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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

UConn to unveil ‘meaner’ Husky logo

The current Jonathan the Husky logo is getting a makeover to reflect an intimidating athletic program

By Loumarie Rodriguez Senior Staff Writer

KAPPA PHI ALPHA HOSTS A ‘SPIRIT OF SERVICE’ PRESENTATION The UConn fraternity discusses what it means to be a hero.

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SEMICHARMED Huskies push past Orange to reach Big East final.

SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: HIV STUDIES A MAJOR STEPPING STONE FOR RESEARCH Research indicates that bee venom may disarm the HIV virus.

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UConn will be unveiling a new Husky logo that will replace the recognizable, tongue-lolling face of the current Jonathan logo, which appears on university buildings, property and merchandise.

The change is expected to be made later this spring in April or May, according to Mike Enright, an Associate Director of Athletic Communications.

The curent UConn Jonathan the Husky logo is undergoing a makeover and will appear to look less friendly and more intimidating, according to Sage Eposito, a 4th-semester landscape architecture major and member of the volleyball team who was shown the new logo.

The husky has been the official mascot of UConn since the 1930s and the current Husky emblem has been in use since 1996.

A similar, more realisticlooking Husky logo served from 1982 to 1995.

“I like the current one now, but I think they wanted something more competitive,” said Eposito.

“The current mascot is friendly and there isn’t

enough athletics in it.”

Director of Athletics Warde Manuel refused to comment.

Enright said that many institutions regularly go through the process of creating a new logo.

Enright also said that information on the logo will not be released until it is officially unveiled and a discussion takes place regarding what will happen to the athletic gear at the Co-op.

According to Eposito, the athletics staff was shown the new logo back in Spring 2012 and has been working on changing the uniforms as well as the mascot. Eposito described the new Jonathan logo and said it still has the signature blue and white.

However, the eyes on the new Jonathan will adopt a meaner and more aggressive-looking because they will be slanted.

Eposito described her teammates’ reactions as indifferent toward the new logo, although they did understand the purpose for the change.

“I don’t hate it,” Eposito said. “I feel reserve about the change.”

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The current Jonathan the Husky logo, pictured above, is facing its final days as the university transitions to more serious and aggressive-looking husky logo.

Athletics to eliminate paper tickets

By Kyle Constable Staff Writer Through a partnership with the Division of Athletics, the One Card Office expects to debut a student ticket system integrated into the student I.D. card for varsity sporting events

by Fall 2013.

Pitched to Athletics in August last year before the start of the football season, the idea was met with enthusiasm from individuals in both offices. The One Card Office was told at the time that it would take at least a year to see the system implemented.

“I think that it’s great for students,” One Card Office Manager Stephanie Kernozicky said. “[Athletics] recognizes that too. It’s just a matter of [when they] can make it work.”

The only questions remaining to be answered mainly deal with the practical application of the transition. Primarily, Athletics is determining how to address necessary changes to the student ticket lottery and the buying of multiple sets of season tickets, two things that will be affected by the transition.

Andrew Paluch, a 2nd-semester chemical engineering major, was enthusiastic when he heard about the possible transition.

Aside from the positive financial and environmental aspects associated with the shift, he said that this could make attending games much more convenient for students.

Paluch did, however, express some disappointment in the transition since students will no longer be able to save tickets from their favorite games of the season.

“I like to collect tickets, so I don’t like to see that hap-

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Student I.D. swipes will replace handing in a paper ticket at varsity sporting events by Fall 2013, or as soon as the One card Office can get the sysetm to work.

pen,” he said. “But then again, it makes it easier on some part that you don’t have to worry about getting the ticket. It’s always on your card.”

One other concern Paluch expressed was the possibility of a fee being imposed on tickets exchanged through the Athletics website. He cited Michigan State as an example, saying that they charge a $5 fee on any ticket exchange. UConn’s current online ticket exchange policy does include a $5 fee as well, which could have a significant impact on the sharing of tickets between students.

The transition between the technology Athletics currently utilizes at sporting events and what would need to be put in place is minimal, Kernozicky said. This was one of the key factors in the push by Athletics to have it integrated by the start of the 2013 football season.

Additionally, exchanging tickets between students will not be a difficulty since the Athletics website already has a functional

digital ticket exchange in place.

After paying the $5 fee, which can either be paid by sender or the recipient, the ticket can be exchanged until up to six hours before the game.

Integrating tickets is part of the One Card Office’s push to make the student I.D. card more essential to student life.

“We really want this card to be very, very valuable,” Kernozicky said. “[We want students] to carry it not to have to carry it, but carry it because they want to carry it.”

Students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master’s program found significant support for the transition to digital tickets after conducting a campus-wide study, according to Kernozicky.

The One Card Office’s eventual goal is to see the student I.D. card completely integrated into cell phones and other mobile devices. Kernozicky believed that this could be implemented in five years, with the proper funding.

Smartphones would be equipped with applications that allow students to access buildings, dining halls and varsity athletic events. Nonsmartphones could be equipped with cases to enable their use with the university’s infrastructure. Students without cell phones would be provided with new smart cards – cards with microchip technology – that would allow them the same access.

Kernozicky believes the transition will be widely accepted by students, especially since the cost of replacing a lost or damaged student I.D. card may increase within the next 1-2 years.

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Harvard ‘nap room’ idea gains nationwide popularity

By Domenica Ghanem Campus Correspondent A sophomore at Harvard proposed on the school’s petition tool that the campus provide a nap room – an idea that has appealed to college student across the nation.

Yuqi Hou’s, the Harvard sophomore, proposal received 191 votes in favor of an on-campus nap room, ranking it as one of the top three proposals. A dean reviews Harvard’s top three proposals on the petition tool each month.

Students at UConn responded positively to the idea of a nap room on campus. Some students think a designated area for napping would clear up any conflict between people using a space for napping and people using a space for what it was actually designed for.

Seeing people snooze in the library or in a study room is not an uncommon scene. A nap room would alleviate the problem of people sleeping where others are trying to study or have meetings.

“It’s embarrassing to fall asleep in the library because people are judging you like: ‘Go to your dorm, you’re taking up precious study space,” Jisha Anwar, a 4th-semester molecular and cell biology major at UConn, said.

Though a dorm is an ideal spot to crash in the middle of the day, commuter students may be left out in the cold. Commuters often do not have enough time to drive back home to take a nap in between classes.

“I think that the commuter lounge in the Student

Union often gets used as a nap room,” Commuter Students Association’s Chief Organization Officer Rebecca Guimond said. “However, this is a small space and it can get crowded.”

Her ideal nap room would include locker space for people to keep their belongings safe while they napped.

Jie Fu, the Event Coordinator for CSA, suggested that if UConn was to have a nap room, it should be placed in the Reading Room in the Wilbur Cross Building.

“It is unfair that people use our lounge as a nap room in the Union,” Fu said. “The Reading Room would be easy to get to for a nap.”

Napping can be especially helpful for students because it can improve their learning and working memory.

As a person sleeps, recent memories are transferred to the neocortex, the part of the brain where long-term memories are stored. Naps may also help students become more creative. During REM sleep, or dream sleep, information is allowed to flow freely, connecting disparate insights, and forming new associations that can help in creative problem solving.

A nap room on campus may also provide more student work opportunities. The nap room would have to be staffed with people to keep it clean, keep it quiet and keep it safe.

It may be difficult to find the perfect space for a nap room that is secure, convenient and sanitary, but it may be beneficial to students.

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Trail Practicum – Spring 2013 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

UConn Horsebarn Hill Arena Admission Fee: $280 In this practicum, you will develop safe techniques for trail riding, ride the UConn trail system, become comfortable outside the arena and learn best practices for trail riding including how to follow trail markings.

Off-Campus Housing Fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Student Union, Ballroom Off-Campus Student Services will hold its semi-annual Off-Campus Housing Fair in the Student Union. Last semester, over 30 landlords and resources arrived to talk to over 400 students.

International Women’s Day Celebration 5 to 7 p.m.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church This celebration will include UNESCO speakers, and special presentations by University of Connecticut Students and Community Members.

Rock Out for Relay A Concert For the Cure 7 to 9 p.m.

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Come kick off the Relay season with some great music and dancing from some of UConn’s groups.

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Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of all three males. Forlivio was found to be in possession of a forged Pennsylvania driver’s license. His court date is March 19 and his bond was set for $2,500.

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Navy investigating sub school student death

GROTON (AP) — The weekend death of a student at the Naval Submarine School in Groton is under investigation.

The Day of New London reports (http://bit.ly/W334vs) Monday that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the death of 25-year-old Seaman Apprentice Joshua Allen Woods of Memphis, Tenn. The Navy said Woods was unresponsive when his roommate found him in his bed at their barracks room Saturday morning.

The Navy said the roommate notified school supervisors and Woods was taken by ambulance to a New London hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Woods’ funeral was Monday in Tennessee, where he was buried with military honors at the Western Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery.

The Navy said Woods began the basic enlisted submarine course in May 2012 and graduated in January. He was awaiting his new assignment.

Cops: Charged bomb maker had neo-Nazi photos

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A man charged Monday with making a bomb had photos of mass murderers and neo-Nazi white supremacy posters at his Stamford house and told authorities he was planning for the end of the world, police said.

Donald Saturno, 47, was arrested in Ridgefield on a warrant charging him with illegal bomb manufacture, police said. He pleaded not guilty in Stamford Superior Court and was held on $400,000 bail. His attorney, Abram Heisler, declined to comment.

Stamford officials went to Saturno’s home Jan. 30 to investigate allegations of housing code violations. Stamford police say they found a suspected pipe bomb, suspicious powders and shotguns.

NRA steps up lobbying efforts in Connecticut

HARTFORD (AP) — The National Rifle Association helped bus hundreds of supporters to the Connecticut Capitol on Monday, the latest sign of its stepped-up presence in a state that hasn’t typically posed a challenge to the gun rights organization’s mission.

The NRA decided a week ago to help organize a lobby day after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy released his package of gun control proposals and a bipartisan legislative panel unveiled competing gun violence recommendations from Democrats and Republicans, said John Hohenwarter, an NRA state liaison.

Legislative leaders are considering those recommendations and others as they try to draft a bipartisan bill for the full General Assembly to consider, likely later this month. The leaders met behind closed doors Monday as the gun rights supporters descended on the Capitol.

Dom Basile, a firearms instructor from Watertown, said he

Bill would change juvenile sentencing laws

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State lawmakers are being urged to consider recommendations from the Connecticut Sentencing Commission that could change sentences for juveniles convicted of serious crimes.

The Judiciary Committee on Monday heard testimony on proposals from the panel, charged with reviewing criminal justice and sentencing policies and laws.

One proposal would allow juvenile offenders convicted of a serious crime and serving sentences of 60 years or less to be eligible for parole after serving one-half of their sentences, or 10 years, whichever is greater. Offenders serving sentences of more than 60 years could be eligible for parole after serving 30 years.

Stowe House in Hartford named historic landmark

HARTFORD (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford is one of 13 new national historic landmarks.

Salazar and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis announced the new landmarks Monday, calling them important sites that help tell the story of America.

Stowe was a 19th century writer and anti-slavery activist who published more than 30 books, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Officials say her house on Farmington Avenue, right next to Mark Twain’s house, is associated with her later career as a reformer for women’s and family issues.

There are more than 2,500 national historic landmarks, which receive a designation letter, a plaque and technical preservation advice. The program is aimed at encouraging preservation of historic sites.

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3/5 Sydney R. Roper, 18, of Mystic was arrested at 6:17 p.m. on Hillside Road and charged with larceny in the sixth degree.

Police responded to a complaint that Roper had exited the UConn Co-Op without paying for $16.59 worth of goods. Her court date is March 13 and her bond was set for $250.

3/8 Michael J. Siteman, 20, of South Walpole, Mass. was arrested on North Eagleville Road at 10:08 p.m. and charged with possession of hallucinatory drugs. Officers were called to Siteman’s dormitory for a report of a liquor violation.

After a brief investigation, police

found 0.4 grams of MDMA. His court date is March 19 and his bond was set for $500.

3/9 Kevin Stabinsky, 18, of Ellington was arrested on North Eagleville Road at 1:28 a.m. and charged with operation of a vehicle while under the influence, possession of alcohol by a minor and driving the wrong way on a oneway street. Stabinsky was stopped in his car by officers for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and suspected he was under the influence of drugs. He was subjected to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. His court date is March 19 and his bond was set for $500.

Joseph P. Alicastro, 21, of Glen Rock, N.J. was arrested on North Eagleville Road at 8:04 p.m. and charged with procuring alcohol for a minor. Officers watched as Alicastro left Ted’s Liquor Store with a case of beer and loaded it into a minor’s backpack. His court

date is March 26 and his bond was set for $500.

3/10 Matthew A. Morse, 33, of Trussville, Ala. was arrested on Route 195 at 1:37 a.m. and charged with failure to drive at a reasonable distance, disregarding traffic signs and operating a vehicle while under the influence.

Police conducted a vehicle stop on Morse’s car and suspected him of being under the influence of drugs. He was subjected to a series of field tests, which he failed. His bond was set for $2,000.

John O. Forlivio, 18, of Darien was arrested on Stadium Road at 12:45 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief in the second degree, forgery in the second degree and tampering with a motor vehicle.

Officers responded to Hilltop Apartments on a report of three males vandalizing vehicles to the rear of Novello Hall. Forlivio was stopped in the area of the vandalism, along with two other males.

Judge strikes down New York City ban on supersized sodas

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City’s pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus.

State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling said the 16-ounce limit on sodas and other sweet drinks arbitrarily applies to only some sugary beverages and some places that sell them.

“The loopholes in this rule effectively defeat the stated purpose of this rule,” Tingling wrote in a victory for the beverage industry, restaurants and other business groups that called the rule unfair and wrong-headed.

In addition, the judge said the Bloomberg-appointed Board of Health intruded on the City Council’s authority when it imposed the rule.

The city vowed to appeal the decision, issued by New York state’s trial-level court.

“We believe the judge is totally in error in how he interpreted the law, and we are confident we will win on appeal,” Bloomberg said, adding that the city would emphasize to higher courts “that people are dying every day. This is not a joke.”

For now, though, the ruling means the ax won’t fall Tuesday on supersized sodas, sweetened teas and other highsugar beverages in restaurants, movie theaters, corner delis and sports arenas.

“The court ruling provides a sigh of relief to New Yorkers and thousands of small businesses in New York City that would have been harmed by

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This May 31, 2012 file photo shows a display of various size cups and sugar cubes at a news conference at New York’s City Hall. A judge struck down New York City’s groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks Monday, March 11.

this arbitrary and unpopular ban,” the American Beverage Association and other opponents said.

While some eateries had held off making changes because of the court challenge, some restaurants had begun using smaller glasses for full-sugar soda.

Dunkin’ Donuts shops have been telling customers they will have to sweeten and flavor their own coffee. Coca-Cola has printed posters explaining the rules.

Frames Bowling Lounge developed — and is keeping — a slate of fresh-squeezed juices as an alternative to pitchers of sodas for family parties, investing staff time, buying new glasses and changing menus.

“All that cost a lot of money — but you have to go with the flow,” executive general manager Ayman Kamel said.

Customers have started calling about the new juices, and “we’re all very excited about it,” he added.

Bloomberg urged businesses to comply despite the court ruling, and not just because the city may yet prevail.

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“If you know what you’re doing is harmful to people’s health, common sense says if you care, you might want to stop doing that,” he said.

The first of its kind in the country, the restriction has sparked reaction from pizzeria counters to late-night talk shows, celebrated by some as a bold attempt to improve people’s health and derided by others as another “nanny state” law from Bloomberg during his 11 years in office.

On his watch, the city has compelled chain restaurants to post calorie counts, barred artificial trans fats in restaurant food and prodded food manufacturers to use less salt. The city has successfully defended some of those initiatives in court.

Because of the limits of city authority and exemptions made for other reasons, the ban on supersized beverages doesn’t cover alcoholic drinks or many lattes and other milk-based concoctions, and it doesn’t apply at supermarkets or many convenience stores — including 7-Eleven, home of the Big Gulp.

Thomas A. Diluoffo, 19, of Sandy Hook, was arrested on Stadium Road at 12:45 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief in the second degree, forgery in the second degree and tampering with a motor vehicle. Officers responded to Hilltop Apartments on a report of three males vandalizing vehicles to the rear of Novello Hall. Diluoffo was stopped in the area of the vandalism, along with two other males. Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of all three males. Diluoffo was also found to be in possession of two forged Connecticut driver’s licenses. His court date is March 19 and his bond was set for $5,000.

Wesley S. Spears, 18, of Danbury, was arrested on Stadium Road at 12:45 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief in the second degree and tampering with a motor vehicle. Officers responded to Hilltop Apartments on a report of three males vandalizing vehicles to the rear of Novello Hall. Spears was stopped in the area of the vandalism, along with two other males. Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of all three males. His court date is March 19 and his bond was set for $1,000.

Harvard discusses deans’ emails

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University administrators on Monday offered an explanation for secretly searching resident dean emails last fall for the source of a leak to the media about a cheating scandal, saying the searches were done to protect confidential student information.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences deans Michael Smith and Evelynn Hammonds said in a statement posted on the university’s website that after consulting with university lawyers, Harvard conducted a “very narrow, careful, and precise subject-line search.”

The email accounts belonged to deans on the Administrative Board, a disciplinary committee addressing the cheating, The Boston Globe and The New York Times reported Sunday, citing school officials.

The deans were not warned about the email access.

“While the specific document made public may be deemed by some as not particularly consequential, the disclosure of the document and nearly word-for-word disclosure of a confidential board conversation led to concerns that other information — especially student information we have a duty to protect as private— was at risk,” they said in Monday’s statement.

The secret searches drew criticism from some faculty and staff at Harvard.

Monday’s statement said the search was limited to the administrative accounts of the resident deans.

“To be clear: No one’s emails were opened and the contents of no one’s emails were searched by human or machine,” the statement said.

Corrections and clarifications In an article called “Campus parking rates set to skyrocket,” that ran Friday, March 8, it was written that Zone 2 parking permit rates will increase by 5 percent. The rates will actually increase by 51 percent. The Daily Campus regrets the error.

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Hand-picked Chavez successor registers in election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate to replace the dead leader, while forcing the main opposition candidate to delay his entry into the race.

The massive crowd thronged acting President Nicolas Maduro and blocked opposition candidate Henrique Capriles from registering for the April 14 vote by the 2 p.m. deadline.

The Capriles campaign told The Associated Press that an aide registered for the candidate at the election commission later Monday afternoon.

Maduro also announced a change in Chavez’s final resting place Monday, and the information ministry later said that officials had not decided what will happen to the late president’s body.

Last week, Maduro had said the body would be embalmed and perpetually displayed in the country’s military museum.

Thousands applauded from a plaza outside the National Election Commission, waving banners and holding up posters of Chavez as Maduro registered.

Many wore the red shirts and baseball caps of Chavez’s ruling Socialist Party, letting out a loud cheer when acting President Nicolas Maduro arrived to sign his election papers.

Some cried as Maduro saluted them from the building’s balcony, eulogizing Chavez once again as Venezuela’s “father redeemer” and asking God to give him “the wisdom to allow me to carry out the orders he gave us.”

Later, he launched into a speech of more than two hours in the plaza outside the building, introducing his longtime

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Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro holds up what he says was the government plan created by late President Hugo Chavez, titled “Homeland Program 2013-2019. Commander Hugo Chavez,” with Chavez’s signature, after registering his candidacy for president to replace late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11.

partner, Attorney General Cilia Flores, and their children and grandchildren to the crowd.

“I am not Chavez, but I am his son, and all of us together, the people, we are Chavez,” he said.

Opposition supporters denounced the carefully stage-managed event as an affront to basic electoral fairness. The electoral commission is meant to play an impartial role ensuring the vote is fair and free.

Campaigning doesn’t officially start until April 2, but already the two sides are at each other’s throats.

Capriles announced his candidacy Sunday, while blasting Chavez’s top lieu-

tenants for trying to use the president’s death to stoke passions and tilt the election.

“You are playing politics with the president’s body,” he said, adding that he wasn’t convinced the government had been honest about when Chavez died, and had lied to the people during his long illness by insisting he would get better. The government says Chavez succumbed to cancer on Tuesday after a nearly two-year battle. It has offered almost no clinical information.

Capriles previously called Maduro a shameless liar and referred to him condescendingly as “boy.”

Maduro appeared right after Capriles on state TV on Sunday, accusing “the

losing, miserable candidate” of defaming Chavez and his family. He called Capriles a “fascist” who was trying to provoke violence by insulting the “crystalline, pure image of Commander Chavez.”

During his speech, Maduro said Chavez’s body would remain until Thursday at the military academy where it has lain in state. On Friday, it will be moved to the military museum Chavez employed as his headquarters during the failed 1992 coup, Maduro said.

He said the National Assembly would approve a constitutional amendment later this week to allow Chavez to be moved permanently to the National Pantheon, where the remains of early 19th century liberator Simon Bolivar are held.

By law, such a change to the constitution would have to be approved by voters.

Asked if the government still plans to permanently preserve and display Chavez’s body, the Information Ministry said officials had not yet decided.

Analysts have voiced increasing concern about the angry rhetoric in a country that has become deeply divided during Chavez’s 14 years in office, though most Caracas residents say such exchanges have been common.

Meanwhile, the administration of President Barack Obama on Monday expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela’s expulsion of two American military attaches after Chavez died last week. U.S. officials say junior diplomats Orlando Jose Montanez Olivares and Victor Camacaro Mata were told to return home over the weekend and left the U.S. on Sunday.

UK queen celebrates Commonwealth Day after illness LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II attended a London reception to celebrate Commonwealth Day on Monday, her first public appearance since she was briefly hospitalized for a stomach illness.

The monarch appeared in good spirits, although earlier in the day she had to pull out of a service at Westminster Abbey.

Buckingham Palace officials said the 86-year-old queen was still getting over a bout of gastroenteritis that led to her first hospitalization in a decade last week.

Wearing a mint and silver ensemble, Elizabeth made a brief speech at the ceremony held at Marlborough House in central London. After that she signed a new charter setting out the Commonwealth’s values and commitment to equal rights.

The document, agreed upon by the group’s 54 member states, commits them to upholding principles, including democracy, rule of law and gender equality.

Earlier Monday, Prince Philip, the queen’s 91-year-old husband, attended the service at the abbey, where he was joined by 2,000 guests, including Commonwealth ambassadors.

Angry Afghan villagers want United States special forces out of country

MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policeman gunned down two U.S. special forces on Monday in Wardak province, less than 24 hours after President Hamid Karzai’s deadline expired for them to leave the area where residents have grown increasingly hostile toward the Americans.

Despite Karzai’s orders, the American special operations forces remain in the province where dozens of villagers accuse them and their Afghan partners of intimidation through unprovoked beatings, mass arrests and forced detentions. The shootout, which also killed two Afghan policemen, only deepens the distrust.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has found no evidence to support the claims of abuse. But infuriated by the villagers’ allegations, Karzai two weeks ago ordered U.S. special operations forces to withdraw by midnight Sunday from Wardak province, 45 kilometers (27

miles) south of the capital, Kabul.

Most international forces are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Wardak, like the rest of the country, is slated to be eventually handed over to Afghan forces, but U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the top commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, indicated on Sunday that the troops were not leaving Wardak province just yet.

“The only issue is the timeline and the methodology, and we’re still working on that,” Dunford said.

Wardak has a stubborn insurgency on the doorstep of the capital Kabul and its location has led some U.S. military officials to warn that a premature withdrawal of U.S. special operations forces would open a “six-lane highway” into Kabul for the Taliban. But Afghan security forces disagree, saying they don’t think insurgents can capture the provincial capital.

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On Monday, an Afghan policeman stood up in the back of a pickup truck, grabbed a machine gun and started firing at U.S. special forces and other Afghan policemen at a police compound in Wardak’s Jalrez district, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Maidan Shahr, said the province’s Deputy Police Chief Abdul Razaq Koraishi.

Two U.S. special operations forces and two Afghan policemen were killed and four others were wounded in the gunfight before the assailant was gunned down, Koraishi said.

A U.S. defense official in Washington and a coalition official in Afghanistan said 10 Americans — both special operators and regular soldiers who worked in a combined team — and at least 12 Afghans were wounded in the attack.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the attack with reporters.

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HIV bee studies a major stepping stone for research

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ees. Long considered a nuisance by the allergic and the sting-prone alike, have long been known to naturally produce medicinal compounds in their honey and venom, but only recently have scientists discovered the sheer magnitude of their stunning capabilities. Namely: the possibility to cure HIV indefinitely.

The story begins with an infant in Mississippi. During labor, the baby’s mother (the patient’s name and sex have been kept off the record) was unaware she had HIV until labor when a test revealed that she was positive. This was discouraging news as HIV-positive mothers are usually given antiretroviral drugs to minimize the amount of virus in their blood during pregnancy. This strategy stops 98 percent of mother-to-child HIV transmissions when taken.

But this infant had no such luck. The mother, not knowing she was infected, passed the virus to her child. The infant began the first doses of anti-HIV medication at 30 hours old. Doctors opted for the most aggressive treatments since there were no pre-natal antiretroviral drugs that are the norm in first world HIV-positive pregnancies.

It seemed at first that the child was going to have a normal HIV-infected childhood so they began drug treatment.

