The Daily Campus: March 27, 2013

Volume CXIX No. 110

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Supreme Court reviews Calif. marriage laws

By Stephen Underwood Staff Writer

‘THE BROWNING OF AMERICA’ PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez discusses immigration’s effect on the population.

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WHITMER RISES TO NEW ROLE The sophomore quarterback looks to become more of a leader.

SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: BOT STUDENT REP. ELIGIBILITY SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED Proposed bill would require the UConn student representative be full-time student.

COMMENTARY/page 8 INSIDE NEWS: STALKING HEIGHTENED ON CAMPUSES, AWARENESS SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD 801 cases on UConn campus a year.

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The Supreme Court adjourned this week to hear arguments over whether same sex couples are legal under California law.

The hearings are over a direct challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that defined marriage between a man and a woman in the states constitution. A landmark case that if struck down could make legal definitions of marriage unconstitutional in all states or if upheld would continue to allow same sex marriage to be decided by state.

The Court will hear the constitutionality of the case Perry vs. Brown (2008), which holds that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional since opponents believe that the proposition violates equal protection clauses under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

According to ABC News, justices have set aside a total of two days to hear both sides of the debate and are expected to release oral arguments afterwards.

In previous challenges to the amendment the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Proposition 8. In Struass vs. Horton (2009), the Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 8 was valid under California laws.

However, gay rights activists believe that such laws as Proposition 8 undermine civil rights and equal protection clauses which would be in direct contradiction to the Constitution.

Charles J. Cooper, former Assistant Attorney General under the Reagan Administration, leads the defense of Proposition 8 and was the first to speak during the hearings.

According to the Huffington

Post, Cooper argued that heterosexual marriage encourages “responsible procreation” and that homosexual couples could not be fertile. Cooper also argued that there could be potentially harmful effects to children who live with same sex couples.

However, the Court’s four liberal justices: Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, were not buying Coopers argument.

Justice Kagan, jokingly asked Cooper, “What about two 55-years olds – a man and a woman – who decide to marry? If you are over the age of 55, you don’t help us serve the government’s interest in regulating procreation through marriage. So why is that different?”

The Court’s solid conservative block, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito seemed to be in favor of Proposition 8.

However, Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the potential swing vote on the case, acknowledged that same sex marriage is “uncharted waters” but also felt that there is “immediate legal injury” to the children of same sex couples if their parents are not recognized under law.

“There is an immediate legal injury and that’s the voice of these children,” Kennedy said. “There’s some 40,000 children in California, according to the Red Brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case, don’t you think?”

Ted Olson, a Republican and former solicitor general, represented the opposition against Proposition 8.

Olson argued that not granting same sex couples equal marriage

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Supporters of marriage equality gathered at the Supreme Court as the justices heard the case Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, on Tuesday in Washington D.C.

rights denies them of their liberty and identity.

However, Olson along with the opposition faced harsh criticism from Chief Justice John Roberts and Antonin Scalia.

Justice Roberts weighed in, “When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791?” Scalia interjected, “1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?

When did the law become this?” said Roberts.

Fleurette King, Executive Director of UConn’s Rainbow Center, believes that marriage

equality is a step in the right direction.

“While there are many other significant priorities for the LGBTQ community, I think that marriage equality is significant looking at a cultural sea change. If we succeed I hope we don’t stop fighting the good fight for equality.

This, however, is a significant civil rights issue that will help close the gap even more for equality across the board. Recent polls have even shown that most Americans are in favor of gay marriage and see it as a fundamental civil rights issue.”

King also addressed family values.

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Prop 8, DOMA explained

Air Force ROTC uses unique training method

By Aysha Manmood Campus Correspondent Next Thursday, approximately 50 members of UConn’s Air Force ROTC will participate in the annual paintball field training exercise. This will be the second year the event is held at Matt’s Outback Paintball field in Coventry, a couple miles from school.

8th-semester math major, Brett Eddins, also known as the senior cadet wing commander in the Air Force ROTC, is overlooking the event. The exercise is 2 to 3 hours long, and underclassmen are put through a number of mock scenarios that they may have to face later on in combat.

“The purpose of all this is to give them a real applicable situation where they have to make real life decisions,” Eddins said. “We take classes training us for different scenarios, but when in the paintball field, it can all be applied.”

The scenarios he described range from getting across a neutral area to a foreign land to saving a downed pilot that can no longer walk. In each situation, the lower class is divided into teams of 5 or 6 and lead usually by an upperclassman and an observer. They then try to accomplish whatever goal set out by them within in a certain time limit, all while trying to avoid the upperclassmen, who play the role of the “bad guys.”

“If were really serious about family values then we must include marriages between same sex couples who have children responsibly and care for children who would otherwise be neglected. That is in itself a family value.

There are many LGBTQ couples who want children and would be responsible in raising their children just like a heterosexual couple.”

The court adjourned divided on the issue but is predicted to reach a verdict by the summer.

By Brendon Field Campus Correspondent

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The Air Force ROTC will participate in their annual paintball field training exercise next Thursday. The event helps train and relieves stress.

After the leadership classes and the labs in which they work on their teamwork and problem solving skills, he said that it’s exciting to go out and apply what he’s learnt in a safe, fun environment. His favorite part he said, however, is what happens after the exercise. Laughing, Eddins recalled the last time he participated in this event in which after their training exercise he along with other upperclassmen shot at the lower classmen in what he

described as, “a revolutionary war style.”

“At the end, we just play paintball. It’s hard for us all the way through the semester with midterms and finals. So we try to do things near the end of the year when everyone’s tired and just try to make them go home smiling,” he said.

Sophomore Cadet Michelle Smyth, a natural resources major, has participated in this event for two semesters now and also shared her excitement

for the activity.

“It is by far one of my favorite activities that we get to do,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to apply what we learn during Lead Lab. It’s also a great way to increase the camaraderie between cadets.”

Lieutenant Colonel Kristopher E. Perry will be the head of this event, but while the missions are planned out by the cadets, he has mostly concerned himself with safety.

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This week the United States Supreme Court will be begin hearing arguments on challenges to Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). If both are ruled unconstitutional, it will be the biggest breakthrough in the fight for same sex marriage in the history of the nation.

California Proposition 8 was passed by popular vote as part of the 2008 state elections. It was an amendment to the state constitution that read, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” This was following the invalidation of Proposition 22, a near identical amendment, by the California Supreme Court.

Proposition 8 began as a ballot initiative with a petition receiving 1,102,281 signatures, which met the barrier of 8 percent of the electorate. It was qualified by a random sample check, according to a release by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen.

An attempt to revoke the ballot was struck down by the California Supreme Court. There was intensive campaigning and the proposition received nationwide attention. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and John McCain voiced support whereas Nancy Pelosi, then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and then senator Barack Obama acted in

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Conn. priest to admit to drug charge

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A suspended Roman Catholic priest in Connecticut accused of taking in more than $300,000 from sales of methamphetamines plans to plead guilty to one of the charges against him, according to court filing Tuesday.

Kevin Wallin is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Hartford next week for a hearing in which he would plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the filing obtained by The Associated Press.

A message left with his attorney wasn’t immediately returned.

Authorities say the 61-year-old Wallin had meth mailed to him from co-conspirators in California and made more than $300,000 in drugs sales out of his Waterbury apartment last year.

He also bought a small adult video and sex toy shop in the nearby town of North Haven named “Land of Oz & Dorothy’s Place,” authorities said.

Conn. receives $250M in federal Sandy aid

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s governor says more than $250 million in federal assistance has been approved to help people and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy.

The aid was made available after President Barack Obama approved a disaster declaration for the state in the wake of the storm that slammed into the East Coast last October.

The office of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says nearly $200 million has been paid out in Connecticut under the National Flood Insurance Program.

The U.S. Small Business Administration also has approved more than $40 million in low-interest disaster loans for homeowners, renters, businesses and private nonprofit organizations.

State officials say about 3,000 homes were damaged by Sandy, including about 500 that received major damage.

Newtown residents upset about NRA robocalls

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Some residents of the Connecticut community devastated by December’s school shooting said they’re outraged over robocalls they’ve received from the National Rifle Association only three months after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Newtown residents said the automated calls from the NRA began last week and urge people to tell their state legislators to oppose gun control proposals. Some also said they received postcards from the NRA supporting gun owners’ rights.

“It’s ridiculous and insensitive,” Newtown resident Dan O’Donnell told Hartford-area NBC affiliate WVIT-TV, one of several media organizations to report about the robocalls. “I can’t believe an organization would be so focused on the rights of gun owners with no consideration for the losses this town suffered.”

A message seeking comment was left Monday at the NRA’s headquarters in Fairfax, Va. Like Congress and other state legislatures, Connecticut’s General Assembly has been considering gun control measures in the wake of the school shootings, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

The NRA strongly opposes many gun control proposals including an assault weapons ban, saying government officials should better enforce existing gun laws and not impede on people’s Second Amendment rights.

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, has said his organization supports getting the records of those adjudicated mentally incompetent and dangerous into the background check system for gun dealers and beefed up penalties for illegal third-party purchases and gun trafficking.

