The Daily Campus: December 7, 2012

Volume CXIX No. 75

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Winter celebration features faculty gingerbread houses

By Sylvia Cunningham Campus Correspondent

UCONN ROCKS THE MIC

Students perform musical and poetic pieces.

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Frosting is flying. Gumdrops are everywhere. A spread of treats were laid out, candy canes, ice cream cones and marshmallows for the choosing. Program Coordinator Anne Hill called time. After hunching over their work for 45 minutes straight, the contestants now take a step back to survey their masterpieces.

The judging for the annual faculty and staff gingerbread house making competition officially begins.

The gingerbread house contest, which was organized by University Events and Conference Services and which took place on Thursday, is in its fourth year. All UConn faculty and staff were invited to represent their department in teams of five. Twenty-four teams competed in the competition.

Hill, said it was the event’s biggest turnout yet.

The theme of the winter holiday party was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” in tribute to the UConn Reads program’s current selection.

“We thought, how can we piggyback on something the university is already embracing?” Hill said.

Student workers from University Events and Conference Services dressed up as flappers in costumes borrowed from the Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

The Neagnoggers, a team from the Neag School of Education and the 2011 Gingerbread House Decorating champions, all dressed as characters from “The Wizard of Oz.” Shawn Kornegay, decked out in signature Dorothy apparel, said this team’s design was called “Kualiland,” inspired by the financial management system

that recently replaced the 20-year old system UConn previously used. They brought signs that had Oz-inspired slogans such as “I’ll get Kuali and your little action list too.”

“It’s all about the concept,” Kornegay said.

Last year, the Neagnoggers won first place after creating two houses side by side. They covered one with decorations and left the other dark and barren as a tribute to the freak October snowstorm that left 803,000 homes and businesses lost power across Connecticut.

“Half the town was out and couldn’t enjoy the holidays,” Kornegay said.

Dave Avery competed on the Homer for the Holidays team, composed of library staff. He said his team bought a gingerbread-making kit and did a dry run earlier in the week to prepare for the event.

Avery said he enjoyed creating the design beforehand and being under pressure during the competition.

Amelia Varteresian, a student employee at University of Events and Conference Services, said the holiday party is her favorite event of the year.

“It’s so much fun, and the teams get so into it,” said Varteresian, a 5th-semester anthropology and Italian double major.

Vartersian said they threw a twist into the contest, making the teams answer trivia questions about “The Great Gatsby” and the 1920s in order to receive their mystery ingredients, an Iron Chefinspired twist. The contestants were required to incorporate two out of the three mystery ingredients, which included Charleston Chews, Milk Duds and popcorn kernels, into their designs.

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UConn School of Law now requires students in J.D. program to have field experience prior to graduation

By Michael Sin Campus Correspondent The University of Connecticut School of Law has adopted a new policy which requires students in the J.D. program to take a compulsory ‘practice-based learning’ component before they graduate.

This new requirement comes into effect for the entering class of 2013.

Less than 20 U.S. law schools have a similar requirement.

The new degree requirement was proposed by the Curriculum Review Committee, and was voted in by the law faculty in November.

Interim Dean Willajeanne F. McLean praised the move, and said that enacting this compulsory component was imperative to the law school’s reputation as a “leader of experiential education.”

“Students today can choose from a very broad and diverse range of clinics and externships,” McLean said. “These programs offer an essential supplement to classroombased learning. By adopting this requirement, we are signaling our continuing commitment to preparing our students to practice law, and to do so competently and ethically.”

There are several ways that students will be able to satisfy the requirement. This includes 15 faculty-supervised clinical programs, individual externships or enrolling in a course which allows students to work in teams to complete a live lawyering project.

The faculty-supervised programs choices include intellectual property, entrepreneurship law, asylum and human rights, tax and criminal clinics. Students can also be

placed with non-profit public interest firms, state agencies, judges and legislators. Individual externships may be obtained too, where the student must work at least 12 hours a week at an approved workplace during the semester to gain three credits. The law school also offers a Washington, D.C. semester program that places students in federal agencies, legislative offices or national-level public interest organizations for 13 credits.

Prospective law student and 3rd-semester philosophy major Chinonye Alma Otuonye said the new policy would be highly beneficial to students.

“I think that’s a good idea because it allows people to form connections before graduation,” Otuonye said. “Since it’s hard for law school grads to get jobs after graduation, it seems helpful for them to already have some sort of ‘in.’ In a society like ours, where who you know matters, it’s definitely a wonderful program for those who may not have any resources to practicing lawyers. All in all, I think it’s to the advantage of the student.”

UConn Law Professor and Chairman of the Curriculum Review Committee Paul Chill also commended the changes.

“When students are placed in settings where their decisions and actions have real consequences for people and institutions, there are enormous educational benefits,” Chill said. “The ultimate result of this kind of training is that clients, the legal system, and the public at large will be better served by our graduates.”

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The School of Business Career Center’s gingerbread house sits on display at the UConn faculty’s gingerbread contest winter celebration.

The Ginger Snaps took the first-place prize at the event and won a catered lunch for up to 20 people in their department.

department, used all three of the mystery ingredients for their yellow Rolls Royce, inspired by “The Great Gatsby.” They used the milk duds as tail lights, the Charleston Chews as pedals and popcorn kernels to decorate the side-view mirrors.

UConn President Susan Herbst, who served as one of the contest’s celebrity judges, said she brought her daughter, a senior at E.O. Smith High School, as a consultant.

Herbst said she looked for creativity and UConn-inspired touches when judging the designs, and was impressed with many of the creations.

“I’m a big baker, but I’ve never done a gingerbread house,” said Herbst. “I should tackle that this year.”

The winning gingerbread house was chosen based on a combination of popular vote, contestant vote and the judging panel, made up of President Herbst, her husband, Doug Hughes, and Mun Choi, the interim provost.

A period house from the 1920s won first place, Herbst announced, and will be displayed in Gulley Hall. The Ginger Snaps from the School of Business Career Center, the creators of the winning confection, will win a catered lunch for up to 20 people in their depart-

ment.

The second-place prize was a free lunch at Chuck & Augie’s, courtesy of Dining Services.

University Catering provided the food for the party and featured holiday treats, including ginger snap cookies and an eggnog mousse.

Hill said this event provides a welcome break to staff and faculty at the end of a busy semester.

“We work hard all year, and it’s a small event, but at the same time, you get a lot out of it,” Hill said. “It generates a good feeling about the university.”

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Professor’s lecture links beverage choices to obesity

By Abby Mace Campus Correspondent

While carbonated soft drinks may be fat-free, they are one of the most common culprits of weight gain in the United States and around the world. Since these drinks, also known as CSDs or soda, have a high sugar content, the useless calories they contain add up fast. In fact, for CSD consumers, their primary source of added sugars – which comprises over 40 percent of their daily caloric intake – comes from these beverages. Yet perhaps the most ominous news regarding CSDs is not their ability to make people fat, but rather their power to trigger addiction.

This addictive quality of CSDs and other factors that influence consumers to buy these beverages is the focus of the research of Dr. Rigoberto A. Lopez, a professor and head of UConn’s Department of Agricultural Resources Economics. Lopez is a leader at the Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, which researches the economic implications regarding food, natural resources and the environment.

To determine whether CSDs were truly addictive, Lopez researched the CSD consumption as a function of three variables: past consumption, future consumption and the item’s cost. As the equation yielded a positive result, it suggested that CSDs were a “rationally addictive commodity.”

To clarify just how addicting

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Dr. Rigoberto A. Lopez speaks to students about the connection between consumer beverage choices and obesity.

CSDs are, Lopez compares them to tobacco, a substance infamous for causing addiction, disease and death. Tobacco, however, differs from CSDs in that its use is much more regulated – users must be 18 years of age or older.

Aditionally, sales tax on tobacco products continues to rise.

The similar addictive power of tobacco and CSDs, then, poses a question: should CSDs be taxed heavily like tobacco products?

Lopez’s research indicates that in order to significantly curb the harmful effects of CSDs, particularly weight gain and obesity, the tax would have to be upwards of 10 percent. At this high rate, CSD consumption would drop between 2 and 10 percent for non-diet sodas, but would only cause a slight drop in BMI and weight loss about CSD drinkers.

Why the disconnect between the two statistics? Lopez claims that consumers deterred by the tax will most likely resort to other high-calorie foods and beverages that don’t have a tax.

Those who a CSD tax would deter the most is, not surprisingly, those of the lower income bracket, who tend to buy less nutritious food (and therefore consume more calories) because it is cheaper. Young people and males also tend to have less regard for nutritional content and are more likely to consume CSDs than older people and females. However, Lopez cites the bottom line for consumers when it comes to choosing a product is not nutritional value, but optimal happiness.

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Last day of fall classes All-day event Storrs Campus Today is the last day of fall classes on the UConn Storrs campus.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Army 7:05 p.m. to 10:05 p.m.

Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum UConn will play against Army at the Freitas Ice Forum.

Men’s Basketball vs. Harvord 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Gampel Pavilion UConn will play against Harvard at Gampel Pavilion.

Romeo and Juliet 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Nafe Katter Theatre The CRT presents “Romeo and Juliet,” a tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families.

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Professor tests hypothesis about the functions of dopamine

By Abby Mace Campus Correspondent A UConn researcher is shaking the belief that the neurotransmitter, dopamine, is linked to pleasure with a series of experiments.

Three decades ago, scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse made a groundbreaking discovery when they concluded that dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, was linked to pleasure.

Society widely accepted these findings, and dopamine soon became a hot topic that expanded outside the realm of the scientific world and into popular culture. However, recent research suggests a new theory of dopamine’s role, and one UConn professor is at the forefront of this discovery.

John Salomone, a psychology professor at UConn, tested his hypothesis that dopamine levels affect motivation rather than pleasure in a series of experiments in which animals had to choose between two rewards: one small but easily accessible, the other large but more challenging to reach.

As a result of such experiments, Salomone concluded that higher

dopamine levels directly impacted motivation levels. Thus, animals with low dopamine levels lacked motivation.

“Interfering with dopamine transmission increased selection of tasks that had low work requirements, essentially inducing a bias towards low expenditure of effort,” Salomone said.

Although, animals aren’t the only ones that experience a flux in motivation as dopamine levels rise and fall. Humans, too, experience similar effects, Salomone explains.

The effects of dopamine are especially apparent in depression sufferers, whose severely low levels of dopamine cause them to lose all desire to seek rewarding behaviors in which work is required, such as socializing with friends. The breakthrough in Salomone’s research is a much-celebrated effort that came 15 years after he first began studying dopamine as a graduate student at Emory University. “My advisor studied dopamine, and that got me started,” Salomone said. “I did my dissertation on the behavioral functions of dopamine systems, and have been studying it ever since.”

Salomone first became aware

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of the cracks in the conventional dopamine conceptions when some of his early studies indicated that increased dopamine levels didn’t always occur in times of happiness.

