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Walking with Memphis
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Couples tied the knot at church on UConn campus. page 2
Task force slow to enact change Volume CXX No. 79
By Nick Shigo Campus Correspondent
In a recent email to the University of Connecticut community, President Susan Herbst announced changes she plans to make based on suggestions from the Task Force for Civility and Campus Culture — but the student body president suggested the changes aren’t coming quickly enough. The Feb. 7 email said that the task force was formed last summer to formulate “specific recommendations that are both effective and practical, which the university may implement to enhance and support a culture of civility and respect on its campuses.” It was formed after a group of UConn students lodged a federal complaint and initiated a
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lawsuit against the university, claiming it failed to protect them when they were sexually assaulted. Suggestions from the task force included classes on healthy relationships, educational programs on sexual violence prevention and self-defense, and an effort to change the nickname sometimes used to describe the path from campus to Celeron Square Apartments — presently known as “the rape trail.” None of the suggested programs have been implemented, and no start date has been mentioned. However, the email states that, “implementing these recommendations will begin immediately.” According to Undergraduate Student Government President Edward Courchaine, who is
a member of the task force, that no significant timeline or none of the members know urgency has been placed on exactly when implementing these prothe suggested grams will programs. take effect — Courchaine even though emphasized they were the need for a announced definitive start as one of or a symbolic Herbst’s top kick-off that priorities. was not pres“ W h e n ent in the messomething sage put out is listed as to the UConn ‘this will take community. Edward Courchaine place imme“If UConn diately’ it is going to USG President means ‘we’ll change its culget around to ture, it needs it,’” Courchaine said. to be an urgent problem,” he In his speech to the USG said. Senate on Wednesday, In a press release accompaCourchaine added that Herbst nying the report, Herbst said, has not shown sufficient lead- “Our goal is to remain at the ership on the task force and forefront of the battle against
“When something is listed as ‘this will take place immediately’ it means ‘we’ll get around to it.’”
P.M. to 4:00 P.M. for “a pair of UConn men’s basketball tickets, pairs of UConn men’s hockey tickets, UConn t-shirts and other great Coca Cola Products.” Arnie Seipel of NPR pointed out in his history of Valentine’s Day: “According to market research firm IBIS World, Valentine’s Day sales reached $17.6 billion last year; this year’s sales are expected to total $18.6 billion.” And yet, there is still some meaning to the day. Classical writer Geoffrey Chaucer wrote: “For this was sent on Saint Valentine’s Day When every fool cometh there to choose his mate.” And Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night’s Dream: To-morrow is Saint Valentine’s day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.” With the commercialization of Valentine’s Day comes the
By Sten Spinella Campus Correspondent
UConn students will be in the mood for love today, and some will certainly (maybe) wonder why it is this day — the 14th of February — is known for romance. The holiday’s history diverges from the sprawling commercial opportunity it has evolved into. The UConn Co-Op is sporting a sale on Apple products until it closes Valentine’s Day night. The UConn Dairy Bar is offering a variety of Valentine’s Day cakes. UConn Dining Services ran a competition called the “Show us Your Heart” contest, where students “create their own candy heart.” The most creative and welldone heart wins the student a free dinner for two at Chuck & Augies. Finally, the Union Street Market is holding a “Valentine’s Day Raffle” today from 3:00
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Students decorate a Love Shack
Inside
Valentine’s Day has a long, complex history
By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent
Couple tied the knot at church on UConn campus Alumna gives an inside look into Hallmark Sweet Emotion cashes in on the holiday of love question: Why does everybody buy chocolates and Hallmark cards for Valentine’s Day? Is there not a better way to express affection than buying gifts? With the invention of Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D.), there is. Written on www.singlesawareness.com: “In response to the huge push by retailers
surveys and “town hall-style” meetings for students and faculty members to gauge the community’s perception of campus culture. In its report to Herbst, the task force said that while UConn has many resources regarding sexual assault, many students were not aware of them or could not readily access them. Because of these issues, many recommendations put forward by the task force focus on coordinating related activities and streamlining the process for dealing with sexual violence issues. “ A lot of the recommendations we made were things specifically from the mouths of students and faculty members on campus,” Courchaine said.
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sexual assault and harassment by doing all we can to mirror the best practices nationally and to be a leader in the field.” Herbst also said that the policies, procedures and resources will be constantly reviewed and changed to ensure that the university is using the best strategies to prevent sexual violence and to provide services to victims. But Courchaine said that many participants felt that what the university was doing on issues of sexual assault and discrimination “wasn’t nearly sufficient.” The task force convened for the first time in September and held weekly meetings until December to discuss potential programs to support its goal. Courchaine said they held focus groups, conducted
for us to buy all of their candy, flowers and greeting cards February 15 has been declared Singles Awareness Day! This is the day that all of the single people can proudly stand up and show that it is OKAY to be single!”
Student organizations that are looking for a way to get publicity while supporting a good cause can do so by helping UConn Habitat for Humanity decorate a Love Shack next Thursday, Feb. 21, and Friday, Feb. 20 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Habitat for Humanity will build a white, six-foot-tall Love Shack next Wednesday on Fairfield Way, and it’s up to student organizations to decorate each of its wooden planks with slogans, Greek letters and pictures. Organizations can sign up by contacting UConnHabitat@ gmail.com directly, or by signing up in the Student Union today or Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Up to three members of each organization can sign up together for 15-minute blocks. Although there is no cost required for participating
organizations, 4th-semester nursing major Shaina Forte says that the suggested donation is $20 for a plank and paint, which is being donated by Lowe’s. Donations will go towards funding Habitat’s projects, such as weekend housing builds. Once decorated, the 32-square-foot Love Shack will be donated to a local daycare. “This represents what we do on the weekend,” said Forte, the Habitat secretary. Forte explained that Habitat is aiming to raise $3,000 this semester. “We have a high goal, so we needed to do something different.” This is the first time that Habitat has built a Love Shack since 1995. Habitat is also planning on holding a “Jail and Bail” fundraiser and a basketball tournament later in the semester.
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Va. same-sex marriage Latest storm strains budgets, patience in Conn. ban unconstitutional according to judge
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The latest winter storm to slam Connecticut made travel difficult and strained snow removal budgets as some fed up residents began counting the days until spring. Tandem tractor-trailer trucks were banned from highways on Thursday and most schools were closed as plow trucks struggled to keep roads clear in a heavy winter storm that was expected to dump up to 20 inches of snow and some ice in parts of the state. “I’ve had enough of shoveling snow,” said Ben Gaffney of Branford. “I’m definitely fed up with the cold weather. We’re counting down the days now to
spring. I think it’s 37 days left.” Gaffney’s normal commute of 10 to 15 minutes to his job as general manager at Atticus Bookstore Cafe takes about 45 minutes to an hour in snowstorms. The snow can help business at Atticus, which is near Yale University. “The cold is what drives people away more than anything because they don’t want to leave their house,” Gaffney said. “Snow is actually a little bit of a boost because classes get canceled so they have nothing else to do so they come out and enjoy our bookstore and restaurant.”
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A pedestrian crosses Main Street as snow falls in downtown Danbury, Conn. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Danbury and its surrounding areas are expected to see 14 to 20 inches of snow, which is expected to taper off around midnight.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making it the first state in the South to have its voter-approved prohibition overturned. U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia will still not be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. Both sides believe the case won’t be settled until the Supreme Court decides to hear it or one like it. Allen’s ruling makes Virginia the second state in the South to
issue a ruling recognizing the legality of gay marriages. A judge in Kentucky ruled Wednesday that the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. It did not rule on the constitutionality of same-sex marriages inside the state, however. The Virginia judge’s ruling also follows similar decisions in Utah and Oklahoma federal courts. “Through its decision today, the court has upheld the principles of equality upon which this nation was founded,” the plaintiffs’ lead
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co-counsel, Theodore B. Olson, said in a statement. The Virginia Attorney General’s Office took the unusual step of not defending the law because it believes the ban violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. In her ruling, Wright Allen agreed. “The court is compelled to conclude that Virginia’s Marriage Laws unconstitutionally deny Virginia’s gay and lesbian citizens the fundamental freedom to choose to marry. Government interests in perpetuating traditions, shielding state matters from federal interference, and favoring one model of parenting over others must yield to this country’s cherished protections that ensure the exercise of the private choices of the individual citizen regarding love and family,” Wright Allen wrote. Wright Allen’s stay was requested by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office in order to avoid
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a situation similar to what happened in Utah after a federal judge declared that state’s ban on gay marriages unconstitutional. More than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples were married in the days after the ruling before the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state an emergency stay, halting the weddings and creating a cloud of uncertainty for the status of the married couples. Soon after, a federal judge also declared Oklahoma’s ban unconstitutional. That ruling is also on hold while it is appealed. In a movement that began with Massachusetts in 2004, 17 states and the District of Columbia now allow gay marriage, most of them clustered in the Northeast. None of them is in the old Confederacy. The Virginia case centered on a gay Norfolk couple who were denied a marriage license by the Norfolk Circuit Court in July, shortly after the Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense
of Marriage Act. A Chesterfield County couple who married in California and are raising a teenage daughter also later joined the lawsuit, seeking to have their marriage recognized in Virginia. The attorneys representing the plaintiffs are the same ones who successfully challenged California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriages in court. In her ruling, Wright Allen said the lesbian couple “suffer humiliation and discriminatory treatment on the basis of their sexual orientation.” “This stigmatic harm flows directly from current state law.” Opponents of the Virginia ban say the issue resonates in Virginia in particular because of a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Virginia couple and interracial marriage. Mildred and Richard Loving were married in Washington, D.C., and were living in Virginia when police raided their home in 1958
and charged them with violating the state’s Racial Integrity law. They were convicted but prevailed before the Supreme Court. During verbal arguments in the case, Virginia Solicitor General Stuart Raphael said that the ban on gay marriage is legally indistinguishable from the ban on interracial marriage. He said the same arguments to defend the ban now are the same ones that were used back then, including that marriage between two people of the same sex has never been historically allowed. Raphael also said supporters have failed to prove how allowing gay marriage would make heterosexual couples less likely to marry. In defending the law, the attorney for the Norfolk clerk said that the issue is best left for the General Assembly and the voters to decide. Nationwide, there are more than a dozen states with federal lawsuits challenging state bans on same-sex marriage.
Mexico City mulls legalizing sale of marijuana
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Leftist lawmakers on Thursday proposed allowing the sale of marijuana within Mexico City, seeking to join Uruguay and the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado in creating legal markets for the drug. The bill is vague on many key points and faces legal hurdles that may be impossible to overcome but it creates at least the possibility of an island of legalization of one drug in a nation that has been devastated by the fallout from the U.S.-backed fight to stop the northbound flow of recreational narcotics. Most legislators in the Mexico City assembly haven’t said whether they back the proposal, but the local legislature controlled by the leftist Democratic Revolution Party is the most liberal in Mexico and has previously legalized abortion and gay marriage. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera supports the plan. Approval could force a legal showdown with the federal government, which
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In this Aug. 4, 2013 photo, a man identified only as Pedro smokes a marijuana cigarette at his home in Mexico City.
would have to decide whether to effectively override the local law by enforcing federal laws barring drug trafficking, challenging the city law in the courts, or both. President Enrique Pena Nieto has come out against drug legalization, which he says will not reduce the violence that has left tens of thousands dead across the
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has allowed the possession of no more than 5 grams of marijuana, about four joints, for personal use, but it still requires the arrest of anyone caught buying or selling any amount. The bill is silent on the number of stores that would be allowed, or how marijuana sales would be regulated, taxed and enforced. The sponsors are also asking allies in the federal congress to push forward with a law that would legalize marijuana production throughout the country, effectively providing a source for any legal pot shops. That federal bill, which also proposes allowing Mexicans to legally possess up to 30 grams of marijuana, is almost certain to go nowhere in the national legislature, which is dominated by Pena Nieto’s party and the conservative National Action Party. The proposal in Mexico City’s assembly also doesn’t specify if it would allow only city residents to buy pot.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Storm makes driving treacherous and budgets strained
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Alison Brazel, left, and Kyle Bell both of Manchester Conn. brave the snow for pizza and provisions as they walk along Main Street in Manchester on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. A slow moving winter storm is dumping up to 20 inches of snow and freezing rain across the state, canceling school and making for a messy commute.
