohibits athletes from having agents, denying them the professional representation athletes could use to protect them from the NCAA and potentially fight for things like lifetime health care and an end to the notoriously draconian letter of intent and transfer rules.

He goes on to write about how this past August, NCAA president Mark Emmert held a summit to discuss the future of college athletics, and not a single college athlete was invited.

That’s total garbage.

College athletes need to be a part of the discussion, and thankfully, some athletes have finally realized that too. The National College Players Association began circulating a petition around the country recently asking that the NCAA set aside some of the additional $784 million in new television deals to further benefit players.

Among the players requests, dividing a portion of the new TV revenues evenly among FBS football players and Division I men’s basketball players to go into an educational lockbox (trust fund) that players could receive if they follow NCAA rules and graduate, raising scholarships to more adequately cover the cost of attending college,

providing multi-year scholarships, preventing permanently injured players from losing their scholarships and ensuring that athletes aren’t stuck with sports-related medical expenses.

Purdue quarterback Rob Henry, who is recovering from knee surgery to fix a torn ACL, was among the athletes who signed the petition.

“I have been very fortunate with my situation and Purdue paying for everything. I know there are cases in which players at other schools don’t have the same fortune, and this is morally wrong,” Henry said in a quote on the NCPA’s website. “It’s amazing how little players knew about the financial situation of the NCAA before our scholarship shortfall and TV revenue studies.”

Wetzel argued that the petition is a great start, but in order to really ignite the discussion, something much more radical needs to be done.

Which brings me back to my original statement. His suggestion: boycott a minor bowl game. I love the idea.

Could you imagine? The broadcast begins, the teams take the field, the fans cheer, and then one (or both) teams just flat out refuse to play.

I can’t picture a more hardhitting statement the athletes could possible make. The game would have to be cancelled, tickets would have to be refunded and every news

outlet in the country would jump on the story in a heartbeat.

And besides, smaller bowl games don’t matter anyway.

No one remembers who won them years later, especially after they inevitably change their name every three years.

It’s not like the players would be sacrificing anything substantial.

As fate would have it, if the football team beats Cincinnati, they will become bowl eligible and could secure an invitation to a smaller bowl game like the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. Someday, some heroic team is going to make a stand. Why not us?

I challenge the football team; educate yourselves on this issue and recognize that the Big East is likely next in line to secure a big new TV deal of its own after the current deal expires next year, which means a lot of money could be at stake. Then beat Cincinnati, and if a bowl comes calling, answer the call.

Fly to the game. Take part in all of the banquets, events and fun. Then, when the lights turn on, the seats are filled and the cameras start rolling, stand up and make a statement that will be remembered forever.

Follow Mac Cerullo on Twitter at @MacCerullo.

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The UConn women’s ice hockey team will travel to Vermont this weekend for a two game set with the University of Vermont Catamounts. This will be the second and third time these two teams have met after the Huskies defeated Vermont 3-0 on Nov. 20.

UConn comes into this weekend having won two of its last three games, which include a victory over Yale in the Nutmeg Classic. The Huskies have also started to score more goals, which has contributed to their success.

Head coach Heather Linstad said, “We’re scoring goals, which hopefully this spark hits the freshmen, we have been playing well and system-wide we have tightened up.”

Recently the top line of freshmen Emily Snodgrass, sophomore Jocelyn Slattery and freshmen Kayla Campero have contributed greatly to UConn’s offense. Snodgrass leads the team with five goals

this season, three of which have come on the power play.

Slattery is coming off a great weekend; she found the back of the net twice in the games against Quinnipiac and Yale.

The Catamounts have lost a total of 14-straight games to UConn and will be looking to avenge the shutout loss that occurred back in November.

Vermont will try to dictate play early as they have scored 12 goals in the first period and are 2-2-2 when they light the lamp first.

“We need to play consistent as a team, and we need to dictate play and start as the aggressor,” Linstad said.

Special teams will again play a factor in this weekend’s series as Vermont has the second most penalty minutes in Hockey East.

“On special teams we have to do the little things right as well as get bodies to the net like we did on the power play against Yale last weekend,” Linstad said.

In goal sophomore net minder Nicole Paniccia has recorded three wins and has a save

percentage of .934.

“She has played well for us and the team plays well in front of her; Nicole got hit pretty hard on Saturday and has not practiced with the team this week. Hopefully she will be in the lineup this weekend,” said Linstad.

This will be UConn’s last chance to have a few more Hockey East wins under their belt as they will not play again after this weekend until Jan. 3. With 12 conference games remaining on their schedule it will be important for the Huskies to put points on the board to remain in the hunt for the Hockey East title.

