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32 oz. of ice cream for $1 with student I.D. By Madiha Shafqat Campus Correspondent Since 1979, students have anticipated the arrival of One Ton Sundae to kick off the Winter Weekend on the Student Union Terrace. Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, One Ton Sundae features an assortment of ice cream flavors that students will be able to choose from when filling their 32 oz. bucket with as much ice cream and toppings as they can fit in it. The entire ice cream display is self serve, so students will be able to make their perfect combination of ice cream and toppings. Over 200 gallons of ice cream is served each year. Although approximately 600 students are anticipated to be served this year, and the seniors will definitely get their VIS (Very Important Senior) perks.
At the event, seniors who present their senior buttons will have their own line and will be able to get a ton of ice cream without the long wait. The Senior Scoop will also make its debut at One Ton Sundae. This year’s Senior Scoop, a flavor that is designed and named by the senior class, will be coffee ice cream with Oreo and fudge swirl, which will be provided by the Dairy Bar. Contrary to popular belief, the rest of the ice cream that will be served at the “One Ton Sundae” event will not be from the Dairy Bar. “As much as we would love to get all of the ice cream from the UConn Dairy Bar, the number of gallons we need to serve over 600 students is more than the Dairy Bar can produce. Therefore, all of the ice cream is Giffords, the same brand
served in the dining halls” said Elise Yonika, Major Weekends Coordinator at the Student Union Board of Governers. The money that is collected from this event will be used to offset the cost of the event so that SUBOG can continue to create quality programs throughout the year for the student body. One Ton Sunday will take place on Feb. 7th from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The buckets cost $1 for students who have their student IDs with them, and $2 for nonstudents.
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Students enjoy 2011’s one ton sundae in this file photo. This years sundae will take place on Feb. 7th.
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By Sandy Mueller Campus Correspondent SUBOG hosted “Curling and Hot Chocolate” on Fairfield Way yesterday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of SnOlympics ¬- Winter Weekend 2014. The purpose of this event was to get in the mood for the Winter Olympics. “The Olympics are coming up and I heard about it on a SUBOG poster and planned to go,” said 7th semester finance major Melissa Touger. The event allowed students
to play the Olympic sport, curling and enjoy hot chocolate for free. “Curling is my favorite winter Olympics sport, I actually watch it all the time,” said Touger. Students also came because they enjoy events hosted by SUBOG. “I like the events that SUBOG puts together. This one is really representative of the Winter Olympics. Hot chocolate, hats, and curling. It’s a good thing to come out and do,” said 6th semester accounting
A year ago this week, The Daily Campus ran an article about thengraduating senior Ryan Gauvian. For our weakly series, reporter Alban Murtishi met back up with Gauvain to see how his first year as a business owner faired. Most college students face dim job prospects — even entry level positions — after graduation; however, in one year Ryan Gauvain is already the boss of his own company. Gauvain, who graduated UConn in 2013 with a degree in turfgrass science, is the owner of Oakhills Landscape and Design, LLC. Gauvain’s business is the culmination of his lifelong interest in gardening and landscaping, which he got into with the help of his uncle and cousin. “At Christmas, I’d always ask for tools and equipment when everyone else asked for toys,” he said. It’s been more than a year since Gauvain graduated and started his business, which has become an official LLC in that time. The past year has been busy as he has expanded from 25 to 60 customers, as well as hired a new full-time employee and part time employees for larger projects. The league of his work has also changed as he moves from his neighbors’ lawns,
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major Hasudin Pehratovic. Students who attended had a lot of fun, but also found the sport difficult. “[Curling] is harder than it looks,” stated Touger. Some students believed that when they did well at curling that it was quite an achievement. “Probably the third happiest moment of my life after [high school] graduation and probably college graduation. This is up there,” joked Pehratovic.
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to public works projects. “It’s been a big learning experience for me. I’m now just learning how to deal with larger projects than I was last year, now I’m starting to get more into commercial properties,” Gauvain said. These commercial properties are bigger, higher maintenance, higher responsibility and demand a superior quality of work, but Gauvain’s UConn education has been instrumental in taking on these complex projects. “They want their properties to look really nice when people drive by, and that requires elaborate gardens, mulching plans and mowing schedules,” Gauvain said. “Pretty much everyday I use what I learned in school for landscape.” Gauvain’s education is also imperative for daily management of his business. As sole manager of the company, Gauvain has to deal with all the paperwork, bills and communications that seem to bombard him at both work and out in the field. As well as the bureaucracy of running the business, Gauvain is also rolling up his sleeves, doing the same thing he had been doing since he was 11 on his neighbors’ lawns and during his time as a turfgrass sciences major at UConn — mowing, mulching, and sweating.
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Study abroad programs showcased at UConn fair By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent
On Thursday, the University of Connecticut Office of Global Affairs organized an event at the Rome Ballroom that featured the many study abroad programs
offered by the university. “The idea is to showcase to students our study abroad programs and allow them to ask any questions that they might have,” said program specialist Abigail Hastillo. Throughout the event, past par-
ticipants and faculty meticulously answered questions students had in an effort to demystify the process of studying abroad. While answering questions posed by interested students, 8thsemester history and economics major Peter Carbone described his
own experience studying abroad during his junior year at the University of Warwick. Despite the seemingly daunting task of traveling abroad, Carbone said that it was not a difficult decision to make. “I wanted to get experience, and
studying abroad was honestly the best experience,” Carbone said. In total, UConn offers more than 300 study abroad programs. The types of programs offered also vary.
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Department prepares for concert By Julia Werth Campus Correspondent
The UConn Fire Department is gearing up for this weekend’s Groove Boston concert with three fully staffed ambulances, an increased number of medical teams attending the event, forewarned local hospitals and the hope that students will do their best to stay safe. During last year’s electric dance concert at Jorgensen, similar to this weekend’s Groove Boston, “the fire department had numerous calls even at the very beginning of the concert and took three patients to the hospital right at the start,” Lieutenant Heidi Vaughan said. Therefore, Vaughan said, “we have increased our staffing,” for this year’s performance. “Alcohol intoxication, severe vomiting and possibly other drug use” are the cause for the many 911 calls received during events like Groove Boston, said Vaughan. The root of these calls, however, is not under the fire department’s control. No matter how many personnel they send to the event, the best way for students to stay safe and enjoy the event is in their hands. “We know students drink before, but just be responsible,” said Vaughan. “Don’t drink too, too much or, best of all, don’t drink at all.” As usual, no bags or backpacks will be allowed into Jorgensen during the Groove Boston performance.
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Malloy says Connecticut is seeing ‘real progress’ HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy hasn’t announced his re-election plans yet but the revised $19 billion budget he unveiled Thursday, complete with tax rebates and more spending on early childhood education, was seen as a sign he’ll be a candidate in November. During his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly, Malloy urged the public to ignore the naysayers who discount the headway Connecticut has made since he first took office in 2010, touting a turnaround from a $3.5 billion deficit then to a projected $500 million surplus today. “We hear plenty of critics now. Even as sunshine begins to break through the clouds, there are some intent on hoping for thunderstorms,” Malloy told lawmakers during the opening day session. “We should not listen. Connecticut is moving forward.” Much of Malloy’s 43-minute address was dedicated to what he considers his administration’s accomplishments: private sector job growth, a lower unemployment rate, rising home values, and a lower crime rate, as well as a plan in place to bring less expensive and more reliable energy to the state. “Together, we’re making positive changes, and seeing real progress” as Connecticut recovers from the economic recession, Malloy told members of the Democraticcontrolled legislature. Several of Malloy’s potential GOP opponents, who stood in the Hall of the House to watch the speech, questioned the governor’s optimism and chided him for trying to shore up his constituencies for a re-election bid. “That was the ‘happy days are here again speech’ a couple years early,” said Greenwich businessman Tom Foley, a Republican candidate who narrowly lost to Malloy in 2010. “I’ve been traveling all around the state and I don’t think most people in Connecticut are as upbeat about how we’re doing eco-
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nomically as this governor is, or how well his programs are working.” In recent days, Malloy has parceled out details of his one-year, revamped $19 billion budget, including a plan to use part of the projected $500 million surplus to provide taxpayers a refund for sales and motor fuels taxes. It would be $55 for eligible individuals and $110 for eligible joint tax filers. Other Malloy proposals include exempting a portion of teachers’ pensions from the state’s personal income tax; increasing the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017; budgeting $14 million for 1,020 additional pre-kindergarten slots; expanding eligibility for an elderly renters’ rebate program; and requiring future budget surpluses to be dedicated to Rainy Day Fund, debt reduction and tax relief. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, another announced GOP candidate, said it’s clear Malloy is “surgically trying to get the votes he needs to put together a winning coalition.”
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“What you heard today was Christmas morning for many of those core constituency groups that he knows he’s lost faith and favor with,” Boughton said. “But it’s really not good public policy.” Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, said Malloy’s address was “a complete reversal of everything he’s done for three years.” “At the end of the day, we don’t have a budget surplus, we’re looking at budget deficits in the out-years,” McKinney said. “The money that will be left over this year is borrowed money. That money all needs to go to pay off our debts or put some in our Rainy Day Fund.” Malloy’s supporters, however, were buoyed by his forceful address. He called for putting Connecticut on the path to providing universal pre-kindergarten and continuing efforts to grow jobs. He touted how the Small Business Express program, an initiative supported by Democrats and Republicans has helped
to create or maintain 13,800 jobs. He gave the example of Oxford Performance Materials in South Windsor, a biomedical company that received a state loan and hired 12 more workers. “It’s been said that government doesn’t create jobs — and that’s true. But what government can do is give a company like Oxford a better chance to grow here in Connecticut, to succeed here in Connecticut,” Malloy said. Senate President Donald Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, said Malloy set the right tone to set for the legislative session, which wraps up on May 7. “He’s building on the successes that we’ve achieved in terms of programs for small business,” Williams said. “Between that and the governor’s commitment to universal pre-K, I think it’s an exciting start to our session.”
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“Being your own boss is pretty nice, it’s very rewarding,” Gauvain said. However, he also noted, “Being your own boss is a negative in a way because if someone below you screws up, the customer comes after you. And the hours are stressful, you can’t leave your work at work, so you’re always working.” At 22, Gauvain is an inspirational entrepreneur, but he said his age often ends up being a competitive disadvantage. Gauvain said he’s mostly dealing with customers older than him, which can be intimidating. So, he finds himself having to sell and prove himself as capable. However, he still finds the fun in lawn care that got him interested in the field in the first place. “My favorite part of completing a project is taking pictures from before and after,” he said. Gauvain urges other turfgrass majors and future entrepreneurs to apply what they learn in school to the jobs and businesses they end up at. To pass his pesticide license exam, Gauvain studied everything that was covered in his turfgrass sciences classes, and the business plan of Oakhills Landscape was originally an assignment from a professor in a UConn business class.
