The Daily Campus: March 13, 2014

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Award winning poet speaks and reads selections at Konover Auditorium

UConn kicks off AAC tournament against Memphis

More needs to be done to provide for mental health standards in college

Spring break: Ways to stay safe

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First Husky to win since ‘08-’09

By Nick Shigo Campus Correspondent

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor MEMPHIS – On Monday, before No. 21 UConn flew to Memphis for the inaugural American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, Shabazz Napier told reporters that he didn’t care whether or not he won the conference Player of the Year award.

It turns out, Napier knew on Sunday morning what everyone else found out on Wednesday afternoon: that the senior point guard had indeed been named the first ever American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Napier is the first Husky to win the award since Hasheem Thabeet was named the Big East Player of the Year for the 2008-09 season.

He is the seventh player – joining Donyell Marshall (1993-94),

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Shabazz Napier is awarded Player of the Year award by the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. Napier is the first Husky to win the award since Hasheem Thabeet was named the Big East Player of the Year for the 2008-09 season.

SPRING BREAK SPECIAL ISSUE

Fees paid by University of Connecticut students will be under the purview of the Student Activity and Service Advisory Committee under legislation the Undergraduate Student Government passed Wednesday night.

President Edward Courchaine and Comptroller Claire Price authored the act to ensure all student fees not tied to tuition and class admittance will receive approval by students sitting on SASFAC. According to the bill, these fees include fees for dining, housing, parking and technology usage.

Class fees such as laboratory materials costs and art supplies for studio classes will remain governed by a separate committee, Courcahine said.

“I believe that if a fee is charged to students, it should be reviewed

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Community Outreach’s unique excursions Spring break myths Honors Alternative Spring Break sends student on purposeful vacations

By Sandy Mueller Campus Correspondent During the spring break, some students choose to do alternative breaks. Alternative spring breaks are a way to give back to community over break. Some trips are planned through Community Outreach, while others are planned through student organizations.

“Alternative Breaks are service-learning experiences designed to heighten participants’ awareness of critical social issues, enhance their individual growth, and prepare them for lifelong social action,” according to the Community Outreach website.

Often the breaks are in many different locations in the country and even abroad.

“The purpose of an alternative break is to learn more about a social issue that is a problem in a community in the United States,” said Steven Hong, the director of this year’s Honors Alterative Spring Break (HASB).

The usually involve focusing on a problem in that particular area.

“Each weeklong trip integrates service, reflection, and education and focus on topics as varied as poverty, hunger, housing healthcare and disaster relief.”

The trips lead students to get a new perspective because they are having a “full immersive experience in the population, culture and social issue.”

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Students embark on a trail through the Appalachian mountains on Honors Alternative Spring Break’s trip last year. This year students will be treated to similarly exotic spring break venues all around the world.

They are considered alternative due to the fact that they give students the opportunity to “step away from traditional learning and living.”

“While many students may prefer to spend their breaks catching up on sleep, hitting the slopes, or laying on a sandy beach, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life

offers a great alternative to the typical student’s break through the Greek Alternative Break program,” stated on the Greek Life website.

USG may be able fund Alternative Breaks with their “emergency funds.” The emergency fund is the leftover money at the end of the semester.

“The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) may support a percentage of the final trip cost for all selected participants of … alternative breaks that fall within the academic school year,” according to the Community Outreach website.

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Antic over vacation cemented in memory

By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent For freshman at the University of Connecticut, March 15 will be the beginning of their first spring break.

Over the years, many myths have come to surround what goes on during spring break.

Many sophomore, junior and senior students (although they may not want to be named) can attest to the crazy antics which often occur during this seemingly short time.

“I jumped of my friends roof, and landed in his pool,” said 4th-semester computer science and engineering major Mario Aguayo. “I have no regrets over my spring break.”

However, despite the seemingly surreal things that seem to occur during spring break, many students have a much more normal experience during this time. For many, spring break is a time for traveling to exotic locations, and just living life.

“Typically, I’ll go to New York City, and visit a concert with friends over spring break,” said 4th-semester Allied Health major Meguile Asuncion.

The UConn Division of Student Affairs also provides many alternate spring break programs that allow students to also enrich themselves as well.

These trips often focus on students being able to reflect and gain knowledge while at the same time being able to provide service to others.

Since many classes have

midterm exams shortly before the beginning of spring break, this short excursion seems like a godsend. At the same time, however, students having midterms immediately following the end of spring break may see this time as critically useful for studying.

When describing the importance of spring break, Jamil Ghannam, a 4th-semester biomedical engineering major said, “It’s fun, and the break that we always needed” Often students also see spring break as a good time to catch up with friends and family, and more simply just a time to fully relax.

“Vacation and family immediately come to mind when I think of spring break“ said 2nd-semester computer science and engineering major Kyle Robertson.

Additionally, some students may face some frustration in that the University of Connecticut’s spring break timings may not necessarily match up exactly with that of other colleges. This can make establishing group plans extremely difficult.

“I’m planning to catch up and have fun with high school friends, although our spring breaks don’t exactly line up” said second semester chemical engineering major Joseph Bosco.

“The greatest truth about spring break is that it is too short” said Aguayo. Spring break ends on Sunday March 23.

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Historically dangerous spring vacations leads organizations creating new safety techniques

By Marissa Piccolo Staff Writer For most, spring break will inevitably be spent cooped up inside with some Netflix, still trying to avoid the cold.

Yet a lucky few will be flying off to a tropical location with friends to take part in the college vacation tradition.

However with countless horror stories, and recent headlines about a Bates student found dead while studying abroad in Italy, spring break safety cannot be overlooked.

Many cities have already made public safety plans in preparation for spring breaks.

The City of Corpus Christi, a popular beach destination in Texas, is even creating a mobile police substation to be located on the island, and will be setting up presentations on crime prevention, auto theft, and family violence (kiitv. com). The Panama City Beach Council supported a $105,000 proposal to bring in outside aid from the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (newsherald.com).

Yet no matter what cities themselves are doing to prepare, individual students are encouraged to take personal responsibility and exercise caution. As Lt. Andrew Fournier of the UConn Police Department said, “Not being aware of the potential for crime while vacationing is dangerous. Being away for spring break may lend itself to being less vigilant and as a result, one may become more susceptible to being a victim of a crime.”

Whether vacationing within the United States or abroad, any location can present dangers. “The potential for danger exists for students when traveling in areas that they may not be familiar,” said

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Party-goers in The City of Corpus Christi, Texas drink from a funnel during spring break. Violence, sexual assault and binge drinking are all prevalent themes for many students spring breaks. Police in Corpus Christi have prepared a mobile police station as well as a $105,000 proposal to bring in aid from Florida Highway patrol to combat these dangers.

Fournier. Ross Thompson, co-founder of travel-safety company Mayday360, agrees.

Cancun, Mexico has become a popular destination ever since MTV began filming annual spring break shows there.

The biggest danger there, Thompson says, is that, “(students) act like they are still in the U.S. and that the U.S. will protect them. That’s wrong

and can add up to disaster.”

According to Explorer Travel Security, the most common spring break dangers are alcohol and drug abuse, coupled with overheating and dehydration that can be deadly, accidents from auto to ripe-tide drowning, and sexual assault. Especially places that attract students with cheap costs, the area’s crime

rate outside the gates of the resort is a great risk factor, commonly due to drug cartels and gang wars which oftentimes bride local enforcement officers. Lieutenant Fournier considers theft of personal financial information the least known, yet pervasive, danger when traveling to well-known tourist areas.

As final advice, Fournier

urges, “Travel in groups, watch out for each other, trust your instincts (if it doesn’t seem right, don’t proceed), approach spring break type activities in moderation with safety in mind.”

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Award and on the final watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Naismith Trophy.

“It definitely could have gone anywhere,” Napier said. “I’m thankful for it. I understand we have a great group of guards, a great group of guys. It’s definitely rewarding for that. I’m just happy I’m the guy they picked and a member of it.”

Seven other major conference awards were presented at Wednesday’s luncheon at the Gibson Guitar Center across from FedExForum, the site of this year’s tournament. Cincinnati walked away with three awards: Mick Cronin was named Coach of the Year, Justin Jackson won Defensive Player of the Year and Kilpatrick won the Sportsmanship Award. Memphis forward Austin Nichols was named the Rookie of the Year. His teammate, guard Michael Dixon, Jr., was named the Sixth Man of the Year.

Louisville’s Montrezl Harrell, an All-AAC First Team selection, won the Most Improved Player award. Temple forward Jimmy McDonnell was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

NEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring more than 60 and leaving nine missing. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about “unbearable” gas smells.

By evening, rescue workers finally began the search for victims amid the broken bricks, splintered wood and mangled metal after firefighters spent most of the day dousing the flames. Heavy equipment, including back hoes and a bulldozer, arrived to clear the mountain of debris where the two five-story East Harlem buildings stood. Flood lights were in place.

Thermal imaging cameras were at the ready to identify heat spots — bodies or pockets of fire.

The recovery was facing hardship in the form of the weather, which was expected to drop into the 20s with rain. Some parts of the debris pile were inaccessible because of a sinkhole caused by a subsurface water main break, officials said.

The fiery blast, on Park Avenue at 116th Street, not far from the edge of Central Park, erupted about 9:30 a.m., around 15 minutes after a neighboring resident reported smelling gas, authorities said. The Con Edison utility

said it immediately sent workers to check out the report, but they didn’t arrive until it was too late.

The explosion shattered windows a block away, rained debris onto elevated commuter railroad tracks close by, cast a plume of smoke over the skyline and sent people running into the streets.

“It felt like an earthquake had rattled my whole building,” said Waldemar Infante, a porter who was working in a basement nearby. “There were glass shards everywhere on the ground, and all the stores had their windows blown out.”

Hunter College identified one of the people killed in the blast as Griselde Camacho, a security officer who worked at the Silberman School of Social Work building. Hunter, in a statement on its website, said Camacho, 45, had worked for the college since 2008.

Another of the people who died was Carmen Tanco, 67, a dental hygienist. Her cousin News 12 cameraman Angel Vargas said when she didn’t show up for work Wednesday the family started a frantic search.

At least three of the injured were children; one, a 15-year-old boy, was reported in critical condition with burns, broken bones and internal injuries. Most of the other victims’ injuries were minor and included cuts and scrapes.

