The Daily Campus: April 10, 2012

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With two weeks until the Connecticut primary, five Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate convened at UConn Monday to debate issues of education, health care, foreign affairs, defense spending and the economy.

Of particular interest to the university community, all the candidates acknowledged the increasing problem of student loan rates and debt. U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy said he wants to stop interest rates from surpassing 3.4 percent.

“We can do something about it, starting with the interest rate,” Murphy said.

With two daughters in college and one son applying, former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said she thinks about paying for college a lot. She said Pell grants need to be expanded and Stafford loans need to be more available.

“Republicans are trying to cut those loans and make grants less accessible,” Bysiewicz said.

Additionally, she said federal resources should be allocated to colleges if they keep their tuition down. Bysiewicz said she thinks students should be encouraged to shorten their college experience if it’s the right move for them.

State Rep. William Tong and East Hartford resident

Matthew Oakes found themselves in solidarity that the cost of college should be controlled. Specifically, Tong said federal grants should support colleges in the “arms race” to build bigger stadiums, bigger dorms and hire better faculty members, rather than up tuition to cover it. Tong also said the Dream Act should be passed nationally.

Lee Whitnum, an author and Greenwich resident, had a different take on the issue of student debt. She said it is about “personal responsibility.” She said she did not take out any loans until she went for her master’s degree at Harvard University. As an undergraduate, she commuted from home for a bit and worked three jobs while in school. She said students should make wise choices when it comes to paying for school.

“There’s ways to do [college] expensive and there’s ways to do it cheaply,” Whitnum said.

“Only you know your personal situation.”

Bryan Flanaghan, president of the UConn Trail Blazers, USG Senator of Busby and 8th-semester political science and economics major, said he was disappointed with the debate. He said it was a waste of time.

“I thought they’d ask questions involving UConn students,” Flanaghan said.

He said he thought the panelists should have asked harder questions. He and other stu-

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From the left, Democratic Senate candidates U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, state Rep. William Tong, Matthew Oakes, Lee Whitnum and former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz share a laugh during a debate at UConn on Apr. 9.

dents submitted questions to The Hartford Courant, mostly asking where the candidates stand on the state’s drug policy, and the panelists did not use any of them.

“The only real thing I learned is that Lee Whitnum is a very opinionated person,” Flanaghan said.

Whitnum spoke numerous times about Israel. She said the U.S. should stop fully supporting the country, should not enter into more wars for them and should let Israel deal with its own issues.

Flanaghan said he thought

Whitnum brought Israel into her answers when the question did not refer to the country.

He felt her answers were inappropriate and she should not be invited to future debates, he said.

Brien Buckman, UConn Board of Trustees member and 8th-semester political science major, said he attended the debate to stay up-todate on what is happening in Connecticut and to learn more about each candidate. But he said he was disappointed that he didn’t learn anything from the debate.

“A lot of the rhetoric that was coming from the candidates was platform based,” Buckman said. “I wasn’t really surprised by any of the comments.”

The candidates had similar views on the issues, mostly because they were not asked questions about their specific plans pertaining to them, he said. All were similar except Whitnum, he said.

“I thought she was very passionate about her views,” Buckman said.

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Proposed fee increase will Mansfield residents critique budget improve campus technology

By Christian Fecteau Staff Writer A public hearing to discuss a university student technology service fee increase was held Monday at the Center for Undergraduate Education.

The proposed fee increase will cost undergraduate students an extra $60 per semester and graduate students an extra $40 per semester. The increase will apply to students on all campuses except for Law School students – who already pay a technology fee of $68 per semester – and part-time School of Business students. The hearing was held to discuss the proposal draft and to receive feedback.

The earlier tuition rate increase approved by the Board of Trustees in December supports a faculty hiring plan but does not provide for expanding technology needs, according to the proposal. This current fee increase was drafted in order to provide the level of technology support expected by today’s students. “For example, the use of wireless on campus has increased 100 percent from last year,” said Nancy Bull, vice provost for Information Technology. “Lots of different devices connect to wireless now.”

The proposed fee increase covers a variety of expenses, such as creating a budget for library information technology. Although the library has received varying amounts of one-time funding in the past, it does not currently have a

technology budget. With the fee increase, the library will be able to keep its technology updated to meet the needs of the student body. “The intent is to expand on the public access computers,” said Michael Vertefeuille, assistant dean and chief administrative officer of the School of Business.

The fee increase also covers the costs of upgrading UConn’s Virtualized PC. The UConn vPC platform is a virtual desktop that students can connect to using a browser.

UConn’s vPC allows students to access specialized course software for free. “It’s more about usability,” Vertefeuille said. “Right now there is a huge demand to open up vPC to other parts of the campus.”

Also factored into the fee increase are costs that cover the Microsoft Campus Agreement, which will allow students to download the latest copies of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows at no additional cost. Ten percent of the fee increase will also be used to create a Student IT Innovative fund, which will be managed by a student governance group dedicated to handling student-related IT needs.

The proposed technology fee increase will be on the agenda for the Board of Trustees when they meet on April 25. If the proposal passes, the fee will be implemented for the Fall 2012 semester. “End of June, the fee bills go out,” Bull said. “So it’ll be on there.”

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At the most recent Mansfield town meeting, residents voiced their opinion about the upcoming 2012-2013 budget.

By Kim Wilson Staff Writer MANSFIELD – Residents critiqued the proposed 2012-2013 fiscal year budget at the Town Council’s public hearing Monday, citing employee raises and increased hiring as unnecessary costs to taxpayers.

“I see a good attempt at a responsible budget,” said Mansfield resident Ric Hossack.

“It’s fiscally prudent … but looking through the detail I see an increased spending plan with increased taxes.”

The proposed general fund budget totals $35,533,490, the capital fund is proposed as $1,735,840 and the capital nonrecurring reserve fund is $1,562,210. The grand total has increased by $7,421,275, or 76 percent.

Another Mansfield resident urged the council to view the budget with “a skeptical eye” and to trim the Board of Education’s budget.

Several residents said they were unhappy with the raise proposed for Maria Capriola, the assistant town manager.

After public comment, councilors expressed

their regret for the hostile tone during public comment and said several commentors made untrue claims.

“There was simply a tone tonight that was unfortunate,” said councilor Peter Kochenburger.

Speaking on the public comments directed toward Capriola was town manager Matthew Hart. “It was in poor taste,” Hart said. “The position is not a glorified secretary. I’m very disappointed in those remarks.”

Councilor Toni Moran combated claims made during the public hearing that retroactive raises were given to town employees.

“A lot of quote-un-quote information distributed during public comment was untrue,” Moran said. “Public employees did not ever receive retroactive pay raises...”

An opportunity for the public to address the council was also provided during the regular Town Council meeting, during which residents lobbied for a change in placement of CL&P wires and voiced concerns for the Storrs

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Basics of Applying to Law School 2 to 3 p.m.

CUE, 134 Students interested in applying to law school should attend this workshop with Rebecca Flanagan.

Ain’t I a Woman 2 to 4 p.m.

SU, 330 The Graduate Students of Color Association and the Women’s Center is honoring the diversity of a woman’s life with a panel discussion, table discussion, essay contest and a magazine.

It’s Not Too Late to Find an Internship 3:30 to 4:20 p.m.

CUE, 134 Come to this workshop to find out how you can find an internship for the future.

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4:16 p.m. at the UConn Co-op and charged with criminal mischief in the third degree and larceny in the sixth. Police responded to a call about a shoplifter and found that Dorfman damaged a $108 book when he attempted to take it from the store without paying for it. His bond was set at $1,000 and his court date is April 17.

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Dems vying for Conn. Senate agree on Iran, economy

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Only one flash of criticism highlighted an otherwise agreeable debate Monday among Democrats who want to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz criticized U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy for voting against legislation in 2010 that would have increased tuition tax credits to help college students and their parents. The benefit would have been financed by closing a tax loophole for hedge funds.

“I would have done the opposite,” she said. “I’ll fight for you, not for Wall Street.”

Murphy told reporters after the debate he voted against the legislation for other reasons, including that it proposed to spend $50 million more than it raised in revenue.

Judge rules against Occupy New Haven protesters NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the city has a right to remove from the Green one of the last remaining Occupy camps in New England.

Judge Mark Kravitz said New Haven may enforce its rules for the Green, a downtown park and recreation area that is privately owned by a committee of proprietors but is maintained by the city and is one of the country’s oldest public places, in use since 1638. He said since the demonstration is not in compliance with the rules, the city can require the protesters to remove their encampment.

“The city’s rules governing the use of the New Haven Green, as established and clarified through longstanding practice, are constitutionally acceptable, content-neutral restrictions on the time, place and manner in which members of the public can exercise their most important civic rights in New Haven’s most important public space,” the judge wrote.

“Properly employed, rules like these do not stifle speech, but coordinate it to allow for expression that is as vibrant and varied as possible.”

Conn. judge won’t seal group sex assault case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected requests to seal the entire file and close the courtroom to the public in the case of a teenage girl suing several boys she accuses of group sexual assault.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert ruled that the girl and the seven boys can use pseudonyms, but he said their interests don’t outweigh the public’s interest in open courts. A copy of the ruling was obtained by The Associated Press.

Silbert noted that the case involves a number of issues of social importance.

“These include parental responsibility for the alleged torts of their children, the legal responsibilities of adults who host parties for children at their homes, and the practice commonly known as ‘sexting,’” he said.

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NY judge tells woman: Stay away from Alec Baldwin

NEW YORK (AP) — A Canadian actress accused in New York City of stalking “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin has been told to stay away from him.

Montreal resident Genevieve Sabourin was arraigned Monday, a day after being arrested on charges of stalking and aggravated harassment.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office says a judge released Sabourin on her own recognizance and issued a temporary order of protection for Baldwin.

Police say Baldwin was at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on April 5 when Sabourin showed up and was removed by security.

They say she turned up at his Long Island home days earlier.

Chris Wallace: Dad Mike became ‘best friend’

NEW YORK (AP) — “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace says his dad, veteran “60 Minutes” journalist Mike Wallace, worked hard to connect with his family in his last years and became his “best friend.”

Chris Wallace made his first statement Monday following the death of his father.

Mike Wallace died on Saturday night at age 93. His television career spanned six decades, much of it at CBS. Chris Wallace says his father was “everything you saw on television: fascinating and funny, challenging and exasperating.” He says work often came before family but in the last two decades his father worked hard to make connections with his family.

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April 3 Samuel J. Boccarossa, 20, of Orange, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. at the UConn Co-op and charged with larceny in the sixth degree.

Boccarossa was seen putting a book valued at $16.50 into his backpack and leaving the store without paying for it. His court date is April 17.

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Torrington, was arrested at 2:38 p.m. at the UConn Co-op and charged with larceny in the sixth degree. Police responded to a call that Kang shoplifted an item worth $9.98. Her bond is set at $100 and her court date is April 17.

April 6 Jason A. Dorfman, 20, of Cherry Hill N.J., was arrested at

Thomas M. Martel, 21, of Terryville, was arrested at 1:35 a.m. in W Parking Lot and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Police stopped Martel’s car for traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street at the exit of W Lot. Police suspected he was driving while intoxicated and subjected him to a series of sobriety tests, which he failed. His bond was set at $500 and his court date is April 16.

Alumni panel discuss job networking

By Loumarie Rodriguez Staff Writer In collaboration with the learning business community, the Honors Program hosted five UConn alumni panelists to talk about accomplishments and provide a safe environment for networking.

After a late start, the five panelists were each granted the opportunity to talk about their professions and about their experiences here at UConn. The panel included Bruce Barth (’78), Paul Millerd (’07), Marc R. Belletsky (’83), Robb D’Ambruoso (’99) and Rich Wasserman (’78). All the panelists are in the field of lawyer and legal practices aside from one, who is a business owner. They also gave advice on how to network properly and what tactics students should use in order to find future jobs.

Each panelist had his or her own piece of advice to offer students such as making themselves as marketable as possible and concentrating on a certain skill.

Certain points were emphasized such as developing better writing and communication skills, especially within the field of legal practices.

Assistant Director of the Honors Program Paula Wilmot, who put the panel together, hopes to hit a variety of fields and majors to get more alumni panels.

Wilmot also believes that students should have the opportunity to learn skills on how to network better.

“I think it’s important to show students not just what they hear on TV or on the Internet,” Wilmot said. “But to give them real people who are successful and who can give them tips to be successful that is beyond their studies.”

They also advised students to keep up with networking, keep close to a community of people and maintain a narrow focus in order to keep moving forward.

They also suggested the ABC method, which stands for “Always Be Close,” in order to remind oneself to stay close to his or her contacts. The panelists then made final statements on how to be suc-

cessful, and that networking properly can give a fair advantage to obtaining a job.

“Don’t forget to be who you are and don’t try to be something that you are not,” said Bruce Barth. “Also try not to burn down bridges [with people]; it will come back to bite you in the long run.”

Students were able to mingle with panelists to ask questions about future career opportunities and exchange information about networking.

