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POLICE: BOMB THREAT LINKED TO ANOTHER INCIDENT

By Kathleen McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

The bomb threat called into the Tasker building at 9:12 a.m. yesterday did “not appear to have been made by a UConn student,” Chief of Police Barbara

O’Connors said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.

The call, which was only made to the Tasker building, home of the admissions office, prompted an immediate evacuation of the building and the closure of Hillside Road to facilitate emer-

gency operations. UConn Police, UConn Fire, State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation did a sweep of the building and found nothing suspicious.

According to O’Connors, the report alleged that there was a firearm in the building, but that

we hear that those workers are back and that contractor is back on the job,” said Sullivan.

The New England Regional Council of Carpenters is a labor union that represents 22,000 carpenters, pile drivers, shop and millmen and floorcoverers working through out New England.

Sullivan is the organizer in Connecticut office.

About a dozen protestors carried signs, including three large banners reading: Are there law-breaking contractors working here?

“A world class university with a Final Four team can certainly do better in contracting than this,” Sullivan said.

The group was not asked to go inside during the bomb threat shutdown. There was a UConn police officer monitoring the protest, and Sullivan says they have been very understanding.

When the stop work order was first issued, a UConn spokesperson told NBC Connecticut, “Neither UConn not its general contract were aware of the violations

alleged by the Department of Labor, nor would we condone any such work practices.”

In response to the protest and their concerns that workplace violations have begun again, UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said, “UConn is committed to the highest quality in all of its construction projects and compliance with all labor and safety laws. UConn respects the ‘stop work’ order the Department of Labor issued last month to Intext, a company hired by a subcontractor on the Basketball Development project, as well as the Department of Labor’s recent release of that order.”

“The Department of Labor has always enforced the laws to the full extent they’re allowed to,” said Sullivan.

When asked what can be done to solve the problem he suggested a policy from the university allowing them to regulate who’s on the campus and how they behave.

“We’ll be here tomorrow,” he said.

claim was proven untrue after the investigation.

“UConn Police determined that the threat was not credible,” O’Connors said.

On social media, students at UConn expressed their concern that the threat was related to

the admissions process, however, O’Connors denied that this was true and said it was not connected to admissions.

“This does not appear to be connected to the University of Connecticut,” O’Connors said.

Similar threats called into Boston University’s Admissions Office and University High School around the same time appear to be linked with the incident at UConn.

“We were contacted by

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Workers protest over suspicion of resumed illegal contracting

By Marissa Piccolo Staff Writer A protest over suspicion of resumed illegal construction contracting began this Thursday on the corner of Hillside Road and Jim Calhoun Way, outside of Gampel Pavilion.

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the Department of Labor issued a stop work order on the new $32 million dollar basketball development facility after they investigated and reported workplace violations.

About 20 employees from subcontractors Intex of Glastonbury and J&V Construction of East Hartford were not listed on payroll and were being paid in cash to avoid paying state taxes.

Undocumented workers were also found on the site.

“They weren’t paying them the proper prevailing wage in the state of Connecticut as inspired by law,” added representative Tim Sullivan of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters.

“Those workers were replaced, that contract was thrown off the table, and now

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A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

Courchaine has made strides in transparency

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Undergraduate Student Government President Edward Courchaine, pictured in this March 5 photo, made transparency one of his key campaign issues when he was dubbed president in 2013. One year later, he reflects on efforts to make it happen.

By Alban Murtishi Staff Writer Through the veil of miscommunication, students see USG as nothing more than an organization of suits that distribute money to other organizations. However, Edward Courchaine, president of USG, is trying to lift that veil.

Courchaine made this goal clear a year ago, back when the office he currently resides in was just as foggy as the students’ visions of USG. He officially enacted this goal when he tore down the previous communications

sector of USG, which was comprised of president appointed press secretaries and a public relations committee. In a year’s time, he and his personal staff have made it clear that they would directly handle communicating messages to the students in order to better inform them of the goings on in USG. “A main function of our roles is to directly manage communications, which is not necessarily the most efficient method, but to redefine USG transparency, we needed to take responsibility for this.” Courchaine said.

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In this April 3 photo, workers contracted to construct UConn’s new basketball fascility ceased work and began picketing outside Gampel Pavillion after the Connecticut Department of Labor issued an order to cease work.

Huskies poised to make history

By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor

ARLINGTON, Texas – Four weeks ago, as UConn walked off the court at the KFC Yum! Center, it did not seem likely that the Huskies would be playing Florida Saturday night in the Final Four at AT&T Stadium.

Not even a month has passed since the Huskies’ regular season ended with an 81-48 loss at Louisville. UConn missed 36 of its 51 shots that day. They shot three of 22 from the 3-point line.

Everything looked off at the worst possible time.

But when the Huskies sat down to watch film after that game, they got a surprise. Ollie decided to show them clips from the Huskies’ most recent encounter with Florida, a 65-64 win at Gampel Pavilion on Dec. 2, a win capped by a buzzer beater from Shabazz Napier.

“I think everybody was looking at the 33-point loss as a problem,” Ollie said. “We were looking at it as a possibility for us to get better as a team. I think that’s the kind of mindset that we have to overcome different distractions that we have been having, not the Louisville game, for two years now.

“Being banned, not being able to go to the postseason last year.

They always had the next play mentality. I think it’s great for a team to always have that mindset that can you get better from any distraction and it’s not going to

stop you from your destiny as a team.”

That loss did anything but stop UConn, who then reached the AAC final before going on a run that has seen the Huskies overcome one adverse situation after another to get within two wins of

a fourth national championship, thanks to what Ollie calls playing at “level five.”

“It’s a championship mentality,” Ollie said. “It’s playing together, playing unselfish, playing as five and not just one. Because some-

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TOP: Shabazz Napier celebrates with his teammates after defeating Michigan State to advance to the Final Four.

BOTTOM: DeAndre Daniel scores against the Spartans, helping lead the Huskies to a win.

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UConn launches online accounting certification program Ready for a

By Marissa Piccolo Staff Writer

The UConn School of Business and Department of Accounting has announced a new online Accounting Certificate Program (ACP) that will be begin offering courses in the fall of 2014.

When asked what inspired faculty to develop this, Director of the MS in Accounting and this new program, Dr. Amy Dunbar said demand. “We had applicants to our online MSA program who did not have the required accounting courses in their undergraduate degree coursework,” Dunbar said. “And they asked where they could take these courses online.”

These applicants include individuals in the workforce, both with and without undergraduate business degrees.

Experts in the accounting faculty who teach related courses in UConn’s undergraduate program have designed the curriculum. As of now, the four courses offered are Financial Reporting I, Federal

Income Taxes, Financial Reporting II and Assurance Services.

“Because certificate courses will be more compressed,” Dunbar said, “We looked at a flexible textbook editor that would allow us to combine materials from multiple textbooks to enable use to provide the course content from undergraduate courses into our four courses.”

Dunbar listed flexibility as the greatest benefit to the online program versus a traditional program. “Many of our students are working fulltime, and it’s hard to leave work, commute to class, commute home and then do your coursework. With online you save that commuting time,” she said.

Another benefit to the program is that all the courses are reverse-engineered. This means that course designers identified learning objectives and assessments first, and then developed the course to meet those learning objectives.

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The University of Connecticut’s schools of business and accounting recently announced the launch of an online certification program for a master of science in accounting.

nology to interact with students and set online “Google Hangout” type meetings through Lync, Skype and Adobe Connect. This aims to combine the benefits of

asynchronous course material delivery with synchronous interaction with instructors.

“We have a track record that shows we can deliver a great program online. Our

MSA program, ranked by U.S. News is in the top 25 in the last two years, has operated for 12 years,” Dunbar said.

laws. It is a proposal that requires faculty to provide syllabi to students in all courses, including internships and independent studies. This motion would also require that all syllabi specify what will be taught, how it will be taught, how learning will be assessed and how grades assigned.

They will also hear presentations about changing the methods in which students prevented by sickness or other unavoidable causes apply for an excuse and are authorized to makeup exams.

Instead of going through the Office of Student Services and Advocacy, students would make requests through the Dean of Students Office. This would also apply to approvals to reschedule bunched exams.

The Senate will also hear a proposal that seeks to change who students appeal grades to.

The measures presented will be voted on next meeting on May 5th.

The event is open to the public.

UConn Senate to consider bylaw amendments

By Marissa Piccolo Staff Writer

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UConn Senate undergraduate member Kara Googins is shown in this Dec. 4, 2013 photo.

Googins also serves as the vice president of the undergraduate student government.

The University Senate of the University of Connecticut will meet for it’s monthly session this Monday, April 7th from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. in the Rome Ballroom.

According to the agenda, the Senate is due to get annual reports from both the Retention & Graduation Task Force and the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning.

The Senate will conduct a vote to amend university by-

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The most tangible evidence of this shift is the new USG website, which has been constructed for an age of online communications. “Our old website was awful, it was outdated, we were left with a mess of an IT infrastructure,” said Courchaine. Among the improvements made were a sleek new design and constant updates of pictures and posts.

However, Courchaine also noted, “I think I underestimated how much time just the website was going to take.”

A year ago, Courchaine and his campaign set some major transparency goals for the group: increase transparency for tuition dollars, bolster student involvement and work toward offering a more “unified campus experience.”

While the website certainly helped to increase transparency of goings on in USG, the other two, Courchaine would come to find, proved even more difficult.

“A curveball that came our way was the title IX filing and the subsequent lawsuit. As we were trying address specific things we were presented with a huge reality,” Courchaine said. “We kind of had to jump back on our heels a little bit and say, this is a reality that is overwhelmingly negative.”

However, Courchaine and his administration found a way turn to an overwhelming negative

into a possible way to create the unified campus experience.

After joining a task force to deal with the fallout, he and the other member took time to decipher “what UConn values.”

“I think what I would pass onto others is the realization that, sometimes when there is a bad thing in your community, it is not because the community is necessarily bad, but a neglect to compare what that bad thing is about, and what the community is,” said Courchaine.

“Specifically, we can all say that something common to a college community is that people strive to treat each other with respect. What is important is to say that out loud.”

While not many specific programs were put in place to create a unified campus experience, Courchaine and USG as a whole realized many important lessons in the way of effectively communicating messages to the student body.

For example, USG has very recently made noticeable use of sharing announcements on Facebook so that as soon as they are posted, they get multiple shares to other accounts.

By creating a web of communication where senators of the organization share USG news to their timelines, they then give that shared information a chance to be seen by thousands of more individuals.

“You need to have a snowball effect to get your social media working for you,” said

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Courchaine. Specifically, the announcement for the USG funded bus to see the Final Four game in Texas caused people to not only clink the link to the page about the bus, but also increased page views on other website tabs.

After a tiring year in office, Courchaine reminds the organization and his successor that the issue of transparency is not absolutely solved, and will not remain solved indefinitely.

“Issues are not contained in a year, ever. The idea of a (united-campus) is a timeless issue,” said Courchaine.

While not every goal set at the beginning of the year was completed, not uncommon for any individual elected to power, Courchaine’s administration made tangible changes to the USG communication structure, and set the the scene for even more advances to be made.

“I think when it comes to our organization, something to remember is that the interactions we have as a group on a personal level are the most lasting, sometimes we lament that funding is the only thing people know us for, but when you’re working on a funding packet you have a personal interaction with a member of that organization,” said Courchaine.

“When it goes out in a cookie cutter press release it doesn’t stick.”

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Police to continue investigating Thursday bomb threat on campus

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Police and weapons specialists gather at the scene of a bomb threat on UConn’s campus on April 3. Police said at a press conference yesterday they believe the incident may be linked to one at Boston College.

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University High School at 9:55 this morning,” said Gary Davison, Public Information Officer from Orange City Volusia County, Florida. “They had received a bomb threat that was phoned into school. Orange City police as well as our deputies responded to investigate.

They also have a school resource deputy that responded at the school, the school was placed on lockdown for a period of time, but it was ultimately determined that the threat was unfounded.”

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times you get to this stage and you want to play as one and you want to go off and be individual, but that’s not going to work.”

The spotlight all season has been on Shabazz Napier, an AP First Team All-American, the East Region Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA tournament and the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Napier is averaging 23.3 points per game while shooting 45 percent during the NCAA tournament, becoming UConn’s fourth-leading scorer all time along the way, but Napier did not get UConn to Texas on his own.

DeAndre Daniels has taken his game to another level this postseason, after averaging 14.7 points per game in the AAC tournament, Daniels has upped his output to 17 points per game while shooting 50 percent in the NCAA tournament, and he is tied with Niels Giffey for the team lead with 6.8 rebounds per game.

Against Florida in December, Daniels, who was recruited by the Gators out of high school, scored 14 points on 6 of 10 shooting, and his seventh rebound was the tip back to Napier for the gamewinning shot as time expired.

“He’s really become extremely versatile,” Florida coach Billy Donovan said. “He posts up, he shoots threes, he’s putting it on the floor, he can start the break, he passes, he rebounds, he’s playing really hard for their team. I think watching UConn now and getting prepared for them in December, there’s no question he’s really continued to progress and grow.”

Napier, Giffey and Tyler Olander have been here before; they won the national championship in 2011. Between Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin, only Kentucky’s John Hood and Jarrod Polson have been to the Final Four, and they sat on the bench the entire time during the Wildcats’ semifinal loss to the Huskies in 2011.

So with that advantage of experience, Giffey has done his best to help his younger teammates prepare for the experience, which includes playing in front of potentially 75,000 fans and a chance at bringing UConn its fourth national title.

“You can’t be too impressed with everything that’s going on, the gym, the different crowd that’s going to be out there and all the attention that’s focused on you,” Giffey said. “So just stay with your group as much as you can, stay with your teammates. That’s really what I’m trying to tell my younger guys that haven’t been here before, just try to have fun. Enjoy this moment as much as you can.”

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According to Boston University Today, a news organizations through the university, a threat was made to their admissions office located at 881 Commonwealth Avenue at 10:30 a.m. BU and Boston Police did an investigation of the area and determined there was no threat to students. They opened the area at 12 p.m.

Boston University Police could not be reached for comment.

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Gun control group to form super PAC

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut politicians who may be challenged in this year’s election for supporting stricter weapons laws in the wake of the Newtown school massacre received a pledge of support Thursday from gun control advocates.

The state’s largest gun control group said it plans to create a super PAC to raise money to help politicians who supported last year’s gun law changes.

“Many of our lawmakers are being severely attacked, but we are here to pledge that we are with them,” said Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence.

Corrections and clarifications In the lead article yesterday titled, “Campus elections tainted by politics,” no byline attributed the story. The author was Sten Spinella, a staff writer for The Daily Campus.

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Connecticut picks 6 medical marijuana dispensaries

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LEFT: In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. Riding the coat tails of a new wave of legislation legalizing recreational and medical marijuana, Connecticut has decriminalized weed for medical use.

RIGHT: In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Locations for Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries have been selected, the state Consumer Protection Commissioner said Thursday.

The facilities in Branford, Bridgeport, Bristol, Hartford, South Windsor and Uncasville were authorized by the state’s medical marijuana program to dispense Connecticut-produced marijuana products.

Recipients must be seriously ill patients who have been certi-

fied by their doctors as potentially benefiting from the use of medical marijuana and who have registered with the state’s medical marijuana program.

Backers of the law, which was enacted in 2012, say it will help people who have cancer, Parkinson’s disease, AIDS, post-traumatic stress disorder and other debilitating conditions.

The Department of Consumer Protections drafted regulations last year that state lawmakers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, identified in federal court as a co-conspirator in a campaign finance fraud case, signed off from his afternoon radio talk show Thursday, saying he’s leaving the station to “take care of some personal issues.”

The Republican’s announcement came at the end of his three-hour program. Rowland first told listeners the Red Sox game would be aired on Friday, then said “today will be my last show as I’m leaving the station to take care of some personal issues.” Rowland then thanked his listeners for their “tremendous support” and loyalty.

