The Daily Campus: March 28, 2012

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Arab awakening or silent spring

By Deepti Boddapati Campus Correspondent

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The UConn Political Science department hosted “The Arab Uprisings and the Changing Global Order,” a day-long conference that discussed the Arab Awakening and its possible consequences. The conference was sponsored by Professor Alan R. Bennett and cosponsored by the Human Rights Institute and Middle Eastern studies. It was split into three panels of three speakers.

The first panel was titled “Arab Uprisings and the Changing Global Order.” It featured Issandr El Amrani a blogger for the Arabist, Professor Eva Bellin of Brandeis University and Professor Amaney Jamal of Princeton University. Professor

Bellin addressed the events of the Arab Spring, noting the changes they caused in countries like Tunisia and Egypt but noting that many of the 19 Arab countries had a Silent Spring.

Robert Blecher from the International Crisis Group, Professor Gregory Gause of the University of Vermont and Professor Jillian Schwedler of University of Massachusetts spoke for the second panel titled “Regional Dynamics.”

Professor Gause focused on what the upheavals of the last 18 months mean for the power dynamic between the biggest regional powers: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel. He noted that although many elements in the competitions between these major powers remain constant, the Arab

Spring has had major impacts like reminding observers that Arab identity retains an important cross-border element of the regional international system.

Professor Gause said that now “Arabs will be watching other Arabs across borders.”

The last panel featured Professor Sarah Kreps from Cornell, Professor Malik Mufti from Tufts University and Brian Katulis from the Center for American Progress. This panel dealt with the relationship between the United States and the Arab Awakening. Professor Mufti spoke about what America could do in Syria. He stressed the need to help implement the Turkish model and create an Islamically grounded movement that still adheres to democracy. He observed that Turkey’s

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Photo albums related to Nazi art theft unveiled

DALLAS (AP) — Among the items U.S. soldiers seized from Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian Alps hideaway in the closing days of World War II were albums meticulously documenting an often forgotten Nazi crime — the massive pillaging of artwork and other cultural items as German troops marched through Europe.

Two of those albums — one filled with photographs of works of art, the other with snapshots of furniture — were donated Tuesday to the U.S. National Archives, which now has cus-

tody of 43 albums in a set of what historians believe could be as high as 100.

Robert M. Edsel, founder and president of the Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which announced the discovery of the two new albums at a news conference, called them “key pieces of evidence taken from a crime scene that were prized possessions of Adolf Hitler.”

Relatives of the two soldiers who took the albums contacted the foundation, which has previ-

ously donated two other albums in the series to the National Archives. They had read stories in the media about foundation’s mission, which includes continuing the work of the Monuments Men, who helped Allied forces protect cultural treasures during World War II and helped return stolen items after the war.

“We can only hope for more discoveries in the years to come,” U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero said at the news conference.

Professor Mufti said that these uprisings could be likened to those which took place in Europe in the 19th century and could similarly cause hundreds of years of unrest before they become democratic. Professor Bellini notes that, although four Arab countries did “jettison entrenched dictators,” the regime shift doesn’t necessarily translate into democracy. Professor Gause notes that “Only a fool would confidently predict how the Arab Spring is going to eventually play out.”

The Arabist Blog can be visited at http://www.arabist. net/. In addition, the speakers’ papers can be accessed at http://uconnpolisci.wordpress. com/2012/03/12/papers/.

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Sift out reliable research resources

By Jacqueline Wattles Campus Correspondent

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success stemmed from a large secular voting base that was supported by a non-partial, professional military institution that allowed no one person to aggregate power. This strong military protected the secular base and forced the Islamist party to function democratically and not seize power through violence. If this type of military was set up in Syria, it would encourage a successful democracy.

Across the board, the message seems cautionary. Speaker Professor Kreps who spoke about why America interfered in Libya and not Syria said that military mobilization is a cascade “of known unknowns and unknown unknowns,” and noted that “things rarely go as smoothly as those who make the decisions think it will.”

On Tuesday night, in the latest installment of the lecture series “The Real College Survival Guide”, a library liaison revealed certain library resources might not be as reliable as they seem.

Kathy Labadorf, the Library Liaison to Women’s Studies and Undergraduate Services, said students should question everything they read when doing research, regardless of where the information was found. This includes paid library databases, such as EBSCO or WorldCat. “Now that we have the web, information is a consumable commodity. Journals are sold to the university, and we essentially buy them in bulk. But some of these, we don’t necessarily want.” Labadorf said.

Labadorf added it is the students who have to discern what information is reliable and what sources to use for writing a paper. According to Labadorf, when doing research, students should be looking for the original, unaltered sources.

“If you’re doing a paper on the Civil War, go back to an article written in the 1860s,” Labadorf said.

Labadorf looks to the Journal Citations Report, a database available on the UConn Libraries website, as a useful tool in distinguishing which journals are more prestigious and can provide accurate information. The database ranks various research journals based on an “impact factor”, a number which is based on the journal’s level of readership and how many times the journal is cited.

Labadorf said checking out who wrote the article or paper and what his or her qualifications are is vital. She said students should evaluate an author’s reliability by finding out the level of education he or she has and looking into the credibility of other writings by the same author.

Labadorf also said that it is important to be weary of articles or papers that do not have a

works cited or that may be outdated and should question research that was paid for by a company that might have a particular interest in the results of the study.

According to Labadorf, “A-Plus” research is not necessarily just what your professor deems credible. Rather, she hopes students will learn to find information that is truthful and recognize just because information is published, does not make it credible.

“Journals are sold to the university, and we essentially buy them in bulk.

But some of these, we don’t necessarily want.”

Kathy Labadorf Library Liaison “It’s not just about getting A’s on papers. Learning these research techniques and how to determine what information is valuable creates decision-making skills that employers look for,” Labadorf said. “That’s a quality many employers feel is lacking in the job market.”

Labadorf began the lecture series at the start of the semester in order to provide students with useful information about various library resources and technologies.

“I sat down and looked at the student calendar and tried to decide what would provide the right information at the right time,” Labadorf said.

Next week’s “Real College Survival Strategies” session is called “Geo Mashups” and will provide information on how to make interactive maps. Sessions will continue every Tuesday night on various topics at 7p.m. on Level 1 of the Homer Babbage library until April 17.

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Conn. storm response bill clears committee

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to impose minimum standards for electric and gas utilities for emergency preparation and restoring services to customers has cleared a key legislative committee.

Malloy announced Tuesday that the General Assembly’s Energy and Technology Committee approved the bill. It awaits further action by the Senate.

Malloy said Connecticut is “one step closer to tougher standards for utility companies.”

The new standards will cover minimum staffing and equipment for each utility, based on the number of customers it services. They also include recovery and service restoration targets in emergencies, and plans for deploying mutual aid crews and private contractors.

Officials: Brush fire under control in East Haddam

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — A brush fire in East Haddam has burned more than 50 acres but officials say it is under control in a remote area of the Devil’s Hopyard State Park.

East Haddam First Selectman Mark Walter says firefighters from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection are trying to let the fire burn itself out.

More than 100 firefighters from 15 towns responded to the fire Monday night but the difficult terrain forced officials to pull crews out of the heavily wooded area until Tuesday morning. Officials say the fire was fueled by dead hemlock trees and dry, windy conditions.

Authorities stayed at the park overnight and public works crews patrolled the area to make sure the blaze did not breach roadways.

Ex-church leader accused of investor fraud

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former leader of a Trumbull church on charges he cheated investors including members of his congregation out of more than $400,000, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Julius Blackwelder of Utah, who was bishop of the Bridgeport ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is accused of using the money to pay back earlier investors in the pyramid scheme, build a waterfront home in Stratford and repay personal bank loans.

Blackwelder, 59, is expected to surrender to authorities ahead of an arraignment scheduled for Thursday in New Haven, said Thomas Carson, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office.

“This defendant is alleged to have abused his position of trust as a leader in his church to defraud fellow church members and others out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” said David Fein, Connecticut’s top federal prosecutor.

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Fox’s Geraldo Rivera: I’m sorry for hoodie comment

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera says he’s sorry for suggesting a hoodie worn by unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was as much responsible for his death as the neighborhood watch captain who shot him.

Rivera says it was a conversation with his oldest son that convinced him he was wrong. He says it was the first time 32-year-old Gabriel Rivera said he was ashamed of something his dad had said.

Geraldo Rivera said Tuesday he still believes urban parents should warn their children it could be dangerous to wear clothing that might appear menacing to people who don’t know them.

Martin was shot in Sanford, Fla., last month by a man who said he was acting in self-defense. The shooting has sparked national debate about self-defense legislation.

Death penalty overturned for man who killed three

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the death sentences of a Tucson man who bludgeoned his girlfriend and her two children to death in 1984 after lying in wait for each of them, ruling that the murders weren’t especially heinous even though they were “atrocious” and “senseless.”

The state’s highest court unanimously vacated two death sentences for James Granvil Wallace, 61, and imposed two sentences of life in prison for the children’s killings. That’s on top of the life sentence he’s already serving for killing his girlfriend, Susan Insalaco.

While the justices wrote that the Feb. 1, 1984, murders of Insalaco, her son, Gabriel, 12, and her daughter, Anna, 16, in their Tucson apartment were heinous in layman’s terms, they weren’t according to the letter of the law.

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Military academies hold first gay pride events

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like “condom Olympics” and “queer prom” would have been unthinkable.

This week, they’re a reality.

Cadets in uniform at Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military academy, participated Monday in sessions about handling bullying and harassment as part of the school’s first gay pride week. The events are believed to be the first of their kind on a military campus.

Just over six months after the end of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule that prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces, it’s a different — and less secretive — world.

Until last year, only a select few at Norwich knew of the sexual orientation of Joshua Fontanez, 22, of Browns Mills, N.J., a past president of the student government who quietly laid the groundwork for the school’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Club, which held its first meeting the day the law ended.

He had always wanted to be a soldier but figured he’d have to keep his sexuality a secret.

“The aspects of my sexual orientation, how that played in the military, that was something I was willing to sacrifice, being open versus serving my nation,” Fontanez said. “It’s something I feel I was truly called toward and truly loved, so it’s great that I don’t have necessarily to make that sacrifice.”

In December, a group of students at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., formed a group called Spectrum, which has many of the same goals as the Norwich club. A similar organization with the same name is being formed in New York at the U.S. Military

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Norwich University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Allies Club treasurer Hailey Libbey, 19, a freshman majoring in nursing from Newport, Vt., right, gets help setting up from volunteer Fernando Rincon, 22, a senior majoring in geopolitical science from Lancaster, Calif., before hosting a Bias/Harassment and bullying seminar at the Norwich University library in Northfield, Vt.

Academy at West Point.

For many of the newly open student leaders, the changes brought by the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” haven’t overwhelmed, despite the years-long political wrangling that culminated in the policy change.

“It was definitely a big change, but it happened over such a long period of time for me that it didn’t seem like that big of a deal,” said Coast Guard Academy Senior Chip Hall, 21, of Monterrey, Calif.

The West Point Spectrum, modeled after the Coast Guard organization, is being formed with little fanfare.

“Everyone has been very professional here at the academy,” said West Point Cadet Andrew Fitzsimmons, 19, a sophomore from Algonac, Mich. “It’s been a

very positive environment.”

A group of alumni called Knights Out will hold a campus dinner this weekend and is expecting at least a dozen cadets to attend, said the group’s director, Sue Fulton, a 1980 West Point graduate who was among the first women admitted to the academy.

“The official status has changed dramatically, in that public events that would have been prohibited are happening; but in terms of attitudes, I think cadets and midshipmen have long been supportive of their gay and lesbian classmates,” Fulton said.

Norwich, established in 1819, has about 1,300 cadets and 1,100 civilian students. About 115 of the 200 graduating cadets plan to be commissioned in the armed forces through ROTC.

The gay student club is believed to be the first of its kind in the country on a military campus, Norwich officials said. Thirty to 35 people attend meetings.

The events this week — held at a different time of year from many other gay pride events, which usually are observed in June or October — include discussions of HIV testing; the “condom Olympics,” in which prophylactics are given as prizes; and a dance at which same-sex partners are welcome.

As an institution, Norwich never banned open homosexuality in the corps of cadets, but because many of its students were destined for the military, which prior to the end of “don’t ask don’t tell” the law served to keep people quiet, said Norwich spokeswoman Daphne Larkin.

JetBlue captain: ‘They’re going to take us down!’

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Screaming “They’re going to take us down!” a JetBlue pilot stormed through his plane rambling about a bomb and threats from Iraq Tuesday until passengers on the Las Vegas-bound flight tackled him to the ground just outside the cockpit, passengers said.

The captain of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was taken to a hospital after suffering a “medical situation” on board that forced the co-pilot to take over the plane and land it in Amarillo, Texas, the airline said.

The unidentified pilot seemed disoriented, jittery and constantly sipped water when he first marched through the cabin, then began to rant about threats linked to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan after crew members tried to calm him down in the back, passengers said.

“They’re going to take us down. They’re taking us down.

They’re going to take us down.

Say the Lord’s prayer. Say the Lord’s prayer,” the captain screamed, according to passenger Tony Antolino.

Josh Redick, who was sitting near the middle of the plane, said the captain seemed “irate” and was “spouting off about Afghanistan and souls and alQaida.”

The outburst came weeks after an American Airlines flight attendant was taken off a plane for rambling about 9/11 and her fears the plane would crash.

An aviation expert remembered only two or three cases in 40 years where a pilot had become mentally incapacitated during a flight.

Gabriel Schonzeit, who was sitting in the third row, said the captain said there could be a bomb on board the flight.

“He started screaming about al-Qaida and possibly a bomb on the plane and Iraq and Iran and about how we were all going down,” Schonzeit told the Amarillo Globe-News.

The captain was tackled by

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Antolino, a security executive who said he sat in the 10th row, said he and three others pinned down the captain as he ran for the cockpit door and sat on him for about 20 minutes until the plane landed at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport at 10 a.m.

“A group of us just jumped up instinctually and grabbed him and put him to the ground,” Antolino said after arriving in Las Vegas later Tuesday.

“Clearly he had an emotional or mental type of breakdown.”

An off-duty airline captain who was a passenger on the flight entered the flight deck before landing in Amarillo and took over the duties of the ill captain, the airline said in a statement.

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plane landed, the airline said without elaborating.

Shane Helton, 39, of Quinlan, Okla., said he saw emergency and security personnel coming on and off the plane as it sat on the tarmac in Amarillo.