In contrast, high levels of dopamine in both humans and animals were sometimes present in times of violence and stress, such as when an animal lost a fight with another animal or when soldiers with PTSD heard gunshots.

Salomone, however, isn’t alone in his perspective regarding dopamine. The theory that dopamine levels influence motivation is becoming increasingly mainstream amongst the scientific world, yet remains relatively unknown to much of the general population.

“The whole idea that dopamine is the ‘pleasure chemical’ in the brain has gone overboard. It is almost an urban legend at this point,” Salomone said. “I think the lesson needs to be that complex scientific findings should not be reduced to simple ideas that may be popular, and easy to understand, but do not really capture the phenomenon being studied.”

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MSA student reacts to tension, hostilities in Gaza

By Daniel Candella Campus Correspondent

Aysha Mansour is a first-year pharmacy student and a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA). She was born in Knoxville, Tenn. and then moved to Mystic, Conn. She is also a Palestinian American.

In the past few weeks, the world has once again turned its focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The tensions are not new. Israel and Gaza have been trading airstrikes and rocket fire for months.

The attacks stem partly from growing frustration in Gaza over economic hardships, intensified by the blockade imposed by Israel in an attempt to squeeze out Hamas, the Palestinian political party.

Mansour’s family is among several at UConn who have been directly affected by these attacks.

Mansour’s parents both came from Palestine. Her mother from Ramallah, which is now in the West Bank of present day Israel. Her father from Gaza.

This past summer Mansour visited her family in Gaza for two months. She felt and observed the

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“I couldn’t handle the occasional airstrikes that shook the whole neighborhood,” Mansour said.

She believes that Palestinians are resisting the occupation of their lands and therefore do not recognize Israel as a legitimate country.

“This is the stem of the entire Middle East conflict,” she said.

On May 14, 1948, the United Nations officially declared Israel a country. This was done in response to Jewish genocide in the Holocaust. Much controversy, debate and violence has occurred since Israel’s creation. “[Palestinians] are simply resisting against those that are occupying their lands, very much like the Native Americans resisted the Europeans who tried to take their lands,” Mansour said.

Mansour believes that after the aims of the Zionist movement were achieved, Israelis became the aggressors of the Palestinian people.

The Jews wanted to declare Palestine as their homeland and “invaded Palestinian lands by force, whether it was by killing them or imprisonment,” Mansour said.

“Right now, Israel has control of Jerusalem and limits Palestinian access,” Mansour said.

She believes there should be shared control, “since it is the holy land for all Jews, Christians and Muslims.”

In regards to Israel being recognized as a legitimate country, Mansour explained that she and most Palestinians do not recognize Israel as legitimate and see Israel as “an occupied Palestinian territory.”

She also said that the United States has played a big role in controlling Palestine by spending billions of dollars every year for Israel’s defense fund.

Despite the ever-growing conflict and violence in Gaza, Mansour is hopeful that peace will come one day.

“The only way I feel peace will ever be reached is if Israel abolishes their notion of a Jewish State and gives every person living in the region equal rights, whether they are Muslim [or] Christian Palestinians or Israelis Jews, just like any other legitimate country in the world does,” Mansour said.

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PRLACC, AACC partner together to launch new Pipeline Connect project

By Sylvia Cunningham Campus Correspondent This January, two cultural centers at UConn will launch Pipeline Connect, a program that pairs Hartford youths with UConn mentors to give urban teens a glimpse of college life.

The Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center and the African American Cultural Center are working together with Hartford Communities that Care to show students whose parents did not attend college the value of receiving a degree.

“They haven’t had that opportunity to be inspired to go to college,” said Fany Hannon, the director of

PRLACC. “The mentors can say ‘I was in your shoes, and I was scared, but look where I am now.’”

Hannon said when she was approached about Pipeline Connect by the Vice Provost for Diversity, Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar, it was a no-brainer for PRLACC to get involved.

“We are very communitybased,” Hannon said. “We love to give back and help out.”

The cultural centers held an informational session on Tuesday to give students a feel for what the program would entail. Hannon said there was a great turnout. She said students are excited about Pipeline Connect and have already started applying to be mentors.

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“The culture of the university is extraordinary,” Price said. “If you could bleed blue, you would.”

Price said the AACC has been bringing prospective students to the campus long before her tenure at the university. She said they are always looking to bring more firstgeneration students and individuals of color to UConn, and bringing in students from Pipeline Connect

on an ongoing basis will allow students to get a real sense of what college is all about.

Every two weeks, Hartford students will visit UConn to see all the resources it has to offer, as well as to meet with their mentors.

Georgette Fletcher, a member of the AACC, and a 7th-semester HDFS major, is a first-generation college student from Hartford.

Fletcher said her mom and dad made going to college a priority.

Fletcher said Pipeline Connect is important for kids who do not have the same encouragement she had.

“There are so many kids who are lost,” said Fletcher.

Daeja Bailey, another first-generation college student from Hartford,

said she would be interested in being a mentor because she wants to give back to her community. She said having someone for support is crucial.

“When you have someone you can identify with, it really makes a difference,” Bailey said.

Lineth Angel, a member of PRLACC and 3rd-semester communication disorders and Spanish double major, moved with her family from Colombia to the United States when she was seven years old so she could have a chance for a better education.

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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 an 8 -Complete the projects that have been waiting, even if you don’t want to anymore. Clear space for the new. Make plans with the people you love most.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Listen to a dear one explain. Support them even when you’re upset. Complete a homeimprovement project. Choose the path that you’re most passionate about.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Oh, the things you can learn. Don’t push yourself too hard. Drink plenty of water, and get good rest. Cash flow improves. Only buy what you need right now.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -Money makes the world go round, even when you’re not paying attention. Turn a need into a possibility. You have more than you think. Save resources.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Finish up tasks without a fuss. Sit down with an accountant. It feels so good when it’s done.

Balance your work and your love life. Reward yourself with relaxation.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Problems are becoming easier to solve, but hold off traveling for now. Find the right balance.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Your friends appreciate your discipline, which gives you more time to play. Get into both work and fun modes, and involve your team.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Avoiding controversy is not so easy now. You may have to use diplomacy. It’s all for the best of the community, anyway. Incidentally, your reputation grows.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -You’re in the middle of a growth spurt. Take your vitamins and get plenty of rest. Not knowing can be a good thing. Let your mind wander.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Learn from young people: They haven’t decided that they can’t yet. A partner plus distant contacts equal profit. Help comes from unexpected sources.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Take on more responsibility. Listen to group members, and put their logic to good use.

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UConn rocks the mic

By Emily Herbst Campus Correspondent On Thursday evening, the Student Union ballroom hosted an “open mic” for any poetry or music-related performers. The turnout was impressive, featuring at least 10 participants who showed off their skills through vocals, ukuleles, guitars and other forms. It was a night of covers and creativity.

The show began with an acoustic guitar/vocal original by a duo called “Us Too.” The song was eclectic and soothing, reflecting the harmonious musical fusion of the male-female band. Other guitar-voice covers followed, this time two verbatim renditions of “Tallest Man on Earth” and Coldplay’s classic “The Scientist.”

Improvisation and the revival of classics seemed to be the consistent theme of the night.

A refreshingly seasonal performance of Mariah Carey’s poptastic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” started the next set of single-person performances. Done in karaoke version, this one hit all the right notes and even prompted the audience to sing along. Next was a Trans-Siberian Orchestra cover/guitar solo, “Sleep,” with a dash of improvisational jamming.

The multi-song acoustic talent was the icing on the cake for an instrumental-packed hour.

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Students were invited to an open mic night at the Student Union Ballroom to perform both original work and covers of musical and poetic pieces.

the attention of all audience members. It was an original work about the growingly superficial attitude towards holidays in society. The five-minute piece was thoughtful, yet surprisingly cynical, in the wittiest manner possible.

The female vocal covers were,

Being Jewish during Christmas time

By Michelle Golladay Campus Correspondent I find the awkwardness Jews may feel in a Christian-dominant crowd during the month-long buzz of Christmas interesting.

The fact is there are a lot of areas in the country where the “holiday season” only means “Christmastime” to most of its population.

This is not to say that Jews and Christians don’t understand each other at the collegiate or high school level, but when I was in elementary school, I definitely felt the awkwardness. Unless you go to some sort of Jewish private school, a public school will almost always guarantee you a minority spot.

Although I was born in West Hartford, which has a high Jewish population, I grew up in a suburban town in the South, where it took several years to find a synagogue that my family felt peaceful at.

Few of the kids in my classes (at least at my small magnet elementary school) were Jewish, nor really knew what being

Jewish meant.

It’s not easy to explain to children you don’t celebrate Christmas (“What do you mean, you don’t get presents from Santa?”). In fact, I’d say it’s difficult for someone of any age who has celebrated Christmas and/or Hanukkah with his or her families every year to imagine what it would be like without that tradition.

With my mother’s side of the family being Jewish, our holiday season consisted of playing the dreidel game, lighting the menorah at sunset, reciting Hebrew, unwrapping presents for eight days and my personal favorite, eating an unhealthy amount of potato pancakes (latkes).

I remember how jealous I was of all the other kids who were going to carpool to church for Christmas and put up the lights.

All I saw was the popularity of the Christmas marketplace, and everyone seemed to be a part of it but me.

My mom, knew that my classmates didn’t know much about the Jewish holiday season, so

by far the most impressive. A tribute to Amy Winehouse, a cover of a cover (“Valerie”), was sung by an equally smoky-voiced singer.

The next female vocalist opened with the prideful statement, “Here’s a bad-a** song,” as she dove right into the treasured Alanis

Morrissette screamer “You Oughta Know,” honoring the original with a talent and toughness all her own.

The latest musical group on campus, The UConn Carolers, graced all ears with two classic carols: “Jingle Bells” and “Carol of the Bells.”

Other highlights were a 12-song medley (done in just 10 minutes) of purely electric guitar, an instrumental Katy Perry cover and a ukulele/vocal/guitar band called “The Carryings On.”

Emily.Herbst@UConn.edu

Worst figures of ‘12

By Maurilio Amorim Campus Correspondent We all say we hate someone at one point or another, but we don’t really mean it. I try my hardest not to hate anybody. However, there are always some people who do things so horrendous, who ruin the moral grain of society, that I cannot help but strongly dislike them. This is a list of people I personally believe were the worst people of this past year.

Chris Brown/Rihanna: I want to remind everyone, because it seems we have forgotten, that Chris Brown did not just hit Rihanna. According to the police report, he beat, choked and bit her within an inch of her life. The man shows no remorse for his actions whatsoever. This year they seem to have become close again, and whenever people criticize Brown for his behavior, he replies via Twitter with racial slurs, homophobic language and vulgar speech.

Rihanna backs him up. The two are awful role models and indirectly encourage violence against women. A week ago, Brown deleted his Twitter when comedy writer Jenny Johnson expressed her opinion of him.

He was vulgar towards her and said, “ask Rihanna if she mad?” To quote one of his tweets: “Take them teeth out when you s***ing my d**k hoe.” That tweet speaks for itself.

Anyone on “Jersey Shore”: I hear the show is finally ending, and it’s about time. These low-lifes who have become wealthy celebrities give Americans bad names in foreign countries, and they give Italians bad names in this country. Like the others on the list, they are awful role models and encourage bad decision-making.

Mitt Romney: Whether you’re a Republican or

a Democrat, you have to admit this has been a very strange campaign. First, his strategist refers to the campaign as an etch-a-sketch. Then a video is leaked of him expressing his true thoughts on 47 percent of Americans. All politicians lie and flip-flop, but Romney’s stance changed so often that his ideology seemed to change with it. I watched every speech and read everything I could to try and find what the man truly stood for, and I found nothing but contradiction after contradiction. He also refused to reveal his economic plan until the last minute and did not write a concession speech. The news wanted me to feel sympathy for him, as there is no place for him left in the Republican Party after his loss, but he is a billionaire and I can’t pay tuition or afford a car. No sympathy from me.

Todd Akin: Akin said that abortion was unnecessary in case of rape because in a legitimate rape, a women’s body will not get pregnant or something like that. He claimed this was medically proven. He lost, but people voted for this man. Just let that sink in.

John Boehner/Mitch McConnell: Both men said their primary goal was to make Obama a one-term president. Needless to say, the last four years saw little bipartisanship. Now Obama is a two-term president, but Boehner still seems unwilling to compromise.

To be fair, the animosity exists on both sides of the political spectrum. But as Speaker of the House, it is Boehner’s job to try and work towards bipartisanship and lead the party. This is not happening.

Donald Trump: It is amazing that he is such a good business man, because Trump is an awful politician. I like Obama and I criticize plenty of things he does, but it seems very hard for Donald Trump to criticize him for something real. Does anybody

Classic holiday movie must sees » TEACHING, page 7

By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent

“The Polar Express”: The 2004 theatrical adaptation of the best-selling children’s book has quickly become a holiday classic. A visual spectacular, the motion-captured animated film from director Robert Zemeckis (“Back to the Future,” “Forrest Gump”) stars Tom Hanks and takes you on the train ride of your life straight to the North Pole, that is if you still “Believe.” For those not fortunate enough to have been able to attend one of the film’s spectacular IMAX 3D screenings, the film is now available to enjoy at home on 3D stereoscopic Blu Ray disc.

“Miracle on 34th Street”: This 1947 classic can, in retrospect, be quite humorous at times (it’s hard to put Santa Claus on trial and remain serious). Nonetheless, the charming tale of a department store Santa claiming to be the one and only remains wonderful to watch for all ages.

“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”: Irresponsibly proving that even a child can get away with whatever he wants in New York City, so long as he has a credit card, this 1992 classic sees 10-year-old Kevin McCallister touring the Big Apple after taking the wrong flight at the airport (can you say “worst parenting ever?”). And by the way, Joe Pesci plays one of the villains, which is awesome.

“Batman Returns”: The best of the “not-as-good Batman film series,” this 1992 film is set during Christmas time, and stars Michael Keaton as Batman, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and Danny DeVito (seriously) as the Penguin. Directed by Tim Burton: enough said.

“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”: Long ago

(1989), Chevy Chase was considered among the brightest comedic talents in the country. Before he was banned from hosting SNL and threw diva tantrums on the set of his low -ated television show “Community,” Chase used to make us laugh as Clark Griswold. In this installment, enjoy the absolutely hilarious holiday hi-jinks of the Griswold’s extended family.

“Elf”: While a few third-rate holiday comedies are shoved to market yearly, often thanks to Tim Allen (“Santa Clause 3” or “Christmas with the Kranks,” anyone?), none have been quite as successful as Will Ferrell’s 2003 hit “Elf.” The film has everything! Will Ferrell playing a grown man believing he’s an elf, classic throwbacks to stop motion TV Christmas specials, and Zooey Deschanel before she was a “thing.”

“It’s a Wonderful Life”: Arguably the masterpiece of master director Frank Capra’s collection, this 1946 classic is undoubtedly the definitive Christmas film. Whether the audience is young or old, this film has been an American television staple for decades, and for good reason. The story of hard-working banker George Bailey and his struggles to find himself in the face of an insurmountable debt is one of the most inspiring Christmas stories ever told. In an age where political and entertainment industry gossip and feuds cloud the airwaves and the Internet, and therefore the minds of America’s youth, no other film offers those most noble and distinctly American values: the joys of charity, helping your neighbors, hard work for ethic’s sake, hope and, most of all, the undeniable truth that “no man is a failure who has friends.”

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

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In hard economic times, it is especially difficult for politicians and concerned citizens to address urgent sustainability issues. The popular consensus seems to be that these concerns are not as important as improving the economy.

This perception is fundamentally flawed, however, because it identifies ecology as something totally separate from the economy. In reality, environmental issues – resource consumption, energy use, public health – are the economy.

Placing sustainability on the backburner will only cost us all more money in the end, not to mention seriously degrade our quality of life. By investing in our planet and in sustainable systems, we can ensure a better future for America while simultaneously strengthening our economy. An excellent example would be investing in America’s decaying infrastructure.

America’s pipes, roads, bridges and utilities are in sad shape. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Americans waste 4.2 billion hours and 2.8 billion gallons of fuel sitting in traffic each year. This is equivalent to one full work week and three weeks’ worth of gas per traveler, respectively. In addition, the ASCE reports that onethird of all highway accidents in the U.S. are caused by substandard road conditions, 45 percent of major highways are congested (with highway traffic predicted to double over the next 30 years), over 4,095 dams have been determined unsafe and commercial and industrial buildings are sucking up 50 percent of the nation’s total energy use (with residential buildings constituting another 20 percent).

These figures provide only a snapshot of the truly unsettling conditions of America’s structural systems. At times we are painfully aware of how wasteful, inefficient and even dangerous our current systems are. The amount of work that needs to be done is almost beyond comprehension.

However, we cam view this need as an enormous opportunity. Right now our country is faced with making some hard choices. Many of us, for example, are striving to reduce the use of cars and the production of fossil fuels. But if we shut down fuel plants, how do we account for all of the workers in those industries?

The answer could be infrastructure projects. If we invest in infrastructure, more than enough meaningful, productive jobs would be created to absorb workers previously employed in destructive industries. According to the ASCE, every $1 billion invested in transportation would create 27,800-34,800 jobs. For every dollar invested in public water utilities, $8.97 is added to the national economy. Investing in infrastructure improvements would provide thousands of jobs, improve public health and safety, greatly mitigate our contribution to global warming and create a more enjoyable way of life for all Americans.

Photo courtesy of imdb.com

The movie adaptation of The Polar Express, where Tom Hanks provides the voice for many characters, is becoming a classic.

Kelsey.2.Sullivan@UConn.edu

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Unconventional holiday films

By Maurilio Amorim Campus Correspondent Every year, the same movies play on repeat every December on every channel. While these Christmas movies are classics, I think we are all tired of seeing “A Christmas Story” again and again. This is a list of my personal favorite Christmas movies that you may have forgotten existed.

“Die Hard”: “Die Hard” will always be my favorite Christmas movie. When terrorists take over a Los Angeles building one night during a Christmas party, a NYPD officer visiting his wife fights back.

“Die Hard” has been widely considered one of the best action films ever, and its legacy extends to the present day. It also launched a series of sequels that were almost just as good. If you haven’t seen this film for some strange reason, please do yourself a favor and watch it this year.

“Go”: After “Pulp Fiction,” Tarantino’s style has been imitated and emulated by many, but “Go” is probably one of the few films to get it right. Set on Christmas Eve, the film revolves around several characters and a drug deal gone wrong. There’s no deeper meaning or anything you take away from “Go” after viewing, but it’s fun, well-written, wellacted and will keep you guessing until the very end.

If you find yourself dreading facing the family this holiday season, cheer yourself up by realizing at least you are not one of the characters in this movie.

“Elf”: “Elf” is a Christmas movie you’ll probably see all over television this time of year, but there’s nothing traditional about it. Will Ferrell does what he does best in his portrayal of a human elf that is sent to New York to be with his kind. It’s a hilarious treat for both children and adults, and just about every line is quotable. It’s the “Borat” of family

movies.

“Reindeer Games”: “Reindeer Games” is the story of a man (Ben Affleck) released from prison who pretends to be his recently murdered cell mate to get with his pen pal on the outside (Charlize Theron). While he plans to spend the holidays shacked up in a motel with her, karma hits fast and he is forced by her brother (Gary Sinise) to help them rob a casino his cellmate used to work at. Too bad he’s pretending to be the other guy. There are so many plot twists that you will not know what’s going on until the last five minutes. It’s true that this came out back when Ben Affleck was kind of the guy nobody liked. But just pretend it was made right before “Argo” and enjoy this strange holiday tale.

“The Long Kiss Goodnight”: Remember Geena Davis? Geena stars in this film as an amnesiac that has restarted her life. After many years spent unsure of who she is, she hires a private investigator (Samuel L. Jackson) to find out. Turns out she was an assassin left for dead, and a pretty ruthless one at that. Of course, the people who were after her come after her again. Set during the holiday season, the film is a non-stop thrill ride that is just as funny as it is thrilling. The violence, the acting and the story are all over-the-top, but the movie embraces this and becomes one crazy mixture of action and comedy. Filled with unforgettable one-liners and great action, this is one Christmas movie you have to fill your stocking with this season.

“Bad Santa”: Billy Bob Thornton plays an alcoholic mall Santa who robs malls with his dwarf accomplice after the season. This is one of the dirtiest, raunchiest and crudest Christmas movies ever made, but it’s a guilty pleasure. John Ritter and Bernie Mac co-star in Ritter’s final film. You’ll make Santa’s naughty list for viewing this, but the experience is worth a lump of coal or two.

Historical holiday horror treats

By Michael McGuigan Campus Correspondent

A rock-hard horror haunts the holidays of many UConn students. This phantom menace? Fruitcake.

But what exactly is fruitcake? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides two definitions for the word ‘fruitcake.’

The first is “a rich cake containing nuts, dried or candied fruits, and spices.” The second is a “nut,” as in the sentence, “some fruitcake insisted that he was from the planet Pluto.”

The first of these definitions describes the horror that afflicts so many students of this university during the holiday season.

This horror has haunted the Western world ever since the time of the Roman Empire, where individuals made fruitcakes consisting of pomegranate seeds, pine nuts and raisins mixed into a barley mash. It has even been postulated by some scholars that the creation of fruitcake caused the collapse of the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages people enhanced this holiday horror by adding honey, spices and preserved fruits to it.