Fire officials said some people were unaccounted for but cautioned they may not have been in the buildings.

A tenant in one of the destroyed buildings, Ruben Borrero, said residents had complained to the landlord about smelling gas as recently as Tuesday.

A few weeks ago, Borrero said, city fire officials were called about the odor, which he said was so bad that a tenant on the top floor broke open the door to the roof for ventilation.

“It was unbearable,” said Borrero, who lived in a secondfloor apartment with his mother and sister, who were away at the time of the explosion. “You walk in the front door and you want to turn around and walk directly out.”

The fire department said a check of its records found no instances in the past month in which tenants of the two buildings reported gas odors or leaks.

Jennifer Salas lived in one of the buildings. She told The New York Times her husband, Jordy Salas, and her dog were in the building at the time of the collapse and were missing.

“There’s six floors in the building; each floor has one apartment,” she said. “Last night it smelled like gas, but then the smell vanished and we all went to sleep.”

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Ray Allen (1995-96), Richard Hamilton (1997-98 and 1998-99), Caron Butler (2001-02), Emeka Okafor (2003-04) and Thabeet – to win the top conference honor for UConn.

“It’s definitely, definitely special,” Napier said. “I didn’t really think about it, but it’s definitely a special place to be in, with all those great players that came before me, and I’m just happy that I’m part of that now.”

Napier was chosen as the Player of the Year by the coaches of the American. He led UConn to a 24-7 regular season record, including a 12-6 record in the American, setting the Huskies up as the No. 4 seed in this week’s tournament, which begins for UConn Thursday night against Memphis (9 p.m., ESPNU).

“I was surprised,” Napier said about finding out he had won the award. “Actually, Coach (Kevin) Ollie called me, and I was just waking up. He told me, and I was just surprised.

“Like I said, I don’t really care about individual awards. I told him, ‘That’s nice.’ He was like, ‘Man, show some excitement.’

And I’m like, ‘Well, you know

how I am.’ I’d just rather the team won that award than myself.”

During his acceptance speech, Napier thanked everyone behind the scenes – the trainers and managers ¬– as well as his family and coaches for the help they give him, and he stressed that his individual award was more of a team award.

“I wish I was able to break this award into 15 pieces,” Napier said. “Without my teammates, I’m nothing.”

The senior from Roxbury, Mass. ranked second in the American with 17.8 points per game, 5.2 assists per game and a .877 free-throw percentage. He was third in steals per game with 1.8 per game.

Napier became the only player in UConn history to lead the team in points, assists and rebounds (six per game) all in one season. Along the way, Napier also climbed to seventh on the all-time scoring list (1,790), second in steals (235) and fourth in assists (611).

Along with Louisville’s Russ Smith and Cincinnati’s Sean Kilpatrick, Napier is also a unanimous All-AAC First Team member, a finalist for the Wooden

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by students,” Price said. “Students are more vigilant about what they pay.”

According to Price, a current member of SASFAC, half of the committee is made up of students, ensuring that those who pay the fees have some say on them.

Before the passing of this legislation, student fees were governed by eight separate committees, which led to many individual cost increases without thought to their collective impact on students, according to Courchaine.

“If you have a committee that only handles one fee, you can stomach raising that fee by 2 percent,” Courchiane said.

According to Courchaine, when several committees individually raised fees by relatively small amounts, the overall financial impact on the student was excessive.

“With this legislation, we are highly involved in the process from start to finish,” Courchaine said.

The legislation will make fees more accessible to students and easier for USG members to influence.

By having the fees processed and reviewed by SASFAC, all of the content will be posted online for students and USG members to view According to Courchaine, the student technology fee was increased two years ago, and USG was not notified until after the increase had taken effect.

USG recently passed legislation stalling a raise in the cost of housing, a fee that does not fall under SASFAC’s purview.

Courchaine believes that the new legislation may change some of the funding processes for UConn administration, but will not affect how students pay their fees to the school.

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Staying close to UConn for spring break? Enjoy New England on spring break at these fun locations.

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Want to go to a big city but not too far from UConn? Think about visiting Hartford! According to CTvisit.com, Hartford has many arts and culture attractions featuring the Mark Twain House, Bushnell Center for Performing Arts and Mortensen Riverfront Plaza.

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Looking to get loose after long week of midterms? Think about going to this fun amusement park in Agawam, Mass. It features thrill rides such as Batman, Goliath and Flashback as well as the Hurricane Harbor Water Park.

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The classy Boston is another place to spend break. There are many attractions for students. Walk around Boston Commons and enjoy the free Public Gardens. You can even take a boat ride. According to VisitBoston.com popular attractions include the Museum of Science or the New England Aquarium.

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You could even see a show on Broadway.

Famous for its opulant mansions, Newport, RI was the playground for the rich and powerful during the 1920s.

Since then, the mansions have been opened to the public as historical sights. The beautiful Elms mansion, shown above, is just one of these sights. Walk in Rosecliff’s iconic ballroom where Arnold Schwarzenegger tangoed in “True Lies” and experience the extravagance of The Breakers. Top off the day with seafood at the wharf.

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More needs to be done to provide for mental health standards in college

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ver the past few years, mental health has finally begun to receive the attention it deserves. Everyone from high school principals to the president of the United States cites it as an issue that requires more focus. UConn should join this trend and bring more awareness and support to Counseling and Mental Health Services. Our school needs to step forward and become a leader in how universities deal with mental health on campus.

Unfortunately, some of this increased focus on mental health is due to tragedies such as Sandy Hook. More recently, two suicides this year at Penn State and other cases around the country have put pressure on universities to provide better mental health services.

A study from the University of Virginia showed that suicide has surpassed alcohol as a leading cause of death among college students. Six percent of undergraduates have “seriously contemplated suicide” in the past year, according to an article in Professional Psychology.

Suicide isn’t the only mental health issue on college campuses. Stress and anxiety are common and often cause or exacerbate other mental health problems.

Mental health issues can interfere with a student’s ability to do school work and damage their relationships with their friends, families and professors.

The modern college environment can be incredibly stressful. There’s heavy pressure on students to succeed academically, socially and in work and internships.

Colleges have to recognize that their demands of students need to be met with support for them as well.

Right now, CMHS offers a wide range of programs, from a stress clinic to grief counseling to one-on-one therapy. They also offer services to students who have issues with alcohol or other drug addictions, and even have end of semester coping strategy sessions to help students deal with finals week. This is a great range of offerings and it addresses the many different mental health needs of students on campus.

However, more is needed. Wait times to get an appointment for counseling for less serious issues can sometimes be long. Many students still don’t have access the services they need. Insurance, co-pays and other payment issues are still a barrier to care in some cases.

UConn has done a good job of promoting CMHS recently and trying to remove the stigma associated with mental health care, but the school needs to step up their support and make sure mental health services are well funded at UConn.

How fraternities and sororities oppernate needs to be reformed

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arlier this week, allegations surfaced that sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma and fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon engaged in hazing rituals that resulted in one student being hospitalized with a BAC of three times the legal limit.

According to an interview with NBC, Hillary Holt and several other women were blindfolded and made to “lay on the floor and sizzle like bacon, hold our ankles, jump up and down” while being forced to drink mass quantities of alcohol. Both organizations have been suspended by the university. This is the latest in a national string of incidents that illustrates the cult-like qualities of Greek organizations, where members are forced to unquestionably obey the commands of the leaders.

According to the website of the International Cultic Studies Association, one quality of

By Gregory Koch a cult is that Weekly Columnist “the group displays excessively zealous or unquestioning commitment to its leader.” Although most Greek organizations have more than one leader, their orders are almost invariably followed without question out of fear of rejection or worse. Indeed, the ICSA reports that another quality of a cult is that “questioning, doubt and dissent are discouraged or even punished.” In the NBC interview, Holt said that she felt scared of what would happen if she objected to the ritual. At best, she would be rejected

from the organization, and at worst, she would be subjected to some further punishment.

The ICSA notes that in cults, “the leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt in order to influence and/ or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure.” Fraternities certainly use peer pressure to force recruits to perform embarrassing or even dangerous tasks “for the organization.”

Another quality of cults, again according to the ICSA, is how “the leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act and feel.”

Fraternity life is too secretive to know for sure if this happens at UConn, but pledges at other schools have come forward and said it happens at least in some places. In a Cosmopolitan article, former sorority member Tess Koman writes that from the time she pledged, she was “made to feel pretty terrible about any activity I was doing that wasn’t sororityrelated.” Koman notes how pledges were constantly watched and had activities scheduled throughout the day, many of which conflicted with other obligations.

She adds, “every night during pledging, we were on call. We were told to be totally accessible and not to do anything we couldn’t drop immediately to get to the house.” Koman’s sorority attempted to totally control her life. Koman also noted that her school’s counseling center takes on three times the normal number of students during fall pledging.

Furthermore, the very idea of calling people in an organization your “brothers” and “sisters” is eerily reminiscent of Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, which most sources refer to as a cult. According to author Benjamin Wittes, “The Moonies have … rendered meaningless a series of words connected

to the family. The church refers to itself as “the family,” and members call each other ‘brother’ and ‘sister.’” Wittes goes on to say that the purpose of this mangling of words is to “appropriate to the church those words which people intuitively associate with loyalty, love and obedience.” When Greek organizations copy the practice, it sends a message that loyalty and obedience to the fraternity is at least as important as loyalty and obedience to your family.

One more quality of cults is that “members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.” Many fraternities and sororities at UConn have their own residence halls in Husky Village, and most of the ones that do definitely encourage or even require members to live there, rather than in traditional residence halls with friends from outside the organization.

This is not intended to be a blanket indictment of all Greek organizations on campus. Some of them, particularly the ones that aren’t typical “party” frats, are decent organizations that treat their members and the University community with respect. However, a few organizations, including the ones involved in the disturbing events recently, have developed a cult-like nature. Granted, forcing people to drink alcohol isn’t as bad as forcing them to drink poisoned Kool-Aid, but it still very nearly killed one person recently. While a blanket ban on fraternities might not be the best solution, there needs to be significant reform in how they operate.

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Rain on a Tuesday. Welcome back old friend.

Is anybody even going to class for the next two days with spring break next week.

Just checked the weather for Florida, of course it’s going to rain when I’m there for spring break. #TheStruggle We watched Kony 2012 in class this week and I heard somebody in class say “I don’t remember him running for President.”