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Even though Gauvain has graduated, as a business owner in the quick and volatile world of capitalism, his education will never truly be over. Gauvain still attends the yearly UConn Turf and Landscape conference, hosted by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, where he and other groundskeeping professionals talk about hotbutton landscaping topics, such as the ethical use of pest control. “The big movement these days is to be organic, people don’t like to use pesticides,” Gauvain said. “So people are trying to find more organic ways to get rid of pests and improve the quality of the turf without using pesticides.” Gauvain’s business uses proper mowing techniques and fertilizing practices to keep lawns healthy. As for other students hoping to follow Gauvain’s lead, he offers some advice: “Networking is the key, I think — getting your name out there and getting to know businesses around you, continuing education after college because things change so fast, keeping up with the latest and greatest of landscaping and being honest, respectful, responsive, as well as stern and self confident.”
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Sochi Olympics’ opening ceremony airs tonight at 7:30 p.m. on NBC In women’s ice skating, age is everything
By Sten Spinella Campus Correspondent Women’s figure skating is one of the most prominent Winter Olympic events, yet the athletes who represent their various countries are the youngest of any sport. For these skaters, age is paramount twofold. One: the age of a skater dictates how many Olympics they will be able to take part in, and two: since a large percentage of the skaters are not adults (both legally and mentally), they depend on parents and outside sources to sustain the confidence and mental capacity needed to stay competitive in the grueling sport. Take 15-year-old Russian Olympian Julia Lipnitskaia. A two-time Russian national silver medalist and the hope of the Russian figure skating community, she is the age of an average high school freshman, and yet, in only six years, she will already be considered old for her sport. The reality of women’s figure skating is a limited window for success. This brings added pressure among the skaters, and coaches begin grooming talent at exceedingly young ages. Delaware is a state known for its figure skating prowess – in the 1984 games there were eight competing skaters from Delaware. In recent years, though, the Skating Club of Wilmington and the University of Delaware have not had the same presence in the Olympics. Their solution was to reach deeper and younger into their junior skating (usually ages 9-15) reserves and to breed these skaters to become champions. The age of the average skater has also given parents a larger role in their development. There is a stigma to the “skating parent,”
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which the Boston Globe detailed in an article on Jan. 11 of this year: “Behind every would-be Olympic figure skater is the Skating Parent, who acts as chauffeur, accountant, manager, nagger, and cheerleader. For years, such parents would sit on cold, metal seats, praying and applauding during high-stakes competitions in which a two-minute performance can make or break a skater’s ranking.” Often starting at ages under five years, parents are the ones who buy the ice time, the skates, the costumes, pay for the skates to be sharpened, drive their child to the rink, and, in increasingly prevalent
cases, home school their child. Parents are heavily invested in the process, which can be positive or negative, depending on the parent/child. Parents also pay for the coaches, choreographers, off-ice time, personal trainers, and, occasionally, sports psychologists. The 22-year-old Ashley Wagner was the U.S. national champion of figure skating in both 2012 and 2013. Sochi could possibly be her last Olympic games. Nationals in the United States determine who will be sent to the Olympics, and it is usually the top-three-placed skaters in the competition who do so. This year, Wagner caused controversy when, although she
finished fourth, the judges picked her over third-place Mirai Nagasu. This decision is justified by Wagner’s more consistent performances, yet there is a popular belief that the judges are giving her one last shot, recognizing her time constraints as well as the remaining time for Nagasu, who is 20 years of age. The 11-year-old Olivia Gibbons, a once promising skater, fell off the map, and was detailed in a story written in Boston Magazine, a story which is typical for other women like she who are Olympic hopefuls. Here is an excerpt from the article: “The parents of such young skaters are often the ones for whom Olympic glory is most appealing. The result can be an unhealthy loss of perspective. Increasingly, they homeschool their kids to give them more time at the rink, which means young skaters develop a sense of their self-worth almost entirely from how well they perform for judges. Many families are also choosing to move their kids long distances for the sake of better coaching, sometimes even separating their families to do so. Olivia Gibbons’s mother, for example, changed jobs and moved with Olivia away from her son and husband. Along with such psychological and social sacrifices are the physical costs of serious elite training, including stress fractures and eating disorders. Simply put, the promise of competitive figure skating -- that unlikely chance at Olympic glory -- is often outweighed by the rigors of reality.” When watching the Olympics it is important to recognize the difficulties and hardships of women’s figure skating, as well as the tender age of the competitors.
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Olympics have a long history of protests By Kathleen McWilliams Campus Correspondent Protesting the Olympics and finding fault in the location where they will be held has become just as intense and long standing as the games themselves. According to 2008’s Secretary General of the International Society of Olympic Historians, Tom Bijkerk’s interview with BBC correspondent Paul Reynolds, “The games are very easy targets for boycotts.” Although most people will remember the contentious 2008 Olympics when activists boycotted and protested the games based on China’s treatment of Tibet and other racial minorities, protesting the Olympics is a tradition that began in the 20th century. In 1908, Irish athletes boycotted the games held in London that year, due to the fact that the British Parliament refused to grant Ireland Home Rule. To show solidarity with the Irish’s want of independence, the United States Olympic team refused to bow to King Edward VII in the opening ceremony. In 1936, the American Olympic team planned to boycott the games in Germany opposing the Nazi regime, but was forced to attend by the President of the American Olympic Committee, according to Bijkerk. During the 1964 Olympics, South Africa was banned from participating in an attempt to pressure officials to ban apartheid. This measure, insignificant in appearance, made a political statement South Africa could not ignore; that a nation enforcing institutionalized racism cannot participate in the modern world. The most famous instance of Olympic protest occurred at the 1980 Moscow Olympics when 62 countries refused to partici-
The Olympic games bring a wide variety of sports from the wellknown to the unusual Biathlon: The biathlon is a mix of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The events for biathlon include individual race, sprint, pursuit, mass start race and relay. Any ski technique is allowed in the biathlon. However, the competitors are only able to use skis and poles. Bobsleigh: Bobsleigh is comprised of a high-speed mountain descent with artificial ice tracks on controlled sledges (bobs). The events for Bobsleigh include two-man men’s, four-man men’s, and twoman women’s. There are four runs over the two day period and the team with the lowest overall time wins. Curling: Curling is an Olympic sport that involves two teams composed of four players. It is played on ice. The teams each try to hit a 19.96 kg stone to a target area (House). The goal is to get the stone closest to the center of the house. There are ten ends in curling. Each team gets steers eight stones during each end. During the end, the throwing of stones alternates between teams. One team can score during the end. The way to score is to get the stone closer to the house than the other team. Luge: Luge involves sliding on a special track of artificially frozen ice at high speeds on sleds. The competitors are seated and then after pushing off, lie down with their feet in front of them. Riders move the sled by changing his or her center of gravity. The fastest member is the winner. Nordic Combined: Nordic Combined is within the skiing discipline at the Winter Olympics competition. It involves ski jumping and a crosscountry ski race. The events for Nordic Combined are Gundersen race, SPRINT K120 and team/ 4x5km. Information about Winter Olympics sports was taken from Sochi Winter Olympics website. – Sandy Mueller Campus Correspondent
World leaders boycott opening ceremony in protest of Russia By Jimmy Onofrio Associate Managing Editor
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Activist Ann Northrop is joined by demonstrators from Queer Nation, and others who oppose the Russian government’s continued attacks on human rights, including the rights of LGBT Russians, as she pours fake blood on an Olympic flag, marking the start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games with a protest, outside the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, in New York, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
pate in the games because of the Soviet Union’s intervention in Afghanistan. At this point the Olympics began to dwindle into politics and the next three games were considered unremarkable by most in comparison to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. In recent years, however, boycotts have extended beyond political differences to calling out host countries on everything from human rights abuses to social issues. The 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China were memorable for the fact that activists from globe united to protest the Chinese government’s treatment of Tibetan
nationals and other minorities. Advocates of the Tibetan people called for people to boycott the Olympics until China freed Tibet, however the protests did not begin until a few weeks before the events. In this year’s Olympics, however, controversy was stirred across the globe as Russia prepared to host in Sochi, simultaneously cracking down on activists supporting gay rights in Russia. In the fall Vladimir Putin emphasized that laws prohibiting public displays of affection between homosexual couples would enforced in order to protect children from “Homosexual
Propaganda.” Backlash against the Olympics also increased when big profile sponsors, Coca Cola, were asked to withdraw their sponsorship based on the human rights abuses and they refused. Protesting the Olympics has become something of an Olympic sport itself with activists finding issue with every country that has hosted recently. However, in recent years political differences have been a smaller issue, with groups focusing on the human rights track records of host countries.
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The Olympic Games are traditionally a time of internati¬¬onal celebration — a chance to put politics aside and share in the spirit of athletic competition. The opening ceremony is a showcase of the host country’s culture, with delegations from countries around the world adding to the spectacle. This year, however, many world leaders and dignitaries are boycotting the high-profile ceremony in protest of Russia’s human rights record, specifically their treatment of the LGBT community. Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, have come under fire during the last year for many issues leading up to this year’s Games: treatment of indigenous peoples in the Caucasus region surrounding Sochi, how authorities have dealt with stray dogs in the city and, most recently, the poor state of hotels for visitors — to name a few. But the biggest backlash has come against a law passed by the Duma — Russia’s legislature — in June, that restricted the rights of proLGBT groups to both promote equality and defend against discrimination. The law included provisions preventing foreigners and foreign organizations from engaging in a wide variety of political activities without first registering as a “foreign agent.” According to Human Rights Watch, such political activities include “countering lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) discrimination,” and “monitoring politically motivated human rights violations and providing assistance to victims.” Western countries have responded in various ways to the progression of events in Russia. German and French presidents Joachim Hauck and Francois
Hollande have both stated they will not be attending the opening ceremony. Though neither gave an explicit reason for their absence, their recent criticisms of Russia’s laws targeting LGBT groups suggest a connection. U.S. President Barack Obama disagreed with the idea of a boycott, though neither he, Vice President Biden, nor any of his cabinet secretaries will attend the event. Obama named prominent gay American athletes to the delegation, such as Billie Jean King, who announced on Wednesday that she could not attend due to family issues. Echoing Obama’s stance, British Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that opposition to Russia’s discriminatory laws would be better voiced by attending the event, as reported by The Guardian, a British news outlet. He compared it to a similar boycott that was suggested when Azerbaijan hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. That country was vilified for human rights abuses and crackdowns on opposition political parties. Rather than boycott, Cameron and others argued that the international attention would bring the issues into broader focus and hopefully promote change. As the Sochi Games begin, security concerns may outweigh social issues U.S. intelligence agencies are warning airlines destined for Russia about toothpaste explosives and other concealed implements. But the notable absence of foreign dignitaries and the ways Russia has decided to handle potential protests – by setting up sanctioned protesting areas – has cast attention on the human rights situation in one of the world’s most influential states.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- You'll concentrate well today and tomorrow. Schedule carefully. Run options past your own personal set of rules. There's an unexpected bonus. You perceive the answer, see what the real costs are. Anticipate some confusion. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Proceed with caution. Wait for later to make a deal. Good scheduling leads to more fun. Make money and don't spend it today and tomorrow. Keep your head down and chip away. Work out a creative compromise. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Save up your money for a bigger item. There may be less than you thought. Today and tomorrow call for high energy. You're gaining a distinct advantage. Find what you need far away. Use your power responsibly. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Maintain your independence. Talk in generalities at first. Slow down and consider options. Contemplate the developing situation. Listen to someone who disagrees with you. Enforce the rules. Watch out for surprises for the next two days. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don't get intimidated. Schedule meetings for today and tomorrow. You could organize a team to help you do it all. Anticipate a little resistance, and sweeten the pot. Make sure you know what's required. You gain clarity. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Take on new responsibilities today and tomorrow. Private action gets more accomplished than public. Stand outside a controversy as much as possible. Practice makes perfect in the coming phase. Anticipate delays, and relax in the down time. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don't react without thinking. Put in the research today and tomorrow. Plan your next vacation. A conflict or disagreement could put a kink in things. Hold out for what you really want (respectfully). Take a philosophical view. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Pesky regulations interfere with the plan. For the next two days, study money. Prepare for the negotiation phase. Count the money, and consider the consequences. Arrange for priorities. Keep your feet on the ground. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- An older person provides support. You have something they can use, too. Share resources to mutual benefit. You'll have more help today and tomorrow. You don't have to save everything you get. Spend time with someone attractive. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- The next two days hold high-powered action. Work out details. Make do with what you have. A controversy could erupt when someone disagrees with the direction. Don't get cocky. Money's still tight. Quiet productivity shreds your inbox. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Today and tomorrow overflow with creativity and passion. Use existing materials. Stay on top of the supply chain. Get into a luxuriously lovely phase. Review, revise and reform. Tweak away. You're getting into a cuddly mood. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- An old enemy changes tunes. You're good at solving problems, too. Focus on home today and tomorrow. Find out what's needed at home and build it. Save time to play with family and friends.
