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If he can do this, he said “It will be a cool wait for people, some sort of suspense.” When he returns to Australia it will be summer, when most music venues are in their prime, he said. An ultimate goal for Drury is to “have my own show that people actually want to go see.” This genre of music first interested Drury when he went to a psychedelic music festival in Berlin this past July. When he got back to Melbourne, a friend who is about to embark on a tour in the United States for his own electronica beats showed him what to do. To create the beats he uses a computer software and when performing live, a portable board. “I was learning to ride the bike since September but I couldn’t actually do it without training wheels until January,” Drury said. In Australia, Drury was a drum teacher, and has two siblings that play piano which he credits his music background to. The name “Azure Maya” originates from his favorite color blue, azure and maya meaning “sensory world, and how it blocks reality,” he said. Drury will perform at the Husky Record’s event “UConnaroo” in April. Until then “Azure Maya” updates can be found on its Facebook page and beats can be heard on SoundCloud or Bandcamp.
Students will be performing deaf versions of Shrek, Annie and Bohemian Rhapsody in the Student Union Ballroom this Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. The show will kick off the 12th annual celebration of Deaf Awareness Day at UConn. The American Sign Language club (ASL) is hosting this event and performing Bohemian Rhapsody. Deaf Shrek and Deaf Annie will be performed by the ASL 4 class and The American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, respectively. In addition to supplying free food, the show will count for an honors event. Deaf Awareness Day is an event honored in many different ways across the country. UConn’s ASL club wanted to educate its audience about the struggles between deaf and hearing communities. “There are a lot of stigmas associated with the deaf,” UConn Chapter ASL President Lucas Lee said. “For instance, deaf people are not handicapped; they just have a disability. They are the same as hearing people except that they can’t hear.” The club has brought together a diverse group of students to put on these shows. The scripts had to be changed slightly for each show to suit the deaf culture. For instance, in Deaf Shrek, all of the human characters will be the hearing characters while all of the fairytale creatures will be the deaf characters. Characters such as Donkey and Pinocchio will be interpreters, bridging the gap between the deaf and the hearing. Eli Mirando, a 4th-semester student, ASL member and CODA (child of a deaf adult), knows about walking the fine line between the two worlds. “It can be confusing at times, but there is no reason we can’t co-exist,” Mirando said. “The play will demonstrate that we can blend the two worlds and have a happy ending. What better way to show that than with a fairytale?” There will be narrators doing voice-overs throughout the show to accommodate the hearing audience. All of the other actors will be signing the plays. “It’s challenging to act the entire play out by signing, but some of our members who have taken drama classes gave us some tips,” said Mirando. Mirando will be playing “Townie 1.” The actors learned to always place one foot facing forward to make sure that their bodies will always be facing the audience, so that viewers are able to catch all of the signing. Deaf Awareness Day is also about getting other people to realize that there are ways of communicating other than speaking. Oftentimes, for instance, deaf people are asked to write down what they want to say, instead of hearing people trying to get an interpreter. “Learning to sign gives you access to a whole different world,” says Mirando. He and everyone else that has put countless hours into preparing for the show hope to convey that message to the audience in an enjoyable way.
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The University of Connecticut aims to create a new academic plan. The new plan will focus on which university programs will be de-funded to reallocate resources, aligning the Storrs and satellite campuses’ academic plans and how the university can better establish itself as a top research university. The plan, called “Our Time: UConn’s Path to Excellence,” will identify goals and strategies as a basis for making decisions regarding hiring faculty and staff, organizing academics, investing in facilities and allocating space, according to a press release from UConn Today. In accordance with the plan, university officials hope to offer more of the same programs at the satellite campuses and Storrs campus. It is likely that more majors will be able to be completed at the satellite campuses instead of requiring students to transfer to Storrs, University Spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said. It is too soon to determine what kinds of programs may lose their funding and what new programs may be created, Reitz said. The University Academic Vision Committee has started working on ideas for the new academic plan. Professor Richard Schwab, dean emeritus of the Neag School of Education and the Neag Endowed Professor of Educational Leadership, is the committee’s chairman. The final draft of UConn’s academic plan will be presented at public forums in October and November before President Susan Herbst and the Board of Trustees will review it in December. The current academic plan was adopted in 2009 and carries through 2014. The theme of this plan is “our world, our people, our future.” Its main goals are to prepare students for a diverse world by strengthening human rights and education resources, further UConn’s accomplishments in health care and collaborate more with the state. A press release issued by UConn Today said that UConn has already met the goals of the university’s current academic plan.
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School of Education Professor Richard Schwab is the chairman of the University Academic Vision Committee. The committee is working on ideas for a new academic plan, scheduled to be enacted in January, will prepare students for a diverse world by strengthening human rights and education resources.
“UConn has a strong track record of creating ambitious academic plans and meeting or exceeding their goals in recent decades,” the release said. “It already has surpassed goals in the current academic plan for student selectivity, new academic program development, and interdisciplinary research.” Officials seek to create a new academic plan now to ensure a fluid transition from the current plan to the one that will soon be created. It is scheduled to be enacted in January 2014. Those involved in creating the new plan are looking at the academic plans of University of California at Berkley, University of California
at San Diego, the University of Wisconsin and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for ideas and inspiration, Reitz said. University officials plan to look at other schools’ academic plans in the near future. The guiding principles of the proposed academic plan have been presented to USG, the council of deans and department heads. Next, each school and college will appoint a group of faculty, students and staff to serve on their individual College and School Academic Vision Committees.
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UConn student uses internet to send music home to Australia, find fan base
By Annie Pancak Campus Correspondent Without doubt, exchange students find the social media world useful for staying in touch with home. For Will Drury, though, social media also keeps him connected to a fan base back in Australia. Drury, a 20-year-old Melbourne native and University of Connecticut student, produces experimental electronica music under the name “Azure Maya.” His beats started playing on the Australian national radio station “Triple J” last month. Drury put out six tracks for his first album “The New York Diaries” in January. Although his music is in the early stages, it is becoming popular back home. Drury also did an interview with “All I do is Listen” music blog this month which aims to “share some of Australia’s best new music,” said blog interviewer Thomas Lukaitis. Although “Azure Maya” is beginning to get recognition in Australia, Drury has not been home since last December, and will not return until his exchange is up at UConn in December 2013. The 10,000-mile distance from Melbourne seems to be a concern for gathering followers. However, “as far as electronic music goes, it’s almost exclusively online,” Drury said. He cites Facebook, SoundClound, Bandcamp and Twitter, as channels for keeping his music heard at home. Through
Facebook he received an “Azure Maya” page like from Chet Faker, an Australian electronica music artist who is “huge now,” according to Drury. Chet Faker won “Best Independent Release” at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards in 2012 and has over half a million likes on his Facebook page. “He came across it by himself which I was really happy about” Drury said, and also jokingly noted that his interview on the “All I do is Listen” webpage knocked Faker’s off the page. Although Drury said a goal for his music project is to be recognized in Melbourne, he is also taking the opportunity to gain UConn fans. He joined Husky Records, “the first and only student run label on campus,” according to Operations Manager Ariana Molokwu. In February Drury was one of the performers at a Husky Records event at Pub 32. Drury produced live for the first time besides for in front of friends. He said it was cool experience and that he would want to do it again. The UConn student crowd was mostly unfamiliar with the music. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it,” said Brandon Moffitt, who also called it “good to study to, relax to.” Jazmynn Noia said, “Well, it’s slower than what I would dance to.” A group of Drury’s friends there to support him were however familiar not only with his music but with the electronica music genre. Another friend, Carolyn Friedman, called Drury’s work
“transcendental—music that slowed you down and got you back.” After performing a few tracks Drury was approached by another UConn artist, Asa Powell, who goes by the musician name Mala Jones, who asked Drury to “teach me or lend me some beats.” While at UConn, Drury said he finds much to be inspired by. He is an anthropology major with two semesters left for his degree. Both semesters will be completed at UConn, where his main focus is meeting people and learning about the United States. His plan is to finish “The New York Diaries” by June. His first half of the year will be spent in Storrs and traveling around the United States in the summer. He would like to add six more tracks to end with a 12-track album. The inspiration for “The New York Diaries” comes from his experience first arriving in the Big Apple at the end of December. “I didn’t know anybody, nobody knew me,” Drury said. “I see this first ‘New York Diaries’ thing as more of a mess around thing… and then I’m really going to try to spend weeks at a time on single tracks.” The second half of the year will be “a precursor to going back to Melbourne,” he said. “I’d like to make something good that people actually like a lot, and then start a bit of a reaction.” Drury said he would like to get a greater fan base from people he doesn’t know, especially from Melbourne, who hear his music through the Internet.
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himself in upon learning of an arrested warrant stemming from an investigation that Ryan has stolen $627.70 worth of text books from the UConn Co-op. his bond was posted at $2,500 and his court date is March 26.
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Conn. considers indoor tanning restrictions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers considering whether to ban young people from getting bronzed on a tanning bed have postponed their vote. The Public Health Committee on Monday postponed voting on legislation forbidding anyone under 18 from using an indoor tanning device, unless they have a written permission from a doctor. The panel faces an April 5 deadline. Any operator who knowingly allows someone under 18 to use the tanning bed would face a fine of up to $100. The American Cancer Society has said it will support the legislation if the doctor’s note exception is removed. The group said ultraviolent radiation exposure during childhood and adolescence increases skin cancer risks. The American Suntanning Association opposes the bill. It says it will encourage teenagers to use unregulated home equipment.
Conn. postal workers protest Saturday cutbacks
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Postal Service workers across Connecticut are urging their agency’s boss to reconsider ending Saturday mail delivery, saying the plan would cause mail delays, hurt small businesses and increase costs. Dozens of letter carriers were among more than 200 people who rallied Sunday on the New Haven Green to protest the proposed end of Saturday mail deliveries. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro also were on hand. The Postal Service says ending Saturday delivery will save the financially troubled agency $2 billion a year. A spending bill approved by Congress last week appears to continue the requirement for six-day mail delivery, but some lawmakers and postal officials say plans to cut Saturday service should proceed. Postal workers also are worried that 22,500 letter carriers nationwide would lose their jobs.
Conn. lacking research on well water contamination
WESTON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut health officials say they’ve received numerous reports in recent years of arsenic and other contaminants in residential drinking water across the state, but a published report says little research on the source or location of the pollution is being done. State Department of Public Health officials told The Advocate of Stamford that well water contamination is a sporadic but statewide problem. An estimated 400,000 private wells in Connecticut serve nearly 527,000 people, but it’s not known how prevalent contamination is. The state only requires water testing when new wells are installed. The Advocate reports 30 percent of 104 wells tested in Weston showed arsenic levels above acceptable limits, and some residents report health problems. In Stamford, arsenic was detected in 24 of 227 well water tests since 2010.
