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TSA makes changes to travel security policy By Katherine Tibedo Associate News Editor
STUDENTS RELAX AT HILLEL’S BEIT CAFE Hillel hosted singing and poetry performances.
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UCONN TO RECEIVE BIG PAYOUT Huskies stand to gain $20-30 million in settlement SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: STATE MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICING SHOULD BE REMOVED Acohol pricing policy needs reform.
COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS:”HARLEM SHAKE” VIRAL VIDEO PROVOKES BATTLES IN TUNISIA Internet sensation leads to Tunisian violence.
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The Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Security Administration will allow travelers to carry more items onto planes, such as small knives and golf clubs. In a statement released on its website, the TSA explained the changes that move the United State’s security standards closer to those of Europe and allow the TSA to focus on higherthreat items. The TSA said in a statement on their website, “This is part of an overall RiskBased Security approach, which allows Transportation Security Officers to better focus their efforts on finding higher threat items such as explosives.” The new policies will go into effect on April 25. Under the new regulations, passengers are allowed to carry knives that do not lock, have a blade six centimeters or less and have blades that are less than half
an inch wide. In addition, novelty sized and toy bats, billiard cues, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and two golf clubs will be allowed. While the changes in the TSA’s policies do not directly affect most UConn students, policies banning weapons are prevalent on the UConn campus. School policy bans students from having firearms, ammunition, any weapons, bows, guns, BB guns, slingshots and launching devices in dorms. Under Connecticut law, carrying a dirk knife, switch knife, stiletto, any knife with an automatic spring that releases a blade longer than one and a half inches and any knife with a blade with an edge portion four inches or longer can result in a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to three years or both, according to a 2007 report on the Connecticut General Assembly’s website. People carrying a dangerous weapon, such as the above listed
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In this Sept. 26, 2006, AP file photo, knives of all sizes and types are piled in a box at the State of Georgia Surplus Property Division store in Tucker, Ga., and are just a few of the hundreds of items discarded at the security checkpoints of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
knives, in a car can be fined up to $1,000; be imprisoned for five years, or both. For example, UConn police arrested Alexander R. Bass, 21, of Windham, on Dec. 21, 2012 for having an 18.5-
inch cutting blade in his car. As students prepare to or have already picked oncampus housing for the coming semester they must sign the housing contract, which includes a section
on the prohibited dangerous weapons. Violation of the contract can result in a student being removed from University housing.
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Are unpaid internships worth the cost? Residential life cracks down on underground campus housing market
By Megan Merrigan Campus Correspondent The University of Connecticut’s office of Residential Life is taking strides to close the loopholes in the housing selection process that make the underground oncampus housing market feasible. In the midst of the ever stressful housing selection process which kicked off Monday morning, students have turned to Facebook to buy, sell or transfer housing pick times. Students have been posting ads in a public Facebook group titled “Housing,” offering cash, room reservation fees and room cancellation fees to anyone willing to pull them and, in some cases, their friends, into a desired housing location, according to UConn’s Director of Housing Services, Pamela Schipani. “We’ll give you $100 for a pick time,” said one anonymous ad, read over the phone in an interview with Schipani. Residential Life was tipped off to this activity after receiving an email from a frustrated student who was disappointed with his pick time. He went on to send several screenshots of posts from the Facebook group to their office, according to Schipani. Officials from Residential Life have met with eight individuals this year in regards to either selling, buying or transferring pick times. These students were reprimanded by having their pick times pushed back and lost the privilege of pulling roommates into housing, according to Schipani. All of the students caught and addressed admitted to partaking in this activity and claimed that they did not know that doing so was against the housing contract. The housing contract states, “Housing selection times are non-transferrable. Continuing students who are eligible to participate in the 2013-2014
Online Housing Selection Process cannot transfer/sell their eligibility to any other student.” This policy was added to the contract three years ago when Residential Life first became aware of students buying, selling and transferring pick times. “They [students] don’t really read the contract until it affects them,” Schipani said. These trades often include a student, who is planning to live off campus, using their housing pick time to pull students with later pick times into better housing and then cancelling, according to Schipani. To help combat this issue Residential Life no longer allows potentially graduating seniors to apply for housing. If a senior does apply for housing, Residential Life then looks at a list of all seniors who have applied for May’s commencement ceremonies. If they are on that list they are denied housing. This helps to prevent seniors with no intention of living on campus from buying, selling or transferring their pick times. Residential Life decided to send out an email Monday afternoon to inform students that this behavior is in fact against housing policy, according to Schipani, and can result in the loss of housing or a later pick time, after receiving several anonymous emails containing pictures of unofficial “housing ads.” The email reads, “It has come to the attention of Residential Life staff that some students are attempting to buy, sell or transfer selection times/ picks… Students found soliciting the selling, buying, or transferring of selection times/ picks will have their housing selection options changed. Students found responsible for actually buying, selling or transferring selection times/ picks may lose the privilege of living on campus.”
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This April 10, 2012 file photo shows Beth Shapiro Settje giving a lecture on how students can find internships. Internships are a primary path to finding employment out of college, but unpaid internships are time consuming and costly to undertake.
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Having an internship is becoming the only path to employment – a path that is often unpaid and even costly for those trying to get their foot in the workplace door. “There are a lot of questions about the ethics of unpaid internships,” said University of Connecticut career counselor Dennis Rouelle. U.S. labor laws dictate that unpaid internships without college credit at for-profit agencies are illegal. However, a single college credit typically costs between $400 and $500 at a public university, meaning students who take on unpaid internships can end up shelling out over $1,000 for a three-credit internship course. The U.S. Department of Labor outlines the qualifications of unpaid internships, which includes the requirement that the training is for the benefit of the trainees. These requirements are meant ensure that the unpaid interns are not being taken advantage of. However, the Department of Labor cannot eliminate the perception that unpaid interns are less valuable than paid interns when it comes to hiring for a full-time job. Employers frequently see
unpaid internships as illegitimate, even though there are often no differences between the work expected of unpaid and paid interns, Rouelle said. “I can tell you that employers give preference to students who have done paid internships,” he said. “It’s often a mistaken belief that unpaid internships are only doing gopher kinds of things, like getting coffee, when that’s not always true.” Students can counter the negative stereotype associated with the unpaid intern by clarifying what they accomplished and what skills they learned during their internships on their resumes, he said. Rouelle stressed that students should sit down with their employers before they begin their internships to negotiate exactly what responsibilities they will be accountable for as an intern so they aren’t taken advantage of. Although paid internships are often more preferable to students for financial reasons, when students are faced with the option of holding an unpaid internship or not having one at all, Rouelle said students should take the internship to gain invaluable work experience. Although Rouelle recommends that students participate in internships, paid or not, he
recognized that some students simply can’t afford to take an unpaid internship, making internships a “classist issue.” UConn charges over $400 per credit during the summer and winter sessions, and holding an internship during the semester takes away valuable time from students who work to support their education. Some students said they enjoyed being employed and gaining work experience, despite lacking financial compensation for their work. UConn student Meital Sandbank, a 6th-semester human development and family studies major, said she was grateful for the opportunity to have a 2012 summer internship as an assistant at a Newton, Mass. Preschool. “They didn’t take advantage of me and incorporated what I wanted to do,” she said. “It was a great experience.” “Students who will experience financial hardship as a result of taking on an unpaid internship should visit Career Services for advice,” Rouelle said. “I would always recommend that students do an internship for the students to get a handon feel for what it’s like to experience the workplace,” he said. “It can be a crucially eyeopening experience.”
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What’s on at UConn today... Writing Center Workshop: ESL Composition 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Library, EC 1 The two-hour workshop will help guide ESL students towards improving their composition writing.
Wireless Network Info Booth 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. SU Street Table 4 Beginning on March 12, a new wireless network will become available for all guests of UConn. A table will be set up to provide public information on the new network.
The Power of the Narrative 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Rainbow Center, SU 403 The Rainbow Center’s Out To Lunch lecture series continues with Karen DeMeola’s presentation on the impact of personal narratives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.
CRT Presents: His Girl Friday 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nafe Katter Theater His Girl Friday is an all-American comedy adapted from the film to the stage. Admission ranges from $6 to $30. – CHRISTIAN FECTEAU
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Judge to Conn. school: Cheerleading not a sport
HARTFORD (AP) — A U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut has again ruled that competitive cheerleading, despite some upgrades, is not a sport, and says Quinnipiac University must remain under an injunction that requires the school to keep its women’s volleyball team. Several volleyball players and their coach successfully sued the university in 2009 after it announced it would eliminate volleyball for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled in their favor, saying that competitive cheerleading had not developed enough to be considered a college sport for Title IX purposes, and he ordered the school to keep the volleyball team and come up with a compliance plan. In his latest ruling Monday, Underhill said that the additions of the cheer team, now called “acrobatics and tumbling,” and a women’s rugby team do not give the university’s female students competitive opportunities equal to those offered to male students and he denied the school’s request to lift his previous injunction.
Lawmakers hold hearing on immigrant licenses
NEW HAVEN (AP) — More than 2,000 people packed a public hearing in New Haven on whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to obtain Connecticut drivers’ licenses. Most of the crowd at the hearing before the legislature’s Transportation Committee on Monday night supported the proposal. Backers of the bill say it would make the roads safer by requiring law-abiding immigrants to pass a road test and get insurance, like all license applicants have to do. The crowd filled the auditorium at Wilbur Cross High School and overflowed into the cafeteria and gymnasium. Lawmakers say there are an estimated 120,000 undocumented immigrants in Connecticut. Officials say the bill allowing licenses for illegal immigrants is similar to one passed in Illinois. New Mexico and Washington also have similar laws.
Conn. panel offers 2 sets of gun recommendations
HARTFORD (AP) — A legislative working group, unable to craft a bipartisan package of gun reforms, instead forwarded two sets of recommendations Tuesday to legislative leaders who must now write a final bill for the entire General Assembly to consider. Democrats and Republicans stressed how the parties’ dueling packages include about 16 commonalties, such as universal background checks for all firearms sales. But the sides differ on two key issues in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: expanding the reach of Connecticut’s assault weapons ban and banning large-capacity ammunition magazines. The Democrats, who control the General Assembly, want to expand the state’s definition of an assault weapon to include more guns. While residents would be forbidden from purchasing these weapons, the state’s gun manufacturers would still be allowed to produce them. The Democrats also called for banning large-capacity magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Man killed by Metro-North train identified
DARIEN (AP) — Metro-North officials have identified a man who was struck and killed by a Manhattan-bound train at the Noroton Heights station in Darien. Officials say 55-year-old Kevin Murphy was the person who died Monday morning. The accident happened just after 6:30 a.m. and caused rail service delays of up to 15 minutes in the area. Authorities weren’t sure where Murphy lived. Public records show a man of the same name and age with an address in Darien. Metro-North police are trying to determine why Murphy was on the tracks. He was struck by the 5:38 a.m. train out of New Haven. People on the train said the accident site was gruesome and they had to switch to another train.
Winter storm watches for S. New England
BOSTON (AP) — Winter storm and coastal flood watches have been issued for southern New England as a storm affects the Atlantic Coast later this week. The National Weather Service says effects from the storm, which is expected to stay south of New England, will be felt Wednesday night until Friday. The winter storm watch for six to 10 inches of snow includes extreme eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts. Snow is expected to begin in Connecticut Wednesday and spread north early Thursday. Lighter amounts are expected near the coast. East- and northeast-facing Massachusetts shorelines could see flooding and beach erosion with high tide storm surges up to three feet and offshore waves up to 30 feet. The greatest flooding potential is expected Thursday and Friday mornings, at Scituate on Boston’s South Shore and Sandwich Harbor on Cape Cod.