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Metro-North Railroad reduced service, while dozens of flights were canceled at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered the truck ban beginning at 4 a.m., told nonessential state employees not to report to work and asked residents to avoid unnecessary travel. By Thursday afternoon, about 40 accidents had been reported on highways but no serious injuries or fatalities, said Scott DeVico, spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The National Weather Service said 10 to 20 inches of snow and up to one-tenth of an inch of ice could fall in northwestern Connecticut, with the larger amounts accumulating in higher elevations in the northern Litchfield County hills. The agency forecast 8 to 12 inches of snow and some ice in northern Connecticut and the southwestern part of the state, and 6 to 10 inches of snow and some ice in southeastern Connecticut. The state Department of Transportation had hundreds of trucks plowing highways. But with each run taking two to three hours to complete, the challenge was keeping the roads clear as snow quickly accumulated behind the trucks.
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co-counsel, Theodore B. Olson, said in a statement. The Virginia Attorney General’s Office took the unusual step of not defending the law because it believes the ban violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. In her ruling, Wright Allen agreed. “The court is compelled to conclude that Virginia’s Marriage Laws unconstitutionally deny Virginia’s gay and lesbian citizens the fundamental freedom to choose to marry. Government interests in perpetuating traditions, shielding state matters from federal interference, and favoring one model of parenting over others must yield to this country’s cherished protections that ensure the exercise of the private choices of the individual citizen regarding love and family,” Wright Allen wrote. Wright Allen’s stay was requested by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office in order to avoid
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a situation similar to what happened in Utah after a federal judge declared that state’s ban on gay marriages unconstitutional. More than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples were married in the days after the ruling before the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state an emergency stay, halting the weddings and creating a cloud of uncertainty for the status of the married couples. Soon after, a federal judge also declared Oklahoma’s ban unconstitutional. That ruling is also on hold while it is appealed. In a movement that began with Massachusetts in 2004, 17 states and the District of Columbia now allow gay marriage, most of them clustered in the Northeast. None of them is in the old Confederacy. The Virginia case centered on a gay Norfolk couple who were denied a marriage license by the Norfolk Circuit Court in July, shortly after the Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense
of Marriage Act. A Chesterfield County couple who married in California and are raising a teenage daughter also later joined the lawsuit, seeking to have their marriage recognized in Virginia. The attorneys representing the plaintiffs are the same ones who successfully challenged California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriages in court. In her ruling, Wright Allen said the lesbian couple “suffer humiliation and discriminatory treatment on the basis of their sexual orientation.” “This stigmatic harm flows directly from current state law.” Opponents of the Virginia ban say the issue resonates in Virginia in particular because of a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Virginia couple and interracial marriage. Mildred and Richard Loving were married in Washington, D.C., and were living in Virginia when police raided their home in 1958
and charged them with violating the state’s Racial Integrity law. They were convicted but prevailed before the Supreme Court. During verbal arguments in the case, Virginia Solicitor General Stuart Raphael said that the ban on gay marriage is legally indistinguishable from the ban on interracial marriage. He said the same arguments to defend the ban now are the same ones that were used back then, including that marriage between two people of the same sex has never been historically allowed. Raphael also said supporters have failed to prove how allowing gay marriage would make heterosexual couples less likely to marry. In defending the law, the attorney for the Norfolk clerk said that the issue is best left for the General Assembly and the voters to decide. Nationwide, there are more than a dozen states with federal lawsuits challenging state bans on same-sex marriage.
Mexico City mulls legalizing sale of marijuana
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Leftist lawmakers on Thursday proposed allowing the sale of marijuana within Mexico City, seeking to join Uruguay and the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado in creating legal markets for the drug. The bill is vague on many key points and faces legal hurdles that may be impossible to overcome but it creates at least the possibility of an island of legalization of one drug in a nation that has been devastated by the fallout from the U.S.-backed fight to stop the northbound flow of recreational narcotics. Most legislators in the Mexico City assembly haven’t said whether they back the proposal, but the local legislature controlled by the leftist Democratic Revolution Party is the most liberal in Mexico and has previously legalized abortion and gay marriage. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera supports the plan. Approval could force a legal showdown with the federal government, which
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In this Aug. 4, 2013 photo, a man identified only as Pedro smokes a marijuana cigarette at his home in Mexico City.
would have to decide whether to effectively override the local law by enforcing federal laws barring drug trafficking, challenging the city law in the courts, or both. President Enrique Pena Nieto has come out against drug legalization, which he says will not reduce the violence that has left tens of thousands dead across the
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Alison Brazel, left, and Kyle Bell both of Manchester Conn. brave the snow for pizza and provisions as they walk along Main Street in Manchester on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. A slow moving winter storm is dumping up to 20 inches of snow and freezing rain across the state, canceling school and making for a messy commute.
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Metro-North Railroad reduced service, while dozens of flights were canceled at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered the truck ban beginning at 4 a.m., told nonessential state employees not to report to work and asked residents to avoid unnecessary travel. By Thursday afternoon, about 40 accidents had been reported on highways but no serious injuries or fatalities, said Scott DeVico, spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The National Weather Service said 10 to 20 inches of snow and up to one-tenth of an inch of ice could fall in northwestern Connecticut, with the larger amounts accumulating in higher elevations in the northern Litchfield County hills. The agency forecast 8 to 12 inches of snow and some ice in northern Connecticut and the southwestern part of the state, and 6 to 10 inches of snow and some ice in southeastern Connecticut. The state Department of Transportation had hundreds of trucks plowing highways. But with each run taking two to three hours to complete, the challenge was keeping the roads clear as snow quickly accumulated behind the trucks.
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“The conditions are poor, no question about it,” DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said Thursday afternoon. “Mother Nature has the upper hand when the snow is coming down at 2 to 3 inches an hour. Anyone that is out there traveling is going to encounter a pretty significant amount of accumulation on the roads.” The latest storm was added to already depleted snow removal budgets. The DOT had already spent all $30 million in 11 storms this season before the latest storm. In New Haven, the budget for materials and private contractors hired to help has received an additional $200,000 infusion and will likely require an additional transfer to cover costs, said city spokesman Laurence Grotheer. The budget for overtime costs will likely be used up with the latest storm, he said. Mayor Toni Harp declared a snow emergency and asked the state and federal governments to assist with storm cleanup by providing heavy equipment and the personnel to operate it, Grotheer said. State courts were closed, college classes were canceled and officials in many cities and towns were warning people about parking bans and threatening to have violators’ vehicles towed away.
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UCONN CLASSICS: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! IF YOU’RE SEEING SOMEONE, HAVE FUN. IF YOU’RE NOT, SPEND TIME IN YOUR OWN WAY AND HAVE FUN. Classic Side of Rice by Laura Rice
HOROSCOPES Today's Birthday (02/14/14). Take action for what you love this year. Travel, and take on new projects. Go for top performance, refining routines for support. You're learning about health, service and contribution. Renew your home around springtime. The solar eclipse (6/10) brings a new romantic stage. Foster creativity, and play with friends, family and children. Grow your own joy. It's contagious. 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 -- Consider practical work issues. Don't waste time arguing with your partner. Focus on what you have in common and share love instead. Play by the rules and you'll end up with more than you thought possible. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- After this is next step is done, the rest will be easy. Don't forget a lesson learned the hard way. A new phase begins with today's Full Moon regarding your income and expenses. Your discipline's admirable.
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- One door closes and another opens. A Full Moon turning point arises regarding balancing social life, home and career. Your confidence rises too, as you work out the details. Resist the urge to splurge. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Schedule quiet retreat or meditation time. A new phase begins with this Full Moon regarding finances. The best things in life are still free. Don't buy expensive gifts. Write a poem. Express your love in words. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The Full Moon brings a new phase in your self-image and confidence. Try a new style or haircut. Your magnetism draws others in. Stick with trusted techniques on an old job. Handle what you've been putting off. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The Full Moon illuminates a new door in your priorities with a personal project. Mend and repair. Graduate to the next level. New facts erase old fears. Let your creativity blend ancient wisdom with modern style. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- A turning point develops regarding a contract, agreement or collaboration with today's Full Moon. Grow a partnership. Let somebody else challenge the status quo. Don't try to bend the rules. Water your garden patiently. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Step into a new endeavor. The Full Moon brings a turning point regarding career and status. Keep a low profile. Prepare a current budget. Competition leads to a better idea. Work interferes with play. You're gaining confidence. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- A new opportunity arises with the Full Moon for travel or exploration. Include friends. You can be two places simultaneously, through fantasy or technology. It doesn't take money. Tell your special ones why you love them. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A new opportunity for your family prosperity arises with the Full Moon. Resist the spending temptation. Share delicious flavors and handmade expressions of love. Postpone a financial discussion and avoid an argument. Appreciate something about each other. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- The Full Moon shines on a new phase in your partnership. You're gaining confidence... use it to acknowledge someone for who they are for you. It doesn't take grandiose gestures. Just share your love and appreciation. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- The Full Moon brings a new door for service and health routines. Take care of business, and refine your practices for efficiency. Get nurtured with a walk and a shared sunset. Savor some unscripted, offline time.
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Even in winter, the beautiful Mirror Lake remains one of the most romantic spots on campus for couples to pass the time together.
By Zach Lederman Staff Writer There’s something wonderful about Valentine’s Day. Oh sure, there are those out there that can’t stand the one day of the year devoted to love, but for those of us with someone to spend it with, it can be the best day of the whole year! Of course, when you’re stuck here at UConn, it can be harder than normal to have a really romantic time; after all, classrooms don’t exactly make for romantic cuddle sessions. However, being the smart cookie that I am, I’ve come up with what I
believe to be the most romantic spots on campus, for all you lovebirds out there to use to your heart’s content. First off is the obvious Mirror Lake. There’s nothing nicer than setting out a nice picnic and sharing it with your significant other down by a crystal clear body of water – birds chirping, bees buzzing – it gets my heart racing just thinking about it. If you want something a bit less cliché than a lakeside picnic, give the Benton a try. No, don’t go to the museum itself, but rather, go ahead and take a stroll alongside the back of the building.