Shortly after the Newtown shooting, LaPierre also called for armed security guards in schools.

A 20-year-old gunman killed 26 students and educators and himself at Sandy Hook on Dec. 14, after having shot his mother to death at their Newtown home.

Another Newtown resident, Christopher Wenis, told The Huffington Post that he received three of the NRA’s robocalls last week.

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Stalking heightened on campuses, awareness should be widespread

By Domenica Ghanem Campus Correspondent

The projector in Monteith 143 on Wednesday evening read “Stalking on Campus” in bold letters on a cautiontape yellow background. In 2012 there were 6.6 million cases of stalking in the U.S. That statistic translated for the UConn population comes out to 801 cases a year on our campus alone. 1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men will be stalked at one point throughout their lifetime. The prevalence of stalking on college campuses is higher than it is for the general population.

These were the statistics laid out for students that attended “Stalking on Campus” a presentation by the Stalking Resource Center (SRC) of the National Center for Victims of Crime. The event on Tuesday evening was hosted by UConn’s Women Center and sponsored by the Community Response Team.

“Stalking is a crime that affects millions of people in our country every year,” said Hema Khan, the Program Attorney for the SRC. With an average of 801 cases of stalking at UConn annually, awareness of this crime should be more widespread. However, most of these cases go unreported.

Like domestic violence and sexual assault, stalking is one of the most underreported crimes. According to SRC, about 83 percent of stalking cases are not reported to police or campus law, mostly because victims do not recognize the behaviors of stalking, or they minimize the crime.

It is especially common for males to underreport stalking because of social stigmas where admitting fear is a threat to masculinity.

Khan stressed that the most victims of stalking know

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Hema Khan from the Stalking Resource Center (SRC) of the National Center for Victims of Crime spoke on Tuesday about stalking awareness on campus.

their stalker. Current or former intimate partners are the most likely stalkers. The most common form of behavior for stalkers is making unwanted phone calls. Most stalkers will make contact at least once a week, whether that be through social media, asking your friends about you, sending you gifts or several other approaches.

“Stalking is a crime that’s rarely going to be in a vacuum,” says Khan. Stalking is often the step before a sexual assault. Stalking is also linked to property crimes and identity theft.

There are many reasons why stalkers stalk, but Khan explained that one reason stalking is so prevalent is because they can. She pointed out that stalking behavior is

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She also stressed that it is important to think about the phrases that we use in everyday life.

“It was interesting to hear [Khan] talk about the language we use like phrases such as ‘I raped that test’ or ‘Facebook stalking’, “ says Matthew Dempsey, an 8thsemester Special Education major who attended the event, “I was really grateful to hear her talk about that.”

Khan and the audience exchanged a dialogue about what we could do to prevent so many cases of stalking on college campuses. Some of the solutions generated from this conversation were using privacy settings to protect yourself, being careful not

to minimize the crime, being mindful of the language you use, training for officials, implementing and enforcing stalking policies on campus and finally promoting advocacy and awareness.

“The part where [Khan] said that people aren’t always aware of what they’re doing stuck with me.” said Jose Figueroa, an 8th-semester Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major, “Events could bring awareness and make people look at their own behaviors.”

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Calif. Supreme Court has history Event allows students to apply techniques of upholding Proposition 8

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opposition. The amendment was passed with just over 7 million votes, approximately 52 percent of the electorate.

California is not the only, nor the first state to amend their constitution to ban same sex marriage. Over a dozen states did the same throughout the last decade.

Following the referendum, numerous lawsuits were filed.

The California Supreme Court addressed the challenge in Strauss v. Horton, upholding Proposition 8. However, the court stated that all same sex marriages before Nov. 5, 2008 were valid. The case was heard by the Federal District Court in Perry v. Schwarzenegger who overturned Proposition 8, citing the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It was appealed again to Ninth Circuit Court, now as Hollingsworth v.

Perry, which upheld the decision of the District Court. Judge Stephen Reinhardt said, “Although the Constitution permits communities

to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently.

There was no reason Proposition 8 could have been enacted.” The case was then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case on Dec. 7, 2012.

The Defense of Marriage Act was introduced to Congress by Bob Barr on May 7, 1996. It passed both the House and Senate with overwhelming majorities; 342 – 67 and 85 – 14 respectively.

It was signed into law by Bill Clinton on Sept. 21, 1996.

Section 3 of DOMA states, “The word ‘marriage’ means only the legal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.” The bill resulted in the withholding of several marital benefits to same sex couples. According to a letter from Congressman Henry Hyde

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to the General Accounting Office, 1,049 federal laws were determined to be contingent on marriage. These included Old Age, Survivor and Disability Insurance, Food Stamps, veteran’s benefits, inheritance and the filing of tax returns.

DOMA initially received no judicial challenges and there is little to no record of public backlash. George Bush sought a constitutional amendment protect heterosexual marriage to protect DOMA, which he viewed as vulnerable. However he abandoned the proposal in early 2005 fearing a constitutional challenge in the Senate. Barack Obama endorsed the repeal of DOMA as part of his 2008 presidential platform and last year said in an interview with ABC, “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” Bill Clinton as well as several legislators who supported the

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bill at the time of its conception and enactment have now voiced support in its appeal.

In the past few years, numerous court cases have arisen challenging DOMA and its repercussions on same sex couples. The most notable of which is Windsor v.

United States, filed in 2010 by the American Civil Liberties Union.

New York. Both the District Court and the Circuit Court affirmed Windsor’s claim that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional, citing the Fifth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Petition was filed for the case to be heard by the Supreme Court, and certiorari was also granted on Dec. 7, 2012.

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BOT student rep. eligibility should not be limited

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bill currently making its way through the Connecticut state legislature would require that the UConn student representative on the Board of Trustees is a full-time student throughout the duration of his or her tenure. The bill makes sense in principle – shouldn’t the so-called “student representative” be a student, after all? But when the details are actually analyzed, things get tricky.

The current legislation was introduced by Democratic Representative Gregg Haddad, who represents Mansfield and serves as Vice Chair of the Higher Education Committee. H.B. 5617, “An Act Concerning Student Membership on the Board of Trustees for the University of Connecticut,” had its first public hearing on March 14 and could potentially become law in April or May. So what exactly is the problem?

Currently, the student representative is Brien Buckman (along with Rose Barham, a second-year student in the School of Medicine). Student representatives are elected to serve two-year terms – and while Buckman was a senior during his first year, he is now an alumnus of the undergraduate program in his second year. Michael Daniels, who won the election for the seat earlier this month, will encounter the same issue – currently a junior, Daniels will be a senior next year and an alumnus the year after.

Two-year terms are necessary to ensure some level of continuity and consistency in decision-making. Many decisions the Board makes do not apply or take effect until the following year, or even the year after that. (We here at The Daily Campus understand that well, having last month won approval for a student fee increase that we originally proposed last year.) On the surface, it might not make sense that a non-student is serving as the “student representative.” But the truth is, even a senior serving in the same role is not (for the most part) making decisions that would affect themselves directly. Any decision on tuition, for example, would likely take effect the following year, after a senior’s graduation anyway.

If the student representative is to remain a two-year position, then if this legislation passed it would seemingly mean that any eligible candidate would have to run at the end of their sophomore year, to serve as a junior and senior. While we would not suggest banning sophomores or freshmen from running – although the odds seem remote that somebody so young would actually win – it hardly seems fair to restrict the list of eligible candidates to merely half the UConn population: the less-experienced half at that.

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I worked on my thesis so much over break that I made “thesising” a verb.

When I was in Reagan Airport in D.C. coming back to UConn I saw Georgetown clothing in a store... and I just LAUGHED. If the hair on your lower stomach is a happy trail, than what’s the hair on your lower back?...

Every time I see a Jonathan logo now I become sad that the university wants to change it. Thanks a lot UConn.

The Statue of Liberty’s arm HAS to be tired by now.

Why is there a University of Rhode Island advertisement on the InstantDaily online page? Pretty sure most of the readers won’t be going there.

There’s still not a hiccup remedy that’s worked consistently for me.

I will forever be confused about the concept of hair being left on the toilet seat.

Why does the Union leave one door locked while the 5 surrounding are unlocked? I’m baffled.

Kentucky wouldn’t change their logo. Neither would Duke. Or North Carolina. Or Ohio State. Or Kansas.

Or UCLA. Or Texas. Or any other school with tradition.

So why should UConn?

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What’s so great about democracy anyway?

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n the United States, we worship the democratic ideal. We glorify the right to vote. We even host Election Day booths in High Schools (I remember “voting” in 2000, in the fourth grade!) for students who can’t even vote legally. We form student councils to teach students early the virtues of democracy, which is essentially: see! Now everyone has a voice in how their nation is run.

We usually look back to the Classical Era. Our

By John D. Nitowski national motto is Weekly Columnist Latin: E pluribus unum. And we look to Athens as “the first democracy” in spite of the fact that Aristotle – the famous Greek student of Plato (himself advocating an essentially fascist society) – called Democracy “tyranny of the many.” So it all comes back to this question that we just learned in Undergraduate Student Government (where, due to violations from the opposition, its most recent election ended with Ed Courchaine winning against Shiv Gandhi, despite losing the popular vote): what’s so great about democracy anyway?