“They pulled one guy out on a stretcher and put him in an ambulance,” said Helton, who went to the airport with his fiancee to see one of her sons off as he joined the Navy.

Authorities interviewed each of the passengers once they had landed and left the plane, said 22-year-old passenger Grant Heppes, of New York City.

“I had no idea it was an employee until it really started happening,” Heppes said. “I just assumed it was a passenger who flipped out.”

The FBI was coordinating an investigation with the airport police, Amarillo police, the FAA and the Transportation Safety Administration, said agency spokeswoman Lydia Maese in Dallas. She declined to comment on arrests.

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Calif. bill would punish student-teacher dating SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 41-year-old high school teacher exchanges a flood of text messages with his student, then leaves his wife and three children to date her. The couple then goes on national TV, saying their relationship didn’t become physical until she turned 18.

In California, there’s nothing illegal about what they did.

Now, a lawmaker is hoping to change that with a bill rolled out Tuesday that would make such relationships a felony, even if the student is 18, and strip school employees of their pensions and retiree health care if they are convicted.

To prevent teachers from “grooming” students for relationships when they become adults, the bill would also criminalize seductive communication, including sexual text messages.

“Our hope is that that will be a pretty strong and painful deterrent and will cause someone to think twice before starting an inappropriate,

unethical relationship with a student,” said Republican Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, the bill’s sponsor.

If the bill is successful, California would join 23 other states in banning studentteacher affairs regardless of age, according to Olsen. These include Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Connecticut and Kansas.

In some states, such affairs are a felony.

Olsen is from Modesto, a city about 75 miles south of Sacramento where teacher James Hooker and student Jordan Powers struck up their relationship at Enochs High School. Powers has dropped out, but Hooker’s 17-year-old daughter still attends.

The announcement of their relationship made national headlines. In interviews for the “Dr. Phil” show and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the couple can be seen holding hands and exchanging smiles.

Powers’ mother, Tammie, confronted the couple on “Dr. Phil” and accused Hooker of

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Enochs High School student Jordan Powers, 18, and James Hooker, 41, talk about their relationship during an interview on Feb. 28, 2012 in Modesto.

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Web commenters have also poured on criticism.

The couple maintains that, while they met when Jordan was 14, their relationship did not become physical until she was of age, meaning that it is permissible under current laws.

California’s age of consent is 18.

Hooker and Powers could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Powers moved out of her house, and Hooker’s phone is disconnected.

The elder Powers has been touring national talk shows raising the alarm about such relationships.

At news conference with Olsen to announce the bill, Powers said she welcomes the media attention that has surrounded her daughter’s case and vowed to get similar legislation passed in every state.

“I had no legal recourse whatsoever with an 18 year old, and I believe that the teacher pursued her,” she said.

“So this will be a preventative measure.”

Law enforcement officials are investigating the case.

Affairs between teachers and of-age students are frowned upon in California but not illegal. The issue is left to policies set by individual school districts.

If the relationship did not turn physical until recently, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said, there is little they can do.

Christianson said his time in the high-tech crimes unit showed him the importance of cracking down on inappropriate communication between children and adults.

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Coroner: Vt. prep school teacher was killed

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont prep school teacher whose toddler was found alone in her idling SUV over the weekend was killed, a medical examiner ruled Tuesday as an autopsy confirmed a body found along an isolated stretch of road was indeed hers.

Melissa Jenkins’ exact cause of death was not released so as not to inhibit the investigation, authorities said. Police did not say whether they had a suspect in their sights, and detectives returned Tuesday to the area where the body was found to collect more evidence.

“We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Ms. Jenkins, and our thoughts are with her family and friends,” said the lead investigator, State Police Maj. Ed Ledo. “We remain committed to solving this case and to identify and bring to justice the person or persons responsible for the death of Ms. Jenkins.”

Community members speculated who could have killed a single mother they described as kind and helpful, and they anxiously awaited an arrest.

“I just hope they find whoever did it,” said a tearful Marion Beattie Cairns, who owns The Creamery Restaurant in Danville, where Jenkins had worked as a waitress at night. “Her little boy — that’s what breaks my heart right now.”

A makeshift memorial of luminaries — white paper bags with individual notes from students on them — lined the entry to a main building at the prestigious St. Johnsbury Academy, where Jenkins worked as a science teacher. The boarding school also serves as the public high school for St. Johnsbury, a town of about 6,200 about 40 miles south of the Canadian

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Between 100 and 200 students and faculty members gathered at the academy Monday night after the news came out that a body had been found. Classes were canceled Tuesday.

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Students were writing letters to Jenkins’ 2-year-old-son, Tyrell Javon Robertson, known as Ty, so he could eventually

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Students’ post-grad plans not driven by money

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o to college, find a viable career, obtain a job with a good salary, security, benefits and opportunities for upwards movement. While not a concrete plan, this model of how life goals should be realized and how one should attempt to succeed in the business of their career choice is certainly familiar for our generation. We are the generation whose parents recognized that business was power and grew up with the idea that within all of that power, Wall Street was king.

But according to reports from the New York Times, Wall Street firms are seeing a lower application rate for positions that were once considered the pinnacle of finance jobs. The recent Goldman Sachs controversy sparked an interest in the real world of finance and the discrepancies between employment levels, smaller salaries and increase in likelihood of being fired have made these fast-track-to-seven-figures jobs less appealing. Our generation has grown up and matured watching what a focus on profit does to both the society and the economy. While there are still applicants vying for the finance jobs, more college and business students are being driven by a social consciousness when considering where to look for employment.

This paradigm shift tells us many things about our generation. Instead of trying to benefit from the success and innovation of other industries, more of us are focusing on creative paths, where we can build something new. While job security and financial success is becoming a large question for all of us, we still are looking towards the options that are not morally ambiguous. It is not so easy to whitewash an industry’s wrongdoings when blatantly surrounded by the image of what corruption and greed do to a society. Students who are veering away from the white tower image of success and security to search for more self-fulfilling opportunities, and opportunities that give back to society are to be congratulated. Students who still choose careers in finance are more likely doing so with their eyes opened to the reality of the world they are entering, and given the growing social consciousness we are all experiencing, these people may be the ones able to affect a change within the industry itself.

It might not seem like a protest, and it does not come with the fanfare of rebellion and statement making, but the fact that students are quietly choosing to be more conscious of the ethical implications of where they work is an action capable of changing our society. Eventually, the industry will have to change and answer to people and society instead of looking down upon them. But for now, these students are taking the first steps to changing a system we all see as problematic.

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My friend who always misses his class pick time, even after I remind him, always has a better schedule than me. There is no justice in this world.

My professor got so excited during our class discussion that he exclaimed, “My body is producing so many anticancer agents!” followed by a giddy dance in place.

Applied for a job and found out that they pick 10 out of 100+ applicants. Tried to apply for another job and, before I even sent in my resume, found out there are already 70 applicants. Is this what life is after college?

My roommate is currently studying for her two exams in a cosplay costume... I think she’s finally snapped.

My professor asked everyone in the middle of class why we were staring at him... We didn’t know how to respond.

That awkward moment in the dining hall when you’re busy shoving as much fruit as possible into your pockets...and there’s someone behind you.

Given how temperamental the weather has been lately, who’s expecting a freak snowstorm in the next two weeks?

It’s a good thing we are graduating because I’ve lived with the same girls for four years and things are finally starting to get catty.

Five straight Final Fours? They should just start calling it “The Final Three + UConn” at this rate.

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Eminem and the Greatest ‘Show’ on Earth

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urtains opened, audience applauded, footsteps methodically walked out on stage, throat cleared. A primal yell screamed “AMERICA!” alongside a blasting electric guitar chord and fighter jet “woosh.” A powerful voice echoed: “How many people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful country of ours? The stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protect, the women and men who broke their necks for the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold!” Then a pause, before adding, “Or so we are told.”

The Eminem landmark album

By Jesse Rifkin “The Eminem Weekly Columnist Show” began with these sounds before transitioning to the track “White America.”

Approaching its 10th anniversary, the album remains among the greatest ever.

Most music fails to hold up with time (see almost anything from the 1980s besides Michael Jackson or Bon Jovi). In contrast, “The Eminem Show” not only held up but improved with age. How? First, analyze how rap – indeed, the entire music industry – developed over the following decade. The album ran twice as long as other albums. This allowed Eminem to encompass subjects more varied than in most novels: race, violence, parenthood, sex, marriage, war, fame, death and everything in between.

At times, Eminem was revealingly personal such as in “Say Goodbye

Hollywood,” which was about his psychological difficulties with newfound celebrity. “If I could swallow a bottle of Tylenol, I would / End it for good, say goodbye to Hollywood” before ultimately deciding “Thank God I got a little girl / And I’m a responsible father / So not a lot of good I’d be to my daughter / Laying in the bottom of the mud.”

Other times, he was universally relatable, such as in “Sing for the Moment” when perfectly describing adolescent angst people so commonly felt as teenagers. “These ideas are nightmares to white parents / Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings / Like whatever they say has no bearing / It’s so scary in a house that allows no swearing / To see him walking around with his headphones blaring.”

Eminem masterfully encapsulated the human experience, using sentences you always thought yet somehow could never articulate. Yet most No. 1 songs afterwards, rap or otherwise, were about superficial partying or bubblegum romantic attraction. Over the following decade, the “Eminem Show” influence existed in seemingly no other bestselling music, as though everyone heard it and recognized they could not come close, so why bother trying? The most recent No. 1 rap song was “Sexy and I Know It.” Furthermore, though the album premiered amid timid political correctness and frightened silence of the post-9/11 period, Eminem did not hold back. In “Square Dance,” he appeared dangerous yet courageous. “A plan to ambush this Bush administration / Mush the Senate’s face in / And push this generation / Of kids to stand and fight for the right / To say something you might not like.”

In “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” he warns,

“Tell Laura and her husband to back off / Before I push this [expletive] button and blast off / And launch one of these Russians, that’s all / Blow every [expletive] thing – except Afghanistan – on the map off.”

His “Without Me” music video sparked controversy by depicting Osama bin Laden enjoying Eminem’s music so much that he dances to it.

Largely for shock value? Obviously. But over the following decade – when Bush became generally considered among the worst presidents ever, Eminem’s bravery was vindicated.

Finally, the album improved by confirming its status as masterpiece of this generation’s preeminent creative music act.

His pre-“Show” albums were great, but immaturely egotistical. His post-“Show” albums were great, but disorganized and unimaginative. (His 2011 track “Talkin’ To Myself” even acknowledged this when he said. “The last two albums didn’t count / ‘Encore’ I was on drugs, ‘Relapse’ I was flushing them out.”) But in 2002, his masterwork was unleashed in all its intense glory. And America ate it up: highest-selling album of the year, fifth-highest of the decade and two singles charting top five.

On the final track “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” he signed off, “That’s pretty much the gist of it / Parents are pissed, but kids love it / … / I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t let Hailie listen to me neither.”

However, I will not only permit my future children to hear “The Eminem Show,” but require it. Just as my father required me to hear “Abbey Road.”

Weekly Columnist Jesse Rifkin is a 4th-semester political science and journalism double major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Defining marriage should be outside the realm of government

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ecently, supporters and opponents of samesex marriage have had opportunities to speak out. In the last two months, the Maryland and Washington state legislatures have voted to legalize marriage between same-sex couples.

Opponents in those two states were equally vocal, seeking to take the bills to ballot measures in November. Furthermore, Rick Santorum has vocally

By Gregory Koch o p p o s e d Staff Columnist allowing gays and lesbians to marry.

Meanwhile, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have legalized gay marriage in the state, opting to send it to a November referendum.

This begs the question of why the government even needs to define “marriage” in the first place? Supporters and opponents alike in Maryland, Washington, and New Jersey, as well as Senator Santorum, are all presupposing that government should play a role in defining marriage. They are all wrong. Simply put, the definition of marriage should be outside the realm of government.

Heterosexual and homosexual couples should be legally given marriage benefits in all but name

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and it should be up to religious institutions and individuals to determine what is or isn’t “marriage.”

Under marriage privatization, as this plan has been called, the government would allow any couple to enter into a “civil union” regardless of sex. The term would be used for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples. The union would have all the benefits of marriage except the name. If a couple desired an actual marriage for religious reasons, they could obtain one in their church or other house of worship. These marriages would be for ceremonial and religious purposes only and would have no legal impact.

Furthermore, it would be up to churches to determine who can and cannot marry within their institution. For instance, the Catholic church could continue to only recognize heterosexual marriages while other more liberal religions could allow gay and lesbian couples as well. If a church wished to cater exclusively to homosexuals, they would have the right to not marry heterosexual couples.

There are multiple benefits to this plan. Same-sex couples would have all the same rights as opposite-sex couples. There are several hundred rights, privileges and responsibilities that married couples possess. These would all

be granted to the “civil unionized” couples that the government would recognize.

However, nobody would be forced to recognize couples as being married if they did not believe that to be the case. People who morally believe that homosexuality is a sin could attend a church that feels the same way.

Meanwhile, same-sex couples could still get a marriage ceremony by a church that was willing to recognize them.

There is a slight predicament for interfaith couples or other couples who desire a secular marriage.

However, these couples could still get married by a justice of the peace or similar individual just as they can now. There would be two main differences. The marriage ceremony would be ceremonial only, as has already been addressed. Additionally, instead of requiring a judge or similar official to perform the ceremony, anyone who the couple chose would be able to officiate. This is due to the fact that the ceremony would have no legal implications.

By eliminating the government’s role in the definition of marriage, we create an atmosphere that is fair to everybody. Samesex couples would get to enjoy all the same rights as heterosexuals, thereby creating the marriage equality that supporters desire.

Additionally, opponents of samesex marriage would never have to recognize a same-sex couple as married. All that they would have to recognize is the civil union contract that gives them all of the rights, responsibilities and privileges currently afforded exclusively to married couples.

Keep in mind that many of these rights (such as medical proxy) can already be granted to anyone simply by filling out paperwork. In other words, a same-sex couple can already obtain many of the marriage rights simply by filling out a lot of paperwork. Marriage privatization would simply make the process easier.

The government should not be able to choose who is or is not able to marry. This country was founded on equality, and the government cannot declare that some people are more equal than others.

However, it also cannot force people to accept homosexuality. By allowing individuals and religious institutions to define marriage as they choose while granting samesex and opposite-sex couples equal legal rights, the government is acting properly and justly.

Staff Columnist Gregory Koch is a 4th-semester actuarial science major. He can be reached at Gregory.