There you’ll find a pleasant little sitting area, located in the Benton’s small garden. There are some chairs and tables for a casual lunch. It makes for a nice, romantic, secluded spot, as the trees and bushes will protect you from the wandering eyes of passers-by. But perhaps you want something more casual? In that case, try a personal favorite of mine, Lu’s Café. Now, this might not immediately strike most of you as a ‘romantic’ spot on campus, but I think that Lu’s has some charm. It’s more secluded than the other UConn eateries on campus – located
Day traditions, dances or love stories. Today, UConn hardly celebrates the fourteenth of February. The Union sells some heart-shaped rice krispies and Insomnia Cookies gives a deal for a cookie cake. That’s about it. Is the weather too cold for Storrs to celebrate the holiday of love? Does the wind deter individuals from leaving the warmth of their rooms? I hope not. Rather, the ice-covered sidewalks should be a flying leap for people to fall – literally – in love. While the Valentine’s Day spirit is certainly lacking in UConn traditions, our school has produced some great love stories. Holly Chase, a second semester ACES student, is the daughter of two UConn sweethearts. Mom was an ’85 graduate and played flute; dad was an ’83 graduate and played percussion. As the story goes, they met in marching band, Mr. Chase proposed on Valentine’s Day a few years later and the two have been married for 26 years. Kimmy Stankus, a fourth semester psych and HDFS major, is also the daughter of two UConn lovebirds. In fact,
her dad and his best friend both met the loves of their lives in a South Campus residence hall. Her mom and her proclaimed aunt lived next door to each other, as did the two men a floor up. Since that fateful time, three of their children have attended or are attending UConn, perhaps continuing the romantic story of their parents. As to a school wide tradition, perhaps its time we began something new. Harvard University has “Stacks Smooching,” where sweethearts mingle in the back of Widener Library. Since the 1800s, a full moon at Stanford University entices couples to the quad for a kissing fest. Why doesn’t UConn have any of these traditions? The recently constructed Sundial Garden seems like just the spot for new love to bloom. Or what about the swings at Mirror Lake? It is nonsensical for a school so large and so distinct to have such a short history pertaining to Valentine’s Day and romance. Time to make a change and spread some Valentine’s Day love.
down underneath the Family Studies building – and gives off the feeling of lounging in an old fashioned speakeasy during the days of prohibition. The food isn’t that great, but this place is all about the atmosphere. If you’re looking for somewhere fun to go on a date, consider taking a hike around the Horsebarn Hill area. Unfortunately, it may be a bit cold for that today, but here’s an even better idea: sledding. What could make for a more fun Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart than partaking in some good old fashioned sledding? I mean, honestly, is there anyone who
can truthfully say that they wouldn’t enjoy being taken sledding? After you’re done, you’ll be cold too, which is a great excuse to go and drink some hot chocolate, cuddle up and watch a movie. Wherever you decide to go though, just make sure you have fun. Most of the time, we become so caught up in what Valentine’s Day is about that we forget to just enjoy it. So go out, kiss someone you love, and just enjoy the time you have with them. Who knows when you’ll get to see them again?
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Is UConn’s campus lacking in Sant Jordi’s Day: Spain’s answer to Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day traditions?
By Emily Lewson Campus Correspondent
No matter how you feel about Valentine’s Day, it has arrived once again. The National Retail Federation estimates that $17.3 billion will be spent on gifts this year. Interestingly enough, Valentine’s Day may increase revenue into the U.S. economy but is based on uncertain legend and lacks tradition, especially here at UConn. When researching Valentine’s Day origins, there is no decided history. The most popular story is that St. Valentine was in jail when he fell in love with the jailor’s daughter. He wrote a letter to her and signed it “From your Valentine.” Since then, the tradition has transformed into today’s holiday. At UConn, Valentine’s Day does not live up to its full potential. Back in 1880, Charles and Augustus Storrs donated 170 acres of land to start the agricultural school that would become UConn. But there is no information as to whether either of the two was ever married; so even the founders of our university had lives without true love. Moreover, when UConn was an all boys school, there was no records of any Valentine’s
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By Carles Lopez Campus Correspondent
Catalonia, an autonomous community in Spain, celebrates love with books — instead of chocolates. April 23 is the day of Sant Jordi, Saint George in English, and is considered international book day. On that day, Catalonian couples celebrate their love for each other in a really intimate, and symbolic way. The man will give a single rose and a wheat spike to his partner and the woman will give a book to her partner. The single rose represents an exclusive love, and the wheat spike represents fecundity. The book, which is chosen carefully to fit her lovers’ taste, represents how well she knows her partner. “We always buying books. We are both avid readers,” Estefania Peñalver-Ferrer, a Catalonian living in the United States, said. “However while choosing a book for my husband during Sant Jordi, I’m extra careful and I buy something that he will truly like,” Ferrer said, expressing the importance of the gift. “And I get a rose, it’s like the Beauty and the Beast.” Nowadays it is more common that both sides receive a book,
instead of just the man in the relationship. The tradition of the rose came from a folklore story in which a dragon was terrorizing the small Catalonian town of Montblanc. The villagers fed all of their cattle to the dragon, but the villagers had no other choice but to put all of their names into a pot and raffle sacrifices once they ran out of cattle. The day in which the princess’ name was drawn from the pot, a knight came to rescue the princess and slaughtered the dragon. From the puddle of the dragon’s blood a single rosebush grew, and the knight, whose name was Jordi, gave one rose to the princess. The book’s legacy began when UNESCO declared April 23rd to be the international book day in 1995. “We celebrate Sant Jordi instead of Valentine’s Day because it’s less commercial, it has more meaning to us,” Ferrer said. Catalonia’s Sant Jordi celebration goes beyond a consumerism, Sant Jordi achieves, with only a book, a rose and a wheat spike to celebrate love, culture and patriotism.
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Netflix to show final season of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (AP) — Netflix’s Internet video service is coming to the rescue of “Star Wars” fans left in limbo by the abrupt cancellation of “The Clone Wars,” an animated television series that embellishes the lore of the Jedi Order and Sith Lords. The sixth and final season of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will be shown exclusively to Netflix subscribers in the U.S. and Canada beginning March 7 as part of a licensing deal announced Thursday. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The Los Gatos, Calif., company has already pledged to spend about $3 billion this year on licensing video as it tries to expand its audience of 48 million worldwide subscribers. A significant chunk of that money is being ear-
marked for video that can only be seen on Netflix. One of the company’s most popular exclusives, the Emmy-award winning political drama “House of Cards,” returns for its second season on Friday. The resurrection of “The Clone Wars” will finish the story that was still unresolved when Time Warner Inc.’s Cartoon Network cancelled the series following the fifth season. Cartoon Network dropped the series after Time Warner rival Walt Disney Co. bought the “Star Wars” franchise as part of its 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm. Besides showing all 13 episodes of the sixth season, Netflix’s video-streaming service gained the exclusive rights to the director’s cut of previous seasons in “The Clone Wars.”
Netflix Inc. has been cultivating closer ties with Disney while increasing its spending on licensing rights as part of its efforts to attract more subscribers to its $8 monthly service, which delivers video to Internet-connected TVs and other devices. Disney previously struck an agreement with Netflix that allows the Internet video service to show the next wave of “Star Wars” movies shortly after they leave the theaters. That deal begins in 2016. Netflix is emerging as a popular alternative for TV series canceled by broadcast and cable networks. The company revived the critically acclaimed comedy “Arrested Development” last year and plans to bring back the mystery “The Killing.”
The fitness industry is one of the fastest growing conglomerates out there and seemingly every day there is a new product or program that is launched to get you fit, skinny or ripped. While they all claim to do it easier and quicker than their predecessors, it can be difficult to sort through the chaff and figure out which ones work and which ones are slightly better than scams. There are a lot of popular programs and ideas that are either well-established or rapidly gaining traction that you might want to be aware of if you are looking to try something new. HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) has turned interval training upside down. This program that has been adapted to a variety of movements and applications takes the “typical” interval routine and reverses it; making the intervals where you are working longer and the breaks shorter. The caveat usually is that the workout is shorter overall in exchange for the high intensity. While this is a great way to get a nice calorie burn, doing these intense workouts on a regular basis can be mentally and physically draining. Cross Fit is a relatively new phenomenon that is spreading quickly. Based on the ideas of functional movement, a Crossfit workout borrows gymnastics, Olympic lifting and bodyweight exercise to make you as fit as possible. Crossfit, like all invasive trends, has almost become a subculture in itself, with its own language (WODs, or workout of the day) and lifestyle trends (paleo diets are extremely popular with the Corssfit crowd). While they use established movements and can achieve results, their daily workouts are extremely intense and unfortunately their rapid growth has created a vacuum of trainers to educate beginners on the proper movements, which can lead to injury. Zumba is the high-energy dance party that combines Latin music to make you think you are in a club instead of working out. An aerobics workout in disguise makes dancing work. While those who dislike dancing may be turned off, this program has found a cult following. P90X/T25/Insanity all created by a company called BeachBody seek to be your home/TV fitness solution. Their combination of calisthenics, plyometrics and core workouts borrow concepts from HIIT training as well. All of these programs offer you short time commitments to achieve your dream body a matter of weeks. This is a great way to start off a fitness program, but you will have to consider what you will do when the calendar plan of videos ends. Pilates is one of the oldest fitness programs that date back to the early 20th century. Focusing on muscle elongation and proper posture, a good Pilates workout can leave even the fittest individuals winded. While the pace is not always ideal for weight loss goals, the fundamentals of Pilates are one of the reasons it has lasted so long. Yoga is the oldest of the fitness programs and can be found in nearly every one of the programs mentioned here. A strong flexibility workout combined with an understanding of body positioning can lead you into some contortionist positions often to the backdrop of soothing music. Like Pilates, the fundamentals of this practice have allowed it to last so long and be incorporated into so many programs. The unfortunate news is that
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In this Aug. 28, 2011 file photo, Tyler, The Creator, center, holds the award for best new artist as he poses with other members of Odd Future at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. New Zealand immigration authorities have banned Los Angeles rappers Odd Future from entering the country after deciding they pose a threat to public order. Tyler, The Creator vented his frustration on Twitter on Thursday, Feb 13, 2014.
(AP) — The manager for banned U.S. rap group Odd Future says Tyler, The Creator, and his fellow members in the collective have changed over time and aren’t being given credit for growing up. New Zealand immigration authorities Thursday banned the Los Angeles rappers from entering the country after deciding they pose a threat to public order. The group was due to play an open-air concert with headline act Eminem on Saturday in Auckland.
“It’s disappointing because it’s coming from a place where the reasoning is based on lyrics and/or actions that happened when these guys were teenagers,” manager Christian Clancy said. “And if that’s a stance someone’s going to take, then what are you implying? That you don’t allow talented kids to grow and change?” Border Operations Manager Karen Urwin said authorities decided to decline visas to six group members after becoming aware of a 2011 incident in Boston in which some
witnesses claimed group members incited fans to attack police officers. “It’s not a decision we take lightly and not one that happens often,” Urwin said. Tyler, The Creator, vented his frustration on Twitter on Thursday. “They said we were ‘terrorist threats and bad for the society’ or whatever. Sick,” he wrote. He later tweeted, “I love NZ tho.” The hip-hop group, which is also known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, was initially known for its anar-
chic style and lyrics that canvas drugs, killing and rape — though those themes have been toned down in its more recent work. Urwin said the six rappers had intended to stay in New Zealand just a few days before leaving for Australia. She said it was rare to ban musicians under rules that cover character concerns. She said those provisions in the past have been used to stop people like white supremacist group leaders and highprofile Holocaust deniers.