Why do we claim that every other country not only should be a democracy but that they want to be one when we can’t even get UConn to work right?

You know what I think that means?

We need a real dictator at UConn. Not a college president or a dean, but a real dictator who saw the USG election, the farce of a court case, and decided to take

matters into his own hand.

Here’s looking at you, Gandhi. Remind us what democracy is all about and take matters into your own hands. I say just march up to USG and demand your installment as First Marshal. No more of this “president” business. You won’t be presiding over anything. You’ll be marshalling Storrs and the satellite campuses to be a more efficient, more livable, and more equitable campus.

How do I know that? Well because the campus won’t have a choice.

Seriously, look at the benefits of dictatorial rule: long term stability (name yourself First Marshal for life!), with the potential for change (nominate your own Second and Third Marshals and make us vote for them so we have the illusion of choice), as well as efficiency (no more of this ridiculous legislative process) and as time goes on, we all remember what having democracy was about and the inevitable revolution 30 or 40 years from now, after you’ve grown old, tired and delirious with your increasingly insane attempt at a hereditary monarchy in a faux-democracy, you can hand it down from on high and appear as the great liberator who gave us strength when we needed it, and democracy when we demanded it. Everybody wins!

This is the flaw with generation after generation of already flawed democracy: we forget what it was about in the first place. Which of you remembers the

American Revolution? No? Ok, well it all started because we wanted to invade Canada (the Declaration of Independence was signed six months after we tried conquering our northern neighbor) and no one actually voted on the national stage with any discernable results until 1824, and, oh, there was that slavery thing until 1865. Oh, and we didn’t stop killing the Lakota, Sioux, Apache and other indigenous tribes until 1910. And then there was the whole mass-pepper spray of peaceful protestors…

See, just in that list we can see how our initially flawed independence has become a flawed democraticrepublic and one that can easily be remedied with a good dictator. But I mean, do we really want an Orwellian Big Brother in Washington to take over and rain drones down on us at will? No. Nobody wants that.

What we really need are a bunch of little dictators. So if we have a First Marshal take over UConn, maybe Yale and Harvard will catch onto the trend.

Then maybe the schools in New York will have dictators too, and it will become a national meme to have dictators take over USGs across the country!

It’ll be great!

“Why do we claim that every other country should be a democracy? We need a real dictator at UConn.”

Weekly columnist John D. Nitowski is an 8thsemester English major. He can be reached at John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.

America should legalize competing currencies

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he value of the U.S. dollar is rapidly falling. Many people believe that America should end the printing of unbacked fiat currency and return to a gold standard, where every dollar is backed by an amount of gold. However, while this

By Gregory Koch might work in theory, a Staff Columnist far simpler and more effective solution is to legalize competing currencies, allowing the gold-backed currency and the fiat currency currently in circulation to exist simultaneously.

Legalizing competing currencies would retain the current form of currency while allowing people to introduce other forms of currency, including the gold-backed currency that has been proposed by supporters of the gold standard. If some economists feel a silver-backed currency is more useful, they could introduce that as well.

Theoretically, if people were willing to accept those chocolate coins as a form of money, they could be used as well.

Currently, the printing of any form of currency by any-

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one other than the Federal Reserve is considered counterfeit and is punishable by lengthy prison terms. In the past, the government has prosecuted people not just for printing U.S. dollars but for attempting to introduce their own currency as well.

One problem with converting the current fiat currency back to a gold-standard is that it would be hard to implement – even abolishing the Federal Reserve would not be enough because the treasury could simply print the money themselves. Furthermore, there is no guarantee a future Congress would not return to the fiat currency, as has been done once before. Additionally, it would be difficult to convert fiat currency to gold backed currency in massive amounts all at once.

If we were to simply legalize competing currencies, thus allowing the gold-backed dollar and the fiat dollar to exist together, people who felt the gold-backed dollar was more stable (which evidence suggests it is) could simply convert their currency at a set exchange rate, much as they can convert their dollars into pesos right now.

Additionally, legalizing competing currencies allows for the possibility of local currencies, which offer a beneficial exchange rate but are only valid within a certain community. This idea, which has been proposed before, would encourage people in that community to use local merchants and benefit the local economy. The community could coin their own money, which is only valid within that community.

Any business could choose to accept any or all competing currencies in the same way they can choose to accept or not accept each type of credit card now. What currencies they accept would be dictated by the free market, thus allowing the best currencies to be used the most. Just as many businesses declined to accept Discover when the credit card company required a large portion of sales as payment for its use, businesses would not accept currencies that are not beneficial for their profit margin.

If gold-backed currency truly is the best currency, then the free market will ensure it becomes the most prominent one. If I am wrong, and fiat

currency is more useful than a gold standard, the free market will ensure that it remains the most prominent currency, and nothing will change. Of course, if I am right about gold-backed currency being better than the current fiat money, legalizing competing currencies will leave us with a much more stable currency, and the economy will be better off for it.

Even former Congressman Ron Paul, one of the leading advocates of ending the Federal Reserve and returning to the gold standard, acknowledges that ending the Fed is not a necessary step and we can accomplish the same goals by allowing competing currencies.

The legalization of competing currencies is a far easier solution to implement than permanently stopping the printing of money all together, and would also allow for more beneficial options to be implemented if the gold standard does not turn out as expected.

Staf f Columnist Gregory Koch is a 6th-semester actuarial science major. He can be reached at Gregpry.Koch@UConn.edu.

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‘The Browning of America’ PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez discusses immigration’s effect on the population

By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer The PBS NewsHour’s Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez, formerly from NPR, spoke of current immigration outlooks and issues in his lecture titled “The Browning of America” at the Student Union Theater Tuesday afternoon.

“The social map is being redrawn in our lives and we’re lucky enough to watch it,” said Suarez as he dove into a detailed explanation into the onesided view of immigration, current social and ethnic changes in America and ideas about the future of America culturally and ethnically.

Suarez is the author of two books, has contributed to numerous others, hosts foreign broadcasts and had previously been the host of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.” He is currently the lead correspondent for The NewsHour’s global health coverage, reporting on some of the world’s most threatening and little-known health crises from Africa, Latin American and Asia.

At the beginning of the program, Director of PRLACC Fany Hannon welcomed the audience. She was followed by Jennifer Morenus, the Assistant Director of PRLACC, who introduced Suarez.

Suarez began the event by explaining an aspect of immigration and America that is widely unacknowledged, and that’s the fact that America was a result of contending cultures and multiple empires, not just the British, French and Spanish. There was Spanish influence in America long before what we considered the “first towns” were built. St Augustine in Florida was built in 1665 and until 1841, it stayed under the Spanish control. Suarez showed the crowd how immigration is something that is constantly being transferred and is a two way street – not only do immigrants affect America, but immigrants are affected by America as well.

Suarez demonstrated how changes are already underway and that there are an increasing number of Americans who trace their ancestry

By Imaani Cain Campus Correspondent

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Ray Suarez, a senior correspondent for the PBS news program ‘NewsHour,’ gave a lecture yesterday in the Student Union Theater called ‘The Browning of America,’ about the shifting demographics of the country as the effects of immigration become visibly apparent.

back to the Spanish. He supported his claims with culturally specific statistics about things like language and education – places where racial lines are drawn. He verbally produced timelines of events and factors that went into shaping the immigration of blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Africans.

After the lecture, the floor was open to a question and answer session in

which audience members were allowed to walk up to two microphones and ask questions. Rebecca Washington, a sixth semester Urban and Community Studies and Geography double major, went to the event to learn more about different cultures and see the similarities and differences in ethnic histories.

“Looking at it historically and geographically, it was very interesting,” she said. “He was very knowledge-

World-renowned Taiko drummers to play Jorgensen

On Wednesday March 27th the world famous Kodo Drummers will be performing feats of Taiko drumming at Jorgensen auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Based on Sado Island off the coast of Western Japan, the Kodo drummers have traveled the world performing for over 3,100 international audiences since 1981. Starting their career at the Berlin Film Festival in 1981, the group has now traveled to five continents and spends an estimated one third of the year traveling outside of Japan. The art of Taiko drumming is a traditional Japanese performance, which uses large hollow drums and thick rounded

able. He answered my question quickly and even though he went off an a tangent he explained a lot more.”

PRLACC hosted a reception afterwards where all were welcome to take refreshments and have a chance to talk to Suarez.

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Opera Theater presenting ‘Die Zauberflöte’ beginning April 4

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Two members of the Kodo drummers, a world-famous ensemble who play Taiko drums, perform in this undated publicity photograph provided by Jorgensen.