“I came here because I am currently working on my sophomore honors certificate and learning more about the process of networking,” said Duston Hodgkins, 4th-semester finance major who’s in the honors program. “It’s great to meet people in the intended industry I plan to go in to.”

“Networking today is more online and it hasn’t really changed since I graduated,” said Paul Millerd. “Everything is online or connected to LinkedIn. You have to be more out there virtually.”

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Many express concern with budget components from MANSFIELD, page 1 Center Project and the ensuing traffic that it may bring to Willowbrook Lane.

“There is concern that it’s faster to get to Route 195 via Willowbrook Road than taking Dog Lane,” a Willowbrook Lane resident said, urging council members to be aware that the Storrs Center Project may bring traffic to the residential road.

Another Willowbrook Lane resident said that a sorority house that used to exist on the lane caused an increased influx of traffic and speeders and is concerned that traffic from Storrs Center could bring a similar result.

Hart gave an update on Mansfield activity, announcing that Carriage House Apartments and Cedar Ridge have been sold to Lutz Real Estate Budgets, LLC. Lutz

has hired Campus Apartments to manage the property.

“They have a number of ideas on the management and ... they seem to have an understanding of the property and the problems that come with it,” Hart said.

The Storrs Center Project is continuing with construction on the parking garage and work on the sidewalks.

The council addressed its effort to curb Spring Weekend

at UConn by educating students on town ordinances and encouraging them to utilize the police force.

“We’ve done this some years now and we feel it does have some effect,” Mayor Elizabeth Paterson said.

A town-university relations meeting will be held on April 10 at 11:45 a.m. in the Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building.

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Facebook buying photo-share app Instagram for $1B

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photosharing company Instagram in the social network's largest acquisition ever.

On the surface, that's a huge sum for a tiny startup that has a handful of employees and no way to make money.

But the lack of a business model rarely dampens excitement about hot tech upshots these days. As Facebook has shown, itself without ads or revenue in its early days, money goes where the users are.

Instagram lets people share photos they snap with their mobile devices. The app has filters that can make photos look as if they've been taken in the 1970s or on Polaroid cameras. Its users take photos of everything from their breakfast egg sandwiches to sunsets to the smiling faces of their girlfriends.

In a little more than a year, Instagram attracted a loyal and loving user base of more than 30 million people. Apple picked it as the iPhone App of the Year in 2011.

Instagram's fans, brand recognition and its potential are difficult to put a price tag on. Yet Facebook has — and can afford it. The company is preparing for an initial public offering of stock that could value it at as much as $100 billion in a few weeks.

What's $1 billion? A drop in the bucket, really.

"Facebook after this IPO is going to be in a position to be predatory. They can make sure no one steps in their way and buy anyone who gets in their way," said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, who follows social media.

Buying Instagram, he added, not only eliminates a rival but gives Facebook the technology "that is gaining crazy traction."

Facebook is paying cash and stock for San Francisco-based Instagram and hiring its dozen or so employees. The deal is expected to close by the end of June.

It's a windfall not just for Instagram's employees, but the venture capital firms backing the company. Last week, Sequoia

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The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Going by the $1 billion price tag, Facebook is paying about $33 for each Instagram user. That's a fraction of the $118 that Facebook investors will be paying per Facebook user if the company gets its expected $100 billion valuation after going public. By that math, Pachter said, $1 billon "doesn't sound crazy."

Getting Instagram is a big win for Facebook as it works to harness people's growing obsession with their mobile devices and sharing every moment of their life. The company's own mobile application is not as easy to use as Instagram, and sharing photos can be downright clunky.

Facebook's way, noted Pachter, has always been to buy technology if it's better than what it can build on its own.

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Jurors being seated in Hudson family murder trial CHICAGO (AP) — The first full day of jury selection in the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's family ended Monday without the seating of a full jury.

William Balfour is accused of killing Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. The 30-year-old Balfour faces a maximum life sentence if convicted.

Fourteen people were selected Monday to be among the 12 jurors and six alternates after nine hours of interviewing potential jurors one by one. The last four panelists are expected to be selected Tuesday.

Cook County Circuit Judge Charles Burns and attorneys looked to weed out anyone who might be swayed by the 30-year-old Hudson's celebrity. Burns told would-be jurors that anyone opposed to capital punishment need not worry because Illinois abolished the death penalty last year.

Hudson's name came up frequently during questioning, though most of the would-be jurors insisted that despite what they knew about her or heard in the media about the case, they could set and consider only the evidence presented at the trial.

There was one notable exception.

One woman in her 30s, a salesperson at Xerox, was dismissed after she told those assembled in the back room, including Balfour, that she is a big fan of Hudson's and would be unable to discount the tragedy and give the defendant a fair trial.

"I'm a fan of Jennifer Hudson's and I feel bad for what she went through," she said.

Only a few people said they knew little to nothing about Hudson. One women in her 30s picked for the jury said she had heard of Hudson but had no idea what she looked like.

Among those selected to serve on the panel where several who

said they had relatives murdered.

And one man who was selected described how an attacker 25 years ago grabbed his sister's purse at a bus stop and slashed her throat, badly injuring her.

Asked by the judge if she thought she could be impartial given the tragedy in her family, a woman whose son was murdered in 2002 said firmly, "I know I can." She was put on the jury.

Also chosen was a MexicanAmerican truck driver who said he sometimes has trouble speaking English, an unemployed women who lives three blocks from the courthouse and a customer representative at a chocolate company who responded when asked about her hobbies that, "I like to sleep, then I like to eat, then I sleep again."

Among those dismissed included a man whose neighbors were police and FBI agents, and a Chicago

school teacher who was once a character witness for a student charged with murder. Also released was an unemployed widow whose nephew recently murdered his pregnant wife.

"It's way too close to home," she said when asked if she could hear the Balfour trial dispassionately. "It's just that there's a child involved, and I can't get past that."

Once testimony begins April 23, court officials say, Hudson is expected to attend every day of the trial, which could last up to a month. She is on a 300-name list of potential witnesses, though it's not certain she will testify.

While the judge will warn jurors to avoid watching news coverage about the case, they may see Hudson in a scheduled appearance this Thursday on "American Idol," where she first rose to fame as a contestant in 2004.

Nine of 66 questions on a questionnaire the would-be jurors were

asked to fill out last week dealt with Hudson's career. One asked if they'd ever seen her Academy Award-winning film "Dreamgirls."

Hudson, who was not in Chicago at the time of the killings, told investigators she was in touch with her mother almost every day and became concerned when she couldn't reach her by late morning on Oct. 24, 2008.

Hours later, the bodies of her mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29, were found shot to death in the family home. The body of her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, was found days later in an SUV several miles away.

Balfour's lawyers have said the evidence is circumstantial. But prosecutors say the proof includes gun residue found on his car's steering wheel, and that testimony will show he lied about his whereabouts the day of the killings.

Two firefighters die in Philadelphia warehouse fire

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two firefighters battling a massive blaze at an abandoned warehouse on Monday were killed when an adjacent furniture store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in a pile of debris, authorities said.

It took about two hours to extract the bodies of Lt. Robert Neary, 60, and firefighter Daniel Sweeney, 25, because of all the debris, fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers said. Two other firefighters were rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of these two firefighters," Mayor Michael Nutter said.

"It just hurts a great, great deal."

The blaze, in the city's Kensington section, started around 3:15 a.m. and quickly spread. Dozens of nearby homes were evacuated, and the firefighters were trying to make sure that the blaze was out at the furniture store, where the flames had spread, when a wall and roof collapsed, Ayers said.

Both firefighters were respected members of the fire department and had been commended for a long list of rescues over the years, Ayers said.

Neary, a 37-year veteran of

the fire department, served in the Army reserves from 1972 to 1982 and worked as a police officer before joining the fire department. He is survived by his wife, two grown sons and a grown daughter.

He was a mentor to young firefighters like Sweeney and had great instincts while fighting fires, said Timothy McShea, vice president of the firefighters union.

"He was just a great guy, knew the job very well," McShea said.

"He's like one of these oldschool guys. They just have a second sense about them."

Sweeney, who was single, is survived by his parents. His father is recently retired fire Capt. David Sweeney.

McShea called him "a good young lad."

"Danny was a young, aggressive firefighter," he said.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.

City officials said the warehouse property's corporate owner, York Street Property Development, had been cited three times since November and a fourth citation was issued after a March 29 inspection following a community meeting. Officials said that the city was prepar-

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Fran Burns, commissioner of the city's Licenses & Inspections department, said York Street Property Development had a zoning permit good through July 2012 for an 81-unit development.

"This isn't a landowner or property owner we couldn't find; this is someone who had a very active interest in the property and has an active and open zoning permit for development," Burns said. "I don't understand, when you have a zoning permit for an 81-unit development, that you don't understand your responsibility to have a secure property."

The New York-based law firm Herrick, Feinstein, representing York Street Property Development, called the fire "an unspeakable tragedy."

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SAT photo database would allow for misuse

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he SAT test, for years having served as a prerequisite for college acceptance, is about to undergo its biggest change since the addition of the third section in writing. This time, though, the changes are not with the test itself but rather in its administration. Students will now be required to – among other things – submit a photograph upon registering for the test. This picture will be printed alongside their admission ticket and visually compared to the student actually arriving to take the test. The ACT test is also implementing an identical rule. Last week’s announcement of the new policies even merited a front page article in The New York Times.

The critical difference between the two examinations is what occurs after the test – namely, whether colleges will be given access to the photographs. The ACT is not allowing any colleges or universities access to the photos, instead only sending numerical score reports. The SAT, however, is releasing a so-called “photo database” to colleges. Under this system, the test-takers’ photographs will be available to colleges upon request, but will not be automatically included alongside the scores themselves.

Is there an obvious benefit that counteracts the potential for misuse by college admissions officials? It does not seem so.

Clearly, the tests themselves should use the photographs as a means of preventing identity fraud. Otherwise, we could see a repeat of last year’s Long Island scandal, in which smarter students were paid up to thousands of dollars by wealthy peers to take the SAT in their place. But what do colleges need to use the photographs for, if not for visual judgments?

Perhaps more worrisome, this could perhaps be used as an indirect roundabout method of utilizing race in college admissions. A student has the option to prefer not to answer when asked on the Common Application for their race, but seemingly could not “opt out” of having their photograph stored in this database.

The College Board released a statement explaining their decision: “[W]e are creating a separate, secure, password-protected database that tracks both the user and the date and time the database was accessed as an additional layer of security that will all but eradicate any attempts at test-taker impersonation. We expect the mere existence of this “name and photo” database will stand as a strong deterrent to any test-taker who might still consider impersonation while the access-controlled functionality of the database will prevent misuse by score recipients.”

While this is an admirable goal, it does not appear to be enough of an overwhelmingly positive reason to counteract the glaring possibilities of misuse.

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Just sunk to a new low by painting my nails in lecture.

While sitting in the front row. And watching a video game stream.

To the girl quietly rocking out to Moves Like Jagger on the Red Line, you weren’t fooling anyone.

I’d like to apologize to the girl whose trunk I opened in the Garrigus parking lot. I thought that was my dad’s car.

All mentions of Passover were passed over in yesterday’s Daily Campus So I have homework to do but Game of Thrones.

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Too tired to think, I put my iPod in my bowl of Cocoa Krispies today. It’s officially time for this semester to be over.

Someone on my floor ordered wings and now I just really, really want wings #kryptonite Does anyone remember Floam? That stuff was so kooky bananas and I had so much fun with it.

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Banning of author goes a step too far

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ne of our few Middle Eastern allies has overstepped itself recently, once more begging the question of how far is too far before we reconsider our relationship with the nation. Israel’s interior minister has declared that German author Günter Grass would not be welcome in Israel following the publication of a poem entitled “What Must Be Done.”

In the poem, the 1999 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature criticizes the policy of warmongering against any perceived threat or offense in Israel, and has incited

By Michelle Anjirbag international comWeekly Columnist parison between Israel and Iran.

Needless to say, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not found this comparison favorable, especially considering the author’s admission that the bulk of the criticism was aimed not at the nation of Israel as a whole, but at the policies of the current leadership, including Netanyahu.

Outside of the international mudslinging, which is as productive as it ever will be, the controversy over the poem – which points to Israel’s militancy as a high-level threat to world peace as the nation has long considered and been in support of a preemptive, perhaps nuclear strike against Iran – opens the doors for a new discussion on how long can apologetic politics, and the blind eye that comes with them, be used before becoming dangerous to everyone. It

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is no secret that the bulk of American and European policy toward Israel has been framed in the context of apologizing for the Holocaust; Germany has taken this to the point where the German political administration has publically denounced Grass and his poem, though he has often been lauded as the author who reinvigorated and reinvented German literature. I’ve written before that there is a fine line between redressing the wrongs of the past and allowing wrongs to go unaddressed because we are afraid of the past. And at the heart of it, the entire world is afraid to criticize Israel. We created a homeland, with the idea of inspiring peace and facilitating a reclamation of heritage for a people who had everything taken from them brutally.