“You make me happy when skies are grey” What is this werid green and brown surface next to the sidewalks on campus?

The Big East tournament started yesterday and now I am sad.

“What the heck is chicken mole?”

“We’re only studying for baseball class and I feel like I want to die.” #SeniorYear

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ismiss Rand Paul at your own peril.

Dismiss the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at all our peril.

Rand Paul has far from won the nomination. In fact he hasn’t yet announced he’s running, nor has anyone (except Congressman Peter King.) It’s a long road to the 2016 presidential elections, but make no mistake, the battle lines are being drawn.

P a u l ’s victory over

By Devin Keehner other Staff Columnist c o n servat i v e firebrands at this year’s CPAC straw poll – the second such victory in a row – means that Rand Paul will have a place in the 2016 campaign.

As many have pointed out, CPAC is no indication of electoral success – note Rand’s father, Ron Paul’s own consecutive victories.

However, what this poll does mean is Rand has cemented himself as the antiestablishment candidate.

According to Rand’s detractors his win means nothing, after all his father won “all the time.”

In reality, it was Mitt Romney who won a record

four times – just edging out the late great Ronald Reagan.

CPAC, though, due to the miracle of student discounts, has become a harbinger of things to come.

It’s the young that choose that winner, and it’s those same conservatives who will decide the future of the party. Their voices are not to be dismissed by quips about Ron Paul’s two victories. Even that is an admission that libertarianism is a big part of the movement’s future, and that means the movement must be taken seriously. Remember, what changes one party today will reverberate through the entire nation tomorrow.

There is a reason the Pauls are both well liked at CPAC. If Republicans want to fix their problems with party’s youth, they need to ask themselves why.

The answer is simple.

Millennials think the government should spend no more time in their bedrooms than it does in their checkbooks, that the fourth amendment is as sacred as the second, and that we must put a stop to military adventurism, not to retreat from the world, but so that as a nation we will be ready when the world might need us most.

Sure, Rand does not

embody all of these positions, or at least not openly.

What he has done is headed in the right direction.

That being said, Rand’s appeal isn’t just hope and change.

Rand Paul is a bridge builder, but he’s one that doesn’t compromise. He’s not a turncoat who caves on issues when the going gets tough.

He finds ways of working with the other party that people didn’t know existed, making small tweaks to an otherwise stalled system.

Paul the younger has led powerful bipartisan coalitions on issues of civil liberties, drones, NSA spying and the reform of mandatory minimum sentencing.

He also know how to fallow, endorsing Sen. Gillibrand’s bill that would have helped to protect the men and women who serve in our armed services from sexual assault.

Beyond that he has a strategy. He is the only Republican with real name recognition trying to unite the factions of the Republican Party – as opposed to those seeking to be king of their own ideological wasteland. Paul hasn’t stopped there though.

He has pushed tirelessly to expand the party’s platform beyond the scope of traditional republican voters.

Most importantly, he’s learning. He has made mis-

takes, but he has learned something valuable from each of them. He learned from his father’s mistakes, adopting a way to frame arguments in so that more than a narrow fanbase can relate – for instance framing military aid as something that hurts Israel by helping its enemies.

Rand is a better speaker every year. Last year, his Tea Party response to the State of the Union was good, although Rubio did set a low bar. This year, though, his speech was magnetic, and at times even had cross party appeal. He has become calm, collected and pointed.

Paul has come a long way from the Washington outsider destined to follow in his fathers failed footsteps.

He has maintained his spot as the Tea Parties leading voice, and has shown an ability to work with establishment Republicans and Democrats alike.

He was never supposed to make it this far. So why not a little further?

 Devin.Keehner@UConn.edu  6th-semester communications

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At the start of the program, the audience was posed to finish the phrase “write with your…” Rather than the respond with the classic and clichéd “write with your heart,” Corral urged the poets in the audience to write with their tongue, reflecting his characteristically sensual style.

By Brian Passeri Campus Correspondent

This Wednesday evening, award-wining poet Eduardo Corral spoke at the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Research Center.

Sponsored by AETNA Chair of Writing Lynn Bloom, Corral read a selection of poems from his first book, “Slow Lightning,” which was published by Yale University Press in 2012 and won him the Yale Younger Series Poets prize that same year.

At the start of the program, the audience was posed to finish the phrase “write with your…” Rather than the respond with the classic and clichéd “write with your heart,” Corral urged the poets in the audience to write with their tongue, reflecting his characteristically sensual style.

Corrals poems utilize code switching, a linguistic term describing the alternation between two or more languages within the same conversation. As a bilingual speaker of both English and Spanish, Corral described

languages as different lenses with which one can view the world and added that his decision to apply both languages into his work is in many ways a refusal to limit himself to one outlook.

Corral described his poetry as ekphrastic, meaning his work is often inspired by works of art. Although he lists Robert Hayden and Frederico García Lorca among his influences, he has also borrowed imagery from a variety of other sources, even Prince lyrics. A humorous presenter, Corral added that, “poets steal from every-

What not to do over break

By Zachary Lederman Staff Writer Everyone loves spring break.

From the moment we arrive here to start the spring semester, the one thing on everyone’s mind is how they’re going to spend those precious five days of no classes. Will they take a trip to a far off land, like Cancun? Perhaps they’ll just veg out at home, wallowing on the couch, watching endless amounts of daytime television. Whatever you do, make sure you avoid these common mistakes.

First of all, do not start a new romance. It can be tempting to try and hook up when you go home or on vacation. This is especially tempting when you go home. Just think about it. You’re hanging out at home and run into that girl or boy you always had a crush on in high school? You’re an adult now, with dating experience. Why not see if you can finally make that old dream of yours come true?

Finally scratch the itch that’s been plaguing your mind for so long.

Well before you do, consider the implications. Do you want to start a relationship with this person? If you do, expect to be dealing with a long-distance one until things inevitably crash and burn.

This isn’t just a vacation hook up that you can’t forget about once you’re at school. Even if you just hook up, this isn’t someone you can escape too easily. The two of you probably have mutual friends and hotspots that you frequent, so expect to see them whenever you go home, even if you’re not dating. And that can be mighty awkward.

Next, don’t get your hopes up that this spring break is going to be some amazing time with your friends. But wait, you say, how

could it not be? You’ve all got new experiences to share since high school. You’ve probably all got some crazy stories to tell, all with the new adult mindset you’ve been forming since you went off to your respective universities. This spring break is going to be the best time ever with your friends!

Well, chances are, that’s probably not going to be the case. I know this definitely makes me sound old and bitter, but spring break is just not a great opportunity for hanging out with the people you miss from home, other than family. Chances are that half of them will have a totally different spring break from you, and the other half will be just as busy as you are with internships, looking for a job, or the new friends they’ve made since high school ended. If you can get one good day of chilling with the people you’ve missed, be absolutely grateful for it. Don’t worry, summer is absolutely great for hanging out, so just try and make it until then.

Finally, don’t make the mistake of avoiding your parents. I know this sounds really silly, but a lot of people don’t take the time to spend with the people who probably miss them the most. Your parents want to see you, and as tempting as it might be to run out every night, looking for something to do to replicate that newfound college freedom, humor them a little bit. Have dinner with your parents at least a couple of times, and listen to them to the extent that they know you still respect your opinion. They love you, and really do just want you to be happy, so why try and make them happy as well?

Zachary.Lederman@UConn.edu

where.”

Sarah Potter, a 2nd-semester political science major, said she “loved how Corral used the words of other writers in his poems; it shows how strong of an influence they have on his own work.”

During the follow up Q-and-A session, Corral responded to a question about inspiration by stating that poetry, for him, is all about language and musicality. Describing himself as a magical realist or surrealist poet, he believes meaning in poetry is secondary, and he is more interested in particu-

lar images that strike him as exceptionally powerful.

Carley Bedell, a 4thsemester nutritional science major, said “his poetry was so raw, he really exposed himself through his language. His combination of English and Spanish really shows the close connection he holds with his culture.”

Ashley Sullivan, a 6thsemester English major, agreed. She said “the best part about his poems was that I could really visualize the images he was describing.”

Although “Slow

Lightning” is his first book, it is a compilation of poems he has been working on for a large portion of his life. Corral responded to a question about the editing process by telling the audience that his book took nine and a half years to finish.

However, when hearing his poetry recited aloud, the fact that almost a decade of work has gone into it is obvious, as the imagery he manages to evoke is truly unique.

One hit wonder album artists Brian.Passeri@UConn.edu

By Brendon Field Staff Writer

Time can make us forget that some of the names in music we call legends, or great influences in their genre, only put out a small amount of notable work.

History proves that only one phenomenal album is necessary to cement a legacy. Here a few of music’s greatest one album wonders.

Sex Pistols: The band once considered the most vile and dangerous in the world, deities in the world of punk rock, lasted less than three years. Their 1977 album “Nevermind The Bollocks: Here’s The Sex Pistols” went No. 1 in the United Kingdom, and its songs about anarchy, rioting and abortion upended the contemporary image of rock. But the subsequent American tour took a heavy toll on the band, particularly Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious. The final song performed was a cover of “No Fun” by The Stooges, clearly communicating Rotten’s feelings about the tour. The Sex Pistols officially split soon after. Rotten formed Public Image Ltd, which still performs today and has put out 12 studio albums.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: They were the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their song “The Message,” was named the greatest hip-hop song of all time

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their song “The Message,” was named the greatest hip-hop song of all time by “Rolling Stone.”

by “Rolling Stone.” It is also first song that applied social consciousness to rap. Their album “The Message,” released in the genesis of hip hop constructed electronic beats with a eavy funk and disco influence. They broke up in 1983, but reunited four years later and put out a second album, “On The Strength,” but to little splash and critical disdain. “The Message” was enough to seal them as one of the important acts in hip hop.

Tracy Chapman: In the 1980s, the popular music scene consisted of hair metal, synthpop, and overproduced garbage. “Tracy Chapman,” her eponymous first album, was a striking

contrast. A contemporary folk album, it was primarily acoustic with political and social themes including poverty and domestic abuse. She is credited with reviving the singer songwriter genre with her first hit “Fast Car.” Chapman scored a megahit in 1996 with “Give Me One Reason,” and has released seven other albums, but none had the impact or the acclaim of her debut.

Carole King: She and her ex-husband Gerry Coffin are two of the most respected songwriters in modern popular music. They have written for Aretha Franklin, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and The Byrds.