Koch@UConn.edu.

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Comics

The Daily Campus, Page 5 I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

Superglitch

by John Lawson

Editor’s Choice

by Brendan Albetski

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Love, romance and creativity flourish. A brilliant idea seeps into your work; you could really sell this thing.

Follow through.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s an excellent time for household projects. Make lists and shop carefully.

Get your family out in the garden, and dig in the dirt. Fix up your home together.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t dip into savings, unless it’s to help someone in pain. Your concentration is keen, and studying is especially fruitful. Ask for more funding.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Things could get profitable for a little while. Money could come and go in a rush, so keep track. Innovate or change a practice to save time and money.

Mensch

by Jeff Fenster

Procrastination Animation

by Michael McKiernan

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t forget your toothbrush. You may be called off on an adventure.

You’ve got an extra advantage, and there could be a blissful connection.

Bring cash and traveler’s checks.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t overspend with a friend.

Think it over. The next two days are good for planning. Get inspired on the road ahead. Follow a partner’s suggestion.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your friends are really there for you. Social buzz keeps things fun. There’s plenty of work. A happy surprise prompts celebration.

One Thousand Demons

by Bill Elliott and Rachael Pelletti

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- New opportunities are knocking at your door. Do the job well for added satisfaction and benefit. Create new communication with loved ones.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re growing by leaps and bounds. Yes, there are growing pains, but nothing you can’t handle. Weekend travel conditions look good. Let go of old considerations.

Nothing Extraordinary

by Thomas Feldtmose

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Intensity increases. Watch where you step, or you’ll have some explaining to do. You can be in the show, if that’s what you want. Trust your intuition.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Finding new partnerships for your endeavors is easier now. You may have to be willing to give up some expectations. Trust your imagination.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- The weekend’s got a full schedule. Take one step at a time, and don’t push yourself too hard. You’re full of brilliant ideas. Make sure that includes recharging batteries.

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US consumers hold onto rosy outlook in March

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are holding onto a rosier view of the U.S. economy as they focus on the good in a flood of mixed economic news.

Gas prices are up, but the stock market is, too. Home prices are down, but so is unemployment.

“The resilience suggests that jobs remain a more important concern for consumers than gasoline prices,” said Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

Gas prices have risen almost every day this month, yet the Consumer Confidence Index for March held nearly steady at 70.2, according to the New York-based private research group The Conference Board.

February’s reading, revised upward to 71.6, was the highest it’s been in a year.

Consumer confidence is widely watched because consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity. Confidence has been fragile since the U.S. recession began in late 2007, despite several short-lived spikes.

Now, it appears to be rebounding as Americans seem to be looking at the proverbial glass as half-full despite continued weaknesses in the economy, including rising gas prices.

The measure is still significantly below the 90 reading that indicates a healthy economy — a level the index has not been near since the recession began in December 2007. But the current reading is a long climb from the 40 figure it hit last October, not to mention its all-time low of 25.3 in February 2009.

Confidence levels are closer to a stable economy than not, with Americans feeling more confident than they have in a long time.

Nicklas Johnson, a software engineer who has been with the same company for 14 years, said recruiters are starting to solicit him for jobs. That’s making him more confident about spending a little more despite the fact that gas prices are rising and the value of his home has plummeted.

“I would be lying if I said gas prices aren’t in the back of my mind,” said the 36-yearold who lives in San Mateo, Calif. “But I’m very optimistic that employment is rising ... I’m more encouraged about improvements in the job market than discouraged about inflation.”

Johnson is like many Americans, who are more upbeat as the job picture improves. The economy has added an average of 245,000 jobs per month from

December through February.

And the unemployment rate has declined to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.

Adding to that, the stock market has risen at a healthy pace this year, making many Americans wealthier than they have been in the past few years.

In fact, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index came close to a fouryear high on Monday.

But there are reasons for Americans to temper their optimism. The end of last year was the best for home sales in five years, but a continued drop in home prices suggests the housing market remains weak.

The widely-watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller homeprice index, released Tuesday, showed that home prices fell in January for a fifth straight month in 16 of 19 major U.S. cities as modest sales increases have yet to boost prices.

And the biggest threat to consumer confidence is still gas prices. The Consumer Confidence survey of consumers, conducted from March 1 through March 15, showed shoppers’ worries about inflation rose to the highest level in about a year, alongside a rise in gas prices.

The national average for gas was $3.74 a gallon at the start of March, up from $3.52 on Feb. 15. Gas prices rose 8 cents during the first two weeks of March, the period measured by the consumer survey. Since then, gas prices have risen another 8 cents to $3.90, which is less than a dime away from last year’s high reached in early May. The record high of $4.11 was set in July 2008.

And there’s more pain at the pump on the horizon. Gas prices typically climb in the weeks leading up to Memorial Day weekend — the traditional kickoff of the summer driving season.

Still, many economists believe that Americans’ confidence is finally recovering.

Chris Christopher, senior principal economist at IHS Global Insight, expects consumer confidence to climb another 10 points by the end of the summer, as long as the pace of hiring continues its momentum.

Barring any major catastrophes in the Persian Gulf or a severe spike in civil unrest in Nigeria, he expects gas prices to peak at $4.20 per gallon around Memorial Day and then start to decline in September.

“I think there should be enough momentum to lift consumer confidence out of recession territory,” he said.

Gov. Malloy urges state agencies to cut costs HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With a new budget report projecting a state deficit of more than $120 million, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging executive branch agency heads to cut unnecessary spending and identify areas of potential savings.

The governor, who proposed reducing expenses in areas such as hiring and contracting, said he is confident the state will be able to close any budget deficit. If the cost-cutting measures are not enough, the governor said, he will direct the budget office to prepare a deficit plan for the legislature to consider in May. “I believe we’re going to be able to close any gap,” Malloy told reporters. “I think it’s within our control, particularly if my commissioners react.”

A new report from the Office of Fiscal Analysis estimates that the state will face a $124.4 million deficit in its largest account by the end of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

Although the state has reduced expenditures by nearly $41 million since last month, those

gains have been offset by a projected decline in revenue, according to the report.

Additionally, the OFA report identifies agencies that are on track to spend more than their allotted amount. Agencies listed in the March report include the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Judicial Branch and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

OFA Director Alan Calandro said his office calculates the projection based on the state’s monthly expenditures and revenues.

In a letter to state agency heads, Malloy blamed “disappointing income tax collections” in the fourth quarter of 2011 for the forecast loss.

At a meeting Tuesday morning, Malloy told his commissioners to take necessary measures to help reduce the state’s deficit. He said he also will ask the Judicial and Legislative branch agencies to do the same.

Meanwhile, the Office of Policy and Management projects a $62.6 million deficit for the current fiscal year.

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News

Study: Birds adjusting slowly to climate change ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new study based on the National Audubon Society’s North American Christmas Bird Count finds birds have taken decades to adjust their ranges northward in response to warming winters.

Frank La Sorte, a post-doctoral researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, was lead author of the study published online this month by the Journal of Animal Ecology.

He said animals adjust to rising minimum winter temperatures by shifting their ranges northward. Since birds are highly mobile and migrate north and south with the changing seasons, they’re better able to shift their ranges than less-mobile, non-migrating species, like amphibians.

But the study of 59 bird species found it’s not all that easy or quick. And some birds are better equipped to follow the changing climate than others.

Take black vultures. While the minimum winter temperature increased from 1975 to 2009, it took black vultures 35 years to catch up with the trend. Over that time, they have spread northward as far as Massachusetts, where winters now are similar to Baltimore’s in 1975.

On the other hand, the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker hasn’t moved at all. La Sorte said that could be because they have such specialized habitat needs, found only in the sandy longleaf pine forests of 11 southern states. “It might be good to go in and look at how well they’re coping” with

AP

Roseate Spoonbills, pink, and white ibis graze in the reeds of Mad Island, Texas. In a typical winter, the Texas Gulf Coast is packed with tens of thousands of birds - songbirds, waterfowl, catbirds, gnatcatchers, warblers and other migrants. But this year, an annual count done just before Christmas found the population had dropped steeply.

the rising temperature, La Sorte said Tuesday in an interview. “It depends on their physiological tolerance, and changes in the prey base.”

La Sorte said species that don’t track climate changes may wind up in habitats that don’t suit them well.

“When you think about it, it makes sense that species move slower than the rate at which climate is changing,” La Sorte said. “They’re not just tracking temperature; many of them need to follow a prey base, a type of vegetation, or they need certain

kinds of habitat that will create corridors for movement.”

There are also species, such as turkey vultures and rubythroated hummingbirds, that moved north faster than the temperature warmed.

“The take-home message is that as species are responding, they’re doing it under their own time frame,” La Sorte said.

“Understanding what that time frame might be is challenging.

We have to give species the opportunity to respond by providing corridors for movement, and long-term maintenance of

those corridors. That would require cooperation across political boundaries.”

Such a corridor might be a swath of forest or grassland that extends northward so birds can gradually move north along it, rather than being stopped by a sprawling metropolitan region.

“There’s a lot of discussion about it, but it’s primarily academic,” La Sorte said.

The study, co-authored by Walter Jetz of Yale University, was supported by the National Science Foundation.

US militia members cleared of conspiracy DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government’s case against seven members of a U.S. militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural extremists poised for war.

Judge Victoria Roberts said the members’ expressed hatred of law enforcement didn’t amount to a conspiracy to rebel against the government.

The FBI had secretly planted an informant and an FBI agent inside the Hutaree militia starting in 2008 to collect hours of anti-government audio and video that became the cornerstone of the case.

“The court is aware that protected speech and mere words can be sufficient to show a conspiracy. In this case, however, they do not rise to that level,” the judge said on the second anniversary of raids and arrests that broke up the group.

Roberts granted requests for acquittal on the most serious charges: conspiring to commit sedition, or rebellion, against the U.S. and conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.

Other weapons crimes tied to the alleged conspiracies also were dismissed.

“The judge had a lot of guts,” defense attorney William Swor said. “It would have been very easy to say, ‘The heck with it,’ and hand it off to the jury. But the fact is she looked at the evidence, and she looked at it very carefully.”

The trial, which began Feb. 13, will resume Thursday with only a few gun charges remaining against militia leader David Stone and son Joshua Stone.

They have been in custody without bond for two years.

Prosecutors said Hutaree members were anti-government rebels who combined training and strategy sessions to prepare for a violent strike against federal law enforcement, triggered first by the slaying of a police officer.

But there never was an attack. Defense lawyers said highly offensive remarks about police and the government

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This combo of seven photos provided in 2010 by the U.S. Marshals Service shows from top left: David Stone, wife Tina Stone, David Stone’s sons, David Jr. and Joshua all from Lenawee County, Mich. Bottom row from left; Thomas Piatek of Whiting, Ind.; Michael Meeks of Manchester, Mich.; and Kris Sickles of Sandusky, Ohio, seven members of a Michigan militia who were rounded up in 2010 as homegrown extremists accused of plotting war against the U.S.

were wrongly turned into a high-profile criminal case that drew public praise from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who in 2010 called Hutaree a “dangerous organization.”

David Stone’s “statements and exercises do not evince a concrete agreement to forcibly resist the authority of the United States government,” Roberts said Tuesday. “His diatribes evince nothing more than his own hatred for — perhaps even desire to fight or kill — law enforcement; this is not the same as seditious conspiracy.”

U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade declined to comment. Two years ago, when militia members were arrested, she said it was time to “take them down.”

The FBI had put a local informant, Dan Murray, inside the militia in 2008 and paid him $31,000. An FBI agent from New Jersey also was embedded.

Steve Haug, known as “Jersey Steve,” posed as a trucker and spent months secretly recording talks with Stone. He even served as Stone’s best man at his wedding, a celebration with

militia members wearing military fatigues.

Haug repeatedly talked to Stone about building pipe bombs and getting other sophisticated explosives. The FBI rented a warehouse in Ann Arbor where the agent would invite him and others to store and discuss weapons.

Haug told jurors he was “shocked” by Stone’s knowledge of explosives, noting it matched some of his own instruction as a federal agent.

Stone was recorded saying he was willing to kill police and even their families. He considered them part of a “brotherhood” — a sinister global authority that included federal law enforcers and United Nations troops.

He had bizarre beliefs: Stone suspected Germany and Singapore had aircraft stationed in Texas, and thousands of Canadian troops were poised to take over Michigan.

He said the government put computer chips in a flu vaccine.

He had a speech prepared for a regional militia gathering in Kentucky in 2010, but bad

weather forced him and others to return to Michigan. Instead, he read it in the van while a secret camera installed by the FBI captured the remarks.

“It is time to strike and take our nation back so that we may be free again from tyranny,” Stone said. “Time is up, God bless all of you and welcome to the new revolution.”

Swor said Stone is a Christian who was bracing for war against the Antichrist.

“This is not the United States government. This is Satan’s army,” Swor told the judge Monday, referring to the enemy.

Militia members cleared of all charges were Stone’s wife, Tina Stone, and his son, David Stone Jr.; Thomas Piatek, Michael Meeks and Kris Sickles.

“It’s hard to believe it’s over,” said Tina Stone, crying as she spoke by phone.

“Thank God we live in a country where we do have freedom of speech.”

Joshua Clough pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in December and awaits his sentence. Jacob Ward will have a separate trial.

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Turning items into masterpieces New exhibits at the Benton focus on the art of society

Is bigger always better?

By Jenny A. Campus Correspondent

By Zarrin Ahmed Campus Correspondent “Screenshots,” centering on the idea of computer generated images, and “Objects to Object,” sculptures by Leo Sewell, are the newest exhibits that opened at the Benton on March 22.

“Screenshots” consists of images that capture the screen of a computer at one given moment. The gallery brings together national and international artists that have created the works on display in response to the production, circulation and consumption of visual material online.

Using sites like YouTube, Craigslist and Facebook, they have focused on the social and creative impact of the internet by reframing and reformatting.

These artists include Pauline Bastard, Natalie Bookchin, Daniel Gordon, Phillip Maisel, Jon Rafman, and Penelope Umbrico. Maisel’s work focuses on human subjects engaging in activities like laying on the beach, sleeping and walking through fields. He used a fading technique that allowed him to overlap these photos and create his own style of visual effects. Rafman used Google

Lions Gate shares up on ‘Hunger Games’ huge debut

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lions Gate Entertainment seized a pot of gold.

When the film and television production company bought Summit Entertainment in January, the deal brought bankable teen franchises “The Hunger Games” and “Twilight” under one roof.

The first of four planned “Hunger Games” films broke the record for a non-sequel over the weekend with a $153 million haul in the U.S. and Canada. That beat expectations and gave it the third-highest opening weekend ever. And the “Twilight” finale is set for release in November.

These two movies could generate about $450 million in profit combined, estimates Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz. The adventures of bow-wielding heroine Katniss Everdeen alone could translate to 6 to 7 years of higher earnings, Creutz says, adding that Lions Gate may post its first profit in five years for the fiscal year that ends March 31.

More than two-thirds of Lions Gate’s revenue comes from the movie business, so its first blockbuster means a lot. It had been getting by with staples like Tyler Perry comedies and the “Saw” horror series.

The rest of Lions Gate’s revenue comes from television productions such as “Mad Men,” which kicked off its fifth season Sunday.

The company doesn’t reap ad revenue from the hit TV show, but the show’s success with audiences keeps Lions Gate in demand as a production company. It also boosts sales of DVDs and licensing revenue from reruns.

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A sculpture by Maryland native Leo Sewell, whose new exhibit at the Benton, “Objects to Object,” is open until May 20. The exhibit features pieces made from manufactured items.

street-view images to create his pictures, catching occurrences like cars on fire and floods. Gordon constructed scenes using Google images, cutting and collating these pictures to form vibrantly colored pieces.

Umbrico had two different sets centered around TV: “Broken Sets,” and “TVs from Craigslist.” The latter piece is exactly what its name entails – pictures of TVs being sold on Craigslist. “Broken Sets” is

a series of photographs of the fractured screens of TV sets.

Bookchin created a short video with a compilation of YouTube videos. Based on the essay “Mass Ornamentation” by cultural theorist Siegfried Kracauer which critically analyzed dance, these videos showed multiple videos from YouTube of people dancing. Bastard created a video without sound, showing desert landscapes as computer screensavers.

“From Objects to Object:

Found Sculpture” showcased the work of Leo Sewell, a Maryland native who began creating assemblages at the age of ten. After studying modern art in college and writing his thesis on the “Use of Found Object in Dada and Surrealism,” Sewell decided to dedicate his life to making sculptures from manufactured items. Over the subsequent 50 years, he’s produced over 4,000 sculptures.

Characterized as being “green,” Sewell uses plastic, metal, and

wood found in trash heaps, yard sales and flea markets. He created sculptures of various sizes and subjects including animals, life-sized human beings, a fortyfoot Statue of Liberty and other installations.

These exhibits are open until May 20 and there will be a 45 minute Gallery Talk for all who are interested on March 29 at 12:15 p.m.

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

UConn jazz combos » CELEBRITIES Bobby Brown arrested rock Von der Mehden on suspicion of DUI

director; he’s been there for many years.”

The Soothsayers performed Last night, four of UConn’s two Wayne Shorter pieces. jazz combos performed at Von They were followed by the Ascetics, which played two der Mehden Recital Hall.

The groups included The Thelonious Monk songs.

Ascetic’s piano player, Soothsayers, The Ascetics, The Jazz Connoisseurs and Michael Verselli, a 10thsemester music education One Small Step.

“I’m excited,” said 6th- major said afterward, “Tonight semester music history major went really well. I was happy Anastasia Pilato. “I’m not to hear the high school band that came. It’s good to get kids sure what to involved.” expect, but I The Jazz know some Connoisseurs people in the “It was a great show, p e r f o r m e d show and I came out to I was really happy “Cheryl,” by Charlie Parker see them.”

M i k e with it. Every group and “A Night A l l e g u e , was extremely well- in Tunisia,” by Dizzy the drummer for The prepared and it went Gillespie.

“I’m a Ascetics and smoothly.” big jazz fan a 6th-semester finance major Alto saxophone and that was great,” said said, “It should player 4 t h - s e m e s t e r be a good ommunicashow.”

Niall Reynolds ctions major “We had Sadie Doyle. a showcase One Small earlier in the Step closed the show with three year, but this is highlighting all the combos,” said Nick pieces — two by John Coltrane Trautmann, The Soothsayers and one by Charlie Parker.

“The name of the group is string bassist. “Plus, there’s a One Small Step and we’re high school band opening up for us, so we’re gonna check gonna play ‘Giant Steps,’ just for you. So sing along if you’d them out.”

The opening band was like,” said alto saxophone the Brein McMahon High player Niall Reynolds before School Jazz Orchestra, which launching into the Coltrane played three pieces by Dexter number.

“It was a great show,” Gordon, Duke Ellington and Reynolds said afterward.

Jimmy Hamilton.

Two Brian McMahon grad- “I was really happy with it. uates that are now UConn stu- Every group was extremely dents came by to see the show. well-prepared and it went Elaine Steel, a 6th-semester smoothly.”

If you want to catch the next music major said “They were von der Mehden performance, really good.”

“They played well,” agreed Christa Conway’s violin solo Gabe Castro, a 4th-semester will be on Thursday, the 27th, math major. “I was in the followed by Jan Zimmerman’s Brien McMahon Jazz Band performance on Friday, the in high school and it’s great 28th. to see them play. The director [Ron Secci] was also my Julie.Bartoli@UConn.edu

By Julie Bartoli Senior Staff Writer

AP

In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, singer Bobby Brown, former husband of the late Whitney Houston performs with New Edition at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials in Southern California say Bobby Brown has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Harris says Brown was arrested around 12:20 p.m. Monday in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. He failed a field sobriety test and was booked on suspicion of DUI. Harris says the R&B singer was pulled over after an officer

saw him talking on his cellphone without a hands-free unit and noticed he appeared to be impaired.

Los Angeles police say Brown was released from jail on his own recognizance shortly before 2 p.m.

The 43-year-old is the exhusband of Whitney Houston and a founding member of the group New Edition.

An email message to his attorney, Christopher Brown, was not immediately returned.

Americans like it big. Usually, women do too.

Though likely to choose the Costco-sized banana over the baby Chiquita banana when asked to pick between the two, there is an undoubtedly significant amount of truth nestled among the ancient saying, “It’s not the size, it’s the motion.”

As the series of surreal messages I received early Saturday morning from my long-time best friend and recent said topic expert, Brooke, display (noted below) the preceding quote deserves your undivided attention.

Brooke: “Jenny, wake up I think I’m in love.”

Jenny: “What the f*ck are you talking about it’s 9 a.m. I’m sleeping.”

Brooke: “No, I’m serious.

I went home for the weekend and Josh, the 26-year-old half Jewish, half Greek, 100 percent god, Georgetown Law student I met (and slept with) at school last weekend, met me in the city. He bought us a hotel for the night. I feel like I’m having an affair.”

Jenny: “WTF when did you become cool and SITC-esque? I feel so lackluster. Tell me everything.”

Brooke: “Well, we quite literally ripped our clothes off upon entering our surprisingly beautiful hotel room. His body is amazing. I think it’s a wonderland; I think I’m in love.”

Jenny: “It’s THAT big?”

Brooke: “Surprisingly… no.

But the sex is unreal.”

I wish I could say the above is completely fictional and that shit like this only happens to, well, no one. But … it’s true.

It’s the goddamn truth and yes; you should be goddamn jealous.

Though there’s a lot to be said about her over-night rendezvous with this seemingly perfect older man, what I found most intriguing was her willingness to discuss his less than impressive package.

“My current flame, Josh, is quite literally god’s gift to women,” she gushed. “On first glance, you’d think he’d be extremely well endowed; he’s a 6-foot baseball player and toned as anything … but as it turns out, he’s pretty modest in the penile dept.”

Though there’s no shame in a modest package, we’re involuntarily inundated with messages that prove otherwise. Yes, girls too have at some point received the penis-promoting spam which promises to help achieve the impossible: “Take this pill and your Penis size will grow at the rate of a chia pet.”

“Take this pill and your Penis will taste like chocolate.”

“Take this pill and your sex life will immediately surpass that of NBA-great Wilt Chamberlain.”

While Chamberlain may credit the superhuman size responsible for his “legendary bedroom success” (20,000 women my ass), his tales coupled with our country’s obsession with size are just two of many “sex myth” purveyors.

According to Martin F. Downs of “WebMD”, the average erect penis is between five and 6 inches and between three and 3.5 inches when flaccid.

In other words, the average size penis is a friendly one.

One whose size, which after exchanging genital pleasantries with, leaves you willing to perform other “tasks” rather than quickly zip your pants and run away.

But, if your partner’s penis (or your own) falls below these measurements, not to worry! As

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GAMES Upcoming Releases March 31 Dr. Who: The Eternity Clock (VITA, PS3) Of Orcs and Men (PS3, X360, PC) R.A.W. (PS3, X360, PC)

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Your game reviews could be here!

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Psychonauts (PS2, XBox, PC)

Flying across the universe

April 3 Devil May Cry HD Collection (PS3, 360) Kinect Star Wars (360) Blacklight: Retribution (PC) Heroes of Ruin (DS)

How Should Games End?

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer

April 5 Confrontation (PC) April 6 Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) Schedule from Gamespot.com

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Budget Gems: ‘Hotel Dusk’ “Hotel Dusk” is a mystery game that serves as a great example of how the DS’ touch screen can enhance gameplay when used correctly. Rather than basing an entire game around the feature like many DS games are guilty of, the developers of “Hotel Dusk” found a way to integrate the screen into puzzles when it was appropriate. Gameplay is simple enough, but it proves that the game doesn’t rely on cheap gimmicks to keep playing interesting.

The game’s story is so captivating that it feels like an interactive movie, but I never felt like I was simply observing the action. The player chooses from a list of questions, but fact that the order in which one asks the questions can determine whether or not the character tells you or if you simply get the “game over” screen keeps the player on edge. When the player isn’t interacting with others, he/she is sneaking around trying to gather clues, the puzzle-solving portion of the game.

It’s rather difficult to explain them, as I do not want to spoil it for potential buyers, but I will say that “Hotel Dusk” had me use my DS in one of the most creative ways I have ever seen. Even though there is ultimately one “good” ending, the game’s story, characters, and the fact that there were some secret collectables merit a couple playthroughs.

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The evil pigs of ‘Angry Birds’ have fled Earth with the heroic birds’ eggs. In ‘Angry Birds Space,’ the first real sequel to ‘Angry Birds,’ the pigs lead the birds on an intergalactic space race.

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer After all the T-shirts, bandages, plush toys, umbrellas, dog chew toys, stickers, hats, keychains and whatever other shameless merchandise out there, it’s easy to forget that “Angry Birds” was, at one point, just a game. A 99 cent app built around a ludicrous premise of birds throwing themselves at fragile green pig forts for their eggs…or whatever.

But all it really took for the franchise to be a part of the pop culture was for the game itself to be fantastic.

“Angry Birds” is a physicsbased test of accuracy done with far more finesse than any of the copycats could ever emulate.

The game is also brilliant in its simplicity; any kind of addition would seemingly feel superfluous. And yet, when the time came for a true sequel to be released in the form of “Angry Birds Space,” it seems the creators took the dollar signs off their eyes and made “Angry Birds” feel fresh and familiar all

where to throw the birds at.

And other times, there will Angry Birds Space be numerous gravity currents going around with routes that will either make the throws go fast or slow. And with the many /10 different birds that can split up, blow up, freeze, etc. the The Good methods to gain the most points -Add some gravity mechanics and Angry Birds feels new all over again are – to plug in a silly pun – -There’s some outstanding variety in these level designs that are all fun in their own way astronomical.

But here’s the thing: you don’t necessarily need to rush The Bad to play this game. The reason -Having to wait for new levels via downloadable updates is a pain considering how great this the amount of levels initially game is available shouldn’t take too -The art style remains to be forgettable and uninspired. long to complete. Also, the pros able to handle the intense difficulty found in the spinoffs will over again. the other hand, involves throw- be disappointed by the lack of Essentially what the develop- ing all those multicolored fowl challenge in these sixty levels. ers at Rovio Mobile did was at those nefarious hogs that are But, considering that this take the old hat “Angry Birds” either past or in the gravitational is “Angry Birds” after all, it and added gravity mechanics force. shouldn’t take too long before found in games like the WiiWare What makes this new environ- many levels are added via future classic “Orbient”. For those that ment work to this game’s favor updates. For now though, this is (likely) didn’t play that game, is it brings more variety on how a great start. Miraculously, this Orbient had you moving across you break down the wooden sequel wasn’t just a method for space based around going buildings. Sometimes the green more T-shirt designs. against or towards the gravita- pigs will be on the other side tional pull of the planets around of a microscopic planet, givyou. “Angry Birds Space,” on ing two separate directions on Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

8.0

An unforgettable ‘Journey’

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer When one thinks about the adventures video games take you on, the thoughts that likely pop up are all the bloodthirsty aliens, psychedelic colors and otherworldly powers that all but abandon a simple notion like walking. And yet, developers at Thatgamecompany made an unforgettable pure experience of a game with “Journey,” a game about going from one destination to the next with your character’s own two feet.

So what makes Journey such an ephemeral game with so little presented to you? To put it simply, it’s the masterful way everything is presented.

There’s no knowledge given about who or what is the hooded being set out across the sunny desert, and yet, you will still care. With the visually poetic cutscenes and emotional weight behind every last step on the hot sand, all the implications are presented with the player’s imagination to fill in all the blanks.

There are no loading screens, hitchy framerates, bugs or any other hindrences of games to bring the player back to reality.

Everything put into this game has clearly been polished with a finely tuned comb, two fold.

The graphics are just a beauty with the fantasy charm of “The Legend of Zelda” and the best

graphical finesse the PS3 can churn out. In other words, trying to take your eyes off the screen will be a challenge in of itself.

Once you press “Start,” there’s nothing but the vast valleys to overcome, with a very poignant and touching finale to close off the 2 hour experience.

Yes, that is correct. This fifteen dollar video game only has the length of a movie. But like a good film or short story, Journey is meant to be played in one sitting with all the memorable moments that can easily be gone back to. But one thing that can’t be replicated is your experience with an anonymous partner in the co-op multiplayer.

No, there’s no matchmaking selection process. Essentially, if you are connected to the Internet, you’ll randomly come in contact with another person going about the campaign on the same beat.

There’s no method to talk to one another, but the magic is in how natural the teamwork will come together with no room for angered criticism. It just brings an emotional bond that you just don’t ever see in other games.

I realize at this point that I’ve gone on this long of the review without mentioning the part of “Journey” when you actually play it. Well, don’t worry, the controls like everything else move without a hitch as you go about the game with intriguing puzzles alongside jump and

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The new downloadable PS3 game “Journey” is getting rave reviews for its beautiful atmosphere and ambiance, and is an experience that everyone should try.

Journey

10.0

/10

The Good

-Honestly, everything. The beautiful graphics, natural sound design, poetic storyline…this is video game presentation at its very best folks -Perhaps the first and only video game where a 2-hour playtime feels both natural and mandatory. -Sadly, a game like Journey is the only one where its naturally generated and randomly selected co-op multiplayer can be feasible. But that’s just what makes any interactions with other players here feels so special.

“whistle” mechanics to make the wonderful aesthetics never lose its luster. However, Journey isn’t about “playing” it; it’s about the unforgettable experience a great journey brings. But, understandably, Journey is a unique art film of a video game that won’t

be what some are looking for.

And for those who are in that boat, my sincerest condolences.

They’ll miss out on a masterpiece.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

The general reception for the recently released “Mass Effect 3” has been harsh.

For many fans of the franchise, the trilogy wasn’t any better than a slap on the face from the developers at BioWare. On the one hand, all the controversy does show how much video game storytelling has improved as millions of people clearly do give a darn about it.

But at the same time, all this stress does bring up the question of what, exactly, do players want for their emotional responses at the credits for video games.

Well, let’s first look at why a whole lot of people are so unapologetically furious about the “Mass Effect 3” ending (sans spoilers, of course). From most of the responses I’ve found, there seem to be two general reasons.

First, having a sci-fi universe with so many planets full of interesting characters, the game leaves them out of the loop after the deed is done. Unfortunately, there were many plot holes left hanging as to where everybody is at the end.

The second reason is that, in the end, the number of changes for each different ending were far too insignificant. It doesn’t matter if your Shepard was a Boy Scout or a ruthless anti-hero; the final cutscenes are on the same jist. And for a game where the main appeal is crafting your own hero based on the choices in three whole entries, it’s almost worse than if it pulled a “Sopranos.” For me personally, I didn’t think it was great per se, but the ending fit the Shepard I developed so I didn’t really have enough disappointment to start up protests or charities like other players did.

“Mass Effect 3” was essentially an example of how high expectations are in a fantastic storyline that took years to come to fruition.

And considering how many countless hours are put into story-based games nowadays, it’s practically like if you marathoned “Lost” on Netflix. So much time in as many consecutive hours plausible really gets to people in everything from the separate characters and the world they live in. The aspect of letting it all go is practically like ending a secondary life where the goodbyes come in dire need of tissues and hugs. And since games in particular require viewer input and possible philosophy questions, it just exacerbates the afterthoughts.

It’s enough to make some gamers long for the old days when the countless gameplay hours amounted to a plot that went along the lines of “Hero goes to dungeon, kills boss, saves the day, roll credits.” But like I mentioned earlier, this kind of reaction towards the ending of “Mass Effect 3” is a clear indication of how much passion is felt towards video game storytelling at this point.

Here’s hoping that from all this admittedly understandable frustration will be a learning experience for both BioWare and all over game developers. That if they do make a game with a long and emotionally powerful storyline, it’d be best to put 100 percent in everything from pressing Start to sitting through the credits. Because hell hath no fury than a fan scorned with access to the Internet.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

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Run far away from ‘Raccoon City’ New ‘Resident Evil’ spinoff wastes early promise with poor controls, gameplay

By Joe O’Leary Senior Staff Writer As a fan of both “Resident Evil” and raccoons, I had high hopes for “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.” The spinoff was reported to flesh out the “Resident Evil” universe, putting players in the shoes of a squad of Umbrella Corporation mercenaries fighting through the titular city during the zombie outbreak of 1997’s “Resident Evil 2,” complete with cameos from fan-favorite characters from the series. The squadshooter dynamics seemed like an interesting change from the usual “Resident Evil” tank-like controls. On paper, it held a lot of promise.

Unfortunately, that paper must have been shredded, because “Raccoon City” holds nothing but pain and frustration. The fourperson shooter combat is bland, unnecessarily difficult and feels like a chore. Slant Six Games, the developers, were reviled in 2008 for creating the worst edition of the “SOCOM” series, and they’ve tarnished a second franchise with their latest offering.

A lot of the fun of the “Resident Evil” series is the dramatic tension. Sure, the characters and situations are over-the-top, but they’re fun and campy in the process, while being well-written. The action sequences in the main series’ games are fantastic because of the stakes. Anything can happen, and when characters are in danger, it seems like they might actually die, making players get attached to them.

“Raccoon City” immediately fails this series mainstay by introducing a group of mercenaries who don’t get much more than

a single generic “badass” line before they’re shipped out to do the series bad guys’ dirty work for no cause but cold hard cash. It’s easy to root for them because everyone knows how fun it is to kill innocent people for the good of a corporation’s PR department.

Not only do the characters lack character, they’re all interchangeable because the poorly-thought-out experience system in the game allows every character to get every weapon. There are perks, but they’re so useless that I completely forgot I had them for at least two levels. And when characters like Leon Kennedy and the Nemesis make their triumphant returns, they’re on the sidelines while you fight through a throng of faceless soldiers and zombies that aren’t sure if they’re supposed to be fast or slow. There’s no reason to get attached and the story sucks. I used the character “Lupe” specifically because her name was cooler than the others’.

Since I’ve established that there’s no reason why someone would get into this game, I’ll tear apart the controls and the general game. “Raccoon City” feels like someone at Capcom saw the success of “Left 4 Dead” and wanted to copy it because it made so much money. The problem, of course, is that “Left 4 Dead” is a very specific success that isn’t even really a competitor to the “Resident Evil” franchise. My usual complaint about corporate meddling rings true because of the game’s dreadful controls, which stem from being a combination of two game genres that just don’t work together. The teamwork of a squad shooter goes out the window when your only objective is to kill things over and over again.

Enemies are bullet-sponges and bumrush you in waves of 50, but you can get rid of them by dashing through the level most of the time. Textures clip and have wide dimensions, so when the poor aiming system tells you it’s possible to shoot over that concrete slab you’re ducking behind, you’ll get shot ten times before you realize your bullets are disappearing into thin air.

It’s easy to get trapped on walls, and twice as easy for your enemies. One incredibly bush-league moment happened during a

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The mercenaries of ‘Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’ taking on their latest mission. Despite a promising premise, ‘Raccoon City’ generally fails at every part of being a video game.

boss battle where the boss became trapped behind a dumpster, becoming easy cannonfodder. There’s no checkpoint system, so good luck when you get lost in one of the game’s excessively-poorly designed levels.

Quitting before beating a level wastes all of your time up to that point. The game’s one high point is its drop-in and drop-out online play, though that’s only because I found the game got much easier when my incompetent AI teammates were replaced by people who knew that you kill zombies by shooting them. There are so many problems that there’s no reason to subject yourself to what feels like more of a punishment than a game.

Unfortunately, “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City” wastes a great opportunity to expand the “Resident Evil” lore by being a complete waste of time. It pales in comparison to “Left 4 Dead,” but that’s a moot point because it also pales in comparison to any game that’s fun.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

2.5

/10

The Good

It’s pretty cool to get back to Raccoon City and see some old friends, even when they’re trying to rip off your face.

Online play makes things tolerable because you’re playing with sentient beings who have common sense.

When you put the disc in your 360, it starts.

The Bad

The controls, the mechanics, the gameplay, the graphics, the AI, the enemies, the gunplay, the difficulty, the horrible menus, the glitches... pretty much everything.

An unnecessary attempt to ape the success of “Left 4 Dead.”

It’s so bad, it’s got me worried about November’s “Resident Evil 6.”

Five years later, ‘Diamond’ still great Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent It’s hard to believe it’s been almost five years since “Pokémon Diamond and “Pokémon Pearl” were first released in America back in April 2007.

With countless features (some new, some old), the pair was hard to resist. Besides the predictable plot with the standard new villain team that has become a mainstay in the Pokémon games and the inclusion of another 100 something monsters (some less “appealing” than others – Bidoof anyone?), the games were overflowing with innovation while not straying too far from the established Pokémon game formula.

You still start out at home and find yourself the recipient of a starter Pokémon.

Following this, you collect badges by battling Pokémon Gym Leaders so that you may defeat the Elite 4 and become the Pokémon Champion.

Meanwhile, you defeat an evil criminal organization and frequently battle your rival on your journey. Some things never change. But alas, some do as well.

The games added some

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The water Pokemon Buizel was introduced in ‘Pokemon Diamond’ in 2007. Though it’s now five years old, the first DS ‘Pokemon’ game added new features such as online play and new items for players to use.

new features including the “Pokewalker”. This device allowed for skilled players a greater chance at discovering a rare alternate-colored (shiny) Pokémon. Also included was the “Pal Park.” Here, players could import Pokémon they had spent years training in their GameBoy Advance games into the newer ones, a feature that “Ruby and Sapphire” lacked with older titles. Despite its inclusion of

over 140 new monsters and the addition of two on two battles, many saw “Pokémon Ruby” and “Pokémon Sapphire” as a step backwards for the franchise. Many features from the spectacular “Gold” and “Silver” games were removed altogether. This included the day/night and calendar systems where the lighting would change depending on the time of day and certain events/ Pokemon could only be acti-

vated on certain days.

Thankfully, “Diamond” and “Pearl” restored these features and improved upon them. One of the best parts of “Diamond” and “Pearl” was that after the end credits had rolled, you were given access to an entirely new section of the game region to explore, offering the chance to encounter high-leveled Pokémon and trainers. When you thought the adventure was over, it was really just the

beginning.

The advanced technology of the Nintendo DS also allowed for major gameplay enhancements to be made. “Diamond and Pearl” were the first two handheld Pokémon games to make use of 3D graphics.

Combined with its standard top-down view, this made for some truly beautiful scenery.

Through the DS’s wireless capabilities, players were now free to battle their friends online around the world. Even better, the Global Trade Center allowed for people to trade Pokémon anonymously around the world, even with people not from their own region.

Perhaps most exciting of all, the Wi-Fi connectivity allowed for rare “event” Pokémon to be distributed over the internet, whereas in past games you would have to drive to a “Toys ‘R’ Us” or in some cases a major city to receive such a Pokémon.

These and many more additions made “Pokémon Diamond and “Pokémon Pearl” unforgettable additions to the series. They and future games continue to prove that it’s still a blast to try and “Catch ‘em All.”

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

NJ gov urges Springsteen to play Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is calling on native son Bruce Springsteen to step up and help Atlantic City by performing at the new Revel casino on Labor Day weekend.

The governor made the plea Tuesday during a tour of the new casino, which opens Monday. The facility wouldn’t have been finished without state tax incentives.

The governor views Revel as the centerpiece of an effort to revive the fortunes of Atlantic City, where the casino business has been on a long downward spiral.

Christie has seen Springsteen perform more than 100 times and says he has already lost out to Beyonce for the chance to headline at Revel’s grand opening Memorial Day weekend. He says Springsteen could still show his support for New Jersey by performing there during Labor Day weekend.

A publicist for Springsteen, whose catalog includes a song titled “Atlantic City,” declined comment.

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'The Voice' a positive for NBC in ratings

'Bully' focuses on intolerable cruelty

The documentary "Bully" is essential to see, whether you're a parent or a kid, whether you've been on the giving or receiving end of such increasingly pervasive cruelty.

But it's also frustrating to watch, because while the stories included here are undeniably moving by nature, they're not exactly told in the most artful way, rendering "Bully" far less emotionally impactful than it might have been.

Director Lee Hirsch's film grows repetitive and seems longer than its relatively brief running time. Tonally, it bounces with no rhyme or reason between a handful of students across the country who've suffered from bullying; technically, it feels a bit messy, with needless zooms and images that fade in and out of focus.

Perhaps that was an intentional aesthetic choice. Either way, it's distracting and headacheinducing.

Still, if "Bully" does nothing more than provide the impetus for a dialogue, it achieves its purpose.

Hirsch spent a year with about a half-dozen families with children who've been bullied at school — teased, abused, humiliated and ostracized — behavior which adults too often sweep aside with the cliche that kids will be kids.

Among them are David and Tina Long of Murray County, Georgia, whose 17-year-old son, Tyler, hanged himself. Tina bravely shows the closet where the family found him, in his bedroom since turned into an office, and the death has turned

It's not the size, it's how you do it from IS BIGGER, page 7 Brooke points out, there is no direct correlation between size and satisfaction.

“I dated a boy last year [we’ll call him Brad], who had a huge penis. However, he couldn’t use it. In fact, he didn’t know what he was doing and the bottom line is it’s no good if you can’t use it,” she said. “He went way too fast and it reached a point where the sex became more painful than enjoyable.” Sadly, he let his penis control him. No bueno, Brad.

Down’s article, “5 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Penis,” explains that men already have less control over their penises than other body parts because it responds to the automatic nervous system. The automatic nervous system regulates blood pressure and heart rate and is not always under the male’s conscious control, according to the article Similar to each man’s divergent size and level of control, Cleveland Clinic urologist Drogo Mantague, MD explained that the flaccid penis follows suit.

In one study of 80 men, Mantague noted that researchers found increases from flaccid to erect lengths ranged between less than a quarter inch to 3.5 inches.

Fittingly, Brooke’s time with Josh paralleled the above.

“After showering together, we laid naked on top of the covers and talked. Though I never said anything, I didn’t notice much of a difference between his “horny self” and “tame self,” she said.

“Considering the size right before sex, I expected his non-erect penis to be smaller. Regardless, everything exceeded my expectations so I really could care less at this point about how big or how small he is.”

In short, her closing remark rings true; sexpectations should not be based on size. Eye contact, control, mutual connectedness and a willingness to please are among the laundry list of necessary ingredients for a shared and memorable big finale.

So whether you’re penis is the biggest effing thing since The Kony Scandal or as lackluster as Lindsay Lohan’s recent stint on “SNL,” work what you got.

And remember: sometimes, good things do come in small packages.

Focus@DailyCampus.com

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In this undated film image released by The Weinstein Company, Alex Libby is shown in the documentary film, "Bully," which recently underwent a controversial appeal over its R rating.

the Longs' quiet suburban life into a crusade for awareness.

Among the movie's other stories is 12-year-old Alex, a scrawny kid from Sioux City, Iowa. His parents acknowledge he's a bit weird but as his mom points out, he'd be the most devoted friend to anyone who would accept him. Hirsch's camera captures Alex's grueling daily school bus ride as big, mean kids use him as their punching bag. Alex has no idea how to stand up for himself and no adults seem capable of doing it for him (the assistant principal of his middle school comes off as especially clueless and inept).

These moments are also the ones that earned "Bully" a ridiculous R-rating for language from the Motion Picture

Association of America; The Weinstein Co. is now releasing the film unrated.

In conservative Tuttle, Oklahoma, 16-year-old Kelby has been shunned since she came out as a lesbian, as have her parents. She finds a small circle of friends who accept her as she is, including a girlfriend, and people who inspire her to get out of bed every morning, but she feels discouraged when she can't open up more minds and hearts. Her parents' evolution on the subject is inspiring to see.

These are just some of the stories Hirsch shares in "Bully."

Any one of them might have served as its own complete film. This is especially true of a tale that comes toward the end: that of Kirk and Laura Smalley,

whose 11-year-old son, Ty, took his own life because of bullying. These are admittedly simple, small-town folks: avid hunters and St. Louis Cardinals fans with longtime family roots in the area who are forced to reexamine everything that defines them in a teary haze.

Kirk's honesty and purity of emotion are haunting, and our time with this family is tantalizingly brief.

As the mother of a 2-year-old boy, I'm glad "Bully" exists.

As a film critic, I wish it were more accomplished.

"Bully," a Weinstein Co. release, is not rated but contains some violence and disturbing situations involving kids and teens and some language.

Running time: 94 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

NEW YORK (AP) — Of the three competition shows that dominate prime-time television, only NBC's "The Voice" is on the ascent.

The music contest with Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton as coaches is giving NBC something positive after years of bad news in the ratings. In only its second season, "The Voice" is competitive with Fox's "American Idol" and ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Its viewership is up 36 percent over last season, the Nielsen ratings company said.

That number is somewhat skewed by a second season premiere that directly followed the Super Bowl, but even with that episode discounted, viewership is still up by 22 percent.

By contrast, "Idol" viewership is down 21 percent on Wednesday nights compared to last year and 20 percent on Thursdays, Nielsen said.

ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" was the second mostpopular show on TV last week with the premiere of its 14th cycle, but that was still down 17 percent from the first episode last spring.

"On a foundation night — Monday night — when we've had some trouble now we've got something that is holding its own and indeed winning one of the toughest nights on television," said Paul Telegdy, head of alternative programming at NBC. The show's positive atmosphere, with coaches instead of judges, seems to have struck a chord, he said.

"Idol" and "Dancing" are also old by television standards, and that's reflected in their audiences, too. The median age of an "Idol" viewer this season is 48, Nielsen said, and the show had many more younger viewers when it was new. The first "Dancing" episode this season attracted an audience with a median ago of nearly 59. "The Voice" audience has a median age of 43.

"It's just human nature to think about what's new and what's fresh," Telegdy said.

Both "Dancing With the Stars" and the new "American Idol" had larger audiences than "The Voice" last week, Nielsen said. But in a measurement of viewers aged 18-to-49, the demographic NBC most cares about, "The Voice" was second only to Wednesday's "Idol" edition.

Fox landed in the week's top 10 with the strong premiere of Keifer Sutherland's new drama, "Touch," which had 11.8 million viewers.

That's another reminder of the power of network TV: AMC's "Mad Men" received lots of ink for its season premiere and set its own record with 3.5 million viewers, but that was still less than half the people who saw "Touch."

CBS won the week, averaging 9.8 million viewers in prime time (6.2 rating, 10 share). ABC had 6.9 million (4.4, 7), Fox had 6.7 million (4.1, 7), NBC had 5.3 million (3.4, 6), the CW had 1.4 million (0.9, 2) and ION Television had 1 million (0.7, 1).Azteca 140,000 (both 0.1, 0).

Now a cable news host on MSNBC, Rev. Al Sharpton remains an activist

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NEW YORK (AP) — Al Sharpton's activism on the Trayvon Martin case has given him a unique role — some would say unique conflict — on MSNBC. The news network host is in the middle of a story he's been featuring every evening on the air.

Half of Sharpton's "PoliticsNation" program on MSNBC Monday was about the Feb. 26 shooting of Martin, an unarmed black teenager in Sanford, Fla., leading with an interview with Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. Sharpton's only reference to his own involvement in the case was a remark that "we did the press conference" earlier in the day.

The veteran civil rights activist has spoken at rallies in support of Martin.

Monday before the Sanford city commission, Sharpton testified that Martin's parents had endured "insults and lies" over reports that their son attacked George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot him.

Sharpton's dual role would have been unthinkable on television 20 years ago and still wouldn't be allowed at many news organizations. While opinionated cable news hosts have become commonplace over the past decade, Sharpton goes beyond talking.

"It certainly represents a change in our traditional view of the boundaries between journalism and activism," said Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank. "Al Sharpton is clearly an activist."

Sharpton, a Baptist minister, runs the Harlem-based National Action Network, a civil rights organization. He's been a frequent presence as an advocate in racially-charged cases dating back to Tawana Brawley's accusations of an assault that turned out to be a hoax in the late 1980s.

He joined MSNBC's roster of hosts last summer after extensive discussions about how his activist role would continue while on the air.

MSNBC chief executive Phil Griffin said his chief requirement was that Sharpton discuss his activism with network bosses so they could decide, on a case-by-case basis, how it would affect "PoliticsNation," which begins at 6 p.m.

ET. "We didn't hire Al to become a neutered kind of news presenter," Griffin said. "That's not what we do."

Griffin, talking before Monday's show, said he hadn't seen any conflict with Sharpton's role on and off the air in the Martin case. He said Sharpton had fulfilled his requirement to honest and upfront about his activities, and credited "PoliticsNation" with helping to make it

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Sybrina Fulton, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Tracy Martin, from left, leave a community forum on slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Eatonville, Fla., Monday, March 26, 2012.

a national story.

Eric Deggans, a media critic for the Tampa Bay Times who has discussed Sharpton's role on CNN's "Reliable Sources" and elsewhere, recalled being treated like he was "nitpicking" last August when he first raised questions that Sharpton's activism could present conflicts for MSNBC. He wondered whether Sharpton would be able to deal with it fairly on the air if questions are raised about the Martin family's account.

"I don't know what's in his head," Deggans said. "What I know is that he seems to have become the face of the family's protest against the police and the process. Is it possible to do that and still be an honest broker?"

Sharpton was presented with precisely that test Monday following an Orlando Sentinel report that Zimmerman told police that Martin had punched him in the nose, jumped him and began banging his head on the sidewalk.

Sharpton reported that account, noting that "there are serious questions about Zimmerman's version of events."

"People who know what Trayvon was all about as a person all say they can't believe he attacked Zimmerman,"

Sharpton said.

Another report that Martin was serving a school suspension because traces of marijuana were found in his book bag was labeled by Sharpton "not violent and not material to this."

MSNBC said that one of Zimmerman's defenders was on "Hardball" Monday, which airs before Sharpton's show, indicating that Sharpton's advocacy hasn't affected the network's ability to seek the other side of the story.

It's too early to tell whether Sharpton's dual roles will pay off in the ratings for MSNBC. Sharpton's show averaged 776,000 viewers during the first three months of the year, well behind the 1.8 million who watch Bret Baier on Fox News Channel and that hour but above the 459,000 who tune in to John King on CNN, the Nielsen company said.

In recent years, some cable news anchors have gotten in trouble for mixing advocacy and activism. Fox News Channel two years ago barred opinionated prime-time host Sean Hannity from speaking at a Tea Party rally and fundraiser in Cincinnati and also featuring the event on his show, ordering him back to New York.

In November 2010, MSNBC suspended prime-time host Keith Olbermann for two nights for donating money to political campaigns. Olbermann left the network two months later. Griffin noted that Sharpton would also be barred from making political donations at MSNBC, and said the situation was different from the Martin case because the donation was concealed from MSNBC executives and viewers. Sharpton, he said, is open about his activities.

Just because Sharpton has been allowed his dual roles doesn't mean that MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell or Ed Schultz would be freely allowed to speak at political rallies, Griffin said.

"It's a different world we are sort of trailblazing," he said. "The critical part of it is you have to be upfront about it.

You can't hide anything."

McBride said she does not view Sharpton as a journalist and doubts that many viewers do. The reason MSNBC puts Sharpton on the air is because it wants to reach an audience that is interested in things that he is, she said.

"I'm not saying this is without problems," she said. "I think it's very confusing. But it's certainly the way we are moving in the journalism industry."

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AP source: MLB approves Dodgers' finalists

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball owners have unanimously approved the three remaining groups bidding to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt, setting up a final private auction for the bankrupt team.

A person familiar with the talks, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made, said the vote took place during a teleconference Tuesday.

McCourt and his advisers will now conduct negotiations and select the winning bidder in the coming days.

The groups are: — Former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson; former Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten; and Mark Walter, chief executive officer of the financial services firm Guggenheim Partners.

— Stan Kroenke, whose family properties own the NFL's St. Louis Rams, the NBA's Denver Nuggets, the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids, and who is majority shareholder of Arsenal in the English Premier League.

— Steven Cohen, founder of the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors and a new limited partner of the New York Mets; biotechnology entrepreneur Patrick SoonShiong; and agent Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group.

"The obvious front-runner should be Steve Cohen. He's using his own money rather than someone else's money," said Marc Ganis, president of the Chicago-based consulting firm Sportscorp, which is not involved. "He does not have an issue like the cross-ownership prohibition in the NFL. Cohen has the wherewithal to simply write the check, especially with Soon as his partner.

He's addressed much of the LA-area concerns by bringing a significant partner in, and he is extraordinarily capitalized."

McCourt's financial adviser, Blackstone Group, will conduct the private auction with the finalists supervised by mediator Joseph Farnan Jr., a former federal judge

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Joe Torre looks on during a news conference, in Scottsdale, Ariz., to announce his new position as Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations. Torre is trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers.

appointed in October by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross in Delaware. The auction is to start Wednesday in New York.

The person familiar with the call said McCourt tried to introduce at least one new bidder to the process Monday but was prevented from doing so by the mediator.

Under an agreement reached

by MLB and McCourt in November, McCourt is to select the winner by Sunday.

The sales agreement is to be submitted to the bankruptcy court by April 6 ahead of a hearing seven days later and the sale completed by April 30, the day McCourt is to make a $131 million divorce settlement payment to former wife, Jamie.

The current bids are all $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion and include the parking lots

surrounding Dodger Stadium, which McCourt has said are not for sale. The sale price will be a record for a North American sports team.

If the final agreement differs significantly from the offers approved Tuesday, MLB has the right to review the deal again.

Kroenke's bid could be complicated by an NFL rule against owning a team in a different sport.

"If he ultimately has the winning bid," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday, "we'd immediately move with our committee, knowing it's important to baseball."

There was some concern among MLB officials about the financing of the Walter bid because some of the money was coming from insurance companies that are owned

by Guggenheim. The person familiar with the call said several team owners voiced that during the teleconference.

"The problem there is a fundamental problem as you go into an auction, and that is the absolute reliance on other people's money," Ganis said.

"It means a lot of regulators. It means either shareholders or, depending on which insurance companies it's coming from, the insured themselves."

Already eliminated were five bids that initially had been submitted to MLB for consideration. They included: — Alan Casden, chief executive officer of the Beverly Hills real estate company Casden Properties.

– Leo Hindery, managing partner of the private equity firm InterMedia Partners and former chief executive officer

of the YES Network, and Marc Utay, managing partner of the private equity firm Clarion Capital Partners.

— Jared Kushner, publisher of The New York Observer and son-in-law of real estate developer Donald Trump.

— Stanley Gold, chief executive officer of Shamrock Holdings, the investment company of the family of the late Roy Disney.

— Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley and Tony Ressler of the assets firm Ares Management.

McCourt paid $430 million in 2004 to buy the team, Dodger Stadium and 250 acres of land that include the parking lots, from the Fox division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

The team's debt stood at $579 million as of January, according to a court filing, so even

after the divorce payment, taxes and legal and banking fees, he stands to make several hundred million dollars.

The Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in late June, just days before the team was expected to miss payroll. The filing came after baseball Commissioner Bud Selig refused to approve a 17-year agreement between the Dodgers' and Fox's Prime Ticket subsidiary that would have been worth $2 billion or more. MLB feared McCourt would use about half of an intended $385 million cash advance to fund his divorce.

Los Angeles finished third in the NL West at 82-79, had just three sellouts and fell short of 3 million in home attendance in a full season for the first time since 1992.

Grab a longboard and trek across campus

By Danielle Ennis Action Sports Columnist Now that the snow and dirt has washed away and the sun is out, the solo cups and skateboards have come out to play.

In the past four years, I’ve watched the number of longboarders on campus steadily increase. There is a club with over twenty members, there are frequent Horsebarn Hill and parking garage sessions and I can no longer count the number

of female boarders on one hand, (but definitely on two).

Maybe in the wake of being named the top four greenest schools in the world, people were guilted into ditching their cars and acquiring a motorless mode of transportation.

Or, in one too many tardiness marks at their 8 a.m classes, maybe students needed a quicker way to class. The alarm sounds, you roll out of bed, and then you just keep rolling. Sleepboarding has nearly claimed the lives of innocent sleepwalkers. I try not

to venture out onto campus until after 10 a.m., as that is the only assurance that the eyes are open and focused on the road. My mom used to tell me my curfew was established because anyone out on the road past midnight was either drunk or tired. At college, it seems it’s equally applicable in the morning hours.

The other day, I was pulled over by a UConn cop while on my longboard for recklessly skating through traffic.

I wasn’t ticketed, just scolded and warned. I was expecting a

breathalyzer and handcuffs for an SUI, but they gave me the benefit of the doubt because it was only 11 a.m.

I’ve seen enough Fairfield way traffic and skateboarders (not to mention enough mopeds), you’d think we are in Bermuda. And I’ve seen the fear spread across the student body.

When fellow students hear the sound of wheels nearing, they jump like they’ve seen a snake, or the second coming.

But the truth is, we’re harmless.

Don’t go running for the hills (there will probably be more boarders up there racing down full speed, anyway). Rest assured, if we are on a skateboard, we’re not aiming for you like a bowling ball. I don’t see red striped pins when I come barreling down Hillside Road.

We’re just looking to get to class on time, although most of us stumble in late anyhow.

If we’re riding close to you, it’s not to bite your head off but merely to get a high-five, or give you a noogie. Despite

popular belief, we are peoplefriendly. And we’re just on a piece of wood. Not a monster truck. We won’t just flatten you to the ground and keep riding, thinking that thump we felt was odd.

So don’t fret. Grab a board and try it out. Or continue on your happy feet. We can all share the road in our journey, safely and unscathed. Or so we can hope.

Danielle.Ennis@UConn.edu

Toss Up: Is Tim Tebow a good or bad fit for the Jets?

By David Marinstein Campus Correspondent The recent news in the NFL shook up the sports world.

Tim Tebow, Americas number 1 football golden boy, was traded to the New York Jets. After a disappointing and drama filled season, the Jets surely made headlines with this move. Although many are against the acquisition of this “football messiah”, I believe this is not too bad of a move for the Jets. Sure there will be questions created by the media on the starting quarterback position of the Jets (which is 110% secured by Mark Sanchez), but through it all Tim Tebow is not a player the Jets will have to worry about.

Since his success at the University of Florida, Tim Tebow has done and said everything right. Despite all the criticism and media scrutiny, he’s kept his head high and led his team to victories despite his less than mediocre

performances. On the Jets, he should be nothing but a positive influence off the field. In the locker room, his presence will definitely improve team morale. It’s well documented that the team had locker room issues a season ago- but he helps improve that. Tebow has already shown support of starting quarterback Mark Sanchez and the two seem to be friends already. He’s not the type of player whose ego gets the best of him and believes he’s entitled to be treated differently. He’ll do his best to contribute to the team in any way he possibly can.

On the field, Tim Tebow will contribute despite not being a starter. The Jets have implemented the Wildcat offense into their game plan the last few years and have had much success. Although they did not run it as much this past season after the departure of Brad Smith (their primary wildcat offense runner), the addition of Tebow gives the Jets another player who can

run it to perfection. I don’t see him taking too many snaps away from Sanchez, but it can be expected that Rex Ryan and new offensive coordinator Tony Sparano will have some trick packages for Tebow to run.

After saying it 44 times in his press conference, there’s no doubt in my mind that Tim Tebow is EXCITED to be a member of the New York Jets.

The fact that people think he will cause problems is ludicrous. He is potentially the most harmless athlete in terms of drama to ever play a professional sport. The media blows everything about him out of proportion and it should be expected for that to happen again. But, don’t expect that to affect his or the Jets’ performance on the field. The only thing Tebow may have a problem with is the crude language used by Jets coach Rex Ryan. It’s Tebow Time in NY!

David.Marinstein@UConn.edu

By Ryan Curto Campus Correspondent It’s quite clear that in the city of New York, “Linsanity” has quickly shifted to “Tim-sanity.” With the New York Jets recently signing former Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, the press has begun its field day. Every paper, every news report, every sportscenter story is discussing the move the Jets made; all of them questioning whether or not the move was a good or a bad one for the Jets. Questioning whether the move was made in order to strategically help the team during the next season, or just another way to ensure the Jets get a spot on the back page of the New York Post. In actuality, it is more likely that the Jets took Tim Tebow in order to thrive in the media coverage than to take him solely for football purposes.

It does not make sense for the Jets to take Tim Tebow. For one, they already have enough problems to worry about at

the quarterback position. Last year, Mark Sanchez threw for 18 interceptions while failing miserably to get the Jets into the post-season. Sanchez dragged the Jets down while successfully leading them to loses in the last three games of the regular season. In that three game span, he threw seven picks and had a quarterback rating of around 64.

Those numbers simply cannot get it done while battling for a playoff position. However, these numbers are somewhat average compared to those of Tim Tebow in his last three regular season games. He also lost his last three regular season games. And while he did make the playoffs (due to a miraculous six-game win streak), his quarterback rating during the last three games was around a 46, and that is simply abysmal considering that the last two weeks his ratings were a 20.6 and a 37.9. Based on these numbers, it is difficult to assess why the Jets went after Tebow.

However, during a conference,

the Jets’ front office attempted to answer the question of why they took Tebow. Their response was simple. They stated that if Mark Sanchez started a game with a few series of three-and-outs, they would opt to switch up the tempo of that game and put in Tebow. The only problem with that theory is that Tim Tebow led the league last season in three-and-outs and did not play in all of the games throughout the season. Based on that alone, Tebow seems to be a poor strategic position for the Jets.

No mater the true reason that the front office of the New York Jets acquired Tebow, it seems as though they did so in order to keep themselves in every headline.

And so far they are succeeding. “Tim-sanity” has begun to take over the city.

Ryan.Curto@UConn.edu

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Expect another unpredictable NL West

By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent Let’s begin with the NL West Champions of 2011, the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks, who ran away with the division towards the end of the 2011 season with a final regular season record of 94-68, will be looking to find themselves in the playoffs yet again. With young starters such as 21 game winner Ian Kennedy performing at a premium level in 2011, the Diamondbacks hope for recurring pitching performances and boast a starting rotation with Kennedy, followed by 16 game winner Daniel Hudson, Josh Collmenter, former Oakland A Trevor Cahill and Joe Saunders. After snagging an outfielder who is very well capable of batting in 100 runs in Jason Kubel this offseason, the Diamondbacks have a lineup which consists of Kubel in left field, Chris Young in center field, powerhouse Justin Upton in right field, Tatman Ryan Roberts at third base, Stephen Drew at shortstop, Aaron Hill at second base, Paul Goldschmidt at first base and Miguel Montero catching.

2010 World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants, will be regaining their young talent, and orchestrator at catcher in Buster Posey who missed almost all of the 2011 season after a collision at the plate that broke his leg. The Giants will also have some reinforcements after signing centerfielder Angel Pagan away from the New York Mets and second baseman/shortstop Ryan Theriot away from the St. Louis Cardinals this offseason. The Giants did lose starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez to the Kansas City Royals due to free agency, but still bolster a starting rotation with a pitcher

who won two NL CY Young awards in consecutive years in 08-09 in Tim Lincecum, and Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Vogelsong and Clay Hensley/Barry Zito.

Melky Cabrera will be starting in left field, along with Angel Pagan in center field, Nate Schierholtz in right field, Pablo Sandoval at third base, Brandon Crawford/Ryan Theriot at shortstop, Freddy Sanchez/Mike Fontenot at second base, aging Aubrey Huff at first base and Buster Posey catching.

The Colorado Rockies, one of the busier teams this 2012 offseason, will sport a lineup that contains only 4 starters from the 2011 season. Not only were the Rockies active with free agency in signing third baseman Casey Blake, outfielder Michael Cuddyer, catcher Ramon Hernandez, aging starting pitcher Jamie Moyer and others, but Colorado also made trades in hopes of improving off a disappointing 73-89 2011 season. The Rockies traded pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom to the Baltimore Orioles for starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie in hopes that he can fulfill the role of the ace of the staff. Colorado also traded with the Red Sox and received second baseman Marco Scutaro who will play up the middle, alongside shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.

The Oakland Athletics were also in the mix, as the Rockies dealt outfielder Seth Smith for pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman. Guthrie leads the way for a starting rotation that consists of Jhoulys Chacin, Juan Nicasio, Drew Pomeranz and Guillermo Moscoso/Alex White/Jamie Moyer/Tyler Chatwood. As for the starting lineup, Carlos Gonzalez will be in left field with Dexter Fowler in center field, Michael Cuddyer in right field, Casey Blake/

Chris Nelson at third base, Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop, Marco Scutaro at second base, Todd Helton at first base and Ramon Hernandez catching.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, a team undergoing arguably the most scrutiny in Major League Baseball, were very quiet this offseason. After former owner of the team, Frank McCourt drove the Dodgers into the ground and was forced to resign, the Los Angeles Dodgers have had to endure new ownership.

The Dodgers will also have some new faces on the field in 2012 with Mark Ellis at second base, starting pitchers Aaron Harang, Chris Capuano, and relief pitchers Mike McDougal and Todd Coffey coming out of the bullpen. Clayton Kershaw, this 2012 season’s front runner for the NL CY Young award, is the ace of the pitching staff, followed by Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly, Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano. The starting lineup for the Dodgers starts with Juan Rivera in left field, 2011 runner up NL MVP Matt Kemp in center field, Andre Ethier in right field, Juan Uribe at third base, Dee Gordon at shortstop, Mark Ellis at second base, James Loney at first base and A.J. Ellis catching.

After finishing dead last in the NL West division in 2012 with a record of 71-91, the San Diego Padres made a few big moves early this offseason in December. The Padres traded starting pitcher Mat Latos to the Cincinnati Reds for starting pitcher Edinson Volquez, two first round picks in catcher Yasmani Grandal and infielder Yonder Alonso.

Latos, now in his third year in the MLB, tied a major league record by allowing two or fewer runs in 15 consecutive starts in 2010. Alonso will be a leading contender for a starting job in 2012 at first

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The reigning NL West champion Diamondbacks bolstered their rotation by acquiring Trevor Cahill from Oakland.

base and Grandal will be playing ball down in the minor leagues working on his game.

General Manager Josh Byrnes was busy this 2012 offseason trying to rebuild the Padres after replacing Chicago Cubs bound Jed Hoyer. Byrnes made seven trades, bringing in the likes of outfielder Carlos Quentin, closer

Huston Street, set-up reliever Andrew Cashner, and the aforementioned Volquez, Grandal, and Alonso. Unfortunately Quentin underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and will possibly miss the first three weeks of the season.

Until Quentin is available, Jesus Guzman/Kyle Blanks will be in

left field, with Cameron Maybin in center field, Will Venable in right field, Chase Headley at third base, Jason Bartlett at shortstop, Orlando Hudson at second base, Yonder Alonso at first base and Nick Hundley catching.

Joseph.Crisalli@UConn.edu

UConn reaches .500 mark in home win over Hawks

By Darryl Blain Staff Writer

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The Huskies beat Hartford at home on Tuesday. UConn plays Central at home today.

The UConn baseball team is back at .500 for the first time since Feb. 18 after their win over the Hartford Hawks yesterday by a score of 11-6.

In the process, head coach Jim Penders also earned his 300th career win. Freshman Jared Dettmann received his first win of the year and of his career by going five innings and surrendering three runs, while Hartford’s Austin Barnes was credited with the loss.

Although the score was highly in favor of the Huskies, their coach was not completely satisfied with the result.

“We took advantage of a couple mistakes but we gave

them an awful lot of free stuff Hawks did add three runs in today,” said Penders. “It was the sixth and one run in the an ugly game. This was not eighth and ninth innings to an oil painting by any stretch attempt to salvage the game. of the imagination.”

Despite the high scoring Hartford struck first in the on both sides, the two teams top of the third when sec- managed to strand a total ond basemen Brian Hunter of 28 runners on base, with doubled in a run UConn responsible with 2 outs, but for 17 of them. the next inning the Freshman Jon Huskies struck back Testani once again forcefully with an got the start at third impressive eight and excelled at the runs. Ryan Moore plate while strugand Billy Ferriter gling in the field — both hit doubles to Notebook going two for four start the inning and with two RBIs and a the rest of the lineup would throwing error at third. finish off the job, finishing “He’s certainly capable of the slugfest up with seven hits making the plays there, he and two walks for the inning. just needs more repetitions at UConn struck again in the third base,” said Penders. fifth inning with three more Tim Martin, who has been runs to make the game out of battling shoulder problems reach at 11-1, although the most of the year, saw two

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Hayes, an All-American, earns MOP honors

from ROCKY, page 14 Dolson contributed 13 points, eights rebounds, five assists and three blocks against the Wildcats and was named to the region’s All-Tournament Team.

Gonzaga’s Mia Nickson, Gonzaga’s Kayla Standish and Kentucky’s Samarie Walker – who transferred from UConn midway through the 2010-11 season – were also named to the All-Tourney squad.

Kentucky shot just 19-61 (31.1 percent) for the game, including a 25.8 percent clip in the second half.

The Huskies, meanwhile, shot 51.1 percent for the game and assisted on 21 of 23 made baskets, including all 14 field goals in the first half. UConn also won the rebounding battle 40-26.

The Huskies jumped on Kentucky’s pressure defense early, hitting their first four shots to take a 9-0 lead and forcing Wildcat coach Matthew Mitchell to call a timeout 2:15 in. UConn would hit its first seven shots of the game until

Mosqueda-Lewis missed a 3-point jumper over eight minutes in.

But foul trouble and a slew of turnovers helped Kentucky get back in it. The Wildcats used an 8-0 late in the first half – six of which came off free throws – to take a 33-30 lead. Kentucky went 14-for-14 from the charity stripe in the first half.

It looked as though the game would be tied at 39 heading into halftime. But with 2.1 seconds to go, Hayes launched a home run pass from underneath her own basket, which found its way to Kelly Faris, who broke from the rest of the field to lay it in at the buzzer.

“We huddled, and we definitely talked about the play,” Hayes said in the postgame press conference.

“Kelly definitely said if they play it wrong she’s going to go long, so I was definitely looking for that first. And she went, and I threw the perfect pass, and she caught it like a running back and she finished.”

The score remained close until midway through the second half, when the Huskies

used a 17-3 run – capped by a Mosqueda-Lewis 3-pointer – to increase the lead to 69-52.

Kentucky was never able to get closer than 15 points the rest of the way, as UConn, which reached the double bonus with nine minutes to go, hit 19-of-22 free throws after halftime.

SEC Player of the Year A’dia Mathies finished the game with seven rebounds and eight points on 2-of-12 shooting. Walker led the way with 14 points and five rebounds for Kentucky, which tied a school record with 29 wins and reached its school record third straight NCAA tournament appearance.

“We had an incredible season,” Walker said after the game.

“Coach [Mitchell] said from the very beginning … that we were going to go to Denver. That was our goal, and we worked towards that every day.”

“I think last year, we went [to the Final Four] as a team led by Maya Moore, and the year before led by Tina Charles and Maya Moore, and the year before that Renee, Tina and

Maya More.

Mosqueda-Lewis totaled 18 points and Hartley and Faris added 13 and 11 points, respectively. Doty had three points, six rebounds and four assists.

“This year, there isn’t any of that. It’s ‘the University of Connecticut is going to the Final Four,’ and I think that’s pretty cool once in awhile.”

Hayes honored as Third Team All-American The Kingston Region MOP wasn’t the only accolade Hayes received this week, as the senior was named to the AP All-American Third Team on Tuesday.

Hayes, a 5-foot-9 guard, averaged 14.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 steals this season, and was also named to All-Big East squad earlier this year.

Griner, Diggins and former UConn commit Elena DelleDonne were named to the AP All-American First Team.

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plate appearances (RBI single and a walk) and got some time at second base yesterday.

Stanley Paul, who was out earlier in the season due to eligibility issues also got in towards the end of the game at right field and saw one at bat where he flew out to right.

The Huskies next game will be at home today at 3 p.m. against the Central Connecticut Blue Devils, who hold a record of 11-8 and are currently riding a three-game winning streak.

“Central Connecticut is always tough,” said Penders.

“They always seem to save their best games for us.”

Darryl.Blain@UConn.edu

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Oriakhi granted release

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi has been granted his release from the basketball program.

The 6-foot-9 junior, a key piece of UConn's 2011 national championship run, informed coaches last week that he planned to transfer.

His father told the Hearst Connecticut Media Group that Oriakhi made the decision because Connecticut is expected to be academically ineligible for next season's NCAA tournament.

UConn spokesman Mike

Enright said Oriakhi was granted the release on Tuesday.

Should UConn being barred from next year's tournament, Oriakhi could play immediately at another school. If UConn is successful in appealing the tournament ban, Oriakhi would have to sit out a year before using his final year of eligibility.

Oriakhi averaged 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds this season after averaging almost 9.6 points and 8.7 as a sophomore.

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April 20 Cincinnati 3:30 p.m.

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New York Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain walks on crutches after speaking to reporters about his foot injury, in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. Chamberlain hurt his foot jumping on a trampoline with his son.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NFL owners ratified the agreement between the league and players’ union that takes away $36 million in salary cap space from the Redskins and $10 million from the Cowboys.

Other than Dallas and Washington, no club voted Tuesday to oppose the agreement, which raised the salary cap for 2012 from about $113 million to $120.6 million. The Cowboys and Redskins have sought arbitration, which will be conducted by University of Pennsylvania professor Stephen Burbank.

Both teams were penalized for overloading contracts in the 2010 uncapped season despite league warnings not to do so. Each must take at least half the reduction this year.

The Cowboys will play in the season opener on Sept. 5 at the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. That game will be on a Wednesday night for the first time; President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 6.

“Who cares who we are playing, hosting the game is all that’s important,” Giants owner John Mara joked, knowing well that the NFL champion hosts the kickoff to the season. “It’s exciting. They’re one of our big rivals. We had two great games last year. The fans will be jacked up for it.”

The owners also approved competition committee recommendations for points of emphasis in the upcoming season, including blows to the head, horse-collar tackles and taunting.

The competition committee reviewed video of blows to the head delivered by both offensive and defensive linemen and sought to re-emphasize that striking, swinging, or clubbing an opponent in the head or neck area is illegal. Game officials will be instructed to closely monitor those acts, which draw a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness and can bring fines.

Horse-collar tackles increased enough that it alarmed the committee. Rich McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons and chairman of the committee, said examples of horse-collar tackles will be part of a video shown to players at training camp.

The owners will vote Wednesday on whether to make horse-collar tackles of quarterbacks in the pocket a penalty.

Although the committee did not say that taunting of opponents increased, it is urging policing such acts be emphasized.

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UConn reveals 2012 football schedule, will open with UMass

Utah Jazz start a hot streak while Love and Wolves cool off

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer Following a disappointing first year under head coach Paul Pasqualoni, the UConn football team has officially announced the schedule for its’ 2012 campaign.

The Huskies will open their new year against the UMass Minutemen on Thursday, Aug. 30 at Rentschler Field. The time is TBA, as are the kickoffs for 10 of the 12 games this Fall. The lone exceptions are 8 p.m. Friday night meetings at Syracuse and home versus Pittsburgh.

After their battle with the Minutemen, the Huskies will welcome North Carolina State on Saturday, Sept. 8. The Wolfpack finished 8-5 a year ago with a measly 1-4 mark on the road. However, State finished its season with a 31-24 defeat of Louisville in the Belk Bowl.

The following Saturday, UConn plans to hit the road to take on another ACC opponent in what is sure to be the most talked about game of the

season. The Huskies will visit Maryland and former coach Randy Edsall, whose departure from Storrs over a year ago was much maligned. Edsall and the Terrapins endured an abysmal season last year, finishing 2-10.

A date with Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, MI is planned for the following Saturday and a home contest against Buffalo on Sept. 29 will round out the Huskies’ nonconference slate. The team will open Big East play at Rutgers on Oct. 6th and return home one week later to tangle with Temple on Homecoming weekend. The Friday night showdown in Syracuse is scheduled for six days later on Oct. 19.

A clash with South Florida on Nov. 3 will bring an end to an extended break for UConn and precede its final Friday night affair against Pittsburgh.

The remaining two games include a road contest against Louisville on Nov. 24th and the season finale at home against Cincinnati on Dec. 1st.

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By Jimmy Onofrio Senior Staff Writer Who’s Hot: Utah Jazz The Jazz have been on a much needed run the past two weeks, winning eight of their last nine to put them back in playoff contention. After a February in which the club went 4-11, Utah was on the ropes and two games below .500. Since March 14, their only loss was a four-overtime epic at Atlanta, which they followed up with a 21-point road victory over New Jersey. Behind strong rebounding from Al Jefferson (who also leads the team in scoring), the Jazz have been able to turn momentary flashes of brilliance into consistent good play. Forward Paul Millsap has also shown himself capable of making an impact. Utah will have its work cut out holding off Denver, but looks up to the challenge.

Who’s Not: Minnesota Timberwolves They score. They rebound.

But they can’t play defense. The Timberwolves have won just four games scoring under 100 points since January. Just a few

weeks ago, the team looked like it would be able to hold onto one of the West’s last few playoff spots, but their chances are getting slimmer as they’ve lost seven of ten and fell 3 games out of 8th place. 51 points from Kevin Love was not enough in a 2OT loss to Oklahoma City on the road, and the club showed they have fight left in them.

Looking forward, Minnesota will have to prove they can either consistently score over 100 points, or start ratcheting up the defensive pressure if they want to secure a playoff spot.

What to Watch: Chicago at Oklahoma City, Sunday, 1 p.m. on ABC This matchup of conference leaders should not be missed.

Oklahoma City has one of the best offenses in the league, and the matchup on point between Russell Westbrook and Chicago’s Derrick Rose will be entertaining. Chicago’s 89 points per game allowed is second best in the league. This is the first and only game between the teams.

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH

Huskies beat UK, reach Final Four in Denver

By Ryan Tepperman Staff Writer

Colin McDonough The UConn women’s basketball team is in the midst of one of its most memorable tournament runs in recent memory. After getting its first win over Notre Dame since last season to win the Big East tournament as the No. 3 seed, the Huskies beat Kansas State by holding them to the fewest points in NCAA tournament history. Then they shut up Alex Bentley and Penn State by only allowing 59 points.

To make it back to the Final Four, UConn beat former teammate Samarie Walker and Kentucky. The Huskies pulled away from the Wildcats in the second half to win 80-65, and make their fifth straight Final Four.

UConn is a great team.

After not being an outright title favorite for the first time in four years, the Huskies are back in their comfort zone, the promised land, the big stage with the brightest of lights. But this year has a different feel to it.

The 1995 national championship team had Rebecca Lobo and Jennifer Rizzotti.

The 2002 team was stacked with the likes of Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Diana Taurasi.

The next two years of the Three-Peat were Taurai’s teams. After a short drought, Maya Moore and Tina Charles were the stars of the sixth and seventh national titles. But this season is different.

This team didn’t have any AP All-Americans. For the first time since 2006, a Husky or Tennessee Volunteer didn’t make the All-American team in college basketball. UConn has four losses. The last time they won it all with four losses was 2004. If Geno Auriemma can lead them to the national championship, it would be his best coaching job since the Huskies became an elite program.

Bria Hartley, Stefanie Dolson, Kaleena MosquedaLewis and Tiffany Hayes can all take over a game. But it seems to change every night.

The young talent on this team shows that anyone can evolve into a star (except the senior Hayes of course), but this season they don’t have an outright superstar like Brittney Griner or Skylar Diggins. But UConn may not need that.

They have balance.

If Stanford upsets Baylor, then the door would be open.

But the Huskies don’t need that to happen. Texas A&M stole a national championship last year. Heck, on the men’s side, UConn was a surprising national champion in 2011.

It may be impossible for the UConn women to sneak up on anyone to win the title, but this could be the year.

The Huskies played Baylor tough in Waco. If they beat Notre Dame and get another shot in Denver, it would be one of the most anticipated games in women’s basketball history. UConn has never had a 40-0 team, the best they’ve done is 39-0. If the Bears finish the job, they’d arguably be the best team the sport has ever seen.

If the Huskies can make it to that point in Colorado, it would be one of the most satisfying wins in program history.

Baylor is two wins away from 40-0. And UConn is two wins away from stopping them.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

KINGSTON, R.I. -- Sophomore Stefanie Dolson carried UConn early, freshman Kaleena MosquedaLewis stepped up late and senior Tiffany Hayes dominated throughout to lead the UConn women’s basketball team to its record-tying fifth straight Final Four.

The Huskies used a 17-3 run midway through the second half to race past second-seeded Kentucky (28-7, 13-3 SEC) 80-65 Tuesday night at the Ryan Center in the NCAA tournament Elite Eight.

Hayes finished with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals en route to being named the Kingston Regional’s Most Outstanding Player.

When asked if it was the best game of her career, UConn coach Geno Auriemma said, “I’m sure she has [had better games].

I just don’t know that it’s been in this moment, at this time when we really needed her.”

“We don’t need anybody to be more than they are,” added Auriemma, whose 13 Final Four appearances is second all time. “You just can’t afford to be less than you are. And I think a lot of times, Tiffany got herself caught in being less than she was.

And tonight … she was exactly what we needed her to be.”

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The UConn women’s basketball team fathers around the Regional championship trophy after defeating Kentucky in the Elite Eight.

» HAYES, page 12

Humble Penders beats Blood, earns 300th win

By Darryl Blain Staff Writer

lot to do with those wins,” said Penders said. “And a lot of players have an awful lot to do with those wins. Players win games, Between being a player, an coaches don’t.” assistant coach and a head coach, Blood is in his first year at head Jim Penders has been with the coach at Hartford and has worked UConn baseball program for 20 under Penders for six years, while years. This year is his ninth as Malinowski was here the past head coach, he has had 30 players three years. John Slusarz actually either drafted or signed pitched for the Huskies by professional clubs for two seasons (2005and as of yesterday, he 2006) under Penders now has 300 wins as a UConn 11 and earned a 10-2 coach. after coming Hartford 6 record 300 wins is already to Storrs from Avery a big deal in itself in Point. He then went on the career of a division one head to play minor league baseball for coach’s career, but Penders also the Texas Rangers for six years happened to do it against a staff before working for Hartford. of coaches for Hartford who forPenders spent more time with merly worked and played directly Blood than anyone else in that under his watch. group, and the two had contact in “Those guys over in that dug- the days leading up to the game. out: Steve Malinowski, John “We sent a lot of texts back and Slusarz, and Justin Blood have a forth but not as much in the last

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couple of days,” Penders said yesterday. “It’s a weird thing, I feel like there’s no winner. Someone was going to lose today and I’ve been dreading this game since I saw the schedule come out because I’ve been so close with them.”

While Blood is currently struggling in his first year with the Hawks at an overall record of 4-17, Penders feels there is hope for his former pitching coach and recruiting coordinator’s future.

“They walked into our fences today for the first time in I don’t know how long the University of Hartford believed they were going to win here and that’s a credit to him and his staff. They’re changing the culture over there and they’re going to have a very special program very soon.”

Darryl.Blain@UConn.edu

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Coach Jim Penders roams the third baseline last season. Penders earned his 300th career victory on Tuesday afternoon.

UConn sweeps Sacred Heart by scores 8-4, 15-9

By Tyler Morrissey Staff Writer

ASHLEY POSPISIL/The Daily Campus

The UConn softball team will take on B.U. today after sweeping Sacred Heart.

The UConn softball team swept the Sacred Heart Pioneers, defeating them 8-4 and 15-9, in a double-header at Burrill Family Field yesterday afternoon.

In game one, the Huskies got off to a fast start, by scoring two runs in the first inning. Sacred Heart would respond with a run of their own in the second and third innings but the Huskies would add one more run to their lead in the third to take a 3-2 advantage into the fourth. UConn would put the game out of reach for good, after they scored a total of five runs in the fourth. The Pioneers would add two more runs in the fifth inning but it wasn’t enough as the UConn would prevail 8-4.

The four run victory was powered by junior Marissa Guches, who went four for three and recorded three RBI’s and scored two runs. Freshmen right-hander Lauren Duggan got her fifth win of the season, as she pitched four innings, allowing just three hits and two earned runs. Senior Ali Adelman pitched three innings

in relief, without surrendering a single hit to the Pioneers. “I was pleased with how we hit, we did good things on offense in game one,” said head coach Karen Mullins.

Sacred Heart struck first in the second game of the double-header, scoring two runs in the second inning. However the score could have been higher if it was not for centerfielder Jennifer Ward, who robbed a home-run from Sacred Heart with a great catch in the first inning. The Huskies would respond with a five run second inning that started with junior Brittany Duclos crossing home plate after a balk. Senior Amy DeLuca hit a 2-RBI double as Guches and Amy Vaughn each added an RBI single to put the Huskies up 5-2 after two innings.

After a scoreless third, Sacred Heart tacked on five runs in the fourth, forcing Huskies starting pitcher Katelyn Callahan from the game. Adelman would come on in relief, to shut the doors on the Pioneers, allowing just one hit in the 3.2 innings she pitched.

UConn’s offense exploded with an impressive nine run innings

which included a two-run home run by Vaughn and a two RBI double from DeLuca. The Pioneers would score two more runs in the sixth but it wasn’t enough.

The Huskies ended their offensive production for the day with a solo home run from sophomore Audrey Grinnell as UConn would cruise to the 15-9 win.

“We saw the ball well today; Guches had a heck of a day. When the bats are hot, they are hot and it puts runs on the board,” said Mullins. Guches finished the day going 7-for-8 with six RBI’s after both games UConn will have little time to rest, as they will face No. 23 Boston University today at home, where junior Kiki Saveriano is expected to be the starting pitcher.

“Hopefully fatigue won’t be a factor; back to back games will keep us in our rhythm. Saveriano will go tomorrow as she had rested two days,” said Mullins.

First pitch from tomorrow’s game is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Burrill Family Field.

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu