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USG candidate allegations rile elections Volume CXX No. 100

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By Jackie Wattles and Sten Spinella Assoc. News Editor and Campus Correspondent Documentation has emerged supporting allegations made in a case filed with the Undergraduate Student Government Judiciary yesterday that may determine the outcome of this year’s election for student body president.

The case — which challenges the legitimacy of USG senator Carlyle Bethel’s run for president — was filed yesterday with the USG Judiciary by Senator Kevin Alvarez, who also serves as the campaign manager for Bethel’s sole opponent: Mark Sargent. It alleges Bethel and his running mate, David Rifkin, violated USG elections policies by accruing absences from mandatory senate and committee meetings.

The USG Elections and Campaign Policies state: “A candidate currently serving in the Undergraduate Student Government is required to fulfill all responsibilities required of his or her current office, including attendance at any meeting of the Undergraduate Student Government that he or she is required to attend.”

Official copies of meeting minutes were obtained by The Daily Campus that show Bethel — who serves on the Student Services Committee — was absent from the committee’s meetings three times this semester: on Jan. 23, Jan. 30 and Feb. 27.

Both Bethel and Rifkin were also absent from the USG Senate meeting on Feb. 19.

Alvarez said a judiciary hear-

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LEFT: Carlyl Bethel, a USG presidential candidate, is currently being accused for abscence at USG meetings. Such accusations could lead to be disqualified from the race RIGHT: Kevin Alvarez, a USG senator, is accusing Caryle Bethel for missing USG meetings. He has brought his case to the USG Judiciary Review and has documents supporting his claims.

ing on the case will likely take place next Thursday, and results from the campus-wide vote will probably be withheld until after a decision is handed down.

The situation is déjà vu for USG. Last year, the judiciary decided the USG presidential race when Senate Speaker Shiv Gandhi — who won the campus-wide vote — was disqualified from the presidential race for violating campaign rules.

When asked to respond to the allegations brought forward by Alvarez, Bethel said, “I don’t have perfect attendance, as most sena-

tors don’t, but David [Rifkin] and I have been very dedicated to student government and have served to the best of our abilities.

“It has been a culture in USG to strip the student body of its voice and strip this campus of democracy by taking every election to the court and allowing five people to decide the outcome of the elections and we hope to avoid that this election,” Bethel said.

In an interview Tuesday, Rifkin stated, “I never missed a senate in my life. Since coming to UConn I have not once missed a senate, and the same cannot be said for any

other senator.”

But meeting records show Rifkin was absent from a formal senate meeting on Feb. 12 and Feb. 19 this year. He has also, according to Alvarez, allegedly missed four meetings of External Affairs. Records retained by The Daily Campus can only confirm one of Rifkin’s absences from the committee’s meetings, which took place on Feb. 7.

When asked about the allegations in an interview Thursday night, Rifkin’s response was similar to Bethel’s.

“I pride myself on hard work

and dedication, and Carlyle and I will not allow a case intended to harm our reputation in the heat of elections stand in the way of our goals,” he said. “I am disappointed that our opponents’ campaign team would attack our loyalty and character…I am confident that UConn students will be able to see through the finger pointing and realize what our campaign really stands for: dedication, leadership and a united Husky spirit.”

Absences from mandatory USG are also addressed in the organization’s bylaws, which state: “Senators shall not be absent and

A Year Ago This Week

The four legs of the ‘infinite table’ Students at one point or another have found difficulty describing exactly what it is their major teaches them, just as the Digital Media and Design ran into the problem when developing the new program. However, as evidenced by the scale and volume of projects completed in the past year, it is now clear what the major is capable of.

“Imagine an infinite table top that reaches out as far as digital media expands supported by four legs,” said Tim Hunter, professor and director of Digital Media and Design. “The four legs are

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Worldfest on Sunday

By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent

Digital media and design major tackles new growing industries

By Alban Murtishi Staff Writer

unexcused from more than two Undergraduate Student Senate meetings per academic semester.”

It also states that two unexcused absences are grounds for immediate removal from USG at the discretion of the speaker.

Three senators were removed from the organization last fall for such absences — but USG Deputy Speaker Colin Ng said since those members were expunged, the organization has not reviewed attendance records to check for violations.

Senate Speaker Gandhi denied to comment on the case, but said tracking attendance is not a priority around elections time.

“Since I’m not present for every committee meeting, and because there are five committees, committee attendance is reported by the chair of the committee,” Gandhi said. “As far as Senate attendance goes, it is possible — though rare — to get excused from a Senate absence. That decision is made by me.”

It is unclear whether any of Bethel or Rifkin’s absences would be deemed excused.

Any member of the student body is currently permitted to run for USG president, but only current-USG members are subject to the attendance requirements outlined in the elections policies. However, the senate voted to amend the USG Constitution that would require candidates for president to have prior USG experience. The revised constitution is currently up for approval from the student body.

Voting for USG president and approval of the constitutional changes will conclude on March 10 at 5 p.m. Students can cast their ballots at vote.uconn.edu.

creative makers, business, marketing, and social media, technology and the digital humanities.”

What Hunter refers to is at the heart of Digital Media and Design, the fast paced technological changes, combined with the numerous growing industries that make use of digital media. These ever expanding industries, from marketing firms to bioASHELY MAHER/Courtesy of the UConn Police medical firms, need students experienced in digital media The digital media and design major, introduced last year, continues to push boundaries in technology and media at the univerand design, and professor sity. Above a professor in the program shows a display of his phone camera being project on a larger projector.

Hunter is hoping to have UConn students fill the posi- programs as well. I said to I described the tabletop they digital media and design as them that our program is immediately understood the relevant and possible, and the tions. proof is in the projects.

“I just had a family here uniquely different, and peo- difference,” said Hunter.

The past year has seen the One boundary-pushing that applied to the program, ple are kind of suspect when and they looked at five other they first hear that, but when uniqueness and necessity of

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This Sunday, the UConn International Student & Scholar Services is planning to host its annual Worldfest event. More than 1,000 guests are expected to attend Worldfest, from both the UConn community and the rest of the state. The event will feature a diverse range of presentations and expositions that showcase the diverseness and multicultural nature of students and the community. The types of presentations featured at the event will include ethnic music, dance and food.

Worldfest will also include performances by a variety of UConn cultural clubs. The Albanian student Association, UConn Taiko Club, Chinese Student & Scholar Association, Nubian Foxes, Tarang, Husky Hungama, Capoeira and Polish Cultural Society, are all expected to have performances at the event. The event this year is titled “Circle of many Cultures,” and will take place at the Rome Ballroom, and will run from 1-4 p.m.

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By Katie McWilliams Senior Staff Writer In the March edition of the ‘Mansfield Minute’ the town announced that the town will publish a development plan for Mansfield Tomorrow in Spring 2014 for the public to review.

The publication describes the project as “a framework through which we can manage future change and maintain our rural character while providing access to the jobs and homes that are the foundation of the town’s long-term sustainability.”

The vision of Mansfield Tomorrow includes a plan for “historical rural villages, flourishing farms, and protected open spaces.” The plan, however, does not exclude next-door neighbor and flagship university, the University of Connecticut. The project plans for well-developed commercial areas such as Four Corners and the Depot Campus. Changes will not be focused on the short term, but rather long–term sustainability and preservation. According to the plan’s website, the goal is to preserve open space, but also to cultivate areas.

According to Mansfield Tomorrow, “we are committed to supporting diversity, sustainability, economic viability, an excellent public school system, and a high quality of life and sense of community for all residents. These commitments are reflected in our community institutions such as our library, schools, recreational pro-

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The town of Mansfield has enacted Mansfield Tomorrow, a plan described as, “a framework through which we can manage future change and maintain our rural character while providing access to the jobs and homes that are the foundation of the town’s long-term sustainability.”

grams and town events.”

The plan’s website cites developments like the Storrs Center and UConn Tech Park as reasons why the plan is necessary.

“With important projects like Storrs Center, the UConn Technology Park, and extension of public water and sewer service to the Four Corners area already

in the works, Mansfield needs a plan for what’s next – a plan that gives us the vision, the strategies, and the tools to become the 21st century community that we want to be,” the project’s website said.

Mansfield Tomorrow is getting its funding through the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, which promotes

sustainable building and development.

The plan has six key aspects: provide more transportation, promote equitable and affordable housing, enhance economic competitiveness and to support existing communities and coordinate federal policies and investment.

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New major designs IP from FOUR LEGS, page 1

project that is being worked on by students and faculty in the program is something straight out of science fiction. The idea is that of a virtual reality room that present images that can be manipulated by an entire human body using kinect sensors and LED screens. What may sound like mere postulation is actually soon to be implemented by Boston Children’s Hospital

by Sep. 16. The display will allow younger patients with debilitating diseases to get active and seize some semblance of control over a 25-foot environment.

The majority of classes are held in the Bishop Center basement, and although the building opens up like most class and office buildings, looks can be deceiving. In the basement, laboratorylike classes filled with students, computers and heat are buzzing late into the night.

Students work hard on animations, meticulously moving the fingers and hands of the Pixar-like characters.

UConn has even already made use of the industrious program. “A group of students and faculty, myself included, worked on the public service announcement that was airing on television about UConn and what the experience is like here, and it airs whenever a game is televised,” said Perry Harovas, associate

professor in residence in the department of digital media and design.

Digital Media and Design has attracted many students in the past year, with 100 joining in the first year, and enrollment later jumping to 275. This year 208 applications were sent in, with 108 accepted, and 40-50 students projected to join. But even these enrollment numbers are not enough for the projected growth of the digital media industry.

Hunter constantly tracks job opportunities for students, with clients such as Exxon, IBM, and even universities like UConn trying to attract students with experience.

Forty-three sections of job opportunities are currently being tracked, and in web development alone 90,000 jobs were advertised, with 8,000 experienced applicants seeking employment.

The effects of the digital media and design major have reverberated throughout the university. Even most students have seen the effects of the program, at least those students who have ever logged into Skybox, another design product of the students and faculty at Bishop. “It’s better than the program we originally conceived, and we still have work to do, but it’s fun,” said Harovas.

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Farmer economy and dairy production discussed Fire department warns of explosive chargers

By Jessica Griffin Campus Correspondent

On Monday March 10th, the Tolland Agricultural Center of Vernon, Conn. will be inundated with local farmers and dairy entrepreneurs, all in town for the New England Dairy Conference. Held annually, the goal of this conference is to provide current information pertinent to dairy producers in state to help them remain viable and sustainable.

This year’s conference will take place in four different locations: Waterville, Maine, Whitefield N.H., Concord, N.H. and locally in Vernon.

Previously, the conference has been held at locations including a conference center in Vernon, and on campus at the Bishop Center and Rome Ballroom. The Tolland Agricultural Center is an ideal location because it is centrally located and it is connected to the university.

Our university’s unique history as an agricultural school, originally founded in 1881 under the name Storrs Agricultural School, makes it an ideal host for this year’s conference. This legacy is carried on today by UConn’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, which constitute the modern day programs available to students interested in the agricultural sciences. This year’s conference will be cohosted by UConn’s Department of Animal Science and UConn Extension.

Giving the opening welcome

will be Dr. Sheila Andrew, count in their products. These professor of animal science somatic cells, the majority of at UConn. Andrew has been them white blood cells, are organizing the conference indicators of high levels of locally for 17 years. Andrew pathogenic bacteria in milk was originally trained as a products. He will be speaking nutritionist but became inter- about improving product qualested in dairy and milk quality ity, myths and misconceptions while pursuing her PhD. Her about these cells, and reducfirst job was with the Food ing counts of these somatic and Drug Administration test- cells. Davenport, a graduate ing antibiotic residues, which of UConn’s animal science piqued her interest in issues program, is a dairy farmer with maswith upwards titis, a of 20 years of disease experience. He related to will be speakissues with ing about the somatic comfort of cell count, the cows, in w h i c h terms of creatHerremans ing fitted stalls will be and allowing s p e a k enough grazing on. ing time and Andrew the relationship says of of this factor to the confermilk quality. ence, “I’ve Furthermore, learned Dr. Sheila Andrew o r g a n i z e r how pasSheila Andrew sionate the Professor of Animal Science hopes that farmers students will are in their businesses and attend and become interesthow much they want to learn ed in dairy and agricultural new information, new tech- issues in general. She says, nology and how to keep their “there is a great partnership business economically viable between the university and and keep moving forward.” dairy producers, and we hope Featured speakers by tra- to keep that going. We are dition include dairy farmers also working towards getting who have recently made a students involved as well.” difference in the industry, Those interested in dairy, and and this year includes Tom food quality issues will find Herremans and Jim Davenport. a place to discuss agriculture Herremans, a Michigan State at the New England Dairy University graduate with a Conference. degree in dairy science, will be speaking about his longtime project of helping dairy sellers reduce somatic cell Jessica.Griffin@UConn.edu

“I’ve learned how passionate the farmers are in their businesses and how much they want to learn new information, new technology and how to keep their business economically viable.”

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The UConn Fire Department, seen above, advises students to beware of e-cigarettes, which have become popular with students.

The danger lies in the chargers of the e-cigarettes which have sometimes caused fires due to over heating

By Julia Werth Staff Writer UConn’s Fire Department has noticed that the number of students using e-cigarettes is increasing and there is an increased risk of fires.

E-cigarette chargers have been known to explode and therefore pose a significant fire hazard in UConn dormitories. Fires started by e-cigarettes have been increasing across the country and could do the same here at UConn

if students leave them unattended.

“We recommend not leaving an e-cigarette on a charger when you are not present, such as leaving for class,” Lieutenant Heidi Vaughan said.

Because the chargers heat up, if they are near flammable objects the risk of fire increases substantially.

“One case in Arizona states that a person had plugged in the e-cigarette to the charger and put it on top of the bed

and left the home,” Vaughan said.

Although no fires at UConn have been started by e-cigarettes yet, smoke detectors have been set off by the vapors they produce.

To avoid this happening the fire department recommends “that students smoke them outside, 25 feet from the building, as they would any other cigarette,” Vaughan said.

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USG candidates fund out Jobs report sparks enthusiasm of pocket for campaigns

By Alban Murtishi Staff Writer

Undergraduate Student Government candidates may fear a low voter turnout, but with rigorous marketing campaigns they can rest assured that their voters definitely know what they look like. This year’s USG presidential campaign once again demonstrated the power of the poster, with both tickets taping and stapling posters on buildings, buses and social spaces. However, although USG allots up to 500 free copies to both tickets, candidates are free to make as many out-of-pocket expenses as they can afford.

Candidates mainly use posters to get their platform established in the eyes and minds of students. Beyond that, the respective parties have also employed social media groups to gain a following. Carlyle Bethel, a presidential candidate for USG, said that his Facebook group has attracted about 500 members.

“Compared to last years pages, there were about 200 members

for both sides,” Bethel said.

Both tickets also made use of campaign videos filmed by UCTV, a first for USG campaigns.

“I’d say that the best way to reach voters is to talk to them, and I think from there they can see your face everywhere, and money can’t buy that,” Bethel said.

Claire Price, a vice presidential candidate for USG on the opposing ticket, said that her campaign has spent an additional $200 out of pocket for an extended marketing campaign. This money went mostly into additional posters and flyers.

“Mark (Sargent) paid for most of it out of pocket. We kind of had to put a limit on the number of posters because it was getting expensive.”

Bethel did not state how much out of pocket expenses he accumulated, however his campaign made use of campaign pins, which cost about $100 for 500 of them. Due to USG laws regarding campaigning at USGsponsored events, they distributed the pins with printed note

cards stating that the pins should not be used at those events.

Both campaigns made use of outside help to offset the cost labor for the extensive campaigns. Price had a hometown friend design their campaign posters, and Bethel commissioned a UConn student to design theirs.

USG does not have established rules governing how much money candidates can spend, as long as it is out of pocket.

Theoretically, a more affluent candidate could potentially gain an advantage by simply outspending their opponent.

“I think it is something USG should look into to see if the system that is in place now is fair,” Bethel said.

“Who knows which candidate had more money?” Price said.

Budgets aside, it is ultimately up to the candidate to use speeches and charisma to prove they are worthy of the position.

However, as Bethel said, “A nice poster catches their eye, and really explains what is going on.”

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Licensing for marijuana in CT Growers face greater scrutiny from state agencies HARTFORD, (AP) — Connecticut’s consumer protection commissioner said Thursday he remains confident in how his agency has vetted the state’s newly selected medical marijuana producers, despite recently learning an employee at one firm had previously lost his license to run a marijuana facility in Colorado.

William Rubenstein told The Associated Press that his agency will decide in the coming days what action, if any, it will take against Advanced Grow Labs LLC for failing to disclose the issue.

“We take this very seriously,” he said. “We would expect we will take some action, but we want to be fair in this process.”

Rubenstein said his agency’s response could range from taking no action to revoking the license granted to the firm, which plans to open a medical marijuana production facility in West Haven.

Andrew Glassman, a lawyer for Advance Grow Labs, said the employee in question has resigned.

“We are cooperating with the Department of Consumer Protection on their investigation of this situation,” he said.

The Boston Globe first reported that John J. Czarkowski, director of production for the company, and his wife Diane, were forced to shut down their Boulder, Colo. medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation facility, Boulder Kind Care, in 2012 because of numerous violations. Citing city and state court records, the newspaper said the violations included the company lying to obtain a construction permit to expand operations and storing marijuana in unauthorized areas.

Rubenstein said information about Czarkowski’s municipal licenses was not disclosed to his office. During its vetting process, Rubenstein said his office checked any state

licenses issued to growers by Colorado, but was not aware that municipal licenses existed. He said his office has since contacted the city of Boulder, spoken with local officials and obtained relevant documents.

In light of the Advance Grow Labs issue, State Rep. Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford, said he believes the Department of Consumer Protection needs to review the four firms chosen as the first producers for Connecticut’s fledgling medical marijuana program.

“I think they should revisit their process and assure the public,” he said. “They have to bring credibility to this process.”

Beside Advance Grow Labs, the other producers include Connecticut Pharmaceutical Solutions, LLC, to be located in Portland; Curaleaf LLC, to be located in Simsbury; and Theraplant LLC, to be located in Watertown. There were a total of 16 applicants.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation that would require several state agencies to come up with a list of chemicals that are considered highly unsafe to children.

The agencies would have to take into account potential exposure to a child or

developing fetus and develop a report, to be submitted to the General Assembly’s Children’s and Public Health Committees.

Members of the Children’s Committee were scheduled to hear testimony Thursday on the proposed legislation. Also, North Stonington state Rep. Diana Urban, the panel’s co-

chairman, and members of the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut were scheduled to discuss issues surrounding the bill during a morning news conference.

The coalition says only a fraction of the more than 84,000 chemicals found in consumer products, including toys, have been tested for safety.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Investors were looking for any reason to look past the cold weather that has hampered the U.S. economy in the last few weeks, and they found it.

Stocks mostly rose Thursday, lifted by a report that showed the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in three months. The gains were enough to give the Standard & Poor’s 500 index its third alltime high this week.

The report on unemployment claims was one of the first bits of good news investors have gotten on the economy after weeks of data that showed the U.S. recovery temporarily slowing because of the severe winter.

“Investors are putting more weight on the data that makes sense and ignoring the data that was impacted by the harsh winter weather,” said Kate Warne, a market strategist with Edward Jones.

The S&P 500 index rose 3.22 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,877.03.

Staples fell the most of any stock in the index after the office supply chain said it would close 10 percent of its stores.

Nearly half of its sales are now generated online. The stock fell $2.05, or 15 percent, to $11.35.

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brick-and-mortar retailer this week to announce widespread closures. Two days ago, RadioShack said it would close as many as 1,100 locations as part of a restructuring effort.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61.71 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,421.89.

The Nasdaq composite fell 5.85 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,352.13.

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 last week to 323,000, according to the Labor Department. That was far less than the 337,000 claims economists had expected, according to FactSet, and a sign that fewer people are being laid off.

Typically investors would not put much weight in the weekly unemployment report because the numbers can be volatile. But with the rest of the data they have at their disposal tainted by the weather, including Friday’s closely watched government jobs report, investors don’t have much to work with at the moment. The winter storms died down last week, so this data is the first “clean” reading on the economy.

The figures for weekly unemployment claims coming up over the next several weeks will be the freshest data investors will have, strategists said.

“We won’t get a clean reading on the economy until we get through this bad weather,” said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.

Expectations for the February job numbers are low. Economists expect that employers added 145,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 percent. Before the bad winter weather hit much of the country starting in December, the U.S. economy was creating around 225,000 jobs a month.

Outside the U.S., investors remained concerned about Ukraine, where tensions have been escalating over Russia’s deployment of troops to Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula.

Moscow-backed Crimean officials said Thursday that the region would hold a referendum to decide whether it should be annexed by Russia. President Barack Obama declared that the referendum would violate international law.

In other markets, bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 2.73 percent from 2.71 percent Wednesday. Gold rose $11.50 to $1,351.80 an ounce. Gold has risen 2 percent this week as the tensions in Ukraine escalated.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut restaurateur isn’t sure why his establishment was selected for a visit by President Barack Obama on a trip to the state to push for a higher federal minimum wage, but he has a theory.

Rob Chiovoloni, owner of Cafe Beauregard in New Britain, already pays his workers more than $10 an hour, he told The Record Journal (http://bit.ly/1ifKQCL ) for a story published Thursday. He said he was proud of the presidential visit.

Obama and several Democratic New England governors stopped by for lunch Wednesday in con-

junction with the visit to Central Connecticut State University where the president made a speech about raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017.

“We really believe that you should be good neighbors in the community, and they’ll be good neighbors back,” said Chiovoloni’s wife, Alice Bruno, explaining their pay package.

Chiovoloni also got some clues.

A new customer had been coming in over the past couple of weeks, ordering different things every time.

“Then one day she came in and

ordered $70 worth of food to go,” Chiovoloni said.

He found out Wednesday she worked at the White House.

Chiovoloni said he had also received a curious call from someone saying he was a University of Hartford student working on a project who asked about how much he paid his staff.

Obama said hello to everyone before ordering a Korean barbecue sandwich, chili, and a half iced tea, half lemonade to drink, said Lara Marie Edmonds, Bruno’s daughter.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Find out the true cost. Stick with what's real. Finish up old projects today and tomorrow. A female you've known for years helps out. Relax in hot water or a sauna, and reward yourselves with something tasty.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Today and tomorrow could get emotional. Let go of a scheme that lacks soul as you consider future plans. Others are in a generous mood. Get together with friends. Reaffirm a commitment, and schedule new actions.

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Comedian Eric O’Shea returned to the University of Connecticut for a comedy show on Thursday night.

It was O’Shea’s fifth time on stage at UConn during his 20-year career, and he described the experience as something “like seeing your family.”

Born and raised in New Haven, the comedian began his career by entering an open mic competition at the Safe House. He traveled the Midwest and eventually landed a deal with ABC/ Disney before moving to New York City. Having been in the “college market” for 13 years, O’Shea won the 2007 National College Comedian of the Year.

He states on his website that he was hooked onto comedy, where you “simply talk and make people laugh.” That’s exactly what he did on stage at the Student Union Theater.

It seemed no joke was scripted; he seemed to go with the flow and work off the audience with his thoughts and humor. Though the turnout wasn’t a full house, the few dozen students that attended were laughing so hard, that O’Shea was entertained by his audience. He paid attention to each person, able to point out and imitate his favorite laughs, while interacting with students by asking questions and doing impersonations.

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active,” said Kaitlyn Pierce, a 6th-semester psychology major. “I liked how he kept going back to jokes that he knew were funny: the show was so funny.”

O’Shea performed many little skits based off thoughts and situations that he found humorous. Earlier in the day, he slipped on some ice and joked about how it looked like a dance. He then spoke of how he was happy to be out of the South, especially because of how they talked. Each joke

flowed from one to the other in a stream of thought, as if it were a one-way conversation. He went from speaking about the audience being part of a good generation of kids, to bad kids, to kids behaving badly in Walmart, to mothers being too easy on their kids, to his own mother who was very hard on him. All the while, he acted things out, often acting like a child and impersonating his three-year old niece.