“It’s been a great experience and we’ll take it from there.

And God bless you all,” he said.

Jenneen Lee, the program director at Farmington-based WTIC News Talk 1080, confirmed the station had accepted Rowland’s decision. Shortly after he signed off, Rowland’s blog “You can’t make this stuff up” and his profile were removed from WTIC’s website.

On Monday, former Republican 5th Congressional District candidate Lisa WilsonFoley and her husband pleaded guilty in a scheme to create a phony contract that hid the consulting role Rowland, a former congressman from the same district, played in her campaign. Rowland provided nominal services to Foley’s nursing home company to

approved.

“With the selection of dispensary facilities, all necessary pieces of the medical marijuana program are in place and we are poised to provide patients with a safe and secure source of needed medicine,” Rubenstein said.

The dispensaries will be the “public face” of Connecticut’s medical marijuana program and careful thought and deliberation went into selecting the most qualified applicants, he said.

Angela D’Amico and her partner Karen Barski, a registered nurse, have won approval to operate D&B Wellness in Bridgeport. The new venture is the “second half of our lives,” she said.

D’Amico, 56, said she took an interest in medical marijuana from her son, a pre-med student, who told her about the medicinal value of marijuana.

Her mother died of cancer.

An art publisher who said she has degrees in business and

marketing, she researched medical marijuana and businesses that sell it in Colorado and California.

“For us, we’re changing the world,” she said. “We’re making history here.”

Four marijuana producers were licensed in January.

Rubenstein says the producers and dispensaries were chosen through a competitive process.

The dispensaries may receive licenses after paying a $5,000 fee and submitting final documents. They are expected to be ready to open when marijuana products are available this summer.

Connecticut’s medical marijuana program is the first state system based on the pharmaceutical and medical model, including physician certification, production facilities operating as pharmaceutical manufacturers and dispensing to patients by licensed pharmacists.

In addition to D&B Wellness, businesses chosen are Bluepoint Apothecary in Branford, the Healing Corner Inc. in Bristol, Arrow Alternative Care Inc. in Hartford, Prime Wellness of Connecticut in South Windsor and Thames Valley Apothecary in Uncasville.

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On Saturday, April 5, Connecticut Walks for Haiti will hold their 5th annual Walkathon in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Proceeds will be split among five charities: Haitian Health Foundation, Medical Aid to Haiti, Haitian Humanitarian Network, Outreach to Haiti and Operation Unisson, Inc. Each charity hopes to earn between $4,000 and $5,000 to fund projects that will benefit the Haitian population in the areas of education, nutrition and medicine.

Operation Unisson is asking UConn students to help raise $4,000 to fund a health camp for children between the ages of nine and 13.

Registration for the event begins at 10:30 a.m., and the walk is set to start at 12 p.m.

Food, music, crafts and a silent auction will also be available from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

UConn students are invited to participate in the event, which has raised over $90,000 since the first Walkathon.

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Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland addresses the gathering at Connecticut’s 9-11 Living Memorial in this June 2011 file photo. Rowland is under federal investigation once again for campaign fraud.

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Rowland, who was elected governor three times, resigned from the state’s top office in 2004 amid another scandal. He ultimately served 10 months in a federal prison camp on a

corruption-related charge.

Wilson-Foley wanted Rowland to work on her campaign but believed that because he had been convicted of a felony, disclosure of his paid role in the campaign would result in substantial negative publicity, authorities said.

Rowland was paid about $35,000 for his services, authorities said. Wilson-Foley

ultimately lost the Republican primary in 2012.

David Walker, a Republican who announced Thursday he was officially running for lieutenant governor in this year’s election, was Rowland’s last guest. He told The Associated Press that he had no idea Rowland planned to announce he was stepping down.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

Classic Fuzzy and Sleepy

by Matt Silber

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Side of Rice

UConn Dance company held a Dance Recital at the Jorgensen on Thursday.

by Laura Rice

HOROSCOPES

Today's Birthday (04/04/14). Happiness shines brighter than silver this year. Compassion with community enlivens you. Education and communication skills further your career, with extra points for artists of all media. Creativity comes easy. Home is where your heart is, with family and friends.

Balance work with romance over springtime, then play full out over summer. An autumn revelation provides freedom, innovation and integrity.

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

Oneirology

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Prioritize talk over action. Tell imaginative stories. Entertain and inform.

Reality interferes with fantasy, however. All isn't as it appears. Emotions prevail where logic fails. Cut to basics... aim for simplicity. Organize and plan who's doing what over a shared meal. Enjoy fun with friends.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Discover a way to work smarter and earn more. Connections, communications and clever ideas win profit.

Streamline procedures and routines to save time. Pay off bills before spending on frills. Put in extra work for high quality results. Dress up for a fun social event.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- A little illusion goes a long way to spark emotions. Build this for promotions. Avoid travel, big launches or transportation. More work is required. Stay where you are and increase productivity. Long-distance communication provides the info you need. Tele-conferencing saves time and money.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Think, plan and research. Hunt for inspiration. Write, record and brainstorm. Satisfy your curiosity. Make a list of potential costs. Your skill at pinching pennies comes in handy. Avoid gambles or risk. Do your homework to meet deadlines. Be sensitive to another's view.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Enter a two-day party phase, and get involved with your community. Your friends are there for you. Hold meetings, collaborate and throw ideas around. Respectfully abandon a scheme lacking soul (or advise another to do so). Have fun while contributing for a good cause.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Consider new opportunities today and tomorrow. Trust emotion over rationality. Go with your feelings and intuition.

There could be a test. Upon winning, new responsibilities raise your stature. Choose a direction that's grounded in reality, even as you aim for the stars.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Reduce speculation by announcing your plan. Today and tomorrow begin an expansion phase. Include travel and fun in the agenda. Make a promise, and put it in your schedule. Take a bold step, supported by friends.

Take it slow. Get yourself a treat.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Support a partner with financial paperwork like insurance or taxes. Every little bit counts. Consider practical details.

Today and tomorrow favor financial review to save money. Make sure funds are there to cover upcoming events. A little planning goes a long way.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Partnership and negotiation take priority today and tomorrow. Consult with experts on strategy. It's easier to delegate; someone else on the team wants to be more directive. Pay attention to all offers. A caring soul has a fresh perspective on a big decision ahead.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- There's plenty of work... you're extra busy and things could seem hectic or intense. Rely on your schedule, and move items forward as needed. Creative ideas abound, and you're in the thick of the excitement.

Take frequent deep-breathing breaks, or go for little walks. Stay frugal and focused.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Go back to basics, and follow the rules. Abandon far-out ideas, and go for low-hanging fruit. Confer with your team.

You get some good press. A barrier is dissolving, or becoming unimportant. Set long-term goals with your sweetheart today and tomorrow. Attitude is everything.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Today and tomorrow favor making household decisions and changes. You and your partner have the energy for it now. Imagine sharing your cozy home with friends and family, and clean up with that vision. Play music that makes you dance. Snuggle into your lovelier space tonight.

by Brian Ingmanson

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

BORN ON THIS DATE

1960

Ben-Hur swept 11 of the 12 Oscar categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

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1928 - Maya Angelou 1965 - Robert Downey Jr. 1979 - Heath Ledger 1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears

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UConn Dance Company Spring Showcase

BY LUKE BELVAL

Food labels: More than just calories

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(Above) The UConn Dance Company performed a variety of styles including ballet, hip-hop and jazz as part of their 2014 Spring Showcase on Thursday evening in the Jorgensen.

Dining escapades in NYC

Comic review: Bat’s latest best in months

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer

A typical cut of steak served at Peter Luger’s Steakhouse in New York City

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer Two weeks ago I spent a day in New York City. To my pleasure I visited some of the city’s most iconic landmarks – at least the ones that served food.

First up was breakfast at the Carnegie Deli. Located at 854 7th Ave. in Midtown Manhattan, the famous Jewish eatery is well known for serving up corned beef and pastrami sandwiches piled high with otherworldly amounts of meat. Patrons are seated shoulder to shoulder on long family-style tables with the walls coated with a who’s who of celebrity visitors.

However, considering the particularly cold weather on the day of my visit - not to mention it was only 10 a.m. – I decided to settle for a bowl of matzoh ball soup. The portion was no less gigantic than anything else on the menu; with the matzoh ball itself probably large enough to feed two people. Rich and soothing, this was a great way to start the day.

After navigating the perilous man-made labyrinth known as the New York City Subway System, at 2 p.m. I arrived at the original Peter Luger Steakhouse at 178 Broadway in Brooklyn for lunch. Immediately

after you walk in the door, you see a picture of late “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson with the caption “The best meal of my entire life was at Peter Luger’s,” and you know you’re in for something special. Continuously operating since 1887, it’s easily the oldest restaurant I’ve ever visited and it features an old style standing-room only bar, basic decor and unadorned wooden tables. The eatery is famous for their hand-selected cuts of aged Porterhouse steak, served in portions intended for two, three or four patrons. Despite an intriguing lunch menu, I had to try one of America’s most famous steaks. It may be on the pricey side, but I’ll be darned if Luger didn’t serve me the tastiest cut of meat I’ve ever had. The meat is broiled (a departure from the usual grilled offerings at most steakhouses) and served pre sliced.

Tender enough to eat with a fork, the flavor is complimented by both the incredibly tender untrimmed fat which will melt in your mouth, and the restaurant’s custom steak-sauce which uniquely resembles a cocktail sauce more than say “A-1.”

After returning to Manhattan I managed to get tickets to see a taping of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” at 30 Rockefeller Plaza

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and after an entertaining evening, it was off to “Tony’s Di Napoli” at 143 W 43rd Street near Times Square for dinner. One of my favorite Italian restaurants in the city, Tony’s is famous for serving meals in large portions meant to be shared by 2-3 people. The superior theming and lighting give the restaurant a bit of five-star flair but with prices reasonable for casual diners. Our party shared an order of the chicken scarpiello with a side of broccoli rabe. A house specialty, the chicken is roasted in a lemon-based stew with a ton of roasted red peppers, not dissimilar to chicken cacciatore (sans lemon). What really sets the dish apart is it’s ability to keep the chicken juicy and tender while the overall texture remains light and crispy, a rarity among commercial restaurants. If Tony’s proves one thing, it’s that there’s no such thing as too much garlic.

They call New York the greatest city in the world. The New Englander in me might wish to debate that but there’s no denying you’ll be hard pressed to find a better city for food than the Big Apple.

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

Dark, thrilling, dramatic and frightening, “Batman” Issue 29 has just about everything you could want in a single issue of the title. As the “Zero Year” saga nears its end, no. 29’s story “Dark City” provides one of the best stand-alone stories we’ve seen in months. A bloated middle act which occupies at least half of this double issue prevents the issue from being brilliant all-around, but it’s not enough to deter you from this solid read.

Edward Nygma a.k.a. “The Riddler” returns to the pages of “Batman” this time hoping to use the effects of a massive storm to flood Gotham City, with only Batman and Lieutenant Gordon standing in his way.

(Spoilers Follow) The title begins with the child Bruce Wayne having a conversation with his parents about the “Zorro” film they all just saw, presumably moments before their infamous deaths.

As “Batman” has done so brilliantly throughout the years, this scene is interrupted with a flash-forward to an adult Bruce as Batman, in the midst of a fight for Gotham City’s future.

The Dark Knight soon encounters the hideously grotesque Dr. Helfern (a villian whose body instantly grows bone tissue wherever he’s injured). After a bloody battle, Batman attempts to destroy Riddler’s weather balloon before it can transmit a signal giving the super-villain control of the city. But Batman is too late, and we witness the beginning of a massive flood in the city that cuts back and forth between scenes of

the deaths of Bruce Wayne’s parents.

(End Spoilers) I’ve always been a sucker for flashback scenes with Bruce and his parents. The tragedy of their deaths is so heavily intertwined with the Batman mythos I still fail to find their repeated mentions irrelevant. It’s chilling to see a light-hearted conversation between the young boy and his parents even though the audience is well aware tragedy is only moments away. Flashing back to their actual murder during the final pages of the book add an element of drama that simply isn’t found in the pages of other hero’s books.

The issue also has its share of “epicness” as well. Watching the GCPD complain about the Batman only to be completely overshadowed by his appearance in a massive blimp of his own construction is priceless.

Seeing the caped crusader leap over 70 feet in mid-air to reach Riddler’s weather balloon was as exciting a scene as one could imagine.

Despite the issue’s high points, I will criticize it for an overly long and often uninteresting fight between Batman and Dr. Helfern. Not only do I sill find Helfern hideously unappealing to the eye, but the generic scene constituted a significant portion of this double size issue — had the scene been trimmed, it wouldn’t be double sized at all.

On the whole though, “Dark City” is a great story for Batman fans, mostly enjoyable cover to cover.

“Batman” Issue 29 8.0/10

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

For those of you who have graduated from dining hall food, you realize that the grocery store can be a scary place.

This is only made worse if you are trying to eat healthy.

Not only are the supermarkets playing mind games to coerce you into buying the more profitable “junk food,” but also each and every item you put in your cart is a diet choice.

While some of you may think that common sense can predominate for healthy shopping choices, there are myriad tips to help you better understand what makes it to the checkout line and ultimately in your mouth. The biggest key to your food purchasing choices is knowing where to look for information. Food labels in their modern incarnation can tell you almost everything you want to know about the food you buy. This extends well beyond simply the calorie amounts.

One of the first things you should look at on a food label is the serving size. You are looking for an idea of how much food the company is saying you can eat for a given nutritional amount. This is the most common area where you can be deceived. For example, a serving size of Lays is 15 chips. This then brings you in to the next step, evaluating the calorie content. You need to remember that calories are a unit of energy. When you consider that there are 150 calories within a serving of Lays, you may reevaluate the phrase “you can’t just eat one.”

While it may be easy to stop at this point and think that your food choices simply depend on the calorie content, the fact is the rest of the label provides a lot more information to determine the health value of a particular food.

The next step is to look at the macronutrient content, or how much carbohydrate, fat and protein is within. While there is a balance to everything and every food, a simple rule to follow is avoid foods that are really high in sugar (typically a subcategory of carbohydrates) or fat. When looking at fat in particular, it is important to distinguish between saturated and unsaturated fats. In a simple sense, saturated fats can be considered bad fats and vice versa.

The final step to consider when evaluating food labels is the micronutrient content.

This includes the vitamins and minerals found in that particular item. Typically, at the bottom of the label you will find all the information about the “good” items. Take these with a grain of salt, just because it contains a lot of Vitamin A doesn’t make it a super food. Finally, consider avoiding foods that are high in sodium or cholesterol. This occurs often in prepared foods and chronic high intakes can lead to negative health outcomes like hypertension or plaque in your arteries.

While the label on the side or back of your food can seem to be a scary data center, by breaking it down into three easy steps you can better understand the food choices you make.

Luke.Belval@UConn.edu

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The secret key to understanding genocide

By Katie McWilliams Senior Staff Writer

The Human Rights Institute celebrated the strength of UConn’s human rights program Thursday evening with the Marsha Lilien Gladstein Visiting Professor lecture, featuring Predrag Dojčinović.

Dojčinović is a leading expert in war crimes and works at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in theHague. Considered the epitome of human rights law and practice, The Hague not only prosecutes war crimes, but also researches the legal aspects behind prosecution. Dojčinović’s research focuses on using linguistics as evidence in the trials and his talk was entitled “The Chameleon of Mens Rea and the Shifting Guises of Genocidal Intent.”

While the concept seemed difficult to grasp for non-human rights students, the general idea behind his lecture was how “Mens Rea,” the Latin for guilty mind, can be used in criminal tribunals.

“This is one of the most critical foundations of intent,” Dojčinović said. “The main building block of Mens Rea is intent.”

Dojčinović said that by prosecuting criminals by using their intent – proven through spoken and written word – as evidence during a trail, a new dimension of law can be applied.