She said some people wrongly assumed authorities considered the group’s lyrics in imposing the ban. “If we banned people who used swear words, we wouldn’t have many people left in New Zealand,” she said. In an official statement, Immigration New Zealand said: “Odd Future has been deemed to be a potential threat to public order and the public interest for several reasons, including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence.”
unremarkable, gold metallic dresses. Calvin Klein offered tweed jackets and winter wear in black and navy, with a touch of winter white and some woven patterns in odd places on the garments. While I’m usually a big fan of the Klein aesthetic and have enjoyed wearing several of his pieces, I found the collection neither striking nor particularly original. Libertine adopted the youthful, 80s-highschool-gone-edgy vibe of DSquared2 (the latter’s FW12 collection, in particular, came to mind), but twisted it into something a little too kooky. Jackets with silver spiderweb prints, overpatched tartan plaid, and jackets and pantsuits with Pollock-esque prints in outrageous neon were hard to take seriously as a consumer. Boss by Hugo Boss relied on the star power of Edie Campbell, Saskia de Brauw and Suvi Koponen to sell
dreary belted coats and dresses in dull black and grey. The overall vibe of the collection was utilitarian, with business wear in sensible greys and tans. While some unique silhouettes and a few pops of leather kept the look from being totally dismal, the brand’s unwillingness to stray from belted neutrals on business wear that has largely been done before made the collection painfully boring. Nanette Lepore focused the first half of its collection on a textured dark orchid print that worked on some individual pieces. Lepore also stuck to tired dress silhouettes and business wear, and while her unique pink and orange patterns elevated the looks a bit, none of the pieces – save for a couple of cool safari-esque dresses – were particularly covetable. J. Mendel was a highlight, providing modern red-andtan pieces with amazing colored furs. The dresses, coats
and skirts were very modern, some with a touch of grunge and others that seemed perfectly made for the chic urban ice queen. The furs were a definite highlight, in very wearable shapes and alternatively featuring touches of ice blue, dusted gold, and red. The beauty look for the show – straight hair, bright pink lips, and flushed faces – complemented the aesthetic perfectly. Though Ralph Lauren refused to stray from either his tired French-schoolchildgoes-American vibe (see: the U.S. winter Olympics uniforms) nor his recent foray into Southwest-U.S.meets-shabby-chic, his line did produce some good pieces. Though jackets in furlined leather were begging to be retired, some of the more shapely tweed jackets hearkened back to Lauren’s chic ‘70s-prep-school aesthetic. A modern, all-white look worn by model Sui He was a stunning take on win-
ter wear. From there, however, the collection devolved into pale pinks and whites that were altogether cloying, save for a stunning pair of white pants worn by Monika Jagaciak. The latter half of the collection also embraced both grey and Pantone’s orchid in silks for some stunning winter wear, the highlight of which was a minimalist Calvin-Kleinesque dress. Finally, Diesel Black Gold, Diesel’s women’s wear line, embraced its metallic and black aesthetic for fall. The collection was strongest at the back half, which featured jackets with unique zipper accents and sparks of silver metallic for a modern, urban take on traditional fall pieces. The fashion community will move across the Atlantic for the London shows starting today.
(AP) — Nicki Minaj has apologized for using a famous photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it with a racial slur for her new song. Minaj posted the photo Wednesday on her website and Instagram page. It’s for her new song “Lookin (Expletive) (Expletive).” The title uses the N-word. After she was criticized for what many saw as disrespect to a revered icon, she offered an apology Thursday on Instagram to the estate of Malcolm X, who was assassinated 49 years ago this month at age 39.
She also said the song’s artwork “is in no way to undermine his efforts and legacy.” “I apologize to the Malcolm X estate if the meaning of the photo was misconstrued. ... I have nothing but respect (and) adoration for u,” she wrote. Still, she sounded exasperated that people were even upset. “Do you have a problem with me referring to the people Malcolm X was ready to pull his gun out on as Lookin (expletive expletive)?” the 31-year-old asked in her post. “I am in the video shoot-
ing (the song) and there happened to be an iconic photo of Malcolm X ready to do the same thing for what he believed in!!!!” “Lookin” is male-bashing song. The photo of Malcolm X holding the rifle was taken when he was trying to protect his family from death threats after his home had been firebombed. Minaj’s personal representative declined to comment, and a rep for her record labels, Republic and Cash Money Records, didn’t return emails seeking comment.
New York Fashion Week wraps up By Ellie Hudd Campus Correspondent New York Fashion Week officially wrapped up yesterday, and the latter half of the week featured some of the better-known American designers and their fall collections. Unfortunately, many of their collections were not as impressive as those presented during the first half of the week. Diane von Furstenberg featured her signature invention, the wrap dress, in a variety of boring neutrals. Some models were encouraged to smile, which belied the sleepy fall palette and safe choices in silhouettes. Mixed prints were an ongoing theme that saw the collection through a horrid red-and-pink floral phase. The collection also utilized star, moon and ocean prints. The last phase of the collection consisted of pretty, if
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there is no one size fits all solution for your fitness goals. Each of the programs mentioned and those excluded all have success and failure stories. The true factor for success is your own motivation. If the idea of a high energy dance party or a mellowing stretching session keeps you motivated to workout then that really the metric of success worth caring about. The rules for getting in shape and staying that way are rarely steadfast
or universal. There is no dogma saying that P90X one day excludes you from doing any other workout the next. In fact the best plans cherry-pick from a variety of disciplines and ideas to gain results. So if your feeling motivated to workout or your routine is feeling stagnant, simply try something new and give one of these trendy workouts a try to determine if it’s right for you.
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Minaj uses Malcolm X, racial slur in cover art
This semester is my last at UConn. I am very fortunate in that I fulfilled all of my graduation requirements in previous semesters, so I had the complete freedom to choose courses that truly inspire and interest me..... and yes, to lighten my course-load substantially. What is the effect of having so much free time? Surely debauchery of all kinds – drinking, oversleeping, T.V. – watching, partying too hard? Not at all. Instead, my increased leisure has resulted in perhaps the most wholesome turn-around of my life. For the first time, my schedule allows for me to attend to all of my physical needs – to work out, to sleep, to meditate every day – with the result that I feel “centered” on a regular basis. I am kinder to strangers and more appreciative of nature. I have the time to be a good listener and to lead an active civic life – attending lectures, plays and town hall meetings, and visiting cultural institutions such as the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. The point is, increased leisure time has not resulted in laziness or reckless hedonism. If anything, it has made me a better student, citizen, daughter, friend and leader – and I do not think that I am a special case. I believe that if given the same opportunity, almost everyone would pursue similarly healthy and productive behaviors. This is the “good life” that philosophers and economists have mused over since the time of Socrates and with the advent of globalization and modern technology, it is an idea that now merits serious consideration on a practical level. Americans are working too hard. Working in order to earn money makes sense and can be fulfilling, but America has far surpassed the healthy and appropriate work-life balance. This is evident in the rising mental illness that has corresponded with the rise in working hours. In 2000 the Economic Policy Institute found that “absenteeism due to job stress has tripled in the past five years” and a very telling study by the American Psychosomatic Society “found that men age 35 to 57 who took annual vacations were 21 percent less likely to die young than non-vacationers and 32 percent less likely to die of coronary heart disease.” Overworking is also inefficient; it ensures that the time we spend in the office is not productive and the time we spend outside of it is not enjoyable. A 2011 paper published by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) examined part-time work productivity and concluded: “We find that firms with a large share of part-time employees are more productive than firms with a large share of full-time employees….A larger part-time employment share leads to greater firm productivity.” European nations have already proved that more leisure time is good for business. An article in BusinessWeek magazine states: “According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Belgium and the Netherlands, which mandate 30 and 28 annual vacation days, respectively, are almost 2 percent more productive than the U.S. And Luxembourg, with its highly competitive financial services industry and 32-day yearly vacation allowance, is a staggering 27 percent more efficient.” It is hard, for whatever reason, for Americans to believe that shortening the work week would truly be a more productive and efficient strategy – with benefits for business, health, environment and the civic functioning of society. We harbor a deeply ingrained fear of being lazy and an implacable competitiveness to prove our self-worth through the hours that we put in. For these reasons, if the United States is ever going to achieve a sane work-life balance, it is going to have to implement it gradually over a long period of time. This is precisely what the New Economics Foundation, a UK-based think tank, advocates in their 2013 book “Time On Our Side.” Anna Coote, head of the Foundation’s Social Institute, explains the strategy: … young people entering the labour market for the first time could be offered a four-day week (or its equivalent). That way, each successive cohort adds to the numbers working a shorter week, but no one has to cut their hours. Before long, there would be a critical mass of workers on shorter hours and others may want to do the same. At the other end, elderly people would more gradually enter into retirement. One criticism of this policy is that, at least temporarily, there will be some low-paid workers who simply do not make enough on shorter hours. Coote responds: “The answer is to tackle low pay directly, not to force people to work long hours to feed and house their families. Moving to shorter working hours can help to manage a sustainable, low-growth economy by sharing out paid and unpaid work more evenly across the population.” There are countless statistics and studies that demonstrate our deteriorating mental, physical and social health as a direct result of work stress, and that predict increased productivity and savings with a part-time workforce. The real story of the American working lifestyle, however, is not told by statistics. It is our shared, visceral experience of working too hard for the wrong things, and our growing common sense that we are not serving anyone, or anything, when we work past the point of exhaustion. As phrased by writer Joe Robinson in his essay “Do Americans Work Too Much?”: “If we have no time for family and friends, no time to enjoy, explore, refresh, and recreate, no time to think that there could be, should be something more, what exactly do we have?”
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Michael Sam’s statement is a step forward, but some see a distraction
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he announcement of Michael Sam’s sexuality has caused a stir across America with many calling it a stunning progressive turn of events and others questioning the alleged controversy. Michael Sam is a former college football player for the University of Missouri and in his senior year was unanimously voted to All-American status. It was projected prior to this announcement that he would be a third or fourth round pick in the NFL draft in April, according to the Kansas City Star. If drafted, he would be the first openly gay NFL player while active on a team. Wade Davis, Kwarne Harris, Dave Kopay, Roy Simmons, Esera Tuaolo (all of the NFL) Billy Bean, Glenn Burke, Kazuhito Tadano (of the MLB) and John Amaechi (NBA) all disclosed their homosexuality after retiring from the sport. Jason Collins of the NBA came out last May when still technically “active” but did not play a game after his announcement; he is currently a free agent. In essence, the four major sports in America (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) have been devoid of a homesexual presence. The inclusion of Michael Sam would be a tremendous step forward for the NFL; unfortunately, some in the NFL are not taking it that way. In fact, according to the Washington Post, Sam dropped from the 90th best prospect to 160th as a result of his announcement. While he would eventually come back up to around 110th, the change is a clear indication of the NFL’s apprehension regarding Michael Sam’s distraction status. Many are concerned about the environment in the locker room and how such a difference may play out the field. Sam’s supporters, among them Jon Stewart and Dale Hansen, a Texas sports anchor, have drawn attention to the fact that idea of an openly gay NFL player has drummed up more “controversy” than former NFL draft prospects who were accused of sexual assault, obstruction of justice in a murder case, DUIs and accidental manslaughter, and illegal drug use and soliciting prostitution. Isn’t it more important how Sam has played during his college career? His first team All-American and first-team all-SEC (Southeastern Conference) selection indicate he is the best at his position, defensive end. He was also named SEC Defensive Player of the Year for the 2013-2014 season. Considering SEC’s status as the best college football conference in America, being named the best defensive player in it is quite an impressive feat. Now the ball is in the hands of NFL executives. Will they decide that Michael Sam is worth the controversy and will he be allowed to change locker room environments? Regardless, Sam marks an important step forward for conceptions of homosexuality and masculinity in American sports today.
Being allergic to Valentine’s Day, and everything else
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n addition to the large amounts of roses, couples and single people lamenting said couples —Valentine’s Day is also a major holidays for the candy industry. This year — according to the National Confectioners Association in Washington — an estimated $1.057 billion will have been spent on candy, up 1.9 percent from last year and the highest spending total in at least the last five years. Almost all the chocolate and candy purchased likely came in some form of packaging reading “May contain peanuts.” As someone who has lived his entire life with a severe peanut allerBy Kayvon Ghoreshi gy, that is a Commentary Editor phrase I have grown accustom to reading and lamenting. Most major candy and chocolate manufacturers nowadays, with the exception of a few companies like Hershey, sport the label — or some variation of it — such as “may contain traces of peanuts or tree nuts” or “processed in a facility that processes peanuts or tree nuts.” The FDA requires that foods that actually do contain peanuts and tree nuts need to be labeled as such, which is perfectly informative to allergic consumers. However, the addition of “may” turns it into a more ambiguous affair. The FDA doesn’t require labeling of potential contamination, but many companies still print it, either to be informative or to gain legal protection for the off
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chance someone goes into anaphylactic shock from eating their product. It isn’t just sweets either, as the popularity of peanut oil has led to an array of other foods potentially containing peanuts. The broader issue is ensuring those affected with allergies, particularly children, are in a safe environment. Some schools have banned peanuts from the school lunch room. Restaurants have taken more care to indicate allergen information on their menus. Some airlines have even stopped serving the classic bags of peanuts for fear of an anaphylactic episode at 30,000 feet above sea level. And while this is all welcome, according to the Centers for Disease Control, still more than 300,000 ambulatory-care visits a year among children are due to allergic reactions to food. And this problem will only continue to become more prevalent, considering the number of children who deal with peanut allergies alone has more than tripled since 1997, according to a study from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. And food allergies in general have increased by 50 percent between 1997 and 2011 according to a 2013 CDC study. Much of what I have said above deals with preventive care, and there needs to be more of it in order to keep the number of reactions to a minimum. However, in the event of an allergic reaction people seem to be grossly misinformed about what to do. Take the EpiPen as an example: It has become ubiquitous with peanut allergies, yet many people do not understand how to use it or what it does. I — and pretty much everyone else allergic to peanuts — know how to use it, but I won’t be the one to use it in a state of anaphylactic shock. Instead, it will have to be a
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friend or a complete stranger. As such, it is crucial that not only individuals with allergies and their families know what to do, but also school faculty, restaurant employees and others that may need to act. I have spent most of my life being allergic to peanuts, and while my other allergies have whittled away over the years, the severity of my allergy to peanuts has only increased. I, and millions of others, have grown up never knowing what the classic combination of peanut butter and jelly tastes like — and, as of right now, we still don’t know why that is. Biologically speaking, peanut allergies and really all food allergies are the result of a person’s immune system recognizing certain proteins as a threat to the body, overreacting and producing antibodies called Immunoglobulin E —which release histamines, causing many of the symptoms of an allergic reaction. However, we still do not know why people have food allergies in the first place. Some research has shown it is tied to genetics. Other research has shown it can be tied to when a child is exposed to certain foods, possibly even during pregnancy. It could be a multitude of factors. In short, there really is no consensus on how allergies develop. However, current research looks promising and the effort and funding behind it needs to continue; because, while peanut-free efforts are necessary in the short term, the peanut allergy-free efforts are what the future needs.
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Hypocrisy on ‘affluenza’ and drunk driving Commentary
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othing sparks a media storm better than a tragedy. That is, nothing besides a chance to engage in class warfare. The young man, Ethan Couch, convicted of killing four in a drunk driving accident has become a symbol of something much more. This tragedy has revealed By Devin Keehner s o m e thing truly Staff Columnist ugly and incomprehensible about our culture, while simultaneously alluding to a flaw in our legal system. The worst mistake made in this whole situation – besides the decision to drive while drunk – is the misrepresentation of the defense’s position. The idea that this
young man received a get out of jail free card because he was rich is ridiculous. Instead, the defense argued that the accused didn’t know any better, and that he had been spoiled his whole life. The defense went so far as to bring in a psychologist to argue this point. To describe this effect, the defense coined the unfortunate term “Afluenza.” The term was unhelpful, and played well into this country’s current disdain for the wealthy. Worse still, this young man was born rich. He didn’t earn it, and frankly he far from deserved it. However, the idea that our legal system will roll over for the rich is untrue and this defense could be replicated for use by the less privileged with ease. Imagine if the defendant
came from a broken single parent household instead of a wealthy one. Let’s up the ante and say his mother or father worked long hours just to put food on the table. This mother or father never really had time for their son. At some point the son falls into a bad crowd, and develops a drinking problem. Then one day he kills four people in a car crash. In that case a defense attorney could argue that the defendant should be granted leniency due to a lack of proper parenting. This isn’t an unheard of tactic when defending a minor. Would the above situation have sparked media outrage? No, it would not. It is incomprehensible that bad parenting would be a problem exclusively reserved for those in poverty. The
law must remain consistent above all else. That does not diminish the very real discrimination that exists in our legal system that in part stems from the ability to hire a decent defense attorney. This is not to say that this young man should be getting off easy. Driving while drunk is a serious offense, and four people are now dead because of it. However, that brings us to another problem with our legal system. Ethan Couch drove drunk, and that is an offense that should not be taken lightly under any circumstances. However, our system is far too lenient on drunk driving. Society delivers a slap on the wrist for putting a countless number of lives at risk, and then, paradoxically, is outraged when someone is
killed. If this young man had swerved off the side or the road and hit a tree, instead of another car, not only would this case not be a national sensation but the defendant would have received an even more lenient punishment than he already has. Is it really fair that someone’s legal fate should be left to chance? A quote from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers” puts it perfectly, “Suppose you merely scolded your puppy, never punished him, let him go on making messes in the house ...Then one day you notice that he is now a grown dog and still not housebroken – whereupon you whip out a gun and shoot him dead… Whose fault would it be?” It is an indefensible posi-
federal government have been slow to respond to the threat. Nothing illustrated the potential dangers of such an attack so clearly as the events of last April 16. It was the early morning after the Boston Marathon bombing, when unknown individuals fired 150 rounds into 17 transformers at an electrical substation near San Jose, Calif. Officials were able to avoid a blackout in Silicon Valley because electrical demand was low at the time, and power was quickly rerouted. The attack cost $15.7 million in damages according to the California Public Utilities Commission and left the transformers inoperable for a month. Specialists from the FBI and the Department of Defense found that the perpetrators had cut six AT&T fiber optic cables in an attempt to shut off nearby surveillance
cameras before firing into the substation from 40 yards away. The attackers hit only the radiators of the transformers in an effort to avoid an explosion which would have been visible from a nearby freeway. Investigators also found small piles of rocks, indicating possible vantage points and shell casings that were devoid of fingerprints. Jon Wellinghoff, the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, characterized the attack as “the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has occurred in North America.” The implications of a potential long term blackout in Silicon Valley, the heartland of America’s technology sector, are not to be underestimated. We got lucky. In this instance, there was no blackout and the lights stayed on. If anything,
this attack was a wake-up call. Our electrical substations, often located in rural areas, are in urgent need of additional security. But who should be in charge of securing the substations? Mr. Wellinghoff says that the FERC does not have to authority to take action. Despite the threat, Congress has failed to address the issue. In 2010 the Grid Reliability Infrastructure and Defense Act was put up for vote before Congress. This bill would have given federal regulators the authority to increase security specifications, had it not died in Senate. Given the political deadlock today it might be time for an intervention by the executive branch, perhaps in the form of an executive order. Regardless, now is not the time to squabble over who will pay for such security measures and who is responsible for implementing
them. Let’s fix the problem and settle the bill later, or we will have to face the consequences of our inaction. Some possible solutions to the threat include the addition of multiple surveillance cameras at each substation and large concrete barriers to protect transformers. Logically, responsibility for such security matters would belong to the Department of Homeland Security. Utility companies would also play a role. It would be best for the FERC to establish incentives that would promote the public sector to take substation security more seriously. The public sector would not need much incentive, the millions of dollars in potential damages is almost enough of an incentive by itself. The federal government should also be ready for the worst case scenario. A well-coordinated terrorist
tion that drunk drivers lucky enough not to kill are treated with such indifference – only to have the book thrown at them when it’s a human instead of a tree that gets clobbered. On this situation our legal system and the views of everyday people are totally incoherent, and until that is fixed all of this whining is unjustified. This is a tragedy and Ethan Couch deserves a much stiffer punishment. However, he doesn’t deserve to be the focal point for America’s anti-one percent bigotry. He was enabled by a family to cowardly to control him, and a society that lacks the will to punish until it’s too late.
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Power stations and phone lines need better protection
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t’s easy to be alarmist when discussing matters of national security, especially in the post-Sept. 11 years. But there is a glaring vulnerability in American national security that has yet to be rectified by the federal government. It involves electrical power By Ted Terpstra transformStaff Columnist ers, such as the ones found in substations throughout the United States. Complicated, expensive and difficult to replace — destroyed transformers can cost millions in damages and cause a blackout for thousands of customers. A report released two years ago by the National Research Council highlighted the vulnerability of electrical transformers to terrorist attack, but so far both the public sector and
attack could mean that many transformers are destroyed quickly, possibly denying electricity to residents in multiple states. There are surprisingly few spare transformers available, and those that are available are hard to transport. The Department of Energy must stockpile extra transformers as well as establish a system of easily transporting them. If prevention fails, we must be prepared for the aftermath. What of the unidentified individuals responsible for the attack last April? The FBI still has not made any arrests in the case. Let’s not wait for our luck to run out; next time our nation should be properly prepared.
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WNBA's Skylar Diggins has had a busy offseason
The Tulsa Shock's Skylar Diggins watches play during a WNBA game in Uncasville. From the Grammys to the Super Bowl, Diggins has been making the rounds at star-studded events. Now she'll be headed to New Orleans to participate in the NBA All-Star weekend.
NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a whirlwind few weeks for Skylar Diggins. From the Grammys to the Super Bowl and Fashion Week, she's popping up everywhere. Now she'll be headed to New Orleans to participate in the NBA All-Star weekend. "It's been very fun, I've been doing a lot of traveling and training," Diggins said. "Getting to see places and meet people." Yet it hasn't been all play for Diggins, who was coming off a disappointing rookie season in the WNBA with the Tulsa Shock. She's been busy expanding her brand. The 23-year-old already has endorsement deals with Nike and Sprint and soon will be promoting a chocolate milk drink, making her one of the league's most marketed players. Diggins seems to have the "it" factor that marketers covet. The attention started in college when she became an overnight Twitter sensation by guiding Notre Dame to the NCAA championship game. She gained nearly 100,000 followers overnight after the Irish beat UConn and now has over 415,000 — by far the most of any WNBA player. It's no wonder Jay-Z and Roc Nation signed her as their first female athlete last spring. Nike has already produced a variety of Diggins' trademark headbands
NEW YORK (AP) — Arkansas coach Bret Bielema and Alabama coach Nick Saban voiced their concerns about the effects of uptempo, no-huddle offenses on player safety to the NCAA committee that passed a proposal to slow down those attacks. Neither Bielema nor Saban were on the committee and they did not vote on the proposal passed Wednesday to allow defenses time to substitute between plays by prohibiting offenses from snapping the ball until 29 seconds are left on the 40-second play clock. NCAA coordinator of officials Rogers Redding said Thursday that Bielema was at the meeting in Indianapolis as a representative of the American Football Coaches Association. "Coach Saban asked for the opportunity to meet with the committee and talk about this," Redding said. "It's not routine, but it's not unique, either." Bielema and Saban run methodical offenses and have publicly questioned if the quickening pace of offenses is good for the game. FBS coaches on the panel are Air Force's Troy Calhoun, who
is the chairman, and LouisianaLafayette's Todd Berry. Their teams ranked 104th and 93rd, respectively, last season in plays per game in FBS. The proposal must be approved by the playing rules oversight panel, which meets March 6. Redding said it's not a rubber stamp panel, but more often than not it approves proposals. The panel does not consider competitive issues, Redding said. "Their role is to examine rules on the basis of player safety, economic impact and image of the game," he said. Right now the proposal is in what is known as a comment period. Coaches can electronically submit their opinions to the NCAA on the proposal, supporting it or opposing it. Redding said it is "rare though not unheard of for the committee to revisit" a proposal. He added the comments are taken seriously by the oversight panel. Redding said rules changes that would affect the pace of the game were discussed by the committee last year and during the AFCA convention in January at meeting he attended of about 35 coaches, including Bielema. The proposal
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though she won't be able to wear them on the court during WNBA games as the league is partnered with Adidas. She'll also have a 15-minute Nike+ Training Club app workout coming out in early April. "Exercise is something that all women can do," Diggins said. "It's something that can help them stay active and fit. Whether they are getting started or exercise all the time, it doesn't matter. It's about leading a healthy, fit lifestyle and hopefully this App will help them do." Diggins, who appeared on the cover of a sporting goods catalog last month, also has been working with ESPN as a feature reporter doing interviews with stars such as Kevin Durant, Doug McDermott and Julius Randle. "That's been a lot of fun, I know what type of questions I like and don't like when I'm being interviewed so I try and make it a less formal setting when talking to them," Diggins said. "Wait until you see Julius dance." It hasn't been all about marketing herself this offseason. After being hyped as one of the top rookies entering the WNBA last year, she didn't live up to the expectations. So Diggins said she has spent a great deal of time working on her game, spending hours in the gym each day trying to improve on last
season when she averaged just 8.5 points and 3.8 assists as a rookie. "I need to work on everything," said Diggins, who was picked third in the WNBA draft last season. "This was probably the most disappointing season I've had as a player in my career, but I know it will make me stronger. We had a lot of games that we could of won and we're not that far off." Losing wasn't something that Diggins did much at Notre Dame. She lost more games in her rookie season with Tulsa — which finished 11-23 — than she did in her entire career with the Irish. At Notre Dame, she was 130-20. She still spends time South Bend, trying to go to practice or Irish games when she can. "She's still to me part of the team," Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said. "She's still with us. A lot of the reason we are who we are is because of her." After attending the Grammys, Diggins flew cross-country to Maryland to watch the Irish play the Terrapins. She was sitting behind the Notre Dame bench shouting encouraging words to her former teammates, who pulled out another victory to remain unbeaten. "They definitely are better than we were last year," said Diggins, who finished as the school's all-time leading scorer.
Huskies riding momentum Bielema, Saban supported slow-down rule proposal into series with Northeastern By Ryan Tolmich Staff Writer The UConn women’s hockey team will look to capitalize on momentum stemming from two big wins as they take on Northeastern this weekend in Boston. The Huskies are coming off victories over New Hampshire and No. 7 Boston College as they head into the homestretch of conference play, with only four games remaining until the Hockey East tournament. Coach Chris MacKenzie’s team will look to knock off a Northeastern team coming off of a 3-0 loss to the Eagles in the championship game of the Beanpot. Northeastern enter the matchup with a 14-132 record and are 9-6-2 in Hockey East. Despite Northeastern having a better record than UConn, MacKenzie says his team has demonstrated that Hockey East contests are a
coin flip, as any team can knock off a higher rated foe. “My impression of our team and Hockey East is that anyone can beat anyone on any given night,” said MacKenzie. “My thoughts are: let’s get ready for the playoffs and see how far we can go.” The Huskies will look to continue to be strong on the penalty kill, which is an aspect MacKenzie has been focusing on throughout the season. “We’ll just continue to work on battling and picking up defensive assignments,” MacKenzie said. “Going forward, special teams are going to play a huge role.” “For our future,” MacKenzie added. “I think it bodes well.” The Huskies will take on Northeastern on Friday and Saturday in Boston at 2 p.m.
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In this photo from Jan. 2, 2014, Alabama head coach Nick Saban calls drills as his team warms up before the Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma in New Orleans.
passed by the NCAA committee was an idea that came out of the AFCA meeting, Redding said. Plenty of coaches have made it known they are not happy with the proposal, especially those such as Auburn's Gus Malzahn, Texas Tech's Kliff Kingsbury, Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin and Arizona's Rich Rodriguez who run fast-paced offenses. "The 10-second rule is like asking basketball to take away the
shot clock - Boring!" Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy tweeted Thursday. "It's like asking a blitzing linebacker to raise his hand." The committee said the proposed change addresses concerns that defensive players are at increased risk for injury because defenses cannot substitute if the offense goes straight to the line scrimmage when the ball is spotted and the 40-second clock has starts.
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Five things to know about the Yanks before Spring Training ...and the Red Sox
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Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez has accepted his season-long suspension from Major League Baseball, the longest penalty in the sport's history related to performance-enhancing drugs
NEW YORK (AP) — Five things to know about the New York Yankees as they start spring training camp: NEW KIDS IN TOWN: After missing the playoffs for the second time in 19 years, the Yankees added pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran for a total commitment of $438 million. Add in Tanaka’s $20 million fee to his Japanese club, agreements to re-sign Hiroki Kuroda and Brendan Ryan, and to add Brian Roberts, Kelly Johnson and Matt Thornton, and the Yankees’ offseason spending on free agents totaled $471 million. The approach was similar to the Yankees’ response after missing the playoffs in 2008: They spent $423.5 million on CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira, then won their 27th World Series title. Tanaka replaces Andy Pettitte in the starting rotation, while McCann takes over a catcher’s spot largely filled by Chris Stewart after Francisco Cervelli’s right hand was broken by a foul tip on April 26. Ellsbury and Beltran slot into outfield spots split mostly among Curtis Granderson, Alfonso Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki and Vernon Wells last year, with Soriano and Suzuki remaining for now to seek at-bats in backup
and designated hitter roles. THEY’RE BACK (BUT CAN THEY STAY?): Derek Jeter, who turns 40 on June 26 and announced Wednesday this will be his last season, and Mark Teixeira, who turns 34 on April 11, both are coming off major injuries that sidelined them for most of last year. The Yankees used a teamrecord 56 players last season, when they put 21 players on the disabled list in 28 stints that totaled 1,493 days lost, according to STATS. In the most frustrating season of his career, Jeter hit .190 (12 for 63) with one homer and seven RBIs, playing 13 games at shortstop and four at designated hitter. He broke his left ankle Oct. 13, 2012, during the AL championship series opener against Detroit and was limited to five spring training games last year. He stayed behind when the team broke camp for rehabilitation at New York’s minor league complex in Tampa, Fla., and broke the ankle again in April. Jeter missed the first 91 games of the season, then felt pain his right quadriceps when he returned July 11. He went back on the DL, returned July 28 for three games, then strained his right calf. Back in the lineup on Aug. 26, he played through Sept. 7, when he left for a pinch-runner after
singling against Boston. While scans of the left ankle were negative, the Yankees said four days later his season was over. Teixeira missed the first 53 games because of a torn sheath in his right wrist sustained while with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic. He returned May 31, hit .151 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 53 at-bats, then had surgery July 2. THE MISSING MAN: Alex Rodriguez didn’t play for the Yankees until Aug. 5 last year following hip surgery, and he rejoined the team the same day baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced a 211-game suspension for violations of the sport’s drug agreement and labor contract. Following a contentious grievance hearing, arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced the penalty to 162 games plus the 2014 postseason. After suing MLB and the players’ association in an effort to overturn the discipline, Rodriguez withdrew the action on Feb. 7 and accepted the penalty. THE REPLACEMENTS: All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano is gone, fleeing the Bronx for a $240 million, 10-year contract with Seattle and saying he felt disrespected by the Yankees’ $175 million, seven-year offer. Cano led New York last season in batting average (.314), homers (27) and RBIs (107), providing the only consistent offense from its infield. Led by Cano, Yankees second basemen topped the majors with 113 RBIs, according to STATS. Ryan is the leading candidate to take over at second base and Johnson at third. With Jeter and A-Rod largely absent, the Yankees had just 46 RBIs from shortstops last year, according to STATS (26th in majors) and 52 from third baseman (29th, ahead of only Miami). THE PEN: After 20 big league seasons, Mariano Rivera retired with career records of 652 saves during the regular season and 42 more in the postseason. David Robertson, who has eight career saves, takes over the closer’s role. Boone Logan departed for a $16.5 million, three-year contract with Colorado, and Matt Thornton was signed to take over as the primary lefthanded reliever.
BOSTON (AP) — Five things to know about the Boston Red Sox as they start spring training camp: S TO C K E D WITH STARTERS: Begin with Jon Lester. Then continue with Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, Jake Peavy, Felix Doubront and Ryan Dempster. The Red Sox are loaded with solid veteran starters and promising youngsters Brandon Workman, Allen Webster and others awaiting their turns. Lester is set to make $13 million in the final year of his contract and says he'd like to sign an extension during spring training. "I want to be here until they have to rip this jersey off my back," he said. Lester pitched a career-high 213 1-3 innings last year with a 15-8 record and 3.75 ERA. He went 4-1 in the postseason, capped by a 2-0 record and 0.59 ERA in Boston's World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. DEEP LINEUP: The Red Sox lost speedy Jacoby Ellsbury, their outstanding leadoff hitter, to the New York Yankees in free agency, but the heart of their lineup remains with David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli. New catcher A.J. Pierzynski has been better offensively than the player he replaces, Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Xander Bogaerts contributed as a rookie after coming up late in the season and started all six World Series games at third base. The Red Sox led the majors in runs and were second in batting average. CENTER OF ATTENTION: With Ellsbury gone, the Red Sox are pinning their hopes on young Jackie Bradley Jr. or
Grady Sizemore to fill the gap in center field. Bradley had an excellent 2013 spring training but faltered after that and spent most of the season in the minors. Sizemore missed the past two seasons after operations on his right knee and back but was an All-Star from 2006-08. If both struggle, the Red Sox could move Shane Victorino from right field to center and fill the corner spots with returnees Daniel Nava, Jonny Gomes and Mike Carp. WHAT A RELIEF: As if having closer Koji Uehara and setup men Junichi Tazawa and Craig Breslow wasn't enough, the Red Sox added Edward Mujica to their bullpen. Mujica was an All-Star last season when he had 37 saves and a career-best 2.78 ERA with St. Louis. A rough September cost him his closer's role and he pitched only two postseason innings. He provides insurance for Uehara, who turns 39 on April 3. Last season, his first with Boston, Uehara was 4-1 with a 1.09 ERA. In 74 1-3 innings, he had 101 strikeouts and allowed just nine walks and 33 hits. BYE-BYE BEARDS: The bushy beards that blossomed as the Red Sox drove to their championship are on their way out. Gomes planned to ditch his before spring training. Ortiz and Victorino cut theirs off in a charity event shortly after the World Series. Growing the beard "was a pretty cool experience," Gomes said. "We want to bottle it up and enjoy it." Manager John Farrell said the Red Sox agreed "that when we get on the field we'll be cleaned up."
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Baseball opens season at Snowbird Classic By Matt Zampini Campus Correspondent
The UConn baseball team returns to the diamond this weekend in sunny Port Charlotte, Fla. where they will participate in the Snowbird Classic to open the 2013-14 season. The Snowbird Classic is held annually in Port Charlotte where teams all around the country travel to participate. This weekend, UConn will be joined by Ohio State, Indiana State and Auburn. Coming off a Big East Championship and a NCAA Tournament Regional appearance last season, the Huskies enter a new conference but will head into the season with similar ambitions as last year. “The goals are the same,” head coach Jim Penders said. “Obviously we can’t win the Big East Conference but we can win the American and
that’s the first championship we can win. The best way to do that is to prepare in our early season games in order to do well in the conference.” UConn opens the weekend up against Ohio State on Friday. The Huskies were able to upend the Buckeyes in their one meeting last season 5-2 but did not face Indiana State or Auburn. All three teams UConn will face this weekend had winning records last season and all will offer a challenging test early on in the season for the Huskies. “We’re facing three really good teams,” Penders said. “They’re all bringing some experience back, I know we’re going to face three really good pitchers. I think it is going to be a challenge just to be outside and playing in the elements for the first time in a long time. That always takes a little bit of an adjustment.”
The first weekend of the year is about getting back out on the field and competing, along with getting back into the routine of traveling and playing three games in a weekend. “I want them to just get out there and compete,” Penders said about what he expects from his team this weekend. “If we win two out of three every weekend were going to be in a position to compete for a championship, so that is always the goal heading into the weekend.” This season, UConn’s depth is much more apparent than last year’s team when the Huskies only had nine or ten guys that could play. Penders is very enthusiastic to try out different lineups not only this weekend, but over the coarse of the season. “We don’t have a set lineup and we very rarely have a set lineup for the season,” Penders said. “This year we
have more depth and I’m kind of excited to try that out and see what it looks like.” Penders said that he was looking to play 15 position players this weekend, which compared to last year, is an enormous upgrade. With more players available, it allows the coaching staff to rotate players in and out of the lineup to give the position players a rest every so often. UConn will be without their captain Tom Verdi this weekend as he is nursing a wrist injury. But with the shortstop’s absence, it allows Penders to rotate his players around and try new things early in the season. UConn will look to make its’ fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last five years but it all starts this weekend in Florida. UConn takes on Ohio State on Friday at 5 p.m.
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The UConn baseball team opens its season at the Snowbird Classic this weekend.The Huskies will play Ohio State, Indiana State and Auburn in Port Charlotte, Fla.
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A track worker is loaded into an ambulance after he was injured when a forerunner bobsled hit him just before the start of the men's two-man bobsled training at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Olympic officials are trying to determine why a worker on the track used for sliding sports at the Sochi Games was in the path of a speeding bobsled that crashed into him, causing leg injuries and a concussion. A forerunning sled sent down the track to make sure conditions were suitable for twoman training crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center, an incident that could have been far worse and immediately harkened memories of the on-ice death of a
Georgian luger at the Vancouver Games four years ago. The unidentified worker broke both his legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery and was said to be doing well, an Olympic official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because medical information on the worker has not been released. Sliding officials who reviewed video of the incident saw three men working near the finish line, two of them safely scurrying over the wall
as the bobsled neared. The subsequent investigation quickly revolved around suspicions that the workers could not hear any announcement that a sled was coming down the track. One possibility was that the man, who was using a motorized air blower, simply may not have been able to hear any announcement. "We still do not know why he was in this zone and exactly what happened," International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach told The Associated Press shortly after the crash. Given that the sled had not crossed the finish line, it probably was not braking. But it's also unclear how fast the sled was going, since it was only a forerunner, which precedes training sessions and competitions to make sure things like the timing system are operational. Regardless of its speed, any sled at that area of the track would generate massive force. "According to standard procedure, a warning signal was given ahead of the forerunners' bob beginning its run on the track," Sochi organizers said in a statement released more than three hours after the accident. "The reasons for the icemaker's presence on the track after the warning signal are currently being determined." Bobsled training was held as scheduled, albeit with a delay of about 35 minutes. The inaugural Olympic luge relay also took place at the venue later Thursday night, without interruption or incident. Following the crash, workers replaced part of the lighting system bolted to the roof over the section of the track where the incident took place. Other workers cleaned small plastic shards of debris from the ice. Loudspeakers in the finish area were working during training after the crash, though there
Men's track heads to New York for Lafayette/Rider Invitational By Matt Kren Campus Correspondent
This weekend, the UConn men’s track and field team will be going to New York to compete in the Lafayette/ Rider Invitational where it will look to win its fourth meet of the season. Although the Huskies did not compete at this invitational in 2013, they participated in 2011 and had six first-place finishes and 20 top-five finished in 2011. In 2012, they had four first-place finishes and 25 top-five per-
formances. With two more Each week, the Huskies competitions — including have seen an increase in the invitational competition, this weekend — making every before the inausuccess that much gural American more meaningA t h l e t i c ful. Most notaConference chambly, the Huskies pionships, fitness beat No. 7 Penn and health will be State, which was important to take “a feather in our home a win. So cap, and real conPreview far this season – fidence booster,” out of five meets according to – three were scored, and in coach Greg Roy. all three of those events the In regards to the makeup Huskies have brought a vic- of the schedule, Roy said, tory to Storrs. “The schedule is set up
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so that each week builds on the previous one. The [Rhode Island] meet was a neighborhood brawl, which we did just fine in. The Sykes-Sabock provided a tougher test. We stepped out of our neighborhood while also measuring our progress vis a vis Buffalo, who took us to the wire at the Great Dane four weeks ago. Considering we beat Buffalo by over 65 this time, I’d say we have developed nicely.”
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Georgia Tech survives against visiting BC ATLANTA (AP) — Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 15 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining, and Georgia Tech beat Boston College 74-71 on Thursday. Olivier Hanlan led Boston College with 21 points, including a jumper with 3 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a 71-70 lead. Georges-Hunt took the inbounds pass, dribbled toward the right wing and launched the go-ahead 3-pointer over Lonnie Jackson, who was called for a foul. Georges-Hunt sank the free throw. It was Georges-Hunt's second go-ahead basket in the final 20 seconds. His layup with 19 seconds remaining gave Georgia Tech a 70-69 lead.
Daniel Miller led Georgia Tech (13-12, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 18 points. Kammeon Holsey had 15. Ryan Anderson had 13 points for Boston College (6-18, 2-9), which has lost four straight and seven of eight. The game was scheduled for Wednesday night and postponed due to the winter storm which covered Atlanta in snow and ice. Robert Carter Jr. had 10 points for Georgia Tech. Carter missed 10 games following surgery to repair torn meniscus in his left knee. He shared the ACC lead with his average of 9.3 rebounds per game when he hurt the knee. The sophomore forward had five points in 16 minutes in his return against
Virginia on Saturday, and was more effective against the Eagles. Georgia Tech was without leading scorer Trae Golden (groin). Golden led the Yellow Jackets with a career-best 24 points in their 68-60 win at Boston College on Jan. 21. The Yellow Jackets led 16-13 before the Eagles took the lead with a 9-0 run that included two 3-pointers by Hanlan. The longrange shots were the difference in the first half as Boston College made 5 of 11 3-pointers to lead 35-34 at the break. Georgia Tech made only one of eight 3s in the half but stayed close with 13 points from Miller. A three-point play by Holsey, followed by a 3-pointer by Corey Heyward,
gave Georgia Tech a 58-55 lead, but turnovers on bad passes on back-to-back possessions by Miller helped the Eagles answer with eight unanswered points. Patrick Heckmann sank two straight 3-pointers in the Eagles' surge. Joe Rahon's drive past Chris Bolden pushed Boston College's lead to 69-64. After a basket by Holsey trimmed the lead to three points, Georges-Hunt sank two free throws with 1:09 remaining, leaving Boston College with a 69-68 advantage. Following a Boston College timeout, Miller blocked Rahon's shot on a drive. Georges-Hunt then drove down the baseline for the go-ahead layup.
has been at least one incident when the publicaddress system at the facility — an absolutely critical part of the track's safety plan — failed. It went silent when the U.S. and other international luge teams visited the Sochi track for a training session in November after electricity was lost. That impacted lights, timing devices and the speaker system that allows sliders up top know when sleds at the bottom of the chute have been removed and the track is clear for the next competitor. In turn, it also tells people in the finish area that a sled is on the way. "We didn't really know what was going on," USA Luge coach Mark Grimmette said in November, when detailing how training was interrupted. The Sochi track was designed to be safer following the death of luger Nodar Kumarishtavili at the Whistler Sliding Center in 2010. His fatal wreck came just near the finish line, and in an eerie twist, Thursday's mishap did as well. There have been no major crashes in practice or competition at the track during the Sochi Olympics. "To be honest, the ice is phenomenal," U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender said following the first two heats of the women's competition, several hours before the mishap. "It's better than it was in training and whoever they got working on the ice, kudos, because they are doing Olympic level work on the track. It is fast and it's fun." Mishaps like the one Thursday are rare, but have happened in the past. In 2005, U.S. skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace was struck by a bobsled in the outrun of a track in Canada, shattering a leg and ultimately causing her to miss the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Peng: Jeter announces retirement after 2014 season from SO LONG, page 12 Instead, Jeter will most likely allow the Yankees to throw a ceremony during the last homestand like they did for Rivera, and maybe even let the Red Sox piece something together in his final regular season game at Fenway Park on Sept. 28, but Jeter’s decision to make the announcement at the time he did, is nothing other than a final resolution for him to walk away and avoid any temptation of returning for another run after the season ends. When it does end, however, whenever that may be, the baseball world will say goodbye to another all-time great, who is destined for Cooperstown in 2020. I already spent nearly $300 on a ticket for his final home
game on Sept. 25, but I also know it will be worth every penny. Getting the chance to participate in Jeter’s final roll call from the bleachers and watch him walk off the field of Yankee Stadium for perhaps the final time, what I will get in return is a memory that will last a lifetime. “I know they say that when you dream you eventually wake up,” Jeter wrote in his post, and for someone who dreamed about being the Yankees shortstop as a kid, he has “never had to wake up” from it. So when the time comes for him to hang up his cleats and take off the pinstripes for the final time, perhaps he and Yankees fans will realize just how surreal the past two decades have been.
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What's On TV Olympics: Men’s Hockey: Canada vs. Austria, Noon, USA Canada will look to shake a sluggish start to the tournament in which it defeated heavy-underdog Norway, 3-1, when it resumes play on Friday. Shea Weber, Jamie Benn and Drew Doughty notched goals for the Canadians. Austria opened its tournament with an 8-4 loss against Finland on Thursday. AP
Olympics: Men’s Curling: USA vs. Russia, 5 p.m., CNBC Four games into its Olympic tournament, the U.S. curling team sits seventh in the 10-team standings. Skip John Shuster’s team has managed just one win, against Denmark, to open the Games. Russia has also struggled in its first five matches, recording a 1-4 record with a lone win against the Swiss. The top four teams after round-robin play advance to the semifinals.
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — With just one game to prepare for its Olympic showdown with Russia, the United States men’s hockey team decided to cram an entire tournament’s worth of hard work and highlights into one spectacular opener. Paul Stastny scored twice during a sixgoal barrage in the second period, and the Americans got off to a roaring start in Sochi with a 7-1 victory over Slovakia in preliminary-round play Thursday. Ryan Kesler, David Backes, Phil Kessel and Dustin Brown also scored as the U.S. battered Slovakia for six consecutive goals9 in a 13:51 span, turning what was expected to be a tough matchup into a laugher with their relentless offense. “I guess you never really expect to beat a team like that 7-1, and you never do it in a tournament like this,” captain Zach Parise said. “We just capitalized on the chances we had, moved the puck well and used our speed.” Although their goal celebrations declined from elation to excitement to sheepishness while the score skyrocketed, the Americans answered any lingering questions about their offensive abilities and their aptitude on the big Olympic ice by decimating a Slovak roster studded with NHL players. “You have to do a lot of skating out there on the big ice, but I think we handled it all right,” said Kessel, who led the U.S. with two goals and an assist. Jonathan Quick made 22 saves in his Olympic debut for the U.S., which hopes to improve on its silver-medal finish in Vancouver despite a roster that isn’t thought to have the offensive power of Canada, Russia or Sweden. In their only warmup for Saturday’s game against Alex Ovechkin and the host Russians, the Americans had more than enough potency to leave Slovakia’s two goalies battered. “For the first time on the big ice for most of us, I thought we did pretty well,” Stastny said.
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USA forward David Backes celerates his goal against Slovakia with his teammates on the bench during the 2014 Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey game at Shayba Arena Thursday in Sochi, Russia.
“Our strengths are our puck possession and our speed, and we were really able to use both of them. All four lines just kind of clicked, and so did our D-men.” Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 shots before getting pulled when Stastny tipped home Kevin Shattenkirk’s pass to put the Americans up 5-1 with their fourth goal in 12:04. Peter Budaj replaced Halak, but Kessel and Brown piled on goals in the next 1:47. Tomas Tatar scored for Slovakia, which traveled to Sochi without high-scoring Marian Gaborik and veteran defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky due to injury. Nobody anticipated such a defensive collapse by a talented roster anchored by Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Zdeno Chara. Slovakia’s last two Olympic appearances have been humiliations: The Slovaks blew a third-period lead and lost to Finland in the bronze medal game in Vancouver, depriving
them of their nation’s first Olympic hockey medals. “We’re going to be better,” said Tatar, the Detroit Red Wings’ young forward. “We had a solid first period and then tied it. We’ve just got to play way better in our defensive zone. I think we’re going to be ready to play the next game. We have a lot of talent in our locker room, and we’re going to sort it out.” John Carlson opened the scoring for the U.S. in the first period, and Tatar tied it with a nasty wrist shot in the opening minute of the second. Kesler put the Americans back ahead 1:02 later with a one-timer through Brown’s screen, and Stastny scored 1:06 later on a fat rebound of Max Pacioretty’s shot. The hits just kept coming, and the U.S. didn’t let up until Brown redirected Carlson’s pass to make it 7-1, sending the once-boisterous Slovak crowd into frustrated silence at Shayba Arena.
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WALKING WITH MEMPHIS Memphis visits XL Center for a tangle with the Huskies By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer
Mike Peng “Now batting for the Yankees, number 2, Derek Jeter. Number 2.” This introduction may be heard for perhaps just 81 more times in the Bronx, after the Yankees captain and shortstop announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he plans to retire after the upcoming season. Injuries have been nagging Jeter for years, and the wear and tear from what would be a 20-year career is something that only he knows about. If he thinks it’s time to walk away, it can only mean that he has emptied out his tank. “I could not be more sure,” Jeter wrote. “I know it in my heart. The 2014 season will be my last year playing professional baseball.” Just like that, baseball hearts were broken. Funny how someone you’ve never met can affect you so much. For 19 seasons, Jeter has been the consummate professional on and off the field. He played the game the right way and carried himself with dignity and respect, in the media center of the world nonetheless. He is everything a captain should be. A once-in-a-generation type of player, Jeter is a role model who transcended the sport and remained one of the few bright spots in what has been a rather dark period for the game. His illustrious career, filled with memorable moments, is one that cannot be matched by many. From winning the Rookie of the Year in 1996, capturing five World Series titles, to “The Flip” in 2001 and hitting a home run for his 3,000th hit in 2012, Jeter’s flair for the dramatics is often better than some Hollywood writers. But it’s not as if Jeter wanted the attention, at least he never seemed like it. He’s a player who is simply excellent at what he does and therefore, the scrutinizing from the public came naturally. A former Yankees beat writer told me that Jeter is the type of person who, if given the choice of being either a celebrity or a baseball player, he would choose the latter in a heartbeat. That’s what separates him from other players like Alex Rodriguez. But like they say, all good things must come to an end. Last year, it was Mariano Rivera who made the same decision to announce his retirement prior to his final season, and proceeded to be showered with gifts everywhere he went. Jeter, on the other hand, will not. Not because he doesn’t deserve it, it’s because he wouldn’t accept it. In a statement released by MLB commissioner Bud Selig, he said the league has had “no finer ambassador” than Jeter and that he is “one of the most accomplished and memorable players of his – or any – era.” So if there’s one player who should receive that type of honor, it’s probably him.
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UConn’s Pat Lenahan takes the ball to the rim against South Florida Wednesday night at the XL Center. The Huskies have another matchup at the XL Center scheduled for Saturday against No. 20 Memphis.
With five of its men’s basketball teams ranked in the AP poll this week, the inaugural American Athletic Conference season has turned out to be surprisingly competitive. For 24th-ranked UConn, however, that only means it has its work cut out for it, as the Huskies currently stand in fifth place and trail conference-leading Cincinnati by 3.5 games with just seven contests remaining in the regular season. The Huskies (19-5, 7-4 American) will get a chance to catch one of the four teams they are chasing, as the 20th-ranked Memphis Tigers (19-5, 8-3 American) visit the XL Center on Saturday. “We are still looking up to a lot of teams,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said after his team’s 83-40 win over USF on Wednesday night. “We’ve still got to play hard. We’ve got to play aggressive. We got a lot of teams that are coming in on our court that we’re looking up to. We’ve got to take care of business.” Memphis will be looking to avenge an 83-73 loss to UConn on Jan. 16 when the then-unranked Huskies traveled to FedExForum and upset the then-No. 17 Tigers. UConn’s DeAndre Daniels and Shabazz Napier combined for 40 points in that win for the Huskies, but the 10-point margin did not reflect the competitiveness of a game that had 13 lead changes and three ties. “They will be a lot different,” Ollie said on the Tigers. “They got Shaq Goodwin. They got great guards. They got senior leadership and they got outstanding players.” Goodwin, the sophomore forward, recorded 10 points in that contest while senior guards Michael Dixon Jr. and Joe Jackson scored 16 and 11 points, respectively. Memphis has also won seven of its eight games since the loss to UConn, with the lone blemish coming against the now-No. 23 SMU Mustangs on the road on Feb. 1. Saturday’s game is scheduled to tip off at noon and will be televised on ESPN.
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After week off, UConn travels to South Florida By Erica Brancato Staff Writer
The No. 1 UConn women’s basketball team wraps up their last five regular season games starting with a trip to South Florida. The Huskies escape the snow this weekend and travel to Florida to play their second game of the season against USF. The last time the two teams matched up Breanna Stewart and Bria Hartley lit up the court. Stewart tied her career high of 29 points, while Bria Hartley racked up 26 points of her own as the two powerhouses helped the Huskies defeat the Bulls 81-53. Although Hartley and Stewart combined made eight out of 11 shots from three-point range, UConn had a slow
start allowing Alisia Jenkins and the Bull’s take an early 9-6 lead. However, it didn’t take long for the Huskies to bounce back and gain the lead. Stewart banked a three-pointer seven minutes into the game to get UConn back on top and the team never looked back. USF is in fourth in the American Athletic Conference with a record of 8-4 in conference play. After a tough loss to Louisville, the Bulls bounced back and won two straight games against Memphis and UCF. The team was able to keep both Memphis and UCF to less than 60 points. USF has had an overall shaky season for the most part as they win a few games in a row then slip up and lose a few games. The Bulls will have their hands full this week-
end as the Huskies come to visit their home court. Stewart was selected as the American Athletic Player of the Week for her efforts leading the team to a 2-0 week. Stewart has been named Player of the Week three times this season. She averaged 22 points, nine rebounds and four assists per game against both SMU and No.4 Louisville. Stewart also shot 50 percent from the floor and was 6-10 from long-range. Stewart leads the Huskies with 19.4 points per game and has also racked up a total of 66 blocks this season. She is the conference’s second-leading scorer behind Keena Mays and leads the league in threepoint field goal percentage with .790 this season. UConn looks to keep their starters strong and healthy
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UConn’s Moriah Jefferson drives the lane against Louisville last Sunday. The Huskies travel to South Florida this Sunday to take on the Bulls in Tampa Bay.
until the end of the season. Without Morgan Tuck and Brianna Banks playing due to injury, the team has had to step up and play their best for a majority of the game. The Huskies will
look to keep their perfect season alive this Sunday as tip off is set for 4 p.m. The game can been seen on CBS Sports Network.
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Huskies face weekend series with Crusaders By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer
After securing perhaps the most momentous victory in program history Tuesday night against No. 9 Providence, the UConn men’s hockey team returns to its Atlantic Hockey schedule with a home-and-home against Holy Cross this Friday and Saturday night. The Huskies (15-9-4, 12-6-3 AHA) – who’s 3-2 road win over the Friars improved their record against Hockey East opponents to 2-1 on the season – will look to carry over the momentum they gained from Tuesday night’s upset into Friday night’s game – momentum that head coach Mike Cavanaugh said can only help as the team if its mindset and attitude are both in the right place. “The only type of momentum [the Providence] game can give us going forward is if our guys » PENG, page 10 realize that if they play that hard and compete for 60 minutes, then
we can beat anybody in the coun- minutes left in regulation. try, whether it’s Holy Cross or a “I think it’s a fresh slate. I top-ten team,” Cavanaugh said. think we’re probably two dif“But it’s going to take that type of ferent teams,” Cavanaugh said physical effort and mental effort regarding the 94-day gap between to be successful, and it doesn’t the two teams’ previous meeting. matter who we play.” “They may have had some injuThe Huskies will be taking ries, I know we had some injuries on Holy at the time, C r o s s so I think (8-17-3, both teams 7-11-3 would tell AHA), you that a team it’s going they have to be a not seen complete15-9-4, 12-6-3 8-17-3, 7-11-3 since the ly differPREVIEW Nov. 12 ent game game that than what UConn we had [in won 4-3 in come-from-behind November].” fashion. Despite sitting in 10th place in In that contest, UConn – down the conference, Cavanaugh said 3-2 midway through the third the Crusaders are an opponent period – found a pair of timely capable of hanging with any team goals off the sticks of forwards in the country, as evidenced by Cody Sharib and Shawn Pauly, the effort they put up against with the latter potting the game No. 2 Boston College on Nov. winner with just four-and-a-half 29 – putting four goals on the
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board against the Eagles in a hard-fought 5-4 loss. “I think they’ve been a team that has been underrated all year long,” Cavanaugh said. “They roughed up BC, and they’re the best team in the country. So they clearly have a team that is capable of beating anybody. That being said, the last time we played them we had to come from behind to win the game. “They’re a very formidable opponent. [Holy Cross head coach Paul Pearl] has done a great job there for a number of years, and we’re going to have to play our very best to be successful Friday night.” In terms of playing style, Cavanaugh said the Huskies will have to be mindful of Holy Cross’ physicality on the forecheck and heavy overall game, something that UConn experienced first hand in its matchup with the Crusaders three months ago. “From the last time we played them I remember they were very
strong on the puck, so we’re going to have to win a lot of the 50-50 battles,” Cavanaugh said. “I would imagine that our play along the wall has got to be very good against them. So getting pucks in and out of our zone we’ve got to have sure-ins and sure-outs when we play against them, because they’re strong on the puck, they play very structured and disciplined and they usually don’t beat themselves.” The Huskies have another player who could very well join captain Brant Harris in the 100-point club after this weekend’s series. Senior forward Jordan Sims continues to inch closer to that milestone, as the Toronto native enters the weekend just one point shy of the career century mark. Puck drop for Friday night’s game is set for 7:05 p.m. at the Freitas Ice Forum. UConn student admission to the game is free.
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