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UConn field hockey team wins national championship, claiming first title since 1985

THanksgiving break doesn’t deter crowd Benton puts spotlight on Alfred Stieglitz.

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GATORS LEAVE THE SWAMP UConn takes on Florida in showdown at Gampel Pavilion.

SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: LAB safety is a critical part of science education and research at uconn Connecticut’s flagship university is making ‘noteworthy’ efforts to teach lab safety.

COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: NYC train derailment kills 4 Metro-North’s troubles continue as a train derailment on Sunday kills four and injures more than 60.

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Connecticut’s Roisin Upton, left, and Anna Middendorf, right, celebrate after defeating Duke 2-0 during the Division 1 NCAA Field Hockey Championship, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 in Norfolk, Va. This was the Huskies’ third national championship and first since 1985.

By Erica Brancato Staff Writer The No. 4 UConn field hockey team took home their third National Championship Sunday, Nov. 24 when the Huskies defeated No. 5 Duke 2-0.

UConn ended their season with a 21–4 record and took home the university’s 16th NCAA Championship title. The last time the Huskies took home a title in field hockey was in 1985 on the same field in Norfolk, Va. against Old Dominion.

“Yeah I’ve been fortunate as an assistant coach at Penn State was part of two national championships, but it is nice to be able

to feel what it is like to win a national championship as a head coach. At the end of the day it is about the players. I didn’t make a pass today, I didn’t make a save, I didn’t score. It’s about the players, it is what I wanted for them,” head coach Nancy Stevens said.

“That is so empowering for young women to achieve at this level and to go through adversity and pull together that’s why we do what we do as coaches. When you see them face fears and be able to triumph over them that is why we do it. To be bold and to take risks and our hope is they continue to do that after they finish their careers at Connecticut.”

UConn capitalized and scored

both times against the Blue Devils on penalty corners in the first half.

Roisin Upton fired a shot on the goaltender, however it was Chloe Hunnable who scored the first goal for the Huskies off of an open shot at the top of the circle.

“To come here now and to get into the national final was the most exciting moment of my life,” Hunnable said. “And to now actually win it with my family over here, yeah I’m going to cry.”

Hunnable also helped to secure the Huskies second insurance goal as she shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal. Makenzie Townsend positioned herself at the goal post to redirect the shot past the Duke goaltender to give the

Huskies the lead with 5:36 remaining in the first half.

Despite the lead in the first half, UConn maintained their composure and shut out Duke in the second half. They continued to work hard and play their top game in the championship game.

“When we went into the locker room at halftime we said we were coming out with a zero-zero attitude,” Hunnable said. “You can’t ever relax in a national championship game. I think we learned when we played against North Carolina in the Final Four two years ago you can’t relax. We just needed to maintain and be poised and keep it going. We were solid.”

Marie Elena Bolles, Hunnable,

Upton, Chrissy Davidson and Sarah Mansfield were all named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

“We said before the season that we’re not playing for a trophy, we’re playing for each other, and we really made a point of focusing on what makes us special and why we play the game,” Stevens said.

“Because if you just focus on winning the trophy it’s probably like going into a restaurant and eating the menu. We wanted the food and I think the players did a good job of that. How they feel about each other that’s going to last a lifetime and that’s what motivates our team.”

By Marissa Piccolo Campus Correspondent

completely evaluated without looking at the larger picture. The combined spending between Thanksgiving and Black Friday rose 2.3 percent from last year, to a staggering $12.3 billion, the newspaper said. The drop in Black Friday spending can be attributed to the rise in spending that took place on Thanksgiving night

itself.

This year, retailers pushed the start of the shopping frenzy from 12 a.m. on the Friday following Thanksgiving, to Thanksgiving night itself.

Most stores opened at 8 p.m. on Thursday, with some such as Toys R Us opening as early

behind the graphic novel, an unconventional form of literary study. Taught by Associate Professor Kate Capshaw, the class will read a variety of texts including Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis,” the UConn Reads selection for 2014, Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Art Spiegelman’s

Pulitzer prize-winning “Maus” and Alan Moore’s “Watchmen.”

While most students will not have encountered a graphic novel in their literary studies, the genre is becoming more prevalent in literary

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Black Friday spending down, One Friday evening with a UConn police combined total spending up » POLICE

officer on the job

By Miles Halpine Campus Correspondent The University of Connecticut Police Department works throughout the week to serve the university community and support local towns when necessary, but it gets even busier on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. On the evening of Friday, Nov. 15, I participated in a ride along with a UConn police officer.

According to Captain Scott Sleeman, the “(authorized) strength in Storrs is 50” police officers and “(approximately) 15 percent of our sworn staff are female, this is consistent with national averages” citing a brief on crime data from the U.S. Department of Justice.

However, due to investigative concerns, Sleeman was unable to disclose the number and types of vehicles the department uses.

Each officer is required to do four shifts each week; there are three different shifts that overlap throughout every 24 hours.

After roll call was taken at UConn’s public safety building, where the police and fire department stations are located, I headed out with UConn Police Officer Ryan Brown around 10:30pm.

Brown, who served in the military with two tours in the Army and one tour in the National Guard, has been with the UConn Police Department since 2002.

The first place Brown arrived

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Black Friday spending dropped 13.2 percent this year, with Americans spending only $9.74 billion on the most popular shopping day of the year, according to The Oregonian.

Yet this statistic cannot be

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English department adds graphic novels course to spring schedule

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

The UConn English Department added a new course to its Spring 2014 offerings titled “The Graphic Novel.” As the title would suggest the course will examine the history and theory

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UConn vs. Florida Men’s Basketball 7 p.m.

Gampel Pavilion The No. 13 UConn men’s basketball will face No. 15 Florida at Gampel Pavilion on Monday night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Boston Babydolls Burlesque 7 to 9 p.m.

Student Union Theatre The Boston Babydolls’ unique dance repertoire boasts hundreds of routines, from sizzling sensual to the side – splittingly comedic! Admission is free.

Puttin’ the LGBTQIA into the Résumé 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Rainbow Center Bring a résumé if you have it, and an open mind to the Rainbow Center for advice and résumé critique.

Infant Care Class 7 to 9 p.m.

Greater Hartford Campus, Health Center A two hour class about caring for your baby is offered for expectant parents and caregivers. Admission is $10.

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The Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chang’e-3 lunar probe is prepared for launch at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in southwest China’s Sichuan province on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013.

BEIJING (AP) — China launched its first mission Monday to land a rover on the moon, an unmanned operation scheduled to arrive in midDecember to start surveying the lunar surface and transmitting images.

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang’e 3 lander blasted off Monday as scheduled at 1:30 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The launch center’s director, Zhang Zhenzhong, declared the launch successful. “We will strive for our space

dream as part of the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation,” Zhang was quoted as saying.

If the Chang’e 3 successfully soft-lands on the moon, China will become the third country to do so, after the United States and the former Soviet Union. A soft landing does not damage the craft and the equipment it carries.

An earlier Chinese craft orbited and collected data before intentionally crash-landing on the moon.

The moon rover carried in the latest mission, called “Yutu” — or “Jade Rabbit” in Chinese — will survey the

moon’s geological structures, Xinhua said.

A telescope will be set up on the moon to survey the moon surface and observe the earth’s plasmasphere, a region of dense, cold plasma that surrounds the earth, Xinhua said.

China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003, becoming the third nation after Russia and the United States to achieve manned space travel independently.

The military-backed space program is a source of enormous national pride and has powered ahead in a series of well-funded, methodically timed steps.

education.

“The graphic novel as a genre has definitely become more prominent in English departments in the last twenty years. When Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Maus’ in 1992, the genre gained credibility within the academy,” Capshaw said.

“Since then, scholars have been excited by the burgeoning of graphic memoirs.”

One of the benefits of teaching graphic novels over regular novels is the use of physical images to aid the story.

“The difference between graphic novels and other forms of literature is, of course, that they use images as well as language to tell the story. In doing so they teach us not only about ideas but also how we read literature and see the world,” Capshaw

said.

“Persepolis” and “Maus” most notably tackle historical issues such as genocide, war and immigration that bring these important issues to the forefront of the reader’s mind, while “Fun Home” and “Watchmen” grapple with social issues in the United States. These new perspectives are expressed through the graphic novel and their cultural context will be

explored in the course.

“We consider the cultural context for the book and engage theory in order to understand its literary accomplishment,” Capshaw said.

However, teaching a graphic novel does not differ much from how Capshaw would teach a regular novel class.

“In many ways, teaching the graphic novel is similar to teaching traditional novels…But teaching the

graphic novel also permits me to broaden the scope of our students’ experience with literary theory by introducing ideas about the relationship of word to image. We also discuss different styles of illustration and the history of popular art,” Capshaw said.

Capshaw hopes that students will leave after the Spring semester with a better understanding of the budding genre and its potential for

artistic expression.

“There are countless ways to tell a story. Studying the graphic novel helps students appreciate the choices that artists and writers make during the creative process,” Capshaw said. “I also hope that students will understand the contribution of the graphic novel to 20th and 21st-century literature more broadly.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed Sunday, killing four people and injuring more than 60 in a crash that threw passengers from the toppling cars and left a snaking chain of twisted wreckage just inches from the water.

Some of the roughly 150 passengers on the early morning Metro-North train from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted from sleep around 7:20 a.m. to screams and the frightening sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend in the Bronx where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. When the motion stopped, four or five of the seven cars had lurched off the rails. It was the latest accident in a troubled year for the second-biggest U.S. commuter railroad, which had never experienced a passenger death in an accident in its 31 year history.

“Four people lost their lives today in the holiday season, right after Thanksgiving,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference. Eleven of those hurt were believed to be critically injured and another six seriously hurt, according to the Fire Department.

The train operator was among the injured, Cuomo said.

The governor said the track did not appear to be faulty, leaving speed as a possible culprit for the crash. But he noted that the National Transportation Safety Board would determine what happened. The Federal Railroad Administration was also sending investigators to the scene.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast said investigators would look at numerous factors, including the train, the track and signal system,

the operators and speed.

The speed limit on the curve is 30 mph (48 kph), compared with 70 mph (113 kph) in the area approaching it, MTA spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said. The train’s data recorders should be able to tell how fast it was traveling, she said.

One passenger, Frank Tatulli, told WABC-TV that the train appeared to be going “a lot faster” than usual as it approached the sharp curve near the Spuyten Duyvil station, which takes its name from a Dutch word for a local waterway separating the Bronx from Manhattan, sometimes translated as “Devil’s whirlpool.”

The train was about half full at the time of the crash, rail officials said, with some passengers likely heading to the city for holiday shopping.

Joel Zaritsky was dozing as he traveled to a dental convention.

“I woke up when the car started rolling several times.

Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I heard people screaming,” he told The Associated Press, holding his bloody right hand. “There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train.”

Nearby residents awoke to a building-shaking boom.

Angel Gonzalez was in bed in his high-rise apartment overlooking the rail curve when he heard the roar.

“I thought it was a plane that crashed,” he said.

Mike Gallo heard the same noise as he was walking his dog. He looked down at the tracks and “knew it was a tragedy right away. I saw injured people climbing out of the train.”

Within minutes, dozens of emergency crews arrived and carried passengers away on stretchers, some wearing neck

braces. Others, bloodied and scratched, held ice packs to their heads.

Firefighters shattered windows of the toppled train cars to reach passengers, and they used pneumatic jacks and air bags to make sure they uncovered any victims who might have been pinned by train seats or other objects.

Police divers searched the waters to make sure no one had been thrown in. Other emergency crews scoured the surrounding woods.

Federal investigators planned to turn the cars upright to be certain no one was trapped beneath.

Three men and one woman were killed, the MTA said.

Three of the dead were found outside the train, and one was found inside, authorities said.

The victims’ names had not yet been released.

Edwin Valero was in an apartment building above the accident. At first, he said, he didn’t notice that the train had flipped over.

“I didn’t realize it had been turned over until I saw a firefighter walking on the window,” he said.

To Cuomo, “it looked like a toy train set that was mangled by some super-powerful force,” the governor said in a phone interview with CNN. As deadly as the derailment was, the toll could have been far greater had it happened on a weekday, or had the lead car plunged into the water instead of coming to rest on its edge.

“On a workday, fully occupied, it would have been a tremendous disaster,” New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Joseph Cassano told reporters at the scene.

For decades, the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging railroads to install technology that can stop derailing caused by excessive speed.

A rail-safety law passed by Congress in 2008 gave commuter and freight railroads until the end of 2015 to install the systems, known as positive train control. They use GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor trains.

Aimed at preventing human error — the cause of about 40 percent of train accidents — they can also prevent trains from colliding, entering tracks undergoing maintenance or going the wrong way because of a switching mistake.

But the systems are expensive and complicated.

Railroads and their allies in Congress are trying to push back the installation deadline another five to seven years.

Metro-North is in the process of installing the technology. It now has what’s called an “automatic train control” signal system, which automatically applies the brakes if an engineer fails to respond to an alert that indicates the speed is excessive.

Such systems can slow trains in some circumstances, but not bring them to a halt, said Grady Cothen, a former Federal Railroad Administration safety official.

It’s possible, but very unlikely, that the accident was caused by a brake failure, Cothen said.

Trains rely upon an air brake system that automatically stops the train if the brakes suddenly lose air pressure, he said. If the brakes were gradually failing, the train engineer should have had plenty of warning in time to stop the train, he said.

Amtrak Empire service was halted for hours between New York City and Albany but resumed Sunday afternoon, with some delays. Amtrak said its Northeast Corridor service between Boston and Washington was unaffected.