Doctors initially expected the child to take the drugs for life but within a month of treatment, the HIV virus level had fallen so low that routine lab tests failed to detect any amount in the child’s blood. Mother and child continued regular clinic visits for a year, but then started to miss appointments. The child had no medication for almost five months.

Dr. Hannah Gay, the child’s physician, said, “When they did return to care aged 23 months, I fully expected that the baby would have a high viral load.” Contrary to Dr. Gay’s expectations, all of the tests came back negative.

When the child was subjected to more sensitive tests, what scientists found were traces of the virus, but no cells that could reproduce and cause trouble. Naturally, this strange case brought a flurry of hope in what seemed like a continuing hopeless pandemic. Upon further inspection, scientists discovered that a single chemical, melittin, found in the venom of honey bees was responsible for contributing to the disarmament of the HIV virus in a single young HIV-positive patient.

While one cured patient is hardly a dent in the millions afflicted with the HIV and AIDS viruses, the mere fact that the child, who received no pre-natal care, no preparation for a life of hardship, and even skimped on regular treatments, has been effectively cured after years of scientists beating their heads against the wall, is a big step in a global pandemic. This is an enormous win for medical science and the path of higher education that got them there. The details of the science are well beyond this column to investigate, but we at the Daily Campus salute the scientists and their hard work it took to get to this point in the war against HIV/AIDS. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.

Did anybody else see the massive ribbon labeled “Drones?” carved into the snow on Horsebarn Hill or am I officially losing it?

Selling Kendrick Lamar tix for $10 to help counteract the losers selling them for $100.

My girlfriend’s weekend revelation: “I understand jackets now. They’re like blankets that stay on you.”

My former roommate just tried to make this deal with me: use my ID number to pay with Husky Bucks for Domino’s in exchange for letting me use it as a story for the InstantDaily.

So the Pope was at the men’s basketball game on Saturday. Perhaps he was trying to get PC to support him as the new Big East commissioner?

Bored? Youtube a giraffe giving birth. You’re welcome.

I’m procrastinating on studying for my midterms by working on my thesis. I don’t know what that says about me.

Four days left till nine days off.

To the kid wearing the Kentucky hat in the dining hall: I hope you’re banned from the state of Connecticut.

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Democrats should have stood with Rand

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ast week, I logged onto Twitter and saw a slew of posts that included the hashtag, “#StandWithRand.” Correctly assuming this was about Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who I disagree with on many issues, I prepared myself for the worst.

But as I looked into it, I was pleasantly surprised to see he was speaking out not against abortion access or samesex marriage, but on something we agree about – opposition to President Obama’s overly expansive drone program.

But as I watched

By Sam Tracy the proceedings, Weekly Columnist one thing began to stick out to me – where were the Democrats? Sen. Paul was speaking on one of the most important civil liberties issues today, and gathering huge amounts of attention in doing so. Throughout the day, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) gave Paul a few moments to rest by asking questions. Yet the only Democrat to make an appearance was Oregon’s Ron Wyden.

Progressive Democrats should oppose civil liberties violations no matter who the president is, and should have stood with Sen. Paul.

Specifically, Paul was filibustering the confirmation of John Brennan as the new head of the CIA, saying he would stop speaking only when the White House

stated whether it believed it could assassinate non-combatant US citizens on US soil. To those unfamiliar with the drone program, this question may sound ridiculous. But in 2011, the Obama administration assassinated American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen under suspicion of terrorism. This was the first time the US government had targeted an American citizen abroad, and it’s not unreasonable to wonder if this could eventually expand into killings of suspected terrorists on American soil.

This would bring with it countless problems. How would the government define “terrorism”? Only those actively planning attacks? Or, like al-Awlaki, those who are vocal supporters of organizations like Al Qaeda? Or even those who sympathize with their motivations? Those who question the effectiveness of efforts to combat terrorism? While I don’t suspect President Obama is planning a domestic assassination, leaving this precedent unchecked could allow future presidents to further abuse this power.

Progressive Democrats have long been champions of civil liberties, taking the lead in important debates around religious freedom, protections from illegal searches, and freedom of speech.

They’ve spoken out against violating Americans’ privacy in the name of the war on terror. Yet lately, they seem to be a dying breed. There’s a Democrat in the White House, but he is actually quite conservative on important civil liberties issues like domestic spying and the war on drugs. Most other Democrats seem to agree with him, or are at least pretending to in order to move up the party ranks.

Democrats’ silence on this issue is giv-

ing Sen. Paul and his fellow Republicans a golden opportunity to falsely recast themselves as the party of civil liberties. While there are some libertarian Republicans who are great on these issues, as evidenced by Sen. McCain’s harsh rebuke of Paul’s filibuster, the party establishment is still on the wrong side of the debate. Republicans have generally been the biggest supporters of harsh drug penalties, long prison sentences, government support of religion, and censorship of objectionable speech.

I hope that Rand Paul represents a shift in the party as a whole, but I’m not holding my breath.

Progressives like to define themselves with their strong values and willingness to speak truth to power. Well, now is the time. While President Obama is a progressive on certain issues, when it comes to foreign policy and his drone program, he’s on the far right of the spectrum.

Progressives need to call him out now, or risk losing any credibility when they accuse future Republican presidents of civil liberties violations.

More than ever, it’s clear that Sen. Paul is positioning himself to run for the presidency in 2016. His admirable filibuster increased his chances at the nomination, and would almost certainly be a central focus of his campaign. If progressive Democrats don’t stand up and join him now, their candidate will have a lot to explain when he or she is debating Paul on civil liberties.

Weekly Columnist Sam Tracy is an 8th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Samuel.Tracy@UConn.edu.

Pro-Palestine does not mean anti-Semitic

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he screams of an Israeli Air Force fighter jet ricochet through the barren lands of Gaza, as the sounds of explosions reverberate off the bones of 11 Palestinian children and women, who were charred to death durBy Omar Allam ing the air Staff Columnist strike.

Almost 50 miles away in Tel Aviv, the Israeli military stated the target was a terrorist militant group in Gaza.

This was reported by the Huffington Post.

These air strikes were another part of the Israeli deterrence policy to create extreme preventive punishment and make any attack or retaliation too costly. U.S. media coverage of the Israeli attack on Gaza portrayed the war as an “endless conflict between two foreign entities” and claimed that Israel is justifiably “defending itself,” according to The Guardian.

One can only condemn the violence, as it is never the answer to any issue.

Nonetheless, western media has focused so much attention on Israel, and has ignored the Palestinian perspective on the

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apartheid system in the contested territory, that Americans have associated Palestinians as a terrorists and Palestinian support with anti-Semitism.

But, is someone really antiJewish if you criticize Israel?

To answer such a question, one would need to discuss the issue with a follower of the Jewish religion.

Stanley Heller is a semiretired schoolteacher, and he is also a Jew. Heller, like most people, has no tolerance for Anti-Semitism. It “is a hideous crime; it’s a stupid blind hatred,” Heller said.

As Executive Director of the 30-year-old Middle East Crisis Committee, Heller also is a firm supporter in equality and human rights for all.

He explained that, “Jews were once viewed as inferiors, sub-humans, disturbers of the peace and not only by Nazis, but by lots of people and, ironically, Palestinians are facing the same type of discrimination, today.”

In Israel, there is “an everdeepening apartheid. …

Palestinians are being driven away from their homes. In addition, there is aggressiveness against any type of resistance, violent and non-violent,” Heller said. Palestinians

are now confined to walled ghettos.

In Gaza, they’re subjected to a blockade of essential basic necessities, and are facing economic sanctions placed by Israel.

Heller, however, is not the only Jew advocating for basic human rights for Palestinians.

There are many Jewish groups pushing for Palestinian human rights such as Jewish Voice for Peace, Orthodox Jews United Against Zionism, Rabbis for Human Rights, etc.

A cable released by Wikileaks showed that the officials in U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv wrote, “as part of their overall embargo plan against Gaza, Israeli officials have confirmed (...) on multiple occasions that they intend to keep the Gazan economy on the brink of collapse without quite pushing it over the edge.”

The vidence supporting human right violations against Israel is overwhelming; nonetheless there has been limited coverage over the worsening human rights conditions that Palestinians face.

Adam Antar, founder of the Students for Justice in Palestine, a newly founded organization on campus, stated, “the asymmetrical burden

of casualties on the part of the Palestinians is one of the most widely acknowledged injustices across the globe.

There is nothing racist about advocating for peace and justice for the Palestinians, who have been targeted simply for their existence and identity. In fact, criticizing Israeli policies supports equality and combats racism.”

The state of Israel has laws dictating the segregation of Palestinians from Israelis pertaining to where they can work, where they can live, to what bus they can get on. Similar laws were created in the postCivil War era in the U.S. to ensure the denomination of African Americans. The Civil Rights movement is justifiably the story of our greatest American heroes, those who stood up for equality and justice. But when Palestinians try to stand up for the same goals, they are labeled as troublemakers, terrorists, and racists.

So to the question, “is someone really Anti-Jewish if he or she criticizes Israel?” The answer is clearly no.

Staf f Columnist Omar Allam is a 2nd-semester chemistry and English double major. He can be reached at Omar.Allam@UConn.edu.

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Kappa Phi Alpha hosts a ‘Spirit of Service’ presentation on heroism

By Zach Lederman Campus Correspondent This past Monday night in the Rainbow Center, the brothers and sisters of fraternity Kappa Phi Alpha hosted William Xu, who gave a “Spirit of Service” presentation on becoming a hero, and how one could do their part to improve the lives of those less fortunate than themselves.

The running theme of the presentation was determining what exactly a “hero” is. Xu both explained and demonstrated the various attributes and traits that heroes embody, backing each one up with a short contextual anecdote relating to his own life, which seemed to bring a sense of realism to his examples. His presentation can be summed up by the set of ideas that everyone has the potential to help others, and to reach out and improve the world. That through our service, we not only help those in need, but create an everlasting chain of paying that kindness forward to others, in what he referred to as immortalizing one’s legacy.

“Imagine what you can do,” Xu said, “if you just challenge

yourself by getting out of your comfort zone and helping others. You can make the world a better place.”

Audience reception to the presentation was generally warm, judging by the applause upon Xu’s closing statements.

As Nick Lau the current president of fraternity Pi Delta Psi and a 6th-semester business management major put it, “The whole presentation was very inspiring. It really touched on some issues that most college students wouldn’t consider, and gave us direction on, for the future, how to find the path to following some of the ideas that he [Xu] touched on. The stories about his personal experiences were really inspiring.” When asked if he had often thought about these things before, Lau responded, “Yes, but at the same time no.

It’s always in the back of our minds, but now it’s really coming to our attention.”

As for Xu himself, he is an alumnus of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as well as the former Chapter President of Pi Delta Psi, and is currently pursuing a career in International Criminal Law. He has either lead, or participated in, multiple community

Beethoven Orchestra Bonn hits Jorgensen

By Focus Staff

Few things are more soothing than classical music, so students looking to relax before break should look no further than Jorgensen’s hosting of the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn March 14 at 7:30 p.m.

The orchestra itself is more than 100 years old and hails from Bonn, Germany, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven. Thursday night’s performance will feature his “Symphony No. 7, Op. 92” in A Major, which Jorgensen’s website claims the composer

personally considered one of his best.

Before the symphony plays, Louis Lorie, called “one of a half-dozen pianists worth dropping everything to hear”

by London’s Daily Telegraph, will open the show with a performance of Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73” in E-flat major, widely considered one of the composer’s best concertos.

While tickets for non-students range from $39 to $46, students can get in for $10 with a valid UConn ID. NonUConn students with IDs can buy tickets for $15.

St. Patrick’s Day sparkles at UConn

By Zach Lederman Campus Correspondent

In the lounges, other activities were available including Irish Step-Dance lessons, as well as glass etching. In addition, free snacks were distributed. The options ranged from delicious cupcakes, decorated with shamrocks and green sprinkles, to cookies and Irish coffee.

The event did seem to generate quite a bit of interest, all snacks were gone in a matter of minutes, and all seats were continuously filled at the glass etching station.

A variety of Irish-themed activities made their way to the Student Union for its early Saint Patrick’s Day celebration Monday.

The event, sponsored by SUBOG, took place on the first floor in the main hall, where various booths were decked out in the classic Irish green.

Many organizations were set to use the holiday in order to promote their various causes, from alcohol awareness to raising money for Syria.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and celebrities were grappling Monday with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.

Los Angeles police and the FBI said they were aware of the pages but declined to confirm they were investigating the site, which posted purported Social Security numbers and credit reports of the leaders of both agencies. Pages posted on Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.

Social Security numbers posted on Gibson, Jay-Z and others matched records in public databases.

The site, which bore an internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union, remained active Monday afternoon. It did

not state how the information was obtained or why the 11 people targeted on the site were selected, describing the records only as “secret files.”

