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Bangladeshi workers speak out Spring Weekend Volume CXX No. 109

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Survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse share their experiences in the factories

By Marissa Piccolo Staff Writer Aklima Khanam was trapped for 12 hours when the garment factory she was working in collapsed around her.

A victim of the 2013 garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, Khanam spoke to UConn students Thursday about the horrific conditions found in non-unionized factories that supply apparel to collegiate athletics and branding programs. The UConn Bangladeshi

Student Association, UConn Students for Sensible Drug Policy and United Students Against Sweatshops coordinated the event for Speak Out at UConn.

Aleya Akter, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Garment & Industrial Workers Federation, and Aklima Khanam, a survivor of the Rana Plaza collapse, both spoke about their experiences, and urged students to demand that the University of Connecticut cancel its contract with the VF

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

“The roof fell in and one of the machines fell on me and I was crushed.

Just near me one of my male coworkers was hit by a beam and killed. I was trapped for twelve hours in the rubble.”

Goofy talents, endless food and time honored traditions can be expected on campus this Spring Weekend. UConn’s Spring Weekend Committee announced their lineup of events this week, which include everything from a faculty talent show to a cultural center open house to a food truck festival.

“UConn students can expect a variety of engaging and exciting events. We will have everything from returning beloved UConn traditions like the Student Alumni Association’s OOzeball and RHA’s UConnapalooza to new events such as UConn’s got talent: faculty and staff edition and UConn’s Knock Out’s basketball world record,” Sumia Hussain, one of the co-marketing chairs, said.

Last year all Spring Weekend events followed the theme “UConn Serves, UConn Learns, UConn Cares” and this is being carried over to this time as well.

“We have events that focus on community service, athletics events, entertainment, cultural and awareness events,” Hussain said. “There are so many options for everyone. We want to provide engaging activities and events that cater to all students.”

The events are hosted and co-

Aklima Khanam Survivor of the Rana Plaza Collaspe

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Police let the dogs out by Wilbur Cross Police dogs show off their skills at USG sponsored demonstration

By Nicholas Shigo Campus Correspondent The criminal ran across the Wilbur Cross Green as University of Connecticut Police Officer Christopher Worchel yelled at him to stop. Atlas, Worchel’s canine partner, strained at his leash before he was released with the command “Get him!”

Atlas clamped down on his target’s arm with force many times more powerful than a human’s, and would only release with his partner’s command.

Fortunately for Officer Paul Osella, there was a heavy padded sleeve between his arm and the 75-pound German shepherd, and this was just an apprehension demonstration at the UConn Police Department Dogs and Dogs event.

The event allowed students a chance to see the UCPD outside of confrontations with students and see the skills of its K9 and Rape Aggression Defense officers and enjoy a picnic provided by the Undergraduate Student Government.

Worchel and Osella demonstrated obedience and tracking skills as well as apprehension with their dogs, leading them around the field and showing off the dogs’ skill at tracking scents.

The dogs are given extensive training to follow their handlers’ commands, responding to verbal

programed by a number of campus organizations, including SUBOG, WHUS 91.7 FM, UConn Television, the Undergraduate Student Government and Counseling and Mental Health Services.

According to Anthony Infurchia, the co-marketing chair, the variety of both sponsorship and activity will make sure that there is an activity for every student.

“Students are going to experience a fun and lively Spring Weekend which should help to invigorate involvement in future Spring Weekends,” Infurchia said.

“There are so many events happening across the campus with many occurring right in the center on Fairfield Way and Hillside Road. Most students won’t have to go far to get in on the fun. Students won’t want to miss out.”

Although the committee has only just gone public with the weekend’s events, student feedback has been positive according to Hussain.

“I have heard a great deal of positive feedback which is very exciting. Students are already signed up for many of Community Outreach’s service events and Oozeball just finished up their registration. There also has been some buzz starting about the UConn’s KO Basketball World Record,” Hussain said.

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FILE - Connecticut State Police use dogs to move clear students from an area they had gathered to celebrate their team’s 60-54 victory over Kentucky in the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Storrs, Conn. On Tuesday , April 10 police help a demonstration in front of Wilbur Cross.

By Molly Miller Campus Correspondent

and non-verbal directions, and are rewarded with a tennis ball for a job well done.

“After repetition, after time, they know what they have to do,” said Osella.

The dogs and trainers go through a rigorous 16 week training program, in which the dog gains the basic skills needed to become a valued member of the police force.

The training continues over the dogs first year of service as the handler and animal gain experience with each other.

“We spend so much time getting into the dog’s world,” Osella said, “I want him to think of me as the pack leader.”

According to Worchel, the dogs are used for evidence recovery, tracking and protection, but the

most important use for the animals is general deterrence of dangerous situations.

“By having the dog just go by a bar barking, it stops people from doing things they might try if the dog wasn’t there,” Worchel said.

Worchel and Osella were present at the riots that occurred after the

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The key to effectively dealing with stress is recognizing what is most important during tense moments, explained Dr. Julian D. Ford, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry at the UConn Health Center.

Ford spoke about stress in a lecture sponsored by Leadership in Action Thursday.

As an author of over 125 reports, as well as several books, Ford says that he sees himself

Lykotrafitis brings his physics and engineering background to determine why these cells morph the way they do, and to delve deeper into the actual differences between a sickle cell versus a healthy one.

“For example we measure stiffness, and stiffness is a classical property of a material, everyday in mechanical engineering we talk about stiffness in materials.” Lykotraftis said.

In order to attack the issue from both a physics and biological perspective, he has also recruited the help of Biree Andemariam, an associate professor of medicine at the UConn Health Center in Farmington.

“I was intrigued by his atomic force microscope’s ability to

measure changes in adhesion on the surface of a single red blood cell, and I could see how there was direct applicability to sickle cell disease in terms of dissecting the disease process as well as using the system to identify new treatments.” Andemariam said.

Andemariam mentions the atomic force microscope, which refers to the method of atomic force microscopy that Lykotrafitis is employing in his research.

The atomic force microscope allows the researcher to scan the surface of a cell. This not only takes images of the cell, but also provides insight into the stiffness of the cell. The major differences of a sickle cell to a healthy one are shape, stiffness and adhesion,

all of which cause the sickle cell to create painful and life threatening blockages.

The data gathered on these factors, as well the unique approach regarding their differing fields of study is what led to Lykotrafitis and Andemariam to be published in Biophysical Journal.

“Its a really quality journal.

It solidifies the progress made by our research collaboration, it gives increased visibility to the university, and it moves forward the president’s vision of creating one campus,” Andemariam said.

Also unique to her research with Lykotrafitis is that it is being coordinated through two different UConn institution locations, Farmington and Storrs.

“It took quite some time to get

through some of the red tape, but we’ve gotten to the point now where we’ve developed a seamless system to create collaborative work,” Andemariam said.

Through their collaboration, they have developed a strong hypothesis regarding the differences in sickle and healthy cells.

Specifically, they state that the more adhesive the sicklecell, the more severe it is to a patients’ health.

Lykotrafitis interest in a biological issue from a mechanical perspective is not entirely unique in the research world.

“Around 2006, many people who were working on mechanical engineering wanted to expand their way into living

as a translator of neurological research. Ford says that his job is a crucial part of neuroscience, as neuroscience needs to be translated into psychological interventions. “If we don’t translate what we’re learning, we’re not doing our job,” Ford said.

Ford described stress as a physiological response to a threat that is necessary for human existence: “We can’t deactivate it or get rid of it,”

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Professor uses physics to study Sickle Cell disease

By Alban Murtishi Staff Writer One may question the legitimacy of associate mechanical engineering professor, George Lykotrafitis’ research on sicklecell disease, but after being published in Biophysical Journal last March, he has proven the merits of taking a physics approach to a biological topic.

Sickle-cell disease causes some blood cells, which are normally plump and round, to become sickle shaped, and these morphed cells are the cause of blockages in the blood vessels. These blockages can lead to chronic pain for sickle-cell patients, but they can also lead to stroke or immediate death.

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matter, and there are mechanical challenges there, but that what happens is you can not directly apply what you know about mechanics to cell mechanics, it’s not traditional mechanics.”

Lykotrafitis said. “But it was something that I wanted to work on.”

He describes mechanical engineering as a hub where one can apply their knowledge into many different fields.

“The main point of someone who comes from engineering is that you measure things, you measure forces,” Lykotrafitis said. “You don’t make a qualitative conclusion, you make quantitative conclusions.”

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Connecticut Republicans loudly applaud Jeb Bush STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republicans, to be seen as a young and dynamic political party, must present a positive agenda that restores opportunity for social mobility and reforms the nation’s immigration policies, former Florida governor and possible 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Thursday.

Bush, appearing at a major fundraiser named after his late grandfather U.S. Sen. Prescott Bush, received loud applause from the crowd of nearly 800 Connecticut Republicans for his immigration reform stance. He spoke of the need to have compassion for those who’ve entered the U.S. illegally.

“The simple fact is, there is no conflict between enforcing our laws, believing in the rule of law and having some sensitivity to the immigrant experience, which is part of who we are as a country,” Bush told the crowd gathered at the Stamford Hilton.

Bush received a backlash from some in his party when he recently described illegal immigration as an “act of love” by people hoping to provide for their families.

He contended Thursday that the comments were not new and he was only reflecting a position he has held for the past three or four years.

“The system is broken right now,” he said. “So to perpetuate a system that’s broke won’t solve our problems. Fixing it and making it an economically driven system will be part of the catalytic converter of sustained economic growth.”

Bush made no public statement on whether he plans to seek the GOP’s presidential nomina-

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Linda McMahon, left, speaks with Ed Dadakis, both Greenwich residents, who were honored during the 36th annual Prescott Bush Awards Dinner at the Stamford Hilton, Stamford, Conn., Thursday night, April 10, 2014. Dadakis received the Fenton Pat Futtner Award from the Connecticut Republican Party which also bestowed two-time U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon with its highest honor.

tion, but some speakers hinted at the possibility of a third Bush presidency. Two-time U.S. Senate candidate and former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who received the annual Prescott Bush Award, said she hoped Jeb Bush would give the crowd “the inside track” on the state of the GOP in the 2016 presidential race.

Hanging over the annual dinner, the Connecticut GOP’s largest fundraising event, was news that former Republican Gov. John G. Rowland had been indicted on charges he tried to hide his role in a congressional campaign. Many Republicans didn’t want to speak publicly about the indictment,

but former state GOP Chairman Chris DePino said he was sad for Rowland and his family.

The indictment comes 10 years after Rowland resigned in a corruption scandal. Rowland, who served 10 months in a federal prison camp on a corruption-related charge, couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.

The party’s current chairman, Jerry Labriola Jr., downplayed the development. He said Rowland “has no connection to the Connecticut Republican Party nor has he for over 10 years.”

Rowland was a friend of former President George H.W. Bush and members of the Bush family, but

Jeb Bush made no mention of the latest scandal in his address.

Instead, he spoke of the need for more school choice, the repeal of the new health care law, fixing the entitlement system, reforming the federal tax code and regulatory system and high, sustained economic growth, “where everybody has a chance for earned success.”

Bush also took at jab at Connecticut’s tax policies, a major criticism lodged by Republican candidates against Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who recently announced he will seek a second term.

have a built-in alarm called an amygdala that keeps them alert at the appropriate times. Stress occurs when people are constantly alert.

When individuals are hyperalert, they have often experienced some time of trauma that causes repetitive distressing memories, nightmares or flashbacks. “It’s like having a constant alarm inside your head that no one else can hear,” said Ford.

“You’re going to try to stop thinking about it.”

However, this technique of “active avoidance” only causes individuals to think about their trauma even more. “You start to feel as though life is just horrible,” he said. People who practice active avoidance often believe that there is something wrong with them, and something fundamentally wrong with the world. These thoughts can ultimately lead to aggressive, reckless and self-destructive behavior.

“The solution isn’t to convince yourself you can handle anything because then you’re not dealing with reality,” said Ford. “We figure out ways to actually change how we react to stressers.”

Ford explained that different parts of the brain play different roles in reacting to stress.

The hippocampus, which Ford called the “search engine of the brain,” helps individuals remain focused. “You have to make a judgement about what’s relevant,” he said.

The prefrontal cortex takes input from the hippocampus and amygdala, or the alarm, and generates conscious thought.

“Often we just keep repeating what our alarms are telling us,” said Ford. “It’s not very useful to focus on how scared you are.”

He instead advises people to think about what they can do to make the situation safer.

Ford described what’s called the SOS method of focusing the mind: slow down, orient yourself and self check. He recommended that people ask themselves the following questions: “What is important to me in this immediate moment? What is it that I know about myself that I need to pay attention to in order to handle this situation? How much stress am I feeling right now?”

Ford said that these questions can be asked at any moment and not only during stressful situations. “When you do this kind of focusing on a regular basis, people’s control level goes up,” he said. “Stress fluctuates because that’s being alive.

What increases is our sense that

we know how to handle this.”

When individuals are working to manage stress, it’s crucial that they have a grasp on what they value and what can orient them towards positive actions.

“This is not just to have a happy thought, but to recognize that I have a choice here,” said Ford.

“In situations of high stress, the person who is able to handle that stress effectively is the person who is able to focus on what they value and what they’re capable of.”

Ford revealed that while he orients himself by picturing his wife or grandkids, many younger kids with whom he works see music as an important orienting tool.

When asked about working with individuals who are skeptical, or who don’t believe they can manage their stress, Ford explained that it’s important to figure out exactly what it is they want to accomplish, and to show each individual how they’re already doing it.

“Everybody we work with has a fully functioning thinking center, and if they can tap into that thinking center, they can handle stresses in a completely different manner than they think they’re capable of,” Ford said.

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said Ford. “If we do that our bodies aren’t alive at all. We have to find ways not to get rid of stress, but to channel it.”

He explained that varying heart rates are actually a sign that stress is being properly managed and handled.

Since stress is a response to a threat, it’s important that people are aware of what it truly means to feel threatened. “A threat is something that we don’t believe we know how to handle,” Ford said.

Stress can be divided into two camps: good stress (which Ford explained can lead to winning basketball championships), and being “stressed out.” The latter is the condition associated with threatening situations.

Allostatic load, described by Ford as “the amount of burden on our bodies of coping with a load,” is the physiological phenomena that leads to a behavioral response. One response is acceleration, which encompasses the common “fight-or-flight” feelings or actions: avoidance, distraction and irritability.

Responses can be triggered by cortisol. Cortisol levels should vary throughout the day, although many people have consistently either high or low levels. Ford explained that humans

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Corporation. The VF Corporation is an apparel company that owns big name brands such as Northface, Timberland and Jansport, and that has refused to sign and join an alliance in favor of workers’ rights.

The event began with a brief summary of the global garment industry, and how major companies such as Nike, Adidas and Champion save money by producing in countries with poor worker protection rights. They often hire subcontractors to prevent them from assuming liabilities, and will split up production between multiple factories to prevent workers from unionizing (Adidas owns 1,232 separate factories). These multiple factories must compete each other to offer the lowest prices, or they risk being shut down.

Factory managers thus abuse their workers, both verbally and physically, and require them to meet unreasonably high quotas.

“I was required to do 100 to 150 pieces an hour,” said Khanam, “If I made a mistake I would be abused.” Khanam then recalled the day her factory literally collapsed.

She said it was obvious that the building was about to crack; however management physically forced workers inside the building. After a half hour inside, the electricity went off, however the boss simply turned a generator on.

“The roof fell in and one of the machines fell on me and I was crushed,” Khanam said. “Just near me one of my male coworkers was hit by a beam and killed. I was trapped for twelve hours in the rubble.”

At the time of the accident, Khanam was receiving the equivalent of $120 dollars a month for her work, and since the collapse hasn’t received any compensation at all. Unable to find work, she cannot pay for her siblings’ schooling.

“If the corporation signed the accord [that requires safety standards in working conditions], this disaster wouldn’t have happened,” Khanam said.

“It was university students we were making clothes for. Does that mean the students want us to be dying in factories? Or will

they stand with us?” she ended poignantly.

Aleya Akter, who is 29 and has been working in the garment industry since she was 10, then spoke. In her factory, the time she spent in the bathroom was recorded and there was not even a place to eat. In 2006 when she wanted to start a union, she was suspended from work for 22 days. Her workers went on strike to make the management allow her to return, but it only escalated from there: thugs were hired to threaten her both in the street and on the phone and even attacked her friends. The Government of Bangladesh rejected the application for the union in 2006, however Akter later reapplied and received approval in 2013.

Akter still risks her life and faces hostility in Bangladesh for her dream of unionizing garment industry workers. “If there had been unions, Rana Plaza may have collapsed but the damage wouldn’t have been bad,” said Akter. Today, building inspectors let the union know when they see a safety concern and unionized workers have the right to not enter the factory if they see a problem. “[Because of these unions] businesses just can’t cut and run,” she said. Even if these new inspectors find problems, the companies cannot just leave; they need to stay for at least two years and provide workers with some benefits.

One hundred and fifty brands that source from Bangladesh have signed accords about worker safety and fire prevention, however the VF corporation is the main player that is still refusing to do so.

“What we’re asking you is to tell your university that the brands who haven’t signed on have to do so. We’re requesting your university cuts ties with Jansport and the VF Corporation if they don’t sign the accord,” Akter said, “If they don’t sign the accord, anyday there might be an enormous disaster.”

Akter and Khanam, joined by students, walked to President Susan Herbst’s office after the event to deliver a formal letter asked to terminate the VF Corporation contract.

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Osella’s dog, Hagar, is also the UCPD narcotics dog, with additional training to sniff out drugs and illegal substances, something he is especially suited for thanks to his curiosity and high work drive, said Ocella.

Attendees also had the chance to watch demonstrations by students and instructors from RAD instructors.

Officer Eric Bard wore a full suit of foam armor as students of the rape-deterrence program demonstrated how to escape a potential abductee. Situations included escaping attackers from the front, rear and in enclosed spaces through strikes to the head, stomach and groin while shouting at the attacker. Even though he was wrapped head to toe in protective gear, Bard said that he could still feel the power behind the blows.

“The whole point is to feel the impact and react to it,” Bard said.

RAD instruction seeks to instruct women on strategies to

avoid abduction and being aware of potentially dangerous situations, even more so than the act of physically deterring attackers.

“The main thing for us is to teach the girls that their life is in their hands,” Bard said.

Women’s RAD classes are available through the UConn Police Department. Men’s classes are also available, focusing more on de-escalation of situations and avoiding confrontations.

USG President Edward Courchaine, one of the event’s organizers, was happy with the event, and was happy to see guests asking questions and engaged in the demonstrations and discussions. Courchaine said that USG would be looking into ways to make the event even better, and potentially make it a regular event on the UConn calendar.

“The single most important thing is that people can talk to the UCPD,” Courchaine said. “They are a part of the UConn community just like everyone else on campus.”

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Judges in Utah gay marriage case question lawyers DENVER (AP) — Sharp questioning Thursday by a divided panel of appellate judges considering Utah’s ban on gay marriages showed that, while same-sex marriage has had a remarkable winning streak lately in America, its legal status remains uncertain.

The three judges of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals were divided over how much the landscape has changed since the U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. The high court found that the law violated gay couples’ due process rights by forbidding the U.S. government from recognizing their marriages.

An attorney representing three Utah gay couples argued that meant any state law that bars gays from something as fundamentally important as marriage should be voided. Eight federal judges have, to varying degrees, agreed since the Supreme Court ruling, striking down a series of state gay marriage bans, or bans on recognizing same-sex marriages from other states.

One of those judges in December struck down Utah’s 2004 voter-approved gay marriage ban, and it was the appeal of that ruling that the randomly selected three-judge panel heard Thursday. It is the first time gay marriage has reached the appellate court level since the Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2013.

Judge Carlos Lucero cited gay marriage’s legal success and compared the state’s argument that the ban should stand to the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott decision that denied citizenship and constitutional protections to blacks before the U.S. Civil War. “The law does not allow the type of discriminatory behavior that is at issue in these type of cases,” Lucero said.

But Utah’s attorney argued that the Supreme Court left the definition of marriage to states, and that the lower court judges have erred. Judge Paul J. Kelly Jr. suggested Utah’s voters have the right to reaffirm what has been a centuries-long tradition of heterosexual marriage.

“You are just taking the position they are wrong on this. We’ll just ignore what the people have decided and the Legislature has done,” Kelly told Peggy Tomsic, who represented the plaintiffs.

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As viewed through a fisheye lens, Anna Simon of Denver carries a sign about the state of her marriage to her partner at a protest outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Denver on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The protest, sponsored by Support Marriage Equality in Colorado, was held as a federal appeals court weighs inside the Denver courthouse whether to give an important victory to gay couples’ right to marry in Utah and Oklahoma.

appeared to be Judge Jerome A. Holmes, who had pointed questions for both sides. He compared Utah’s same-sex marriage ban to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages, which the Supreme Court struck down in 1967.

That law “made that mixedrace couple essentially an ‘other’ for the purposes of marriage,” Holmes said. “Why is that any different from this situation?”

But in addressing the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Holmes said gay marriage is a new and novel concept, and courts should defer to the democratic process unless there are pressing reasons to intervene.

“What Utah has done is validated what has been historical practice forever,” he told Tomsic.

The three-judge panel is not expected to rule for several months. The losing party can appeal its decision to the full 10th Circuit or directly to the Supreme Court. Though Utah’s case is the furthest along, similar gay marriage cases are working their way through at least four other federal appeals circuits. It

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is unclear which would reach the high court first.

Gene Schaerr, who represented Utah, warned that if the state could not define marriage the way it wanted, it might have to open the door to polygamy. But under questioning, he acknowledged the ban harms children of same-sex couples and that the state has no scientific evidence showing gays are worse parents than heterosexuals.

Tomsic contended that judges are allowed to overturn democratic decisions if they target a class of people.

“It is every day of these Utah citizens’ lives that they must face the stigma, the harm of being treated as second-class citizens,” she said.

On April 17, the same three judges are scheduled to hear an appeal of a January ruling that struck down Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban. Holmes was appointed by President George W. Bush; Lucero by President Bill Clinton; and Kelly by President George H.W. Bush.

The legal sparring took place

in a packed courtroom filled with dozens of spectators who waited hours for a seat, as well as the three couples who filed the initial lawsuit, and Tomsic’s wife and their son.

Before the arguments, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes walked over to the couples and told them: “I’m sorry that we’re causing you pain. ... Sometime after the case, I hope we can sit down.”

Reyes later declined to tell reporters whether he supported the measure banning gay marriage.

More than 1,000 gay Utah couples married in the days after the December decision, until the Supreme Court stayed the ruling.

Outside the courthouse, Reyes told reporters he understands the case is emotional, praised the plaintiffs’ attorneys and said all sides were acting professionally.

“This case is about the right of a state like Utah to define something as fundamental as marriage,” he said.

Derek Kitchen, one of the plaintiffs, told reporters that he

appreciated Reyes’ remarks but that the debate has been painful.

“It is hard to hear people argue against us, because we are loving individuals who have committed ourselves to our partners emotionally and spiritually,” he said, embracing his husband, Moudy Sbeity.

But Kitchen said he remained optimistic. “We are on the right side of history,” he said.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Indianapolis ordered Indiana on Thursday to recognize the outof-state marriage of a gay couple before one of the women dies of cancer. The decision, specific to the couple, doesn’t affect other lawsuits challenging Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriages.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young in Evansville granted the request by Niki Quasney and Amy Sandler for a temporary restraining order that forces Indiana to recognize “this particular couple’s out of state marriage,” said Paul Castillo, an attorney for the national gay rights group Lambda Legal, who represented them.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday that would overhaul how college and university officials in the state respond to sexual assault and violence on campus.

The state House of Representatives voted 144-0 to tighten reporting requirements two months after the University of Connecticut faced a federal lawsuit, claiming it reacted to reports of sexual assaults on its main campus in Storrs with deliberate indifference or worse.

UConn denies the accusation.

The legislation requires reporting of sexual violence at an institution of higher education and greater details in a campus crime report. The report must include each incidence of intimate partner violence reported to the local or State Police, college or university.

It also requires schools to establish Sexual Assault Response Teams that include counselors, police, faculty and others.

The measure now heads to the state Senate.

“This legislation will hold colleges responsible for prevention of sexual assaults,” said Rep. Roberta Willis, chairwoman of the House Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee. “Culture change must occur on campus, and this bill is a move to change the present environment.”

The legislation requires that each incidence of intimate partner violence be reported to local or State Police or college or university and disclosure of procedures regarding reporting of sexual assault or intimate partner violence. In addition, higher education institutions must provide to victims information regarding their rights and applicable services.

Current law allows a victim of sexual assault or intimate partner violence to request a disciplinary hearing. The new legislation requires that the official conducting the hearing be trained annually regarding issues related to sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

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Former National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco said Wednesday that the climate in Washington for environmental policy is unproductive.

The first woman and marine ecologist to hold the position, Lubchenco is a renowned scientist in her field and one of the world’s premier scientists, said Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Rob Colwell.

“She’s one of the most highly cited scientists in the world,” said Colwell. “She is guiding the country in its understanding of oceans, land and climate.”

Colwell also highlighted that although Lubchenco is pioneering research in marine ecology, she is also revolutionizing how scientific findings are communicated with the public.

“Many of us know her partly for her role in promoting science communication. Jane taught us that it is not our job to just research, but rather to communicate our findings to the public in a way they can understand.”

Unlike other lectures, Lubchenco’s address focused on the state of environmental policy making in Washington, D.C. Through telling a series of stories about her time at NOAA, Lubchenco illustrated the necessary characteristics students will need to succeed in making environmental policy.

“It is getting harder and harder to get things done…I think our democracy has been hijacked by campaign financ-

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Former NOA administrator Jane Lubchenco gives a lecture describing her experiences on getting envirormental legislation passed in Washington Thursday in the Konover Auditorium.

ing and gridlocks,” Lubchenco said.

She described her job as getting legislation passed and implementing policies to protect environmental areas, keep oceans healthy and tackling the growing issue of climate change. However, she said that convincing skeptics about the important potential impacts of climate change and getting lawmakers to take action was difficult and often times trying.

“Operating in DC is so much harder than it needs to be. In Washington’s current political

climate, jobs like mine are frustrating and depressing,” said Lubchenco.

The lessons Lubchenco learned during her time at NOAA are valuable for a student of any discipline, but are especially relevant to students pursuing careers on Capitol Hill.

“Getting things done in DC is about relationships, not just politics,” Lubchenco said. She told the story of how when she was getting voted in by the senate, as all Presidential nominees are required to do, her advi-

sor told her to network with as many officials as possible.

Beyond networking, Lubchenco emphasized the importance of listening to people to build relationships.

“Listen to their concerns, find out what they care about,” Lubchenco said. “When things work in DC, that is one of the keys to why they work.”

Lubchenco’s talk was a part of the semester long Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series, which celebrate nature and the environment, and honor Teale, the late Connecticut Pulitzer Prize

winning naturalist. The series brings together UConn’s focus on the environment which Vice Provost, Mun Choi, said is a key representation of UConn’s leaps and bounds in environme. ntal policy.

“We were ranked by the Sierra Club as the number one university when it comes to green initiatives. The rapid changes we are facing really require us to reflect and ask ourselves ‘are we really doing enough?’”

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer

Fallon lined up at 5 a.m. If you go this route, be prepared for a long day, as the actual taping does not happen until late in the evening.

If you manage to get tickets, after standing around for hours and hours, you’ll eventually be seated. All of the ones I attended followed a standard format: a warm up comedian, the taping and a thank you to the audience for attending.

It will probably strike you at just how much smaller these theaters appear in person than they look on television. The setting was surprisingly intimate for all programs I visited.

The warm-up comedian for “The Daily Show” was unfortunately extremely vulgar and seemed to make frequent use of profanity for the sole purpose of getting a “shock laugh” from the audience. Thankfully, before too long the best opening act one could imagine followed Jon Stewart himself. Unlike Letterman and Meyers, who spoke to the studio audience for less than a minute before their respective programs began; Stewart did almost ten minutes of stand-up for the crowd in the form of a question and answer session.

He fielded questions ranging from “Can I make your coffee?” to “When can we see your movie?” (in reference to the film Stewart directed last summer).

The warm up for Meyer’s show focused more on getting the audience excited than on actual jokes although he did an admirable job. Meanwhile, the “Late Show” warm up was entirely forgettable.

However, a hilarious “theater rules” video narrated by Alec Baldwin provided more than substantial amusement.

Seeing a live late night show is a rare and thrilling experience. Of course how much you’ll enjoy the experience depends on your willingness to wait patiently and if you’re a fan of the celebrity guest on that night.

Stephen Colbert to replace Viewing late night talk live in NYC Letterman on late show

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This May 4, 2011 image from video released by CBS shows host David Letterman, left, shaking hands with fellow talk show host Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report,” during a surprise visit on the “Late Show with David Letterman,” in New York. CBS on Thursday, April 10, 2014, announced that Colbert, the host of “The Colbert Report,” will succeed David Letterman as the host of “The Late Show.”

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS moved swiftly Thursday to replace the retiring David Letterman with Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, who will take over the “Late Show” next year and do battle with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel for late-night television supremacy.

Colbert, 49, has been hosting “The Colbert Report” at 11:30 p.m. ET since 2005, in character as a fictional conservative talk-show host. The character will retire with “The Colbert Report.”

“Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,” Colbert said. “I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave’s lead.”

Letterman, who turns 67 on Saturday, announced on his show last week that he would retire sometime in 2015, although he hasn’t set a date.

CBS said Thursday that creative elements of Colbert’s new show, including where it will be based, will be announced later.

Mayors of New York and Los Angeles have already publicly urged the new “Late Show” host to choose their city. New York would appear to have the clear edge, since Colbert is already based in New York and CBS owns the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the “Late Show” has been taped since Letterman took over in 1993.

Letterman offered his endorsement Thursday.

“Stephen has always been a real friend to me,” he said. “I’m very excited for him, and I’m flattered that CBS chose him. I also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses.”

It’s a rapidly changing period for that time slot. Fallon took over for Jay Leno on NBC’s “Tonight” show in February, and has dominated the ratings since his arrival, with Letterman and Kimmel running neck-and-neck for second. Chelsea Handler has also said she is about to end her talk show on E! Entertainment Television.

CBS chose not to break the mold: CBS, ABC and NBC will all compete at 11:35 p.m.

with shows hosted by white males. CBS, which has an older audience and generally seeks personalities with the widest appeal possible, is taking a chance with a personality whose show has a much more specific appeal. But, like Fallon and Kimmel, Colbert is popular with young men and active on the Internet and social media.

“Our discussions really centered on finding the most talented, the most creative (choice), the person who was going to conduct the most interesting interviews and be the most interesting person himself, and that’s what led us to Stephen,” said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment chairman. She said CBS considered several candidates, but did not name them.

Colbert’s show won the Emmy for best variety series last year and has earned two Peabody Awards. It’s another big move for a Jon Stewart protege: Colbert worked on “The Daily Show” for eight years before getting his own program, and John Oliver is about to launch a weekly show for HBO later this month.

New York City offers many attractions tourists worldwide dream of visiting. Among the most thrilling of these are the cities’ nationally broadcast late night talk shows.

“The Late Show,” “The Daily Show,” “The Tonight Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Night” and “The Colbert Report” all call the Big Apple home.

In the past year, I’ve been privileged enough to have seen tapings of “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” so I have some valuable experience on the subject I’d like to share with you all.

The first question one might ask is “How do I obtain tickets to a show taping?” The short answer is, not easily.

Although free, tickets to these shows are far from simple to obtain.

The most common method is by heading online. Most shows have some form of ticket request website where you can select a date for a future show. Usually, a good amount of luck is required as tickets are often sold out within minutes of appearing online. Often, you’re not even guaranteed tickets, but are instead entered into a lottery, which will notify you at a later date if you’ve been chosen to receive them.

Don’t feel like ordering months in advance? Well you can always try the stand by line.

These shows are booked to capacity every night, but almost always a few people will fail to show up. A full studio audience is still needed so hopefuls waiting in line on the street might get lucky enough to get in.

How early should you show up? Well, it varies by show.

For example, NBC starts handing out standby tickets for Fallon and Meyers at 9 a.m. on taping days. I got in line at 8 a.m. and barely made the cut off for Meyers, while

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While it may deviate from the norm of this column, one of the key skills you should carry with you in your life is the ability to deal with emergencies, both big and small. One of the best abilities you can learn is basic wound care. Whether it’s a kitchen knife or broken beer bottle, when you cut yourself and see blood, you shouldn’t have to panic and call 911, except in the dire situations.

The first thing to do when dealing with an open wound is to not panic. While the sight of blood may be scary to some and nauseating to others, panicking will make all situations worse. For any bleeding that you cannot quickly control, you should seek emergency help, either through 911 or a trip to the emergency room, but that does not mean that you cannot first take charge of the situation. If there is anything in the wound that can be easily removed, take it out. If there are any body parts that are no longer attached, keep them on ice until they can be reattached at a hospital.

Once you have remained calm and taken control of some of the nitty-gritty of more serious wounds, the next step is to apply direct pressure. This is best achieved with gauze or some other absorbent material, and ideally you should be wearing gloves. Unfortunately, where some individuals mess up this step is they intermittently apply pressure. In any case with serious bleeding direct pressure, if it is going to be effective, will need at least five minutes of continuous pressure. If the wound were on an appendage that can be elevated, it would be prudent to do so.

Unless you have more formal training, when the bleeding cannot be controlled with the steps above, you should seek professional medical help. However, there are several things you should keep in mind. In the case where an individual may need stitches, you must get them to a doctor or care facility within seven hours of the injury. Otherwise they may not be able to be stitched and further problems like scarring may present down the line.

Other special considerations occur with the nose and teeth. Nosebleeds are incredibly common, however, they can be difficult to manage.

The same rule for 5 minutes of direct pressure applies.

Do not have the person tip their head back or forward.

Sometimes it can be helpful to put a piece of gauze under the upper lip. When it comes to teeth, there is not much you can do immediately, but if a piece or whole tooth is knocked out, save the tooth in water or milk until you can get to a dentist. This is another case where time is of the essence and you should not delay.

While this is by no means exhaustive medical advice, and if in doubt you should seek professional care, there are few skills more useful than first aid. If you would like to gain more knowledge, the Red Cross provides a course and you may even be able to take it on campus.

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Stephen Colbert, left, host of the “Colbert Report” on the Comedy Central Network, has a laugh on stage with host David Letterman on the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman,” in New York. CBS announced on Thursday, April 10, 2014 that Colbert will replace Letterman as “Late Show” host after Letterman retires in 2015.

NEW YORK (AP) — The future is Stephen Colbert.

The Comedy Central talk-show star was named Thursday to replace David Letterman when he steps down from CBS’ “Late Show” next year.

But what about the past and the present? Let’s try for a little historical perspective by comparing the late night landscape that greets Colbert’s announcement against the world in which “Late Show” was born: — THEN: Dave arrived in the 11:35 p.m. slot on Aug. 30, 1993, with a startup venture for CBS going up against NBC’s venerable “Tonight Show,” where Jay Leno had already reigned for 15 months.

Apart from those arch-rivals, broadcast TV had only four other players in late night comedy-talk: Letterman’s old haunt, “Late Night,” where Conan O’Brien would soon preside, followed by “Later With Bob Costas,” plus the syndicated “Arsenio Hall Show.” Also, debuting a week later, “The Chevy Chase Show” aired for just a month on Fox. And none of the hosts was named Jimmy.

— NOW: There are at least 11 such shows on broadcast or cable, with roughly 18 percent of them hosted by a Jimmy.

— THEN: Although three-fourths of TV homes had VCRs (enabling a “late night” show to be time-shifted to any hour, day or night), almost no one knew how to program them, or had even gotten around to setting the clock. And no one owned a digital video recorder — maybe because it hadn’t been invented yet.

— NOW: Roughly half of TV homes (whether with or without VCRs) are equipped with DVRs, which further undermines the meaning of “late night”: Most of these shows are taped around dusk, then plugged into a late night slot where they’re available for a viewer to retrieve and watch whenever the mood strikes. With TV, “late night” is more a state of mind than a time of day.

— THEN: The term “Internet” would have registered barely a blip of recognition for most viewers, and, if by chance they had home Internet service, it only gave them crawling text through a dial-up connection. Web? Social media? YouTube?

Streaming video? Google search? App? Whazzat?!

— NOW: Tweeting, second-screen interaction and viral video clips are necessary supplements to shore up the eroding audience a talk show can command solely on the TV platform.

— Speaking of which, THEN: The shiny new

“Late Show” was scoring about 5.2 million viewers nightly, while “Tonight” averaged 4 million.

— NOW: Since Jimmy Fallon replaced Leno in February, NBC’s “Tonight” has averaged about 5.2 million viewers (a huge initial boost from Leno’s final-year average of 3.5 million), while Letterman and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel have each averaged about 2.7 million.

Many changes, indeed. But even in a changing world, some things never change.

— THEN: Among that handful of hosts, only one was a black man.

— NOW: Among today’s crush of hosts, only one — that same guy, Arsenio Hall — is black.

— THEN: No women were hosting.

— NOW: One woman is a host — Chelsea Handler, though she has said she is ready to exit her E! program.

— THEN: For months, media reporters just couldn’t stop churning out coverage of the Late Night War. — NOW: Now, with news of Stephen going in for Dave, we’re just getting started on another siege of stories.

Mexican filmmaker discusses personal journey

By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer

One thing that stood out while interviewing Diego Luna Alexander was his passion. Whether it was for his children, work or beliefs, Alexander connected with his crowd. He wanted to be heard and understood by the audience at the Jorgensen on Thursday night; something at the heart of his work.

Alexander, 34, from Mexico, is an actor, producer and director. He’s most recognized for his role in the film “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” a drama about two teenage boys, and for directing the film “Cesar Chavez,” a biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer

Chavez which came out in theaters recently. He’s been in the acting business since he was a young boy and is now producing his own films.

The event was organized through the efforts of the Puerto Rico Latin American Cultural Center.

Alexander began by speaking about his children who he says are what “what gives meaning to everything.” He has two children, and defines himself, before anything, as a father.

The emphasis he places on striving to be a father first, began in his childhood, said Alexander. His father was a set designer for theaters and traveled from place to place, leaving Alexander and his

sister to grow on their own during his absences. While working in theater, the people there were constantly in Alexander’s life, and became his family.

He wrote several telenovas that revolved around childhood. One of them centers on a boy who wanted so badly to be an adult in order to fill the void in his life, that he became his father and acted like him. His own childhood is reflected in the story: though he was a child actor, he always acted like an adult because he was constantly around adults. But when he directed his own movies, he would create the organization to allow children in his movies to act like children.

In such a way, Alexander

uses his past experiences to shape his worldview and life, which consists of his work and parenting.

For example, while he worked in theater, he loved being an actor because he ultimately had the control of his work. Though he would receive direction, when it was time to perform, all of it rested on his shoulders and on his talent. In the end, the audience was the judge; and they’d either stay and congratulate him, or leave the show. But in the cinemas and movies, most of the power of the product lies in the editing and producing, not the actors. This is why Alexander decided to switch to producing from acting.

Ideals and emotion shape

Alexander’s work, as seen in the film “Cesar Chavez,” which focuses on the plight of farm workers and one man who stood up for them.

Alexander thinks the most beautiful thing about cinemas is that they can be personal stories that affect millions in the way they see things and how the interact with the world. The power of numbers is something that Alexander believes in, especially to promote social and economic change. He believes that if people are able to overcome indifference, then changes can happen quickly. It’s all about connecting with others.

A rather brief history of the color pink

By Alexandra Bell Campus Correspondent

Love, virtue, innocence, youth, sex, power, passion, joy, spring, summer… The color pink is, and has always been, an infinitely expressive color. Depending on the era, shade or situation, it is capable of symbolizing a tantalizing combination of shock, beauty and emotion. As far back as the ancient Greeks, there have been written examples of pink being used to represent an endless range of significance, ranging from the refreshing and wild atmosphere of nature and purity, to the mood of a god. Although it is now firmly categorized as a girly color, this is only one stage of pink’s long, evolutionary journey.

For centuries, pink was considered a more masculine color due to its close relation to red, the color of

domination and authority. Royalty all over the world used it alongside luxurious purples and vibrant blues to advertise their high stations and wealth. Even when it was being used by women, it was never considered stereotypically feminine. However, as time rolled on, lighter shades of pink were more commonly used for children, and it gradually began to be viewed in much the same manner as white: as an indication of uncorrupted youth. Children — both male and female — were commonly dressed in the shade throughout the 1800s, and into the early 1900s.

Naturally, as women and girls were often viewed in a similar light to children, the color became increasingly more associated with of the female gender.

Ironically, it was not until the suffragette movement, when many women attempted to throw off the

color’s implications and distance themselves from it, that it officially became the world’s most widely recognized “girl color.” Ever since then, it has remained deeply connected with society’s understanding of what it means to be feminine. Today, more than ever, the color pink has often been used as a tool of classification.

As young children, the color has the ability to categorize us as “girly girls.” This isn’t always a bad thing, but has sometimes proven to be very confining. As teenagers, wearing too much pink can either brand us sheltered or slutty, depending on the shade. Pastel tells everyone we are demure and chaste, hot pink can be read as attention seeking or desperate if not used properly. From the time we are newborn babies, we are paired with pink as societal expectation of who we will to be.

Pink is a color of astonishing

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power. It can be used as both a tool and a weapon; and it can help a woman or girl to feel strong and secure in her feminine power, or it can make her feel as though she is hiding behind a mask of overly ladylike social expectation. However, it is understandable that it has become so glued to our gender. Pink has a bright and tumultuous personality, and is full of emotion and passion.

Pink is an intelligent color, and can be manipulative if it needs to be.

Pink has evolved with the times. It is a survivor. We do not know exactly what to make of it, but it’s not our job to classify or pin it down. Pink, more than any other color, has a spirit that cannot be ignored.

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Natural gas is largely hailed as the “cleanest fossil fuel,” producing 50 times less carbon dioxide than coal when burned.

Industry spokespeople and politicians push the need for natural gas as a necessary transition step from coal and oil to renewable energy. But let us think for ourselves — we have the technology, skills and money to implement renewable energies right now — so why wait? The threat of irreversible climate change grows with each passing day, and as the IPCC update outlined in its report last week, we need to drastically cut our emissions now. In his article “Is Natural Gas ‘Clean’?” for the New York Times last year, writer Mark Bittman explains: “experts say we must stop adding carbon into the air within the next 30 years or face a climate ‘feedback loop’ in which global warming continues regardless of subsequent activities. If switching to natural gas long delays the dominance of renewables, it’s not doing us much good.”

Furthermore, mining natural gas may turn out to be more harmful to human health and the environment than fossil fuels in the first place. Natural gas is mostly composed of methane, and inevitably during the processes of mining, distributing and burning, some of the unburned methane leaks into the atmosphere. Unburned methane is 70 times as heat-trapping as carbon dioxide and has a much longer residence time in the atmosphere. Bittman cites one study that found “that if as little as three percent of the methane produced escapes, you might as well be burning coal, from a climate perspective.” In addition, natural gas is increasingly being extracted from the earth with new hydraulic fracturing technology (fracking), which has been proven to have serious health impacts. In fact, it is hard to imagine how fracking could not make us sick when the mechanics of the process are explained, as they are by environmental educator Ellen Weininger. During fracking, “Ten to forty percent of this toxic mixture returns back to the surface with the natural gas, along with additional contaminants including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy metals, high levels of chlorides and bromides and radioactive elements like radon and radium,” said Weininger.

For these reasons, the citizens of Connecticut should seriously consider whether they can afford to invest in natural gas infrastructure. Surely we have the talented and innovative workforce to be a national leader in clean energy – why not funnel our time and funding into renewable energy technologies? Unfortunately, legislation signed by Governor Malloy last year has us barreling in the opposite direction: 280,000 residents are planned to hook up to natural gas in the next decade, many through the new Algonquin Incremental Market Project (AIM). AIM will widen or construct 37 miles of pipeline, modify existing metering and compression stations, and construct two new metering stations. Special concerns of AIM are that it would cross the path of a high-voltage transmission line near the Indian Point nuclear power plant and that it may contain 20 to 80 times greater levels of radon than the gas we currently import. More information and opportunities for action are available at the Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion website: sape2016.org

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Fur trading, still legal in Connecticut, needs careful oversight

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recent article in the Hartford Courant brought to light an interesting part of Connecticut’s economy: fur trading. Despite the fact that fur trading is Connecticut’s oldest business, many people are unaware that the state still has any kind of fur trade.

In fact, the fur trade has been growing rapidly in recent years, particularly because of increasing demand for furs in the emerging markets of Russia and China. Due to anti-fur campaigns and groups like PETA, the United States no longer buys large amounts of fur, but we still sell plenty of it. According to The Hartford Courant, the northwestern United States and Canada are still the dominant suppliers of fur in the international market.

Trapping is highly regulated and impossible to make a living off of at this point, but it deserves to be watched carefully to make sure that Connecticut’s wildlife population doesn’t suffer as the result of the growing fur trade.

There are currently only around 300 licensed trappers in Connecticut, and they have restrictions on the number of animals they can trap, such as fishers. Other animals such as coyotes and skunks, which have been deemed nuisances, have no restrictions. At the moment, the level of trapping is unlikely to pose a risk to Connecticut wildlife, but trapping has affected ecosystems in the state in the past.

In the 1600s, the fur trade was a major motivation for exploration and colonization in North America. Adrien Block, the first European to sail up the Connecticut River to the eventual site of Hartford, was on a fur trading mission. Because beavers were in demand at the time, Block and others like him hunted them so intensely that the species disappeared from Connecticut by the end of the 1600s. They were only reintroduced after World War II. The fur trade clearly has a negative impact on the wildlife and ecosystems of Connecticut if it’s not carefully watched. It’s not a large market right now, but prices for many pelts have tripled or quadrupled in the last few years. Muskrat pelts even went from about $2.50 to $18 last year.

Under these conditions, it’s conceivable that we’ll see an uptick in trapping in Connecticut. It’s important for the state to balance its important historical and current-day role in the fur trade with sustainable practices.

InstantDaily Road Trip: Some Excerpts On Thursday, April 3, InstantDaily got in a car with a Brit, an Irishman and a German (not Niels). They embarked on an 3,500 mile journey through 11 states, visiting both Nashville and Dallas and witnessing UConn make history. Here are some highlights: German friend, interacting with Virginia State Trooper: Trooper Burnett: “You speak English, friend?”

Not Niels: “Yes.” Burnett: “Gooood?”

NN: “...Yes” (In Nashville) “We should just continue this road trip for the rest of the semester. Show up in Storrs on the last day of classes and say ‘Oh is the bomb threat over?’”

Driving to Lexington and visiting the Kentucky Wildcat statue. Leaving a cardboard sign around its neck: “We Came We Saw We Connquered. Kentucky is UConn Country” UK fans responding on Twitter, BleacherReport, etc: “Petty and childish. Like really tho? Sore winners if I’ve ever seen them. Bunch of thugs. smfh” “Momma always said if you have nothing nice to say, do not say it! I will heed her advice!”

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General Motors’ liability conondrum

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hile it’s been a great week to be a Husky, it has been an equally terrible week to be a member of General Motors. The company has issued a massive recall on over 2 million vehicles including car models from 2005 to 2011 like the Chevrolet Cobalt, Saturn Ion, Pontiac G5 and others. The reason for the recall was a defect in the ignition switch. While the vehicle was moving, the faulty ignition switch would cause the key to turn, putting the car in accessory mode or even shutting power off all together and effectively disabling key safety features such as airbags. GM has

By Kayvon Ghoreshi even admitted Commentary Editor that this defect has led to the deaths of 13 people, although there may be more cases that simply have not been confirmed yet.

Even more recently the issues have gotten worse for GM. Another issue has been found with the ignition. A defect in the lock cylinder causes keys to be able to be pulled out or fall out of the ignition lock while the car is running.

However, GM says that they have not confirmed any fatalities linked to the problem. As a result, the predicted financial toll has only increased, with the most recent estimate at $1.3 billion of first quarter earnings, more than

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quadruple of the initial estimate of $300 million.

This development is particularly startling because of just how long it took to get to this point of a recall. According to NPR, GM knew about the defect in the Saturn Ion back in 2001 and found the defect again in the Chevrolet Cobalt back in 2004, yet it has taken almost an entire decade for the company to address the problem. They reportedly had a fix on the table back in 2005, but chose to scrap it due to cost and time. In fact, GM’s main solution to the problem was telling customers to avoid having too much weight on their key chain so as to decrease the likelihood of it turning. This is astoundingly poor business practice considering the part replacement reportedly would have only cost an additional 57 cents.

Instead, it appears that GM put profits ahead of consumer safety.

However, now that the issue has finally been brought to light, GM can receive the reprimanding it deserves; and the families of those who have been affected by the ignition defects can receive compensation. That is, if it weren’t for a small technicality. A few years ago GM decided to declare bankruptcy and the government stepped in to keep the company afloat in order to prevent the ripple effects it would have had on an already unstable economy. Under this bankruptcy agreement, GM is not liable for any accidents that occurred prior to the bankruptcy. According to CNN, they emerged from the bankruptcy as technically a “new” company and, in the process, shed over 2,500 lawsuits which were either dropped or

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settled for significantly less than if GM had not declared bankruptcy. Given that most of the incidents regarding the ignition switch occurred prior to 2009, GM is legally absolved from doing anything about the individuals who were injured or killed as a result of the company’s negligence. While GM is still considering providing some compensation for the victims and their families, they are still wary because it could potentially open the door for having to face other cases they were also not liable for.

Even if GM does end up offering compensation, it is absolutely ridiculous that such a loophole exists in the first place. Bankruptcy as an institution should exist for dealing with debt and restructuring a company’s assets. It should not be able to be used as a way to skirt around civil duties and effectively act as a “Get Out of Jail Free” card for when incompetence directly leads to human deaths.

When GM became profitable again, many took it as a sign that the company had learned from its mistakes and was going to emerge from its low point of bankruptcy as a smarter, better company. These recent revelations prove the contrary, as a culture of negligence and cover up seems to indicate that GM has forgotten the very kind of practices that sent it spiraling down in the first place.

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CIA continues deception of people and government on torture

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ecently, the Senate Intelligence Committee discovered that the CIA was disguising brutal interrogation techniques in reports that they had to submit. They also discovered that there were several “black sites” or hidden detainment centers for government detainees. The most blatant example of this deception is when the CIA rephrased torture as being “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The CIA simply softBy Harry Gable-Newkirk e n e d t h e Staff Columnist word of torture, while maintaining the same basic meaning. Some aspects of “enhanced interrogation techniques” were blatantly parallel to waterboard-

ing. The CIA had found a way to induce the effects of waterboarding without committing the actual act itself.

One of these techniques was submerging the heads of supposed terrorists in ice cold water, nearly drowning them before release and resuscitation. Even after employing these brutal methods of torture, it was discovered that no incredibly useful intelligence was gained. In fact, all useful intelligence was already gathered from the subjects before the “enhanced interrogation” began. The CIA was damaging individuals who had nothing to offer them without gain.

These possible criminal acts occurring within the US government indicate that we the citizens have yet again been deceived by our government.

It has been stated and restated

that torture is an unethical technique in gaining intelligence and has been banned by the president himself.

President Obama created the Executive Order 13491, banning all forms of torture for detainees of the U.S. government, no matter their crimes.

This was satisfying to the public, and the possibility of torture faded from the public eye. We were satisfied and once again put trust in our government. It’s truly unfortunate, yet not unbelievable, to see that these words on the page based off our constitution mean so little to those who pretend to defend it.

Here we have before us again: a lie to the people.

We were promised by executive order that these methods were stopped. The CIA may not have directly used meth-

ods such as waterboarding, but they found their own way to inflict similar pain. Not only did the CIA violate the executive order, they decided to do so in private and attempted to slip through the cracks. It’s almost insulting that they didn’t even attempt to excise the existence of torture in these reports. The CIA simply used semantics and relied on the stupidity of the Senate Intelligence Agency to shirk responsibility for their actions. Luckily, the Senate Intelligence Committee saw through their guise and unearthed these deceptions.

We have at least some members of the government willing to tell us the truth.

It’s impossible and overly cynical to label the entire government liars, but it seems there is always some portion

of it that aims to deceive us.

This tightly links back to the issues with the NSA, when the government caused a massive breach of privacy and trust within its people. They were basically able to see every working factor of our daily lives. There is no way that we can have this kind of reciprocal involvement in the workings of our government.

We will never be able to see what they are able to see.

Satisfyingly, reforms are still being made and facts are still to this day slowly streaming out. Whether these reforms actually protect us remains to be seen. As we’ve seen with Executive Order 13491, those above us are still completely capable of violating even the highest of given directions.

It’s hard to pinpoint what is around the corner what atroci-

were involved in the process of monitoring the prisoners’ baseline temperatures so they wouldn’t suffer from hypothermia, in addition to designing and participating in “cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment and torture of detainees.” The twoyear review conducted by a 19-member task force shows that doctors and nurses were required to participate in force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike, which goes against the ethics of both the World Medical Association and the American Medical Association. They also breached patient confidentiality by sharing the prisoner’s physical and psychological conditions with the interrogators, who in turn

used this to the prisoner’s disadvantage.

The justification behind their action was that they were not treating people who were ill so the medical ethics of “put the patients first” did not apply. While the Hippocratic oath has physicians swear to use “regimens which will benefit my patients according to [their] greatest ability and judgment,” these practitioners have only exploited a person’s mental and physical weaknesses.

Justice and judgment calls are not in the doctor’s job description, nor should they be. As someone who has the power to help other people, using that ability for torture is cruel. A physi-

cian’s loyalty should lie with their patient or the person whom they are treating not the country. Using them to inflict pain on others them no longer a physician, but a hired gun.

As IMAP president, David Rothman states, “Putting on a uniform does not and should not abrogate the fundamental principles of medical professionalism. “Do no harm” and “put the patient first” must apply to all physicians regardless of where they practice.” The Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP) aims to set a vision of professionalism that is promoted through research and policy initiatives.

At this point, it would seem fair to revoke these

physicians’ medical license.

The revocation of their medical licenses isn’t necessarily to punish the physicians, but rather to protect the public. Knowing that there are licensed professionals who documented the effects of “enhanced interrogation techniques” to create risks of drowning, hypothermia, aspiration pneumonia or laryngospasm, then to assure lawyers that “there was no medical reason to believe that waterboarding would lead to physical pain,” is truly frightening.

Dr. Gerald Thomson, a professor of Medicine Emeritus at Columbia University and also a task force member, states, “It’s clear that in the name of national security the

ties and lies will come next, there surely will be more to come. All we can really do is rely on those choice individuals who really do want to expose lies. Perhaps we can find a way to expand these committees and broaden their involvement in our government. We can vouch for increased auditing of the CIA and tangential agencies.

There’s nothing the average citizen can do to find out these lies, but we can do our hardest to elect and expand the roles of those who can. As of today, we have another lie and a layer of deception being brought forth to the citizens of America.

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Practices of CIA doctors are contrary to medical profession

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physician’s sworn duty to “first, do no harm” becomes overshadowed by the duty one has towards their country by crossing both medical and ethical guidelines.

A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that the CIA utilized brutal interBy Jesseba Fernando r o g a t i o n techniques Staff Columnist for years by intentionally misguiding the public and the government.

The most shocking aspect of this discovery is the physicians and psychologists who facilitated this torture. The report shows the CIA doctors

military trumped that covenant, and physicians were transformed into agents of the military and performed acts that were contrary to medical ethics and practice.

We have a responsibility to make sure this never happens again.”

By abandoning the moral obligation to the Declaration of Geneva, a Physician’s Oath adopted by the World Medical Association, the physicians have abandoned their right to be trusted with the lives of other human beings.

 Jessba.Fernando@UConn.edu  4th--semester biology

» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Changes to the UConn sign at Exit 68 of I-84 This week I emailed Gov. Malloy suggesting the signs at Exit 68/I-84 be modified to include the following slogan: “College basketball; Invented in New England, Perfected at UConn” This is a unique distinction and one that should evoke Husky Pride for our alumni and fans.

Presently, the signs announce to travelers that this is the exit for our flagship state university. They also refer to our most recent NCAA championship which changes from year to year.

I submit that the proposed slogan be a continual reminder to all travelers and urge all students, administrators alumni and Husky fans to support it.

Chris Poulos, CLAS ‘67

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“Chicken marsala.”

“A tick in my salad the other day.”

“Nothing, because the dining halls are all amazing”

“Anything with tofu, it’s disgusting.”

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Pacers, Heat still fighting for East No. 1 seed MIAMI (AP) — For the last six weeks, Indiana and Miami haven't exactly looked like NBA title contenders.

The Heat have lost 11 of their last 21 games.

The Pacers, they've dropped 12 of their last 20.

And both teams are still way ahead of everyone else in the Eastern Conference standings.

They'll meet Friday to decide who moves a giant step closer to having the No. 1 seed on their half of the NBA playoff bracket, Indiana (54-25) entering with a half-game lead over Miami (53-25).

"It's going to be intense," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "It's going to be a hard-fought game.

There's something at stake. It'll pretty much be the playoffs and I think it'll be a great atmosphere. ... We expect them at their best.

Everybody we play, we expect them at their best because that's what we get."

Neither team will clinch the top seed Friday but the winner gets full control. Indiana would beat Miami in tiebreakers if necessary, so the Pacers would lower their magic number for the East top seed to one with a victory. The Heat would move a half-game ahead if they win, plus could deal Indiana another blow in a wild week.

The Pacers got embarrassed at home by Atlanta on Sunday, which prompted coach Frank Vogel to sit his starting five out of the entirety of Indiana's game Wednesday at Milwaukee. The Pacers' reserves beat the NBA's worst team 104-102, and that combined with Miami's loss at Memphis sent Indiana back atop the East.

"It's huge for us," said Pacers guard Chris Copeland, who hit the game-winner against Milwaukee. "Obviously it gives some of our banged-up starters an opportunity to rest and heal up. It's big for our confidence, for the second unit. This is going to take 15 guys to make a run at this thing."

It's not like either team needs a reason to get up for an IndianaMiami meeting.

Emotions run high whenever these teams play and the Heat needed seven games to beat Indiana in last year's Eastern Conference finals. Hosting potential Game 7's is a perk that comes with holding the No. 1 seed, though not everyone in this series finds that essential.

"It's a great luxury," Heat forward Shane Battier said. "That's all it is — a luxury. It's not a

necessity. You want to be playing well, and you want to be healthy."

And the Heat are not.

Dwyane Wade has missed the last eight games with a hamstring injury that started as a cramp late in the last Miami-Indiana matchup on March 26. Greg Oden's back spasms have kept him off the floor since that night. Udonis Haslem — vital to Miami's plans for defending Indiana center Roy Hibbert — caught a flu bug, and Chris Andersen has a sore knee.

It's unknown if any of them will play Friday.

"It's not controlling our destiny about the No. 1 seed," Miami star LeBron James said. "We want to get healthy. That's all that we care about, going into the postseason healthy. ... Once everyone comes back, then we can get everything rolling."

By Matt Kren Campus Correspondent

ing great competition. At this 2009 event, former Husky Ellis Gaulden qualified for the NCAA championship in long jumping and five other athletes recorded six IC4A qualifying marks.

Last year at the Spec Towns Invitational, the 30th anniversary of the event, Georgia, the host, set school records and many seasonbest times in the SEC. This two-day event also includes the decathlon, where Georgia sophomore Maicel Uibo set both a school record as well as world-leading mark as a

freshman last year to win the Bulldog Decathlon, at the Spec Towns Track. In a remarkable performance, Uibo hit the Olympics A-standard, which eclipsed the mark needed to qualify for the IAAF World Championships. Currently Uibo is ranked second overall in the nation in the Decathlon as he is coming off a fifthplace finish in the NCAA championships last year.

According to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings and

the NCAA rankings, Georgia currently sits at eighth place in the first week’s national poll, dropping from seventh in the outdoor track and field preseason poll. In the first week of the regional poll, Georgia is sitting second in the South region behind overall No. 1 Florida, while the Huskies are not ranked in the Top 25, but are No. 11 in the Northeast region.

The best team in the polls for the Northeast region is Cornell, which is also No. 21 in the overall Top 25.

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) reacts to an official's call in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

The only way Indiana and Miami could play this year after

Friday would be in an East finals rematch.

Track and field to compete in Spec Towns Invitational Good start for first round of Masters

After a hectic week that featured the Dog Fight against the University of Albany and the UConn Decathlon, the UConn men’s track and field team will be headed off to Athens, Ga. to compete in the Spec Towns Invitational. The Huskies have not competed in this event since 2010, where they accumulated seven top-48 NCAA times in a meet coach Greg Roy described as hav-

lowed by Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and LIU Brooklyn.

Some competitors to watch out for this weekend other than Uibo are juniors Charles Grethen and Nick Vena.

Grethen is fifth in the nation in the 800-meter dash while Vena is sixth in the shot put. The competition this week will be stellar. This is a chance for the Huskies to compete against some of the best and to get themselves in the national spotlight.

Matthew.Kren@UConn.edu

Women’s tennis looks for third straight Men’s tennis hosts win in final meet of the season Sacred Heart in last meet

By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent The UConn women’s tennis team looks to end its regular season with a three-meet win streak, as they face Marist Saturday at the UConn tennis courts. The meet is set to begin at noon.

The Huskies are coming off of a victory over Villanova, winning all six singles matches and all three doubles matches for a 7-0 victory. In a dominant display in singles and doubles play, senior Lucy Nutting was the only player who dropped more than three games in a match.

Playing in the No. 4 singles match, Nutting won the first set

7-5 before breaking serve three times in the second to take it in straight sets, 7-5, 6-0. UConn finished the meet winning all 12 sets played in singles; six of them were won by a score of 6-0.

The Red Foxes (3-7) are coming off of a loss, losing to Quinnipiac this past Wednesday 5-2. Marist won two of six singles matches and none of three doubles matches to lose their second straight meet.

Sophomore Srna Stosljevic, the Huskies’ singles wins leader, looks to earn a 20th victory as she finishes up the regular season. Stosljevic looks to continue her good form going into the meet, having won four of the past five and seven of the past 10 singles matches.

Senior Jennifer Learmonth, the Huskies’ doubles wins leader, also looks for a 20th victory to end her last season in Storrs. In UConn’s last meet, Learmonth snapped a three-meet losing streak when she teamed with fellow senior Marie Gargiulio to beat Villanova’s Connor Brewer and Anne Cognetti in the No. 3 doubles match.

UConn (7-11) looks to end their season in winning fashion before heading to the American Athletic Championships in Tampa, Fla. on April 17. The Huskies hope to heat up just before the post-season, and look to earn a season-best third straight win over the weekend.

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By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent

against SNHU, Harrell snapped a four-meet losing streak in singles matches when he beat Mitch Dobek.

With the meet tied at 3-3, Harrell clinched the win for the Huskies by winning that No. 1singles match, 6-4, 7-5.

Freshman Parker Goldstein was efficient for the Huskies in their last meet against SNHU, winning his No. 4 singles match and teaming with junior Joshua Palmer in the No. 3 doubles match to get the pair of victories. Going into the meet with Sacred Heart, Goldstein looks to win a third consecutive doubles match to finish his first season for the Huskies.

The Huskies hope to finish strongly in a season that included a sevenmeet losing streak between October and March. In post-season play, the Huskies head to Memphis to play in the American Athletic Conference Championships next Thursday.

The UConn men’s tennis team looks to finish the regular season with a win, as they host Sacred Heart Saturday at the UConn tennis courts.

The meet is set to begin at noon.

UConn (7-11) is coming off of a hard-fought victory over Southern New Hampshire. In that match-up, the Huskies took four of six singles matches to win the meet, 4-3. The win snapped a four-meet losing streak that included losses to Temple, Bryant, Georgetown and Villanova.

Sacred Heart (5-9) is also coming off of a closely contested meet, edging Hartford 4-3 this past Wednesday.

In that meet, the Pioneers split the singles matches with Hartford 3-3 and won all three doubles matches to record the victory.

UConn junior and wins leader Wayne Harrell looks to earn his 15th victory in singles play to finish the regular season. In his last match

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Doty hopes to continue dominance vs. Lousiville

that’s paying off for us,” Mullins said. “The hitting seems to be coming around.”

UConn will travel to Kentucky this weekend to take on Louisville in a three game series. The Cardinals have a 24-15 record and are on a four game winning streak. Mullins and the Huskies are not taking things lightly as they prepare to face their American Athletic Conference rivals.

“Louisville is always a tough team,” Mullins said. “They took three last weekend from South Florida so we know we will have our hands full we just have to go out there and compete.”

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Coach Karen Mullins was impressed with Doty’s effort on the mound. Doty pitched seven innings and allowed four hits and one earned run.

“Kayla came in and pitched a nice competitive game for us,” Mullins said. “She’s been coming along and it’s been really nice to see in her last couple outings she’s thrown strong for us. It all starts in the circle where you set that tone. She’s such a competitor for us on the mound and we play well behind her.”

Mullins was also pleased with the Huskies taking advantage of opportunities at the plate.

“I think we are taking better swings and doing a better job with our pitch selection and

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — In a tournament packed with a bunch of young newcomers, the 50-and-over crowd made a bit of a stand in the first round of the Masters.

Miguel Angel Jimenez was leading the tournament for a time before stumbling on the back nine. Fred Couples was on the leaderboard himself before tying the 50-year-old Jimenez with a 1-under 71 that left both players three shots off the lead.

And former champion Bernard Langer managed to shoot even par in his 31st Masters.

"A 72 is not that shabby," the 56-year-old Langer said.

Not shabby at all, though the Masters is the one major championship where older players tend to do well. Jack Nicklaus finished in a tie for sixth here at the age of 58 in 1998, while Couples always seems to be hanging around the lead in the early rounds.

Power still counts, but sometimes the older players can make up for it by knowing where to put the ball and being crafty.

"It's hard for anyone. There are a lot of young guys that can hit the ball a long ways," said Jimenez, who was 4 under and in the lead before making bogey on No. 11 and double on 12 after hitting it in the water.

"I don't hit the ball that far, but I hit it and it goes straight to the flag, you know. It's nice to see that I'm being competitive with all the guys."

Couples, who won the 1992 Masters, said he feels like he can still play Augusta National and compete with younger players, though he concedes he would have to get some breaks to put on another green jacket on Sunday.

"Can a 50-year-old win here?" the 54-year-old Couples asked. "I think so. I'm one of them."

TOUGH 12: The tricky little Par-3 12th at Augusta National played tougher than it has in years.

The 155-yard hole, which has water and a bunker in front, proved to be the second-hardest on the course in the opening round Thursday. Nicknamed "Golden Bell," the hole yielded six birdies, 56 pars, 26 bogeys, six doubles and three triples.

The only hole tougher was the par-4 No. 11. The last time the 12th played as hard was 2009.

It was the only blemish on defending champion Adam Scott's scorecard.

Scott doubled the 12th after his tee shot caught the bank in front of the green and hopped back into Rae's Creek.

"I had just received the most incredible ovation as I came to the 12th tee — and I hit my worst shot of the day," Scott said. "I think that's my first-ever trip into Rae's Creek."

IKE'S TREE: Three former champions who have combined for 13 wins in the Masters have different ideas about what should happen to the 17th hole now that the Eisenhower Tree is gone.

"I think I would probably put a tree right back where the tree was try to get it about as similar as it was when it was taken out," Arnold Palmer said.

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The number of golf balls a year that are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.

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April 17 Louisville 4 p.m.

April 19 Cincinnatti 12 p.m.

April 26 Villanova 1 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Tomorrow Spec Town Invitational TBA Russell Henley hits out of rough off the 13th fairway during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Augusta, Ga.

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The European malaise set in before David Moyes replaced Alex Ferguson last summer and could last for some time, with the new manager in the early stages of his rebuilding job at Old Trafford.

“Watching the Champions League (on television) next year will be difficult to take,” United midfielder Darren Fletcher said after Wednesday’s 3-1 loss at Bayern, which meant Bayern advanced 4-2 on aggregate. “Hopefully the biggest thing that can do is give you more determination to get back in it.

“It is the pinnacle of club football and Manchester United need to be in this competition.”

A Champions League season without United certainly will be strange; the team has been a mainstay of the competition since 1995-96. But with Moyes’ side seven points out of the top four in the Premier League with five games remaining, it’s a near-certainty.

Limiting its absence to just one year is a priority for Moyes, who doesn’t think it will prevent him from attracting big names to the club as he seeks to build a new, competitive side on the home front and in Europe.

“We’re looking to spend the right money on players who are available, and it’s not anything to do with Champions League,” said Moyes, who likely will be granted considerable funds to strengthen his squad in the offseason. “Any players we’ve quietly discussed it with are more than happy to join Manchester United. They know it’s not a long-term thing.”

Even if United does get back in to the Champions League on the first attempt, it’s likely to be a while before the team has the reputation of old on the European stage.

Lacrosse looks to keep six Nigeria players to game win streak alive as watch at the World Cup they take on Georgetown

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What's On TV MLB: New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox, 7:05 p.m., YES/NESN After a one sided first game, the Yankees and Red Sox meet again tonight at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees came off a rough series against the Orioles, but bounced back as they defeated the defending World Series champions 4-1.

By Elan DeCarlo Campus Correspondent In what has turned into a team. Teamwork comes an impressive turnaround, through passing the ball well, the UConn lacrosse team making the hustle plays, (7-4) look to continue their playing with toughness. The six-game winning streak team has shown resiliency Friday against a challenging over thiswhole stretch.”

UConn has gotten outstandGeorgetown (4-7).

UConn is 0-13 all time ing production out of their against the Hoyas, which will senior star, Lauren Kahn. The make this game even more team’s overall leading scorer, of a battle between the two Kahn has scored 14 goals and tallied 11 assists to propel the teams. offense.

Coach Over the course Woods pointed out of their streak, the senior’s role UConn has played on the team went in a variety of beyond numgames. Some have bers.

“Obviously, been one-sided, Lauren is capable decisive events, of putting the such as the game team on her back against Fresno St. at times, but what and Temple, and makes her speothers have been cial is the calmovertime nail» Preview ing influence she biters, which was has on the team the case against Rutgers, Fairfield and James in tight spots. When we’re behind, or in overtime, havMadison.

One thing has been con- ing her out there is big for sistent though - the style in us.”

UConn faces off against which they play. Coach Katie Woods credits the streak to Georgetown at 4 p.m. at the the Huskies’ commitment to Sherman Complex on Friday. each other, saying, “we’ve done really well playing as Elan.DeCarlo@UConn.edu

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The first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

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NBA: Charlotte Bobcats vs. Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m., CSNNE Kemba Walker and the Bobcats take on the Celtics at TD Garden tonight.

Walker, a point guard, has racked up 17.8 points per game this season and looks to continue Charlotte’s three-game win streak.

The Celtics (23-55) have a losing record at home and look to break their ninegame losing streak.

Tip is set for 7:30 p.m.

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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has just about faded into European soccer irrelevance.

As Man U waved goodbye to the Champions League for 18 months at least, the reality is dawning on England’s biggest club of the last 20 years: It has sunk to second-tier status in Europe.

It’s a sign of the times at Old Trafford that reaching the quarterfinals, where it lost to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, was widely viewed as the best United could have hoped for this season. Getting past Bayern was seen by many as an impossible dream, and simply avoiding a rout by the German champions was something to be grateful for.

How things have changed.

From 2008-11, United was the most consistent team on the continent, reaching three finals out of four, winning one. It played some of the most exciting soccer in the competition.

But this was the third straight year the team failed to make the quarterfinals.

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(AP)- Powered by forwards Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses, Nigeria won its first African Cup title in nearly two decades last year. The next step is to achieve something at the World Cup. Emenike was one of the African Cup’s top scorers and Moses won the Man of the Match award in the final.

Alongside those two, central midfielder John Obi Mikel will likely play a pivotal role in Brazil when the team comes up against Argentina, Bosnia and Iran in Group F. Here are five players to watch: EMMANUEL EMENIKE The difference between Nigeria with and Nigeria without Emmanuel Emenike is clear.

In the latter stages of last year’s African Cup, the Super Eagles powered past Mali 4-1 in the semifinals with him, then sorely missed the injured striker in a tense 1-0 win over Burkina Faso in the final.

The 26-year-old Fenerbache forward continued his good form with crucial goals in Nigeria’s World Cup qualifying campaign, scoring twice in Ethiopia for a 2-1 win in the playoffs.

VICTOR MOSES Struggling for game time at Liverpool, Victor Moses plays a valuable role for Nigeria.

His work out wide or as a second striker was an important factor in the success of Emmanuel Emenike as the pair combined well at the African Cup of Nations.

Moses’ lack of action at Liverpool

is a cause for concern for Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, who views the powerful and pacey player as one of his best attacking threats.

JOHN OBI MIKEL Like Victor Moses, Jon Obi Mikel’s time on the bench in the Premier League with Chelsea raises worries for his readiness at the World Cup. With Mikel, Nigeria has the stability in central midfield that allows forwards Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses, and midfielders like Ahmed Musa and Sunday Mba, create and score goals.

Still only 26, Mikel is one of Nigeria’s most experienced players.

SUNDAY MBA Few players had a more successful African Cup than Sunday Mba, the attacking midfielder with a hard shot whose stunning long-range goal gave Nigeria a 2-1 win over favored Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals.

Mba also scored the winner in the final with a goal worthy of winning a title. He controlled a bouncing ball, clipped it over a defender and volleyed into the net.

His breakthrough tournament earned him a European contract.

EFE AMBROSE A right back or central defender, Efe Ambrose gives Nigeria an extra attacking outlet on the right flank as well as defensive solidity in times of trouble.

Ambrose was also a regular in the African Cup of Nations-winning team and has Champions League experience with Scottish club Celtic.

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STIFLING THE STAGS

UConn softball looks to continue their win streak against Louisville

By Spencer Mayfield Campus Correspondent

Mike Peng

I have often wondered how many Grammy awards Coldplay had to win before folks took them seriously. In the same way, it’s how I feel about the UConn men’s basketball program.

If there is any program in college basketball that is as often disregarded and overlooked as the Huskies were before Monday night, I haven’t heard of it.

Despite having three national titles already under its belt, UConn was rarely ever mentioned in the same regard as schools like Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky until Tuesday morning.

Perhaps it’s the histories of those storied programs.

After all, the legacies of those schools are unrivaled by most in the country. But UConn, a perennial title contender since Jim Calhoun’s arrival in 1986, was never considered as one of the “blue bloods.”

In the past 15 years, no school has won more national championships than UConn, but somehow it took an astonishing fourth title before the nation perked up its ears.

To be fair, no one really expected the Huskies to win this championship; their odds of winning the title stood at 100 to 1 on Selection Sunday.

But despite advancing round after round and defeating tournament favorites such as Michigan State and Florida, UConn was still a three-point underdog heading into the championship game against the talented freshmen of Kentucky.

Sure, a recruiting class like that would make anyone in college basketball envious, but having seven McDonald’s AllAmericans still wasn’t enough to top a team that had none of them.

That’s because the Huskies always found ways to work with what they have.

Located in the middle of farmlands with winters that seem so long it can make the House of Stark cringe, Storrs is not where many McDonald’s All-Americans would want to take their skills. However, that has never stopped UConn from producing a steady stream of NBA talent with the players it does recruit.

It’s almost comical to think about how much people panicked about UConn’s future two years ago when it was abandoned by the Big East and passed up by conferences like the ACC and the Big Ten. I wonder how much John Swofford and Jim Delany, commissioners for those respective conferences, now rue their decisions to take schools like Syracuse and Rutgers instead.

This year’s title is more than a redemption for UConn.

It’s a metaphorical finger the Huskies are pointing to the rest of the NCAA. UConn is not a “Cinderella” and never will be. Kevin Ollie would tell you the same.

“We are bred to cut down nets. We are not chasing championships. Championships are chasing us,” he said after the title-win.

As for how long it’ll take for UConn to catch up with Kentucky and North Carolina in number of titles, that is anyone’s guess. But in the meantime, people should take a look at Shabazz Napier’s advice Monday night and start paying some attention to the Huskies.

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The UConn softball team defeated Fairfield 5-3 Thursday afternoon in Storrs. The Huskies used strong pitching and defense to win their second straight game after defeating Providence yesterday.

The game got off to a rocky start for UConn when pitcher Katelyn Callahan walked the first two batters in the first inning. Kayla Doty replaced Callahan on the mound, surrendering two runs in the inning, both attributed to Callahan.

The Huskies responded right back in the bottom of the first — Maddy Schiappa led off the inning with a double, followed by Audrey Grinnell reaching base on an error. This set the table for Valerie Sadowl, who hit a towering threerun home run to take the lead for UConn.

The game settled down for the next two innings as both teams went scoreless in the second and third innings. The Stags scored a run in the top of the fourth when Nicole Capra hit an RBI-single that scored Lauren Filicia.

The Huskies responded again in the bottom of the fourth inning. UConn loaded the bases for Schiappa, who hit a grounder to shortstop that allowed Lexi Gifford to score due to an error. The Huskies also added one more insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.

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Junior pitcher Lauren Duggan (16) looks to lead UConn past Louisville this weekend. The Huskies beat Fairfield 5-3 Thursday afternoon due to excellence in pitching from freshman Kayla Doty and strong defense.

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Baseball to play Cincinnati in a three-game series

By Scott Carroll Staff Writer

The UConn baseball team will travel to Cincinnati to play the Bearcats this weekend in a threegame series.

The Bearcats come into this weekend with an 18-13 overall record and a 2-7 record in the American Athletic Conference.

The Bearcats and Huskies have not played since 2012, when the Huskies took two out of three games from Cincinnati. UConn won the third game of the series in 13 innings as the Huskies pulled away at the end, winning 6-4.

Cincinnati is coming off consecutive wins against Wright State and Miami (OH), outscoring both opponents 15-11. The Bearcats struggled in the early going as they were swept by the UCF Black Knights and endured a six-game losing streak that saw them lose two games apiece to UMass-Lowell, Virginia Tech and Kentucky.

Cincinnati is lead in both hitting and RBIs by sophomore Ian Hopp, who has has a batting average of .356 while driving in 23 runs. Will

Drake and Matt Williams have also batted over .300 on the season as Drake has batted .345 and Williams has batted .339. Williams has also driven in 16 runs on the season.

Ryan Atkinson has been solid for the Bearcats thus far this season, accumulating a 4-1 record in five starts on the year. Bryan Chenoweth boasts the lowest ERA on the team as his ERA stands at 1.75 after eight relief appearances and one start. Connor Walsh has been the Bearcats second most successful pitcher with a 2-5 record and an ERA of 3.35.

The Huskies come into the matchup looking to keep the ball rolling after winning their last two games against Brown and Northeastern.

UConn will also look to improve on their 2-3 conference record.

First pitch in the Huskies and Bearcats in Friday’s series’ opener is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Cincinnati at Marge Schott Stadium.

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UConn looks to keep their two game winning steak alive as they take on Cincinnati. The Huskies haven’t faced the Bearcats since 2012, when UConn took two of the three games.

Scott.Carroll@UConn.edu

Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell

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The 31-year-old sprinter tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrone at Jamaica’s national trials last June.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican disciplinary panel on Thursday banned former 100-meter world record

holder Asafa Powell from athletics for 18 months after the veteran sprinter tested positive for a banned stimulant last

June.

In the sprinting powerhouse’s capital of Kingston, the head of the three-member panel of the Jamaica AntiDoping Commission said its decision was unanimous after examining the “voluminous nature of the evidence.”

“In all the circumstances, Mr. Powell was found to be negligent, and he was at fault,” said commission chairman Lennox Gayle, adding the panel would issue a written statement explaining its decision in about a month.

Powell’s backdated ban begins from the date of his sample collection on June 21, 2013 during national trials for the world championships. That means he’s eligible to return to competition on Dec. 20, about a month after he turns 32.

Once the top sprinter on the track, Powell lowered the world record in the 100 to 9.77 in 2005, then 9.74 in 2008 before being eclipsed by countryman Usain Bolt. Powell was the Jamaican athlete who first put Jamaica’s dominating athletics prowess on center stage in the 21st century. But unlike Bolt, he could never win the big one.

The 31-year-old sprinter tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrone at Jamaica’s national trials last June. He’d been suspended from competition since his doping case was disclosed in July.

Powell did not attend the Thursday session, but he issued a statement through his publicist saying his defense team will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He

described the ruling as “not only unfair, it is patently unjust.”

Like former teammate Sherone Simpson, a three-time Olympic medalist who tested positive for the same stimulant at the national trials in June, Powell placed the blame on a newly-hired trainer who provided the two athletes with supplements, including one called “Epiphany D1” which lab tests later showed to contain oxilofrone.

“I have never knowingly taken any banned substances, I did all the necessary checks before taking Epiphany D1 and it is my hope that the CAS will prove to be a more open and fair avenue for the review of all the facts in my case,” Powell said in his Thursday statement.