It wasn’t until the time of the American colonies that this horror truly proliferated with the introduction of candied fruit into a wide range of fruitcake recipes. In all the fruitcake’s long history, it appears no civilization thought to make the fruitcake edible. Or at least less like a rock.

Americans have made a certain

bizarre sport out of giving each other terrible food during the holiday season.

This bizarre tradition traces its origins to the arrival of European settlers, who brought fruitcake with them on their voyages across the sea due to its almost mythical longevity. One fruitcake, for instance, has been found intact from 1911. Scientists express doubts over whether it still remains edible, though.

Typically, most fruitcakes can remain good for several years if stored correctly, which is slightly disturbing, to say the least.

At UConn it appears there are students, such as Jose Brocero, a 3rdsemester actuarial science major, that do actually enjoy fruitcake.

“Well, I guess I’d say that I find fruitcake to be an odd delicacy that isn’t for everybody,” Brocero said.

Brocero went on to note that two varieties of fruitcake exist. “Fruit cake can be hard or soft, Brocero said. “If it’s made hard, I’m not a fan.”

Other students at UConn such as Lucian Gagliola, a 7th-semester political science major, express a certain degree of ambivalence towards fruitcake.

“I have never eaten it, and I lack interest in trying it,” Gagliola said. “Then again, I’ve never gotten close enough to one to form a fair opinion on one.”

Lucian is among the lucky few to have avoided the holiday horror that is the fruitcake.

Michael.McGuigan@UConn.edu

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Die Hard, the 1988 thriller, is also set on the backdrop of a Christmas office party.

Notable mentions: “Die Hard 2,” “American Psycho,” “Home Alone,” “LA Confidential,” “Lethal Weapon.”

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

Netflix fills the void

By Rahul Darwar Campus Correspondent After Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s Day are over, there are a few short weeks in January where there isn’t really that much going on. The holidays are over but school hasn’t started yet, and it’s cold outside so you don’t want to leave your house. This is the perfect time to watch some great TV shows that you didn’t have time for during the semester. Netflix instant streaming has a lot of great TV shows and movies, but these are some of the TV shows I thought were excellent and are fairly easy to catch up with before new episodes start airing again in the Spring.

“Scandal”, starring Kerry Washington, premiered fairly recently in April of this year and is a great new show. It mixes different aspects from political, crime, legal and romantic shows into each episode and makes each episode unique and not repetitive each week.

Essentially, “Scandal” is about Kerry Washington’s character, Olivia Pope, who is a former lawyer and White House aide who leaves the fictional Presidential administration of President Fitzgerald Grant to open her own crisis management firm. This firm of “fixers” basically does anything they can to help out their clients either with their image or any problems they might be facing. Since “Scandal” is set in Washington D.C. and deals extensively with a Presidential administration and the government, it is really fascinating to watch the behavior and scandals

of fictional politicians. The show also deals with the social and political issues facing the country in a subtle way without becoming preachy or patronizing. “Scandal” is produced by the same team behind “Grey’s Anatomy” so many “Grey’s Anatomy” fans will probably enjoy “Scandal”.

“Touch”, starring Kiefer Sutherland, is another great show that premiered earlier in 2012 and is also available to stream on Netflix. “Touch” is about a man (Sutherland) and his autistic son Jake, who cannot speak, but instead communicates with numbers. Over time, it is revealed that the numbers used by Jake aren’t just for daily communication but are also clairvoyant, meaning that Jake can see the future through numbers. Jake’s abilities also end up demonstrating the interconnectedness of the universe and power of fate in life. Although this may sound cliché, the show is excellent and has many of the characteristics that made Sutherland’s “24” so popular. The suspense and action make “Touch” worth watching and the episodes build up to each other making it very easy to get addicted and watch multiple episodes in a row.

The holiday vacation is really a great time to take a break from school and from being busy to relax a little bit and take it easy for a few days. In my opinion, nothing is more relaxing than watching a few good episodes of TV on Netflix.

Rahul.Darwar@UConn.edu

Trump criticism Individuality takes center stage at Grammys

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truly believe that no one would notice if a candidate for president wasn’t born in the country? Only in America could such a theory exist.

Nikki Minaj: Not only is her music awful, but she sets women back several years and creates the image of women as purely objects for sex. Lady Gaga became famous by being different with artistic meaning. Minaj copied this by just being weird for the sake of attention.

Notable Mentions: Hilary Clinton, Justin Bieber, any Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Nicolas Cage for thinking he is Tom Cruise, The Florida Voting System.

Maurilio.Amorim@UConn.edu

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The band Fun, from left, Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess pose at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!

(AP) Fun. helped break up the sound of dance and electronic music on Top 40 radio with its edgy pop-rock grooves. Frank Ocean made a bold statement in R&B — with an announcement about his sexuality and with his critically revered, multi-genre album, “channel ORANGE.” And Mumford & Sons continued to bring its folk-rock swag and style

to the Billboard charts with its sophomore album.

They all were rewarded Wednesday when The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Those acts, who scored the most nominations with six each, were joined by typical Grammy contenders like Jay-Z and Kanye West, who also got six nominations. The Black Keys’ singer and guitarist, Dan Auerbach, is also up for six awards, thanks to his nomination for producer of the year. His band earned five nods, along with R&B singer Miguel and jazz pianist Chick Corea.

“It feels like alternative music is back,” said fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff. His band’s gold-selling “Some Nights” is up for album of the year, competing with Black Keys’ “El Camino,” Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” Jack White’s “Blunderbuss” and “channel ORANGE,” the major label debut from Ocean.

Fun. is nominated in all of the major categories, including best new artist, and record and song of the year for its breakthrough anthem “We Are Young.”

Ocean, whose mother attended the nominations special, scored nods in three of the

top four categories. His song “Thinkin Bout You” — which he originally wrote for another singer — will compete for record of the year with Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy” and four No. 1 hits: Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” ‘’Somebody I Used to Know” by Gotye and Kimbra, Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “We Are Young” by fun.

Song of the year, too, features some No. 1 hits, including fun. and Clarkson’s jams, as well as Carly Rae Jepsen’s viral smash “Call Me Maybe.” But then there’s Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team,” a slow groove about a homeless prostitute, and Miguel’s “Adorn,” the R&B singer-songwriter’s crossover hit.

“It’s like one of those songs that wrote itself and I was the vessel,” the 26-year-old said in an phone interview from New York City late Wednesday, where he performed with Trey Songz and Elle Varner.

While Miguel’s excited to compete for song of the year, he’s more thrilled about his sophomore album’s nomination for best urban contemporary album, a new category that recognizes R&B albums with edge and multiple sounds.

Every holiday has a long list of traditions, norms and characteristics attached to it.

Whether it’s the food, decorations or symbols, no holiday is the alike. Every winter has Santa Claus, and every Spring brings the Easter bunny. What gets often overlooked during holiday seasons are the significant style choices associated with them. Of course, Halloween is most notable for this. However, there is one specific piece of holiday apparel that everyone knows, loves, and has probably worn at one point or another: the ugly Christmas sweater.

Growing up, ugly holiday sweaters were usually reserved for mothers or grandmothers at family gatherings. Whether bright red or forest green, these sweaters included everything from bells, reindeer, trees, snowflakes and Santa himself. A kid might even be brought to tears if they opened up a gift and out came a bright red wool sweater jingling with bells.

The resurgence of these ugly Christmas sweaters has definitely been apparent in recent years. These hideous holiday sweaters are bright, bold and definitely make a statement. Those reasons are why the novelty and joy behind celebrating ugly Christmas sweaters have become much more popular. These sweaters are being used as gimmicks for gatherings and giveaways.

Families, friends, and even colleges throw ugly sweater themed parties and functions during the winter season. On Halloween this year, I saw someone wearing an ugly sweater, with Christmas lights wrapped all around them (as if the sweater didn’t draw them enough attention).

Some people go digging through their mom’s closet to search for these “vintage” items to wear around. Your local thrift store is sure to have some quality pieces hanging around as well. Online retailers have even created entire sites dedicated to these sweaters, including My Ugly Christmas Sweater and Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater.

The one unifying theme around wearing an ugly sweater is still the adherence to the holiday spirit. They symbolize the whimsicality and fun that should come with holidays. The various patterns and classic images that were once restricted to sweaters have crossed over into a bigger market. They now make ugly holiday T-shirts, vests, dresses, pet costumes, and much more. I bet your favorite bar, similar to all of the bars at UConn, will be throwing some sort of ugly sweater party during this holiday party. It’s one part of the nostalgic Christmas spirit that isn’t going anywhere, as people love to gather around in their most hideous garb to drink eggnog and proceed to slur their favorite carols.

Jamil.Larkins@UConn.edu

Friday, December 7, 2012

Teaching Judaism from JEWISH, page 5

she came to school once a year to teach the kids about Hanukkah.

After she told the cheesy and kidfriendly story of the “miracle of Hanukkah,” she won the tykes over with latkes, which are especially tasty when paired with apple sauce (any matzo fan knows that) and Hanukkah “gelt,” coin-shaped chocolate wrapped in gold aluminum foil.

With time, things got more comfortable after joining a community that had a very traditional Jewish value, like a synagogue.

UConn Hillel is a great option to visit for celebrating or learning about Hanukkah, starting this Saturday at sunset — if you are curious about the holiday and the religion (or just latkes) because you’ve only experienced Christmas, or are new to the university and want to continue your Jewish upbringing and its traditions, you should consider taking a break from studying and go.

While I don’t consider myself to be strictly religious, I will always be proud to call myself a Jew — and in the end, Christmas and Hanukkah share the same core: being with loved ones and celebrating life on this Earth here and now.

Michelle.Golladay@UConn.edu

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50 Cent boxing Chinese Nobel literature winner: without Mayweather censorship necessity

STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year’s Nobel Prize in literature winner, Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his membership in China’s Communist Party and reluctance to speak out against the country’s government, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks.

He also suggested he won’t join an appeal calling for the release of the jailed 2010 Peace Prize laureate, Liu Xiaobo, a fellow writer and compatriot.

Mo has been criticized by human rights activists for not being a more outspoken defender of freedom of speech and for supporting the Communist Party-backed writers’ association, of which he is vice president.

His comments Thursday, made during a news conference in Stockholm, appear unlikely to soften his critics’ views toward him.

Awarding him the literature prize has also brought criticism from previous winners. Herta Mueller, the 2009 literature laureate, called the jury’s choice of Mo a “catastrophe” in an interview with the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter last month. She also accused Mo of protecting the Asian country’s censorship laws.

China’s rulers forbid opposition parties and maintain strict control over all media.

Mo said he doesn’t feel that censorship should stand in the way of truth but that any defamation, or rumors, “should be censored.”

“But I also hope that censorship, per se, should have the highest principle,” he said in comments translated by an interpreter from Chinese into English.

Mo is spending several days in Stockholm

before receiving his prestigious prize in an awards ceremony next Monday.

He won the Nobel for his sprawling tales of life in rural China. In its citation, the jury said Mo “with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.”