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Simplicity makes a comeback at the Oscars » FASHION

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Lupita Nyong’o poses in the press room with the award for best actress in a supporting role for “12 Years a Slave” during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

By Alexandra Bell Campus Correspondent The red carpet at this year’s Oscars was hands-down the most classically and tastefully beautiful in years. The royal ladies of Hollywood dressed like the princesses and queens they are, as they strutted gracefully down the power trail toward their gilded palace. All of this year’s queens, or stunning Oscar veterans, were clad in enviable and unbelievably flattering gowns. Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron were among the reigning monarchs. Their regal necklines, softly handled tresses and subdued gowns all added to their already powerful feminine presences. As was the refreshing trend this year, they stuck to monochromatics, and wisely held back on embellishments, using their elegant and swanlike necklines as the flourish to their subtle styles. Theron and Roberts went all black, reminding us all of the power of minimalism, and simultaneously infusing the red carpet with their usual spark of old Hollywood glamor. Jolie went a tad retro,

with a gown inspired by the 1970s. Jolie’s, like Blanchett, was monochromatic nude, with just enough shimmer to make us gasp.

The newer generation of Oscar principesse dazzled with their exciting and youthful glow.

Jenifer Lawrence killed it as always, doing Dior proud in her Ferrari-red gown. Kate Hudson managed to make her insanely low neckline look angelic, as she floated on air in her very old Hollywood style white Versace.

Lupita Nyong’o broke every heart with eyes to see in her powder blue work of art. She hardly seemed to touch the red carpet as she glided before the cameras in a cloud of heavenly Prada. Naomi Watts drew our eyes up where they belong in her vintage white lase. Her simple diamond collar, classical makeup and strait modern hairstyle completed her modest, yet breathtaking look. Let us not forget the always lovely Emma Watson, who continued this year’s trend of understated style with her subtly shimmering grey top and coal black, floor-length skirt. The look was age appropriate, while expressing just how grown up she has become.

Amy Adams was a rock star in her sexy, navy blue Gucci. She accessorized with Tiffanies and her electric smile.

Simplicity truly had its day, as our leading women sported seamless pastels, gentle metallics, and timeless blacks. Their jewels had glimmer but no glare.

Their hair was done, but not overdone. Their makeup was either old Hollywood red lip and thin black eye lines, or modern nude lip and mild shadow. She is no Hollywood actress, but even Lady Gaga respectfully toned it down for the occasion, wearing a chaste, baby pink sheath and a surprisingly traditional updo. This article hardly does this year’s tear-worthy red carpet justice, but does its best to offer some idea of why this year’s ladies took the cake for glamorous minimalism and classical grace. The event positively dripped with feminine poise and well calculated style choices.

Let us cross our fingers, and hope that this year’s Oscars red carpet will have been the first in a lineup of well-done fashion events this year, and that simplicity is here to stay.

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he performed “Songs for Commercials,” a bit that has gained over 4 million views on YouTube and a review by Steven Spielberg. He also did his best Elmo voice for a few minutes (something he does for his one-year old niece) and spoke like a ventriloquist — though he was moving his mouth faster than words were coming out.

Despite his fame in comedy, O’Shea commented seriously about some things that he’s seen, like the change

in students and the campus since he first connected with UConn. He commented on how it has changed quite a bit since he grew up in the 70s and 80s, when life was simpler but classier and held more substance. Nowadays, he says kids have seen it all, and sometimes they lose a sense of themselves. But with self-awareness and morality, he thinks the world is taking a turn since hitting a low.

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to make appearances for the sake of reminding us how good looking he still is. Matthew McConaughy went a little retro, with his reverse Oreo look. (Off white jacket with a black vest and pants.) He also joined Brad Pitt on the bow tie train. The always fabulous Will Smith put a spin on the classic men’s look. He chose a wide-V lapel, inspired by the 1970s, and paired it with a relaxed open collar and a grey silk scarf. The look was refreshing and young. Jared Leto unfortunately decided to pile on as many extra credits as possible, and ended up buckling under the course load. His stark white jacket, bright red bowtie, marching band trousers and hombre tresses reminded us why most men just stick to the basics. He tried too hard, and ended up looking clownish instead of daring.

Aside from Leto’s little letdown however, this Oscars was a night of courageous fashion exploration for our leading gentlemen, and left us feeling more than satisfied. For most of them, however, their most dazzling accessories were the stunning beauties by their sides. As is expected, the men were smart enough to remain simplistic looking enough to highlight their lady loves.

It was a night of success all around.

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Men mix it up at the Oscars

In comparison to women, men tend to have it pretty easy when it comes to dressing up. They can have just a few good suits for any occasion, and rarely have cause to worry about what goes with what.

Once they are able to figure out exactly what their sizes are, and what brand flatters their shape best, their work is pretty much done and over with (lucky buggers). It is for this reason, that we have become accustomed to not paying much heed to men on the red carpet. They are asked who they are wearing for the sake of advertisement, but weather it is Armani or Ralph Lauren, they are usually just wearing a very regular looking black, grey or dark blue suit. It was a very pleasant treat, therefore, so see many of our favorite leading gentlemen playing around a bit with convention.

This year’s Oscars proved that although men are easier to dress, and do not need to think too hard about what they jump into, they do have options. For example, Brad Pitt went with a snazzy “Mad Men” look, with wide lapels and a sharp bowtie. Slim fitting and smooth navy blue with thin lapels and a modern skinny tie to match was a look sported by a few, including heartthrob Zac Efron, who now only seems

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Irish Baroque Orchestra to perform at the Jorgensen

By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer

The Irish Baroque Orchestra, driven by the belief that the best things in life stand the test of time, will attest to the statement and perform at the Jorgensen this Sunday.

The sights and sounds of 18thcentury Europe, as vivid as a restored oil painting with color, simmering tension, and highly charged emotion, and a journey 300 years back in time is what the orchestra promises. Though rooted in the past, the orchestra is constantly evolving and now consists of musicians that perform more than 20 concerts year round.

Performing only on baroque instruments or modern replicas, the orchestra keeps the tradition of baroque music alive for future

generations by educating and recording music.

Though most of the instruments seem familiar, there’s one that is strictly a baroque instrument: the theorbo. A theorbo is one of the largest members in the lute family, concieved in Florence during the late 16th century. It was considered the perfect accompaniment for the human voice because of its gentleness.

The instrument has twenty strings altogether and is played like a guitar.

The orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. this Sunday. Tickets are on sale at the Jorgensen: $10 for UConn students, $15 for nonUConn students, $30 for floor tickets and $26 for mezzanine tickets.

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The world of fitness is filled with pseudoscience and myths that can turn the best intentions into criticized dogma. The fact is you can enter any gym in America and see individuals frustrated with their lack of success, when their only fault is being misinformed. While there is a distinction made for the tried and tested protocols that our fitness ancestors have passed down, there can still be confusion about what is effective for an exercise plan. Some of the most common exercise mistakes and myths can mean the difference between you and your ideal fitness.

One of the largest mistakes you can make is believing the calorie counter. Calorie counters on exercise machines, pedometers and apps are notorious for giving you the wrong idea about how effective your workout was. All of these different estimates rely on algorithms that make a plethora of assumptions.

The sad truth is that they usually will overestimate the amount of calories burned, leading to a large imbalance in your energy equation.

This can mean the difference between gaining a few and losing a few. The best estimations will consider things like your heart rate, age, sex and weight, but even those can be variable.

As a corollary to this idea of calorie counters, notion that exercising at lower intensities burns more fat has lead many individuals astray. While you are burning a larger percentage of fat at lower intensities compared to higher intensities, a lower intensity exercise will result in fewer calories burnt overall. This means that while you think the easy jog on the treadmill may be melting away those love handles, you might be better off doing higher intensity sprint workouts.

Another common myth that is perpetuated is thinking lifting weights will make you big or bulky. At the same time many people believe that running will automatically make you skinny. The fact is you can structure either workout regime to meet your goals. Some of the best looking supermodels will lift weights regularly.

Meanwhile even the largest power athletes understand the need for cardiovascular fitness. The fact is, even if you want to lift to get big, or run to get lean, there are other lifestyle changes that you must accommodate to reach your goals.

Finally the thought that situps will make your abs finally show highlights an important myth. The fact is, your body does not spot-check your problems areas the way you want it to. The best way to eliminate a problem “fatty” area is to burn more calories overall, as your body will seek to use that fat as fuel.

While only a few of the exercise myths are captured here, the beautiful thing about the 21st century is that the Internet allows you to research pretty much anything you want. So the next time you go to work out, think about what myths you may be following and seek to understand your body better to achieve your fitness goals.

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Sometimes when the radio just isn’t cutting it you need to turn your ears toward local music to get a fresh sense of what music really is. If you’re currently looking for something new to broaden your horizons, take a dose of Allapartus.

Allapartus is an alternative band out of eastern New York who has just released their debut EP “Fides//Fatum.” The five–track album is something of a wonder in the sense of the sheer amount of music inside.

The EP is about 21 minutes in length but every moment is something to enjoy. If you plan to listen to it, I would encourage you to listen to more than just the vocals. The complexity of the song structure is just so that you recognize each song but not so that you feel that three different songs were crammed into one.

That’s not to disparage the vocals. The guys of Allapartus, four in total, all participate in the vocals but the driving force is front man Adam Woodley.

Woodley is also the main lyric contributor, on top of performing lead vocals. If some deep lyrics are criteria for good music then listen closely. All of the lyrics are available on Allapartus’ Bandcamp site, where you can also stream the EP for free.

Some of Woodley’s favorite

lyrics he’s written “I don’t want to feel better/I want to better myself”, from the first song on the release “Almost a Ghost.”

They hold a significance for him to remind him of a time in his life where he had a lot of pent up anger.

“Whenever I tried to talk about it with someone they were more interested in making me feel better, just trying to placate me instead of trying to understand the issue and confronting it.” Woodley said.

In our interview that “It wasn’t until I tried to face it that I felt any peace of mind. Thankfully I was able to find some people who helped me with that.”

The title of the EP “Fides// Fatum” is Latin for ‘Faith and Fate,’ a concept which Woodley has woven into the lyrics of the album.

“A lot of what the songs were about was facing a lot of anger and frustration that I was feeling towards my circumstance and what I perceived as my fate, and trying to understand and accept my situation and just doing the best I can through faith in myself and others.”

Sometimes local music more inspired and relatable, because these aren’t celebrities, these are college kids facing a lot of the same feelings that you are.

Only they choose to express it through music.

“While I do consider myself a musician, I think of myself more as a songwriter, which is where my confidence lies.

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Pictured above: the cover of Allapartus’s new EP.

All three of my bandmates are better musicians than me,” Woodley said.

Woodley and his bandmates, Ray Hernandez, Kurt Liniger and Tom Van Scoyoc, say that they like to think that they take their music more seriously than some other college musicians,

but not to the point of arrogance.

“We’re in a weird place right now because the bands that play at colleges are very different from us stylistically, so we’ve been in the minority since we began,” Woodley said.

Despite maybe being the

odd-band-out, Allapartus is going to “keep on writing, keep on building better songs, keep on building a better band.”

Check out their EP on their website allapartus.com and support up and coming music.

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Colorado launches campaign to stop stoned driving DENVER (AP) — Colorado is spending $1 million on television ads making fun of marijuana users who space out during everyday tasks — an effort to stop stoned driving.

The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled the “Drive High, Get a DUI” campaign Thursday, the state’s first effort since marijuana was legalized in 2012 to remind drivers that pot should be treated like alcohol and not used before driving.

One ad shows a spaced-out basketball player at the foul line in a playground, endlessly dribbling while his teammates wait in frustration. Another ad shows a middle-aged man who hangs a flatscreen TV and celebrates with some tortilla chips and salsa, only to see the TV crash to the floor and shatter.

The funniest ad shows a backyard

griller earnestly trying to turn on his gas grill. After many futile attempts, a woman on the back deck rolls her eyes.

The propane tank is missing. “Grilling high is now legal. Driving to get the propane you forgot isn’t,” the ad concludes.