Its existence was first reported Monday by celebrity website TMZ. FBI Director Robert Mueller and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck were among those targeted, as were celebrities Beyonce Knowles, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton.

Several of the purported credit reports appear to have been generated last week.

Representatives for each person targeted either declined to comment on the accuracy of the information that was posted, or they did not return messages seeking comment.

Several of the pages featured unflattering pictures of the celebrities or government officials whose information was posted.

Financial info on celebs, officials leaked online

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service organizations, both at RIT and since graduating in 2010. Of note is his building of the organization “Project 5%” which sought to give the 5 percent of Asian Americans in the nation a voice, by get-

ting them registered to vote.

He has also travelled to India in order to assist those who combat human trafficking of women.

Following the presentation, a small reception was

(AP) — Batman’s transformative years are getting a few new twists.

DC Entertainment is going back into Bruce Wayne’s past to see how he began his transformation from wealthy socialite to the scourge of Gotham’s criminal underworld.

Key elements of the character’s history are staying the same — the murder of Wayne’s parents, for example — says Scott Snyder, the writer of “Batman” since its relaunch debuted in 2011.

“It’s not ‘let’s redo the origin,’” he said Monday. “It’s time for a new story showing how Batman became who he is in the New 52.”

Snyder said the decision grew out of the success of the first year-and-a-half of DC’s New 52, a sweeping reorganization of the publisher’s char-

acters that saw many given new origins and costumes that blended those from their first appearances decades ago with contemporary changes.

Snyder said readers will see how the crime fighter found his calling and what challenges he faced when first donning the costume of the Dark Knight.

The augmented origin begins June in the pages of “Batman” in an 11-issue story called “The Zero Year” that is illustrated by Greg Capullo.

“We tried to preserve as much of Batman’s history as we could and keep what we could of this history intact,” Snyder said of the change.

“It’s ‘The Zero Year,’ the one that no one has told the story of before. We see how Bruce became the Batman, built the cave, faced off with his first super villain.”

held, where delicious red velvet treats were sold in an effort to raise funds for the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, or, NAPAWF.

Batman’s mythology getting new boost from DC Zach.Lederman@UConn.edu

It’s not so much an origin story as it is a view into Batman’s formative years.

“We’re not going to take apart ‘Year One,’” Snyder said, referring to the Frank Miller-David Mazzucchelli four-issue arc that recounted how Wayne began to fight crime after years away.

Instead Snyder, an Eagle Award-winning writer whose other efforts for DC include “Swamp Thing” and “American Vampire,” said the “Zero Year” story will give readers new glimpses into the Bob Kane-created character who made his first appearance in the pages of “Detective Comics” No. 27 in May 1939.

“It’s time for a new story showing how Batman became who he is in the New 52,” said Snyder. “It builds up the mythology.”

Lawyer: Stephen Baldwin to avoid jail in tax case

NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Stephen Baldwin will avoid jail and will have up to five years to pay $350,000 in back taxes and penalties, his lawyer said Monday.

Attorney Russell Yankwitt said he and prosecutors tentatively agreed that Baldwin, youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers, will admit in court this month that he repeatedly failed to file his New York state income tax returns.

Baldwin, who starred in 1995’s “The Usual Suspects” and is currently on television in “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice,” is accused of skipping his 2008, 2009 and 2010 returns. When he was arrested in December, the district attorney said Baldwin could face up to four years in prison if convicted.

But at Monday’s closed-door conference at the Rockland County Courthouse, “The district attorney’s office and the judge made it very clear that Mr. Baldwin will not be going to prison,” Yankwitt said. “If Mr. Baldwin can’t work, he can’t pay back his back taxes.”

Baldwin, 46, of Upper Grandview, was not at the conference.

Prosecutor Anthony Dellicarri confirmed that a tentative agree-

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ment had been reached on a plea deal but would not detail the specifics. The district attorney’s office said only that a possible resolution of the case was discussed.

Yankwitt said that if Baldwin pays back the money within a year, the case will be discharged on the condition he stay out of trouble. If Baldwin doesn’t meet the one-year deadline, he will be sentenced to probation and given five years to pay back the money.

The lawyer said the exact amount to be paid was still being negotiated but was “in the ballpark” of $350,000.

Yankwitt, asked how Baldwin would get the money, replied, “He’s doing commercials, he’s acting, he’s out in the public.”

Baldwin has been heard on New York radio in recent days in a commercial for a teeth-whitening system.

“The economy is not what it was, and Mr. Baldwin is a faithbased actor, which makes it harder to get roles,” said Yankwitt, describing Baldwin as a bornagain Christian. “In the past, he did movies that portrayed violence and drugs. He no longer does those types of movies.”

With a recent snowfall fresh in our minds and coating the ground, it seems impossible that spring break starts this weekend. If you’re like me, you’ll be wishing you could leave the United States and travel somewhere new next week. Also if you’re like me, you’ll have to settle for staying at home, becoming the so called, “armchair traveler” as you read books set in foreign countries. Here are some suggestions to help you live vicariously around the world.

As you leave the United States and travel across the Atlantic Ocean, stop in Ireland to read Leon Uris’ novel, “Trinity.” This is a historical fiction account of the struggles between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The novel encompasses many years of Irish history within its almost 800 pages of text. The beginning of the novel explains the horrors of the potato famine. Potatoes turned black and family members died of starvation, reminding us that Ireland had to overcome many battles to get where it is today.

Uris follows the lives of his characters from childhood to adulthood as they attempt to pursue their dreams, hindered by differences in religion.

It is interesting to see the extreme role religion played in their society. Everyone was expected to marry those who were of the same religion since becoming involved with the opposite religion was scandalous. Ireland is a very modern country today, but this novel enlightens readers with a piece of Ireland’s history.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson is set in Sweden, a beautiful Scandinavian country. Most of the book’s locations are in Södermalm, a section of Stockholm. While the novel is filled with crime and mystery, Södermalm is considered to be Stockholm’s hippest district, filled with various boutiques selling jewelry, clothing and art. The city has acknowledged the influx of tourists wanting to see locations they envisioned from Larsson’s writing, with the Stockholm City Museum offering guided “Millennium” Tours. Tourists can follow the paths of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist by seeing attractions such as Blomkvist’s home, the Millennium office and Salander’s expensive apartment. Light for most of the day, the summer is the perfect time to explore the city since the daylight leaves you feeling energized as you wander the archipelago from Gamla Stan (the Old Town) to City Hall.

Still bored in Storrs after spring break? If you’re looking for an extremely different location, read “What Tears Us Apart” by Deborah Cloyed.

The protagonist, Leda, travels to Kenya to experience something new and that’s exactly what she finds. While in Nairobi, she falls in love with a man who runs an orphanage. Love does not come easy as political unrest and violence in the slums soon takeover, causing Leda to experience an entirely new world compared to her life of luxury at home. This novel sounds

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Cult Classics to Watch Over Spring Break Blade Runner (1982)

characters have more space. I think the director was unsure how to film a shootout in a tight space, but the second and third work better and provide enough action to satisfy.

There is a very dark and serious atmosphere all throughout the film, with no comic relief or attempt to lighten things up at all. While the action scenes could have been better-directed and Terrance Howard’s crime boss could have been given more development, there are really only minor flaws here and there.

Dead Man Down pleasantly surprised me. Those expecting another bad Colin Farrell action movie will be surprised to find this to be a more emotional and more gripping story than one might expect.

Farrell clearly hasn’t realized it yet, but he actually does better in these kinds of roles than action roles. Either way, I’m sure we’ll see more action movies with him in the future since he insists on it.

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From left to right: Mila Kunis as Theodora, James Franco as Oz and Michelle Williams as Glinda.

By Loumarie Rodriguez Senior Staff Writer No one has dared to take on the magical and whimsical world of L. Frank Baum’s ‘Oz.’ There have been numerous cheap renditions of “The Wizard of Oz” or related to the world of Oz, usually released as TV movie or straight-to-DVD films. However, in more than 70 years no large production company has dared to take on the story until Disney stepped in. “Oz the Great and Powerful” has been promoted ever since the announcement of the making of the film, and it certainly lived up to the high standards that it set for itself.

Starring James France as Oz, or Oscar, the film follows his character into the magical land of Oz and how he becomes the wizard of Emerald City.

The plot took an unexpected turn that not even the previews could foreshadow. Oz made the terrible mistake of cross-

ing two sisters and breaking their hearts, thus leading to big trouble for the land of Oz and Oz himself. Who knew Oz could be such a player? Glinda the Good (Michelle Williams) is the only one who can see past his charade of charms. While Theodora (Mila Kunis) and Evanora (Rachel Weisz), who are both hurt by Oz, eventually turn against him and their true colors are revealed. It was a bit of downer that a girl’s hurt feelings led to a colossal amount of trouble. It’s almost ironic that Oz does this since in the beginning of the film his character just wants to achieve being a great man or some type of greatness. For someone who wants to achieve greatness, he has an ego to keep in check.

The film portrays odd character development but makes up for it with a unique story line.

Disney took the classic root and started the film in black and white which really added to the transition once Oz arrived. Of

Oz: The Great and Powerful 7/10

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Last week I discussed the decline of family films. But I stated that the genre hasn’t exhausted its material, and there are plenty of potentially classic movies not in existence. The stories can be found, like all of the greatest stories, in books.

A number of renowned family films were adaptations of novels.

I mentioned several last week; some I didn’t are “Shiloh,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Pollyanna.”

Here are a few books that would make good family features. And to reiterate, these are live action films that focus on the real as opposed to the fantastical.

“The Midnight Fox”: This is a story of a boy who goes to live with extended family on their farm for a summer and becomes interested in a black fox that appears on the property. It’s not your typical boy finds animal story. It’s about discovery, living outside of one’s comfort zone and the importance of personal attachment, which the book shows isn’t always achievable.

It has one of the most realistically drawn child characters I’ve encountered and is just an allaround touching piece. I first read it in elementary school, but only recently did I realize its greatness, and how much I want to see it come to life.

“Dandelion Wine”: This is Ray Bradbury’s autobiographical book about one summer of his childhood. It’s something of a love-hate book for me. It has an episodic format, jumping between Bradbury and people he knows in his town. Half of the stories are sweet, engaging and perfectly create childhood nostalgia. The other half feels contrived, overreaching for sentimentality. There were talks of this being adapted two years ago, though I’m not quite sure what happened to those. I hope the project is still in the works. If they choose the right chapters for the screenplay (as adapting all of it would result in a six hour run time), and don’t force the tone, this could be a great film.

“A Long Way From Chicago” and “A Year Down Under”: These two award winning novels by Richard Peck tells the story of two kids, later teenagers who move from the city to a very rural town amid the Great Depression. But they’re not really the focus, they mostly as an observer for their grandmother, a spiteful woman who gets her way through ruthless cunning and trickery, and relishes all that she is. She’s simply too good of a character to be kept as ink on a page. Hey Sally Field, you want a third Oscar? This role might earn it. In my opinion, “A Year Down Yonder” is by far the stronger work, but both are deserving of an adaptation.

“Maniac Magee”: Actually, this was already made into a film, but it was terrible so let’s try again. I could have chosen any of Jerry Spinelli’s books for this, but “Maniac Magee,” a story about a runaway in a racially divided town, is his best, and his best known. What makes it so great is the title character, and his many peculiar habits and abilities. He’s painted as someone slightly more than human, which adds a subtle element to the tragedy of the book’s racial themes, which succeed near the level of “To Kill A Mockingbird”: I can imagine an adaptation being difficult to market, which is probably why the 2003 film was made for television. But a lot of people have read and enjoyed this book, and its message is an important one for children, perhaps even more for adults.

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Parts of the original film that couldn’t be used due to legal rights: Ruby slippers, Munchkin hairstyles and the exact shade of green of the original Wicked Witch of the West Scenes where James Franco proves himself in the role of Oz: 75 percent Scenes where Franco was probably stoned: 10 percent Strong female characters that eventually defer to Franco’s Oz due to the stereotypical, sexist script: All three Beautiful CGI setpieces: The swamps and poppy fields of Oz, soaring through the air with Glinda the Good Witch

course the only way to get to the land of Oz is through a tornado

Not-quite-perfect makeup: the new Wicked Witch of the West Scenes of blatant foreshadowing revealing which witch the Wicked Witch really is: One Number of witches Oz tries to kill over the course of the film: All three Crying babies at the IMAX in Manchester: Two (please, people, there’s a lobby) Disgusting neckbeards: One, on Zach Braff’s face in Kansas Non-human characters who are better actors than some of the main cast: Two (Finley the flying monkey and China Girl, made out of fine china) - Joe O’Leary and hoping you survive. The

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By Alex Sfazzarra Campus Correspondent

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Colin Farrell plays Victor, an enforcer to a New York crime boos who seeks revenge for the death of his family.