In addressing the sensitive issue of censorship in China, Mo likened it to the thorough security procedures he was subjected to as he traveled to Stockholm.

“When I was taking my flight, going through the customs ... they also wanted to check me — even taking off my belt and shoes,” he said. “But I think these checks are necessary.”

Mo also dodged questions about Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Peace Prize winner. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for co-authoring a bold call for ending China’s single-party rule and enacting democratic reforms.

China’s reception of the two Nobel laureates has been worlds apart.

While it rejected the honor bestowed on Liu, calling it a desecration of the Nobel tradition, it welcomed Mo’s win with open arms, saying it reflected “the prosperity and progress of Chinese literature, as well as the increasing influence of China.”

Although Mo has previously said he hopes Liu will be freed soon, he refused to elaborate more on the case.

“On the same evening of my winning the prize, I already expressed my opinion, and you can get online to make a search,” he said, telling the crowd that he hoped they wouldn’t press him on the subject of Liu.

AP

Rapper 50 Cent, right, and actor Adrien Brody arrive at CNN Heroes at The Shrine Auditorium on Sunday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — While Floyd Mayweather Jr. sat in a jail cell, rapper 50 Cent set about signing fighters and putting together the promotional company he and Mayweather had long talked about.

It seemed like a perfect match for two buddies who liked nothing better than to have HBO cameras film them playing with stacks of $100 bills in the “24/7” series. But it fell apart when Mayweather got out of prison and decided that he would rather play with his money than invest it in a boxing company.

The requisite Twitter fight ensued, with all the nastiness that comes with any breakup.

But that doesn’t mean 50 Cent isn’t interested in making a real splash in boxing by promoting his former BFF in a fight against, say, Manny Pacquiao.

“I could see myself with the money,” the rapper said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And if you’ve got the money you can make the fight.”

That fight could involve more money than any fight ever, with 50 Cent particularly interested in a reported $180 million offer that promoter Bob Arum has from Dubai. But Mayweather has been reluctant to even discuss the possibility of a Pacquiao fight, and 50 Cent thinks he knows why.

One loss, he said, and Mayweather would probably never fight again.

“It’s all confidence when it comes to Floyd and his confidence wouldn’t be there,” 50 Cent said. “He kind of hand picks who he fights instead of taking the tough fights.”

Boxing does make strange bedfellows, though there’s nothing strange about 50 Cent’s foray into the sport. He boxed as an amateur while growing up, and his friendship with Mayweather rekindled a love for the sport.

With Mayweather out, he used his own money to sign several fighters, the most notable being former Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa. He wants boxing to reclaim the young demographic that it has lost to the UFC, and has plans to mix entertainment with any fights that he promotes.

The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was approved last month for a promoter’s license in Nevada and is working with Arum’s Top Rank on Saturday’s fight card that is topped by the fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.

“We’re allies, we’re working together,” Arum said. “He’s really a nice guy. Or at least he seems to be.”

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othing gets done in the U.S. Senate anymore.

Because of the parliamentary procedure known as the filibuster, the functioning of the legislative branch of our government comes to a halt whenever it is threatened or invoked. While the procedure is intended to protect the rights of the minority against a complete marginalization of its viewpoints, it has since been transformed into a tool of unconditional obstruction and symbol of the current refusal to compromise so characteristic of our politics.

While it is tempting to lay the blame for endless filibustering – they have occured over once a week in the 112th Congress – on the current Republican minority in the Senate, the use of the filibuster has increased steadily since the 1970s, during periods of both Republican and Democratic control. But never before has it been used as a matter of course. Never before has the threat of a filibuster on any legislation been so real as to require the 60-vote margin needed to end a filibuster, achieve cloture and bring a bill to a vote for nearly every bill that comes to the Senate floor. And as the nation inches closer and closer to a fiscal crisis in the coming months, this stunning inability of the Senate to fulfill its legislative function by voting on bills has come at a rather inopportune time. We believe that the principal problem manifested by this procedural crisis in Congress is, however, that senators rarely initiate and participate in filibusters. Instead, the mere threat of procedural roadblocks is so great that the fear of a filibuster, not the filibuster itself, is responsible for the current gridlock.

To be sure, the filibuster serves a useful function in the U.S. Senate. Otherwise, if a minority party could not form a coalition of 51 Senators opposed to the majority leadership, the majority could pass as much legislation as it wanted without facing defeat. The “nuclear option”, proposed under the presidency of George W. Bush, sought to reform the institution of the filibuster by destroying it.

This was misguided: the minority should be able to communicate its grievances on the floor of the Senate and to the American people through C-SPAN and demand that they be redressed.

Therefore we propose that the filibuster only be initiated if the minority is prepared to carry out its threats. A senator should be required to stand on the floor of the Senate and deliver a speech for the entirety of the filibuster. As recently as 2010, Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a continuous nine-hour speech before the Senate in objection to a tax cut package proposed by President Obama. This should be the model: Senators should stand up and give face to the obstruction they propose to initiate, and then sit down and vote – for the good of the country – when they have nothing more to say.

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I called the radio station 95.7 to request a One Direction song and they told me they only take requests from females.

Show me your points!!!

We don’t have any money, so what’s the only logical thing to do? PAVE MORE SIDEWALKS!!!!

I’m not garnering an opinion towards the New Orleans Pelicans until I see their new jerseys. I feel like there’s a lot of potential there.

To people who take the elevator up or down one floor in the library this week: Prepare to die.

It’s a Boy Meets WORRllldddd, boy MEETS wurrrrrld.

Kudos to the lady that brought the husky puppet to the women’s game. Kudos.

Where did I eat before Moe’s? I really can’t remember at this point.

Thank you, talking UConn buses, for scaring the crap out of me on the way to my 8 a.m. once again.

Am I the only one enjoying these paved sidewalks?

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An old perspective on music appreciation

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cott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, released in 1899, was one of the first breakthrough successes of the burgeoning commercial music industry – it is sufficient to say that it was the “Gangnam Style” of America. But the ragtime classic was, of course, not sold to the masses on wax cylinders or gramphone discs due to the limits of those technologies at the time. Instead, in the first six months of sales, 75,000 copies of the sheet music to Maple Leaf Rag were purchased and laid out on pianos in parlor rooms and salons across the country, and then performed to far larger audiencBy Chris Kempf es than those sales Weekly Columnist numbers indicated.

But only a decade later, technological improvements had reached a point at which a commercial music recording industry – rather than a music publishing industry – was possible and profitable.

Suddenly music could be made more widely available and at greater convenience to American consumers. But it also sounded the death knell for the currency and popularity of parlor music and the colorful touring ensembles so characteristic of those years. It was no longer remarkable to see a band perform live in one’s town or to hear an impromptu concert from a friend or relative live in one’s home. Vitality was thus sacrificed to variety as records and radios and tapes and CDs became ubiquitous and the parlor piano gathered dust.

At the forefront of criticism of these changes

in the nature of interaction with music was the composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa, who refused to conduct his ensemble when the microphones were on. Railing against the ascendance of what he termed “canned music”, Sousa delivered these words in testimony to Congress in 1906: “These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. When I was a boy in front of every house in the summer evenings, you would find young people together singing the songs of the day or old songs. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape.”

Sousa’s jeremiad has proven itself disturbingly perceptive, but not because musical artistry has suffered in this past century. In fact, music is everywhere, spanning all styles and genres from Rachmaninoff to Rihanna, imbuing our lives with an intensifying progression of beats and rhythms and harmonies. But so much of it is dated and prepackaged that we largely experience music in the present day without any reminder that it is produced by musicians. When millions of musical works are available to us at the click of a mouse, there is comparatively little incentive to pay high prices for concert tickets or spend years mastering an instrument. We suffer as a society, then, from an overabundance of music.

Although Sousa may have exaggerated in warning of an imminent crisis of “the artistic development of music”, it has certainly been the case that that development has been carried out by fewer and fewer people. Most American students receive a rudimentary musical education in grade school and learn

a few simple melodies on the recorder, but by high school, the vocational and intellectual pursuits of many students make a daily devotion to musical mastery difficult or impossible.

After all, we have free and instantaneous access to an almost boundless variety of music accessible at the computer’s keyboard, not just at the piano’s.

Something substantial and vital has been torn out of our ability to appreciate and enjoy music in the process because we think of it as static and experience it passively. Music becomes more rich and more varied as more contribute in a personal way to its development, and as more can turn to their instruments or their voices as outlets for artistic expression – this was Sousa’s point.

In the 19th and 20th century writing of Austen, Eliot and Joyce, to name a mere handful, countless characters entertain themselves and others at the piano, practice the harp or sing to rekindle a sense of intimacy for various reasons, with one another. But in the 21st century, for the most part, those amateur musicians, those gatherings around the piano and those impromptu concerts are gone. This concern may, after all, amount to little more than nostalgia for an idealized bourgeois past.

Time and money are as scarce as they have ever been to us in modern times. Not all of us can live the idle lives of Elizabeth Bennet and the Regency elite, nor should we. But we should recognize at once that a certain richness has been lost from our lives and that it can be regained.

Weekly Columnist Chris Kempf is a 5th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.

Technology has hurt the way albums should be perceived

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ver the past ten years, the music industry has changed hugely, and nowhere is that change more evident than album sales, or albums in general. Prior to iTunes, Pandora and file sharing, albums were the primary format that people used to get their music. Now, the ability to download just one song at a time has made them seem almost obsolete. Picking and choosing

By Kristi Allen is cheaper, more conStaff Columnist venient and easier for the listener, but despite their downsides, albums are still a better format for music as a whole and should be given another look by this generation.

Before everyone gets angry, allow me to clarify my position: albums are not dead and gone.

Young people do still listen to and buy them and a bunch of good ones came out this year and the Internet is not evil. But it’s definitely made the way we access music different, and not always for the better. Being able to pull one or two songs off an album, as well as streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify have taken a lot of power away from traditional records and hurt the way they’re received.

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Albums are the format that allowed music to become the hugely influential force in pop culture that it has been for the better part of the century. When they became the moneymakers for the industry, as opposed to just singles, the creative statements that artists could make multiplied tenfold. Albums were considered a cohesive piece of music and not just a collection of individual songs. This structure gave the artist more freedom and held their work to higher standards, as well as expanding the mediums with which they could work. Music is about more than notes and sounds. The images on the packaging were in some cases as influential as anything inside them, and they were part of the work as a whole.

With the advent of digital downloading, that all changed.

1.27 billion digital tracks were purchased in 2011, compared to 330.6 million albums. The digital revolution has allowed people to cultivate huge collections of music, and streaming services introduce people to music they would never have come across themselves, but they also serve to further break up albums. You simply can’t do as much in 3.5 minutes as you can in 45. Even if you download all the songs on an

album they can still show up out of order, which might not be the biggest consideration for every musician but it’s still not the way their work was conceived. The move toward individual downloading reduces the artist’s version of his or her work to something less than it was.