“Enforcement is very important when it comes to impaired driving, but education is equally important,” said Bob Ticer, police chief in Avon and chairman of Colorado’s Interagency Task Force on Drunk Driving.

The effort from the Colorado Department of Transportation comes as Colorado struggles to keep accurate statewide records on marijuana-impaired drivers. The Colorado State Patrol just started keeping track in January, when retails sales began and the State Patrol recorded 31 marijuana-impaired drivers, out of 61 total drivers impaired by any

drugs or alcohol.

Before that, Colorado cases were charged under the same law as drunkdriving cases, making statewide tallies on stoned driving problematic.

Colorado once tallied marijuana tests sent to the state toxicology lab, but that lab closed last year amid allegations its supervisor advocated for prosecutions.

Samples were then rerouted to private labs, which say data are too incomplete to determine marijuana-impaired driving statistics compared to previous years.

Washington, the only other state that has legalized recreational pot, saw more than 1,300 drivers test positive for marijuana last year — that’s almost 25 percent more than in 2012.

Of those, 720 had levels high enough to lead to an automatic drugged driving conviction, though Washington officials

say there’s been no corresponding jump in car accidents.

Colorado’s $1 million ad campaign, which begins March 10, comes from a federal grant from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

A Spanish-language ad campaign is launching next week, too. Those ads show a man blowing smoke and the message, “When you use marijuana, don’t drive.”

Dispensary owners helped develop the Colorado ads and plan to voluntarily hand out brochures and hang “Drive High, Get a DUI” posters.

“We recognize our duty to be a part of the DUID conversation,” said Elan Nelson, a dispensary worker who is vice chairwoman of the state’s Medical Marijuana Industry Group.

Obama shows his R-E-S-P-E-C-T for ‘women of soul’ WASHINGTON (AP) — He bobbled the spelling, but President Barack Obama had nothing but R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the “women of soul” who shook and rattled the rafters of the White House on Thursday night.

“What a lineup!” Obama declared at the outset of a concert that featured a generationsspanning array of soul singers that stretched from musical legends Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle to 20-year-old Ariana Grande.

Obama paid tribute to Franklin for turning her signature song “Respect” into “a rallying cry for African-Americans, women and then everyone who felt marginalized.”

The pumped-up audience gave a hearty laugh but was more than willing to forgive the president for spelling it “R-S-PE-C-T.” First up in the East Room lineup was LaBelle, with a thundering delivery of “Over the Rainbow” that had the audience on its feet.

It was a mutual admiration society of sorts as LaBelle thanked the Obamas for their tenure in the White House, declaring, “Baby, you got swag!”

Grande, the youngster in the group, seemed in awe of her fellow performers and the august audience. Her lead-in: “What’s up? How are you? Good to see you. Thank you for having me.”

The emotional high point came when Franklin, 71, sauntered in, gave a shimmy and

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, with singers, from second from left, Melissa Etheridge, Janelle Monáe, and Patti LaBelle, during a workshop for students as part of the “In Performance at the White House” series, celebrating female artists as the “foremothers” of American music.

declared “Let’s have a party.”

Then she went right into “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” Also in the lineup: Melissa Etheridge, Janelle Monae, Jill Scott and Tessanne Chin.

The program was livestreamed at WhiteHouse. gov/live and will be broadcast as an “In Performance at the White House” concert on April 7 on PBS. At a morning arts workshop for high school and college

students, first lady Michelle Obama called soul “the kind of music that makes you move, no matter who you are or where you come from.”

LaBelle, Etheridge and Monae had plenty of stories and advice to share with the students, then got them whooping, hooting and swaying with a trio of songs in the intimate venue of the State Dining Room.

Mrs. Obama quoted LaBelle as once saying that she had succeeded because she “took

chances and sang my butt off.”

The first lady tried her own riff on that advice — then admitted she may have taken it a little too far.

“Find your own voice and be proud of it,” she said. “And then, sing your butt off. Or work your butt off. Or whatever you do, do it until your butt comes off. “ Then she added: “OK, that quote is going to be kind of funny in the papers. I already know it. My communications

people are like, ‘What?’ But you guys all know what I meant — be good at what you do. “ The concert was scheduled as part of Women’s History Month.

Said the president: “As someone who always shares this house with brilliant, creative, talented, somewhat stubborn women, I think Women’s History Month is the perfect time to honor a few more: the women of soul.”

Last month, the federal government cut food stamp benefits by $8.6 billion over the next ten years, which will affect 850,000 households. The crises of urban food deserts, where low-income populations are deprived of access to affordable and healthy foods, is an ever-growing concern. And the relatively recent and arbitrary advent of the supermarket has destroyed the neighborly networks that used to bind communities together, such as relationships with the local baker, fishmonger, farmer and deli man.

Food culture, which has long been central to our community identities and social structures, now often consists of a frozen dinner eaten alone in front of the television.

But there is hope! Because food is so central to our existence and so defining to our identities, it holds enormous potential as a vehicle for community revitalization. One of the most unique and innovative food projects to emerge in Connecticut is located in our own backyard - the Willimantic Commercially Licensed Community Kitchen (CLiCK). CLiCK is a nonprofit organization run on cooperative values, which will provide a licensed kitchen from which local food vendors can prepare foods and comply with health codes. But CLiCK’s mission extends far beyond providing an approved kitchen space. As their recent press release explains, CLiCK will bring local products to tables, provide nutrition education and allow the creation of small businesses and jobs in the area.

Beneficiaries of the project include farmers who can add value to their products, local caterers and bakers, who need a licensed kitchen to permit the legal sale of their food and the local community, particularly under-served populations who will be a focus for the nutrition education programs. Business skills training and support and capital are available for nascent businesses through CLiCK’s collaboration with Community Economic Development Fund (CEDF).”

In fact, addressing issues of local poverty is central to CLiCK’s mission. Besides saving money on a licensed kitchen, local residents can also take advantage of culinary job training and educational programs about food preparation and nutrition. Importantly, CLiCK strives to be inclusive of all community members and offers classes in both English and Spanish.

After five years of planning, CLiCK released the exciting news this week that it has finally obtained a physical location that will function as its headquarters. The group purchased a facility located 41 Club Road in Windham, a short distance from Willimantic’s downtown Main Street area. The building, which requires renovation and is predicted to be operating by peak growing season of this year, contains not only a kitchen but also outdoor space school and community gardens, chickens, fruit trees, bees and educational activities.

CLiCK’s Board President, Phoebe Godfrey, is an assistant professor of sociology here at UConn and teaches a course in food, climate change and sustainability; and another Board member, Dr. Hedley Freake, is a professor of Nutritional Sciences. “CLiCK is a timely and much needed venture in that it provides solutions to both social and environmental problems on the local and global levels,” Dr. Godfrey said. “We are extremely excited to have this space and we invite all people of good will and vision, including UCONN students, to help us make CLiCK a success by using the space to incubate their own food-related ideas.”

More information on CLiCK can be found on their newly updated website www.clickwillimantic.com as well as their Facebook page, and inquiries can be directed to clickwillimantinc@gmail.com. CLiCK is truly an unprecedented experiment in food and community-building.

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Gov. Malloy’s deal with UTC is a necessary evil

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wo weeks ago, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was in the news for cutting 600 jobs in the next several weeks.

As one of the largest providers of jobs in Connecticut, especially in the technology sector, UTC’s decision was very impactful. The elimination of jobs in Connecticut was part of larger worldwide reduction in workforce as 11,600 jobs (5 percent of its workforce in total). This past week, UTC was again on the front page due to its deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. UTC will now be permitted to cash in $400 million tax credits it has earned in previous years if legislation passes to permit this. These funds are part of “stranded tax credits” are unused tax breaks from previous years. Many are questioning the move, but when UTC controls 14,100 jobs in East Hartford and an additional 10,000 across the state, it becomes quite a necessary evil. Malloy also estimates that UTC affects more than 75,000 jobs in the state as there are many small businesses that provide subcontractors and supplies for UTC projects.

With this in mind, the deal is not perfect. While the tax credits will be used in part to fund a UTC expansion with a $500 million price tag, UTC still can allow it’s total employment in East Hartford to fall to 12,450 from the current 14,100 without penalty. However, as Malloy stresses, it is important for Connecticut to maintain a strong engineering base. This decision goes hand in hand with Malloy’s commitments to expand STEM programs at the University of Connecticut. The UTC expansion encompasses changes at Pratt & Whitney that include a new headquarters and engineering center and modifications to the engineering lab at Sikorsky Aircraft.

Not granting the deal to UTC would have further reduced their presence in Connecticut, so while the agreement may not be perfect, Dan Malloy’s hands are pretty much tired. Many engineering companies owned

by UTC have been in CT for almost a hundred years; Sikorsky Aircraft has been in Connecticut since 1929.

Currently, UTC holds the cards, and Connecticut’s future lies in their hands. It is up to them if this state will remain a center for engineering or if our technology strength will decrease over time.

What the SAT overhaul means for higher education

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ll you need to know for the SAT is basic arithmetic and that you always use “The Scarlet Letter” in your essay.

At least, that was what I was told three years ago when I was taking an SAT prep class. I refer to that statement as a concise summation of the problems I have with the exam, which could potentially be resolved in the next couple of years. This week, the College Board announced a plan overhaul the exam, and while not perfect, it does make an effort to alleviate the fundamental issues that have long angered parents and students.

Though its popularity has decreased in recent years, or been replaced by the similar

By Kayvon Ghoreshi ACT, the test Commentary Editor is still a staple of the college admissions process.

Roughly 80 percent of four-year colleges still require either SAT or ACT scores, according to David Hawkins at the National Association for College Admission Counseling, but how much emphasis is placed on them varies. However, for many high school students and their families, the SAT is seen as the key to not only getting into a good college, but inevitably leading to success down the road. A national standard exam like the SAT is somewhat necessary to compare students because, at the end of the day, college admission is still a competitive process. The issue is when the exam doesn’t actually test for a student’s preparedness for college.

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As alluded to above, my SAT prep course, and many others like it, didn’t spend time teaching math, how to process information, or even how to write more effectively. Instead, I was taught how to look for tricks in questions, the formulaic structure and types of examples to use for my essay and hundreds of potential vocabulary words. Essentially, these prep courses do nothing more than to teach you how to take a test, and the SAT itself hardly correlates to what you learn in the classroom.

With the new exam expected to roll out in 2016, the score will return to a 1600 maximum with math and reading sections.

Rather than trying to trick students, the math section will focus on testing adequate knowledge of linear and complex equations, ratios, percentages and proportional reasoning: concepts used across multiple disciplines and careers. The reading section will be based on documents high school students will likely have read in class, such as the Declaration of Independence, and will require students to actually support their answers with document quotations and the logic with which they arrived at their answer. The essay is no longer part of the exam and is instead an optional portion that is scored separately. Also gone are the old vocabulary words in favor of ones that are likely to be used in a college academic setting, such as “synthesis,” and the point penalty for getting a wrong answer.

In addition to these changes that will hopefully make the test more representative of a student’s preparedness for college, College Board is also making changes to alleviate what the current SAT does seem to be representative of: student family income. According to the College Board, average SAT scores correlated directly with a student’s economic background.

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Those from a household making under $40,000 averaged a score of around 1400, while those from the upper end of the spectrum averaged a score of over 1700. This in large part is due to the fact that students from more affluent families can afford resources such as SAT tutoring.

To help, College Board is partnering with Khan Academy, the free online resource for providing lessons on a plethora of subjects.

The partnership will create a free resource for students to prepare for the SAT, but not by learning the tricks or gimmicks of the exam; rather, by practicing and learning the core material that will be tested, just like how one would study for the average college exam. They will also be providing more fee waivers so that lower-income students can not only take the exam, but also be able to send it to more colleges.

With the stress it causes, parents and students don’t benefit from the current SAT, and neither do admission offices because the test does not accurately measure a student’s merit and potential for success in college. The only individuals that have benefited are companies like the Princeton Review and Kaplan who make millions off of books and prep courses. Of course, there is always the chance that people will learn how to game this test as well and the problems will go back to square one, but hopefully these changes do give a more apt representation of a student’s readiness.

Additionally, the new free resources help the exam do what it should have been doing in the first place: leveling the playing field and giving every student a chance to showcase their merit.

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White House stops just shy of endorsing IRS targeting

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lmost a year ago the story broke that the IRS had been engaging in political targeting of conservative political organizations.

Liberals and conservatives alike met that revelation with outrage. Even the President – in an attempt to get in front of the inevitable political scandal – condemned the IRS’s actions and vowed to get to the bottom of the

By Devin Keehner scandal.

Staff Columnist As of last week, however, that is no longer the case. The White House, including President Obama, has stopped just short of endorsing the IRS’s political targeting.

The President’s offense is threatening to veto a bill that would have start-

ed to level the playing field between conservative and liberal political groups.

The bill, which passed in the House, would have stopped the IRS from changing the rules that govern 501c(4) groups, a rule change that will in effect institutionalize the targeting of conservatives groups.

Nothing will have changed to insure that these new rules are not selectively enforced and will only serve to give the IRS more power after it has already caused significant harm to our democracy.

That fact that the President has an ideological opposition to the existence of these political groups is no excuse. If the President is intent on vetoing this legislation then he is duty bound to offer a legislative fix of his own. It’s not enough for the

IRS to institute a rule change that could be undone in the future, and that has the potential to make it much worse.

It’s not too much to ask that regardless of ones beliefs about political contributions that the government’s laws should be applied equally across the board. That’s what makes the current defense of the IRS’s political targeting so infuriating. Conservatives understand that liberals don’t believe 501c(4)’s (Super PACs) should exist, but what they don’t understand is how that justifies the use of the federal government as a tool to suppress 501c(4)’s selectively based on political affiliations – the key word being selectively.

Notice, also, that missing from this discussion is any mention of unions acting as political groups.

Democrats, outraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, are constantly fretting about the effects of corporate money on elections. However, they seem to have no concern for the effect that unions can play in elections. None of the outrage is directed towards 501c(5)’s (the designation that unions fall under). Why is it unacceptable for a corporation to use its profits to engage in politics but okay for a public sector union (which is ultimately taxpayer funded) to be heavily involved in the political process? It is unclear whether this omission is one of political convenience or ideology.

Democrats have gone from opposing the actions of Richard Nixon to enshrining them into law. Except now, the proposed abuse is a

hundred times that. Richard Nixon used the government to attack other political elites.

Currently, Democrats are using the government against everyday Americans. Note that Karl Rove’s political organization Crossroads GPS received no extra scrutiny.

Instead, it was locally established Tea Party groups – of which 100 percent received additional years of scrutiny – and Progressive groups – of which only 30 percent received additional scrutiny –bore the brunt of the IRS’s assault on free speech.

Worse, after all that, the President still claimed in an interview with Bill O’Reilly that there was, “not even a smidgen of corruption” in the IRS. Really?

It’s a sad day when a liberal President has to suggest that government is unwieldy

company accounts. Considering the bitcoin is valued at $660 USD, that’s a lot of money, in the ballpark of $474 million. And all from a company initially established four years ago as a market for Magic: The Gathering trading cards.

Mt. Gox is blaming the thefts on a type of security weakness called “transaction malleability,” which allows transaction IDs to be renamed. So say my ID for one exchange is “StephenFriedland” and I request X amount of bitcoins from Mt. Gox. Then Mt. Gox sends the bitcoins over to my “eWallet,” or personal bitcoin storage account, and I subsequently use my extensive knowledge of computers to change my transaction ID to “CarlosDanger.” After that, I approach Mt. Gox complaining that I didn’t have the X bitcoins I requested, and the

system doesn’t recognize my handle and interprets it as a different transaction, so it unwittingly sends more bitcoins over.

If that happens repeatedly over the course of multiple years (as The Wall Street Journal subsidiary Market Watch suggests has been occurring problem since 2011), then the virtual money adds up.

This is just one of the possibilities, though. Mt. Gox presented themselves as anything but a competent company with respectable managerial skills, losing $8.75 million in bitcoins as far back as 2011 – only a year after its inception – in a mass stolen password hack.

Yet incidents like these did not deter the firm from upping its protection; a company insider told PC World that the code was “a mess like spaghetti” and that some bugs went either undetected or untouched. In short,

they were asking to get perpetually hacked.

Nevertheless, it would be unfair to completely blame Mt. Gox for its demise despite all the aforementioned indiscretions. There is a bigger problem that rests with a volatile, unregulated financial market.

Transparency is a complete necessity for the institution of the bitcoin to not be maliciously manipulated and the internet has not been able to provide it with such a thing thus far.

In a way, though, there is transparency, but a transparency that does little to reveal the identities of the bad guys and in fact serves to bolster their thieving odysseys: every bitcoin transaction from address to address is recorded publicly in a registered forum called the Blockchain. While difficult to follow a long set of transactions, it is entirely possible to wade

through someone’s addressing history. Additionally, if the potential hack victim uses an insecure browser, i.e. one that doesn’t obfuscate your internet traffic, the hacker can see transactions you personally have made (not under the guise of your transaction handle) and use that accordingly. To combat this, one should use a type of browser that hides your IP address like Tor (The Onion Router) when making bitcoin exchanges or doing anything else. Another means of prospective anonymity is to use multiple eWallets to not save the entirety of your bitcoins in one account, but this is not foolproof.

A severe problem with the bitcoin is the prolonged efforts one must make to recover bitcoins if they are lost and/or stolen; this is happening to those affiliated with Mt. Gox at the

and inefficient just to avoid admitting it’s corrupt.

More insulting still is the act of surprise. The idea that a few “boneheaded” IRS agents accidently assaulted the First Amendment is ridiculous. The President called the groups a threat to democracy. He can’t honestly be surprised that someone under him took the hint.

Currently, a congressional investigation championed by Chairman Darrell Issa is searching emails and interviewing IRS employees in the hopes of finding a smoking gun. But why should we bother looking for a smoking gun when our democracy is burning down around us? We know who

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Are Mt. Gox and the Bitcoin an indication of the future?

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n 2009, a revolutionary form of electronic fiat currency, or cryptocurrency, called the “bitcoin” was created by a web developing firm called Satoshi Nakamotom. Since then, it has become an internet fixture, allowing people to conduct trade between themselves without the

By Stephen Friedland regulation of national Staff Columnist treasuries or revenue services. The currency is what allowed illegal drug, weapon and firework hubs on the Deep Web like Silk Road to prosper. But not all is well in the infantile, unpredictable bitcoin world: Mt. Gox, a former bitcoin exchange based in Japan with upwards of a million customers, filed for bankruptcy last Friday after 850,000 bitcoins were missing from client and

moment. The BBC article “Mt. Gox gives bankruptcy details” features a picture of a frustrated customer who travelled to Japan holding a sign that says, “Mt. Gox, where is our money?” outside the company’s headquarters. Is Mt. Gox going to just pull out its internet safe and withdraw all the coins from its special online-to-reality converter and drop them into your hands? This is going to take long, meticulous transaction analysis to recover all 850,000 bitcoins. And long, meticulous work is what will be needed to reform and better regulate a fledgling financial industry so things like this don’t occur as often as they can and are.

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A's, Diamondbacks finish game in tie after 10 innings SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sonny Gray is headed to the Oakland Athletics' rotation this year.

But the 24-year-old righthander struggled on Thursday.

Gray got knocked around for four runs and five hits in one inning in an 8-8 tie between the A's and Arizona Diamondbacks in 10 innings.

He didn't allow a run in his first spring training start after going 5-3 with a 2.67 ERA as a rookie in 2013.

"As good as my changeup was last week, it was hit or miss.

It was up and it got hit pretty hard today," Gray said. "It's just something that's going to take a little more work. I felt really, really good so I'm happy with that."

Gray said he needs to get back to trying to get hitters out instead

of experimenting with pitches.

"It's just been pitch selection. I have to learn to get guys out with limited stuff," Gray said.

Gray was asked if he was accomplished enough to be able to work on things instead of focusing on stats in spring training.

"Ten (big league) starts, I don't know how accomplished that is," he said.

Brandon Moss and Sam Fuld hit home runs for the A's, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead.

Arizona starter Trevor Cahill got through three innings, but gave up six runs and eight hits.

He struck out four.

Martin Prado continued his hot start to spring training for Arizona with a two-run double, and is 11 for 18 in six games.

The Diamondbacks scored four runs in the first inning and

three in the bottom of the eighth to rally for the tie.

Gerardo Parra went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a stolen base.

STARTING TIME: Oakland: Gray pitched two shutout innings on March 1, but gave up four straight hits before getting an out on Thursday.

"They hit some fastballs out over the plate, but you're going to have outings like that," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "Not really worried too much about him. If ever there's a time for him to work on a changeup, it's in spring training."

Arizona: Cahill struggled from the start, the former A's pitcher gave up four straight hits in the first inning after getting two outs. Cahill has allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings in spring training.

"Got ahead of some guys and

couldn't put them away. They jumped on some first-pitches," Cahill said. "Kind of up in the zone a little bit. Other than that, mechanically I felt a little better than the last start."

NICE IMPRESSION: Oakland: Shortstop Addison Russell might not be ready for the big leagues just yet, but the top prospect showed some offensive potential with a double off veteran closer J.J. Putz and a triple in the ninth inning after which he scored a run to tie the score at 8.

Arizona: Outfielder Tony Campana is trying to win a backup outfield spot, and helped his cause by going 2 for 4 with a stolen base.

TRAINER'S ROOM: Diamondbacks right-hander Bronson Arroyo was at the team facility Thursday after recent

By Matt Kren Campus Correspondent

championship was really the highlight of their season and they feel like they accomplished what they set out to do. At practice the team was very jovial and had a great mindset leading up to their last meet in the indoor season. Not all the teams come or send their best team to the IC4A championships in comparison to the AAC championship, where every team is at its highest level.

Last year at the IC4A championship the Huskies won the championship for the second time in program history. In 2013, various current Huskies turned in great performances including Philip Caldwell and Paul DeSalvo who earned a firstplace in the 4x800 meter relay team.

Kyle Twombly earned third place in the 500 meter run while captain Darnell

Cummings posted a sixth place finish in the 60 meter dash. Captain Cory Duggan grabbed second in the pole vault with a leap of 5.10 meters to score for the Huskies at last year’s event.

The Huskies will be looking to replicate their performance last year and secure yet another championship that will just add to this great season already. The team is on a momentous roll as they have not lost a scoring meet this season and shows no signs of doing so.

In the last team meet of the season, the Huskies look to end on a high note as this meet will be important to keep momentum when the outdoor season which starts on March 29 in Storrs.

By Spencer Mayfield Campus Correspondent

Men's track to compete in the IC4A championship in Boston

This weekend the men’s track and field team will be shipping up to Boston to compete in the IC4A championship, a week after winning the inaugural American Athletic indoor championship.

Last Wednesday the Huskies were honored at halftime at the men’s basketball game versus Rutgers where they received a muchdeserved standing ovation from the crowd for their championship.

After winning the AAC championship, which was the big goal, set by Coach Roy at the beginning of the season, the group of men were very relaxed in regards for this weekend.

The team said that the

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Oakland Athletics' Billy Burns dives back safely to first base while pinch running

treatment for a bulging disk in his back that caused him to miss a spring training start, and is apparently feeling better.

Arroyo, who has pitched three innings in his only start of

the spring, was scratched from Tuesday's start for an MRI on his back, which revealed the injury. But manager Kirk Gibson seemed to downplay the diagnosis.

The UConn softball team will play five games this weekend at the Winthrop Addidas Invitational in Rock Hill, SC. The Huskies look to turn their season around after a rough 1-7 start.

UConn will take on Youngstown State and Winthrop today, Eastern Kentucky and Wright State on Saturday and Norfolk State on Sunday.

Although the Huskies want to right the ship this weekend, Coach Karen Mullins insists that the team is still taking things one game at a time. Mullins has encouraged players to not look past any opponents.

“We cannot start thinking that we should beat certain teams, we have to worry about ourselves,” Mullins

said. “Each game is a new challenge that we have to face.”

Despite the slow start this UConn team has not been discouraged due to the quality of the teams that they have played. Mullins noticed the team making improvements despite their early struggles.

“We know these tournaments would be early in the year for us when we scheduled them,” Mullins said. “We can just see them every game out getting a little stronger and making the adjustments they need to make. We were pleased with the progress and intensity even though it did not show up in the wins column.”

The Huskies hope senior Audrey Grinnell can continue to her hot streak at the plate, which included two three-run homeruns this past weekend. Mullins attributed Grinnell’s success to her hard

work.

“She is an incredibly hard worker,” Mullins said. “She has put in a lot of time working on her swing and that’s just paying off for her. She’s making some good adjustments and having great at bats.”

Coach Mullins believes this young UConn team is ready to turn the corner this weekend after achieving their first win of the season last weekend.

“We certainly saw progress and that’s what February is all about, getting better and better,” Mullins said. “We feel that this weekend we are headed in the right direction and looking to turn the corner. We think this is the weekend where everything starts to pay off for us and we can turn things around.”

in their last 12 games.

They also clinched the top seed in the Big East tournament, which starts Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

"This is a big accomplishment," Bell said. "It's a testament to how hard we've worked, but we can't stop there."

The Wildcats went into the night with a 1 1-2 game lead over No. 13 Creighton in the Big East and two games remaining. The Bluejays have one game to play.

Villanova, which last shared the title in a co-championship with Syracuse in 2005-06, wraps up its regular season Saturday at home against Georgetown.

Justin Martin had 20 points for Xavier (20-11, 10-8) while Semaj Christon added 18 points and Isaiah Philmore finished with 15. The Musketeers ended the regular season with consecutive losses.

Xavier struggled from 3-point range finishing 6 of 23, while

Villanova was 9 for 23.

The game was Xavier's first without 6-foot-10 junior center Matt Stainbrook, who started each of the Musketeers' previous 30 before straining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in their 71-62 loss at Seton Hall on Monday. Stainbrook watched the game from the bench wearing a tan suit and bow tie.

"Us not having Matt was tough, but I think we learned more about each other," Philmore said. "It didn't turn out the way we wanted it to, obviously, but we stuck together. It just wasn't enough. Sometimes, it's not always enough."

Xavier's regular-season finale was its second consecutive home game against a Top 10 team and the second straight to attract a standing-room only crowd.

The Wildcats never trailed after Arcidiacono made two free throws for a 29-28 lead with 5:11 left in the first half. Villanova, which beat Xavier 81-58 on Feb.

3 for the Musketeers' worst loss of the season, led by as many as 12 points. The lead dwindled to three before Josh Hart and Bell made two free throws each in the final 19.4 seconds.

"We knew they wouldn't go away," Wright said. "They played without one of their best players.

We caught a break there."

The Wildcats had no surprises, Musketeers coach Chris Mack said.

"They were what we saw on film," he said. "This was our first game without Matt, so that was a little bit different, but we competed. We didn't quite have enough to beat Villanova."

Hilliard, averaging 14.1 points per game, had 15 to help the Wildcats take a 41-36 halftime lead.

Martin, who went into the game averaging 11.2 points, scored 12 in the first half for Xavier.

Softball looks to spark winning streak in the Addidas Invitational this weekend

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No. 6 Villanova takes Big East, 77-70 over Xavier

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Villanova coach Jay Wright talks with Daniel Ochefu during the first half against Xavier

CINCINNATI (AP) — Nobody on the current Villanova roster had even been born the last

time the Wildcats stood alone atop the Big East.

The 32-year drought ended

Thursday night when Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points and No. 6 Villanova clinched the outright Big East championship for the first time since the 1981-82 season by holding off undermanned Xavier 77-70.

The Wildcats, playing before a hostile standing-room only crowd of 10,340 in their first visit to Cintas Center, overcame a determined Musketeers team in what Villanova coach Jay Wright described as a "great, intense college basketball environment."

"You're not going to win championships unless you win on the road," Wright said. "We have great respect for this league. To win this league is a hell of an accomplishment."

JayVaughn Pinkston added 15 points — eight in the last 3:20 — James Bell finished with 12 and Ryan Arcidiacono chipped in 11 as the Wildcats (27-3, 15-2 Big East) extended their school record for regular-season wins with their fifth straight and 11th

Women's track to compete Lacrosse looks to snap in ECAC Championship three-game losing streak

By Cody Milardo Campus Correspondent

The UConn women’s track team will head to Boston this weekend to compete in the ECAC Championship meet and will attempt to win the event for the second consecutive year.

The Huskies are coming off a second place finish in the AAC Tournament last weekend, and are looking to win the ECAC Championship meet for the fifth time in seven years. Last year, the team also came into this meet off a second place finish in the conference tournament, although last year it was the Big East.

Associate head coach Clive Terrelonge echoed his comments from last week about the team’s performances and expectations for this weekend.

“I’m excited to see what this team can do as the indoor season winds down,” Terrelonge said. “It will give us a good look into what we can expect in the upcoming outdoor season, and I am so proud of all of their accomplishments already.

We want to continue the strong play from last week for our final

meets of the year.”

The Huskies will lean on the reliable performances of seniors Celina Emerson and Natasha McLaren, both of which earned All-American’s honors this season. Emerson has excelled this year in the sprints, and is coming off a fifth place finish in the 400-meter dash last weekend at the AAC Championships.

Emerson has broken the school record for that event this year with a time of 53.38, and also owns the record in the 200meter dash, finishing in 24.05 earlier this season.

McLaren has been one of UConn’s best jumpers this year, as she took home fourth place last weekend in the high jump with a leap of 1.72 meters, and will look to reach her season best of 1.80 this weekend, which she has hit in multiple meets prior to this weekend.

Only the NCAA Championships remain on the Huskies’ indoor track schedule upon the completion of this weekend’s events. Those will be held next weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.

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By Elan DeCarlo Campus Correspondent

times, the offense, defense and goaltending were all clicking, and at times, all three aspects failed to proThe UConn lacrosse team duce. They lost to Dartmouth returns home Sunday to take 14-11, in a game where their on James Madison. UConn offense was clicking on a (1-4) is currently on a three- high level. They followed that game losing streak during performance with a blowout which they have dropped defeat at the hands of Boston games to Dartmouth, Boston College 15-3. Tuesday, at College and New Hampshire. New Hampshire, the Huskies Meanwhile, the fell short in a furiDukes are 4-1 folous comeback in lowing, come-fromthe second half, behind victory over 11-7.

No. 9 Penn State.

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Vick, Eagles haven't ruled out return next season (AP) Two people familiar with the situation say Michael Vick and the Eagles haven't ruled out the quarterback returning to Philadelphia.

Vick will become a free agent next week, and the four-time Pro Bowl pick has made it clear he'll look for an opportunity to be a starter. One person says that if Vick doesn't find the right fit elsewhere, he would consider staying in Philadelphia.

Both people spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because they're not discussing contract negotiations publicly.

Nick Foles replaced an injured Vick last year, led the Eagles to an NFC East title and was Pro Bowl MVP. Vick revived his career in Philadelphia, was the AP's 2010 Comeback Player of the Year and started in the Pro Bowl that season.

But Vick was plagued by injuries over the next three years and lost his starting job to Foles last season after hurting his hamstring in Week 5. Foles had an outstanding year in his second season in the NFL. His passer rating of 119.2 was the third highest in history and he threw 29 touchdowns and only two interceptions in 14 games, including playoffs.

Before going down, Vick played

well in his first season in coach Chip Kelly's up-tempo offense.

Kelly, general manager Howie Roseman and owner Jeffrey Lurie praised Vick's leadership skills and the way he handled being the No. 2 guy. Vick has an excellent relationship with Foles and he's respected in the locker room.

The New York Jets might be interested in giving Vick a chance to compete with Geno Smith.

Jets offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg held that position with the Eagles when Vick had the best season of his career in 2010.

Tampa Bay, Oakland and Minnesota also could be interested in Vick, who is the class of a thin free-agent market for quarterbacks. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson already has lobbied for his team to sign Vick. The 2012 NFL MVP tweeted that Vick would make the Vikings a playoff team.

That's all speculation until Vick starts talking to teams next week.

He'll base his decision on several factors, including a comfortable environment for his family.

Vick, who turns 34 in July, hasn't started more than 13 games in a season since 2006. But when healthy, Vick remains one of the league's most dynamic playmakers.

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Penn State smothers Northwestern on the road

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Penn State coach Pat Chambers struggled to explain why his Nittany Lions have experienced success on the road during Big Ten play.

A stifling defensive effort by Penn State against Northwestern Thursday at Welsh-Ryan Arena was exactly what the Nittany Lions needed. The Wildcats had no answer

for Penn State's zone defense as the Nittany Lions cruised to a 59-32 win.

Penn State's five road wins are the most since 2008-09 when they won six.

"We play better on the road than we do at home," Chambers said. "It's wild. It's crazy. It's probably because we're by ourselves and we're more close together and tight knit."

The Nittany Lions' 2-3 zone defense frustrated Northwestern the entire game. The Wildcats' 32 points were a season low and the fewest scored by any team in Big Ten play. Northwestern shot 23.3 percent from the field and went 3 of 22 behind the arc (season-low 13.6 percent).

Balanced scoring helped the Nittany Lions (15-15, 6-11 Big Ten) pick apart Northwestern's defense.

Tim Frazier and Brandon Taylor, each of whom scored 11 points, were two of eight different players to score for Penn State. The Nittany Lions shot 50 percent from the field and were led by D.J. Newbill's 12 points.

BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask got the first win of his career against Washington, Gregory Campbell and Loui Eriksson scored second-period goals and the Boston Bruins beat the Capitals 3-0 on Thursday night.

Rask's sixth shutout of the season and 22nd of his career came just five days after the Capitals beat him 4-2, also in Boston.

But since then Washington is 0-3 and Boston is 3-0.

Rask was 0-3-3 against the Capitals, but was rarely challenged on Thursday when his teammates' tight checking limited Washington's opportunities.

Capitals goalie Braden Holtby

suffered his first loss against the Bruins after winning the first four matchups of his career.

Boston finished the scoring on Brad Marchand's empty-net goal with 1:34 left.

The Bruins were aggressive throughout, regularly beating the Capitals to the puck, and had a 43-16 advantage in shots. Washington has lost all its games since winning four in a row as its bid to climb into the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference has stalled. It lost to Philadelphia twice, 5-4 in overtime then 6-4, before getting blanked by Boston.

The loss was the second in two nights for Holtby, who left

after Philadelphia took a 4-0 lead early in the second period Wednesday and was replaced by Philipp Grubauer.

Boston didn't even have to worry about Washington's power play, the second best in the NHL. No penalties were called in the game.

Campbell gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 3:05 of the second period when he tipped in Patrice Bergeron's shot. Bergeron fired the puck from the top of the left circle and Campbell, standing just to the right of Holtby, deflected it in for his seventh goal of the season.

Eriksson got his seventh at 8:20 after missing one game

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Penn State center Jordan Dickerson, center, battles for a loose ball against NW guard

"At the end of the year, you're hoping your defense gets to this point," Chambers said. "If you take away 3s, we're in the top one or two in defensive field goal percentage. . We have a better understanding of our rotations. When guys are out there talking and I can hear them talking, that's when you know they're dialed in."

The Wildcats (12-18, 5-12) lost their seventh consecutive game with their last win over a month ago against Minnesota on Feb. 1.

"We played extremely well defensively tonight," Newbill said.

"We were really active, had a lot of energy, intensity. We were just making the right reads."

It didn't help that the Wildcats' two best shooters, Drew Crawford and Tre Demps, shot a combined 3 of 19 for 11 points. By halftime, Penn State built a 17-point lead, and Northwestern never threatened during the second half. Alex Olah led the Wildcats with 14 points.

Neither team shot well to open the game. Penn State and Northwestern each made 1 of 6 field goal attempts

with an infected heel that he said he sustained at the Winter Olympics in Russia where he played for Sweden. Carl Soderberg passed the puck from behind the net to Eriksson, whose short shot from the left side beat Holtby.

That was more than enough for the Bruins, who gave the Capitals little room to operate.

Alex Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 44 goals, had just one shot through two periods after scoring two power-play goals in Washington's win in Boston last Saturday. The Capitals took 31 shots in that game, while Holtby stopped 36 of the Bruins' 38 shots.

(16.7 percent) in the first five minutes. The Wildcats went on a scoring drought for over four minutes during which the Nittany Lions built an 8-2 lead.

Northwestern's struggles persisted as they scored just nine points through the first 13 and a half minutes of the game. A free throw by Crawford at the 6:26 mark of the first half finally put Northwestern in double digits and ended a 12-0 run by Penn State, with the Nittany Lions leading 22-10.

Penn State built a double-digit lead midway through the first half thanks to good ball movement and timely 3-pointers. Penn State led by as many as 20 points in the first half and took a 32-15 lead into halftime.

With the Wildcats trailing 39-17, Northwestern head coach Chris Collins was given a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct during the under-16 media timeout. Collins was berating the officials because he believed Penn State should have been called for a three-second violation the previous possession. Frazier ultimately scored on that possession

to put Penn State ahead by 22.

"Obviously it was a disappointing night for us," Collins said. "I feel badly for the seniors that we couldn't play better tonight and have a chance to be competitive. It's the same thing the whole year with the offense. Give Penn State credit."

Defensive breakdowns created open looks for Penn State on the perimeter throughout the game.

Taylor made 3 of 5 3-point attempts while John Johnson (eight points) was 2 for 2.

It was a tough final home game for Crawford, one of the best players in Northwestern's history. Crawford, who is ranked in the top 5 in 11 different statistical career categories, scored only six points in 38 minutes of action and shot 1 for 4 from the free throw line.

"I don't second guess that at all," Crawford said of his decision to return for a fifth year. "I believe in coach Collins. He's been a great mentor to me. My teammates, they're awesome. I love those guys and our coaching staff. I don't question my decision for a second."

Rask's 6th shutout gives Bruins 3-0 win over Capitals

Head coach Mike Zimmer would like Cassel back with Vikings next season EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

(AP) — New Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has taken a methodical approach to evaluating the team's muddled quarterback situation, refusing to make any concrete statements about the position until he had time to do his homework and come to a decision.

With free agency less than a week away, the coach appears to have come to at least one conclusion: Zimmer wants Matt Cassel to return to Minnesota next season, if the free agent-tobe decides he wants to be with the Vikings.

"I would love to have Matt Cassel back if Matt Cassel wants to be back," Zimmer said Thursday. "I don't know if that will happen or won't happen. But we're going to find a quarterback somewhere. And if it's not Matt Cassel, then we'll find someone else.

"I want guys who want to be here. I want guys that want to be part of the franchise, be part of the organization, be part of the team.

And if Matt wants to come back, I'm sure that we'll get it worked out."

Zimmer said he has had

conversations with Cassel, who went 3-3 in his six starts last season and was on the field at the end of the game for all five Vikings victories, to that effect. Cassel opted out of his contract last month and Zimmer said he expected Cassel to explore free agency before the quarterback makes a decision. Free agents can sign with new teams starting on Tuesday.

"He's got a bunch of pretty girls looking at him right now," Zimmer said, referring to teams that are expected to court Cassel in free agency. "And he wants to explore and see what's best for him. I don't blame any of these guys. In free agency, I think that's why they have the rules is that they get a chance to go see what their market's worth."

Last year Cassel split the duties with Christian Ponder for most of the season, with Josh Freeman also getting one start. Cassel completed 60.2 percent of his passes for 1,807 yards with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions.

"I think the team rallied around him a lot but I think the team has a lot of confidence in him," Zimmer said.

"Other than playing against him I don't that much about him yet other than the conversation that we had on the phone."

The Vikings have the eighth overall pick in the upcoming draft and are expected to look at drafting a quarterback. But with star running back Adrian Peterson approaching 30 years old, bringing in a veteran quarterback to serve as a bridge until that young player is ready is an avenue the team will consider.

One player Peterson wants the Vikings to pursue is Michael Vick, who likely will be looking for a starting job after losing his in Philadelphia to Nick Foles. Peterson tweeted on Thursday that Vick "would (instantly) make the Vikings a playoff team!"

"I think he has his opinions," Zimmer said about Peterson. "I like Adrian a lot from the little time that I've talked to him. I know that he's a great running back. I don't know anything else."

Zimmer said he would also like to have receiver Jerome Simpson and longtime defensive stars Jared Allen and Kevin Williams

back as well, if all three decide they want to play for the Vikings and accept what could be different roles than the ones they had under the previous regime. Allen and Williams likely would have to take significant paycuts to return.

"I think it would be great for him to finish here," Zimmer said of Allen, "but I do understand the business part of all this stuff and if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out."

In general, Zimmer said the Vikings have "a lot of holes to fill" on both sides of the ball as free agency approaches. But the coach expected the team to take a pragmatic approach, focusing more on the draft than making a big splash by signing high-priced veterans.

"I think if we go out and spend a whole bunch of money now, we'd be upset two years from now because some of them didn't work out," Zimmer said. "So we're going to be real diligent in how we approach this and making sure that not only is it best for next year, but best for the long run too."

PENG: Gampel Napier takes aim Pavilion will be missed at Kemba Walker from GOODBYE, page 12 Last season, there was Omar Calhoun hitting the game-tying 3-pointer against Georgetown to force overtime, then there was an emotional UConn squad following its last game of the season against Providence.

This year, it was the College GameDay atmosphere against Louisville, and of course, Napier’s buzzer-beater over Florida.

Naturally, these memories pale in comparison to those who have been here all four years, but they don’t change the fact that I love this arena just as much as the next senior who may have participated in the flash mob against Syracuse or witnessed Kemba’s floater over

Villanova.

Gampel is a place where history can be made every single year. The 11 national championship banners that hang on the rafters are testaments to that and the Huskies of Honor serves as a reminder as well.

Napier calls this arena “utopia,” and I can think of no better word as a substitute.

There is no place else like Gampel, and there is no place else I’d rather watch a UConn game than at Gampel.

So for those who are fortunate to have a few years left at this place, enjoy it while you still can. You’ll miss Gampel when you’re gone.

Michael.Peng@UConn.edu

from LAST, page 12 The Huskies trailed 34-28 at the break during the Jan. 18 contest but managed to erase that lead quickly into the second half. Louisville, however, went on an 11-0 run afterward to pull away again and UConn never got back within seven points.

UConn’s senior guard Shabazz Napier, who had 30 points for the Huskies in that game, said defense and limiting Louisville’s transition would be the keys on Saturday.

“It’s the biggest thing,” Napier said. “They play good defense and they get on transition. They are hard to play against when they do

that. We’ve just got to make sure we make our shots and play good defense.”

Napier will also have a chance to surpass a couple of big names in UConn history on Saturday.

He is just two points shy of tying Kemba Walker for seventh place on UConn’s all-time scoring list and nine assists behind his coach Ollie for third place alltime.

Saturday’s game is scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m. and it will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

Michael.Peng@UConn.edu

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“We’re playing a game for a living, and you’ve got to have fun in this game, because there’s so much failure, inherently, within baseball.”

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Max Scherzer

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-Tigers’ Max Scherzer said on spring training

March 12-15 AAC Tournament TBA

Tomorrow Louisville 2 p.m.

When pitched, the average MLB baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.

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March 7-10 AAC Tournament TBA

Men’s Hockey (18-12-4) March 14 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals TBA

Lacrosse (1-4) March 9 James Madison 1 p.m.

March 14 Oregon 7 p.m.

Baseball Today Florida 7 p.m.

March 22 March 29 Fairfield Temple 1 p.m.

1 p.m.

March 9 Florida 1 p.m.

March 12 March 14 Sacred St. Peter’s Heart 3 p.m.

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Tomorrow Eastern Kentucky 1 p.m.

Tomorrow Wright State 3 p.m.

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Tomorrow Florida 4 p.m.

Softball

March 16 Fresno State 2 p.m.

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Today Today Youngstown Wintthrop State 5 p.m.

1 p.m.

March 9 Norfolk State 10 a.m.

Men’s Track and Field March 7-9 IC4A Championship TBA

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James walks on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs

Red Wings retire Nicklas Lidstrom’s No. 5 jersey

Women’s Track and Field March 8-10 ECAC Championship All day

March 14 and 15 NCAA Championship All day

What's On TV NBA: Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m., CSNN The Nets are above .500 for the first time this season and look to continue their four game winning streak as they travel to Boston to play the Celtics.

As the best Eastern Conference team in 2014, the Nets may not have trouble keeping up their winning streak with the 20-41 Celtics.

Tip off will be at 7:30 p.m.

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NHL: Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat. 7 p.m., NESN Boston is 2-0 in the regular season against Tampa Bay as they defeated the Lightning early in October and November.

Although Tampa Bay has only scored one goal against the Bruins, the Lightning has a chance to come back and prove themselves.

The Bruins will travel to Tampa Bay Saturday, puck drops at 7 p.m.

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DETROIT (AP) — Nicklas Lidstrom was the last person to speak at his Detroit Red Wings jersey-retirement ceremony.

He might have spoken the least while perhaps saying the most, fittingly for a player who was subtly spectacular on the ice.

Lidstrom was honored Thursday night before Detroit hosted the Colorado Avalanche. A red banner — with his last name and number in white — was raised to the rafters.

“It’s not like winning a trophy for a successful season or playoff; it’s not winning an individual trophy,” he said on a puck-shaped podium. “This is something different. This is all about being a Detroit Red Wing.”

The storied franchise previously retired six jerseys: Gordie Howe’s No. 9, Steve Yzerman’s No. 19, Ted Lindsay’s No. 7, Terry Sawchuk’s No. 1, Alex Delvecchio’s No. 10 and Sid Abel’s No. 12. But Lidstrom is the first defenseman to have his jersey retired by the Red Wings.

Detroit drafted the Swede in the third round and between 1991 and 2012 he played in the most games (1,564) by someone who was on only one NHL team.

“For the first couple of years, he didn’t seem that great, but then you began to appreciate him,” Delvecchio said.

Lidstrom, with sound positioning and a strong shot, helped the Red Wings win four of their 11 Stanley Cups between 1997 and 2008. He won seven Norris Trophies as the NHL’s best defenseman and trailed only Bobby Orr’s record total of eight.

“As much as we didn’t like him when we were playing against each other, I had tons of respect for him,” Colorado coach and former NHL goaltending great Patrick Roy said.

Lidstrom became the first European-

born captain to win a Stanley Cup in 2008, six years after being the first from Europe to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the league’s postseason MVP. With his signature slap shot, he scored the gold-medal winning goal for Sweden against Finland at the 2006 Olympics.

In a video tribute shown during a firstperiod timeout, Yzerman said Lidstrom was one of the game’s all-time greats.

“You made our jobs so much easier,” Yzerman said.

Lidstrom retired after the 2011-12 season — his 20th with the Red Wings. He refused to settle for being merely a good defenseman in the league and turned down a chance to make about $6 million with a third straight one-year contract.

“No regrets, but that doesn’t mean I don’t miss it,” he said. “I miss playing, but I never had any urge to get back to being on the ice and playing in a game.”

With his wife and their four hockeyplaying boys, he is living back home in Sweden and enjoying a simple life.

“What’s been so relaxing about it is that I get weekends off,” Lidstrom said.

“I never had any weekends off that I can remember since I was a teenager.”

When Lidstrom was 21 and going into his first NHL season, he was asked what number he wanted to wear if he made the team.

Not knowing much about the Red Wings other than Yzerman being their captain, Lidstrom asked for No. 9 — a number that had been retired for nearly 20 years to honor Howe.

“Kid, that just ain’t going to happen,” Lidstrom recalled being told.

Lidstrom was later given a wingedwheel jersey with another single digit.

“No. 5 was handed to me,” he said with a grin.

Teheran, Zimmermann throw 3 scoreless innings KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Julio Teheran worked around six base runners to match Jordan Zimmermann with three scoreless innings and lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.

Teheran, who won 14 games as a rookie last season, gave up four hits, walked one, hit another and threw a wild pitch. But he now has five scoreless innings against the Nationals this spring after allowing just one run while winning his final two starts against them last season.

“I was getting a little bit in trouble and just tried to make better pitches,” said Teheran, who threw 36 strikes in 53 pitches. “My slider was good, but I was missing with my fastball.”

Zimmermann struck out four, giving up two hits and one walk. The 19-game winner from last season struck out Freddie Freeman on a slider with runners on first and third to end his final inning.

Ross Ohlendorf didn’t get an out in his first appearance of the spring for the Nationals, giving up three hits and a walk before leaving with the trainer in the Braves’ two-run sixth because of back spasms.

“He’s pretty locked up right now,” Nationals manager Matt Williams said. “He said he felt it on the first batter and that it got progressively worse.”

STARTING TIME Nationals: Zimmermann, who allowed one hit in two scoreless innings against the Braves last Saturday, threw 30 of his 48 pitches for strikes.

“It was good to throw more pitches and build up arm strength,” he said. “I threw more sliders and mixed in some curveballs. I had a good changeup and got some strikeouts on fastballs, which was good.”

In addition to Freeman, Zimmermann struck out Justin Upton, Dan Uggla and Jason Heyward.

“I thought he pitched really well getting out of some jams,” Williams said.

Braves: It seemed as if Teheran was pitching out of trouble his entire outing. Manager Fredi Gonzalez didn’t mind.

“It’s good to have to work with some runners on,” Gonzalez said. “Julio made some pitches when he had to.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Braves: Left-hander Mike Minor, shut down after experiencing shoulder soreness at the start of camp, threw off the mound for time this spring on Wednesday and is scheduled to throw again Friday. He still hopes to be ready for the start of the season or shortly afterward. “I feel good. Just typical soreness,” said Minor, who was 13-9 with a 3.21 ERA last season.

Notre Dame tennis player reveals he is gay SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame tennis player Matt Dooley said the hardest person to tell he was gay was himself.

“Saying gay for the first time was extremely tough, almost choking, because you know your life will never be the same. That was the hardest part, to move forward from there,” the 22-year-old senior said Thursday. “For me at least, every part of my being was like, ‘No, no you’re not.’

But I talk about growing. You learn to accept what you can’t change, and this is something I can’t change.”

Dooley says he has received “overwhelmingly positive” feedback since disclosing publicly on Monday in an article posted on Outsports.com that he was gay. He had told his coaches in August and his teammates on Sept. 16, the two-year anniversary of trying to commit suicide by overdosing on pills because he was struggling with who he was.

“That day I wanted nothing more than to escape the anguish of coming out to my family, my friends, and, in a way, myself,” he wrote in the article. “Death was better than accepting — or revealing — that I was gay.”

Even after the suicide attempt, he ostracized himself from his family for more than seven months because he feared their reaction and because he was still struggling to accept who

he was. He wouldn’t return his family’s phone calls or emails and stayed away when they tried to visit, even though they were fully behind him when he came out.

“It’s internal homophobia,” he said. “Often time it’s more of what you think of yourself.”

Dooley’s disclosure comes a matter of weeks after Missouri football player Michael Sam came out publicly, setting himself up to perhaps be the first openly gay player in the NFL. Jason Collins recently became the first openly gay player in the NBA and just signed a second, 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

Both have said they’ve received strong support.

Notre Dame’s student handbook prohibits sex outside of marriage and the pastoral plan specifically states the university adheres to the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching concerning homosexual actions and as a result, “Homosexual persons are called to chastity.”

Dooley is working with the university’s student welfare and development office to produce a video involving all teams at Notre Dame that will promote the You Can Play initiative, which fights sexual orientation discrimination. Members of PrismND, the first official organization dedicated to serving the gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students on campus, were pleased to see Dooley come out.

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LAST TRIP TO THE NEST

UConn revisits Louisville in the last game of the regular season

By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer

Mike Peng They say in life, there are a few dates a man should always remember, like anniversaries and birthdays.

For me, one of them is April 5, 2011, and I will never forget it.

It was the day I fell in love with Gampel Pavilion.

On that rainy Tuesday, Kemba Walker and company got off a plane that brought them back from Houston with 2011 national championship trophy. A rally was being held at Gampel that afternoon and I was not going to miss it.

I was not a UConn student then. I went through the motions of commuting to a Division III school in New Jersey every day for two years while admiring UConn from afar, and a two-and-a-half hour drive was not going to stop me from celebrating with the Huskies.

I donned a UConn sweater that day to blend in with the actual students to enter the arena, and quickly became enthralled by the breathtaking atmosphere inside.

Coming from school where the basketball court is pretty much a glorified high school gym, Gampel might as well has been Madison Square Garden for me.

It was love at first sight.

As I sat there in section 123, listening to Jim Calhoun recap one of the most improbable title runs and watching Kemba get inducted into the Huskies of Honor alongside all the other UConn greats, I assured myself then and there that I would do whatever I could to become an official member of the Storrs community.

Fast-forward to almost three years later, and I’m still in love with Gampel. On Wednesday I watched Shabazz Napier, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander, the three remaining members on that 2011 title team I once drove over 130 miles to celebrate with, get honored on Senior Night.

The ceremony – short and sweet – was made for a few, but meant for hundreds and thousands.

Because on that night, those players were not the only ones who had their final games at Gampel Pavilion, so did I and all the other seniors who were there for the occasion.

Sure, most of us will come back to Storrs to catch games at some points in the future, but Wednesday night marked the final time that this year’s seniors had access to the student section at Gampel, and there’s something magical about that place.

Maybe it’s the size of the section. Maybe it’s the energy of the students. Or maybe it’s even just the scarcity of the tickets for the place (we all know how we anticipate that email telling us we just won the lottery). Every one of those things is a reason why Gampel is such a unique college basketball venue.

But Gampel is not without its flaws. It doesn’t have fancy strobe lights or spectacular sound systems like some other arenas. What it does have to make up for those things, however, is a crowd that can rival any others’ in the country.

In my brief two years here, this place has already given me some memories that I would hold onto for a lifetime.

» PENG, page 10

As UConn celebrated a Senior Night win over Rutgers on Wednesday night, Louisville’s Russ Smith dashed the Huskies’ hopes of claiming a share of the American Athletic Conference regular season title this year.

Smith made all six of his 3-point attempts in the second half to rally the No. 11 Cardinals (25-5, 14-3 American) past No. 18 SMU in Dallas to maintain a two-game lead over No. 19 UConn in the conference heading into the season finale.

The two sides will wrap 24-6, 12-5 up their respective regular seasons when they square off at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday.

The Huskies (24-6, 12-5 American) have struggled against the defending national champions as of 25-5, 14-3 late, losing seven of the last Sat., 2 p.m. eight meetings, including three consecutive on the CBS Sports road dating back to 2010 Network and one at Gampel Pavilion earlier this season.

Smith scored 23 points in that 76-64 Louisville win while sophomore forward Montrezl Harrell added a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

UConn coach Kevin Ollie stressed the importance of keeping the game close come Saturday.

“Every game we play against Louisville, it’s tight in the first half,” Ollie said, “and then kind of at the 10-, 12-minute mark, they are the solid team. We’ve got to get back to that.”

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Shabazz Napier scored 30 points in his last game at Gampel Pavilion. Napier is two points shy of surpassing Kemba Walker in the all time scoring list.

» NAPIER, page 10

Huskies enter the AAC Tournament this weekend

By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor Each season, the UConn women’s basketball team enters with three goals: win the regular season conference championship, conference tournament and national championship.

With a win against No. 3 Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center Monday, the Huskies checked the top item off that list for the first time since 2011. Now, they enter the inaugural American Athletic Conference Tournament in search of trophy number two.

A season ago, UConn fell at the buzzer of the Big East Tournament finale to Notre Dame, an unsurprising result after two regular season losses. This season, anything less than the program’s 19th conference tournament would be a national shock.

The top-ranked Huskies (31-0, 18-0 American) are riding a 37-game win streak on their way into the week-

end and have yet to play a game decided by less than 10 points in that span.

They also tout four newly crowned All-Conference First Team members.

Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley, Moriah Jefferson and Breanna Stewart were all bestowed the honor on Thursday afternoon. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Kiah Stokes were named to the All-Conference Second Team and Saniya Chong was among those on the AllConference Freshman Team.

UConn led all teams in the conference with its six players named to either the First or Second Teams; Louisville, with four players named, ranked second in that catLINDSAY COLLIER/The Daily Campus egory.

Breanna Stewart was named an All-Conference First Team member this week. She looks to help the Huskies thrive in the AAC Tournament On top of her AllDolson is the fourth player 9.1 rebounds per game this at ESPN3.com. Should they Conference team accoadvance, the Huskies would lades, Dolson picked up un UConn history to win a season.

Their first round oppo- play in the semifinals at 1 some additional hardware, conference Defensive Player winning the Defensive of the Year Award, with the nent will be the winner of p.m. Sunday and the finals at Player of the Year Award and most recent being Kelly Faris No. 8 Cincinnati and No. 7 p.m. Monday. sharing the Sportsmanship last year. Dolson posted 71 9 UCF Friday night. TipAward with Louisville’s Tia blocks and held the league’s off Saturday is set for 2 Matthew.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu second-highest average with p.m. and can be seen online Gibbs.

Baseball plays three-game series against Gators

By Jack Mitchell Staff Wrtier The UConn baseball team continues its early-season gauntlet this weekend with another trek down south for a three-game series with Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The Gators (7-6, 0-0 SEC) fell out of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll this week after being ranked as high as No. 23 in the country.

The Huskies (4-5, 0-0 AAC) earned one win in their most recent series last weekend against Lipscomb in Nashville, losing the final two contests of the threegame set – including a 14-1 defeat on Sunday in which the Bison racked up 10 hits and 12 runs in the the bottom of the eighth inning.

“If you look at the 28 innings that we played this past weekend,

in the first 16 we were really, really good, but we came away with two losses, which is never what you want to see,” head coach Jim Penders said. “The guys have to understand that we did some things well that didn’t show up necessarily in the win-loss column, but the few things that we did really poorly certainly contributed to those losses, not to take anything away from Lipscomb.”

Penders said his team – which has had a somewhat up-and-down start to its season – will have to call on the same brand of resilience this weekend that it showed in the wake of the Feb. 14-16 Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., a tournament in which the Huskies went 0-3 and scored just five runs.

“They did a really good job of showing some resilience and some mental toughness after our first weekend, which was abysmal,”

Penders said. “And then they came back and played very well down in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the following weekend. So I think they’ve got bounce back ability, and now we’ve got to bounce back again from a tough loss on Sunday.”

Penders said that in many ways the Gators are a team similar to UConn in that both rosters boast an abundance of freshmen and sophomores who have seen significant playing time thus far this season.

“They’re an athletic team that’s kind of scuffling a little bit, playing a lot of young guys kind of similar to us,” Penders said. “We’ve got a pretty good idea that we’re going to face some pretty good arms.”

Florida has also experienced its share of offensive struggles in its first 12 games this season, ranking last in the Southeastern Conference in team batting average (.251), last

in on-base percentage (.320) and 10th out of 14 teams in total runs (50).

Defensively, Penders said that he has been pleased with what he’s seen from the front end of his pitching rotation – namely from topthree starters Jordan Tabakman, Anthony Marzi and Brian Ward – and that while there are some questions yet to be answered in the bullpen, the Huskies’ production on the mound will be key to suppressing the Gators’ relatively weak offense this weekend.

“I think our starting pitching has progressed every time out.

Tabakman, Marzi and Ward all pitched well [last weekend] and deserved to win,” Penders said.

“We’re starting to piece together who our late-inning guys are going to be, and I think that that will continue this weekend too, to see how the last three or four innings

of a ball game are going to shape up for us from the standpoint of who we’re going to put out there on the mound.”

Penders said that this weekend’s series will provide UConn with another stiff test in the form of a solid Gators’ pitching staff, as well as a chance to prove that it can overcome the type of demoralization that losses like last Sunday’s can cause.

“We’re going to have some difficult arms that we’re going to be facing, but hopefully the guys can rise to the occasion,” Penders said.

The Huskies will take the field against Florida for the first game of the series on Friday at 7 p.m.

Coverage of all three games can be heard on 91.7-WHUS.

Jackson.Mitchell@UConn.edu