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Racial episodes shake Ohio’s Oberlin College
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scrawls of racially offensive graffiti and, more recently, a report of someone wearing what looked like a Ku Klux Klantype hooded robe on campus have shaken students at historically liberal Oberlin College, one of the nation’s first universities to admit blacks. Two students are being investigated for possible involvement in the graffiti and are facing discipline by the college, but no criminal charges have been filed, said Oberlin city Police Chief Thomas Miller. It wasn’t clear, he said, whether the culprits were pranksters or genuinely motivated by bigotry. The college canceled Monday’s classes after an early morning report of someone in a white, hooded robe. Investigators were trying to determine whether the sighting was reliable or related to a separate sighting of a person wrapped in a blanket. Classes resumed Tuesday, though the atmosphere was still tense. The police department has stepped up patrols around the campus at the request of the college. “I just really feel uncomfortable walking alone anywhere,” Modjeska Pleasant, 19, a firstyear student from Savannah, Ga., said Tuesday. Pleasant, who is black, said she became upset after hearing a few white students suggest that the racist graffiti first found a month ago and anti-Semitic and racist fliers and other messages left around campus since then were just a prank to get out of classes. In an open letter, President Marvin Krislov and three deans told the campus they hoped the ordeal would lead to a stronger Oberlin. Students and
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professors gathered Monday afternoon to talk about mutual respect. Hate-filled graffiti and racially charged displays are not unusual on college campuses. But what makes these episodes so shocking is that they happened at a place tied closely with educating and empowering blacks. Oberlin began admitting blacks nearly 180 years ago. Among its graduates are one of the first blacks elected to public office and the first black lawyer allowed to practice in New York state. The city itself was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The college, with nearly 3,000 students, remains a liberal oasis in the middle of northern Ohio, surrounded by conservative farming towns and rust belt cities. Cleveland is about 30 miles away. Isaac Fuhrman, a psychology major from Lexington, Mass., said the episodes were upsetting, especially for black students. “I guess for them, Oberlin doesn’t seem like such a safe haven perhaps,” said Fuhrman, who is white. The incidents began the first week of February, according to a police report that detailed the defacement of Black History Month posters with the N-word, a “whites only” sign written above a water fountain, a swastika drawn on a science center window and a student knocked to the ground by a person making a derogatory comment about ethnicity. Some of the graffiti and fliers also included homophobic slurs, the police report said. Joshua Blue, 18, a first-year student from Naperville, Ill., who is black, said the reports have cast the historically toler-
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Tom Weston, lay leader at the First United Methodist Church, talks about the recent racial incidents that occurred at Oberlin College Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in Oberlin, Ohio. Oberlin College says it canceled classes after a report that a person wearing a hooded robe resembling Ku Klux Klan gear was seen near an African heritage building.
ant Oberlin community in a different light. “We believed that there was what people call the ‘Oberlin bubble,’ which is the idea that we’re in this area where hate and anger and stuff like that doesn’t exist,” he said after phoning his mother to assure her he was safe. “It’s a wonderful idea to feel safe and accepted,” Blue said. “But the recent event was a reality that we’re still part of the world and the issues of the world are also our issues, and you can’t avoid that.” Blue, who is studying vocal performance, said he has begun riding home from evening rehearsals with classmates for safety. Francis Bishop, 83, who lives near the campus, said he couldn’t remember similar race-related incidents on the campus and speculated it was done by someone trying to cause a stir.
“It’s so much of an isolated thing, in the long run I don’t think it’s going to make a hill of beans,” Bishop said while walking his dog near the picturesque town square, lined with shops and college buildings. Oberlin has no fraternity or sorority houses, and sports aren’t a big part of campus life. Instead, students come to study music, art and creative writing. Notable recent alumni include Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Lena Dunham, creator of the HBO series “Girls” — a show featuring several characters who met at Oberlin. Dunham wrote on her Twitter account Monday that she was saddened by the news from her alma mater. “Hey Obies, remember the beautiful, inclusive and downright revolutionary history of the place you call home. Protect each other,” she wrote.
“Harlem Shake” viral video provokes battles in Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — After attacks by religious extremists, the assassination of an opposition politician and the resignation of the prime minister, Tunisia is now being assailed by... an Internet dance craze. The YouTube phenomenon of the “Harlem Shake” has popped up in spots all over the world, but in Tunisia it’s more than just a curiosity or a fad — it has become part of a bitter rivalry between the secularists and Islamists striving to shape the identity of this North African nation as it transitions to democracy after years of dictatorship. Videos posted by Tunisian students have provoked a violent backlash by conservative Muslims, condemnations from the education minister and hundreds of new copycat videos online. The global Internet sensation involves a 30-second video showing first one person dancing, than dozens gyrating maniacally to the song “Harlem Shake,” recorded by Brooklyn disc jockey and producer Baauer. Thousands of new videos of everyone from Norwegian soldiers to Australian teenagers and now Tunisian students doing the “Harlem Shake” are now online. Students in the U.S. have been suspended for recording the videos, and the American Federal Aviation Authority launched an investigation on Feb. 28 after one video was recorded on a flight from Colorado Springs. In Egypt, activists performed the dance in front of the offices of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, coupled with
chants of “leave, leave.” In Tunisia, the “Harlem Shake” craze comes just over two years since a revolution overthrew a repressive secular dictatorship and ushered in new freedoms, including for religious ultraconservatives known as Salafis who are eager to impose their will — even violently at times. Salafis are suspected in the killing of leftist opposition leader Chokri Belaid, an assassination that triggered the resignation of Tunisia’s prime minister earlier this year. Tunisia’s experience with the video began with a group of students at Tunis’ El Menzah high school producing their own version, which then spawned a host of copycat videos all over the country.
In the El Menzah high school video, a single student dances to the song, quietly watched by others until the halfway point; then the video cuts to a whole slew of students, some in their underwear, some dressed as bearded Salafis, and some as Gulf emirs flailing around. Opinions over the videos have been split, with some calling it immoral and provocative — even going so far as to call the students unbelievers and therefore marked for death — while others seeing it as typical of humor in Tunisia, where many retain strong secular tastes. The video sparked an angry reaction from Minister of Education Abdellatif Abid, who last week announced an investigation of the
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Tunisian students perform a Harlem Shake, in front of the education ministry in Tunis, Tunisia. The YouTube phenomenon of the Harlem Shake has swept Tunisian youth, provoking attacks by conservative Muslims, condemnation by the education minister and hundreds of new copycat videos online.
principal of the school for allowing an “indecent” video to be filmed on the premises. As students elsewhere across the country have tried to create videos of their own, they have often been attacked by religious conservatives. In the coastal city of Mahdia, one student received 12 stitches on his head after being beaten following one of the attacks. In the southern commercial city of Sfax and in the resort city of Sousse, police have had to intervene and separate groups battling over the right to make a “Harlem Shake” video. “This dance for us represents a way to vent, to forget for a little while all the stress we’ve been
under for the past year,” said Sabiha, a 21-year-old university student who protested Friday in front of the Education Ministry against the minister’s investigation, performing a version of the dance. Her colleague Saber, 24, who also did not want his last name used because of the tensions surrounding the song, said being able to dance like this was a fruit of Tunisia’s revolution. “We wanted to take advantage of our newfound freedoms thanks to the revolution, after the years of harassment and repression,” he said.
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NJ drugmaker faces civil, criminal fines over drug NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey-based drugmaker agreed on Tuesday to pay $45 million to resolve charges that it improperly marketed its weight-gain drug to frail seniors particularly vulnerable to its side effects, federal officials said Tuesday. Officials from Woodcliff Lake-based Par Pharmaceutical Cos. pleaded guilty on behalf of the company to a charge of criminal misbranding. Par CEO Paul V. Campanelli admitted the company had improperly marketed its Megace ES drug for treating anorexia and malnutrition in nursing home residents and dying hospice patients even though they did not have AIDS. The drug is only approved for helping AIDS patients gain weight. U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo imposed a fine of $18 million on the company for the criminal charge, and ordered it to pay $4.5 million in criminal forfeiture. The company also agreed to enter into a five-year corporate integrity agreement with federal health officials, and to drop a lawsuit it had filed against the U.S. government.
The Justice Department began investigating after four different whistleblowers went to attorneys with allegations about misconduct by Par’s sales force for the drug.
Paul J. Fishman, the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, said Par also agreed to pay $22.5 million to resolve its civil liability. That money will go to the federal government and various states that paid for prescriptions for Megace given to nursing home patients for whom the drug wasn’t appropriate. Campanelli and attorneys for the privately held Par declined to comment Tuesday following the proceedings in federal court in Newark, N.J.
Along with illegally encouraging physicians to prescribe the drug for elderly patients for whom its use was not approved, a practice known as off-label marketing, Par was accused of filing false claims for reimbursement by federal health programs. That’s because prescriptions were being billed to programs such as
Medicare for elderly patients who didn’t have AIDS. The illegal marketing occurred for several years, starting shortly after the drug was approved for U.S. sales in 2005, according to attorney Timothy J. McInnis. He represents two of the whistleblowers who asked to remain anonymous. Both are sales representatives who worked for Par until they left in early 2009, shortly before the company became aware of their actions. “Par’s Megace ES marketing to hospice physicians represents the ultimate in offlabel insanity,” McInnis said. “Patients are admitted to hospices when their conditions are terminal, where medical staff helps them die in peace and dignity. Par, instead, saw them as an opportunity for easy money.” Fishman said Par started the improper marketing after HIV treatment in this country began to change, so far fewer HIV patients were becoming emaciated and needed medication to gain weight. “The company, which had invested time and resources in this drug, found itself in a position that it was no longer of use,” Fishman said. “So, it turned to other uses and marketed it aggressively.” Attorneys for another of the whistleblowers, Christine Thompson, said their client had only been working for Par for a few weeks as a regional business manager when she discovered Par’s plan to promote Megace ES to an exclusively off-label patient population: elderly residents of long-term facilities. Thompson claimed her verbal and written complaints about the practice were rebuffed by Par executives,
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Imagine standing on a sled behind a team of 16 dogs, traveling mile after desolate mile in the Alaska wilderness without any sign of other human life. All of a sudden, lights shine off in the distance, the first village to come into view in a very long time. Whether it’s a single cabin or a booming village of several hundred people, for mushers on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the villages are not only checkpoints to eat, rest and recharge, but a chance to interact with someone other than their dogs. “There are no checkpoints that I dislike,” said defending champion Dallas Seavey. “Every time you come around the corner and see the lights of a checkpoint approaching, it’s a great sight.” Four-time champion Martin Buser rested at the checkpoint in Rohn after a blistering fast 170-mile run that had put him hours ahead of the other teams. Buser reached Rohn Monday and took his mandatory 24-hour rest there, watching other mushers arrive and leave, before he departed at 12:03 p.m.
Tuesday. Buser’s layover put Aaron Burmeister in the lead Tuesday. He was the first in and out of the Nikolai checkpoint 75 miles past Rohn, arriving at 8:11 a.m. and departing a little more than four hours later. Running second was last year’s Iditarod runner-up, Aliy Zirkle, who left Nikolai at 1:13 p.m. Tuesday. There are 26 checkpoints along the 1,000-mile trail from Anchorage to Nome, and for Zirkle, the reception that teams receive are truly Alaska events: Villagers welcome the dogs first. “And it’s an open-armed greeting, where they want to make sure all the dogs are OK, and they get straw for them and food for them,” said Zirkle, running her 13th Iditarod. “Then they say, ‘How are you doing, Aliy?’” There are two ghost towns that serve as checkpoints along the trail, including the race’s namesake, the former mining village of Iditarod, which once boasted a population of 10,000 people. The ghost towns fill up with support staff during the race, but are empty the rest of the year.
But other villages are just like small towns in the Lower 48. “They have schools, they have post offices, they have a runway,” race spokeswoman Erin McLarnon said. “They’re basically like any small town community except inaccessible,” she said of the state’s limited road system. “You can only get there by dog team, snowmachine or air.” The checkpoints serve a purpose. Veterinarians staff the checkpoints to examine the dogs, and race officials make sure the mushers are fit to continue. Mushers are required to take three mandatory rest periods during the race. They take one 24-hour layover any time during the race. They must take one eight-hour rest at a checkpoint along the Yukon River, and the other eight-hour rest at White Mountain, 77 miles from the finish line in Nome. The village of Takotna is becoming a popular place for mushers to take the longer rest period. It comes 329 miles into the race, at a time when the dogs are ready for a break and mushers need a good meal.
“Patients are admitted to hospices when their conditions are terminal, where medical staff help them die in peace. Par, instead, saw them as an opportunity for easy money.” Timothy McInnis Attorney
according to her attorneys at Kenney & McCafferty P.C. The company did not seek approval to use the drug for non-AIDS geriatric patients, or conduct the testing in patients that would be required to win that approval, Fishman said. However, the marketing to nursing home doctors and pharmacists was so aggressive, Fishman said, that salespeople were rewarded with Rolex watches or trips to the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas if they were able to “flip” nursing homes, or persuade their medical staff to switch lots of patients to Megace. “I think it’s terrible when companies cheat Medicare or Medicaid, but the real issue here is patient safety,” Fishman said. “It made them (Par) a lot of money they wouldn’t have made if they had marketed this drug only for its approved uses.” Fishman said federal prosecutors didn’t know how many people had been incorrectly prescribed the drug, and there are no allegations that anyone was harmed. However, Megace has significant side effects, ranging from death and life-threatening blood clots to high blood pressure and worsening of diabetes. As part of the civil settlement, the company will enter into a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services, requiring enhanced accountability, increased transparency and monitoring activities. Par agreed to be acquired in July 2012 for about $1.84 billion in cash by an affiliate of private investment firm TPG.