By Katie McWilliams Staff Writer

The fallout and disaster of Steubenville’s victim blaming

drum sticks to produce intricate and booming music. The word “Taiko” itself comes from the drum and literally means “wide drum.” Similarly, the Kodo drummers take their name from a percussive root, the Japanese words for “heartbeat” and “child of the drum.” The simplicity of “child of the drum” and the universality of “heartbeat” accurately describe the Kodo mission, which states “Under the theme ‘One Earth,’ Kodo brings the sound of the Taiko to all corners of the globe as our music and message resonates with myriad cultures and ways of life.” The Kodo drummers return from their travels around the world and aspire to integrate different musical cultures into to their own

performances and have collaborated with numerous other musical institutions, such as The Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, and the Paris Opera.

The Kodo drummers return to UConn after “popular demand,” after a previous performance in 2008, according to the Jorgensen press release. Tickets for students are priced at $10, nonstudents under 18 at $15, floor seats at $40, mezzanine seats at $37, and balcony seats at $33.

Tickets can be purchased at the Jorgensen box office between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., or online for no additional charge.

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This striking flier for the Opera Theater’s production was provided by the Opera Theater.

By Joseph Kirschner Campus Correspondent UConn’s Opera Theater will be presenting “Die Zauberflöte” otherwise known as “The Magic Flute,” a play that has German roots from its creator Mozart but with a twist from the Hindu culture.

This opera marks a point of history for the program as the production will have two separate casts because of the record number of students involved with the production.

The opera will be sung in German with English dialogue.

Surtitle translations are available.

The opera is directed by Dr. Jeffrey McEvoy and conduct-

ed by Dr. William Halpin with the University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.

There will be four showings starting on Thursday, April 4th, April 5th, April 6th at 7:30 p.m. as well as Sunday, April 7th at 3:00p.m. All performances will be held in the Nafe Katter Theater at UConn’s Storrs campus.

Ticket costs range from $20 for general admission, $14 for seniors and $10 student tickets. There will be a $3 per ticket fee for tickets purchased online or over the phone. Student tickets are not available online.

For tickets call the CRT Box Office at (860) 486 2113.

Joseph.Kirschner@UConn.edu

Last week, the assault case from Steubenville, Ohio finally came to a head. For those who haven’t been following it, an unnamed sixteen year old girl was sexually assaulted at a party featuring two football stars from the local high school (Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond). The girl was heavily intoxicated and unconscious for part of it, and pictures of the event were tweeted and discussed with an air of glee. The boys involved referred to themselves as “The Rape Crew,” but somehow, they have only received one to two years in prison as punishment. Richmond was recorded as saying that he was unaware that rape was happening at all, and that if he realized what it was he would’ve “stopped it.” But would he have?

Certain news stations reviewing the Steubenville assault have attempted to champion for the boys’ causes. They have entreated for their audiences to understand, and to not be hasty in judging the young men because they have ‘bright futures’ and were unaware of the consequences. There were countless pictures of Richmond crying upon receiving his sentence, and Mays apologizing for the pictures being taken, but not for actually committing the assault. Plenty of people have also switched the ire from being directed towards the boys in question to the Jane Doe, and reiterating that she should not have been drinking and therefore was partially at fault. Only a few feminist blogs circulating around have come to the Jane Doe’s defense, announcing that the key point is not that she was drinking, or that the boys were imbibing as well. The focus ought to be that a teenage girl was graphically humiliated and that her humiliation was supported by an abundance of people she had known and spoken to. Her trust had been breached in the most traumatic way possible.

Victim blaming is a sickly, practiced notion in our society.

There is endless nitpicking over the victim in question; whether they were dressed “slutty” or not, if they indicated they would have sex with the person they were with, was their behavior somehow so sexual that the assaulter “could not possibly” control themselves. Psychologist Jacqueline Goodchilds conducted a survey in which 54 percent of high school boys claimed that they were still entitled to sex if a girl either lead them on, or previously said she would (even if she no longer wanted to at a later time). 51 percent said that if she turned them on, it would still be alright for them to hold her down and have sex with her. The fact that so many boys didn’t realize that this action constitutes as sexual assault is alarming; it shows a sense of desensitization that can only further the damage that is being done to our community by lack of awareness of rape culture.

This is, quite frankly, horrific. The fact that sex is still viewed as being part of the package deal when you are interested in someone harkens to a much more primitive era that we, as a society, should have moved past.

Regardless of whether not a person is wearing what could be deemed as ‘revealing’ clothing, you do not have a right to their body. Even if you know them, or are dating them, you do not have a right to their body. To assume that you do is to be the paradigm of a monstrous being.

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A rousing finale for ‘Mass Effect’ ‘Citadel’ DLC a worthy tribute to five years of the series

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By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer Alas, a year after “Mass Effect 3”’s release, we find ourselves at the end of Commander Shepard’s saga. “Mass Effect 3”’s final single player DLC expansion “Citadel” marks the last we’ll probably see of Commander Shepard and company as the franchise moves off in a different direction. No, it doesn’t change the ending. In fact, the events of the main game are sparsely mentioned in “Citadel” which attempts to give fans a stand-alone side story to enjoy with the characters they’ve grown to love over the past five years. A rousing success, never has the phrase “parting is such sweet sorrow” been more true.

After Admiral Hackett orders the Normandy to take shore leave, a botched assassination attempt reveals that someone is out to kill Commander Shepard (besides the Reapers, the Batarians, Cerberus, etc.). Along with your crew and a special temporary squad mate, Urdnot Wrex! (provided he survived ME1 and the genophage was cured), Shepard will face off

against a new foe who might just be his equal.

The plot never takes itself too seriously. Humor is loaded into the story from a toothbrush that “uses Mass Effect fields to break up plaque” to the return of Mass Effect 1’s agonizingly painful elevators. In all, it’s just a fun chance to fight alongside your favorite characters one last time.

It must also be said that Citadel contains some of the most difficult combat seen in the Mass Effect games to date. The challenge is shallow. Most enemies are simply re skins of others from the main game and the only thing that makes them difficult in the first place is the ungodly amount of armor and shielding they have been provided with.

Unlike the previous Mass Effect 3 DLC “Omega,” whose $15 price tag was ludicrous considering its three-tofour hour content length was comparable to the $10 “Lair of the Shadow Broker,” “Citadel” is well worth its $15 entry fee.

While the combat-centric missions in “Citadel” last about as long as the two aforementioned expansions, that’s barely scratching the surface of Citadel’s content. You’re given an entire new area of the Citadel to explore complete with a casino and arcade full of mini games, as well as a “Combat Simulator” which alone can provide hours of high score chasing amusement. Better

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Commander Shepard and Garrus, two characters from the ‘Mass Effect’ series, relax with a few drinks in this screenshot from ‘Citadel,’ the game’s final downloadable content.

yet, nearly every living squad member from “Mass Effect” 1,2, and 3 can be met in the area and/ or invited to Shepard’s apartment to “hang out.” This culminates in a final “mission” where Shepard throws a party gathering all living squad members from the trilogy and the crew of the Normandy.

All of these “side quests” can add hours of entertainment to the DLC with the party mission alone accounting for a large chunk of this especially if you stick around to listen to every hilarious bit of dialogue. From Traynor’s “epic” strategy game battle to Shepard’s interruption of a propaganda film production to Tali’s drunken babbling, the Bioware writers have hit comedy gold with their wit in

“Citadel.”

“Citadel” is a big slopping pile of lovingly crafted fan service. If you’ve stuck by the series for a while, absorbing every bit of dialogue and story possible, then this is Bioware’s thank you note/love letter to you, the fans. However, if you’ve only passively enjoyed the series, and have played it like a “straight shooter” ignoring dialogue, there isn’t much here for you. Thankfully most people who are still paying attention to “Mass Effect 3” at this point (myself included), belong to the former category, and for us, “Citadel” is a hell of a lot of fun.

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Focus Favorites System Shock 2 PC ‘System Shock 2’ is easily the best game ever made that no one’s ever heard of.

Coming out on PC in 1999, the survival horror first person action-RPG sold poorly despite receiving wild critical acclaim. Due to legal issues, the title has not been re-released at all until earlier this year when gog.com began to sell the title digitally (for $9.99), modified to run on modern Windows operating systems. The first major triumph of Ken Levine and Irrational Games, who would later go on to develop SS2’s spiritual successors ‘Bioshock’ and ‘Bioshock Infinite,’ ‘SS2’ puts you in control of a Hacker who awakens from aboard a deep space vessel in 2114. The villainous AI SHODAN constantly taunts you at every turn in a way that so eerily sinister that Portal’s GLaDOS can’t even hold a candle to her. Combining hacking abilities, first person shootings, and power granting psionic abilities (a la Bioshock’s plasmids), the gameplay is a template for Irrational’s future successes. It’s also far and away one of the scariest games ever made. This isn’t ‘Dead Space’ or ‘Silent Hill,’ things don’t pop up at you like some cheap carnival ride. No, ‘SS2’ manages to isolate the player alone on a ship is deep space where the constant fear of running into a new enemy (whose footsteps can be heard off in the distance) provide horror unlike any other.

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By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Hundreds of upcoming games on display, different costumed cosplayers with every step and 70,000 gamers packed into one building: this year’s PAX East, held in Boston, was certainly a spectacle.