King began her recording career in 1970, and her

second album “Tapestry” is considered one of the finest collections of pop rock. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year, two of its tracks, “It’s Too Late” and “You’ve Got A Friend,” won Record of the Year and Song of the Year respectively. “Rolling Stone” named it the 36th greatest album of all time, the second highest by a female artist (behind only Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”).

She released a slew of album in the 1970s and 1980s, but most received lukewarm reviews, and were lumps of coal to the luminous diamond that was “Tapestry.”

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

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Aloe Blacc belts it out on ‘Lift Your Spirit’

By Emily Herbst Staff Writer A little R&B and a lot more Funk, artist Aloe Blacc and his music remain a diamond in the rough. The 35-year-old soul singer’s got all the bases covered: melody, production, variety and, more importantly, lyrical substance that leaves you with a smile. It’s R&B with cultural consciousness. The positivity is unmistakable, but it’s not suffocating or of the “Top 40” fluff variety; rather, it leaves with you the feeling of just having gone to church – a lively feeling indeed.

“Lift Your Spirit” continues in the fashion of “Good Things” from 2010, with a little more choir and attitude. The “I Need A Dollar” singer’s voice runs through your system, energizing every ounce of your being with his smoky and consistent tone, and quality reminiscent of the classics: Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Marvin Gaye. In fact, Blacc might just be the hypothetical love child of all three – if that was even a thing.

Shouting out Elton John in his proud opener track, “The Man,” Aloe samples some of the timeless “Your Song” for the firedup chorus. And as for the man Aloe’s referring to? Himself. It’s a self-appreciating jam celebrating his return to music, and a soul anthem to pump up the downcast; “I played my cards and I didn’t fold/Well it ain’t that hard when you got soul.”

When Pharrell’s in charge of production, it’s hard for most to find fault. “Love is the Answer” features his slap bass beat-mak-

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The 35-year-old soul singer’s got all the bases covered: melody, production, variety and, more importantly, lyrical substance that leaves you with a smile. It’s R&B with cultural consciousness.

ing and falsetto-fied vocals atop digs for something deeper. SelfAloe’s socially conscious track expression via expletives is OK, about unification but there is someof people and thing uniquely “spreading the refreshing about Lift Your Spirits love.” The music this particular video, very raw approach to the Aloe Blacc and artistic, makes art form.

3/11/14 the song a little Like most 12 tracks more dramatic long EPs, there and addresses are undoubted gun violence. “fillers.” “Here Aloe Blacc, simToday,” “The /10 ply put, makes Hand is Quicker” “clean” music. and “Owe It It’s pretty much All” are three of devoid of explicit language and the sleepier tracks on the album. vulgarities, and unlike much of the The one major criticism is the R&B genre’s “sexiness” – Blacc trickling off of excitement that

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occurs early on. There are far too few replay-worthy tracks, and far too many like “Red Velvet Seat,” which loses our audio attention fast. “Chasing” picks up some of the previous songs’ slack; however, you might not have lasted that long.

Although Aloe Blacc’s got the pipes to prove his spot in the R&B, as well as the substance to attract listeners with “deeper” tastes, the melodies on “Lift Your Spirit” tend to repeat and many of the instrumentals don’t have the “grab you” factor. Vocally speaking, though, Aloe knocks ‘em dead.

Emily.Herbst@UConn.edu

Taking Back Sunday Searching for new music allows fans to stream new album early

By Ellie Hudd Campus Correspondent

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record to give that super angsty feel that defines him as a vocalist.

Another thing about Lazzara’s Technically, the new Taking voice is that it’s actually more Back Sunday record isn’t available for personal ownership pleasant than it has previousuntil March 18, but the guys ly been. In the heyday of the were nice enough to let every- band, the vocals were always one stream it on Pandora a week just a micron off to give them their own specific sound. Now in advance.

After listening to the whole that Lazzara’s voice has grown thing, as a big fan of the band, and been tamed, they lose that I was slightly disappointed. aspect and sound like your averI wanted the first line of the age indie band.

It really is kind of a shame review to say that Adam Lazzara that the vocals are so powerful was back on his lyric game, but on the new album even though to be honest this album wasn’t there really isn’t that much too strong on that front.

Nothing really came up that to showcase because guitarist could compare to everyone’s Eddie Reyes in the background favorite line from “You Know is frequently doing something How I Do,” “If you slit my complex with harmonics or trethroat/then with my one last bly runs that get lost behind the gasping breath/I’d apologize for layered vocals and other guitar.

As I sat there and critically bleeding on your shirt.”

Other than that, it is a qual- listened to the album, I never ity record, the strings are tight, once wished that it was over, the drums are on par with pre- checked the clock or Facebook. vious albums, and, as always, I read through the lyrics as they everything else takes the back were sung and just kept hoping for more, thinking “okay, this seat to the comnext one is going plex vocal layerto be specatular.” ing that TBS is Alas, it was known for.

Happiness Is just another The vocal harTaking Back Sunday Taking Back monies and laySunday song that 3/11/14 ering are generto me, felt half12 tracks ally everyone’s assed. It was a favorite aspect good listen but of the band’s nothing dazzled style because me. Maybe I /10 there are so went in with my many words to expectations too listen to at once high. and depending Despite what most fans on what you are focusing on, they can create several different would say, I enjoyed the selftitled album which was the most meanings.

They also allow for repeti- recent release aside from this tion of lyrics under the main one, so don’t think I’m one of melody so that you will never those bitter fans clinging to the forget them. This is the trick that mid-2000s.

If you’ve kept up with Taking Lazzara and Nolan use to ensure that they are writing your new Back Sunday up until this point, favorite song. Repetition is the it won’t be a waste of your time key to remembering a song and to listen, just don’t expect your new favorite song to be on it. having it grow on you.

On a side note, TBS is touring By no means am I about to say that Lazzara’s vocals have with the Used and they’re makslipped, but they certainly are ing a stop in Hartford this April not as energetic as they were 10 at the Webster, but as of now it’s years ago. He doesn’t necessar- sold out from the official source. ily push his voice to its bounds at frequent points through the

By Matt Gantos Staff Writer

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If you’re like me, you’re probably going to use your spring break to catch up on all the things you don’t really get to do during the semester: shopping, spending time with friends from home and family, snuggling with your pets, doing literally nothing (staring at the ceiling), reading non-school things. The list goes on. For me particularly, one of those things is updating my MP3 collection.

New music can refresh a tired routine, amp up a workout, accompany you on a long car ride or even just provide some background noise. While the top 40 is inundated with new releases, a lot of the songs that are overplayed on the radio can get tiresome pretty quickly – not to mention that mainstream audiences demand the same sound over and over, and the same few artists, producers and writers will put out the stuff that sells. So what are you to do if you’re looking for music that’s new to you, in a specific genre or subgenre, or even just to open your horizons to new music you can’t specifically conceptualize yet?

Much like they say about strangers, I say that music you don’t know, by names you’ve never heard in genres you didn’t know existed could be the favorite song you haven’t heard yet.

First, there is iTunes. While iTunes tends to feature and advertise the top hits, look around a bit further. Go to the pages of some of your favorite albums or singles – this may seem counterintuitive, especially since you likely already own much of the music found there, but iTunes now offers recommendations based on what you already like. I’ve found many of my favorite artists this way.

Continuing the theme of using what you like to find new things you’ll love, Reddit has a page just for this. The Reddit page /r/ifyoulikeblank offers recommendations of music, as well as other forms of entertainment, based on comparisons to other work within the genre. The advantage (and potential disadvantage) of this method is that the suggestions are made by individual users rather than algorithms, so while they’re more subjective, they’re also based on lived experience with the work.

Another fun way to find new songs is through music mapping

sites. A simple Google search for “music maps” produces some cool sites that take listener preferences and generate “maps” or trails leading out to other artists. From there, you can jump to another artist, and then another, but don’t be surprised if you get a bit wrapped up in the process. It can be quite entertaining on its own.

MySpace is perhaps out of vogue, but those who critique the fallen social network do admit its new capacity as a “music site.” If you’ve run out of new music from your favorite artist (any other Lana Del Rey fans out there who wish they could fastforward to May 1?), it’s worth seeing what other artists they’re interacting with, as they probably have similar styles. Any artist that your die-hard favorite is complimenting online is probably worth your time to listen to.

I’m also a big fan of music channels on YouTube. Majestic Casual, perhaps the most famous (the channel got its own compilation album not too long ago), introduced me to songs that have truly comprised part of the fundamental soundtrack of my life. Other channels include La Belle Musique and The Sound You Need. These also make nice radio stations if you need a break from the radio.

Another great source is 8tracks, which features user-made mixes centered on any theme or genre you can imagine, from “Songs to Stare at the Ceiling To” to “’90s Teen Queen” (the latter of which I made myself). The site operates similar to Tumblr: you can type in any word and mixes tagged with that word will come up. You can “like” certain songs or mixes, if you have a free account, to save them for reference.

Finally, my go-to is SoundCloud.

I have gotten lost in SoundCloud for hours at a time. The site is great for discovering new acts, many of whom will reward a “like” or even just a listening ear with a free download of their work. I’ve made friends with entire bands on this site, and the interface makes it easy to see what your favorite artists are “liking” and complimenting, which will guide your way to a huge mp3 collection in no time.

What are your favorite ways to discover new music, and what artists have you discovered on your own? Tweet me your answers @ cnderellie.

Ellie.Hudd@UConn.edu

Well, I’m off to New York this evening for the National College Media Conference, and I thought it would only be fitting to write about music from the greatest city on earth.

Everyone who has ever been to a Yankees game knows the feeling of celebrating a well-deserved win with a sing-along to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” It’s a classic, old timey song that captures the hustle and bustle of the city, as well as the feeling of endless possibilities.

“Friends with Benefits” used a FWB remix of the song in a flash mob scene, and the update is a beautiful tribute to the diversity New York embraces.

Following Frank Sinatra, the ‘60s yielded a wave of talented musicians who were New Yorkers through and through. All you have to do is listen to Simon and Garfunkel’s albums “Bridge Over Troubled Water” or “Sound of Silence” to capture a unique essence of New York. My personal favorite song on “Bridge Over Troubled Water” isn’t the titular track, but instead “The Only Living Boy in New York” an elegiac tribute to the city. Garfunkel’s soft, calming vocals take you to a street corner in Queens and you feel what it is like to be a small person in a big city. Additionally, their music is filled with references to New York landmarks that most New Yorkers would have immediately recognized when their records were released. “The 59th Street Bridge Song” references the Queensboro Bridge that links Long Island City to Manhattan.

