The Daily Campus: March 7, 2012

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The USG Judiciary Committee heard seven cases Thursday against the presidential campaigns of Bryan Flanaghan, Jordan Hegel and Ozzie Gooding. Allegations were filed over the weekend and Monday for election rules violations by the two campaigns.

The campaign of Flanaghan and Stephanie Sala was accused of violating posting rules and improper campaign conduct.

In Rana et. al. v. FlanaghanSala, the petitioners said the Flanaghan campaign had violated USG campaign rules regarding chalking, with a chalk message on the side of Torrey Life Sciences. USG campaign rules state that chalk cannot be placed on “any areas inaccessible to rain, or any vertical surface.”

Senator Nicole Douglin also brought a case against

Flanaghan, submitting as evidence a photo of Flanaghan using a USG computer to view campaign photos. Flanaghan argued that he used the USG computer to choose which picture to use for his campaign, but submitted the photo with a personal computer. Chief of Staff Corey Schmitt also filed a violation with the Judiciary for the incident.

Schmitt also filed two cases against the campaign of Jordan Hegel and Daniel Massaro.

Schmitt produced evidence that Hegel had worked on a letter of intent and campaign photo on a USG computer. A screenshot was submitted showing those two files on the desktop visible to all USG senators when they log in to USG office computers.

“The intent was to complete a campaign packet, not to campaign. That is all I did,” Hegel said.

The second violation

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Senators Jordan Hegel (left) and Bryan Flanaghan (right) defended their presidential tickets against accusations of campaign violations in front of the USG Judiciary Committee.

addressed the use of a USG printer by Hegel to print a campaign flyer. Like many of the other allegations brought before the judiciary, this instance falls under Bylaw 17 Line 15 of the USG code.

Senator Douglin filed a third case against Hegel’s campaign,

alleging improper campaigning. As the Buckley senator for USG, vice presidential candidate Dan Massaro maintains the Facebook page “Buckley Senator: Undergraduate Student Government.” The page, created by previous Buckley senator Rebecca D’Angelo, was passed

Huskies hold court, defend title

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goal is to make more resources for native women who have been prostituted, as native women do not have some of the resources that other women have. “[Native women] are marginalized in an already marginalized community,” Stark said.

Many members of the audience wanted to know what they could do to increase the awareness of trafficking and prostitution, and how they could get more involved.

“I know how desperate I was growing up for someone to help me. My father battered my mother and everybody could hear it and nobody did anything,” Stark said. “But if you started to acknowledge the domestic vio-

The university is banning on-campus events and will prohibit visitors during Spring Weekend 2012, according to UConn spokesperson Michael Kirk.

“The university tried a lot of different ways to divert attention from unsanctioned events, most of which were off-campus and alcohol-based, but students either just went to the unsanctioned gatherings or did both,” Kirk said.

These changes are a continuation of the suite of policies set forth last year to curtail the event, in which thousands of UConn students and visitors celebrate the last weekend before finals.

The crowds are known to destroy property and incite violence. Kirk said the university’s policy changes are a direct response to the death of UConn student Jafar Karzoun during 2010’s Spring Weekend.

Karzoun, 20, died from head injuries sustained in an off-campus fistfight.

Provost Peter Nicholls wrote in an email sent to UConn students that the ban of events like Oozeball, the mud volleyball competition once thought a rite of passage for UConn undergraduates, and Southapalooza, a day-time carnival on the South Campus lawn with inflatable attractions, was “necessitated by the fact that many campus roads, walkways, and parking areas…will be closed by police.”

The email signed by Nicholls and Vice President for Student Affairs John Saddlemire also suggested students leave campus that weekend.

“I just don’t think that it’s fair for UConn to ask us to not have a weekend,” said Justin Benevidez, a 6th-semester biology major.

The announcement comes 12 days after USG released an official statement of position

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The women’s basketball team beat Notre Dame 63-54 at the XL Center in Hartford to win the program’s 18th Big East Championship. Head coach Geno Auriemma earned his 800th career win, and the Huskies avoided losing to the Irish for a fourth straight time.

Trafficking and prostitution addressed by victim, advocate Christine Stark

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on to Massaro. According to Douglin he used the page to promote the Hegel/Massaro campaign.

Massaro argued that his Facebook page was not an official USG page, and so is not

On Tuesday, the UConn Co-op, the Women’s Center and their associated Violence Against Women Prevention Program hosted Christine Stark, a survivor and advocate for victims of sexual exploitation.

Christine Stark is an awardwinning writer, artist and public speaker. Stark has a Pushcart Nomination and a McKnight Award among others. Stark had been a part of many groundbreaking reports, like “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota,” which Stark was the co-author.

“Garden of Truth” started

because of anecdotal information Stark and her colleagues were gathering about the abuse, prostitution and trafficking of native women in Minnesota. The authors of “Garden of Truth” began to conduct research in order to substantiate the stories they were hearing.

Ultimately, their goal was to raise awareness of the prevalence of prostitution and trafficking of native women, and of all women across the United States.

Stark discussed how the people who are prostituted are frequently moved, and the problem is not just contained to Minnesota.

Stark then read various excerpts from her novel “Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation.” Her novel depicts the story of a young girl who is a victim of incest, abuse,

prostitution and rape.

Trafficked and prostituted by her own family members, Stark made a commitment to change the vicious cycle of prostitution, trafficking and abuse. She described some of the horror stories she has heard from other victims of prostitution and exploitation. Stark believes that many women who have been prostituted feel that they need to remove themselves from the situation and get an education, as she did.

“Over and over again we heard from women that they wanted to get out of their situation and go back to school,” Stark said Tuesday, “These women are extremely hurt but they have goals, aspirations, they have humor, they have love.”

Stark stated Tuesday that her

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State casinos threatened by competition

HARTFORD (AP) — Revenue at Connecticut’s two casinos fell by 4 percent in 2010, the third straight year of decline, a report on Indian-run casinos in the U.S. said Tuesday.

The study said the fastest declines in revenue were among Indian casinos in North Carolina, Idaho, Iowa, Connecticut and California.

Connecticut has the two largest Indian gambling facilities in the U.S., Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun. Alan Meister, an economist at Nathan Associates Inc. and author of the report, said the Connecticut casinos were hurt by the recession, weak recovery and because of increased casino competition in the Northeast.

Jeffrey Hartmann, president and chief executive officer of Mohegan Sun, said in an interview that revenue from table games

Conn. venues want mixed martial arts legalized

HARTFORD (AP) — Representatives from arenas in Hartford and Bridgeport are urging Connecticut lawmakers to legalize mixed martial arts matches, predicting it will be a major moneymaker for their facilities and the state.

Mixed martial arts draws from different forms of fighting, such as jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing and kickboxing.

Matches can currently be held at the state’s two casinos because they’re owned by sovereign Indian tribes. But the matches cannot be held off the reservations, such as at the XL Center in Hartford and Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

Representatives from both venues told the Public Safety Committee Tuesday that numerous promoters want to bring matches.

Landlords, students meet to talk off-campus housing

By Stephen Underwood Staff Writer

As applications to UConn have been soaring and enrollment increasing, on-campus housing is becoming scarce.

Many students are now considering living off-campus as a viable alternative to settling for university housing. As a result, UConn’s Off-Campus Housing Services annually holds its Off-Campus Housing Fair each spring and fall semester.

The fair, held yesterday, allowed students to talk with local landlords and tenants on rental charges and contract information. This allowed students to make informed decisions on their housing choices.

Also, town and school organizations were present offering tips ranging from safety information to automobile help.

Through entering, students were given information pamphlets and resource guides on off-campus student services.

Also, giveaways such as free T-shirts, bags, and raffles, were distributed, making the fair both fun and informative.

Ashley Trotter, program coordinator, said, “At the OffCampus Housing Fair, we try

to provide a venue for students to explore off-campus housing options. This year there are roughly 40 tables set up ranging from UConn properties and organizations, landlords, tenants, and representatives from the town of Mansfield. This is an informal event for students to be able to come and talk face-to-face and get information without having to go online.”

Among the many tables set up for students to browse were many UConn organizations and off-campus properties.

These included UConn State Police, Department of Wellness and Prevention, Colonial Townhouse Apartments, Cedar Ridge & Carriage House Apartments, Celeron Square Apartments, Hunting Lodge Apartments, Lofts at the Mills, Oaks on the Square, Walden & Woodhaven Apartments, and many other organizations.

Many students cited their varied perspectives on the fair as a big help in searching for off-campus housing. Students revealed that having tenants and landlords from a variety of both well known and lesserknown properties was helpful in their search. Also, being able to talk to people face-

Hartford police boost patrols No evidence ties on-campus around Trinity HARTFORD (AP) — Hartford police say they are stepping up patrols around Trinity College after a student was attacked near campus.

Police Chief James Rovella says students and faculty will notice a greater police presence including patrol officers in uniform and detectives.

A Trinity student suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone in an attack early Sunday morning by men who jumped out of a car repeatedly kicked him in the face.

Police said Tuesday they have interviewed the victim and are following up on leads.

Mayor Pedro Segarra said the arrest of the attackers is of the highest priority for the city and Trinity College.

Lawmakers hold hearing on “scream rooms”

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are hearing opinions on a bill that would require the state to report on how often special education students are isolated because of emotional outbursts.

The state’s Select Committee of Children discussed the proposed bill Tuesday.

The bill would require the State Board of Education to produce an annual report on the use of physical restraint and seclusion on disabled children.

The proposal comes in response to recent incidents in Middletown, where special education students at Farm Hill School were reportedly isolated in “scream rooms” during outbursts.

State officials say isolation rooms can be used as part of a student’s Individualized Education Program, and are subject to strict regulations.

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s plan to allow casino patrons to gamble while standing in line for dinner, in a lounge or beside a swimming pool is moving closer to approval.

A state Assembly committee approved the bill Monday, following similar action last month in the state Senate. Votes in both houses could come as soon as next week.

A proposal by state Sen. Jim Whelan, a former Atlantic City mayor, would let the casinos offer hand-held gambling devices to customers on casino property, as long as they are inoperable beyond the boundaries of the casino.

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from UNIVERSITY, page 1 condemning UConn’s so-called “moratorium” on campus-sanctioned events.

The statement cited the Report of the Spring Weekend Task Force, which claimed, “there is no evidence that official on-campus programming has any effect on the unsanctioned events.”

Kirk did not comment on

whether the sign-in policies at Carriage House Apartments and Celeron Square Apartments, off-campus housing complexes and Spring Weekend hot spots, will be implemented this year. The university spoke to the landlords of Carriage and Celeron to implement strict visitor guidelines and occupancy limits last year.

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Warm winter may bring pest-filled spring HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The mild winter that has given many Northern farmers a break from shoveling and a welcome chance to catch up on maintenance could lead to a tough spring as many pests that would normally freeze have not.

Winters are usually what one agriculture specialist calls a “reset button” that gives farmer a fresh start come planting season. But with relatively mild temperatures and little snow, insects are surviving, growing and, in some areas, already munching on budding plants.

Almost every state had a warmer-than-usual January, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In Albany, N.Y., for example, the average high in January was 37 degrees, when it’s usually less than freezing, according to the National Weather Service. In Tulsa, Okla., the average high last month was about 57 degrees, 9 degrees higher than normal.

The Upper Midwest, Great Plains and a few other areas were “much above normal” in temperature, NOAA said.

Dawn Allen, who has an 89-year-old, family-run bog in Freetown, Mass., said her family will likely start sweeping bogs with a contraption similar to a butterfly net in April to catch winter moth caterpillars, instead of waiting until mid-May, when they typically start. The winter moth caterpillars are aggressive and eat buds, potentially ruining a crop for a whole year.

“It’s a big stress factor that gets us out on the bog early,” said Allen, whose farm sells cranberries for juice and pulp converted into cranberry vitamins.

Martha Sylvia, a research technician at the University of Massachusetts cranberry station, said growers should expect to start spraying earlier and more often because there’s “definitely an upswing” in winter moths, she said.

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Students, tenants and landlords discuss off-campus housing options for the upcoming school year at the off-campus housing fair in the Student Union Ballroom.

to-face as opposed to going online was both helpful and resourceful.

Christina Fischer, a sixth semester animal science major and Hunting Lodge employee, said, “The fair gives students a nice opportunity for possible roommate matchups and lets students be aware of all the different options for off-campus housing, not just the more well know properties.”

While the fair is helpful for students to discuss their options

and ask questions, it is also helpful for employees, tenants, landlords and organizations to get their messages across.

“The fair is a great place to come and get represented while talking to students,” said Adam Marget, employee in the Student Administrative Office at UConn One Card. “It shows there is a lot offered and allows employees to talk about their organizations.”

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Derogatory language marginalizes victims from TRAFFICKING, page 1 lence, you would have found out that my father was raping my mother and me, and you would have realized my father and grandfather were selling me to be raped.”

Stark also discussed why she does not use derogatory words for people who have been prostituted, as it only marginalizes them further, and reminds them of their

abuse.

For students, Stark reminded them of their good fortune to be able to obtain an education.

“It is intense for me to see the apathetic attitude that many students have. The opportunity to get an education would be life saving to prostituted women, who are literally fighting for their lives,” Stark said.

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Massaro said they did not clearly violate written rules from USG, page 1 subject to official USG bylaws.

He said it was not an instance of negligence in their campaign because there was no clear violation of written rules.

The judiciary had not released decisions as of the writing of this article. Chief Justice Jared

Ashmore said results would either be available before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, or tomorrow morning. Should decisions take past 9 a.m. Wednesday, when polls close, election results will be held pending the final decisions being released.

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Romney: ‘I’m going to get this nomination’ BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is declaring “I’m going to get this nomination” as Republicans in 10 states had contests to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.

Romney on Tuesday congratulated rivals Newt Gingrich for his win in home state Georgia and Rick Santorum for wins in Oklahoma and Tennessee.

Contests are still going elsewhere on the single largest day of voting so far in the nominating battle.

Romney is telling supporters that it’s been a long road getting to Super Tuesday and, in his words, “my opponents have worked very hard.”

Romney is keeping most of his election night remarks honed on Obama, again criticizing the incumbent he wants to vote from office in November. He warns supporters that Obama would be “unrestrained” if he wins a second term and would trample Americans’ freedoms.

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Power firm seeks Conn.

NY violin prodigy, now biomass sales to NU-NStar award-winning fundraiser

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Power provider NRG Energy Inc., backed by organized labor and Montville officials, is seeking a requirement

by Connecticut that Northeast Utilities agree to buy power from an alternative energy plant as a condition of the utility’s $4.8 billion purchase of Bostonbased NStar.

The demand mirrors an agreement announced in Massachusetts last month.

The Hartford-based Northeast Utilities and NStar agreed to buy more than a quarter of the power produced by the Cape Wind offshore wind farm as a condition of the proposed deal uniting the two companies.

NRG, based in Princeton, N.J., said its Montville biomass project would provide up to 40 megawatts of power from wood chips, enough for about 32,000 homes. Construction and retrofitting would cost about $100

million, NRG spokesman David Gaier said.

The company will not build the project without a power purchase agreement because it would not be economical, he said Tuesday.

“We think it’s a reasonable thing to do, particularly in this economy,” Gaier said.

Sen. Kevin Witkos, the ranking Republican on the state legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee, said such an arrangement would be uncompetitive and would shock lawmakers if it’s ultimately approved.

“I think people are going to fall over in their chairs,” he said.

But Democratic Sen. Bob Duff, also a member of the committee, supports NRG’s bid to require the sale of energy.

“NU and NStar stand to make a lot of money off this so it’s appropriate they give something back,” he said.

NRG says 75 construction jobs would be created in the year it takes to build and retrofit the plant, which currently is fueled by natural gas and oil. Backers of the project say it will support as many as 200 additional jobs in transportation and other areas.

The project also is being touted for helping meet Connecticut’s goal of having 20 percent of power from renewable resources — hydropower, fuel cell, wind, solar and biomass — by 2020.

NRG posted a bigger loss in the last three months of 2011 than a year earlier as surging costs offset higher revenue.

It posted a loss of $109 million, or 48 cents per share, compared with a loss of $15 million, or 7 cents per share, a year ago. The loss was due mostly to higher costs, which increased by 28 percent, to $2.12 billion.

Stamford officials seek to require smoke detectors

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Stamford officials urged the General Assembly on Tuesday to pass legislation requiring smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in all residential buildings, saying such a law could prevent tragedies like the fire that killed a couple and their three granddaughters on Christmas Day. Michael Pavia, the mayor of Stamford, said Lomer and Pauline Johnson, their 7-yearold twin granddaughters, Grace and Sarah Badger, and their 9-year-old granddaughter, Lily Badger, did not have enough warning to escape the blaze that enveloped the Victorian home on Long Island Sound where they were spending the holiday.

“This was the most tragic Christmas in the history of the city of Stamford. The three Badger girls and their grandparents were unable to escape the effects of the fire, the heat and the smoke. The family did not have enough warning to exit

the building,” Pavia told members of the General Assembly’s Public Safety and Security Committee. “As time went on and as the fire went unnoticed, the fire grew in intensity and spread. It consumed the entire house before that call for help came.”

Madonna Badger, the girls’ mother and the Johnsons’ daughter, managed to escape. Her friend Michael Borcina, a contractor who had been renovating the $1.7 million house, also survived.

The continuing investigation into the blaze has partially focused on whether smoke detectors were in the house.

There were plans for hard-wired smoke alarms, but they had not been hooked up, officials have said. Authorities have said the fire was started by embers in a bag of discarded fireplace ashes.

William Smith, deputy chief of the Stamford Fire and Rescue Department, said he’s convinced that the Stamford tragedy would

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“I think we would have seen the people in that family standing out on the front lawn,” he said.

State Rep. Gerald Fox, D-Stamford, said the proposed legislation builds upon a 2005 state law requiring carbon monoxide detectors and warning equipment to be installed in new residential buildings, with the exception of one- and twofamily dwellings. Under the new bill, all residential buildings would be required to have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and warning equipment installed, regardless of the number of families living there.

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NEW YORK (AP) — He is a violin prodigy who has channeled his musical talents to raise more than $5 million for pediatric medical research around the globe, headlining benefit concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and other venues.

Jourdan Urbach was honored for his achievement on Tuesday with one of the nation’s highest public service awards — the Jefferson Awards.

The 20-year-old resident of the Long Island community of Roslyn founded Concerts for a Cure when he was only 7 years old. Since then, he has raised $5.1 million to fight children’s neurological diseases and fund research. Through benefit concerts, he has funded 12 lifesaving neurosurgeries, 1,000 cochlear implants, pediatric clinics in Africa and El Salvador and a bedside music program at the University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital.

He was among four Americans 25 years and under to be recognized as a Jefferson Awards “Globe Changer,” said Sam Beard, who founded the awards known as “the Nobel Prize for public service” with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr. in 1972.

“He’s 20 years old and he’s basically transformed the way hospitals raise money,” said Beard, adding he has never seen someone so young raise so much money.

The Jefferson “Globe Changer” also was awarded to Rachel Okun, 16, and her 13-year-old sister Kelsi, of McLean, Va., for their ThanksUSA project that raised $7.5 million in scholarships for children of military veterans. Charles OrgBon III, 16, of Hoschton, Ga., was recognized for his Greening Forward initiative, which has recycled more than 8,000 tons of waste around the world.

Winning the Jefferson Award is “a massive honor,” Urbach said in a telephone interview a day before the awards ceremony.

It is a recognition young people don’t expect to get “and when we do, it’s a vote of con-

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“He’s passionate about the kids who have neurological diseases,” Beard said. “He figured he had musical talent and if he could combine it with his goals he could make a difference.”

Urbach showed a passion for music and science at an early age. He began playing violin at 2 1/2. In 1st grade, he wrote a letter to Dr. Fred Epstein, the late pre-eminent pediatric neurosurgeon at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan, requesting an interview for a paper he wanted to write on neurosurgeons.

The doctor invited him to the hospital and gave him a tour of the intensive care unit.

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“I set a goal. I was going to buy a piano for the 10th floor,” he said. “I put on a concert at my school. We raised enough money to buy a piano and thousands more, enough to start a fund to bring underprivileged kids from all over the world to have surgery at Beth Israel.”

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Melanie Deziel, Editor-in-Chief Ryan Gilbert, Commentary Editor Tyler McCarthy, Associate Commentary Editor Michelle Anjirbag, Weekly Columnist Jesse Rifkin, Weekly Columnist Chris Kempf, Weekly Columnist

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USG elections should adopt preferential voting

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ow that the 2012 Undergraduate Student Government elections have drawn to a close, it is worthwhile to consider what can be done to the election process to attract a greater student turnout. Obviously the strength of candidates and their campaigns cannot be prescribed or predetermined, since it is from the unique visions and personalities of the candidates that the election campaign draws its vitality. Students will invariably express their preferences – or choose not to express them at all – on the basis of the appeal of the candidates. Nothing will change that. But what can be done, however, is to improve the method by which those preferences are translated into election results and outcomes.

Four different tickets are running this year to fill the offices of USG president and vice president. It appears unlikely, however, that any one of those tickets will win a majority of the votes from the electorate. This is problematic because it indicates that the winning candidates will have been elected with a small plurality even though a majority of voters supported someone else. This problem arose in last year’s elections: current USG President Sam Tracy was elected with 38 percent of the vote, even though 62 percent - a sizeable majority – voted for one of his two opponents. The proportion of votes similarly “wasted” in this year’s election is likely to be even higher.

To remedy this problem, we suggest that the USG – and any other organization which uses elections to select leaders and officials – should adopt a preferential voting system. Under such a system, voters would be permitted to rank as many candidates as they wish in the order of their preference. Should no candidate win a majority of voters’ first preference votes, the last place candidate would be eliminated and his votes would be distributed to the remaining candidates. The effect of such a reform is to ensure that one candidate has a clear majority and that as many votes as is possible go toward choosing the election’s eventual winner.

But this reform would also have an additional salutary effect: it would encourage more thoughtful participation in elections.

Currently, it is enough to vote for one’s favorite candidate and disregard the others. But under a preferential voting system, it is to a voter’s advantage to determine his or her second choice, third choice and so on. Voters would thus be more likely to consider all of the available candidates and their ideas and ultimately select the candidate who is the most preferred overall among the electorate. The benefits that voting reform will bring to elections on campus should clearly not be disregarded.

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.

I voted today so that I wouldn’t lose my job as an instant daily commentator. You’re welcome.

Silly RA. Of course all that beer belongs to my 21+ roommate.

Is it a problem that my roommate and I think in Instant Daily? ... We’re graduating in May. Everytime Rattata uses tail whip against my pokemon i sing in my head “I whip my tail back and forth.”

Dear UConn pedestrians. State law says cars have to yield to pedestrians WITHIN a crosswalk. I don’t have to wait for you to walk as slow as possible to a crosswalk, not look both ways like you were taught in kindergarten, and walk into the road like you own it. I don’t appreciate your glares and dirty looks when I start turning AND THEN you step into the crosswalk. You weren’t there yet, so I am allowed to go. Sincerely, A frustrated UConn driver. P.S. A crosswalk is that box with white diagonal lines...use it, or at the very least LOOK before crossing in the middle of a road full of cars.

I think Notre Dame just turned the ball over again.

Looks like Notre Dame isn’t quite as good a team without their biased refs and home court advantage. sucks to actually have your fouls called, doesn’t it?

UConn beat Notre Dame. Order has been restored to the women’s basketball universe.

My professor told the class that we needed to buy our own scantrons for the upcoming exam... What?

My professor told me that studying for her exam should make me tired and exhausted...The problem is I start off tired and exhausted.

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“Egghead and Shively” 20 years later

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one-toothed balding green puppet named Shively and a one-eyed red-orange animal named Egghead enthusiastically leapt out against a plain white background. They jumped around excitedly for several moments before pausing to look around awkwardly.

“Where’s the music?” asked Shively.

“I thought you brought it,” replied Egghead.

“It was your job to write it,” responded Shively, pointing an accusatory finger at his friend.

“Did you write it?”

“I never knew it was my job.”

“But I’m not musically inclined!”

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By Jesse Rifkin each other at full Weekly Columnist volume until both started humming an impromptu song. After a bit, Shively complained, “Oh, this sucks. Let’s get out of here. Stop the show.” They both walked off camera while on screen the yellow words “The Egghead & Shively Show” appeared.

Thus began the UConn student television station UCTV. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the network on channel 14 has produced original student content for two decades now. But how did their first program begin?

“I met Mark Gale at the O’Neill Puppetry Conference in high school,” said Tim Lagasse in a phone interview. “He wanted a picture with Jim Henson but didn’t have a camera, so I snapped one. I gave him my number. He did not call back for two years.”

Lagasse later enrolled at the UConn Ballard Institute of Puppetry, and “in the

first five minutes” coincidentally saw Gale again. They became fast friends, rehearsing puppetry every night after dinner.

Rob Vietzke was the first student producer at UCTV. Vietzke – desiring a commercial with puppets for the soon-to-premiere channel – called the puppet lab, who referred him to Lagasse, Gale and fellow puppetry major David Regan. The advertisement went so well that they were green-lighted for their own sitcom, recruiting English major Andy Heidel for writing.

“They needed a writer. I happened to be a writer and told Tim I would love to be a part of that project,” Heidel said in a phone interview. “I was an English major but always wanted to do comedy. From a collaborative perspective, what was great was getting that crash course in puppetry from puppetry majors.”

Ironically, Lagasse and Gale named each other’s creations. “I named Tim’s puppet Shively after the dorm building Shively Hall at Ball State University in Indiana,” said Gale, who transferred to UConn from Indiana University, in a phone interview. “Meanwhile, Tim named my puppet Egghead, probably because his head looked like an egg.”

Back then, UCTV resided in the dusty basement of the Wilbur Cross Building.

The pilot episode was shot in two hours, featuring such easily quotable jokes, as “The politically correct term for ‘puppet’ is ‘people of foam.’

The four gathered in Regan’s apartment to watch the initial airing. “We thought it was the funniest thing we had ever seen,” recalls Lagasse. “Of course, we were not sober.”

Lagasse also noted, “Mark Rothenberg (then head of the puppetry department) did not laugh once.”

The show continued for one season until the crew graduated and went their separate ways.

Regan has since designed puppets for “Avenue Q” on Broadway and the Boston Ballet. Gale works in Dallas living a selfprofessed “mild-mannered life as a salesman,” but previously performed puppetry at Disney World MGM Studios and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Lagasse has performed puppetry on “Sesame Street” since 2004, designed for the 2011 “Muppets” film and even performed for George W. Bush at the White House. (Says Lagasse: “Whenever I meet somebody at a party, I always have to ask what they do first.”)

Heidel – the lone non-puppetry major – owns and operates the self-described “‘Doctor Who’ themed nerd bar” The Way Station, in Brooklyn.

There is something strangely meaningful in their original creation. Although intended as nothing more than nonsensical comedy, their actions laid the groundwork for what became a huge organization. UCTV now maintains a quarter million dollar account and state-of-the-art equipment in a refurbished studio on the Student Union fourth floor. They employ a staff of over 100 students with programming ranging from news (“Wake Up UConn”) to sports (“Dog Fight”) to game shows (“Marco Mania”) to sitcoms (“Class Acts”) to variety shows (“UConn Tonight”). It all had to start somewhere. Even though Lagasse calls the first episode “unwatchable” in retrospect, four college kids in 1992 having fun goofing off was that “somewhere.”

In the closing moments of the pilot episode, Shively faced the camera and signed off, “Tune in next week when we do something hopefully a lot better than this.” UCTV did just that for the next 20 years.

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

All Americans should support Colo. marijuana legalization

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ast week, the Colorado Secretary of State announced that the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol had qualified to have its question placed on the ballot. This means on Nov. 6, 2012, Coloradans will vote on an amendment to the state’s constitution that would legalize marijuana and regulate it in a manner very similar to alcohol. While clearly a

By Sam Tracy major deciStaff Columnist sion for residents of Colorado, all Americans should do their part to support the passage of this referendum.

The ballot initiative, now officially Amendment 64, is not just a simple vote on whether marijuana should be treated more like alcohol than heroin. It’s a 3,600word document that would not only make marijuana legal for adults to possess, but also outlines the regulatory scheme to be used and sets up a series of restrictions that maximizes the benefits of legal marijuana and minimizes its harms. Among other things, Amendment 64 would allow adults over 21 to possess marijuana and grow up to six plants for personal use, while keeping it

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illegal to drive impaired or use it in public. Its series of regulations include licensing requirements for marijuana producers and retailers, labeling requirements, and restrictions on advertising.

Also, towns and cities will be allowed to decide to ban marijuana businesses in their communities, just as they currently can do with alcohol.

While no bill or ballot measure can single-handedly fix the issue of drug abuse, Amendment 64 is a giant leap in the right direction.

Large numbers of people are already using marijuana, and will continue to use it whether or not this measure passes. If passed, the state of Colorado will be able to stop spending $80 million a year on marijuana prohibition, and will instead be set to gain about $40 million per year in tax revenue. The regulations included in Amendment 64 will ensure that Coloradans who do decide to use marijuana can be certain it is not infested with mold or laced with other substances.

While much safer than tobacco or alcohol, smoking marijuana does come with certain health risks, and the labeling requirements will educate consumers on what those risks are. And perhaps most importantly, setting an age requirement for marijuana

purchasing and possession will help prevent kids from accessing it. According to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, it is easier for high schoolers to buy marijuana than alcohol. This is because drug dealers don’t card, while stores don’t sell to minors out of fear of losing their licenses. By imposing age requirements for marijuana, Amendment 64 will likely make it harder for children to get their hands on marijuana.

And it looks like Amendment 64 has a great shot at passing.

A 2011 Gallup poll showed that 50 percent of Americans support legalizing marijuana, while only 46 percent are opposed. Support is at 55 percent in the Western United States, where Colorado is located. Such a comprehensive ballot measure, combined with the higher youth turnout characteristic of presidential elections, means that we may see a state legalize marijuana this year.

However, it will not happen without a fight. Prohibitionist groups from around the country will likely organize a vocal and well-funded opposition campaign, making false claims about marijuana killing brain cells or being a gateway drug, as happened when California’s

Proposition 19 was being debated in 2010. The No on 19 campaign was an unlikely alliance of social conservatives, who viewed drug use as a moral ill that must be prevented at all costs, and the alcohol industry, who wanted to prevent competition in the recreational substance market.

In the fight for Amendment 64, we will need to create a national alliance of the countless groups who realize that prohibition has failed. This will include police officers who served as the foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, and have realized that it doesn’t prevent drug abuse. This will include civil rights activists and clergy members who recognize that marijuana prohibition has been disproportionately directed towards people of color and the poor. This will include parents who want to keep drugs out of their children’s schools.

And this will include college students, who recognize that marijuana is not the terrible drug that D.A.R.E. told us it was, but is actually less harmful than alcohol. Starting with Colorado, we can end marijuana prohibition nationwide.

Staff Columnist Sam Tracy is a 6th-semester Political Science and Sociology major and president of USG. He can be reached at Samuel.Tracy@UConn.edu.

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Royalty Free Speech

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Side of Rice

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Editor’s Choice

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Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A little effort restores harmony. Your partner offers excellent support now. A balanced checkbook is only part of the story. Imagine the project completed.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Go for substance over symbolism.

The longer you know each other, the stronger the bond grows. Prospects are excellent, and offers pour in.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re gaining confidence.

Move quickly to finish up old business, leaving space for new. Figure out what you want, and find a sweet deal. Things line up.

Mensch

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Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Get together with teammates for your next epic adventure. Learning together grows the love. Move quickly and pay attention. Say what you want.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s another side to consider. Your well-developed conscience keeps you on the right path. There’s more money coming in, thank goodness. Move quickly to take advantage.

Procrastination Animation

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The resources are available. You can get further than expected. Friends give you a boost. Take action on a brilliant idea. Stay objective, and do what you said you’d do.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -You’re getting compliments. Get started on a plan for a long-term undertaking.

Find what you need in your own closets, garage and community. Take charge, and get in action.

One Thousand Demons

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Your capacity to concentrate is enhanced today and tomorrow. It’s a perfect time to back up your data before Mercury goes retrograde on March 12.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Keep distractions at bay so that you can work faster and make more money. Write your objective down and post it on the wall. Believe that you can.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Go on a fun adventure. Be prepared for the unexpected. Bring brain food and water in a refillable bottle.

Let your partner take the lead. Mental stimulation revives.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- You’re in the middle of a transformational cycle. Seize the day.

Replenish your coffers by increasing your income and cutting costs. Dig deeply.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Surround yourself with people who love and care for you. Adapt easily to a change of plans. When you’re in good company, nothing else matters.

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American Indian tribes cautious on online gambling

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leaders who run casinos for Indian tribes told regulators and companies on Tuesday that they won’t support new laws involving online gambling unless it’s clear how tribes nationwide will be affected.

Chairwoman Leslie Lohse of the California Tribal Business Alliance said at the iGaming North America conference that online gambling has cultural and economic implications that shouldn’t be brushed off because others are in a hurry to start taking bets.

“What’s going to satisfy us?

That we really sit down and hammer out the nuts and bolts of this,” Lohse said. “Really look at the impacts and not rush to the gold.”

Tribal sovereignty, local economic implications and other issues need to be fully addressed before tribes eagerly support Internet gambling laws in California or nationwide, Lohse said.

The comments underscored the fierce competition and divisions between those who might want Internet gambling in some form. The tribes and others, including casino companies, equipment manufacturers and state lotteries, don’t want to be hurt or left out if Americans eventually are able to wager on poker or other games at home on computers or on mobile devices.

Gambling revenue at American Indian casinos was $26.7 billion in 2010, according to a report issued Tuesday by industry publication Casino City. That was up slightly from $26.4 billion in 2009, when casinos in the U.S. were battered by the global recession that left many people without the means or willingness to gamble as much.

Sheila Morago, executive

director of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, said tribes are still weary from the hit they took during the recession and don’t want to further threaten the businesses they’ve worked to build. Opinions about Internet gambling proposals are widespread and varied because current arrangements that allow for Indian casinos are complex, she said.

“When you take one federal bill and sort of overlay it over 29 state compacts, you’re kind of wondering how is this going to work,” Morago said. “We can all agree that nobody wants to open up those state compacts.”

Many of the top commercial casino companies have pushed for federal legislation that would create one national framework for online gaming and allow states to opt out if they choose.

Jonathan Halkyard, chief financial officer of Caesars Entertainment Corp., urged federal legislation as soon as possible while speaking at the conference on Monday.

Commercial casinos haven’t supported a particular bill and talks of an effort by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid haven’t produced any publicly circulated drafts or other tangible proposals since late 2010.

Stephen Hart, a lawyer who represents tribes and tribal gambling commissions throughout the West, said tribes in California won’t be eager to give up elements of their sovereignty, or exclusive rights to offer casino games.

“One would have to anticipate disagreements,” Hart said.

As many as 239 tribes operated 448 gambling businesses in 2010. California accounted for $6.8 billion in gambling revenue, more than one quarter of revenues from American Indian casinos in 2010.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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New iPad expected to have modest upgrades NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is expected to reveal a new iPad model on Wednesday, with a sharper screen and perhaps an option for faster wireless broadband. The upgrades are relatively minor, but the iPad is secure in its position as the king of tablets.

As usual, Apple has kept the features of the new device secret. No matter what they are, analysts expect the new iPad to be a success, riding on the popularity of the previous models, as well as pent-up demand from consumers who have been waiting for the new model.

The iPad 2 was a big step up from the original iPad, since Apple included a camera and reduced both the thickness and the weight of the device. But there isn’t that much Apple can do to jazz up the iPad 3.

Company watchers expect the new device to have the same basic size and weight as last year’s model.

Nearly a year ago, the iPad 2 went on sale nine days after it was revealed. Apple watchers expect similar timing this year.

Some of the rumored new features include: — A sharper screen, similar to the “Retina Display” on the iPhone 4 and 4s. The rumored resolution is 2048 by 1536 pixels, which would make text look smoother and some highresolution pictures look better.

It won’t make much of a difference for images on the Web, or video.

Some speculate that Apple will call the model the “iPad HD,” for “high definition,” rather than “iPad 3.”

— The new iPad could include Siri, the voice-activated “assistant” found on the iPhone 4S. Siri has gotten mixed reviews, but Apple has been touting the feature heavily in its advertis-

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Grant Beacon Middle School student, Jeriah Garcia, 13-years-old, works out an algebra problem on his school-supplied iPad in class at Grant, Colo.

ing, and it would make sense to expand the availability of this high-profile feature.

— Faster wireless capabilities. IPads are available with built-in modems for AT&T’s and Verizon’s third-generation, or “3G” cellular networks in the U.S. The iPad 3 could come in a version that offers faster “4G” or “LTE” networks. However, most iPads are used only on Wi-Fi, so an “LTE” chip wouldn’t matter to most buyers.

In this respect, Apple is playing catch-up. Some competitors, such as Samsung and Motorola, already sell LTE-compatible tablets.

Since last fall, Sprint Nextel Corp. has sold the iPhone. But it doesn’t sell the iPad. It’s pos-

sible it could join AT&T and Verizon Wireless in selling the iPad 3.

— A faster processor. This is pretty much a given, since every new iPhone or iPad has improved on the computing power of its predecessor. But few users complain about their iPads being slow, so this should not be a major selling point.

Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst for Forrester Research, said hardware features aren’t that important to tablet buyers.

“It’s about the services — what you can do with the device,” she said in a blog post.

Apple’s competitors have slowly come to realize this, but only after bringing out dozens of tablets with whiz-bang features like 3-D cameras. The

competitor that’s done the best is Amazon.com Inc. Its Kindle Fire tablet is cheaper than the iPad, but what really sets it apart is that it’s tied into Amazon’s book, movie and music stores, making it an easy route to entertainment, just like the iPad. Still, the Kindle Fire has a long way to go. Epps estimates that Amazon sold 5.5 million Kindle Fires in the fourth quarter of last year. Meanwhile, Apple sold 15.4 million iPads, and has sold 55.3 million in total.

According to Canaccord Genuity, 63 percent of the tablets shipped last year were iPads. The only competitors with more than 5 percent market share were Amazon and Samsung Electronics Co.

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Breaking the publisher’s ground Student author presents unpublished book at Co-op

Spring (break) is in the air... finally

By Jenny A. Campus Correspondent

By Kim Halpin Staff Writer

It’s an unusual occurrence, but Robert Freyer, a UConn student and a yet-to-be-published author, unveiled his book Tuesday night in a reading at the Co-op.

Freyer, a senior at UConn, has completed an over 400page semi-biographical work entitled “Triumph,” which he hopes to gain representation for so he can move forward in the publishing process.

“Triumph” is the story of a 19-year-old UConn student who suffers a horrific and life altering car accident when he hits an SUV head on and escapes with less than a 30 percent chance of survival. After beating the physical odds, he then suffers from the emotional battle of identity crisis and deep suicidal depression. In the introduction of the story, the character explains the motivation for writing what is the memoire of his life. His brother tells him that, “Everyone has a story.

Some aren’t worth telling, but yours is.”

The excerpts read at the event were detailed and full of adjectives, as one of the author’s goals was to be transparent with the character’s emotions. Passages from the chapter titled “Suicide Season” were

especially eye opening to the inner workings of suicide contemplation and the rational thoughts of a depressed individual.

One line in particular from this chapter that struck the audience was, “I wouldn’t miss me. I wouldn’t care,” where the character is thinking about suicide.

In the end it is the character’s relationship with his brother Devin that saves him.

Coming out on the other side of his depression, the character feels that because he has cheated death in the accident, he is bound to lose against it during

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Garth Brooks’ induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame caps one of the most astounding and important music careers in American history. At 50, though, Brooks isn’t done yet.

He’s one of the hall’s youngest living inductees and might be a few short years from launching the second phase of a career that forced country music into the national consciousness and sold more albums than Michael Jackson.

He joins singer Connie Smith and keyboard player Hargus “Pig” Robbins as this year’s inductees. A formal ceremony is planned later this year.

Brooks has been in semiretirement, raising his children in his home state of Oklahoma with his wife, Trisha Yearwood. He started a string of shows in Las Vegas a few years ago, and talked openly Tuesday about what will happen after his nest empties.

“A lot of times you go into the hall of fame at the end of your career,” Brooks said.

“I’ve got to make sure that I understand this honor. But now my job is to take this honor and take it somewhere hopefully it hasn’t been taken before, and that’s to strap it on a rocket like a tour, especially a tour that’s been vacant since 1998. Our youngest is a sophomore in high school, so we’ll see after that. The kids are always our first priority. If they seem to be off and running well on their own, it sure would be fun to fire it up.”

All three inductees noted the contribution of others to their success. Brooks thought his induction might be “premature,” given the long list of others he believes should already be enshrined. Yearwood said Brooks was in tears after he got the call a few weeks ago.

“You’re excited,” Brooks

said. “You feel very honored.

But at the same time there’s this kind of guilt or, I don’t know what it is, a kind of embarrassment, so you feel uneasy because I wouldn’t be standing here today talking to you if it wasn’t for Randy Travis. I wouldn’t be standing here talking to you today if it wasn’t for Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Steve Wariner, these guys. ... I think eventually they will get in, but it probably should’ve been before Garth Brooks came in. That’s the whole feeling for the day.”

Smith, whose first single in 1964, “Once a Day,” was a No. 1 hit for eight weeks, is a pioneer female country singer who released her 53rd album last year. She was discovered

by Bill Anderson, who saw her singing in a talent contest in Columbus, Ohio. The wife of fellow country star Marty Stuart, she had a series of hits in the 1960s and ‘70s and parlayed that success into movie and television appearances.

She said she was in the middle of preparing dinner when she found out she was inducted. When asked what she did after the call, she responded: “Finished supper.”

Robbins, blind since childhood, is considered among the top session players in Nashville over a 50-year career that’s included work for everyone from George Jones to Bob Dylan. He played on Jones’ iconic No. 1 hit “White Lightning” and spent the next several decades contributing to a mind-boggling string of classic songs and albums. Over time, his sound became one of the most copied in Nashville.

News conference host Kix Brooks, of Brooks & Dunn, said Robbins’ name comes up often in Nashville recording sessions: “Time and time again you hear people say, ‘Play some of that Pig stuff.’”

game’s nine “Deadly Descents:” killer trails on mountains like Everest, each with their own gimmick. The gimmicks, which range from wingsuits (imagine a flying squirrel suit) to a finite oxygen tank (go fast and only breathe occasionally or you’re toast) are somewhat interesting but only serve to kill the bliss of a normal run, not to mention that the Descents themselves are some of the more impossible levels I’ve played in a video game. Every time you fall off an unannounced cliff or crash headfirst into unavoidable, deadly trees, the game gets more frustrating. There’s a reverse function for when you barrel off an edge, but it’s really only there to taunt you; you only get three uses, and on the more difficult mountains that’s basically a joke. Options usually

Limited clothing, excessive drinking and impulse decision-making have defined this period of time with the help of MTV. While basking in some tropical area with all of your best betches, drinking Bahama mamas with your breakfast, lunch and dinner, everything may seem like the “best idea ever!”

Flashing your boobs just because you’re young and won’t be perky forever? “Best idea ever!”

Making out with your girlfriends only to receive a T-shirt and overly enthusiastic applause from some mediocre, unknown and all-to eager DJ? “Best idea ever!”

Having a one-night stand just “to do it,” because the opportunity to let loose and get skanky without the fear of running into your random guy/gal in the Union is limited if nonexistent? “Best idea ever!” …Or is it?

Maybe you have one-night stands regularly or maybe you’re waiting until marriage.

In-between these extremes, however, is the more popular category entitled: “I only have sex with people I’m ‘dating,’ but sleeping with someone whose last name I’ll never know is admittedly tempting.”

Which leads me to the following scenarios: Usually you’re relatively classy and your reputation is something you care about.

While you’re never one to turn down the opportunity to listen to your friends’ weekend escapades, you’re usually not the subject of them. If and when you are, it’s rare and everyone unanimously screams “OMG DID YOU REALLY? HOLY S#*% YOU NEVER DO THAT!!!”

But… with midterms behind you and the promise of spring break ahead, the curiosity and mystery surrounding that one act you’ve promised to never commit is becoming slightly overwhelming.

When you allow yourself to, you envision what it would be like to “make eye love” across the room with some unknown, sun-kissed babe and end up sweating between the sheets before you know their first name. You’re only proof they were there will be the scent of their cologne or perfume, and all you’ll be left with is the sounds of your shared orgasms still ringing in your ears as you prepare for another day somewhere far away from Storrs.

After returning from your overly romanticized daydream, you think of all the negative impacts your envisioned out-of-body behavior could impose: What if the person you slept with works in Human resources at the company you’re going to one day apply to and subsequently never work for because you unknowingly boned your future colleague?

What if you actually did the deed with someone married while the private detective said partner’s spouse hired to catch in the act photographs you and you’re looking at a life of humiliation with just one lousy season on ‘Dancing with Stars’ to save you?

While the hypothetical situations are ever-evolving and undoubtedly present, there’s a way to ensure whichever route you take this spring break, that

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UConn senior Robert Fryer had the opportunity to present “Triumph,” his unpublished, 400-page manuscript for a crowd at the Co-op Tuesday evening. Fryer is seeking representation so he can continue forth and become a published author.

his next major invasive surgery.

In order to triumph over death on Earth he decides that writing his memoir can preserve his legacy. To triumph over death in the afterlife, he becomes more involved in his Christian faith. It allows him to go in confidence to the surgery, where his ultimate fate will be decided.

Working on his memoir was an emotional experience for Freyer and he said that he “cried writing over half of this book.”

It turned out to be a therapeutic way for him to tangibly work through many of the residual

effects of the traumatic event.

Many scenes in the book are, “a pretty good description of UConn if you ask me,” said Freyer, as the cultures of various regions around campus are highlighted such as South, West, and Husky Village. He also added that his target audience is college kids because the book deals with many of the topics and issues that college students face, specifically women’s rights, depression, identity and sex.

Many of Freyer’s family members, fraternity brothers, and friends from the variety of orga-

nizations he participates in came out to support his reading. “[I] hadn’t heard his story, but was excited to hear it,” said Kyle Gearwar, a second semester science major.

Freyer is a leader on the UConn campus, having been an RA for four years, an orientation leader in 2010 and been involved in Active Minds and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. He was also given the Donald L. McCullough Leadership Award in the spring of 2011.

Kimberly.Halpin@UConn.edu

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From several design choices to a lackluster multiplayer function, “SSX” doesn’t live up to the expecations set by it’s predacessors.

By Joe O’Leary Senior Staff Writer For those who don’t mind cold air and the occasional crash, there’s no thrill like strapping skis or a board to their feet and barreling down a snowy mountain. The pure adrenaline and glee is impossible to top and, in the early 2000s, one game franchise captured it like no other.

Between 2000 and 2005, the “SSX” series has had wacky characters, death defying jumps and beautifully designed mountains, but it’s been largely absent since the introduction of the latest console cycle. Enter EA’s latest release in the franchise, the back-to-basics “SSX.” Based on pure fundamentals, “SSX” is one of the smoothest games out there. Nothing beats carving up a mountain with the

loose yet satisfying steering controls. When you’re in a free-run, the only focus is nailing tricks and building a speed boost. The game especially shines when you achieve “Tricky” mode, which gives you infinite turbo while blasting dubstep. This mode is absolutely amazing; not only does the game fill the screen with an orange glow but, when you pull off an incredible trick, the terrain literally shakes if you line your landing up with a bass drop. Getting into a groove on the slopes while the game’s great soundtrack plays is one of the better gaming experiences on modern consoles. Add in your own personal playlist, and it’s one of the best.

The bliss of a free run is stymied, though, by some pretty poor design choices in the single-player mode. “World Tour” mode requires players to successfully survive the

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Budget Gems: Penumbra: Black Plague “Penumbra” may not be the prettiest game out there.

In fact, the environments and textures have been labeled as dated, even upon its initial release. This should not deter anyone from adding this game to their library of horror games.

Graphics aside, this game is genuinely scary: the developers, Frictional Games, realized that while having monsters pop out at the player or depicting grotesque deaths offers cheap thrills, evoking true fear takes a lot more effort, and the way they scare the player is through the terror of being pursued.

In “Penumbra,” when one encounters a monster, the only option is to run and hide: there are no means of fighting back, which adds a feeling of helplessness to the overall sensation of fear. During my play-through, there are times when the monster wasn’t visible from my hiding spot, but the sounds and the mere thought of me being caught was enough to keep my heart pounding. Add an intriguing story with some logical yet clever puzzles into the mix, and you have a gaming experience that will resonate with you long after completion.

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“Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend” boasts plenty of gaming modes and has been adapted well to the Vita, but sound and online gameplay fall short of perfection.

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer Before I proceed with this review, I should point out that the last BlazBlue game I’ve bought was the original, three years ago.

Not that it was bad; I absolutely loved it. But when a fighting game did so much right from the start like that one, it’ll take a lot of additions and improvements to make a sequel not look like a cash-in. And for the two “Continuum Shift” games that followed the original, there just wasn’t enough.

This fourth console released game remains to change not much from the first game, but there’s one perk about it that makes it an absolute must have: the conversion made to the Vita version is amazing.

This isn’t the first BlazBlue game to hit a Sony portable; there were two other versions released on PSP. But playing such a beautiful fighting game shan’t be played on a system with the graphical prowess of the Dreamcast. No, it needs a vivid, high definition display

so the stylish 2D anime fighters can move with the versatile smoothness since the series’ beginning. Thankfully, the brilliant screen on the Vita takes up to the task with the amount of eye candy splendor that the console editions have. It is this game and Rayman Origins that proves that while the Vita’s port of polygonal PS3 graphicals is a bit debatable, the 2D-driven ones are a mirror image.

One thing that was also included in the Vita version is the ton of game modes. Not only are there enough survivaltype matches for single players to spend weeks in, the fantastic tutorials and great (depending on broadband quality) online matches also add gobs of thick icing to this cake. And then there’s also the mammoth story mode. For people who complain that fighting games can’t tell a decent story, this game is the omnipotent exception to that rule. Granted, it still doesn’t make a lick of sense half the time, but this is one dense, fully voice-acted visual novel of video game storytelling. It gets increasingly interesting along

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

9.0

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The Good

- BlazBlue has been wonderfully ported to the Vita, with no cutbacks to be seen -The game looks absolutely BlazBlue-tiful on the Vita screen -The amount of extra game modes here is enough to make Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for the Vita wallow in self-pity

The Bad

--The quality of the online matches largely depends on the ping rate between both players, which is hard to figure out until the match would sluggishly begin -The visuals might have been ported with absolute care, but the actual quality of the sound is a bit tinny, like older Nintendo DS games the way and the writing is overflowing with entertaining wit.

Ultimately though, the best thing that can be said about BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend for the Vita is that the core fighting game hidden underneath all that icing is still a superb cake. The amount of characters is still low compared to other fighters, but every one of them is completely unique

and fun to master in the simpleyet-complex fighting system.

It’s a good thing that performing all those quarter-circle moves for the special attacks works splendidly with the Vita D-pad; otherwise it wouldn’t be one of the best portable fighting games ever made.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

In a trance with ‘Electronic Symphony’

By Jason Bogdan Senior Staff Writer Launch titles for game systems have mostly been forgotten as the years go by, but the original Lumines game for the PSP was one of the few exceptions.

An infinitely replayable puzzle game with great music and style to stand alongside its addictive gameplay, it was the kind of formula that made for a game to always go back to. With that in mind, it isn’t so mindboggling that Sony’s next gaming handheld, the Vita, would have a new Lumines game to play at launch. What is surprising is that this is also a new entry to play for years to come.

Things haven’t been drastically changed in the Lumines format, though that doesn’t make it any less of a joy to play in long or short bursts. It’s hard to really describe why it is so entrancing to organize 2 x 2 tetromino blocks of two colors to create 2 x 2 squares of one color, as a “timeline” scrolls by converting those blocks into combo-inducing points. But just like other puzzle marvels like Tetris and Meteos, the challenge of going at it as long as you can just is.

What made Lumines in particular so special, compared to other falling block games, is the spellbinding presentation that practically hypnotizes players to never stop orga-

nizing those squares. There are numerous “skins” in the game that are levels with not only their own graphics and music, but their own flow in the block and timeline speeds.

And when the skins constantly change as the game goes on, as if a DJ was in charge of a puzzle game, the fun never gets old. This new game in particular has the new option to organize your own sets of levels. It’s especially great because this Vita game has fabulous techno beats worthy of any dance club.

What’s also added here are avatars with specific power-ups that can either prevent you from losing or raise the stakes on some epic combos, as well as new power-ups that can shuffle the block arrangements in sections or let a specific color chain disappear. It’s not much though, as is the “world block” mode that counts the scores from players worldwide to dissolve a cube of 2 million blocks. It is interesting, but solely a piece of window dressing to easily gain experience points.

But the game truly shines when it comes to the main mode that can last hours. Few puzzle games have the genuine quality in their main mode, but fewer have the longevity as their systems themselves like Lumines: Electronic Symphony does; just like the original did for the PSP.

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“Lumines” may not have many modes, but those it does have are worth replaying over and over.

Lumines: Electronic Symphony

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The Good

-Lumines is still a sublime puzzle game that can leave players in a perpetual trance, and the additions made it the best version yet -While the other Lumines sequels have lacked in the quality of the level skins, this Vita game is constantly fantastic. It’ll make you crave the soundtrack for your iPod and feel thankful for how great that Vita screen is for the visuals

The Bad

-Lumines Electronic Symphony has the replayability to make it worth every penny, but costefficient gamers won’t be impressed with the number of modes that are in here. Especially since the main Lumines mode is the one worth going back to (albeit with new “playlist” options) -I don’t care if it takes longer to power up the avatar’s power-ups, but constantly tapping on the rear touch screen is an annoying way compared to the harder method of raising combos

Video games have always been an entertainment medium that, while highly competitive and oftentimes mature, have never been made to cause social angst or put up a mental wall between the “casual” and “hardcore” crowds.

But, unfortunately, it happens.

There’s the Wild West vibes of online gaming, where people act as crass as they please because of their anonymity. But what about when people are in the same room and their comments are known to be by them instead of some other garbled voice in a headset? It is at that point where the moral justification towards one’s etiquette becomes worthy of debate. This pressing matter has been brought to the attention of the gaming industry because of Capcom’s recent live streamed gaming tournament.

Twitch.tv had been televising the event on a daily basis over the course of several hours for the Internet, where the ten contestants divided in Team Tekken and Team Street Fighter have been going at it. The notion of the event itself is harmless enough, but it was the kinds of banter that went on during that lengthy reality show that caused concern for the viewers.

GiantBomb.com’s own Patrick Klepek wrote a great article about the kinds of controversy found in Cross Assault last week, where he found plenty of quotes and video footage that would make most others pause. Included was an embedded YouTube video that chronicled sexual harassment comments made towards Team Tekken member, Miranda “Super_Yan” Pakozdi during the Day 1 footage.

Such conjecture caused Twitch. tv community manager Jared Rea to hold a discussion on Day 5 where he asked the contestants if the sophomoric behavior is just insulting for a company-sponsored event like this. Leader of Team Tekken, Aris Bakhtanians, put his own two cents on the matter, responding to the sexual harassment dispute with comments like, “They’re one and the same thing.

This is a community that’s, you know, 15 or 20 years old, and the sexual harassment is part of a culture, and if you remove that from the fighting game community, it’s not the fighting game community.”

You can find more of these abhorrent remarks quoted in the Giant Bomb article, but it pretty much goes further down that rabbit hole. Bakhtanians later on sent an e-mail response to Klepek for the article update where he essentially said it was a heat-of-themoment ordeal and apologizes to those he offended. But even so, the uproar didn’t stop since the social behavior caused such offenses like Pakozdi writing soon-deleted Twitter posts about her despair.

The contestants can try to justify their vulgarity as much as they please by saying its how “their fighting game community” usually rolls and how its not intended to come off as hateful But that still won’t change the fact that it really hurt a young woman’s feelings.

And when people aren’t having fun because of the social interactions around them, that’s when the reality should sink in for all gamers that once the headsets and anonymity are off, it really is time to act like a human being towards one another.

Jason.Bogdan@UConn.edu

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Miss for SSX winter game from SNOWBOARDING, page 7 boil down to “go as slow as possible” or “try and die.”

Though its predecessors had amazing multiplayer, “SSX” also drops the ball in that court.

Instead of splitscreen, there are races and what the game calls “Geotags” (random globes hidden around courses from other online players’ runs). Picking one up gives you extra points, but there’s no real point to them other than extra online connectivity. I’d much rather be able to race my buddy sitting right next to me than collect a bunch of meaningless tags. There’s online multiplayer racing as well, which is as tough but fun as you’d expect.

So while “SSX” has one of the best core games I’ve ever played, EA still managed to screw it up somewhat through poor choices in nearly every mode. It’s still fun and worth a play, but it could have been so much more.

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

Celebrate spring break sensibly from FINALLY, page 7 you return to school both baby and disease free: condoms.

In short, act smart. While destined to be “wild and crazy,” spring break doesn’t have to (completely) rob you of the morals and ethics you could’ve sworn you packed between your razor and sunscreen.

If you find yourself unable to resist the temptation scenario one may present, use a condom. If you find yourself engaged in some weeklong romance that can only be completed by sharing one, special orgasm, use a condom.

So, cover the stump before you hump and enjoy a happy, sunny and (possibly) safely yet sexually charged Spring Break 2012….YOLO.

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‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ composer Robert B. Sherman dies LONDON (AP) — How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”

The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of Sherman’s work — both complex and instantly memorable, for child and adult alike. Once heard, it was never forgotten.

Sherman, an American who died in London at age 86, was half of a sibling partnership that put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney sweeps, jungle animals and Parisian felines.

Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for films including “The Jungle Book,” ‘’The Aristocats,” ‘’Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

They also wrote the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All).”

Sherman’s agent, Stella Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London on Monday.

Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook, saying he “wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded.”

Jeffrey Sherman told The Associated Press that his father had learned the craft of songwriting from his own father, Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman.

“His rule in writing songs was keep it singable, simple and sincere,” Jeffrey Sherman said. “In the simplest things you find something universal.”

Robert Sherman knew another truth, his son said: “What seems so simple is really very complex.

“He was a very simple guy — complex but simple. If you ever want to know about my Dad, listen to the lyrics of his songs.”

Robert A. Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Co., said in a statement that the company mourned the loss of “one of the world’s greatest songwriters and a true Disney legend.” Three Broadway marquees — including The New Amsterdam Theatre, where “Mary Poppins” is playing — were to dim their lights Tuesday night in Sherman’s honor.

The Sherman Brothers’ career was long, prolific and garlanded with awards.

They won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash “Mary Poppins” — best score and best song, “Chim Chim Cheree.” They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score.

Their hundreds of credits as joint lyricist and composer also include the films “Winnie the Pooh,” ‘’The Slipper and the Rose,” ‘’Snoopy Come Home,” ‘’Charlotte’s Web” and “The Magic of Lassie.” Their Broadway musicals included 1974’s “Over Here!” and stagings of “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in the mid-2000s.

“Something good happens when we sit down together and work,” Richard

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Debbie Reynolds poses with Academy awards winners for best music Richard M. Sherman, right and Robert Sherman, left, who received the award for Mary Poppins in Santa Monica Calif. Songwriter Sherman, who wrote the tongue-twisting “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and other enduring songs for Disney classics, has died.

Sherman told The Associated Press in a 2005 joint interview. “We’ve been doing it all our lives. Practically since college we’ve been working together.”

The brothers’ awards included 23 gold and platinum albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They became the only Americans ever to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for “Tom Sawyer” in 1973 and were inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2005.

President George W. Bush awarded them the National Medal of Arts in 2008, commended for music that “has helped bring joy to millions.”

Alan Menken, composer of scores for Disney films including “The Little Mermaid,” ‘’Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin,” said the Sherman brothers’ legacy “goes far beyond the craft of songwriting.”

“There is a magic in their songs and in the

films and musicals they breathed life into,” he said Tuesday.

Robert Bernard Sherman was born in New York on Dec. 19, 1925, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California.

The brothers credited their father with challenging them to write songs and for their love of lyrics. Al Sherman’s legacy of songs includes “You Gotta Be a Football Hero,” ‘’(What Do We Do On a) Dew-Dew-Dewy Day” and “On the Beach at Bali-Bali.”

Robert Sherman’s affection for Britain was nurtured during his service with the U.S. Army in World War II. One of the first American soldiers to enter the Dachau concentration camp — and, his son said, the only Jewish serviceman there — he was shot in the knee in Germany in 1945.

Recovering in hospitals in England, he developed a fondness for and familiarity with the country that stuck with him.

He wrote for British characters in “Mary

Poppins,” ‘’Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Winnie the Pooh,” and spent the last years of his life in London.

After the war, the brothers started writing songs together. They began a decade-long partnership with Disney during the 1960s after having written hit pop songs like “Tall Paul” for ex-Mouseketeer Annette Funicello and “You’re Sixteen,” later recorded by Ringo Starr.

Though they were estranged for a number of years, the brothers never completely broke ties. When asked about that, Richard Sherman said: “We’re human. We have frailties and weaknesses. But we love each other very much, respect each other.”

They wrote over 150 songs at Disney, including the soundtracks for such films as “The Sword and the Stone,” ‘’The Parent Trap,” ‘’Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” ‘’The Jungle Book,” ‘’The Aristocats” and “The Tigger Movie.”

Novak explains feelings behind ‘Artist’ protest

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word “rape” to describe how she felt about “The Artist.”

The 79-year-old “Vertigo” actress, who will be honored next month at the TCM Classic Film Festival, said during a phone interview Monday that hearing the score from the Alfred Hitchcock film used in the recent Oscar-winning homage to the silent-film era reminded her of the same feelings she experienced when she was raped as a child.

“It was very painful,” said Novak. “When I said it was like a rape, that was how it felt to me.

I had experienced in my youth being raped, and so I identified with a real act that had been done to me. I didn’t use that word lightly. I had been raped as a child. It was a rape I never told about, so when I experienced this one, I felt the need to express it.”

Novak, who played the dual role of both a suicidal trophy wife and a morose working girl opposite Jimmy Stewart in the

1958 thriller, said in a statement released in January by her manager that she “wanted to report a rape” and that the filmmakers of “The Artist” had no reason “to depend on Bernard Herrmann’s score from ‘Vertigo’ to provide more drama.”

Novak’s comments drew criticism from rape crisis groups, who noted that plagiarism was not the same as a sexual assault.

Other actors have similarly been chastised for misusing the word “rape.” Johnny Depp and “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart both issued apologies after they compared having their photos taken to being raped in respective interviews.

“I never reported my real rape, so I felt the need to report this one,” said Novak, who left Hollywood in the 1970s for Big Sur, an isolated section of California coastline, before eventually relocating to Oregon. “I felt that someone needed to speak up because the music has been taken advantage of too much. I hope

that in the future, maybe somehow it will do some good.”

Michel Hazanavicius, the writer-director of “The Artist,” which won five Academy Awards last month, including best picture and original score, responded to Novak in January, noting that the film was “a love letter to cinema” and that he loves “Bernard Herrmann, and his music has been used in many different films, and I’m very pleased to have it in mine.”

Novak said that the motion picture academy sent her a letter disapproving of her making the statement while “The Artist” was in Oscar contention. She acknowledged that after getting “over the shock” that the “Vertigo” love theme was used in “The Artist,” she actually enjoyed the film and thought it deserved its Oscar glory — except for the best original score trophy.

On April 14, as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, Novak will add her hand and footprints to the Grauman’s Chinese Theater

forecourt, where Hollywood stars have been honored since the 1920s. She will also introduce a screening of “Vertigo” and participate in an interview with TCM host Robert Osborne for a special scheduled to be broadcast next year.

“I was an original,” said Novak of her highly lauded “Vertigo” role. “I didn’t give a performance that was prepared for in a Hollywood or theatrical sense.

I didn’t study a style of acting. I gave a performance that was from my gut. I’ve always just been who I am. That doesn’t go out of style because it’s real. It’s not based on the fads or fashions of today.”

Novak’s other films include the musical “Pal Joey,” with Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth; “Jeanne Eagels,” featuring Novak in the title role as a troubled 1920s star, with Jeff Chandler as her love interest; and “Bell, Book and Candle,” starring Novak as a witch who again entrances Stewart — this time on the eve of his marriage.

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Chicagoans in Hollywood celebrate far from home SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A hungry Chris O'Donnell arrived straight from the set of "NCIS: Los Angeles" and polished off a piece of pizza. Joe Mantegna, Dennis Farina and Roger Ebert's wife were craving their favorite Chicago foods, too.

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts felt right at home, with "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks resting on a stool and Harry Carey's widow Dutchie standing at the bar.

There was a Midwest feeling in the air Monday night, even if everyone was almost 2,000 miles from the Second City. It was the 25th Windy City West bash, bringing together expatriate Chicagoans from film, television and sports for a taste of home on the West Coast.

"It's unlike any other Hollywood party. People are actually looking each other in the eye and talking," said O'Donnell, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka. "There's nobody looking over anyone's shoulder. That's the difference. It feels a little more normal to me."

Marilu Henner, James Denton of "Desperate Housewives," and Willie Gault of the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears joined Chaz Ebert, "Bold and Beautiful" executive producer Brad Bell, Joel Murray, brother of Bill, actor Richard Kind of HBO's "Luck" and a few hundred others jammed into M Street Kitchen and Stella Rossa Pizza Bar in Santa Monica to celebrate their roots.

Denton reminisced about how he waited tables at Harry Carey's restaurant while doing theater in Chicago before trying his luck in Hollywood.

"I lived there six years and I lived in five different places," the Nashville native said. "I didn't have any money at all so I just bounced around from apartment to apartment."

Comedian Jeff Garlin of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" stopped by before heading to his gig at a Hollywood club, as did actor Billy Zane, Olympic champion figure skater Evan Lysacek and Reggie Brown, who makes a living impersonating President Barack Obama. Ricketts received the Man of the Year award for his contributions to Chicago sports.

"It's like going to your high school reunion after 20 years and realizing you know everybody," said Mantegna, who stars on "Criminal Minds."

"Every time I look up I'm seeing someone I know," he said.

At that, he and Farina, a former Chicago cop, embraced.

"It's a kick to see everybody," Farina said.

Unlike at a lot of Hollywood parties, the guests weren't shy about eating. They chowed down on such Chicago culinary delights as deep-dish pizza, hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches on crusty bread, cheesecake and popcorn imported from the city's favorite restaurants.

"There are certain foods that are just unique," said actor Adrian Zmed of "TJ Hooker" fame. "I wouldn't say they're healthy, but they taste really, really good."

Chaz Ebert, who came without her famous hubby, said, "I'm looking forward to one of those Vienna Beef hot dogs, a Chicagostyle hot dog dragged through the garden, as they call it."

That includes such toppings as tomatoes, onions, a pickle and celery salt.

Gault, still as slim as when he played wide receiver for the Bears, faced a bit of a predicament.

"I'm a vegetarian so I don't eat beef," he said. "They make me a special pizza because I don't really eat cheese either. They always take care of me."

Bell, who recently hosted a fundraiser for Obama at his home, said, "As soon as you walk through the door, you know that you are among Chicagoans because you feel an arm on your back and you feel a warmth in the air."

Comedian Tom Dreesen served as informal host, as he's done every year since the party began in 1987 as a way for transplanted Chicagoans to swap stories and bond over a taste of home.

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"B is for baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together," "Dora & Diego Let's Cook," and "SpongeBob's Kitchen Mission Cookbook" are examples of new cookbooks that take recipe inspiration from television shows. Other shows that have been highlighted include "The Sopranos" and "Mad Men."

Andy Griffith always saved room for Aunt Bee's rhubarb pie. The Brady bunch couldn't wait for Alice's meatloaf. It's not Sunday in Tony Soprano's house without gravy. And everyone knows that Don Draper enjoys an old fashioned now and then.

What you probably didn't know is just how robust an industry has been cooked up around helping fans eat like their favorite TV characters.

Because for about as long as viewers have been sucked into the lives of the Bradys, the Sopranos and the will-they-won't-they ups and downs of Rachel and Ross, a surprising number of them also have hankered for the characters' on-screen eats. And cookbook publishers have been happy to oblige.

Fans have responded. Ken Beck's 1991 "Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook" has sold 900,000 copies. Michele Scicolone says her 2002 book, "The Sopranos Family Cookbook," has sold 10 times as many copies as her other cookbooks. Publisher John Wiley and Sons' 2007 Sesame Street branded "C is for Cooking" flew off the shelves.

For context, publishers today often consider a cookbook modestly successful if it sells 20,000 to 30,000 copies.

"Those books do really well for us, especially during holiday season," says Jessica Goodman, associate publisher at Wiley, which offers several TV tieins, including "SpongeBob's Kitchen Mission" and "Dora and Diego Let's Cook."

The genre of television-inspired cookbooks likely traces itself back to movies. Tie-in books have been around at least since the Pebeco Toothpaste company published the "Gone with the Wind Cook Book" in 1940.

Some TV-inspired cookbooks feature well thought out recipes created by experienced culinary professionals, such as Scicolone (who is better known for cookbooks dedicated to Italian home cooking).

Others are essentially community cookbooks that are untested or barely tested. But none of that seems to matter to fans.

"A lot of good people are brought on to produce them from time to time, but people buy them because it's a lark," says Matt Sartwell, manager of the New York cookbook store Kitchen Arts and Letters. "Most of the time people don't even think about the recipes. Most people understand we're talking about fictional characters."

Some of the books, such as the recently released "The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook," border on culinary anthropology. Just in time for the longawaited start of the show's fifth season (March 25), the cookbook offers an exhaustive history of New York dining in the 1960s, right down to the actual recipes used in Draper haunts like Sardi's and The Grand Central Oyster Bar. For her first Sopranos cookbook — there's also a follow up, the 2006 "Entertaining with the Sopranos" — Scicolone drew on her family recipes and those of series creator David Chase to imagine what the New Jersey mafia don and his family might really have eaten.

"Whenever I write a recipe I always try to put myself in the place where I had this recipe or what inspired me," Scicolone says. "So in the case of the Sopranos, instead of thinking of that time on the Amalfi coast, I was thinking 'What would (Tony's wife) Carmella make if it was late and she was coming home after selling real estate all day?'"

Other books are intended primarily as fan documents.

"We were just fans of the Andy Griffith Show," says Beck, who wrote "Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook" with co-author Jim Clark. "We knew how we loved the show and we knew how fans felt.

We filled it with photos and dialogue from scenes around food. We gave all the recipes names based on Mayberry characters."

The recipes came from the show's cast and crew, Beck says, as well as from members of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club, founded by Clark. Beck says the club has 25,000 members nationwide.

The duo went on to write two more Mayberry cookbooks, as well as a book containing the recipes of fictional cops (for instance, "Colombo") and one with the vittles of fictional cowboys (think "Gunsmoke"). Their 1993 book "Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook" contains recipes from Dawn Wells, the actress who played the show's beguiling Mary Ann. And "Granny's Beverly Hillbillies Cookbook" (1994) offers recipes from the Clampett's stamping ground in the Ozarks. Yes, we're talking ground hog. "I got that from a friend of mine whose mother prepared ground hog in the Depression years," Beck says.

Cookbooks as a general category do well for publishers, but having a television connection often gives them an extra push.

Television shows have long seasons, an established audience and re-runs with the potential to constantly generate new customers.

The books also benefit from strong cross-promotional opportunities, Goodman says. For instance, customers searching Amazon or Barnes and Noble online for a Dora shirt or a SpongeBob toy might also be alerted to the cookbook, racking up collateral sales.

Some shows, like the Sopranos, make easy work for the writer by offering lots of scenes with food.

In the ABC series "Desperate Housewives," each character had her own particular culinary style.

"I felt as though I knew these characters, and that I could easily take their point of view and give them a voice in the kitchen," says "The Desperate Housewives Cookbook" co-author Chris Styler, a chef and culinary consultant who says he was a big fan of the show.

"Some of these ideas, especially for Bree, were easier because she would go into more detail about what she was cooking," Styler said. "Susan was just trying to keep her head above water. Lynette was always scrambling to get something on the table.

Gabrielle never went anywhere near a kitchen."

Other books require more imagination. For instance, the hit NBC series "Friends" largely takes place in a coffee shop, but little food gets eaten. The character Monica is a chef, but viewers rarely see her cook.

"We were trying to do food that made sense for young people living in Greenwich Village," says Jack Bishop, co-author of "Cooking with Friends," which includes recipes for oatmeal raisin cookies and iced mocha lattes, among other things.

Bishop, whose position as editorial director at America's Test Kitchen (home of Cook's Illustrated magazine) gives him uber-serious food credentials, says the book gives him a lighter note on his resume.

"Most of what I do is pretty serious," he says.

"It's nice to have some fun and do something a little outside the box."

It also gave him awesome street cred with his teenage daughters, aged 13 and 16.

"Of all the things I've done in my career," he says, "they think this is the best."

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March Madness: MAAC Edition

By Mike McCurry Featured Columnist

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Fairfield's Ryan Olander deflects a shot in the Stags' loss to Loyola on Monday.

When the calendar finally flips to March, only three things remain on my mind: spring break, Irish soda bread and last, but certainly not least, the month-long thrill ride of college basketball’s postseason. Spring break and Irish soda bread are both nice treasures to look forward to, the latter of which happens to be one of my guiltiest pleasures, but the reality is these things are both gone in a few days. That being said, when we start gearing up for conference championship week and the NCAA Tournament, these unforgettable, electrifying games provide us with a steady mix of disdainful and joyous memories, that seem to last a lifetime.

Whether it’s pumping my chest a la Kevin Garnett whenever I see a replay of Kemba Walker breaking Gary McGhee’s ankles or, on the flip side, wanting to throw up every time analysts talk about George Mason’s unpredictable run to the 2006 Final Four, what happens in March is everything. The madness that will ensue over the next couple of weeks dictates our feelings toward other programs, players and coaches, but it also does something else. March Madness molds us into the sports fans that we are, and it allows us to get fully consumed into something entirely bigger than our selves. This isn’t the NBA, where the athletes have guaranteed contracts and can afford to lose a couple games, even in the playoffs. This is division 1 men’s college hoops, the greatest sport at any level in the world, and the intensity and fire that these kids bring to the table each March is second to none. Knowing every game from here on out is winor-go-home and that anything can happen, it’s just special to

see egos thrown aside and the focus being not on individual stats but on the outcome of the game and the ultimate success of the team determined by how far one goes in conference and national tournaments. Combine this with the mushy feeling we get when our bracket and the NCAA Tournament actually agree with each other, and it’s pretty easy to be a diehard fan of March.

Speaking of diehard college basketball fans, you’d really have to be one in order to be familiar with the MAAC Conference.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a very underrated midmajor league that recently had it’s post-season tournament, with the winner obviously clinching a bid to the coveted NCAA’s. This past Sunday, a friend and I made the drive to Springfield, Massachusetts to take in the MAAC semifinals. Now, let me be the first to say there is no conference in the land that creates more buzz and classic games than Madison Square Garden and the Big East Tournament.

The difference between the Big East and the mid-major playoffs, however, is that the semifinals in New York City usually consist of teams who are locks for the NCAA’s.

Smaller conferences like the MAAC and NEC know that the chances of them getting more than one team into the field of 68 are less than the chances of Jeremy Lin getting enshrined in the Hall of Fame (he’s already in ESPN’s Hall of Fame, right?). If anything, this makes going to see the pride of the MAAC even more enjoyable. Here are some highlights from Sunday’s games: Top Dogs Go Down Shortly after getting obliterated by the Iona Gaels early in the year, an opposing coach told the media that

Iona could be an unprecedented five seed in the NCAA Tournament. Maybe the quote got to Iona’s heads because, barring a miracle, the only Final Four that this mid-major darling from New Rochelle, New York can make will be in the NIT. Sunday, topseeded Iona had the tough task of trying to beat No #4 Fairfield for the third time this season. Unfortunately for them, Fairfield seniors Rakim Sanders and Ryan Olander (yes, Tyler’s brother) had other things in mind. Sanders, a Boston College transfer and one of my true man crushes in sports, posted a cool 26 points and 12 rebounds to lead the upset-minded Stags. The coolest part of the day might have been the Fairfield student section chanting “N-I-T N-I-T” for the last minute or so, a taunt that was definitely recognized by Iona’s players in the tiny Mass Mutual Center.

Wise Words From a Scout Not only were tickets a mere ten bucks, but it turned out that the gentleman sitting in front of us was a scout of the Orlando Magic.

I cannot even begin to calculate how many times I had to bite my tongue and resist asking him questions about the actual NBA team. Such queries as “Why won’t you just stop toying with us and trade Dwight Howard already?” and “Why do you scouts seem to have an eye for overpaid, worn-down shooters with the last name Richardson?” probably would not have gone over too well. What I did ask him is why he was there; his answer: for Scott Machado (Iona’s point guard), Shane Walker (Loyola’s big man) and Sanders. After talking to the dude a little more, I had a burning passion to ask another question: “Can I fit in your suitcase?” Along with taking in the MAAC semifinals on Sunday and MAAC final

on Monday, he was going to the Big East Tournament and then down to Atlanta for some ACC action. Talk about living the “life.”

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The MAAC definitely has some brilliant up-and-coming head coaches, yet a couple of them need to think before they speak to the media after the game. Two bonehead comments: Jimmy Patsos, (MAAC Champion) Loyola’s fiery and entertaining general, told his team at halftime of the championship game to “get militant [like the Black Panthers] and we are going to go right after them and press after every made shot.” The line I have a lot bigger problem with is out of the mouth of Tim Cluess, Iona’s coach, when asked about his team’s atlarge chances. “I think we should definitely be in the discussion,” Cluess said. “If you’re going to pick eight or nine teams out of the Big East, I think that’s nonsense.

Those teams aren’t as good as we are.” If I was a coach in the MAAC, all I would say is “Cluess is Clueless.”

The MAAC is just one of the many great mid-major conference tourneys out there.

To think of how many great games there have been this week already, added to the fact that the Power-6 conference tournaments have not even started with the exception of the Big East, it’s a little bit frightening. March is here, so embrace it, live it, and get a little wild with your bracket picks. You can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be loving every second of the Madness, probably with some Irish soda bread.

Michael.McCurry@UConn.edu

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Toss Up: Which team had the best offseason pickups?

By David Marinstein Campus Correspondent With Spring Training just beginning, baseball fans can smell the hot dogs, hear the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd. With the many huge free agent moves made in the offseason, one must wonder what this upcoming season will be like. Teams such as the Angels, Tigers and Marlins all made huge signings in acquiring super star caliber players. Personally, I believe out of all of the moves made, Jose Reyes signing with the Miami Marlins will have the greatest impact on his team. After years of being on and off the disabled list with the New York Mets, Jose Reyes had an incredible 2011 season. He came second in NL MVP voting behind Ryan Braun. He hit for .337 (which he led the National League in), stole 39 bases and scored 101 runs (top 6 in the National League in both of these categories). His season was truly remarkable. But as many Mets fans know, mediocrity drives teams away. Reyes left NYC for South Beach to sig with the Marlins.

There are a number of reasons

why Reyes moving to the Marlins will have a bigger impact than Pujols to the Angels or Fielder to the Tigers. The Marlins have not been above .500 since 2009 and haven’t made the playoffs

“... The Florida baseball scene is about to change mightily... Reyes will obviously helpt the team improve tremendously on the field.” since 2003 when they won the World Series- that is the only time they’ve made the playoffs in the past 14 years. To say the last, despite two World Series titles the Marlins have not been a historically successful franchise. They’re best known for breeding young players into stars who leave the

franchise to get paid.

Now, their formula for success has changed. He is probably the greatest free agent signing the Marlins franchise has ever made.

Reyes will help the team off the field and on. The franchise, which has been desperate to improve its image, now has a “bonafide” star on the team to watch, which will hopefully draw more fans. Adding him to a brand new stadium, a great starting pitcher in Josh Johnson, a young stud in Hanley Ramirez and a fiery new experienced coach in Ozzie Guillen, the Florida baseball scene is about to change mightily.

In addition, Reyes will obviously help the team improve tremendously on the field. The Marlins were in the lower 1/3 of the MLB a season ago in runs scored, batting average, runs batted in and stolen bases.

With the addition of Reyes, these statistics for the Marlins will improve without a doubt. As long as Jose Reyes can remain healthy this season, the Miami Marlins with be a force in the National League.

David.Marinstein@UConn.edu

By Ryan Curto Campus Correspondent Spring is virtually upon us.

And as the weather warms, and the sun begins to shine brighter, one fact is certain, baseball is right around the corner. As America’s pastime begins to embark on a brand new season, all those involved in off-season trades and signings settle in to their new homes.

It is without doubt that this past off-season was one of the most jaw dropping that the MLB has seen ever. With three major superstars in Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Jose Reyes on the move, it is debatable as to who will have the greatest impact on their team this season. At the end of each debate, the answer should be the same. Albert Pujols will have the greatest impact on his team in 2012, however.

After a decade with the St. Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols, the most dominant bat in the major leagues, packed

his bags and signed a new 10-year, $250 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Based on numbers alone, this proves to be the most jaw-dropping contract of the off-season.

However, the player that was signed is what makes it the signing that is going to have the greatest impact. Albert Pujols is the most feared and respected bat in the sport of baseball. His .328 lifetime batting average and his 445 homeruns are eye-popping numbers.

Pujols will join a team who is in need of a superstar player. The past two years the Angels have failed to make the playoffs. This is largely due to the fact that on the offensive side of the game, they need help. With the highest average on the team at .288, and the homerun leader compiling only 29 round-trippers, the Angels are in need of a big bat. Pujols provides them with that.

He is a consistent monster at the plate that can certainly play under pressure (which

he will face as he comes to the American League). His bat will drastically strengthen the lineup, which will help their solid pitching staff to win more consistently. Also, having a presence such as Pujols in the lineup will help the bats of others around him.

As pitchers prepare to face the Angels they will attempt to avoid throwing to Pujols giving others in the lineup better pitches to hit.

His dominance at the plate will surely continue as it has through his first ten years in the league. And his presence in the Angels lineup will better the players around him. While Prince Fielder is also a great signing, players like Miguel Cabrera have already led their team to success. Pujols will help the Angles climb their way back in the playoffs and back to the success they had a few years before. Albert Pujols will have the greatest impact on his new team this season.

Ryan.Curto@UConn.edu

West Virginia awaits UConn today in second round

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer NEW YORK – Following their first-round victory over DePaul, the Huskies will move on to take West Virginia (19-12, 9-9) today at noon in the second round of the Big East tournament. The Mountaineers are currently considered a bubble team for the NCAA tournament field and fell to UConn 64-57 at the XL Center back in early January.

West Virginia led by ten at halftime and nearly a dozen as late as the 11:21 mark. However, a late 17-3 run halted any potential for a visitor victory as the Huskies went up for good on a Lamb jumper with two and a half minutes left to go. The pre-season All-American poured in seventeen points after intermission and Andre Drummond

finished with a double-double. ages over 17 points per game and Since their meeting two is very adept at getting to the rim months ago, the two clubs have and finishing. However, behind toughed their way through Big Jones and Bryant are just two East play to middling records. players who average better than Led by All-Big East 1st team six and a half points per game. member Kevin Jones, the No. 8 Depth is not the only concern seed in this year’s tournament for the NCAA tournament hopehas won half their ful. They fall in the games since the bottom third nationstart of February. ally in field goal The Mountaineers percentage and parclosed out their seaticularly struggled son with a 50-44 win from behind the arc. over South Florida The Mountaineers last weekend, as typically make up Jones edged out for their shooting Notebook Marquette’s Darius woes with superior Johnson-Odom for rebounding as the the conference scoring title by 19th best club in the country in one point. He also leads the Big that category.

East in rebounding.

Off the Rim The Robin to Jones’s Batman While the Huskies shot well happens to be a scoring machine from three-point range, they at shooting guard in Darryl were terrible from the free throw ‘Truck’ Bryant. A physical line, making 11 of 24. perimeter player, Bryant averDePaul outrebounded the

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Huskies in the first half, despite being the 7th worst team out of 338 in the rebounding margin.

The Blue Demons leading scorer, Cleveland Melvin, was a UConn commit during recruiting before backing off and signing with DePaul and then new head coach Oliver Purnell.

Calling yesterday’s game was referee Gene Steratore, who also works as an NFL official.

Football fans will remember him as the ref who took away Calvin Johnson’s gamewinning touchdown catch at Chicago two years ago on Opening Day. The quotable Jim Calhoun “I’m not walking with a cane anymore. I couldn’t walk with a cane on the sidelines because the officials might have been hit. There was always the fear of pain of some sort but to alleviate that pain was incredible.”

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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Alex Oriakhi dunks the ball in UConn's 81-67 win over DePaul at Madison Square Garden.

Huskies head north to New Hampshire Lamb: It's a new season

By Danny Maher Campus Correspondent The UConn lacrosse team travels to Durham, N.H. Wednesday to play another America East team, the University of New Hampshire at 3:30 p.m. Both teams have not met since 2009, when the UNH (0-2) defeated UConn 15-7 in Storrs.

Connecticut (3-1) split a pair of games over the weekend, losing at home to Boston College 19-11 on Friday. But the Huskies turned around the next day and defeated Binghamton, 14-12.

Draw controls were a deciding factor in the BC game, as the game was close throughout the first half, as were the draw controls by each team.

But in the second half the Eagles won 14 of 17 draw controls and built up an insurmountable lead.

UConn is outscoring their scoring streak to 43 straight opponents 30-16 in the first games over the weekend and half this season but the had four goals in the win over Huskies are being outscored Binghamton.

28-23 in the second half.

New Hampshire is searchConnecticut is in the middle ing for the first win of the of the conference and almost season after a pair of lopsided every Big East stalosses to Dartmouth tistic, but lead the and Massachusetts. conference in saves The Wildcats are a per game with 10.75 young team returnat New per game. This is all but one player Hampshire ing due in large part to from last year’s 8-9 3:30 p.m. squad. Senior Ilana play of junior goalkeeper Brittney has not yet Memorial Cohen Testa. She is third found the momenField in the Big East with tum she carried in a .507 save percent2011, which includage. But Testa is ninth in the ed 24 goals and 13 assists. conference allowing ten goals UNH is averaging just six per game. goals per game and rank last M.E. Lapham has demon- in the America East in assists, strated plenty of senior lead- points, shots and draw conership this season. She is sec- trols. ond in the Big East averaging But the Wildcats have 4.5 points per game and is just caused 17 turnovers, which 20 goals away from becom- is on pace with Connecticut. ing UConn’s all-time leading Senior Kate Keagins has goal scorer. She extended her caused seven turnovers her-

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self, putting her atop the America East in that category.

The lone bright spots for the UNH offense this year has been the three goals by Keagins and junior Jenny Simpson.

Simpson, the Connecticut native, has scored in ten consecutive games.

Freshman Taylor Hurwitz and junior Kathleen O’Keefe have split time between the pipes for UNH. Neither goalie has seen much success as they each have save percentages below .233 and Hurwitz is averaging 21.41 goals against per game.

After the game the Huskies will return home to face instate foe Fairfield on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Wildcats will travel to the west coast to play Stanford on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Daniel.Maher@UConn.edu

Auriemma: Mosqueda-Lewis makes it look effortless

from THIRD, page 14

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led the way for the Huskies with 19 and seven rebounds.

The Big East Freshman of the Year averaged 19.3 points per game in the tournament and was named the Most Outstanding Player – the first UConn freshman to claim that honor since Diana Taurasi in 2001.

“She just makes it look so effortless,” Auriemma said.

“She just makes it look so easy that when a shot doesn’t go in you’re almost appalled. … She’s one of those special kids, she’s unique. Not many people are wired that way.

She is.”

The Huskies raced out to a

27-17 lead just over midway through the first half, thanks largely to Mosqueda-Lewis, who hit her first five shots in the game. But the Fighting Irish held UConn scoreless for the next five-and-a-half minutes and used a 13-4 run to claw within a point at halftime.

Neither team would gain more than a six-point separation for most of the second half. Then, with three minutes to go and UConn clinging to a six-point lead, junior Kelly Faris swished home a 3-pointer to bring the Huskies’ lead to 55-46.

It was the second 3-pointer of the game for Faris, who entered the night at 29.2 percent from beyond the arc.

UConn would then hit 8-of-10 free throws the rest of the way

to ice the game.

“I thought the [3-pointer] after the travel was critical,” McGraw said. “It was a big swing in the game. It could have been our ball, and instead they missed it, and she made the shot. … Also, the other [3-pointer] was a dagger.”

The Huskies outrebounded the Irish 44-33 and held Notre Dame to 32.2 percent shooting, including a combined 9-of-32 for All-Big East players Skylar Diggins and Natalie Novosel.

Sophomore Bria Hartley earned All-Tournament honors after an 18-point, sevenrebound and four-steal performance. Fellow sophomore Stefanie Dolson joined her on the team, along with Notre

Dame’s Devereauk Peters and Kayla McBride and St. John’s Shenneika Smith, who hit the game-winning 3-pointer against UConn on Feb. 18.

Auriemma said he noticed a different attitude in his team than the one that lost two games in nine days.

“I think they’re a little bit more grown up now than they were a week ago,” he said. “If you were in our locker room, you would know that the championship is important, but I think the other stuff, the intangible stuff that I think came out of this weekend is maybe even more important.”

Ryan.Tepperman@UConn.edu

from HUSKIES, page 14 Fueled by a series of UConn turnovers and miscues, AllBig East honorable mention forward Cleveland Melvin turned the Blue Demons’ hopes around. Finishing with team-highs in points, rebounds, assists and steals, the 6-foot-8 sophomore dropped eight points over that span and picked up a couple of timely assists. Freshman Moses Morgan knocked in a couple of treys and later helped trim the UConn lead to nine.

However, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun kept his timeouts in pocket and allowed his club to work through their struggles between TV breaks.

“At 14 minutes, I said come back and see me at 11,” Calhoun said. “It’s old school but I tried to keep the game shorter and just talked about the things we need to do.”

His message was caught loud and clear by Lamb, who scored four of the next six UConn points, separated by an Alex Oriahki dunk. In 27 minutes of play, Oriahki collected nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks. His final rejection came with 34

seconds left, as the Huskies closed out the Blue Demons on a 15-4 run.

It was the second straight year UConn handled DePaul in the opening round as a nine seed, which inevitably led to comparison to last season’s magical run. When asked how the two side by side compare and contrast, Lamb kept them far apart.

“It’s a coincidence because it’s a whole new year. We didn’t say like ‘Here we go again’. We just said we’re playing DePaul, we need a win so let’s do our thing as a team.”

“When we go into these tournaments, we always say it’s a new season,” Lamb continued. “ We go in and try to work hard. We’ve been finding ourselves and preparing all year for this time and now we’ve got to give it all we got.”

Today’s second round matchup with West Virginia can be seen on ESPN or heard live on UConn’s student radio 91.7 FM and online at whus. org, beginning at noon.

Andrew.J.Callahan@UConn.edu

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Report: Colts and Manning breaking up INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end Wednesday, according to a report.

Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that the Colts plan to hold a news conference to announce the long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend.

Team owner Jim Irsay and Manning’s agent, Tom Condon, did not immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press. Team spokesman Avis Roper said he could not confirm the decision or the news conference because Irsay was out of town and unreachable.

Manning turns 36 later this month, and missed the entire 2011 season after a third neck surgery.

Before that, he’d never missed a game in his 13 NFL seasons.

He is owed a $28 million roster bonus on Thursday, and with the Colts holding the top draft pick, they apparently have decided it was too risky and pricey to keep the four-time league MVP. Manning led the Colts to the 2006 NFL title, and in 2009 he brought the Colts to the cusp of history with a 14-0 start.

It’s been bad news ever since.

The Colts pulled their starters against the New York Jets and lost the final two games that season.

Indy then wound up losing to New Orleans in the Super Bowl.

During the offseason, Manning had the first of his neck surgeries.

Then, after making an early playoff exit in the 2010 season, Manning underwent another neck surgery to repair a damaged nerve that was causing weakness in his throwing arm.

Last July, Irsay signed Manning to a new five-year, $90 million contract extension that everyone expected would keep Manning in Indy for the rest of his career.

But when the nerve did not heal as quickly as anticipated, Manning had two vertebrae fused together in September, a surgery that forced him to miss the first game of his career. There are still questions about how strong Manning’s arm is.

But there is no doubt about the impact he’s had on Indy’s franchise over the past 14 seasons.

He is the Colts’ career leader in every major passing category, is one of only four players in league history to throw for more than 50,000 yards and is third all-time in touchdown passes (399).

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Hughes admits last year ‘a failure’

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Phil Hughes knew without being told that his physical conditioning had to improve.

“For me, last year was a failure and I didn’t want to do that again,” he said, “so I made sure I had no excuses coming into spring. I was ready to go. I was strong. It’s all on me.

At the end of the day, I have to want it.”

Hughes reached 93 mph with his fastball Tuesday in his first outing of spring training, allowing two runs and four hits in the New York Yankees’ 7-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton.

Before the game, Joe Girardi detailed his unhappiness with Hughes’ physique last year.

The Yankees manager rarely goes public with criticism of one of his players.

Hughes became a dominant pitcher in 2010 when he went 18-8 and was picked for the AL All-Star team, but he slipped to a 5-5 record in an injury-filled 2011. Girardi suggested perhaps a sense of entitlement slipped in last year and made clear that Hughes is among four pitchers competing for three open slots in the Yankees’ starting rotation.

“I think you can tell by the way he came into camp that there’s a little bit more of an edge,” Girardi said. “He worked extremely hard this winter. He was here a couple weeks early, throwing off the mound, doing sides.

That’s not something we ask our players to do. We had a lot of people come in early, but he knows that there is competition, and nothing is going to be handed to you.”

Only CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda are assured of starting spots, with Hughes battling Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda and Freddy Garcia for the remaining three berths.

“I don’t think there necessarily was a message sent in my direction. I did my offseason program on my own. I called the team and made sure it was OK that I did that,” Hughes said. “It wasn’t something where I was being punished and sent to boot camp somewhere.

It was something I wanted to do.”

Hughes said he never discussed conditioning with Girardi.

“I was heavier than normal. I knew what I needed to change,” he said.

Against the Pirates, Hughes followed Sabathia and allowed Clint Barmes’ twoout single in the third followed by Andrew McCutchen’s RBI double over center fielder Dewayne Wise.

Hughes left with one out and two on in the fourth following singles by Neil Walker and Yamaico Navarro, and a run scored on an error by first baseman Mark Teixeira.

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By Jimmy Onofrio Staff Writer For baseball fans, that time of year has finally returned: MLB teams played their first spring training games over the weekend.

After four months of workouts, trades and managerial changes, players are back in uniform and a new season is about to begin.

While there were certainly big moves made in the off-season, like Albert Pujols’ move to LA, the big stories in the baseball world currently revolve around off-the-field events. Here’s what you need to know: New playoff format: The MLB agreed late last week to add a second wild card to each league’s postseason. With the new format, each division winner is assured a spot, and the two non-division-winning teams with the best records will face each other in a one-game playoff.

Response was not all positive.

David Ortiz stated a common concern about the expense and resources needed to transport a team and all its stuff across the country for just one game.

Mets Owners Standing Trial: New York Mets owners Jeff and

Fred Wilpon will stand trial on March 19th, facing a potential $300 million in damages stemming from the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme that landed the disgraced investor and scam artist 150 years in prison. A U.S. District Court judge already ordered the Wilpons to pay $83 million to the trustee of Madoff’s seized assets. What this scandal means for the future of the Mets is unclear. If they are found guilty at this trial, commissioner Bud Selig will almost certainly have to force them out, but it may be tough to find new owners ready to pick up the financial burden of the team, which includes a large debt on the new Citi Field.

Ryan Braun: In December, ESPN reported that Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone and a prohibited substance that was not a drug or steroid. The penalty was suspension for the first 50 games of the 2012 season. Braun appealed and his case was sent to a 3-person arbitration panel, which ruled in favor of Braun.

James.Onofrio@UConn.edu

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P.13: Hughes says last season was a failure. / P.12: WVU is next for the UConn men. / P.11: Column: MAAC Madness.

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Gampel Memories

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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UConn beats Irish on third try, takes Big East crown

By Ryan Tepperman Staff Writer

Colin McDonough Last Saturday, barring an NIT bid, was the last home men’s basketball game for the class of 2012. With that, here’s some of the best memories from Gampel Pavilion in the last four years.

Nov. 14, 2008, versus Western Carolina: In our senior class’s first game, the No. 2 UConn men’s basketball team opened its season with a win over the Catamounts. It was also the class of 2012’s hero, Kemba Walker’s first game in a Husky uniform.

Walker scored eight points in 26 minutes. Hasheem Thabeet and Jerome Dyson each had 23 points.

Jan. 31, 2009, versus Providence: The student section waved blue and white pom poms as Thabeet recorded a triple-double and UConn became the No. 1 team in the nation two days later. Barkevious Mingo, a top football recruit at the time was in attendance. Mingo chose LSU over UConn. Most would say he made the right choice, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that the Tigers and Huskies have made the same amount of BCS bowl games in the last three years.

Feb. 28, 2009, versus Notre Dame: Jeff Adrien, A.J. Price and Craig Austrie were honored on Senior Day, and UConn improved to 27-2 while also finishing the home season unbeaten at Gampel Pavilion. Adrien had 25 points and saluted the student section by standing on the scorer’s table in front of them after the victory. The Huskies would go on to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament and make the 2009 Final Four in Detroit before losing to Michigan State.

Jan. 30, 2010, versus Texas: Whether or not you agree that the fans stormed the court after beating the No. 1 Longhorns, this game was still a loud environment, and one of the only bright spots in a disappointing sophomore year for the class of 2012. Stanley Robinson scored 17 points including numerous highlight reel dunks Dyson had 32 points and Walker added 19.

The two dribbled out the clock as students rushed the floor to celebrate with the team.

April 4, 2011, versus Butler: The national championship game was played in Houston, but Gampel Pavilion was filled with students cheering on the Huskies. This was the best day of college for most of the class of 2012. UConn beat Butler 53-41 to win the school’s third national championship, setting off a celebration in Storrs as students streamed out of Gampel onto Fairfield Way. Nov. 11, 2011, versus Columbia: The 2011 NCAA national championship placard was revealed. Although Jonathan the Husky had to hold up a kid to unveil the banner, remembering the curtain coming down will never get old.

Feb. 25, 2012, versus Syracuse: Now I know it was a loss, but when ESPN’s College Gameday comes to campus, it’s a big deal. The morning show came to UConn for the first time since broadcasting at the UConn women’s basketball team’s win over Notre Dame on Jan. 16, 2010. The men’s team came back from a 17-point deficit to tie it.

But Fab Melo’s put back and a late miss by Roscoe Smith ended the upset attempt against the No. 2 Orange.

Feel free to e-mail me your favorite moments from Gampel Pavilion. And here’s to hoping the next few graduating classes have just as great a time as we did.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

It had been just over a week prior to last night’s game when No. 3 Notre Dame (303, 14-2 Big East) was standing on the XL Center floor raising the Big East regular season championship trophy, the first in head coach Muffet McGraw’s illustrious career.

Yet eight days after UConn coach Geno Auriemma claimed his team had “no fight,” the No. 4 Huskies (29-4, 13-3 Big East) flipped the switch on the Fighting Irish in the Big East tournament final with a 63-54 victory.

“I think it was big,” said senior guard Tiffany Hayes, who finished the game with 14 points and eight rebounds. “We gave up in a couple games before, and we just wanted to show everybody that we did have fight in us.”

UConn topped Notre Dame for its fifth straight Big East tourney crown, ending the team’s three-game losing streak to the Fighting Irish, which dates back to last year’s Final Four. It was also win No. 800 in Auriemma’s career, making him the fastest coach in women’s basketball history to reach

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Caroline Doty looks for help in the UConn women’s basketball team’s 63-54 win in the Big East championship over Notre Dame at the XL Center.

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Huskies dump Blue Demons in first round

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer

NEW YORK–One down.

Four to go.

Led by Jeremy Lamb, UConn (19-12, 9-10) battered the DePaul Blue Demons (12-19, 3-16) 81-67 Tuesday in the first round of the Big East tournament. The Huskies raced out to an early lead after hitting their UConn first seven three- DePaul pointers and recording 13 first-half assists. Credited with five of those thirteen, freshman guard Ryan Boatright finished with 19 points in one of his best games of the season.

“The first time we played I pressed a bit too much and missed a lot of easy shots,”

Boatright said. “Coach told me in practice this week I’d have a great game today. I just got inspired by playing great defense and knew the offense would come to me,” Offense was in abundance for the Huskies over the opening half as they made a habit of getting out in transition and knocking down shots from behind the arc. During the twenty minutes, 81 first UConn shot just shy 67 of 55 percent while holding DePaul to 28 percent from the floor. In a balanced attack, each Husky that saw greater than four minutes of time also scored four or more points.

Lamb, who didn’t miss a jumper until over eight and a half minutes elapsed, credited the whole team for his shooting

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success.

“I think today we moved the ball well,” he said. “Early I had a couple open shots, from trying to set up my man and the big men setting great screens.

I was able to knock down a couple… and plays like that from anyone just get the whole team up. We had a lot of open shots today,” The good ball movement spilled over into the second half as Andre Drummond became the main beneficiary, scoring six points in the first four minutes. The Huskies’ largest lead came at the 14:58 mark following a Roscoe Smith threepointer, his second on the afternoon. The margin then rested at 24, before DePaul was able to cut it in half less than four minutes later.

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Jeremy Lamb, left, goes up for a shot during the first round of the Big East NCAA college basketball conference tournament game against DePaul, Tuesday.

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Geno records 800th, beats Notre Dame

By Dan Agabiti Senior Staff Writer The last time the Huskies lost to a team three times in a season, the members of this year’s squad were still in diapers. But at least for now, losing three times to Notre Dame won’t be a problem for UConn.

Despite losing twice to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, both times a late-game collapse, UConn was able to beat the Irish 63-54 in the Big East Championship game.

After last Monday night’s game against the Irish, UConn coach Geno Auriemma said that a large reason why this year’s team is prone to fall apart late in the game is because it doesn’t have any fight. He even went so far as to say that he doesn’t care about the conference tournament because he thought they weren’t good enough to win it.

A lot has changed in eight by Skylar Diggins, Natalie days.

Novosel and Brittany Mallory.

“They came out with a lot Tuesday night, Faris, Hartley more fire,” Notre Dame coach and Hayes combined for 40 Muffet McGraw said. “They points and 18 rebounds. came into this game with a lot “We allowed them to get more confidence some looks early than when they on and they were started the tournaable to get in a ment.” flow offensively,” After composDiggins said of ing themselves as the UConn guards. a unit, when the “They were able Huskies blew a to get their confi10-point first half dence up and that’s lead, the team was what got it for Notebook able to settle down them.” in the second half, This year marks when UConn outscored Notre the eighth year in a row that Dame 32-24. the Huskies have made the “They’re a little bit more finals of the Big East tournagrown up now than they were ment and the Huskies have a week ago,” Auriemma said. won seven of them. Their only “They’ve come a long way.” loss during that stretch came A big change in this game against Rutgers back in 2007. was the intensity with which UConn’s guards played. The 800 for Geno last two times out, Kelly Farris, Bria Hartley and Last night’s win was the Tiffany Hayes were outplayed 800th for coach Auriemma.

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Auriemma reached 800 wins in 928 games, making him the fastest coach in history to reach the milestone. Tennessee coach Pat Summit held the previous mark for fastest coach to reach 800 wins, doing it in 959 games.

Auriemma acknowledged that reaching 800 games is a daunting task but he admitted that coaches do not have the kind of control over a game that they like to think that they do.

“You have to recruit quality players,” Auriemma said.

“They’re going to have to make the plays that determine the game.”

One thing that Auriemma has stressed to all of his teams during his time in Connecticut is that simply winning is not what Connecticut basketball is all about. He said that Connecticut basketball is measured in other, more tangible, ways than simply whether or not the team won the game on

a given night.

He used a comparison between last night’s Conference Championship game and the loss to St. John’s and the two Notre Dame losses as an example.

“I don’t think I was any smarter tonight than I was a week ago,” Auriemma said.

The next step

After winning the conference tournament, the Huskies will await the decision of the NCAA Selection Committee to see who their first opponent of the NCAA Tournament will be.

It’s a unanimous projection that UConn, Notre Dame, Stanford and Baylor will be the No. 1 seeds and UConn is expected to play March 24 in the Bridgeport regional against the No. 16 seed, whomever

Daniel.Agabiti@UConn.edu