And why not at a foodie village? The town of about 50 people on the Takotna River is renowned for filling the school gym with homemade pies, moose stew, moose chili, steaks and made-toorder breakfasts for grateful mushers. Seavey takes his 24-hour layover at Takotna, where the town’s volunteers provide mushers hot food and other things that might seem minor, such as “a microwave with a hot wet towel to take care of a quick — well, I wouldn’t call it a shower, but wipe your face off and get some of the grime off your hands and face.” Some mushers are finding Takotna a little too crowded these days. “It doesn’t matter if you’re first or 50th, it seems like the whole damn race is in Takotna at the same time,” four-time champion Lance Mackey said. Overcrowding is leading some mushers to continue 23 miles to the next checkpoint at Ophir — another ghost town where they, and the dogs, can recharge for the next grueling stretch.
Miss. rep asks FBI to investigate candidate’s death
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This Jan. 20, 2007 file photo shows Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., who was found dead on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 between Sherard and Rena Lara, Miss.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson’s district includes Clarksdale, where Marco McMillian was running. McMillian, 34, was found slain last week in a rural area nearby. Thompson, a Democrat, said Tuesday that he has confidence in the sheriff investigating the death but that he wants the FBI to get involved because that’s what McMillian’s family wants. “If another set of eyes looking at it would provide additional information, I think it would be helpful to the McMillian family,” Thompson told The Associated Press in a phone interview. McMillian’s campaign had said he was one of the first openly gay, viable candidates for public office in Mississippi. Coahoma County sheriff’s spokesman Will Rooker said the investigation continues and authorities are looking at all possibilities, including whether hate crime laws would apply. Mississippi’s hate crimes law covers acts motivated by bias against a victim’s race but not sexual orientation. However, a federal hate crimes law covers bias against sexual orientation. Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the FBI could determine if a hate crimes charge should be considered. McMillian was black, as is the man charged last week with murder in the case, Lawrence Reed, 22. The cause of death has not been released. An autopsy was performed, but toxicology tests are pending, and authorities say it could take two weeks to get those results. In a news release, Thompson said: “The level of violence shown in this incident is unconscionable and the perpetrator of this atrocious act should be held accountable to the full extent of the law.”
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McMillian’s godfather, Carter Womack, said the Coahoma County coroner told family members that someone dragged McMillian’s body under a fence and left it near a Mississippi River levee. The victim’s family had said in a statement that the body was “beaten, dragged and burned,” leading some to assume it was dragged by a car. Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith said he doesn’t want anyone to make inaccurate assumptions about the death. He told AP on Tuesday night that McMillian was not dragged by a car, he was dragged out of a vehicle by someone and his body left near the levee. He said the burns were postmortem and in a couple of small places on the body. “My concern is to determine the manner and cause of death and let law enforcement do their jobs,” McMillian said, adding that he wants to help the family in any way he can. “It’s all about getting closure for them, and the truth.” A person with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to AP that McMillian’s body was bruised and there were burns on at least one area. The person wasn’t authorized to publicly comment and spoke on condition of anonymity. An investigation began Feb. 26 after McMillian’s SUV slammed head-on into another vehicle on U.S. Highway 49 near the Coahoma and Tallahatchie county lines. Reed was driving the car, but McMillian was not in it, authorities say. McMillian’s body was found the next day. Thompson said he has known McMillian for years. Thompson said his daughter and McMillian attended Jackson State University at the same time, and one of his congressional staffers was McMillian’s fraternity sponsor. Thompson told AP: “He was a very talented young man who had a bright future.”
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onnecticut has had minimum alcohol prices in effect for decades. These rules were originally intended to ensure that small stores could compete with the bigger chains, by ensuring that huge stores like Walmart could not sell at lower prices that smaller stores could never charge. The intent was well-meaning, but the time to end it is now. Such a policy change is what Gov. Dannel Malloy is proposing this year. In fact, such a policy change is what he proposed last year as part of his broader alcohol reform bill, although that specific provision was eliminated due to outcry from the small business community. The bill as a whole did pass last year, notably allowing Sunday alcohol sales for the first time, leaving Indiana as the only state in the country still banning the practice. But now Malloy has introduced the measure as a stand-alone bill. The Hartford Courant notes that Massachusetts has “no sales tax on alcohol, lower excise (built-in) taxes, and no law that forbids stores from selling a product below its wholesale price.” And the Connecticut Post determined that “the pricefixing… inflates the price of wine by as much as $7 a bottle and liquor by $9 a bottle compared to neighboring states.” Connecticut, long known as a consumer-unfriendly state, is certainly not helping that reputation with these practices. Small and family-owned liquor stores counter that without these policies, consumers would all go to larger stores for alcohol purchases, leaving small businesses in the dust. But here’s the problem: for the 50 Connecticut towns that border either New York, Massachusetts or Rhode Island, they are likely purchasing their alcohol from across state lines – leaving both small and large Connecticut businesses in the dust. So far, results from last year’s more flexible and free-market state alcohol reforms have proved relatively positive. Even the small businesses, while not exactly enamored with the 2012 legislation, have largely conceded that the alterations were not as catastrophic as they originally conceived. It is time for the same thing to happen this year with minimum alcohol pricing. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Day 4 and they are going to let me control deadly gas flows in the lab... I wonder if the work I’m waking up early to do will still seem important in the morning... Why can’t America have some type of Eurovision contest with the states or something? I want ladylike arms, so I’m certain to never lift more than five pounds. Notre Dame almost lost to Syracuse, though, a game before they lost to UConn (although it was called a win. I can’t explain it either). Ok, but Brittney Griner will eat Diggins. Literally. Like, you could fit Skylar Diggins inside Brittney Griner’s digestive tract because she’s five times her size (and with fifty times her skill). I love bad movies, that’s my guilty pleasure. Good morning (it’s 9:30 p.m.)! That’s the most Mademoiselle Reisz thing you have ever said and it scares me. The only good thing Sportscenter has ever done is that jingle. In Soviet Russia, Coach Ollie runs through brick wall for you. Who’s that girl? La la la la la la la. The InstantDaily’s that girl. La la la la la la la la. Ok, but the semester is practically over. I wouldn’t mind eating horsemeat. In fact, I think I would PREFER to eat horsemeat. Justin Timberlake is a weenie.
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Ban junk food commercials for kids
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here’s a growing stereotype about Americans: we’re fat. It’s probably only surpassed by the stereotype that Americans all own guns. But while the cultural relevance of Newtown will pass into the lexicon as a sad memory, children growing up in the United States will increasingly know obesity as a daily reality. In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has doubled in children and tripled in teenagers. In 1980, the number of children between the ages of 6-11 that qualified as obese was around 7 percent. In 2010, that By John D. Nitowski number jumped to 18 percent. Note Weekly Columnist that these are averages. The Center for Disease Control has maps of the United States showing the state-by-state obesity rate with the Midwest and the South taking the gold. Enter Ontario, Canada. A new study given to Health Minister Deb Matthews, which pointed to the increasing statistics of childhood obesity (and adult obesity) in the country, gave a somewhat radical suggestion to fighting the health crisis: ban advertising to children under twelve. It sounds radical, but think about it, how many junk foods are marketed to children? A lot. Turn on the television and cartoon characters pop up with catchphrases regarding
the loss of their cereal. (I still remember the quintessential “Gotta have my Pops,” that has since gone the way of the dinosaur). And as we all know, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp (do they even make that any more?) and all of those other cereals are loaded with Coca-Cola levels of sugar. Compound these kid-friendly images with the susceptibility of children to things like advertising. There’s a reason it’s so easy to learn languages when you’re a child as opposed to when you’re in college or as an adult. Taking away the time and commitments (school, work, etc.) the brain is simply more malleable and ready to learn. Unfortunately, this is also a time when the brain can learn wrong things as well. When a kid learns that visiting McDonald’s is equivalent to some fun slides, a ball pit, crawling around tubes like the inside of a Space Station and deliciously fattening French fries, McDonald’s becomes a rewarding experience. As a kid, that was how I got to know McDonald’s. But I was hardly ever exposed to things like Pop-Tarts or sugary cereals. I have a sneaking suspicion that my parents are not the norm, and many parents in America are more than willing to supply their kids with Coca-Cola as an acceptable dinner drink and Pop-Tarts as part of a “balanced” breakfast. Why? Because television tells us that’s what happens. We tend to think we’re immune to the sly schemes of advertising, but the proof is in the pudding. The fact that these corporations are so big, so rich, so powerful and so persistent in their advertising is proof that it works. They are selling their sugary, unhealthy,
products en masse, and it’s the children that are driving the demand. We’ve all heard the stories, or more likely, have our own of the out-of-control children at the super market that beg their parents to let them just have this one cereal, or this candy, or this snack, or that snack or that snack there. Sometimes, it’s just easier to buy the box of cereal. It’s easy to say that those are bad parents who let their kids get out of control. It’s easy to say “This is America, don’t tell me what ads I can’t put out” but absolutely no one acknowledges that obesity is a problem. Take smoking as an example of what could happen. Once upon a time doctors used to recommend brands of cigarettes as easily as toothpastes. But today, cigarette advertising isn’t even allowed on non-print media. Joe Camel was the official mascot of Camel cigarettes for 10 years. He could be seen with sunglasses, wearing a leather jacket, playing pool and riding a motorcycle. Never has a desert beast of burden seemed so cool. So cool, in fact, that in 1991, it’s estimated that 32 percent of all illegal cigarette sales (to minors, obviously) were Camels. The cool Joe Camel ceased to be the mascot for Camel cigarettes in 1997. No one disputes the health risks smoking poses. And if an adult wants to engage in those risks, more power to them. But science is proving that sugar and fat can cause equally horrifying, if not worse, problems as smoking. Why the double standard?
Weekly columnist John D. Nitowski is an 8thsemester English major. He can be reached at John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.
The Fourteenth Amendment should extend to same-sex marriage
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ater this month, the Supreme Court will hear Hollingsworth v. Perry, a civil rights case which seeks to overturn California’s Proposition 8. Passed in 2008, Prop 8 amended the California State Constitution to ban same-sex By Gregory Koch m a r r i a g e . Staff Columnist Several same-sex couples then challenged the law, saying it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Last week, President Obama encouraged the Supreme Court to overturn the measure and declare same-sex marriage a constitutional right. In this case, the President is correct – constitutionally, marriage laws must be applied equally to all couples. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment reads in relevant part “No state shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In the 1967 case Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court invalidated laws that outlawed interracial marriage, citing this clause. The Court’s logic in this case was simple – under Virginia’s laws, Richard Loving, a white man, was allowed to marry a white woman and receive the legal benefits and rights associ-
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ated with the status. However, he was unable to marry his wife Mildred because she was African American. Conversely, Mildred could marry an AfricanAmerican man but not a white one. This resulted in the laws being applied differently to people of different races and therefore was unconstitutional. Similarly, laws against samesex marriage apply laws differently to different people. In 41 states and all territories and possessions except the District of Columbia, a same-sex couple is unable to marry. However, those states all allow opposite-sex couples to marry. This discrepancy is unconstitutional. (Theoretically, a state could outlaw marriage for everyone and this would be constitutional – there is no constitutional right to marriage, only to marriage equality.) Under the Equal Protection Clause, laws that apply differently to homosexuals and heterosexuals are unconstitutional. Additionally, even if it were argued that sexual orientation is not a protected class under the Equal Protection Clause, it would not matter. Gender is clearly covered by the Equal Protection Clause, as established by cases far too numerous to name. In those 41 states, a woman is legally allowed to marry a man and vice versa. This is fine if they are heterosexual. However,
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if the man is homosexual, he cannot legally marry a man, and likewise the woman, if she is a lesbian, cannot legally marry another woman. Just as Virginia statute in the Loving case applied laws differently to different races, laws prohibiting same-sex marriage apply laws differently to people of different sexes. Therefore, even if sexual orientation were not covered under the Equal Protection Clause, the fact that gender is covered is enough to render Proposition 8 and other similar laws unconstitutional. Of course, supporters of Proposition 8 are sure to present several arguments in its favor during arguments. For instance, they might argue that historically, marriage has been defined as between one man and one woman, and therefore this is what the laws should reflect. However, the situation is not nearly this simple. Marriage has been defined many ways throughout history. In various societies at various times throughout history, “marriage” has been defined to include one man and multiple wives, one man, one wife, and several concubines or one woman and multiple men. Also, despite what some claim, same-sex marriage has been recognized by societies much older than ours. In the year 1061, Pedro Díaz, a Spanish man, married another man, Muño Vandilaz, in a cer-
emony in the Galician region. Clearly marriage was not always defined as between one man and one woman, or even between some number of men and some number of women. After all, 950 years ago, samesex couples were included in the definition of “marriage.” So even if “it’s always been that way” were an acceptable argument for anything (and it’s not) it would not apply here because it is simply untrue. Keep in mind that until the Loving decision, President Obama’s own parents would not have been allowed to marry in many states. Opponents of interracial marriage argued that it would be detrimental to the couple’s children. Today, the child of one such couple is President of the United States. Clearly, that argument was wrong. Adoptions by same-sex couples are rising as more states legalize same-sex marriage. Yet people still make the same argument they made with interracial couples – it will be bad for the children. Perhaps a future President will prove the cynics wrong.