For two youngsters growing in Queens in the ‘50s, the bridge was a permanent part of life in Queens.

Bob Dylan is another artist associated with New York.

Although his music reflects American culture as a whole, he also has that New York spirit of individuality and creativity. Plus, I’m pretty sure my mom is the only who reads my column, and she’s his biggest fan. (Hey Mom!) Dylan’s famously scratchy vocals and meaningful songs don’t necessarily conjure images of urban settings- we tend to think Woodstock when we hear his music - but his Bleecker Street presence is a significant part of New York culture. Dylan was part of the wave of musician, poets and social justice advocates who settled into the then grungy Greenwich Village neighborhood. Fast-forward 40 years and the space famous for housing beat poets and radical musicians is gentrified and inaccessible to those not making six figures.

In the modern age, New York is home to a plethora of musicians including The Strokes, who captured to 2000s era city in the songs, and Jay-Z, who takes pride in representing the struggles of people living in grittier environments within the city.

I’m off now to the city that never sleeps, and you can rest assured I’ll be listening to “Empire State of Mind,” “New York, New York” and “Only Living Boy in New York” at least once.

Kathleen.McWilliams@UConn.edu

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‘Veronica Mars’ kickstarter is a success ‘Bad Words’ is vulgar, NEW YORK (AP) — Rob Thomas knew he might make movie history by using Kickstarter to crowd-fund his “Veronica Mars” film. But he wasn’t prepared for the posters.

Of all the prizes offered to donors of “Veronica Mars” — everything from a digital copy of the script for $10 to a walkon cameo for $10,000 — the most taxing was autographing the cast-signed posters promised to more than 5,000 backers. It took several handcramping days and constant shuttling of boxes from one signee to the next.

“We’ve got our own poster handler who is in charge of getting them to us and getting them signed,” Thomas said in a recent interview. “It’s required, like, its own department.”

But, he adds, “This movie would not exist if we had not gone down this path.”

It’s been a year since Thomas sent shockwaves through the movie industry by turning to the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to help finance a movie based on his cultishly adored but short-lived high-school detective series.

On Friday, the movie hits theaters and video-on-demand. As the first high-profile celebrity project to drum up money on Kickstarter, “Veronica Mars” is a trailblazer, albeit one with a cloudy legacy.

Thomas has already been followed by projects by Zach Braff (to fund his second directorial effort) and Spike Lee (to raise cash for his latest “joint”). The land rush into a new avenue of funding (a major struggle for most filmmakers) has raised questions about the ethics of fan-based financing. (Contributors pay for different levels of rewards, but don’t share in profits.)

“Veronica Mars” may have introduced a democratic spirit to a green-lighting process usually controlled by film execu-

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tives, but it has also opened a Pandora’s box where, critics say, established insiders can take advantage of their loyal followings.

“It’s a brilliant idea that’s gotten out of hand,” ‘’House of Cards” producer Dana Brunetti recently said at a SXSW panel discussion. “It’s wrong when people like Zach Braff or Spike Lee use that same service to fund their films when they already have access. I think it overshadows and takes away from the little guys who actually need the funding.”

Thomas says he’d rather not be considered a poster boy for Kickstarter. “Every project has its own separate concerns,” he says. Instead, he believes the choice is up to consumers.

“If it bothers you that Zach Braff probably has a lot of money from ‘Scrubs,’” says Thomas, “then don’t give to it.”

Before “Veronica Mars” found 91,585 backers who pledged about $5.7 million (far surpassing the $2 million Thomas sought), it was essentially doomed. The Warner Bros. Television-produced series was canceled in 2007 after three seasons on UPN and CW. Yet fans of the show —

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As the witty, street-smart title character, Kristen Bell (whose fame has since grown and who now stars on Showtime’s “House of Lies”) followed the strong female protagonists of shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Alias.”

Thomas, whose other shows include the similarly cult favorite “Party Down,” was only able to lobby Warner Bros. to make a “Veronica Mars” movie if he proved the fervent fan base. Though a grassroots triumph, “Veronica Mars” has behind it one of the largest, most powerful movie studios on the planet, which easily could have bankrolled the film if it wanted to.

If legitimate rewards hadn’t been offered for donors, Thomas says: “That would have smelled. That would have felt icky.”

Like its unique development, the release of “Veronica Mars” will also be unusual. It will be the first studio movie to break the standard 90-day window between theatrical opening and DVD or digital release. To avoid agreements with theater chains (which fiercely guard their first window), Warner Bros. is renting out from AMC Theaters most of the 270 screens the film will play on.

Executives for Warner Bros. declined to comment for this article.

The film, which has already found warm reviews, will likely please fans of “Veronica

Mars.” It takes place 10 years after the TV series, with Veronica, now an up-andcoming attorney, lured back to Neptune when her old flame Logan (Jason Dohring) is framed for a murder. Fans will quickly recognize the familiar snappy rhythm: A police officer warns Veronica, “When you mess with the bull ...,” and she interjects, “You get the clichés?”

“After all this rigmarole and all this publicity, if the movie isn’t successful financially, then we are the guinea pig that failed,” says Thomas. “It will be such a better ending to the story if it were successful and this was a harbinger of things to come.”

The film culminates a whirlwind year for Thomas, one effectively spent in a digital fish bowl, surrounded by thousands of collaborators.

Kickstarter backers populate scenes as extras.

The $10,000 contributor, 45-year-old Canadian entrepreneur and currency exchange site XE.com co-founder Steven Dengler, ended up playing not a waiter (as the reward had advertised), but introducing a viral video with James Franco, who also makes a cameo.

“I didn’t back the project to get the part,” says Dengler, a “Veronica Mars” fan and avid Kickstarter supporter, speaking by phone from Toronto. “I backed the project because I liked the project and because it really felt to me like a seachange moment.”

“I’m a fan that they let in.”

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AP- If you’ve seen the poster for “Bad Words,” starring and directed by Jason Bateman, you’ll see a sneer on Bateman’s face. It’s truly nasty. More than most movie posters, this image sets a perfect tone for the film, much of which really IS that nasty.

And funny. Very, very funny.

But more on that in a minute.

It’s nothing new to see a film about a misanthrope. What does feel different in “Bad Words,” however, is the way Bateman’s character treats kids. Nobody dies or gets physically hurt. But feelings? KIDS’ feelings? They don’t just get hurt, they get smashed to smithereens, remorselessly and often profanely. Remember those two criminals in “Home Alone,” making life miserable for little Macaulay Culkin? Compared to Bateman’s Guy Trilby, those fellows were Santa Claus and Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

Bateman’s directorial debut is set in the singular world of the American spelling bee, where ruthlessly brainy kids compete for stardom, pushed by ruthlessly competitive parents. Trilby is 40 years old, but has found a loophole enabling him to compete: The rules say you can’t have passed the 8th grade. And he hasn’t. Ever.

At the regional bee, Trilby shows what he’s capable of. A chubby kid next to him asks what he’s doing onstage. “Your chair called me for help,” Trilby replies.

If you think that’s bad, just wait ‘til he taunts another competitor with the suggestion that he slept with the boy’s mom the previous night. But nothing compares with the emotional damage he inflicts on a shy young girl — we won’t discuss it here, but let’s just say we remain permanently scarred — with the goal of getting her to leave the competition abruptly.

To leave abruptly, or to “absquatulate” — that’s one of the words Trilby spells correctly. Another: “Floccinaucinihilipilification,” or the action of estimating something as worthless — which is what Trilby does to everyone he meets.

Turns out Trilby may be a misanthrope, but he has a genius IQ. And so he makes the finals of the Golden Quill, which, wouldn’t ya know it, are being televised for the first time. This causes great

worry for Dr. Deagan, who runs the bee with an iron fist (Allison Janney, who makes you laugh even before she opens her mouth) and the chief overseeing it all, Dr. Bowman (the august Philip Baker Hall.)

Trilby’s accompanied by a reporter, Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn, reliably kooky) whose editors are funding his cross-country trip on the mere chance he’ll reveal his inner purpose (let’s just note here that these editors are unrealistically generous). The two have a relationship consisting of awkward sexual trysts and many insults, most from Trilby.

But the central dynamic is really between Trilby and a precociously adorable 10-year-old boy, Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand), who seeks Trilby’s friendship even though the latter peppers him, too, with insults — calling him “Slumdog” and telling him to shut his “curry-hole” in reference to his ethnic heritage. The two have some amusing scenes, especially a night-long extravaganza of inappropriate behavior that may have some of you parents in the audience, er, “absquatulating,” or at least avidly “floccinaucinihilipilificating” the screenplay.

So what’s the point of it all?

Well, it’s an American movie that seeks to be mainstream, and it stars the likable Bateman, so of course you know there’s an underlying reason for what Trilby’s doing, one that will emerge in due course.

But to the film’s credit, this twist doesn’t announce itself too soon, and so there’s tension here — not to mention hilarity. There are definitely moments that go too far. But if you know what you’re getting into — an R-rated comedy about a (mostly) nasty guy — it’s hard to imagine you won’t find yourself helplessly “cachinnating” at some points.

“Cachinnating?” Laughing hard. Trilby would know how to spell it.

“Bad Words,” a Focus Features release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America “for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity.” Running time: 88 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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Bulls hustle to wins Spurs could make Finals

By Spencer Mayfield Campus Correspondent

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It’s amazing how far effort can take a team in the NBA. It’s hard to argue that another team plays the game harder than the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have the best defense in the league, only allowing a league low 92.2 points per game. Chicago knows that if they are going to win a game it starts on the defensive end.

The Bulls only score 93.1 points per game, but that has not stopped them from surging to claim the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference after a shaky start.

Joakim Noah, who is the heart and soul of the team, has lead Chicago after Derrick Rose went down with another season-ending injury. Noah is having the best season of his career from both a scoring and rebounding perspective. He also makes the effort plays that may not always show up in the stat sheet. His brilliance was on display Sunday during the overtime thriller against the Miami Heat. Noah has the ability to inspire his teammates on the

The San Antonio Spurs are now in the driver’s seat in the Western Conference since passing the Oklahoma City Thunder for first place in the standings.