Dozens of developers and publishers both huge (the Big Three console makers, Ubisoft, 2K, just to name a few) and tiny (some indie booths’ displays held only a single iPhone or laptop), as well as tons of merchants selling everything from games to shirts to “My Little Pony” collectables, were strewn about the show floor, which seemed miles wide at times.

Adding to the scene was a sea of everything gamer, nerdy or all-around awesome. It seemed like at least ten percent of attendees were in some sort of costume, whether they were simple (Pokemon trainers and Team Rocket members), detailed (standouts included Skull Kid from “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,” Daft Punk members and a full-scale “Transformers” suit) or a sign of true gamerhood (my favorite: the dudes dressed as the protagonists from “Typing of the Dead,” wearing suits and keyboards around their necks).

Held at the Boston Convention and Event Center, about three-quarters of a mile from the city’s central hub of South Station, the sheer amount of game enthusiasts packing the area for the three-day event filled it to its brim. So many gamers descended upon the city that show runners were forced to keep a sharp eye on counterfeit badges to prevent the convention being shut down by the fire department. Though the event had sold out early in the year and few scalpers were at the venue, finding a last-minute pass was a challenge that, fittingly, could easily be solved on the Internet using Reddit.

The mood at the convention was almost entirely positive. Though press mem-

bers were allowed to cut lines (more than a few of them seemed to be from small-name blogs), otherwise there were next to no problems for normal attendees thanks to an expertly-run schedule.

Special props go to the Enforcers, volunteer conventiongoers tasked with keeping things in order: the one panel I attended, a postmortem of the “Rock Band” franchise, ran like clockwork, getting patrons in and out of the gigantic hall fast.

Joe O’Leary/The Daily Campus Attendees were From top: The vast show floor at PAX East 2013, featuring booths by hundreds of compaalso well-behaved nies; ‘Pikmin 3’ on display at Nintendo’s booth; their massive Wii U/3DSXL advertisement. (well, except for the guys who snuck tallboys from a nearby 7/11 in, proceeding to of stuff to enjoy; it was even possible to get drunk and play “Rock Band”). There escape the crowds and rent a console and was simply a wide display of courtesy game for an hour, no cost, in a side room. and kindness throughout the convention; Even UConn could be found on the almost any convention-goer could be show floor, as UConn’s highly-ranked approached for pleasant conversation, League of Legends team took on New especially in lines, as everyone was there York University in a match of the multifor the same reason: the games. player battle arena game.

The games, of course, were stand-out, Though the wave of gaming could be though long lines prevented those with- overwhelming enough that many took out three-day passes from seeing them refuge at local bars (where I had the all: huge upcoming games like “The “pleasure” of describing “bronies,” or Elder Scrolls Online,” a “Skyrim”-esque male “My Little Pony” fans, to some older MMORPG, indie developer Supergiant guys not as in tune with the internet), as a Games’ follow-up to the 2011 smash hit whole PAX East was an incredible experi“Bastion” called “Transistor” and Sony’s ence for anyone looking to embrace their “The Last of Us,” a highly-anticipated inner nerd. Next year’s PAX will be held survival-horror PS3 game from devel- from April 11 to 13, 2014, in the same opers Naughty Dog, had lines of more place (subject to change). Just make sure than two hours each at the convention’s you get your pass early. peak. That said, with the sheer amount of events going on there was no shortage Joseph O’Leary@UConn.edu

The PAX East Diaries, part one: Indie devs and indie gems

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Penny Arcade Expo East, a seventy-thousand person gaming convention held in Boston, Mass. It was a great experience.

Though it was severely crowded, which meant doing pretty much anything meant line after line after line, I had a ball, taking a day to rediscover my inner gamer. I’ll be writing about my awesome times, including previews of big games like “Pikmin 3,” across my next few columns, but today I’m shining a spotlight on some of the better indie games I got my hands on.

The show floor was filled with weirdness as far as the eye can see, where people were dressed up in sometimes-fantastic, sometimes-horrific costumes every ten seconds. However, the best weirdness at the entire show, in my opinion, was “Octodad: Dadliest Catch,” a PC game coming out around the end of this year. When I tried to describe it to someone, my best effort was “In this game, you play as an octopus who is also a husband and father. The goal is to do dad-like activities in a fatherhood simulator while being, you know, an octopus, who doesn’t have bones, of course.”

That’s pretty close to the final result of “Dadliest Catch,” a sequel to the original “Octodad,” a free game made by DePaul University developers Young Horses. It’s controlled entirely with the mouse; with a click of the center wheel, gameplay switches between controlling Octodad’s footsteps (well, tentacle-steps) and trying to use them to complete tasks like opening doors, getting married and cleaning the house. It’s absolutely insane, yet it’s overwhelmingly fun, especially when the developers keep the joke funny by playing everything completely straight.

“Battleblock Theater” by developers The Behemoth has been a staple of the past few PAXes; I played an early build at PAX East 2011 more than two years ago.

In the meantime, the polish that The Behemoth has added to the puzzle-platformer makes the current product shine like a diamond.

Its emphasis on co-op gameplay was highlighted on the show floor by the demo’s format: old-school arcade machines. Two players, side-by-side, cooperatively (or competitively, considering how often the game lets you hilariously kill each other) progress through fast-moving, complicated maps filled with enemies, collectables and obstacles. Good news, though: it’s coming out on April 3, and The Daily Campus will have a review.

A lot of games at PAX East hearkened back to the basics of gaming. “Electronic Super Joy” is a simple 8-bit platformer that’s insanely difficult but incredibly addicting; maybe it’s because of the amazing house soundtrack, which someone on the show floor described as “Avicii if he didn’t suck.” Set for release later this year, its throwback difficulty asks for pure perfection, much like “Bit. Trip.Runner,” but it’s even tougher and even more enjoyable.

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Study with an expert. Phone a relative. Eat comfort food with someone fun.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Patience could be required. Heed an illogical hunch. Service is the key to your success. There’s good news at work. Listen to a friend’s advice about romance.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- All signs point to clear seas ahead on several fronts. Budget to reduce debt and increase savings. Balance studies with socializing for harmony.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Exert your will without fanfare. Create a dynamic change. Compromise will be necessary. Be careful not to overspend. The right words come easily. Come out looking good.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Take the leadership role. Discard junk. Make an amazing discovery. It’s different from what you expected. Keep gathering data.

Friends help you understand.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You gain respect in your community. Bring people together and develop new ideas.

Your love makes it easier for things to work out. Another firm connection.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Allow yourself to be creative beyond your normal self-set limitations. Romance figures in this scenario. Be confident but not overbearing. Dream big. Bigger.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Your wit is quite attractive. Use it for the best. Listen for a potential for expansion, but don’t take financial risks. Pay the bills first.

Invest your love.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Work closely with a partner and discover new treasures. Don’t walk away just because you don’t know how. You can always study and figure it out.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Your words have more power than you think. Express your artistic talent, to take advantage of the emotions you feel. Your patience and thriftiness get rewarded.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

UConn QB looks to improve from WHITMER, page 12 confidence under center will be the key to his success on the field.

“I think his confidence is good,” said Pasqualoni. “I think his confidence is growing and I think as he and the offense progresses through spring practice and we get all the installations done, we will get through everything this spring.”

Two Huskies Recovering From Injury UConn kicker Chad Christen recently underwent surgery to repair damage to a groin injury that the senior suffered from last season. In the 11 games that Christen played for the Huskies last year he made 14 out of the 21 field goals he attempted.

“We had to do a little bit of surgery with Chad,” said Pasqualoni. “Everything came out great; he’ll be ready to go for the season. But we weren’t going to take a chance on getting into preseason camp and having something wrong with him so they did the MRI thing and felt like they needed go in

and do a little repair surgery, but he’ll be ok.”

In addition to Christen, UConn linebacker Yawin Smallwood is also recovering from an offseason shoulder injury and will not see action this spring.

According to Pasqualoni, it was just a precaution to keep the 6’3” 244 lbs. linebacker out for the spring to ensure that Smallwood will be ready to go when the Huskies take the field next fall. Last season, Smallwood was a key player on the defensive side of the ball as he recorded 26 sacks and 120 total tackles.

The Quotable Paul Pasqualoni “There’s always pressure to have a winning season. The way we look at it, we want to win every game, but I’m not a guy that takes a look at a 12 game schedule and says here’s what we got to do. I’m more like let’s take care of what we got to take care of today, the adage lets play one game at a time.” Coach Pasqualoni on the pressure to have a winning season next fall.

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

Minnesota to Replace Tubby Smith

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Norwood Teague took over as athletic director at Minnesota, he knew it would take a little time for him to get up to speed with all the intricacies of major college football.

Teague came from Virginia Commonwealth, which doesn't have a football team, and so immersing himself in the sport was one of his top priorities.

One thing Teague did know, and know well, was basketball. He and associate Mike Ellis have long prided themselves on being plugged in to the coaching world and familiar with what is needed to identify quality coaches and build a strong program.

So when Teague made the bold decision to fire basketball coach Tubby Smith, he did so knowing that his first big hire at Minnesota was right in his wheelhouse.