The items below list charges filed, not convictions. All persons appearing below are entitled to the due process of law and presumed innocent until proven guilty. Individual police blotters will be taken off the website three semesters after they have been posted. March 11 Alec B. Labonte, 22, of Northbridge, Mass, was arrested at 3:25 p.m., at the UConn Police Department and charged with breach of peace in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree and unlawful restraint in the second degree. Police arrested Labonte on an active arrest warrant stemming from an altercation on March 2 where Labonte struck a female, attempted to push her down some stairs and prevented her from leaving. His bond was posted at $1,000 and his court date was March 12. March 13 Osama Hasson, 37, of Storrs, was arrested at 1:41 a.m., at Northwood Road and charged with disorderly conduct. Police responded to a call from a female reporting her husband had become violent during an argument and thrown a plate. She told police she is afraid to be around her husband. After speaking with both parties and
a brief investigation, officers determined Hassan had become violent. His bond was posted at $500 and his court date was March 13. Eugene Joh, 18, of Hamden, was arrested at 12:32 p.m., at the Co-op Bookstore and charged with Larceny in the sixth degree. Co-op personnel observed Joh shoplifting a textbook worth $29.95. He was stopped by Co-op staff and subsequently arrested by UConn police. His bond was posted at $500 and his court date is March 26. March 14 Montanna J. Paulhus, 23, of Northfield N.H., was, arrested at 10:22 p.m., at Route 195 and charged with failure to drive right and driving under the influence. Officers stopped Paulhus’s car due to erratic operation. Officers suspected Paulhus to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and subjected her to a series of field sobriety tests, which she failed. Her bond was posted at $500 and her court date was March 25. March 15 Alexis Parchment, 19, of Ansonia, was arrested at 12:40 p.m., at the UConn Police Department and charged with breach of peace in the sec-
ond degree. Police arrested Parchment due to her involvement in an altercation with her ex-boyfriend that did not result in any injuries. Her bond was posted at $500 and her court date was March 18. Jeffrey White, 20, of Norwalk, was arrested at 12:40 p.m., at the UConn Police Department and charged with beach of peace in the second degree. Police arrested White after he got into a minor fight with his ex-girlfriend. No one was injured. His bond was at $500 and his court date was March 18. Gregory F. Ryan, 36, of Manchester, was arrested at 1:58 p.m., at North Eagleville Road and charged with conspiracy to commit larceny in the fifth degree. Officers were granted a warrant to arrest Ryan stemming from an investigation which found that Ryan had assisted another individual in stealing text books from the UConn Co-op valuing $984.60. Ryan turned himself in upon learning of the arrest warrant. His bond was posted at $2,500 and his court date is March 26. Gregory F. Ryan, 36, of Manchester, was arrested at 1:58 p.m., at North Eagleville Road and charged with larceny in the fifth degree. Ryan turned
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Prosecutor: Conn. man confessed to deadly arson
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man confessed three times to setting a 2011 gas-fueled fire that killed three members of the same family and forced others to jump out windows, a prosecutor said Monday. Witnesses will testify that Hector Natal admitted setting the fire in New Haven that killed 42-year-old Wanda Roberson, her 8-yearold son, Quayshawn, and 21-year-old niece, Jaquetta Roberson, prosecutor Deirdre Daly told a federal jury in her opening statement Monday. Natal is charged with arson resulting in death, witness tampering and conspiracy to distribute drugs. His father, Hector Morales, is charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in connection with the investigation. The men are being tried together.
Newtown search warrants set for release
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The president of the state Senate said Monday he expects that search warrants in the Newtown school shooting will be released this week, and legislative leaders hope to review the documents before finishing work on a bipartisan bill that addresses gun control and other issues related to the massacre. Democratic and Republican leaders met Friday with Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, who told them that search warrants and the completed return of the search warrants, which typically includes a documented inventory of property seized, will likely be released Thursday, Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr. said. Williams said he expects those documents to include warrants to search the vehicle used by the 20-year-old shooter, Adam Lanza, and the home of his mother, Nancy Lanza. Adam Lanza killed his mother before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 to gun down 20 first-graders and six educators. He then turned the gun on himself.
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NEW YORK (AP) — WWE is joining with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Hollywood celebrities and professional athletes to launch Superstars for Sandy Relief. Fans can bid on hundreds of items in an online auction, including attending a NASCAR race with WWE superstar John Cena, meeting Tyra Banks on the set of “America’s Next Top Model,” or pitching entrepreneurial ideas to Mark Cuban. The auction begins Monday and closes April 9 on charitybuzz.com. Paul Levesque, executive vice president of talent and live events, better known in the ring as Triple H, says he can’t think of
a better way to celebrate WWE’s annual WrestleMania event than using the group’s global reach to assist those in need. Wrestlemania will be held April 7 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. “It’s like a homecoming for us, and since there’s still a lot of devastation, we felt the best thing we could do is reach out to not only our own superstars to our celebrity contacts and our sports contacts. There’s a lot of people that are fans of the WWE in those worlds,” Levesque said. “Our chairman, Vince McMahon, has a saying that everybody in this company ... their job at the end of the day is to put smiles on people’s faces,” he said. “It sounds corny and
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Richard J. Kim, 21, of Orange, was arrested at 5:27 p.m., at North Eagleville Road and charged with procuring alcohol of a minor. Officers witnessed Kim exit Ted’s Package store with a case of beer, which he then placed into the duffle bag of another male outside the store. A brief investigation revealed the other male was under the legal age to possess alcohol. His bond was posted at $1,000 and his court date is March 26.
March 21 Karmin Marbrouk, 26, of Naugatuck, was arrested at 7:00 a.m., at the UConn Police Department and charged with two counts of larceny in the sixth degree. Police arrested Marcrouk on a valid arrest warrant. His bond was posted at $750 and his court date is April 2.
March 24 Robert L. Femia, 21, of New Canaan, was arrested at 1:24 a.m., at North Eagleville Road and charged with failure to drive right, driving while under the influence and stop sign violation. Officers stopped Fermia’s char on North Eagleville Road for failing to stop for a stop sign and failing to drive on the right of the center yellow lines. Officers suspected Fermia to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and subjected him to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was posted at $500 and his court date is April 3.
Protests held against ND anti-abortion measures
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 300 abortion-rights activists carried signs and chanted, “Veto! Veto! Veto!” in a demonstration Monday at the state Capitol protesting a package of measures that would give the state the toughest abortion restrictions in the nation. The newly formed Stand Up For Women North Dakota also planned rallies Monday in Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, said Robin Nelson, one of the organizers of the demonstration. “The intent is to stop the attack on women’s rights in our state,” said Nelson, of Fargo. Russell and Jenn Landphere of Bismarck brought their two infant sons with them to the Capitol. “The priorities of this state are not in the right place,” said Russell Landphere, who took a late lunch from his job as a civil engineer to attend the rally with his family. “We’re here as a family supporting women’s rights,” Jenn Landphere said. “We feel it’s a woman’s choice or a family’s choice — not the government’s choice.” North Dakota lawmakers moved Friday to outlaw abortion in the state by passing a resolution defining life as starting at conception, essentially banning abortion in the state. The North Dakota House approved the bill 57-35 Friday, sending it to voters likely in November 2014. The Senate approved it last month.
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Dell drama takes new twist with 2 new buyout bids
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don’t allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker’s expansion into more profitable technology products and services. Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell shareholders with an offer of a little more money today coupled with the possibility of even bigger returns if the struggling personal computer maker can pull off the turnaround envisioned by its CEO and founder, Michael Dell and a group of investors led by Silver Lake Partners. The new bidders are also making a statement by proposing to maintain Dell Inc.’s status as a publicly traded com-
pany. The long-awaited challenge to Michael Dell and Silver Lake began to unfold Monday with the announcement that Icahn, a billionaire investor with a long history of corporate confrontation, and the Blackstone, a major buyout firm, had submitted separate alternatives in an attempt to scuttle a $24.4 billion sales agreement that has been in place since Feb. 5. If completed, the original deal would end Dell’s 25-year history as a publicly traded company, leaving it entirely owned by Michael Dell, Silver Lake and a handful of other investors. The new bidders are taking advantage of a 45-day window that had been left open for better offers. Although the details are
still sketchy, both Icahn and Blackstone are offering to buy a portion of Dell Inc.’s outstanding stock at prices higher than the $13.65 per share that Michael Dell and Silver Lake have proposed to pay. Icahn is offering $15 per share for up to 58 percent of the company’s existing stock while Blackstone will ante up more than $14.25 per share in cash or stock for an unspecified number of shares. “We intend to work diligently with all three potential acquirers to ensure the best possible outcome for Dell shareholders, whichever transaction that may be,” said Alex Mandl, the chairman of a four-person board committee overseeing the sale of the Round Rock, Texas company. For now, the committee is still recommending the deal put
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In this Thursday, March 26, 2009 file photo, Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., reacts to a question during a news conference in Beijing. Dell said Monday, March 25, 2013, that a special board committee plans to negotiate with Blackstone Group and activist investor Carl Icahn over new acquisition bids for the computer maker that rival an offer of more than $24 billion from an investor group that includes founder Michael Dell.
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Syrian rebels advance, oblivious to infighting
BEIRUT (AP) — A dual picture of Syria’s rebellion is emerging: Fighters on the ground make advances, seizing territory in the south and even firing one of the heaviest mortar volleys yet into the heart of Damascus on Monday. But at the same time, the would-be opposition leadership is falling deeper into disarray. The dichotomy underlines the difficulties as the U.S. and its allies try to shape the course of the fight to oust President Bashar Assad — and, more importantly, avert chaos in the event the regime is toppled. As the Syrian civil war enters its third year, hopes that the perpetually fragmented opposition would coalesce to form a real leadership for the fighters on the ground seem more elusive than ever. Instead, divisions broke out this week in the main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition. Its head announced he was stepping down, complaining of restrictions on his work. Amid infighting, 10 other members said they were suspending their membership. The resignation by Mouaz al-Khatib, a respected Muslim preacher seen as a
uniting figure and a moderate against the rising influence of Islamic extremists among Syria’s rebels, came only days after the SNC narrowly elected a little-known information technology professional from Texas to head a planned interim government as its prime minister. In another blow, the head of the SNC’s military branch, Gen. Salim Idris, said his group refused to recognize the new prime minister, Ghassan Hitto, because he lacked broad support among the opposition. Hitto was backed by the Muslim Brotherhood and the Gulf nation of Qatar; many prominent opposition figures boycotted the vote that installed him. Amid the disarray, the Coalition, largely comprised of exiles, has made little mark among the hundreds of independent rebel brigades that are doing the fighting against Assad’s forces. Most rebel groups still cobble together their own funding and arms and give little more than lipservice to the authority of Idris’ Office of the Chiefs of Staff. Still, rebels have recently been running up successes on the ground. Fighters have been steadily gaining more ground near Syria’s
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LONDON (AP) — Five people were jailed Monday in Britain for pretending to make a Hollywood movie in a scam to defraud tax authorities of millions of pounds. The fraudsters were convicted earlier this month of attempting to bilk the government of 2.8 million pounds ($4.2 million) in a plot reminiscent of the Academy Award-winning hit “Argo” — but without that movie’s heroic hostage rescue. Bashar Al-Issa, described as the leader of the fraud, was jailed for six and a half years on Monday. The four others in the group were sentenced to about four years each. Prosecutors said the fraudsters claimed to be producing a made-in-Britain movie with unnamed A-list actors and a budget of 19 million pounds. But officials say the project was a sham to claim almost 1.5 million pounds in goods and
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Board of Trustees should reinstate UConnPIRG fee
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rom March 7 to 11, a number of student and nonstudent organizations participated in UConn’s annual Joint Elections, giving students the opportunity to elect their representatives for the coming year. Also included was a referendum on the reinstatement of UConnPIRG’s optional $5 semesterly fee, which passed with over 65 percent of the vote. However, this does not mean that UConnPIRG’s fee is back, as the student vote is actually just one step in a very long process. In the coming weeks, the Student Fee Advisory Committee will work with the Vice Provost to draft a recommendation for all fees being considered, including UConnPIRG’s. This will be sent to the Board of Trustees, which will make the final decision on whether to restore the fee, beginning in the Fall 2014 semester. We urge the Board to follow the will of the students, and approve UConnPIRG’s fee. While the student vote is just one aspect of the process, it must not be taken lightly. It is a representation of what the undergraduates, who will be paying the fee, want their hard-earned dollars to go towards. This vote wasn’t even close. 2,182 students, over 65 percent of those who participated in the elections, expressed their support for reinstating the fee. This was despite a poorly worded ballot question, which read, “Do you support that the UConnPIRG Storrs undergraduate student organization be granted Tier III status (as defined by the Department of Student Activities Policies and Procedures) and as a result agree to be assessed a NEW waivable student fee of $5.00 per semester ($10.00 per year) beginning no earlier than in the fall of 2014?” The phrasing of this question may have misled students into believing that PIRG is a new group looking for a new fee, rather than a decades-old organization merely seeking the restoration of its long-standing optional fee. Overwhelming support from the student body aside, it is clear that UConnPIRG does great work that directly improves the lives of UConn undergraduates. Last year, they organized a campaign to prevent the federal student loan interest rate from doubling, working with U.S. Representative Joe Courtney to pass legislation extending the current low rates. If not for this successful initiative, UConn students would be saddled with even more debt after graduation. Other important work includes massive voter registration drives every election year, resulting in 3,500 new voters and updated registrations in 2012 alone, and for-credit internship opportunities for students to work on hunger, homelessness and the environment. Finally, as mentioned above, the fee is entirely optional. Students who do not wish to contribute $5 per semester to UConnPIRG can easily opt out through Peoplesoft, which is not possible for fees collected by the student government or other Tier III organizations. UConnPIRG has clearly improved the lives of students, and will continue to do so if its fee is reinstated. We highly encourage the Board of Trustees to listen to the students and restore the organization’s optional fee. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Although Dunk City is pretty corny, it’s really hard to not root for FGCU and the handsome dreadlocked tongue guy they got. I don’t know who you are, but I recognize you by the fact that you’r ein the background of a twitter profile picture I see quite often. Any man that orders Maui Mangos at Freshens is the man for me. Unless he puts in a protein boost. Smelled like manure today in Towers...Spring’s here? Found a broken glass with some silver liquid in it today. Asked my boss to come take a look. ‘’Oh... umm.. yea close the fume hood...’’ he said. Might have mercury poisoning. NBD. Watching Geno Auriemma yell at his players and the refs awkwardly makes me feel bad enough to stop being so lazy and do my homework for a little bit. The last time the Heat lost I still didn’t care about Miami.
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Indoor e-cigarette ban a misguided proposal
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have a distinct childhood memory of eating in the smoking section of a Friendly’s. The non-smoking section was full and my family didn’t feel like waiting half an hour to sit down, so we decided to take the last remaining table in the restaurant. It was surrounded by people puffing away on cigarettes, but our grumbling stomachs overrode our hesitant lungs. It was a miserable experience – the exhalations of our neighbors made my food taste like smoke, and I went to the bathroom multiple times just to get By Sam Tracy a few lungfulls of Weekly Columnist clean air. Today, such a scenario would be unheard of. That’s because 10 years ago, Connecticut passed the Clean Indoor Air Act, banning smoking in workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public locations. Now, some state lawmakers are seeking to expand that ban to electronic cigarettes, and have introduced Senate Bill 990 to do just that. While the current ban on indoor tobacco smoking is a smart policy that should be kept, this new proposal is a terrible idea. For those unfamiliar with electronic cigarettes, commonly shortened to e-cigarettes, they are small cigaretteshaped inhalers that simulate the act of smoking tobacco. They work by vaporizing a water-based solution containing
nicotine, which users inhale and exhale just like the smoke of conventional cigarettes. Most solutions also include flavoring, which range from tobacco, to mint, to chocolate. E-cigarettes are relatively new. While the concept was first patented in the 1960s, they were not commercially produced until the early 2000s. Along with this novelty comes an amount of uncertainty about their health effects, as few studies have been conducted on how this nicotine vapor affects the body. Clearly, they are not benign, as it is well established that nicotine has side effects including increased heart rate and heightened blood pressure. Last year, there was even a widely-publicized story of an e-cigarette exploding in a man’s mouth, but further investigation showed that it was a device he had intentionally (and poorly) modified, not an off-theshelf model. But the issue is not whether e-cigarettes have negative health effects on the user – it’s whether their use harms innocent bystanders. The ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces is beneficial because it protects people in the area from the well-known negative effects of secondhand smoke, including increased risk of lung cancer and heart disease, not because it prevents people from smoking. So far, there is no evidence that e-cigarettes impact the health of non-users. People “smoking” an e-cigarette are actually just exhaling water vapor, which all humans do with every breath. The harm of second-hand smoke comes not from the small amounts of nicotine, but
from the tar and hundreds of chemicals contained in tobacco. Additionally, e-cigarettes don’t emit tobacco’s smell, so they don’t even offend non-users’ nostrils. Not only would this law do nothing to protect innocent bystanders, but it could actually have a negative impact on the health of tobacco users. As stated above, research is still being done to determine the health effects of e-cigarettes. But there is significant anecdotal evidence of cigarette users switching to e-cigarettes, in order to satisfy their nicotine cravings while avoiding many of the worst effects of tobacco. Personally, I’ve had multiple friends make the switch, and their only regret is not doing it sooner. Some medical professionals even encourage tobacco users to switch to e-cigarettes, including Dr. Keith Ablow who wrote in January, “Since many of my patients have reported using electronic cigarettes to successfully stop smoking, I now recommend the devices to anyone who has tried to quit smoking cold turkey and failed. And I think it is time that other doctors do, too.” There is no doubt that further research needs to be done on the health effects of e-cigarettes. But rather than follow their knee-jerk reaction to ban these devices in public buildings, legislators should wait until the scientific community has a better understanding of their impact on non-using bystanders.
Weekly Columnist Sam Tracy is an 8th-semester political science major. He can be reached at Samuel.Tracy@UConn.edu.
Taylor Swift’s criticism of Golden Globes unjustified
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few weeks ago, Ta y l o r Swift responded negatively to a quip from Amy Poehler and Tina Fey during their hosting stint at the Golden Globes in early January. The joke directed at the counBy Victoria Kallsen try singer was that Staff Columnist she should “stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son.” Here’s the thing Swift, you cannot complain about this joke when you feed into the slut-shaming system. You cannot quote Madeleine Albright to say Tina and Amy are unsupportive of women, when both are literally the face of successful women in comedy. A true resolution would be for Taylor Swift to step away from her middle school image that first made her famous in the first place, six years ago. First, what is slut-shaming? Slut-Shaming, according to an online feminism blog is “idea of shaming and/or attacking a woman or a girl for being sexual, having one or more sexual partners, acknowledging sexual feelings and/or acting on sexual feelings.” Taylor Swift is the model of purity in a world filled with crazed Lindsay Lohans and sex-sym-
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bols like Britney Spears, and that is great. Kudos on keeping your act together. Yet, you cannot condemn others for acting on their sexual feelings. Taylor Swift’s lyrics are the real gold mine for slut-shaming. First, her songs idealize the concept of purity especially with her focus on fairytale themes. Looking at the titles and lyrics for some of her songs, such as “Today Was a Fairytale,” “Love Story” and “White Horse” makes it perfectly clear that Swift suggests the best way to get a man is by being a virginal princess. Furthermore, she condemns others for acting on sexual desires. In “Fifteen,” she suggests Abigail was wrong to give “everything she had to a boy who changed his mind.” The best example is in the song “You Belong with Me,” where she compares her girl next door attitude to the “short skirts” and “high heels” of her more sexual “cheer captain” counterpart. What is most important to take from her lyrics is that Taylor portrays her relationships with men as innocent, herself as pure and others who are not as undeserving. If you support slut-shaming like this, Taylor, how can you be upset when it comes back
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and insults you? Also important is that in her response to Poehler and Fey she criticizes them and quotes Madeleine Albright, “There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. “I have to take a moment here not to laugh. The market Tina and Amy come from is the standup comedian/sketch comedy field, one that is highly male dominated. Having their level of success is tremendous and a huge boost for funny and serious women everywhere. Tina Fey was the first female head writer for SNL in the late 1990s and is a highly decorated performer with seven Emmy awards. Amy and Tina both gained notoriety and awards for their leading roles in shows they helped develop, “Parks and Recreation” and “30 Rock” respectively. Poehler advocates for women through ventures like “Smart Girls at the Party.” Both are some of the strongest role models out there for women, and I cannot stand to see Taylor downgrade their achievements. At the core of this argument is that Taylor has made millions acting like a middle school girl and remaining fixed in that role and pub-
lic image. But it has been six years, and she is now 22 years old. She has not held a relationship for more than a couple months and continues to sing about falling in love without having a conception of what it may actually mean. Her song “22” does not talk about anything I believe a real 22-year-old deals with, like finding an apartment you can afford or applying for a job. So, Taylor, if you would like us to stop talking about all the men you have dated and stop thinking you are “some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend,” start being 22. Start not dating celebrities and write more songs that are about things other than dating John Mayer or Joe Jonas. If you want us not to talk about your private life, do not make it so public. If you want us to focus on other things about you, change the image of you are. Stop supporting the slut-shaming system, and start being an adult. That is the Taylor Swift I want to read about. Staf f Columnist Victoria Kallsen is a 4th-semester mechanical engineering major. She can be reached at Victoria.Kallsen@UConn.edu.
official told Congress that if a meteor was on track to strike the U.S., Americans should pray. Even Pope Francis was like, ‘That’s your Plan A?’” –Jimmy Fallon
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Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign a historic peace agreement.
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OOzeball tradition relocated to North
By Sarthak Patel Campus Correspondent
This year marks the 30th anniversary of OOzeball, UConn’s very own annual Mud Volleyball Tournament founded in 1984. This year’s tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2013, at the Jungle Field (behind North campus) from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. OOzeball is a campus-wide event hosted by the Student Alumni Association that Sports Illustrated has called one of the top 25 sports traditions in college history. Registration is limited, so students are encouraged to register early! OOzeball registration will open on Tuesday, March 26 at 9 a.m. and will close on Tuesday, April 2 at 11:59 p.m. Students, UConn staff, alumni and faculty that would like to participate must have their team captain register at saa.uconn.edu within the given time period. The team captain must also print the liability waiver form and have it signed by all players. Waivers are due at by 5
p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 at the Alumni Center, which is located between Hilltop Dorms and the Foundation building. In addition, the team captain or a replacement member must attend the mandatory captain’s meeting on April 22 at 7 p.m. in TLS 154. This meeting will cover issues such as start times, court placements, official rules and address any questions. OOzeball is limited to the first 384 teams that register and failure to attend the captain’s meeting will automatically forfeit your team, as there is a waitlist of teams. Participants should also note that OOzeball is $15 a person and that payment will be processed through debit or credit online when they register. Why does OOzeball cost money? Simple, making mud requires massive amounts of dirt, which cost money. 350 tons of dirt alone cost $5,400. Talk about “dirty money.” Though $15 will also get you an official OOzeball T-shirt and team photo. OOzeball will be played in eight inches of mud where play-
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ers will have to adjust their style of volleyball, as movement will be restricted under the deep, commercialized muck. Get ready to lean, lunge and fall face-first into the mud. In order to make competition fair, teams must consist of three guys and three girls. The tournament will be single elimination, similar to March Madness. Teams will be randomly assigned to play on one of twelve courts with the winner moving on to the next round. The Grand Prize for the OOzeball champion is $300 and the Consolation Prize is $200. OOzeball has long been a Husky tradition and has gained notoriety across the country. The Sports Illustrated on Campus Edition, awarded OOzeball with the No. 33 spot on the “Top 100 Things Gotta Do Before You Graduate: No Matter The Cost.” Colleges around the nation have even adopted the tournament. Show your HuskyPride and be a part of the original OOzeball. Register now.
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The Jorgensen will host a performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty.’
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of over 35 dancers, all of whom have trained with world famous European dance schools in cities such as Kiev and Riga. They perform a variety of ballets throughout the year, including Swan Lake, the Nutcracker and Don Quixote. The ballet company is now directed by Elena Radchenko, the former principal ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater, Russia’s most prestigious ballet theater company. Radchenko has brought the importance of performing Russian Ballets, such as the Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, back to the company and has advocated for scouting and developing young Russian dance talent. With the tradition and enthusiasm for talent and performance, the ballet on Thursday is certain to be breathtaking. Tickets are available at the Jorgensen box office between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. with student tickets priced at $10, children under 18 years at $15, and regular adults between $31 and $36. Tickets can be ordered online at no additional charge.
On Thursday, March 28th at 7:30 p.m. the Jorgensen auditorium welcomes the Russian National Ballet Theater for a performance of the classical ballet “Sleeping Beauty.” With a score composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, the Romantic Russian composer, in 1889, the ballet was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1890 and continues to amaze theater goers to this day. The ballet follows the story of the Brothers Grimm’s fairytale of a young royal couple who give their only daughter to a group of elderly fairies to shelter her after a cruel sorceress places a spell on the young girl. The rest of the story is a magical adventure that the Ballet Theater will surely bring to life on top of Tchaikovsky flawless and surreal score. The Russian National Ballet was founded as part of the perestroika movement of the early 1980s in Moscow. The company prides itself on a company
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry is returning to the United States — but this time he’s skipping Las Vegas. The 28-year-old prince will travel to the U.S. East Coast as well as Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado, to support veterans’ charities and get in a bit of polo. Harry, a longtime supporter of charities that rehabilitate war veterans, will attend several events at the 2013 Warrior Games, a competition in which veteran athletes from both Britain and the United States take part. “Prince Harry wants to highlight once again the extraordinary commitment and sacrifice of our injured servicemen and women,” said Jamie LowtherPinkerton, Harry’s private secretary. Harry recently spent 20 weeks in Afghanistan as copilot gunner on an Apache attack helicopter.
His May 9-15 visit will include trips to Arlington National Cemetery, Walter Reed National Medical Center and an exhibition on Capitol Hill about land mine clearance, a favorite subject of his late mother, Princess Diana. He will also visit areas in New Jersey hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. Harry will also play in the Sentebale Polo Cup in Greenwich, Connecticut. Sentebale — which means “forget-me-not” — is a charity founded by Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso that helps children struggling with poverty in the tiny southern African country. On his last U.S. visit, the third-in-line to the British throne stormed last year into the headlines when he was caught frolicking in the nude with a woman after an alleged game of strip billiards in his Las Vegas hotel room.
Prince Harry to visit US, skipping Vegas this time
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A scene from Don Hertzfeldt’s film, ‘It’s Such A Beautiful Day.” Hertzfeldt is known for single-handedly animating all his films.
By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Just before spring break began, the popular video streaming service Vimeo announced at Austin, Texas’ South by Southwest festival that it was entering the streamingvideo-for-sale market with its first offering from acclaimed filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt. While Vimeo’s service is easy to use and more than competent, another website entering the pay content game wasn’t the big news. The real development on March 13 was that Hertzfeldt had released the short film he had worked on for nearly a decade, “It’s Such A Beautiful Day,” on the service, the first time the film was accessible to the public outside of festival screenings and DVDs on Hertzfeldt’s website. It’s fair to be unaware of who Hertzfeldt is, especially because his work has been largely independent over his career. The filmmaker largely uses animation as his medium of choice, frequently using its surrealistic qualities throughout his career to disturb and entrance viewers. His most prominent work is the 2001 AcademyAward nominated short animated film “Rejected,” famous on the Internet for its avant-garde, seemingly random style (“My spoon is too big!”), satire of consumer tendencies and tense, unnatural ending where the animated characters’ world literally collapses into itself after its fictional sponsors stop funding its production. Available for a $2 rental or $6 download, “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” is a compilation of three shorter works Hertzfeldt made between 2006 and 2011, the first two called “Everything Will Be OK” and “I Am So Proud Of You,” the third sharing the full collection’s title. To call the film powerful would be an understatement; to dismiss it because its characters are barely more than stick figures, criminal. Somehow, Hertzfeldt’s knowledge of cinematic arrangement and an even-handed, tragic look at America’s mental health
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system transform an unsuspecting, low-stakes piece of cheap-looking animation into one of the most emotionally overpowering films of not only the medium but all of film. The trilogy of films all revolve around one character, Bill, a simple drawn man wearing a hat. Though Hertzfeldt uses blocking and experimental film techniques to bring occasional life to the film, most of it concerns the black-andwhite experiences Bill undergoes throughout his life, specifically his life-long battle with genetically inherited mental illness, possibly a tumor, expected to end his life before it really has a chance to begin. The film’s three segments are seamlessly spun together, darting in and out of time and space to bring intricate detail to the most minute, assumedly trivial aspects of human life. Frequently, pieces of classical music play, almost overbearingly loud, during otherwise silent moments. These moments underscore and illustrate seminal and strongly intelligent moments of human life before their balloons of tranquility are punctured by the everlasting progress of time. For instance, after recovering from a near-fatal hospital stay, Bill finds peace in the steady rain outside his bus window until, of course, the moment is ended when its door unceremoniously opens. Much of the film’s power comes from small details lesser filmmakers would miss. When Bill’s father walks out on his mother in a childhood flashback, the one line of dialogue Hertzfeldt gives him establishes years of painful, harrowing backstory. Instead of blaming any one specific person for the uncontrollable warpath illness can wage on one’s brain, the filmmaker instead delves deep into his family history, signs of major problems ignored and explained away generation after generation, until we can only empathize with a truly tragic character whose fate was
determined the moment he was conceived. A side character tells Bill about a TV show he watched where two brothers, separated at birth, both become serial killers. “It’s almost as if they didn’t have any choice in what they became,” he says. “Genetics is pretty messed up.” While the film’s subject matter is unrelentingly heavy across most of its hour and change runtime, frequent bursts of humor help lighten its tone to prevent it from becoming overwhelming. After his heavily disabled cousin drowns, triggering his mother’s descent into madness, Hertzfeldt’s narration remains in the mindset of the children; watching the child run into the sea, flailing desperately for a cure to his ailments, the others only remark they’d never seen him run so fast. Much like in “Rejected,” the animator is fond of the long-form joke, where punchlines can be delayed for minutes; while they pad the runtime just a tad, they’re much more successful than media reserving them for easy jokes. His ruminations on the meaning of life are where Hertzfeldt truly makes his film transcend most modern cinema, especially with its cruel yet peaceful audience-baiting ending. Even the most imperfect life, full of unanswered questions and constant pain and sorrow and unknowable sadness at what might have been, is better than any alternatives because it is true living, true experience, something that matters, the filmmaker argues. Somehow, the levity of his trilogy’s conclusion turns a heartbreaking study of an outright broken character into a triumphant celebration of the human spirit and individual life. While “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” is tear-jerkingly sad and lifequestioningly experimental, there’s no way to deny its importance.
It’s Such A Beautiful Day 10/10
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March Madness has succeeded. Between UConn not in the tournament, Georgetown’s loss last Friday and Gonzaga’s loss on Sunday, my bracket is effectively ruined, leaving me, well, mad. The occasional upsets that occur are enough to leave anyone stumped as to how a certain team could possibly win—such as Harvard’s victory over New Mexico. This extreme uncertainty is what drives the madness. While followers of the NCAA tournament aren’t literally going mad, there is one situation that stands out in my mind as a surefire cause of madness: rabies. The word “rabies” comes from Latin, meaning “madness.” “Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus” by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy is an account of this virus through many different perspectives. This is a science book but written for more than just the scientist. Literature and history enthusiasts will also find this book extremely interesting. Wasik and Murphy explore all aspects of rabies as they take readers through the invention of the rabies vaccine, literary and historical references, survivors of the horrific virus, and other riveting tales. Wasik and Murphy’s depiction of the virus made me want to get rabies vaccinated immediately. As an avid reader, I was very intrigued by the involvement of rabies in literature. Enlightened by “Rabid,” I realized that many works I had read in high school involved characters infected by rabies. “Rabid” suggests that Emily Bronte alluded to rabies affecting Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights.” “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston describes one of the main character’s demise after he was bitten by an infected dog. These two novels were written almost one hundred years apart yet rabies was still on the authors’ minds. Wasik and Murphy show how viruses leading to diseases are everywhere around the world. From the Yorkshire Moors of England in “Wuthering Heights” to Florida in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” to the unvaccinated dogs in present day Asia, rabies is present, even if you don’t realize it. It could even be found in the bats and raccoons in your backyard. I found that some of the history-based chapters of “Rabid” dragged on. However, those chapters were very descriptive and would be engaging to those interested in the historical aspect of the virus and vaccine development. We have the privilege of receiving vaccinations if we have the unfortunate encounter with an infected animal. However, our ancestors wouldn’t have been as lucky. Wasik and Murphy show the long journey it took to develop this successful vaccine. Rabies isn’t something to carelessly ignore. If the situation arises, action must be taken. While rabies requires attention, “Rabid” merits attention as an informative, well written text. If you think March Madness is upsetting you, read a few chapters of “Rabid” and you’ll immediately see something with the power to truly drag you down.
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‘Olympus’ rises to the top
By Randy Amorim Staff Writer After the first 20 minutes of this movie were finished setting up the back story and the movie actually began, I realized I had seen it before. I saw this movie a long time ago when it was “Die Hard.” Then, I saw it again when it was “Under Siege,” “Speed,” “Air Force One,” “Sudden Death” and “The Raid: Redemption.” We’re actually going to see this exact movie again this summer with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx in “White House Down.” While the premise is somewhat original, its execution is all too familiar. Yet, I loved every moment of it. I could walk through scene by scene and show you how that exact scene happened in “Die Hard,” but I don’t want to. Despite its all too familiar plot, “Olympus Has Fallen” exceeds in being exactly what it aims to be which is a really good, patriotic American action movie. Early on there is a long sequence where the North Korean terrorists attack Washington D.C. by air fol-
lowed by an all-out ground assault on the White House. Growing up in post 9/11 America these sorts of images were legitimate fears for a lot of people. Although we tend not to take North Korea very seriously, these are still legitimate fears. While it may seem absurd to imagine this occurring, there was a shocking realism and horror to see not only the symbol of American freedom attacked, but the many tourists and civilians wandering Washington D.C. shot down. Director Antoine Fuqua succeeded in getting the terrified response he must have been aiming for from an American audience. After this sequence, the tone changed completely. While still arm grippingly tense and serious, Gerard Butler is now shooting, beating and even at times comically killing terrorists in ways that gained applause from the crowded theater every time. The casting of a Scottish actor in the most patriotic American role imaginable made no sense to me before seeing the movie. Halfway through I completely understood and forgave it. Gerard Butler’s performance reminds me of his previous film “Law
Abiding Citizen.” which is one of my favorites. While tense and very serious throughout, Butler delivers plenty of one-liners aimed at giving the audience a quick laugh while never breaking the character or film’s tone. It worked. While there are plenty of things that happen that could be brushed off as corny or absurd, Butler managed to keep me from doing so. Whether or not he was born in the country, I left the theater with no doubt that his character could become an American heroic film icon. There are two kinds of good movies. There’s a movie like “Schindler’s List” that tells you a story and keeps you emotionally invested and leaves you afterwards with a deep feeling of something. Then there’s a movie like “Die Hard” or “Olympus Has Fallen.” I didn’t learn anything or leave the theater feeling anything more than a patriotic God Bless America, but I didn’t need to. “Olympus Has Fallen” was so thrilling and kept me in such suspense that I didn’t even want to acknowledge or criticize the film’s flaws. I found myself enjoying every moment and laughing when I was supposed to. We can all acknowledge that it is very unlikely that an American
non existent. In fact it’s so simple that I’ll try explaining it in terms a caveman would understand: Family live in cave- cave destroyed- family follow pretty boy orphan for around 60 minutes aimlessly- family find better landThe End. The characters are forgettable. In fact the most entertainment anyone over the age of seven will get from the film is whenever Nicholas Cage’s character begins grunting or screaming like an idiot (which occurs on cue every five minutes or so), since its what we’ve come to expect from a typical performance by the “actor.” The overall writing is even worse. Dialogue is often ridiculous and filled with numerous lines that are destined to become internet memes (“Emergency idea generator activate” is a personal favorite). The logic in the film’s portrayal of the main character Eep is baffling: Have the beautiful Emma Stone provide the voice for a remarkably unattractive character, not only aesthetically but in terms of personality which if I had to describe would be an idiot tomboy
on steroids. Unlike the lead heroine in say a Disney film where the character in question will state (or usually sing) what she wants in life, thereby providing the rest of the film with an emotional backbone, Eep’s such wish is “granted” almost instantaneously. She wishes to leave the family cave lifestyle, a feat which is accomplished 20 minutes into the film, thereby leaving the film without a single goal for the characters to achieve (and for the audience to root for) for the remainder of the film’s 98 minute runtime. “The Croods” biggest failings can be attributed to its lack of purpose. The film takes itself too seriously and isn’t humorous enough either in writing or physical comedy to become a slapstick Looney Tunes comedy, and yet its writing and presentation are too ridiculous and misguided to allow for any sense of suspense or emotion to be felt by the audience. Considering Chris Sanders previous works, the lack of any “heart” in the film is rather surprising. Perhaps I’m being a bit too harsh. “The Croods” is by no means a downright awful film, it simply fails to present anything that can be classified as innovative,
it’s completely underutilized. The magic tricks aren’t very creative and I couldn’t believe the illusions were actually being preformed; rather it was just being done in an editing room. Another problem is Carell. He normally excels at playing pompous idiots, but here his camp goes too far, making his character seem cartoonish. Burt also has every unlikable characteristic in the book: egotism, insensitivity, sexism, etc. It’s too the point where come the second half when he learning all his lessons, the turnaround is difficult to buy. Jim Carrey has the role of the film’s antagonist, Steve Gray, a TV magician whose tricks all involve self mutilation. I did appreciate how the film utilizes him to make a statement about the decline of class and showmanship in performance art. But the problems here are that his character has the same shtick repeated about a dozen times, and Jim Carrey should not be playing
villains. It was made clear in “The Cable Guy” that the less likable he is, the less funny. Olivia Wilde plays the generic love interest. James Gandolfini plays the generic Vegas tycoon. Alan Arkin, easily the best part of the movie, plays Rance Halloway, a veteran magician who becomes Burt’s mentor. The actual comedy isn’t exactly great, but does manage to make the film tolerable. A lot of it is dialogue based but it’s well balanced with visual humor. There are some clever lines and stunts, and while Carell does overdo his performance, his buffoonish manner generates some humor in the first act. There aren’t any big laughs, but a lot of small ones, and at its worst “Burt Wonderstone” is just unfunny, never becoming grading or offensive. Although it doesn’t help that a lot of the jokes are predictable, repetitive and lack flow, feeling inserted into the screenplay. If “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” wanted to succeed, it should have taken a closer look at the magicians its attempting to parody. The best and most successful magicians are creative and innovative, and don’t fall back onto
Olympus Has Fallen 9/10
In defense of film critics
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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ is second at the box office this week, behind ‘The Croods.’