By Randy Amorim Campus Correspondent

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There’s a scene in “Dead Man Down” where Colin Farrell lifts a blindfold from a tied up man’s face, causing the man to scream, “That’s impossible, we killed you!” Farrel yells back repeatedly, “I swear to you on their graves, you didn’t,” with an intensity that gave me goosebumps. This is where I realized Colin Farrell was the right guy for this role. I truly feel bad for him. I like him as an actor, but he just doesn’t really get good roles anymore. He keeps insisting on being a leading man, action star despite the fact that he has not had a successful movie since 2003.

For some reason he is allowed to act in movies like the awful “Total Recall” remake and “Alexander” without ruining his career. I’m not sure how he pulls this off, but I’m okay with it because he does work as an action star more or less.

However, “Dead Man Down” can-

not yet be added to the long list of Colin Farrell lead flops just yet.

There’s a lot more heart and substance to Dead Man Down then its ridiculous title or marketing campaign have allowed you to see.

The movie is all about the morality of revenge and whether or not it is okay to take a life for a life. To make a long and complicated story short, Lazlo’s (Farrell) family was murdered due to crime lord Alphonse’s (Terrance Howard) orders and an Albanian gang that actually pulled the trigger. A Hungarian engineer new to Manhattan, Lazlo learns to lose the accent, changes his name to Victor and becomes part of Alphonse’s crew in order to get close enough to exact his revenge. His neighbor, Beatrice (Noomi Rapace), witnesses him murder someone in his apartment. The right side of her face is completely scarred from an accident in which a drunk driver

hit her. She uses a video of Lazlo’s murder to blackmail him into murdering the drunk driver.

The film is more of a drama than an action film. I had never seen a movie by this director before, but his “Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” film trilogy has gathered a cult following so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He handles the characters, the emotions and most things well, but he seems out of place and uncomfortable in action. There are only really three action sequences. The first one, in the beginning, is poorly directed. There is a huge shootout and the camera is constantly moving. It is hard to follow and feels almost as if, for some reason, this hard R-rated movie is trying to censor all the violence out of this scene. The first was in tight, crowded spaces and while the other two take place in more open environments where the

Dead Man Down 8/10

Radcliffe returns to the stage Special effects not

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LONDON (AP) — The time is coming — maybe sooner than you expect — when you look at Daniel Radcliffe and don’t think “Harry Potter.”

The 23-year-old actor has gone from boy wizard to Broadway hoofer to Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, whom he plays in new film “Kill Your Darlings.” He has several wildly different films lined up, and is soon to take to the London stage as star of Martin McDonagh’s barbed comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan.”

The play gives audiences the chance to see Radcliffe in yet another new light, as Billy, a disabled orphan in 1930s Ireland who harbors an unlikely dream of Hollywood stardom.

“Cripple,” which opens in June for a 12-week run, is part of a West End season of plays overseen by director Michael Grandage, who has assembled an A-list company of actors that includes Radcliffe, Ben Whishaw, Judi Dench and Jude Law. First staged in 1996, the play is a typically potent mix of comedy and cruelty from the writer-director of the violent, witty movies “In Bruges” and “Seven Psychopaths.”

“He walks that line between tragedy and comedy so brilliantly,” Radcliffe said of McDonagh.

“I think one of the hilarious things about this play is, by our standards today, how politically incorrect it is,” said the actor, looking lean if a tad tired — he’s been at the gym, working out ahead of rehearsals for the play — in the troupe’s office atop a West End playhouse. “So much of the comedy is just people being relentlessly cruel to Billy.

“I’m trying to write something at the moment, and it’s just so dark, and I think it’s funny, but I’m not sure if anybody else ever would. I aspire to be a poor man’s Martin McDonagh.”

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the one-time boy wizard is a fan of the edgier end of comedy — and that he’s working on a screenplay. His entire post-Potter career feels designed to wrongfoot anyone seeking to pigeonhole him.

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British actor Daniel Radcliffe poses for photographs following an interview with the Associated Press to discuss his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

The play is Radcliffe’s first time on the West End stage since his 2007 run in “Equus,” Peter Shaffer’s play about a troubled stable boy who blinds horses. It featured the then-teenage actor in a nude scene, which triggered a deluge of “Harry Potter’s Wand” headlines. But critics praised the young actor’s brave and committed performance.

Radcliffe said “Equus” was “a signal of intent as to what I wanted to do.”

“I didn’t just want to take an easy way out of this. I wanted to really try and take risks and make a career for myself.”

Since then, he’s mixed movies and theater work, including a 2011 Broadway run as a scheming businessman in “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.”

He’s shot three films due to come out in the next year. “Kill Your Darlings,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, stars Radcliffe as Ginsberg — Beat poetry, gay sex scenes and all. Radcliffe says he’s never been prouder of a piece of work.

He’s also filmed “The F Word,” which he calls a “very funny, very sweet but also very smart”

romantic comedy from Canadian director Michael Dowse.

“I don’t want to say (I’m) playing myself, exactly,” Radcliffe said, “but (I’m) playing a character that’s fairly high-anxiety, slightly hyperactive guy.”

He’s especially excited about “Horns,” a film by French horror auteur Alexandre Aja (“The Hills Have Eyes,” ‘’Piranha”) about a bereaved man who grows devilish horns that allow him access to the thoughts and feelings of others.

“It’s a love story, it’s a revenge movie, it’s a horror movie in parts — it’s going to be crazy,” said Radcliffe, who made an earlier foray into horror movies with “The Woman in Black.”

Next up, he will star as madscientist’s assistant Igor in Max Landis’ pop-culture spin on the “Frankenstein” story.

All in all, it’s an eclectic list of projects. Radcliffe says there is a philosophy guiding his career choices, but “it’s very basic. It’s just what excites me. It’s what gets me interested.”

“Hopefully later on this year people will start to see some very different performances from me.

And hopefully some really good movies,” he said. “It’s about the

movie as a whole, not just people studying my performance and seeing how I’m getting different and how I’m growing up.”

Radcliffe accepts that fascination with how he’s growing up is unlikely to fade altogether.

But he seems comfortable with the Harry Potter legacy, happy to have made the often tricky transition from child star to adult actor.

The “Harry Potter” moviemakers have been praised for creating a stable creative home for their young stars, who went from preteens to adults over the course of eight films released between 2001 and 2011.

“I feel like everyone wanted Potter to be more of a handcuff than it actually was,” said the resolutely well-adjusted Radcliffe.

“I think Harry Potter is going to be around for a while — a long while — but as long as it doesn’t inhibit me getting parts in the present time, then it’s fine. It’s a lovely association to have, because it’s something I’m incredibly proud of.

“People always say, ‘Don’t you just want to forget about it?’

No! That was my entire adolescence.”

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the frenzy of South by Southwest, even standouts like The Flaming Lips feel the need to stand out.

Now consider that problem while surveying the 2,200 mostly unknown bands packing Austin starting Tuesday for the marquee week of the trendy festival that blends the famous and nameless, headlined this year by Green Day, Dave Grohl, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks and Snoop Lion (perhaps still better known as Snoop Dogg).

Squeezing into the intimate showcases for those big acts will be all but impossible.

The Flaming Lips will take all comers at a free outdoor concert, yet the psychedelic rockers known for theatrical live spectacles are still pulling out the stops for attention, performing their yet-unreleased album “The Terror” in its entirety for the first time.

Call it a lesson for all the lesser-knowns at SXSW: make your set memorable, or leave possibly forgotten.

“You have to do something beyond your normal show and normal existence,” said The Flaming Lips multiinstrumentalist Steven Drozd,

who believes SXSW can still make a band that shows up struggling to make a living.

“If you’re playing SXSW and playing in the right spot, this might be the time a manager of another band might see you and you get your shot.

Otherwise, you may not get your shot at all.”

That SXSW has skewed too commercial at the expense of up-and-comers is a gripe that sometimes feels as old as The Flaming Lips, whose dark new album set for release in April will be their 13th in their 30-year history. What ostensibly began in 1987 as an insider gathering for unsigned bands to catch the eye of a record executive or musical tastemaker has mushroomed into a weeklong party with a festival feel and A-list acts.

Other notables at the SXSW this year include Vampire Weekend, Kendrick Lamar, Iggy and the Stooges, the Black Lips, Tegan and Sara, Haim and Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore’s new side project, Chelsea Light Moving. Then there are the stars who will inevitably drop in for unannounced shows, such as when 50 Cent and Eminem collaborated for a

movie really emphasized that tornadoes are dangerous so stay away. One really cool element was, for a few seconds you can see when he crosses into Oz mesmerizing me before jolting me back to reality. The fade to color had a great affect since it was subtle at first before an explosion of color took over the screen. It was as if Technicolor was invented all over again. It was from there that we see the Disney magic take over.

Watching the movie brought back memories of my childhood, with all the imagination put into the film, and it reminded me of the first time I read “The Wizard of Oz” book. The close attention to the smallest details is what really brought the film together. If anything was overlooked, it could have taken away from the effect that you are in a wondrous place, completely different from our world. The Disney team worked really hard in order to make this world seem like a reality with its bright colors and unique set of characters. Although some were animated, they seem very lifelike with the way Franco’s characters interacted with them.

The film had some corny scenes that were hard to look

past. Even the ending was a bit of a letdown after all the action scenes. I was hoping for more of a cliffhanger since it was just announced that Disney will be doing the remake of “The Wizard of Oz,” but with a few twists to the plot much like 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

Then again, you need to keep in mind it’s a Disney-produced movie, so of course there are going to be cheesy elements.

However they made sure to make up for the corny scenes with a few scary parts that actually made me jump. There are some terrifying creatures in the land of Oz. The movie was magical and was up to my expectations when it came to the imagination sense; however, there were still some plot holes, including why Oz was referenced as a Professor. Also, perhaps different makeup for the Wicked Witch of the West could help the film a bit. Overall, it was a solid film, especially for director Sam Raimi who typically directs thrillers. Hopefully this film will lead Disney into their next big project of “The Wizard of Oz.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin has a new book coming, this time about Christmas.

The former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor has a deal with HarperCollins for “A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas,” scheduled for November.

HarperCollins announced Monday that the book will criticize the “overcommercialism” and “homogenization” of Christmas and call for a renewed emphasis on the religious importance.

“Amidst the fragility of this

politically correct era, it is imperative that we stand up for our beliefs before the element of faith in a glorious and traditional holiday like Christmas is marginalized and ignored,” Palin said in a statement released through her publisher.

“This will be a fun, festive, thought provoking book, which will encourage all to see what is possible when we unite in defense of our faith and ignore the politically correct Scrooges who would rather take Christ out of Christmas.”

set that was also streamed on YouTube.

James Minor, the general manager of the music arm of SXSW, said the upside of SXSW for chart-topping artists is a fresh dose of relevance. But he describes the festival that runs through Saturday as a still-valuable showcase for emerging bands to get exposure and take crash courses on the business side of an evolving industry where it’s getting harder for artists to make a buck.

“I feel people are turning around a little bit, as maybe in the past they see SXSW as party time,” Minor said. “But I feel like there’s a general sense that artists that are succeeding are more aware of the industry.”

Among those out for awareness this week are The Rubens, an Austrialian rock band who has yet to release an album in the U.S., let alone play here before. Frontman Sam Margin is grateful his band has it better than most — they’re already signed to a major label in Warner Bros.

— but is expecting a competitive atmosphere that raises the stakes to standout.

That doesn’t mean any gimmicks for The Rubens — they’re just hoping their performances finds buzz in a week that’s so packed with bands that even Margin confesses to trouble navigating

it.

Sarah Palin writing book about Christmas Loumarie.Rodriguez@UConn.edu

Big names at SXSW, but what about big breaks?

“It’s been really hard to find anything. I’ve been Googling it and there is so much going on,” Margin said.

Of course, the big acts don’t show up simply to upstage the rest of the lineup.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, whose substance abuse problems last year forced the band to postpone the start of a 2013 arena tour, debuts the documentary “Broadway Idiot” that jumps from concerts to the punk band’s Broadway musical.

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips is similarly premiering his own film called “A Year in the Life of Wayne’s Phone” that promises to be every bit as curiously weird as it sounds. Maines, who has been seldom heard from since the Dixie Chicks began a hiatus in 2008, returns to the stage in her native Texas to promote her solo debut “Mother” due out in May. Drozd said he first performed at SXSW in 1989 with another upstart band before joining The Flaming Lips. He hopes the potential remains the same for others a quartercentury later.

“We thought we might get out next big break,” Drozd said. “We played to five or six people. Nothing came of it, but it felt like anything could help.”

Books to journey with over break from ARMCHAIR, page 5 like it will provide readers with a good depiction of life in African countries. It has always been my dream to go to Africa but while safari rides to see wildlife would be amazing, it is important to be aware that there is more to the country than just a unique array of creatures. The culture and lifestyle of Africa is extremely different than our lives in the United States.