That’s all outside the matter of people not paying for music, which is an issue in itself. The music industry lost over half their revenue between 1999 and 2009, dropping from $14.6 billion to $6.3 billion annually, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. How much money the heads at the top are making has little to do with the quality of the music people are listening to. The Internet makes it possible for musicians to exist independently and take the profits away from huge labels, but it also makes paying for music at all optional. And if you’re actually going to buy it, the option to purchase just one song becomes a lot more attractive. But there’s still a catch with that there’s not really a point to paying almost full price for something that ends up being a file on your computer. For some, that translates to not paying for it at all, and for others, it means spending a little extra money on the art and sound quality that was originally part of the price.

The music industry has had a hard time adjusting to the fact the first category of music listeners is much larger, but the good news is that I think they will. Between digital downloads and traditional albums, which are often sold together now, they can make paying for a full album worth the money, at least to a certain group of people.

Album sales in all formats have dropped 4.4 percent this year, mostly because of the steady nosedive in CD sales, but sales of digital and vinyl albums are up. It may seem like an odd combination, but this is the direction the industry is headed in, and it’s a good one. The convenience and price of digital albums and the sound quality and artistic value of vinyl are the obvious choices for this era. Computers probably won’t be going anywhere for a while, and vinyl has managed to stay relevant and largely unchanged since it was introduced in 1931. The music industry has a hopeful future, as long as they’re willing to embrace both the digital age and their roots.

Staff Columnist Kristi Allen is a 1stsemester pre-journalism major. She can be reached at Kristi.Allen@UConn.edu.

“T exas G ov . R ick P erry says he ’ s taking steps to run for president in 2016. I n fact , this week he ’ s meeting with donors . H e better it hope they ’ re brain donors .” –J ay L eno

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An unfair double standard on showing some skin

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man and a woman going at it completely naked on a computer screen that isn’t porn isn’t as out of the ordinary nowadays than it was a decade ago. It seems like every other new television show

By Chynna Davis that comes Staff Columnist out pertains some sort of juicy sex scene and It’s kind of mind boggling to think of how far we have come as a society to being desensitized to these erotic images.

What’s even more interesting to me is that these ‘nude’ images are mostly of women.

I have a little bit of a problem with that.

The balance between the amount of bare breasts and woman’s crotch shots are immensely disproportional to the amount of testicles we see on television. What’s the deal?

I walked by a friend on his

computer when he told me to look at it and upon the screen lay a woman, belly down, with a hairy man atop humping her like a mad dog. After he, ahem, finished, they both moaned (I couldn’t hear it because headphones were plugged in) and panted. The woman then slowly got up and her whole naked body was exposed; breasts and very bushy vagina. The man however, contorted himself in a not so obvious way, but got away without showing a single ball. I barely even saw his pubic hair for Christ’s sake.

When I exclaimed over how sexist it was, my friend replied saying something along the lines of, ‘Because no one wants to see balls’.

I had to stop and think about that for a minute. Why aren’t a man’s private parts something desired to see?

I’ve taken a women studies class last semester and the topic of women being exploited on television and in mov-

ies was a debate, but not as big as I thought it would be.

I really think that we need to delve into this matter a little deeper and really ask ourselves why there is a difference.

In the wildly popular comedy film Forgetting S a r a h Marshall, Jason Segel confidently dropped his towel to cover his mouth only to expose himself completely, not once, but again after standing up from the couch.

When I watched it for the first time at the SUBOG outdoor movie event, my first reaction

“I had to stop and think about that for a minute. Why aren’t a man’s private parts something desired to see?”

doesn’t mean it’s okay to participate in them because they propagate socially unwanted stereotypes and taboos. This is outrageously incorrect due to the fact that such sexual practices, like these BDSM types, are based on acknowledging these types of play as fantasy. If the author had conducted extensive research into BDSM practices as a whole instead of focusing on those specifically chosen to create negative interest in the subject, they would have found their argument to be incorrect. BDSM is a practice based on the explicit consent of two or more people entering into sexual practices.

Notice that I didn’t include society in the previous sentence. In regards to sex in general, sexual practices are a personal preference and not a societal debate. But I digress, the issue at hand is how this article targets BDSM in a way that discourages those who might wish to experiment and insult those that practice.

» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Re: “Why Sex Positivity Doesn’t Work”

To start, I extend my appreciation for hosting a column that facilitates the exploration and discussion of sexual practices.

This brings me to my issue with the Nov. 28th article, “Why sex positivity doesn’t work” written by Imaani Cain. In the article, the author creates an inflammatory argument about BDSM sexual practices that are so erroneously biased that I personally take offense to some of the accusations. Particularly, the author focuses on sexual practices that inherently bring about controversy due to their fantasy basis, specifically “race play” and “rape fantasy”. Inherently, the author argues that just because the people are consenting in the acts

was to laugh and so were the hundreds of other people who were spread across the lawn; but why is that so funny? Why is the man’s private part something to laugh about?

I don’t think it should be something to laugh at. No one laughs at naked w o m e n , which is probably why we see more of them on television, but a naked man isn’t funny and we should be seeing more it them. Laughing at naked men isn’t boosting their confidence either ladies. It only perpetuates their obsession of their size and if they are big

enough to be comfortable with themselves.

The fact that more women are shown fully nude in movie and television shows makes me think that women are somewhat forced into doing it. What if they voluntarily agreed to doing it? Or maybe men just turn down the opportunity to show off their goods.

I found out that it’s a combination of the three.

Natalia Tena who plays Osha in HBO’s Game of Thrones exclaimed how she didn’t care about her nudity and if a production deems it necessary for an actor to get naked, then she ‘really thinks you should get over yourself.’

However, she did express how unfair she thinks it is that every actress she knows has exposed their bodies.

“I think it’s really unfair,” said Tena. “Blokes, it’s like, let’s see some @#$!. Do you know what I mean? Let’s make it more even.”

Ordinarily, I would ignore this kind of article due to it being an expressionist column if it weren’t for the fact that this is at least the second attempt at shaming BDSM practices (see “The ‘friend zone’ isn’t too friendly” 10/17/12). I accept that the author does not accept BDSM as viable sexual practices, but it is one thing to bring it up and discuss its negatives merits and another to start crusading against it.

If the author wishes to continue writing about BDSM practices, they should first better inform themselves and when writing about it, discuss rather than degrade them. Also, if the author or anyone else wishes to learn more, I invite you to a D.A.R.T.S. meeting or the “Think Kink: A Primer to BDSM, Fetish, and Kink” event.

-William Burk D.A.R.T.S (Diverse Approaches to Relationship Types and Sexuality) Member

I honestly couldn’t agree more.

Woman actors may not be forced into doing it, but they are pressured into exposing themselves to make a name.

The fact that men don’t have to do this in order to make it to the top is very unbalanced and proves that we still live in a very patriarchal society.

It does make me proud to see actresses like Reese Witherspoon who has said, “If [actresses] take their clothes off, they objectify themselves.

I am flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do it.”

I honestly don’t care how many actors or actresses want to strip down; let’s just make it even already.

Staff Columnist Chynna Davis is a 9th-semester photography and journalism dual major. She can be reached at Chynna.Davis@UConn.edu.

“Absence of coverage on Gloria Steinem” I was surprised and disappointed to find out that not only was there not even an article written about this momentous event of Women’s Center’s the 40th anniversary, the Gloria Steinem talk on Friday, November 30th, 2012, but also the portion of the picture of the event was too small for people who are not familiar with Women’s rights and Gloria Steinem to have easily missed how significant this event was.

I was hoping that other students who did not attend the talk would have a chance to meet her and hear her visionary thoughts at least through the Daily Campus.

-Narae Shin

» TOTALLY RAD/TOTALLY BAD I see you Mooyah, looking ready to open up

The New Orleans Pelicans?

Finals.

Totally bad

Rain rain, go away, come again next Tuesday

The longest winter break in history

Totally rad

Totally saw it coming

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

– By Zarrin Ahmed

“To be accomplished, successful, and selfsustaining.”

Alexander Eloi, 7th-semester, communications major

“To make more art.”

“To be a free bird and fly away.”

Kevin Yong, 3rd-semester art major

Amber Wolfgram, 3rd-semester human rights major

“To do something that scares me and try new things as often as possible.”

Yessame Alemu, 3rd-semester, communications major

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» MEN'S HOCKEY

UConn to take on Army at Freitas

By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer

The UConn men’s hockey team will look to bounce back from last week’s disappointing performance when they host Atlantic Hockey Association foe, Army, tonight at the Freitas Ice Forum.

The Huskies (4-7-1, 3-6-0 AHA) seemed to be on the verge of breaking out prior to last weekend’s two-game series against Canisius. Going into the weekend, UConn had won four of its last five games under the direction of Assistant Coach David Berard, who is serving as the interim head coach while Bruce Marshall is on medical leave.

After UConn completed a sweep of defending AHA champions Air Force for the first time in program history on an overtime goal from senior captain Sean Ambrosie, it looked like nothing could

stop the Huskies. But despite dominating for the better part of both games against Canisius, UConn could only manage one goal against goaltender Tony Capobianco, who looked like Jonathan Quick between the pipes.

“We tried to get traffic in front of [Capobianco] and tried to get a crowd in front and work it down low. Everything we talked about the guys did,” Berard said after Saturday’s loss, upset with the result and not his team’s performance.

The one disappointment besides the two results was goaltender Garrett Bartus. UConn’s all-time wins leader played a good game on Friday in a 3-0 loss. Bartus was fairly beaten on the first goal, but the second was a shot from the blue line that deflected off multiple skates before slipping by him.

Canisius’ third goal came on an empty net when the Huskies were playing six skaters to try and get two goals back.

On Saturday, Bartus struggled, allowing two goals on eight shots in a game UConn eventually lost 3-1.

Berard thought that both goals were avoidable and that it was just an off night for Bartus, which lead to the decision to pull him in the second period in favor of Matt Grogan, who made six saves when he came in.

Despite Grogan’s solid play, it is expected that Bartus will start between the pipes for the Huskies tonight.

A big decision that Berard has been faced with throughout the week is who to play on the fourth line. Two different fourth lines were deployed last weekend. On Friday, the line of Patrick Kirtland, Joe Budnick and Joey Ferriss was unsurprisingly used as the trio has been a regular inclusion on the game day line chart all season.

On Saturday, however, Berard decided to change things up, using a younger line consisting of Joe Birmingham, Brad Smith and Tyler Bouchard. The

change paid off, and Bouchard netted his first goal of the season, with Smith and Birmingham getting the assists.

Berard showered the three with praise after their performance on Saturday and said that he would evaluate all of his lines throughout the week, but that there is a good chance of seeing Birmingham, Smith and Bouchard against Army.

The Black Knights (5-6-1, 5-2-1 AHA) enter the game in third place in the conference with 11 points, five points ahead of the ninth-place Huskies.