For example, he spoke about the way that Hitler cultivated a philosophy and a vocabulary to support his anti-Semitic and deadly campaign against non-Aryans.

“Mein Kampf,” Dojčinović said, made Hitler a bestselling author and

a millionaire, but it also supplied him with words like “Juden” to be used in a derogatory sense by the general population. He noted how “annihilate” became one of Hitler’s favorite words and a catchphrase of the final solution.

“I believe that genocide should be and must be conceptualized in the mind of the perpetrator,” said Dojčinović.

By understanding and collecting the language that perpetrators of genocide such as Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Slobodan Milosevic, one can make the case during legal prosecution that they had intent to employ genocide.

However, the varying definitions of intent make defining the word – in legal terms – impossible.

“Manifestation of intent in a criminal court can be so diverse that

it is impossible to define,” said Dojčinović.

Dojčinović reminded the audience that just because manifestation of intent is evidence in a criminal court that it is not the end all be all. There are many different kinds of evidence all of which can support the case of a war criminal.

Dojčinović’s research, he said, is an enduring concept in the study of human rights as these linguistic trends have been seen in every genocide since The Holocaust to the Rwandan genocide.

“The same linguistic trends have continued to manifest itself since the second world war,” Dojčinović said.

Kathleen.McWilliams@UConn.edu

Letterman to retire in 2015 Great apps to make your college experience better

By Ellie Hudd Staff Writer

AP

In this photo provided by CBS, David Letterman, host of the “Late Show with David Letterman,” is seated at his desk in New York on Thursday, April 3, 2014. During Thursday night’s telecast, Letterman announced that he will retire in 2015.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman is retiring next year as host of “Late Show.”

During a taping of Thursday’s show, Letterman said he has informed CBS that he will step down in 2015, when his current contract expires.

He specified no end date, telling his audience he expects his exit will be in “at least a year or so, but sometime in the not too distant future — 2015, for the love of God — (band leader) Paul (Shaffer) and I will be wrapping things up.”

Referring to CBS chairman Leslie Moonves as “the man who owns this network,” Letterman said: “I phoned him just before the program, and I said ‘Leslie, it’s been great, you’ve been great, and the network has been great, but I’m retiring.’”

Along with his network, Letterman thanked “all of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater, all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much.

“What this means now,” he cracked, “is that Paul and I can be married.”

Letterman, who turns 67 next week, has the longest tenure of any late-night talk show host in U.S. television history, already marking 32 years since he created “Late Night” at NBC in 1982.

After losing the “Tonight Show” throne to rival candidate Jay Leno in 1993, he jumped to CBS to start “Late Show.”

“For 21 years, David Letterman has graced our network’s air in late night with wit, gravitas and brilliance unique in the history of our medium,” said Moonves. “It’s going to be tough to say goodbye. Fortunately, we won’t have to do that for another year or so.

Until then, we look forward to celebrating Dave’s remarkable show and incredible talents.”

Leno retired from “The Tonight Show” earlier this year, making way for “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon to take over that NBC institution.

Leno held the ratings leadership for most of his two-decade duel with Letterman, but Dave remained the overwhelming critical favorite, pushing forward in a “Tonight Show” tradition forged by Johnny Carson and, before him, Jack Paar and Steve Allen.

“Late Show” won a prime-time Emmy in 1994. Letterman earned a Peabody Award in 1992 and was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2012.

In an interview with Howard Stern in January, Letterman said that Leno’s departure would have no impact on how much longer he might stay as host of “Late Show.”

“I would do it forever if it were up to me,” said Letterman, before adding a wry aside: “Sometimes, it isn’t up to me.”

With the late-night dust now settling at NBC, Who Replaces Letterman becomes the new guessing game. In the wings as a likely heir: Craig Ferguson, host of “The Late Late Show.” It has followed Letterman, who produces it, since 2005.

By now, many of us have gotten very used to a life with our iPhone or android phone by our sides. Whether it’s immediate email access, carrying our favorite songs with us, or the convenience of iMessage and emojis, smartphones have become an integral tool in our everyday lives.

But, perhaps one of the best ways to really maximize your phone’s utility is through the downloading and use of apps. The sheer number of applications available to iPhone and Droid users might confound many, making it easy to rely on a few simple basics; furthermore, addictive games like “Candy Crush” and “Flappy Bird” might make searching for more apps a low priority for many users. However boring a task it may seem, though, a few short minutes spent in the app store can yield great results that will really make life easier, especially for a busy college student.

Perhaps my favorite non-entertainment based app of all time is “Sleep Cycle.” I was initially wary of the $2 investment, but “Sleep Cycle” quickly became both my ride-or-die app and the app I recommend most to friends. The program, an alarm clock you set for within a half-hour window, uses your phone’s accelerometer to record your movements during sleep and wake you up at the lightest point in your sleep. This is supposed to decrease the feeling of grogginess when you wake up, and it definitely works. The app also gives you a chart of your sleep levels (REM, NREM, etc) throughout the night and rates the quality of your sleep. Simply plug in your phone (as nonstop use of the accelerometer will burn through your battery), place it near your head, and drift off what will feel like the best sleep of your life.

On the other end of the sleep issue is “To Bed,” which gently guides users toward getting optimal amounts of sleep. While most people know that getting enough sleep is crucial to your health and well being, it is often too easy to put off going to bed in favor of getting more work done. “To Bed”

will provide users with standard push notifications that give them gentle reminders that bedtime is imminent. It also provides a running clock of how long you have “til bedtime,” making it easier to plan your day with a mind to getting a good night’s sleep.

Another must-have app for me is “Google Chrome.” It may seem obvious to some that there would be alternative web browsers available for the iPhone, but it just wasn’t something I had thought of, and it may have changed my world a bit when I realized I didn’t have to use Safari.

Chrome comes with a much cleaner user interface, making tasks like bookmarking much simpler.

The “Headspace” meditation app is amazing for those who need assistance in proactively making time to recharge a priority in their lives. The app offers a new ten-minute meditation each day, and allows users to track the progress of their meditation, as a journey and as a skill, through the “Progress” tool. I agree with the creators of “Headspace” in their belief that mindfulness is an important skill in living a healthy, balanced life, and “Headspace” makes cultivating that skill as easy as one click on a touchscreen.

Perhaps the best music app out there–and the best corresponding music site –is “Songza.” In addition to a clean and pretty user interface, “Songza” features playlists for just about every mood or situation imaginable.

For those looking to nail that perfect Instagram, “Afterlight” is the app for you. Afterlight not only provides the standard photo filters–though it offers a full 27 of those–but textures and other enhancement features.

Finally, one of my all-time favorite apps is “Grades.” This app allows you to plot your grade for each class by entering assignments, their value, and the grades you get on those assignments as you get them. “Grades” understands your “what do I need to get on this final to get a ___ in this class” moment, and makes figuring that out a simple and painless process.

Ellie.Hudd@UConn.edu

The natural wonders, beauty of the Floida Everglades

By Zarrin Ahmed Senior Staff Writer I was lucky enough to escape the brutally cold spring break in Conn. and fly down to FL. for almost the whole week.

I’ve had the chance to go to FL. many times to visit my grandmother, and I would always look out into the vast areas of what my dad referred to as “the swamp” while flying into the airport.

When I was 11, all I knew of FL. was that I hated the heat. After returning to campus with the rest of my class, sunburnt and worn out, southern FL. has taken on a whole new meaning for me.

Environmental Journalism is led by Professor Wyss of the Journalism department and consists of nine students this year. The class revolves around coverage of the Everglades – a region that spans all of southern FL., from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Keys. All of the area isn’t swamplands though. Amidst the many environments that collectively make up the Everglades are settlements and inhabitants. Most people know of the

major cities in southern FL. like Miami, where urban development has risen and prospered for years. Most also consider FL. famous for its alligators, fewer know that it also hosts many tropical birds.

Not many, including myself three months ago, know about the disappearance of the Everglades and the huge water management project that the South Florida Water Management District has conducted for years, and will continue for decades.

First, an explanation of how the Everglades works is in order. Starting from Lake Okeechobee – which is in the central southern part of the state – near West Palm Beach, water supplies an entire ecosystem by moving downward and eventually into the Florida Keys. The whole area is at a slant, which allows for natural movement of the water. This water is the basis of life for the Everglades, affecting all wildlife and plant life. Any change in the water results in changes in the entire system. When development in FL. began – especially around the lake – flood disasters, as a result of hurricanes, struck the area. Dikes were put

up around the lake to prevent flood damage. But in turn, the water from Lake Okeechobee was cut off from the rest of the Everglades.

Now, in an effort to reverse the effects of losing more than half of the Everglades due to water control (for flooding and human use), there are state programs and federal engineers, activists and scientists, all working together to save the Everglades. They understand why it is so important; but many, like myself before, don’t understand what’s so special about the Everglades.

I was in a canoe when an alligator came straight toward me, its tail swishing back and forth intimidatingly, only to come almost a foot away from me and swim past. Soon after, I was clutching the branches of a mangrove, maneuvering the canoe around a hissing alligator.

Only in the Everglades do alligators and crocodiles exist together; nowhere else in the world.

I was ankle deep in mud, trudging through the swamp with the sun beating strongly on my back, and then knee deep

in cool waters with trees for shade overhead. Like something out of a fairytale, the sun shone bright and golden through the leaves while plants hung from trees.

I was out on Lake Okeechobee with earmuffs on to protect me from the motor of an airboat, clutching onto my notepad and camera while skimming the surface of the calm waters. I saw hundreds of beautiful birds and experienced the vastness of natural life and beauty around me.

White lilies, my favorite flower, were floating all over.

From pine forests to cypress swamps, mahogany hammocks to freshwater swamps, the Everglades consists of many landscapes. It holds many treasures, from the ghost orchid which can only be found in the Everglades, to the FL. panther, which is endangered. But the most interesting and beautiful part of the entire thing was how complex the system is – how each part of the Everglades works together to make an environment that is unmatched throughout the entire world.

Zarrin.Ahmed@UConn.edu

Climate change: Is it too late?

Many of us were exposed to some form of environmental instruction from an early age (even if it was just episodes of “The Magic School Bus”), and as a generation, we have a deeper understanding of climate science than our parents’ generation. Still, it is difficult to “stay awake” to the urgency of the current climate crisis – inevitably, we sink back into the complacent rhythm of business as usual. To help with that dilemma, the world’s foremost authority on climate science – the U.N’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – regularly releases Assessment Reports which provide perspective that should, realistically, be putting us all on edge. If properly understood, the AR5 predictions almost guarantee a forced interruption to life as we know it.

In the past, the IPCC has provided detailed projections that attempted to predict future temperature changes and ranges of sea level rise. In the AR5, the scientists instead took a policydriven approach, and outlined the social threats that governments are already starting to experience, including: “the risk of death or injury on a wide scale, probable damage to public health, displacement of people and potential mass migrations” as well as “the possibility of violent conflict over land, water or other resources.” The report emphasized that the poor will be the hardest hit by climate change because they lack the adequate resources to respond. One of the most troubling predictions is that the world’s farmers will not be able to keep up with the increased demand for food. As climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer states: “When some people don’t have food, you get starvation.

Yes, I’m worried.”

Many people (especially after a painfully long winter) do not realize that we have not experienced the full effects of our greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, for the past several years the Pacific Ocean, a primary climate driver, has been in a cooling trend and has actually dampened global warming significantly.

When it reverts to a warming trend we may experience change more rapidly than ever before.

What’s more is that the phenomenon of climate inertia puts a timetable on our actions to prevent the warming. Essentially, our pollution has encouraged certain positive feedback loops that will be too powerful to stop once they get going. No one knows, for example, how rapidly or how long the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide will persist. The acceptable threshold for human health is 350 parts per million; today we are slightly above 400ppm and rising by 2ppm every year. The question, as posed by economist Dr. Eban Goodstein at his UConn lecture on Monday, is: “in forty years, will we be at 480ppm and stabilizing? Or at 500ppm and rising?” For some, the difference could very literally mean the difference between life and death.

With such depressing and terrifying projections, it’s no wonder that many people prefer to ignore climate change. Of course, a movement that is founded on fear and depression is not sustainable – instead, we must allow the reality of the situation to energize and motivate us. Not since the Industrial Revolution have we had such an opportunity to “wipe the slate clean” and build models of society that work better for us. Now is the time to put our collective ingenuity to work and pursue positive models for living in the future – it is only a matter of staying awake.

Kelsey.2.Sullivan@UConn.edu

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BP should take responsibility for Chicago oil spill

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ast week, an oil refinery 20 miles south of Chicago malfunctioned and dumped somewhere between 630 and 1,638 gallons of oil into Lake Michigan, a source of drinking water for 7 million people in the Chicago area. Luckily, this spill was very small, especially in comparison to BP’s recent Deepwater Horizon disaster. Nevertheless, it deserves to be publicized and investigated. BP should be held accountable for all costs associated with the cleanup and environmental damage of this spill.

The spill occurred Monday of last week at BP’s Whiting refinery in northwestern Indiana. Since that time, the EPA and BP have been working to clean up the oil. Three days ago, Coast Guard crews said that the spill had been cleaned up and there was no more oil visible along the shoreline. The EPA also released an assessment saying environmental damage from the spill will be very limited. Fortunately, the drinking water and the fish in Lake Michigan should be unaffected.

The issue with this spill isn’t so much the size and severity, but the implication of future spills. This particular refinery has recently increased the volume of its oil processing. Lawmakers are concerned that the refinery won’t be able to safely support a high volume of production, thus risking a larger, more detrimental spill. The Whiting refinery has been in the news before: for air pollution and for upping the amount of waste it can dump into the lake.

Another issue this spill brings to light is publicization. Small oil spills are common in the US, especially with the recent increases in drilling, but they rarely make national headlines. Just two weeks ago, there was a spill of an estimated 10,000 gallons of oil on Ohio. Two days before the spill in Lake Michigan, two oil tankers collided in the Port of Houston outside Galveston, Texas, spilling 168,000 gallons of oil.

It’s clear that things don’t always go as planned when it comes to oil. If the US wants to ramp up oil production, we have to understand that the consequences of our actions will be more spills and more environmental damage.

I survived the UConn bomb threat of 2014 If I sleep in to 1 p.m. did the bomb threat even happen?

Why is Amazon going into video games?

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arlier this week Amazon unveiled their newest product, the Fire TV, which is their foray into the home entertainment business. The Fire TV is an Androidbased set top box and will compete directly with similar devices currently on the market such as Google’s Chromecast, Apple TV, and Roku. Amazon’s device will do more or less the same thing as its competitors by offering consumers a way to stream services like Hulu and Netflix to their TV. It will also have Amazon content, such as the Instant Video streaming service and consumer music libraries, in addition to third party music applications, such as

By Kayvon Ghoreshi Pandora and Commentary Editor iHeartRadio.

At the media event, Amazon noted some unique features compared to the current offerings, such as a remote control with a microphone for voice commands and unveiled some specs for the new device. Generally speaking, the Fire TV’s components are similar to that of a high end smartphone or tablet with a quad-core processor, a dedicated graphics processor and 2GB of RAM (the Apple TV has 512 MB by comparsison). This additional processing power is due to one of the more interesting, and rather odd, entertainment ventures for Fire TV: video games.

Amazon’s Fire TV plans on letting consumers play games as well, even going so far as to offer an actual game controller as an accessory. In addition to developing their own games internally, Amazon

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Four weeks left to save the semester and my motivation to even go to class is at an all-time low.

Will they ever find that missing plane?

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Allergy season is here.

Protesters in front of Gample, bomb threats, riots, since when did UConn become a country in the middle of a revolution?

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announced that publishers like Disney, Gameloft, 2K, Ubisoft and Double Fine were on board with the new device. The gaming element makes the Fire TV somewhat of a so-called “microconsole,” in the same vein as the Ouya, an Android-based gaming console released last year at a similar price point ($99). While Amazon’s other features are worthwhile, I find it hard to believe that this gaming portion will be successful because the microconsole model has some fundamental flaws.