Reading novels like this can give us a safe taste of that part of the world.

These novels will let words paint pictures of foreign landscapes in your mind that hopefully you will one day see with your own eyes. A zeal for travelling the world will fill you after you finish reading. Storrs is a small town but the entire world is out there, waiting to be explored. Let books take you for journeys while you wait for the right time to leap out of your armchair and into new endeavors.

Alyssa.McDonagh@UConn.edu

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Horoscopes

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You can sell your concept now. It takes action. Do a good job, and there’s a potential for more money to flow in. If breakdowns occur, you can handle them.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t let worries about money interfere with love. With Venus in your sign, art, beauty and romance are yours.

Might as well listen, though ... you might have to compromise.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -Changes higher up are to your benefit. Send off the paperwork for an increase in funding. Go for what you want in career and romance: You’re lucky with love and money.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re still learning, and your concentration’s keen. You see new ways to prosper and are moved into action. Use that Midas touch at work (and leave it there).

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s wise to be frugal. Anticipate overruns of cost. Let others bring food. Your friends are your inspiration. You can make it work; teamwork solves any puzzle.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Here comes a pleasant surprise. Gather up as much as you can. Venus enters Taurus in your fifth house, influencing creativity, romance and fun. Enjoy.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- For about three weeks, you’re especially vibrant and charming.

Give in to creature comforts and beauty. Serve others with artistry.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Have faith in your imagination and bring in the dough. Focus on providing a great service. Think twice before making a purchase. Do you really need it?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -There’s no mountain high enough to keep you down.

Pack the essentials and explore, even if it’s just metaphorically speaking. Keep a journal for future reference.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- You may feel like spending some quiet time, but don’t dismiss others who appreciate you. Take a moment to connect. Water seeds. Reveal your dreams.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your imagination runs wild, attracting bright new ideas and potential clients. New partnerships and responsibilities lead to new rewards. Speculate.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Hit the ground running and get busy without delay. Even if you miss a few, you hit the mark more times than not. You’re more powerful than you think.

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Third meeting with Irish awaits Picking a winner in the maddest of Marches UConn in Big East final

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By Carmine Colangelo Senior Staff Writer

My NCAA tournament bracket is going to be absolutely covered in red X’s and shame this year, I can see it already.

I cannot remember a season where the field has become so mystifyingly befuddled that I cannot confidently select a clear cut championship favorite. It seemed like nobody wanted to be the No. 1 team in the country this year as week after week the “best team in the nation” seemed to tumble faster than Scarlett on a coffee table.

Every powerhouse has crumbled at one point or another this year, some preseason favorites became underwhelming busts and conference rivals beat on each other like it was the glory days of the World Wrestling Federation.

Not to mention that picking UConn is an impossible fantasy.

So, who can I possibly project as champion of the 2013 NCAA Tournament?

Let us look at our options.

Starting with Michigan, the Wolverines have had a season that has become a rejuvenation to A program that has not seen this much excitement since the Fab Five.

However, much like TJE fate of the Fab Five, Michigan will probably not win it all, evidence by their recent 72-71 loss against Indiana on Sunday. The Wolverines had a 71-66 lead with 52 seconds to play in the game. Both Tim Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke each missed their free throws on their 1-and-1 and Michigan had no answer for Cody Zeller, who scored on three straight possessions for Indiana. It is hard to believe in a team that can choke so unbelievably hard; and when stars miss free throws in the final minute of a game, it makes me nervous about their ability to do so on a bigger stage.

So let us keep it in the Big Ten and take a look at Indiana. The Hoosiers have two candidates for both conference and national players of the year in Zeller and Victor Oladipo, who are a part of arguably the best starting five in the country. However, the Hoosiers never could hold that No. 1 spot this year as they lost three times this season when they were ranked

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Could Trey Burke lead Michigan to a title, even after Sunday's loss to Indiana?

the best team in the country. Four out of their five losses this season have come against teams who were not ranked at the time. Talk about a huge upset potential come tourney time.

I could pick Gonzaga. I mean, this current No. 1 team has not been a one-week-wonder so they must be the favorite to win it, right? Wrong. Kelly Olynyk is having an incredible season, but the Zags are No. 1 in the country because of circumstance as opposed to outright ability. They are a good team, but the West Coast Conference is just not a good basketball conference, especially when compared to the Big East, ACC and Big Ten. Their best win is against Oklahoma State, who was ranked No. 22 at the time. They have played against three teams in the top 25 and lost two of those games. I couldn’t care less about the RPI and BPI rankings; I do not believe the hype.

What about Duke? They are No. 2 in the nation and they have been playing great since the return of Ryan Kelly. However, due to my upbringing, I am afraid that if I do pencil Duke into that tournament champion box on my bracket then I might spontaneously combust.

Although they did redeem themselves against Miami, that 27-point loss to the Hurricanes on Jan. 23 is still in the back of my mind when

considering them. Maybe that is just because the memory has been ingrained into my head after hearing Dick Vitale say “layup after layup” about seven times in a row during the ESPN highlight.

How about Miami? Nah, they have lost three out of their last five.

Not a good time to start slumping.

Michigan State? They are 5-6 against Top 25 teams this season and all of those losses have been by an average of seven points.

That is too inconsistent for me.

Or could a Big East team be a champion, like Georgetown or Louisville? Despite the fact that they have both abandoned my beloved conference and watched it burn before their eyes, the Hoyas do not score a lot of points and Russ Smith’s decision making for the Cardinals is questionable at best in late game situations, yet he usually has the ball in his hands during the final minutes.

This tournament will really put the madness into March. Just thinking about who I want to win has already got me pulling my hair out. It will be fun tournament this year, but it will be frustrating.

My best bet will be to just close my eyes and pick a random team from the field of 68. Let’s go Belmont.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

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opponent in the dust was coming soon. But it never came.

“I thought going into halftime that I’d try to ruin it and I did,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said after the game.

UConn came out of the gate firing, at least for the first 30 seconds after freshman Moriah Jefferson scored a three-pointer 26 seconds in.

From that point forward, however, things were messy for the Huskies.

Before the first media timeout, UConn had just three points and committed three turnovers.

In the game’s final 20 minutes, the Huskies had stretches of 4:05, 4:07 and 3:23 in which they did not score a single point.

Every time the Huskies scored a bucket, they’d give up a big shot on the defensive

end by leaving a Syracuse player open.

If they didn’t blow it on defense, then it looked like the Huskies’ next offensive possession ended in a turnover.

Only twice in the entire second half did UConn score consecutive field goals without a turnover in-between.

“We just lost our flow,” UConn guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis said afterward.

Lewis thought that Syracuse was successfully able to speed UConn up to a point where she said the Huskies weren’t comfortable. Rather than make smooth and crisp passes, she said that the Huskies just threw the ball around and hoped for the best.

“We play a certain way in the first half and we expect to continue it in the second half,” Mosqueda-Lewis said.

Senior guard Kelly Faris felt

the same way as MosquedaLewis.

“We just didn’t play smart in the second half,” Faris said.

Faris admitted that though at times it seems like the Huskies can’t put together a complete game, she knows that the Huskies can play a full 40 minutes.

Freshman center Breanna Stewart said that at times she plays too rushed and that she does not let the game come to her.

“We needed to settle ourselves down,” Stewart said.

Stewart and MosquedaLewis both scored 14 points in the game and Stewart also contributed seven rebounds.

Faris led the team in rebounds last night with 12 and she also had seven points.

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu

» NBA

Cavs' Irving to miss a month

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Kyrie Irving's dazzling skills as a point guard are undeniable. Kid can do it all.

His durability is debatable.

Irving could miss the next month — and maybe the rest of this season — with a sprained left shoulder, the latest injury to sideline the Cavaliers' AllStar guard who has missed 29 games in his first two NBA seasons with injuries and could sit out 19 more in 2013.

Irving got hurt in a loss at Toronto on Sunday night, when he collided with Raptors rookie forward Jonas Valanciunas while trying to drive the baseline in the third quarter. Irving slammed his shoulder into the 257-pound Valanciunas and was knocked out of bounds.

X-rays following the game were negative, but an MRI taken Monday in Cleveland revealed a left AC (acromioclavicular) sprain. The Cavs

project Irving to be out 3 to 4 weeks, but with just a little over a month left in the season, it's more likely the team will protect its best player and sit him the remainder of the season.

"We just have to wait and see what happens," Cavs coach Byron Scott said following practice. "I don't want to speculate and say, 'Hey, if he can get back he'll get back. If he can't, he can't.' We're just going to have to wait until it's completely healed and go from there."

This is nothing new to Irving or the Cavs. The 20-year-old missed 14 games — 11 with a broken finger and three with a hyperextended knee — earlier this season, and there was a point last week when Scott said it was possible the team would shut down Irving for the remainder of this season after he said his knee was still sore.

Last season, Irving missed

four games with a concussion and 11 with a sprained right shoulder, but was still named the league's top rookie. During the summer, he broke his right hand when he punched a padded wall in frustration during a practice in Las Vegas.

And while he has been somewhat brittle, Irving has also displayed some toughness by playing with a broken jaw this season. He wore a protective mask over the injury he sustained in a hard fall and didn't miss one game.

Despite the injuries, Scott doesn't believe his young star is fragile or injury-prone.

"He's still very young and his body hasn't fully developed," Scott said. "I'm just not that concerned about it, to be honest with you. All the injuries that he has gotten have been legitimate injuries. It's not something that keeps recurring over and over again."

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» NFL

Boldin, Harvin traded as NFL free agency nears

(AP)-- On the eve of NFL free agency, trades involving top receivers Anquan Boldin and Percy Harvin grabbed the headlines.

In an odd twist Monday, Boldin went from the Ravens to the San Francisco 49ers, the team he helped Baltimore beat 34-31 in last month's Super Bowl.

Harvin, who expressed his discontent in Minnesota, was sent to Seattle, where he will join former Vikings teammate Sidney Rice.

San Francisco acquired the 32-year-old Boldin for a sixthround draft pick. Boldin, a star in Baltimore's run to the Super Bowl title last season, must pass a physical to complete the deal.

"Anquan was a great receiver for myself and for our football team," said quarterback Joe Flacco, who signed a six-year, $120.6 million deal with the Ravens last week. "It's sad to see a guy like that go, but at the same time, you want what's best

for him and you just wish him the best of luck.

"Anquan was a big part of this football team, a big part of this offense. He's one of the main reasons we won the Super Bowl this year."

Boldin had six catches for 104 yards and a touchdown in the Super Bowl victory. He had said he'd consider retirement rather than leave Baltimore. But going to the NFC champions might change his mind.

"It's a business, man. Those things are going to happen," Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones said. "I wish Q the best.

He's always a Raven with me, and we got something they can't take from us."

Added fellow Baltimore receiver Torrey Smith: "It's not so much about football when you lose someone like that, someone you love like a brother and would do anything for you."

The 24-year-old Harvin, Minnesota's moody and multitalented receiver, will join

the Seahawks for a package of draft picks that includes Seattle's first-round selection next month, No. 25 overall. He also must pass a physical.

Minnesota will also get Seattle's seventh-round pick this year and third-round selection in 2014.

League MVP Adrian Peterson was not thrilled over the news.

"The best all around player I ever seen or you'll ever see!

Goes to Seattle! I feel like I just got kicked in the stomach. Several times!!!" Peterson posted on Twitter.

Harvin was producing at an All-Pro level until badly spraining his left ankle last Nov. 4 in a game at Seattle. He was placed on injured reserve a month later.

He led the NFL in total yards at the time of his injury.

Harvin, who also has suffered from migraines, will enter the fifth and final season of his rookie deal with a $2.9 million salary that's well under market value — unless the Seahawks rework it.

AP

Former Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin catches a 13-yard pass for a touchdown as San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) trails the play during the first half of Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. The Ravens announced on Monday that the 49ers have acquired Boldin.

» COLUMN

Weekend Headlines: Punched tickets, free throws and Gonzaga

By Mike McCurry NCAA Basketball Columnist The Kansas Jayhawks won their ninth-straight Big 12 regular-season title over the weekend, an act that is becoming more of a regularity than Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight being made a fool of. And speaking of recurring themes, Syracuse produced yet another box score that sent many enthusiasts to the hospital complaining of nausea.

Elsewhere, Duke steamrolled UNC at the Dean Dome, Michigan’s two best players choked against Indiana and five schools booked their trip to the Big Dance by winning their conference tournament. Out west, No. 1 Gonzaga overcame a shoddy first half versus Loyola Marymount and won their 30th game of the season.

Why am I telling you all of this? Because the column is called “Weekend Headlines.”

If you were too busy getting dunked on by DeAndre Jordan or fighting the Canadian national team in the World Baseball Classic, then I’m here for you.

If you did watch some college hoops on Saturday or Sunday but, like Yankee fans, you wish to live in the past, you’ve come to the right place.

This is March. Bubbles are bursting, buzzers are being beaten and the madness is apparent. The best part: It’s about to get even wilder with the NCAA Tournament forthcoming. Before it does get wilder, and before the last real Big East Tournament gets underway tonight, let’s get it rolling with Weekend Headlines.

Get Your Tickets to the Dance Five teams down, 63 to go (as of Sunday night).

Congratulations to Liberty, Harvard, Creighton, Belmont and Florida Gulf Coast for earning automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament and representing small schools everywhere.

With the exception of the Harvard Crimson, who won the Ivy League by a full two games over fellow brainiac Princeton, the other four schools had to navigate through their league brackets in order to secure spots in the NCAAs. Liberty, best known of late for being Seth Curry’s initial collegiate home, will be the second team in NCAA Tournament history with 20 losses.

Creighton has a top-5 player nationally in Doug McDermott, while Ohio Valley Conference champion Belmont has a pretty good one themselves in Ian Clark (and, as we learned Saturday, Kerron Johnson is pretty darn good too). As for the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast, don’t count them off quite yet.

FGCU upset Miami back in November, so why can’t they be the reason that you once again throw your bracket out before the first weekend?

Waive Bye, Bye, Bye to Your Bye, Bye, Bye OK, so before anyone derides me for using ‘N Sync lyrics as one of the weekend headlines, save the wisecracks for someone else. Someone like Trey Burke, for instance, or even his Michigan backcourt mate Tim Hardaway Jr. Yes, both guys are phenomenal, and you will not find a bigger Burke supporter than yours truly, but the Cundiff-like choking they exhibited in the final moments against Indiana on Sunday is solely unacceptable.

Up four points with the ball and under one minute left, Michigan had its eyes set on beating the Hoosiers and winning a share of the Big Ten regular season conference title.

Indiana had to foul in order to extend the game, so they hacked Hardaway first with 38 seconds left. Hardaway missed the front end of a 1-and-1, and to make matters worse Cody Zeller drained two freebies on the ensuing IU possession.

Zeller’s two points (he had 25

for the game to go along with 10 rebounds) made it a onepoint game (71-70 Michigan), and the Hoosiers decided to make Trey Burke the next choking victim. Burke, a 78 percent free-throw shooter on the year, copied Hardaway by also failing to hit the first shot of the 1-and-1. It was once again Cody Zeller who made the Wolverines pay, this time laying the ball in the hoop off a pass from point guard Yogi Ferrell to give IU a 72-71 lead with 13 seconds left.

After Burke and big man Jordan Morgan each missed potential game-winning layups, reality began to set in as the buzzer sounded in Ann Arbor.

What is that reality, you ponder? For one, the reality is that Michigan made just 1-of-4 free throws in the final minute, something they really cannot afford to do if they want to advance in March. Also, the Wolverines had no answer for Cody Zeller, who scored his team’s last six points and chipped in with 4 of a jaw-dropping 19 offensive rebounds for Indiana. Lastly, Michigan will limp into the postseason via four losses in their last eight games, and the team that was once No. 1 nationally didn’t even finish in the top-4 of the Big Ten (no first-round bye, hence the ‘N Sync lyrics). That means the Wolverines have to play Penn State (12-seed in B1G) on Thursday, while heavyweights Indiana and Michigan State and overachievers Ohio State and Wisconsin get to rest their legs and hydrate.

We’re Number One? Gonzaga looked like the farthest thing from a top-ranked squad early on Saturday in their semifinal matchup against Loyola Marymount, who ended up winning more games in the West Coast Conference Tournament (three) than they did in 16 WCC regular-season games (one). The Zags led by just one point at half, and it was not until then that point

guard Kevin Pangos took over.

Pangos scored 11 of his 14 points after the break and, aided by steady senior Elias Harris’s 21 points and eight rebounds, the Bulldogs opened the floodgates and eventually won by 18. Because it was the first time Gonzaga took the court ranked No. 1 in program history, a skittish start is somewhat understandable. Hopefully, however, Coach Mark Few realizes that the Loyola Marymounts of the world are a piece of cake compared to NCAA Tournament foes.

Big 12: A Kansas State of Mind One thing college hoops lacks is a Bill Self Coaching Award, which would be presented to the coach who was the best at developing role players into stars and giving the expression “doing more with less” an entirely new meaning.

The problem is, Kansas coach Bill Self would win that award.

Every. Single. Year.

Sure, he’s had some great athletes pass through Allen Fieldhouse, but winning nine straight Big 12 titles takes a lot more than just recruiting top players. The streak puts Self into some elite company, as the last coach to lead his team to nine straight championships is a man named John Wooden.

Self did not win Big 12 coach of the year this season, however.

No, that honor was awarded to Kansas State’s Bruce Weber, who oddly enough succeeded Self at Illinois. Weber was pretty much run out of Illinois due to last season’s struggles, and now it’s becoming clear that all he needed was a change of scenery. K-State is 25-6, beat Florida in the non-conference slate, and is the No. 2 seed in the league tournament.

The state of Kansas rules the Big 12, and they have their two tremendous coaches to thank for that.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

» WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Huskies aim for sixth straight Big East title

By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor

seven rebounds in the victory.

Stefanie Dolson was another offensive weapon that the Huskies HARTFORD – The UConn were able to utilize against the women’s basketball team will have Orange. Dolson finished the evea shot to win their sixth straight ning with 13 points, which was Big East Tournament champi- the seventh time the center reached onship, as the Huskies defeated double digits in the Big East Syracuse 64-51 in the semifinals Tournament. Dolson also grabbed nine boards in the victory, just one at XL Center in Hartford.

The Huskies maintained a bal- rebound shy of a double-double.

Hartley remains consistent anced attack offensively throughUConn’s Bria Hartley continued out most of the game. In the first half, four out of five UConn start- the consistent play she displayed ers had at least five points or more. in the game against DePaul. In the When the final buzzer sounded, first half against Syracuse, Hartley seven Huskies had scored points scored seven points in the seven as four players reached double- minutes she saw on the floor.

The junior guard finished the digits for the evening. The only Huskies who did not score were evening shooting 3-6 from the field and 1-4 from Caroline Doty and three point range, Morgan Tuck, as which was good each received less for 11 total points. than five minutes of Hartley’s 11-point time on the floor. performance shows UConn shot 46 signs of improvement percent from the that Hartley attributes field and 36.4 percent to a more aggressive from behind the arc style of play that she Notebook in the victory over has displayed late in the Orange. Despite UConn’s sloppier play in the sec- the season.

“I just changed my mindset a ond half, which included eight turnovers (17 total), UConn Head little bit to be more aggressive and Coach Geno Auriemma liked what I think the coaches have been tellhe saw offensively from his team ing me that and encouraging me to be more aggressive, so I just have in the first half of play.

“It was a crazy game, I thought,” to have a good mindset and be Auriemma said. “We did a lot of more confident when I’m out there good things in the first half. We got on the floor.”

The Quotable Geno a lot of contributions from various people and we got ourselves in a Auriemma “I don’t have any thoughts pretty good situation playing pretty well defensively and offensively about it” Auriemma said about we were a little bit inside, outside facing Notre Dame for a third with a great combination of stuff.” time this season. “I’m not playing, UConn’s offense was backed I’m going to coach the same way by another strong performance I coached the last two times we from sophomore forward Kaleena played them. So what I think and Mosqueda-Lewis, who scored 14 how I feel doesn’t matter one iota. points going 4-10 from behind What’s most important is how our the arc, an area where the young players play tomorrow.” forward usually dominates from.

Freshman Breanna Stewart also scored 14 points and grabbed Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

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» WOMEN'S TRACK

Five Huskies tabbed as All-Americans

By Spencer Oakes Campus Correspondent The UConn Women’s Track and Field team was well represented this past weekend at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Five Huskies competed at the National Championships, and all five were named AllAmericans.

Senior Victoria Flowers, who earned her fourth Indoor All-American title and fifth overall by finishing 10th in the weight throw, led the team. Brigitte Mania and Celina Emerson earned their third All-American honors.

Lindsay Crevoiserat earned two All-American honors this past weekend for her performance in the distance medley relay and the 3,000-meter run.

Ana Groff earned the first All-

American honor of her career.

Flowers finished a dominant senior campaign with her 10th place finish in the weight throw. She took first place in the Big East, ECAC, and New England Championships in the event. She also placed first in the shot put at the New England and ECAC Championships.

Mania, Emerson, Crevoiserat and Groff represented the distance medley relay team, which finished 12th. The team had a very successful season, which included breaking the meet record at the Big East Championships. The distance medley relay team has consistently found success at UConn and this year certainly continued that tradition.

Crevoiserat also competed in the 3,000-meter run, in which she finished 15th.

The sophomore came into the meet ranked 16th, moving up to 15th with her finish. The future is certainly bright for the underclassman.

The outdoor season begins for the Huskies in Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays on March 29th. The meet will be held on the campus of North Carolina State. The next event for the Huskies will be their own meet, the UConn Invite scheduled for April 6th.

Last year in Raleigh, Emerson picked up a first place finish in the 400-meter race with a time of 54.20 seconds. Mania also placed first in the 800-meter run, with a time of 2:04:86.

Spencer.Oakes@UConn.edu

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Stat of the day

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The number of wins for the UConn women’s basketball team over Notre Dame in their nine meetings since 2011.

» That’s what he said

Away game

-Canada first base coach Larry Walker on restraining Mexico pitcher Alfredo Aceves during Sunday’s brawl between the two teams in the World Baseball Classic.

» Pic of the day

Tonight Big East Tournament Championship 7 p.m.

March 17 AHA Quarterfinals Robert Morris 7:05 p.m.

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Baseball (8-4) March 13 March 15 March 16 March 17 Sacred Heart Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian 1 pmm.

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Lacrosse (5-0) March 16 March 22 Binghamton Syracuse 1 p.m.

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March 26 Oregon 4 p.m.

April 5 Rutgers 3 p.m.

April 7 Villanova 1 p.m.

March 27 Monmouth N.J. 2:30 p.m.

April 2 Bryant 3 p.m.

Men’s Tennis (2-5) March 18 Nichols College TBA

March 19 Bradley TBA

March 20 EmbryRiddle TBA

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Sports

By James Huang Campus Correspondent

Baseball: The Huskies competed in a weekend three game series against Sam Houston State this past Friday and Saturday in Huntsville, Texas. In the series opener on Friday, the Huskies pulled out a 6-5 victory with freshman Bryan Daniello scoring the go ahead run in the ninth inning. The Huskies then played a doubleheader the following Saturday. They won the first game Saturday with a dominating 8-0 victory. They lost their last game of the series on Saturday with a close 6-4 loss.

With two wins and one loss this past weekend, the Huskies now have a season record of 8-4.

Men’s Basketball: The Huskies defeated the Providence Friars with a score of 63-59 in overtime in front of a sold out crowd at Gampel Pavilion Saturday afternoon in their last game of the season. Sophomore guard Ryan Boatright led the team with 23 points and made a key threepoint play in overtime to help the Huskies win.

Sophomore center DeAndre Daniels added 19 points and junior guard Shabazz Napier added 16 points while playing with an injured right foot.

With this victory, the Huskies achieved a season record of 20-10 and a conference record of 10-8.

Women’s Basketball: The No. 3 ranked Huskies defeated the DePaul Blue Devils with a score of 94-61 in Hartford, Conn. Sunday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.

Breanna Stewart led the Huskies with 21 points as five UConn players reached double figures in the victory. The Huskies have an overall record of 28-3 and a conference record of 14-2.

Women’s Lacrosse: The Huskies defeated Fairfield with a score of 12-11 in overtime Saturday in Fairfield, Conn. The Huskies have an overall record of 5-0 for the season.

Men’s Tennis: The Huskies were originally supposed to compete against Sacred Heart Friday at Yale in New Haven, Conn. but the match has been postponed. The Huskies competed against Brown Providence R.I. Saturday. The Huskies right now have an overall season record of 2-5 and a conference record of 0-1.

Women’s Tennis: The Huskies were originally supposed to compete against Sacred Heart Friday away at Yale in New Haven, Conn. but the match has been postponed. The Huskies competed against St. John’s at home Sunday. Right now, the Huskies have an overall season record of 1-6 and a conference record of 0-2.

Men’s Track: The Huskies competed in the NCAA Championships Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Women’s Track: The Huskies competed in the NCAA Championship Friday and Saturday in AP Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers against the Colorado Rockies in the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game, Monday, March 11, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz.

» MEN’S TENNIS

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» NCAA HOCKEY

Huskies fall again, drop to 1-5 BU’s coach Parker retires

By Mike Peng Campus Correspondent After the Friday match against Sacred Heart was postponed due to snow, the UConn men’s tennis team was not able stop their current slide as they lost a match, 6-1, on the road to Brown at Providence, R.I., and dropped their record to 1-5.

The postponed match against Sacred Heart will be made up at some point between now and the Big East Championship plays, though no official date has been announced yet.

As for the match against the Brown Bears, the Huskies found themselves in a familiar theme over the recent stretch as they received a cohesive effort from junior Ryan Carr and sophomore Wayne Harrell in the doubles when they toppled Sam Fife and William Spector of the Bears, 8-7 (5) at the No. 1 spot.

“They are playing really well,” freshman Zac McEntee said. “They are kind of on a hot streak right now so they are just riding it out. Wayne is serving big and Ryan at the net is just finishing with velocity.”

UConn wasn’t able to secure the point in doubles, however, as the duos of James Cohen/Mark HoSang and Andrew Ginzberg/Josh Palmer fell to Lucas Da Silviera/ Justin To and Jacob Laser/David Neff, respectively, at the No. 2 and No. 3 spot.

The Huskies’ fortune did not improve in the singles either as

they dropped five out six matches there. Daniel Hirschberg (Brown) beat Harrell, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1; Neff won against Carr, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2; Da Silviera defeated HoSang, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3; Ginzberg was able to pick up the only point for UConn in another long battle by him at the No. 4 spot by edging Laser in, 6-3, 1-6, (10-6); To overcame Cohen, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 and Ivan Kravtchenko (Brown) topped McEntee, 6-1, 6-2.

On Ginzberg’s win, McEntee said, “He’s been playing well lately, so it’s just really good for him to come up with a big win against Brown, which is a really good team.

He was making more plays this time and was executing better. It really came down to a few points and he pulled it off in the tiebreaker set.”

As for the team’s struggles in singles play lately, McEntee added, “I think we just need to get the momentum off early by winning the doubles point, and it’ll really carry over into the singles. Sometimes when we can’t take the doubles point, it’s pretty tough to get motivated again. We also need to execute better when we get in positions to win big points or sets.”

The Huskies’ next matches are scheduled from March 18 through March 20, as they take on Nichols College, Bradley University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida.

Michael.Peng@UConn.edu

after 40 years, 3 titles

BOSTON (AP) — Jack Parker had been at Boston University about three years when, unable to convince his bosses to give him a raise, he decided to drive down to Yale to interview for the opening there.

Before he could get to New Haven, he pulled off the road and canceled.

“I knew very early on that this was the job for me,” Parker said on Monday, announcing his retirement after four decades on the Terriers bench in which he won almost 900 games and three NCAA titles.

“Forty-eight of the last 49 years I’ve been reporting for duty for BU hockey, and that’s enough,” said Parker, who also played for the Terriers and was an assistant coach for four years. “It’s been a great run, and I had a great time doing it.”

In a wood-paneled club room in a sparkling new arena he helped build, Parker finally said a sort of good bye to a hockey program that has been synonymous with his name. The third winningest coach in NCAA history — his 894 wins, so far, are the most at a single school — Parker will step down after the postseason and move into a fundraising job.

“I always thought of BU as a family,” Parker said to a crowd that included his actual family along with dozens of current and

former players, including NHL and Olympic stars. “I’ve got two daughters and 226 sons.”

Michigan has a great hockey program, with nine NCAA titles, but no one in Ann Arbor doubts that the football team runs the show there. Down the Green Line in Chestnut Hill, Boston College is the reigning national champion in hockey but there, too, it skates in the shadow of the revenue sports.

BU has no football team and a mid-major basketball program that hasn’t won an NCAA tournament game since 1959. It is here that Parker set up shop, establishing at this end of Commonwealth Avenue a powerhouse that has sent 66 players to the NHL in his tenure.

“It’s a privilege to play at a place like this,” said former Terrier Mike Grier, who played 14 seasons in the NHL. “I think Coach let everyone know that. That’s why he made sure everyone conducted themselves the right way.”

Despite a graduation rate and winning percentage any major football or basketball program would envy, BU hockey was tainted last season when two players were accused of sexual assault just two months apart. The ensuing university investigation pointed to a “culture of sexual entitlement” on the team; the players, both NHL draft picks, were suspended.

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

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A new logo for new times

Huskies push past Orange to reach Big East final

By Dan Agabiti Sports Editor

Mike Corasaniti

It was recently announced that the UConn will be changing its logo in the coming months.

The Husky logo has been a friendly, inviting caricature since it’s inception in 1982, and its singular facelift in 1996 only made it friendlier and more easily recognizable for the UConn fan base.

Reportedly, the main issue with the current Husky logo is that it may be too friendly, maybe even tired looking.

To bolster UConn’s powerful and intimidating reputation, the new logo is planned to be angrier.

More along the lines of competitive spirit rather than friendliness and familiarity.

Admittedly, I was skeptic about the logo change. And considering that the new logo design is yet to be released, I still have some doubts about the result of the final new logo.

But for its intents and purposes, there is a part of me that has to agree with the decision behind updating the logo.

For one, UConn’s real-life Jonathan mascot has a history of aggression amongst his fellow animal mascots. Jonathan II famously spooked Brown University’s bear up a tree during a football game in 1935, leading to a call to the Providence, R.I. police to help get him down.

Years later, Jonathan IV continued on with the inborn hatred for the Ivy League when he nipped Yale’s “Handsome Dan” bulldog on the nose when he got too close for Jonathan’s liking. (Rumor has it that the current bulldog still gets nervous at the sound of Jonathan’s name.)

So maybe we do need a meaner looking logo, maybe one baring its Husky teeth at any opponent that thinks it’s tough enough to get too close.

And while the current logo looks tough enough to me, a jaded, lifelong UConn fan, maybe some toughness could be added for anyone not familiar enough yet with the history behind the dog.

For one, the toughest dog of all time could very well have been Balto, a Siberian Husky. If you have not been fortunate to see the 1995 cartoon movie on the story (with Balto narrated by none other than Kevin Bacon), Balto led a team of dogs 600 miles through the Alaskan snow to help deliver serum in stopping a major toxin epidemic.

If that’s not tough then I don’t know a tough mascot is.

My only bone to pick with the changing of the logo is the idea of change itself. UConn athletics, which have so greatly helped the growing reputation for the university as a whole, lacks one major thing to go along with it’s already rich history of success: tradition.

UConn is a new program, not really seeing it’s national athletic success hit a stride into the 1990s.

And while we already have built up so many successes in that short period of time, it does not take away from the fact that we are still in a period where traditions really are still just forming.

With that being said, I do support a different logo, and I do support a logo that may be getting away from the friendly, recognizable Jonathan the UConn fan base has grown to love.

Very little, including a different logo, will get in the way of the success across the athletic board that UConn is looking forward to in the coming years and generations.

So here’s to a new logo, and a continuing on of UConn’s growing tradition of success.

Unless it’s ugly. Then we’ll have some problems.

Michael.Corasaniti@UConn.edu

HARTFORD— After a 64-51 win against Syracuse last night, the Huskies are set to face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the third time this season; this time it’s for a conference championship.

To start last night’s game, things were physical and the Orange were not ready to just lie down and accept the UConn/Notre Dame rematch.

UConn gained the lead with 18:50 to go in the first half, and held on to it for the rest of the game. But it was far from smooth sailing for the Huskies. UConn had to work for every basket it made against a scrappy and tough Syracuse team.

Slowly over the course of the first 20 minutes, it looked like the Huskies were going to pull away from the Orange. After the first half of play, UConn had a 15-point, 39-24 lead and it seemed as though the Huskies were only going to build on it.

In the final 9:06 of that first half, the Orange only scored four points.

It looked like that seemingly inevitable runaway period when the Huskies leave their

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Freshman point guard Moriah Jefferson dribbles in front of head coach Geno Auriemma last night in the Huskies’ Big East semifinal win over Syracuse at the XL Center. With the victory, UConn has advanced to the conference title game scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. against Notre Dame.

» THIRD, page 9

UConn hoping third time’s the charm

By Matt Stypulkoski Senior Staff Writer

The women’s basketball world has gotten exactly what it was hoping for – another UConnNotre Dame matchup.

The Huskies and Irish will face off in the Big East Tournament title game for the third straight year and play each other for the third time this season.

In each of the past two championship contests, UConn has dispatched of their rival – who is still looking for its first ever Big East Tournament crown – by nine-point margins both times.

But overall, Notre Dame has dominated the series of late, winning six of the last seven and both of the regular season games this year.

“For us we’re going in with the same mind-set we did with both the games this year,” Notre Dame Coach Muffet McGraw

said. “Tough to beat a good team to everyone that we can beat three times, it really is. I think them.” it’s going to be another war, Both of the games against and it will get us ready for the Notre Dame have come down NCAA tournament, whether we to the wire this season, with win or lose.” the first ending as a As much as the UConn loss because Irish are looking of a failed final posto add a trophy session and the secto their case, for ond due to an inabilthe Huskies, this ity to close out a matchup would lead at the end of seem to be more regulation and the about proving they first two overtimes. can beat the best of But despite the Preview the best – something two losses, don’t they have struggled expect much in with over the past few seasons. the way of changes from Geno “I think that’s always some- Auriemma. thing that’s there when you “I’m not playing, I’m going to lose to a team twice,” Stefanie coach the same way I coached Dolson said when asked about the last two times we played losing close games to the top them,” Auriemma said. “What I teams this season. “You know, think and how I feel – that don’t so when we play them [Baylor] matter one iota.” again obviously we always On the plus-side for kind of want to prove ourselves Auriemma, his team and his

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

gameplan should be aided by the resurgence of two key contributors.

Both Bria Hartley and Breanna Stewart have had up-and-down years, but they have come on strong so far in the tournament.

A change in mindset, it seems, is responsible for the inspired play, as both credit the coaching staff for encouraging them to play more aggressively.

“I think it’ll give us an advantage inside with me and Stewie being able to post up or hit the outside shot,” Dolson said about the prospect of getting some more help from her rejuvenated teammate. “I think we’re just going to have to take advantage of who’s guarding her because she’s so tall and can jump and her arms are so [darn] long.”

Everyone within the team – from Auriemma to his players –believes that practices have been going more smoothly and

have had a newfound focus in recent days, and that has lifted their spirits.

And if the game comes down to the wire again, like just about every game in this rivalry has a penchant for, the Huskies heightened confidence could prove a factor in finally getting them over the hump.

“Just the way we’ve been playing,” Stewart said. “I mean today it was a little bumpy in the second half, but the way we played yesterday and the way we played in the first half, we’re all getting on the same page with things and creating a really nice rhythm and I think if we can carry that over to tomorrow then that’s going to help us out a lot.”

The game will be televised on ESPN and is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip-off.

Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

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Huskies prepare for in-state battle with Blue Devils

By TJ Souhlaris Staff Writer

FILE PHOTO/The Daily Campus

Senior second baseman LJ Mazzilli fields a ground ball last season against CCSU. The Huskies defeated the Blue Devils 7-4 at J.O. Christian Field.

After taking two of three in last weekend’s series against Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas, the UConn baseball team will play its first game of the season in the Nutmeg State on Tuesday, as the Huskies head to New Britain to take on Central Connecticut State. The game will be played at Balf-Savin Field at 3 p.m., and can be heard on 91.7 FM WHUS or online at whus.org.

UConn (8-4, 1-0 Big East) has gotten off to a hot start in 2013. The Huskies dropped two of their first three games of the season, but have gone 7-2 since, which includes winning six of its last seven.

UConn was on a six-game winning streak going into the final game of the SHSU, but the Bearcats hit a walk-off

home run in the bottom of the ninth to snap the streak.

Central Connecticut (4-3) is coming off a 6-4 victory against Villanova on Sunday.

The Blue Devils will play their first home game on Tuesday against the Huskies.

UConn’s offense is led by All-American second baseman LJ Mazzilli. The senior is hitting .404 in 12 games with one home run, nine RBIs and a team-leading 13 runs scored.

Mazzilli has also stolen four bases without getting caught this season.

The Huskies are averaging nearly six runs a game while hitting .280 as a team so far this season.

UConn has only had three different pitchers its 12 games this season. Sophomore RHP Carson Cross has pitched the best of UConn’s three starters in the young season, going 3-0 in four starts with a thin

1.37 ERA and a .177 batting average against. Cross also has 20 strikeouts and 10 walks over 26.1 innings of work.

Brian Ward (1-1, 3.20 ERA) and Anthony Marzi (1-2, 5.59 ERA) have started UConn’s other eight games.

Marzi is the most-rested of the three starters, as the last time he pitched was on Friday; however, no probable starter was named by the time of publication.

The bullpen has accounted for three of the team’s eight victories.

UConn defeated Central, 7-4, in last season’s edition of the intra-state rivalry in late March. Then-junior starting pitcher Pat Butler went 6.2 innings and gave up three earned in the victory.

Thomas.Souhlaris@UConn.edu