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Media takes heat for Newtown coverage

By Loumarie Rodriguez Senior Staff Writer

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UConn journalism professors filled in as substitute panelists for the ‘Covering Newtown’ panel while breaking news of the Boston Marathon bombers manhunt unfolded Friday afternoon.

Throughout the event, panelist, Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police’s phone continued to ring as constant updates came in about the manhunt. Stephen Busemeyer, the breaking news editor at The Hartford Courant and John Dankosky the news director of WNPR radio in Hartford where unable to make the panel because of the manhunt in Boston. The head of the journalism department, Maureen Croteau, stepped in as a substitute panelist and made the opening remarks.

“Journalists are like first responders.

We’re trained to run toward danger, and that’s absolutely against human instinct,” said Croteau. “There is a big cost to that, we know, and we thank all the people who covered Newtown for us…The events of Boston keeps unfolding, some of them touching Connecticut.”

Associate Professor Marcel Dufresne also stepped in as the moderator for Dankosky’s place and led the discussions on the positive and negative aspects of the Newtown coverage. John Voket the associate editor of The Newtown Bee was one of the first journalists at the scene after receiving the original reports that someone was shot in the foot. He explained as he arrived the scene was still developing and it was a lot worse than he had anticipated. Voket had no idea of the media frenzy that was occurring on the outside, but was being fed information that he had considered outrageous.

“Many news outlets kept calling to

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Lt. Paul Vance, pictured above, and a team of panelists discuss the mistakes and achievements of the media ocovering the Sandy Hook shooting while the Boston Marathon bombers manhunt unfolded on April 19.

confirm certain information,” said Voket.

“There was a sense of redundancy.”

Panelist and journalism professor Marie Shanahan extensively talked about the social media frenzy that made an impact on how quickly false information spread.

“The worst information released that day was naming the wrong guy,” Shanahan said. “The media put the name out there without confirming it.”

Shanahan explained that within min-

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Traveling duo will take on the world after graduation Cwilka was not quite ready for that she said. She likes to have a plan and know where she is going so she can research the places and learn the history.

Their compromise was having their first hostels booked

By Anne Pancak and places to check off but also allotting a few weeks with Campus Correspondent nothing planned.

The planning began their our years ago in History junior year. They said the 1400, Grant Fecteau told first step was deciding where Lauren Cwikla his plan they both wanted to go. Machu to buy a one-way ticket after Picchu was on both of their graduation and see where he bucket lists so seemed approended up. She priate. Some thought he was of the places crazy. And then they wanted she decided that to go they she wanted to go realized they with him. Now would not be seniors, Fecteau able to when and Cwikla they started leave for Peru in researchJune. ing.

Brazil The couple has high Grant Fecteau crime rates will hike the Inca Trail, now, UConn senior right volunteer in and would the Amazon, not be safe, participate said Fecteau. in Oktoberfest festivities in Peru also has a travel warning Germany, celebrate Fiera de near where they are going, but Agosta in Granada and spend he said he is hoping it will be their nights in hostels for five repealed by the time they go. months while many of their They said they used mostly School of Buisness friends online sources to plan. Cwilka are starting after-college jobs, said moon.com was a travel they said. guide site that gave sample “I’ve thought about it every- itineraries, tips, mistakes and day for the past six years,” advise. said Fecteau on his backpackThis past October the plans ing plans. He said his father became official when they gave him the idea his junior booked their tickets. First they year to be a peasant goat farm- will go to South America, come er in Argentina and hitchhike back to the U.S. so Fecteau can his way around the continent. » GRADUATING, page 3

utes of naming the suspect an online mobbed had formed and began attacking him and his friends. By 5 p.m. the name of the real shooter was released, but for three hours an innocent man’s name was dragged through the mud. She went over the basic rules of journalism ethics and stressed how important it is for reporters to abide by them.

Lt. Vance, the lead source of official information released to press of the tragedy, said one of the main goals is to make

sure that they get out accurate information to the press as quick as possible.

He explained that they have created a system called the ‘one voice situation’ which is one person can interact with the media and they are the main source of information. Vance says that his name should be attached to every valid piece of information and if it’s not then it is to be suspected.

“Rumors had to be controlled,” said Vance. “We kept regular press events to regulate information. This was the largest gathering of press I had ever seen in years.”

Vance described the amount of respect that he received from the press. Bill Leukhardt, a Hartford Courant staff writer, also described the press as respectful and sensitive.

Leukhardt was the stepfather to slain Sandy Hook teacher Lauren Rousseau, a 2004 UConn graduate. Many reporters that interviewed him and his family were kind and didn’t ask any stupid questions he described.

Originally he reported to the scene and described it as “being thrown into a blender of activity.” After not hearing from Lauren, he realized he couldn’t cover it and stepped back from his reporting role. Leukhardt described Lauren’s personality as someone who showed great courage and bravery by stepping in between the gunman and the kids in order to protect them.

Despite the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook, there are many people that believe it is a conspiracy according to Croteau. Using a power point presentation she talked about a group called ‘The Truthers’ who believe many of the tragic events that have taken place are a gov-

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“I’ve thought about it every day for the past six years.”

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Student runners compete in UConn’s first-ever Underwear Run, hosted by UConn Endurance, on April 20, marking Connecticut’s first underwear run. A similar tradition has been held at Massachusetts’ Northeastern University in the past.

Students bare (almost) all for underwear run

By Aysha Mahmood Campus Correspondent More than 500 UConn students ran in the university’s first ever Underwear Mile, which made history as the state’s first underwear run Saturday.

Despite the chilly, windy Storrs weather, some students arrived to the Student Union courtyard stripped down in nothing but their underwear.

Others got creative with costumes such as gorilla suits, horse heads, prom dresses and American flags and even used body paint to show their UConn pride.

2nd semester math major Megan Connelly was excited about the run bringing the UConn community together and enjoyed how unique it was.

“The underwear aspect of the event makes it fun and because of that you don’t have to even be a good runner to join the race,” Connelly said.

Other than stripping down, others wanted to run because they wanted to be part of the event.

Foreign exchange student seniors Djinder

Verdugn Lund and Titus van Dijk from the Netherlands said that they were running to get more of a feel of what American college life is about.

“You see stuff like this in movies,” Lund said.

“We know this isn’t actually how America is, but this is a really cool cultural experience.”

With more than a thousand people attending the event in total, UConn Empower raised approximately $5000 for A Better World Cameroon orphanage in West Africa.

Despite this being the main cause for the run, it was clear that students were running in honor of the Boston tragedy victims as well.

Some wrote “I love Boston” in body paint along their chests while others were running because the tragedy hit so close to home.

In fact, UConn Empower even set up a donation box on their registration table with a sign entitled, “UConn For Boston, Thanking our Heroes.”

Although the event was designated to start at 6

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ernment conspiracy. Whether it is 9/11, Sandy Hook shootings and even the Boston Bombers, ‘The Truthers’ look for minute details in photographs and videos, trying to prove the government is behind the events. Also, they believe the media is in cahoots with the government. Croteau says that after coming across this group it reminded her why they do what they do as journalists.

“You can’t dismiss all truthers as nut cases,” said Croteau. “Sometimes conspiracies can be accurate.”

Dufresne led the question and answer portion after the panel finished their insight on the Newtown coverage.

Both students and professors stepped up to the microphone to asked questions ranging from how to break bad news to families, the polices’ relationship with the media and how did media outlets go about correcting mistakes.

“I use this documentary in my ethics class called ‘Covering Columbine’ it’s all about the

press covering the shooting,” said Dufresne. “It’s a very powerful statement about what the media does well and what it doesn’t do well. The coverage for Sandy Hook is not over by large. There weren’t the same type of problems [as Columbine] but we had different type of problems. The social media didn’t exist then and a lot of the perpetuation of errors.

I thought this would be really an important topic to explore about what journalist did, what they might learn from what happen and maybe it will influence future coverage. There were a lot of students here and I’m hoping that students were able to learn a lot about how this kind of event should be covered and how to deal with the public officials.”

Students said they found the panel enlightening.

“I gained new insight to the relationship between journalists and policemen,” said Sandy Matosz 6th-semester journalism major. “How [journalists] get their information we don’t necessarily

STEVE QUICK/The Daily Campus

On April 19, panelists discuss the media’s ethics during and after the Sandy Hook shooting.

learn in detail in class so to hear about it from someone who is a big part of it gave it more credit. It’s cool to hear about people who reported

[Sandy Hook] about it and were there.”

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Parents of Boston suspect describe Russia trip

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted on Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in this volatile part of Russia. But the Boston bombing suspect could not have been immune to the attacks that savaged the region during his six-month stay.

Tsarnaev , 26, and his 19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, are accused of setting off the two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three people and wounding more than 180 others.

Three days later, investigators say they killed a university police officer, carjacked a man and led police on a chase that resulted in a shootout that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead. His younger brother escaped, but was captured the next day, alive but badly wounded.

When the two ethnic Chechen suspects were identified, the FBI said it reviewed its records and found that in early 2011, a foreign government — which law enforcement officials confirmed was Russia — had asked for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The FBI said it was told that Tsarnaev was a “follower of radical Islam” and was preparing to travel to this foreign country to join unspecified underground groups.

The FBI said that it responded by interviewing Tsarnaev and family members, but found no terrorism activity.

No evidence has emerged since to link Tsarnaev to militant groups in Russia’s Caucasus. And on Sunday the Caucasus Emirate, which Russia and the U.S. consider a terrorist organization, denied involvement in the Boston attack.

But a trip Tsarnaev made back to Russia in January, 2012, has raised questions.

His father said his son stayed with him in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, where the family lived briefly before moving to the United States a decade ago. The father had only recently returned.

“He was here, with me in Makhachkala,” Anzor Tsarnaev told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “He slept until 3 p.m., and you know, I would ask him: ‘Have you come here to sleep?’ He used to go visiting, here and there. He would go to eat somewhere. Then he would come back and go to bed.”

He said his son went to the mosque for prayers, but would not have come under the influence of radical imams, who he said stay up in the mountain villages.

A woman who works in a small shop opposite Tsarnaev’s apartment building said she only saw his son during the course of one month last summer. She described him as a

Thousands lace up their sneakers in New York City, elsewhere, to support Boston NEW YORK (AP) — of solidarity by selling “I Run Thousands of New Yorkers for Boston” T-shirts with proceeds donned “I Run for Boston” bibs going to the One Fund Boston, the during a 4-mile run Sunday in official fund for those affected by Central Park, one of a number of the bombing.

Other “Run for Boston” events races held around the world in support of the victims of the mara- have taken place around the U.S. and the world, with many runners thon bombings.

“It was really quite a powerful wearing blue and yellow, the offimorning,” said Mary Wittenberg, cial Boston Marathon colors.

More than 500 runners gathered CEO of the New York Road in St. Louis on Runners.

Saturday for a Wittenberg Unity Run. In said later Sunday San Francisco, at another run about 400 dedicated to vicpeople ran 4 tims that she had miles along the been in close Embarcadero communication on Friday. A with Boston run christened Marathon orga“Boston Strong nizers.

San Diego” “This is one is planned for c o m m u n i t y, ” Monday.

Wittenberg said.

In Michigan, “After 9/11, we runners braved were all New sub-freezing Yorkers. After temperatures last Monday, and a partly we’re all Mary Witternberg flooded course Bostonians. And for I just want to CEO, New York Sunday the Lansing add, I think now Road Runners M a r a t h o n , we’ve got one which was world of rundedicated to the ners.”

More than 6,000 runners took Boston victims. In Burlington, part in Sunday’s City Parks Vt., a 5-kilometer walk-run on Foundation Run for the Parks, Saturday raised more than $10,000 which was planned before for Massachusetts General Hospital’s emergency fund and Monday’s bombings.

Organizers turned it into a show One Fund Boston.

“After 9/11, we were all New Yorkers. After last Monday, we’re all Bostonians ... now we’ve got one world of runners.

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This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The FBI says the two brothers are the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, and are also responsible for killing an MIT police officer, critically injuring a transit officer in a firefight and throwing explosive devices at police during a getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left Tamerlan dead and Dzhokhar captured, late Friday, April 19.

dandy.

“He dressed in a very refined way,” said Madina Abdullaeva. “His boots were the same color as his clothes. They were summer boots, light, with little holes punched in the leather.”

Anzor Tsarnaev said they traveled together to neighboring Chechnya. “He went with me twice, to see my uncles and aunts. I have lots of them,” the father said.

He said they also visited one of his daughters, who lives in the Chechen town of UrusMartan with her husband. His son-in-law’s brothers all work in the police force under Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, he said.

Moscow has given Kadyrov a free hand to stabilize Chechnya following two wars between federal troops and Chechen separatists beginning in 1994, and his feared police and security forces have been accused of rampant rights abuses.

What began in Chechnya as a fight for independence has morphed into an Islamic insurgency that has spread throughout Russia’s Caucasus, with the worst of the violence now in Dagestan.

In February, 2012, shortly after Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s arrival in Dagestan, a four-day operation to wipe out several militant bands in Chechnya and Dagestan left 17 police and at least 20 militants dead. In May, two car bombs shook Makhachkala, killing at least 13 people and wounding about 130 more. Other bombings and shootings targeting police and other officials took place nearly daily.

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The Caucasus Emirate said Sunday that its mujahedin are not fighting with the United States. “We are at war with Russia, which is not only responsible for the occupation of the Caucasus, but also for heinous crimes against Muslims,” it said in a statement on the Kavkaz Center website.

The group suggested that Russia’s secret services would have had a greater interest in carrying out the attack in Boston.

Despite the violence in Dagestan, Anzor Tsarnaev said Sunday that his son did not want to leave and had thoughts on how he could go into business. But the father said he encouraged him to go back to the United States and try to get citizenship. Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned to the U.S. in July.

His mother said that he was questioned upon arrival at New York’s airport.

“And he told me on the phone, ‘imagine, Mama, they were asking me such interesting questions as if I were some strange and scary man: Where did you go? What did you do there?,’ “ Zubeidat Tsarnaeva recalled her son telling her at the time.

Both parents insist that the FBI continued to monitor Tamerlan Tsarnaev and that both of their sons were set up.

Their mother went so far on Sunday to claim that the FBI had contacted her elder son after the deadly bombs exploded at the marathon. If true it would be the first indication that the FBI considered him a suspect before Boston descended into violence on Thursday.

p.m., it was an hour late, making some students find shelter from the cold wherever they could.

According to 4th semester student Lior Trestman, the community relations officer of UConn Empower, the short wait was due to a number of little mistakes and calculations.

Although students couldn’t enter the Union because of dress code policy, many students found warmth by dancing to the band The Go-To, jogging and huddling with their friends.

Even Go-To drummer Austin Burr found the event attractive as he raced to join the event after they ended their set.

“I’ve heard of an underwear run before, but never participated, so I’m really excited to run in the race, especially because the money raised is going to such a good cause,” he said.

When everyone was finally gathered around the starting line, cheers erupted. What originally started out as the UConn Husky chant transformed into a USA chant, which eventually turned into a Boston chant, another sign that the Boston tragedy was still on many students’ minds.

“It felt like we were coming together for them,” Connelly said.

With the knowledge that students were about to participate in something big, there was already a celebration of cheers and shouts taking place in anticipation for the race to begin.

After the countdown, students

ran, jogged and walked past the onlookers to complete the mile.

In addition to the costumes, students also brought wagons, skateboards, and rollerblades to make the mile more interesting.

Lund, who jumped on a wagon with a sound speaker, said the run was one of the craziest things he’s done since he’s been in America.

The run took a route along Fairfield Way, ending where it started. It wasn’t much time until the first person crossed the finish line.

At the end of the run, Trestman invited everyone to gather around the stage where he thanked everyone for their participation in the run. After giving out prizes and telling students other ways they could help the cause, such as buying their “Go Bare, Show You Care” tank tops, the event ended with Trestman announcing that they would hopefully do this again next year.

After the event, Trestman and other members of UConn Empower discussed what they did well along with what they could improve on and do differently. Overall, however, he stated that he was proud of the event and looked forward to the same success next year.

“As an organization, we could not be happier,” Trestman stated. “We think that we have started a good fun, not to mention philanthropic tradition that people will enjoy for years to come.”

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Hearing planned on Conn. medical marijuana rules

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Department of Consumer Protection has scheduled a hearing on proposed regulations for Connecticut’s new medical marijuana law.

Members of the public can testify Monday, beginning at 10 a.m. at the State Office Building in Hartford, on the wide-ranging package of rules for the program passed by the General Assembly and signed into law last year.

The regulations touched on numerous aspects of the program such as the rights and responsibilities of medical marijuana dispensaries, security requirements for those dispensaries and rules for manufacturing marijuana products.

The Department of Consumer Protection is expected to submit the final regulations to the legislature by July 1.

Patients receiving medical treatment for an applicable debilitating medical condition included in the law may qualify for a temporary registration certificate to legally use medical marijuana.

Boston manhunt hits close to home in Conn. town

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Stamford’s schools superintendent cancelled outdoor school activities when Boston — more than 175 miles away — was almost entirely shut as police searched for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

The Advocate of Stamford reports that Superintendent Winifred Hamilton said she acted Friday as a precaution. She said she responded to police stopping and boarding a train in Norwalk as part of the manhunt.

Norwalk officials said Friday that Boston police asked them to search an Amtrak train that left South Station in Boston at about 5 a.m.

Eight games involving Stamford High were postponed and some school recess periods were moved indoors.

Task force to be named for Norwich energy facility

PRINCETON, New Jersey (AP) — Provost Christopher Eisgruber credits Princeton University with helping influence the way he has led his life.

Now, he’ll get the opportunity to influence the direction of the school.

Princeton introduced Eisgruber, its current No. 2 administrator, as its 20th president Sunday, promoting a graduate and veteran in-house administrative hand to lead the elite Ivy League school.

Eisgruber, a 1983 Princeton graduate, is a former Rhodes Scholar and a constitutional expert who has spent the last nine years as Princeton’s provost, or chief academic and budget officer, and had always been considered among the likely contenders. He will take office July 1, succeeding Shirley Tilghman, who announced last fall she planned to step down after 12 years.

“Princeton has shaped my life ever since I first set foot on this campus 34 years ago,” Eisgruber said at his introductory news conference on Sunday at the university’s Nassau Hall. “It is such an honor to lead this university.”

Eisgruber said he would focus on several key issues, citing his commitment to creating greater “diversity and inclusivity” and stressing the importance of a

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Their time back in the U.S. will also allow them to repack their 50-liter backpacks. They described their packing list in two parts, clothing and gear.

Clothing consists of five shirts, two pairs of pants and two pairs of shorts. Gear is boots, a first aid kit and a tent they will use while hiking. They said they are also bringing two cameras, a GoPro and a tablet to share photos on their blog and keep plans.

In South America they are packing multi-use clothing, such as zip-off pants. Fecteau stressed the importance of having the best shoes they could get their hands on. Their hike consists of covering 26 miles of rugged terrain in three days, said Fecteau.

Cwilka said she believed one of the most important things was bringing medications, because there will not be the availability like there is in the U.S. During their two weeks back in the U.S. their backpack contents will change for a less rugged trip, said Fecteau.

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liberal arts education. He also discussed how the school could use online education to reach more people.

The appointment closes out a year of exceptional turnover in the presidencies of Ivy League and other elite universities, with Yale, Brown, Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all selecting new leaders within the last 12 months.

Several have chosen to go with familiar faces rather than outsiders. Yale also recently named its provost, Peter Salovey, as president, and the University of Georgia also promoted its provost, Jere Morehead.

Eisgruber will be the first Princeton president who received his undergraduate degree from the university to serve as president since Robert Goheen, who served from 1957 to 1972. The next two presidents, William Bowen and Harold Shapiro, both had graduate degrees from Princeton, which has exceptionally close ties to its alumni.

Eisgruber also has a law degree from the University of Chicago, was a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and taught at New York University Law School before joining the Princeton faculty in 2001. He became provost in 2004.

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he Connecticut state Judiciary Committee approved legislation last week that would close a loophole in the state’s sexual assault laws for victims that have developmental and intellectual disabilities.

In 2012, the state Supreme Court decided that a person is not considered physically helpless, in the eyes of the law, unless he or she has a disability that leaves him or her unconscious. Then, and only then, did the state of Conn. consider someone unable to resist his or her attacker.

The case is put in context given a story concerning a woman whose disabilities included a mental disability, cerebral palsy and a condition that allows fluid to build-up in the skull causing brain swelling called hydrocephalus.

The court found that she was not helpless against her attacker, despite her inability to walk or speak, because of her ability to bite, kick and scratch to demonstrate resistance. While it’s necessary for the court to consider the possibility that an attacker might not think of him or herself as an attacker unless told otherwise, this case makes a clear argument that that simply isn’t who this law is protecting.

By changing the law and closing this harmful loophole the Conn. state government has demonstrated a commitment to victims of these crimes and a commitment to the state and its citizens. The loophole was built into the legislation not out of ignorance or malice toward people with disabilities. It was simply a precautionary measure to ensure that no attacker is damned due to a misunderstanding. However, the state of Conn. should be commended for recognizing a glaring error in their reasoning and, unlike many in government who are too headstrong to admit a failure in judgment, took immediate measures to correct and close this harmful loophole.

Thanks to this foresight and quick reaction, those with physical and intellectual disabilities can now not worry if they cannot actually say the word “no” to his or her attacker. There is now clarity about what it means for a person with disabilities to resist his or her attacker. They now have the government on their side rather than their attacker’s.

Swiftness and an ability to recognize a mistake is what makes the passing of this new legislation something special. In a world when the American people regularly see their government deadlocked across party lines on almost every major issue, it is refreshing to see legislators making decisions to benefit, protect and provide for the people that they govern.

We can only hope that, moving forward, we can trust those that run our government to continue to provide for our best welfare and interests and avoid getting bogged down in party politics or headstrong adherence to the first thought. When safety is on the line, let us hope that our government continues to act in the way that it did with this new legislation.

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If only campus power could run entirely on swagggggg, Ryan Boatright could be our one and only energy source.

Friday had to be the craziest news day I’ve lived through in the last ten years.

How do you know you made an impression with your costume at a party last Halloween? When people you haven’t seen in months recognize you and yell “It’s Batman!”

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The ceiling can’t hold Macklemore

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hile listening to the album “The Heist” by Macklemore, I spent almost the entire time in disbelief.

Most rappers rap about how much money they make and how fancy their cars and clothes are. “Thrift Shop” is about bargainhunting and shopping in thrift stores. Most rappers rap about how many girls they get. “Same Love” is about homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

Most rappers rap about gang feuds, weapons and promoting the thug lifestyle.

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By Jesse Rifkin his best friend losAssociate Commentary Editor ing his life to street violence over a pair of sneakers. Most rappers rap about drinking or smoking in the club. “Neon Cathedral” is about his struggle with alcoholism, his stay in rehabilitation and his unintentional relapse.

There is nobody else in the music industry right now like Macklemore, real name Ben Haggerty. As he stops by New Haven next Monday for his first Connecticut concert performance since making it big, it is worth reviewing why. Only a few months ago, nobody knew who he was – last month’s Rolling Stone article on him was entitled “Straight Outta Nowhere.” His album was released independently on his own self-run label, which in and of itself is virtually a guarantee that the set would not find mass commercial success. There were no guest appearances from established artists, a com-

mon technique used to drum up interest for debuting acts. Not to mention that his album ran over an hour long, double the length of many other albums.

He broke all the rules, not just in the rap game but in the music game in general.

And he has been rewarded astoundingly, with an album that reached number two on the charts and a debut song which spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including a record-setting 14 weeks and counting on the Hot R&B and Hip-Hop songs chart. Amazingly, this week he simultaneously holds the number-one and number-two spots on that chart with “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us.” In the same week.

I would argue that the reason he is potentially on track to be the highest-selling music act of 2013 is precisely because he colors so far outside the lines. Look at the highest selling music act of each decade, according to Billboard. Start with Elvis Presley in the 1950s, the man largely responsible for bringing the rebellious rock-‘n’-roll style from the black underground to the mainstream youth, whose dance moves were so scandalous that his televised performances were only filmed from the waist up. Move to The Beatles in the 1960s, who wore their hair long, did their fair share of drugs, and were among the leaders of the ‘60s counterculture movement. Next comes Elton John in the 1970s, an openly gay performer with colorful flamboyant costumes and singles with titles like “The Bitch Is Back.” Then there’s Michael Jackson in the 1980s, and you must have been living under a rock if you don’t know how eccentric he was. Finally comes Eminem in the 2000s (something of Macklemore’s predecessor), a white rap-

per who protested the Iraq War and filmed music videos featuring sock puppets.

Each seemingly had major handicaps to achieving widespread success, but instead the opposite happened. People responded in droves to the concept that these acts were bucking the trend and going against the grain. But clearly, one can’t just be unusual for the sake of weirdness. There obviously has to be some serious quality and musical chops backing it up. And for each of those acts, there was: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hey Jude,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Black or White,” and “Lose Yourself” are among the greatest songs ever made.

Not every hot artist actually makes it and lasts as those artists have. But, at least over the past few months, Macklemore has been the biggest thing in popular music. Logic and reason would dictate that he would fail miserably. Logic and reason would be wrong. Macklemore himself explained it best in his song “Jimmy Iovine,” named after the chairman of one of the largest record labels Interscope Geffen A&M, who offered Macklemore a record deal which he turned down. “He said: we’ve been watching you, so glad you could make it / Your music gets so impressive in this whole brand you created / You’re one hell of a band, we here think you’re destined for greatness / And with that right song we all know that you’re next to be famous… I replied I appreciate the offer, thought that this is what I wanted / Rather be a starving artist than succeed at getting f*cked.”

Turns out Macklemore did neither.

A ssociate Commentar y Editor Jesse Rifkin is a 6th- semester journalism major. He can be reached at Jesse.Rifkin@UConn.edu.

Albany H.S. latest example of why we need Israel

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hroughout the past centuries the Jewish people have been persecuted, murdered, destroyed and rebuilt unlike any other nation in the world.

This persecution came to a head during the Noah Dines Holocaust, led by Adolf Staff Columnist Hitler and his Third Reich. Approximately six million Jews and eleven million people were killed in total.

Out of the ashes of this horrific tragedy, the Jewish State of Israel rose with a mission to protect Jews the world over.

A reminder of the need for the state of Israel has emerged from the most unlikely of places, Albany High School in Albany, New York.

A teacher assigned an essay to students in which they were instructed to write the persuasive argument “Jews are evil and the cause of all of our problems.” The writing prompt went on to ask students to draw on “any experience you have” to write the essay. The Albany TimesUnion reported that one third of students refused to write the essay in a stand against the assignment.

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The United States is considered to be the safest place for Jews to live outside of the State of Israel. Anti-Semitism is far from pervasive and Jews enjoy equal rights and treatment as has rarely been seen in history. Many, if not most, American Jews enjoy a life free from overt and targeted anti-Semitism, something unheard of for our forefathers.

However, as evidenced by the assignment, the tentacles of anti-Semitism still hold a grasp on this free land. All it takes is one or two motivated individuals to begin a national movement of Jew hatred.

One can understand the idea of having the students write in favor of something they do not agree with. Encouraging students to take on the “even worse” is the draw upon personal experience in the writing of this argument. This is a call for students to turn the actions of their Jewish friends, classmates, or celebrities into hateful prose. By embodying the Nazis the teacher is sowing and fertilizing the seeds of anti-Semitism. It is people like this who can create a new generation of the Hitler Youth. Teachers like this can breed a new population of anti-Semites, people who wish

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for nothing more than a Jewfree country and world.

The school’s response has also been rather putrid. The superintendent issued a rather garbled apology and the teacher has been suspended, not fired. Some argue that this is enough, but many in the Jewish community have expressed outrage about the handling of the situation.

The Jewish State serves as a protector and most importantly as a safe haven for Jews, no matter where they come from.

It is times like these that the world is reminded of the need for a strong Jewish state. Only a Jewish state with all of its resources is able to protect and absorb Jews who are being persecuted. In its short sixtyfive year history, the State of Israel has rescued Jews from across the globe. Israel has brought and absorbed refugees from the Soviet Union, Yemen, Ethiopia and many other lands hostile to Jews.

It is the job and mandate of the state of Israel to act as a home for Jews in need. In the face of rising anti-Semitism this need cannot and must not be understated. As the neoNazi Golden Dawn party rises in Greece and Hungary sees anti-Semitism flourish, the

threat on Jews is reaching levels unseen for over half a century. When Americans are threatened overseas, the American government steps in to ensure their safety. When Jews are threatened throughout the world, Israel steps in.

The Jewish people have unfortunately learned that they cannot leave their safety up to any other people. Who will evacuate Jews from Hungary if the need arises, other than the state of Israel? When the Jews were persecuted in Germany the United States did nothing and there was no Jewish State to save them.

As anti-Semitism flourishes around the world and incidents such as the Albany assignment occur on the homefront, Jews are at an increased risk of persecution. The State of Israel holds a very important role in ensuring this does not occur, and if it does, removing Jews from the situation.

The State of Israel must be allowed to thrive and survive if the world wishes to prevent further genocides of the Jews.

Staff Columnist Noah Dines is a 2nd-semester political science major. He can be reached at Noah.Dines@UConn.edu.

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Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki headlined the Spring Concert 2013. With two different opening acts Kendrick Lamar bounced on stage around 9:00 p.m. rapping songs off his latest album. After his set Steve Aoki took over the stage with his sounds of electronica.

By Loumarie Rodriguez Senior Staff Writer Standing alone on stage, Kendrick Lamar demanded silence from the audience. The DJ in the background stood quiet and Lamar continued to hush the crowd of students that packed close to the stage and in the stands. He finally gave what the audience demanded; free style rapping. Starting off slow he began picking up the pace with every lyric he spat out with no accompaniment of background beats or music.

Kendrick Lamar was one of the headliners for this year’s Spring Concert with Steve Aoki closing the show on Friday night. Students waited in long lines outside in order to enter

Gampel Pavilion which quickly became packed once the concert began. Students were decked out in attire that reflected the essence of the 90s as they mobbed together in the stands and on the floor close to the stage attempting to touch Lamar’s hand.

Lamar jumped around on stage getting the audience hyped as he rapped songs from his latest album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.” With loud heavy beats blaring through the speakers he rapped out a few familiar tracks such as “Backstreet Freestyle” with students singing along on top of their lungs. Other familiar songs he performed were “Poetic Justice,” “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and “B#$#$, Don’t Kill My Vibe.”

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Lamar completed his set, however students demanded for an encore where he came back on stage and performed a few more songs in a UConn jersey before officially finishing his performance. Steve Aoki shortly followed him on stage with a quick set up for his DJ-ing equipment.

Starting off loud with repetitive sounds of electronica, Aoki began his set with loud beats that drowned out all sound but his own music. He grooved along to his own sounds that he created behind the DJ stand occasionally jumping along in the same rhythmic pattern as the audience. Confetti streamed out in bulks all over students on the floor area as he continue to drop beats and entertain

the crowd by throwing water bottles into the sea of students that gathered close to the stage.

He even pulled several large heavily frosted cakes and pelted at certain audience members as well as drizzling champagne onto them.

Aoki built up the beat and waited before dropping it making students go crazy every time he worked up the drop. At one point the stage crew pulled out an inflatable raft and allowed two students at a time to climb in and sail over the mob of an audience giving a new meaning to crowd surfing. Towards the end his sounds of electronica reflected a few modern songs heard on the radio and mixed in strange sonic sounds that was ear piercing. Despite the unusu-

al sounds and unique mixes of electronica students continued to jump up and down in the stands as well as dance crazily to the beats.

“It [the concert] was awesome and a lot of fun,” said Jennifer Kruzansky, 6th semester allied health major. “There was a positive energy from the show overall.”

“He [Aoki] hit the energy level that made you want to keep dancing,” said Molly Deegan, 4th semester allied health major.

Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki were a part of the Verge Campus Tour presented by Karmaloop with Bad Rabbits and 5 & A Dime opening up the show.

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Photo provided by Warner Bros., actors Robert Redford, right, and Dustin Hoffman appear in their roles as reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, ‘All the President’s Men.”

NEW YORK (AP) — When Robert Redford first called Bob Woodward to talk about a movie that eventually became “All the President’s Men,” the Washington Post reporter didn’t call back.

Redford’s call came early in Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s reporting on the coverup that later toppled President Richard Nixon. Redford, who portrayed Woodward in the movie, said the writer later told him he didn’t believe it was the actor on the phone and was worried about being set up.

“I don’t know if it was that,” Woodward told The Associated Press. “I think we were busy and wondering why he might be calling.”

They were certainly busy, and a Discovery network documentary, “All the President’s Men Revisited” which airs

Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, shows why. Ultimately the focus is far more on the Watergate case than the film about it.

“I didn’t want to make it too much about the movie,” Redford said. “That would be self-serving. The intention was to look back at that time and stay in that time, leaving any comparison with where journalism was or Congress was in that day compared to today to the audience to decide or think about.”

Politically, the contrast to today’s hyper-partisanship was most obvious when a House committee voted on articles of impeachment. The documentary lingers on the solemn roll call, making the point that members of Nixon’s own party had limits to how much they could stomach.

Redford hopes the Discovery

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show will bring the story of Watergate alive to young people who know about it only from books.

“It is so far removed that maybe the younger generation may not know that this is a piece of recent American history that may inform them,” he said.

Filmmakers also try to give a contemporary context by interviewing people like Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow and Joe Scarborough along with many of the people who had been involved with the story at

the time.

The film opens with a deeply weird moment that may stun people who didn’t live through the time. Nixon is shown before television cameras just before he was to go on the air and tell the nation he was resigning, and he made an uncomfortable joke to journalists about the cameras catching him picking his nose.

That example, along with film of Nixon’s perspirationdrenched speech before White House staff the morning of his resignation, are important

character studies, Woodward said.

“Kids are going to say that how was that possible that this man was president of the United States?” Woodward said. “He is emotionally untethered.”

For Woodward, the journey began with a Saturday in the office, when he and Bernstein are put on a story that seemed unremarkable at the time, a June 1972 break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at Washington’s Watergate Hotel.

If there is one series from the 1990’s that demonstrated just about every cliché, every fashion trend and every lame special effect of the decade, it was the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.”

Five teenagers trained in martial arts are selected by an astrological being named Zordon to combat the evil forces of Rita using the strength of the Power Rangers.

Back during the prime of the show I was a huge fan, and it was no doubt the coolest thing I had ever seen at the time.

Going back to watch a few episodes I found the dialogue to be laughable and poorly written and performed.

I now realize I would never have understood some of the dialogue when I was six years old. In one scene the tech-savvy Blue Ranger Billy is trying to fix something and asks another ranger to hand him a ‘sub-atomic diffuser.’ I’m still not sure if that’s a real thing.

Despite the dialogue, several plot holes and low budget special effects are what really caught my eye.

Though the Rangers have the ability to teleport, sometimes scenes just skip locations of miles without cue.

This is probably because the original series was in Japanese and they used all the same fight scenes. Since all the Rangers and monsters always had their faces and bodies covered it was easy to just use the same scene and dub it using the American actor’s voices.

The fight scenes are actually entertainingly choreographed.

Though not up to the standards of twenty-first century action movie, the scenes are done well enough that little kids would still find it jaw dropping.

The actual combat could be worse, but the special effects are just outrageous. For some reason if enemies or the Rangers get hit with a sword it causes an explosion. Obviously blood wouldn’t be great for a children’s TV show, but the explosion effects were beyond lame.

The fighting of crime is a big theme throughout the series.

Although there is violence, it is against masked enemies and giant puppets. The show is a great example of violence in television that shows that not all violence is bad, such as when it is used in self defense or in defense of friends or the public.

Violence in youth programming today is frowned upon because of the supposed message that is conveyed. That message being that since children idolize their favorite characters, if they are violent the children will mimic that behavior.

This was not my experience with the show. Excessive violence and destruction is rarely, if ever, used by the Power Rangers.

Though sometimes they do cause some destruction to Angel Grove, their home town, when fighting in the MegaZord, it is necessary to stop the oversize monster from doing further damage.

The Rangers frequently talk about the strong bond they share as friends and as teammates that, despite the questionable acting, sends a strong message to kids.

The show is really about compassion and selflessness more than it is about fighting. That is what makes this show the titan that it is. If you need some good nostalgia and a good laugh at the jean vests and big hair scrunchies watch an episode, the entire series is on Netflix.

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on for another season with time killing gags? Meeting her and developing her would be a silly risk because what if audiences don’t like her? With all this mystery around her it hardly seems like she should be someone we ever meet anyways. It’s much easier to make her the perfect woman Ted finally found by never allowing us to meet her. It seems difficult to imagine the show will just drag on never getting there as rumor has it the season finale is indeed the wedding, but if it does is that really a bad thing? I’m certainly still entertained. Either way the show is still providing big laughs and quotable lines so there’s really nothing to complain about as long as next season continues to do just that.

How many movies or TV shows have you seen where teenagers throw big parties in huge houses with no parents around? Of course these things happen when parents go out of town, but sometimes television makes the mistake of showing us weeks in the life of young teenagers who live in huge houses, don’t have jobs and hardly do any school work.

The houses are filled with food, materials of wealth and nice cars filled with gas. However, we never see, or even hear a mention of parents who must be paying the bills.

The other day I was watching “Scream 4.” If you saw Netflix just got this movie and just added it to your queue wondering how bad it could be, let me just take a quick minute here and tell you that spending your two hours sitting in a public laundry mat watching your clothes wash and dry while listening to Kid Cudi’s disappointing new album on repeat would be a better way to spend your time. It’s that bad. In the most recent installment of this horror franchise (which only really made one good movie and coasted off of its success) many of the main and supporting characters are teenagers who of course are stalked and murdered one by one. I could write an entire book about the ridiculous things I learned from this movie, but I’m going to focus on the self-sustaining teenagers. We never see parents or hear mention of them except in one instance where one girl says her parents are out. Just so we’re all clear on the situation, several teenagers have already been brutally murdered and this small town is in shock as they have a psycho murderer on the loose. Police are camping out two neighboring teen houses as their friends were just killed. In what world are their parents not home worried and frightened for their child’s safety? Over the course of a week we see several teens murdered in several large fancy houses where there is never a parent. Who the hell is paying the bills and buying all this food, but is never home?

I saw something similar happen on “Bates Motel” the other week. Norman visits a girl whose father was just murdered the other day in the middle of the night. He doesn’t sneak in. He enters through the front door. When he asks where her mom is she says she’s incapacitated. The mother is sleeping, but she must be the heaviest sleeper there is because she doesn’t hear the noise her daughter and Norman make coming in, talking or having sex. This is all possible, but this woman who sleeps amazingly well for someone who is grieving and has been very recently widowed. Norman basically sleeps the next day in the girl’s room before he wakes up in the afternoon and leaves. Would she not be up by then or ever have checked on her daughter considering she’s all she has left? It seems that on television teenagers either have no parents or their parents pay no attention no matter the circumstances. Or maybe the producers didn’t feel like paying another actor.

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After refreshing from its debut and the 2012 election, ‘Veep’ comes back strong. Addressing the public in a ‘bare-bones,’ speech Selina prepares for the midterm elections. A lot of the episode features improvised dialogue.

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer HBO’s original comedy “Veep” was one of the more refreshing television debut’s of 2012. Benefitted by airing in the midst of 2012’s whirlwind election season, the program received glowing critical praise thanks to its merciless satire of the frivolity that is Washington politics, winning an Emmy Award for Best Lead comedy actress for Julia Louis Dreyfus, in its debut year.

Now after the country has been adequately rested from the media over exposure of the 2012 campaign, “Veep” has returned and it came out swinging.

Right off the bat we see “Veep” showing a montage of Selina giving the same bare bones political speech across the

country as she prepares for the by the elections is an excellent upcoming midterm elections. example of this, as were the As the focus turns to Selina episode ending faux television and her staff watching the dis- interviews. mal results for their party pour The episode also featured a in back in Washington, every- recurring theme featured in past one predictably begins to panic, episodes wherein Selina expects and attempting to find her entire staff to the moment where literally devote Veep they went wrong. all time to work.

Sunday 10:00 p.m. This weeks hilariEnter Kent Davison, a political strategist ously cold reaction, who among other Selina first refusing things, insisted on and later begrudgSelina’s ex-husband ingly relents to appearing on stage allow Amy to visit with her for politiher father in the cal points in the past. Hilarity hospital, who she was informed ensues. was dying of a stroke.

As the program features large One of the hallmarks of amounts of improvised dia- “Veep” has been its intention logue, the reactions of charac- not to name the political party ters to any situation is always of Selina or her staff. In doing a treat. Seeing Selina’s conver- so, the show is able to openly sation with a depressed staffer mock the absurdity of politihiding in a supply closet upset cal campaigning in the mod-

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ern internet age. The intro’s brilliant montage is a shining example of that.

“Veep” is not a show for everyone. For anyone who fits into the niche of being both a fan of improv and political humor, it is nothing less than pure gold. In an age where such humor is typically directed at the expense of one party or another, its a breath of fresh air to see “Veep” not directly mock any party or political position, but rather base its humor around the frivolousness of Washington politics in general as well as the generic things that all politicians can bee seen saying to the media.

All in all it works great, and with a great cast of improv artists, “Veep” will hopefully stick around for some time.

Creeping closer to the end Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

What I’m Watching Castle Underrated: Monday 10 p.m.

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-Loumarie Rodriguez

Big houses, loner teens, neglectful parents

By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer

Numbers from TVbytheNumbers.com Week ending April 14 (Numbers of viewers x 1000)

He’s snarky but so charming that you as a viewer you can’t help but to be drawn to the show.

‘Castle,’ a murder mystery writer tags along with a tough chick cop solving murders.

Somehow, his murder writing skills has helped contribute to solving a series of murders alongside his partner. Although she grows tired of his constant attempts to charm her in the end she does accept him as partner.

The show does fall into the cliche with the two main characters dating however, it actually works for this show. The two of them dating isn’t annoying or over the top in other shows it seems to fall into place naturally. They continue with their everyday jobs as they did before without missing a beat.

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‘How I Met Your Mother’ is slowly making its way to the conclusion with a lot of the episodes focusing around Ted talking to himself. However the show still sticks to its silly humor that it is known for such as Marshall dressing as the old man from ‘The Godfather.’

By Maurilio Amorim Staff Writer For a while it looked like this season was going to be the final season for the McClaren’s gang.

The first half saw a huge jump in plot advancement and things were finally getting set up for the end. Then they announced there would be one more season of the show and ever since we have seen the plot pacing slow down significantly. A lot of episodes are filled with subplots and side stories that are there just to give us something to watch and extremely unnecessary when you remember that Ted is telling all of this to his kids for some reason. We’ve seen at least two episodes where Ted was lonely and spent the entire episode talking to himself which is really only happen-

ing to kill time. All this aside, when Marshall dressed up like I don’t mind because it’s still the old man from Godfather Part funny.

II and tried to speak Italian or The first half of the season we when Barney brought back the had episodes that were rather playbook. The show is where a hit or miss. Some were pretty sitcom typically is once it reachfunny and interesting while oth- es too many seasons. There’s ers provided mild laughs and good and there’s bad, but fortuwere nothing special or memo- nately for the fans we are getrable. There were big ting a lot more of moments and great How I Met Your Mother good. episodes, but others It’s very clear Monday 8:00 p.m. just kind of provided the show is something watchable. approaching its The same kind of end as the narraapplies this half of the tive keeps going season thus far, but farther and farthere’s been an overther toward an all improvement. Ted talking to inevitable point of conclusion. multiple versions of himself and The big question is with the Barney from the future was kind characters only weeks away of silly and corny and Barney now from Barney and Robin’s trying to sabotage the selling of wedding, the day Ted meets his apartment was rather disap- the mother of his children, pointing. But we’ve had more will we meet her and will the high moments like last week show go on or will this drag

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Former Google CEO shares vision in tech treatise

Jorgensen is enchanted with ‘The Gruffalo’

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‘The Gruffalo’ enchanted kids at the Jorgensen theater this past Sunday with its odd tale.

Rushdie relives magic of ‘Midnight’s Children’ NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to the printed word and the moving image, Salman Rushdie has recaptured the worst part of his life and relived one of the best.

Last fall, the 65-year-old author published the best-selling memoir “Joseph Anton” about his years in hiding that followed the 1988 publication of “The Satanic Verses” and the call for his death by Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Rushdie is now promoting the film adaptation of his breakthrough novel, “Midnight’s Children,” winner of the Booker Prize in 1981 and one of the most highly praised works of fiction of its time.

“It was cathartic to write ‘Joseph Anton,’” Rushdie explained during a recent interview, wearing a gray suit and no tie, sipping coffee at a hotel rooftop garden in midtown Manhattan. “And ‘Midnight’s Children’ was the book where I really became a writer.”

Much of the world only learned about Rushdie after “Satanic Verses,” which was condemned by the Ayatollah and others as blasphemous and made him an author far more talked about than read. Forced to live under an assumed name, Joseph Anton, he felt as if he had lost control of his own life’s narrative. In his memoir, he turns himself into a kind of literary character, referring to himself in the third person, and uses narrative to get his own back.

“Now that time belongs to me,” he said. “It’s not just something that happened to me.”

In the literary community, Rushdie’s had long been an honored name because of “Midnight’s Children.” More than 500 pages, it’s a multilayered narrative about Saleem Sinai, a child born at the very moment of India’s independence from Britain, and his terrifying, exhilarating and fantastic adventures that join his story to the story of his country. Widely regarded as a landmark of neo-colonial fiction, the novel follows Saleem through India’s independence and internal conflict, war with Pakistan and the 1970s “State of Emergency” declared by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It is a journey with a beginning, middle and end, but

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Author Salman Rushdie posing is promoting the film adaptation of his breakthrough novel, “Midnight’s Children,” winner of the Booker Prize in 1981.

also one with countless detours and special effects, from powers of mind-reading to a nose with the most profound sense of smell.

“Midnight’s Children” was a coming-of-age story for Saleem, and for Rushdie. Born in India, he had spent much of his 20s working in advertising in London and writing fiction he came to regard as “unbearable amounts of garbage.” His first book, “Grimus,” was a fantasy novel that came out in 1975 and was quickly forgotten (Rushdie has long preferred it remain so). Rushdie then thought he might try a novel about childhood. The author had been born eight weeks after India’s independence and he soon realized the genius of making his character arrive at the moment itself. He “stumbled around” at first, trying to write in the third person, when he decided to let Saleem speak for himself.

“I was shocked. This was a kind of voice I had not heard before,” said Rushdie, who now lives in New York. “I thought, ‘What’s this?’ It was a very garrulous voice and I decided to just run with it. I found his voice and through his voice found mine.”

Until now, none of Rushdie’s books had been made into movies and “Midnight’s Children” seemed an unlikely candidate to go first. When Rushdie first met with director Deepa Mehta, they were supposed to discuss a more recent novel, “Shalimar the Clown.” But Mehta, whose

films include the Oscarnominated “Water,” also asked about the rights to “Midnight’s Children.” Rushdie, surprised by her interest, agreed.

“It was instinct,” he said. “It was clear from talking to her how much the book meant to her.”

He will share any blame or credit. Rushdie wrote the screenplay (“Deepa twisted my arm”), provided off-screen narration and consulted with Mehta closely on the production, which stars Satya Bhabba as Saleem. Writers traditionally stand aside once they grant film rights, but Rushdie notes a history of deep involvement, whether John Irving, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for “The Cider House Rules,” or Paul Auster, who so enjoyed working with director Wayne Wang on an adaptation of his story “Smoke” that they ended up co-directing a follow-up, “Blue in the Face.”

“I had no intention of working on ‘Smoke,’ but bit by bit I got dragged into doing it,” Auster said. “It turned out to be one of the great experiences of my life.”

“Midnight’s Children” runs 140 minutes, longer than the average film, but nowhere close to capturing everything in Rushdie’s book. Instead, Rushdie and Mehta agreed on how to condense it — removing subplots and digressions and a narrative device that has Saleem telling his story to a woman named Padma.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some illuminating books already have been written about Google’s catalytic role in a technological upheaval that is redefining the way people work, play, learn, shop and communicate.

Until now, though, there hasn’t been a book providing an unfiltered look from inside Google’s brain trust.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who spent a decade as the company’s CEO, shares his visions of digitally driven change and of a radically different future in “The New Digital Age,” a book that goes on sale Tuesday.

It’s a technology treatise that Schmidt wrote with another ruminator, Jared Cohen, a former State Department adviser who now runs Google Ideas, the Internet company’s version of a think tank.

The book is an exercise in “brainstorming the future,” as Schmidt put it in a recent post on Twitter — just one example of a cultural phenomenon that didn’t exist a decade ago.

The ability for anyone with an Internet-connected device to broadcast revelatory information and video is one of the reasons why Schmidt and Cohen wrote the book. The two met in Baghdad in 2009 and were both struck by how Iraqis were

finding resourceful ways to use Internet services to improve their lives, despite war-zone conditions.

They decided it was time to delve into how the Internet and mobile devices are empowering people, roiling autocratic governments and forcing longestablished companies to make dramatic changes.

The three years they spent researching the book took them around the world, including North Korea in January over the objections of the U.S. State Department. They interviewed an eclectic group that included former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Mexican mogul Carlos Slim Helu, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the former prime ministers of Mongolia and Pakistan. They also drew on the insights of a long list of Google employees, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

The resulting book is an exploration into the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead as the lines blur between the physical world around us and the virtual realm of the Internet.

Schmidt and Cohen also examine the loss of personal privacy as prominent companies such as Google and lesser-known data warehouses such as Acxiom compile digital dossiers about our electronic interactions on

computers, smartphones and at check-out stands.

“This will be the first generation of humans to have an indelible record,” Schmidt and Cohen predict.

To minimize the chances of youthful indiscretions stamping children with “digital scarlet letters” that they carry for years, online privacy education will become just as important — if not more so — than sex education, according to Schmidt and Cohen. They argue parents should consider having a “privacy talk” with their kids well before they become curious about sex.

Not surprisingly, the book doesn’t dwell on Google’s own practices, including privacy lapses that have gotten the company in trouble with regulators around the world.

Among other things, Google has exposed the contact lists of its email users while trying to build a now-defunct social network called Buzz. It scooped up people’s passwords and other sensitive information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

Last year, Google was caught circumventing privacy controls on Safari Web browsers, resulting in a record $22.5 million fine by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. European regulators have a broad investigation open.

NBC pulls ‘Hannibal’ episode after Boston violence

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NBC shows Laurence Fishburne, left, as Jack Crawford and Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in episode 105, ‘Potage,” from the TV series, “Hannibal.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC said Friday that it’s pulling an episode of its serial killer drama “Hannibal” out of sensitivity to recent violence, including the Boston bombings.

The episode that was to air next week features a character, played by guest star Molly Shannon, who brainwashes children to kill other children.

“Hannibal” executive producer Bryan Fuller asked NBC to pull the episode, citing the Newtown, Conn., school shooting in December and this week’s Boston Marathon attack, NBC spokesman Stuart Levine said.

Fuller said Friday that he began talking with NBC executives several weeks ago about keeping the episode off the air.

His concern was prompted by Newtown and reinforced by Monday’s violence, he said.

Although the “Hannibal” story is unrelated to real-world

events, the intent was “to be sensitive to where we are as a nation,” Fuller said.

The episode, the fourth for the freshman series, will be replaced by another “Hannibal” hour. Viewers will not see a plot continuity issue, Levine said.

But a “clip package” with scenes from the unaired episode will be available at NBC.com next week, without the scenes of child violence and with commentary by Fuller. That will allow viewers to keep current with the show’s larger story arcs, the producer said.

“Hannibal” stars Mads Mikkelsen as the title character, the brilliant cannibalistic killer seen on the big screen in “The Silence of the Lambs” and its sequel and introduced in the Thomas Harris novel “Red Dragon.” Hugh Dancy and Laurence Fishburne also star in the drama.

There have been other instances of networks responding quickly to the potentially difficult overlap between fact and fiction.

ABC has delayed airing an episode of the crime drama “Castle” in which a main character, New York police Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), steps on a pressure-sensitive bomb. It had been scheduled to air next Monday, one week after two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 180.

“Out of respect,” Katic tweeted Wednesday.

Last December, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, the Syfy channel pulled an episode of the series “Haven” that featured a campus violence story line.

Fans in ‘overdrive’ for ‘Hunger Games’ LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hunky love interest Liam Hemsworth is promising the highly-anticipated “Hunger Games” sequel will not disappoint fans.

It was a low-key pitch at the movie theater convention CinemaCon, where most stars boasted their films would be the biggest, loudest, splashiest blockbusters of the summer.

Then again, “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is not a summer blockbuster. It doesn’t come out until Nov. 22.

Yet the franchise based on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of young adult books has become such a phenomenon that Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. made it the star of a look-ahead presentation in Las Vegas on Thursday.

This led to the appearance a director and a few actors in not quite movie-promoting mode.

Director Francis Lawrence, who is new to the series,

revealed that he was still “furiously” cutting the film.

Hemsworth, who plays Gale Hawthorne, the childhood friend of the series’ heroine, kicked in a vote of confidence.

“I know that he’s not going to disappoint anyone,” he said.

In a blow to the super fans, or “tributes,” who have been scrounging for news of the sequel for months, there was no sign of Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Katniss Everdeen, a teenager who survives a reality television-style battle to the death in an imagined future and becomes a symbol of resistance.

The industry audience was treated to a trailer, which will soon appear in theaters, full of dystopian grays and blues, dirty children with hopeful, upturned faces, visions of a steely-eyed Katniss, and snippets of bureaucrats planning her death.

Fans have watched the teaser more than 20 million times on YouTube since it was posted on Sunday.

In the sequel, Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark embark on a victory tour of downtrodden districts as figureheads for the oppressive Capitol.

An impoverished tomboy in the first movie, Katniss now looks as made-up and richly outfitted as a doll. But she is not a willing puppet.

“Catching Fire” raises the stakes from the story of two teens fighting for their lives to the fate of an entire population.

In the trailer, we see Katniss’ half-hearted smile turn into a scowl of resistance as froufrou, ultra-tan advisers in the Capitol, inducing Philip Seymour Hoffman, fret about what should be done with her and other Hunger Games victors, finally deciding they must be “eliminated.”

Monday, April 22, 2013

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

Side of Rice

by Laura Rice

Fuzzy & Sleepy

by Matt Silber

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Can you smell the mud in the air? Students are getting their team shirts ready for Oozeball 2013.

Royalty Free Speech

by Ryan Kennedy

Procrastination Animation

by Michael McKiernan

Classic I Hate Everything

by Carin Powell Nothing Extraordinary

by Thomas Feldtmose

Horoscopes

by Brian Ingmanson

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.

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.

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.

Monday, April 22, 2013

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Men's track places first in UConn Classic

By Nicholas Danforth Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s track and field team captured first place in their final home meet of the 2013 outdoor season, the UConn Classic. Facing off against Rhode Island College and Southern Connecticut State University, the Huskies topped the field with 81.5 total points. Rhode Island scored 61.5 points for second place and Southern brought up the rear with a respectable 56 points.

“As a whole, I thought we did a great job this weekend,” Senior Captain Jesse Drinks said. “Coach [Greg] Roy said to us all week that it was going to be a close meet and that we had to have some good performances in order to win. This showed to be true because even though we had some very good performances, the meet was still close for the majority of it.”

The meet began in the field where junior Cory Duggan took

first place in the pole vault, clearing a height of 5.13 meters. Freshman Tim Murphy also tied for second place, clearing 4.65 meters, the same as Nelson Laskoski of Southern. This would be the first of a couple very tight finishes at the meet.

In the long jump, freshman Harley Lacroix leapt to the top of the podium to grab first place with a jump of 6.94 meters. Also jumping well for the Huskies was sophomore Amanze Williams, who grabbed a third place finish in the triple jump with a hop, skip and jump of 14.45 meters.

A hurl of 51.18 meters in the discus landed Eric Masington in third place as he continued his solid season. He also contributed a fourth place finish in the shot put with a heave of 15.13 meters. Chris Acekll also took home the silver in the hammer throw with a fling of 60.73 meters.

Drinks led the way for the Huskies in the track events, taking home the gold in the 100 meter

dash with a time of 10.64 seconds.

He just missed another first place finish in the 200 meter, finishing one one-hundredth of a second behind first place finisher Tyler Oliveira of Rhode Island.

“It’s not the greatest feeling when you come in second by so little,” Drinks said. “It’s hard to not think about the little things that you could have done to change the outcome but it’s important to focus on the positives. I was happy with the time I ran so I tip my hat off to him for a well-earned victory.”

Senior Kevin Smith took fourth place in the 100 meter dash and third place in the 200 meter. In the 800 meter run, senior Tim Bennatan finished in second with a time of 1:52.30, while freshman Robert Rhodes took home the silver with a time of 1:52.81.

Ten of the Huskies points on the day came from the 1,500 meter run where senior Alex Bennatan took first place with a time of 3:50.18.

Sophomore James Agati and senior Joe Clark also took third and fourth

place, respectively.

In the 400 meter dash junior Kyle Twombly crossed the finish line in fourth place with a time of 49.35 seconds. Freshman Robert Hovanec took home the silver in a time of 48.23 seconds. It was a busy day for Hovanec as he was also part of the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relay teams that finished in first and second place, respectively.

“Rob Hovanec, aka ‘White Rob,’ definitely caught my eye this weekend,” Senior Captain Alex Bennatan said. “The freshman has come out of his shell this outdoor season, showing off some serious speed and even showing some leadership.”

The Huskies travel to Philadelphia on Thursday for the Penn Relays, a three day meet.

Some of the team will also be traveling to Amherst, Mass. for the UMass Invite on Saturday.

Nicholas.Danforth@UConn.edu

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A UConn thrower gets set to throw the shot put during the UConn Classic track meet at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex.

UConn on a five game winning streak after downing Red Storm

By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer

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The UConn softball is on a five game winning streak after taking down St. John's in a three game series at the Burrill Family Field at the Connecticut Softball Complex.

The UConn softball team is on their hottest streak of the season.

The Huskies swept St. John’s this weekend to extend their winning streak to five games.

After a slow start to conference play, UConn (22-20, 6-8 Big East) is starting to turn things around and are now tied with Rutgers for sixth in the conference. The Huskies are in position to play for a spot in the Big East Tournament, which will feature the top eight teams in the conference, but there is still work to do.

With eight conference games left, the Huskies have three games in hand on two of the five teams currently on the outside of the tournament picture, including Pittsburgh, currently 5-12 and sitting in ninth place in the Big East.

A lot can happen in eight games That has not been the case durand UConn needs to take care to ing the Huskies’ five-game win make sure they do not play them- streak. Through April 16, UConn’s selves out of the tournament field. final loss before the winning “That bubble area is a really streak, the Huskies were averaging important area,” Head Coach 3.4 runs per game. With 33 runs Karen Mullins said. “We still during the current streak, UConn have eight [Big East] is averaging 6.6 runs. games left. Anything “We’re having a lot of can happen so we just quality at-bats,” Mullins have to take it one said. “We kept saying we game at a time and weren’t getting timely go out there and play hits. We’re getting opporhard, and we know tunities now and having that if we do those Notebook better at-bats and it’s crethings, things will take ating more.” care of themselves.”

Saveriano recovering Bats coming alive at right time from injury For most of the season, UConn’s Kiki Saveriano, the ace of biggest issue has been their failure the UConn pitching staff, left to string together seven consistent Thursday’s game against Bryant innings offensively. Either they with finger soreness after allowcome out hot and are unable to ing two first inning runs. But the add to an early lead late or they Huskies’ top pitching option came start too slow and any late offense back this weekend and threw two is too little too late. complete games, allowing seven

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runs on 17 hits while striking out 14 batters over 14 innings of work.

Saveriano moves to 14-10 on the season, and it appears that the issues that were bothering her on Thursday are going to be a nonfactor from here on out. “[Saveriano] has been struggling with stuff with her finger,” Mullins said, “so she doesn’t quite have the movement and she doesn’t quite have the stuff that she usually does. But she’s fighting through it and she’s competing for us, and she’s finding a way.”

Saveriano will likely pitch again on Tuesday when UConn travels to South Bend, Ind. for a doubleheader against Notre Dame (3310, 13-1 Big East), who finished 33rd in voting for last week’s Top 25 rankings.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

Maple Leafs earn first playoff berth since 2004

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Toronto Maple Leafs' Joffrey Lupul celebrates his goal with teammates Dion Phaneuf and Tyler Bozak against the Ottawa Senators during an NHL hockey game in Ottawa.

OTTAWA (AP) — James Reimer will finally get to fulfill a childhood dream.

Reimer put in a monstrous effort with 49 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs earned their first playoff berth since 2004 with a 4-1 victry over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

"It's unbelievable," the goalie said with a huge grin. "That's the hockey where you want to play always as a kid growing up.

It's playoff hockey. Especially for our city, it's been a little while so I know they're anxious for (the playoffs), they're ready for (the playoffs.)

"It's good to finally clinch."

James van Riemsdyk scored twice, and Nazem Kadri and

Joffrey Lupul also had goals for the Maple Leafs, who needed to earn a point and get a little help from the New York Islanders to make the playoffs.

New York briefly pulled into a tie with Toronto for fifth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-4 shootout win over Winnipeg before the Leafs (55) moved back ahead by two points.

"This is huge," said Reimer.

"It's been a long time coming now and this is a market and a group of fans that definitely deserves to have this team in the playoffs and competing for a (Stanley) Cup." Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said making the playoffs was a goal for this group from the start of the season.

Jets trade Darrelle Revis to Buccaneers TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Revis Island is relocating to Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers made a bold move to fix the NFL's worst pass defense Sunday, acquiring star cornerback Darrelle Revis from the New York Jets in exchange for the 13th overall pick in this year's draft and another selection next year.

"We're thrilled. It's rare that you get a chance to add a player of this caliber to your football team. That's

what motivated us," general manager Mark Dominik said, adding he would withhold further comment until a Monday news conference at the team's training facility.

The Bucs announced the deal Sunday, saying Revis agreed to a new six-year contract. Revis' agents Neil Schwartz and Jon Feinsod confirmed the deal is worth $96 million, with no guaranteed money, but makes him one of

the highest-paid defensive players in the NFL. It includes $1.5 million annually in both roster and workout bonuses.

The Jets also receive a conditional fourth-round pick in next year's draft that will become a third-rounder if Revis, who is coming off a torn ligament in his left knee, is on the Buccaneers' roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.

"I been sitting around for the last hour trying to figure out what to say to the Jet Nation & I came up with this," Revis wrote on Twitter.

"The six years I played for the New York Jets were unbelievable. I put my body on the line everyday & did everything could to help the team win. I experienced a lot & & learned a lot. The memories I had in New York I will keep dearly to my heart.

"We're trying to earn respect back for our group and that to me is the most important thing," said Carlyle. "For us to qualify now is a feather in the players' cap for all the work that they've put in."

Jakob Silfverberg scored and Craig Anderson stopped 18 shots for the Senators, who trail the Islanders by a point. Ottawa will need to earn at least three points in its last four games to clinch a playoff spot.

Reimer, who has been stellar in recent weeks, continued to dominate the Senators, improving his overall record against Ottawa to 8-1-1 and a perfect 6-0 at Scotiabank Place. He'll be among the Leafs' players making their playoff debuts.

"Fifty shots, 27 blocked, 13 missed the net so we had the puck a lot of the night and had good opportunity to shoot it, lots of opportunity obviously to shoot it, but obviously Reimer must be the Vezina Trophy winner and Hart Trophy winner," said Senators coach Paul MacLean. "He gets our vote because every time we play him he stops every puck we get there."

There's no denying Reimer enjoys playing in Ottawa.

"I have no idea why we're getting good results here," said Reimer. "It's fun and it's a great atmosphere. I've said it a million times a lot of passionate fans on both sides of the fence here and it just makes for a great game."

Huskies slipt to third in Big East from UCONN, page 12 ners in scoring position, they were going to through spin at us,” Penders said. “And we did not hit breaking balls all weekend.”

The sweep was a serious blow to the Huskies’ Big East regular season title hopes, as it moved them from third place – just a half game behind the leaders – to fifth place and three-and-a-half

games behind the Bulls, who now sit alone on top and have three games in hand with just nine conference contests remaining.

UConn’s next game is scheduled for Tuesday at J.O. Christian Field against the UMass Minutemen. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. and that game can be heard on WHUS.

Matt.Stypulkoski@UConn.edu

Agabiti: Fans are in for a real treat as the Celts and Kicks square off from BUCKLE, page 12 city; for the policemen and women, for the responders to the bombing, for those who caught the terrorist and for those who died or were injured either in the bombing or in the chase.

If Boston is able to make the Knicks play the way they did at the end of the second half and keep the Knicks’ offense limited to just ‘Melo running isolation at the top of the key until he takes a contested fade-away, then the Celtics have a very good chance.

It’s also important to remember that under Doc Rivers, the Celtics play at a different level in the playoffs than they do in the regu-

lar season. Just ask the Miami Heat who were taken to seven games in the Easter Conference Finals last season.

So Boston or Madison Square... who has the right to call it “the Garden?” Nobody can answer that. It’ll be debated for the rest of time.

Can the Celtics win from a wave of momentum and pride the likes of which hasn’t been seen in a while? The next few games will tell.

NBA fans—or even just sports fans in general—are in for a treat.

Follow Dan on Twitter @ DanAgabiti

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Monday, April 22, 2013

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Softball sweeps St. John's in three games

By Scott Carroll Campus Correspondent

JON KULAKOFSKY/The Daily Campus

UConn outfielder Jessica McDermott swings at a pitch at a recent softball game at Burrill Family Field at the Connecticut Softball Complex.

The UConn Huskies swept the St. John’s Red Storm in a three game series this weekend, winning all three games by scores of 6-5, 4-3 and 7-2.

Saturday’s first game started off with a bang for the Huskies as sophomore shortstop Emily O’Donnell’s RBI single to left plated Maddy Schiappa to give UConn an early 1-0 lead. However, the Red Storm would rally back in the top of the third with four runs to take a 4-1 lead. UConn would answer right back in the bottom half of the inning with two runs of their own to cut the lead to 4-3.

The Huskies continued their scoring attack in the bottom of the sixth with a six-hit inning that

would plate three runs. St. John’s would try to mount a comeback in the bottom of the seventh, but would be stifled by the tremendous UConn defense; the game ended 6-5. Kiki Saveriano picked up her tenth win of the season while allowing seven hits and three runs and striking out seven batters.

The second half of Saturday’s double-header was a low scoring affair until the bottom of the sixth inning where not one but two Huskies hit home runs. Down 3-0, O’Donnell stepped to the plate and sent a shot over the left field fence to get the Huskies on the board. After a single by Marissa Guches, senior Kim Silva would send another towering shot over the left field fence bringing the Huskies all the way back and tying the game up at 3-3.

The game would remain tied until the bottom of the seventh, when

freshman Lexi Gifford stepped up to the plate for the Huskies. With no outs and no one on base, Gifford sent a walk-off solo home run over the left field fence to win the game 4-3. Sophomore Lauren Duggan picked up her fifth win for the Huskies while allowing 2 runs on five hits.

The Huskies kept the momentum rolling into the third game of the series on Sunday. The Red Storm opened the game with a lead-off home run off the bat of Chrissy Montez, but St. John’s scoring stopped there as Saveriano shut the Red Storm down in yet another complete-game victory. St. John’s would only plate one more run in the game in the top of the seventh.

The Huskies’ bats took advantage of some poor Red Storm fielding in the bottom of the first as Schiappa scored after two fielding

errors and a wild pitch. UConn took the lead in a wild fourth inning that saw the Huskies score three runs on four hits. The Huskies sent three more runners across the plate in the bottom of the sixth to bring the score to 7-1. The Red Storm chipped away at the lead in the top of the seventh to make the final score 7-2.

“A great sweep for the Huskies this weekend,” said head coach Karen Mullins. “I like the way we started and we were determined to make things happen and it really showed.”

This weekend brought the Huskies’ record to 22-20 overall and 6-8 in the Big East. Their next match-up will come against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. on Tuesday.

Scott.Carroll@UConn.edu

Missed oppertunities plague Huskies against USF

By Danny Maher Senior Staff Writer Sophomore Eric Yavarone struck out on three pitches and freshman Bryan Daniello grounded out to third, leaving the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth of Sunday’s series finale against the South Florida Bulls.

It was the final missed opportunity in a weekend that lacked timely hitting. The Huskies lost the first and last game by a run and dropped the middle game in 15 innings.

UConn left a mediocre 21 runners on base in the three losses. USF left 31, but the Bulls had prevented the big hit when they needed to.

“The positive way to look at it is, you’re so close to being a good team in all three games,” UConn head coach Jim Penders said after Sunday’s 4-3 loss. “But when you don’t come away with one of them it’s like a kick in the teeth.”

The loss drops the Huskies to 23-16 overall and 8-7 in the Big East. The three-game sweep at

home to USF is a setback after a hander Jordan Tabakman could not five-game winning streak. hold the lead as the Bulls scored “Nothing ever looked smooth three runs off five hits after managon our end. And everything, from ing just one run and four hits in the [South Florida], looked like they first 8.1 innings. were playing with tremendous Max McDowell smacked a confidence,” Penders said. game-tying home run in the bottom In Friday’s series opener at New of the ninth, the lone clutch hit the Britain Stadium, the Huskies failed Huskies had all weekend. UConn to respond in the sixth ran itself off the bases in inning when the Bulls the tenth inning. Senior tied the game at two Billy Ferriter led off with apiece.

Freshman a single but was thrown Bobby Melley flied out trying to steal second. out to center field, Two pitches later Mazzilli Yavarone struck out singled and UConn had a and sophomore Conor on first with one Notebook runner David fouled out out instead of two runners before he could do on base with no outs. anything with Daniello’s two-out “It’s been very frustrating. They walk. do a good job and they didn’t make When USF took the lead in the many mistakes,” Penders said. eighth inning, Huskies senior LJ “The few mistakes they made, we Mazzilli worked a leadoff walk didn’t take full advantage of.” that was erased on a double play UConn failed to push across and the inning abruptly ended any runs in the next five innings when Melley struck out. and senior Will Jolin gave up the In Saturday afternoon’s extra eventual game-winning runs in the inning loss, UConn held a 3-1 lead 15th inning after three impressive heading into the ninth inning. Left- innings in relief. hander Anthony Marzi and rightUSF’s Joey Lovecchio was

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pitching a no-hitter into the seventh inning of Sunday’s game before the Huskies finally got to him for three runs. But the game-tying run, Jon Testani, was stranded at second after junior Tom Verdi fouled out beyond the third base bag.

Ferriter stood 90 feet from home plate as UConn threatened to tie the game with one out in the eighth inning but Yavarone and Daniello could not bring him home. The Huskies went down 1-2-3 in the ninth and USF walked away with all three wins.

Penders credits USF for making appropriate adjustments each time UConn put runners on base and threatened to score.

“It seemed as though whenever we were getting runners in scoring position, [South Florida] was going to throw spin at us,” Penders said.

“We did not hit breaking balls all weekend. We have to do a better job of figuring out a way to hit a breaking ball."

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Daniel.Maher@UConn.edu

A UConn baseball player swings at a pitch in a recent home game against Fairfield at J.O. Christen Field.

Huskies send seniors off with a final victory at home

By Joe Crisalli Campus Correspondent

TROY CALDEIRA/The Daily Campus

UConn senior midfielder Liz Brown runs away from a pursuing Notre Dame player during a recent game at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex.

UConn's offense comes up short in scrimage despite good spring from BACK, page 12 2-2, kicking a 46 yard field goal and a 20 yard field goal.

Offensively, the Huskies have struggled during the Paul Pasqualoni era, as UConn has not made it to a bowl game since the Fiesta Bowl in 2011.

This year the Huskies are led by a new offensive coordinator, T.J. Weist, who thought UConn‘s offense had a good spring up until the Saturday’s game. The Huskies threw two interceptions to the Blue team, one by Whitmer, the other came from Cochran.

“I’m not putting everything into today,” Weist said.

“Today’s the spring game; in my opinion our offense has been really good up until today. We struggled today, we threw some interceptions we weren’t in sync, we didn’t have some of the guys we like at times. I thought we made some plays and showed some progress, but I’m going to focus on the good plays we made today. I’m going

to focus on the effort when I watch the film and I’m going to focus on the spring as a whole.”

On defense redshirt senior Tim Willman recorded three tackles and two sacks. Freshman safety Obi Melifonwu two tackles and broke up two of the White teams’ passing attempts.

Pasqualoni thought that UConn’s spring session was productive and that is looking forward to begin preparing for the fall season this summer.

“I think overall it’s been a productive spring,” Pasqualoni said. “I think we’ve gotten a lot done and fortunately today we had a couple of bumps and bruises but nothing major. When we get back on campus in June to start the summer program, I expect that were going to have everybody ready to go.”

Tyler.Morrissey@UConn.edu

The No. 19 UConn women’s lacrosse team defeated No. 6 Notre Dame 10-7 in their final home game of the 2013 regular season.

It was the final time Huskies fans will see seniors Morgan O’Reilly, Mackenzie Rainone, Kelsi Tucci, Kacie Lewis, Kaitlyn Aldrich, Chelsea Hauswirth, Dorian GilmartinDzitko, Shannon Kerr, Elizabeth Brown, Brittney Testa, Siobhan Wilcox and Catherine Gross at home in the regular season.

“Any class of twelve is a big chunk of the team,” head coach Katie Woods said. “It’s been really great to allow them to compete and really show the young players the ropes.”

O’Reilly led the charge for UConn won all seven home UConn vs. Notre Dame as she games this season and at least scored four goals, two in the one senior contributed one goal first half and two in second or an assist in all but one of half. She is tied for second on those games. the team with 28 goals and two “I think every year no matter games remaining in the regular how many seniors you have, season. you want to send them It was the first out on the right note,” time the Huskies Woods said. “I think defeated the Irish this year was extremesince a 13-10 win ly special with twelve in 2005. seniors and an amazing UConn improves season so far, we wanted to 13-1, 5-1 in Big to have a complete game Notebook like we did today.”

East play while Notre Dame drops The seniors have conto 11-3, all three losses coming tributed a combined 83 points, in BIG EAST play. while O’Reilly has 41 and Gross The Huskies never relin- has 26. quished the lead after scoring Although UConn will be losfirst and Notre Dame became ing 12 seniors to graduation, the ninth team to be held under UConn still has a solid ground ten goals by UConn. to build on behind junior mid-

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fielders Lauren Kahn and Kacey Pippitt and freshman attacker Carly Palmucci.

Kahn currently leads the team in both goals and assists with 32 and 22, while Palmucci and Pippitt are tied for second on the team with 28 goals.

Palmucci is second on the team in points with 42.

“You know, the next season, I’m not even there yet,” Woods said. “We have a bit more of this season to go, but it will be a different situation for us next season.”

UConn will finish its season away with games against Georgetown and Loyola Maryland.

Joseph.Crisalli@UConn.edu

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Stat of the day The number of passing yards UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer threw for in this year’s Blue vs. White game.

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Boston Bruins center Tyler Seguin (19) wears a Massachusetts State Police hat during warmups before an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins saluted rather than celebrated.

Ending a four-game winless streak and reaching a tie for first place in the Northeast Division with a 3-0 victory against the Florida Panthers on Sunday was secondary to the Bruins, considering all that’s happened in Boston recently.

Each member of the team remained on the ice for a postgame ceremony to hand over their jerseys to a group of people who jumped in to assist the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing or members of law enforcement who participated in the manhunt that led to the capture of one of the suspects Friday night.

Thousands of fans remained for the ceremony, cheering as 26 jerseys were handed out to the heroes of a tragic week that could have been so much worse.

“There was still some electricity in the air when you look at the end of the game,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “Too much has happened in this past week to suddenly turn the corner and say we’ve forgotten. We haven’t and we never will.”

The “Shirt Off Our Backs” ceremony is actually an annual promotion for fans.

But the Bruins said season-ticket holders asked instead for first responders to be the recipients.

“It’s pretty overwhelming to see all the fans and all the players taking the time to say thanks,” said Massachusetts State Police Trooper Mark Spencer, who was holding on to the sweaty jersey Jaromir Jagr had just handed him. “We couldn’t even walk through upstairs during the venue without people stopping us and thanking us.”

Spencer piloted the helicopter equipped with a thermal imaging device that confirmed the 19-year-old bombing suspect was hiding in a parked boat in neighboring Watertown.

Trooper Eric Fairchild, who was handling communications on the helicopter crew, received Rich Peverley’s jersey. Both, dressed in their black flight suits and hats, modestly credited others with having more important roles in the rescue and apprehension.

“We were a small cog in a big wheel with a lot of people working together and it came to a successful resolution,” Fairchild said. “The citizens of Massachusetts are amazing and we feel very honored today.

Boston fans, Massachusetts residents and United States citizens at this time have been amazing.”

» NBA

Anthony scores 36, Knicks beat Celtics in Game 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony started fast, struggled through the middle, and finished with a flurry.

And the New York Knicks, after knocking the Boston Celtics from the top of the Atlantic Division, took the first step toward knocking them out of the playoffs.

Anthony scored 36 points, leading the Knicks to an 85-78 victory Saturday in their playoff opener.

“It’s a wonderful feeling to know that we got our first win of the series here on our home court, took care of that business,” Anthony said. “It was real important for us to come out and get this first win.”

The NBA’s scoring leader had 10 quick points and endured a tough shooting night from there before scoring eight points in the fourth quarter, helping New York take a 1-0 lead in a series for the first time since the 2001 first round against Toronto.

“Boston knows Melo and they know he’s not going anywhere, but they’re going to make it as tough as possible for him to score the ball,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “And he got off to a good start and then he had that slow middle, and then when he had to pick it up down the stretch, he made the plays that we needed him to make. And I mean that’s

what the great ones do. They figure it out and Melo’s done that all season for our ballclub.”

Anthony shot only 13 for 29 from the field but made consecutive baskets late in the final period, when the Knicks held Boston to three baskets and eight points.

Game 2 is Tuesday night before the Celtics host Game 3 on Friday in what will be their first home game since the Boston Marathon bombings.

Jeff Green scored 26 points and Paul Pierce added 21 for the Celtics, who badly missed injured point guard Rajon Rondo, committing 21 turnovers that led to 20 points. The Knicks got their hands on the ball at will in the fourth quarter, when Boston shot 3 of 11.

“We had some just bad turnovers tonight,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “If we had those turnovers in any game we probably should lose the game and we did.

We were making post passes from the other side of the floor. I mean, those are just not good passes.”

Kevin Garnett had eight points and nine rebounds but shot only 4 of 12 from the field. Jason Terry, another veteran on a young Celtics team, missed all five shots off the bench.

The Celtics led after three quarters and tied the game for the final time at 72 on Garnett’s bas-

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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony fends off Boston Celtics guard Jason Terry and Celtics forward Paul Pierce, right, during Game 1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

ket with 8:13 remaining. Anthony then made consecutive jumpers, and after the Celtics got back within three later in the period, he made a layup and a long jumper that gave New York an 83-76 advantage with 1:21 left.

Green made two free throws and the Celtics double-teamed Anthony, but he fired a pass to a wide-open Kenyon Martin under the basket to put it away with 40 seconds left.

“We just panicked a little bit.

We don’t have to do that,” Celtics guard Avery Bradley said. “We have to keep our composure and play the right way. We didn’t.”

J.R. Smith scored 15 points and Raymond Felton had 13 for the Knicks, while Martin finished with 10 points and nine rebounds in huge minutes for New York with Tyson Chandler struggling through a scoreless 20 minutes after barely playing late in the season because of a bulging disk.

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BACK IN THE SPRING OF THINGS UConn football plays annual spring game

By Tyler R. Morrissey Associate Sports Editor

Dan Agabiti It’s hard to imagine an opening series more intriguing than Knicks vs. Celtics.

This year’s version of the Knicks is very, very talented and there’s no denying that. Ever since the decision was made to make Carmelo Anthony the power forward and surround him with threepoint shooters, this team has been an offensive powerhouse.

But that strategy would have been a pointless one if not for ‘Melo’s seemingly newfound desire to pass the basketball.

When the movement doesn’t stop when ‘Melo touches it and he gets others involved, the Knicks are lethal.

Here’s the thing though, ‘Melo doesn’t even need to assist other guys when he passes. All he has to do is make opponents think that one of the other four guys on the court can score for his passing to be effective.

But make no mistake, the other guys can score when called upon. J.R. Smith scored 15 points Saturday night and the deceptively quick Raymond Felton had 13 points and 6 assists.

Then there’s the player formerly known as “the player formerly known as Kenyon Martin,” now just “Kenyon Martin” who played like he did back in the early 2000’s when he was on the other side of the George Washington Bridge. Martin’s 10 points were impressive but his extension in the late first quarter of game one when he sent Jason Terry’s attempted layup back to the foul line was even more impressive.

It just doesn’t seem as though the Celtics’ bench can match the Knicks.

But the Celtics have a wild card in their hand, something that reveals that this series won’t be over as soon as many think it will be.

Right now in Boston, there is so much civic pride—and understandably so—that the people by the Charles River are willing to run through a brick wall for that city.

David Ortiz said it at Fenway Saturday. This is their bleeping city and the wave of pride that Bostonians are riding can’t be denied.

Boston sports fans are energetic and loud enough in the Boston Garden come playoff time. They don’t needed any added motivation to cheer on the Celtics.

And yet they’ve got it. If there’s anything that the last week has revealed its that the city of Boston is not going to be bullied around by anyone including two murderous bombers of the Boston Marathon.

If they’re not going to cave in the face of a terrorist, they’re certainly not going to collapse for the Knicks.

On paper, the Knicks win in five, maybe six games.

The Knicks think it’s their time and the fans really want it. For far too long has “The world’s most famous arena” been the site of irrelevance.

This year might change that.

There’s too much offensive talent on the New York side. The Knicks have too many offensive threats and it doesn’t appear as though Boston can match New York defensively.

But the Celtics want it too.

The Celtics want it for their

» AGABITI, page 9

The UConn football team wrapped up its spring season with their annual Blue vs. White scrimmage on Saturday at Rentschler Field.

For the Huskies, the spring game is one final chance to impress the coaching staff and prepare for what’s been billed as the “best home schedule ever.” The game was played under modified settings which included no scoring or live game clock. Before the scrimmage portion of the afternoon, the Huskies completed several drills to simulate game situations.

Redshirt quarterback Chandler Whitmer led the offense for the White team, as the junior completed eight of the 14 passes he attempted and threw for 140 yards. Redshirt freshRecap man quarterback Casey Cochran also saw action after being injured all of last season. Cochran finished the day with 101 yards and completed seven of 18 passes. Redshirt junior Scott McCummings completed just one pass for nine yards.

As the Huskies get ready for the summer, watching the game film from Saturday will be just one thing the team will focus on to prepare for the fall.

“Just continue to watch the tape and continue to improve,” Whitmer said. “We’re going to learn from the mistakes and try to get better on things that we have already done and sharpen those things up and get ready to fire on all cylinders.”

The only scoring in the scrimmage portion came from sophomore kicker Bobby Puyol, who went

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UConn running back Lyle McCombs carries the ball during the annual Blue vs. White game at Rentschler Field.

» UCONN’S, page 10

Lacrosse remains undefeated at home

By Erica Brancato Staff Writer

The UConn women’s lacrosse team beat both Marquette and Notre Dame this weekend to advance to an overall record of 13-1. The Huskies also improved to 5-1 in conference play and 7-0 at home.

Friday night UConn beat Marquette 15-4. UConn’s Lauren Kahn and Carly Palmucci each scored unassisted goals to start the game with a 2-0 lead for the Huskies. Marquette stayed in the competition early on, scoring a goal with 24:52 left on the clock, but they couldn’t keep up with UConn’s fast pace. UConn’s Kacey Pippitt, Lauren Kahn,

Alexandra Crofts, Morgan play and it took us a couple of O’Reilly, Shannon Kerr, and minutes to get into it but we Emily Anderson each scored did and I thought we found goals in the first half to give some good openings and we UConn a 10-2 lead at halftime. were able to play well.”

UConn continued Sunday aftertheir dominance in noon not only the second half as marked senior Kahn, Katherine day for the Finkleston, twelve gradu15 Anderson, Pippitt, UConn ating players, and Presnick scored Marquette but also a huge 4 goals to help the win for the Friday Huskies prevail.

Huskies. No. “I think we came UConn 19 UConn beat 10 out and fought No. 6 Notre hard. It was a really Notre Dame 7 Dame 10-7, good opportunity marking the Sunday for us to win and Huskies first play as a team,” victory against said head coach Katie Woods. the Fighting Irish since 2005.

“We used everyone, which “It was awesome. I think I thought was great. It gave from top to bottom it was a people the experience they complete team effort,” Coach need. Marquette came out to Woods said with a grin. “We

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were always on the same page, always talking, and I think we believed from the first whistle that we could win this game, which ultimately was the most important piece.”

UConn’s O’Reilly and Palmucci started the game with two unassisted goals to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead. Although Notre Dame fought back, UConn continued to show their aggressive side and dominate in the first half. The Huskies kept their momentum up in the second half as O’Reilly scored two unassisted goals within seconds of each other, while Ally Fazio scored a goal off a free position shot to give UConn an 9-4 lead over Notre Dame.

Pippitt scored the last goal for the Huskies allowing the team

to prevail in this exciting last home game. This huge win for the Huskies showed their dominance and skill as a team.

“For us it gives us the confidence that we can compete with anyone if we put our minds to it essentially and if we believe,” said Woods. “It’s going to give us momentum into our final weekend, which is going to be really important. We need to go down to Georgetown and Loyola and perform and those are two really good teams.”

UConn will be put to the test this weekend as they hope to keep their winning streak alive.

Erica.Brancato@UConn.edu

» BASEBALL

UConn swept by South Florida in close contests

By Matt Stypulkoski Senior Staff Writer Missed opportunities have a tendency to haunt teams, and this weekend was a series of missed opportunities for the Huskies.

The UConn baseball team (23-16, 8-7 Big East) dropped all three of its games to South Florida (26-14, 10-2 Big East) in nail-biting fashion; two losses came by just a single run and another went deep into extra innings.

“I guess the positive way to look at it is you’re so close to beating a good team in all three games,” Head Coach Jim Penders said. “But you don’t come away with one of them.

It’s like a kick in the teeth.”

Friday’s game was played at New Britain Stadium and saw a strong performance by ace Carson Cross squandered in the late innings.

Over the course of the first six innings, he allowed just two runs and the Huskies were all square with the Bulls. But an RBI triple in the eighth by third baseman Zac Gilcrease would prove to be the difference, as South Florida held on for a 3-2 win.

On Saturday, the teams fought out a 15-inning marathon in Storrs. A one-out solo home run by Max McDowell tied things up in the ninth inning for the Huskies, as they rallied to extend the game.

After UConn missed several opportunities to scratch across a run in the extra frames, the Bulls were finally able to take advantage. An Anthony Diaz single gave USF the lead, and they managed to tack on two more in the inning en route to a 7-4 victory.

The Bulls broke out their brooms on Sunday, as they jumped all over Husky starter Brian Ward in the opening

inning. A James Ramsey RBI double and a Falla sacrifice fly put South Florida up 2-0 and they never conceded the lead in a 4-3 win.

Despite being no-hit by Joey Lovecchio for the first six innings, the Huskies were able to make things interesting in the late going.

Third baseman Vinny Siena finally broke through for a single in the seventh and more hits quickly followed. An Eric Yavarone double, McDowell single and a Bulls error helped push three runs across in the frame.

The next inning, UConn had an opportunity to take the lead with the bases loaded and one out, but a strikeout and harmless ground ball let USF out of trouble.

“Up and down, through the lineup, it seemed as though whenever we were getting run-

» HUSKIES, page 9

RACHEL WEISS/The Daily Campus

The UConn baseball team missed a chance to gain ground in the Big East after falling to South Florida in three straight games over the weekend.