San Antonio is currently riding a seven-game winning streak with a league best 47-16 record, and they show no signs of slowing down.

The Spurs were able to steal home court advantage away from the Thunder after an impressive month of injuryfree basketball. The Spurs have won nine of their last 10 games while the Thunder have only managed to win five of their last 10 despite the return of Russell Westbrook.

The return of Kawhi Leonard, the third-year player out of San Diego State, has been the key to the Spurs’ recent success.

Leonard missed the previous four weeks of the season due to a broken hand.

The Spurs’ defense suffered without Leonard because he was Gregg Popovich’s “go-to man” when the Spurs needed a stop. Leonard’s

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Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol (33) pressures Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, March 7, 2014, in Chicago.

defensive end where they take a great deal of pride in stopping their opponents.

Noah may not ever lead the team in scoring, but he can certainly do it all from the center position. Noah is an exceptional passer for a big man; he is averaging 4.9 assists per game this year, including two double-digit assist performances during the month of March.

Noah provides the post presence for Chicago that is necessary to compete with the Heat. However, this team is still faced with

the same problem they have always had against their rival. Chicago just does not possess the scoring necessary to win a series against Miami. Chicago’s defense will always keep them in the game but they will be challenged to put games away during crunch time. It is clear that the two teams do not like each other, so a seven-game series between the two come playoff time is sure to not disappoint.

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role was to cover the best player on the opposing team on a nightly basis.

In San Antonio’s first meeting with the Miami Heat for example, Leonard held four-time MVP LeBron James to 19 points on 6-for18 shooting. However, in the next meeting without Leonard, LeBron James shot 8-for-15 from the field in a 113-101 Miami victory.

Leonard affects the play style of a lot of players like James. It took Kevin Durant 23 field goal attempts to score 24 points on Leonard the first time the Spurs met the Thunder. However, when the Thunder faced the Spurs without Leonard, Durant scored 36 points on 12-for-22 shooting.

Leonard is by far the most unappreciated player on the most unappreciated team.

With him back, the Spurs have a healthy lineup for the first time all season. This is crucial because the Spurs have had rotating injuries within their starting lineup all season. As one player recovered, another got injured.

The Spurs currently have the best record in the NBA

but do not expect Popovich to chase the coveted number one seed. Home court is not as important as a healthy lineup. The Spurs are not worried about playing a game seven on the road because they have a league best 24-8 record on the road. The Spurs have the same amount of losses on the road as they do at home, which is a testament to their consistency.

A healthy San Antonio squad can match up with any team. They have the size down low with Tim Duncan and Boris Diaw.

They have the perimeter shooting with Danny Green. Lastly they have a dynamic triple threat in Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Leonard. All three players can attack the basket, which is key when the tempo slows down in the playoffs.

A San Antonio vs. Miami finals rematch in June would not come as a surprise. After all, Duncan was only 5.2 seconds away from winning his fifth NBA title last year in Game Six.

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Volleyball coach resigns Huskies play Tigers for third time

By Erica Brancato Staff Writer UConn volleyball coach Holly Strauss-O’Brien, who has coached the Huskies for nine years, resigned from her position on Wednesday.

UConn will begin a national search for a new coach immediately.

Strauss-O’Brien came to UConn in 2003 as a graduate assistant and worked her way up to the head coaching position by 2005. In nine seasons Strauss-O’Brien had 12 players honored with All-Conference awards. In

2006, she brought UConn back to the Big East tournament, where it had not been since 2002. Strauss-O’Brien and the Huskies made four appearances in the Big East Tournament after that.

Strauss-O’Brien was named the 2012 Big East Co-Coach of the Year after the Huskies, who were projected to finish 10th in the conference and began the season 3-4, won seven of their last eight games to earn the No. 4 seed in the conference championship.

Strauss-O’Brien compiled a 141-128 record in Storrs.

Although she brought the

volleyball team out of a rut in her early years, the past few seasons have not shown much improvement.

Since 2010, the Huskies have had one winning season. In 2012, their record was 19-12, but two years before that, UConn won a mere six games and went on a 15-game losing streak.

In 2013, the Huskies went 14-19 and posted a 5-13 record in American Athletic Conference play.

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The second meeting had the feel of March in February. The wild, fast-paced affair required overtime, and led by 34 points from Shabazz Napier and 21 from Ryan Boatright, the Huskies prevailed, beating the then-No. 20 Tigers 86-81.

Because of the size of the Big East Conference, UConn did not regularly play teams three times in a season, but in the 10-team AAC, every game in this tournament would be the third against a conference opponent. The last time UConn faced an opponent three times in a season was Louisville during the 2010-11 season. After losing to the Cardinals twice in the

regular season, the Huskies beat them to win the Big East tournament.

“It’s tough,” said Shabazz Napier, who on Wednesday was announced as the conference Player of the Year.

“It’s always tough beating a team three times in a row. That doesn’t make it easier for us. The (regular) season is over and now it’s the postseason. We’re both 0-0 in win and loss columns. So we’re just going to go out there with a mindset that they are a whole different team from when we played them.”

Napier was also a unanimous selection to the All-AAC First Team, and freshman center Amida Brimah was named to the All-Rookie Team.

Memphis’ Joe Jackson and Shaq

Goodwin were named to the Second Team, and Austin Nichols was the only unanimous selection to the AllRookie Team.

At Wednesday’s awards luncheon, Nichols was announced as the conference Rookie of the Year, and Tigers’ guard Michael Dixon, Jr. was named the Sixth Man of the Year.

Like UConn, the Tigers (23-8, 12-6) enter the postseason having won seven of their last 10. Memphis is 4-2 since losing to UConn on Feb. 15.

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Sharper charged with sexual assault in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper has been indicted in Arizona on charges of sexual assault and administering dangerous drugs, authorities said Wednesday, marking the latest development in investigations in five states involving the Super Bowl champion.

A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Sharper in sexual assaults allegedly committed on Nov. 21 in Tempe.

The four-page indictment dated Tuesday accuses the 38-year-old Sharper of two counts of sexual assault and three counts of administering

dangerous drugs.

Sharper knowingly administered the sedative zolpidem to three different victims and then had "sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact" with two of them without their consent, the document states.

Sharper is currently in custody in Los Angeles, where he has pleaded not guilty to seven rape and drug counts in connection with two alleged attacks in Hollywood. He had been freed on $1 million bail before turning himself in when an arrest warrant was issued in New Orleans.

In Arizona, police reports released earlier say two

women in their early 20s had claimed Sharper drugged and sexually assaulted them at a Tempe apartment after a group including Sharper went drinking at bars in nearby Scottsdale.

One of the women told police she hadn't had any alcohol that night until Sharper insisted she drink a shot. Another young woman said she had been drugged then went to bed, locked her door and wasn't attacked.

The next day, one of the women confronted Sharper, who denied wrongdoing, according to the reports.

The reports said Sharper

Track's Chavez makes NCAAs

By Matt Kren Campus Correspondent

UConn sophomore Alvaro Chavez will travel to Albuquerque, N.M. to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field tournament this weekend after qualifying in the 800-meter dash.

To be invited to the NCAA meet is rare as only the top 16 in every event are invited. UConn has a history of sending athletes to the NCAA tournament in the 800-meter, which coach Greg Roy noted.

“We have a rich history in the 800-meter, with probably 10 to 12 All Americans in the last decade or

so in that event alone,” Roy said.

Coming into the tournament, Chavez has posted the seventh-fastest time in the country in the 800meter, 1:47.96, only a little over two seconds behind the nation’s fastest time from Mississippi State sophomore Brandon McBride.

Chavez has been consistent this whole indoor season for the Huskies, and he now has a chance to put UConn men’s track and field in the national spotlight.

“There is a lot going through my head right now but mostly I feel excited because this is going to be my first appearance on the national stage,” Chavez said. “I’m thrilled to

be able to compete at this level and I just can’t wait to toe the line and just go.”

Everyone in the same situation would have nerves, as he admitted he had a few, but he went on to say, “I’m feeling confident in myself as well. Being the lone Husky to go to indoor NCAAs gives this experience more meaning to me personally.”

As a sophomore, Chavez represents the new wave of athletes for UConn as most of the team is either freshman or sophomores.

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was in Arizona to visit a woman who lived at the apartment. The two had met about a year earlier in Las Vegas.

Skip Donau, a Tucson attorney who represents Sharper in the Arizona case, declined to discuss specifics.

"We know that Darren will vigorously deny the allegations," Donau said. "We are hopeful of vindication."

In Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Renee Korn said last week that it was unfair to hold Sharper in jail there "into perpetuity" and gave prosecutors in Louisiana until Thursday to charge him or otherwise seek his return.

Prosecutors in New Orleans said Wednesday that Sharper would not be indicted by that deadline and the investigation remained open.

It could not be immediately determined if Arizona authorities would ask that Sharper be held longer in Los Angeles or would seek his extradition. Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, declined to comment.

Sharper is also under investigation in Florida and Nevada.

In a bail motion filed last month, Los Angeles County Investigator John Maccharella described a pat-

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Former NFL safety Darren Sharper, right, huddles with attorney Blair Berk in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles.

tern in which the former football star met women at clubs or parties and lured them to a hotel room, where they were allegedly drugged and raped.

The New Orleans warrant says police learned from witnesses that Sharper and an associate had acknowledged having nonconsensual sex with two women. Sharper's attorneys say he never made such statements.

The warrant does not elaborate on how the information

was obtained or disclose the names of the witnesses.

Sharper was selected AllPro six times and chosen for the Pro Bowl five times. He played in two Super Bowls, one with the Green Bay Packers as a rookie and was part of a successful championship run while with the New Orleans Saints.

He retired after the 2010 season and was working as an analyst for the NFL Network before being fired recently.

Huskies not getting enough Undefeated season gives Marshall credit from students for greatness edge for Coach of the Year from STUDENTS, page 12

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been on and off the bench due to injuries and sickness. She battled mono in a mere three weeks and is back on the court banking 3s as if nothing happened. Most mono cases leave people too tired to move for a month. KML, on the other hand, is playing back-to-back games as if nothing sidelined her in the first place. Since she has been back the junior forward has contributed everything she can for the team.

With the unexpected obstacles this team has had to endure, the two senior players have stepped up to the plate to lead this team to a perfect record thus far. Bria Hartley and Stefanie Dolson have each had spectacular final seasons. Their dominance on the court has yet to waver and their leadership has helped the team shine. These two players came into the program and had big shoes to fill but they never once slipped up.

These two players were thrust into a B BYO

team fresh off a championship win and expected to keep up with players like Maya Moore and Caroline Doty.

Dolson and Hartley have maintained the high expectations and led the team above and beyond in their four years at UConn. With Hartley and Stewart on offense and Dolson back on defense this trio is a force to be reckoned with. This team, in general, is a powerhouse. Every player brings something different to the table.

When they are all working together and playing their best, they simply do not have competition.

It seems as if UConn students jump on the bandwagon after the Huskies do something incredible or win another championship. They show up to the parade and show their pride, but to be completely honest, the old people in the crowd at every regular season game have more dedication than the students do for this team. All of the “Husky pride” is geared toward the other major teams on campus, while this women’s team makes me the most proud to be a

part of UConn. This team is taken for granted for the talent they posses.

So why do UConn students choose to watch the football team with the worst start in the school’s history over women’s basketball?

I’m not saying that the women’s team doesn’t have a decent student section but you can see the lack of interest or excitement when the team wins in the regular season. Do people not realize that we have the next Maya Moore or Diana Taurasi on our hands? This women’s basketball team is literally making history in front of our eyes and only half of UConn cares. That is absurd to me.

This team has been deemed “unbeatable” by basically every opponent they have faced. They are head and shoulders above any competition and although it may lead to some blowout games, why not witness their greatness?

from POINT/COUNTER, page 12 resurrection. He took an SMU program that has been mired in mediocrity for a generation. The AAC leads the nation in most ranked teams with five. Going 23-8 against foes like defending champion Louisville, UConn, Cincinnati and Memphis is arguably one of the most impressive coaching jobs in recent memory. It

is crucial to understand just how bad SMU was before Brown took over.

Dan: Brown’s accomplishments this season are impressive, but not enough to give him merit in the AAC or nationally. The honor of AAC Coach of the Year went to Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin, who led the Bearcats to a share of the regular season title after being predicted to fin-

ish fourth. In an informal poll of 22 anonymous division one coaches by ESPN’s Dana O’Neil, 11 of them chose Marshall as their pick for Coach of the Year, while Brown received only one vote. These coaches realize how difficult it is to go undefeated in the regular season and want to make sure that Marshall gets the recognition he rightly deserves.

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Sports

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Men’s Basketball

McDermott named Big East Player of the Year

“The coaches and players, or some subset of that group, trying to lose, I don’t think that’s going on anywhere in the NBA.” -NBA Commissioner Adam Silver

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Adam Silver

Today AAC Quarterfinals Memphis 9 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

The number of times a UConn men’s basketball player has won conference Player of the Year honors.

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Citizens coping with defeat

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TBA NCAA Tournament Second Round TBA TBA

Men’s Hockey (18-12-4) March 14 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Robert Morris 7:05 p.m.

March 14 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Robert Morris 7:05 p.m.

Lacrosse (2-4) March 14 Oregon 7 p.m.

March 16 Fresno State 2 p.m.

Baseball March 14 St. Peter’s 3 p.m.

April 5 Rutgers 7 p.m.

(5-8) March 19 March 16 March 18 Central Villanova Harvard Connecticut 1:15 p.m. 10 a.m.

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March 15 La Salle 2 p.m.

Softball March 14 Central Michigan 4:30 p.m.

March 22 March 29 Fairfield Temple 1 p.m.

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March 14 March 15 March 15 March 16 Wagner Miami (OH) Baylor Green Bay 6:45 p.m. 9 3:0 a.m. 2:15 p.m. 11:15 a.m.

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Men’s Track and Field

Manchester City’s assistant coach Ruben Cousillas cheks his watch during a Champions League round of 16 match between FC Barcelona and Manchester City at the Camp Nou Stadium Wednesday. City fell 4-1 on aggregate.

Championship Week burning questions

March 14 and 15 NCAA Championship TBA

By Mike McCurry NCAAB Columnist

Women’s Track and Field March 14 and 15 NCAA Championship All day

What's On TV

Men’s Basketball: Seton Hall vs. No. 3 Villanova, Noon, FS1

The Big East Tournament starts Thursday for the Wildcats, who won the regular season title and received a bye into the quarterfinals.

Seton Hall, on the other hand, had to win their way into the second round. The Pirates took down Butler, 51-50, on Wednesday night in order to advance.

Seton Hall is the No. 8 seed.

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Men’s Basketball: Rutgers vs. No.13 Cincinnati, 7 p.m., ESPNU Much like the Big East Tournament, the AAC’s year-end event started with the opening round Wednesday.

Rutgers defeated USF by four points to advance.

Cincinnati, as the No. 2 seed, had a bye.

NEW YORK (AP) — Doug McDermott has 3,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and one catchy nickname. He’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated and he just won the first of what is expected to be several prestigious individual awards for all his accomplishments this season.

“McBuckets” is becoming McFamous.

The nation’s leading scorer, McDermott was a unanimous choice Wednesday as the Big East player of the year after leading No. 14 Creighton to a secondplace finish in its first year in the conference. Selected the Missouri Valley Conference player of the year the previous two seasons, McDermott is believed to be the first player to win that honor in two conferences.

“It’s really cool. It’s something I never would have guessed I could accomplish,” he said. “Coming from the Valley, I never thought I’d be seeing this day. So it’s really special and something I’ll never forget.”

Jay Wright, who led Villanova to its first outright Big East title since 1982, was chosen the league’s coach of the year, and DePaul freshman guard Billy Garrett Jr. was the rookie of the year in a vote by conference coaches.

All three accepted their weighty trophies during a news conference at Madison Square Garden before the start of the conference tournament. Across the street, only blocks from Broadway, McDermott was one of several Big East stars featured on a 6-story-high video billboard promoting the event.

He and the second-seeded Bluejays (24-6, 14-4) open up Thursday night in the quarterfinals.

McDermott is looking to become the 11th threetime All-America and first since 1985. He is the seventh-leading scorer in NCAA history and is averaging 26.5 points per game this season, making him the favorite to win most national player of the year awards.

“He is the most complete basketball player that I have coached against,” Wright said. “He reads screens better than any player I’ve ever seen. Now that’s on top of being a great shooter, a great post player, a great passer — can drive the ball extremely well.

“He’s a nightmare mismatch for us.”

McDermott’s mark of 27.7 points per game in Big East play fell one-tenth shy of the conference record, the league said.

In an overhauled Big East that said goodbye this season to past powers like Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut, McDermott joins an impressive list of players of the year that includes Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullen and Ray Allen.

“I’m glad I could start some new memories,” he said.

All the accolades are generating an awful lot of attention for McDermott, the steady senior from Ames, Iowa, who played his home games in Omaha, Neb. “It’s been a big adjustment, you know? Being a small-town kid,” he said. “It is weird, but it’s been a tribute to a lot of hard work and our team having the success we’ve had. So, you know, just got to try to enjoy it at this time, enjoy the moment. I never would have guessed I’d be on that billboard, so it’s really cool to see and I hope I can enjoy it.

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It certainly is true that the men’s NCAA Division I hoops tournament represents the greatest postseason event in all of sports. But, while I wholeheartedly agree with the above statement, I love the major conference tournaments just as much as I do the Big Dance. While there’s nothing quite better than the opening round (OK, technically the second round as it’s known nowadays) of the NCAAs – the combined 32 games on the first Thursday and Friday – both my fondest and earliest college basketball memories stem from the league tourneys, which we simply refer to as Championship Week.

Going into the city with Pops to Madison Square Garden became a favorite annual tradition of my childhood, and one I got to enjoy almost every single year. We would attempt to treat the experience like a business trip – our sole focus was UConn moving on to the next round – but before the first TV timeout it was clear we had once again been drawn in to heavenly features of the Big East tournament: the fans, the majestic PA announcer, the cheerleaders, getting autographs from teams that were playing later, just the overall atmosphere.

Heck, even the horn at the Mecca is different from everywhere else!

I quickly fell in love with a few March heroes, guys like West Virginia’s Kevin Pittsnoggle and Mike Gansey, Louisville’s Terrence Williams, and Georgetown’s Jonathan Wallace. And I just as rapidly developed a strong disgust toward Pittsburgh’s Julius Page and of course, Eric Devendorf of Syracuse. Witnessing Gerry McNamara singlehandedly upsetting an elite UConn squad in 2006 will live with me forever. I shed more than a few tears, but you better believe they were all dried up by the time Marquette and Georgetown tipped off a half hour later. Dad and I even got to bid our farewell to the old Big East last March, when we enjoyed eventual national champion Louisville putting on a second-half display for the history books in a rout of Syracuse.

But that’s enough of my past escapades.

Championship Week is upon us already, and that means we have to face some burning questions regarding conference tournaments around the land.

As always, enjoy the games and feel free to let the madness of March overwhelm you!

What is the NCAA tournament fate of Pittsburgh should they lose on Thursday?

This first question is one that head coach Jamie Dixon and the Panthers would be best-served to not deal with. How do they manage that? By defeating Wake Forest on Thursday afternoon in the second round of the ACC tournament. Pitt’s very lackluster NCAA tournament resume is welldocumented by now: They have yet to beat a definite at-large team, and they’re 1-6 against the RPI Top-50. As long as the Panthers beat Wake Forest, Pitt will most likely be fine heading into a quarterfinal matchup against UNC. But should they lose to the upstart Demon Deacons, they may be sweating worse on Selection Sunday than Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Along Came Polly.”

Does T.J. Warren have enough magic left in him to make a run?

Some of you may not be familiar with T.J. Warren, the recently-named ACC Player of the Year who makes scoring look easier than Kevin Durant does. Warren, who is averaging 24.8 points per game this year at an efficient 53 percent clip, is coming off two 40-point masterpieces against Pittsburgh and Boston College. NC State has hardly been mentioned at all by ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi, but the Wolfpack could sneak into the Big Dance if they were to reach the ACC Championship. Tall task, sure, but State would be paired up against Syracuse in the quarterfinals, a team who they should’ve beaten at the Carrier Dome a month ago (Cuse won 56-55).

Then it would likely be Warren vs. Jabari Parker in a matchup of two of the three best scorers in the country (Doug McDermott being the other).

As long as Warren keeps dropping 40 as effortlessly as Chief Keef drops tracks, don’t rule out the Wolfpack.

Can UConn beat Memphis for a third time this season?

AP

NC State star T.J. Warren carries the ball against Pittsburgh.

For the last month or so, UConn and Memphis clashing a third time in the American tournament this year has been inevitable. Between Cincinnati and Louisville’s dominance, SMU’s emergence and the fact that the bottom half of the league is putrid, the 4-5 game had unofficially been set for a while. And now it is official: UConn, who couldn’t have looked worse in a 33-point loss at UL, gets to try and beat Memphis for a third time Thursday evening at the FedEx Forum. Despite Shabazz Napier winning AAC Player of the Year, the Huskies are not going to carry out the three-peat.

The Tigers are coming off two great home wins against UL and SMU, and the rise of freshman center Austin Nichols gives me even greater confidence that Memphis will protect its home floor and finally take out their Achilles’ heel, UConn.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

» INSIDE SPORTS TODAY

P.11: Championship Week burning question / P.10: Track’s Chavez makes NCAAs / P.9: NBA: Bulls hustle to wins, Spurs could make Finals

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Students: Time to step up and support

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OPENING UP THE MADNESS

UConn kicks off AAC tournament against Memphis

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor

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MEMPHIS – The UConn men’s basketball team’s 81-48 loss at Louisville to end the regular season Saturday was about as bad as the Huskies have played in the last several years.

Despite ending the regular season in such a demoralizing way, the No. 21 Huskies (24-7, 12-6) must now turn their gaze towards their new season, the one that begins late Thursday night, when UConn, the No. 4 seed in the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, takes on No. 19 Memphis, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, in the quarterfinals.

“It’s a new day,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said Monday before the team flew to Memphis. “It’s the fourth quarter now. It’s our fourth season. We had the preseason. We had the out-of-conference and the conference. Now this is our fourth season.

Everybody is 0-0 and we’re going to go out there and play.”

UConn, playing its first postseason game since a loss to Iowa State in the first round of the 2012 NCAA tournament, has won seven of its last 10 games entering the inaugural American championship, with its only losses in that stretch coming against No 5 Louisville, No. 25 SMU and No. 13 Cincinnati.

The Huskies are 1-5 against those three teams overall this season, but they do boast four wins against teams in the RPI Top 50, including two against Memphis.

“We won some great games this season, and there’s no reason not to believe,” Ollie said. “I think these guys have got the mindset to think they can get it done. Win three in a row against three great teams. But first and foremost, we’ve got to take care of Memphis. They are a great team and playing outstanding basketball the last couple of weeks. … I like our chances.”

DeAndre Daniels was 9 of 15 from the field with 23 points and 11 rebounds the first time the Huskies and Tigers met, an 83-73 win for UConn at the FedExForum, the site of the AAC tournament.

Phil Nolan throws down a dunk against Rutgers on Senior Night at Gampel Pavilion March 5. The Huskies take on Memphis in the first round of the American conference tournament Thursday at the FedExForum.

» HUSKIES, page 9

Erica Brancato What is UConn most known for? Basketball.

Specifically women’s basketball. The UConn women’s basketball team is known for its dominance and excellence on the court.

This women’s program is huge in Connecticut and widely known across the country. However, on campus they seem to be old news. Students flock more to the men’s games or tailgates during football season, but when the women play it is rarely ever a sold out student section because we assume they will always win. I find myself sometimes (well most of the time) writing off UConn’s opponents, but every game I watch this basketball team never ceases to amaze me.

Breanna Stewart’s monster block in the American Athletic Conference semifinal game against Rutgers’ Betnija Laney proved once and for all that Stewie could do anything. As Moriah Jefferson lost control of the ball, Laney was able to steal it for a breakaway to the net.

It looked like an easy layup for the Rutgers team, but Stewart managed to truck it from half court to catch up to Laney and block the shot.

She dove and blocked the layup in a near impossible defensive situation.

As a sophomore, Stewart is already one of the best players UConn has had.

She has several milestones under her belt after two seasons, where most players accomplish them in four.

She has been recognized numerous times for an array of different awards, including her most recent honor of American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. If she keeps this up and improves more in the next two years, she may become the best player UConn basketball has ever had. It sounds ridiculous considering the team has graduated absolute legends, but Stewie seems to be right on track and even one step ahead of the icons.

» HUSKIES, page 10

Roundup: Conference tournaments heat up MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — J.J. Moore scored 13 points, including the final two free throws after grabbing a key offensive rebound, as Rutgers defeated South Florida 72-68 in the opening game of the inaugural American Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday night.

With Rutgers, the No. 7 seed, leading 70-68 with 5.7 seconds remaining, Kareem Jack missed two free throws, but Moore wrestled the rebound away from USF’s Victor Rudd, who was called for his fifth foul.

Moore converted the ensuing two free throws for the final margin.

Rutgers will face 5th-ranked Louisville, the tournament’s second seed, on Thursday.

Jack led the Scarlet Knights (12-20) with 18 points, while Myles Mack added 16. Wally Judge had 15 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out.

Rudd scored 22 points to lead the 10th-seeded Bulls (12-

20), while Chris Perry had 12 points. Martino Brock finished with 10 as USF lost its final nine games.

BOSTON (AP) — Tony Wroblicky had 15 points, down eight rebounds and two blocks to help American University beat top-seeded Boston University 55-36 on Wednesday night in the Patriot League championship game, sending the Eagles to the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years.

Darius Gardner scored 18 points and had four assists for American, which never trailed while claiming its first conference title since winning backto-back Patriot League championships in 2008 and 2009 for the first two NCAA tournament appearances in school history.

The Eagles (20-12) closed on a 9-2 run, then celebrated together in a team huddle before being overcome by the American fans who traveled for the game and swarmed the players.

They had reason to celebrate.

First-year coach Mike Brennan guided the Eagles, 10-20 last season, to the No. 2-seed in the conference tournament and they won it with strong shooting and defense.

Maurce Watson Jr. led BU (24-10) with 11 points and five rebounds. Dom Morris added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Terriers, who went 6 for 25 from the floor in the first half and never recovered.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryan Smith scored 14 points, including four free throws in the last 22 seconds, and Fordham pounded the offensive glass to hold off George Mason 70-67 in the first game of the Atlantic 10 tournament Wednesday night.

Ryan Canty had a career-high 19 rebounds for the last-place Rams (10-20), who won an Atlantic 10 tournament game for the first time since 2007. The Rams had 24 offensive rebounds.

Canty made 1 of 2 from the line with 4.6 seconds left to make it 70-67.

Patrick Holloway had a long 3-point attempt to tie at the buzzer, but it was long.

Bryon Allen scored 19 points to lead 12th-seeded George Mason (11-20), which finished a disappointing first season in the A-10 with its second loss of the year to the Rams.

Allen’s 3 with 15.7 seconds left cut the lead to 67-66.

Fordham faces fifth-seeded Dayton on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Eugene Teague had 14 points, 11 rebounds and scored all of Seton Hall’s points over the final 9:30 as the Pirates prevailed in a battle of second-half runs for a 51-50 victory over Butler on Wednesday night in the opening round of the Big East tournament.

The eighth-seeded Pirates (1616) gets top-seeded and thirdranked Villanova in the quarterfinals Thursday.

Seton Hall used an 11-0 run to take a 38-26 lead over the ninth-seeded Bulldogs (14-17)

with 12:53 to play. Butler came up empty on nine straight possessions in the run and the Pirates extended their lead to 45-32 on a 3-pointer by Brian Oliver with 9:46 to go.

ATLANTA (AP) — Freshman Duane Notice led South Carolina’s hot 3-point shooting with a career-high 23 points and the Gamecocks beat Auburn 74-56 on Wednesday night in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

South Carolina set a season high by making 11 of 15 3-pointers, including four by Notice.

Brenton Williams had 16 points with four 3s.

South Carolina (13-19), the No. 13 seed, will play fifth-seeded Arkansas Thursday after winning its first SEC tournament game since 2008.

Chris Denson led Auburn (1416) with 14 points. The Tigers closed the season by losing seven of 10 games, leading to speculation about the status of fourthyear coach Tony Barbee.

Who Should Be NCAA Coach of the Year?

SMU’s Larry Brown

By Elan DeCarlo Campus Correspondent

This college basketball season has been one for the ages. The race for the No. 1 seeds in the tournament is heating up, National Player of the Year is a contentious topic, but one race is a particularly tight battle; National Coach of the Year.

I see Larry Brown, from Southern Methodist, taking the honor. Brown, the winner in 1988, has taken a downtrodden program that hasn’t made the NCAA tournament since 1993, and led it back to prominence. In the final AP poll, they were ranked AP 25th. They hadn’t even been ranked since 1985.

Larry Brown is still getting it done at 73...

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Elan: Marshall is a nice choice, and Wichita State is a national title contender, but Brown is a legend enjoying a renaissance. You’ll be hard pressed to find a coach more decorated in any sport than Brown. He already has an NCAA Coach of the Year while at Kansas, a national championship, the 2001 NBA Coach of the Year trophy and an NBA title from 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. In 2002, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

At 73 years old, with this program, Brown submitted the crown jewel season of his career. He deserves to be rewarded.

Dan: Although Brown is a phenomenal coach who has exceeded at every level, this award is not about who has

had the best career, but rather who has been the best coach this season. Marshall’s ability to inspire his team to “play angry” has allowed them to roll over inferior competition with ease while persevering to beat high quality teams like Saint Louis. Simply put, Marshall’s ability to lead the Shockers to an undefeated season shouldn’t be overlooked, as it is one of hardest feats to accomplish in men’s college basketball.

Elan: Marshall has led an ascendant Wichita State program to the brink of the Promised Land. Last season, the Shockers went to the Final Four. However, what Brown did can only be described as

» UNDEFEATED, page 10

Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall

By Dan Madigan Campus Correspondent When talking about National Coach of the Year, Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall has to be in the conversation. After reaching the Final Four last season, Marshall led the Shockers to 34-0 record this year, rolling over opponents in the Missouri Valley Conference by an average of 11.3 points and climbing to as high as No. 2 in the national polls. With their 83-69 victory in the MVC final, Wichita State became the first team to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated since UNLV did AP it in 1991. ...but the Gregg Marshall still hasn’t lost.