“Right now we are playing the season within a season, and it comes down to how you deal with Hockey East games.

We’re looking to have a great weekend and come with our A game,” Linstad said.

The puck drops on UConn and Vermont on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Gutterson Fieldhouse.

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

» NBA

NBA players return to work

AP

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose smiles as he talks with reporters at the team's NBA basketball training facility Thursday.

(AP)—Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony returned to work Thursday—and immediately were asked about working together.

Dallas Mavericks players took the floor without knowing if starting center Tyson Chandler would ever join them, and the Miami Heat team they beat in the NBA finals arrived to some bad injury news.

Finally, NBA players are back.

Owners opened the doors of their facilities to players for the first time since locking them out July 1. Exactly one month after the regular season was originally scheduled to begin, players could work out but their coaching staffs couldn’t be present because there isn’t a new labor deal yet.

“I’ve got to be the happiest person in the world right now just to be back in the gym, getting a chance to work out with a couple of my teammates,” Paul said in New Orleans. “I’m just happy to be back and be back on the court, as I’m sure all the players are.”

League officials hope to open training camps next Friday, and that stayed on track Thursday when more than 300 players submitted signatures authorizing the re-formation of the players’ association. That paves the way for negotiations to continue on the remaining issues, and both sides hope the deal is ratified sometime next week.

The league planned to return player content, images and videos to NBA.com and its other media by Friday morning after removing it when the lockout began. With the lengthy labor fight all but over, a sense of excitement has returned.

“Yeah, it was,” Milwaukee general manager John Hammond said. “Since it was announced that the potential deal was imminent, it occurred immediately.

I think immediately, you could kind of feel that in your gut: `Here we go, we’re getting ready to get started again.’ I think as each step progresses, that will continue.”

In the meantime, the big

news remained the focus on the headliners of the 2012 free agent class, which also includes Dwight Howard.

The agent for Deron Williams told The Record of Bergen, N.J. that his client would opt for free agency instead of a contract extension with the Nets, and Yahoo Sports reported that Paul’s agent informed the Hornets that he wanted a trade to the Knicks.

Paul and Anthony are friends who spent time together this summer and it’s long been speculated they wanted to play together, but Anthony denied trying to recruit his Olympic teammate.

“As far as me recruiting Chris Paul, no, not at all,” he said at the Knicks’ training facility.

“We’re very close friends. I’m pretty sure you guys saw him in New York a lot due to the player meetings and stuff like that, but we’ve never had any conversation about him coming to New York. That’s something that I would leave up to him, him and his family. I’m staying away from that.”

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The Daily Question Sox fans, how do you feel about the hiring of Bobby Q : “Red Valentine as manager?”

A : “Meh, I have my doubt because he’s not really used to winning.

Next Paper’s Question:

“How would you describe the men’s soccer team’s season?”

–Riley Bouchard, 5th-semester kiniesiology major.

» That’s what he said

Away game

The Daily Roundup

“I’m tired of losing.”

Football (5-6)

Home: Rentschler Field, East Hartford

–Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver Josh Cribbs on his team losing a lot of games this season.

Tomorrow Cincinnati 12 p.m.

Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center Tomorrow Arkansas 3:15 p.m.

Dec. 8 Harvard 7 p.m.

Dec. 18 Holy Cross 1 p.m.

» WOMEN’S SOCCER

Women’s College Cup teams set

AP

Josh Cribbs

» Pic of the day

Men’s Basketball (6-1) Dec. 22 Fairfield 7 p.m.

Dec. 28 USF 9 p.m.

That didn’t work out

Women’s Basketball (6-0) Home: Gampel Pavilion, XL Center

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

8:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Texas A&M Seton Hall 7 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) Today RIT 7:05 p.m.

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) Tomorrow 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 Today/Tomorrow All day

Jan. 21 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

Jan. 29 Colgate Noon

Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon

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Jan. 21 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

Jan. 29 Colgate Noon

Feb. 5 Dartmouth Noon

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Tiger Woods reacts to his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club.

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP)—There will be more than a little familiarity at the Women’s College Cup this weekend and the NCAA’s final four Division I women’s soccer teams have different feelings about their relationships with one another.

Stanford (23-0-1), which finished the regular season ranked No. 1, is in the national semifinals for the fourth straight year, while Wake Forest, Duke and Florida State have seen plenty of each other in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The ACC coaches and players beam about their conference, and Wake head coach Tony da Luz even said that having already split two games with Duke makes preparation easier and “takes a little bit of the edge off” of Friday night’s second semifinal matchup against Duke.