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Ally Johnson, an assistant cuarator at the Benton, speaks before an audience gathered to watch “Diary of a Student Revolution,” a 1969 documentary produced for public television. The film chronicles a ten-day 1968 protest of students and faculty against on-campus recruitment by Dow Chemical Co., a manufacturer of napalm used in the Vietnam War. The screening was held in connection with the Benton’s photo exhibition “Making the Movement Move: Photography, Student Activism, & Civil Rights.”
Seminar shows how to maximize one’s presence on LinkedIn
By Brendon Field Staff Writer
The Center for Career Development gave a presentation on Thursday instructing students on how to fortify their LinkedIn profiles and maximize their chances of being recognized by employers. The presentation was given by Beth Settje, senior assistant director of the Center for Career Development, who led students through the different components of constructing a proper profile and building a reputable network of connections. She began by saying that it is important that one’s profile is current, with no outdated information such as location or status as a student. When selecting an industry, she encouraged selecting the field that one want to enter, since “Student” isn’t an option. Prospective thinking should also be applied to choosing a location, Settje said. “I would not recommend (selecting) Storrs or StorrsMansfield because it is so small and does not matter to people outside of UConn,” she said. It is also important that one’s name and title are clear, and the profile picture should be framed so no part of one’s head is cropped out. In writing a personal summary, Settje said that there is no right way to format it. She showed different summaries that were written as paragraphs, bullet points and had a first-person or third-person perspective. She did, however, discourage turning it into a mini resume. A summary should tell an employer
what one has to offer, not just what they are seeking. Students should not be afraid to include non-work related endeavors in their “Experience” section. This includes volunteer work, organizational memberships and official certifications. When discussing networking, Settje encouraged students to be active but also discriminatory. “The point of LinkedIn is not to get connected with as many people as possible; it is not like Facebook friends,” she said. Endorsements from connections on skills can catch the eye of employers; but, because there is no way to verify them, they only matter up to a certain amount. In turn, one should only grant connections legitimate endorsments. Recommendations are much more valuable, since they must be specifically requested. “Leverage your connection to be mutually beneficial,” Settje said. She drew attention to articles that can be posted and shared within LinkedIn’s various groups. “If you want to become a presence in your industry, respond to articles, but have something relative to say so you are making a good contribution,” she said. To show how much impact a LinkedIn profile can have, Settje pulled up the profile of UConn alumnus Matt Duffy. She explained that he had been a history major, but due to a lengthy experience list and a large amount of endorsements and recommendations on his profile, he was head hunted by Google where he now works as an accounting strategist.
Warren Wright, a 7th-semester computer science major, said, “It gives me more confidence that this is something that people look into to find employees and jobs, than just another social gimmick.” The issue of privacy was also discussed. Settje informed students that when one looks at someone else’s page, they will know you have done so. Looking at an employer’s page too frequently can give the impression of stalking. In order to remain anonymous, be sure to log out first. Including one’s age and marital status is unnecessary and increases the risk of identity theft. Settje also led students through the advanced settings to make it so one’s profile can be edited without connections being notified. Madison Laks, a 2nd-semester human development and family studies major, said of the seminar, “I liked the presentation because I just got a LinkedIn really recently, and now I know how to use it to my advantage. And it’s not just Facebook.” Aximay Sosa, a 2nd-semester biomedical engineering major said, “I now realize I don’t have as much experience of things that I’ve done that are related to my field, and I should get on that so I can expand my skill sets.” Settje also said any students looking for individual guidance can find it at the Center for Career Development, which is located in the Wilbur Cross building. Another session on LinkedIn will be held on April 10.
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Homosexuality and the United States military
By Emily Lewson Campus Correspondent
As part of the Out to Lunch lecture series, the Rainbow Center hosted Timothy R. Bussey to present “The Construction of Queer Identities in the U.S. Military.” The second year graduate student outlined the relationship between homosexuals and the U.S. military beginning from the First World War. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Columbus State University and the University of Oxford, Bussey began his graduate work at UConn in the department of political science. Growing up near Fort Benning, in Georgia, Bussey became interested in the relationship between gays and the military. Today, he works alongside Professor Sherry Zane who focuses on the Newport Sex Scandal, an expensive and elaborate mission to eliminate homosexuals from the military in the late 1910s. Although Bussey went far more in depth during his talk, he broke down the military’s and America’s view of homosexuals into time frames. Bussey claims that the period of WWI identified homosexuals as social deviants and sexual perverts who did not fit the American ideal, the WWII period associated them as physically inferior than heterosexuals and the Cold War period thought the USSR would too easily blackmail homosexuals. Different organizations of the government – including the CIA, FBI and DOD – all defined homosexuals as problems. Despite their claims, constant ongoing research continuously proved otherwise.
During the discussion portion of the lecture, the most controversial issue of was that of the unfair relationship that continues to exist today. The 1993 “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) congressional law dictated that military servicemen had to refrain from identifying as homosexual. Although repealed in 2010, it can be argued that some members of the armed forces disagreed with the ruling long before its repeal. “Today’s generation doesn’t believe the ‘normal’ family is the white nuclear family that many earlier generations understood,” said one audience member who preferred to stay anonymous. “Men and women serving the military today do not see homosexuals in the same light that our forefathers did.” This point validates that military personnel must maintain the rules of their command, regardless of their beliefs. It also suggests that the members of Congress lag far behind modern social movements. Bussey’s talk shed light on the unfairness and inequality that homosexuals have faced as they served the United States military throughout history. He highlighted a minority group that was discriminated against and cleverly showed how they are gaining greater understanding in a modern day. “His research is characteristic of queer studies,” said Bilal Tajildeem 8th semester English major. “It enlightens people as to how cruel history has been and positively progresses the queer movement.”
Emily.Lewson@UConn.edu
All the orange juice and Vitamin C in the world sometimes can’t help you. Whether this year’s flu or something more serious finally overwhelms your immune system, there is nothing worse than poorly managing your illness and making it worse. Part of growing up is learning to listen to your body and understand how you can most effectively handle recovery from a small cold to a debilitating flu. While some steps to getting well are largely individual, here are some tips that can help you develop a strategy without calling home to mom. One of the most important steps when you are sick is also the most overlooked: rest. We all like to belittle our illnesses and try to push through it in the beginning stages, and all we do is make matters worse. When you know you are sick, the best thing you can do for your body is to provide it all the energy it needs to help fight whatever ails you. We all have classes and meetings we can’t miss, but it may be better to skip some of the less pressing matters. When you’re sick, it’s very easy to overestimate what your body can handle, and doing too much can leave you in regret. Another key aspect to examine when you are sick is your nutrition. It is ok to have your go-to comfort food that makes you feel better, but a diet of pizza and beer will not help your body heal more quickly. Rather, by staying hydrated and maintaining good eating habits (think fruits and veggies), you can help your body stay fueled for the fight. Everyone you talk to will have a different home remedy that is supposed to make you feel better faster; but, the fact is, very few of those have any medical evidence supporting them. Whether it’s ginger root or chicken noodle soup, if it makes you feel better use it, but being sick is not an excuse to go shopping for a miracle cure. As it pertains to working out, being sick and going too hard can set you back even further. A good simple check to use is the “neck check”. If you have symptoms below your neck (i.e. cough, body aches etc.), it’s probably best to take the day off. Exercising while you’re sick may ultimately exacerbate your symptoms. There are a lot of nasty illnesses going around right now. While the phrase “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” rings true, sometimes the odds are stacked against you. As always, if anything seems out of the usual (severity or duration) it is probably best to see a doctor who may be able to help provide you with tips beyond what is included in this article.
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After 22 years, Leno bids farewell to ‘Tonight’
(AP) — Jay Leno has said goodbye to “The Tonight Show” before, but not like this. The comedian became tearful and choked up Thursday as he concluded what he called the “greatest 22 years of my life.” “I am the luckiest guy in the world. This is tricky,” said an emotional Leno, stepping down for the second and presumably last time as host of TV’s venerable late-night program. Jimmy Fallon takes over “Tonight” in New York on Feb. 17. Leno shared that he’d lost his mother the first year he became “Tonight” host, his dad the second and then his brother. “And after that I was pretty much out of family. And the folks here became my family,” he said of the crew and staff of “Tonight.” It was a tender finish to a farewell show that was mostly aiming for laughs, with traditional monologue jokes, clips from old shows and a wild assortment of celebrities helping to usher Leno out the door.
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support. Of course, there are the typical experiences you might want to have before you leave college, too. You could pull an all-nighter to cram for an exam, or not study because you’re coming down with senioritis. If you’re over 21, have you gone out for a drink on a school night? Do it now while you don’t have anywhere to be the next day until noon, instead of a boss that expects you in the office before 9 a.m. There are, of course, a myriad of other activities that students typically do in college involving excessive amounts of alcohol that could be on your bucket list too. Just take the necessary precautions to stay safe—and don’t do anything too stupid, dangerous or illegal. You don’t want to jeopardize your chances of actually finishing the semester. If you don’t have the time to come up with your own ideas for your bucket list, the UConn Senior’s website has a page full of ideas. Their suggestions include trying the senior ice cream flavor at the Dairy Bar, having a picnic on Horsebarn Hill and getting into the Instant Daily. One of their more tasty suggestions is getting a breakfast sandwich at the food truck on campus. Lizzy’s food truck is normally parked between Arjona and Montheith. Regardless of what is on your personal bucket list, one thing is true for all seniors. The time to check off the items is growing shorter by the day. Now’s the time to do what you’ve been holding back on.
I never thought that I would be a capitalist. In high school and early college I was strongly anti-establishment, and I believed that consumerism and Big Business were the root cause of all of society’s ills. Over time, however, I discovered that many aspects of modernity that I have come to rely upon and enjoy are in fact direct products of industrialization and capitalism. So over winter break, the book “Conscious Capitalism,” by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, caught my attention. In the book, Mackey and Raj Sisodia present their argument for why capitalism, when performed with purpose, is the greatest force for promoting widespread human happiness and prosperity. They describe how the capitalism that we know today is not truly capitalism at all – in fact, in the foreword of the book, businessman Bill George eschews the term “conscious capitalism” altogether, explaining: “I consider it just capitalism, as it is the only authentic form of capitalism. Other forms of doing business, including ‘crony capitalism’, are simply inauthentic versions of the real thing.” The authors continue this assertion in their first chapter: “The myth that profit maximization is the sole purpose of business has done enormous damage to the reputation of capitalism and the legitimacy of business in society. We need to recapture the narrative and restore it to its true essence: that the purpose of business is to improve our lives and to create value for stakeholders.” In fact, the need for businesses to pursue a “higher purpose” is one of the four tenets of conscious capitalism outlined in the book. The other three are: stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture and management. Mackey and Sisodia make the interesting analogy that attaining profits is like attaining happiness: these treasures cannot be pursued directly, but they ensue as a natural byproduct of working toward a higher purpose. The authors dedicate an appendix at the end of the book to “the business case for Conscious Capitalism,” which presents evidence that businesses with a higher purpose actually perform better in the marketplace than their conventionally-run competitors. The authors make many good points about the boons of capitalism. Although it is often deemed perilously sacrilegious for a liberal to approve of any aspect of industrialization, the fact is that poverty, disease and famine have dramatically decreased worldwide with the economic development of the past century. Still, our form of capitalism is certainly in need of reform, and one important area that the authors focus on is the treatment of employees. They assert that conscious businesses naturally empower their “team members” through meaningful work, adequate compensation, and an engaging work environment in order to optimize innovation and productivity. They present evidence that under our current system, an increasing number of employees have become indifferent or even hostile towards their employers – but that the blame for this lies in poor management: “The absence of purpose results in work that is devoid of meaning and that therefore does not tap into our higher human capacities.” Wrestling our current abstraction of capitalism into true conscious capitalism seems like an almost foolishly difficult goal. However, growing numbers of citizens are becoming disillusioned with our current business model that pursues profit at the expense of health, social services and overall quality of life. We may just be nearing the critical mass of support necessary to enact real and lasting business reform.
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Rutgers Professor talks religon and medieval Spain By Carles Lopez Campus Correspondent Paola Tartakoff, a professor in Rutgers University who focuses on Christians and Jews in medieval history, gave the lecture ‘Conspiring against the inquisition: A tale of Revenge in Medieval Spain’ in the Class of 1947 Conference Room on Thursday. Tartakoff went on an expedition to Northeastern Spain in order to learn about the history of Jews and Christians in medieval Spain. However, while going over historical archives in Catalonia, Tartakoff followed the clues of one event. A Jewish man named Eleazar from Calatayud, a small town in the province of Aragon, traveled to Catalonia in order to be baptized
and converted to Catholicism. After the baptism, Eleazar — who changed his name to Peter — traveled back to his hometown in which he was detained and sentenced to burn at the stake. However, while Peter was already tied up, a bishop stopped the sentence. Tartakoff was fascinated by what happened to Peter, and followed up her investigation in order to find the reason why Peter was sentenced to death. Tartakoff found other archives that dealt with the interrogation of Peter and three other Jews from the same town. Peter confessed that he was forced by a group of Jews to Re-Judaize. One of the Jews present, Lucef Quatorze, made fun of Catholicism by disregarding
Mary’s virginity and Christ as a savior. Quartorze was able to convince Peter that the only way that he would be able to achieve salvation after committing treason was to become a Jewish martyr, by being burned alive by the Catholic Church. The next day Peter confessed to the head of the Catholic Magisterium in Calatayud that he was a Jew and believed Catholicism was nothing but empty, dead and pernicious law which offered no salvation after death, and he asked to be burned alive — believing it was the only way to become one with God again. Tartakoff also searched the reasons in which Quartorze would want Peter to be sentenced to death.
Finance: Budgeting college cash and conserving your earnings
By Zach Lederman Staff Writer
Money is always an issue for poor, downtrodden college students. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t worry about it to some degree. However, saving your money really isn’t as hard as it seems. As I myself am a money making — and saving — expert, I’ve decided to impart my knowledge onto future generations so that, one day, no one will have to eat ramen noodles for more than three days. The first thing (and I know this might scare some of you to pieces) is to get a job. Now, I know you’re thinking, “A job? What do I need a job for? Adults have jobs, and I am most certainly still a youth.” Well, I’ve got good and bad news for you. The bad news is that if you’re over 18, you’re now an adult with all of the responsibilities that come with it, including having a job. The good news is that you’re only a young adult, so nobody really expects you to run out there and get an official position with a major corporation. Go ahead, get out there and get a job. Yes, you’ll have to sacrifice some of your freedom, and getting schoolwork done might be a bit more challenging, but it pays off in the long run. Work somewhere long enough, and not only will you see your pay increase, but you’ll also be able to have more say in
the hours you work. Get a job and hold it until senior year, and you’ll be able to work when you want, for the amount of time you want. Plus, strong work commitment looks great for future potential employers. So you’ve got a job, but you’re still running low on money? Time to learn your next skill: budgeting. This is really just a fancy word for planning. At the start of every month (or week, if you want to be really thorough), take an hour or two and write down exactly how much you intend to spend on what. It’s significantly easier to keep track of your assets, and changes to them, if you plan it out on a regular basis. Ordering food once a week might not seem like a big expenditure when you’re ordering it, but once you start to budget and see what it costs each week, you’re a lot less likely to spend your money willy-nilly. Next — and this might be the biggest way I’ve saved money in my three years at UConn — is to actually go to some school-sponsored events. Yeah, I know, anything sponsored by UConn isn’t “cool” to all you awesome freshmen and sophomores, but take it from someone who’s been around the block a few more times than you have — schoolsponsored events are a great way to have fun and save money. Going to parties (often with high surcharges)
and purchasing beverages is expensive. Go to the Union and spend points instead. Want to go out to the movies? Consider going to the Student Union theatre. The movies are all recent (some still in theatres) and cost about six times less than the cost of a regular movie ticket. For snacks, try the Blue Cow where you can get popcorn and soda for less than $3. As an addendum to going to school-sponsored events, try actually eating at the dining hall. Way too often do kids order out or spend their points because they don’t like the food at their regular dining hall. We have more than 10 places to eat, free of charge. Go through the menus (all of which are posted online) and pick one that sounds tasty. Trust me, the food really isn’t that terrible. In fact, sometimes it’s tastier than anything you can order from Wally’s or Ted’s. Look, I know more than anyone how easy it can be to get caught up in all the fun at college and end up blowing money all over the place, but you have to resist. Spread your fun out over the course of the semester, or you’ll be eating ramen noodles and dining hall food every night for a month.
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Tartakoff discovered that Quartorze sent Peter to his own death as a vendetta towards both the Catholic Church and all Jewish apostles who converted to Catholicism. Also, Tartakoff believed that Quartorze sent Peter to die in the fire as a Jew in order to portray the Catholic Church as a weak institution, as Peter preferred to die a Jew rather than live as a Christian. Tartakoff found a notary who documented what could happen if Peter’s case was ignored: “Inquisitorial notary wrote that Peter was influenced by certain enemies of the Christian faith.” They warned that “unless the truth were uncovered and a remedy applied” these developments would lead to “a strengthening of (the Jewish) sect and doubt
regarding (the faith) of Christians since, among Jews, such (martyrs as Abadia and Peter) would be and are reputed to be holy,” Wrote Guillem Del Toro, a Spanish notary for the Catholic Church. Tartakoff found archives, which stated that Quartorze went to the King of Aragon to criticize the Catholic Church’s treatment against Jews. This makes Tartakoff’s believe of Quartorze’s intentions even more consistent. Tartakoff believes that this case portrays how the 1340’s, which were believed to be a time of cultural acceptance in Medieval Spain, was unjust towards Jews.
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Finishing your own UConn bucket list before graduation By Kim Halpin Focus Editor For all of us graduating seniors, take a second to think about the consequences of May 2014. Not only does it mark the well-anticipated end of your requirement to sit in classes, but also the end of your time as a college student. Is there anything you’ve wanted to do on campus but haven’t gotten the chance yet? Anything stupid you’ve wanted to do while “it was college” is still a viable excuse? Now’s the time. Start with all of the places you wanted to go on campus. Have you checked out the supposedly haunted spots on campus? Been to all the cafés and found your favorite? Perhaps there’s a historic building you’ve always admired from the outside, but never wanted to go in. Check it out! After you have your go-to destinations on campus, think off campus. Are you finally of age and haven’t been to all the bars around campus? Go! How about the two casinos that are within relatively short driving distance? Use the fact that you’re close by in Storrs to your advantage and head down this weekend. The next major question to ask is: Have you hit all the major areas of campus life? Start with clubs and activities. UConn has over 400 different clubs and organizations; Did you join one or at least go to a meeting? Next, think about athletics. See if you can go to a game of each of the 22 official sports teams on campus, or at least those that still have games left this year. There are also plenty of club teams that you could participate in or just
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Backlash against Coke ‘America the Beautiful’ ad fueled by ignorance
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n addition to football and the halftime show, commercials have also become a big part of the Super Bowl. This most recent Sunday led to a good amount of backlash against Coca-Cola for their controversial commercial, which featured the song “America the Beautiful” sung in eight different languages while showing people of different cultures and ethnicities go about their lives. The commercial was also the first ad to air during the Super Bowl featuring a gay couple, but it was the multilingual rendition of one of America’s most patriotic songs that led to the majority of the backlash against Coca-Cola. Many people took to Facebook and Twitter criticizing the company for the ad, calling it unpatriotic and declaring to never purchase Coke again. Most of the angry responses expressed, more or less, the same basic idea: “This is America and in America we speak English.” It is possible some of the responses were satirical in nature, but there was still an overwhelming resentment over the fact that a brand as American as Coke would soil such an American song by singing it in anything but English. It is true that English, though not the official language of the United States, is the most widely used language in this country. It is true that we use English to conduct business and that the very publication you are reading, as well as hundreds of others are written in English. However, this does not mean speaking English should be equated with being American. America is often described as a melting pot, where immigrants from all over the world come to make a better life for themselves. Many of these immigrants do learn English as part of the assimilation process for the reasons stated above, but that does not mean that everything about their cultural identity should suddenly be erased and forgotten. There are many households that speak two languages and also hold on to their own unique cultural traditions. Many of these households were also, ironically, participating in one of the most quintessential and unofficial American holidays: watching the Super Bowl. This is what Coca-Cola was celebrating; that we all come from different walks of life and have different cultural backgrounds, but still have unity as Americans. And that is a beautiful thing.
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ife as a scientific researcher has become more and more difficult as of late. Take Ethan Perlstein as an example. He holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Harvard, spent five years doing postdoctoral research at Princeton and led a team that published two papers on pharmacology. Yet, he was turned down by 27 universities when he sought to set up his own lab just last year. Perlstein’s story isn’t an isolated incident. Funding for science has taken somewhat of a hit over the past few years with budget cuts to NASA and other federal research proBy Kayvon Ghoreshi grams leading Commentary Editor to a shortage of space among universities in their ability to offer research positions to qualified individuals. As a result, research funding has had to rely in part on donations from wealthy individuals or groups. However, the future of funding research could be a much more democratic process through crowdfunding. Crowdfunding has taken off in recent years due in no small part to sites like Kickstarter, where anyone can post a project idea and then collect the funds little by little from individual donors. Traditionally, Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites have been very broad in the projects people can back, ranging everything from a debut music album to a new keyboard for the iPad. Enter Experiment.com which utilizes a
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similar crowdfunding model, but exclusively for scientific research. The website is fairly simple. Researchers can create project proposals or ideas they have and then ask for the amount of money they need to conduct the research. With a credit card, people can back any project they choose with however much they choose. Only projects that get fully funded will get paid so donors won’t be charged unless the fundraising goal is met in the allotted time. Even if there is a niche focus on science, there is still a breadth of topics that have already been funded. Among some of the already successful projects are transporting a triceratops skeleton from a dig site to a museum, research on prion diseases and a study of the pollution effects of natural gas fracking. Another key difference to other crowdfunding platforms is that with other sites, project backers often expect some kind of gift in return. For example, individuals asking for funds to produce a music album or build a prototype phone case may offer a copy of the album or an early prototype, respectively, to those that put forth a certain level of donation. With Experiment, this isn’t the case since research often produces knowledge, not something tangible that can be gifted to donors. Instead, the scientists may offer prizes, such as the chance to talk science over a beer for people who donate over a certain threshold. However, donors seem to be less interested in getting something in return and more interested in just furthering scientific knowledge. “When we called donors they all said it [the project they were funding] was going to make an impact and affect the real world,” co-founder Caroline Wu said in an interview with The Wall
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Street Journal. “What they want to see is progress.” There are plenty of projects out there with great potential, but they remain unfunded due to the relatively low amount of traditional sources that are available. Crowdfunding opens up an exciting new door for how we can conduct research. In some ways, it can be better than traditional methods since there is no bureaucratic process of applying for grants and there is more variety in the projects you can get funding for. However, there are still certain issues that need to be dealt with. For example, how can donors distinguish between what is a good project and what is utter nonsense? The site plans on installing a peer review system to address this and ensure that the quality projects are sorted from the inevitable garbage. There is also the issue of scale as most of the current funding goals on Experiment projects fail to exceed $10,000. This pales in comparison to the millions often needed for larger research projects, meaning there is still a need for traditional grants, but as the user base expands, Experiment will likely be able to support larger projects. Scientific research is a basic foundation of innovation. What Experiment is doing offers us a glimpse into a future of a streamlined funding process where we as everyday individuals can help support projects that can potentially impact on society. For the world of science, it is an exciting future to say the least.
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n the wake of the very successful film, “American Hustle,” many retail stores have made an attempt to bring back the 70s. This endeavor, while plucky, was unfortunately a bit too gung hoe. In a decade when the younger generation is dressing in a relatively conservative manner, the By Alexandra Bell p l u n g i n g onesies Staff Columnist and pink m o h a i r jackets are a bit daunting. Not to mention, the thigh hugging, mid-calf reaching tube skirts are flattering on almost no one. Admittedly, it was exciting to see stores such as H&M going retro.
However, a successful revival of a decade as scandalous as the 70s requires a great deal of finesse. Here was an opportunity for the fashion industry to provide us with a tantalizing nibble of “Rock’n Roll Suicide.” Instead, we are overloaded by bathroom tile greens, grandma’s nail polish oranges and unreasonably long and leg shrinking blazers. It’s enough to give anyone with even a hint of the chic gene an aneurysm. The 70s relapse may have been poorly executed, but I believe it reveals our generation’s desperation for nostalgia and a stylization of our own. Every decade of the 1900s had its own particular vibe and exuded its own flavor. When one mentions
the 20s, visions of energetic women in flapper dresses, and suave Gatsby boys arise. Thirties fashion was polished. They emphasized length, contour and femininity for women, while keeping men’s fashion strong and firmly linear. The forties had the American wartime look going on. The fifties had poodle skirts and greasers. Sixties had… well think Twiggy and flower power. The 70s had iconic everything, from Ziggy Stardust to disco. The 80s were gross, but held their own, and the 90s had grunge, excesses of leather and a general sense of confusion. It was as though the 90s were one big funeral for the vibrant evolution of style and society. The dead
end of the century loomed. Then things went grey. It’s as if style went into a coma, and is now little more than a ghost. In this age of soulless technology, we are floating in an oblivion of monotony, our only reprieve from which is the occasional moment of reminiscence. Granted, this is depressing, however it is important that we consider whether we will ever be to able wake up, or if this state is a permanent one. Fashion and style have always reflected the heartbeat of society, and provided a visual representation of our general state. This means that most aspects of our lives, not just our style choices are stuck in a rut. Hopefully, at some point in
the near future, we will once again find some means of blossoming into a state of mental and artistic evolution that doesn’t entirely depend on the technology which seems to be currently dripping depresents into our systems. Until that point, however, we will continue to recycle the past in the vain hope of recapturing its vibrancy. We will continue to stand before the bedroom mirror, trying on our old clothing, wishing they would fit like they used to. Until we find it within ourselves to move on, it would help with our self-consciousness if we were to at least do a better job of altering those old garments to suit our new form. Pulling articles of clothing
directly out of the 70s and plopping them in the year 2014 simply will not do. Lacking the inspiration to invent anew is one thing, but failing to produce something wearable from the arts and crafts box accessible to the design industry is an insufferable display of incompetence. People have a difficult enough time dressing themselves as it is without the all-powerful closet gods confusing them further. Let us all hope that the next time the holy closet spits out a time capsule it is better planned, and more sensitive to our current predicament.
public is encouraged to submit comments to http://www. regulation.gov. Environmentalists who feel the cons of the pipeline greatly outweigh the pros have impeded this two-year process. It is true that gasoline from oil sands have roughly 15 percent greater emissions than gasoline in the form of conventional oil. It is also true that the exploitation of tar sands will have a negative impact on climate stability. However, both arguments are not connected to the Keystone XL Pipeline itself. The environmentally destructive mining of this crude oil from tar sands seems to be center of the debate, though misplaced on the creation of the pipeline. Whether or not America chooses to allow this pipeline to cross our borders, the tar sands will be exploited, thousands of direct jobs will go to Canada and other countries
will mine the benefits of the oil. Keystone XL Pipeline is not the first pipeline to be built in the United States. If this pipeline is being called into question, that means all the other pipelines should equally be scrutinized. Though there are alternative means of transporting oil, they are even less promising in terms of their effects on the environment and the people involved. Reports also show that road transport incurs more overall damage than pipelines. For every billion ton-miles, there are 20 incidents when road transport for oil is used. There are 2 incidents for every billion ton-miles when trains transport oil. However, when transported by pipeline, there is a shocking average of .6 incidents per billion tonmiles. To say the environmentalists have overlooked these numbers and chosen to go
after the most effective method of transport is far-fetched and illogical, which leads me to believe that they are more concerned about the use of crude oil from tar sands not necessarily the transport of the crude oil. Furthermore, the environment is not the only thing placed at risk as there are human beings working to extract and transport oil. The rate of injuries that require hospitalization are 30 times lower for pipeline workers than rail workers involved in crude oil shipments and trucking oil is 37 times more likely to cause injuries than pipelines. Pipelines are an advanced method of transport. There has been a 70 percent decrease in spills from 1969-1977 time period to the 1998-2007 time period. The only other methods of transport that have a greater decrease in spills
during the same time period are tank barges at 83 percent decrease and tank ships at 98 percent decrease, neither of which can be used as an alternative to the Keystone XL Pipeline. The alternatives, which include tanker trucks and railroads, do not show promising statistics. Tanker trucks have had a 206 percent increase in spills during this time period and railroads show an unimpressive 28.5 percent decrease in spills in the same time period. The final step before Keystone XL Pipeline is approved or rejected is dependent on the nation’s opinion. Whether or not America chooses to approve this pipeline, the 15 percent greater emissions will still enter the atmosphere and into the air we breathe. The environment may suffer but are we going to sit by and watch a much sought after resource bene-
fit others while we suffer in the pollution that we did not create? Rejecting the pipeline immediately becomes a lose-lose situation. At least there will be one benefit to accepting the pipeline’s construction. The transport of oil couldn’t be the issue the environmentalists are concerned about because the pipeline is the least harmful method of transport besides barges and ships; spills during the transport of oil through tanker trucks have increased 206 percent from 1969 to 2007! However, the Keystone XL Pipeline has been the scrutiny of the conservationists. While the rally of those who object the Keystone XL Pipeline is noble and their hearts are in the right place, they are misplacing their objections.
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ransCanada put in an application on May 4, 2012 for a Presidential Permit to construct and operate the Keystone XL Pipeline. The proposed project is an 875mile long pipeline that would transport up to 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Alberta, Canada per day. The pipeline would cross the U.S. border in Montana, continue through South Dakota and Nebraska, then connect to By Jesseba Fernando e x i s t ing pipeStaff Columnist lines near Steele City, Nebraska for delivery to Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast area. The final remaining step is for National Interest Determination and the Final Decision. A 30-day comment period began on Feb. 5 and will close on March 7th. During this time period, the
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“Polar bear wrestling.”
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Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner dies at 91 NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Kiner was a smash as a slugger, launching so many home runs over the left-field wall at old Forbes Field that fans nicknamed it his corner. Years later, as one of baseball's most beloved broadcasters, he became a big hit in a new "Kiner's Korner." Kiner, the Hall of Famer whose frequent malaprops endeared him to New York Mets listeners for more than a half-century, died Thursday. He was 91. The Hall of Fame said Kiner died at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., with his family at his side. "He was a jewel," Mets Hall of Famer Tom Seaver said. Kiner hit 369 home runs during a 10-year career cut short by back problems. He debuted with Pittsburgh in 1946 and won or
tied for the National League lead in homers in each of his first seven seasons. He was popular off the field, too. His Hollywood pals included Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, he squired Liz Taylor and Janet Leigh, and he played himself in the 1951 film "Angels in the Outfield." Kiner became a Mets announcer in their expansion season of 1962, working 17 years as a trio with Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson. Kiner called their games for 52 years in all, including a handful of them last season. Kiner was already a fixture on the Mets' airwaves when he was inducted into the Hall in 1975. He was elected with just one vote to spare in his 15th and final year on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot. The six-time All-Star outfield-
er still ranks sixth all-time with a home run every 14.1 at-bats. He averaged more than 100 RBIs per season and hit .279 with the Pirates, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland. When he retired, Kiner was sixth on the career home run list. To generations of TV viewers and radio listeners, his postcareer acclaim was as great as the honors he earned on the field. "Kiner's Korner" was a delight for players and fans alike, where stars would join Kiner for postgame chats. "I loved going on 'Kiner's Korner.' I enjoyed talking baseball with Ralph, especially learning about players from his era," former Mets star Dwight Gooden said. "But what really made it special was every time you went on, you got a $100. For a rookie like me in 1984, a $100 was a
big deal." Kiner was known for tripping over his own words, and often laughed about his own comments. "If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave," he once commented after a misplay. "On Father's Day, we again wish you all a happy birthday," he also said. Then there was the time Gary Carter hit a winning home run in the 10th inning of his Mets' debut in 1985 and Kiner introduced him as Gary Cooper, the famed actor. "Gary was a great sport about it," Kiner remembered. "He came on 'Kiner's Korner' afterward and introduced himself to me as Gary Cooper and even signed a picture to me, 'Gary Cooper Carter.'"
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — The flashback hit Hannah Kearney out of nowhere. That's when the defending gold medalist in women's moguls decided she needed to turn her brain off and just do her thing. It worked. The American's quest for an Olympic repeat started flawlessly Thursday as she easily topped qualifying. The 27-year-old from New Hampshire posted a score of 23.05 to move into Saturday's finals and move one step closer to bookending the gold she won in Vancouver four years ago. Canadian Chloe DufourLapointe finished second in qualifying, just ahead of younger sister Justine and older sister Maxime, who came in eighth. The trio declined interview requests to focus on the next step. Kearney initially hoped to grab
gold in Turin in 2006, when she was a 19-year-old world champion entering her prime. Instead she crashed during qualifying, tumbling over one of the early bumps in the course. It nearly happened again during training earlier in the week, providing Kearney with a haunting reminder of Turin. "I thought, 'Oh, boy, we don't need this problem again,'" Kearney said. She needn't have worried. Knees seemingly magnetized together as she navigated the moguls, Kearney posted the second-fastest time down the hill and highlighted it with a pair of well executed if not quite perfect jumps that allayed any concerns about the course's safety. "I think that everywhere we go, every World Cup venue, we show up and say, 'Oh, my god. How are we going to make it down
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In this July 23, 1951 file photo, Gil Hodges, left, and Ralph Kiner pose. The baseball Hall of Fame says slugger Ralph Kiner has died. He was 91.
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Hannah Kearney, from the United States, skies the course during the qualifying round in the moguls event of the World Cup freestyle skiing event.
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this course? This is impossible,'" Kearney said. After some tweaking by officials, the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains looked no different than most other moguls events over the last four years, with the top-ranked Kearney looking down at the rest of the field. "The course is great," she said. "It's challenging but in a very positive way. It's going to separate the weak skiers from the strong skiers, hopefully." The top 10 skiers earned an automatic berth into the finals, with the remaining competitors returning for a second qualifying run on Saturday. The top 20 qualifiers make the finals, which will be held in three stages as the field is whittled down to 12 then six before a champion is crowned. American Eliza Outtrim came in fourth, though teammates Heather
McPhie and Heidi Kloser have work to do. McPhie slipped to 14th while Kloser didn't even get to the starting gate. The 21-year-old injured her leg during warm-ups and needed to be helped down the mountain. Her status for the second qualifier remains uncertain. Jung-Hwa Seo of South Korea lost an edge in training and took an ugly fall that saw her leave on a stretcher. Japan's Miki Ito veered into a wall after landing a jump during practice and also did not compete. It was a painful reminder how just how narrow the margin is in a sport that Kearney can make look easy at times. Though she would not have been eliminated even if she crashed on Thursday, the memory of 2006 keeps her sharp as she tries to become the first moguls skier to win consecutive gold medals.
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Women's hockey takes on hefty challenge of No.1 BC By Matt Zampini Campus Correspondent
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Sophomore forward Michela Cava looks to lead the Huskies against the No.1 Boston College Eagles. UConn looks to overcome this hefty challenge Saturday at 2 p.m.
Heading into the last six games of the season, the schedule for the UConn women’s hockey team continues to be challenging. Playing in the best conference in the country, every Hockey East game is going to be a challenge. The Huskies will welcome the first place Boston College Eagles (204-3) on Saturday afternoon and then quickly turn around and head north to take on the New Hampshire Wildcats (9-16-2) on Sunday. “We have had to battle every weekend this year so these opponents are no exception,” head coach Chris MacKenzie said. “To be successful we have to rely on everyone to do their job, have sound defense
and win the special teams game.” The first game of the weekend for the Huskies will be one of the toughest games UConn has played this season. Now that it is late in the season, this is the time period in which the good teams start to gain their stride, heading into the postseason. Boston College is on of those teams. The Eagles rank first in Hockey East in both goals per game (4.06) and goals allowed per game (1.75). Over their past 10 games, BC has gone 8-0-2 and have outscored their opponents by 20 goals in that span. “We have to play physical without taking penalties, block shots and not give them second and third opportunities to score,” MacKenzie said about what his team needs to do to be successful against Boston College.
The Eagles are coming off a 4-1 victory over Boston University in the semi-finals of the 36th annual Bean Pot Tournament and will face Northeastern in the finals on Feb. 11. The last time out, the Eagles swept the weekend series, outscoring the Huskies 9-4. Unlike the Eagles, the Wildcats have been in a bit of a struggle as of late. Over their last 10 games, New Hampshire is 3-7-0 and have been outscored by their opponents by 11 goals. Although struggling, they should not be taken lightly. New Hampshire leads the Hockey East in penalty kill percentage, killing off 55 out of 59 penalties (93.2 percent). New Hampshire has done something that UConn has not done this year, and that is defeat Boston College. The Wildcats upset the
Eagles 3-1 back on Oct. 16. New Hampshire also beat the Eagles last season 4-3. Less than a month ago, the Huskies and Wildcats split the weekend series. UConn won the first game 3-1 and New Hampshire was able to get revenge in the second game, earning a 3-2 win to split the series. After this weekend the Huskies only have four more games before the Hockey East tournament. They have lost three games in a row so it is pivotal that they gain some momentum this weekend leading them into the final two weekends of the season. Puck drop on Saturday is a 2:00 p.m. at the Mark Freitas Ice Forum.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Anderson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half, helping the Brooklyn Nets pull away from the short-handed San Antonio Spurs for a 103-89 victory Thursday night. Despite playing without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, their top four scorers, the Spurs were still within five points early in the fourth quarter before the Nets pulled away for good. Deron Williams added 16 points and eight assists as Brooklyn ended a six-game losing streak to San Antonio with its first victory since March 29, 2010. So banged-up that at one point that they had two players on the court wearing facial masks to protect broken noses, the Spurs fell to 2-1 on their nine-game rodeo trip. The Spurs overcame all their challenges to pull out a 125118 double-overtime victory at Washington on Wednesday, but didn't have enough to beat an improving Brooklyn team. Cory Joseph scored 18 for the Spurs, Danny Green had 17 and Patty Mills 16.
Paul Pierce had 12 points for the Nets, who have turned things around since the Spurs outclassed them 112-93 in San Antonio on New Year's Eve, leaving Brooklyn at 10-21. They are 12-4 in 2014 and have won two straight since dropping three in a row, all against division leaders. The Spurs trotted out Green, Marco Belinelli, Tiago Splitter, Joseph and Nando De Colo to start, an unheralded lineup similar to the one Gregg Popovich used when he sent Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Green home before another Thursday night nationally televised game at Miami early last season. That decision cost the Spurs a $250,000 fine from former Commissioner David Stern, but Popovich didn't have much of a choice who he played this time. Ginobili (left hamstring) and Leonard (broken bone in right hand) were already out, and Popovich noticed Parker laboring with a back injury during the first half Wednesday. Parker then sat the remainder of the game, and Duncan played a season-high 40 minutes, well more than Popovich
prefers to use the 37-year-old forward and essentially mandating a night off Thursday. Making matters worse, Boris Diaw then was vomiting during the day at the team hotel because of food poisoning and couldn't play. De Colo broke his nose in the first half when he was whacked while trying to defend Andrei Kirilenko, though returned in the second half wearing a mask, as Matt Bonner already was. The guys that were left raced to a 20-8 lead and were ahead the whole first quarter, settling for a 24-7 advantage. The Nets finally grabbed their first lead late in the second quarter and took a 40-39 lead into halftime when Williams made a jumper with 38 seconds remaining. With the Nets leading by two late in the third, Anderson converted a three-point play, his first of seven straight Brooklyn points to end the quarter and give the Nets a 75-68 lead. He another three-point play with the Nets ahead by five in the fourth, and his 3-pointer after Kirilenko's basket made it 87-77 and the Nets were comfortably ahead from there.
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Huskies could not surpass the strong Anderson and the Nets pull away to Cincinnati defense in a close game beat short-handed Spurs, 103-89 from BEARCATS, page 12 Cincinnati’s stingy defense has been a nightmare for opponents all season, and UConn was no exception. Typically one of the best shooting teams on any given night, the Huskies were held to 39.2 percent shooting and — more alarmingly —only shot 5-for-21 from behind the 3-point line.
UConn will head to Orlando this weekend to take on Central Florida Sunday evening. The Knights (9-11, 1-8 American) are in the midst of a seven-game losing streak that began on Jan. 11 at Gampel Pavilion, when Brimah scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in an 84-61 UConn win. The Knights looked to
be on the verge of ending their losing ways Wednesday night, but faltered both at the end of regulation and in overtime in a 79-78 home loss against in-state conference rival South Florida. Sunday’s game will tip off at 6 p.m. and will air on ESPN2.
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Swimming and diving to host Husky Open By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s swimming and diving team will host the University of Rhode Island, Boston College, Northeastern and Keene State at the UConn Husky Open this upcoming Saturday. The meet is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The Huskies are looking to continue their winning ways after completing a perfect 6-0 record in head-to-head dual meets this season. The Huskies have yet to lose
in Storrs this season. “Well we’ve been swimming really well away and at home,” UConn coach Bob Goldberg said. “(Wolff-Zackin) is a great pool to swim in, and the team definitely performs well there.” The meet will be contested in a time trial format. This means that there will be no official winners or losers on the day, and no points will be awarded to the schools. The meet will be a good way for the teams to warm up and stay in practice shape heading into conference championships, Goldberg said. UConn is looking
to stay in form as they head to the American Athletic Conference Championships in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 19. “(The format) is advantageous to the guys, because everyone has the chance to get into a lot of swims and really test their times,” Goldberg said. Even without a win or loss on the line, Goldberg said the swimmers will be ready. “They like swimming here and competing here,” he said.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — When Shaun White pulled out of his first event at the Sochi Olympics, saying the slopestyle course was too risky for him, the verdict from spiteful voices on Twitter who have nothing good to say in 140 characters or less was instant and cruel. Chicken, the meanest ones said of the two-time Olympic snowboarding champion, or unpublishable words to that effect. How wrong. Sochi could make a strong argument that for the next 17 days, it is hosting the largest gathering of brave souls on the planet. To accuse winter Olympians —White included — of being short on courage — is absurd. Leaving aside curling — which as a sedate pastime shouldn't be rubbing shoulders with other Olympic sports — the Winter Games are a strange world inhabited by people who shrug in the face of danger, poke peril in the eye, accept risk as their companion and consider all that to be normal. It is a place where guys and
gals who hurl themselves down icy chutes on sleds aren't carted off to asylums but are awarded shiny medals. There are athletes here who should be on sick beds not ski slopes, competing with aches, pains and ailments they embrace as part of their job and with knees, ligaments, shoulders and other body parts that have been surgically repaired, sometimes repeatedly. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris qualified Thursday for the slopestyle semifinals with a cracked rib. Twitter-wits dubbed him "McRib." Briton Billy Morgan also qualified with two snapped ligaments in his right knee that he won't get fixed until after the Olympics. Austrian three-time Olympic ski jump champion Thomas Morgenstern is flying again less than one month after he rag-dolled in training, losing his balance in the air and hitting the deck, arms flailing. The video makes for sickening viewing. He suffered skull injuries
and bruised a lung. Yet here he is Sochi, merrily tweeting from his account with its headline: "BORN to FLY! Failure will not overcome me, as long as my will to succeed is stronger!" One thing to remember from the couch, especially for the judges and jurors with thumbs itching to type unkind words about White or any of his peers, is that television doesn't do full justice to some winter sports. It flattens out bumps and makes slopes look less steep than they are. In reality, bobsleds and luges roar past in the blink of an eye. But the rawness of their speed gets lost in translation to TV. Even on the box, the jumps on Sochi's slopestyle course that White said thanks, but no thanks, to still look massive and daunting. But not as lethal as Sebastien Toutant described when he first rode them: "It is like jumping out of a building. I should put on my Canadian flying squirrel suit." Those who now question White's courage should watch the docu-
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Shaun White stays sane in an insane world after bowing out mentary "Shaun White: Russia Calling" that aired before these Olympics. See how he whacked his head so hard that his helmet ripped off when trying to land a new halfpipe trick in 2012. It is a sobering moment, impossible to watch without thinking of the traumatic brain injury that Kevin Pearce suffered before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, when he landed on his face performing a difficult stunt. Also consider the damage the old-school "suck it up" philosophy — ignoring health risks, willfully or otherwise — has done in other sports, encouraging players in the NFL, for example, to grit their teeth and play through the fog of concussion, doing long-term injury to their brains. And let's not forget that four years ago, the games mourned Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed in a horrific crash on the superfast Vancouver Olympic sliding track. So White is right not to make light of his safety.
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In this Feb. 17, 2010, file photo, Shaun White of the United States celebrates his gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe.
He hurt his shoulder and ankle in the lead-up to these Olympics. In Sochi, he hurt his left wrist training on the slopestyle course. Ultimately, he concluded "the potential risk of injury is a bit too much for me" and
decided to preserve himself for a shot at a third straight title in the halfpipe competition next week. Evaluating and then stepping back from risk doesn't make White a coward. It does show he's sane.
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Feb. 9 UCF 6 p.m.
Feb. 20 Temple 9 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Feb. 9 Louisville 1 p.m.
Feb. 16 USF 4 p.m.
Feb. 23 SMU 2 p..m.
Loupe finally gets a score he can savor
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(24-0) Feb. 25 Houston 8 p.m.
Feb. 22 Houston 5 p.m.
Feb. 19 UCF 7 p.m.
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Feb. 15 Memphis Noon
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 311 male competitors but no female participants.
Men’s Hockey (13-8-4) Today Bentley 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 14 Feb. 11 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Bentley Providence Holy Cross Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
Women’s Hockey (7-19-2) Tomorrow Boston College 2 p.m.
Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 15 New Northeastern Northeastern Maine Hampshire 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
Baseball Feb. 14 Ohio State 5 p.m.
Feb. 21 Wichita State 4 p.m.
Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Indiana Auburn State Noon 11:30 a.m.
Softball Feb. 21 Hofstra Noon
(0-0) Feb. 22 George Mason 5 p.m.
(0-0) Feb. 21 DePaul 2 p.m.
Feb. 22 College of Charleston Noon
Feb. 22 Feb. 23 UMass Illinois State 2 p.m. 11 a.m.
Men’s Track and Field Tomorrow Feb. 14 Feb. 22 Skykes Lafyette/ Alex Wilson Sabock Ryder Invitational 10 a.m. Invitational 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 AAC Champ. TBA
March 1 AAC Champ. TBA
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Canada skip Rachel Homan delivers her rock to British Columbia at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts curling competition in Montreal.
Parrot takes lead in Olympic debut of slopestyle
Women’s Track and Field Today Feb. 8 Feb. 15 New New Brown Balance Balance Invitational 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. TBA
Feb. 28 AAC Champ. 9 a.m.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Loupe knows how one week can change everything. He can only hope his 8-under 63 in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is the start of another one. Loupe had to wait three hours to tee off because of rain Thursday, and then he played bogey-free on the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula. That gave him the lowest score among those who finished their rounds. Rain soaked the Monterey Peninsula in the morning, which was great news for an area desperate for rain, not so much for the tournament. Puddles quickly formed on the greens at Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, forcing play to be stopped on all three courses. Monterey Peninsula played the easiest, and Loupe took advantage. He never had to scramble for par, missed only one fairway and only two of his birdies were over 10 feet. This was his first trip to the area, and it was everything he imagined. “This place is amazing,” Loupe said with a smile as wide as a fairway. The 25-year-old from Louisiana hasn’t made the cut in five starts his rookie season. Loupe might not even have a PGA Tour card except for his tie for sixth in the last event of the Web.com Tour Finals. He had missed the cut in his previous three “Finals” event. Stuart Appleby, Jim Renner, Richard Lee and Scott Gardiner had 65s at Monterey Peninsula. Phil Mickelson, a four-time champion, was at 5-under par through 15 holes when the round was stopped because of darkness. Pebble Beach played the toughest, though the weather was not nearly bad enough to make that much of a difference with only a cool breeze and no rain the rest of the day. Jimmy Walker, already a two-time winner this season, got up-and-down for birdie on the 18th for a 66, the best score at Pebble. Jordan Spieth, playing with country singer Jake Owen, had the best round at Spyglass Hill at 67. He picked up birdies on all but one of the par 5s, stuffed one close on the uphill second hold and escaped with par with a long pitch from short of the sixth green. “It was more of an effort just to really play safe on the harder holes,” Spieth said. “The par 5s you can take advantage of out here. I three-putted the first par 5 for par, but bounced back on the other par 5s. And then I finally made some putts on the back nine. We picked a great day to have Spyglass.” Dustin Johnson, a two-time winner of this event, had a 68 at Spyglass Hill playing with his future father-in-law, hockey great Wayne Gretzky. “More happy with the fact he was 4 under today and it’s a tough course,” Gretzky said. “I’m here for fun. He’s here for work.”
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What's On TV Olympics: Luge (Men’s Singles), Sun. 8:30 a.m. NBC Sports If you have nothing better to do at 8 a.m. on Sunday, you should watch luge! As tempting as the time sounds, this event is ridiculous. Italian athlete Armin Zoeggeler will continue his pursuit to become the first Olympian to win six consecutive medals in the same individual event. Yes, if you wake up that early you can witness history if Zoeggeler wins big. AP
NCAAM: Cincinnati vs SMU, Sat. 7:30 p.m. ESPNU After No.7 Cincinnati defeated UCon in a close game Thursday, the Bearcats head to Southern Methodist Saturday to take on the Mustangs in hopes to continue their 15 game win streak. Cincinnati (22-2) has not lost a game since December against Xavier, while SMU has been wavering in consistency with a 17-5 record. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. and can been seen on ESPNU. AP
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — And to think, Shaun White chose not to ride down this course. Snowboarders kicked off competition at the Olympics on Thursday by making the slopestyle layout that White deemed “intimidating” feel anything but that. Sunny skies. No wind. Decent snow. All in all, slopestyle’s debut on the grand stage was a great day for riding rails and grabbing big air and an even better day for scores. Canadian Max Parrot backed up his win last month at the Winter X Games with a 97.5 — 2½ points short of perfect — in a qualifying run punctuated by a triple-flipping jump with a dead-solid landing, the likes of which will be virtually mandatory to win the gold medal. He was one of eight riders to reach the 90s on a day in which Australia’s Scotty James and Norway’s Kjersti Buaas took the worst falls, but both walked away. “Other riders complained about the course this week. I actually found it really good from Day One to now,” Parrot said. White pulled out Wednesday, saying he wanted to focus on winning a third straight gold medal in the halfpipe next week. He was in no mind to put his health at risk on a course that took out one of the world’s top riders, Torstein Horgmo of Norway, and sent dozens more tumbling in training. Things still weren’t 100 percent ideal when competition began, one day before the opening ceremony. “It’s getting better. Not fully per-
fect yet. Pretty icy. Makes it hard to shape the jumps clean,” said Norway’s Staale Sandbech, who scored 94.5. Leading female contender, American Jamie Anderson, had no problem the day after banging up her back in practice. She called the course conditions “questionable,” especially for the women. “It’s a challenging course. A lot of impact for everyone,” Anderson said after a 93.5. “Little 15 year olds are, like, ‘I’m not even old and my back is still sore every day. Not even from crashing, just from riding.’” Among the problems they’re dealing with are too-steep takeoff ramps that don’t exactly mesh with the pitch of the landings. The transition areas between the jumps aren’t very big, so it’s hard to build up the speed needed to get the air the steepest jumps demand. But the course builders are adjusting and, overall, the riders responded well. It made White’s absence that much more confounding to several of the 29 men left in the field, who complained that, among other things, his last-minute decision cost someone a spot on the U.S. team. “It would’ve been so awesome to have him in here today,” American Sage Kotsenburg said. “He could’ve put down a super sick run that could contend. But it’s his choice.” Nobody is feeling White’s absence more than Parrot, who is peaking at precisely the right time. “I’m just mad about it because
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Canada’s Maxence Parrot takes a jump during the men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
I want to compete against him,” Parrot said. “I want to know who’s better.” The improved conditions invited such high scores that at least one rider felt free to turn his attention to a more traditional sort of griping: Judging. Canada’s Mark McMorris, a favorite for the gold until he broke a rib at the X Games, landed a triple cork and put down a clean run that ended with him grabbing his sore back. He received only an 89.25. “I did one of the only legitimate triple corks and didn’t get rewarded for it, so it’s too bad,” he said. But, in keeping with the sunshiny theme of the first Olympic sport to feature a gigantic Russian matryoshka doll in the middle of the course (And yes, riders can feel free to jump over it) McMorris will get a second chance. In fact, every-
body will. Conceding that it’s bad form to end anyone’s Olympics before they march in the opening ceremony, the format was tweaked slightly. The top four riders in each heat advanced directly to the weekend finals, with everyone else getting another shot at qualifying during semifinals. Friday is an off day where more work on the course is expected. “Everything we’ve done here is completely normal,” American Chas Guldemond said. “It’s the second-best course of the year (next) to X Games. I’m happy with it.” Among the most critical of White’s decision to withdraw was Canadian Sebastien Toutant, who tweeted, then deleted, a message saying White was essentially ducking the competition.
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The legacy of Stern
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BEARCATS BITE BACK Huskies fall short at Cincinnati in close game By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor
Mike Peng Love him or hate him, former NBA commissioner David Stern was a force to be reckoned with in the league over the last 30 years. Since taking over the position in 1984, Stern has been the straw that stirred the drink that is the NBA and made the league one of the most popular organizations not only in the country, but the world. Sure, quite a few controversies surrounded Stern throughout the years. From draft lottery conspiracy theories and ratifying a dress code, to collective bargaining agreement disputes and nixing the Chris Paulto-Lakers trade, Stern has drawn his fair share of criticisms. However, people always tend to focus more on the negatives, while all the good that Stern has done for the league gets lost among the shuffles, and what he did was unrivaled by any other in his field. At 41 years old, Stern took over the league with just 23 teams and the popularity in free-fall. He immediately introduced the NBA, or rather reintroduced the NBA Slam Dunk Contest that originated from the ABA in 1976. From that point on, with the help of stars like Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and others, the league’s fan base slowly but surely began to grow. In late 1991, when Johnson announced his retirement due to his contraction of HIV, Stern made the decision to allow Johnson to compete in the 1992 All-Star Game, and with one hug at the end of the contest to congratulate Johnson on the MVP nod of the game, Stern calmed the hysteria that surrounded the league at the time. In 1996, Stern and the NBA Board of Governors also approved the WNBA and helped that league to establish itself through the success of the NBA. The feather in Stern’s cap, however, would have to be the globalization of the NBA. By bringing in international players such as Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol and Yao Ming, Stern put the league on the world’s map. As a result, the NBA has a total of 92 players from outside the U.S. on its roster as of opening day of the 2013-14 season. Of course, all these successes would not mean much unless Stern brought in the money for the league to survive and strive. According to Forbes, the 23 teams in the league in 1984 had a combined value of $400 million, while the average salary for an NBA player stood at $290,000. Since then, seven new teams joined the league while six franchises were relocated, and the combined value of the current 30 teams now stand at $19 billion with the averaging player salary spiking to $5.7 million. All together, the league revenue has also increased from $165 million in 1984 to $5.5 billion in 2013. The fans can criticize and boo Stern all they want, and as far as draft nights can tell, he loves it, but there is a reason why Stern was the longest-tenured commissioner in any American professional sports history. As a child, Stern often attended New York Knicks games at the old Madison Square Garden. He’s a fan of the game and he still loves it to this day. It’s that kind of passion that allowed him to make the NBA into what it is today. At the age of 71, Stern retired as the commissioner on Feb. 1, exactly 30 years since he started the job. He passed the torch to Adam Silver, who joined the league as Stern’s assistant in 1992 and had been the deputy commissioner since 2006. Silver was unanimously selected by the NBA Board of Governors to succeed Stern, but Stern sure left behind one tough act to follow.
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The No. 22 UConn men’s basketball team took the lead against No. 7 Cincinnati with about 15 minutes to go in the first half. With eight minutes left in the game, the lead disappeared, and the Huskies lost hold of their chance to knock off the last unbeaten team in American Athletic Conference play. Cincinnati improved to 11-0 in conference play with a 63-58 win at Fifth Third Arena in Ohio. Shabazz Napier scored 16 points, one of three Huskies in double figures, but UConn was unable to cope with the absence of DeAndre Daniels. Daniels has not played since Jan. 25, when he suffered a high ankle sprain at Rutgers. Since then, he has been dealing with the ankle injury and back pain. The junior forward was originally expected to start Thursday night, but the decision was ultimately made to keep him off the court. Graduate student Lasan Kromah started in Daniels’ place. The transfer from George Washington scored 13 points on 6 of 11 shooting, grabbed two rebounds and had three assists. UConn (17-5, 5-4 American) was unable to stop Cincinnati standout Sean Kilpatrick. A frontrunner for AAC Player of the Year, Kilpatrick scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. After Amida Brimah gave the Huskies the lead again from the foul line, Kilpatrick put Cincinnati (22-2, 11-0 TROY CALDEIRA/The Daily Campus American) ahead for good on a 3-pointer with 5:19
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UConn, Louisville meet in championship rematch
By Erica Brancato Staff Writer
The No. 1 UConn women’s basketball team will face off Sunday in the highly anticipated rematch of this season. The Huskies will face the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals for the fist time since the National Championship game last year in April. UConn defeated Louisville 93-60 to win the NCAA title, marking it as the most lopsided victory in a title game. However, the Huskies know how hard they have to work against the Cardinals in order to keep their flawless season alive. “We know we have to practice tough,” senior Stefanie Dolson said. “We know that because of their history with us and with [Louisville] versus Baylor last year, we know what they are capable of.” Louisville pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA tournament last year as they derailed Brittney Griner and No. 1 Baylor in the regional semifinals. The Bears were the favorite to not
only make it to the Final Four, but to also win a second straight championship when that all came crashing down. Louisville contained Griner, which was the key to stopping Baylor. Griner did not score until the second half, and on top of that she committed a foul with 2.6 seconds left allowing Louisville to win. “We know [Louisville is] going to give us an extremely physical game and we just have to make sure we are ready for it,” Dolson said. Louisville (23-1) is on a 16-game winning streak this season after falling to the then No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats. Louisville had a 14-point lead against their rival Kentucky until it all slipped away late in the second half. Kentucky’s Bernisha Pinkett banked a three pointer with ten minute left in the game to gain the lead and the Wildcats never looked back. However after the 69-64 loss in December, Louisville has been on a hot streak. The Cardinals’ will come out stronger than ever in this rematch; the target on UConn’s
back is getting bigger by the game and they know Louisville’s ultimate win would be to take down the Huskies just as they did with Baylor. “We know them and playing them in the National Championship last year we know they are going to come out. They are going to be gunning for us; they are going to go really hard,” Bria Hartley said. “I think we have to go into practice and prepare really well and get mentally prepared. Then when the game comes you will see what happens.” Sunday not only marks the biggest match up of the regular season, but it will also be the eighth annual Play 4Kay Initiative game. Play 4Kay is a national fundraising effort in memory of the former North Carolina State University head coach Kay Yow who battled cancer until 2009. All fans in attendance are encouraged to wear pink in an effort to raise awareness for cancer research. It is no secret that UConn looks to go undefeated this season; 40 straight wins and the ninth cham-
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Senior Bria Hartley defends the ball against SMU defenders. Hartley and Dolson will lead the Huskies in the rematch of the season when Louisville comes to town on Sunday.
pionship title is their main focus. Louisville is seemingly their last major opponent in the regular season. Tip off for this showdown is set for 1 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN. “This is the time of year where we really have to prove to people why we are the No. 1 team in the country right now,” Dolson said.
“[We have to] just come out and make sure that we are always playing as well as we can as a team and are physical with the other team because we know they are going to come out and give us their best.”
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Men’s hockey faces rival Bentley in battle for second By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer Fresh off of a two-game road trip to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. last weekend, the UConn men’s hockey team returns to Storrs to take on Atlantic Hockey rival Bentley in a homeand-home this Friday and Saturday. With only nine games remaining in his first UConn campaign, head coach Mike Cavanaugh said that while he feels comfortable with his team’s position in the conference, the Huskies (13-8-4, 11-5-3 AHA) can’t let up if they expect to capture the regular season conference crown come March. “I like where we are right now. We’re five points out of first place, we’re a point out of second place, and we get to play Bentley this
weekend, so we’re certainly still within striking distance in the league,” Cavanaugh said. “It’s certainly viable that we have a chance to still win the regular season title, but the most important thing is that we put ourselves in the best position we can to win the playoff championship.” UConn will do battle on Friday night with a second-place Bentley (13-9-4, 11-4-4 AHA) team that currently holds a one point lead over the Huskies in the Atlantic Hockey standings, boasting 26 to the Huskies’ 25. The Falcons also dealt UConn a 3-0 shutout loss in their last meeting on Nov. 15, their first conference defeat of the season. “That last time we played them we played an unbelievable first period, we outshot them quite a bit in the first period and didn’t come
away with anything,” Cavanaugh said. “And I think frustration crept into our game, and then killing penalties we did not do a good job. They scored two power play goals to start the third period, and we could never rebound from that.” This weekend’s series is one that could either be won or lost on special teams, as each team boasts power play and penalty killing units ranked in the top three in Atlantic Hockey, with the Falcons ranking first in the conference in power play percentage and penalty kill percentage and second in power play goals. “We’ll certainly have to be excellent on special teams,” Cavanaugh said. “Their powerplay has been excellent all year long. I think they’re clicking at 27 percent [success rate], which is unheard of, so we’ve got to be able to play really
well on special teams. Our power play’s pretty good too, but we’ve got to do a great job on special teams.” Another key to the series for both teams will be goaltending, as both UConn and Bentley have benefited from excellent play between the pipes so far this season. Falcons’ senior goaltender Branden Komm – who was stellar in his last outing against the Huskies, making 30 total saves in a shutout effort – ranks third in Atlantic Hockey in both goals against average (2.36) and save percentage (.927) ahead of UConn senior goaltender Matt Grogan, who ranks fourth in the conference in both categories. “Their goaltender’s very good. He played outstanding against us the last time we played them, and I think he’s had a pretty solid year,”
Cavanaugh said. “But when you’re the second place team, you’re going to have good goaltending. It’s something that every good team in our league has. I believe we have strong goaltending too, and that’s why we’re a point behind [Bentley] still.” When asked what it’s going to take to win the weekend, Cavanaugh’s answer was simple. “It’s going to be a team that doesn’t turn the puck over the most, I think it’s the team that wins special teams, and essentially the team that wins the puck battles will be the team that’s the most successful,” Cavanaugh said. Puck drop for Friday night’s game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
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