"I mean, it's our job, or my job to conduct a search and I feel good about that," Teague said when he announced Smith's firing on Monday. "I feel like we've got a lot to sell."

When he was at VCU, Teague teamed with a largely unknown young coach Anthony Grant to get the program going. When Grant left for Alabama, Teague filled that opening with Shaka Smart, who has become one of the hottest commodities on the coaching market after leading the small school to the Final Four. Teague also was an administrator at basketball power North Carolina, helping to expand his circle of connections within the sport.

The process ramped up at VCU, where Teague and Ellis used the school's Villa 7 Consortium to expand their connections. The school started Villa 7 in 2004, bringing head coaches, assistant coaches and university administrators together for a glorified cocktail party that allowed connections to be made, resumes to be exchanged and mock interviews to be conducted.

Teague hired Smart after

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meeting him at Villa 7 gatherings, which morphed into must-attend events filled with keynote speakers that moved around the country. Other Villa 7 alumni who could be considered for the Gophers job included Marquette's Buzz Williams, Florida Gulf Coast's Andy Enfield and Butler's Brad Stevens, who would be considered an even longer shot than the highly coveted Smart.

"We are going to look for the right fit for the program," Teague said. "Doesn't have to be the candidate that everybody thinks we should get. It's going to be the right fit for our student athletes."

Former Timberwolves coach and Minnesota alum Flip Saunders is another possibility to replace Smith, a highly respected coach who helped lift the Golden Gophers out of the rubble created by an academic fraud scandal. Smith had the big name that can sell tickets and also ran a clean program, two necessities for Minnesota in the wake of the cheating that wiped the Final Four appearance in 1997 from the record books.

And even though progress under Smith had clearly hit a wall in the previous two seasons and many of the team's players were failing to show the improvement expected as their careers carried on, firing him still proved to be a highly scrutinized decision.

Teague was criticized nationally for the decision, with several high-profile analysts and coaches essentially asking how dare a program such as Minnesota fire a coach with such an esteemed reputation.

Those pundits and colleagues ignored Smith's 46-62 record in Big Ten play and the coaching staff's inability to make in-game adjustments.

Teague said he felt the program needed a fresh perspective, and that's something he's bringing to the table as well.

Miami Heat top this weeks Eastern Conference Power Rankings

By TJ Souhlaris Senior Writer It’s been a month since I’ve published my Wicked Awesome Eastern Conference Power Rankings. If you’ve missed the last month or so, here’s a quick recap: Miami is winning a lot of games consecutively, New York is scrambling to find more old players to add to its roster and Boston is finding ways to lose games in the most painful way possible to mock its fanbase. In other words, you haven’t missed much. Let’s roll it out, shall we?

15) Charlotte (16-54)— Although Charlotte is 38 games under .500 and 40 games out of first place, it still has yet to play its biggest game of the season. The Bobcats take on the Magic tonight in Charlotte in what might end up being this year’s Tank Championship. So if you’re going to be in North Carolina tonight, make sure you pick up a ticket for as low as $1 on StubHub right now and go out to support Kemba.

14) Orlando (18-53)—In this week’s edition of “Wait, what?

That makes zero sense!” the Orlando Magic actually have a better record against the West (10-18) than they do against the East (8-35). The only other team that also has more wins in inter-conference play than in intra-conference play is the Washington Wizards.

13) Detroit (24-47)—Detroit has gone five straight years without a winning season, which is a feat the franchise hasn’t accomplished in about 30 years – right before the Isiah era began. Ever since the New Big 3 Celtics knocked off the Pistons in the 2007-08 Eastern Conference Finals, Detroit hasn’t been the same. On a related note: Chauncey Billups, who by all metrics and eye tests

made the Pistons perennial contenders, was traded to Denver in early November of the 2008-09 season.

12) Cleveland (22-47)— When Kyrie Irving plays and the Cavaliers win, he’s averaging nearly 28 points per game on 52 percent shooting from the floor and a blistering 54 percent from behind the arc. When Irving plays and the Cavs lose, Irving is only scoring 20.5 per contest, shooting a Nate Robinson-esque 43 percent from the field and a TJ Souhlaris-esque 33 percent from deep. The 21-year-old could use some help to say the least. And maybe some better shot selection against tougher opponents. I won’t harp on him too hard because he’s still incredibly young – he just started drinking legally like yesterday.

11) Toronto (26-44)—The rest of the NBA needs to take notes how to tank properly, because the Raptors are falling faster than Manti Teo’s draft stock. With Terrence Ross, Jonas Valanciunas, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan in tow, however, the Raptors look like they could be just a couple of pieces away from being a decent team in the next coming seasons. And I know by rule I’m supposed to say something nice about Rudy Gay, but he’s making it extremely difficult for me at this point. Umm…nice hair, Rudy?

10) Philadelphia (27-43)—A month ago I said that Evan Turner would have to “reach into his Ohio State bag of tricks in order to right this ship.” Since then, the Sixers have gone 5-11.

I guess that bag is rather barren these days.

9) Milwaukee (34-35)—I’m going to take Miami by double digits in every game of its first round series with Milwaukee and not even think twice about it. The only positive here:

Te'o lowers 40 time SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o ended a trying three months by putting up a respectable 40-yard dash time Tuesday.

"I thought I did pretty good," Te'o said after his pro day workout in front of scouts from 27 of 32 NFL teams. "I'm very pleased with the way that I performed."

Some had expressed concern whether Te'o could be an everydown back in the NFL after he was timed at 4.82 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the combine in Indianapolis.

But he was timed at 4.69 seconds at Notre Dame's indoor practice facility, attributing the improvement to being more comfortable at home and around friends.

Te'o is hoping to be picked in the first round of next month's NFL draft.

He also bench-pressed 225 pounds 21 times and ran the

60-yard shuttle in 11.78 seconds while letting his other performances at the combine stand.

The Heisman Trophy runnerup had an off game in the BCS championship game against Alabama in January.

He then came under scrutiny after it was revealed he fell in love online with a woman who didn't exist and then had the disappointing time at the combine.

His performance Tuesday came as a relief.

"This is possibly the best day ever. It's a big, big burden off your shoulders," he said. "It feels like it's your birthday. I'm very glad that it's over."

Te'o has already met with some NFL teams and has plans to meet with more. He said teams have different levels of interest in talking about how he was duped into having an online relationship with a fake girlfriend.

Center Larry Sanders has been ejected three times over the past two weeks, so maybe he’s capable of doing something crazy enough to intimidate LeBron for at least one game. And maybe the Bucks will lose that one by only nine points.

8) Washington (26-44)— While I’m here discussing things that were said a month ago, I’d like to remind the readers that your friendly author said that the “Wizards might not come remotely close to playoff basketball this year, but John Wall is going to make the D.C. faithful break out the Wall Flexin’ dance a few times before the season concludes.” Although Wall took about 20 games to get into playing shape (Google “Fat John Wall” for a couple laughs), the former Kentucky stud has been magical for the Wiz in March. Wall is averaging 22 points, 8 assists and 4.5 boards per game in the month, while his team is 8-6 since February concluded. Yes, 8-6 doesn’t sound very impressive, but remember this is Washington we’re talking about.

7) Boston (36-33)—Boston has won 24 of its 34 games at home this season, which puts it among the top 12 toughest teams to beat in its own city in the NBA. This is good.

Unfortunately, the four-leaf clovers haven’t made the road trips with the Celtics, as Boston has struggled mightily on the road, capturing victories in only 12 of its 35 away contests. This is bad. If the playoffs were to start today, Boston would have the worst road record of all 16 teams in the postseason.

6) Atlanta (39-32)—I’m not sure how they do it but the Hawks just keep lurking. With 6 of its final 11 games against Toronto, Orlando, Cleveland and Philadelphia, Atlanta has ample opportunity to lock up the sixth seed – or even climb up to

the fourth if things go its way.

5) Chicago (38-31)—Chicago is likely on its way to a firstround duel with the Brooklyn Nets. If the Bulls can get by the Nets, they’ll almost absolutely play the Heat. There’s a certain point guard that’s been recovering from an ACL tear all year that could be ready for that series…

4) Brooklyn (41-29)—For how much crap I’ve given Brooklyn all season for being one of the least aesthetically pleasing teams in the league, I have to admit that it’s taking care of business right now.

Serious question, however: Is Deron Williams even a top ten point guard right now? I think he still is, but with upstarts like Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving and Jrue Holiday now excelling at the next level, his days could be numbered. Regardless, Williams will be going to the playoffs and those three point guards won’t be. That has to net some sort of value.

3) New York (42-26)–I never would’ve thought I’d see the day where a team with Jason Kidd on it would be dead last in the league in total assists, but that’s the truth in the Big Apple.

Fortunately for the Knicks, they’ve kept their offensive rating high thanks in part to the unfair offensive skills of Carmelo Anthony and the team’s combined 37 percent three-point shooting this season.

2) Indiana (44-27)–Even though the Knicks are nipping at their heels, I still believe that the Pacers will prevail as the last team in the Eastern Conference that Miami washes on its way to the Finals.

1) Miami (56-14)—Miami might not lose a game until 2015. And I’m not even sure if that’s a joke anymore.