On the flip side, while preparing for the first semifinal at KSU Soccer Stadium north of Atlanta, FSU coach Dave Krikorian would rather forget his team’s 5-0 loss at Stanford in last season’s NCAA quarterfinals. The Seminoles (18-6-1) have never allowed more goals in their 45 other NCAA tournament games.

“The main focus we have is on the last three or four games (for scouting purposes),” Krikorkian said. “We’re a lot different team (than last year) …. and the game is here as opposed to there.”

Florida State’s all-ACC midfielder Tori Huster says she’s “kind of pushed that (game) out of my mind.”

Stanford hasn’t changed much.

The Cardinal have four seniors—Camille Levin, Teresa Noyola, Lindsay Taylor and Kristy Zurmuhlen—who have known nothing but final fours, and they haven’t lost this season. The blemish on their record came in a scoreless tie at Maryland in August.

Stanford, though, wants to change something this weekend. After falling 1-0 in the previous two title games—to Notre Dame last season and North Carolina in 2009—the Cardinal want to win their first NCAA title.

“Stanford’s athletic program has had so much success … but for us to get this program’s first championship would be a great accomplishment,” said Levin, a quick utility player who works all over the field. “We all want to bring home championships.”

Taylor kept alive the dream last week, when the quick-strike forward’s 20th goal of the season clinched a 2-1 overtime win over Oklahoma State.

“I think we have taken our experience of the last couple years and losing into this season,” said Taylor.

This is the first time that the No. 1 seed from all four brackets has made it to the national semis, and FSU’s fifth College Cup appearance would be the closest thing to a surprise. The Seminoles lost five of seven matches at midseason, all to ranked teams within the ACC.

THE Storrs Side

THE Pro Side

Men’s soccer to take on Charlotte and football prepares for Cincinnati

Maple Leafs take on the Bruins and Bengals face Steelers

By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer Game to Attend: UConn men’s soccer vs. Charlotte. After defeating James Madison in the Sweet Sixteen Sunday, the Huskies will host the 49ers this Sunday for the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of this game will travel to Hoover, Ala. for the National Semifinals.

Against the Dukes last week, the Huskies recorded their 16th shutout of the season. This passes the 2000 national championship team for most shutouts in school history. Both forward Carlos Alvarez and midfielder Tony Cascio finished the game with a goal and an assist. Forward Mamadou Doudou Diouf also scored for the Huskies and Big East goalkeeper of the year Andre Blake did not record a save in the game.

The Huskies will play against the 49ers at home at 1 p.m. This game marks the 11th time in school history the Huskies have played in the NCAA Quarterfinals and the first time the 49ers and Huskies have played each other.

Game to Follow: UConn football at Cincinnati. The Huskies will look to keep their bowl game hopes alive as they square off against the Bearcats this Saturday in the final game of the regular season. The Huskies (5-6 this season, 3-3 Big East) are coming off of 40-22 victory over Rutgers. Running back Lyle McCombs and quarterback Scott McCummings each ran for two touchdowns on the day and defensive tackle Kendall Reyes returned a fumble for a touchdown. The Bearcats (8-3, 4-2 Big East) are coming off of a 30-13 win over Syracuse last weekend.

This game has bowl game implications for both teams as a win for the Huskies could make them bowl eligible for the fifth straight year and the Bearcats will need a win as well as some other losses in the Big East could give them the share of the Big East Championship and a BCS bid.

The last time these two teams played each other was last year when the Huskies defeated the Bearcats 38-17.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

By Dan Kagan Campus Correspondent NHL Game of the Week: Toronto Maple Leafs (14-9-2) at Boston Bruins (15-7-1) In the first game of the week, the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins, face off against division rival Toronto.

Boston, which has a 12-0-1 record in the month of November, will look to repeat their Wednesday night performance when they outscored the Maple Leafs 6-3 to take home the win. Milan Lucic led the attack with two goals, while David Krejci contributed an additional goal and two assists. Toronto, on the other hand, will look to change their fortunes and take control of the Northeast Division with a win.

The stronghold Bruin defense, led

by Stanley Cup MVP netminder Tim Thomas, however, poses a formidable obstacle to Toronto’s hopes. Hockey fans can catch the game on NESN at 7 p.m. on Saturday night.

NFL Game of the Week: Cincinnati Bengals (7-4) at Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) In the NFL game of the week, the Bengals face off against the

Steelers in a possible battle for AFC North supremacy. Pittsburgh comes off of a win against Kansas City, a defensive battle in which the game’s top rusher, Rashard Mendenhall, was held to just 57 yards. The ordeal culminated in a 13-9 final score. Meanwhile, the Bengals eked out a win at Paul Brown Stadium, overcoming the Browns 23-20. This week, rookie quarterback Andy Dalton gets his first taste of the hostile Heinz Field atmosphere, where he will be staring down not only the “Steel Curtain” defense, but a packed stadium awash with black and gold, towel-waving supporters. A win could prove decisive for either of these teams as the season winds down to the NFL playoffs.

Kickoff is at 1 p.m. on CBS. Number of the Week: 3 The number of the week is three, for how many UConn alumni currently occupy a spot on the Indianapolis Colts’ roster.

Donald Brown, Scott Lutrus, and Dan Orlovsky all played crucial roles during their tenure at UConn.

Daniel.J.Kagan@UConn.edu

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.12: NBA players return to work. / P.12: Huskies face Catamounts in rematch. / P.11: Texas A&M fires head coach Mike Sherman.

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Boycotting the bowl

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UCONN IN ELITE COMPANY UConn is one win away from the Final Four

By Gregory Keiser Staff Writer

Mac Cerullo If the football team beats Cincinnati this weekend and gets invited to a bowl game, the players should stand up for themselves and boycott the game.

Stand up for what and why?

Let me explain.

College football is a billiondollar industry, and the money flowing through the sport has exploded in recent years thanks to newly signed television contracts. As a result, there is more money to go around, and that winds up benefitting the coaches, athletic directors, bowl executives and everyone else involved in the system.

That is, everyone except for the players.

The argument has always been that the players are compensated enough by receiving a scholarship, and you know the old saying, “There is nothing more valuable than a good education.”

While that may be true, it’s not enough. Not anymore. With so much money flowing through college football today, the players have to be aware of how much they are being screwed out of, and I’m not talking about paying the athletes.

Dan Wetzel wrote a great column not too long ago in which he points out some of the ways that the NCAA screws over its athletes. Among the raw deals the players get, they have to sign a contract that grants the NCAA the right to market and profit off their likeness for the rest of their lives, including jersey sales, rebroadcasts of old games, commercial appearances, you name it.

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Week 13 fantasy advice

By Carmine Colangelo Fantasy Football Columnist It is finally upon us fantasy freaks; one week until playoffs. You have been working on your squad all year long making trades, combing the waiver wire and debating over starting rosters all season long as you tried to make the playoff push. Week 13 is the last week of the regular season for most leagues and it may be the most important week of the year thus far for many teams. In one week I am sitting pretty with a first round bye in the playoffs, but in the other one I am fighting for the sixth and final spot for the playoffs.

Here is a list of players to add or drop to help you make the proper adjustments before this weekend’s games.

Players to Add: Doug Baldwin: He already leads the Seahawks in receptions this season, but his fantasy value could be on the rise in Seattle with Sidney Rice going on the IR last week. This week his Seahawks will host the Eagles, whose secondary was picked apart last week against New England. The Eagles have given up the 12th most fantasy points to wide receivers this season, but do not get too crazy with this pick since quarterback Tavaris Jackson is still coming off of a pectoral injury and the Seahawks offense often comes and goes. Available in about 70 percent of Yahoo! Leagues, if you are in desperate need of a wide receiver pick up then Baldwin may be your man.

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With an invitation to the College Cup in Hoover, Ala. on the line, No. 5 UConn men’s soccer (19-3-2, 5-1-2) hosts No. 14 Charlotte (16-4-2, 6-1-2) in the NCAA quarterfinals at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium Sunday at 1 p.m.

With their regular season success, the Huskies earned the third seed in the tournament, which gave them a first-round bye and home field advantage through this match with Charlotte. The Huskies defeated Monmouth and JMU, 2-1 and 3-0, respectively, to reach this point.

The 49ers beat Furman, UAB and Akron, 3-1, 3-1 and 1-0, respectively.

Akron is the defending national champions.

Freshman goalkeeper 19-3-2, 5-1-2 Greg O’Brien likened the 49ers to Notre Dame, who the Huskies tied 0-0 in South Bend on Oct. 8.

He added that they will play a physical, compact, “English-style” game.

“They’re a very good team,” said Coach Ray 16-4-2, 6-1-2 Reid. “They’re organized; Sun., 1 p.m., they’re well-coached.

They have a lot of really Morrone good players.”

Stadium Among those players is freshman forward Giuseppe Gentile, who leads the team with nine goals.

Senior forward James Evans holds the team lead in assists with seven.

The Huskies have to feel confident in their ability to hold the 49ers off the scoreboard, however. Starting freshman goalkeeper Andre Blake, this year’s Big East Goalkeeper of the Year, and the Huskies’ back line have allowed only four goals in its past nine

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UConn’s sophomore midfielder Juho Karppinen handles the ball wihile fighting off a James Madison opponent during the Huskies’ playoff game on Nov. 27.

A win Sunday will send the Huskies to the College Cup.

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The Huskies get ready for the Razorbacks

was going to play today or two months from now. Our two freshmen made UConn feel healthy The No. 8 UConn men’s bas- about ourselves. You want them ketball team will take on Arkansas to get their feet wet, but they just tomorrow at the XL Center in the jumped in.”

It was Boatright’s first game Big East/SEC challenge.

It will be freshman Ryan after being suspended the first six games of the season Boatright’s home debut by the NCAA. Andre after he played in his Drummond, who startfirst collegiate game on ed all three games in the Saturday against Florida Battle 4 Atlantis tournaState in the Bahamas.

Boatright made an vs. Arkansas ment, was a big contributor with 12 points, immediate impact in 3:15 p.m. 10 rebounds and seven the 78-76 overtime victory by scoring 14 tomorrow blocks. The game was an important win for points, handing out XL Center the Huskies, who were three assists and sendupset in the semifinals ESPN ing the game into the

by Central Florida. The extra period by making win moved UConn’s three free throws with seven seconds left after being fouled shoot- record to 6-1 heading into this weekend’s contest against the ing a 3-pointer.

“I’m proud of our kids,” coach Razorbacks.

Arkansas is 5-1 on the year, with Jim Calhoun told the AP after the win. “Boatright doesn’t get much their lone loss coming to Houston, play, but he has an awful lot of but the defending national chamcourage. He didn’t know if he pion Huskies will be by far the

By Colin McDonough Associate Sports Editor

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Razorbacks’ toughest game so far.

Marshawn Powell, a junior forward from Newport News, Va. has only played in two games, but he is Arkansas’ leading scorer and rebounder by the averages.

He scores 19.5 points per game, and hauls in 6 rebounds a contest.

Besides Powell, UConn will have to defend three other Razorbacks who are averaging double figures.

BJ Young, Julysses Nobles and Mardracus Wade all are averaging over 10 points per game.

The last time the Huskies played in a game like this was on Dec. 9, 2009. UConn lost to John Wall and Kentucky, 64-61 at Madison Square Garden in what was called the Big East/ SEC Invitational. This will be the third time the Huskies have played Arkansas. UConn is 2-0 in the previous two contests, with the last coming in 2005.

Both games have been played on neutral courts.

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Shabazz Napier handles the ball and tries to get past a Coppin State defender during the Huskies’ Nov. 20 matchup against Coppin State.

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Win needed for UConn to be bowl eligible

By Matt McDonough Sports Editor

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UConn’s captains walk on to the field for a game against Rutgers on Nov. 26.

It has come down to do or die for the UConn football team. It’s win or go home.

The Huskies (5-6, 3-3 Big East) have to beat Cincinnati (8-3, 4-2 Big East) Saturday to become bowl eligible for the fifth straight season and earn an opportunity to possibly play an extra game.

A loss ends UConn’s season.

The Bearcats are still in the picture for a share of the Big East championship and a BCS bowl berth. Kickoff is set for noon and the game will be

broadcasted on ESPN. “[A bowl berth] is on the line every week,” said coach Paul Pasqualoni. “I don’t think you muddy the water at all. I think we just focus on what we have to do to prepare to play this game and go into this game to be as competitive as we can be.”

The Huskies will head to Ohio and play in the 35,000seat Nippert Stadium. UConn, who is 1-3 on the road this season, has never won there.

“We just need to concentrate and focus on what we need to do against Cincinnati on the road, which will be a pretty hostile environment, a pretty tough

place to play,” Pasqualoni said.

“We’ve got to focus on that and just hope that we can concentrate on just playing a good game. We can’t be distracted by anything else.”

The Huskies are 2-5 all-time against Cincinnati. Both wins came at Rentschler Field. Last season, UConn defeated the Bearcats 38-17. Cincinnati, led by coach Butch Jones who is in his second year at the school since coming over from Central Michigan, went 4-8 last year.

Jones has completed quite a turnaround, putting his team in a position for a conference title.

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