Staf f Columnist Gregory Koch is a 6th-semester actuarial science major. He can be reached at Gregory.Koch@UConn.edu.
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Students relax at Hillel’s Beit Cafe By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer UConn Hillel hosted a number of singing and poetry performances during their Beit Café on Tuesday night amidst a relaxing ambience and plenty of coffee and tea. Members of Hillel popped fresh popcorn, gave away thermoses, kept plenty of coffee and tea available and passed out homemade brownies. With tables and chairs set up about the multipurpose room to resemble a teashop, candles providing the only lighting for most of the show, all set off a true café atmosphere. Students stayed for hours on the school night to enjoy performances put on by numerous a cappella groups, individual music projects and three Poetic Release poets, all the while chatting amongst themselves. As students kept filling in seats, The Chordials kicked the night off. An all female a capella group, they first sang Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ song “Paris,” followed by Fun.’s “The Gambler.” They finished their set with a duet, set to “Hell On Heels” by Pistol Annies. Phil Holzager then performed on the piano. The Rolling Tones opened their act with Smash Mouth’s “I’m A Believer” and Sarah Bareilles’ “Uncharted.” Their last song was one by Justin Timberlake, before an independent project called “Kevin and Mike” took the stage. While one played the guitar and sang back up, the other took lead vocals in songs like John Mayer’s “Daughters” and
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During last night’s Beit Cafe held at UConn Hillel, the Conn Men, one of UConn’s many a cappella groups, perform for students enjoying popcorn, coffee, tea and homemade brownies in a room frequently lit only by candles.
Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning.” Notes Over Storrs interacted with the crowd, as a singer serenaded female students in the crowd, taking their hands and telling them to come with him “on a magic carpet ride.” Stu, Raccuia and Levine, also called “Dirty Mike and the Boys,” consisted of two guitarists and a pianist. They maintained a country style with their upbeat tempo and raspy singing.
Before letting the show continue, Vice President of Hillel Lauren Simon made an important announcement about a fundraiser she held close to her heart. Having grown up close to Newtown, she and her Jewish community were greatly affected by the shooting, especially the death of Noah Pozner. The mother of Noah requested to plant trees in Noah’s name; her goal is to plant one thousand trees in
Israel to create Noah’s Forest. Poetic Release’s Emmanual Oppong delivered a powerful performance of a poem that revolved around having a blank slate and growing from it. After him were the Conn Men, who had the crowd snapping along to their songs from the get go, performing the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” Van Morrison’s “Moondance” and Martin Sexton’s “Can’t Stop
Thinking About You.” The next a capella group, Completely Different Note, incorporated dance routines in their songs that had the crowd laughing. With performances continuing well into the night, the events ended with performances by poets Devin Samuels and Colby McAdams and a cappella groups A-Minor, Extreme Measures and Rubyfruit.
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Eugene Mirman coming to UConn College ‘Jeopardy!’ tryouts tonight
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The Sunday night after spring break is always a bit of a depressing time, so before classes gear back up, WHUS has a treat in the Student Union Theater on Sunday, March 23: standup from comedian and actor Eugene Mirman. Mirman is a Brooklyn comedian by way of Moscow, famous for both his standup comedy and comedic acting roles, most prominently the voice of Gene in Fox’s animated “Bob’s Burgers.” Mirman has also acted in liveaction comedies “Flight of the Conchords” and “Delocated.” Mirman has also appeared on many Adult Swim programs including “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” According to his website, Mirman immigrated to Lexington, Mass. from Russia
when he was four years old, and later attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. where he designed his own major: comedy. The performance on March 23 will take place in the Student Union Theater at 8:30 p.m. UConn students and staff with IDs can get in free, while anyone without an ID pays $5. All tickets will be sold at the door.
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Mirman is coming to UConn March 23.
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The online entry exam for the “Jeopardy! College Championship” will take place on tonight, Wednesday, March 6th at 9 p.m. Any full time undergraduate college student without a prior degree is eligible to enter. Be advised, if you are interested in participating you must register ahead of the test start time. The format is simple. Prospective contestants are presented with 50 questions in an online quiz format and have 15 seconds to answer each one. The test is not multiple choice; hopefuls must type in responses manually. Also note: those lucky enough to be “selected” after the test do not appear on the program automatically. You must attend a regional audi-
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The famous ‘Jeopardy!’ logo. Online tryouts for college students: tonight, 9 p.m.
tion. The closest host city to UConn is New York City. “It’s a lot tougher than you’d think,” said Focus Editor Joe O’Leary, who has taken “Jeopardy!” online tests in past years. “People who watch the show every night may answer a bunch right while watching TV and think they’re smart, but a normal show’s ten categories are just a small sample compared to the 50 different categories they throw at you during the online test. It’s quite overwhelming, but a worthy challenge.”
For those interested in taking the test and possibly representing UConn on a national stage, register online as soon as possible ahead of time at http://www.jeopardy. com/onlinetests/college/ well before 9 p.m. The test must be taken with a web browser running on Mac or PC. The test does not work with smartphones and tablets.
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Bringing new rhythm to local schools
By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Armed with a new professor, multiple styles of drumming and what they describe as “a lot to offer” to students both prospective and current, the UConn percussion studio, located in the music department, has begun to branch out across the state. A Dec. 6 visit to perform for and with Rocky Hill High School students was the first step, according to Ben Cohen, a teaching assistant for the studio. Cohen said the “great” event was just their first step to interest students in the program’s events. Javier Diaz, a new professor in the studio, has played a big role in the event’s success. Cohen said that Diaz, who was hired in the spring of 2012, excelled in both classical and Afro-Cuban styles of drumming, allowing the department to branch out into a second style much different from its usual performances, which is “bringing a wide variety of skills” to the music department. In the 90 minutes the percussionists had with the Rocky
Hill students, they played two songs that they were preparing for an upcoming recital. After some examples of Afro-Cuban style, the department invited students on-stage, where professor Diaz proceeded to lead them in a drum circle. “Their faces were lighting up,” Cohen said. The Rocky Hill trip was only the beginning. Next up is the Connecticut Day of Percussion, celebrated March 30 at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. The event will bring ensembles from colleges and high schools across the state and that Diaz will give a master class during the day as well, according to Cohen. He also said department resources will limit future outreach efforts and hopes that a secondary goal of their outreach trips can be to pull money into the studio, which can be used by department leaders to make repairs for future students. Of course, current UConn students haven’t been forgotten. The percussion studio will help lead a drum circle on campus on April 28 during Spring Weekend, which Cohen said is planned to
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Professor Javier Diaz of the music department leads a drum circle with music students of Rocky Hill High School on December 6. The percussion studio’s next event will be on March 30 at Sacred Heart University.
“relieve stress before finals week.” Other department events include a percussion ensemble concert, to be held April 7 at
von der Mehden Recital Hall. Also, two students, Thomas Campbell and graduate student Robert Kennon, will have recitals on April 4 and
The objectification of female bodies comes as no surprise – despite it being savage; despite it being invasive and utterly sickening that the view of a female body is often based upon whether or not someone wants to have sex with it. So much of a woman’s worth is based on what her body has manifested as, and whether or not it is pleasing to the eye. She must be curvy, but not “fat;” slender, but not too skinny – all limitations that are put on her phenotype that conclude with striving for the impossible. Fat women, in particular, struggle with this, because “fat” doesn’t pass the litmus test of being deemed attractive in our current culture. They are made out to be monstrous beings. They become something other than women; not quite men, but those strange half-beings who are thought to have masculine behaviors because their womanhood is deemed somehow atypical. Fat women of all types are encouraged to lose weight, and publicly so. Although bullying is universally recognized as a bad thing, there is no negative stigma attached to admonishing women about their weight. To scold a woman for eating too much is to be merely “looking out” for her and to invoke the beloved Big Brother mentality that only serves to warm the cockles of society’s heart. There is no even keel for fat women. Their bodies are often hypersexualized into a kink (the BBW, or the “Big Beautiful Woman”) or desexualized so thoroughly that they become the inevitable punch line. They must think of themselves as being lucky to attract the attentions of men, and are expected to be grateful. The protest against this treatment is seen as being whiny, even though the dimension of a woman occasionally ties directly into racist tropes such as the mammy, Hottentot Venus, etc. The hypersexualization of fat women succeeds in only furthering the concept that women are here to be a fetish, while the desexualization serves in refusing to recognize women at all. Both are intensely harmful towards womanhood and humanity in general. If we repeatedly tell women that their bodies are despicable, or can only exist within allowable constraints, then how will we encourage proper mental health? How will we ever be able to encourage body positivity, instead of only urging on low self-esteem and depression? The fetishizing and desexualizing of fat bodies is nothing more than misogyny. The idea that women ought to construct their bodies in a way that is the most pleasing for future sexual partners is one that has existed for ages and, and the misogyny (both internalized and otherwise) that exists in our culture has only sought to perpetuate it. What needs to be understood is that women do not exist for their bodies to be evaluated and that commentary on the shape of one’s body is neither necessary nor polite.
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Since its release early last month, it’s been nearly impossible to track down a physical copy of “Fire Emblem: Awakening,” the latest game in Nintendo’s popular strategy-RPG series. Whether that’s because of wild demand or because the company limited supply of carts to drive consumers to buy it on their eShop, there’s a reason why so many people wanted their hands on it. Not only is it one of the best games ever released on the 3DS, but it truly deserves to be considered an early candidate for the year’s best game. “Awakening” was my first foray into the “Fire Emblem” series, which dates back to 2003 in North America and 1990 in Japan, but the game made it surprisingly easy to get involved. It has a long, detailed and complicated story of kings and queens battling for their people and kingdom in a magical fantasy world, though thankfully pressing Start allows players fond of battling to skip straight to the action. The gameplay is richly detailed; players assume the role of a battle tactician, responsible for dozens of warriors, mages, healers and pretty much every other Dungeons and Dragons sub-category you can think of. Battles are waged across wide, grid-based environments against dozens of varied enemies which are ever-changing. The game’s true hook is the vast cast of characters, all of whom can be thrown into any chosen battle. Their
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In this screenshot from Nintendo’s latest 3DS release, ‘Fire Emblem: Awakening,’ a pegasus-riding warrior battles an enemy.
strategic pluses and minuses make every aspect of the gameplay’s focus on strategy important from the order characters move to the space they attack to the safe areas they won’t be harmed in. There’s a lot of grinding necessary before characters are able to compete against bosses and continue the campaign, but
the gameplay is complicated yet addicting, especially once characters begin decimating lowerlevel enemies with every movement. In the game’s true mode of difficulty, losing characters in-battle means players lose them for good, making every skirmish an important challenge; however, a casual setting prevents new-
Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS
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bies from their mistakes. An impressive achievement that “Awakening” reaches – despite its hardcore difficulty (believe me, even playing on Normal/Casual mode, it was brutal) – the game never becomes inaccessible. As things become more complicated and dozens of characters are introduced, the excellent mapping and leveling systems ensure that at a glance, the bottom screen of the 3DS will have all of the information you need to know. Up on the top half, the game’s graphics look great. Cutscenes are rendered in an impressively rotoscoped combination of 3D animation and 2D character models, expertly blending the game’s anime-influenced character designs into a modern setting. Battles in-game are 3D affairs visible from multiple angles and speeds, though they’re typical RPG battles where once they start, character stats determine winners and losers. The game’s 3D effects are better than most 3DS offerings, though the subtle effects like clouds and perspective are used better than the huge, blatant magical explosions inbattle. There’s not a single aspect where “Fire Emblem” falters. There’s DLC released weekly to extend the game’s dozens of hours of gameplay even further. Every menu is easy to use and informative. There are plenty of surprises along the way that’ll keep players on their feet. 3DS owners should check out “Awakening” as a demo on the eShop and keep an extra $40 kicking around for when they’re done.
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As its reboot hits shelves, a look back at the ‘Tomb Raider’ franchise
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Crackdown 360 A lot of people, myself included, thought that Microsoft’s 2007 announcement of a ‘Halo 3’ beta included in every copy of ‘Crackdown’ meant the company had made a terrible game and hoped to recoup their production costs with a cheap trick. Turns out we were wrong! ‘Crackdown’ is a sandbox game from before every game was a sandbox game and its upgrade system was awesome. Just by playing the game regularly, your player’s skills would advance as the game went; no awkward skill trees or money systems here. Add in the most tantalizing collectables and striking top-of-skyscraper views possible in 2007, and ‘Crackdown’ is a classic. -Joe O’Leary
Released in 1996 for the Playstation, PC and Sega Saturn, the original “Tomb Raider” game was developed by Core Design. A creation of game designer Toby Gard, the title was as controversial as it was popular. Starring a young British treasure hunter named Lara Croft, the game launched one of gaming’s longest-running and most successful franchises. Some were unhappy with the character’s disproportionally voluptuous figure; that alone was not the sole source of the game’s popularity, however. Much of the original game’s success can be attributed to its genre-defining gameplay. Along with “Super Mario 64,” “Tomb Raider” was one of the very first three-dimensional action adventure platforming games. Filled with inventive puzzles and an “Indiana Jones”esque story, the game enjoyed big success. While the original game launched the career of gaming’s first lady, it was the even more popular sequel, 1997’s “Tomb Raider II,” that cemented the series’ place as one of the industry’s premiere franchises. Selling a series-high eight million copies, the sequel established Lara Croft as an iconic mascot for the Playstation. A slew of sequels were released on an annual basis. While the titles sold well, a lack of innovation robbed the series of the acclaim it once held. Adding to its fame, if not its quality, the series was one of the first adapted into a film. The Angelina Jolie actioner “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.” Reviews were negative but grosses were positive to the tune of $275 million worldwide. The franchise hit its lowest point in 2003
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How far we’ve come: a shot from the original game.
when the franchise’s first PS2 title, “Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness,” bombed. Full of glitches, the rushed product sold poorly and severely damaged the franchise’s reputation alongside “Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,” a sequel to Jolie’s flick that saw grosses fall to $150 million, close to the film’s overall budget. Following the dismal failure of “Angel Photo courtesy of tombraider.com of Darkness,” CORE Design was In ‘Tomb Raider,’ Square Enix and Eidos’ reboot of the classic gaming franchise, the origins removed from the of Lara Croft are revealed for a whole new generation. series. The franchise remained dormant for another three “Legend” trilogy. years before a reboot was released, this Both “Anniversary” and “Underworld” time from developer Crystal Dynamics, best achieved moderate levels of success. Though known for their work on the “Legacy of they were solid games, the titles, especialKain” series. ly “Underworld,” with their dated design In 2006, “Tomb Raider: Legend” was could not live up to the success of similarly released, garnering excellent sales as well as themed next generation games full of innothe franchise’s best review scores in years. A vation, such as 2007’s “Uncharted: Drake’s great action-adventure game, the reboot pre- Fortune.” sented us with a much more intriguing Lara In 2010, a downloadable title “Lara Croft Croft. While the new design of the character and the Guardian of Light” was released was still a bit unrealistic, most agreed it was to widespread acclaim. Besides lacking the a step in the right direction from the charac- “Tomb Raider” title, the game brought a ter’s ludicrously buxom appearance from the fresh take to the series, featuring a top down previous titles. perspective and simplified control scheme. A solid story and a more believable Lara Flash forward to 2013, Crystal Dynamics made “Legend” a real success. Crystal has once again rebooted the series, this time Dynamics would follow up on their debut with the aim of making Lara a grade-A star. Tomb Raider title with a pair of titles, effec- The new title, simply known as “Tomb tively making a trilogy. Raider,” will follow a more realistic Lara “Tomb Raider: Anniversary” was released Croft on her very first adventure. Featuring a in 2007 as a remake of the original Tomb new combat system similar to that seen in the Raider game, featuring redesigned graph- “Uncharted” games, the elements of survival ics, gameplay and an altered story to fit the and open world gameplay – not to mention “Legend” storyline. the very first “M” rating awarded to a title in “Tomb Raider: Underworld” followed in the series – make this truly an all-new take 2008. The first title in the series to be devel- on a beloved series. The Daily Campus will oped from the ground up for HD consoles, have a review in next Wednesday’s paper. “Underworld” concluded the story of the Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu
Effects of the shift to a digital-first marketplace By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor
There are rumors that the Playstation 4 may have singleuse games that will be forever tied to the first console they’re played in. A physical copy of “Fire Emblem: Awakening” has been nearly impossible to find since its release in early February; at a local Gamestop a week ago, an employee reported the store had received a whopping total of two cartridges since the game’s release, though Nintendo offers the game at full price through their eShop. Playstation Network and Xbox Live Games on Demand have recently begun stepping up their online services with free games and big discounts. Console gaming finally seems to be making a big jump into digital marketplaces, years after Steam revolutionized PC gaming, but are the results going to be positive or negative for consumers? There’s evidence on both sides, but at the moment it’s looking bad for gamers’ wallets. First, the Playstation 4’s store is supposed to always be online, even downloading portions of games it predicts users may like while it’s not being used. While this is an interesting idea, the current greed-mongering strategies of cable companies will collide with it head-on, especially data caps. If users are only allowed a certain amount of Internet usage per month (250-300 GBs of data is a normal monthly total), these downloaded games could push many gamers over a pricey cliff, not to mention take up valuable hard drive space better used for other things, like games users actually own. As for games being tied to one specific console, there are somewhat positive and negative aspects of this new change. The good is that in cases of theft, stolen goods will be able to be traced back to their specific console. That’s about it for the good. Negatively, this would crash the usedgame market, possibly throttling Gamestop’s overall sales figures, and prevent gamers from returning purchases too. It drives up the lifetime cost of a console drastically when every game released can only be picked up for what the publisher thinks the game’s worth. When games turn out to be bombs, there won’t be any way to sell them off or warn others of their awfulness outside of pre-release demos, sure to become even rarer than they are now. Less frustrating is the new option to buy a game digitally versus buying a physical copy. The “Fire Emblem” scenario was more than tolerable, considering Nintendo sold individual stores download codes for in-store purchases (great
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PS4 vs. the next Xbox: what we know about their next-gen grudge match » GAMING ANALYSIS
By Sarthak Patel Campus Correspondent The 21st century gaming community has seen the rivalry between Sony and Microsoft grow through the years as the PlayStation and Xbox have competed for console supremacy. The rivalry will heat up once again this fall. Last month, Sony unveiled their plans for their next gaming console, the PlayStation 4 (PS4), at their “Future of PlayStation” event, which unceremoniously began the debate in every money-tight gamer’s mind of whether they should purchase the next generation Xbox or PS4. Microsoft is expected to release information regarding the next generation Xbox, which some dub “Xbox 720,” in April during the E3 Conference, although rumors have surfaced of the next Xbox that add to the debate and comparison of the two future consoles. Sony announced that gamers could expect a supercharged PS4 – with an enhanced PC GPU, X86 CPU, and 8GB
RAM – that will be in stores in time for the holiday season. Comparably, the Xbox is rumored to have eight CPU cores, 1.6 GHz, an x64 architecture, 8GB RAM and a 50GB 6x Blu-Ray disc drive. This means that each console will be on graphic steroids compared to their previous generations. One of the highlights of Sony’s unveiling was their
release of the new DualShock 4 and PlayStation Eye. The DualShock 4 includes a new touchpad as well as “Options” and “Share” buttons as Sony plans to integrate the ability to instantly share screenshots or videos of games you are playing on Facebook or YouTube. Cool, right? Although not official, sources such as CVG reported that the new Xbox controller would feature a
fully functional touch screen that will double as a remote control. The bad news is that neither the PS4 nor next-gen Xbox will support previous console controllers. Be ready to pay some extra cash if you like playing in-person multiplayer. The PlayStation Eye, essentially Sony’s version of the Xbox Kinect, features two wide-angle lenses with
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Mark Cerny, lead system architect for the Sony Playstation 4 speaks during an event to announce the new video game console Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in New York.
85-degree diagonal angle views, which will allow users to log on to their PS4s with facial recognition software. The Xbox already has Kinect, but there is speculation that the next Xbox will showcase Microsoft’s IllumiRoom, a new technology that expands the gamer’s viewing space to the entire room, generating a more interactive experience seemingly combining virtual and physical environments. For all you snipers out there get ready for Pandora vision. Sony also plans to integrate special features such as sleep mode, demo streaming, and social game streaming. In addition, the website Kotaku found patents filed by Microsoft that hint at a possible DVR function for the next Xbox. Price is always a concern for gamers with tight budgets. Although Sony has not announced a price yet, the new Xbox is predicted to be in the range of $350-400. For gamers trying to stay ahead of the competition, nothing is more important for their console choice.
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for people with in-store credit or gift cards) and had the game readily available online. However, as “Fire Emblem” is a game worth holding onto for months, if not years, being limited to a digital copy impossible to resell isn’t as much of a problem as if it were two hours long. Also, considering that games are tied to specific consoles, in the case of a theft, you might have to cross your fingers and hope the police will catch your perpetrator before they reach a pawn shop. Consumers are going to have to be on their toes, using the Internet as a valuable resource, in coming years. In the meantime, pick up some cheap flash drives or externals. They may be pretty handy.
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‘The Bible’ a big ratings winner ‘Django,’ ‘Ted’ lead MTV Movie Awards nominees
NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest television ratings, the Bible is hot and aspiring pop stars are not. The History network’s first installment of the miniseries “The Bible” was seen by 13.1 million people Sunday. The series, produced by the husband-and-wife team of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, will air in four more installments concluding March 31, Easter Sunday. Meanwhile, both episodes of “American Idol” last week had their smallest audiences since joining Fox’s regular schedule more than a decade ago, the Nielsen company said. “The Bible” appears to be a hit along the lines of History’s “Hatfields & McCoys” miniseries last spring. The first episode aired twice Sunday, for a total audience of 14.8 million people. Mostly due to curiosity about the series, History’s website had its most visited day ever on Sunday, said Nancy Dubuc, president of entertainment and media for the A&E networks. “Clearly, the passion for this project has resonated with our viewers and across the nation,” Dubuc said. “We are thrilled, and the story is only just beginning.” Another cable favorite, “The Walking Dead” on AMC, reached 11.3 million people Sunday. Both shows had larger audiences than anything on broadcast television, and appeared to contribute to some lousy numbers for the big networks. ABC heavily promoted the two-hour debut of the drama “Red Widow,” but only 7.1 million people sampled it. The 7.4 million viewers for ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”
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This publicity image released by History shows Diogo Morcaldo as Jesus, center, being baptized by Daniel Percival, as John, in a scene from “The Bible.”
on Sunday was nearly four million lower than its season average. Donald Trump returned to the airwaves Sunday and no one noticed: the debut of a new season of “The Apprentice” had 5.2 million viewers. The A&E Network favorite, “Duck Dynasty,” appears to be exploding in popularity, with two episodes exceeding 8.5 million viewers on Wednesday. By the standards of most programs, the 13.3 million and 12.6 million people who tuned in to “American Idol” last week would be more than satisfying. But they were a measure of the show’s continued erosion, something fresh judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban haven’t been able to stop. Fox notes that the period between auditions and when fans begin voting for contestants traditionally represents a lull for the show. “’American Idol’ is in its 12th season and it’s consistently a top 5 show on television this year,” said Mike
Darnell, head of Fox’s alternative programming. “How many shows in TV history can make that claim? ‘Idol’ was the No. 1 show with younger viewers this week and we’ve lowered the show’s median audience age by almost four years.” Darnell’s latter point is important: along with the show itself, the “Idol” audience had been aging, and that costs Fox advertising revenue. CBS won the week with an average of 9.1 million viewers in prime time (5.9 rating, 10 share). Fox averaged 6.6 million viewers (4.0, 6), ABC had 6.1 million (3.9, 6), NBC had 4.1 million (2.7, 4), the CW had 1.2 million and ION Television 1.1 million (both 0.8, 1). Among the Spanishlanguage networks, Univision led with a 3.7 million average (1.9, 3), Telemundo had 1.4 million (0.7, 1), UniMas had 570,000 (0.3, 1), Estrella had 210,000 and Azteca 100,000 (both 0.1, 0).
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This undated publicity file image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film “Django Unchained,” directed by Quentin Tarantino.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bloody Western and the comedic tale of a trash-talking teddy bear lead nominees for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. MTV announced Tuesday that “Django Unchained” and “Ted” each have seven bids at the annual kudo-fest, set to
air live on April 14 from the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Calif. “Silver Linings Playbook” earned six nominations and “The Dark Knight Rises” collected five. Other top nominees include “The Avengers,” ‘’Skyfall,” ‘’Pitch Perfect”
and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Fans can vote online for the winners in all categories, including the two newest ones: Best shirtless performance and best musical moment. Double nominee Rebel Wilson will host the show.
Jepsen drops Boy Scouts event over gay rights NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carly Rae Jepsen is canceling her performance at the national Boy Scouts of America Jamboree because of the organization’s exclusion of gays. Jepsen, the Canadian pop singer best known for the inescapable hit “Call Me Maybe,” made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter. “I always have and will continue to support the LGBT community on a global level,” she wrote, “... and stay informed on the ever changing landscape in the ongoing battle for gay rights in this country and across the globe.” Rock band Train also has taken a stand, but pursued a different tack in a post on its website Friday. The group asked the BSA to reconsider its policy rather than immediately pull out of the July gathering in West Virginia. The event, held once every four years, is expected to draw more than 45,000 scouts and adults. Members of Train said Friday in a message on their website that they were unaware of the policy barring gay scouts and adult leaders from participating in the organization before agreeing to perform. “Train strongly opposes any kind of policy that questions the equality of any American citizen,” the statement said. “We have always seen the BSA as a great and noble organization. We look forward to participating in the Jamboree this summer, as long as they make the right decision before then.” Deron Smith, publicity director for the BSA, says the organiza-
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Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the o2 Arena in east London, Monday, March 4, 2013.
tion is moving forward with plans for the Jamboree. “We appreciate everyone’s right to express an opinion and remain focused on delivering a great Jamboree program for our Scouts,” Smith wrote in an email. Smith was unaware of any other
performers scheduled to participate in the event. The BSA’s policy has drawn attention before and gay rights organizations hailed Jepsen and members of Train for taking a stand and helping to bring the issue back into the public debate.
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Horoscopes
by Brian Ingmanson
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s plenty of action at work, and things are flowing. Creative sparks are firing, and you’ve got what you need. Stay focused. It may go home with you. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Go ahead and get nostalgic. Reflecting on the past puts a little perspective on current situations. You can learn whatever you need to know. It’s getting romantic. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Clean up a mess at home. Add more than a touch of romance to the decor. Stick to the budget with upgrades, and limit yourself to what you love. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s getting creative now. Friends give you a boost. Add an inspired touch to the project. Finish a tough job so you can go play. Back up those hard drives. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- A female renegotiates an agreement. It’s easier to reach a compromise now. Good manners help you gain altitude. Be careful: You could be tempted to spend. Make sure that your house wins. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Get the family to help with the tasks at hand. A teammate injects imagination. A friend has the expertise you need. You’re entering a power phase; take advantage. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Offer to help. You’re moved to make a difference. Discipline gives you more time to enjoy life. Side effect benefit: a rise in resources and status. Get inspired. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- New opportunities for income show up, especially when you apply patience without compromising love. Use your natural magnetism to persuade. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Do your homework sooner rather than later so that you have time to play without worry. Your community plays an important role, especially now. Stand by them. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s easy to get distracted by fun. Use your talents to bring in business, no matter how much fun you’re having. Get your antiques appraised. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- A motivating presence brings in new energy. Keep working on what’s important to you, and be compassionate when you make mistakes. Learn and live. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Discover new technology that improves your productivity, even if you have to ask for help. Reconsider a crazy idea that you dismissed before. It might work.
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Sports
The good, bad and ugly from first week of MLS By Miles DeGrazia Soccer Columnist Major League Soccer returned with a bang last weekend with nine matches on both coasts from Philadelphia to Portland. Throughout the entire weekend we saw the full spectrum of what MLS has to offer. We saw a wonderful, long-range strike from Columbus Crew striker Federico Higuaín against Chivas USA, Mike Magee’s industrious play result in a hat trick for the LA Galaxy and Graham Zusi’s dead ball delivery give all three points to Sporting Kansas City. In addition to the delightful play, MLS also showed off why skeptics still call it a sub par league. Steward Ceus' goalkeeping blunder gave FC Dallas their lone goal in a 1-0 win, and former Inter Milan, Manchester United and Arsenal center back
Mikaël Silvestre struggled in Portland in his first MLS match gifting two goals to New York’s opportunistic Fabián Espíndola. In the first weekend of MLS we saw what the league has to offer in terms of the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Good – Portland and New York’s 3-3 draw ESPN kicked off its MLS coverage in 2013 with a gem of a match up between Portland and New York – played with the backdrop of frenzied atmosphere provided by the Timbers Army. They do everything a little different up in Portland, and instead of having a famous singer from the city’s vibrant music scene sing the national anthem, they opted to have the entire supporters section belt it out. On the field, New York jumped out to a quick 3-1 lead at halftime, but Portland fought back to earn a 3-3 draw predominantly spurned on by the
Timbers Army. The Bad – The Galaxy’s beat down of Chicago at Toyota Park Heading into the 2013 season, questions were asked of the two-time defending MLS Cup Champions, and if they could three peat without David Beckham and Landon Donovan. And we all know one match doesn’t make a season, but the Galaxy look like they’ll do fine again this year. The bad of this match was brought to you by a disjointed Chicago Fire team. Many new pieces were added to this roster in the off-season and it definitely showed on the pitch. But all is not doom and gloom in Chicago, as they were missing defender Arne Friedrich and midfielder Logan Pause due to injury. A home match against New England next weekend could be just what they need to get their first win.
The Ugly – Chivas USA Chivas, Chivas, Chivas, where to begin? On the field, Chivas looked confused and about as disjointed as a team could possibly be. They played a bizarre 3-5-2, which could work, except they routinely coughed up possession and never looked like a slick passing side. They only managed two shots on target and lost the possession battle 45 percent to 55 percent. But off the field is really where Chivas go from just a bad team to a maybe-weshould-take-away-the-franchise bad. Chivas managed to sell less than 2,500 tickets for the home opener. That is less than the UConn men’s soccer team averaged during the 2012 season (4,228), and under six percent of what Seattle averaged per home game during the 2012 season.
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Portland Timbers defender Mikael Silvestre, right, and New York Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill battle for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Portland, Ore.
Heisman winner Manziel prepares for spring after busy offseason
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Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel looks to pass during spring practice at Texas A&M.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel was back on the field with his teammates at spring practice on Tuesday.
But the whirlwind season he had last year brings up the question of just how long the quarterback will remain an Aggie. The quarterback became the
first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy in 2012. He will be eligible for the NFL draft after the 2013 season since he redshirted his first season in College Station. He knows questions about the possibility of leaving school early are inevitable. But he's not thinking about that right now. "I will just try to answer it the same way I do every time," he said. "It's always been a dream of mine, but for now I'm very content and very happy where I am right now. So I love it here." Still, he admitted that he will consider all the possibilities when it is time. "Whenever that decision comes, I will have to sit down and evaluate it just like you do with anything else in your life," he said. "With the NFL, if you have an opportunity to go, then you look at it. But I love this place, I love coach (Kevin) Sumlin and all my teammates here ... I'm not in any rush to make a decision like that." Manziel is however taking steps to guard his future, and said after Tuesday's practice that he is in the
process of getting an insurance policy to protect him in case of injury. "It's just a precaution," he said. "I think there's a lot of players out there that have done it in the past. You never know what could happen. Football is a dangerous sport, so you kind of have to make sure that you take the precaution." Sumlin said he tries to be there for Manziel as much as he can, but he's careful not to overdo it with his words of wisdom. "His life is forever changed," Sumlin said. "For me to tell him a lot, or anybody else to tell him a lot, it's really kind of hard because nobody has been in those shoes. All we can do is give him advice. We've got a great support system here for him. We have great communication." Texas A&M went 11-2 in its first season in the SEC after moving from the Big 12, its first 11-win season since 1998. Manziel led the Aggies to a win at national champion Alabama, and became A&M's first Heisman winner since 1957. Manziel threw
for more than 3,700 yards and added more than 1,400 yards on the ground last year to win the award. Last year at this time, Manziel was competing to be a starter. He knows things are much different now after the success he had in his first season. But the increased expectations won't change his approach. "I feel like we're doing all right. We're still just out here playing football, doing the same things that we did last year," he said. "We didn't have a lot of expectations last year, and there's a lot more talk this year. So for us, we just have to make sure that we continue to do the things that got us where we are today." Sumlin watched the development of Manziel throughout last season, and expects that progress to continue in his second year. He isn't concerned that his work ethic will change because of what happened last year. "As much as we talk to him, he's as hard on himself as any of the coaches are," Sumlin said. "He
wants to be great. Because of that he'll work at it. He's very, very honest and we're honest with him about what we see. He continues to work to improve." The team practiced for about two hours on Tuesday wearing shorts. The Aggies will don pads for their next practice on Thursday. The Aggies will use this spring to test out a revamped offensive line. There will be several changes to the group tasked with protecting Manziel, but the biggest one will be Jake Matthews taking over at left tackle for Outland Trophy winner Luke Joeckel, who left early for the draft. "In the first few days, first weeks we're still figuring out the pieces and what you have with guys," Manziel said. "There's a lot of new guys coming in and you're trying to plug guys in the offensive line. The first few weeks we'll evaluate and make sure we get everybody plugged into the right places, and from there it's just making sure that we continue to get better every week."
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AHA power rankings heading into tourney
By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent
The field is set for the first round of the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament, and UConn, Niagara, Air Force, and Holy Cross all have byes to the quarterfinals. These are the final rankings for the AHA for the 2012-13 regular season. 12. Sacred Heart (2-28-4, 2-21-4) After defeating Bentley 3-1 two weeks ago, the Pioneers finished their regular season with two losses and a tie. Sacred Heart scored six goals in their final three games, while allowing their opponents, Holy Cross and UConn, to tally 12 total goals. 11. Army (7-20-5, 7-15-5) The Black Knights dropped their final five games of the regular season, allowing 22 goals while scoring only 10. 10. Bentley (12-18-3, 10-143)
The Falcons went 0-3-2 in their final five games of the regular season, losing to both Sacred Heart and American International. Bentley’s only win since Jan. 25 came on Feb. 15 against Army, 5-3. 9. American International (12-15-6, 9-12-6) AIC won its final three games of the regular season, scoring 10 goals while only allowing five. The Yellow Jackets finished their season strong, only losing one game since Jan. 25 against UConn. 8. Canisius (13-18-5, 12-13-2) The Golden Griffins won their final two games of the regular season, 6-5 and 4-2 against the Rochester Institute of Technology. Canisius will play Bentley in the first round of the AHA tournament. 7. Rochester Institute of Technology (13-16-5, 11-12-4) RIT allowed 17 goals and went 1-3-0 in its final two games of the regular season. The Tigers
will face AIC in the opening round of the AHA tournament. 6. Mercyhurst (14-15-5, 12-11-4) The Lakers will face Army in the first round of the AHA tournament after tying Robert Morris 3-3, and 1-1, both in overtime, in their final two games of the regular season. 5. Robert Morris (18-12-4, 13-11-3) The Colonials won 13 AHA games on the year, four of which came in their final eight games. Robert Morris will face Sacred Heart in the first round of the AHA tournament. 4. Connecticut (17-13-4, 14-10-3) The Huskies finished the season with their first winning record since the 1999-2000 season, and clinched a bye to the quarterfinal round of the AHA tournament. UConn will host their best-of-three quarterfinal series at the Mark Freitas Ice Forum March 15-17.
and Pittsburgh are joining the Atlantic Coast Conference this summer, with Louisville following next year. West Virginia and Texas Christian University (who agreed to join but never did) are now in the Big XII. Rutgers is joining the Big Ten. Boise State and San Diego State were both prepared to join for football only, but decided against joining as a result of the aforementioned moves. Notre Dame is set to join the ACC in 2014, but with the Catholic 7 now departing this summer, the school will likely apply for an early exit. They are expected to either join the ACC this summer or spend a year in the new Big East.
UConn’s new conference does not yet have a name or a home for its postseason basketball tournament. It is expected that UConn officials will lobby for the tournament to be played at the XL Center in Hartford, the current home of the Big East women’s basketball tournament. Such matters were put on the hold while the television deal and the Catholic 7 negotiations were being handled. In 2014, the conference will have 11 football members. According to the Hartford Courant, a 12th team could be added for 2015, and Tulsa is a leading candidate.
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3. Holy Cross (19-12-3, 15-9-
The Crusaders also hold a first round bye to the quarterfinal round of the AHA tournament. Holy cross finished the regular season winning their final four games vs. AIC, Sacred Heart, and Army. 2. Air Force (17-11-7, 15-7-5) Air Force swept No. 13 Niagara in their final two games of the regular season, 5-2 and 6-1. The Falcons have a first round bye to the quarterfinals in the AHA tournament. 1. Niagara (21-8-5, 20-5-2) The Purple Eagles are one of four teams with a first round bye to the quarterfinals in the AHA tournament. Niagara finished the regular season 2-2-0 in their final four games, scoring three total goals in their two losses, and scoring eight goals in their two wins.
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Defenseman Jacob Poe and the UConn men's hockey team went 14-10-3 in Atlantic Hockey play this year and earned a bye into the conference tournament quarterfinals.
Payout helps UConn offset television revenue loss Canadiens fail to get point for first time in month from UCONN, page 12 loss of revenue from the new television deal that the nowunnamed conference signed with ESPN on Feb. 23. The new deal will pay the conference $130 million over seven years, a payout of $2 million per year. The current Big East deal with ESPN pays UConn $3 million per year. Two years ago, the Big East turned down a nine-year, $1.17 billion offer from ESPN, which would have paid UConn about $8 million per year. Since turning down that deal, 16 schools – including the Catholic 7 – have decided to leave the Big East. Syracuse
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Radek Martinek scored the tiebreaking goal eight minutes into the third period and the New York Islanders handed Montreal its first regulation loss in nearly a month with a 6-3 victory Tuesday night. Martinek's shot from the left point on a pass from Kyle Okposo eluded goaltender Carey Price at 7:56. It was the first goal of the season for Martinek, who hadn't scored since Oct. 12, 2011, while with Columbus. John Tavares scored his team-leading 14th goal with 1:07 left before Colin McDonald closed the scoring with an empty-netter. Brian Gionta's power-play goal at 6:07 of the third — the
20,000th goal for the Canadiens since the NHL was formed in 1917 — tied the game at 3. Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban made it 3-2 with a blast from the point with 3:11 to go in the second, his fifth of the season, after Matt Martin and Michael Grabner scored 48 seconds apart midway through the second to put the Islanders ahead 3-1. It was the second straight home win for the Islanders, who won for only the fourth time in 13 games at Nassau Coliseum. Montreal hadn't lost in regulation since a 6-0 defeat at home against Toronto on Feb. 9. The Canadiens surged to the top of the Eastern Conference with an 8-0-3 record since that lopsided defeat.
Evgeni Nabokov made 29 saves for the Islanders. The 37-yearold goaltender, who improved to 10-7-2, has started all but four games this season. Martin scored at 12:10 of the second, knocking in a pass from Brad Boyes for his second of the season with Montreal's Lars Eller serving a tripping penalty. Grabner added his ninth of the season at 12:58 after a shot by defenseman Thomas Hickey deflected to him in front of Price. Montreal's Tomas Plekanec opened the scoring at 5:21 of the first with his 10th of the season. Plekanec took a pass from Alex Galchenyuk in the left corner after Michael Ryder outmuscled Martinek in the right corner.
Fox Sports to debut new 24-hour sports channel on Aug. 17
NEW YORK (AP) — For anyone who thinks TV is already saturated with sports of every stripe, stay tuned. Here comes Fox with an in-yourface challenge to ESPN - a 24-hour sports cable network called Fox Sports 1, set to launch Aug. 17. "ESPN, quite frankly, is a machine," Fox Sports executive vice president Bill Wanger said Tuesday in announcing the venture. "They have very consistent ratings, obviously huge revenue. We're coming in trying to take on the establishment. It's no different than Fox News or Fox Broadcasting back in the '80s. We're going to have to scratch and claw our way all the way to the top." To do that, Fox executives are confident they have enough live events, with rights to college basketball and football, NASCAR, soccer and UFC fights. In its first year, the new network will broadcast nearly 5,000 hours of live competition and news. Fox owns rights to many Big 12, Pac-12 and Conference USA basketball and football games. Its soccer deals include UEFA
Champions League and the men's and women's World Cups from 2015-22. Starting in 2014, FS1 will start broadcasting Major League Baseball games, including part of the postseason. It will show some NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as early as 2015, with other NASCAR events on the air from the startup. "We believe we've amassed enough live events and can package and put programming around it where we can have scale," Fox Sports co-President Randy Freer said. "We can have significance. We can be a major player in the market." However, unlike ESPN's lineup, there's no NBA, no SEC football, no ACC basketball and, the biggest attraction of all, no NFL games. On that last point, Wanger was quick to add: "Yet." Still to be determined is whether the NFL sells some Thursday night games separately from its NFL Network package. If it does, everyone will try to buy a piece of the action. That will be the case for any
rights deals that come along soon; there aren't many, with long-term pacts now the norm. NBC and CBS already have their own cable sports networks, and Turner is also a factor. Fox Sports co-President Eric Shanks mentioned the NBA, Big Ten and U.S. Open tennis as appealing properties whose contracts expire in the next several years. FS1 has two main challenges, he said. One is producing enough alluring live events to draw viewers, and he thinks the network is already in good shape to do that. The other is inertia: Fans accustomed to tuning to ESPN must be persuaded to switch to a different network. "People need to over time feel like there's a channel number in their head that they can go to as an alternative to one of the more powerful sports channels out there," he said. Will they watch nightly highlights on something other than "SportsCenter"? FS1 will try to find out with its own news show, which will look more like Fox's NFL pregame coverage than
ESPN's cornerstone program. "We like our position," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said. "We have always had vigorous competition so there is really nothing substantially new here. Others are, however, beginning to recognize what we have long known: The power of live sports, especially in light of technological advances, is substantial and brings tremendous value in today's entertainment landscape." ESPN has eight cable networks that combine for almost 30,000 hours of live coverage. FS1 will be converted from Speed, a motorsports network, and will be available in 90 million homes, compared with 98 million for ESPN and ESPN2. And in what might seem odd for a company known for drawing a young audience, Regis Philbin will host a weekday sports talk show for the new network. The 81-yearold Philbin jokingly pretended to be hard of hearing when questions came up about this at the news conference. Wanger noted that "Live! With Regis and Kelly" did well
in younger demographics before Philbin left that show in late 2011. "Regis has appeal from young to old," Wanger said. "That's why we want him." Fox plans to use its "double box" format for showing commercials during live action for sports events. Kicking off the coverage on Aug. 17 will be a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Michigan and a UFC event in prime time. Fox executives had talked about potentially launching a sports network for years. As DVRs made live events even more valuable, the timing was right once the company was able to line up enough broadcast rights. And not having a cable sports partner could have hurt the main Fox network in negotiations, Freer said. Fox has used cable channel FX in the past to show some sports. The network wasn't ready to announce its deal with the new basketball conference formed by breakaway Big East schools, but Fox's executives were happy to talk up the ratings draw the league will provide. Freer called it an
"iconic basketball brand" that will immediately be one of the top hoops conferences in the country. "They're very historic, highprofile teams. The Georgetowns of the world and so on, St. John's, Villanova etc.," Wanger said. "It would be a coup if that deal did happen." Fox is airing the 2014 Super Bowl in the New York area, a valuable opportunity to promote the new network. Its 22 regional channels will also offer regular chances to direct viewers to FS1. A report by RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank says that while FS1 may not match ESPN right away, it can still thrive without doing so. Banks writes that a "modestly successful" venture would more than quadruple Fox's monthly subscriber fees from what Speed received and increase ad revenue from $90 million to $460 million. "It's going to take us a while, and we're aware of this fact," Fox Sports Chairman David Hill said. "We're not expecting to knock ESPN off in the first week or two. ... It's going to be a solid slog."
Ronaldo scores in return to Old Trafford, sends Real Madrid to Quarterfinals MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Just like 10 years ago, Ronaldo scored at Old Trafford to advance Real Madrid in the Champions League and eliminate Manchester United. Back then it was the Brazilian Ronaldo, who scored a memorable hat trick. This time it was Cristiano Ronaldo, back at United for the first time since leaving four years ago. The Portuguese forward opted not to celebrate the goal that gave the ninetime champions a 2-1 victory
Tuesday night and their third straight quarterfinals berth. "I am happy inside because Madrid got through," Ronaldo said after the 3-2 aggregate win. "But on the other hand, I feel a little bit sad because of Manchester United." United took a 2-1 lead in the total-goal series when Nani's cross in the 48th minute deflected in off a leg of Sergio Ramos for an own goal. The game started to turn when Nani received a red card from Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir
Morrissey: Hartford not pro sports town from PRO, page 12 Let’s say for argument’s sake this league does get off the ground and a Connecticut franchise comes to fruition. Will fans make the drive on a hot summer day to the Rent to watch minor league football? It was a struggle this past season to draw fans for UConn football. Granted, this was in part to the dismal performance on the field. But even if a Hartford USFL team produced a winning season, it’s unlikely fans would embrace
the team. Hartford is many things; it’s the insurance capital of the country, one of the oldest cities in America and “New England’s Rising Star,” but major professional sports town, it’s not. Keep the USFL in markets where it has the potential to be somewhat successful and give the league a chance. Follow Tyler on Twitter @ TylerRMorrissey
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in the 56th minute for a studsup, flying challenge on Alvaro Arbeloa. United manager Alex Ferguson charged out of his seat and down to the sideline to vent his anger. Luka Modric cut to his right across the top of the penalty area in the 66th and tied the game and the aggregate with a 25-yard shot that eluded the left hand of diving goalkeeper David De Gea and went in off a post. It was just the second goal for Modric since Real Madrid bought him from Tottenham
last summer. Ronaldo scored three minutes later, getting past Rafael da Silva and sliding to tap in a cross from Gonzalo Higuain. Ronaldo reached 40 goals for the third consecutive season. "Mentally it was not easy for Ronaldo," Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said. Ferguson was so angered by the decision to eject Nani that he skipped the post-match news conference and sent assistant Mike Phelan. "Everyone is wondering what
had happened and why it happened," Phelan said of the red card. "We had a very distraught dressing room and a very distraught manager — and that's why I'm sat here in front of you now." Ryan Giggs, the 39-year-old midfielder making his 1,000th senior competitive appearance for Manchester United, Wales and the British Olympic team, angrily pointed at Cakir after the final whistle. Rio Ferdinand sarcastically clapped in his face. Mourinho, viewed as a pos-
sible future replacement for the 71-year-old Ferguson, walked off the field early without celebrating the end of the match — a stark contrast to his famous run when his Porto team scored in the 90th minute to eliminate United in 2004. "We didn't play well. We didn't deserve to win," Mourinho said. "I doubt that 11 against 11 we can win that match." "Independent of that," he said of the red card, "the best team lost."
Lightning snap five-game losing streak with 5-2 win over Devils in New Jersey NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nate Thompson scored twice and Martin St. Louis and rookie Alexander Killorn each had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a fivegame losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the struggling New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. Cory Conacher and Vincent Lecavalier each had two assists as the Lightning won for only the second time in eight games and extended the Devils' winless streak to six games (0-5-1). Anders Lindback had 25 saves for the Lightning, surrendering
late goals to Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias. New Jersey's slide has taken place with Johan Hedberg in goal for the injured Martin Brodeur (back). The crowd at the Prudential Center cheered wildly after coach Peter DeBoer sent Keith Kinkaid out for his first NHL action after Tampa Bay opened a 3-0 lead. The only good thing the Devils did was end Steven Stamkos' 10-game point streak. He had scored goals in eight of his last nine games, and only a pad save by Kinkaid on a breakaway
early in the third period prevented the streak from continuing. Thompson put the Lightning ahead for good with 2:56 left in the first period. Hedberg played the puck from behind his own net and Lightning rookie Ondrej Palat got the puck in the corner, found Conacher in the left circle. The rookie found Thompson alone in from for a shot that Hedberg never had a chance to stop. Tampa Bay put the game away in the second period on the goals by St. Louis and Killorn. St. Louis' sixth tally of the season came on a 3-on-2 play that
Killorn started in his own end. He made a pass to Lecavalier coming out of the Lightning's own zone, took a return pass in New Jersey's zone and then found St. Louis alone at the left side of the net for a tap-in at 5:33. Killorn, who has four goals and four assists in 13 games since being called up, made a great play on the third goal. He skated out from behind the Devils' net, moved between the circles and beat Hedberg between the pads with Hedberg distracted by Lecavalier and St. Louis standing on either side of him.
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THE Storrs Side UConn, BYU agree to football series for 2014 and 2015 By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer The University of Connecticut reached an agreement Monday with Brigham Young University for a home-and-home series to be played between the two schools’ football programs in 2014 and 2015. The two teams will open the 2014 season against each other at Rentschler Field on Aug. 28. The second game will be played on Oct. 31, 2015 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. This latest series adds another nationally recognized program to the growing list of non-conference opponents for UConn. In 2013, UConn will complete series with Michigan and Maryland. The program also has agreements in place with Tennessee for the 2015 and 2016 seasons and Virginia for 2016 and 2017. “We are very excited to bring another nationally prominent opponent to Rentschler Field,” said UConn Director of Athletics Warde Manuel (via uconnhuskies.com). “BYU has a long tradition of football excellence with prominent players that are known around the country. With
Michigan playing at UConn in 2013 and Tennessee in 2015, we feel that we have a very strong non-conference schedule for the next several years and plan on continuing that practice.” Manuel also said that he thinks UConn’s “loyal followers” will enjoy making the trip to Provo, as UConn fans have made a habit of traveling in large numbers to non-conference away games. In recent seasons, the Huskies have played road games at Notre Dame, Michigan and Maryland. BYU has been a Football Bowl Subdivision Independent program since it left the Mountain West Conference after the 2010 season. Over the past eight seasons, the Cougars are 74-29 and have won six bowl games, one of only seven teams to accomplish the feat. In comparison, UConn is 52-54 over the past eight seasons and has won two bowl games in four attempts. According to the release on the UConn Athletics website, game times and television coverage for the two games between UConn and BYU have not yet been determined.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug McDermott has added yet another award to his collection. Creighton’s star forward on Tuesday was named the Missouri Valley Conference’s player of the year for the second straight season. The 6-foot-8 junior, whose 23.4-point average ranks first in the Valley and second nationally, received 35 of 36 first-place votes in a poll of coaches, sports information directors and media. In other Valley awards, Creighton’s Ethan Wragge was named sixth man of the year, Wichita State’s Cleanthony Early newcomer of the year, Missouri State’s Marcus Marshall freshman of the year and Bradley’s Dyricus Simms-Edwards defensive player of the year. McDermott and Early were joined on the allconference first team by Illinois State’s Jackie Carmichael, Indiana State’s Jake Odum and Evansville’s Colt Ryan. Ryan was runner-up to McDermott for player of the year. Wichita State, which gives up 60.8 points a game, was named defensive team of the year. McDermott is the first Valley player since Hersey Hawkins (1986-88) with consecutive 700-point seasons and the first to win his second Larry Bird Trophy as a junior. He’s the eighth player to receive the conference’s top honor in back-to-back years and the first since Southern Illinois’ Darren Brooks in 2004-05. McDermott was at his best in his last game, scoring a season-high 41 points in a 91-79 win over Wichita State on Saturday that produced the Bluejays’ first outright regular-season championship since 2001. “It feels way better this year than it did last year, just for the fact we were able to get it done,” McDermott said. “It came down to one game, and it’s really special we were able to do that. I feel great and can’t wait for St. Louis.” Creighton (24-7) opens defense of its MVC tournament championship on Friday in St. Louis. McDermott has been a dominant player in the Valley for three years. He became the first freshman since 1952 to make the all-conference first team. Last year he came out of the regular season averaging 23.1 points and became the first Creighton player named first-team AllAmerican by The Associated Press. Even though opponents loaded up defensively on McDermott this season, he scored 25 or more points in 14 games. McDermott also ranks third in the conference in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and is second in three-point percentage (.481). Wragge was named the league’s top reserve after averaging 7.8 points and better than two 3-pointers a game. Early, who’s averaging 14.5 points and 5.2 rebounds, is the second straight Wichita State player named newcomer of the year. Carl Hall won the award in 2012. Missouri State’s Marshall is the Valley’s top-scoring freshman, at 10.8 points a game. Bradley’s Simms-Edwards, the top defensive player, leads the Valley with a school-record 84 steals.
THE Pro Side Hurricanes’ Cam Ward out up to two months with MCL sprain By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer The Carolina Hurricanes have announced that starting goaltender Cam Ward could miss up to two months due to a sprained ligament in his left knee. Ward endured a third-degree sprain of his MCL during the team’s 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. Hurricane defenseman Justin Faulk incidentally crashed into the netminder when attempting to halt Panther forward Jack Skille from putting a puck on net in the second period. This season Ward is 9-6-1 with a 2.84 goals against average, while Carolina is currently in first place in the Southeast Division and third in the Eastern Conference standings. The team has been playing middle-of-thepack defense, allowing 2.8 goals per game with Ward and back-up goalie Dan Ellis between the pipes. However, the Hurricanes have been amongst the league best with a 3.0 goals per game average, good for sixth-best in the
NHL. While their defensive numbers may suffer a bit with the loss of Ward, Ellis has played well in spot duty. In a back-up role, Ellis registered a 3-2-1 record and 2.53 goals against average this season, including a 1-0 shutout of Ottawa last month. Following last night’s game against Buffalo, the Hurricanes now face a tough matchup tomorrow in the Montreal Canadiens, who are in the top five in the NHL offensively. Depending on his recovery, Ward may not be able to return until the very end of the regular season, which is scheduled for April 27. Excluding this year, Ward has only had one season shortened due to injury since 2006, when he played in just 47 games over the 200910 campaign. This season is also the only campaign since 2006 when Ward has maintained a goals against average of higher than 2.75.
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UCONN TO RECEIVE BIG PAYOUT Huskies stand to gain $20-30 million in settlement By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer
Tyler Morrissey Yes, you read that headline correctly. Professional football is coming back to Hartford again. A long time ago, there was a professional football league called the USFL. It was a league that “challenged” the NFL from 1983 until demise in 1987. Starting in the spring of 2014, the USFL is back, thanks to the work of CEO Jamie Cuadra. Cuadra has decided to bring back the league, but this time instead of trying to compete with the NFL, Cuadra wants to work with the NFL to create a minor league for America’s most popular professional sport. Currently the proposed league has eight teams, including one in Connecticut. The Connecticut franchise will most likely set up shop in East Hartford and play their home games at Rentschler Field. This decision to play professional football in the Nutmeg State puzzles me. Connecticut, in general, is not exactly pro sports-friendly, just ask the Whalers, who left town the first chance they got in 1997. Connecticut is right between two of the largest sports markets in the country, Boston and New York. Why on earth Cuadra would select the Hartford as New England’s entry into this league is beyond my comprehension. This is not the first time a football league has chosen Hartford as a home. In the 1920s the Hartford Blues played in our state capital when the NFL was in its infancy. And, of course, we all remember the UFL’s Hartford Colonials, who went a meager 3-5 during the only season they played in Connecticut before the league suspended play in 2011. Professional sports and Connecticut do not mix. While this upstart USFL is pegged as the minor leagues – similar to the now defunct NFL Europe – placing a team in Connecticut is a disastrous move on Cuadra’s part if he wants this league to have any chance at success. Don’t get me wrong, professional minor league sports can do a lot for a city and are a great destination for families to spend the day together. Some of my best memories as a child were going to see the since-relocated New Haven Ravens at Yale Field. But minor league baseball is a completely different animal than minor league football. Minor league baseball teams come to an area for a short period of time and then they leave for another city. That’s just the nature of the business. Of course you have exceptions to this phenomenon, like the New Britain Rock Cats, who have played in Connecticut since 1983. Minor league or semiprofessional football leagues have been notorious for lasting only a few seasons, case in point, the XFL. Maybe the new USFL is different and the league will find some sort of success. The USFL plans to place two teams in Texas, which is not a bad idea. Texans will line up to watch any form of football, regardless of the level of competition.
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The University of Connecticut is one of three Big East schools receiving an estimated $20-30 million as part of a settlement between the holdover football schools and the seven departing basketball schools. The agreement, which will be finalized later this week, allows the seven basketball schools known as the Catholic 7 – Villanova, Georgetown, Providence, Marquette, St. John’s, DePaul and Seton Hall – to leave and form their own conference this July. The seven departing schools and the three holdover Big East football schools – UConn, Cincinnati and South Florida ¬– will divide about $100 million in exit fees, entry fees and NCAA Tournament revenue, with the seven basketball schools taking a significantly smaller cut in order to leave this summer. The Catholic 7 will receive only $10 million to divide amongst its schools, but it will also receive the Big East name and the contract to play its conference tournament in Madison Square Garden. UConn, Cincinnati and South Florida will divide the majority of the remaining money for an estimated total of $20-30 million per school. The future members of the new conference – Central Florida, Southern Methodist, Houston, Memphis, Temple, East Carolina, Tulane and Navy – will divide up a smaller portion of the exit fees as compensation for the new television deal, which was not as sizeable as anticipated by the members of the conference. For UConn, the payout helps to offset the LINDSAY COLLIER/The Daily Campus
UConn’s Ryan Boatright celebrates during the Huskies recent win over Cincinnati at the XL Center. UConn and Cincinnati will both receive payouts of about $20-30 million as part of a settlement that allows the Catholic 7 to take the Big East name and form their own conference this summer.
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Napier’s status uncertain as UConn faces USF
By Danny Maher Senior Staff Writer
The UConn men’s basketball team’s season has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. After winning four out of five games and putting themselves in prime position for a share of the Big East regular season title, the Huskies have lost two in a row and will be without junior Niels Giffey for the rest of the season. Giffey broke his finger in a 61-56 loss at Cincinnati on March 2. Giffey is UConn’s leading scorer (4.9 points per game) and rebounder (3.6 rebounds per game) off the bench. The Huskies (19-9, 9-7 in the Big East) played without junior Shabazz Napier, who reinjured his right foot against Georgetown. The
Huskies missed Napier’s leadership in the final minute against Cincinnati as they turned the ball over twice with a chance to take the lead or force the game into overtime. Napier is a game-time decision for tonight’s game against the South Florida Bulls (11-17 overall, 2-14 in the Big East) in Tampa at 9 p.m. In the first meeting, UConn came from behind to defeat the South Florida 69-64 in overtime on Feb. 3. The Bulls limited the Huskies to just 15 first-half points but Napier and sophomore Ryan Boatright carried the Huskies with 41 combined points. As conference foes, UConn is 7-1 against South Florida. The Huskies have four players who average in double figures. Napier is
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assists per game. Sophomore DeAndre Daniels tallies 11.5 points per game and is the team’s leading rebounder at 5.2 In the last two games, losses at home to Georgetown and at Cincinnati, Daniels led the team with 21.5 points and nine rebounds per game. Freshman Omar Calhoun puts up 11.4 points per game but struggled last time out against the Bearcats. He scored just three points and committed four turnovers in 32 minutes. South Florida ended a 10-game losing streak and earned its second Big East win of the season with a 83-73 victory over DePaul on March 3. The Bulls are tied for last place in the conference. USF’s only other conference win came over Georgetown on Jan. 19, iron-
ically the Hoyas are first place in the Big East. After advancing to the NCAA Tournament last season, the Bulls were picked to finish 8th in the conference preseason, one spot ahead of the Huskies. South Florida hold opponents to 30.7 percent from three point land and average just 11 turnovers per game. South Florida junior Victor Rudd leads the team with 11.4 points per game and seven rebounds per game. Senior Toarlyn Fitzpatrick is USF’s second leading scorer at 10.4 points per game. He recorded a doubledouble, 22 points and ten rebounds, in the first meeting with UConn. Tonight’s game can be seen on ESPNU.
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Women’s lacrosse looks to extend winning streak
By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent
The UConn women’s lacrosse team will look to extend their winning streak to four games as they take on the University of New Hampshire today. UConn is coming into the game outscoring their opponents thus far, 46-16, en route to a 3-0 start. The last time these two teams faced off, UConn got the best of UNH 12-9. “Last season and this season is really different,” Head Coach Katie Woods said. “New Hampshire has a new coaching staff, new energy, for us we need to step on the field from the first whistle and play hard like we know how to for the whole game.” UConn led 8-2 after the first half in their previous matchup with the Wildcats. “UNH is athletic and goes really hard and has had close games,” Woods said. “We have to play for the whole 60 minutes.” The Huskies went into the game
last season 3-1, and were able to hold off UNH to reach 4-1. “We were able to put them on some pressure to help our transition game,” Woods said. “We finished when we needed to finish. We stepped up our game defensively.” UConn has had no problem scoring so far this season, with 13, 13 and 20 goals scored in their first three games of the season. “As we continue to go through the season, our attackers are getting smarter at what plays are too risky, and when to take shots,” Woods said. While scoring 46 goals in the first three games of the season, UConn has limited their opponents to final tallies of 2, 8 and 6. “We’re getting smarter, we just need to make sure that we make every possession count and limit our opponent’s opportunities on attack,” Woods said. One of UConn’s best attackers, junior midfielder Lauren Kahn, was named Big East player of the week after she totaled 12 points in the first two games of the season. “She has had a really strong
season so far,” Woods said. “The biggest thing is that she is a competitor and thrives in those types of environments, and has matured this past fall and she is someone that is a positive contributor anywhere on the field: attacking, transition or off the draw, and she has really been a strong asset all over the field.” UConn has been able to take 30 shots per game so far this season, while putting in 51 percent of them. The Huskies also have a total of 26 assists so far this year, compared to their opponents eight. “The whole plan behind this year is based around the team; we play for each other, we play together from the defensive end all the way through to the attacking end,” Woods said. “We’re really spreading the wealth around and everyone is getting involved and we are really focused on the team for the game.” The Huskies will face off with UNH today at 3:30 p.m. on home field at the George G. Family Sports Complex.
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Senior midfielder Kacie Lewis and the UConn women’s lacrosse team will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they face New Hampshire this afternoon.