Thomas.Souhlaris@UConn.edu

Huskies take down Quinnipiac Tim Fontenault Staff Writer Kiki Saveriano is now 9-3 this season after another complete game victory as the UConn softball team improved to 12-10 overall with a 6-1 win over in-state rival Quinnipiac in Hamden.

Saveriano went the distance once again, allowing only one unearned run on four hits while striking out six Bobcats.

After driving in the winning run on Sunday at Sacred Heart, shortstop Emily O’Donnell once again led the charge on offense. O’Donnell went 2-3, driving in two runs and scoring another.

The Huskies also got multiple-hit games from Lexi Gifford (3-4), Lauren Duggan (2-4) and Audrey Grinnell (2-4). All three players drove

in a run.

UConn spread the offense out – scoring twice in the third inning, twice in the fourth and twice in the seventh.

Quinnipiac took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, but that was the only offensive production the Bobcats would get against UConn’s ace.

The Huskies and Bobcats will play again at 3:30 p.m. today in Storrs. Today’s game will be UConn’s first home game of the season, after 22 games in Florida, New York and at other schools in Connecticut.

After today’s game, the Huskies will not play at home again until April 2. They will be at Rutgers this weekend for their first conference series of the season.

Timothy.Fonteanault@UConn.edu

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The number of schools in the United States with an undefeated record in the NCAA Tournament. FGCU has played and won both of their all time tournament games.

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Baseball takes down Hartford Hawks

By Tj Souhlaris Staff Writer

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-Elvis Dumervil on his move to the Baltimore Ravens

Saturday NCAA Tournament Bridgeport Regional Semifinals Maryland TBD

Elvis Dumervil

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BRING ON FLORIDA

Baseball (12-7) March 28 Seton Hall 4 p.m.

Stat of the day

“I think at times in life you deal with people who say you can’t do this or you shouldn’t do that. In this world, you have to prove a point and prove yourself.”

Women’s Basketball (31-4)

Tomorrow Seton Hall 1 p.m

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March 30 Seton Hall 1 p.m.

April 1 Quinnipiac 3 p.m.

April 2 Boston College 3 p.m.

March 29 Rutgers 3 p.m.

March 30 Rutgers Noon

April 2 UMass 4 p.m.

April 12 Cincinnati 3 p.m.

April 14 Louisville Noon

April 19 Marquette 7 p.m.

Softball (11-10) Today Quinnipiac 3:30 p.m.

March 29 Rutgers 1 p.m.

Lacrosse (6-1) April 5 Rutgers 3 p.m.

April 7 Villanova 1 p.m.

Men’s Tennis (3-6) Today Monmouth N.J. 2:30 p.m.

April 2 Bryant 3 p.m.

April 10 Southern New Hampshire 3 p.m.

April 6 Villanova Noon

April 12 Boston University 3 p.m.

Women’s Tennis (1-7) March 29 Syracuse TBA

April 3 Providence 3 p.m.

April 6 Villanova Noon

April 10 April 7 Southern New Seton Hall Hampshire Noon 3 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field March 30 UConn Spring Invite 12:30 p.m.

Women’s Track and Field March 29 Raleigh Relays All Day

Men’s Swimming & Diving Tomorrow NCAA Championship All Day

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In this photo taken, Monday, March 25, 2013, Florida Gulf Coast player Dajuan Graf, uses the “Eagle Eyes” to view the crowd during a pep rally for the men’s basketball team at Alico Arena Fla

THE Storrs Side Aaron Crosby shortlists UConn as a possible transfer school

By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer UConn is among eight possible destinations for Seton Hall sophomore guard Aaron Cosby, who has decided to transfer.

Cosby has been a bright spot on an otherwise struggling team for the past two seasons. In 65 games at Seton Hall, Cosby averaged 10.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

Coming out of NorthfieldMount Hermon Academy in Mount Hermon, Mass., Cosby was pursued by Seton Hall, Minnesota, Miami (Ohio), Purdue and Dayton. After averaging 12.6 points, he has some of the top programs in the country pursuing him for the 2014-15 season.

According to Adam Zagoria of SNY, Cosby has narrowed his list of potential schools to UConn, Baylor, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa State, Vanderbilt and North Carolina State and Illinois.

Cosby will return to his hometown of Lexington, Ky.

on Tuesday. Schools will make in-home visits over a two-week period, after which he will narrow his list to about three or four schools.

After narrowing down his list, he will make official visits to schools before making a final decision.

Wherever Cosby decides to continue his career, he will be required to sit out a full season due to NCAA transfer rules. After sitting out the 2013-14 season, he will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Seton Hall and UConn will no longer be playing in the same conference, as a result of the Catholic 7’s split from the rest of the Big East Conference. If they were both going to be in the Big East still and Cosby had decided to transfer to UConn, he would have been required to sit two seasons.

In three games against UConn during the past two seasons, Cosby has averaged 15.67 points per game.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

The UConn men’s baseball team scored seven of its nine runs in the final two innings to win an away game at Hartford, 9-1, on Tuesday afternoon. UConn is now 14-7 on the season, while Hartford fell to 3-16 with the loss.

Freshman cleanup hitter Vinny Siena went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk, while Bobby Melley slapped two singles and drove in two runs in the victory.

Freshman southpaw Christian Colletti went 5.1 innings of work for his second victory of his college career. Colletti struck out four Hawks, and only allowed one run on four hits on the frigid 40-degree day in Connecticut’s capital.

The Huskies only held a one-run lead heading into the top of the eighth inning with the top of their lineup coming to the plate to open up the frame. However, the Huskies were able to plate four in the inning thanks to some savvy smallball and some errant Hartford pitching. After junior shortstop Tom Verdi was hit by a pitch and senior Billy Ferriter drew a walk, freshman third baseman Vinny Siena came to the plate with one out. Verdi and Ferriter executed a double steal, putting runners in scoring position for Siena. With first base open, the Hawks decided to put UConn’s cleanup hitter on base and take their chances with freshman DH Bryan Daniello.

Hartford walked in a run when Daniello drew a base on balls for the second time in the game. With the bases still loaded, Melley came to the plate and smacked a single to right center field, scoring both Siena and Ferriter and putting UConn up 5-1. In the very next at-bat, the Huskies had runners at the corners when freshman catcher Max McDowell laid down a squeeze. Although McDowell was thrown out, Daniello scored and gave the Huskies a five-run lead.

Senior relievers Dan Feehan (eighth inning) and Stephen Catalina (ninth inning) had no problem mowing down the Hawks lineup in the final two frames, as they didn’t allow a baserunner in the eighth or ninth. The two relievers went a combined 3.2 innings of work with no hits, runs or walks and seven strikeouts.

UConn has Wednesday off, but is back at it on Thursday when it travel to New Jersey for a double-header against Big East opponent Seton Hall (9-12). The Huskies have Friday off and will conclude the three-game series on Saturday afternoon. UConn is 2-1 in conference play this season while Seton Hall is 1-2.

Thomas.Souhlaris@UConn.edu

THE Pro Side Scott Kazmir makes Indians roster after two years out of MLB

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer After almost two years dealing with injury and playing independent league baseball, starting pitcher Scott Kazmir has returned to the majors.

New Cleveland manager Terry Francona made the official announcement Monday by naming Kazmir the fifth starter within the Indians’ rotation for the season. Last summer, Kazmir pitched for the Sugar Land Skeeters in the Independent Atlantic League, the same team that allowed Roger Clemens to sign and make a single start for them last year.

The 29-year-old Kazmir agreed to a one-year contract with the Tribe back on January 8th, his first major league deal since being released from the Los Angeles Angels in 2011. He went 9-15 with the Angels in 2010 and made just one start the year after, before being placed on the disabled list and later, let go.

Prior to his brief stint in southern California, the six-foot southpaw was a two-time all-star for Tampa Bay. Kazmir came to

the Rays in a 2004 trade with the New York Mets, where he was a highly touted prospect out of Houston. Immediately thrust into the Tampa Bay rotation after the deal, Kazmir lowered his ERA for three consecutive seasons and maintained a reputation for being a high-strikeout hurler.

The Rays then dealt their former ace to the Angels in mid-2009, after an abominable start to the year that featured a 5.79 ERA. Following the deal, Kazmir was able to shake his Tampa troubles and allowed just seven earned runs and 28 hits over 36 innings of work.

While Kazmir is unlikely to find that form again, he is hoping to aid a re-built, but contending Indians team. So far this spring, he’s pitched 21 strong innings that saw opponents scratch across just eight runs, five of which came in a single start. Kazmir is due to make $1 million this season with the chance to earn another $750,000 in incentives. He beat out former Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, amongst others, for the final starting spot.

Andrew.Callahan@UConn.edu

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WHITMER RISES TO NEW ROLE The sophmore quarterback looks to become more of a leader

By Tyler Morrissey

Once again sports fans it’s that speAssociate Sports Editor cial time of year. It’s that time when productivity at the workplace drops For UConn football quarterback Chandler substantially and ESPN’s Bracket Whitmer, his second year under center will be Challenge or Yahoo’s Tourny Pick about taking a more active role as a leader of the ‘Em becomes the most viewed webteam as the Huskies continue spring practice leadsite on everyone’s computer. Yes, it’s ing up to this year’s blue vs. white scrimmage in time for March Madness.

April.

For most college basketball Whitmer is coming fans their brackets have already off a fall season where been ripped up and tossed out after he threw for 2,664 total stunning losses from teams like yards and 208 compleGeorgetown, Gonzaga and New tions off of 361 passing Mexico. I really wish I didn’t have attempts. UConn head both Gonzaga and Georgetown in coach Paul Pasqualoni my Final Four in the two brackets praised his quarterback I completed, but what can you do, Notebook for his developing comthat’s just part of what makes this munication skills and tournament the best postseason endassertiveness which are some of the things that ing in all of collegiate sports.

Whitmer is trying to work on most during spring I have to say this tournament practice to limit mistakes that might have been has already given us many great made in the fall. moments, that will sure to be includ“I’m hoping that I can have the game slow down ed in the highlight video set to Luther for me and be able to see things that I wasn’t able Vandross’ “One Shining Moment.” to see last year, learn from certain mistakes I made For example, who will ever forget last year and try not to make those same mistakes the alley-oop dunk by Florida Gulf again,” said Whitmer. “It’s a growing process, Coast’s Chase Fieler against the that’s college football. You want to try and grow Hoyas? While we may not rememeach year and that’s my goal to take more steps in ber that young athlete’s name, the becoming a great player.” play will stick out in most people’s In addition to taking a more active role as memories when they reflect on this a leader, Whitmer is becoming a more confiyear’s tournament. dent quarterback. Last season Whitmer showed The tournament began last tremendous confidence after receiving a mild Thursday after the bracket was officoncussion late in the 2012 season. In order for cially set on March 17, Selection Whitmer to endure the sustained physical contact Sunday. Also on that day, ESPN’s that can happen on each snap of the football, his critically acclaimed series “30 for 30,” debuted its latest installment Rachel Weiss/The Daily Campus “Survive and Advance.” It was the Freshmen Quarteback Chandler Whitmer sets to throuw in a game earlier in the fall semester. The UConn Husky signal caller will look to take ona larger » WHITMER, page 9 story of N.C. State’s 1983 National role for UConn this year.

Championship under their late head coach Jim Valvano.

Valvano’s story is one of saddest and inspiring stories that I have ever The back and forth battle in the tie the game at 12-12. Minutes heard which made this “30 for 30”

By Erica Brancato first half ended when Oregon’s later Milner was at it again, givthe best one yet of the series. While Staff Writer Casey Brogan scored a goal to ing the Ducks their first lead of watching I could not help but notice how different the tournament was The UConn women’s lacrosse bring the game to a close 7-5 the game over the Huskies. With in 1983 and how much better it was team beat the Oregon Ducks lead for the Huskies at the end 8 minutes remaining UConn’s Carly Palmucci tied the game than the tournament we all enjoy 16-14 in overtime in their sec- of the first half.

The hard fought match at 13-13, but with 3:15 left in today. Granted the three point line ond home game of the season. (which helped equal the playing With this win, UConn advanced continued into the second half the game Oregon’s Kate Cathell field) was not introduced until 1986, its record to a 7-1 start to the as Lauren Kahn scored a goal scored a goal to bring the Ducks for the Huskies within seconds ahead. Catherine Gross scored the quality of talent in college basseason. ketball in the 1980’s was impeccable.

UConn’s Carly Palmucci of the draw. Oregon came back the final goal in regulation time If you take a look at the talent that gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead seconds later scoring a goal to to tie the game at 14-14, bringN.C. State went up against during with 24:41 left in the first half keep the game at a close 8-6 ing both teams into overtime.

UConn’s Carly Palmucci and their title run in 1983, it’s amazing when she scored the first goal lead for UConn. Ally Fazio and what they were able to accomplish. of the game. UConn contin- Lauren Kahn scored back-to- Morgan O’Reilly brought the The ACC was loaded with stars such ued their scoring when Kacey back goals, but Oregon con- team to victory each scoring a as Patrick Ewing from Georgetown, Pippitt and Catherine Gross tinued to keep the momentum goal to help the Huskies win Ralph Sampson of Virginia, and a each scored a goal to bring the alive as Hayley Milner, Olivia 16-14. Although it was a hard 6’6” junior from North Carolina score up to a 3-0 lead. However Pyne, and Shannon Propst each fought battle, UConn was able named Michael Jordan.

Oregon fought back, scoring scored a goal to help the Ducks to shine in the end. The Huskies will be put to the test when they When you look at this year’s field, three consecutive goals to tie stay in the game.

With 21 minutes left Oregon travel to New Jersey on April 5 there is not one single player who the game at 3-3 with 11:13 left stands out from the rest. The reason in the half. UConn came back was down by one goal leaving to play Rutgers. for this is that really talented playas Kacey Pippitt scored two ample time to not only tie the RACHEL WEISS/The Daily Campus ers opt to go pro and rarely stay for goals and Ally Fazio scored a game but possibly win it as well. their senior season, thus robbing the Senior Catherine Gross fights her way through the Oregon Ducks line of defense, the goal to bringing the Huskies With 13:28 left on the clock Erica.Brancato@UConn.edu college game of marquee matchups Huskies won in overtime back on top with a 6-3 lead. Hayley Milner scored a goal to between basketballs’ rising stars.

With all dollars that are dangled in front of young athletes in college, it’s to nobody’s surprise that so many would choose a possible career in again was up and blew a late lead this due to injury concerns. In addition to the NBA. We saw this play out at By Miles Degrazia time almost entirely through the fault missing Henry, New York was withUConn last year when center Andre Soccer Columnist out Jámison Olave, who was held of left back Roy Miller.

Drummond and guard Jeremy Lamb Miller gave up an unnecessary cor- out to avoid playing on the turf and left the Huskies for the NBA Draft.

Four matches into the new Major ner kick, then handled the ball in Australian international Tim Cahill While there is no way to keep League Soccer season the New York the box giving San Jose and last who was away playing a World Cup athletes from leaving their school Red Bulls find themselves in exactly seasons Golden Boot winner Chris Qualifier. to declare for the draft, universities the opposite of where they want to be. Wondolowski a stoppage time penalty The missing players proved too should at least encourage their stu- The Red Bulls currently sit in 16th kick. Red Bull’s goalie Luis Robles much to overcome and a well-taken dent athletes to stay until their senior (of 19) in the Supporters’ Shield race miraculously saved Wondos spot kick Marco Di Vaio goal was the lone goal year and earn a degree. Not every and in 9th of ten teams in the Eastern but Roy Miller encroached into the of the match. player who enters the draft will make Conference.

At a quick glance New York’s 2013 box (a similar incident caused New the millions and those who end up in Despite the apparent lack of success York’s elimination in last years play- season has begun in disastrous fashthe developmental league or worse, points wise, New York’s largely pes- off series against arc rivals DC United) ion; two points in four matches and suffer a career ending injury, will simistic fan base has uncharacteristi- giving Wondo another chance to win your rookie head coach is still without need to fall back on their education. cally remained optimistic. the match, which he tucked away with a win. But under the surface New York The NCAA Tournament will New York has played fairly well in ease, giving San Jose the 2-1 win. has the pieces in place to be a successalways be marked down on the cal- each of their four matches and could In the third match and New York’s ful team in MLS. endars of sports fans nationwide, realistically have won each of their home opener against DC United, they A world-class striker in Thierry including my own. I love everything first four games even with a massive dominated the entire match with 24 Henry to work in tandem with the conabout March Madness, the pep bands, overhaul of the playing squad during shots and 58 percent possession but stant movement of Fabián Espíndola, the buzzer beaters and the shocking the off-season. were unable to find the break through a dead ball specialist and midfield upsets that make you crumple your In New York’s first match they were and the match ended scoreless. maestro in Juninho Pernambucano, bracket after the first two days of 3-1 up at halftime and failed to see out Last weekend New York faced top of midfield workhorses in Dax McCarty the tournament. However, it’s such a a resolute Portland Timbers team who the table and unblemished Montreal on and Tim Cahill and defensive stalshame that college basketball’s “big was driven on mostly by their fanati- the turf field of the Olympic Stadium wart’s in Jámison Olave and Markus dance” is slightly diminished when cal crowd and perfect tactical adjust- instead of the grass field in Saputo Holgersson all at the disposal of New athletes bolt to the NBA, robbing ments by head coach Caleb Porter.

York through-and-through head Coach Stadium. fans of college basketball from the New York was again on the road for Montreal intentionally moved the Mike Petke. moments and memories that make their second match, this time away at match to avoid playing against New AP March Madness magical. last seasons Supporters’ Shield winner York’s main weapon, Thierry Henry, New York Red Bulls midfielder Jonny Steele, left, and

the San Jose Earthquakes. New York who almost never plays on turf fields Tyler.Morrisey@UConn.edu MIles.Degrazia@UConn.edu D.C. United defender James Riley battle for the ball

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