It was not clear when service would resume on the affected part of Metro-North’s Hudson line, which carries

about 18,000 people on an average weekday morning.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said contingency plans were in the works for Monday morning rush hour, possibly using buses.

Sunday’s accident was the second passenger train derailment in six months for MetroNorth.

On May 17, an eastbound train derailed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was struck by a westbound train. The crash injured 73 passengers, two engineers and a conductor. Eleven days later, track foreman Robert Luden was struck and killed by a train in West Haven, Connecticut.

In July, a freight train full of garbage derailed on the same Metro-North line near the site of Sunday’s wreckage.

“Safety is clearly a problem on this stretch of track,” state Sen. Jeff Klein, who represents the nearby area, said Sunday.

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In this file photo, several UConn police vehicles are shown. These vehicles routinely patrol the campus every night, responding to emergencies and ending student parties causing disturbances in neighborhoods surrounding the campus. Officers will typically break up fights, parties and other dangerous situations as necessary. The police are also responsible for enforcing all tickable offenses, including drivers violating speed limits.

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at was on the corner of Hunting Lodge and North Eagleville Roads. There were three male students talking to another police officer, one of them clearly intoxicated. However, they were simply warned and went on their way. Once inside the police SUV, Brown explained that they try to have more officers than individuals they might be dealing with in any situation.

Next, we headed to Northwood Apartments where a situation was already underway with several officers and a K9 unit at the scene. While I was, understandably, not allowed out of the vehicle, I could determine there were three male individuals talking to police. One of them, the other two said, consumed a lot of rum and Office Brown later explained he was sent to the hospital because he could not stand up straight or talk properly due to his excessive alcohol consumption.

We then headed to Husky Village after a report on the police radio said someone was not able to get through with the locked door but, when we arrived, the person had already left.

After that, we passed Towers and went to Celeron Square Apartments. Since everything was under control, Officer Brown informed me that each week the apartment managers call in to inform the police when they want parties to end and the attendees to leave.

Once we were back on North Eagleville Road, we headed

east towards campus but – right in the middle of the four-way intersection next to the north parking lot – another officer on the radio requested immediate backup near the Carriage House apartments. Office Brown then proceeded to do a 180 degree turn and put both the siren and lights on. We were at the scene less than 30 seconds later and everything was under control.

Apparently, six male students were fighting but the officer was only able to stop one of them while the others left.

We then visited the Depot Campus and drove around to make sure there weren’t any trespassers attempting to steal copper from the seemingly quarantined buildings, but there was nothing more than a few deer in the area.

At one point, we had to return to the police station for Brown to get a fully charged radio. While there, he gave a brief tour of the station and showed where they bring in people who are arrested, the lunch room and the three holding cells.

TICKETS AND STOPS Through the course over three hours we spent patrolling the greater Storrs campus area, Office Brown pulled over three individuals – all for different reasons.

The first person pulled over was a man who seemed to be tailgating our police vehicle for over a mile. After being pulled over, Officer Brown spoke to the individual for approximately 10-15 minutes. While inputting the driver’s information into

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the multi-purpose police laptop, Brown provided me with a small paper officers are now required to provide to each person they pull over. The paper provides details on how to file “a complaint if you believe you have been stopped, detained or subject to search solely on the basis of your race, ethnicity/ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or membership in a protected class” and includes a website about racial profiling and a link and phone number to the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

After more than 20 minutes, including several times when passers-by guessed out loud why the man was pulled over, the student went on his way.

When someone is pulled over, the officer present at the scene must complete a “Traffic Stop Data Collection Form” which includes many items like the date, time, location, assumed race of the driver – the options are White, Black, Indian American/Alaskan Native and Asian/Pacific Islander – ethnicity (Hispanic or Middle Eastern), age, gender and whether or not the driver is a Connecticut resident. The double-sided form also gives options for the nature of the stop (investigation, violation or equipment), result of the stop (uninform arrest report, misdemeanor summons, infraction ticket, written warning, verbal, or no disposition). For most instances, including the three while I was with Officer Brown drivers receive a verbal or written warning. Also during each

stop the camera attached on the police vehicle’s front window turns on and records the whole incident for potential future reference.

About an hour later, Brown noticed a female driver going particularly fast along North Hillside Road. Brown pulled her over at the entrance to Charter Oak Apartments where he found out she drove her boyfriend to get money from the ATM and often tends to go faster on that road.

The whole night, Brown pulled over five or six cars – one of the others pulled over while I was not there got in trouble for not obeying a stop sign – but a last person was almost stopped while I was there for turning out of Husky Village on Storrs Road the wrong way.

After breaking up a party with fellow officers at Celeron, Brown proceeded to drive the entire length of the Celeron Trail. We passed a group of females and, at the end, a group of older male students crowded in the middle of the path. When they saw the UCPD vehicle, they stepped to the side to let us pass but one of the students dropped a beer can.

Brown stopped the car and made them pick up the can – saving them a $150 fine for littering.

Heading back to the station, Brown left the Celeron Trail and began driving on the sidewalk and then took a right on North Eagleville Road and parked at the station for the night.

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as 5 p.m. The goal was to not only spread out and minimize the mass midnight influx, circus of lines and waiting, but also to bring in as much business as possible by extending the period of Black Friday promotions. This lead to a domino effect, as competing stores decided to open their doors earlier and earlier in fear of missing out.

Black Friday, considered the kickoff of the Christmas gifting season, has become a retail holiday of its own, with sales so extreme that they caused seven deaths and 90 injuries since 2008 according to blackfridaydeathcount. com. This year, 13 injuries were reported in scenes of chaos, from pepper spray, to stabbings, and even a shooting outside Kohl’s in Illinois.

There was one death this year, when a teen feel asleep at the wheel while returning home from shopping, and was killed in an accident.

Walmart is notorious for some of these sales, ever since an employee was trampled to death in a 2008, Black Friday stampede. This year, Walmart reported recordbreaking results starting with more than 10 million register transactions nationwide from just 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. “Doorbuster” promotions included a $100 Walmart Gift Card with the purchase of an Apple iPad mini for $299 and multiple TV discounts coming to over $140. The store ended up selling about 2 million televisions, 1.4 million tablets Walmart said.

“We said Black Friday is the Super Bowl of retail, we ran a play that only Walmart could deliver and our customers loved it,” U.S. CEO and President Bill Simon said.

Yet overall, many shoppers were disappointed by this year’s deals, claiming that

HARTFORD (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has called on federal officials to conduct an expedited investigation of the fatal derailment of a Metro-North passenger train.

The Connecticut Democrat said Sunday he contacted Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, and urged an expedited probe into the derailment in the Bronx that killed

four and injured more than 60.

A spokesman for the agency did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Blumenthal is a member of the subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security.

He said Metro-North must confront questions about adequacy of equipment, tracks and maintenance and repair practices.

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retailers have almost no incentive to give outrageous deals now that the hype for Black Friday has grown so large.

In fact, market economists at Daily Finance have discovered that the best time to buy TV’s in not Black Friday, but actually February or March.

Although many families may want a new flat-screen in time to show off at their Super Bowl party, it is during these months that the latest TV’s are being shipped out to retailers, and stores are more desperate to get older models off their shelves.

Americans opposed to Black Friday not only cite the growing problem of consumerism, but the effect on the economy as a whole as well.

They argue that large corporations can give such sales and attract customers, leaving local businesses to continue struggling. The New York Times reported that this year, companies such as Nordstrom could even afford to employ a surveillance program starting in May, tracking customers’ smartphones using Wi-Fi signals to detail retail behavior so they can alter presentations and layout in preparation for the holiday season. Yet the creation of Small Business Saturday, established in 2010, has helped prevent independent vendors from getting lost in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and the advantages of such retail giants. The growing tradition brought in an estimated $5.5 billion to small businesses nationwide last year, wrote USA Today.

Although Black Friday may be over, the rush to secure gifts at the lowest price possible is far from over, especially with today marking the start of Cyber Week. According to ABC reports, “The holiday shopping seasons started as a marathon, not a sprint.”

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Lab safety is a critical part of science education and research at UConn

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wo weeks ago two students at the University of Connecticut were transported to Windham Hospital after spilling ammonia and sulfuric acid in an engineering lab at the Engineering II building. Both students were not injured and taken to the hospital as a precaution, as reported by The Daily Campus.

Sulfuric acid is a strong acid and a highly corrosive liquid that can burn skin and other materials if handled improperly. Likewise, ammonia at room temperature is a colorless pungent gas, which if inhaled at high exposures can cause permanent lung damage and death. Ammonia is also highly combustible. The exposure of both of these chemicals left a messy situation for the UConn fire department.

This recent incident highlights the importance of lab safety, especially at UConn, a research university.

Many UConn labs utilize toxic chemicals and if not utilized properly can result in the student deaths. So how safe are these labs?

UConn has a special group of highly trained individuals whose sole purpose is to prevent incidents like these from happening.

The Division of Environmental Health and Safety at UConn works “to provide comprehensive environmental health and safety services for the University community by developing and administering effective policies and procedures that prevent personal injuries and maintain regulatory compliance in the areas of biological, chemical, occupational, and radiation safety,” according to their mission statement.

The Environmental Health and Safety group ensures its mission by conducting surprise visits to labs and ensuring all chemicals are labeled, stored and handled properly. Furthermore, every individual working in the labs needs to be thoroughly trained by an Environmental Health and Safety official, according to the Environmental Health and Safety Committee website.

All personnel working in a lab must read the Environmental Health and Safety manual and pass a written exam. If chemicals are present in a lab, the safety training is conducted annually for all lab members. Furthermore, no undergraduate student is allowed to work alone without the presence of a graduate student or a trained lab member, according to the Division Environmental Health and Safety at UConn.

Thus, when it comes to labs and their safety, UConn labs are pretty safe. The fact that major lab accidents, like that of the Engineering II incident, infrequently occur illustrates that UConn is doing a decent job at enforcing the importance of lab safety.

The last recorded major lab incident occurred in 2005 when a 2.5-liter container of acid was broken in the chemistry building, according to the Hartford Courant. No injuries were reported then and the spill was quickly contained.

Lab safety is a crucial and vital skill to learn, especially at a research university, and UConn’s effort at enforcing these rules is noteworthy.

When human rights violations go unanswered

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ust imagine having to wade through your own feces every morning on your way to Laurel Hall. Better yet, during lunch you have to wait knee deep in urine to get a slice of pizza. Oh I forgot to mention, you do not have access to boots; instead you tie plastic bags around your legs to prevent the putrid waste from seeping into your already spoiled clothes. This nightmare is a stark reality in one region of the world: Gaza City, Palestine.

Due to a recent fuel shortage, the Hamas government has been forced to shut down its only power plant, causing the Gaza City pump station to

By Omar Allam flood. For the Weekly Columnist past two weeks raw sewage has been flooding the streets of Gaza City, threatening a health crisis.

After Egypt’s military ousted its democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, fuel imports to Gaza have come to a halt. According to the New York Times, Egypt’s military regime had destroyed several smuggling tunnels that have been utilized by Palestinians to important essential goods, such as fuel, in order to maintain a form of economic existence. About 1 million liters– 260,000 gallons­– of diesel were smuggled into Gaza each day, according to the Times.

Not only does this extension of the blockade pose a health crisis, it also poses an environmental threat. According to the Times, 3.5 million cubic feet of raw sewage is spilling into the Mediterranean Sea

each day. This amount of waste is roughly equivalent to filling Gampel Pavilion from top to bottom with waste and pouring it into the Mediterranean each week.

According to the Times, Gaza city requires 400 megawatts of electricity daily to stay afloat. Currently, the Palestinians are generating a mere 140 megawatts of electricity. Hospitals in Gaza are rationing electricity to support dialysis and life support machines. Businesses and schools are closing early due to lack of sanitation and electricity. Furthermore, sanitation officials in Gaza said that if these conditions continue, fresh water will not be able to be pumped into homes.

This newest form of punishment towards the Palestinians is a violation against the most fundamentals of human rights and highlights the extent of Palestine’s deteriorating state.

This sewage crisis comes a year after the violence between Palestine and Israel, which spanned eight days and killed 167 Palestinians and 6 Israelis. Furthermore, since Israel’s 2007 ban on civilian goods such as notebooks, newspapers, sugar and paper, Gaza City has deteriorated under the eyes of its own children. By 2020 Gaza will be unlivable according to a UN report published last year. Although Gaza’s conditions directly stem from Israel’s repeated massacres against Gaza and its Zionist policies, Israel does not deserve all the blame. Instead it is the faults of the international community for allowing such crimes against humanity to occur under their watch.

As reported by The Daily Campus, Israel became the first country to ever boycott United Nations Human Rights Council review. Israel has maintained an apartheid regime and imperialist military since its existence in 1948.

As Israel destroyed homes, power plants,

schools and families, the entire world stood to watch. One country even applauded the apartheid regime and rewarded Israel with a financial bonus. Ironically this same country stands for “freedom and justice for all.” Neighboring countries like Egypt have supported Israel’s government as they shut down vital supply routes to Gaza.

Palestine is seen in the eyes of many as a harbor for terrorists, but in reality the real terrorists are the Israeli military and politicians arguing for unequivocal Zionist platform.

But there is hope.

Just two days ago, 50 public figures in Britain, including famous musicians and writers, have protested against Israel’s Prawer Plan, its newest plan to forcibly remove 70,000 Palestinian Bedouins from their Palestinian desert.

Furthermore, while Turkey recently donated $850,000 to Gaza to temporary alleviate the shortage in fuel supply, this is only a short-term solution.

There needs to be dialogue between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and violence should not be part of it. Israel needs to be blockaded, not Gaza. Human rights violations should not be left unanswered. Both Israel and Palestine must enter into honest and fruitful discussions. It may be foolish to expect Israel to benevolently give Palestinians justice; history has shown that it must be demanded. And when those who demand it are too weak, it becomes the obligation of the international community to act either through diplomacy or sanctions. Attaining peace and justice will only come when the systematic destruction of Palestinian life, livelihood and property has ended.

 Omar.Allam@UConn.edu  3rd-semester chemistry major

Adjunct professors are an exploited class

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few months ago an old woman died, destitute and alone.

Battling cancer, with a mountain of medical bills, no income and with her house falling in around her, she succumbed to heart failure. Her name was Margaret Mary Vojtko and prior to her death at 83, she had been a professor for one of the most prestigious universities in the country.

By Nate Herter But then again, not Staff Columnist really.

The story of Dr. Vojtko’s death has made headlines in recent days, especially with those that keep up with the current crisis within the academic labor pool. If you’re not familiar, you should know that though her situation represents an extreme. It is by no means beyond imagination for the educators that share the ignominious title of adjunct with their deceased colleague.

An adjunct or contingent professor is a member of a growing and largely invisible underclass within the American educational landscape–a highly educated, usually doctorate holding professional that is paid a poverty level wage to do the job of a tenured professor without any of the benefits, respect or security to which the latter

are entitled. The pittance these individuals receive usually in the range of a thousand or so dollars a credit hour rarely works out to a living wage.

It isn’t an isolated phenomenon. Over two-thirds of the classes at universities today are taught by adjunct professors–over three quarters at Duquesne, Vojtko’s institution. One might be tempted to view this in light of the nation-wide rise of temporary employment. After all, a number of recent surveys have shown that temporary employment has risen 50 percent since the recession ended and the employees within this group have all the same problems with low pay, lack of benefits and security that the adjunct crowd faces.

Yet the adjunct to tenured ratio only tipped past 50 percent in 2009, at the start of the recession and in reality is the result of structural issues within the university system; rumors of a mass-retirement of older, tenured professors that never happened, or the swelling of graduate school ranks during lean years, leading to a glut of newly-minted Ph.Ds competing for a shrinking prize.

But then, it wasn’t always like this. The adjunct professor was once conceived of as a short-term solution to a temporary problem–an abrupt

dismissal or resignation, perhaps, of a tenured or tenuretrack lecturer, or as a way for a busy professional to still teach on the side. But what was the exception has now become the rule.

It is wrong to think that UConn might be in some way immune to this trend, though the university does tend to hide the impact. Here’s a quick guide to spotting an adjunct among your instructors. Does your professor have a vaguesounding, transitory style to their title such as “Visiting Assistant Professor”? That’s an adjunct. Does he or she not have a regular office, or are they left off of the departmental website? Another adjunct.

And even when listed, is their picture missing, and does their web presence look bare and sparse compared to their tenured and tenure-track colleagues? You’ve found another adjunct, and an apt metaphor for their situation.

The adjunct track is a vicious cycle, and it is not unthinkable that another Margaret Mary Vojtko might come along one day. But in reality, these professionals are often condemned to a professional purgatory and personal penury that is a stiller sort of wound.

Advancement on the academic ladder requires publications, after all and the

only way to publish is with research. But when making a living wage means teaching four or five classes, or seeking a supplemental income outside of academia, publication can be near impossible. The adjunct cycle, as it is called by disgruntled current and former scholars on websites like College Misery and any number of spleen-venting blogs around the web, is a bitter existence.

Margaret Mary Vojkto was making less than $10,000 dollars a year when her contract was not renewed with Duquesne, a common enough occurrence for adjunct professors everywhere, but one that proved her final blow.

Her cause has been taken up by the United Steelworkers in Pennsylvania, which is now battling with Duquesne to organize a labor union for adjuncts at the university; Duquesne, a Catholic institution, has so far refused, despite the official teaching of the Church embracing the labor movement.

Don’t forget professor Vojkto. But also remember the many thousands of adjuncts like her toiling in silence perhaps in front of one of your classrooms.

 Nathaniel.Herter@UConn.edu  7th-semester classics major

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It was a dreary, desolate afternoon on the UConn campus the Tuesday of Thanksgiving break.

But that did not stop a crowd from attending the Benton’s Spotlight talk Nov. 26 titled “Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, and American Photography,” given by Ally Johnson.

“I think there are more people at this spotlight talk today than there are when school is in session,” Johnson said. Although given during an obscure time of the year, the spotlight talk proved to intrigue students and Mansfield citizens alike and did not fail to deliver.

The exhibit of photos, which is currently featured in the Benton, is a collection donated by former UConn professor Ann Charters and her husband Samuel. In total, the couple donated 44 photos to the museum that consisted of traditional photographs as well as mixtures of different works and media.

JON KULAKOFSKY/The Daily Campus “I want to focus on how these Benton’s spoltight talk last Tuesday called “Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, and American Photography” was given by Ally Johnson.

Despite not having classes, a sizeable crowd was photos operated in the context of gathered at the museum to hear the talk. the art world in the 20 century,” Johnson said as she dove into the purpose behind her lecture tographs.

“You would also be surprised to know that many of for that afternoon.

Stieglitz became the leader of a movement. After these aren’t real photographs,” Johnson said.

She portrayed an interesting insight into the world of moving to New York in 1890, his interest and love This came as quite a shock to many of those in fine arts that at the time photography was surprisingly of photography led him to create his own movement attendance considering the movement being described excluded from by most artists. within the art world titled “The Photo Succession,” was about photography. The prints were actually called After its beginnings in France and England in the year which enabled his movement to be linked to that of the photogravures, which were reproduced copies of the 1839, photography was not immediately accepted into Art Succession movements happening in Europe during original photographs that many times the artist painted the art world as true “art” or even as an artistic medium the same period. He convinced some amateur photog- over with certain chemicals to create specific effects. at all. Many artists saw the process as a machine doing raphers and commercial photographers, the two main This also enhanced the link of photography to fine all the work with a lack of human input or creativity. groups at the time, to come together and be part of his arts. Pictoralists prided themselves on the conscious Some, such as Lady Eastlake, tried to promote it as a new movement that promoted the idea of photography decisions that they made during the photo process. way to mass-produce art, such as the circulation of pho- as a form of fine art.

The focus of the photograph and the way in which the tographs of actual paintings for educational purposes.

The group became interested in a form called chemicals were painted over were all decisions that lay Ally Johnson’s lecture focused specifically on a Pictoralism, an aesthetic style that consisted of hazy at the hands of the photographer or the artist. man named Alfred Stieglitz, who was enmeshed in the focus, darker tones and a Romantic theme of subject Creating this movement was not the only way Alfred German art community at the time and very interested matter.

Stieglitz promoted photography as works of art. He also in photography and its promotion as art. While Stieglitz “As you can see, there is a strong link here between produced a scholarly art journal titled “Camera Work” was in school, he was able to circumvent the lack of Pictoralism and Impressionism, which is no coinci- in which photographs as well as photos of fine art paintphotography classes by studying chemistry. The study dence,” Johnson said. ings and sculptures were placed alongside one another of the different chemicals and how they interacted with The use of this style was able to blur the lines with written descriptions. one another was able to give him a basis on which to between the photos and the paintings, which made pho» HYPERREALISM, page 7 further study these chemicals and their creation of pho- tography as an art form much more palpable.

50 years of the Doctor

Holiday specials to watch this season

By Katie McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

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A special episode of “Doctor Who” aired last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the BBC show. Taking place over three different time periods, each of the Doctors made an appearance for the occasion.

By Jason Wong Associate Focus Editor November 23 marked the 50th anniversary of the longest running sci-fi television series ever, “Doctor Who,” with a special 76 minute episode entitled “The Day of the Doctor.” The special had been eagerly anticipated by “Doctor Who” fans worldwide, especially in light of revelations that were made leading up to its air date. The first reveal happened in the season finale, when a new Doctor played by John Hurt was discovered, one who was apparently responsible for the genocidal end of the Time War, a conflict between the Doctor’s people, the Time Lords and their bitter enemies, the Daleks, that threatened all of time and space.

A couple weeks before the special was aired, a minisode entitled “The Night of the Doctor” was released, which brought back Paul McGann in his role of the Eighth Doctor, where his regeneration into the so-called “War Doctor” was shown.

Moreover, it had also been revealed earlier in the year that David Tennant (the Tenth Doctor) and Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) would be returning for the 50th. In short, the 50th Anniversary Special was expected to be nothing short of amazing because it would address the root cause of the

pathos that had been present in the Doctor since the 2005 revival.

The episode took place within three different time periods: modern day London, London 1562 and the time leading up to the infamous Time War. In modern day London, the Eleventh Doctor is called in by U.N.I.T (think, England’s Men in Black) to investigate a strange Time Lord painting that is unsurprisingly bigger on the inside.

Meanwhile, the Tenth Doctor is in London 1562, simultaneously wooing Elizabeth I and tracking down a Zygon (a shapeshifting alien from the classic era). And finally, the War Doctor stands before the Moment, a doomsday weapon with a conscience that he was planning on using to end the Time War by wiping out Time Lords and Daleks alike.

The Moment’s conscience manifests itself as an image from the War Doctor’s future, that is, in the form of Rose Tyler, the Bad Wolf. It does this in order to help the War Doctor decide whether he will use the weapon or not, and thus transports the War Doctor to meet with his two future selves.

The episode itself is classic “Doctor Who”: ridiculous sci-fi and moments of serious drama interspersed with typical British levity. One scene

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’Tis the season for holidaythemed television specials. Today, holiday TV specials can go in two directions. They can be awesome, heartwarming, funny and all around pleasurable, or so sappy you want to reach for the nearest bucket and get rid of those 10 or 20 festive cookies you just chowed down on. Anything that Lifetime or Hallmark channel specifically makes for Christmas, Hanukkah or New Year’s should be avoided or at least discriminatively selected from. However, I find that aside from the classics like “The Muppet’s Christmas Carol” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” regular run-of-the-mill television shows can have some of the best holiday episodes.

The Office- Season 2, Episode 10 “The Christmas Party”: Everyone remembers the class gift exchanges or Christmas parties where you had to exchange gifts the Yankee Swap way. For those who don’t know the terror of a Yankee Swap, let me break it down. The first person selects a random gift - no gifts are labeled with names - and opens it. The second person has the option to grab the just opened gift if it’s something desirable such as an Xbox One, or open a new gift if the first person had the misfortune to receive a toothbrush. The game goes one with people stealing gifts left and right until the last gift is open. Now picture this scenario in Michael Scott’s harebrained Scranton, Pa., Dunder Mifflin office. Needless to say chaos and hilarity ensue.

The O.C- Season 1, Episode 13- “The Best Chrismukkah Ever”: This episodes falls under the heartwarming category. Ryan, who never had a Christmas that

didn’t include his parents fighting or getting drunk, gets introduced to his pseudo-adoptive family the Cohen’s bi-religious adaptation of both Christmas and Hanukkah.

The episode showcases how families of combined religions celebrate both faiths in a modern interpretation. It wouldn’t be “The O.C” though without a hefty helping of drama, so the residual angst and troubled facing Marissa Cooper come front and center for much of the episode.

Arrested DevelopmentSeason 2, Episode 6 “Afternoon Delight”: As expected, this loosely Christmas-themed episode is full of laughs. Most of the comedy takes place at the Bluth Company Christmas parties. Yes, there are several of them due to Gob’s irrational and sporadic ideas. In this delightful episode you watch Lindsay and George Michael sing “Afternoon Delight,” a song that is not nearly as innocent as it sounds, Tobias screams the ever famous “I just blew myself” and Lucille gets high on a movement-slowing variety of marijuana after a misunderstanding with her brotherin-law, Oscar. The craziness of the episodes cannot be matched by most family affairs, but we can certainly relate to how family can complicate a relaxing holiday.

Friends- Season 6 , Episode 10“The One With the Routine”: Monica and Ross take to the stage in this memorable episode as party people in Dick Clark’s News Year’s countdown. The brothersister duo want to dance on the platform, which will be visible on camera, but have to audition for the part and after rehearsing their dorky routine from elementary school, they get the green light.

They dance the night away and ring in the New Year with Clark.

Kathleen.McWilliams@UConn.edu

Incubus outlives the decade Not everything from the 90s dies there. One of my favorite examples of lasting glory is the band Incubus.

The band formed in 1991 and put out their first studio album “Fungus Amongus” in 1995.

While recent albums have been geared more toward rock ’n roll, “Fungus Amongus” has a funk element that defines it.

A great track off that album is “Medium” which describes the life of someone who is obsessively compulsive about taking the average amount of everything. The actual music for most of the album, while maintaining a funk groove, is strangely dissonant, meaning it’s not necessarily pleasant to listen to. It can be called interesting more than anything.

Another track off that album called “Psychopsilocybin” is about hallucinogenic mushrooms, appropriate for an album titled “Fungus Amongus.”

While “Fungus Amongus” had its funky drug-influenced tracks, there were definitely some songs that really push the maximum tempo, such as “Speak Free.” Listen carefully for the slap bass that is going about 100 miles per hour.

The next album released in 1997, “S.C.I.E.N.C.E” is about as heavy as the band will get for the rest of their career, which is neither a complaint nor a blessing. Incubus is a band that changes sound from album to album and in such a way that no one really wants to complain because each is valuable in its own right.

“A Certain Shade of Green” is one of the more recognizable tracks off “S.C.I.E.N.C.E” and is probably the one of the heaviest songs in the Incubus catalog, but not distastefully so.

Even some of the other heavy tracks like “Redefine” and “Vitamin” have spacy, funky elements to them. I think that early Incubus was the epitome of a band-wide identity crisis.

This album was also not a love album. There isn’t one song that is the stereotypical love song that becomes more common in later albums. The name of the album reserves that the message inside is one that reflects on the human condition, how we live and how to do it better, but some of it may also be nonsense.

The last album that Incubus released in the 90s, “Make Yourself,” has many more familiar tracks for the casual listener. If you have only heard one song by Incubus, it was probably “Pardon Me” from this album. Rightfully a great song, “Pardon Me” is argued to be overplayed on the radio.

But in my opinion, any Incubus coming through my speakers is a good thing.

Aside from “Pardon Me,” “Make Yourself” includes other popular tracks like “Drive” and “I Miss You,” both candidates for “Oh yeah, I’ve heard this song before but never knew it was them.”

Despite their changing style and putting out albums for over 20 years, the members of Incubus still puts out creative and well put together music.

It is bands like them that give me hope for the future of rock music.

If you’re an Incubus enthusiast tweet at me @GiGantoss with your favorite song and album!

Matthew.Gantos@UConn.edu

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The two-part season finale of “Avatar: The Legend of Korra” is long past and now fans will sit and wait for the next season, whenever that is.

When Nickelodeon first released that the last four episodes would be aired in two-episode segments, it made the season that much shorter.

It is hard to complain though, because waiting for a week just seems so torturous as the new fad of binge-watching is rapidly taking over peoples’ lives.

Having an extra half hour of “Korra” is nothing to scoff at.

The season did seem shorter even though it was still 14 episodes. After waiting over a year for ‘Book II’ to be released, we have to wonder how long until “Book III” is finished.

For now though, fans are able to watch the previous season and see how characters have developed throughout.

Photo courtesy of rickey.org Most fans were probably tired of the angsty teenage drama by the second “Book II,” the second season of “Legend of Korra,” ended after 14 episodes. Information about “Book III” and episode (if not before the season even “Book IV” is already being released. started). But by the finale the drama was seriously toned back because there were does a quick number on the enemy. But indicating they are going to happen. much bigger issues at hand, for example, first of all, what did she do and how? It Some exciting things that are rumored 10,000 years of darkness. was never explained. How did she enter to happen is that we will see Bumi Personally, I was satisfied with Korra’s the spirit world as a spirit and return to and Lin Beifong. This season there was growth throughout the season because the physical world as a spirit with divine plenty more Bumi but less Beifong who she was a brat again at the beginning of powers? It makes no sense. Hopefully it unfortunately got sidelined for most of episode one, despite all the is explained next season. the season. maturation from the end of Honestly something like that Probably the most exciting rumor is Legend of Korra is not a big deal, it is just a TV the title of an episode called “The Tale last season.

What I wasn’t satisfied show after all, and sometimes of Zuko.”

Saturday 10 a.m. with was Unalaq’s motives the plot needs to be helped The “Book II” season finale really to bring about 10,000 years along. But what was very con- brought home some changes with the of darkness. Why destroy cerning was that even after dark avatar, spirits living in the physical every bit of humanity for Korra reconnected with Raava, world and Korra being separated from power? Even if that was she was unable to regain the her past lives. I think these circumstancwhat the writers were going connection to the past avatars es will make for an interesting “Book for, they probably could have written after Vatu destroyed them.

III.” The only problem is, with fan him a better back story to outline his It would be very unfortunate if that expectations so high, how can DiMartino intentions once he became supreme ruler was the end of such a long cycle. But and Konieztko top this season? of darkness, which thankfully he didn’t. perhaps that will be the premise for Here come the spoilers. After Korra’s “Book III.” enormous blue spirit left to fight Unalaq, Some information about “Book III” Vaatu Jinora comes to her aid and really and “Book IV” has already been released, Matthew.Gantos@UConn.edu

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Underrated: Christmas The countdown to the countdown is finaly over. The 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family is officially on with the holiday movies in full force.

For those that celebrate Christmas or like Christmas movies, you’re sure to find your favorites on in the next 23 days. Tonight “The Santa Clause” is on, though there will also be several marathons of the original and the sequels throughout the month.

Claymation favorites will be on as well including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys” and animated classics like “Frosty’s Winter Wonderland.”

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Despite being set in the future and heavy use of technology, “Almost Human” follows the old two guys fighting crime mold.

By Jingyuan Fu Campus Correspondent If there’s any genre that will truly never go out of style, it’s the buddy cop show. Every year come fall season, there are fresh infusions of this kind of series, and they usually tend to be the safest shows—and the most predictable. Someone is always grumpy. Someone is always new and desperate to prove himself. There is a bythe-book cop and a maverick.

There’s a reasonable authority figure and a bookish type that remains behind to do nerdy things.

Recently the genre has undergone some largely cosmetic changes: conflating the nerdy type with the green cop, for example, or switching the gender of one of the partners.

“Sleepy Hollow,” Fox’s new entry for this type of drama, altered so many aspects of the formula that it actually

became a surprise success. absolutely no one’s surprise, “Almost Human,” which fol- they slowly get over their lows on the heels of “Sleepy issues with each other and Hollow,” attempts to revolu- form a cohesive unit. tionize the genre further by Neither the futuristic setting switching the show back to nor the fact that the show is its tried-and-true form of two one of many attached to the guys fighting crime.

J. J. Abrams label changes Admittedly, it’s set in the the fact that “Almost Human” future and one of takes a tired the guys is a robot, premise and does Almost Human but otherwise the nothing origiMonday 8 p.m. results are predictnal about it. The ably mediocre. scenarios are dull The premise of and efforts to give “Almost Human” the show a sense reads like a wordof overarchfor-word echo of the ing mystery are “I, Robot” movie: thwarted by the John Kennex, a grumpy detec- fact that at this point, no tive, dislikes robots for some one cares about any of the vague and nebulous reason, characters much. This show and he is suddenly forced is flawed in the same way to interact with them on a that “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” daily basis. His new partner is is flawed—it devotes far Dorian, an android with atti- too much time on plot and tude who is eager to prove mystery and not enough on himself. Various crime solv- character. The difference ing shenanigans ensue and, to between these two shows is

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that “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” has a much bigger label to rely upon. “Almost Human,” despite having J. J. Abrams as an executive producer, lacks the marketing power of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

However, the show is not irredeemable. Its cast is perfectly likeable: Karl Urban does his best with the material he is given for the exceedingly boring John Kennex, and Michael Ealy, who portrays the android Dorian, is dynamic and charming. The supporting cast, which features Minka Kelly and Lili Taylor, among others, is charismatic in a very one-dimensional way— that is, they are fun to watch but not interesting. Whatever tricks “Almost Human” plans on bringing to the table have to happen soon, before Fox writes it off as yet another lost cause.

Jingyuan.Fu@UConn.edu

By Maurilio Amorim

Brian Griffin, the death of an icon I love “Family Guy” and I truly believe it is one of the greatest comedies of all time. That being said, in recent years the show has been mediocre at best. It’s no secret that Seth Macfarlane believes the show has had its run and should end, but Fox holds onto its popular animated comedy as much as it can. I don’t know how much direct involvement the creator still has in the writing process given that he is busy with movies and other things now, but I have been wondering for a long time if he has been somewhat purposely driving the show downhill or if he has just sat idly by while the writers have created more and more garbage.

Either way, the show has finally hit rock bottom with the unexpected and unnecessary killing off of fan favorite Brian Griffin. I wrote two months ago that the killing of Hank on “Breaking Bad” was possibly the most shocking television death of all time. I stand corrected.

Brian was a hypocritical, alcoholic, atheist, cynical dog who often did things to annoy the audience, but he was still the heart of the show. With the exception of Peter, Brian was the show’s strongest and greatest character. My favorite moments were the rare occasions when we were reminded that Brian was a dog and he would act accordingly. For example, he wants to have sex with Lois, but she pretends to throw a tennis ball to distract him and then takes him for a ride in the car to further avoid the topic. One of the greatest moments was when a cutaway gag showed Peter kept up at night

by Brian. Any dog owner has had an experience in which his dog has woken them up by constant barking in the middle of the night.

Through Brian, we finally see that this barking is just the neighborhood dogs asking each other if they are also dogs and then getting excited that there is another dog.

The show’s declining quality will probably only continue to get worse as Brian will surely be missed. Fans have reacted only negatively to Brian’s death. As if the news wasn’t bad enough, the episode wasn’t even funny.

The beginning seemed to target Native Americans joke after joke in an incredibly offensive manner only to be followed by Brian’s death and an extremely morbid ten minutes of the family mourning.

I tune into Family Guy to laugh and enjoy myself. I go to see movies like 12 Years a Slave to cry. I didn’t feel the need to be upset by this morbid and unnecessary plot twist. Can the writers really justify any of this?

Eventually the new dog comes in and the show fails to be funny once again. I don’t like Brian’s replacement, Vinny. His personality is likeable and I’m sure in real life I’d like him if he were a person, but for the sake of the Griffin family dynamics and comedy, it doesn’t seem to work. What kind of humor will a friendly dog who is always there for you provide?

How is he going to give us the exciting adventures we saw Brian endure with Peter and Stewie? I can’t see him constantly trying to date and failing as Brian did which provided for a lot of good episodes. It seems the show may now be doomed. To creator Seth Macfarlane, I only have one two things to ask: are you happy now and why didn’t you just kill off Meg?

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

Monday, December 2, 2013

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Focus

What ‘The Office’ lacked Longest season, most fans

By Darragh McNicholl Campus Correspondent

Photo courtesy of nbc.com

The characters in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” are what keep the show working well. All of their over-the-top personalities keep the show afloat, so that single characters’ absences don’t bring down the whole show.

By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer

but it led to him getting a job he is truly passionate about. In this last episode, Leslie was unexpectedly and unjustly recalled from It’s really a shame that “Parks and office. In any other show I’d be worried about Recreation” can’t perform at NBC’s expecta- what will happen next, but the writing team tions. While the show is a fan favorite with a knows what they are doing and I’m confident strong and growing following, the ratings have that this will only lead to more good things for never been great, despite its strong Netflix the show. and Hulu viewings. It seems that perhaps with What I like most about “Parks and streaming as an option, many are willing to Recreation” is its over-the-top characters. wait to watch the show. I can’t really blame Every character’s traits are so exaggerated them as I do the same thing. and ridiculous that they are actuThis past October, NBC pulled ally believable. “The Office” gave the show from their weekly sched- Parks and Recreation us Michael Scott, the ridiculous ule to give the timeslot to a new Thursday 8:30 p.m. boss who wants to be loved by his show they felt could pull in higher employees, but not much else. This ratings with the promise of two is why the show fell apart without episodes of “Parks and Recreation” him. Yes, Dwight was also over-thein November and the show’s return top, but did anybody really care for sometime in early 2014. Seeing him without Michael around to play these two new episodes I am off of? I didn’t think so. reminded of why the hiatus is a mistake.

“Parks and Recreation” has given us so “Parks and Recreation” continues to be many characters to like and root for that even one of the best comedies on television. The with the announcement of both Rob Lowe and show continues to be well-written satire tak- Rashida Jones (Chris and Anne) leaving the ing a stab at our current government’s state show, I am confident that it will continue to do of affairs and it continues to have a bold plot. well. NBC once called their Thursday night The show has never been afraid to give its Comedy Done Right, but they’ve pulled the characters an unhappy and unexpected ending. only show that was doing just that.

Last season Andy was rejected from the police force, which may have made for a sad moment, Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

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In 2010 Cartoon Network premiered the first episode of “Adventure Time” and for close to four years has been gaining enough popularity to become one of Cartoon Network’s top shows. No season of “Adventure Time” has been as successful or popular as the fifth season though, which has proven itself to be the best to date. Most seasons are 25 episodes long and last about half a year, but the fifth season is in the process of doubling that number.

This season began on Nov. 12, 2012 and is still going planning to air 52 episodes.

The season opened up with a two-parter, “Finn the Human” Photo courtesy of cartoonnetwork.com and “Jake the Dog.” These episodes achieved the highest The fifth season of “Adventure Time” is the show’s longest running season with 52 epiamount of viewers of any epi- sodes, and the most popular to date. sode the series has produced, reaching almost 3.5 million. lives. “Adventure Time” has Finn appears to spiral into This is an increase by about been slowly building a history a depression yet the show an entire million viewers from around our favorite characters itself never follows him down the previous season’s premier and with them a timeline for that hole. As we find out and finale. Since then three the Land of Ooo. This devel- more about the Land of Ooo other episodes have garnered opment of characters is one it becomes clear how truly around 3 million viewers, and of the reasons why season dark and terrifying this world every episode of season five five has been so exciting for is, but this ingenious cartoon has averaged around two to both long time viewers and never loses itself and finds the perfect balance between its three million viewers. Season newcomers. five proved its vast popularity Another important work dark side and its lighthearted from the first epiof character nature.

This season has been nomsode and continued development in Adventure Time this season is inated for two awards and to increase in popuMonday 7 p.m. larity as the season the relationship won the Primetime Emmy progressed. between Finn and for Outstanding Individual The premieres Flame Princess. Achievement in Animation explained more of Half the season for the episode “Puhoy.” The the creation of the shows Finn and fifth season of “Adventure Land of Ooo, the Flame Princess Time” has been a powerhouse world in which in a young, happy of entertainment. With an epi“Adventure Time” takes relationship, while the other sode made entirely through place, than has ever been half depicts a fallout and 3D animation, another gendone by the series before. In depression between them. der-bent episode and more fact there have been several “Adventure Time” has a continuing plotlines than ever episodes about the origins of knack for touching upon dark before, this may be the most many new and old charac- stories but keeping its fun, fun season of “Adventure ters, such as the Ice King and childish disposition and this Time” yet.

Marceline, BMO and even a season seems to have masfocus on one of Finn’s past tered this style of storytelling. Darragh.Mc_Nicholl@UConn.edu

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Retcon with Ron Burgundy co-anchors newscast all the Doctors

from 50 YEARS, page 5

in particular stands out – when the three Doctors are imprisoned in the Tower of London (1562) and talk about their history while planning an escape.

I was very happy with John Hurt’s portrayal of the War Doctor – a man who tried to be the Doctor even when it was impossible – as a hero rather than as a simply more ruthless incarnation as some expected.

Of course, it was brilliant seeing David Tennant back in his old role again, and I loved seeing all of their personalities bouncing off each other despite them all being the same person (just not chronologically).

The climax of the episode essentially retconned the ending of the Time War itself, with a relatively flawless moment of heroism in which all the Doctor’s incarnations (including a surprise cameo by incoming new Doctor, Peter Capaldi, and later Fourth Doctor actor

Tom Baker) show up to help save the day. I’m a big fan of this retcon personally because I think it opens up a great story arc for the Doctor, and gives him a very human thing to work towards.

The one thing I’d complain about in this episode is the portrayal of the Time War itself.

This was a war that supposedly threatened all of time and space and all we saw were lasers and exploding Daleks. What about the Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child and/or the Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres (mentioned by the Tenth Doctor in his regeneration episode)? I would have liked to have seen at least a hint of that.

That being said, the episode was, as the Ninth Doctor would say, “Fantastic!”

Jason.Wong@UConn.edu

Hyperrealism shift in Stieglitz’s work

from THANKSGIVING, page 5

“Photography sharing the same space as these other art forms truly reinforced it as a fine art,” Johnson said.

“Stieglitz was really working to establish photography as a fine art medium.”

Stieglitz worked as a mentor to many of the aspiring photographers in his movement such as Edward Jean Steichen, whose photos were among the small group highlighted in the talk for their Pictoralist aesthetics.

Stieglitz proved to work very hard on the behalf of photographers as artists for many years.

In 1917 a shift began within Stieglitz’s movement away from Pictoralism and toward today’s more modern form of photography. Sharper focus and interesting framing all were becoming more popular forms of style.

The real shift began when even painters began to mimic the work of photographers, incorporating hyperrealism and snapshot-like focus into their paintings. This is truly the point in time where the acceptance of photography as an art form can be seen.

Ally Johnson proved give the audience an intriguing snapshot of Alfred Stieglitz and his work within the artistic world. He was a man of drive and passion which he successfully put into his work. Without this man, photography may truly have been a lost art.

The collection described in this article continues to be on display in the Benton Museum and spotlight talks take place Tuesdays at 2:15 p.m.

Ashley.Maher@UConn.edu

(AP) - Television viewers in Bismarck, N.D., were treated to some real class this weekend when none other than the great Ron Burgundy read them the news.

Actor and comedian Will Ferrell reprised his “Anchorman” role for KXMB’s Saturday night news broadcast (http://bit.ly/1dIxZXs ). The former “Saturday Night Live” star is promoting “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” a sequel to the 2004 film about a fictional news team’s sexist reaction to the arrival of an ambitious female reporter.

Dressed in his signature rustcolored three-piece suit and a striped tie, Ferrell read stories off the teleprompter, punctuated them with exaggerated eye blinks and engaged in witty banter with weekend anchor Amber Schatz and the rest of the Bismarck news team.

Schatz said she has watched the original “Anchorman” about 30 times, and the hardest part of co-anchoring the newscast with Ferrell was holding back laughter every time he spoke in character.

“The second he said, ‘Good AP evening, I’m Ron Burgundy,’ I This 2004 file photo originally released by Paramount Pictures shows Will Ferrell as anchorman Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman: The lost it,” Schatz said Sunday. “It Legend of Ron Burgundy.” was really hard not to laugh.”

He also clowned around, Sales manager Tammy Blumhagen said extinguishing a trash fire in a Sam’s Club popping into Schatz’s screen while she read a story and telling her Ferrell’s agent contacted the station in parking lot, Ferrell seemed impressed after a commercial break, “Amber, you May and asked if he could anchor or co- that crews used 500 gallons of water and look lovely tonight” before asking her if anchor a newscast as part of the promo- foam to put out the blaze: “I repeat, 500 tion tour for “Anchorman 2.” She’s not gallons.” she was married.

He also drew laughs from Schatz when When Schatz told him she wasn’t mar- sure why KXMB was selected.

“When they called us, we kind of he mispronounced s’mores as “sahried, Ferrell replied, “Well I am, so don’t mores,” overdramatized his tease of the jumped at the opportunity,” she said. get any ideas.”

No money changed hands, Blumhagen “Dakota Storm Center,” and noted after The online video of the 30-minute newscast, which is making the rounds said, and both the movie and television the sports segment, “I’ve never seen on social media, is part of a widespread station are garnering significant publicity fighting in a hockey match before. That marketing campaign for the movie sequel from the numerous shares on Facebook was fascinating.”

Schatz, a 31-year-old North Dakota that has included Dodge Durango com- and Twitter. mercials, a new Ben & Jerry’s ice cream Station managers did want some assur- native who has worked in small markets flavor named “Scotchy Scotch Scotch,” ances that the stunt wouldn’t go too for eight years, said the whole experiand Burgundy’s own exhibit at the far, and Blumhagen said Ferrell was on ence was surreal. If she could choose Newseum in Washington, D.C. board with maintaining the integrity of how to spend her 15 minutes of fame, “I would choose this exact thing.”

On Sunday, Ferrell headed to the newscast.

The news team expected Ferrell to end Winnipeg, where he was slated to help Schatz, who typically anchors the cover Canada’s Olympic curling trials weekend newscasts alone, said she didn’t with his “Stay classy” catchphrase, but for broadcaster TSN. learn that she’d share the dais until he missed the cue, saying: “What? Am I KXMB is one of two CBS-affiliated Wednesday. It was a complete surprise supposed to read that?”

The crew got to hear him say “Stay television stations serving central and to viewers.

During Saturday evening’s newscast, classy, Bismarck,” during the credits, but western North Dakota. The Bismarck station shares programing with Minot’s Ferrell occasionally strayed from the his microphone had already been cut off.

“He did say it, it just didn’t air,” Schatz KXMC, but the two stations produce script. separate newscasts.

While extolling the tale of firefighters said.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Classic Super Glitch

by John Lawson

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The UConn men’s basketball team displays the trophy and banner from their victory in the 2K Sports Classic on Friday, Nov. 22 at Madison Square Garden.

Classic Side of Rice

UCONN CLASSICS: WHEN A MAN FLIES FROM HIS FEAR HE OFTEN FINDS HE HAS ONLY TAKEN A SHORTCUT TO MEET IT.

by Laura Rice

HOROSCOPES 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.

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Classic Toast

by Tom Dilling

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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ACROSS 1 Mooing critter 4 Ancient region surrounding Athens 10 Reagan era mil. program 13 Disgusted grunts 15 Resident of Tibet’s capital 16 Muscle spasm 17 Illegal activity admitted by Lance Armstrong in January 2013 19 Writer for whom the Edgar award is named 20 Not sacred 21 Secret matters 23 Baba who stole from thieves 24 Singer with Crosby, Stills & Nash 27 Glass container 29 Actress Cannon 30 Peter Fonda’s title beekeeper 31 Opposed (to) 34 Hurts with a tusk 37 ESPN show with an “Inside Pitch” segment 42 Willem of “Platoon” 43 100-lawmakers group 44 “Peter Pan” pirate 47 Hang around 49 Pretoria’s land: Abbr.

50 Trousseau holder 53 Stomach-punch response 55 Start of the line that includes “wherefore art thou” 56 Female star 60 Comfy room 61 Volcanic Hawaiian landmark, and a hint to the first word of 17-, 24-, 37- and 50Across 64 Night’s opposite 65 __ Pie: ice cream treat 66 Reached base in a cloud of dust 67 “Tasty!”

68 Unsettling looks 69 Arid

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4 Alan of “M*A*S*H” 5 Like rosebushes 6 Pub spigot 7 “Woe __”: Patricia T. O’Conner grammar book 8 Gondolier’s “street” 9 Hopping mad 10 One of Minn.’s Twin Cities 11 Singer Warwick 12 Frigid historic period 14 Aretha’s genre 18 551, at the Forum 22 Dad’s nephew 25 Aerie hatchlings 26 Playing an extra NBA period, say 27 Quick blow 28 Gardner once married to Sinatra 29 Refusing to listen 32 Use, as a coupon 33 Entrepreneuraiding org.

35 Optimistic 36 Opposite of WSW

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41 Brewed drink 44 Poorly made 45 Wells’ “The Island of Dr. __” 46 Arnold Palmer or Shirley Temple, drinkwise 48 Where charity begins

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51 Formally gives up 52 Raise, as a sail 53 Old fort near Monterey 54 Sounds of wonder 57 Grandson of Adam 58 Depilatory brand 59 Hot tub swirl 62 Alias letters 63 Former Russian space station

Monday, December 2, 2013

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Sports

Huskies lose, tie in series with Canisius

By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer

The UConn men’s hockey team went 0-1-1 this weekend in a two-game series with Atlantic Hockey rival Canisius College on the road in Buffalo, N.Y., losing to the Golden Griffins 3-1 on Friday afternoon and tying 2-2 on Saturday afternoon.

After tying Friday night’s game at 1-1 three-and-a-half minutes into the second period on a rebound goal from sophomore forward Shawn Pauly, the Huskies (4-5-2, 3-2-1 AHA) were unable to take a lead, as the Golden Griffins (4-71, 3-3-1 AHA) netted another score just ten minutes later to move the score to 2-1 in favor of Canisius.

Despite stepping onto the ice for the third period only down by one goal, UConn’s deficit quickly grew to two scores as the Golden Griffins took a 3-1 lead just a minute-and-a-half

after the period’s initial faceoff.

Even with a late-period powerplay – which with senior goaltender Matt Grogan gave the Huskies a 6-on-4 opportunity – UConn failed to chip away at Canisius’ two-goal lead as time expired.

Excellent scoring opportunities for senior captain Brant Harris and senior forward Billy Latta on the two-man advantage yielded a save and a wide shot, respectively, and the Huskies eventually fell to the Golden Griffins 3-1 for their second conference loss of the season.

Grogan registered 19 saves on 22 shots for the Huskies, who also finished the night 0-for-3 on the powerplay and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

Other point-getters for UConn were freshman defenseman Joona Kunnas and junior defenseman Jacob Poe, who each assisted Pauly’s goal.

The Huskies returned to the ice on Saturday night for the second contest of the two-game

series, emerging with a 2-2 tie, their second of the season.

After a scoreless first period, Canisius got on the board first, capitalizing on a powerplay opportunity six minutes into the second stanza on a shot past freshman goaltender Robbie Nichols.

After being silenced once again in the second period, UConn would answer with a goal of its own six minutes into the third, as junior forward Ryan Tyson netted his first of the season off a deflected shot from Kunnas, who was awarded an assist, to tie the game at 1-1.

Canisius broke up the shortlived tie just two minutes later, scoring its second powerplay goal of the night to move the score to 2-1.

The Huskies, however, were able to pull of a late powerplay goal with just a minute-anda-half remaining in regulation after a tripping penalty was called on Golden Griffins forward Ralph Cuddemi.

UConn pulled Nichols to get an extra skater on the ice for a 6-on-4 opportunity. Latta won a draw in the Canisius defensive zone and fed the puck back to Poe, who ripped a shot on goal that was blocked for a save.

Harris, however, was waiting in front of the net, and the captain corralled the rebound and slid the puck past the Golden Griffins goaltender to tie the game 2-2, a score that would send the game into overtime.

UConn, however, was held without a shot in the extra period, which allowed Canisius to hang on for the tie.

Nichols finished the night with 18 saves on 20 shots in his second career start and his first since Nov. 2, and the team finished 1-for-7 on the powerplay and 2-for-4 on the penalty kill.

UConn returns home on Friday, Dec. 6 for another Atlantic Hockey tilt against Niagara at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum at 7:05 p.m.

Jackson.Mitchell@UConn.edu

UConn freshman forward Brent Norris goes for the puck in a recent game at the Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs. The Huskies lost and tied at Canisius this weekend.

that's pretty special.

"I hated having to go shake his hand, but it's a special deal," Haase added.

It didn't come easily.

Jordan Swing hit two free throws and Robert Williams made 1 of 2 to help the Blazers hold on after losing most of a 14-point second half lead.

Marcus Paige missed two contested 3-pointers in one late possession and the Tar Heels (4-2) fouled Swing, who gave the Blazers a 62-57 lead.

Brice Johnson drove for a quick basket but Williams effectively put the game away when he made the second of two free throw attempts.

The Tar Heels were coming off a win over No. 9 Louisville to end the defending champions' 21-game winning streak, but Roy Williams couldn't beat his protege this time Haase played for Williams at Kansas and spent 13 years on his staff for his alma mater and the Tar Heels. His old boss called him "one of the Top-5 competitors I've ever coached."

"Jerod Haase is one of the nicest young men I've ever known in my life and he's one of the best competitors I've ever known in my life," Roy Williams said. "He had his team competing a heck of a lot harder today than I got my team competing."

It was UAB's first win over a ranked team since beating No. 20 Butler in 2009, and it came against one of college basketball's most storied programs.

J.P. Tokoto led North Carolina with a career-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Paige had 13 points but made just 6 of 16 shots and missed all six 3-point attempts after scoring a career-high 32 against Louisville.

Nobody else picked up the slack in perimeter shooting for the Tar Heels, who made 1 of 12 attempts from beyond the arc.

The Blazers, who lead the nation in total rebounds, dominated the boards 52-37 to overcome shooting troubles.

They made just 19 of 62 shots (30.6 percent) but collected 21

offensive rebounds.

"I just felt like they seemed to get every loose ball and so many second-shot opportunities," Roy Williams said.

"They shot 30.6 percent and still won the game because of the rebounding battle. To me, it's the most important factor in the game of basketball."

Frazier, a Charlotte native, made 12 of 14 free throws and hit three 3-pointers in five attempts for UAB. "Everybody from back home is texting me right now," he said, sporting a Charlotte Bobcats T-shirt. "It feels good to get the win. I always dreamed about playing Carolina."

Rod Rucker added 11 points while Fahro Alihodzic had 13 rebounds and eight points.

UAB also made 22 of 28 from the line.

UAB led 39-25 early in the second half before a long field goal drought helped North Carolina come back.

"We knew they were going to come back," Haase said. "I told the guys at halftime that I'd been in that locker room too

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No. 16 North Carolina victim of upset by UAB

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North Carolina forward J.P. Tokoto, right, fouls UAB guard Robert Williams (5) as he rebounds the ball during the second half of the Blazers' upset win over the Tar Heels.

many times. I knew they were going to come out fighting and scrapping and clawing, and our guys did the same thing."

Alihodzic snapped a 7:24 stretch without a made shot for UAB when he banked one in for a 54-48 edge with 3:27 left.

North Carolina had chances late but couldn't convert.

Paige scored on a drive, was fouled and hit the free throw to cut UAB's lead to 58-57 with 41 seconds to play.

Five seconds later, Frazier answered with two foul shots and North Carolina called time out.

Paige got a second chance after missing a 3-pointer from the top of the key but came up well short launching another attempt over Robert Williams and Alihodzic.

The Blazers put it away on the line.

"We knew they were going to Paige," Robert Williams said. "I told (Alihodzic) I'm going to hold him and if I need help, help me. They had my back on that play. That's how we sealed the deal."

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jerod Haase didn't look like a guy celebrating his biggest win as a head coach.

That's because it came at the expense of his mentor, Roy Williams.

Haase's UAB Blazers held off Williams and No. 16 North Carolina for a 63-59 victory on Sunday. Chad Frazier scored 25 points and the Blazers (6-2)

made three free throws over the final 6.6 seconds to preserve the upset for their first win over a ranked team in four years.

"This is the definition of bittersweet," said Haase, who played and coached under Williams. "It's a big win for us. I was proud of our guys, but for coach Williams to come here and bring North Carolina,

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Daniel Alfredsson got a firsthand look at how the Ottawa Senators are now struggling without him.

Alfredsson scored an emptynet goal and added an assist in his return to Ottawa, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the host Senators 4-2 on Sunday night.

Alfredsson, the former longtime captain of the Senators, wasn't primarily responsible for Ottawa's second straight loss and fourth consecutive at home, but he helped contribute to the continuation of his ex-team's woes.

"The result makes it a lot sweeter," said Alfredsson, who was named the third star. "You could tell our team was motivated and played hard. I thought we got better as the game went on. But if we would have lost, for me personally, I think it would still have been a night I'll always remember."

Like so many times in their previous 27 games in the post-Alfredsson era, something was missing for the Senators (10-13-4). Defensive breakdowns led to goals, and there wasn't enough offense to compensate.

"They catch us on three line changes, and they get the odd-man rush and they don't miss," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said. "They're a team that if you give them those

opportunities, they're going to take advantage of them. They took what we gave them and they made it the difference."

The other difference was Ottawa's power-less power play, that went 0-for-4 and recorded only four shots.

"We couldn't really establish anything off the entries, and that's why we couldn't really get set up," defenseman Erik Karlsson said. "We just had to chase the puck the whole time."

Drew Miller scored twice, Johan Franzen added a goal, and Jonas Gustavsson made 29 saves for Detroit.

Clarke MacArthur and Mika Zibanejad had goals for Ottawa.

The Senators were 0-for-4 on the power play, and the Red Wings seemed to capitalize on every mistake.

MacArthur scored his eighth goal of the season, and Zibanejad made things interesting late, but it wasn't enough for the Senators to improve to 3-0 against the Red Wings.

Ottawa won the first two meetings in Detroit.

"It was important for our team.

We had dropped the ball. The first time we played against them we played poorly," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "It was important to respond here today, for Alfie and for the guys. The guys care

about him, they wanted him to have a big night here."

Alfredsson recorded his 590th and 591st points in his 596th game in Ottawa. The empty-net goal brought boos from the crowd of 20,011, but it generated plenty of relief for the Red Wings.

"It was nice kind of to seal the game there," Alfredsson said. "They were pushing, and I was thinking, 'Here come the Pesky Sens again.'

But we were lucky to get a good bounce there."

The Senators were the "Pesky Sens" last year when they managed to find ways to win despite injuries to Karlsson, center Jason Spezza, goalie Craig Anderson and others.

This season, they have struggled mightily.

"At the end of the day we didn't do enough to win," MacLean said.

"Is that playing harder? Is that work ethic? Is that being smarter? It's all of the above, I would say. But we can just categorize it I guess under one term is that we need to play harder."

They haven't won at home since Nov. 15.

"I think one thing goes wrong and then another thing goes wrong, and then we start to tighten up," MacArthur said. "I don't know if it's shutting our brains off for periods during the game, but we made a

couple mental errors.

"It's one of those nights where it's a good team and they capitalize."

With all the Senators' flaws, MacLean refused to pin any blame on Robin Lehner, who made 19 saves on 22 shots.

"We have no issue with Robin's game. None," MacLean said. "I don't have any issue with that. The line changes, the opportunities they got, oh yeah we'd like one more save and one more play, but to be honest with you they were pretty good opportunities for them."

Gustavsson, who like Alfredsson is a native of Gothenburg, Sweden, earned the victory, and countryman Lehner took the loss.

The pregame fanfare was all about Alfredsson, who spent 17 seasons with the Senators, including the final 14 as captain. A lackluster first period followed a 67-second video tribute to Alfredsson, but the 40-year-old right-winger was involved in the scoring when it began in the second.

Alfredsson gave the puck to defenseman Jakub Kindl as the Red Wings caught the Senators on an odd-man rush. With only defenseman Karlsson back, Franzen fired a shot that beat Lehner at 8:22.

It was Franzen's seventh goal of the season and Alfredsson's 14th assist.

Miller made it 2-0 Red Wings at 11:13, taking a pass from Tomas Tatar and sending a one-timer past a sliding Lehner.

The Senators answered just over three minutes later during a flurry around Gustavsson. Milan Michalek followed his shot to the net and knocked the puck loose. It went right to MacArthur, who broke up the shutout bid at 14:14.

Miller was the beneficiary of some messy play by the Senators on

his second goal of the game. Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith stickhandled and pulled the defense to him, leaving Miller wide open to put the puck into an empty net.

Zibanejad scored with 1:21 left in the game to make it 3-2, but Alfredsson sealed the Red Wings' win with an empty-netter, his seventh goal of the season.

The Red Wings, who won their fourth straight, haven't lost since the Senators beat them on Nov. 23.

(AP) – Florida State and Ohio State are in position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure on the Buckeyes.

The Seminoles grabbed the top spot in the BCS standings released Sunday after Alabama relinquished it for the first time this season.

The Crimson Tide's wild 34-28 loss at Auburn dropped Alabama to fourth. Ohio State is second and Auburn is third. Missouri is fifth. Auburn and Missouri play in the Southeastern Conference

championship game Saturday in Atlanta. The winner should get a boost in the standings, but it might not be enough to catch the unbeaten Buckeyes.

Ohio State (12-0) faces Michigan State, 10th in the latest standings, in the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis.

Florida State is first in both the USA Today coaches' poll and Harris poll, and rated No. 1 in the compilation of six computer rankings used in the BCS standings.

The Seminoles' .9948 BCS average makes them a lock to

get to the title game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 6 if they can beat Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday.

The Buckeyes (.9503) are second in the polls and second in the computers. Auburn (.9233) is third in each. Missouri (.8428) is fifth in each. But each of those SEC Tigers is 11-1.

Ohio State is riding a 24-game winning streak.

An unbeaten team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Big East, now American Athletic Conference)

has never been shut out of national championship game in favor of a team with a loss.

The SEC, which has won the last seven BCS championships, would like that to change.

"Any one-loss team in the SEC (should be considered) just because of the strength of schedule," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. "Hopefully that will be taken into consideration."

Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCS for CBS.com, said there is no reason to expect the unprecedented to happen.

"I think the voters would have to abandon Ohio State, and that's

never happened in the history of the BCS," he said Sunday.

Alabama (.8539) is fourth but the Tide would need both Florida State and Ohio State to lose to get back in the title conversation.

The BCS is in its last season.

It will be replaced by a fourteam playoff next year, which will use a selection committee to pick the teams.

Farther down the latest standings, the competition to become the last BCS buster is now a one-team race after Fresno State lost to San Jose State. It's all about Northern Illinois now.

The undefeated Huskies from the Mid-American Conference remained 14th in the standings this week. NIU, looking for its second straight BCS bid, plays Bowling Green in the MAC title game on Friday night.

The Huskies can earn an automatic BCS bid two ways: — Finish in the top 12 of the final BCS standings.

— Finish in the top 16 of the final standings, ahead of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

The Huskies used the latter route to get to the BCS last season with one loss.

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Former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson salutes the crowd at the Canadian Tire Centre during the Red Wings' 4-2 win on Sunday night. Alfredsson registered two points.

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Cochran leads UConn to second straight win

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor EAST HARTFORD – Since Casey Cochran was handed the keys to the poorly-running car that was the UConn football team earlier this month, a miserable 0-8 squad has become a well-oiled 2-9 machine.

After leading the Huskies back from a 21-0 halftime deficit to beat Temple on the road last week, Cochran threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns Saturday afternoon to help UConn beat Rutgers 28-17 at Rentschler Field for its second straight win, improving to 2-5 in the American Athletic Conference in the process.

As has been the case often during what has been one of the most uninspiring seasons in UConn football history, the Huskies went behind early and in a strange way.

UConn stopped Rutgers on third down, as it did on 10 of the Scarlet Knights’ 14 attempts during the game.

The field unit came out onto the field, but holder J.T. Tartacoff audibled into a shotgun formation and found Tyler Kroft in the end zone, putting the ball through Obi

Melifonwu’s hands as he went for the interception.

But the Huskies responded with an efficient four-minute drive that lasted eight plays, ending with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Cochran to freshman Dhameer Bradley.

On the ensuing kickoff, Martin Hyppolite knocked the ball out of the arms of Quron Pratt and Brandon Steg jumped on the loose ball, giving it to the Huskies at the Rutgers’ 31-yard line.

Cochran again showed confidence moving the Huskies down the field, and after a 12-yard pass to Deshon Foxx on third down, the offense was set up to give the ball to Max DeLorenzo, who two plays later carried the ball 12 yards with minimal contact for a touchdown.

Rutgers would come back after halftime and grab a 17-14 lead, but Cochran, a redshirt freshman, continued to play like an upperclassman.

In the pocket, he was calm, even when he had two or three men rushing him. When Geremy Davis was in triple coverage along the sideline on third down in the third quarter with UConn trailing by three points, he calmly fired the ball into the foot-

ball-sized window Rutgers had given him to hit his playmaker.

“As soon as he got the starting role, he’s taken advantage of it,” Davis said.

“If we mess up on a play [in practice] he wants to run it back. He wants to be perfection and to keep going, keep going, keep going, and when it comes to the games, he’s that same type of person, but even more.”

That catch kept the UConn drive alive, and eventually ended with the Huskies reclaiming the lead on a oneyard run by DeLorenzo at the beginning of the fourth quarter. “[Cochran] makes good, sound decisions,” interim head coach T.J. Weist said, “but part of him making those sound decisions is everything you want from a quarterback. It’s all the film study throughout the week, all the looks that he sees and those decisions that he makes in four or five seconds that it takes to get in and out of a play.”

Rutgers continued to push the ball up the field, with quarterback Chas Dodd given the freedom to throw on a depleted UConn secondary.

But when his number was

Volleyball ends season with win

By Ryan Tolmich Campus Correspondent

The UConn volleyball team was able to end their season on a high note as the Huskies were able to knock off Cincinnati in the team’s final contest of the year.

UConn, who bounced back from a loss in their penultimate contest to undefeated conference champion Louisville, were able to outlast the Bearcats in a tightly contested five-set matchup.

The Huskies were able to take the first two sets from the hosts but dropped the next

two, forcing the winner-take-all fifth set. However, the Huskies refused to let their season end with anything less than a win, as UConn outplayed Cincinnati to a score of 15-10 to give the team both the set and the match.

UConn boasted a balanced attack as the Huskies had three players finish the match with double-digit kills. Junior Karson Ratliff led the way with 16 kills, while Immanuella Anagu and Devon Maugle were able to contribute 14 and 13 kills respectively.

The Huskies also received major contributions on the defensive end, as four players

were able to record doubledigit digs. Leading the way was Brianna Datti with 21, while Maugle, Marissa Prinzbach and Sage Esposito were able to contribute a combined 37 digs.

Senior Jackie Wattles, who put on the blue and white for the final time, was able to record the final point of the match, as the team’s lone senior fittingly ended her final collegiate contest on a high note.

The Huskies finished their 2013 campaign with an overall record of 14-19 with a 5-13 mark in their first season in the American Athletic Conference.

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called, senior Taylor Mack stepped up, making two critical fourth quarter interceptions that stopped the Scarlet Knight in their tracks.

“That’s how you’re supposed to play football. That’s how you’re supposed to play Husky football; Physical, smart, aggressive play making with everyone playing together,” Weist said.

After the ensuing drive resulted in a punt, UConn held Rutgers to a three and out, setting the Huskies up for one last scoring drive.

Cochran again moved the Huskies effectively down the field, combining the hightempo pace of the no-huddle offense with the ability to kill clock – the 12-play drive lasted five minutes. On first and goal at the Rutgers’ 3-yard line, Cochran found Brian Lemelle in the short corner of the end zone on a tricky fade route. Lemelle was able to shake his defender and pull the ball in for the Huskies’ second touchdown reception of the game, giving UConn the 28-17 lead that would end up being the final.

“You’ve got to make plays, and he’s made plays,” Weist said. “He doesn’t have a great arm – it’s not like he’s slinging it all around the field

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UConn running back Max DeLorenzo fights for yardage against Louisville at Rentschler Field on Nov. 8. DeLorenzo scored two touchdowns in a win over Rutgers on Saturday.

and slinging it deep. He just makes good decisions. And you know what, we take some chances with him too. He took a couple shots in there.

But it’s the decision making that I trust, that our offensive staff trusts. [Quarterback coach Shane Day] did a good job calling plays today, really put us in a great position to make plays, put [Cochran] in

a great position. They work together well, and it’s that trust factor that really makes all the difference.”

UConn will end its season on Dec. 7 at Rentschler Field against Memphis (3-8, 1-6 AAC), looking for its first three-game winning streak since 2010.

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UConn finishes fourth in Nutmeg Classic Over the weekend, the UConn women’s hockey team participated in the Nutmeg Classic hosted by Quinnipiac University at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn.

Yale, Quinnipiac and RIT also competed in the tournament.

UConn opened up the weekend on Friday night by facing off against the Yale Bulldogs.

In a high scoring, back-andforth thriller, the Bulldogs were able to edge the Huskies 5-4 by scoring a power-play goal in the final minute of the third period.

UConn outshot Yale 28-24

and received goals from four different players in the loss.

Michela Cava, Kayla Campero, Emily Snodgrass and Susan Cavanagh each tallied a goal.

Cava and Campero both had three-point nights by adding two assists each to go along with their goal. Elaine Chuli made 19 saves in goal.

With the loss on Friday, the Huskies were forced to play RIT, who lost to Quinnipiac on Friday, in the consolation game.

Once again UConn outshot their opponent, but just like Friday, they were not able to come out with a positive result.

RIT was able to beat UConn 4-3 in overtime, moving the Huskies overall record to 4-10-

2 on the season.

UConn received goals from Sarah MacDonnell, Rachel Farrel and Cava while Sarah Moses played in goal and made 31 saves. Cava’s goal on Saturday marked her fifth of the season and extended her point streak to five games.

In the championship game, Quinnipiac defeated Yale 3-2 to claim their fifth Nutmeg Classic title.

The Huskies finished fourth in the tournament and will now have the entire month of December off to prepare for the second half of the season before returning to action in 2014.

the Chiefs downfield, but Alex Smith's pass to Dwayne Bowe in the end zone on fourth-and-4 with 1:45 left fell incomplete, allowing the Broncos to run out the clock.

"Hard-fought game," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "Two good football teams playing each other, and it came right down to the end."

Smith threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas City, while Knile Davis returned a kickoff 108 yards for another score. Charles finished with 93 yards rushing.

Denver won despite missing a slew of injured players, including three starters on defense and tight end Julius Thomas, who has developed into one of Manning's favorite red-zone options.

No need to worry. Decker more than shouldered the burden.

The fourth-year pro caught a 41-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, two more TD passes in the third and a short fade

for a score in the fourth quarter.

Most of the time, Decker was going against Chiefs defensive back Marcus Cooper, an undrafted free agent who'd become a starter.

Manning has 41 TD passes, breaking his franchise record of 37 set last season.

"Sometimes, when you play a team close to back-to-back, there are some ideas that are fresh in your mind," Manning said. "We thought there were some chances to get down the field in that first game that we never got to. We wanted to get to some of those plays."

The Chiefs, who lost for the third straight week, squandered far too many chances, including one right out of the gate when Smith was picked off by Wesley Woodyard in the end zone.

Still, Kansas City seemed to have more energy in the first half.

The Chiefs took the lead when Smith hit Junior Hemingway for a touchdown. And after Decker beat Brandon Flowers

for a tying score, Davis took the ensuing kickoff 108 yards the other direction.

It was the longest return in franchise history, and the first TD return by a Chiefs player since Jamaal Charles took a kickoff back against the Steelers during the 2009 season.

Smith's touchdown pass to Anthony Fasano made it 21-7.

That's went Denver scored 28 unanswered points.

Manning hit Knowshon Moreno for a short TD just before halftime, and then hit Decker with two more touchdown passes in the third quarter. Decker's fade catch for a TD made it 35-21 early in the fourth, and that turned out to be all the points the Broncos needed.

"Losses are the nature of the game," Smith said. "Earlier in the year we were coming out the other end of it. We just have to continue to fight. I think this team has that kind of character. We still have everything we want in front of us."

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Manning, Decker lead Broncos over Chiefs for second time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In the words of Chiefs safety Eric Berry, Peyton Manning does not discriminate.

If you're playing wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, and you manage to get yourself open, you can bet that Manning is going to find a way to get you the ball.

On Sunday, he rewarded Eric Decker all afternoon.

Manning threw for 403 yards and five touchdowns, four of

them to Decker, and the Broncos held off a rally to beat the Chiefs 35-28 and seize control of the AFC West.

"I think he showed people why he's so great," Decker said.

"How we run our offense, we're very versatile as far as going inside, outside, left, right, whatever it may be. Fortunately I had some play calls and took advantage of the opportunities I got."

Decker had eight catches for a career-high 174 yards for the

Broncos (10-2), who moved a game clear of the Chiefs (9-3) in the division.

With four games left, Denver also holds the tiebreaker by virtue two wins over Kansas City in the past three weeks. The Broncos have the AFC's best record.

"It was a great, gritty effort on the road," said interim coach Jack Del Rio, who led Denver to a 3-1 mark while John Fox was recovering from heart surgery.

Fox is due back Monday.

"We figured they would have some type of surge early and I loved the way our guys responded," Del Rio said. "It puts us in first place and now we'll go welcome Coach Fox back."

The Chiefs jumped out to a 21-7 lead, but the Broncos answered with 28 points. Jamaal Charles scored from a yard out with 6:32 left to get Kansas City within a touchdown, and then the Chiefs forced a punt with 3:32 remaining to get the ball back.

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have not been dominant on the glass – they only hold a plustwo edge against their opponents this season – they are confident that they can get the rebounds they need to see out a win, as they have seven times this year.

“It’s pretty much been the same,” sophomore center Phil Nolan said. “Since the beginning of the year we’ve been working hard on the rebounding. We know last year we weren’t the greatest rebounding team, so we’ve just been working hard. Eventually it’s going to pay off.”

UConn has been a part of three thrilling games so far this season, but Florida will be the first ranked opponent on the Huskies’ schedule. Playing the game at home, on Big Monday on ESPN2, the crowd is going to be electric and the energy on the court will be high.

But while Florida is no

Detroit or Yale, or even Indiana, all UConn sees when they look at Florida is an opponent. There is no ranking, no name, no pedigree. There is just an opponent.

“I think it means a little more as far as the media and ranking and stuff like that,” junior guard Ryan Boatright said. “But to us it’s another game on our schedule that we’ve got to go out there and take care of business.”

The schedule has been an advantage for UConn this season. No longer playing in the Big East Conference, the Huskies have scheduled stronger early in the season, playing two ACC teams, a Big Ten squad and now a powerhouse from the SEC, a plan that will benefit UConn in the long run.

“We’re getting tested early,” Boatright said. “We’re getting tested to show our will and our execution at the end of the games in order to win big and close games. I think the more

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) congratulates wide receiver Eric Decker after one of the four touchdown passes the duo combined for Sunday night in Kansas City.

Huskies take on Gators as part of challenging early schedule Jacksonville on Nov. 25, he became the third player during Billy Donovan’s tenure at Florida to record three games of 27 points or more in a season, the first since Nick Calathes during the 2008-09 season.

“He’s just a super athlete,” UConn head coach Kevin Ollie said. “He gets off a lot of transition, you know, he gets cutting off the basket playing off of where they can find him. He’s just a slasher. He gets to the paint but he gets there with force and authority, so he’s not going in there just to make a play. He’s going in there to embarrass people, so we’ve got to be able to stand up to the challenge, keep him in front of us, make him a shooter and contest his shots.”

UConn will also need to be successful rebounding the basketball against a big Florida team. Even though the Huskies

that we do that early in the season, and if we prevail and come out with those wins, the better we’re going to be when we get closer to March.”

Monday’s game will be only the second meeting between UConn and Florida, with the first coming back in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in 1994. Adding to what was, at the time, a growing list of March sadness, Donyell Marshall missed two late free throws that ended up pushing the game into overtime. Florida controlled the final five minutes and advanced with a 69-60 win before defeating Boston College to reach the Final Four.

“It’s bad history,” said Ollie, who was a captain on the 199394 team for UConn.

Monday’s game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN2.

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UConn senior guard Shabazz Napier takes on Indiana's Devin Davis during the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic on Nov. 22. Napier scored 27 points in the win.

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What's Next Home game

Today Florida 7 p.m.

Dec. 6 Maine 7 p.m.

Dec. 18 Stanford 9 p.m.

Dec. 5 UC Davis 7 p.m.

Dec. 17 Duke 7 p.m.

Casey Cochran’s 311 passing yards Saturday against Rutgers was the 29th most yards in a single game by a UConn quarterback in program history.

» NCAA BASKETBALL Cauley-Stein leads Kentucky past Providence in Brooklyn

» That’s what he said - Kentucky women’s basketball coach Matt Mitchell on his team’s victory over No. 4 Louisville Sunday afternoon

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Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Cal Cincinnati 1:30 p.m. 5 p.m.

Jan. 1 Central Florida 4 p.m.

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Football (2-9) Dec. 7 Memphis 1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer (12-2-8) 2013 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals Dec. 6 Virginia 7 p.m.

Men’s Hockey (4-5-2) Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Niagara Niagara 7:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m.

Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Sacred UMass/ RIT Heart Quinnipiac 7:05 p.m.

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Women’s Hockey (4-10-1) Jan. 2 Princeton 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 Princeton 4 p.m.

Jan. 7 Harvard 7 p.m.

Jan. 10 Vermont 7 p.m.

Jan. 11 Vermont 4 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Jan. 11 Jan. 17 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Yale Great Dane Terrier Coaches Invitational Classic Classic Tribute 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. TBA

Feb. 8 Skykes Sabock 10 a.m.

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Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) shoots against Philadelphia 76ers center Spencer Hawes, left, during the second half on Sunday. Drummond scored 31 points and pulled down 19 rebounds in a 115-100 win over the 76ers.

No. 21 Memphis knocks off Smart, No. 5 Oklahoma State in Old Spice Classic

Women’s Track and Field Dec. 7 BU Season Opener 10 a.m.

Jan. 10 Gotham Cup TBA

Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 24 Great Dane Cherry & Terrier Invite Classic Silver 2 p.m.

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What's On TV

NFL: New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks, 8:30 p.m., ESPN The two juggernauts in the NFC will square off on Monday Night Football this week.

Drew Brees and the Saints (9-2) pay a visit to one of the loudest stadiums in football to take on Russell Wilson and the Seahawks (10-1) in what could very well be a preview of the NFC Championship Game.

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Home-field advantage in the playoffs could likely be secured for the winner.

NHL: Philadelphia Flyers vs. Minnesota Wild, 8:00 p.m., NBC Sports The Flyers and Wild will square off in a nationally-televised battle of East vs. West Monday night.

Philadelphia has been playing much better since the firing of head coach Peter Laviolette, and are only two points out of the playoff positions in the Eastern Conference.

Meanwhile, the Wild continue to pressure their Western foes with the NHL’s eighth-best defense and power play units.

NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein had 15 points, eight rebounds and a careerhigh nine blocks to lead No. 3 Kentucky to a 79-65 victory over Providence on Sunday night at Barclays Center.

James Young scored 18 points and Aaron Harrison added 15 for the Wildcats (7-1), who shot 64.3 percent from the field (27 of 42) and led by as many as 17 points in the second half.

Bryce Cotton had 23 points for the Friars (7-2), who finished 10 of 19 (52.6 percent) from 3-point range. They came into the game shooting just 29.4 percent from beyond the arc and were averaging only five 3s per game.

Kentucky, which had the majority of the crowd of 8,086 cheering for it, also had an exceptional game from 3-point range.

The Wildcats were 6 of 8 from beyond the arc, decidedly better than the 28.9 percent they were shooting from there entering the game.

Julius Randle, the highest profile of the eight-man freshman class at Kentucky, scored 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds. He had a doubledouble in each of his seven games this season tying Jim Andrews in 1971-72 for the most by a Kentucky player at the start of a season. That streak is over.

The Wildcats finished with 11 blocks with Cauley-Stein doing most of the rejecting. Providence continued to go inside but the bigger Wildcats made it a rough trip and the Friars kept firing from long range.

Cauley-Stein was 7 of 8 from the field, while Harrison was 7 of 9 and Young 5 of 7 including going 3 of 4 from 3-point range for the Wildcats, whose only loss was as the No. 1 team in the nation to Michigan State, which moved up one spot to the top with the win.

This game started a December that will have the Wildcats face No. 18 Baylor, No. 16 North Carolina and No. 9 Louisville in addition to Boise State and Belmont.

Providence was without sophomore guard Kris Dunn who missed his second straight game with a right shoulder injury.

No timetable has been set for his return.

The Friars’ only loss this season was to Maryland in the championship game of the Paradise Jam. This was the second meeting between the schools and the first was played across the East River. Kentucky beat Providence 79-78 in the 1976 NIT at Madison Square Garden.

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Shaq Goodwin had 17 points, Joe Jackson hit four key late free throws and No. 21 Memphis beat No. 5 Oklahoma State 73-68 Sunday night in the championship game of the Old Spice Classic.

Memphis (5-1) held Oklahoma State preseason All-American Marcus Smart to 12 points.

In the first meeting this season between the Top 25 teams on Nov. 19, Oklahoma State won handily over Memphis, getting 39 points from Smart in a 101-80 victory.

Smart turned the ball over with Oklahoma State trailing by one with 11 seconds left, and fouled Jackson, who made two free throws to make it 71-68.

Oklahoma State’s bid to tie it ended when Smart had another turnover in the final seconds and Jackson connected on two more free throws as Memphis took a 73-68 lead.

Chris Crawford scored on a layup and later added a free throw to put Memphis up 69-64 with 2½ minutes left.

Smart, who missed 9 of his first 11 shots, had consecutive baskets that pulled the Cowboys within 69-68 with 2 minutes to play.

Michael Dixon Jr. hit a jump-

er and 3-pointer as Memphis went ahead 56-52 with 8 minutes remaining.

Memphis scored the first seven points in the second half, including a 3-point play

by Goodwin, to cut its deficit to 42-39.

After Memphis’ Geron Johnson was given a technical foul, Phil Forte made two free throws and added a 3-pointer to make it 47-39.

Forte had nine of 19 points as Oklahoma overcame a sixpoint deficit to take a 42-32 lead at halftime. Smart had two of his five points during the opening 20 minutes on a layup and Brian Williams had a rebound basket during the final minute to give the Cowboys a 10-point advantage.

Oklahoma State saw comfortable leads disappear in both of its two previous games at the tourney. The Cowboys let a 23-point halftime lead dwindle to four with 3 minutes to play before beating Purdue 97-87 Thursday, and then escaped with a 69-67 victory over Butler one day later after taking a 44-30 halftime advantage.

Goodwin scored 11 first-half points, including a jumper that put Memphis up 21-15 10 minutes into the game.

Armwood shuts down McDermott, George Washington stuns Creighton ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Armwood is one George Washington’s top scorers and Sunday night he showed he’s also one of the Colonials’ best defenders.

Armwood got the job of guarding Creighton’s leading scorer and was up to the challenge, holding Doug McDermott nearly 21 points below his season average to lead the Colonials to one of their biggest wins in years, a 60-53 victory over the 20thranked Bluejays in the Wooden Legacy consolation game Sunday night.

“We just tried to make everything tough for him (McDermott),” Armwood said.

“We switched to man from 1-3-1 a little bit. We knew he wasn’t that good off the dribble so we tried to limit his touches.”

McDermott came in averaging nearly 28 points per game but finished with seven, ending a streak of eight consecutive games with 20 or more points that dated to last season. The last time McDermott was held to single digits was in a win over Indiana State on Jan. 5.

Ethan Wragge scored 16 points and Grant Gibbs added 12 for Bluejays (5-2).

“We gambled by not doubling (McDermott),” Colonials coach Mike Lonergan said. “They have like four guys who shoot 50 percent from 3, so we didn’t want

to let all those other guys get open 3s. Thanks to Isaiah’s great defense, we got away with not doubling him.”

It almost turned out to be a costly decision. Wragge scored just one 3-point basket in the first half, but scored 3 in the second half to help the Bluejays retake the lead.

While Wragge became a force from the outside, Gibbs used his big body to do some damage in the paint.

“We’re the type of team that has to be absolutely invested in our game plan because we don’t have incredible athletes, so every mistake we make is completely on us,” Wragge said. “Moving forward, we have to be completely dialed in on both ends of the floor. Anytime we slip away from that is when we play poorly.”

Gibbs tied the score 42-all with 8:26 left in the game and the teams wrestled their way to the finish.

Creighton pulled ahead 53-50 when Jahenns Manigat picked up Wragge’s 3-point miss and scored with 2:14 left. The Colonials (6-1) regained the lead on consecutive layups by Kevin Larsen and Joe McDonald. They closed out the win at the free throw line, catching a break when Creighton’s’ Devin Brooks was called for an offensive foul with 14 seconds left.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

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GATORS LEAVE THE SWAMP

UConn takes on Florida in showdown at Gampel Pavilion

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor

Tyler Morrissey In college football there are not many schools with as much hatred for each other as Auburn and Alabama.

The rivalry got even hotter this Saturday following the spectacular ending to this year’s Iron Bowl.

With the score tied at 28-28, Alabama attempted a long field goal from 57 yards. It looked as if the game would be decided in overtime and taking a shot to win the game in regulation made sense for the Crimson Tide.

Then the unthinkable happened.

As the ball sailed into the Alabama night sky, Chris Davis of Auburn waited patiently in the end zone. When the kick fell short, Davis was in the right place at the right time to cleanly field the ball and run into the Iron Bowl history books.

Davis took the missed field goal 109 yards to the house for an Auburn touchdown, securing them the upset victory over No. 1 Alabama. Immediately Jordan-Here Stadium turned into a sea of orange and blue as hoards of elated fans rushed the field in celebration.

Before the game on ESPN’s pregame show, “College Gameday” highlights of the “Immaculate Deflection” game were shown over and over again. For those of you who missed it, just two weeks ago Auburn pulled off another stunning victory over Georgia when a Hail-Mary pass was deflected by the Bulldogs secondary into the arms of Ricardo Lewis of Auburn. Lewis ran into the end zone in what many people thought would be the Tigers’ most dramatic victory of the season.

Think again.

A lot of people say there is no diversity in college football, those folks would be correct in that assumption. The SEC will always reign supreme in college football, until the system is changed, god willing. However, as we saw on Saturday anything is possible and upsets do happen and the fact that it happened against the mighty Crimson Tide makes it that much sweeter.

Before Saturday’s game, Alabama head coach Nick Saban was 73-3 when the Crimson Tide were leading at the half. I guess Auburn didn’t get the memo.

The fallout from this game will have profound effects on the rest of the college football season. There will be a new No. 1 team in college football and Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron will likely see his Heisman Trophy candidate stock sink as well. The question that remains to be answered is who will we see playing for the BCS national title in January?

Right now it looks like Urban Myer will be back in spotlight with the Ohio State Buckeyes after they were banned from the postseason by the NCAA for rule violations. They will likely face Florida State, who destroyed Florida on Saturday 37-7 to remain unbeaten.

While we have not seen the last of the Alabama Crimson Tide, as a longtime college football fan it felt good to see them fall to Auburn. Unless it’s women’s college basketball, who wants to see the same team win it all over and over again?

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Two perennial powers in college basketball will square off Monday night, as the No. 13 UConn men’s basketball team hosts No. 15 Florida in front of a sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion.

The Huskies (7-0) had the Thanksgiving weekend to rest after seven games in the span of 18 days to start the 201314 season. UConn ended that run with a 76-66 win over Loyola (Md.) Tuesday night at the XL 7-0, 0-0 Center.

Nearly a week between games is not a luxury the Huskies will have often this year, but now may be the best time for it. UConn has had its share of battles 6-1, 0-0 to start the season. games have been Today, 7 p.m., Three decided by one possession, and in all but one ESPN2 game, the Huskies had Gampel Pavilion a sizable lead dwindle, as they got complacent.

But Monday’s battle will be the biggest to date.

The Gators (6-1) are on fire since losing to thenNo. 20 Wisconsin on Nov. 12. Florida has won five straight, and the only team to challenge them during that stretch has been Florida State, but the Gators survived the upset bid, winning 67-66 on Nov. 29.

Leading the way for the Gators is senior forward Casey Prather. After averaging 3.1 points per game through his first three seasons, Prather is averaging 19.1 this season. Prather has scored at least 10 points in all seven games, and against

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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UConn junior guard Ryan Boatright goes up for a layup during the 2K Sports Classic Championship Game against Indiana on Nov. 22 at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. The Huskies take on No. 15 Florida Monday night at Gampel Pavilion on ESPN2.

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No. 1 Huskies overcome slow start, top Ohio State Her 15 points and 13 rebounds looked good – but the eight turnovers that accompanied Beware the classic UConn them were half of the team’s total. run.

Strangely enough for a After a lethargic opening 15 minutes, Geno Auriemma’s game in which the Huskies bunch used one of its char- dominated the offensive acteristic spurts – this time a lane, Breanna Stewart also 15-2 run over the final 4:21 struggled to produce. The sophomore put up of the half – to put just eight points, her Ohio State away en lowest output of the route to a 70-49 win. season. She did manThe game was less to compliment than attractive from UConn 70 age her 3-for-11 shootthe Huskies stand49 ing performance in point and featured Ohio St. other areas; Stewart sloppy turnovers and finished with six poor jump shooting throughout. UConn hit just blocks and nine boards.

For the most part, it was six of its 22 attempts from beyond the arc, but made its the guards – especially senior hay with 40 points in the paint Bria Hartley – that steered the ugly-but-comfortable on the night. win.

Hartley led the way with Stefanie Dolson – who tallied the second triple-double 17 points on 7 of 13 shootin school history just about ing to go with four assists, two weeks ago – was guilty while Brianna Banks chipped of a particularly ugly stat line. in with 12 points and seven

By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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UConn junior guard Briana Banks surveys the court during a win against Oregon on Nov. 20 at the XL Center in Hartford. The Huskies moved to 9-0 Sunday night with a 70-49 victory over Ohio State at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Mass.

boards.

The win kicked off a slow December for the Huskies, who play just five games this month.

The next contest – and the final one before the exam break – is a home date with UC Irvine on Thursday night at the XL Center. The game is

scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip-off and can be seen on SNY.

Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

UConn advances to Elite Eight, stuns No. 1 UCLA in PKs

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Freshman forward Cyle Larin scored twice and converted a penalty against No. 1 UCLA.

By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer For years, penalty kick shootouts have been a nightmare for the UConn men’s soccer team.

Coming into this postseason, the Huskies were 0-6 in

shootouts under head coach Ray Reid’s 17 years at the helm.

They won two of them in the past week.

After battling back to earn a 3-3 draw against the top-seeded UCLA Bruins (12-4-4, 6-1-3 Pac-12) over 110 minutes at Drake Stadium in Los Angeles,

the Huskies managed to pull off the upset by the score of 5-4 in shootouts thanks to an Andre Blake save during the sudden death stages.

With the win, UConn (132-7, 4-0-4 American Athletic Conference) will advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship for the third consecutive season. The Huskies will face the Virginia Cavaliers next weekend.

UConn fell behind early after quick goals from Felix Vobejda and Pac-12 Player of the Year Leo Stolz put UCLA up 2-0,after just 12 minutes of action.

AAC Rookie of the Year Cyle Larin cut the deficit in half for UConn before halftime with his 13th goal of the season in the 35th minute on assists by Allando Matheson and Jakob Nerwinski.

UConn freshman defender

Kwame Awuah then drilled his second goal of the season in the 57th minute from outside the box after being set up by Mamadou Doudou Diouf and Nicholas Zuniga to tie the match up at 2-2.

Stolz broke the tie just three minutes later with his second goal of the match and the 11th goal on the season to put the Bruins ahead again, only to see Larin counter with his second score of the match as well in the 69th minute for the equalizer.

The two sides battled the final 20 minutes of regulation in scoreless action. UConn’s best chance to take the lead was in the final minute when Diouf’s header off a Nerwinski corner was cleared off the goal line by the Bruins’ defense to send the match into overtime.

Jordan Vale had the best opportunity to win the match for UCLA in the second overtime when his header from almost

point-blank range was saved by the three-time conference Goalkeeper of the Year Blake.

In the shootout, UConn’s Colin Bradley and UCLA’s Brian Iloski each scored in the first frame, but Juho Karppinen, the UConn senior, missed his attempt wide right to put the Huskies in a hole.

With the shootout score tied at 3-3 after a Diouf conversion, Stolz’s attempt sailed high above the bar to allow UConn to keep the match even.

In the first sudden death frame, UConn freshman Alex Sanchez scored his penalty to set up Blake’s game-winning save on Victor Munoz’s attempt.

UConn and Virginia will play for a spot in the College Cup Friday at 7 p.m. in Charlottesville, Va.

Michael.Peng@UConn.edu