movie aimed at an American audience that isn’t a biopic is going to kill off the American president, but I was still on the edge of my seat. I don’t think foreign audiences will appreciate the film as much as American audiences will. It brings about the strong patriotic feelings that the recent Red Dawn remake aimed for and only half achieved. This is the kind of movie that will make you want to wear an American flag as a shirt to work.
‘The Croods’ crude attempt at humor Resident Evil (2002)
By Alex Sfazzarra Campus Correspondent
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer
“The Croods” is a slightly better effort than your typical DreamWorks Animation film. However, since your typical DreamWorks film is the entertainment equivalent of trying to stab one’s eye out with a baseball, that would make “The Croods” a barely palatable third-rate effort. As a “barely palatable third rate effort,” it marks star Nicholas Cage’s best film in years. Directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, the latter of which has notably co directed the acclaimed films “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Lilo and Stitch,” “The Croods” follows the adventure of a family of cavemen led by patriarch Grug Crood(Cage) and their daily struggle to survive. Grug’s daughter Eep is unhappy with the family’s lifestyle and when wandering off runs into orphan pretty boy Guy (Ryan Reynolds) who proceeds to show Eep’s family the wonders of life outside of their cave. The overall plot is essentially
The Croods 5/10
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‘The Croods’ is number one at the box office this week.
witty, quality, touching, humorous, impressive, memorable or commendable. It’s simply your average fare which will easily pacify any child with a remarkably short attention span. In a world where DreamWorks competitors continually re invigorate the genre with wit, drama and heart, there should be little if any praise for simply being “average.”
‘Burt Wonderstone’ less than incredible
By Brendon Field Staff Writer
What happens when you combine a cast of talented character actors, an interesting premise, a formulaic script and a direction that’s bland as yogurt? You get a quaint little slice of mediocrity called “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” The film stars Steve Carell as a Las Vegas stage magician who goes by Burt Wonderstone. He’s a conceited moron whose career goes south after a fallout with his partner and childhood friend Anton (Steve Buscemi). He hits rock bottom and has to reestablish himself by climbing the ladder all over again and amending past wrongs. If the story sounds familiar, it’s because it’s also the plot of 1,000 other not very good karma driven comedies. It takes forever to get going and is so mundane in tone and uninspired in atmosphere it never becomes interesting. This is a movie about magicians; it’s a fascinating career in a fascinating industry, but
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 5/10
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Steve Buscemi as Anton Marvelton (left), Steve Carell as Burt Wonderstone (center) and Jim Carrey as Steve Gray (right) in ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.’
Here is something I am sick of hearing: “I don’t care what the critics think.” If this applies to you, let me ask: Do you care what your doctor thinks? Do you care you’re your professors think? Do you care what elite scientists think? I certainly hope so, because they are the experts in their respective fields. By experts I mean that they know much more than you do. The same applies to film critics; they are the experts of cinema. They, just as any critic in any form of art, deserve respect. The views of critics deserve to be read and considered when critiquing and analyzing a film. Films, like all art, are considered by many to be subjective. To quote The Dude, “It’s just your opinion man.” Yes, it’s an opinion, but not all opinions are of equal value. I personally believe art to be objective, in that every piece of art has a finite level of quality. There’s just no ultimate source of proof, unlike say a math problem. It just needs to be pinpointed with close analysis. Art students aren’t just given a free pass because they think their work is masterful, their much more knowledgeable professors assign them a grade. To create art requires talent and skill in a field. For films, it’s a combination of many fields such as acting, directing, writing, editing etc. Each of these can be judged on an individual basis: there’s a difference between good dialogue and bad dialogue, and if you know the subject well enough you can make that distinction. Therefore, they can be judged as a whole, and judged is the key word. Film criticism is not a series of opinions, rather a series of arguable and reasoned judgments. Professional film critics have seen and studied more movies than you or me. They know when a performance is overdone, when editing is lazy and when writing cuts corners. Because they have seen more films, they have higher standards than the public. Which is why people constantly complain about critics not liking their favorite movie. Well, they’re not grading it based whether you or I would like it, they’re grading based on the spectrum of the medium. High standards are what lead filmmakers, at least those who care about more than box office returns, to innovate. Without criticism, there are no standards. I don’t believe that every film critic should be admired. There are a number I despise for being either art snobs or hacks. But those who can create solid, defendable arguments for their judgments should not be disregarded. If you go onto Rotten Tomatoes and find a movie you love sitting around 20 percent, read the reviews. The critics may not be correct, but there are probably several good reasons as to why they think they are.
the same rudimentary illusions that have been performed for centuries. Nobody wants to see the same old card trick, no matter how well it’s performed.
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Horoscopes by Brian Ingmanson
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You can sell your concept now. It takes action. Do a good job, and there’s a potential for more money to flow in. If breakdowns occur, you can handle them. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t let worries about money interfere with love. With Venus in your sign, art, beauty and romance are yours. Might as well listen, though ... you might have to compromise. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -Changes higher up are to your benefit. Send off the paperwork for an increase in funding. Go for what you want in career and romance: You’re lucky with love and money. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re still learning, and your concentration’s keen. You see new ways to prosper and are moved into action. Use that Midas touch at work (and leave it there). Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s wise to be frugal. Anticipate overruns of cost. Let others bring food. Your friends are your inspiration. You can make it work; teamwork solves any puzzle. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Here comes a pleasant surprise. Gather up as much as you can. Venus enters Taurus in your fifth house, influencing creativity, romance and fun. Enjoy. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- For about three weeks, you’re especially vibrant and charming. Give in to creature comforts and beauty. Serve others with artistry. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Have faith in your imagination and bring in the dough. Focus on providing a great service. Think twice before making a purchase. Do you really need it? Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -There’s no mountain high enough to keep you down. Pack the essentials and explore, even if it’s just metaphorically speaking. Keep a journal for future reference. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- You may feel like spending some quiet time, but don’t dismiss others who appreciate you. Take a moment to connect. Water seeds. Reveal your dreams. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your imagination runs wild, attracting bright new ideas and potential clients. New partnerships and responsibilities lead to new rewards. Speculate. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Hit the ground running and get busy without delay. Even if you miss a few, you hit the mark more times than not. You’re more powerful than you think.
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Louisville tops Sweet 16 power rankings
By Mike McCurry NCAA Basketball Columnist
The greatest games are still to be played, and I will be taking full advantage of a couple of off-days to catch up on sleep before the madness resumes on Thursday. In between naps, I decided to rank the remaining NCAA Tournament teams in an attempt to differentiate the between the contenders and the pretenders. Much like high school girls, I’m usually ecstatic about Sweet 16s. And, with matchups like Duke-Michigan State and Kansas-Michigan awaiting us, this one is no exception. 1. Louisville: The Cardinals have now won 12 games in a row since losing in a five-overtime classic at Notre Dame back on Feb. 9. Louisville is playing just how the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament should, with the latest example of that coming in a 82-56 thrashing versus Colorado State. Russ Smith has led the way with 50 points in two games, and the defense has forced a VCU-like 45 turnovers. Rick Pitino’s boys are the favorites to cut the nets down in Atlanta. 2. Duke: Ranking the Blue Devils at No. 2 may come as a shock to some, but it really shouldn’t. Duke was able to beat Creighton fairly easily on Sunday despite both Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly (scored only one point) playing under 30 minutes due to foul trouble. Unfortunately for Duke, the Midwest Region
happens to be by far the most difficult in the bracket with Michigan State (Duke’s Friday opponent) and Louisville still standing. If they defend like they did against Creighton (held Bluejays, the only team in the nation to make over half their shots, to 30 percent shooting); however, anything is possible. 3. Indiana: The East Region’s top-seed, Indiana would have gotten “Khalifed” in the Round of 32 if it wasn’t for Victor Oladipo down the stretch. Oladipo, the best defender around not named Aaron Craft, held Temple star Khalif Wyatt to just two free throws in the final six minutes. For good measure, Oladipo also nailed a three-point dagger with 14 seconds left to put the Hoosiers up four. Next up for IU is fourthseeded Syracuse and their 2-3 zone defense, something Indiana has seen very little of this year. Hopefully, coach Tom Crean took notes while watching Louisville slice up Cuse’s defense in the Big East Championship. 4. Michigan State: If Reggie Jackson was deemed “Mr. October,” surely “Mr. March” is an appropriate nickname for Tom Izzo. Izzo, who has led Michigan State to five Sweet 16s in the past six years, gets to face a fellow March god this time around in Mike Krzyzewski. Paced by freshman Gary Harris’s 23 points on 6-9 shooting, Sparty looked quite dominant in a 70-48 win over Memphis. That being said, MSU will need a more consistent Keith Appling (two points, two
assists against Memphis) if they wish to get all the way to the Final Four. 5. Florida: Florida supposedly wouldn’t even scrimmage Florida Gulf Coast prior to the season. Now they’ll be playing the No. 15 Cinderella for a spot in the Elite Eight. 6. Michigan: The talent on this time was already staggering with Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Glenn Robinson III. That was before Mitch McGary went for 21 points and 14 rebounds in a rout against undersized VCU. How will McGary fare against Jeff Withey of Kansas? 7. Ohio State: Thad Matta said that there should be a statue of Aaron Craft on Ohio State’s campus, and the look on his face implied that he was dead serious. On Sunday vs. Iowa State, Craft scored the Buckeyes’ last seven points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with one second left. 8. Kansas: The Jayhawks trailed at the half against Western Kentucky and UNC, yet here they are in the Sweet 16 yet again. Withey has a combined 33 points, 22 rebounds, and 12 blocks in the two wins. Meanwhile, Ben McLemore (projected No. 1 overall pick in NBA draft) is nowhere to be found. 9. Miami: Guards Shane Larkin and Rion Brown combined for eight of Miami’s nine 3-pointers in their 63-59 win against Illinois on Sunday. Larkin’s stepback three pointer was the prettiest move of the NCAA Tournament
so far—and it gave the Canes a 2-point lead that they would not give up. 10. Arizona: Arizona is one of four Sweet 16 teams that have yet to play a single-digit seed (the others are Ohio State, Syracuse and Florida), but they have played some great basketball in victories over Belmont and Harvard. Neither of those teams can compete athletically or defensively with Ohio State, and that is who Arizona plays next. The Mark Lyons-Aaron Craft matchup at point guard will be phenomenal, as will the one between Deshaun Thomas and Solomon Hill. 11. Syracuse: The Orange got to the free-throw line 41 times Saturday night against California, making 26 of them in a low scoring win. Their Sweet 16 opponent, Indiana, leads the nation in made free throws per game. In what has all the makings of a classic battle, it will be fascinating to see how Indiana attacks the zone and how many fouls they can draw. 12. Marquette: It’s hard not to love Marquette coach Buzz Williams – the guy just has a flair for the dramatic. The Golden Eagles advanced to the Sweet 16 by winning two games by a combined three points, the first of which they should have lost (Davidson) and the second of which they nearly gave away (Butler). Vander Blue had a gamehigh 29 points against Butler and has taken complete control of this team. Plus, he may even have a cooler name than his wacky coach.
Maryland advances to play UConn with win over Michigan State
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Alyssa Thomas (25) scored 28 points in No. 4 Maryland's win over No. 5 Michigan State on Monday night. Maryland will play UConn in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas scored 28 points and Maryland defeated Michigan State 74-49 Monday night to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA women's tournament for a second straight year. The fourth-seeded Terrapins (267) will face top seed Connecticut in the Bridgeport Regional semifinals. Maryland reached the round of eight a year ago. Thomas, a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, had 18 at halftime to provide the Terrapins with an 11-point cushion. Her layup with 15 minutes left gave her 25 points and put Maryland up 46-30. The 6-foot-2 junior went 12 for 18 from the floor, hitting both her 3-point tries and her only two foul shots. Thomas was pulled with 4:08 left, ending her bid to surpass her career high of 32 points. Annalise Pickrel and Becca Mills each scored 12 for No. 5 seed Michigan State (25-9). The Spartans' two leading scorers, Klarissa Bell and Jasmine Thomas, combined for six points on 3-for-9 shooting. After being eliminated in the first round at College Park a year ago, Michigan State was seeking to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2009. But the Spartans went 3 for 16 from 3-point range
and did not get to the foul line until there was just over 4 minutes left in the game. The closest Michigan State got in the second half was 36-27. Tianna Hawkins then made a layup to spark a 10-3 Maryland run that Thomas capped with a 3-pointer and a layup. The margin swelled to 29 points with 5:25 left. Katie Rutan scored 18 for the Terrapins, who improved to 15-3 in NCAA tournament games on their home court. Maryland trailed only once — at 2-0. The Terps led 34-23 at halftime behind Thomas and a defense that limited Michigan State to 1-for-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Thomas was on her game early, hitting her first five shots to stake Maryland to a 19-11 lead. She was also a terror on the defensive end, converting a steal into a layup and yelling triumphantly after blocking a layup by Jasmine Hines. The Spartans were 5 for 18 from the floor before Mills made a layup to end a 12-2 Maryland run and cut the gap to 22-13. With four minutes left in the half, the Terrapins led by 15 and Thomas had 16 points compared to 15 for Michigan State. In her last four games, Thomas has scored 32, 26, 29 and 28 points.
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Louisville has justified their No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament with two easy wins.
13. Oregon: Even after the Ducks blew out everyone’s sleeper Final Four pick St. Louis, I’m not totally sold on this team. It could be because freshman point guard Dominic Artis failed to score against the Billikens and now must face Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. It could also be that they put a hurting on my bracket, as I had Oklahoma State winning two games. Regardless, Oregon is really good, and as deep as any team remaining in the NCAA Tournament. I think the fun ends against Louisville, though. 14. Wichita State: Wichita State hit 14 threes against topseeded Gonzaga. As a result, the Shockers head to Los Angeles for a date with La Salle. In an upsetminded West Region, the winner will be one game away from the Final Four. 15. Florida Gulf Coast:
Obviously, Florida Gulf Coast is the best story of the tournament. Sherwood Brown is becoming a household name, the phrase “Dunk City” has been coined, and we get the privilege of once again seeing coach Andy Enfield’s wife on television. I just couldn’t put them last in the Sweet 16 power rankings – besides, they tend to do pretty darn well with a “15” next to their name. 16. La Salle: La Salle guard Tyrone Garland ended Marshall Henderson’s year on Sunday by hitting a shot he calls the “Southwest Philly Floater.” Whatever that means, and whatever is up with Garland’s hair, the Explorers get to hang in the Big Dance for at least one more game. And that’s what March is all about.
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Lacrosse beats Binghamton, loses to Syracuse over Spring Break By Erica Brancato Staff Writer The UConn women’s lacrosse team played two games over break, winning one and losing the other. The Huskies defeated Binghamton, but fell to Syracuse, suffering their first loss of the season. UConn’s record is now 6-1 and 0-1 in the Big East. On Saturday March 16, UConn defeated Binghamton 19-8 in its second home game of the season. Carly Palmucci and Kacey Pippitt each scored four goals, while Katherine Finkleston scored three. Lauren Kahn, Morgan O’Reilly, Catherine Gross, Chelsea Hauswirth and Elizabeth Brown also scored goals to help the Huskies defeat the Bearcats. UConn started out strong as Elizabeth Brown scored the first goal off a free position shot seconds after the game began. Early on, the Huskies scored four consecutive goals, giving them a healthy advantage. With less than ten minutes left in the first half, Binghamton’s Casey Bulman scored a goal to bring the score up to a close 6-5 lead for UConn. The Huskies fought back and scored four more goals before the first half ended giving them a 10-5 lead. UConn dominated the second half, scoring nine more goals while Binghamton only scored three. The Huskies outshot the Bearcats, and goalies Shannon Nee and Brittney Testa combined
for nine saves. On March 22, UConn suffered their first loss of the season against Syracuse. The Orange, with a record of 4-2, defeated the Huskies 18-7 in their first Big East Conference game. Syracuse’s Bridget Daley scored the first goal of the game off a free position shot seconds after the game started. The Orange dominated the first half scoring seven consecutive goals without letting the Huskies on the board. In the second half O’Reilly scored the first goal for UConn giving Syracuse a 9-1 lead with 25 minutes left in the game. Syracuse answered back with seven more consecutive goals, giving the Orange a 16-1 lead with 13:51 left on the clock. UConn regained momentum at the very end of the game scoring four goals in less than two minutes. This momentum came a little too late in the game, leaving Syracuse with a victory. UConn’s next game will be played at home today against the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks have an overall record of 4-3 this season. Oregon has defeated Cincinnati, High Point, Vermont and Davidson. However, the Ducks have lost three consecutive games, as of Sunday when they fell to Marist. The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.
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Ben Howland says farewell to UCLA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ben Howland kept it classy in departing as UCLA basketball coach on Monday, thanking the athletic director who had fired him a day earlier while noting the high expectations that come with running a program that owns a record 11 national championships. Howland was applauded by supporters as he walked into a news conference at Pauley Pavilion for the last time. The 55-year-old coach expressed gratitude for his 10-year run in Westwood, the longest tenure since John Wooden retired in 1975 after 27 years on the sideline. Howland had a 233-107 record that included three consecutive Final Four appearances and four Pac-12 titles, including this season, when the Bruins were 25-10. Their season ended with a 20-point loss to Minnesota in the second round of the NCAA tournament. "As a coach, you always remember the losses way better than the wins," he said. Howland said he's excited about his future and wants to coach again, although he doesn't know where or when
that will happen. "It's where the best opportunity is," he said afterward. "I can live anywhere. I want to compete at the highest level." He said he took the unusual step of meeting the media after his firing because he wanted to publicly thank his current and former players and staff. He recited a laundry list of names, including his wife, Kim, who kissed him after he finished. No senior athletic department officials attended, including athletic director Dan Guerrero, who fired Howland in a meeting on Sunday. Howland declined to discuss details of what was said. "I enjoyed our working relationship, his support and his regard for all we accomplished," Howland said, reading from a prepared statement he had worked on after being dismissed. Howland sidestepped a question on whether he was treated fairly, considering the Bruins won the league's regular-season title and lost in its tournament title game playing without freshman Jordan Adams, who broke his
foot in the semifinals. Howland's four league titles were the most by any UCLA coach since Wooden. "We had a great year. I was so proud of our players and coaches to win the Pac-12 championship," he said. "I feel very good about leaving here with a good nucleus." However, Guerrero cited "a depleted roster" as one of the reasons he let Howland go. Attendance lagged at games this season despite a $138 million renovation of Pauley Pavilion, and UCLA missed the NCAA tournament twice in Howland's last four seasons. The Bruins haven't reached the final 16 since 2008. "It's very complex," he said about coaching at UCLA. "There's a lot that goes into it." A national search is under way for Howland's successor. "They're not going to have a hard time finding a great coach to come in here. They're not going to hire a rookie," he said. "I just wish him the very best." When he arrived in April 2003, Howland said there would never be another Wooden, who remained
close to the program under Howland's stewardship until he died in 2010. "It's a place that has such high expectations and that's understandable," Howland said, calling UCLA "the premier athletic program in the country." Howland pointed out that every player who stayed four years with him went on to graduate. He said he either met with or spoke by phone with his current players, who are on spring break this week. "I've encouraged them all to continue to work hard and to develop," he said. "I'm nothing but supportive of these kids and their futures here at UCLA." Standout Shabazz Muhammad is expected to declare for the NBA draft and fellow freshman Kyle Anderson might follow him out the door. Howland is already gone, out of a job but unwilling to express any public negativity. "I will always feel great about my experience here," he said. "I'm just so lucky and feel so blessed."
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Ben Howland was fired as head coach of UCLA on Monday after 10 seasons and 233 wins.
Huskies advance to 20th straight Sweet 16 Lucic, Bergeron find scoring form as Bruins defeat Leafs from SWEET page 12 The Commodores kept the score close for most of the first half and came within five points of UConn’s lead until Stewart drained a 3-pointer, which put the Huskies up 21-13. With 4:23 remaining in the first half, sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored her 107th three-pointer of the season, tying UConn’s single season record set by Wendy Davis in 1992. Mosqueda-Lewis went on to break the record with her 108th three-pointer at the 13:13 mark of the second half. UConn senior Caroline Doty, who played her final career game at Gampel, praised MosquedaLewis for ability to shoot from anywhere on the floor. “Numbers don’t lie,” said Doty. “I know that when the ball is in her hands good things are going to happen. If I come off a screen
or if we’re in transition, I’m always looking for her setting up. The fact that’s she’s able to get in the lane and post up on the block, she’s just able to score from any spot. That’s great and makes my job easier.” UConn’s offense enjoyed a 10-0 run toward the end of the first half and the Huskies took a 37-24 lead into the locker room at halftime. Vanderbilt turned the ball over 13 times in the first half, which the Huskies capitalized on by scoring 23 of their 37 points off Commodore giveaways. The Huskies started the second half on a dominating 17-0 run, as Vanderbilt did not score until the 12:40 mark of the half when guard Jasmine Lister hit a shot from behind the arc. UConn continued their offensive pressure throughout the remainder of the game, as Vanderbilt could not come back from their rough start to the half. “I don’t think they did any-
thing I wasn’t expecting, but they are very quick and can anticipate their passes which I’m not sure I’ve seen in my three years,” said Lister. “I should’ve slowed down a little bit and made the extra pass to our shooters.” UConn will travel to Bridgeport on Saturday where they will face Maryland in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. For head coach Geno Auriemma, UConn’s 21st Sweet 16 in program history still means a lot to him and he hopes it means a lot to his team. “I coached tonight’s game like it was the most important game of the year because for me still going to the Sweet 16 is a big deal, it really is,” said Auriemma. “I was just as tired after this game as I’ve been in any game because it still means a lot to me and I want it to mean a lot to our players.”
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Men's tennis splits two matches over Spring Break By Mike Peng Campus Correspondent The University of Connecticut men’s tennis team went 1-2 in its three matches down in Florida over the break, as they defeated Nichols College before falling to Bradley University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The team’s record on the season currently stands at 2-7. UConn entered the break on a five-match losing skid, and the team was looking for ways to break out of that funk. “The purpose of the trip was to work on our game and to be in top form when we returned to UConn,” freshman Mark HoSang said. The week started off on a high note for the Huskies,
as they were able to top the Nichols College Bison last Monday in Orlando. Though the duo of sophomore Wayne Harrell and junior Ryan Carr saw their doubles win streak snap at three when they lost 9-8 (7-5), teammates HoSang/James Cohen and Zac McEntee/Joshua Palmer were able to pick them up by winning at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots to take the doubles point. The Huskies went on to win four out of the six singles matches to make the final score 5-2. The momentum couldn’t carry over to Kissimee, Fla. the next day for UConn, however, as the team lost to Bradley by that same 5-2 score. The Huskies were swept in doubles competition but got the two points thanks to Harrell and freshman Andrew Ginzberg’s wins
in singles. UConn wasn’t able to bounce back and end the trip with another win as the team was swept by ERAU, 7-0, on Wednesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex in Daytona Beach. The lone bright spot in that contest came from HoSang/Cohen’s win at the No. 2 spot in doubles. “I did not play my best the first two singles matches,” HoSang said. “But my doubles win against EmbryRiddle gave me a lot of confidence. I believe my best tennis is right around the corner.” The Huskies will try to improve their record on Wednesday when they take on the Monmouth University Hawks from New Jersey.
The UConn men’s track and field team opened their outdoor season with a strong showing at the UCF Invite in Orlando, Fla. over the weekend. The team compiled 11 top-five finishes in the nonscoring meet. Coming off a successful indoor season in which the Huskies won the Big East, New England and IC4A titles in the same year for the just the second time in program history, the squad will look to build upon their feat. “We expect the same thing outdoor that we did indoors,” Head Coach Gregory Roy said. “We’ll progress toward the Big East as a team, looking for week to week improvement. Individually, guys will look to progress toward their highest competitive level possible.” Earning the Huskies their only first place finish at the UCF Invite
was sophomore Amanze Williams, who soared a distance of 14.02 meters in the triple jump. Also doing well in the field events were seniors Josh Faboyede, who took fifth in the hammer throw with a heave of 54.10 meters, and Cory Duggan, who used a vault of 4.80 meters to claim fourth place in the pole vault. Junior Eric Masington collected two second place finishes for the Huskies, one in the shot put and the other in the discus. The field events were not the only place the Huskies found success, as they continued to display the team consistency that helped them win during the indoor season. Senior Alex Bennatan crossed the finish line in second place in the 1,500 meter with a time of 3:57.13 while his twin brother Tim Bennatan came in right behind him in third place and a time of 4:00.12. In the 110 meter hurdles, the Huskies placed two runners in the top five with junior Jesse Chapman coming in fourth with a time of 15.49 seconds and senior
in the second period, but stopped him this time, kicking the puck away with his right pad and preserving the win for Boston. Toronto held Boston to just six shots in the third period, but Boston got a goal out of one of them when Bergeron scored at 10:36. Lucic had pulled the Bruins within 2-1 just 1:48 after Kulemin's breakaway goal gave Toronto a 2-0 lead at 8:01 of the second. Lucic took a pass from Rich Peverley after a turnover in the Leafs' end and went past three Toronto players at the blue line to get in alone on James Reimer and slip the puck between his pads.
Bergeron tied it 2-2 on a backhand off a pass from Dougie Hamilton. The rookie defenseman cycled behind the net and found Bergeron alone, carried the puck behind the net and spotted Bergeron alone low in the right circle. Joffrey Lupul scored on Toronto's first power play, giving the Leafs a 1-0 lead. Kulemin put the Leafs up 2-0 on a breakaway with 11:59 left in the second. Nazem Kadri blocked a shot, controlled the puck and spotted Kulemin streaking up the ice. The assist gave Kadri a team-high 35 points.
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seem humbled. They are grateful of where they are and seem genuinely excited about their next chance to play. It is like watching well behaved kids on Christmas morning. It is impossible not to feel happy for them when you see the joy on their faces. Every time the Eagles step on the court, they have proven somebody wrong because no one fathomed them going this far. They were an afterthought, most likely the easy pick on everyones bracket as a first or second round loss. They perfectly capture the beauty of the NCAA tournament. They are the underdog that has defied the odds. It might be too far to say they do not care if they win or lose, but unlike most teams in the Sweet Sixteen, they having nothing to lose. They are playing for the love of the game and the thrill of the
tournament. This is when basketball becomes more than a game. The purity that Florida Gulf Coast presents and their sheer love of the game and their love of the moment is what makes sports so special. They are living out their dreams and I hope they never have to wake up. Everyone in America should be rooting for them. Fly on, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Hopefully, they will be doing the Eagle dance all over Florida this Friday and attempt to make the improbable leap into the Elite Eight. Win or lose, it has been one hell of a ride. Thank you Florida Gulf Coast for continuing to make the NCAA Tournament one of the greatest events in sports.
Eagles making claim to be America's team this March Thor’s hammer. My words do not even come close to doing that alley-oop justice. There was something so unsuspectingly beautiful about the way the Eagles won their games. It was more than just highlight reel dunks and deep threes in the faces of their opponents—it was the way they handled themselves on the court. They were graceful, unassuming and full of character. After the Eagles beat the Aztecs on Sunday night, both Thompson and Brown made their way over to the announcers table and shook hall-of-famer Reggie Miller’s hand after the game, awestruck in the status of the former NBA great. In each interview, the players
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Men's track and field shines at Central Florida Invite By Nicholas Danforth Campus Correspondent
BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron scored the tying goal with 9:24 left in regulation, then put Boston ahead in the shootout as the Bruins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. Milan Lucic also scored for Boston, which rallied from a 2-0 deficit and improved to 11-2-1 at home this season. Tuukka Rask had 23 saves through regulation and overtime, then stopped Nikolai Kulemin on the Maple Leafs' last chance to extend the shootout, which Boston led 2-1 on goals by Tyler Seguin and Bergeron. Rask had been beaten by Kulemin on a breakaway
Sam Smith finishing fifth in 16.29. Rounding out the top-five finishes for the meet were seniors Chris Whyte and Joe Clark who eraned second place finishes in the 400 meter hurdle and 3,000 meter steeplechase, respectively. The biggest challenges the Huskies face in their transition from the indoor to the outdoor season is the accelerated schedule and the weather, according to Roy. “The season progresses a little more quickly to the Conference Championship, and the biggest question is what factor does the weather play in our ability to develop,” Roy said. “We are constantly challenged to adapt and come up with ways to meet the needs of the athletes and the program in the face of the accelerated timetable and weather considerations.” The Huskies will resume their outdoor season this weekend when they host the UConn Spring Invite.
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Baseball: The Huskies competed against the Georgetown Hoyas this weekend in Bethesda, Md. The Huskies played one game each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday, the Huskies lost to the Hoyas 5-2. On Saturday, the Huskies defeated the Hoyas 6-0 behind excellent pitching by redshirt-sophomore Carson Cross. On Sunday, the Huskies defeated the Hoyas 3-2. By winning this weekend series, the Huskies have an overall record of 13-7 and a conference record of 2-1. Women’s Basketball: The No. 3 Huskies defeated the Idaho Vandals in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday in Gampel Pavilion. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led the Huskies with 22 points. With this victory, the Huskies now have an overall record of 30-4 and will play the Vanderbilt Commodores Monday. Men’s Ice Hockey: The Huskies lost to Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey semifinals Friday in Rochester, N.Y. With this loss, the Huskies end their season with an overall record of 19-14-4. Women’s Lacrosse: The Huskies lost 18-7 to the Syracuse Orange in their Big East opener Friday in Syracuse, N.Y. With this loss, the Huskies now have an overall record of 6-1 and a record of 0-1 in the Big East. Women’s Rowing: The Huskies opened up its spring season on Saturday against the University of Miami. The Miami Hurricanes won all four events. Softball: The Huskies competed against Fairfield and Sacred Heart Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the Huskies competed against Fairfield in the afternoon and lost 4-3. The Huskies then played another afternoon game and lost 5-0. Lastly, the Huskies defeated Sacred Heart on Sunday afternoon 1-0 in 8 innings. With two losses and a victory, the Huskies now have a record of 11-10. Women’s Swimming: The Huskies competed in the NCAA Championship away in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday. Men’s Track: The Huskies opened the 2013 outdoor season at the UCF Invite Saturday in Orlando, Fla. The Huskies posted 13 top-five finishes in this meet.
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Florida Gulf Coast’s Chase Fieler goes up for a dunk against Georgetown’s Jabril Trawick during the second half of Eagles’ second-round win over the Hoyas in the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles are now in the Sweet 16.
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Minnesota fires Tubby Smith after UCLA loss MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tubby Smith was hailed as a rescuer when he came to Minnesota from Kentucky in 2007, a championshipcertified coach who would restore a once-proud program to respectability after it was brought down by scandal. Smith accomplished much of what he was brought in to do, bringing the Golden Gophers back to the NCAA tournament three times, keeping Minnesota free of NCAA violations for six years and bringing some energy back to Williams Arena. When new athletic director Norwood Teague saw the progress stagnate, he decided it was time for a different voice to continue to take the next step. Smith was fired on Monday, one day after the Gophers lost to Florida in the NCAA tournament. “I feel it’s time for a fresh approach for our basketball program, for our student athletes and the program in general,” Teague said. “We felt now following a season where there were high expectations for this coaching staff that it was time to make a change for the benefit of our student athletes and as we build for the future.” Smith was 124-81 (.610) in six seasons at Minnesota, winning 20 games five times and bringing the first NCAA tournament victory since 1997 when the 11th-seeded Gophers beat UCLA last week. But he went just 46-62 in Big Ten play and never finished higher than sixth in the conference. Smith was welcomed with
wild enthusiasm when he arrived to replace the overmatched Dan Monson, who was unable to raise the program from the abyss created by an academic fraud scandal that ended up wiping out the team’s Final Four appearance in 1997. Smith won 20 games his first season and took the team to the NCAA tournament the following year, restoring some sense of pride to a team that at one time was the most popular draw in the Twin Cities. But the success seemed to level off after that. The Gophers made the tournament again in 2010, missed it in 2011 and settled for an NIT bid last year as fans started to grow impatient. “I want to thank the University of Minnesota and the people of Minnesota for giving me the opportunity to lead the Golden Gopher basketball program for six years,” Smith said in a statement provided by the school. “Our staff did things the right way and will leave knowing that the program is in far better shape than when we arrived.” This year’s team started off 15-1 and rose as high as No. 8, with wins over Michigan State, Illinois and Memphis during that run. But they quickly came back down to earth, losing seven of 10 games in Big Ten play and squeaking into the tournament as a No. 11 seed thanks in large part to a late-season win over then-No. 1 Indiana at home. The Gophers handled UCLA in the second round of the tournament only to be thumped by Florida in the next round. A common refrain from fans was that the players, and the
team, didn’t improve as the season went on. The Gophers never finished with a Big Ten record above .500 and finished in seventh place or worse four times in his six seasons. Undaunted, Smith always pointed to his reputation for running a clean program and the empty cupboard he inherited when he arrived. “I don’t apologize or I don’t defend anything,” Smith said last week. “We do the best we can. We do a good job. That’s why we’re NCAA bound.” Word of Smith’s firing leaked Monday morning, but the coach didn’t find out about the decision personally until meeting with Teague in the afternoon. That didn’t sit well with Smith’s agent, Ricky Lefft. “Coach, certainly with all that he’s contributed to the program and the university and to the city, I think was deserving of better,” Lefft said. “It’s definitely, definitely, definitely disappointing.” When Smith left Kentucky, he was promised by the previous Minnesota administration a new practice facility and improvements to historic, but outdated, Williams Arena. Those improvements never came, but Smith remained hopeful. “To be able to compete, you have to have the resources available there,” Lefft said. “It’s not a level playing field.” The decision to part with a bigname coach after a rare tournament victory for the program is a bold one for Teague, who is in his second year on the job. It requires a cashstrapped athletic department to raise
$2.5 million for Smith’s buyout, in addition to the funds Teague is trying to generate to upgrade the facilities. “Any time you spend money for buyouts it bothers me as well, just like it bothers citizens of Minnesota,” Teague said. “I hope fans will look at this one as an investment, rather than an expenditure.” With a bevy of highly touted recruits in the state, Teague is acting quickly partially to give a replacement time to forge relationships with players including Apple Valley point guard Tyus Jones, one of the most sought-after juniors in the country. Teague and his top assistant, Mike Ellis, are considered to be plugged in to the college basketball world and have a list of candidates to replace Smith at the ready. “You always have a short list. ... Some are realistic, some are unrealistic but I have a list in mind,” Teague said, declining to name any specific candidates. “We’ll work that and we’ll get a terrific coach.” Teague came to Minnesota from Virginia Commonwealth, and it has been speculated almost since his arrival that he would eventually bring Shaka Smart with him. But Smart may have higher profile suitors waiting for him as well with openings already at UCLA and USC. Other names that could come up are former Timberwolves coach and Golden Gopher alumnus Flip Saunders, Villanova’s Jay Wright and Marquette’s Buzz Williams.
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Sweet, Sweet Victory Huskies advance to Sweet 16 with win over Vanderbilt
By Danny Maher Senior Staff Writer
UConn looks to win its third straight game as the Huskies play the Hartford Hawks at Fiondella Field in West Hartford, Conn. today at 3 p.m. UConn took two of three games in the opening Big East series this past weekend at Georgetown. The Huskies dropped the first game but pitched a shutout in game two and narrowly edged the Hoyas 3-2 in the rubber game to improve to 13-7 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Sophomore right-hander Carson Cross was named Big East pitcher of the Week after picking up his fifth consecutive win while guiding UConn to a 6-0 victory of Georgetown on Saturday. He struck out five batters and did not walk a batter in seven scoreless innings. Cross owns a 5-0 record, a 1.09 earned run average and has held opponents to a .195 batting average in 2013. Senior second baseman LJ Mazzilli will look to extend his career-high hitting streak to 15 consecutive games Tuesday against the Hawks. Mazzilli turned down a chance to play in the majors and returned for his senior season. He is currently hitting .376 with four home runs and a conference leading .671 slugging percentage and four triples. Junior Tom Verdi is putting together a fine season in the leadoff hole. He leads the Big East with a .484 on-base percentage and is second on the team to Mazzilli with 19 runs scored. UConn is in the top half of the Big East in team batting average (.282), slugging percentage (.392), and on-base percentage (.407). The Huskies lead the conference with 117 walks and are second with 45 stolen bases. Nutmeg State rival Hartford got off to a rough start losing its first 13 games on its way to a 3-15 overall record. However, the young Hartford team has won three out of its last five games including a walk-off single from freshman Billy Walker to edge Maine 7-6 on Sunday. Despite the game-winning hit, Walker has struggled at the plate in his rookie campaign. He is one of two Hartford players to hit a home run but Walker is batting just .152 and has struck out 14 times in 46 at bats. Sophomore shortstop Trey Stover leads the team with a .304 batting average and sets the table for fellow sophomores Ryan Lukach and Brady Sheetz. Lukach leads the team with two homers, a .500 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage. Sheetz is tied for the team lead with 17 hits and nine RBIs. Hartford has atrocious teamERA of 7.66 compared to UConn’s 2.88 ERA as a team. The lone bright spots have been freshmen Jeremy Charles and Brian Murphy out of the bullpen. The duo has allowed just seven earned runs in 23.2 innings in relief. The only common opponent shared by UConn and Hartford so far has been Troy. The Huskies defeated Troy 13-8 on in the UCF Tournament on Feb. 23 but the Hawks fell twice to Troy in early March by scores of 9-5 and 8-1. After the brief one-game series with Hartford, the Huskies will travel to South Orange, N.J. to take on the Seton Hall Pirates in a scheduled double-header set for March 28 and the final game on March 30. Barring any postponements, the UConn baseball team will have played its first 24 games away from Storrs. The Huskies will finally play a home game at J.O. Christian Field on April 1 against Quinnipiac.
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By Tyler Morrissey Associate Sports Editor For the 20th straight time the UConn women’s basketball team will advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament after a 77-44 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Huskies victory was backed by an explosive second half and the exceptional play of freshman forward Breanna Stewart. In her first NCAA Tournament game, Stewart led her team in total points with 14. She also recorded three blocks and grabbed five rebounds in the victory and looked comfortable in her first taste of tournament play in a Husky uniform. “I just enjoyed being out there and being able to play,” said Stewart. “It’s been a while since I’ve played the game personally and I think there was a little bit of nerves because it was the first NCAA Tournament game for me but I got comfortable pretty quickly.” For the second game in a row, it took the Huskies just four seconds to score when senior guard Kelly Faris scored UConn’s first points of the game. The Huskies started on a 10-0 run and held Vanderbilt from scoring a field goal until the 4:20 mark of the first half.
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UConn forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis looks to shoot during the Huskies’ 77-44 NCAA Tournament Second Round win over Vanderbilt at Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies advanced to their 20th straight Sweet 16 and will play Maryland on Saturday at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Mosqueda-Lewis, Stewart shine in win By Matt Stypulkoski Senior Staff Writer KML sets record With 13:13 left in Monday night’s contest, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis thrust herself into the UConn history books. A 3-pointer that stretched the Huskies lead to 13 points was her 108th of the season, the most of any player in a single season in program history. “I just think that the fact that Kaleena is so versatile, [that] it’s hard for the defense to guard her one way,” freshman center Breanna Stewart said, “and I mean she can hit shots and she does and that’s what she does in practice and then she just turns it over to the game.” Perhaps the most staggering thing about Mosqueda-Lewis’ record is not the sheer number of makes, but rather the remarkable efficiency she used to get to this point. She’s taken just 216 shots from behind the arc this season – a
50 percent rate from three-point was the end of the line. range, which leads the nation. “It was great, great supporting And that kind of remarkable – with the fans, a lot of great effectiveness from long range – in support,” Doty said. “Being out addition to how well-rounded her there, just to compete for the Sweet game has become – 16 one last time and inspires a great deal to be able to do it of trust among those in Gampel – it’s the playing alongside of greatest place you can her. possibly play in in “Numbers don’t college basketball – lie,” senior guard so just to be here, I’m Caroline Doty said, “I grateful to be with my know when the ball’s teammates and just in her hand, good pull out a good win.” Notebook things are going to The final home happen.” performance was one Seniors last game of Doty’s best in recent memory. For Doty, Kelly Faris and Though not statistically staggerHeather Buck, this game was their ing – she two points and one assist last in Gampel Pavilion. The three on the night – her hustle, defense seniors still have at least one more and ability to spearhead the offense game in Connecticut to play – the looked better than it had in several Sweet 16 and Elite Eight will be weeks. played in Bridgeport – but as far For Faris, the home finale was a as the Huskies’ home court is con- familiar look filled with hustle and cerned, the win against Vanderbilt under-the-radar play. She posted
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four points, four assists and four rebounds against the Commodores. Buck came on with 3:16 remaining in mop-up duty and hit the front iron on her only shot of the night, but the fan-favorite received a strong ovation when she checked in from the 4,483 in attendance. Stewart continues to excel Though the middle stretch of the season was certainly a rocky road for Stewart, the postseason has proved to be a rebirth of sorts. She has averaged 16.25 points per game in her four postseason contests and has looked far more confident and aggressive in doing it. That energy extends to both ends of the floor, and her defense gave Vanderbilt fits throughout the evening. “She’s so aggressive defensively, that’s what surprised me,” Commodores Coach Melanie Balcomb said. “I knew she could score – I recruited her out of high
school. But she can break the passes, play that hard defensively. She is a scoring maching and she can stretch the defense, but I didn’t know she had that adjustment as a freshman. It’s rare today what she was able to do.” Monday night’s game was also the first NCAA Tournament appearance of Stewart’s career – she sat out Saturday’s opening round game with a calf issue. I just enjoyed being out there and being able to play,” Stewart said. “It’s been awhile since I’ve played a game personally. I think there were a little bit of nerves because it was the first tournament game for me, but I got comfortable pretty quickly.” That comfort, combined with showing no ill effects from the injury that sidelined her, led to a 14 point, five rebound performance to help the Huskies advance.
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Florida Gulf Coast captures country’s heart
By Carmine Colangelo Staff Columnist
In the wise words of former NBA star turned basketball analyst, Charles Barkley, “where the hell is Florida Gulf Coast at?” Well Chuck, Florida Gulf Coast is a public research university located in southern Fort Myers, Fla. The university is only 16 years old and presumably, the entirety of their 12,683 student body is older than the institution itself. Roughly 400 acres of their main campus has been donated for environmental preservation, hospitality management is one of their most popular majors, there is an absolutely gorgeous beach on campus and little was known about their basketball program. That was until they simultaneously busted the brackets of millions of college basketball enthusiasts and gamblers alike over the past weekend. FGCU, one of the best kept collegiate secrets, has now captured the hearts and minds of the nation
as they are the first No. 15 seed to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament. Sunday’s 81-71 victory over No.7 San Diego State helped propel the Eagles to where no 15 seed has gone before. Their basketball program has only been a part of Division I for six years and this is only the second year that the Eagles have been eligible for the NCAA Tournament. Enter a cheesy song lyric about an eagle taking flight here. It has become one of the greatest stories in college basketball and the most memorable moment of the tournament thus far, but I would be a liar if I said I loved it from the start. On that fateful Friday night where the newest Cinderella squad first made themselves known, I did not get to watch most of that game against Georgetown. I was at a friend of a friend’s apartment and did not have control of the remote. Instead I was subject to a rotation of Ohio State vs. Iona, North Carolina vs. Villanova and Florida vs. Northwestern State.
As I walked back and forth from the kitchen, where a certain game with ping pong balls and cups was being played, to the living room, where a historic dismantling of the Hoyas was underway, I was only subject to a sporadic amount of updates. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast had upset No. 2 Georgetown 78-68, shocking the basketball world. My reaction was similar to the Round Mound of Rebound’s quote in the at the top of the story, but laced with a litany of cuss words. My bracket suffered its first big bust. I hated Florida Gulf Coast. That was until I watched the highlights. That is when I fell in love with Florida Gulf Coast. Sherwood Brown turned out to be the best scorer in college basketball that I never heard of. Otto Porter and the rest of the Hoyas had no answer for Brown, who dropped 24 points from every part of the court. Combine that with 23 points from Bernard Thompson and they were the best offensive team that you have never watched
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Coach Andy Enfield and Florida Gulf Coast has made NCAA Tournament history by becoming the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16. The Eagles will play Florida on Friday.
before. The signature moment of that game came with just under two minutes to play. Brown catches a wild pass in a sea of defenders at mid-court, passes it to a streaking Brett Comer, who throws quite possibly the greatest alley-oop of the year to a trailing Chase Fieler.
Comer effortlessly flipped the oop to Fieler—who surprised the world with his hops—skyed for the pass that required him to reach as far back as humanly possible to catch it and then subsequently slams it home with the force of
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