Not even 100 years later, we are faced with what is quickly becoming a monster.

We are a nation that will criticize the entire Islamic Middle East because of human rights violations that start with the cultural segregation of women, and because of the dress codes that go along with it.

When separate bus lines are employed in orthodox neighborhoods, or little girls are taunted and shamed on their journeys to and from school in Israel because of a cultural value, not a word of reproach is even whispered. Women are stoned, or ethnic groups are made to be less-than-human in other countries, we don’t even wait for war to be declared or consider sanctions – we send the troops and justify it later.

But Palestinians have had neither national or international protection, nor any levy for implementation of universally declared human rights since Israel’s inception, and the world has conveniently overlooked this.

We cringe in terror at the thought of Iran, or Pakistan, or any other nation that we do

not directly approve of obtaining nuclear power or weapons. But our ally Israel has declared its intent to use the arsenal it already has – which it built with our aid – regardless of the possible consequences.

And still it is almost a cardinal sin to think against that country.

The question that we as citizens of humanity need to ask ourselves is how far is too far? Years ago, the fat we placed on Salman Rushdie was considered an act of intellectual warfare by Iran, because he wrote a text that criticized a religious leadership that was supposed to be seen as infallible. Is not the banning of an author from another country for writing a poem that criticizes a behavior and philosophy that endangers the world a similar act?

Granted, the poem is not really that great of a poem, but the message is still important and should not be silenced by a government that is slowly becoming the very image of the thing it supposedly stands against.

While the other hypocrisies of Israel have failed to cause policy-makers to be anything but reactive to the mention of Israel, I hope that this act can be a wake up call. Our relationship with Israel does not need to be terminated by any means, but we do need to seriously reevaluate how much leeway the nation is given, at a time when all nations should be working to bring more peace and a better life for all human beings, and not to their own nationalistic ends.

Weekly Columnist Michelle Anjirbag is an 8th-semester English major with a creative writing concentration and an anthropology and indigenous studies double minor.

She can be reached at Michelle.Anjirbag@UConn.edu.

‘LiNK’ your donations with your values

iberty in North Korea (LiNK), a charity that hopes to end the humanitarian crisis in North Korea, paid UConn a visit Wed. March 28. It showed a documentary produced in-house detailing the work of LiNK in response to this crisis, which includes food insecurity, political internment camps, restriction of movement and suppression of free speech with a flashy film filled with inspirational

By Garrett Rapsilber quotes, and plenty of merStaff Columnist chandise on sale following the screening, I noted a charity model similar to Invisible Children. Recent criticism of Invisible Children highlights the fact that before supporting a charity we must evaluate whether or not it aligns with our values. That is why before donating to LiNK, I decided to do some research.

I first wanted to understand the criticisms that surround the Invisible Children Kony 2012 campaign. These criticisms center around relevancy, means to achieve the goal, and financials.

According the Christian Science Monitor, the LRA lead by Kony is significantly smaller than it once was, and now has only 200 fighters (Baldauf 2012). This fact could discredit the need for

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a worldwide response. A major aspect of the campaign calls for governments to respond by supporting the Ugandan army.

This poses major issues since the Ugandan army is not without its own abuses. Furthermore, Kony is in no longer in Uganda meaning sovereignty is at play if Ugandan forces pursue Kony.

Financials are a concern as well. The financial statement disclosed on their website reveals spending on programs to help Ugandans stands at only 37.14 percent of the 2011 budget, which is less than spending both in percent and actual numbers from both 2009 and 2010. Many argue that donations are mostly supporting video production and promotion.

I began my research on LiNK visiting its website and reading its state goal: “Awareness through mobilizing the grassroots and telling these stories of hope and survival. We meet with governments, NGOs and institutions to advocate for the North Korean people, while working directly with refugees through a network of shelters in China and Southeast Asia - protecting, educating and assisting them to eventually find freedom and empower them to live new lives.”

LiNK is directly involved

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with the underground railroad rescuing North Korean refugees in China (where if found will face deportation) and bringing them to their safe house in South East Asia—an interesting fact is that the executive staff personally conducts these missions, where if caught face detention in Chinese facilities. There, LiNK works to resettle the refugees in either South Korea or the United States.

As the North Korean population continues to suffer under the current regime, LiNK’s cause is relevant. But there is question of how to create change in an environment politically charged over nuclear weapons. LiNK offers one answer. It hopes these rescued North Koreans will themselves spread news concerning the suffering in their country, eliciting international response, as well as slowly liberalizing North Korean society as they send information back to North Korea about an outside world filled with freedoms and realities unknown in the country.

While you can agree with a charity’s approach, it is important to make sure your donation is reaching the missions you support. Since the 2011 financial report is not yet available I looked at the one for 2010. It states that 100 percent of donations to

TheHundred Campaign, which focuses on rescue missions, go directly to this cause, and that 83 percent of general donations go towards programs—this does include the creation of media such as video production.

I was concerned with the fact that LiNK is not registered on Charity Navigator. This is a major charity watch dog whose report on Invisible Children sparked controversy about its finances.

In addition, there is virtually no information on the organization aside from its own website.

Offering a strategy that does not promote military intervention, which could lead to greater humanitarian crisis, I see LiNK’s desire to change North Korea through its refugees as commendable. While I may ultimately donate to the TheHundred Campaign, until I have more information on how its resources are allocated, I cannot ensure my donation is going to the mission I support and not video production.

A call to the charity’s office is in order. Support any charity you want, but do not do so passively.

Inform yourself and then decide.

Staff Columnist Garrett Rapsilber is a 6th-semester economics, political science and Spanish major. He can be reached at Garrett.Rapsilber@UConn.edu.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Comics

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by Carin Powell

Stickcat

by Karl, Jason, Fritz and Chan

Monkey Business

by Jack Boyd

Froot Buetch

by Brendan Nicholas and Brendan Albetski

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Expect a financially savvy phase for the next couple of weeks. You can manage more responsibilities now.

Keep reaching for the perfect career.

Practice makes perfect.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re even smarter than normal with Mercury in your sign (starting today). Your intuition is right on target.

Listen to a friend.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- With Mercury in Taurus for the next three weeks, begin a lucrative phase. Appreciate the finer things in life. Let somebody else stir up the trouble.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You’ll work more effectively in groups for the forseeable future.

Someone from far away (or even in a book?) inspires you to create.

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by Brendan Albetski

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by Cara Dooley

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s getting busy. Heed an older woman’s advice. Your word is extra powerful, so dive into passion projects.

Love and money are available.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Distant lands have a new appeal.

Inject glamour into your work with a fantasy theme. A coming change is for the better.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Stick to practicalities. Stop and smell the flowers, or better yet, give them tender love. Pay off bills for the month, and work continues to go well.

UConn Classics: Same Comic, Different Day Superglitch

by John Lawson

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Listen to your mate’s advice throughout the rest of the month.

As long as you’re willing to keep learning and challenging yourself, your endeavors will be extra fun.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Home requires more attention now. And work demands more focus for the next two weeks. Don’t discuss personal matters. Silence is more powerful. Handle it with love.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Love is knocking on your door. You have more power than you know what to do with. Get help from a partner. Watch out for hidden surprises.

Take notes.

Rockin’ Rick

by Steve Winchell and Sean Rose

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Spend more time pondering while you have the time. Keep your promises. Visualize what you want creatively. Gambling is not a good idea.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Your confidence is contagious.

Surround yourself by those who care about you. You have a satisfying dream. Love comes easily these days.

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South Korea says North preparing for nuclear test SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials.

The excavation at North Korea’s northeast Punggye-ri site, where nuclear tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009, is in its final stages, according to a report by intelligence officials that was shared Monday with The Associated Press.

Its release comes as North Korea prepares to launch a long-range rocket that Washington and others say is a cover for testing missile technology that could be used to fire on the United States.

The Obama administration said Monday it would consider both a rocket launch and an underground nuclear test as highly provocative and leave Pyongyang more isolated.

“In each case this would be an indication of North Korea’s decision at the leadership level not to take the steps that are necessary to allow North Korea to end its isolation, to rejoin the community of nations and to do something about the extreme poverty and depravation that its people suffer,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told a news briefing in Washington.

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador

to the United Nations and current Security Council president, told CNN on Monday that “either or both developments would be a blatant violation of North Korea’s international obligations under Security Council resolutions.”

“In the Security Council in New York, I anticipate that the council would convene to discuss this and to respond in a credible fashion, both to the missile launch and to any potential additional subsequent actions,” she said.

Observers fear a repeat of 2009, when international criticism of the North’s last long-range rocket launch prompted Pyongyang to walk away from nuclear disarmament negotiations and, weeks later, conduct its second nuclear test. A year later, 50 South Korean were killed in attacks blamed on the North.

“North Korea is covertly preparing for a third nuclear test, which would be another grave provocation,” said the intelligence report, which cited U.S. commercial satellite photos taken April 1. “North Korea is digging up a new underground tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, in addition to its existing two underground tunnels, and it has been confirmed that the excavation works are in the final stages.”

Dirt believed to have been brought from other areas is piled at the tunnel entrance, the report said, something experts say is needed to fill up tunnels before a nuclear test. The dirt indicates a “high possibility” North Korea will stage a nuclear test, the report said, as plugging tunnels was the final step taken during its two previous underground nuclear tests.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters she was not in a position to confirm whether North Korea was preparing for a nuclear test after the rocket launch.

She said a launch would be “highly provocative” and a nuclear test “would be equally bad, if not worse.”

Nuland said the U.S. was urging China to use its influence with North Korea to dissuade it from going ahead with the launch.

Asked about Japanese and South Korean preparations to shoot down any parts of the rocket that threaten to fall on their territory, Nuland told reporters that countries in the region have the right to “self-defense.”

North Korea announced plans last month to launch an observation satellite using a three-stage rocket during mid-April celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

The U.S., Japan, Britain and other

AP

South Korean Army soldiers watch a TV news program, which shows North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket at Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Apr. 9.

nations have urged North Korea to cancel the launch, warning that firing the long-range rocket would violate U.N. resolutions and North Korea’s promise to refrain from engaging in nuclear and missile activity.

Nuland declined to specify what consequences Pyongyang might face if the

launch goes ahead.

At the very least, it would ruin a Feb. 29 U.S.-North Korean accord under which the North agreed to a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests and a freeze on its uranium enrichment program in exchange for U.S. food aid.

Mali junta leader doesn't want foreign forces

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of Mali's military junta made clear Monday that he would have a powerful say over how the country is run in the weeks ahead, and does not want foreign forces helping reclaim the country's north from rebels who declared independence.

In televised comments, Capt.

Amadou Sanogo said he is asking Mali's partners for equipment and logistical help. The West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS has been preparing a force of up to 3,000 soldiers to be deployed in Mali to help win back the regions under rebel control.

The comments come just days after Sanogo signed an agree-

ment with ECOWAS that is supposed to return Mali to constitutional rule, and a new civilian president is due to be sworn in this week.

Sanogo, though, said Monday that he would decide with ECOWAS how the country would be run after the 40 days usually set out in the country's constitution for a transition of power.

"It was very clear in the framework agreement that after 40 days we would sit down with ECOWAS to decide on another team to lead the transition," Sanogo said.

Under Mali's constitution, it is the president of the national assembly who takes over for a

maximum period of 40 days until elections can be organised after the presidency becomes vacant.

However, the agreement signed on Friday said that the 40-day limit would be impossible to stick to given the country's political crisis. Tuareg rebels now control the northern half of Mali, and one faction of the rebels declared the zone independent last week.

Mali's ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure officially resigned on Sunday after spending more than more than two weeks in hiding after the presidential palace was attacked by soldiers on on March 21.

He had been due to stand down soon anyway because he was

reaching the end of his two-term maximum.

The president of Mali's national assembly, Dioncounda Traore, is due to be sworn in as president on Wednesday, according to his chief of staff, Issa Togo.

"Is it ideal to have to broker a deal where the president steps down and you have to have a interim president until elections?

Of course it's not ideal. But it does mark a very important restoration of civilian rule, without which we didn't think Mali was going to be able to move forward," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday.

Soldiers at the military base that has served as the de facto

seat of Mali's government since the coup have said privately that they were not happy with their leader's decision to bow to pressure and hand back power to civilians.

And throughout the city, soldiers still control strategic points, including a checkpoint at the airport and several checkpoints outside the state television station. The coup began when the soldiers grabbed control of the state broadcaster, using it to disseminate their message.

Another complicating factor is that the head of the national assembly, Dioncounda Traore, who is now supposed to become interim leader, is considered a

divisive figure. It's unclear if he has the backing to hold the country together during a tough transition, leading to new elections.

The soldiers who grabbed power claimed they did so because of President Toure's mishandling of a rebellion in the north, which began in January.

Toure's popularity took a nosedive because of his lack of assertiveness in the face of the mounting attacks, which inflicted large casualties on Mali's ill-equipped army.

After Toure was forced from power, the Tuareg rebels succeeded in taking the three largest towns in the north. Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu all fell last weekend.

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» CREATIVE WRITING

Tales of sunshine and conquest

Award-winning laureate mixes samples of anthologies with bits of humor

By Aaron Burstein Campus Correspondent

On Monday, April 9, UConn hosted the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former United States poet laureate Kay Ryan, as presented by the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program, the English Department and the Creative Writing program.

Her poetry anthologies include “Say Uncle” (2000), “Elephant Rocks” (1996) and “Flamingo Watching” (1994). The Wallace Stevens Poetry Program hosts award-winning poets on an annual basis, Ryan being the 49th in a long list of esteemed writers to speak at UConn. The event was held at a crowded Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Research Center.

The event also featured this year’s winners of the Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest, an all-campus poetry contest for UConn students. Matthew Salyer (1st place) read “Man Tiger Organ,” Miller Oberman (2nd) read “Three Mornings” and Allegra Berndt (3rd) read “The Whale.”

Each performed a reading of one of their poems prior to Ryan’s speech.

Ryan was introduced by Penelope Pelizzon, the event coordinator for this year’s reading. She thanked the many people and groups involved in organizing the event and warned the audience that Ryan’s poetry was “likely to startle you.”

She described Ryan’s writing as greater than the sum of its parts, despite its brevity. She also noted that Ryan’s work is “Personal, without being personable. … There are epiphanies but without the ‘I.’” It was then Ryan’s turn to take the stage. Despite Pelizzon’s somewhat forboding-sounding warnings of Ryan’s “startling” work, Ryan’s sense of humor was quite evident, frequently eliciting laughs from both her discussions of poetry and from the poetry itself.

Ryan began with the mention of what she referred to as her “Martha Stewart connection,” elaborating that “I like to make a connection with the season whenever I do a reading.” Therefore, she chose to read poems that included themes characteristic of Wallace Stevens (“Masterworks of Ming,” “The Palm at the End of a Mine”) and poems that dealt with the spring season (“Spring,” “Dew,” “Tree Heart/ True Heart”).

However, Ryan discussed a great variety of themes and ideas behind some of the poems she read. General inspirations included nature, San Francisco, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not,” absence, Charles Darwin, Alexander Great and the Gordian knot, the Donner Party, iron tablet vitamin supplements, train tracks, deer, the unfinished work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, mystery novels, doubt, dog legs and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

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Piggybacking off a best-seller

school. His love for the game developed in interscholastic polo. When it was time to go to college, Berube said, “Polo is why I came to UConn.”

The numbers on each player’s jersey indicate the purpose that particular player has in the arena. Kaila Dowd, a senior animal science major and a member of the women’s team, said the No. 3 players have the job of making the plays while being the most defensive players; the No. 2 players act as midfielders and the number ones play the offensive. Dowd’s favorite position is the number one because there is more opportunity to score. Each player takes turns at each position during the game.

Dowd said that she likes everything about polo, especially the horses because they are your teammates.

But you need to be careful playing it.

“Polo is a dangerous sport. If you are inexperienced you can put yourself and your horse in danger,” Dowd said.

With polo growing in popularity, Tufts, UConn’s Interim Polo Director and Professor in the Department of Animal Science, said, “Polo enhances the academic experience because students can play the game at the top level.”

Tufts has over 10 years of polo experience and has been the interim polo director at UConn for four years.

“Polo is a game not like any other equestrian event,” Tufts said. The fast pace and the ability needed to ride make Polo a sport that requires skill to be able to play.

“It’s a young horse game”.

Tufts said it is very challenging for players to get the opportunity to play professional polo. To be able to play professionally, players need to work very hard and it is very rare you can make a living out of polo.

However, some people can do it.

To be able to play professionally, polo players need to be rated on a scale of 1-10 by the United States Polo Association (U.S.P.A.) with 10 being the highest.

According to Tufts, currently there are no Americans that are rated at a No. 10. However, Zach Grob, an 8thsemester political science and German double major and a member of the men’s team, is rated by the U.S.P.A at a two for arena polo and one for outdoor polo. After graduation Grob plans to dedicate the next three to four years with the U.S.P.A. program to try to become a professional polo player.

“I like the intensity and the level of commitment it takes. Doing it – polo – can turn into a life style. It’s a full-time commitment,” Grob said.

Grob has developed into one of the top polo players. His rating by the U.S.P.A. might seem low on the scale, but players with the lower ratings tend to be what the polo association is looking for because of their ability to improve in a relatively short amount of time. Working hard, being around horses and solid riding skills have allowed him to become the U.S.P.A.’s newest recruit from the UConn polo program.

“Nightlight” and “The Hunger Pains.” What do these two things have in common? They are parodies of extremely famous novels written by “The Harvard Lampoon.” Created in 1876, “The Harvard Lampoon” is the oldest and continuously published humor magazine. Writers of the magazine have also written for TV shows such as “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock.” When I first discovered their books, I was surprised at how accurately they followed the plot of the books they were satirizing.

Adding their own comedic twist to the stories, these books are worth reading, especially if you are fans of the original books.

No one can resist a “Twilight” parody. Enhancing an already overdramatic novel, “Nightlight” will keep you continuously chuckling as you read. The changed names of the characters to Belle Goose and Edwart Mullen, as opposed to Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, are only one of many small plot points that “The Harvard Lampoon” makes fun. “The Harvard Lampoon” does a great job at satirizing the writing style of Stephanie Meyer by laboriously describing the most unimportant things, from how Belle is sitting in the car to the back pockets of her jeans. The book is written seriously, but it is that dead-panned serious tone that makes it impossible to not laugh at all the things that “The Harvard Lampoon” pokes fun at. If you enjoy teasing “Twilight,” then this is the perfect book for you.

With the current hype over “The Hunger Games,” it is no surprise that “The Harvard Lampoon” has written a parody novel titled “The Hunger Pains.” The back of the book has a fictionalized quote from Abraham Lincoln saying, “This book makes me wish I’d never been shot,” just to give you an idea of the humor. Besides making a parody of a book, “The Harvard Lampoon” has also released a parody movie trailer on “The Hunger Pains” website. Extremely similar to the real film, I found myself laughing out loud while watching it, especially since I had just watched the movie the previous day. Kantkiss Neverclean and Pita Malarkey add a surprising amount of humor to a book whose premise is a fight to the death. With a tagline of “Winning means wealth, fame, and a life of therapy. Losing means death, but also fame! This is the hunger pains!” this parody should entertain fans of the trilogy.

Besides parodies, there are also books that take a novel and bring it to life in other ways. Roger Highfield, author of “The Science of Harry Potter” writes about what seems to be magically impossible and explains the real life, Muggle reasoning behind certain events in the series. For example, in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” Professor Lockhart accidentally casts a spell that causes Harry to lose all of the bones in his arm.

Impossible? Not really. According to scientist Clinton Rubin, Harry’s bones could have disappeared due to osteoclasts, cells that play a role in bone diseases that lead to bone loss.

Highfield has done lots of research for this book and interviewed many people to obtain information. This book brings magic to life and provides Harry Potter fans with answers to their questions.

These books show how people can take any already popular book and add their own spin to it, generating a larger fan base for the novel. It also shows how one novel can inspire people to write about that novel in different ways. If you have a favorite book, it is worth investigating if there are unique books like these that can add to your enthusiasm.

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Author Kay Ryan presented many pieces of her Pulitzer-awarded poetry at Konover on Monday. Ryan said that sheseeks motivation from a variety of things, such as coastal cities and historical giants. The English Department, Creative Writing Program and Wallace Stevens Poetry Program were all behind the reading.

Armed with mallets and iron hooves, UConn polo team strives to knock down one title after another

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Polo is just one of the equistrian activities that is available for horse enthusiasts at UConn. Other competitive sports include dressage, drill and horse shows. Meanwhile, the equine-studies program offers riding lessons (as seen above) and safety workshops for those just starting out.

By Joe Kirschner Campus Correspondent While gaining credibility and respect, the UConn polo team has grown into one of the many great spectator sports the university has to offer thanks to its modern day portrayal of the historic game.

The UConn men’s team recently won 22-21 win over Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. to win the Northeast Regional title.

While the program has been around since 1969, the UConn polo team has organized a reputation of being one of the best teams in the country. In its history, the polo team has earned 10 national championships. The women’s polo team has won seven titles while the men have won three.

Polo is a game similar to hockey. It has a similar objective of putting a ball in a goal, as polo players ride horses in a field or arena of play.

Polo is a fast-paced and captivating game. For collegiate polo, the game is played in an arena with three players for each team. However, outdoor polo is played in an open field with four players on each team.

UConn polo has been known for playing only the best teams in the nation. “We are competitive, we are lucky to have what we have,” Marc Tufts who is the polo team’s coach, said. “We have a good arena, excellent horses and it all hinges on donations.”

The UConn polo team has received donated horses from various people, including three horses from polo legend Tommy Biddle. The horses who play polo all have different personalities and different characteristics that the players have to adapt to. However, each player gets to ride the horse he or she feels the most comfortable with, except when it is time to switch during games to make the match as fair as possible.

Nate Berube an 8th-semester horticulture major and a member of the men’s team, likes the game of polo because of how fast it is and said that not everyone realizes it is a contact sport.

Berube used to play hockey as a child. He became interested in polo because he loved being around horses during his childhood. Despite suffering through repetitive injuries to his knee by playing hockey, polo’s known similarities to the ice sport caused him to start playing as a freshman in high

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Over/Under Overrated: Howl’s Moving Castle (2005)

Oh wow, this movie is stunning. The colors are vibrant, the animation is superb, the atmosphere is flawless, and the experience is breathtaking.

Shame there’s an actual story in it. The story suffers from typical book to film translation issues.

The plot is overdone, the transitions are choppy, it balances itself poorly and the characters, while interesting, are incredibly inconsistent. There are too many unexplained details and the climax is mindboggling. “Howl’s Moving Castle” is like an animated “Titanic.” It’s a spectacle to watch and nothing more.

Underrated: Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

War films tend to follow certain perspectives, but “Grave of the Fireflies” is in a league of its own.

The story of two starving Japanese children desperately trying to stay alive in the fire bombings of World War II. It’s quite simply one of the most emotional and heartbreaking films ever made. The storytelling is raw and personal.

The bond created between the older sibling and his younger sister is incredibly powerful. It’s their struggle as a family, as well as individuals, that makes the experience so gripping.

Don’t let the fact that it’s animated turn you away, this is an absolute gem.

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A sunken romance resurfaces ‘Titanic’ retains its classic qualities amidst three dimensions

By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent When “Titanic” was first released in 1997, it became a cultural phenomenon and went on to gross almost $2 billion dollars worldwide.

Therefore I consider myself incredibly privileged to have managed to never see the film until now. I write this review viewing the film for the very first time and I must say it was absolutely worth the wait.

The now legendary tale follows the story of an elderly woman named Rose who recounts her exploits aboard the infamous Titanic when she was younger to a team of modern day deep sea treasure hunters.

Born to wealth, the young Rose (Kate Winslet) finds romance in poor traveling artist Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) despite her engagement to another man.

Shortly after their romance is consummated however, the film focuses on the sinking of the Titanic and the two characters struggle for survival. Rose’s story, while entirely fictional, does accurately represent the ship and the story of its sinking.

The more overt sexual scenes in the film are done with consummate professionalism keeping the nudity to a minimum, while prioritizing character development. All too simple a task given the spectacular and very human performances of DiCaprio and Winslet.

The film was at the time of its production the most expensive movie ever made, making it a blockbuster in every sense of the word. Considering the lack of aliens, superheroes, or wizards that typically conquer the big budget film market, it might be possible to call

By Brendon Field Campus Correspondent

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Power couple Kate Winslet (left) and Leonardo DiCaprio (right) bring their historical love back to the big screen in the 3D version of ‘Titanic.’ Both actors have had great success in the past 15 years since the original film was released.

“Titanic” the most expensive drama ever made. Far from wasted money, however, the film treats us to spectacular views of a drowning ship and

Celine Dion’s song “My Heart Will Go On.” The 3D conversion looks brilliant (we’d expect nothing less given director

Titanic 3D Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

9.5/10 passengers wadding through the doomed vessel.

The film is nothing without its music complimented by a beautiful score by James Horner and the unforgettable

James Cameron’s work with “Avatar.”) From seeing the ship charge toward the screen, to all of the sediment particles in the ocean floating around, the 3D effects truly bring the

Titanic to life. The 3D conversion of “Titanic” is the perfect representation of what proper 3D effects can do for films: complement, enhance, but never dominate the focus of anything on the screen.

“Titanic” is that one rare film that is enjoyed to the fullest by all audiences.

Young girls are captivated by the romantic love story.

Elderly people who grew up with the legends of the wreck are intrigued by the chance to see it before their eyes. For couples, it is the perfect date movie. For action film junkies, the film showcases a perfect symbiosis between practical and computer-generated effects to bring the total destruction of an ocean liner to life right on screen.

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World War 3 takes a galactic turn Brendon Field Campus Correspondent

Let me tell you about a movie by the name of “Iron Sky.” It’s a futuristic action film where the Nazis plan to conquer Earth from their secret moon base. The United States, led by President Sarah Plain, has to stop them in military battles in outer space. Now doesn’t that sound awesome? Well guess what, you’re not going to be able to watch it, and neither will I. One of the sadder facts of life.

“Iron Sky” is a limited release film, a film that premieres in less than 3,000 theatres nationwide, but often that “less than 3,000” translates to only several hundred.

As for “Iron Sky,” it appeared in so few theatres on its opening weekend I couldn’t even find the exact number. All I can tell you is that it was nowhere in the state.

But really, what’s the big deal? Thousands of movies are limited releases, 10 times more so than wide releases, so why fuss over “Iron Sky?” One reason is marketing. “Iron Sky” had a pretty extensive advertisement campaign for a film that nobody was meant to see. Now I’m sure a majority of people reading this haven’t heard of “Iron Sky,” but certainly more so than other limited releases such as “Rampart” or “Bellflower.”

So, the question must be asked, why tease the public?

Why spend money garnering publicity for an unwatch-

Novel trauma that comes with popcorn

able film? If you spent a fair amount of money, which this film did, on marketing why not spend some to put the reel into theaters? They barely even showed it to critics, there were only five reviews on Rotten Tomatoes on the day of release.

The strange thing is, this seems to be an increasing trend. More and more limited release films are getting wide release advertisements. Last November, “The Descendants” was the most marketed film behind “Breaking Dawn.” But come time of release, I couldn’t a single theater in the state showing it. Similar words can be applied to “J. Edgar,” “Like Crazy,” and “We Need To Talk About Kevin.”

Why exactly do studios do this? Well it’s often attributed to money, printing and distributing films is expensive.

To that I say, look at “The Blair Witch Project.” It was made on a budget of $22,000, and had, much like “Iron Sky,” a completely online advertising campaign. It was given a wide release and turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1999, and one of the most profitable films of all time. Besides, you’ve already made the movie, and distribution costs in comparison are pocket change.

The other reason is speculation that the Oscars have a soft spot for limited releases.

While that isn’t true for the nominations as a whole, you can make a case for it for Best Picture, albeit a weak one. Either way, isn’t hav-

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(Right to left) Julia Dietze and Götz Otto hatch a plan to launch a world-wide attack from a space station in the movie ‘Iron Sky.’ The film is limited release but is expected to gain a strong fanbase.

ing others view it one of the main reasons for making a film. Going back to “The Descendants.” It was advertised as “from the director of “Sideways” and starred George Clooney. Not giving that a wide release can only be attributed to stupidity.

It’s the beginning of April, so things are pretty slow at the movies. All we saw over the last two weeks were two mediocre sequels to mediocre films, one of the worst films I have ever seen, and 3D rerelease of the most overrated film of all time.

Before that, this argument would be a lot easier if

“The Hunger Games” didn’t come out. My point is, if you release it during parts of the year like this, there’s not much competition. The film will get attention, it will make money.

I’m practically on my knees crying for something new and original. For the record, “The Hunger Games” ripped off “Battle Royale” so it doesn’t count.

Movies like “Iron Sky,” have what we need, and the response to their marketing confirms it. Give the people what they want.

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Lately it seems like the only movies with any ability to sell tickets are those based on over-hyped novels written for pre-teenage, starinfatuated girls or fantasy obsessed, sexually-repressed and parent-dependent adults.

In recent years, the “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” books, along with the pre-teen titles like “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games,” have produced box-office lines, book-store sell-outs, and head aches for those lucky enough to be older siblings. But it hasn’t always been like this; since film’s origins in the 1920’s directors have transformed good reads into excellent films.

Here are eight great literature-based films for those of us not quite in the mood for movies reminiscent in either the Bieber or League of Legends veins.

Anyone with any knowledge of recent filmmaking has heard of Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. But none possesses anything close to the ability of F.W. Murnau. In 1926, the German director turned Shakespeare contemporary Christopher Marlowe’s 1604 play “Doctor Faustus” into “Faust,” a 90-minute silent film with the ability not only to entertain, but emotionally move. Beautiful photography, amazing special effects and lighting elevate this film about morality, redemption and the human condition to masterpiece status.

In 1939, “The Grapes of Wrath” put a face on the Great Depression through it’s portrayal of the Joads, a struggling Oklahoma family desperate to reach California.

Steinbeck’s classic was adapted a year later by director John Ford. Capturing the sense of the book, Ford’s direction and a gritty, honest performance by Henry Fonda as Tom Joad make the film version a stunning and powerful Hollywood success.

Literature and film were seen as cultural and aesthetic equals for a time during the golden years of Hollywood.

In 1944, director Howard Hawks, screenwriting star Jules Furthman and literary icon William Faulkner adapted Ernest Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not” for the silver screen. While the film strays heavily from the novel, which Hawks called “a bunch of junk” and Hemingway deemed his “worst book,” performances by Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, excellent direction, and one of the best screenplay’s ever written make the film version a charming, funny, sexy and ultimately timeless film.

Stanley Kubrick adapted Stephen King’s bestseller “The Shining” in 1980 and ended up making one of America’s most terrifying films. Jack Nicholsan stars as Jack Torrence, a novelist who becomes psychologically unstable during a winter spent with his family as caretaker of the Rocky Mountain resort, The Overlook Hotel.

Strange and wonderful performances across the board and an excellent plot line are

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More of a friend than an alien

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Steven Spielberg wowed the world 30 years ago with high-tech portrayal of the most lovable alien in movie history. The special effects that went with ‘E.T.’ were considered to be state of the art for its time. Over the decades the film has spawned a franchise that includes a ride at Universal Studios.

By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent By the time iconic film director Steven Spielberg got around to making “E.T.” he had already established himself as one of the leading filmmakers in all of Hollywood. His prior directorial efforts included the blockbusters “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” the last of which was released in 1981. With such success in such a short amount of time, some might have expected the director to take a break, perhaps make a small scale film or do some soul searching. No one could have expected that his prior successes had simply been a preview of what was to come. And so, on June 11, 1982, Steven Spielberg delivered what may very well be his Magnum Opus, “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.”

Serious classics prove to be best suited for adaptations

E.T.’s now timeless tale tells the story of a young boy named Elliot who finds a friend in an alien lost of Earth named “E.T.” Possessing superior intelligence yet the naivety and wonder of a young child, E.T. simply wishes to return to his family by “phoning home.”

From the climactic bike chase, to the ending goodbye E.T.’s story calls to the heart right up to the very end.

The film features amazing visual effects despite its comparatively small budget for the time. The puppet of E.T. himself is incredibly life-like and captures the illusion of life in a way that computer graphics today never could.

Much like all of his other compositions for Spielberg’s films, composer John William’s score for “E.T.” remains nothing less than a masterpiece in its own right.

Its tone varies from pieces that

are rousing with adventure to those that provide the audience with a sense of awe-inspiring wonder. The piece that plays as Elliot and E.T. fly in view of the full moon stands as one of the most beautiful and memorable pieces in cinema history.

It should come as no surprise score was rightfully honored with an Academy Award.

Although some fans do complain that Spielberg “pulled a Lucas” when he “enhanced” the film for its 20th Anniversary. Featuring additional scenes shot for but not included with the initial release due to technical difficulties, advancements in CGI technology prompted the director to finish and re-insert them into the film, a decision he would later regret. The scenes ruin the pacing of the original, a problem multiplied by a generation of filmgoers seeing something unexpected in a film they’ve seen many times before. Thankfully, recent comments by Spielberg

suggest that these additional scenes will be removed in future releases.

Not only was “E.T.” a major success upon its release, it remained the highest grossing film in American history for over a decade until it was unseated by Spielberg’s own “Jurassic Park.” Although perhaps somewhat cliché to call the film a shining example of “movie magic,” it stands as absolutely nothing less than just that. Few films have managed to capture both the imaginations and hearts of filmgoers consistently over time. With messages and lessons imparted for each member of a family, “E.T.” is quite possibly the best film for the entire family to enjoy together ever made. Thirty years later with, dazzling effects, a magical score, and a timeless story of friendship, “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” still remains as nothing less than one of the greatest films of all time.

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sure to put you face first in a pillow if you watch after dark.

Two book adaptations in 1992 failed to rack up awards at the Oscars or top box office charts, but are still excellent films. “The Last of the Mohicans” follows the last remaining people of the Mohican tribe of New York as they struggle to survive in a world of rival tribes and battling European powers. Action, romance, sweeping outdoor shot sequences and an intense performance by Daniel Day Lewis distinguish this historical-fiction based film.

Brad Pitt’s performance in 1992’s adaptation “A River Runs Through It” not only established him as a serious actor, but cemented his status as the sex-symbol of the 1990’s.

Robert Redford directs this family drama about a conservative father, a son who follows a prototypical American success story and his free-spirited and troubled brother.

The three men, despite their differences and malcontent, are forever tied by their love of fly-fishing in the big-hearted rivers of 1930’s Montana. The novel version by Norman Maclean has been compared to the writings of Thoreau and Hemingway in its poetic focus on the connection between American and nature.

In 1997, a band of B-list actors was cast to make a film together. By the years end, “L.A. Confidential,” staring Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Guy Pearce and Danny Devito had swept the nation and made stars out of Crowe, Pearce and Spacey. With excellent acting and a storyline that has remained unsurpassed by any American film in the 15 years following the film noire’s release, “L.A. Confidential” still shocks and jolts first time viewers and satisfies those who cannot help but to keep coming back to this neo-classic crime thriller.

“Everything Is Illuminated,” a small independent film based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2002 debut novel, tracks one man’s journey to Ukraine to discover his family’s roots with quirky, bizarre and charming humor that is sure to satisfy. The movie stars Elijah Wood as a Jewish-American who clashes with an unconventional Ukrainian host family.

The film’s characters, and unique and odd, though hilarious sense of humor make it among of the best independent films – and best adaptations – of the past decade.

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Poet refers to a variety of classic names as inspiration from A SUNKEN, page 7 Because her poems tended to be rather short, Ryan often paused throughout her readings and restarted in order to inject jokes and insights as she went along. “I hope you don’t think it’s vain for me to read a poem twice,” she remarked. “I’m not always

good at getting information through my ears.”

Ryan also spoke on the subject of rhyme, considering the unusual rhyme schemes

present in her poems. “I think that rhyme is funny by its very nature,” she stated, noting its source of humor within her works. However, “it’s [also] very very powerful.” Daniel Allie, a 4thsemester English major said, “It’s interesting that she uses rhyme, that rhyme is becoming acceptable again,” in contrast to certain modernist trends.

Following the poetry readings, Ryan took time to answer some questions from the audience. On the topic of poetic capabilities among young writers, Ryan stated that “a young person can start being a good poet,” citing Keats and Rimbaud as famous young poets.

However, she continued, “I would like to emphasize craft,” as poetry is an ongoing experience. “I’d like for people to be less concerned with getting published or being good, and take chances and explore and flop and make mistakes.” This tied in with her ideas on the challenges of learning. “I think learning requires deep reorganization,” Ryan stated when discussing her poem “Learning,” which presented it as a slow, constant and laborious process.

She discussed the revision process likewise. “My poems are generally written in one sitting, but it involves doing it over and over and over,” she said. “Later on, I can look at the piece as though I didn’t write it, and I can work on it some more. … Sometimes it’s fast, but very seldom.”

Following the question and answer sessions, Ryan sat at a table outside the auditorium at which her books were available for purchase, as arranged by the UConn Co-op. Attendees gathered in the Dodd Center lobby in order to buy books receive signatures from Ryan.

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Keith Urban, Vince Gill to back stars at Tenn. benefit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Imagine the rush of singing in front of thousands of fans, then turning around to find Keith Urban and Vince Gill in your band.

That's the experience some of country music's top stars will have at the All For The Hall benefit concert at the Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday night. Urban and Gill, as musical directors for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum fundraiser, have merged their bands and are sitting in all night.

"It would be awesome if we could keep it this way forever," Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild said after rehearsals Monday afternoon.

"I don't think we could afford it," bandmate Kimberly Schlapman said. "But it is amazing to be up front singing and turn around and there's Keith Urban and Vince Gill. I'm like, 'Yeah, I'm impressed with myself." Kimberly "It makes you feel important, doesn't it?" Fairchild asked.

Both Gill and Urban come from band backgrounds and weren't about to pass up the chance to be part of the gang again.

"I love playing," Gill said. "I like being invited to play. I like it when people think enough of my playing to invite me to play. ... You never grow tired of that."

The first two All For The Hall benefits raised about $1 million and this year's installment sold out in a day.

The theme for the fundraiser is duos, vocal groups and bands and the lineup includes Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert's Pistol Annies, Alabama, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Band Perry and Thompson Square. Urban also said at rehearsals he promises a couple of surprise guests.

"Both titans, definitely," Urban said. "They definitely fit the description of legends and nobody will have an issue with these two guys breaking the criteria this year."

This will be one of his fans' first chances to see Urban perform since vocal surgery late last year to remove a polyp and a nodule from his vocal cords.

He's performed a few times and put his voice through a workout with a 90-minute performance recently at the Houston Rodeo.

In a phone interview last week, Urban said he was worried he might lose some of his singing ability. But the Australian country music star actually emerged with benefits he never imagined.

"I think if a footballer in their 40s was given their knees back like they were in their early 20s, that's kind of how I feel right now," Urban said. "It's an extraordinary feeling of freedom."

Urban says he had issues with his vocal cords for years, but they were never serious enough to address. When a polyp developed, though, he began to have troubles with his voice. He had to push hard to reach the notes he used to hit even just a few years ago and he began to lose his falsetto, a key ingredient in his best songs.

All that changed after the surgery and Urban has been working with a vocal coach to strengthen his voice.

"I don't have to push the pedal down to 70 mph to reach those notes anymore," Urban said.

The surgery also freed Urban in other ways. He found that his songwriting changed with his voice and he began imposing limits, something no writer wants to do. For instance, on his last album "Get Closer" he eliminated those falsetto hooks at the ends of choruses that drive his fans crazy.

"I already feel that this next album, the thrust and the pull as a songwriter is to talk more about some of my stories, personal stories, beyond my relationship with my wife (actress Nicole Kidman) and subjects that I've never really tapped into that much," Urban said.

"So I think getting my voice back has sort of been a metaphor for finding my voice more so as well as an artist, broadening it, really, to the things that I want to write about and I feel ready to write about that I guess I haven't in recent years."

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The Family Studies Undergraduate Committee hosted a variety of experts during its Human Services and Helping Professions Career Night in the Alumni Center Monday evening. With graduation coming soon students who are scrambling to find jobs and internships have been tapping into various campus resources to secure their futures.

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Dior names new artistic director

PARIS (AP) – Christian Dior has named Belgian designer Raf Simons as its new artistic director, seven months after its icon, John Galliano, was convicted by a Paris court for drunken anti-Semitic ravings.

A fashion rebel of a different sort, Simons – who began his career as a furniture designer and has had his own successful menswear label – will present his first show for the renowned Dior fashion house in July, according to Monday's announcement.

Galliano was dismissed by Dior in March 2011, days before its fall-winter runway show, after a video went viral on the Internet showing the bad-boy designer inebriated and insulting a fellow client at a Paris cafe. He was heard slurring "I love Hitler," among other incendiary remarks.

The 44-year-old Simons, who designed for the minimalist Jil Sander label from 2005 until just recently, was a top name among rumored candidates for the Dior job.

A statement by Dior said Simons will serve as artistic director for haute couture, ready-to-wear and women's accessories. It praised him as "one of the greatest current talents" and said he will "inspire and propel into the 21st century" the style carried on by the prestigious house since its creation in 1946.

"I am thrilled to join this great house ...," the statement quoted Simons as saying. "The house of Dior is the symbol of absolute elegance."

How Simons will translate his own vision for Dior will doubtless be the top question at the Paris show in July. His palette has produced both minimalist and maxed-out colors on precision designs.

Simons has had a quirky career. After moving from furniture to menswear in 1995, he then took a sabbatical and ended up as a professor of the fashion department at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, from 2000 until 2005.

His menswear label mixed a rebellious touch with precision.

"The most important message Raf wants to communicate is: pride in individuality," his official CV says.

Simons was clearly preparing for his Dior moment with his February shows in Paris then Milan – his last for Jil Sander.

At his Milan finale, he shed tears and took a second curtain call after ovations and a spontaneous invasion of the runway.

Fashionistas will clearly be glad to have him back, this time at a house with deep roots in a venerable fashion institution. After its founding in 1946, Dior presented its first collection a year later. Today, Dior is one of the world's top fashion houses, producing finely crafted couture to widely available cosmetics.

The interim design leadership at Dior came from Bill Gaytten and was safe and serviceable, but likely not enough to sustain Dior's buzz and prestige.

With the announcement, Dior can close for good the painful chapter of the Galliano affair.

Galliano was convicted in September of "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity" but not given a prison term or forced to pay a fine, imposed but suspended.

At the trial, the once prideful designer humbly explained he had a "triple addiction" – to alcohol, barbiturates and sleeping pills – and said he recalled nothing. He said he was sorry for "the sadness that this whole affair has caused."

In testimony before the court in proceedings in June, Galliano said he didn't recall anything.

Where Galliano had showmanship and flair – sometimes

outrageous – Simons tends to be more restrained. He took the helm at Jil Sander when the faltering label was looking for a designer who could push the line further without abandoning the minimalist trademark of the founder, who had since left the company.

Simons began with a black and white womenswear collection. His evolution there culminated several seasons ago in a burst of color that dazzled the fashion world.

The winter 2013 show, presented on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week on Feb. 25, was his last as creative director for the label. It was feminine soft.

Simons has much support in the industry. His designs have increasingly becoming a bellwether for trends. Lately, his clothes gained support in fashion magazines, and the Jil Sander show became a must-have ticket during the Milan Fashion Week.

Still, he doesn't have the celebrity of a Galliano, and Jil Sander didn't have as broad an audience to please as does Dior. It will be the trick for Simons to balance exciting, fashion-forward design with global appeal that will find its place on red carpets and in department stores.

Rapper's trial in '93 NYC shooting to open Tues.

NEW YORK (AP) – Opening statements are set for Tuesday in the murder trial of a once-rising rapper who reopened a nearly 20-year-old case by suddenly telling police he was the gunman.

G. Dep, who made headway with a hit rap single and a video that helped popularize a clubgoers' dance in the early 2000s, has acknowledged confessing to the 1993 shooting but has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer has suggested he may focus on the effects of years of drug use on the rapper's admission.

A jury was chosen Monday.

The victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, was shot three times in the chest on a Harlem street in October 1993.

The case had long been cold by the time the rapper, born Trevell Coleman, went to a police station to confess in December 2010.

He told authorities he had shot a stranger while trying to mug him at gunpoint more than 15 years before giving the location, the caliber of the gun and a few other details, police said.

"I felt like it was something I had to do," he told the hip hop magazine XXL in a jail interview published in June.

Detectives matched G. Dep's account with Henkel's death. The rapper, now 37, has told interviewers he hadn't known the shooting had been deadly until police told him so.

G. Dep could face a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison if he's convicted. Prosecutors offered a 15-year-to-life sentence if he'd plead guilty, but he wasn't interested, his lawyer has said.

The rapper was part of rap impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs' roster of up-and-comers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. G. Dep scored a rap-chart hit with "Special Delivery," and the video for his "Let's Get It" helped popularize a dance called the Harlem shake. But the spotlight on him faded.

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Wiatr steals show at Rutherford Intercollegiate

By Timothy Fontenault Campus Correspondent

Freshman Chris Wiatr stole the show with a fourth-place individual finish as the UConn men’s golf team placed seventh at the 36th annual Rutherford Intercollegiate in Pennsylvania.

Five rounds of 81 strokes and

a round of 84 hurt the Huskies.

Had those six rounds matched the typical scores of between 73 and 77 that the team was posting, UConn could have won the tournament, which was seized by Bowling Green with a combined score of 901.

The Huskies finished with a score of 922 over the three rounds.

Wiatr finished the threeround tournament with a total

score of 224, putting him at 11-over-par on the par-71 course. Wiatr is normally one of UConn’s lower finishers, but he put in a great performance over the weekend. The score of 224 put him only five strokes off the winner, who shot a 219 (+6) representing Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His opening -round 73 was tied for the second-lowest score of the round.

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Trailing Wiatr was junior Brian Hughes, who was four strokes behind his teammate with a 228 (+15). Hughes struggled in the second round, shooting an 81, but bounced back with a 74 in the third round to seal a top-15 finish.

Senior Matthew Dziubina failed to finish as the Huskies' top performer in stroke play for the first time this season.

Dziubina finished tied for 33rd

with a score of 235 (+22). Unlike Hughes, Dziubina wasn’t able to overcome a round of 81, which he did in the first round.

The following two outings, he went for 77 each time.

The Huskies' two other golfers finished outside the top 50 in the 78-player field. Senior Matt Carroll shot rounds of 81, 77 and 81 for a total of 239 (+26), placing him in a tie for 51st. Senior Jeb Buchanan’s

scores of 77, 84 and 81 made him the lowest-placing Husky with a total score of 242 (+29), which put him in a tie for 61st.

Next up for UConn is a trip this coming weekend to Raleigh, N.C., where they will play at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in the Wolfpack Spring Open on April 14th and 15th.

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Fenway getting ready for 100th birthday Thunder crush Bucks on road BOSTON (AP) — Fenway Park is ready for its 100th birthday and the Boston Red Sox are planning a big party.

After a decade of renovations to the majors' oldest ballpark, the team has put on some finishing touches to get it ready for this season. The home opener is Friday, and a week later the Red Sox will celebrate the anniversary of Fenway's opening on April 20, 1912, when they play the New York Yankees.

The festivities started on Monday, when the Harvard baseball team took batting and fielding practice to mark the 100th anniversary of their 1912 exhibition game against the Red Sox — the first game played at Fenway. Harvard and Red Sox alum Mike Stenhouse pitched batting practice.

"Harvard baseball is thrilled to be included in the birthday celebration at Fenway Park," Crimson baseball coach Joe Walsh said. "Our guys look forward to any chance to set foot on a major league baseball diamond — in this case a batting practice session where many will take aim at the Green Monster. These are special moments that all young baseball players dream about and Harvard has been fortunate to have these opportunities every few years."

Although past years' offseason renovations

included visible and popular additions such as the Monster Seats and new concourses, this year's work was designed to put the finishing touches on a decade of work.

Among the additions: —A patio of inscribed bricks purchased by fans. More than 18,500 were sold. Also featured are 35 handprints from "influential figures in Red Sox and Fenway Park history," including Bobby Doerr, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski.

—Plaques around the park explaining points of interest, such as "Canvas Alley" and the Red Sox clubhouse.

—Season ticket-holders' club, featuring historic panels and artifacts tracing the history of the team and the ballpark. The highlight: a collection of baseballs autographed by the World Series teams from every season since 1920 (one is missing). It was loaned to the team by a donor who has chosen to remain anonymous.

Also Monday, the team gave Mayor Tom Menino a tour. Because Menino was in a walking boot, he was driven around by Red Sox president Larry Lucchino in the bullpen cart that was used from 1968-78 to bring relievers into the game.

The cart was restored and will be displayed as part of the ballpark's "Living Museum" theme.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Russell the Western Conference.

Westbrook scored 26 points and Ersan Ilyasova scored 18 the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Bucks, who came into won their second straight game, Monday one game out of the No. beating the Milwaukee Bucks 8 playoff spot and face the New 109-89 Monday in a game that York Knicks at home Wednesday featured seven technical fouls in a game that could prove critiand an ejection of Bucks backup cal to the Bucks' playoff hopes. forward Larry Sanders.

It was a rough night for Monta Sanders was ejected after earn- Ellis, who scored nine points on ing a pair of techni3-for-12 shooting. cals in the second half, The Thunder beat while Mike Dunleavy, the Bucks on the Brandon Jennings and Thunder 109 boards, outrebounding coach Scott Skiles also Bucks 89 them 26-15 in the first were assessed technihalf and 44-35 for the cals for Milwaukee. game.

Oklahoma City's Nazr With Oklahoma City already Mohammed and Serge Ibaka also taking over the game in the first were called for technicals. quarter, Westbrook hit a 3-pointer Kevin Durant added 19 for the over Jennings — then paused to Thunder, who broke a three-game pantomime blowing smoke off his losing streak with a victory over fingers and putting them back in Toronto on Sunday. Oklahoma holsters like an Old West gunslingCity came into Monday's game er, a more-exaggerated-than-usual trailing San Antonio by percent- version of his celebration gesture. age points for the No. 1 seed in Then Ibaka and Dunleavy got

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tangled up after a shot clock violation, with Ibaka standing over Dunleavy and keeping him down as he tried to get up off the floor.

The two were separated and both assessed technicals — although Bucks fans booed loudly after a replay of the incident on the stadium video board, judging Ibaka to be the main aggressor.

The incidents didn't do much to slow down the Thunder, who led 35-18 going into the second quarter and 61-47 at the half after Westbrook hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

The Bucks hit some 3-point shots of their own to stay in the game in the third quarter.

With Milwaukee trailing by 12, Westbrook appeared to carry the ball right in front of the bench but it wasn't called. Skiles appeared to complain about the no-call and received a technical — as did Jennings immediately afterward.

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Major League Baseball's opening week a smash hit

By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent Less than 2 percent of the 2012 baseball season has gone by, and both the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox started off 0-3. This is the first time since the 1966 season that both the Yankees and Sox have begun the season at 0-3.

In 1966 when Mickey Mantle was losing steam, Joe Pepitone was in his prime, and Fritz Peterson, Mel Stottlemyre and Al Downing were the leaders of the pitching staff for New York as they finished the 10th worst team in the American League.

When the Red Sox endured the weakest season from Carl Yastremski in his prime, and finished as the 9th worst team in the American League. Oh, 1966, please don’t repeat yourself. It’s impossible to fathom that the Yankees won’t turn it around quickly as the first few games of the season are just like testing the water, brushing off the dust and figuring out what to do. The Sox, on the other hand, could have a hard time turning it around as quickly seeing as how Bobby V has already turned into the

scapegoat for all of Bostonians’ grief. But with a lineup that dominant it’s hard to believe the Sox won’t be in the thick of the AL pennant race at the end of the season.

Well, aside from the Yanks and the Sox, opening week in the MLB wasn’t all that bad.

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett did surrender five home runs in his first start of the 2012 season, and Joe Girardi did make a costly intentional walk call vs. the Rays that resulted in a grand slam. Along with Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blowing a save on opening day, MLB fans did witness four nohit bids reach the fifth inning.

Later, Jose Valverde blew his first save of the season – after being perfect in save situations last season. Forty-nine-year-old pitcher Jamie Moyer looked to be the oldest pitcher ever to win a game – but didn’t succeed.

Fans also witnessed newcomer Yoenis Cespedes went deep in three of his first four major league games, Prince Fielder go yard twice in his second game with the Detroit Tigers, Albert Pujols play in an Angels uniform, the new-look Miami Marlins take the field, as well as extra innings in five different games, the New York Mets

and the Baltimore Orioles are 3-0 – the Tigers, Rays, and Diamondbacks are also 3-0.

Phew, say that three times fast.

Arguably, the most enjoyable series to watch from this past week was between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cleveland Indians. The first game of their series, which was played on “Opening Day,” went 16 innings with the final score in favor of the Blue Jays 7-4.

Fourteen pitchers were used combined from both teams, eight at-bats were had by some players on each team, to go along with 28 total strikeouts, 18 total walks (BB) and 105 total at-bats (without the BB).

Game two of their series went 12 innings, and Indians starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning until it was broken up by third baseman Brett Lawrie.

After 12 innings, the final score of game two became the same as the previous game, with the Blue Jays winning 7-4. Game three was a little less exciting, finishing in the allotted time of nine innings as the Indians won 4-3.

OK, so back to the New York Mets. Yes, the New York Mets.

Who knew the Mets would be mentioned at this point not

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being related to debauchery? I sure didn’t, but here we are, and the Mets have opened up the 2012 season at 3-0. Although a three-game sweep over the Atlanta Braves is nothing to write home about, Mets fans finally have something to brag about. The Mets have received quality pitching as newly resigned starting pitcher Jonathon Niese took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in game three, until it was broken up by Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.

Starting pitcher Johan Santana pitched and managed the game well in his first start back from Tommy John Surgery. It’s hard to say things are looking up for the Mets, but enjoy these first three games, Mets fans. You too, Orioles fans, you too.

Now opening week is over, but there’s still about 98 percent of the Major League Baseball season to go, and it’s going to be fun. So get your tickets, tune in, prop up in your chair, kick your feet up, I don’t care what you do. Baseball season is finally here, and has begun so enjoy it everyone.

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UConn drops 4 of 5 to UMass Guillen to return to Fla. for apology

By Jimmy Onofrio Senior Staff Writer

In its second and last home race of the season last Friday, the UConn women’s rowing team dropped four out of five races to Massachusetts. The novice eight crew provided the sole win for the Huskies.

Though the team got only one victory, the squads did continue to improve their times given the rough conditions on Coventry Lake early Friday morning. The varsity eight finished in 6:53.9 to UMass’ 6:47.5, achieving a goal of getting under seven minutes, but was not able to beat its opponent. The second varsity posted 7:02.3, with UMass finishing in 6:56.1. Varsity four finished in 7:56.8, with UMass winning in 7:33.2. UMass won second varsity four in 7:57.3 to 8:07.9. UConn’s novice eight won with a time of 7.14.1, beating UMass by four seconds. The second novice eight finished in

7:44 to UMass’ 7:25.

Coach Jen Sanford-Wendry said the crews were obviously disappointed with the results, but took some positive things out of the matchup. “The varsity eight had consistent power and felt the row was strong,” she said, adding that “the conditions were rough.”

A lineup change was made this week due to an injury.

Sophomore Natalie Carlone said, “the varsity eight from this weekend feel optimistic towards future races to come due to the amount of power this lineup produces.” She added that sometimes “progress is just as important as beating the other boat.”

Sanford-Wendry praised the novice eight, the morning’s only winner, in their strong effort to come from behind. “The novice eight did a fantastic job because in rough conditions, they actually came from behind to win, which is really hard to do when it is rough. It showed not only

their physical toughness, but mental toughness in that they didn’t give up and believed they could come back and win,” she said.

Amanda Litty, a freshman on that boat, said practicing in rough conditions had prepared the team for such a race.

“Knowing that we can come out from behind a team like UMass in rough water has really helped our confidence,” she said. “That will really help us going into the rest of the season.”

Next weekend the team will travel back to the Cooper River in New Jersey to race in the Knecht Cup, where UMass and some of UConn’s other previous opponents will also be competitive be entered. “Both [varsity] crews are anxious to see UMass again this weekend at the Knecht Cup because they both feel like there was a lot of room for improvement,” Sanford-Wendry said.

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MIAMI (AP) — Five games into his tenure with the Marlins, motor mouth manager Ozzie Guillen is returning to Miami to explain himself as a backlash builds regarding favorable comments he made about Fidel Castro.

At least two local officials said Guillen should lose his job, and the chairman of the Florida Hispanic Legislative Caucus called Monday for "punitive measures" against him.

Hoping to quell the political tumult, Guillen planned to leave his team briefly in Philadelphia and fly to Miami to apologize Tuesday at Marlins Park. The Marlins and Phillies resume their series Wednesday after a day off Tuesday.

Guillen, a Venezuelan, told Time magazine he loves Castro and respects the Cuban dictator for staying in power so long.

Before Monday's game, Guillen said he has had sleepless nights because of his comments and wants to make amends.

"I'm going to make everything clear what's going on," he said. "People can see me and talk. I've already talked to people. But I think it's the proper thing to see my eyes. They can see me and ask whatever question they want. I think sooner is better. Better for the ballclub, better for me."

He apologized over the weekend after the story broke, but some Cuban Americans remained upset. One group planned a demonstration Tuesday at the ballpark that was organized before Guillen said he would fly to Miami.

Guillen's talkative style often makes headlines, but the timing of his comments about Castro couldn't be worse for the Marlins. They opened a new ballpark last week in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami and are trying to rebuild their fan base with the help of South Florida's large Cuban American population.

Francis Suarez, chairman of the Miami city commission, said Guillen should be fired.

"Mr. Guillen's admiration for a dictator who has destroyed the lives of so many and who has violated the basic human rights of millions is shameful," Suarez said in a statement. "On behalf of many angry residents, I'm calling for real action to be taken and for the removal of Mr. Guillen."

Joe Martinez, chairman of the Miami-Dade County board of commissioners, issued a statement calling for Guillen to resign.

"This unfortunate comment is an insult to the citizens of Miami-Dade who have been victims of a tyrant in power for over 50 years," Martinez said.

State Sen. Rene Garcia, chairman of the Florida Hispanic Legislative Caucus, described Guillen's comments as appalling and insulting. In a letter to Marlins president David Samson, Garcia said he expects the Marlins to punish Guillen.

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» MLB

Gasol helps lead Kobe-less Lakers past Hornets in New Orleans

Mets stay undefeated, beat Nationals, 4-3

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pau Gasol had 25 points and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame Kobe Bryant's absence to beat the New Orleans Hornets, 93-91 on Monday night.

Bryant missed his second straight game with a sore left shin, but Ramon Sessions helped pick up the slack with 17 points, including a 3-pointer that put the Lakers ahead by six with 26 seconds left. Andrew Bynum added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who snapped a twogame skid.

Carl Landry had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Marco Belinelli scored 20 points for New Orleans, which led by as much as eight points in the fourth quarter, before the Lakers stormed back.

Greivis Vasquez added 18 points and 11 assists for the Hornets, hitting a career-

high five 3-pointers on six attempts.

Chris Kaman had 16 points and five blocked shots, but committed his fifth foul with 6:04 left and had to sit for nearly four crucial minutes as New Orleans lost to the Lakers by six or fewer points for the third time in three meetings.

Gasol and Bynum helped the Lakers control the paint, as Los Angeles outscored New Orleans 42-28 inside and outrebounded the Hornets 46-35.

New Orleans stayed closed thanks in part to 9 of 15 shooting from deep, with Belinelli hitting four 3s.

After trailing by as much as nine points in the second quarter, the Hornets surged ahead by nine in the third period after a 12-4 run that included a 3 by Vasquez and a three-point play by Al-Farouq Aminu on a driving layup.

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Murphy singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and the undefeated New York Mets took advantage of a throwing error by reliever Henry Rodriguez to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Monday night.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit his first major league homer for the Mets, who are 4-0 for the first time since 2007. Coming off a surprising three-game sweep of Atlanta to start the season, New York rallied from a threerun deficit before a crowd of 23,970.

Several fans left Citi Field chanting "Undefeated!

Undefeated!"

The Mets received another excellent effort from a retooled bullpen that ranked 28th in the majors last season with a 4.33 ERA. Miguel Batista got out of trouble in the sixth, Ramon Ramirez escaped a seventhinning jam with a double-play ball and Jon Rauch (1-0) worked

two hitless innings for his first win with New York.

Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter drew a leadoff walk from Rodriguez (0-1) in the ninth and Ruben Tejada put down a sacrifice bunt. Rodriguez looked at second, then threw low to first and the ball got by second baseman Danny Espinosa.

New third base coach Tim Teufel initially waved Baxter all the way around, but he threw up a late stop sign and Baxter slipped to the turf as he tried to stop halfway down the line. Somehow he got back to his feet and scrambled back to third, barely beating Espinosa's throw across the diamond.

Espinosa was shaken up after getting bumped by Tejada as he ran through the bag, but the Washington second baseman stayed in the game.

With first base open and David Wright on deck, the Nationals went after Murphy.

He fisted a soft, looping single

Huskies beat Quinnipiac, play at Brown on Wednesday from SLEEPING, page 14 him with a two-run homer to right center. Testani has secured his spot at third base over the past few weeks with his bat and has the highest average for a freshman on the team at .290.

Once again, Quinnipiac answered back and posted two runs in the bottom of the third with a pair of doubles. The

Bobcats threatened to take the lead in the fourth, but Nisson grounded into a double play with the bases loaded.

The game was broken open with a six-run sixth inning, half of which came on a three-RBI double by shortstop Tom Verdi before he was thrown out at third to end the inning while trying to stretch it into a triple. Verdi just recently returned to the lineup from a case of pneumonia.

The scoring calmed down late in the game thanks in part to two innings of scoreless relief by Carson Cross, but the Bobcats got two runs off Michael Healey in the ninth before finally losing their 25th game of the season.

Late in the game Penders exercised his freedom to tinker with substitutes that was created by the Huskies early scoring.

Outfielder Stanley Paul, who was out early in the season due

to eligibility issues, got a hit in his lone at bat. Connor David saw an inning at catcher, but didn’t fare as well, committing an error before the final out on a pop up in foul territory.

The Huskies’ next game will be tomorrow in Providence, R.I. when they take on the Brown Bears.

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to right that dropped in front of Jayson Werth as Baxter came in to score.

New York was 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position before Murphy came through.

The Mets mobbed him near first base and a teammate pelted him in the face with a cream pie as he was interviewed on the field.

Adam LaRoche extended his fast start with a pair of RBI singles for the Nationals and Tom Gorzelanny tossed 2 2-3 innings of scoreless relief in his season debut. Washington fell to 2-2 in its first full season under Davey Johnson, who managed the Mets to their most recent World Series championship in 1986.

Edwin Jackson squandered an early three-run lead in his Nationals debut and was pulled for a pinch-hitter after five innings. The right-hander signed an $11 million, one-year contract after helping St. Louis win the World Series last season.

Looking for a bounce-back

season, Mets starter Mike Pelfrey gave up 10 hits over 5 2-3 innings in his first outing of the year. But he struck out eight, matching a career high.

Eight of New York's nine starters were homegrown. The team said it was the first time that's happened since April 19, 1990, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

One of those farm-system products was Nieuwenhuis, called up after newly acquired center fielder Andres Torres reinjured his calf on opening day.

The 24-year-old Nieuwenhuis had two hits in his big league debut Saturday and hit a tworun shot in the fourth inning Monday to tie it at 3.

His drive to right, estimated at 385 feet, cleared the new fence at Citi Field and clanked off the old one, making it the second home run in four games (both hit by the Mets) that would have stayed in the ballpark under the previous configuration.

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UConn falls to Rutgers, DePaul

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By Carmen Beatriz Angueira Campus Correspondent

UConn vs. Cincy April 14 USF 2 p.m.

April 15 USF 11 a.m.

April 22 Louisville 1 p.m.

April 27 Villanova 4 p.m.

April 29 Loyola ` p.m.

The UConn women’s tennis team has had a roller coaster season, full of ups and downs. The season began in a rocky state, yet the Huskies managed to make a massive come back, defeating teams like Colgate, San Diego, Seton Hall and Villanova.

This past week and weekend was a rough patch for the white and blue ladies as they dropped 7-0 matches to Rutgers on Wednesday and DePaul on Saturday. On Thursday, the Huskies were able to gain three wins over St. Johns, yet they were not efficient enough to hold a victory over the Red Storm.

Senior captain Alexa Gregory obtained a 6-1, 6-2 victory in the No. 2 spot, similar to her match versus Villanova where she managed to defeat the No. 2 Wildcat, Alison Solberg, with an outstanding final score of 6-0, 6-2.

After her singles match, Gregory was not done with the Wildcats nor the Red Storm just yet, earning a victory with her doubles partner Lucy Nutting at the No. 2 seed by a final score of 8-3. The other win obtained in the match on Thursday were conquered by the third seed in doubles, Abby McKeon and Marie Gagiulo, final score of 8-1.

The next match for the Huskies will be this Saturday, April 14 at 12 p.m. versus Hartford.

Lacrosse (7-4) April 14 Notre Dame 11 a.m.

April 20 Cincinnati 3:30 p.m.

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Yankees get first win, beat Orioles on road

BALTIMORE (AP) — It was one was delighted to take part a night of firsts for Derek Jeter in the ritual of congratulating and the New York Yankees. each other in the middle of the Jeter went 4 for 4, Ivan Nova infield. gave up two runs in seven “It’s nice to shake hands innings, and New York got its again. You go all winter, and first win of the season, 6-2 in spring training not many of over the Baltimore Orioles on us are there in the ninth inning Monday night. to shake hands,” first baseman Jeter singled and scored in Mark Teixeira said. “It’s nice to the first inning, singled in the go through the line again.” third, hit an RBI double in a Andruw Jones homered for three-run fourth, sacrificed in the Yankees, who last went 0-3 the sixth and sinin 1998. gled in the eighth.

“You always He came in batting want to get that .231 with no runs one out of the Yankees 6 first and no RBIs. way,” manager Joe “A lot of times Baltimore 2 Girardi said. the first of everyMatt Wieters thing is the most went 4 for 4 with difficult to get in a season,” a homer for the Orioles, who Jeter said. “Whether it’s the were coming off a seasonfirst hit, first RBI, first win.” opening, three-game sweep of Especially a win.

Minnesota.

New York began the seaNova (1-0) allowed two runs son by losing three straight to and 10 hits (six for extra bases) Tampa Bay and was in danger in seven innings, striking out of going 0-4 for only the fourth seven with no walks. The righttime in franchise history. hander went 16-4 last year but “It’s good to get the first was 1-2 with an 8.06 ERA durone,” Jeter said. “You don’t ing spring training. want to think about it too long.”

“I thought Nova threw well, There was no laughter, no yell- especially when he got in trouing and no one exchanging high- ble,” Girardi said. “He gave up fives. Just business as usual. some hits but got some big outs Still, after the game every- when he needed to.”

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According to former UConn player Jerome Dyson’s Twitter account, the guard will sign a contract with the New Orleans Hornets today.

Dyson posted on Twitter, “Got that call I’ve been waiting for headed back to the NO get to sign the contract in the morning.”

Dyson averages 17.8 points per game and 3.9 assists per game this season for the Tulsa 66ers in the NBDL. Dyson went undrafted out of UConn in 2010.

Red Sox, Aceves close deal on Blue Jays

TORONTO (AP) — Ryan a wild pitch that bounced into Sweeney singled home the go- Boston’s dugout along the first ahead run in the ninth inning and base line. the Boston Red Sox rallied to Making his first home appearbeat the Blue Jays 4-2 on Monday ance since being acquired in a night, spoiling Toronto’s home December trade with the White opener and avoiding the first Sox, Santos was booed off the back-to-back 0-4 starts in team mound by the crowd of 48,473 history. when manager John Farrell came Dustin Pedroia homered and out to replace him with Luis scored the tying run as the Red Perez, who ended the inning by Sox handed new Blue Jays closer getting Mike Aviles to ground Sergio Santos his second blown into a fielder’s choice. save in three appearScott Atchison ances.

(1-0) worked three Handed a 2-1 lead shutout innings for to start the ninth, first win since 4 his Santos (0-1) surren- Red Sox July 23, 2010, and dered a leadoff dou- Blue Jays 2 Alfredo Aceves ble to Pedroia, who closed it out with a advanced to third on perfect ninth for his a passed ball and scored on a first save, rebounding after blowsacrifice fly by Adrian Gonzalez. ing a save and failing to retire a Kevin Youkilis struck out before batter in his two previous outings David Ortiz and Cody Ross drew this season. consecutive walks. After a visit After making a diving catch to to the mound by pitching coach rob Jarrod Saltalamacchia of a hit Bruce Walton, Sweeney hit an in the top of the third, center fieldRBI single through the right side. er Colby Rasmus got Toronto’s Darnell McDonald, pinch- offense started in the bottom half, running for Ortiz, slid home hitting a one-out triple up the alley safely when Blue Jays catcher in right center. Yunel Escobar J.P. Arencibia couldn’t handle walked before Rasmus scored on the throw from Jose Bautista, a Kelly Johnson’s fielder’s choice miscue that also allowed both grounder to the mound, sliding runners to advance. Ross scored in just ahead of Saltalamacchia’s soon after when Santos uncorked swipe tag.

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Baseball is back

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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SLEEPING GIANTS AWAKE

UConn continues hot streak in Hamden

By Darryl Blain Staff Writer

Colin McDonough Editor’s Note: This column was written prior to the completion of UConn’s game at Quinnipiac Monday afternoon.

The biggest miracle of this past weekend was not Jesus rising from the dead, but the Mets starting the season 3-0.

The Yankees and Red Sox are both 0-3 and the Orioles and Mariners are in first place.

Baseball is back. Although after one series Major League Baseball seems out of whack, there is one level of baseball that is business as usual.

The UConn baseball team swept Pittsburgh this past weekend to move to 18-13, with an 8-1 Big East record.

The Huskies are tied with South Florida for first place in the conference. After a slow start against tough opponents UConn is back on track.

Sound familiar?

Last season, which ended with the baseball program’s second straight trip to the NCAA tournament and resulted in the Huskies becoming the first New England team to make the Super regionals, did not get off to a great start.

UConn was 8-9-1 when their Big East schedule began. The Huskies finished 45-20-1 in one of the most memorable seasons in school history.

The Huskies started this year 3-6. Through 17 games, UConn was 6-11, and then they returned to Storrs and Big East play and haven’t looked back. Since March 18, the Huskies are 12-2 (Quinnipiac result pending), and things are starting to look a lot like they did last season, which would be a good thing for UConn fans.

Coach Jim Penders lost George Springer and Matt Barnes to the first round of the MLB Draft last year, but the Huskies are still in position to make it to the NCAA tournament for a third straight year. L.J. Mazzilli has belted seven home runs to go along with his 27 RBIs. Ryan Fuller, Billy Ferriter and Tim Martin are also hitting over .300 on the year. Nine batters have double digit RBIs and the lowest on-base percentage in the starting line up is .339.

On the mound, closer Scott Oberg has six saves and an ERA of 1.76. Every starter is has a .500 record or above, except for Pat Butler who is 2-3, and their opponents batting average is .244. What does all of this mean?

UConn has a balanced attack and guys step up for each other. Joe Pavone and Will Johlin were hurt during the series at Pitt, but that didn’t stop the Huskies from sweeping the Panthers.

“When a guy goes down, another one’s got to step up, and this weekend they did that,” Penders told Andrew Callahan of The Daily Campus and WHUS Sunday.

“It was a real team effort and I was happy with the way we came out and played this weekend.”

UConn has won its first three conference series and has six weekend series remaining on the Big East schedule. Penders always stresses winning series and if there continue to be “real team” efforts the rest of the way then the Huskies will have a great chance to repeat as Big East regular season champions.

Colin.McDonough@UConn.edu

HAMDEN – The UConn baseball team came away with another out-of-conference win at Quinnipiac yesterday by a score of 12-7, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from coach Jim Penders’ post-game speech.

“We didn’t compete hard,” Penders said. “You have to compete every pitch and we were giving at bats away. We just sucked less than they did today.”

The game marked the Huskies’ 13th win in their last 15 games, and more notably ruined opposing head coach Dan Gooley’s chance at earning his 500th career win. Reliever Ted Hurvul (1-0) was credited with the win after starter Jared Dettmann didn’t make it out of the bottom of the fourth, and Quinnipiac’s Ryan Walsh (0-1) got the loss.

Scoring started right from the get go for UConn. Center fielder Billy Ferriter led the game off with a triple and immediately scored on a double off the bat of DH Tim Martin the following at-bat. The Bobcats answered quickly, though, in the bottom of the first on an RBI single from DH Kyle Nisson.

The Huskies picked up another run in the second off an RBI triple from left fielder Eric Yavarone, but their big inning came in the third.

LJ Mazzilli hit a solo shot to right with a little help from the gusting winds and Jon Testani followed

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The UConn baseball team improved to 19-13 yesterday with a 12-7 win at Quinnipiac. The Huskies play Brown on Wednesday in Providence.

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Huskies travel to Marist for midweek match fans can look forward to is the bevy of young talent the team possesses. Freshman Jacob Spreyer, sophomore Although last week’s Ryan Carr, and junior Wei match against Bryant ended Lin all play big roles in either as another loss for the now singles or doubles this year. struggling UConn men’s ten- Seniors Scott Warden and nis team, it can defDave Adams have initely be counted been consistent peras a moral victory. formers.

The Huskies played A chance for the their best tennis of team to make a lateToday the year, and have season charge starts now picked up the vs. Marist against Marist. momentum to make The Huskies are 3 p.m. a final push with traveling, which the season winding Poughkeepsie, could be a good down. sign seeing as their N.Y. The team’s play only two wins on was inconsistent the season have early in the spring, but as of come on the road. They also late it has struggled through a take on Sacred Heart, and two-game losing streak, fall- then it’s off to the Big East ing to 2-9.

Championships. Marist has One aspect of the team that been consistent all spring,

By Nate Zielinski Campus Correspondent

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THe UConn men’s tennis team has struggled as of late and are 2-9 on the season. The Huskies will head to Marist today to play the Red Foxes.

boasting a 4-3 record since the start of March. They’re coming off a convincing 6-1 win against Niagara and a nail-biting 4-3 victory against Fairfield, which is a team that UConn did not fare well against.

The marquee matchup could eventually end up deciding the No. 1 singles match. Marist’s Lorenzo Rossi has won his last three matches. On the other hand, Scott Warden is coming off a tough three-set loss.

The match starts at 3 p.m. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Following the match, the Huskies will return home to Storrs for the regular season finale against Sacred Heart.

Nathan.Zielinski@UConn.edu

Knockout game attempts to break world record

By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer This Saturday you could be a part of a Guinness World Record at UConn as a group of students attempt to break the record for the world’s largest game of knockout.

Seniors Jason Israel, Bethany White and Evan Sauve and juniors Lailah Taylor and Doug Shearer will be hosting the world-breaking record event as part of a project for their Sport Event and Facility Management class. The event will take place in the Hawley Armory this Saturday at 3 p.m. They will be looking for over 379 people to join them in breaking the record.

The previous record of 379 people was set at Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind. in April of 2011.

“Our group is very excited about Saturday’s attempt to try and break the world record of the biggest knockout game ever,” Israel said.

For those who do not know what knockout is, it is a basketball game where players line up at the free throw line and attempt to knock out their opponents with a jump

shot. Players will line up at the free throw line and the game will be played with two basketballs. The first player in line will take a free throw. If he or she makes it, the ball is passed to the next person without a basketball. If they miss, they will grab their rebound attempt and try to make a basket from wherever they want to shoot. The player with the second ball will shoot after the first one, and if he or she makes the basket first, then the other player is eliminated. Also, if you shoot an air ball you will be eliminated as well.

This will go on until one player is left standing.

The first-place winner will receive a pair of game day sneakers autographed by Kemba Walker. The second-place player will receive an autographed poster of the men’s basketball team. Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Armory with the first shot being taken at 3 p.m. Registration is free, and it is not required to be a UConn student to enter – anyone is allowed to partake in the event. A DJ will provide entertainment for the event, and raffles and giveaways will go on throughout the event.

Also, during the event there will be a place to donate to Girls Educational & Mentoring Services foundation. GEMS is an organization based out of New York, which focuses on girls and women ages 12 to 24 “who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential,” according to their mission statement.

“GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.”

“With our amazing prizes, great giveaways and live entertainment, this event is going to be an unforgettable experience for everyone who participates,” Israel said.

So on Saturday afternoon, bring some friends or bring the family, and help break a Guinness world record.

Carmine.Colangelo@UConn.edu

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An autographed pair of shoes worn by Kemba Walker will be a prize up for grabs Saturday.