UConn’s defense will have to keep an eye on Army forward Andy Starczewski, who has been one of the top players in the AHA so far this season with five goals, 10 assists and a plus/minus rating of plus five.

The puck drops in tonight’s game at 7:05 p.m.

WHUS will have a live broadcast of the game.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

» COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Dykes takes over as Cal's new coach

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- At the urging of athletic director Sandy Barbour, Sonny Dykes pulled out a white California cap from underneath the podium and popped it on his head to accent his blue-and-gold tie and dark suit, drawing cheers from department staff who filled the Memorial Stadium room.

On his first day as Cal's coach, Dykes definitely looked the part.

The Golden Bears just hope he can garner the same reaction on game days.

Cal formally introduced Dykes as its football coach Thursday, replacing the fired Jeff Tedford after three years at Louisiana Tech. Dykes takes over a proud program with a refurbished stadium and training facilities, but also one that has failed to make a bowl in two of the past three seasons and has the lowest grad-

uation rate (48 percent) in the Pac-12 Conference. ''We will turn it around,'' Dykes said. ''It's going to be a long, arduous process. How many years is it going to take? I don't know. Is it going to be next year? I don't know. What's the future hold? I can't answer that question. But I do know that's what's going to drive us every day. Every single day we get in our car and come to work, our goal is going to be to get to the Rose Bowl.''

The decision to hire Dykes was easily the biggest one Barbour has made in her eightyear tenure.

Barbour said she interviewed between six and 12 candidates.

She said the school and Dykes have agreed to a ''term sheet,'' but she will not release the contract details until it's officially signed by

all parties, which Barbour expects to happen in the coming days.

Dykes also had been vetted by a search committee, and Vice Chancellor John Wilton said Dykes was the school's ''first choice.'' Barbour and Wilton met with Dykes in New York on Monday in the final stage of the interview process. ''When he walked out of the room I said to myself, 'I think that's the guy,''' Barbour said.

More than anything, Barbour and the search committee cited Dykes' discipline and offensive ingenuity - which has sorely lacked in Berkeley in recent seasons.

The 43-year-old Dykes had a 22-15 record with the Bulldogs, improving their victory total each year. The Bulldogs averaged 35.9 points and 452.5 yards per game in his tenure.

Auriemma not at all pleased with referees from IT AIN'T, page 12

The referees called a tight game that frustrated both coaches, as the 38 fouls that were called prevented either team from being able to get into a rhythm.

“I didn’t think the referees called the game like there were two Top 10 teams playing on the floor and I think that’s unfortunate,” Penn State coach Coquese Washington said. “I don’t think the fans, or anybody watching on TV, got to see the kind of basketball that both teams are capable of because of the way the game was called.”

UConn coach Geno Auriemma was also plenty frustrated with the officiating throughout the night, and that frustration turned into a technical foul just 33 seconds into the second half.

After a touch foul was called on junior center Stefanie Dolson near midcourt, Auriemma turned and kicked the video board next to the UConn bench before turning his attention towards the referees.

His barking at the official – which occurred frequently throughout the night – quickly earned him a technical foul and sent Penn State guard Maggie Lucas to the free throw line in what was still an eight-point game at that point.

“I just think we have some real issues in women’s basketball,” Auriemma said. “And unless they get addressed, you’re going to see more of these games, and that’s not fair.”

Though he said he had no desire to get ejected from the game, Auriemma said that he told one referee that he was going to make sure he was thrown out at some point during the game because of his displeasure with the nature of the officiating.

Despite her playing status being in doubt due to a quad contusion suffered against Maryland on Monday, Mosqueda-Lewis was the Huskies most effective player. She tallied a season-high 25 points – just two shy of her career mark – and came away with four steals in 35 minutes.

With the win, UConn improves to 8-0 on the year. Penn State drops to 6-2 with the loss.

After the finals week break, the Huskies’ next game will be Dec. 19 against Oakland. That game will be played at the XL Center and is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip-off. It can be seen on SNY and heard on WTIC 1080 AM.

Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

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Away game

Men’s Basketball (6-2) Dec. 17 Maryland Eastern Shore 7 p.m.

Today Harvard 7 p.m.

Dec. 21 Fordham 7 p.m.

Dec. 22 Hartford 1 p.m.

Jan. 1 Marquette 8 p.m.

Dec. 29 Washington 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 29 Stanford 4 p.m.

Jan. 5 Notre Dame 4 p.m.

Dec. 31 Oregon 3 p.m.

Men’s Hockey (4-7-1) Today Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Dec. 29 AIC Army Penn State Penn State 7:05 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7: 05 p.m.

Jan 11 Robert Morris 7:05 p.m.

Women’s Hockey (2-12-2) Jan. 2 Princeton 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 Princeton 7 p.m.

Jan. 8 BU 7 p.m.

Jan. 12 McGill 3 p.m.

Jan. 15 Harvard 7 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Jan. 9 Jan. 10 URI URI Heptathlon Heptathlon All Day All Day

Jan. 5 Winter Opener All Day

Jan. 18 Jan. 12 Great Dane Yale Invite Classic All Day All Day

Women’s Track and Field Jan. 12 Armory Invite Alll Day

Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Great Dane Terrier Invite Classic Alll Day Alll Day

Feb. 1 Armory Collegiate All Day

Men’s Swimming & Diving Feb. 2 Dartmouth 1 p.m.

Jan. 26 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Jan. 26 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

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The current winning streak that UConn men’s basketball has over Harvard in the past three years.

» That’s what he said

Feb. 2 Dartmouth 1 p.m.

Softball Feb. 15 FIU Tournament 11 a.m.

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» NFL

“It looks like this is not going to be resolved in the immediate future. I hope that turns out to be wrong.”

-NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr on the NHL’s future this season.

Women’s Basketball (8-0) Dec. 19 Oakland 7 p.m.

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Steeler’s Ben Roethlisberger to start this weekend

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t taking any chances with their franchise quarterback’s sprained right shoulder and dislocated rib.

Though the Steelers confirmed Ben Roethlisberger will return to the starting lineup on Sunday against San Diego after missing three weeks due to injury, Roethlisberger will take the field with a little extra protection.

Roethlisberger will play with a custom fit rib/chest compression shirt and a layer of Kevlar-lined composite in his shoulder pads to help absorb hits to his clavicle and shoulder joint regions.

The padding, made by Unequal Technologies, has grown popular across the NFL. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick wore a similar compression shirt after injuring his ribs a few years ago and dozens of players - including Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu and linebacker James Harrison - use Unequal CRT in their helmets.

The padding - about a half-inch thick- in Roethlisberger’s shoulder pads is similar to the gear the company puts in its chest protectors for baseball catchers. Roethlisberger said last week his shoulder pads had been ‘’juiced up’’ by the team trainers.

Whatever he’s wearing, the Steelers (7-5) are eager to have him back on the field.

Roethlisberger took ‘’90 percent’’ of the firstteam snaps on Thursday without any major issues. ‘’He looks like himself for the most part,’’ offensive coordinator Todd Haley said. ‘’Now I don’t know what he’s feeling when he’s doing some of those things. But it looks like he’s moving around pretty good.’’

Roethlisberger said he felt ‘’good’’ but declined to expand. Haley doesn’t expect there to be any limitations to the playbook though he joked he might not call as many designed run plays for his quarterback, who never met a play he didn’t like to extend. ‘’I think he understands his body better than anybody,’’ Haley said. ‘’He’s the one that’s got to make the decisions and we’ll just try to put him in the best positions to succeed.’’

The Steelers went 1-2 in Roethlisberger’s absence, including a 23-20 victory over Baltimore last week behind backup Charlie Batch. While Batch’s steady performance against the Ravens kept Pittsburgh’s playoff hopes alive, the team hopes to hit its stride with a healthy Roethlisberger under center. ‘’When Ben’s in it’s just a whole different level of game planning and things that teams have to do just to compensate for how athletic AP he is,’’ wide receiver Mike Wallace said. ‘’I NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to reporters after an NHL Board of Governors meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 5, think he brings a dimension to the team that 2012 in New York. nobody else can bring.’’

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The podium hath spoken

Childhood friend urges Jets’ Sanchez to have fun again FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Konrad Reuland pulled Mark Sanchez aside a few days ago and told him to remember the good times they had growing up as kids.

Whether it was on the football field or basketball court in southern California, the childhood buddies were always laughing. Reuland urged his New York Jets teammate to think about the way it used to be - before the big contracts, hefty expectations and harsh critics. ‘’We just kind of focused on keeping things light, you know, keeping things loose but also focused,’’ Reuland said Thursday. ‘’You have to remember to have fun out here. Granted, it’s a very serious business and there’s a lot of money being thrown around every which way and all that, but when it comes down to it, if you’re not having fun, there’s no reason to play this game. It’s too stressful of a job and there’s too much pressure to be miserable. ‘’To be miserable on top of everything, it just doesn’t make sense.’’

The Jets’ backup tight end has played with and against Sanchez since they were kids, so if anyone knows how the beleaguered quarterback is handling things, it would be Reuland.

He was there when Sanchez was making his mark at Mission Viejo High School and developing into a big-time college

recruit. The two went separate ways as Sanchez headed to Southern California, and Reuland to Notre Dame for two years and then to Stanford - but they never lost touch. Reuland watched from afar as Sanchez helped lead the Jets to consecutive AFC title games in his first two NFL seasons, then saw him struggle mightily last year.

They became teammates again in the offseason as Reuland was claimed off waivers from San Francisco, giving Sanchez a friendly sounding board as he goes through perhaps the toughest stretch of his entire athletic career. ‘’Everybody wants to have some fame and fortune, but to me, it’s like you always have to be on your best behavior,’’ Reuland said. ‘’And, let’s be honest, we’re all human. That doesn’t just pertain to Mark, but in general. We all make mistakes and have errors in judgment, but being under the microscope, I will never know what it’s like to be Mark, in terms of that.’’

Sanchez was benched for the first time in his career last Sunday against Arizona, forced to stand on the sideline while the crowd cheered Greg McElroy, who led New York to the only touchdown in a 7-6 victory. Coach Rex Ryan took a couple days to consider all his options and then decided late Tuesday night that he was sticking with Sanchez as his starter.

At least for the team’s game at Jacksonville on Sunday.

Beyond that, that’s all in Sanchez’s hands. ‘’In terms of what’s going on with Mark, I think I would be lying if I said it wasn’t important for him to finish the year strong,’’ Reuland said. ‘’That was said by Rex, that he’s going to be held to the same standards as everybody else. I don’t really have too many doubts that Mark’s going to rise to the occasion. I’m pretty sure about that. It’s been an unfortunate past couple of games for him. He’s going to bounce back.’’

That’s precisely what Ryan is banking on.

Sanchez likely has a four-game redemption period to prove that he can still be the franchise quarterback - or show the Jets that they need to look elsewhere next season. With mostly mediocre opposing defenses left on the schedule, Sanchez would appear primed to step up. ‘’We’ll see on Sunday,’’ Sanchez said Wednesday. ‘’I think I’m poised and ready to play a good game.’’

If he doesn’t, it could cost him his job and status as the face of the franchise. Ryan made the bold choice to stick with Sanchez, and he disagrees that his own future could hinge on how Sanchez responds. ‘’Obviously, we need to win,’’ Ryan said. ‘’This is a big decision, and in determining wins

and losses is the play of your quarterback a lot of times. But, no, I don’t feel that my future’s tied in with how we do things.’’

Ryan chose Sanchez over McElroy, who quickly became a fan favorite, and Tim Tebow, still dealing with two broken ribs.

Some fans and media insisted the decision was largely based on the Jets owing Sanchez $8.25 million in guaranteed money next year a notion Ryan flatly denied.

The fact is, Sanchez will likely be in New York for at least another season. Whether that’s as the starter or as a highly paid backup will depend on what he does in the last stretch of the regular season.

Jacksonville’s defense is ranked 31st, Tennessee is 27th, while San Diego is ninth - but its pass defense is 21st. Buffalo, the Jets’ final opponent, is ranked 24th in overall defense. While some might say whether he does well against inferior defenses won’t prove much, it would at least be a step in the right direction. ‘’We feel like, obviously, Mark gives us the best chance to move forward here,’’ offensive coordinator Tony Sparano said. ‘’I think, first of all, Mark has a lot of pride in his work and has an unbelievable passion for this game, and a tremendous work ethic. You put all those things together, it’s a good combination.’’

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UConn club hockey takes the ice

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IT AIN’T ALWAYS PRETTY UConn wins 67-52 over Penn State

By Jack Mitchell Campus Correspondent

By Matt Stypulkoski Staff Writer Despite a sloppy performance and a stop-and-go game, the No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team managed to pick up a 67-52 win against No. 10 Penn State Thursday night, its second win this week against a Top 10 team.

The game turned midway through the second half, when freshman Moriah Jefferson forced the Lady Lions into three turnovers during a 13-second stretch.

After a made free throw by junior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Jefferson tipped Penn State forward Mia Nickson’s inbounds pass back into the hands Mosqueda-Lewis for an easy layup. She quickly regrouped and pressured Nickson’s inbounds again, this time stealing it herself and laying it in for an easy two points. On the third inbounds pass, Jefferson’s pressure was clearly in the mind of Nickson, who promptly threw the ball out of bounds.

Beginning with Mosqueda-Lewis’ two free throws that started the sequence, the frenzy pushed a sixpoint UConn lead to a 49-36 game with just over 10 minutes left to play.

“We changed defenses up, trying to get more traps and pressure on the ball so I was just trying to get any steals or any disruption,” Jefferson said.

“So I think we speeded them up and got them out of their comfort zone a little bit.”

The Huskies managed to make Penn State plenty uncomfortable with the ball, throughout the night, as they forced 26 turnovers. But sloppy play of their own prevented them from capitalizing, as UConn committed 20 turnovers of their own and managed to score just 20 points off of the Lady Lions’ miscues.

A number of the turnovers for both teams came off of fouls, which were plentiful throughout the evening.

The UConn men’s club ice hockey team has two games on its slate this weekend, with one tonight against Northeastern in Boston and another tomorrow evening versus Central Connecticut State at home.

The two games will be the Huskies’ last prior to the winter break. Head Coach Chris Myers’ squad is currently the owner of a 13-3 record, which puts them in the top five in the Northeast region of the ACHA’s Division II. “On Friday, we need to play like a 13-3 team,” Myers said.

“And that means playing with confidence and making strong plays. It’s also crucial we play a good old fashioned road game, and that means getting the puck deep, going to work in the corners, and limiting our mistakes.”

As evidenced by their record, the Huskies have been firing on all cylinders all season long.

From scoring to defense, UConn has been stringing together solid, top to bottom team performances week in and week out.

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UConn coach Geno Auriemma stands at the edge of the court yelling during the Huskies’ game against the Penn State Nittany Lions on Thursday night.

» Preview “I think the major thing we’ve learned thus far is that we can’t take any shifts off,” Myers said.

“In order to win games against these good teams, we need to show up every shift and play positional hockey. Otherwise teams will pick us apart.”

The Huskies took on Northeastern, another premier team from the Northeast region, on Nov. 30 and fell 7-3. Myers was quick to recognize that his team “took some shifts off” in the team’s first meeting, and a goal for the rematch will undoubtedly be to play more energetic and inspired hockey.

“I expect our defense to be ready to go. They are at there best when they are playing physical and taking care of the defensive zone first,” Myers said. “Our forwards need to win battles down low and get a lot of bodies to the net to make it uncomfortable for their goalie. Our forwards need to back check hard, as well to try and limit the other team’s offensive chances. The goalies just need to do their job: kick out pucks and limit rebounds. I expect a strong performance from everyone this weekend.”

As is the case with any sport, finishing strong is key. Given that this week marks the conclusion of the Huskies’ season until classes resume in late January, Coach Myers would love to end 2012 on a high note with a pair of wins.

“These last two games are extremely important,” Myers said. “To this point, the first half has been great, so we need to finish with a couple more wins and take that winning formula into the break. The second semester is pretty short, so we need to grab as many wins as we can now.”

The puck will drop for the Northeastern game at 8 p.m. tonight, and UConn will take on CCSU at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs.

Jackson.Mitchell@UConn.edu

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UConn faces Harvard for fourth straight year

By Danny Maher Staff Writer The UConn men’s basketball team takes the court at Gampel Pavilion tonight against the Harvard Crimson.

UConn looks to bounce back from a hard-fought 69-65 loss to No. 25 North Carolina State at the Jimmy V Classic in New York on Tuesday.

After rattling off four wins to begin the season, UConn (6-2) has split the last four games. Harvard is 4-3 and is coming off a 16-point blowout win over city-rival Boston College for the fifth consecutive season. Connecticut is 3-0 at home, with wins coming over a trio of America East opponents: Vermont, Stony Brook and New Hampshire.

Junior Shabazz Napier will look to duplicate the start the Huskies had Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.

Napier single-handedly outscored the

Wolfpack 10-7 in the opening minutes. low post and not settle for threes.”

Napier averages 18.6 points per game Ollie stressed that the time will come and has led UConn in scoring in seven this season when Daniels and fellow of eight games this season. big men Tyler Olander and Phillip UConn also held a 20-9 lead early Nolan will carry the team. in the first half. But the That time may have already Huskies seemed to lack come twice for junior Enosch the size in the front court Wolf. After an impressive to win. performance against Wake Sophomore DeAndre Forest earlier in the season, Daniels has stepped up Wolf has been quiet the last this season and has prifive games before explodmarily played the power ing for 12 points and nine forward position. Daniels rebounds off the bench. scored seven points but “Whenever we are in a big Preview only recorded one rebound game, he shows up big time,” in 21 minutes. Daniels played through Ollie said. “He has confidence. He some discomfort in his back against the knows his limitations, which is a great Wolfpack. He is a game-time decision strength of his. Some other players for tonight’s game. don’t know that, sometimes.”

“DeAndre has to play better,” Coach The Huskies will take the positives Kevin Ollie said after Tuesday’s loss. from Tuesday’s loss in tonight’s game “I believe he has the ability to go out against a tough Harvard team. Harvard, there and create more. To get on that a 2012 NCAA Tournament team, is

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0-3 against UConn under current head coach Tommy Amaker. UConn won 67-53 when the Crimson came to Storrs last year.

Amaker boasts three of the most talented guards in the Ivy League.

Junior Laurent Rivard (11.4), freshman Siyani Chambers (12.7) and sophomore Wesley Saunders (16.1) together average over 37 points per game. Chambers had 21 points and seven assists in the win over BC. UConn has found a comfort zone at the free throw line through eight games, which is unusual for Connecticut teams.

It may be a result of the lack of big men who are often poor free throw shooters.

As a team, the Huskies have made 134 of 173 (.775) from the charity stripe.

The game can be watched on SNY and ESPN3.com and can be heard on WHUS at 7 p.m.

Daniel.Maher@UConn.edu

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Mosqueda-Lewis leads Huskies past the Nittany Lions

By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor Sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis helped lead the No. 2 UConn women’s basketball team past No. 10 Penn State 67-52, despite suffering two injuries earlier this season.

Mosqueda-Lewis scored a season-high 25 points in the 35 minutes she played against the Lady Lions. As of Wednesday, Mosqueda-Lewis was questionable for last night’s game, but got the start despite suffering a quad contusion against Maryland and a concussion in the Paradise Jam tournament against Purdue.

In the first half against Penn State, Mosqueda-Lewis led the Huskies with eight total points, shooting 2-5 from the field. Mosqueda-Lewis saw that her team was struggling

early and was able to spark She did it all year last year the Connecticut offense. and she’s going to do it this “I saw we were having a lit- year too.” tle trouble,” Mosqueda-Lewis said. “We weren’t really getSloppy game on both sides ting going offensively, and Both UConn and Penn sometimes the best way to get State committed numerous your team going offensively fouls and turned the ball over is to get a couple numerous times, steals, to get a couin a game that ple deflections, to did not have any just get something flow until midgoing.” way through the Another strong second half. The performer for Huskies turned the the Huskies was ball over 20 times, sophomore guard while the Lady Brianna Banks.

Lions committed Notebook Banks scored a 26 turnovers. total of 10 points UConn was also and recorded two steals. She called for a season-high 16 also commended the consis- fouls, including a technical on tent play of her teammate, coach Geno Auriemma after Lewis. he exchanged words with the `“She always steps up. It’s officials over an offensive foul what we expect her to do,” called against Stefanie Dolson. said Banks. “It’s nothing new. Penn State was charged with

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22 fouls, and Lady Lions coach Coquese Washington was not happy with the officiating of the game.

“I didn’t think referees called the game like there were two Top 10 teams playing,” Washington said. “I don’t think the fans or anyone watching on TV got to see the kind of basketball that both teams are capable of playing…and that’s unfortunate.”

Auriemma said after the game that there are still many issues in women’s college basketball games and until they are fixed more games like this one are to be expected.

UConn also struggled from the free throw line against Penn State. The Huskies shot just 69.6 percent from the line, which is lower than their season average of 73 percent.

The Lady Lions struggled from the line as well, shoot-

ing just 61.5 percent.

UConn was able to turn the game around in their favor in the second half, thanks in part to the play of freshman guard Moriah Jefferson. At the 10:03 mark, Jefferson recorded two steals and scored four points in under a minute. From there, UConn was able to find a rhythm and build a 13-point lead that they did not look back from.

The quotable Geno Auriemma “Our guard play has to get better and our big men got out-rebounded two games in a row. We got to take care of that, that’s something that should not happen.” – Auriemma on the two things he feels his team needs to improve on the most.

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu