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Preschool students hold sneaker drive Donations go to Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe
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A ‘PARAMOUNT MORAL CHALLENGE’ Nicholas Kristof discusses oppression of women and girls in Africa and Asia. FOCUS/ page 7
A BIG WEEKEND AHEAD Huskies face Scarlet Knights in a 3-game set. SPORTS/ page 14 EDITORIAL: UCONN READS, KRISTOF APPEARANCE A SUCCESS Book unites campus through talk of meaningful issues. COMMENTARY/page 4 INSIDE NEWS: ANN ROMNEY EMERGING AS HUSBAND’S POLITICAL WEAPON Ann able to connect with female voters, raise funds. NEWS/ page 3
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A preschooler from the Child Development Labs at UConn came up with an idea to hold a used sneaker drive. The collected shoes will be recycled and reused for things such as tennis courts and playground surfaces. Family and friends of the students and faculty donated used shoes to the drive in three large boxes, which were delivered to the Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe project. When Heather Leeman, a master teacher in the preschool classrooms, was first approached by Gabriella she said she was enthusiastic. Leeman said, “[Gabriella’s] a student that always wants to help people and we try to find ways to use that in a positive manner.” Leeman further stated that Gabriella became particularly excited when she learned some of the recycled shoes would go toward playground surfaces.
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Preschool students from UConn’s Child Development Lab sit for a photo in one of their classrooms. These students recently held a sneaker drive for Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe.
courts. Finally, the fabric of the top part of the show is turned into Nike Grind Fiber that becomes cushioning for things such as indoor synthetic or wood courts. More detailed
information about the process and nearby drop sites can be found on the website at www. NikeReuseAShoe.com. The Child Development Labs serve primarily as a teaching
Students connect ‘At the Pool’
By Kim Wilson Senior Staff Writer
Have you seen those blue spraychalked advertisements on sidewalks all over campus as you walk around campus? Are you curious as to what “atthepool.com” may be but haven’t gone online to check it out? Here’s your answer: At the Pool is a new social media site, promoted by Hyphos, debuted exclusively at UConn. The purpose of the site is for like-minded people to meet each other in real life through connecting over common interests, favorite places and mutual friends, according to the website’s homepage. Connections are made based on joining “pools,” or groups of people who have share an interest. According to the website’s blog, over 400 people joined atthepool.com during their first week of service. “At the Pool is a place to discover the world around you, a place to broaden your perspective and meet extraordinary people. At the Pool is a place to discover what’s going on and to use the Internet to
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SUBOG held a campus-wide Hunger Games themed scavenger hunt Thursday, where students searched for mockingjay symbols to win prizes. “Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., every hour, we released a hint or a clue on Twitter or Facebook which led to a location with a Hunger Games symbol,” said Sarah Lauretti, an eighth-semester allied health major and SUBOG’s social media and communications chair. Once claimed, these Hunger Games mockingjay symbols could be redeemed for prizes. Lucky students who found the symbols around the campus were reward-
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hunt’s Hunger Games theme, SUBOG made sure to keep the event accessible to both fans and non-fans alike. “We structured the clues so that they incorporated the book,” Lauretti said. “But we set it up so that people who haven’t seen the book or the movie could still participate.” The event was originally scheduled for Friday, but the date was changed due to the campus restrictions in place for Spring Weekend, Lauretti said. “We figured it would be a good way to get everyone involved at the end of the semester,” Lauretti said.
The popular off-campus housing locations Carriage House Apartments in Mansfield and Cedar Ridge in Willington have been sold to Lutz Real Estate Budgets, LLC. Lutz of Birmingham, Michigan for $11 million. Cedar Ridge and Carriage Apartments are owned and managed by the same companies. Lutz has hired Campus Apartments of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to manage the property. Lutz Real Estate Investments, LLC paid Carriage Polo Run, LLC, of West Springfield, MA, about $169,230 per apartment for Carriage House Apartments, according to Mansfield Patch. “From what we’ve heard from parents and students, the new management is affecting residents in a very positive way,” said Sarah Tatum, the regional leasing specialist for Campus Apartments. “We’ve cleared up issues in accounting and have had positive feedback.” The property sale was one of the biggest in Mansfield in years and added another $27,500 to the Town’s funds, according to Mansfield Patch. “They have a number of ideas on the management and [Campus Apartments] seem to have an understanding of the property and the problems that come with it,” Town Manager Matthew Hart said at an April 9 Town Council Meeting. Hart said he is looking forward to working with the new management, Campus Apartments, which manages university off-campus apartments in 24 states. “Our understanding is that Campus Apartments successfully manages a large portfolio of university housing; we look forward to establishing a cooperative working relationship with the new owners and the management company,” Hart said in his April 9 Town Manager’s Report.
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Chalk advertisements, like the one pictured above, were sprayed on sidewalks around campus to promote the new social media website, At the Pool.
get offline,” the website’s description says. Some students, including Gloria Lim, an 8th-semester human development and family studies major, have been checking out the social media site.
“It’s an interesting take on social media and meeting new people,” Lim said. “It’s still just starting up, so it’s not perfect and still has its kinks, but I could see it potentially doing pretty well,” Lim said. “People
are so into being able to connect with other people that most social media sites eventually pick up. I feel like even for this one, it’s just a matter of time.”
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Students expressed similar enthusiasm when talking about the recent drive. Preschooler Edward said, “I really liked when I recycled shoes.” Other students talked about riding in the wagon they used to carry the shoes, and still others talked about their favorite pair of shoes collected. For Gabriella a pair of Scooby Doo sneakers marked her favorite pair. For another student, Najwaya, a big pair of sparkly shoes stood out. Nike-Reuse-A-Shoe has collected over 25,249,000 shoes since its start in 1990, according to it’s website. It’s mission, as stated on it’s website, is “Innovation for a better world.” The entire shoe is used in the recycling process. The outsole of the shoe is turned into what Nike calls Nike Grind Rubber and is used on things such as track and playground surfaces, even new Nike Products. The shoe’s midsole becomes Nike Grind Foam that is used for outdoor basketball and tennis
ed with gift cards to the UConn Co-op. The winners were also eligible to win the event’s grand prize, a Kindle Fire. In the wake of the book franchises’ recent movie release, SUBOG decided that the Hunger Games would be an appropriate theme for the scavenger hunt. “My committee actually loves the series, so they wanted to have a good time making up clues that related to the book,” Lauretti said. “It was more fun for us to set it up like that.” “All the board members have been reading the books in the office,” said Nick Brigis, a secondsemester business management major and a member of SUBOG. “We’ve been seeing people around
campus reading it. It was a way to make the event more unique and attract more attention to it.”
“We set it up so that people who haven’t seen the book or the movie could still participate.”
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Friday: Krispy Kreme Sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Library Entrance, Student Union
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Students rally for public education reform
HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy joined college students from across Connecticut to call for an overhaul of the state’s public education system. The Democratic governor addressed a crowd of college students outside the Capitol Thursday evening. The rally was hosted by local chapters of the group Students for Education Reform, a national non-profit organization. It is affiliated with the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now or ConnCAN, a New Haven-based school reform organization and a strong proponent for charter schools. The rally comes as closed-door negotiations continue over a wide-ranging bill that attempts to improve student performance, expand access to early childhood education, change teacher standards and close the state’s achievement gap.
Conn. House passes compromise hospice bill
HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed a compromise bill that would allow more hospice organizations to offer inpatient services. The bill was approved unanimously Thursday, with some vocal critics of the original legislation voting yes. It now moves to the Senate for further action. As the legislative process continues, the Department of Public Health is still reviewing updated draft regulations for hospice facilities. First proposed two years ago, the changes have pitted the 52-bed Connecticut Hospice in Branford, a nationally recognized hospital for the terminally ill, against dozens of hospice providers across the state who say more facilities are needed.
Foxwoods CEO: Competition may spur online gambling
NEW LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of Foxwoods Resort Casino says rising competition is forcing the Indian-run casino in eastern Connecticut to consider online gambling and other changes. Scott Butera, in an online discussion Thursday with The Day of New London, said supply in the casino business is clearly outpacing demand. Gambling has been legalized in Massachusetts, though casinos are not expected to open for a few years. Casinos in New York also are taking a greater share of the market. “We clearly believe that supply growth is outpacing demand,” Butera said. “As a result, we will need to adjust our businesses accordingly.” He said he expects additional venues and online gambling to be a part of Foxwoods’ future, though not immediately. Butera also said Foxwoods has concluded negotiations with its creditors and is focusing on completing the transaction. He would not be more specific, citing confidentiality agreements.
Lawmakers speak on racial profiling bill
HARTFORD (AP) — Some Connecticut lawmakers are speaking in support of a bill that changes how Connecticut police departments report traffic stop information under the current anti-racial profiling law. Senate Democratic leaders urged passage of the bill during a Thursday morning news conference held shortly before the Senate was expected to vote on the bill. The proposed legislation would strengthen the current anti-racial profiling law that was championed by the late Bridgeport Sen. Alvin W. Penn, to streamline traffic stop information collection. Police officers will also receive training on traffic stops under the bill. Both would be overseen by the Office of Policy and Management. The bill comes after four East Haven officers were arrested earlier his year and accused of waging a campaign against Latinos, including beatings and false arrests.
Jobs recovery sputters with decline in March
WETHERSFIELD (AP) — Connecticut’s employment recovery came to an abrupt halt in March with a decline of 2,700 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent. The state Department of Labor said Thursday that because of the unusually warm winter, jobs in industries such as construction that depend on the weather grew more quickly than usual. As a result, normal springtime increases were smaller than typical. State labor economists say when statistics are adjusted for seasonal changes, some industries now show employment declines. The halt in job creation in March followed an increase of 4,900 jobs in February and more than 7,000 in January. The unemployment rate fell from 7.8 percent in February, the lowest in three years.
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Woman charged in murder of Marine’s missing wife SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Camp Pendleton Marine’s wife left a suicide note before paramedics found her with self-inflicted wounds, authorities said. Jessica Lynn Lopez, 25, could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of killing 22-year-old Brittany Dawn Killgore, whose body was found Tuesday in brush near a Southern California lake. Lopez, who pleaded not guilty Thursday, was discovered with the note in a San Diego hotel room, prosecutor Patrick Espinoza said. No further details were released about the note. Authorities said earlier this week that paramedics hospitalized Lopez after finding her with self-inflicted cuts in the room but didn’t disclose the suicide note. Within hours of finding Lopez, searchers discovered the body of Killgore. Bail for Lopez was set at $3 million at her arraignment in Vista Superior Court, north of San Diego. Another Marine, Louis Ray
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In this April 17 photo, a deputy stands at a roadblock, where a body was found near Lake Skinner near Winchester, Calif. Detectives searching for Brittany Dawn Killgore, who has been missing since Friday, found the body after it was spotted by a maintenance worker leaving the area after clearing brush.
Perez, 45, remained a person of interest in the case. Investigators say he was the last person seen with Killgore. San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis declined to discuss evidence or say if there were additional suspects. “I understand there’s a great deal of interest in the crime and many unanswered questions,” she
said. “Answers will come in time as this case makes its way through the criminal justice system.” Killgore was last seen on April 13, four days after she filed for divorce from her husband, Lance Cpl. Cory Killgore, who was deployed to Afghanistan seven months ago. Neighbor Patricia Pagdilao said Brittany Killgore often
went out with friends after her husband shipped out overseas. “The only time I ever saw her was with friends, either on the way out or on the way home,” Pagdilao, 20, said. After she disappeared, Killgore’s cellphone was found in the Gaslamp District, an area of bars and restaurants in downtown San Diego.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After spending a week in a jail cell by himself, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin stands a good chance of being granted bail Friday, despite the severity of the second-degree murder charge he faces. Whether George Zimmerman is allowed to leave the county as he awaits trial — and how he would remain safe – are two questions likely to be at the center of the hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, legal experts say. “Although it’s not routine for people charged with murder to
get bond, they do get bond, and I think there is an excellent argument to be made in his specific case for him to be released on bond,” said defense attorney Randy McClean, who practices in Seminole County, about 15 miles northeast of Orlando. Zimmerman has several factors in his favor. For one, he has ties to the local community including family members who are expected to testify by telephone on his behalf at Friday’s hearing. He turned himself in voluntarily after second-degree murder charges were filed against him last week, a good indication that he doesn’t pose a flight risk.
He has never been convicted of a crime, which suggests that he doesn’t pose a threat to society, legal experts said. “It’s hard for a prosecutor to argue he will leave, when up to this point he has been cooperative and everyone knows who he is,” said Stacey Honowitz, a veteran prosecutor in Broward County. A spokeswoman for special prosecutor Angela Corey’s office said she wouldn’t comment on whether Corey would object to Zimmerman being released on bond. Zimmerman’s safety weighed on the mind of his defense attorney right after he took
on the case last week. Mark O’Mara indicated he would ask that Zimmerman be allowed to leave the area, if he is granted bond, because of those concerns. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester was assigned the case Wednesday after a previous judge recused herself because of a potential conflict of interest. “Normally, the conditions are that you stay local. I think that is going to be difficult,” O’Mara said in an interview. “I think nobody would deny the fact that if George Zimmerman were walking down the street today, he would be at risk. That is a reality.”
Labs offer hands- Holocaust victims remembered worldwide on experience for children, students from PRESCHOOL, page 1 on experience working in early childhood classroom. “It’s very much a hands on approach to learning how to work with preschool children,” said Leeman. Student teachers are primarily UConn students, however, sometimes students from E. O Smith High School will come to observe in order to get a feel for working in an early childhood classroom. The Child Development Labs offer services for children from six weeks to five years old, and while they primarily serve as a teaching classroom there is also research performed through the Labs, according to its website. More information about the Child Development Labs regarding programs and admission can be found as its website at childlabs.uconn.edu.
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(AP) – In gatherings across Israel, the names of the dead were read out in emotionfilled ceremonies and sirens wailed to honor the 6 million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis. In Poland, youth from around the world marched between Auschwitz and Birkenau – the two parts of Nazi Germany’s most notorious death complex – in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. From Macedonia to Moldova to Israel and beyond, Holocaust Remembrance Day evoked painful memories of individuals and entire communities wiped out by the Nazi killing machine. At a ceremony known as “Every Person Has a Name” at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, 87-yearold survivor Zvi Shefet carried a list of 48 names, including those of his parents, sister, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. “These people have no grave, no tombstone. Their
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names are written nowhere,” said Shefet, who was the lone survivor of his family in a Polish village. “When I go to Yad Vashem, it is like I am going to the
cemetery, to remember my family but also my community – all those who died and have no one left behind to even remember or commemorate them.”
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Ann Romney emerging as husband’s political weapon BOSTON (AP) — She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as “Mamie,” a former stay-athome mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon. The nation is only just beginning to meet the woman Mitt Romney calls “my sweetheart.” And as the general election spotlight burns brighter, the Romney campaign is leveraging Ann Romney’s natural ability to connect with voters in a way her husband cannot. Already, she is becoming a fundraising powerhouse and chief aggressor in her husband’s push to court women. President Barack Obama’s team quietly acknowledges the threat it faces from the Romney who is sweet, unassuming and, at times, unusually willing to share bathroom humor. To be sure, people who know her well have long viewed her as a political force. “I realized that at some point the rest of the world was going to take notice, too,” said Tagg Romney, 42, the eldest of the Romneys’ children. “I think that day has come.” The Romney campaign insists that Ann Romney’s intense schedule hasn’t significantly changed since December, the height of the primary campaign. Despite health concerns, she spent the vast majority of those days and nights living in the buses, planes and hotels that define the less glamorous neces-
sities of presidential politics. Her public role in the 2012 presidential contest so far exceeds that of other GOP candidates’ spouses. She is still largely unknown. Quinnipiac University found this week that 64 percent of registered voters don’t know enough about her to form an opinion; 25 percent view her favorably compared with 9 percent who do not. But her profile is growing. And donors and national media outlets alike are clamoring for her time. Ann Romney headlined a New York City birthday fundraiser this week with Donald Trump that generated more than a halfmillion dollars for her husband’s campaign. The same day she taped a television interview for “Entertainment Tonight.” She and her husband also taped their first nationally televised interview as a couple with Diane Sawyer of ABC News. “Four years ago I said I would never do this again – was pretty emphatic about that. Because it is a stressful time and my hearts go out to anyone that participates in this event,” she told Sawyer. As Mitt Romney often tells supporters, his wife ultimately came around and helped persuade him to run again. She has since embraced a central role in helping the campaign confront her husband’s political challenges great and small. In some ways, it’s the same supportive role she has always played in a marriage that’s spanned 43 years. But never has her role been
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — You can buy “Fat Bastard” wine in Alabama, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for “Dirty Bastard” beer. The state alcoholic beverage control agency said Thursday it has banned the sale of Dirty Bastard beer in the state because of the profanity on its label. Beer and wine are commonly sold in grocery and convenience stores and anyone can see the labels, so staff members rejected the brand because parents may not want young people to see rough language on the shelves, said Bob Martin, an attorney with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. “That’s the whole reason for the rule, to keep dirty pictures and dirty words away from children,” he said. “Personally, I believe the staff made the right call.” Workers at the agency consulted sources including the Federal Communications Commission and Wikipedia to develop a list of objectionable words that should not appear on product labels, Martin said, and the list includes “bastard.” The state allows the sale of “Fat Bastard” wine and also approved the sale of another brand of beer called Raging Bitch, Martin said, but both of those decisions were made years ago. “I have no idea how or why or exactly when that went through,” he said.
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UConn Reads, Kristof appearance a success
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n Thursday afternoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of “Half the Sky,” Nicholas Kristof, spoke at the Student Union Theater as a part of the culmination of the UConn Reads initiative implemented by President Herbst this year. Kristof’s lecture brought a contentious, difficult human rights issue to the forefront in a relatable manner. With humor and anecdotes, women’s health and education rights were discussed frankly, and the UConn Reads program successfully completed its goal: to unite the campus in a “meaningful dialogue around a single book and a single set of ideas,” as Herbst said in her introduction of Kristof. Herbst created UConn Reads because of her belief that it was important for UConn, “to think together, argue together, and to learn and act together” through reading, and to discuss an issue that we will all potentially deal with in our lives. The committee-chosen book, “Half the Sky,” did just that, bringing the campus together to find a deeper understanding about the need to educate women across the world and prevent what amounts to “lethal discrimination,” according to Kristof. What is just as important as the book’s message, is UConn campus and administration’s dedication to education and improvement in the field of human rights. We have instituted a human rights major, due to the popularity of the minor and the increased demand and commitment towards human rights and global justice exhibited by UConn students. The campus also supports UNESCO student ambassadors and “Namaste,” a student produced and published human rights journal. That the committee chose a text that further promotes the discussion and debate of pertinent, modern human rights issues speaks volumes to our community commitment to improving the world we live in. Hopefully, the UConn Reads initiative and the commitment and dedication to a larger issue as demonstrated over this year will continue in the years to come. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Toboganning is a sport that should be taken seriously. I hear they are firebombing North Campus in order to protect us from hurting ourselves this weekend. Dear UConn, the Spring Weekend guest policies you have set into place are by far the biggest c**kblock I have experienced all semester... Sincerely, Sexually Frustrated I told my girls Kool A.D. could get it. I just downloaded Emoji to my phone and now my conversations are so fun and picture-y and I can’t stop spicing up my conversations with kissing people! Oops, I need to buy sunscreen. I’m a lobster. I should audition for the Judge Trudy show. I still wonder what the InstantDaily looks like. I think it’s a beautiful brunette girl that looks just like Caroline Doty and has a 4.0 GPA. Jay Hickey walks like this ‘cuz he can back it up #hesgotabigego It’s almost time for gr*d**t**n. I saw at least five prospective students get denied from the dining halls today, nice job UConn What to do, what to do? No homework and no class tomorrow. WHAT is a college student to DO on such a springy Thursday night? Perhaps I’ll go play cribbage at the old folk’s home. I just sneezed all over my dinner. I’m pretty sure I’m still going to eat this. I feel like I belong in District 2. If you don’t understand this, believe me, we don’t WANT YOU. I feel like music has the ability to be really powerful and change lives. Is that weird? Spring Weekend Anthem 2012: Michelle Branch Goodbye to You
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Campaigners must be allowed to protest
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n 1977, the United States Supreme Court determined a case known as National Socialist Party v. Skokie, which concerned the right of a group of neo-Nazis to stage a march and rally in Skokie, a quiet suburb of Chicago. The case attracted significant political attention because Skokie is an overwhelmingly Jewish community. At the time, one-sixth of its residents were survivors of the Holocaust. In an extremely controversial decision, the court ruled 5-4 that a village ordinance designed specifiBy Christopher Kempf cally to prevent the Weekly Columnist Nazis from demonstrating in Skokie violated the First Amendment to the Constitution. So long as they respected private property and did not incite violence, the court determined, no governmental authority could prohibit even the most vile and bigoted of groups from exercising their right to freely assemble in public places. I mention this court case because of the way our political and social climate here on campus was transformed earlier this week by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform’s protests against abortion. This group secured a permit from the university to erect graphic signs and posters depicting the consequences of abortion. Furthermore,
the truck which this California-based group used to travel to campus encircled it all day on both Monday and Tuesday, bearing the same imagery of blood and mutilation. Given the strong presence of reproductive rights and pro-choice activism here on campus, it came as no surprise that the CBR demonstrators quickly attracted observers, critics and counter-protestors to Fairfield Way. Elsewhere on campus, this unexpected maelstrom of heated discourse loosened the tongues of thousands of students – in a way, putting us into the positions of the Skokie residents who endured the neo-Nazi rally which eventually took place there. Some of us questioned the CBR’s message; almost all of us questioned the CBR’s tactics. After all, who really wants to see detailed photographs of aborted fetuses on their way to breakfast? But when we try to consider what standard should be employed to separate legitimate speech from unacceptable speech, we necessarily begin to encroach upon the right to speech itself. If the CBR’s ideas are wrong, then we can trust that debate will cause them to weaken and disappear from the broader discourse. Even the man who protested next to the CBR’s colossal anti-abortion display on Monday morning with a sign reading “These guys are assholes” – a decidedly non-constructive contribution to the discourse – has a viewpoint that should be granted the right of public expression and prevented from physical attack or censorship. It is not the place of a government to evaluate the meaning and constructiveness of speech; nor is it its place to arbitrarily
resolve debate. The debate over abortion thus remains unresolved, and disagreement proliferates. I, for one, happen to consider myself prochoice, despite the CBR’s attempt to distort and rebrand the term. Put succinctly, I believe that any government attempt to restrict or prevent access to abortions constitutes a violation of basic and fundamental rights to privacy, personal security and autonomy. I believe this while defending the right of pro-life campaigners to argue their beliefs using whatever language or imagery they choose. The First Amendment should not be construed to prohibit the utterance of any offensive or hateful speech so long as that speech does not represent an imminent threat or incitement to violence. We cannot call upon our government to silence views we find abhorrent or destructive. I insist that we would never want it to do so, lest government be used to smother those viewpoints we happen to adhere to and hold to be true and accurate. It is, however, up to this campus’ activists – those who have addressed this controversy with far more bravery than I could ever hope to in an opinion column – to defeat those ideas through debate and counterargument. Let the CBR impugn itself with its graphic, disgusting protest imagery. Let us trust in the reason of UConn’s students – trust that they will reject the politics of bathos and fear.
Weekly Columnist Christopher Kempf is a 4th-semester political science major and geography minor. He can be reached at Christopher.Kempf@UConn.edu.
Facebook purchase of Instagram bound to flop
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acebook founder Mark Zuckerberg caught much attention last week when he announced via his Facebook page that he had bought Instagram, a smartphone app allowing users to apply retro filters to pictures and share them. The sale itself wasn’t so spectacular; rather it was the price Zuckerberg was willing to pay - $1 billion - that turned heads. This is a staggering amount to pay for a company that had a By Thomas Dilling whopping 13 employees Staff Columnist (just a single employee one year ago) and zero revenue to date. In perspective, Facebook could have opted to buy out the entirety of the New York Times at its current market cap and have money to spare. Started by a 28-year old with no formal programming education who claimed to have only taken eight weeks to build the app, the sale has quickly been put forward as the value of social media increases mobile and technocentric world. But I contend the social media is overvalued. Excitement about the future is clouding people’s judgment of reality.
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Instagram isn’t really a new concept: sharing photos over the internet is as old as the internet itself. Applying filters to photos on-the-fly, albeit less advanced ones, (think almost) preceded smartphones. Combining those two ideas isn’t so profound. However novelty has gained traction, only to an extent. For comparison, OMGPOP, the company behind the popular virtual charades smartphone app, Draw Something, was purchased last month for $180 million. On its sale date, the game was yielding 14.6 million daily users, roughly 60 percent of its 22.4 monthly users, and was earning about $250 thousand per day. Instagram had only a small fraction of Draw Something’s daily users (1.7 million on its sale date) and these users were far less dedicated to the app (only 23 percent of monthly users being daily users) while earning the company no money. Yet somehow, while having not even one-eight the daily users, Facebook paid almost six times the price - a highly inflated valuation. Facebook itself has been valued at highly inflated levels as well. In January 2011, Goldman Sachs gave Facebook
a $50 billion valuation, at about 500 million users, for a value of about $100 per user. Meanwhile, revenues were only $4 per user and profits only $1 per user (that’s a 25 percent profit margin and a 100:1 price/earnings ratio). Now, with Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) less than a month away, it has capped at around $100 billion on secondary markets, and roughly maintaining those same margins. In comparison, Google had a P/E of about 120:1 at IPO but grew to south of 20:1 today. In order for Facebook to make those gains, they will have to grow five-fold over the next several years. This will either have to be a fivefold increase in users (4.25 billion - about two-thirds the world’s population, including infants and impoverished), a five-fold increase in ad revenue per person (five times the amount of ads!), or a combination of both. But the prospects of Facebook being able to attain these growth numbers becomes even more difficult because there are a limited number of people in the developed world who are premium users in ad markets. Clearly, these large sums are based on expected growths,
rather than actual earnings but these expected growths are pretty absurd. Furthermore, no social media site has been able to show it can maintain the earnings people are expecting. RenRen, regarded as the Facebook of China, went public a year ago but dropped in half since its IPO, rather than gained. The problem for social media appears to be that most people are unwilling to pay for it. This has forced sites that focus on social media to earn revenue primarily through advertisements. But a website can only put so many ads on a page and have them yield so much of a response. Betting extraordinarily high sums on social media with nothing to base its staying power or earning potential on is even more misguided than pouring money into “established” sites. Social media is exciting and new at the moment but as Dylan Grice explains as the lottery ticket effect, “we’re hardwired to overvalue excitement and undervalue boredom.” People are overvaluing excitement here. Staff Columnist Thomas Dilling is an 8th-semester biological sciences major. He can be reached at Thomas.Dilling@UConn.edu.
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There is more to the pro-life platform than beliefs
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f you were on campus Monday or Tuesday, you were probably painfully aware of the pro-life truck driving around campus with the image of an “abortion victim” plastered on the side. That is, a dismemBy John Nitowski bered fetus. If you had Staff Columnist the displeasure to wander into Fairfield Way you would have been greeted with even larger, more gruesome and offensive images of dismembered fetuses. I’m not the first to say it, but I’m going to go on the record and say that what the “Genocide Awareness Project” does is disgusting, despicable and distracting. About now is when you might say something like, “But it just offends you because you’re on the opposing side!”
I’m pro-life. That’s right. I hate abortion. I’m horrified by the notion of considering a fetus anything besides a human life. But if there’s one thing I hate more than abortion, it’s people who stand outside abortion clinics and call people who walk in “murderers.” It sends the wrong message and disgraces the prolife point of view altogether. Like I said, I’m pro-life. I’m also male. This is never a decision I will have to make for myself, therefore I respect a woman’s right to her own opinion. I don’t see a problem with this point of view. Being pro-choice is certainly not the same thing as being a Nazi or a Holocaust-denying member of the Iranian government (which is the view that GAP supports). Of course, if you were on your way to lunch Monday or Tuesday, you might have lost
your appetite. GAP would say that that was a small price to pay in order to save lives. But we live on a big campus. I have no doubt that there are women on this campus who’ve had abortions. Maybe some of them are still suffering from the emotional aftereffects of a terminated pregnancy. Post-abortion depression exists; not in every circumstance, but it’s out there, and nothing is more important than protecting a woman’s well being prior to pregnancy, during it, and after whatever choice she makes. Worst-case scenario: a woman seeking psychiatric care walks by Fairfield Way and is greeted by images of torn apart fetuses
“I hold the stupid hope that GAP will stop what they’re doing before somebody gets hurt.”
» LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UConn Spring Weekend crackdown going too far
With the murder of a student on campus, by a non-student with no ties to the University, it is understandable that the University would like to change the stigma and violence that occurs during this annual UConn event. However, the question remains whether the University is taking these preventative measures too far, and whether the administration has the legal right to close public roads and forbid non-students on campus. I took it upon myself to re-read the UConn Housing Contract once again, and to my surprise, a clause was added recently to allow the UConn Administration to forbid guests in dorms. This is a signed contract by every student living on campus, and therefor the University can physically forbid non-students in dorms. However, after consulting an attorney, it is apparent that the University does not have the authority to close public roads to the school, unless a permit for an event has been filed (and to my knowledge, no such document has been procured). However, the administration, being lead by VP of Student Affairs John Saddlemire, have no qualms turning away family members or friends of students living on campus, even for personal health concerns. Furthermore, the school-wide shutdown of services is a safety concern, and it is my own personal belief that more damage can be done through this crackdown than from the previous years’ social events. Closing down the bus system at 6pm will prompt students to walk back to their dorm in the dark, which could lead to cases of physical and sexual assault. Shutting down the Union Street Market early will deter
that might have been her own. She is called a Nazi, a murderer, and a genocidal maniac. In this worst-case scenario, she does something self-destructive and drastic. Hopefully, she would just shrug it off in a dramatic session with the therapist. There’s simply no way to know ahead of time. And that’s why GAP should not do what they do. If they drive around to enough college campuses, eventually this sort of thing is bound to happen, if it hasn’t happened already. If it happens, that blood will be on the hands of people claiming to stop genocide. In the near future, I encourage you to visit abortionno.org,
possibly intoxicated students from receiving an adequate meal to keep them safe through the “festivities.” Let alone the fact that barring students from hosting alternative events will give the illusion that there is nothing else to partake in this weekend then the over consumption of alcohol of other drugs. The measures that are being taken by the University of Connecticut are poorly planned and detrimental to the lives of those students who may need these services to be safe. If there happens to be a case of any of the possible outlined situations I noted previously, I will personally request an investigation through the Attorney General’s office into the administration of the University of Connecticut, and would hope that the students of UConn will voice their opinions on creating a better, safer Spring Weekend. – Bryan Flanaghan
photographic display itself. Eventually, upon the CBR?s scheduled departure at 5PM, protesters shouted obscenities at the group as it left. This disappointing and childish behavior did nothing to advance prochoice arguments and ultimately was a display of the negative results that occur when vitriol and a mob mentality overcome civil and rational discourse. One student organizer of the counter-protest, Siobhan O’Malley, was quoted in the Hartford Courant as saying, “We don’t want them here anymore.” Likewise, one of the chants heard on Tuesday morning was “We want you off our campus, now.” These choices of phrase are telling. The prochoice advocates on campus preferred to silence or be rid of the CBR demonstration entirely rather than allow them to speak to students and show their photographs, as is their constitutional right to do. The students involved in the protests this week would do well to realize that organizations or messages that they oppose are not unwelcome to share their opinions and arguments in a public place such as this campus. One con-
Regarding the abortion protest
On Monday and Tuesday, the Center for Bioethical Reform, an anti-abortion organization, established a display showing large photographs of aborted fetuses on Fairfield Way near the Student Union. Though the images were graphic, the truly disturbing consequence of the group?s presence was the conduct of many UConn students. Pro-choice activists organized on Facebook and elsewhere in advance of Tuesday’s event and attempted to prevent the pro-life group from taking its place on Fairfield Way, at which time two pro-choice students were arrested for criminal trespass. Throughout the day, students who opposed the pro-life group could be heard attempting to shout down the volunteers as they expressed their views on matters such as abortion, religion, “family values” and the nature of the
sequence of the freedom of speech that we enjoy in this country is that people do not have the right to demand that the authorities silence individuals or groups that they “don’t want” to deal with or find offensive. – Joseph Gasser President of UConn Republicans
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I want to commend the Daily Campus, in general, and Melanie Deziel, in particular, for the fine story you did on the death of Chronicle publisher Kevin Crosbie. As a long time employee of that newspaper, I
the website for the GAP. Pull up their FAQ page and see just how insane, deluded, and misguided these people are, if not outright greedy. When asked, “How can you be so insensitive to Jewish and African Americans? These signs offend them.” Their answer is, “These pictures of genocide against Jews and African Americans are used all the time in textbooks and documentaries.” GAP fails to mention how they are most certainly not a textbook or a documentary. They are in fact a greedy political organization looking out for no one’s interest except their own. If you’re reading this and you’re pro-life, you might say something along the lines of, “Well, they may be misguided, but at least they stand up for what they believe, and they’re trying to defend helpless innocents.”
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Perspective of UConn student regarding UConn Spring Weekend
The issue missed by some is not what we may do as UConn students during spring weekend, as if we are all going to immediately begin breaking the law, it is the fact that the university has decided to completely take away our rights as UConn students. The UConn administration has made it known that it does not want another death occurring near UConn during spring weekend due to an increase in non-students which have been the cause of all major issues. Almost any article or newsletter sent out by the administration mentions the murder of Jafar Karzoun, a 20-year-old UConn student murdered on spring weekend. However, many of the notices sent out by the administration fail to mention that the murderer did not attend UConn and the incident happened off campus. Many reports also fail to mention the immense mourning of UConn students that followed our fellow classmate’s death. Many current students were there when it happened and still feel the pain of the tragic happenings of that night. The campus was in an uproar of sorrow. Instead of allowing the UConn student body to heal, the administration has consistently used Jafar’s death as a threat to students in regards to spring weekend, as if the UConn student body is to blame and that at all the vigils and memorials with massive showings for Jafar were nothing. This is insulting. After the 2010 spring weekend the administration decided to ban nonstudents from campus during spring weekend. This is an understandable move by the administration, with many
Really? I think my fellow pro-lifer, 8th-semester political science major Stacer Reeves, said it best. “I think it’s selfrighteous to claim that you respect the dignity of human life, and that’s why you fight against abortion… and then you go around and use the images of these fetuses you value so much and exploit it for shock value just to say, ‘Look at it! Look at it!’” Shock value campaigning is not only damaging and counterproductive to the pro-life view, but it’s insensitive and down right dangerous. I hold the stupid hope that GAP will stop what they’re doing before somebody gets hurt. Staff Columnist John Nitowski is a 2nd-semester English major. He can be reached at John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.
of the issues and problems from spring weekend stemming from non-students who do not respect the university, the students, the property and our reputation. However it is becoming more apparent that the university has used shady and disguised initiatives supposedly aimed at prohibiting nonstudents from coming to UConn but actually affecting UConn students such as myself from being able to move freely around campus. This weekend President Herbst will initiate the UConn police state. UConn students will endure road blocks and mandatory ID checks to enter the campus as the 19th ranked public university in the nation transforms into a high security prison. UConn students who live on campus will be forced to show their IDs before entering their dormitories, comply with unnecessary parking bans and will have to obtain guest passes before visiting other UConn students who live in different dormitories, sometimes just yards away from their own. The sanctions for UConn students who do not live on campus are even worse. Those who live off campus will not be allowed to visit any dormitories even though they too are UConn students. President Herbst views UConn students as criminals, stripping us of our rights before we have done anything wrong. The United States was founded on the notion that all citizens are given the benefit of the doubt and are innocent until proven guilty. I can understand the university banning non-students from visiting campus during spring weekend by not allowing guest passes. However, President Herbst has missed the point, or rather has decided to twist the tragedy of the 2010 spring weekend, the cause of a non-student, on the UConn students who have mourned Jafar’s death. President Herbst is out of tune with the student body and did not see how the students came together during that time. President Herbst is insulting every UConn student by treating us unfairly, creating a police state, and blaming the UConn students for Jafar’s death. – Anthony Infurchia
What are you doing for Spring Weekend? – By Kevin Scheller
“I’m going home to chill with my girl Mary Jane.”
“Getting drunk and smoking ticket-able substances.”
“Wondering why I have to sign in with Busby when I’m back.”
“I am studying for two exams that I have next week.”
Dylan Leone, 4th-semester plant science major
Chantal Lessard, 8th-semester psychology major
Steve DiCapua, 6th-semester economics major
Marshal Burns, 6th-semester biology major
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30 killed in Iraq’s worst violence in month
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers decried the violence as a tragic but inevitable result of the Shiite-led government’s attempts to dominate Iraqi politics. Despite simmering sectarian tensions, a lull in deadly attacks since mid-March led many to hope Iraq had turned a corner and away from widespread violence. That proved overly optimistic as at least 14 bombs and mortar shells exploded across 10 cities over three hours in the morning. At least 117 people were wounded, police said. “What crime have we committed? How long will such violence continue?” wailed a woman, who would identify herself only by her nickname of Um Ali, after watching a car explode outside an apartment building in western Baghdad. “This is security in Iraq,” a man nearby muttered sarcastically as he inspected damage to his car. Six of the bombings struck at security forces and government officials – frequent targets for insurgents. In Baghdad alone, 12 people were killed, mostly in Shiite neighborhoods. The other attacks hit northern Iraqi cities – from Samarra, where a 2006 mosque bombing touched
off the worst of the insurgency, to the ethnically mixed city to Kirkuk, to Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Baghdad military command spokesman Col. Dhia al-Wakeel said they resembled those carried out by al-Qaida, the Sunni Muslim terror network. Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers said the bombings likely were the result of a monthslong political impasse that has all but paralyzed Iraq’s government since the U.S. military withdrawal at the end of last year. They said ongoing bickering over a stalled power-sharing agreement with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, has opened the door to violence. “The deterioration in the security situation is a result of the differences between the political powers,” said Sunni lawmaker Hamid al-Mutlaq, a member of parliament’s defense and security committee. He urged the government to strike a power agreement quickly with competing parties. “And if they fail, they have to acknowledge that they can’t lead the country and quit,” said alMutlaq, a frequent al-Maliki critic. Although political unrest appears to serve as a conduit for insurgents seeking to undermine al-Maliki’s government, it’s unlikely the bombers were
motivated by a desire to create a new power-sharing agreement, said Juan R. I. Cole, a history professor and Middle East expert at the University of Michigan. “Right now you have a small but significant number of people who are absolutely unreconciled to the idea of a new Iraq. And that is where you get terrorism,” Cole said. “They don’t believe in Iraq’s parliament – they are trying to undermine it.” Although the level of violence is nowhere near where it was just five years ago, when Iraq threatened to descend into civil war, deadly attacks are common nationwide. While there is no indication that Iraq will return to the brink of war, without political harmony the country is more likely to limp along for years with occasional wide-scale violence. Iraq’s political chasm has pitted al-Maliki against the Sunnidominated Iraqiya coalition, which won the most seats in 2010 parliamentary elections but was outmaneuvered in backroom negotiating over the right to seat the government. Iraqiya complains it is being shut out of power, and briefly boycotted the government earlier this year after an arrest warrant was issued against Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on terror charges. Iraqiya and alHashemi called the charges an example of al-Maliki’s flexing
his authority for political gain. But recently, the gap between al-Maliki and his critics began to grow when two groups he successfully courted to keep his job – Kurds and the hardline Shiite followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr – threatened to defect. Upset about Baghdad’s demand to keep oil deals with ExxonMobil Corp. for itself, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has compared the Iraqi central government to a dictatorship. On Thursday, as Baghdad announced it was blacklisting Exxon from bidding in a lucrative energy action next month because of its deals in the Kurdish region, Barzani was meeting with al-Hashemi in Istanbul, where the vice president is visiting in exile. The meeting was widely viewed as an opportunity to create a new coalition against al-Maliki. Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said he hoped the disputes can be resolved without a government breakdown, but that withdrawing Kurdish support from al-Maliki “could be possible.” He also blamed Thursday’s attacks, in part, on the impasse. “Both political and security stability are linked to each other,” Othman said. “When politicians are focused on their disputes, that gives terrorists an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.”
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An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the coffin of Kadim Mohsin at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial amid a sandstorm in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday.
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Fewer people registering for Rumors swirl of smaller iPad Susan G. Komen races
DALLAS (AP) - For years, Katie Sanchez participated in her local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raising money annually to honor her aunt, cousin and a male friend - all breast cancer survivors. But when her local race rolls around this fall, she won’t be there. She already donated her entry fee to Planned Parenthood. “Pretty much everyone I walk with has decided to do something else,” she said. Sanchez and many other Komen supporters have abandoned the nation’s largest breast-cancer charity since news emerged in late January that it had decided to stop making grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer-screening. Komen soon reversed that move following a three-day onslaught of criticism. Organizers of individual Race for the Cure events - 5K runs and walks that account for most of the charity’s fundraising have seen participation decline by as much as 30 percent. Most also saw their fundraising numbers go down, although a couple of races brought in more money. Race organizers acknowledge the effect of the Planned Parenthood debacle, which angered people on both sides of the abortion debate. “I think there’s no getting around the fact that the controversy did have an impact,” said Leslie Aun, a spokeswoman for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. “We’re not back where we were. We know that it’s going to take a while.” Sanchez, an occupational therapist from Denver, said she was upset when she learned that Komen had pulled the funding. And she wasn’t mollified when the charity reinstated it. “I appreciate that they changed their minds, but that was still too little, too late in my opinion,” said Sanchez, who has participated in five races over the past several years. Sanchez, who describes herself as pro-choice but not proabortion, said the flip-flop caused her to lose respect for Komen’s decision-making process. “If it’s really that important to you, then make a decision and stick with it,” she said. Only nine races have been held since the Planned Parenthood controversy, but an Associated Press survey of affiliates for the Dallas-based charity showed that a downward trend is already taking shape. A month before a southern Arizona race, the number of people registered was about half as many as last year.
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In this April 14 photo walkers and runners stop for the Star Spangled Banner before the start of the Cure in Fort Worth, Texas. Organizers of Race for the Cure events across the country have reported drops in participation following a controversy involving Planned Parenthood.
A spokeswoman for the affiliate in Tucson, Gillian Drummond, said the group held a news conference to “save our race” and focused on getting the word out that most of the money raised at the event goes to grants for local services, including breast screenings, cancer treatments and education programs. The remaining 25 percent goes to national research. “We just tried to connect with people that way and to show them that we do a lot of good locally,” she said. “This is too valuable a race to lose.” By the time of the March 25 event, registrations had rebounded somewhat but were still about 30 percent lower than 2011 - roughly 7,200 registrants compared with 10,000. The $425,000 fundraising total was down by about 25 percent. Many affiliates, including the one in Tucson, released statements saying they disagreed with the decision to pull the funding. And, like Tucson, many affiliates were not currently providing grants to Planned Parenthood. Out of a total of about 2,000 grants nationwide, 22 currently go to Planned Parenthood, Aun said. In Baton Rouge, the Komen affiliate’s March 10 race saw registration fall by about 10 percent. But the group raised about $85,000 more than last year to bring in about $589,000. The total crowd count - compiled
with help from police - was the biggest ever, at 14,000 to 15,000. It included those cheering on participants. “I think this is the natural progression where a lot of people in the past just knew that they wanted to support Komen, and now they’re more people that understand the full range of where funds go,” said the affiliate’s executive director, Janet Dewey-Kollen. For fiscal year 2011, Komen spent 83 percent of its money on its mission. Thirty-seven percent went to education, 23 percent to research, 16 percent to screening and 7 percent to treatment. Of the remaining, 7 percent went to administration and 10 percent to fundraising, Aun said. Among longtime supporters, the controversy may have been the first time they reflected “on what they think matters,” said Katherina Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. For some, the episode also probably resulted in a loss of confidence in management, Rosqueta said. Herbert Krabel, owner of a marketing company in WinstonSalem, N.C., counts himself in that group. He does not plan to participate in any more races and remains troubled by the fact that funding was pulled at all. Komen said it had adopted criteria excluding Planned
Parenthood from future breastscreening grants because Planned Parenthood was the subject of an investigation launched by a Florida congressman at the urging of anti-abortion groups. “It felt really that upper management was lying, really not being honest, about how the decision was being made to pull the funding,” he said. Others have not been swayed in their commitment to Komen. Michelle Buchanan, a secretary from Koshkonong, Mo., said she’ll participate in a race this fall in Little Rock. Buchanan said her mother, who suffered from breast cancer, benefited from a Komen grant that helped provide screenings and treatments. “I was pretty steady. I know that the Arkansas affiliate does good,” she said, adding, “It just seemed like everybody got off focus a little bit from what the goal is.” A month before the April 14 race in Fort Worth, the affiliate was about 40 percent behind registration from the previous year. On the day of the event, participants numbered 10,655, about a 23 percent decline. Fundraising was down about 21 percent, at about $381,000. “I think things started to turn when we started to go on the local news here to let people know what the impact would be,” said Jennifer Wersal, a spokeswoman for the Fort Worth affiliate.
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In this file photo, an Associated Press reporter holds up the new iPad during an event in San Francisco. Rumors of a smaller iPad, or “iPad mini” have percolated ever since the first iPad was launched two years ago.
Steve Jobs detested idea for model NEW YORK (AP) — Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians. There’s a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What’s unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died. Apple and its suppliers aren’t commenting. Rumors of a smaller iPad, or “iPad mini” have percolated ever since the first iPad was launched two years ago. This time around, they’re fed by media reports from South Korea, China and Taiwan, saying Apple has ordered Samsung screens that are 7.86 inches measured on the diagonal. That would make the screen about two-thirds the size of the current iPad, which has a diagonal measurement of 9.7 inches. —WHY IT’S A GOOD IDEA: A smaller tablet would help Apple further its lead in the tablet market. “From a competitive standpoint, we believe an iPad mini with a lower price point would be the competition’s worst nightmare, says Shaw Wu, an
analyst at Sterne Agee. “Most (competitors) already have a tough enough time competing against the iPad 2, as well as the new iPad.” Apple has successfully fended off competitors who have tried to sell tablets in iPad’s size range. But last year, Amazon. com Inc. figured out how to crack Apple’s stranglehold on tablets by making a half-size, no-frills tablet. The result was the Kindle Fire, which sells for $199 —basically, the cost of production. Amazon has sold millions of them. Apple sells the iPod Touch for $199, but its screen is about a quarter of the size of the Kindle Fire — a big disadvantage for people who want to enjoy books, movies and games. It also sells the older iPad model for $399. It has nothing in between. Price isn’t the only reason customers might prefer a smaller tablet. A 7-inch model would fit in many handbags, unlike the current iPad. Wu says he’s seen evidence of Apple experimenting with both smaller and larger tablet screens since 2009, and doesn’t sense that the release of an iPad mini is “imminent.”
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A ‘paramount moral challenge’ Nicholas Kristof discusses oppression of women and girls in Africa and Asia So you want to run a half marathon…
By Amy Schellenbaum Senior Staff Writer Even after looking at the knobbed spines of starving girls or the smiling face of a young woman whose eye was gouged out as punishment from a brothel owner, coauthor of “Half the Sky” and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof managed to purvey a message of resilience and hope at his talk on genderrelated violence Thursday. At the capstone event for President Herbst’s “UConn Reads” initiative, Nicholas Kristof spoke about fatal gender inequities that lead to human trafficking and reproductive trauma in women and how to change the social structures that codify violence and inequality. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist said the oppression of women and girls is the “paramount moral challenge” of the 21st century. Kristof said that, while gender discrimination in the United States is often characterized as unequal pay or unwanted comments, in many parts of the world, gender disparities are lethal. Kristof said in ten years, more women die from gender inequality than the people who died in all the genocides of the 20th century. “In much of the world, if there isn’t enough food to go around, you feed your son and starve your daughter,” Kristof said, adding that parents in developing countries often take boys to get vaccines or medical care at the expense of sick girls in the family. Kristof also spoke on the ubiquity and devastation of sex slavery, genital mutilation and poor care during pregnancy and childbirth. Kristof said
By Lauren Cardarelli Campus Correspondent
mass-quantity food companies to serve up a reliable fish meal, but prepare to be surprised by the UConn dining halls. I deem the fish safe to eat and delicious – not to mention the fact that it’s probably one of the healthier ways to stock up on lean protein. Dining services offers an array of fish to suit the taste buds of any seafood connoisseur. Here are some pretty tasty fish dishes served around campus with ratings: Cod = 5 stars. The cod is consistently well-prepared. It goes extremely well with lentils, which it is often served with (possibly one of the best dining hall duos). It is best complimented by the light and fresh palate of the well-aged Nestea Iced tea served from only the most exquisite soda fountains of the dining hall vineyards. Actually, it tastes pretty good with whatever. Lakeside Tilapia With Shrimp & Garlic = 2 stars. This fish is the only one I would recommend staying away from. It seems to be more buttery than the other fish dishes and l regretted eating it both times I tried it. The servings are thin and taste a bit strange with the lemon wedges mixed in the dish. Ale Battered Striped Panga = 4 stars. The panga tastes lovely (like all fried foods tend to) but is less appealing to me because it is indeed fried. A good comfort meal, the panga tastes like a less healthy (but satisfying) version of the cod. Baked Cracker Crumb Cod = 5 stars. This fish dish offers the crispy outside of a fried fish without being fried. It’s a beautiful thing and it tastes pretty good too with a crispy outside
Being a runner doesn’t have to coincide with the daunting 13.1 marker but if you’re interested in getting there, I learned a few things along my journey after completing my first half marathon this past weekend in Central Park that I would love to share. It isn’t an easy thing to tackle, but anyone can succeed if they set their mind to it. Here are my top 10 tips for first-time half marathoners. 10. Set a “why.” Maybe you’re looking to lose weight or simply need a purpose to haul yourself to the gym after a long day of class. Whatever it may be, let the reasoning behind your madness fuel you through the pavement that lies ahead. 9. Hydrate and fuel up, before the race, during the race and after. Do I need to explain why? I didn’t think so. 8. Be prepared. Remember back in the day when you laid out your first day of school outfit and gear in anticipation for the day ahead? Relive this notion the night before your race, except setting your race ensemble, bib number, sneakers, iPod, etc. out so nothing important is left behind. Keep tissues or toilet paper on you because portable bathroom will not stay stocked! 7. Listen to your body. It’s only natural to feel a tweak here or pull there along the way, especially if this is the first time you’ve dedicated yourself to such a strenuous regiment. Ice your injured areas, stretch, take a few pain relievers and continue training with caution. Don’t be ashamed of a rest day. Sometimes pain doesn’t mean gain and instead means setback. If there is a reoccurring issue, see a professional for further evaluation. 6. Get there both the expo and race early. The sooner you get to the expo, the better the freebies and shorter the lines. Showing up to the race bright and early will alleviate unneeded stress too. 5. Slow and steady wins the race. Pace yourself. The finish line isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and you can always turn on the speed to make up time. Wear a watch to track your splits or keep a running buddy by your side who keeps your same speed. 4. Have faith in yourself. At first, the mental math of 13.1 miles looks (and sounds!) next to impossible. Don’t second -guess your ability or strength. Break down the course into small, easy segments that won’t be intimidating and count down along the way to celebrate each milestone. 3. Sport your race shirt after you cross the finish line. In my mind, the shirt has just as much meaning as the metal. Have one of your “cheerleaders” hold on to it so you can shed your sweat-dripping top for the well-deserved, celebratory tee. You earned it! 2. Go with what you know. If you haven’t been training with energy beans, gels, etc. don’t try it the day of the race. Yummy protein bars or other products in your freebie bag might taunt you but wait to try it once you have the 13.1 under your belt. You never know how your body is going to react, so keep everything from nutrition, caffeine consumption and sleep bal-
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New York Times columnist and “Half the Sky” co-author Nicholas Kristof speaks at an event on Thursday in the Student Union Theatre. Kristof discussed numerous cases of oppression against women in Africa and Asia, but also managed to purvey a message of resilience and hope as well.
that in many countries, getting pregnant is “one of the most dangerous things you can do.” Human trafficking, which Kristof said is like slavery in which all of the girls die in their 20s from AIDS, is not solely perpetuated by men. To Kristof, the cause of fatal gender inequalities is much more complicated than a “battle of the sexes.” “Women and girls can… absorb those patriarchical attitudes almost as much as men,” he said.
To Kristof, much would be changed if girls in developing countries had equal access to education. Many girls in rural parts of Asia and Africa, the setting of “Half the Sky,” drop out of school because their families cannot afford tuition. Kristof told the story of a girl in the Hubei province of China who could not afford her $13 schooling fee. After writing her story, donations from New York Times readers funded the education of all the girls in the village. The entire
community was transformed, Kristof said. “For the first time in this community, your access to education…[did not depend on] your chromosomes, but on your intellectual ability,” Kristof said. The subsequent enlargement of the working population bolstered the village’s economy. The village got a road, and educated women opened their own businesses, he said. “There’s no easy solution, no perfect solution,” Kristof said.
He added that the most effective way to empower women in developing countries is to educate them and bring them into the workforce. “Women and girls aren’t the problem. They are the solution.” When Hillary Clinton visited Cambodia and met with girls at Siem Reap Center, a shelter for sex-slavery victims, Kristof said the images of a powerful American leader with the girls, coupled with
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Eco-fair shows to be a green Husky Don’t be afraid to try a dish of fish
By Kim Wilson Senior Staff Writer
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A member of the UConn Dairy Club shows a cow at the UConn Office of Environmental Policy Eco-fair held on Fairfield Way on Thursday afternoon. Numerous on- and off-campus organizations were also featured throughout the day.
By Deepti Boddapati Campus Correspondent The Office of Environmental Policy hosted an Eco-fair yesterday, where a variety of UConn groups and private organizations showcases their sustainability efforts on and around campus. Some UConn organizations who tabled were EcoHusky, EcoGarden, and Ecohouse. The EcoHusky table featured student -based efforts to make the campus more sustainable. One of the things they show cases was single-stream recycling. Although UConn recycling has several bins meant for different materials, all recyclables can actually be put in the same bin. Because recycling companies sort materials places in the
bin, pre-sorting is not required. The EcoHusky table also shows about the composting initiative on campus. Currently, Whitney, Buckley, and South Dinning Halls compost their waste. EcoHusky is pushing to get all the dining halls to compost and has installed a scale in Mcmahon to record how much food is thrown out. EcoHusky aims to make people more aware of food wastage, and encourages students to only take as much as they will eat. The Office of Environmental Policy also tabled. They showcased President Herbst’s sustainability commitment to make the campus carbon neutral by 2050 and encouraged everyone to sign it. They also presents UConn’s new pledge to become a world leader in helping affect-
ed areas adapt to climate change. UConn is one of the first universities to do this. Shenyo also encouraged students to visit the Sustainable Depictions Artshow in the basement of the library before it closes on Sunday. At the EcoGarden table students helped visitors plant radishes in biodegradable pots made out of paper. The pots could then be planted directly in the soil since they would degrade naturally. The EcoGarden club grows many vegetables for Whitney on two -thirds of an acre of land off route 195. Some non-Uconn based organizations that tabled were Willimantic Waste Paper Company, Barefoot Books, and People’s Products. Willimantic
» CONNECTICUT, page 9
There are some foods in the dining halls that seem a little fishy. But despite some preconceptions dining hall patrons may have about eating the cooked sea critters, UConn Dining Services makes a pretty good dish of fish that trumps many of the other meats served in the dining halls. There aren’t too many dining hall meat dishes that appeal to me after trying almost all of them. I’ve heard stories of bones in buffalo chicken pizza, found rather large veins in the beef and chicken and let’s face it: something is very wrong when all the meat can be cut with a barely-serrated butter knife. The fish, despite the fact that it sometimes has scales on the bottom (it is supposed to), has not yet surprised me in an awful way. The fish is tasty and usually well-prepared; the cooks often garnish the servings with lemon and herbs and it typically isn’t too dry. Operating on a scale of one through five stars (with five stars being an enjoyable dining hall meal and one star meaning you attempted to secretly spit your food into your napkin), the fish dishes get an overall score of 4.5 stars. There are absolutely times when you should avoid seafood at all costs, even if you are a huge fan of dining on creatures from under the sea. If you see a sign that says “All-YouCan-Eat Happy Seafood Buffet $5,” you should follow your gut’s screaming instinct to run for the hills and never return. But the dining halls are many leagues above those suspicious sushi restaurants that strongly suggest food poisoning and salmonella. You might not imagine
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Tasty tacos tantamount to temptation By Megan Toombs Campus Correspondent Mexican food, on its own, is already very feisty and fun, but serving it a new way can make it even more of a treat. I was in the mood for tacos but didn’t feel like having a whole layout of various goodies to put in my tacos. When you have a bowl for salsa, a bowl for guacamole, a bowl for lettuce, a bowl for beans, a bowl for rice and a bowl for the taco meat and so on… That can be very fun, if you are going out. Back at home or in your apartment, that simply means way too many dishes to clean. So that’s when I decided to make a layered taco casserole and this recipe came to life. If you want a one -pan Mexican treat, try this recipe out.
Chess Boxing Inspired by Enki Bilal’s graphic novel “Froid Équateur”, Lepe Rubingh began this mash up of sports back in 1992. The players compete in up to 11 alternating rounds of chess and boxing, with one minute rest periods in between. The match starts with the first four minute round of speed chess, followed by three minute rounds of boxing. In the event of a chess stalemate, the boxing scores are used to determine the winner. If the boxing rounds are also ties, the win automatically goes to the player with black chess pieces. Thus far, the World Chess Boxing Organization has held 12 events, many of which are based in England or Germany. Occasional events have also been hosted in Los Angeles. In a 1991 Finnish film, Uuno Turhapuro, a similar sport was showcased where opponents had to play hands free chess via head set while engaged in the boxing match.
Here’s what you’ll need: – 2 cups of Vegetarian “taco meat” or regular ground beef – 3/4 cup of black beans or beans of your choice – 3/4 cup of salsa – 1 cup of crushed tortilla chips -Enough of your favorite cheese to top Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Tacos are an easy way to experience the feisty and fun nature of Mexican food. They can be made with common ingredients like ground beef, beans, salsa and cheese.
Start by cooking your taco meat or ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until it has browned. This should only take a couple minutes. If you would like, you can stir in some taco seasoning from the store prepackaged. I just
juices are good to but water is what will keep your energy going on those lazy summer days. Also, it is important to know the signs of dehydration including dry mouth, eyes this will not produce tears, a lack of sweat, muscle cramps and heart palpitations according to medicinenet.com. For many people, summer also means spending hours outside under the sun or lying out on the beach taking in all the rays. We have heard a million times that tanning and over-exposure to the sun is dangerous, but it is important to actually listen. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, melanoma is the second -most common cancer in women aged 20-29 and for both female and males aged 15-29. Our bodies do need sunlight in order to gain vitamin D, however, according to medi-smart.com you only need five to 15 minutes of sun
two to three times a week to get sufficient vitamin D. Of course, most of us will be outside for more than 15 -minute -intervals so be sure to stock up on sun block. Sun tanning lotion does not serve as equivalent of sun block since it only provides to help induce a tan. It’s essential to use sun block no matter your skin color because someone with dark skin is just as susceptible to the risks of melanoma. With darker skin, it can be harder to see cancer spots and people of all skin colors color are still at risk of eye damage according to sunsmart.com. Aside from risks from the sun, there are still other risky factors to take into consideration, such as insect bites. Summer brings out all the creepy crawlers and the pesky mosquitoes that leave those annoying itchy bumps. We all know what a typical mosquito bite looks like and we are
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tossed in some paprika and ground cumin along with salt and pepper and it was quite good. Once your meat is done, transfer it to the pan you are going to bake it in. Make sure your meat is in a nice even layer at the bottom of the pan. Next, add the beans to your pan over medium heat and stir until hot. Then transfer to the pan and make into a nice even layer on top of your meat. Now, add in a layer of your salsa. I made my salsa from scratch and you can too. It’s quite easy. Simply take about half cup of chopped tomatoes and one-fourth cup of chopped onions and combine in a bowl with a splash of lime juice and two cloves of garlic, minced. Also add in some cilantro. I only added one tablespoon but you could, of course, add more. Time to crush up your tortilla chips. Crush until you have one cup of crushed tortilla chips. Then, layer them on top of your layer of salsa. Top with cheese generously and put in the oven to bake for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Once done, take it out and let cool a couple minutes. I served it on a plate over a bed of lettuce which you could choose to mix in. You could also top it with lettuce, guacamole or fresh tomatoes. The possibilities are endless. Once you decide what to top it with, put on a plate, and serve and enjoy!
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Simple summer safety tips to remember
By Loumarie Rodriguez Staff Writer With finals just around the corner, students are ready to hit the beaches and head over to their favorite vacation spots. Spring fever came early and this year many of students are eager to finish school to have for some summer down time. With all this excitement, it’s important not to forget a few summer safety precautions in order to have a memorable summer. Since we had a mild winter, this summer is expected to be rather hot which of course means intense heat. The intense heat will certainly bring a lot of people falling victim to dehydration. Don’t let yourself get to that point. Be sure to carry a water bottle on you at all times to stay hydrated. Beat the hot sun with a cool bottle of ice water. Fruit
never alarmed at the site of one however there are always signs to beware of when looking over bug bites. There is a greater risk of tick bites in summer (although they could be a yearly issue). Be sure you know the signs of a tick bites and how to take care of it. The website webmd.com provides a descriptive slide show of types of bug bites and how to spot which bites to be wary of. Summertime is great time to relax and finally step away from all the overwhelming school work. Everyone is so easier to be out and hit the usual vacation spots in order to get away from the world that it can be easy to forget a to be cautious. In order to avoid trouble be sure not to forget a few safety tips before heading out and have an enjoyable summer.
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Seacrest is heir apparent to Clark’s pop influence Daft Punk is awesome. I’m pretty sure that’s not even an opinion, it’s just straight-up fact. If you’ve ever wanted to feel like Thomas Bangalter or Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, otherwise known as “those two guys in the robot helmets,” iDaft is the app for you. The app deconstructs two of the electro-punk duo’s more popular hits, “Harder Better Faster Stronger” and “Technologic,” into short touch-screen clips. You can remix them, you can try to “cover” them by playing the songs and trying to tap the right buttons in time, or you can just listen to the stripped-down instrumental beat itself. It’s a fun little time-waster, and since it’s free, there won’t be any of that 99 cent angst.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a kid, Ryan Seacrest idolized Dick Clark. As an adult, he modeled his career after the entertainment giant and helped him carry on with his annual New Year’s Eve celebration after a stroke took its toll. He called the 82-year-old mogul who died Wednesday “one of the greatest influences in my life.” Now Seacrest — uncannily in the Dick Clark mold — is left to carry on the youthful vitality and innovative spirit that Clark used so effectively to meld music and media. And the 37-year-old is well on his way. Following Clark’s playbook, Seacrest started as a radio host before expanding to TV and eventually producing. He’s the voice of his nationally syndicated morning radio show and the international program “American Top 40.” He’s the face of “American Idol” and E! News. He’s the producer behind “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and its associated spinoffs, along with many other shows, including “Food Revolution” and “Shahs of Sunset.” He’s on the red carpet at the Grammys and Golden Globes. He’ll be an Olympic correspondent for NBC and has hinted that he could take on a role at the “Today” show. “Sometimes when I go home and turn on the hot water faucet, I think he’s going to
come out. He’s everywhere,” said longtime Hollywood publicist Michael Levine. “In the short term it can provide some annoyance, but in long term just adds to his iconic stature.” Clark parlayed his early radio dreams into a nearly four-decade run of “American Bandstand.” He invested in the artists he promoted there and went on to produce hit shows like “TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes” and the American Music Awards. Seacrest enjoys a similar omnipresence, said veteran Hollywood publicist David Brokaw. “He’s becoming a 21st century Dick Clark,” Brokaw said. “’American Idol’ is a show for everyone,” and that provides Seacrest a similar platform to what Clark had with “American Bandstand.” Seacrest paid tribute to his mentor on “American Idol” on Wednesday, saying, “Without Dick, a show like this would not exist.” “He will be missed greatly,” Seacrest said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I know he’s in a better place, saying, ‘Let’s get on with the show.’ You got it, boss.” Among Seacrest’s other entertainment ventures: A $300 million partnership with broadcasting giant Clear Channel to acquire and develop new media companies.
“We aim to build Ryan Seacrest Media into a leading multimedia company with diversified assets and interests,” he said when the partnership was announced earlier this year. “The entertainment industry is thriving with innovation more than ever before.” It’s also far more fragmented than ever before. Clark came up in the era before countless cable channels and the World Wide Web. Now the entertainment audience is everywhere. “Obviously there’s not the same sense of shared community today,” Levine said. “But a person like Ryan can create a ubiquity and a presence on many, many platforms that would mirror what Dick Clark did.” “This presupposes that he won’t have any scandals and will remain hungry,” he added. Seacrest shares other attributes with Clark that contribute to his success, Brokaw said. He’s likable, he’s got a “cherubic boyish charm and enthusiasm” that makes him feel like a friend and he has a hand in various entertainment entities. “Anybody that’s in this business that has any kind of high-end talent or emerging talent, you somehow crossed paths with Dick Clark, and Ryan Seacrest is the same way,” Brokaw said.
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The best of New England roller coasters
By Alex Sferrazza Campus Correspondent
Few people probably ever consider the Amusement Parks of New England major tourist destinations. Nonetheless, to many roller coaster enthusiasts they are just that. The average resident and local attendee has probably never noticed that two roller coasters in the Greater Hartford area are constantly considered to be among the very best roller coasters. The “Golden Ticket Awards” are compiled annually by “Amusement Today” to honor the best in theme park entertainment. Two of the most prestigious categories every year are the awards for “Best Steel Roller Coaster” and “Best Wooden Roller Coaster.” “Bizarro” at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Mass. has been a multiple winner of the former award while “Boulder Dash” at Lake Compounce in Bristol has been a former winner of the latter one. Opened as “Superman: Ride of Steel” at Six Flags New England in 2000 and rechristened and re-painted as “Bizarro” (after Superman’s twisted doppelganger) for 2009, the ride has won the “Golden Ticket” five times (most recently in 2009) since then and has never once been ranked lower than 2nd-best steel coaster since 2001. It’s status is constantly challenged by the similarly-designed and current “Golden Ticket” holder “Millennium Force” at Cedar Point Park in Ohio. The ride can be described quite simply: It makes you feel as if you are the Man of Steel (or Bizarro) himself. Featuring an opening drop of over 200 feet, “Bizarro” is a sight to behold. Riders feel the thrill of up to 77 mph. as they plummet 218 feet. into an underground tunnel on the first drop before they ride up the second hill. After the second drop, guests are treated to a 180-degree high-banked turn. Following this, the ride takes you on a wild series of sudden drops and twisting turns on your way back to the station. Featuring a very smooth experience as well as large amounts of airtime (the simulated weightlessness experienced in situations when the train rises out of a drop), the ride has received wide acclaim amongst coaster enthusiasts ever since it’s opening. The coaster is complimented by a breathtaking view of the bordering Connecticut River. “Boulder Dash” opened at “Lake Compounce” in 2000 and won the “Golden Ticket” in 2004. It has consistently been ranked among the top five wooden coasters annually since 2001. As a wooden coaster, “Boulder Dash” offers a “rougher” experience than “Bizarro” but the experience is no less exciting. Known for their roughness and “rickety” track, wooden coasters are known for giving riders a sensation of a lack of safety. While the rides are perfectly safe, the feeling adds to the thrill factor. “Boulder Dash” takes full advantage of its theme in this regard. Built to travel through the woods on the side of a mountain, much of the track is hidden from the direct view from the rider, adding suspense because you never know what to expect next. Opening with a 115-foot drop at speeds up to 60 mph, “Boulder Dash” twists and turns through the local forrest,
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Connecticut companies show eco-friendliness
‘UConn Reads’ book describes complex social issues
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Waste Paper Company manages all of Uconn’s waste and recycling. Ben DeVivo, Willimantic Waste Paper Company marketing assistant, said that the company sorts recyclables and ships them all over the world including China and Canada. Barefoot Books, of East Granby, showed that green choices exist everywhere with their eco-friendly children’s books. The books are printed on ancient forrest friendly paper and soy -based ink. The games, sold by Barefoot Books, are made out of recycled materials. With titles like Herb the Vegetarian Dragon, Kid’s Garden, and What is this? A Seed Story, the books also teach children to be eco-friendly and accepting of diversity. People’s Products, a company based in Newington, advertised their Hr-40 windows which insulated 50 percent more than the amount required to earn an Energy Star rating. Although many students don’t own houses, the trip was profitable for the representative because she had met one student who was a strong hiring candidate.
international condemnation, put the pressure on the developing nation to make legislative changes that made brothels less profitable. Kristof and WuDunn’s “Half the Sky” was chosen as the inaugural book for UConn Reads, a semesterlong campaign to unite the university through discussion of complex social issues, for its potential to foster interdisciplinary dialog about gender disparity, said Herbst in her opening remarks. Herbst, who said Kristof’s book provides ”expansive insight into our world,” mentioned she was impressed with the enthusiasm the community showed for the UConn Reads initiative. Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes, one of which he won with his wife and co-author of “Half the Sky” Sheryl WuDunn for their reporting of China’s Tiananmen Square protests. Kristof often focuses on human rights abuses and social disparities. Kristof’s three books were all co-authored with WuDunn. The pair also wrote “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power” and “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia.”
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Salmon is flavorful and heart- Having fun is key to healthy enjoying your race Amy.Schellenbaum@UConn.edu
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and a flaky, white inside. Dill Salmon = 4 stars. I know it’s supposed to have the scales on it, but it still freaks me out a bit. Aside from that aspect, this fish is pretty great. Although sometimes a little dry, the dill flavor adds a lot to the salmon and makes for a great punch of protein and the coveted omega3 fats that help prevent inflammation and blood clots. Don’t be afraid to try the dining hall seafood just because you think institutionalized food means low-quality. The fish is one of UConn Dining Services’ less-questionable and bettertasting. With a starch like potatoes or rice and a nice array of vegetables, the fish dishes at UConn provide a tasty and nutritious meal.
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from SO, page 7 anced and normal to your standards the week leading up to the race. 1. Have fun and don’t get down on yourself. You came so far, putting in an exuberant amount time and effort. Be proud, regardless of your time or overall performance. You did it! Oh, and don’t forget to invest in that professional finish line photo. Hot mess or not, it’s a keeper.
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New England has classic roller coasters from BEST, page 8 leading to a series of bunny hills on your return trip to the station. Coaster critics have raved about “Boulder Dash” for years. Its gorgeous natural theming of the local forestry makes for unexpected thrills and its seemingly endless sudden drops have made it an instant classic. There you have it: two major roller coasters right here in southern New England. Next time you find yourself wishing you were riding some major thrill rides in Orlando or California, remember this: you have at least two right in your own backyard.
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Russian court extends jail time for punk rockers
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Police detain supporters of Pussy Riot outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 19. Five members of the band Pussy Riot briefly seized the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in February to chant “Mother Mary, drive Putin away.”
MOSCOW (AP) — Three female punk rockers who mocked Vladimir Putin in a surprise protest inside Russia’s main Orthodox church will be kept in jail, a Moscow court ruled Thursday. Five members of the feminist band Pussy Riot — clad in brightly colored homemade ski masks and miniskirts — briefly seized the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in February and chanted “Mother Mary, drive Putin away.” Three band members have been in police custody since March and face up to seven years in jail on charges of hooliganism. Their cause — and the harsh response of the Russian Orthodox Church — has provoked a public outcry and criticism of Russia’s largest religious institution. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich will remain in detention until June 24, a Tagansky district court judge decided, after an investigator petitioned to keep them in prison while the police investigation continues. The band’s performance “in a holy place was illegal and utterly cynical,” investigator Artyom Ranchenkov said in televised remarks. Pussy Riot gained notoriety in January for performing a song taunting Putin from
a spot on Red Square from a spot used in czarist Russia for announcing government decrees. Video of their performances became instant Internet hits. The band’s unauthorized “punk prayer” took place two weeks before March’s presidential vote in which Putin won a third presidential term despite a wave of massive protests against his rule. Band member Tolokonnikova complained of the medical care offered in the pretrial center and ironically suggested that the officials and clerics who initiated the trial should experience jail life themselves. “Medical care is absolutely absent. I’ve been having terrible headaches for more than a week,” the 22-year-old performance artist told journalists from a cage in the courtroom. “For those who jailed us, I and my cellmates send our best wishes. We wish them to live in conditions we’ve been living in for the past month and a half.” Tolokonnikova is also a member of the War art group whose controversial projects and performances targeted and ridiculed the Kremlin and Russian security agencies. In 2008, she participated in an obscene “fertility rite” organized by philosophy students at Moscow State University and dedicated to the newly-elected President
Dmitry Medvedev. Supporters of the band, including prominent artists, musicians and activists, organized a protest festival outside the court Thursday. About 200 people gathered in the courtyard, some carrying balloons and posters, and chanted “Freedom!” when the women were taken into the court. Police arrested more than 30 demonstrators outside the court before the hearing. Orthodox activists also rallied, provoking Pussy Riot supporters and throwing eggs at Tolokonnikova’s husband. The Russian Orthodox Church says the women deserve to be prosecuted for their “blasphemous” performance from a place near the altar that no lay persons are allowed to enter, although thousands of believers have signed a petition urging the church to forgive the band. Attorneys for the arrested band members argued that the women should be released because they have young children. Although church and state are separate under Russia’s constitution, the Russian Orthodox Church has claimed a leading role in setting moral guidelines for society. Its growing prominence has caused concern among followers of minority faiths and nonreligious Russians.
Czech heir to use US EU approves Sony’s acquisition courts to reclaim looted art of part of EMI
PRAGUE (AP) — An heir of a Jewish art collector killed in the Holocaust is turning to U.S. courts to sue the Czech Republic in a bid to claim a series of paintings once seized by the Nazis, a restitution expert said Thursday. It will be the first such lawsuit by Jewish descendants from the Czech Republic in a case that could give hope to those in the country who have so far failed in their claims. Czech restitution law allows only direct relatives, such as wives and children, to claim such stolen art. But the heir turning to U.S. courts, Michal Klepetar, is the grand nephew of Richard Popper, the Jewish businessman and art collector. The restitution expert advising Klepetar, Tomas Jelinek, said he decided to turn to U.S. courts after exhausting legal options in the Czech Republic. “He did all he could and when it turned out that it wouldn’t work he decided to go to America,” said Jelinek, who is also a former chairman of Prague’s Jewish community. All Czech courts, including the constitutional Court, rejected Klepetar’s claims and politicians declined to address his demands. “He approached ministers and prime ministers and nobody helped him,” Jelinek said. In a 2011 letter to Klepetar, Prime Minister Petr Necas said he felt sorry for what happened to Klepetar’s family during the Holocaust.
“At the same time, I am of the view that it is not possible to open again the restitution process now because it would be a blow for the legal certainty and stability of property relations in an already functioning democratic system when most property belongs to private owners.” However, an official government Website shows that at least some of the paintings currently belong to the National Gallery in Prague. Klepetar had unsuccessfully sued the gallery before. He was scheduled to announce details of the new lawsuit together with his U.S. lawyer on Friday. There is some precendence for East European restitution cases in U.S. courts. Last September, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the heirs of a Jewish art collector could proceed with a lawsuit against Hungary in a different restitution case. Jelinek said Klepetar is claiming 125 paintings and unspecified financial compensation with his U.S. lawsuit. The paintings were part of the Popper collection of mostly paintings by European old masters. During the Nazi occupation during WWII of what was then Czechoslovakia, Popper, his wife and their only daughter were transported in 1941 to a Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lodz, where they all died. Klepetar’s is just one of numerous cases of looted art that have not been solved yet.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s competition regulator approved on Thursday a deal by Sony/ATV and other investors to buy part of the famous British music company EMI Group Ltd. Sony/ATV, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and the Michael Jackson estate, and several investment funds including United Arab Emirates-based Mubadala Development Co. jointly offered $2.2 billion in November for EMI Music’s publishing businesses. EMI’s publishing arm manages the rights to songs of popular artists such as Amy Winehouse, Regina Spektor and Rihanna. Universal Music Group has a pending deal to buy the rest of EMI, which became famous for recording The Beatles and is also home to Coldplay and Katy Perry. EMI was put up for sale by Citigroup last summer, after the bank foreclosed on private-equity firm Terra Firma, which bought the music company in 2007. To get approval for the deal from the European Commission, the Sony-led investor group promised to sell the publishing rights to several music catalogues as well as the works of 12 artists, including Ozzy Osbourne, Robbie Williams, and Ben Harper. During its review of the deal, the Commission found that without the sale of those rights, Sony/ATV would have been able to control the online licensing of Anglo-American
chart hits in Europe. “Sony and Mubadala have offered to divest valuable and attractive catalogues containing bestselling titles as well as works of successful and promising authors,” said Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. He added that the sale of the publishing rights to those works would ensure “consumer choice and cultural diversity.” Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Marty Bandier, who spent 17 years building up EMI’s publishing assets earlier in his career, hailed the approval. But he acknowledged that other regions including the U.S. also had to sign off on the purchase. “Today is not only an important milestone on the path to final approval, but a very special day for me, personally,” he said in a statement. Rivals such Warner Music and smaller independent music labels have warned that the deal would make Sony and Universal Music overly dominant players in the music industry. The combination of Universal and EMI would create the top recorded music company by far with about a 40 percent market share in the U.S. The combined publishing assets of Sony/ATV and EMI would also be No. 1 in the world with a 31 percent market share, according to The New York Times, which cited a document presented to investors in January.
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Friday, April 20, 2012 I Hate Everything by Carin Powell
Royalty Free Speech by Ryan Kennedy
Side of Rice by Laura Rice
Editor’s Choice by Brendan Albetski
Horoscopes by Brian Ingmanson To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Keep to simple work, and have a productive, cheerful day. Avoid an afternoon temptation to scheme or deceive, and romance blooms for the next two days. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- An old trick doesn’t work. Stay alert and flexible, and follow the rules exactly. Travel by a new route. Explore every lead. The next two days are good for household changes. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Try out your pitch on a family member. Devote some attention to household abundance. For the next two days, you’re exceptionally smart, and retain info. Study and research. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You can solve pretty much any problem you face now. Expand your influence. If you can put up with an offensive tone, you can do very well. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Do what you already know works. Being flexible is a good thing now. Adapt to the shifting circumstances quickly. Don’t forget your toothbrush. Be prepared to move quickly.
Procrastination Animation by Michael McKiernan
Mensch by Jeff Fenster
Nothing Extraordinary by Thomas Feldtmose
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Listen to your instinct and trust your own decisions. You’ve got the plan worked out. Others rely on your wisdom. Finish up what you’ve promised, and stick to the budget. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Your balanced view of the world helps move the action forward. Access your optimism to pass any blockades. Celebrate with friends later, with something sparkly.
One Thousand Demons by Bill Elliott and Rachel Pelletti
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Go ahead and step out of your comfort zone, after assessing the risks. An optimistic outlook will help you climb mountains and cross rivers. Your mood’s infectious. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Money could get tight. Identify any barriers, and figure out how to create an opening. Move forward, and you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You reign over chaos, with help from your friends. Consider an investment in your education, and keep learning from your experiences, good or bad... especially bad. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Obstacles may appear along the way, but nothing you can’t solve with ingenuity and some help from friends. Share all the feedback, and make adjustments. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Better go over your schedule twice. You’re about to get very busy, and you can handle it, even if you have to delegate. There’s folks who’ll be pleased for the work.
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Selig: A's and Rays must get new parks NEW YORK (AP) Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig insists the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays must have new ballparks to be able to compete. Speaking on Thursday to the Associated Press Sports Editors, Selig provided no timetable for deciding the Bay Area dispute between the A's, who would like to build a ballpark in San Jose, and the Giants, who won't give up their territorial rights there. ''I'm always hopeful when there are debates amongst clubs, I try to lead teams in a direction of solving their problems themselves,'' Selig said. ''However, this group has an interesting comment whenever they get in trouble: 'That's why you're here, Commissioner.' That's what they tell me. I don't know that that's a particularly good answer. ... We've had a lot of meetings, spent an enormous amount of time. I've just met with both clubs again and we'll continue along this process.'' Asked whether there could be a solution that wouldn't anger one of the Bay Area teams, Selig responded: ''Time
will tell. I'm always hopeful. I'm an optimist, and I really believe that every problem has a solution to it. The question is just finding the right one, and so far I've been lucky on that score. And so I hope my string of luck will continue.'' Oakland owner Lew Wolff responded in an e-mail to The Associated Press: ''Bud is doing his best to be fair to us and the Giants.'' Selig was clear, however, that he wants the A's to move from the Coliseum, their home since 1968 and the last stadium shared by baseball and the NFL. ''The one given everybody believes is that Oakland needs a new stadium,'' Selig said. ''The last time I was there, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'll say it anyway, it reminded me of County Stadium and Shea Stadium, and that's not a compliment, in either case. ... You can't ask people to compete if they have a stadium that doesn't produce any kind of revenue to give them a chance to compete. So that's a given.'' Twenty-four teams have opened ballparks since 1989,
all but Boston (which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park on Friday), the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers, Oakland and Tampa Bay. The Rays started play in Tropicana Field in 1998, eight years after it opened. Owner Stuart Sternberg announced plans in 2007 for a new ballpark with a retractable fabric roof, then abandoned the project over the next two years. ''They need a new ballpark, there's no question,'' Selig said. ''I talked a lot to Stu Sternberg and he's talking to people. He and I have had many conversations, and we'll just monitor the situation. He's doing what he should do. He's there, he's talking to all parties trying to see what he can do.'' Speaking about Florida's other team, Selig backed the Miami Marlins' five-game suspension of manager Ozzie Guillen for comments praising Cuban leader Fidel Castro. ''I was disappointed, very disappointed,'' Selig said about Guillen's remarks, adding that Guillen's apology will be judged
by ''time and future actions they'll speak the loudest.'' He didn't think Guillen's comments were analogous to inflammatory remarks by late Cincinnati owner Marge Schott and retired reliever John Rocker that earned longer suspensions. ''I thought the suspension and the way he was treated was penalty enough,'' Selig said. Selig said baseball was making progress in negotiations with the incoming owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers for more information on the group's financing and ownership of the parking lots and land surrounding Dodger Stadium. Current owner Frank McCourt will keep an interest in the land. ''I know how people feel there, so you bet, I'm concerned with all ramifications, including the parking,'' Selig said. As Selig spoke, new adviser Tony La Russa listened. La Russa, who retired as manager of the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals after last season, was a member of Selig's study committee and said he originally opposed the new one-game, wild-card playoff but changed his mind.
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Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, center, stands on the field before the Opening Day baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Lapham to be key to UConn success in games this weekend Blain: The Rangers are still a from UCONN, page 14 In the victory, Lapham scored three goals and Testa made nine saves in what was one of the top defensive performances of the year for Connecticut. Cincinnati was picked to finish last in the Big East Coaches’ Preseason poll and found towards the bottom of the conference in most offensive statistics. Sophomore goalie Jennifer Walsh and the Bearcats have had a rough season in net; Cincinnati is ranked last in goals allowed (16.17), save percentage (30.7 percent), and scoring margin (-5.2). The Bearcats do have a bright spot in senior Laura Simanski. The midfielder is fifth in the league averaging 2.67 goals per game and has two game-winning goals to her credit. Senior Rachel Mercier scored 16 goals and has scored a goal in every
very young team, but they are an extremely talented one
game this season. Other than conference opponents, UConn and Cincinnati share Iona as a common opponent. Connecticut opened up the season with a 10-7 win over Iona at home. After a five-game road trip to begin the season, the Bearcats also opened up their home schedule by hosting Iona, but fell 21-13. Louisville (3-10, 1-5 Big East) hosts No. 2 Syracuse on Friday and will host the Huskies on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Cardinals are led by Boltja. The sophomore midfielder is third in the country with 3.86 goals per game. Cat Gordon is 13th nationally in draw controls per game (4.96) and Monica Negron’s 1.77 caused turnovers per game leads the Big East. UConn defeated Louisville last season at home, 14-12.
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UConn's M.E. Lapham cradles the ball with a defender guarding her during an April 14 game.
Cerullo: Experiences likes this come only once in a lifetime from THE GREAT, page 14 Honestly, I thought someone died or there was a terrorist on the campground who was breaking into cabins and setting things on fire. It didn’t really matter that my cabin leader said we were up for a planned event; it was 4 a.m. on the last morning of the week. Something weird was up. Once we got to the meeting hall, the first thing I noticed is that there were only guys there. All the guys at the camp, as it turned out. The camp coordinator, Steve, stood up and explained what was going on. Twelve years earlier, he explained, the girls had planned a prank where they filled up thousands of water balloons, woke up early, lured the guys into a field and then ambushed them. “It’s been 12 years now, long enough for everyone to forget,” Steve said. “So now, we’re going to get them back.” Oh baby. The plan was for us to all go to a truck on the far side of the campground where we would load up on water balloons and then wait for an ambush in the woods. Once we were in position, someone would wake up the girls, tell them there was going to be a special event in the field, and then we would get them. We ran across the field in near total darkness, and soon a pickup truck came into view. Even from afar, it was a truly incredible sight – thousands upon thousands of water balloons were loaded into the back of the truck. This was going to be great, I thought. But as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, a couple of other things caught my eye all at
once. First I noticed that there was a second truck on the other side of the field. Then I noticed Steve had held back, and finally, I noticed a flickering light on his megaphone – undoubtedly a signal. “Uh oh.” Then… it happened. The lights flashed on, the William Tell Overture started playing, and then all hell broke loose. I don’t mean any of that figuratively either, someone actually set up floodlights and a big sound system to light the field and blast the music. Even years later, I still can’t quite describe how terrifying the sound of over 150 girls screaming like Amazons is as they emerge from of the woods all around you. Or, for that matter, the sight of hundreds of water balloons suddenly taking to the air and filling the sky like Persian arrows in “300.” There was no time to think. In about three seconds, I was going to be completely and utterly destroyed if I didn’t do something. About six feet away from me was the truck, so I did the only thing I could. I jumped into the truck. No sooner did I close the door, water balloons started pounding the roof and windshield. Someone outside the door yelled “Oh my God! They’re everywhere!” I took a deep breath, looked to my left and then nodded at the amused staff member sitting in the driver’s seat. “’Sup,” I said. “Mind if I hang out for just a moment?” He laughed, “Sure thing man, I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t want to be out there either.” In retrospect, jumping into the truck probably wasn’t the
most courageous thing to do. But if this was war and those were grenades, I would’ve been the guy that lived, so that has to count for something. Granted, I probably would have developed severe PTSD and spent the rest of my days filled with regret, my nights tortured by the ghosts of war and a lingering guilt that I was the one who survived, but I’d still be alive, right? Judge me all you want, I didn’t get soaked right off the bat. Anyway, in a few moments the balloons subsided. I thanked the staff member for not locking the passenger door and then I got out and joined the fight. The girls had used up all of their water balloons and they were running back to their truck to get more, giving us the opportunity to hit them back hard. We all grabbed water balloons, and about half of us chased them back to their truck while the rest formed up in the middle of the field to lob shots at them from a distance. After that point it gets really hard to describe the rest in detail. I was one of the guys rushing the truck and for a long time afterwards it was just complete pandemonium. I must have taken at least two direct hits to the face, and there was one poor girl wearing a UNC sweatshirt that I almost knocked over after hitting her with two water balloons at the same time. Gregory Chun, now a 2ndsemester psychology major here at UConn, was there too. He described some guerilla tactics he employed against some of the more timid girls after the initial ambush. “I remember sneaking around and getting girls that
were by the first Silverado’s bed, trying to stay dry,” he said. Chun called the initial charge a sight to remember, and said the whole experience could be summed up as a huge adrenaline rush. I would have to agree with him there. The battle lasted a really long time, probably over a half an hour, and as time went on it started getting crazier and crazier. Toward the end, a bunch of guys raided the girls truck, and I distinctly remember one of the guys standing on top of the girls’ truck frantically throwing balloons at everyone in sight despite being surrounded by girls who were furiously pelting him with balloons. Once all their water balloons were gone, they started attacking us with buckets of water. When our truck ran low, somebody grabbed a hose and started drenching the girls with it. At 5:30 a.m., it was over. The last water balloon burst as the sun was just beginning to creep up over the horizon. The faint light of dawn began to illuminate the field, and there we were, all 300 of us, completely soaked from head to toe, smiling. We all knew we had just experienced something truly special, the kind of experience that can never be replicated, and the kind of experience that will never be forgotten. I know that as long as I live, no matter what happens, I will never forget that morning. And no matter what any of the girls who were there tell you, the guys totally won. Follow Mac Cerullo on Twitter at @MacCerullo.
Michael.Cerullo@UConn.edu
Even though both losses resulted from blown leads (2-1 in game 2; 2-0 in game 4), the momentum may still be in favor of the boys in blue. Even in their most recent loss at Ottawa, Rangers’ coach John Tortorella thought the team played well. “Our guys weren’t gassed,” Tortorella said after the game, according to ESPN New York’s Mike Mazzeo. “I thought the third period was our best period.” With the series even, play returns to the world’s most famous arena in Madison Square Garden on Saturday where the Rangers have protected home ice all season long with their record of 27-12-2. As I said before, the Rangers haven’t won it all since 1994 and the Rangers’ faithful are so thirsty for another cup they can taste it. It’s no doubt
one of the toughest places to play right now and with a tied series and the momentum swing hanging in the balance of game 5, the Garden should be nothing less than chaotic. And should the playoffs not work out for New York this time around, just as it hasn’t in the recent past, there is a contingency plan for future years of hockey in the city that never sleeps. Nine of the Rangers’ 11 top point-scorers this season are 27 years old or younger. That’s a scary thought if you consider what kind of skill level they’ll all be playing on as fully developed hockey players. So buckle up New York. It’s going to be a fun ride. The quest for the cup is in full swing right now, and it doesn’t look like it will be ending anytime soon.
Darryl.Blain@UConn.edu
Scarlet Knights dominated by Huskies in series history from A BiG, page 14 Rutgers is 21-15 overall on the season with a 7-5 record in the Big East. The Scarlet Knight offense is led by junior infielder Patrick Kivlehan, who leads the team in eight different categories including batting average, slugging percentage and on base percentage. On the mound, junior left-handed pitcher Rob Smorol leads the team with five wins and has recorded an ERA of 3.64. Smorol is expected to start one of the three games this weekend. UConn has dominated the Scarlet Knights as of late, taking eight of the last ten games they have faced each other, though they trail 25-31 in the
all-time series. This weekend will also be the first time the Huskies will play at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. Last year the Huskies went 2-3 at their home away from home. “It’s awesome, I have played their a couple times already, have some great memories from regionals. Don’t really expect a lot of homeruns out of that yard though,” said Mazzilli. Due to inclement weather on Sunday, there will be a double header today at J.O. Christian Field, with game one starting at noon. First pitch for game two is scheduled for 3 p.m. On Sunday, the series finale at Dodd Stadium starts at noon.
Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Sports
» NFL
Colts to draft Luck with first pick
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The secret is out. Andrew Luck will be the Indianapolis Colts' new quarterback. A person with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday that the Colts have notified Luck that they plan to take the Stanford quarterback with the No. 1 pick in next week's NFL draft barring some unforeseen event between now and then. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not publicly disclosed its plan. It's hardly a surprise that the Colts are turning to Luck as the cornerstone of their massive rebuilding project. Luck was projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft before returning to school for his fourth season. He gave up his final year of college eligibility to enter this year's draft, which was dubbed the Andrew Luck Sweepstakes from the start. Contract negotiations are not expected to begin before the draft, the person familiar with the situation told the AP. Will Wilson, Luck's agent, did not immediately respond to phone messages or text messages Thursday. ''We've exhausted the process,'' new Indy general manager Ryan Grigson told reporters Wednesday. ''We've pretty much made up our minds and we're going to go from there. We feel good about it and we'll go from there.'' Grigson acknowledged that the Colts made their decision ''a little while'' ago,
though he declined to say whether the Colts would take Luck or Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III of Baylor. The secret lasted less than 24 hours. ESPN.com first reported that the Colts' had informed Luck they will take him. That would likely send Griffin to the Redskins, who traded a first- and second-round pick this year and first-rounders each of the next two years to St. Louis to move into the No. 2 slot. Luck faces a challenging situation in Indy, which went 2-14 last season after Peyton Manning was lost with a seasonending injury that required neck surgery. Manning was released March 7 and eventually signed with Denver, and Luck will now serve as Manning's successor. He may get off to a rough start through no fault of his own. ''I believe Andrew may struggle early simply because of the surrounding cast playing with him,'' said Colts former vice chairman Bill Polian, acknowledging both rookies will have their share of problems in 2012. ''It was nowhere near where Peyton's was, and he went 3-13. I think Andrew will struggle more because of the receivers around him. Only Reggie (Wayne) and Austin (Collie) are back.'' Still, Luck was the obvious choice as Manning's successor all along. A pro-style pocket quarterback, Luck threw for 35 touchdowns last season -
breaking his school record of 32 a year ago - and eclipsed John Elway's career record (77) at Stanford with 80 touchdown passes in only three years. He finished with 3,170 yards passing, a 70 percent completion percentage and only nine interceptions without the benefit of an elite wide receiver. In a 41-38 Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma State, Luck was brilliant again, going 27 of 31 passing for 347 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. And while the Colts sent a larger contingent of scouts to Griffin's pro day, it was Luck who had a private workout for the Colts and traveled to Indianapolis for a personal interview. Griffin did not, Grigson explained, partly because the Colts had already made their decision. What the Colts will get with Luck is a skilled player who's had an extra year to mature from 2011, when even then he might have been drafted ahead of Auburn star Cam Newton. ''I tend to think because of my position as an AD at a Division I school that spending a full four years is going to benefit almost every player, not just from a football standpoint but walking away with a degree is important in today's world, too,'' West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, Andrew's father, said Wednesday. ''The emotional development that comes with completing the cycle with the class that you came in with, I think that last aspect is very special.
Vaughan to be big offensive boost for UConn
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As the team has been able to do all season, the Huskies will be able to rely on senior outfielder Amy Vaughan for an offensive boost. Among others, senior third baseman Amy DeLuca, who scored a clutch run in UConn’s win over DePaul yesterday, will serve to assist Vaughan when the Huskies are at the plate. The Huskies and Pittsburgh start off this action at 12 p.m. with the first game of their double-header. The second game, scheduled for 2 p.m., will begin shortly after. The final game of the series will begin at 12 p.m. this Saturday. All games will be played at Vartabedian Field at the Peterson Sports Complex in Pittsburgh. UConn will stay on the road after this weekend when it travels to Jamaica, N.Y. for a double-header with the Red Storm of St. John’s. The Huskies then return home for the finish of the season for a one-game match-up with Hartford before Syracuse comes into town for three games.
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» ROWING
Rowing heads to Worcester for race By Jimmy Onforio Senior Staff Writer
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UConn's Amy Vaughan slides into home during the Huskies' matchup with DePaul on April 18 of this season.
The UConn womens’ rowing team will travel to Worcester, Mass. on Sunday to compete against Holy Cross. After recieving mixed results at the Knecht Cup in New Jersey last weekend, the Huskies will look to continue improving their rows. Coach Jen Sanford-Wendry said that the varsity boat has about 15 seconds to make up on Holy Cross, a team they faced in the Knecht Cup. She was optimistic heading back into practice, saying, “I am confident that we still have a lot of speed we can find and I think the races against Holy Cross will be very close.” This is the sixth competition for the Huskies and the last before they race in the wellknown Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River. The match against Holy Cross will be the last chance for Coach SanfordWendry to evaluate the lineup
in real competition. She said the warm weather this week would be a big help during practice. UConn’s varsity four beat Holy Cross by 12 seconds in their heat in the Knecht Cup. The second varsity, however, won the third final while Holy Cross placed fifth in the grand final. That crew has about seven seconds to make up. Coach Sanford-Wendry said of the two varsity boats, “Both crews had great performances” in the Knecht Cup. She seemed confident that her crews could quicken their pace in this week of practice and race hard against Holy Cross. Holy Cross races on Saturday against Colby, Connecticut College, Ithaca & William Smith while UConn will rest. The first day of the fishing season Saturday means there will be too many boats on Coventry Lake to practice, according to Sanford-Wendry. The Huskies will race Holy Cross on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
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» RUNNING
Boston Marathon attracts 22,000 runners
By Carmen Beatriz Angueira Campus Correspondent The Boston Marathon began in 1897, where it originated from the newly added event in the 1896 Olympics. This event started out localally, but has grown into one of the most famous and prestigious marathons in the world, attracting runners from around the globe. Everyone from amateurs to professional runners compete each year to brave the hilly and unpredictable weather of New England. The first time the race occurred, 115 years ago, there were 18 participants; this year, there were 22,000 runners, of which 4,000 decided to not run due to the unexpected hot temperatures. The race has traditionally been held on Patriots’ Day, a state holiday in Massachusetts, and until 1969 that was every April 19, no matter the day of the week. Starting in 1969, the holiday began to be observed on the third Monday in April, and so the marathon date was correspondingly moved to that Monday, which is often referred to by local residents as "Marathon Monday." The event attracts 500,000 spectators each year, making it New England's most widely viewed sporting event. The
Centennial Boston Marathon in 1996 established a record as the world's largest marathon with 38,708 entrants and 35,868 finishers.
“It’s hot out there, in case you didn’t know. I knew I had to hydrate to survive. I was more concerned about my hydration than my positioning,” Wesley Korir 2012 Boston Marathon winner Last year’s winner, Geoffrey Mutai, won the Marathon in a time of 2:03:02; it was marked as “the fastest Marathon ever ran,” yet it was not eligible for world record status because the course does not satisfy rules regarding elevation drop
and start/finish separation. The strong tailwind was also seen as giving him an unfair advantage. Wesley Korir was the first of all the runners to cross the finish line of the 116th edition of the Boston Marathon, posting a time of 2:12:40; he fell to the 2011 Mutai record of 2:03:02 due to the heat. “It’s hot out there, in case you didn’t know. I knew I had to hydrate to survive. I was more concerned about my hydration than my positioning,” Korir said, after winning this year’s Marathon Kenyans have been running this prominent marathon for the past 22 years, and Korir’s win marked the 19th win by a Kenyan. The Boston Marathon is open to runners aged 18 and older from all nations, yet there are certain requirements due to the pool of participants that want to run in this race. To qualify, a runner must complete a standard marathon course certified by a national governing body affiliated with the International Associated of Athletics Federations 18 months before the date of the Boston Marathon.
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First-time marathon runner Dylan Maguire of Somerville, Mass. stretches his legs near the finish area of the 2012 Boston Marathon.
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What's Next Home game
Away game
Today Rutgers 3 p.m.
April 22 Rutgers Noon
Tomorrow Pittsburgh 2 p.m.
April 22 Pittsburgh 2 p.m.
Next Paper’s Question:
“Which NHL first-round series will be the last to end?”
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» That’s what he said –Baylor’s star Brittney Griner on not being able to play in the London Olympics this summer.
April 24 Bryant 3 p.m.
April 27 Louisville 6 p.m.
April 25 St. John’s 1 p.m.
April 25 St. John’s 3 p.m.
Softball (20-18) Tomorrow Pittsburgh 12 p.m.
The Daily Question Q : “What will you remember about Pat Summit’s career?” A : “That hideous orange suit-jacket she always wore.”
» NCAA
AP
NCAA defends UConn ban
Brittney Griner
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Concentrate on the balls.
Lacrosse (7-5) Today Cincinnati 3:30 p.m.
April 22 Louisville 1 p.m.
April 27 Villanova 4 p.m.
May 3 April 29 Big East Loyola Tournament ` p.m. TBA
Men’s Track and Field Tomorrow April 26 April 27 April 28 Larry Ellis Penn Relays Penn Relays Penn Relays Invitational All Day All Day All Day All Day
TBA UNH/ UMass All Day
Women’s Track and Field Tomorrow Princeton Invite All Day
April 26 April 27 April 28 Penn Relays Penn Relays Penn Relays All Day All Day All Day
April 29 Brown Invite All Day
Rowing April 22 Holy Cross All Day
May 11 Dad Vaiil Regatta All Day
May 12 Dad Vail Regatta All Day
May 13 Big East Championships All Day AP
Men’s Tennis Today, Big East Championships All Weekend
Women’s Tennis Today, April 21, 22 Big East Championships All Weekend
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THE Weekend Ahead UConn’s Blue vs. White spring game ahead this weekend By Carmine Colangelo Staff Writer Game to attend: UConn football. On Saturday, the Huskies will have their annual Blue vs. White spring football game this Saturday at Rentschler Field. Saturday will the public’s first chance to see the Huskies play since the end of last season. The Huskies have been practicing for this game since March 20, and 15 practices later, the team is ready to play. With some holes left from graduating players, it will be an early look at future starters, including the quarterback situation that currently has five players fighting for the starting job. The game will begin at 1 p.m., and admission and parking will be free for the event. For those who cannot attend, SNY will be televising the game live and will replay it both Sunday and Monday. Listeners can tune into WTIC 1080 AM radio for a broadcast of the game. Game to follow: UConn women’s lacrosse at Cincinnati. Today the Huskies will open
up a series of away games this weekend against the Bearcats, looking for their first Big East victory of the season. The Huskies are 7-5 this season after a 16-9 loss against Notre Dame on Saturday and fall to 0-4 in conference play. The Huskies have fallen to the Irish, Syracuse, Rutgers and Georgetown but look to rebound against the Bearcats. The game against the Bearcats will begin today at 3:30 p.m. The Huskies will play again this Sunday at 1 p.m. in Louisville. Number of the week: 15. Junior centerfielder Billy Ferriter is leading the UConn men’s baseball team with a team high 15 stolen bases. Ferriter is also leading the team with a .360 batting average to go along with 32 runs scored and 24 runs batted in. The Huskies will play a double-header today against Rutgers with the first game starting at noon. On Saturday, they will play the Scarlet Knights again in Dodd Stadium. That game will start at noon as well.
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“I have told USA Basketball Women’s National Team Director, Carol Callan, that I will be unable to participate this summer.”
Baseball (21-16) Today Rutgers Noon
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) The NCAA defended its standard for academic performance Thursday that led to Connecticut’s men’s basketball team being banned from next year’s postseason and has sparked concerns from members of Congress. UConn faces a postseason ban because of several years of low scores on the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate. The school argues the penalty was applied retroactively and hurts current students, who had nothing to do with the low scores. Six members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation wrote a letter Wednesday expressing similar concerns with how the rule was implemented. ‘’While we understand and support the goals of ensuring quality educational opportunities for student-athletes and the need for strong sanctions for failure to meet those goals, we have misgivings about the retroactive implementation of the penalty,’’ the members of Congress wrote. ‘’In particular, the NCAA appears to have imposed an overly harsh and unfair penalty by imposing APR sanctions retroactively for conduct and circumstances that had already occurred.’’ But Bob Williams, an NCAA spokesman, said colleges have known about the standard and penalties since 2006. ‘’Every other team at the University of Connecticut met the standard,’’ Williams said. ‘’Every other team in the entire Northeast did. So obviously the standard was well known and others met the standard. The real issue is the academic performance of the UConn men’s basketball team.’’ The NCAA approved rules in October requiring a school have a two-year average score of 930 or a four-year average of 900 on the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Rate, which measures the academic performance of student-athletes, in order to qualify for the 2013 postseason tournament. Williams said he understands the disappointment over the penalty. ‘’But the process is inherently fair,’’ Williams said. ‘’They’ve essentially had since 2006 to ensure that their academic performance was above 900.’’ Connecticut’s men’s basketball program scored 826 for the 2009-10 school year. UConn’s score for 2010-11 was 978. That would not be high enough. It would give Connecticut a two-year score of 902 and a four-year score of below 890.
» COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Larry Brown named coach of Big-East Bound SMU DALLAS (AP) Larry Brown is returning to college to get back into coaching. The 71-year-old Hall of Fame coach was hired Thursday at SMU. It is his first college job in nearly a quarter century, and comes at a struggling program that is headed to the Big East after next season. ‘’It’s a challenge like everything. The greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity,’’ Brown told The Associated Press by phone from his home in Philadelphia. Brown, the only coach to win an NBA championship and NCAA title, hasn’t coached since leaving the Charlotte Bobcats in December 2010 after the NBA’s team’s 9-19 start. His contract there was to run through the end of the current season. SMU hasn’t won an NCAA tournament game since 1988, the year Brown led Kansas to the national championship in his last season as a college coach. ‘’It’s not like I haven’t been involved. I live in Villanova, I’ve been to Kentucky’s practices the last two years, Kansas practices, Maryland’s practices and Villanova, I’ve probably seen them practice 50 times a year,’’
Brown said, when asked about returning to the college level. ‘’People have to understand, you’re coaching college kids in the NBA, so I’ve found out kids want to be taught, they want to be coached, they want to get better,’’ he said. ‘’I really think the fact that I’ve had a background in both areas is going to help me.’’ The Mustangs fired Matt Doherty last month after six seasons. ‘’Larry Brown is one of the top coaches in the history of the game,’’ SMU athletic director Steve Orsini said. ‘’He is a legend and has made every team he has ever coached a winner. As we transition into the nation’s top basketball conference, the Big East, his leadership will be invaluable.’’ Details of Brown’s deal, including the length of the contract, weren’t released by the private school. Brown said he wasn’t ready to discuss who his assistant coaches would be. He said he has had plenty of inquiries about joining his staff. ‘’That’s the hardest thing I think,’’ he said. ‘’I don’t have enough jobs to help people that have been great to me. It’s been pretty painful in that respect.’’
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The water balloon war
Friday, April 20, 2012
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A BIG WEEKEND AHEAD
Huskies face Scarlet Knights in a 3-game set
By Tyler Morrissey Staff Writer
Mac Cerullo With graduation fast approaching, I want to take a moment now to talk about something completely different for a change. We’ve experienced some amazing things here at UConn over the past four years; championships in basketball, drama in football and endless weekends of wings, fun and friends in between. Each of us has our own story, and when we grow old we’ll always remember where we were when Kemba made that shot against Pitt, or when Dave Teggart kicked that field goal against South Florida. Now, I have a memory from before UConn that’s like that, back before I became a Husky and was just another high schooler with the whole world laid out before me. It has nothing to do with sports, or anything really, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s one of the Top Five greatest events in human history, so I’m going to share it with you. This is the story of the greatest water balloon fight ever fought. It was August of 2007. I was 17 and about to start my senior year of high school. At the end of every summer, I always went away to C.A.M.P.S., a weeklong catholic retreat for high schoolers that never failed to be a highlight of the year. That year was no exception, and when the week was just about over, we all went to bed anticipating a good night’s sleep before getting on the bus and heading home the next morning. That lasted until about 4 a.m., at which point our cabin leader woke us all up and told us we had to go to the meeting hall right away.
» CERULLO, page 11
Quiet quest for the cup By Darryl Blain Tri-State Sports Columnist In a city where there’s a lot going on, including the Giants’ Super Bowl win, the Jets making headlines left and right, the Knicks pushing for a playoff spot and the Yankees starting their season, the Rangers are quietly in the middle of what is widely considered to be their best shot in a long time at a run for Lord Stanley’s Cup. It has been a very fortuitous season for the blue shirts despite competing with arguably the strongest division in the NHL. Under the offensive leadership of the NHL’s third leading goal scorer in Marian Gaborik and the potentially Vezina Trophywinning goaltending play of Henrik Lundqvist, they found themselves atop the Eastern Conference standings at the end of the regular season for the first time since 1994. If you haven’t made the connection by now, that was also the year they last won the Stanley Cup. So where does it go from here? Will history repeat itself? From what we’ve seen in the playoffs so far, it is a tough question. New York is currently in a 2-2 deadlock in their series with eighth seeded Ottawa and have seen both their losses come in overtime-decided contests. Henrik Lundqvist has played like his usual self, especially in game 3 when he earned a shutout while posting an impressive 39 saves.
» BLAIN, page 11
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The UConn baseball team will welcome the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to Storrs for a three game series this weekend, concluding at Dodd Stadium in Norwich on Sunday. The Huskies are coming off a come-frombehind victory over Fairfield University, where UConn scored nine unanswered runs to improve their overall record to 21-16. UConn is 9-3 on the year so far in Big East play. Offensively, two Huskies have dominated the plate. Junior second basemen L.J. Mazzilli is leading the team in slugging percentage at .628, runs scored with 34 and RBI with 32. “I feel like I see the kitchen sink up here almost, you need to adjust yourself to hit whatever you can in the strike zone,” said Mazzilli. The other Husky performing well is junior center fielder Billy Ferriter. He leads the team in batting average at .360 and also leads the team in on base percentage at .447. “Billy is an incredible player; he can do almost anything on a baseball field. A lot of people don’t know that he has been playing hurt and it’s hard to tell because he can just play through it,” said assistant coach Joshua MacDonald. Ferriter has hit 4-6 in the last two games he has played. On the hill for the Huskies, junior right-handed reliever Scott Oberg has done well out of the bullpen, recording six saves and three victories on the season. Sophomore left handed pitcher Brian Ward has been battling back from fatigue and is trying to find his stride on the mound. “He struck out the side in practice today; it’s a confidence thing now. He’s got to remember there’s a guy in the batter’s box with a weapon trying to beat him, he just needs to get back to executing pitches,” said head coach Jim Penders. Rutgers has been on quite a roll as of late as they are currently on a six game winning streak, with their most recent victory coming against Lafayette by an 8-3 final score.
UConn catcher Joe Pavone swings away at a pitch during a baseball game against Seton Hall on March 30 of this season. The Huskies face Louisville this weekend.
» SCARLET, page 11
» SOFTBALL
Final stretch of games ahead for UConn softball
By Mike Corasaniti Staff Writer
With only two weekends left in the regular season, the University of Connecticut softball team will begin their last road stretch of the 2012 regular season this Saturday when they travel to Pennsylvania to take on Pittsburgh. The Panthers (23-21, 6-10) had gotten off to a hot start in the month of April after winning seven of their first nine games, but have since lost momentum after dropping two out of three to DePaul in Chicago and getting swept in a double-header at Syracuse proving that they are not quite the 37-win team they were from last season. However, the 2012 team that returned seven starters has a few individuals that could make life pretty difficult
for the Huskies. Among those players is the Pittsburgh pitching staff, which includes freshmen hurlers Savannah King and Alexa Larkin. Larkin, who tossed a one-hitter back on April 11 against the visiting Georgetown Hoyas, has three shutouts on the season to go along with her six wins. King (16-14) has enjoyed a very consistent season up to this point, during which she’s tossed over 20 complete games and 157 strikeouts (good to put her second on the Pittsburgh singleseason strikeout lists). When on the mound, the Huskies are going to have to look out for junior catcher Holly Stevens, who has provided the bulk of the long ball game for the Panthers this season. Stevens, who already holds the all-time school home run record with 27, already has nine
homers on the season including two in Pittsburgh’s April 14 win over DePaul. The Panther’s return home for their three-game-set against the Huskies this weekend, marking the end of their road games for the semester. The series should prove to be pivotal for the Panthers, who are currently on the outside looking in for the Big East Championships. Connecticut will be relying on its consistent pitching staff this weekend, which has been including freshman hurler Lauren Duggan to complement Kiki Saveriano more often. Duggan was critical in UConn’s doubleheader against DePaul yesterday, allowing only one earned run in four innings of work in the win over the Blue Demons.
» VAUGHAN, page 12
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UConn right-handed pitcher Lauren Duggan delivers a pitch during UConn’s game against DePaul.
» LACROSSE
Lacrosse heads to Louisville for two By Danny Maher Campus Correspondent
UConn (7-5, 0-4 Big East) could not carry over the momentum into a matchup with Notre Dame, who were then No. 8. The Irish used the The UConn women’s lacrosse opening ten minutes of the second team has two chances to earn half to bury the Huskies, 16-9. their first league win of the season UConn’s all-time scoring with a pair of weekleader M.E. Lapham end games starting on is on a quest to win Friday at Cincinnati and the Big East scoring finishing up on Sunday at Louisville title this year. Her 40 at Louisville. goals place her third 3 p.m. The Huskies and the behind Louisville’s Bearcats will square off Louisville, KY Nikka Boltja and at Nippert Stadium in Syracuse’s Alyssa Cincinnati at 3:30 p.m. Murray. Lapham is Both teams are in search of their second in the conference with first conference win. A loss on 12 free position goals. Friday will eliminate the Huskies Kiersten Tupper has quietly put from the Big East tournament and together an impressive senior sealikely from NCAA tournament son. She has racked up 25 goals, contention. a team-high 15 assists and has After an inspiring overtime vic- maintained a spot in the Big East tory over Columbia on April 7, point leaders all year. Sophomore
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UConn goalie Brittney Testa launches the ball up the field during the Huskies’ game on April 14 against Notre Dame.
Lauren Kahn has not shown any sign of a sophomore slump; the midfielder has notched 24 goals and 11 assists. Cincinnati (3-9, 0-5 Big East) almost earned their first win in six weeks last time out in a 13-10 loss at Rutgers on April 15. The Bearcats have lost seven straight games, with their last win coming at Liberty on March 4. A familiar face on the Bearcats sideline will be assistant coach Lauren Gunning. Gunning played four seasons at UConn, starting seven games her senior season. She scored seven goals, including one against Cincinnati last season in which the Huskies defeated the Bearcats 19-9 last season to earn their first Big East victory of the season.
» LAPHAM, page 11