At their event, Amazon showed off Sev Zero, one of the games available for the Fire TV developed by their internal game studio. To be frank, it was not impressive.

The game looked and played like a generic third-person shooter and, graphically, it was clearly outmatched by Sony and Microsoft’s home gaming consoles. The games are only priced at a couple of dollars, which may make up for the quality, but this avoids a larger fundamental issue.

The reality is that microconsoles pander to a niche that is simply too small for a successful business model. Mobile games are designed to be played a few minutes at a time, in correlation with when most people want to play games with their phone.

Likewise, games on consoles like PS4 and Xbox One are larger, generally played for longer periods of time, and geared more towards people that want to sit on their couch and use a controller. Microconsoles offer this odd in between where the games are more fleshed out than “Candy Crush,” but still nowhere near the quality or depth of what you get from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. This is why the Ouya sold so poorly. People who already owned a major console saw it as inferior and casual gamers didn’t enjoy it enough to justify the price. Microconsoles are trying to appeal to this narrow niche of people that enjoy video games enough to want to play them in a traditional manner, but not

enough to own a traditional console.

However, Amazon has already come out and said that they aren’t trying to compete with the likes of Sony and Microsoft and thus the inferiority of the Fire TV as a gaming console is a nonissue. If it were a decade ago, Amazon would be right.

Back then, traditional game consoles were solely used for games. Nowadays, while gaming is still the primary focus, they offer other entertainment apps. Sony’s PlayStation consoles offer pretty much everything the Fire TV offers with the ability to stream Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and even some content that Amazon doesn’t offer, such as HBOGo, not to mention a superior library of games. Additionally, Sony and Microsoft have a lot of first party studios, meaning they can offer exclusive games. Amazon may not be able to do that as well and fall victim to what happened with Towerfall, one of Ouya’s most popular games that ended up losing exclusivity and going to the PS4 and PC. Considering all of that, the PS4 and Xbox One are very much in competition with the Fire TV and handedly matching or beating it in every area outside of price.

This isn’t to say that Fire TV will crash and burn like Ouya. Amazon has a lot more money and more brand recognition to help it out. They also have an entire library of their own content to offer and initial orders indicate that there may be some interest in the market for it. But this interest in the Fire TV likely comes from people who want a way to stream services to their TV and are unsatisfied with current options, not because they want to play Sev Zero.

 Kayvon.Ghoreshi@UConn.edu  4th-semester molecular and cell biology  @kayvonghoreshi

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All The President’s Men: Addressing the Secret Service’s Conduct

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wo years ago the Secret Service came under criticism from lawmakers in Washington over an incident in Cartagena, Colombia involving prostitutes and copious amounts of alcohol.

More recent incidences of misconduct have plagued the federal agency responsible for protecting the president.

Before the president’s trip to

By Theodore Terpstra

Staff Columnist

the Netherlands, three Secret Service agents were disciplined for excessive drinking.

All three were members of the Counter Assault Team, a unit responsible for defending the president in case of any armed attack. Despite the sensitive

positions the three agents held, authorities assert that the president’s security was never compromised. Reports of misconduct have made some officials–like Senator Tom Coburn–accuse the Secret Service of systemic problems, even as the Department of Homeland Security insists there are no systemic problems with the agency.

Weeks before the incident in the Netherlands, two Secret Service agents got into a traffic accident in Florida. A report from the Washington Post says that alcohol was involved, and although there were no arrests, a citation was issued.

There appears to be a common theme here. Drinking and misbehavior by Secret Service agents almost go hand in hand.

Current Secret Service regulations prohibit agents from

drinking 10 hours before an assignment. There is zero tolerance for any violation, and anyone who breaks the rules is immediately recalled to Washington. Despite the zerotolerance rules that former Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan implemented, shameful behavior has not been halted.

While it is tempting to blame the misconduct of many agents on a failure of leadership, leadership does not appear to be the issue. Both former Director Sullivan and the current Secret Service Director Julia Pierson have had incidents involving agents and alcohol happen under their separate administrations. The issue can also be swept under the rug, as some in Washington are trying to do, by characterizing the misconduct as the work of a few

“bad apples.” This assertion is incorrect; in fact, most of the agents do not have a history of misconduct. Some supervisors, who are expected to be more responsible and experienced than the average field agent, have also been involved in questionable behavior as evidenced by the investigation into the Cartagena incident.

To complicate matters further, the controversy over the agent’s misconduct is becoming more and more politically polarized every day. Action must be taken quickly lest the issue, currently one of security and defense, quickly become divided along party lines.

It’s hard for outsiders foreign to the Secret Service to comment exactly on the organization’s culture, but even someone unfamiliar with the Secret Service can see that the agency

has an alcohol problem. The simple solution is to enforce a general rule against alcohol consumption for all employed Secret Service agents who are on assignment. All government agencies do not allow their employees to use drugs or show up drunk to work, and because of the very sensitive task assigned to the Secret Service, their regulations on substances and alcohol should be the most draconian. There is nothing wrong with having a drink once in a while, but more must be done to ensure that agents understand an assignment, especially one abroad, is not a paid vacation.

Anytime a federal employee of the U.S. government goes abroad on official business he or she is presenting an image for the United States government. This applies not only to

ambassadors and elected officials, but also Secret Service agents and active members of the U.S. military. When the three Secret Service agents in the Netherlands got drunk in their hotel, the story of what had happened quickly made the local news. This kicked off a small media frenzy in Amsterdam and the surrounding area with reporters hounding nearby bars with questions.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that incidents like these are bad P.R. for the U.S. and the president. Events such as the ones in Colombia and the Netherlands are shameful, and they need to be addressed.

 Theodore.Terpstra

@UConn.edu  4th-semester int’l relations

Adaptation is Best Response to Climate Change

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he United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released a report on climate change many have found deeply roubling. The report reveals documented climatological changes, predicts future changes, and supplies suggestions on how governments

By Brian McCarty s h o u l d address Staff Columnist these future changes.

Though the concepts of global warming and climate change can be hotly divisive, all should agree that successful adaptation o adverse climate changes is a vital goal for human civilization.

A number of solutions are advocated to address the probems of climate change. Many have complacently settled onto he solution of reducing our car-

bon emissions as the cure-all to our environmental ills. Yet, I predict they do not fully appreciate the consequences of such a proposal. The vast majority of our modern conveniences require the burning of fossil fuels; in fact, our entire modern technological society is built upon industries that release high quantities of carbon. Absent an affordable and reliable alternative, the reductions in production necessary to mitigate the changes underway would essentially turn the clock backwards concerning the Industrial Revolution, which, given the population growth that has relied on the industrial advances of the past two centuries, would be calamitous. In addition, no single authority can force all emitters to abide by the advocated reductions. Some of the largest emitters, such as China, are anxious to continue their industrialization and the inability to con-

trol their behavior will greatly reduce the effectiveness of any reduction plan. This should make advocates of emission reductions think twice before they so zealously advocate their viewpoint. Conversely, opponents of reductions should be aware of the droughts, coastal flooding and food shortages that the U.N. report predicts are caused by carbon emissions. Both alternatives are bitter pills to swallow and no one should think their chosen brand of poison is the clearly correct alternative.

One great controversy concerning global warming is the debate on whether it is caused by the increasing emissions of carbon dioxide that began with the Industrial Revolution or whether the changes are part of larger global climate developments, many years in the making. The differing opinions on this question have led to many heated debates that have done little to

advance our understanding of the future we will face or how to best adapt to that future. It is beyond doubt that human industrial activities, especially in the past two centuries, have resulted in a higher concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere and that this likely plays a large role in the recorded increases in global temperatures. It is also true that Earth has been undergoing climatological changes throughout its entire history without any human intervention.

There have been times when Earth was so severely glaciated the entire surface was covered in ice. There have been times when Earth was so warm most of the land was composed of vast deserts and the polar ice caps did not exist. In fact, throughout most of Earth’s history, global temperatures were much higher than they are today. We are currently in one of the more rare cold periods of Earth’s climatological

history. Thousands of years ago, during the last ice age, land connected Ireland to Great Britain and Great Britain to continental Europe. Asia and North America were joined by the Bering land bridge. Glaciers descended as far south as Germany in Europe and the Butternut region of the United States. Over time, global temperatures rose, the glaciers retreated (forming the Great Lakes in North America), sea levels rose, and many lowlands such as those above described were flooded. Great Britain and Ireland became islands and North America and Asia separated. These severe changes occurred without any human industrial activity and thankfully for us, our ancestors adapted flourishingly.

This is not to say that our current climate changes are not caused by human activity, but that climatological changes are not something humans unilater-

ally cause. Earth is ever in a state of flux. Whether we are the primary cause of them or not, we must decide is how best to adapt to the constant changes of our planet. Our ancestors successfully adapted to past climate changes. Though the current ones may occur more rapidly and adaptation may be more difficult given the advanced state of our coastal societies, I hold the sincere faith that humanity will be able to overcome any challenges in the near future. Species come and go in response to environmental changes, but I am not ready for us to go just yet.

 Brian.McCarty

@UConn.edu  4th--semester political science

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Wrigley Field opens 100th anniversary season CHICAGO (AP) — The celebration for Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary begins with a visit from an old friend.

Ryne Sandberg brings his Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago to take on the Cubs on Friday in the first game of the season at the iconic ballpark. It's Sandberg's second trip to his old stomping grounds since he became Philadelphia's manager last August.

"Wrigley Field's a special place to me and my career, so going back there, and to go back in this capacity, I'm very anxious and excited about that," Sandberg said.

Sandberg broke into the majors with Philadelphia in 1981 and got his first major league hit at Wrigley.

It was the first of many at the Cubs' longtime home.

Sandberg was traded to Chicago that January, and went on to play 15 seasons for the Cubs. He finished his career with a .285 batting average, 282 homers and 1,061 RBIs. The second baseman had his No. 23 retired by the team in 2005, the same year he was enshrined in Cooperstown.

Nicknamed "Ryno," Sandberg remains popular among Cubs fans.

After all, he was at his best in their favorite ballpark, batting .300 with 164 homers and 607 RBIs at Wrigley during his time with Chicago.

"It's the 100th year, anniversary of the stadium there, that'll be special," Sandberg said, looking forward to the second of three opening days for Philadelphia this season.

It's also a very special occasion for rookie Cubs manager Rick Renteria, who was hired in November and finally gets a chance to take a look at his office.

"I think we're all looking forward to making Wrigley Field our haven," he said.

It was a house of horrors last year, when Chicago had a National League-worst 31-50 home record.

The home woes, plus a run of four straight losing seasons, also took a toll on attendance. The season total of 2,642,682 was the smallest for the Cubs since they drew 2,623,194 in 1998.

All those numbers played a role in the firing of Dale Sveum, who went 127-197 in two seasons with Chicago. The Cubs are hoping Renteria can get young hitters Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro

back on track while laying a foundation for a successful transition to the majors for the top prospects in a loaded farm system.

"We're moving in the right direction with our mentality and attitude," Renteria said. "It's a long season."

Renteria got a little taste of what it's like to manage the Cubs during their first series in Pittsburgh. They dropped each of the first two games in extra innings before holding on for a 3-2 victory Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for a home schedule that the Cubs are calling "the party of the century."

"It's a great old stadium and a real piece of history," Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney said. "I hope the Cubs can play there another 100 years."

Not everyone shares Barney's opinion of Wrigley, which is quite a different experience for the visiting team.

"I hate it," said Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who then rattled off a long list of complaints. "The clubhouse is small. It's a bandbox.

The wind seems like it's always blowing out. It's cold. The dugout's small. There's no bullpen. You want

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Wrigley Field in Chicago sports large numerals celebrating the iconic park's 100th anniversary

me to keep going?"

Philadelphia also dropped two of three in its opening road series. It won 14-10 on opening day in Texas, and then managed just five runs in the last two games. Adrian Beltre

had a game-ending RBI single for Texas on Tuesday, and Papelbon blew his first save opportunity in a 4-3 loss Wednesday.

Roberto Hernandez makes his first NL start for Philadelphia in

the opener against the Cubs. The right-hander, who began his career in Cleveland and pitched for Tampa Bay last season, signed a $4.5 million, one-year contract in the offseason.

Women's track and field to host Men's track and field to compete UConn Invitational this weekend in Larry Ellis Meet at Princeton

By Cody Milardo Campus Correspondent

For the 14th consecutive year the UConn track team will host the UConn Invitational track meet Saturday at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.

The women’s track team will return to action following their strong showing at the Raleigh Relays held in North Carolina last weekend.

The Huskies tend to thrive in their lone home meet of the season, as they have placed in the top five in each of the past four years, and posted 31 topfive finishers one year ago.

“We are always excited when we get to compete at home,” said assistant coach Amy Begley. “We get to per-

form in a comfortable envi- for the final time in UConn ronment that we are familiar colors. with, and we have a great After posting a schoolchance of succeeding here record and Division I best just as the team has in years time of 3:36.35 in the 4X400 past.” at the first outdoor meet of UConn will the season in the FSU honor seniors Relays, the Huskies Tiffany Daley will look to continue (sprints), Celina on their early season Emerson (sprints), success on Saturday.

Ana Groff (mid“After a good distance), Brigitte indoor season over Mania (distance), the winter, we are off Brittany Power to a strong start to (jumps), Chantal the outdoor season,” Scott (hurdles), » Preview said Begley. “We Madalayne Smith have some of the best (hurdles) and athletes in our conLauren Sara (distance) for ference and we really have their final home meet as a chance to have a special Huskies. Sara, who hails from season.”

Stratford, Conn., will be performing in her home state Cody.Milardo@UConn.edu

»TRACK & FIELD

By Matt Kren Campus Correspondent

Day one of the UConn decathlon featured the 100 meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 meter run, as seniors Sean Walsh and Samuel Smith sit in third and fourth place respectively. Walsh has so far accumulated 3,327 points as he trails the University of Rhode Island’s Mike DiMambro who is in first with 3,649 points and Trent Baltzell who is in second and has 3,583 points. In the 100 meter run, sophomore Patrick Meyer finished in second place with a time of 11.56, and he currently sits in eighth place overall. Also in the 100 meter, Walsh finished in third place and Smith finished in seventh place. In the second event, the long jump, DiMambro finished in first with UConn’s

Smith finishing fifth, Walsh seventh and Meyer in eighth. The best event for the Huskies today was the third event. In the shot put, the Huskies claimed three of the top six spots with Smith taking third place, and teammates Walsh in fifth and Meyer in sixth. In the last two events, Smith led the way for the Huskies earning 670 points in the high jump with Walsh grabbing 644 points. In the 400 meter, Meyer, with a time of 51.48 seconds, got first place, earning 748 points. Walsh finished in second, a tenth of a second behind.

The day two events which feature the 110 meters hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500 meters run will start tomorrow at 12 p.m. at the Sherman Family Sports Complex.

Also starting tomorrow is the Larry Ellis Meet in Princeton,

New Jersey, which will feature the rest of the athletes on the UConn team that are not competing in the decathlon. The Larry Ellis meet is a scored event where the Huskies will go up against top schools such as Princeton and Penn, as well as other tri-state area schools. After Friday’s meets, the team will group and put their 3-1 record on the line in the Dog Fight against the Great Danes of Albany. The fifth annual Dog Fight will be a chance for the whole team to get back together and gain momentum as after the Dog Fight, the AAC championships are five weeks away.

To check for updates on the decathlon, the Larry Ellis Meet or the Dog fight this weekend, go to uconnhuskies.com for results and updates.

Matthew.Kren@UConn.edu

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Softball falls to Quinnipiac, looks to rebound against Houston

By Dan Madigan Campus Correspondent

In one of the Huskies’ longest games of the season, they were unable to preserve their late inning lead and lost to the Quinnipiac Bobcats 11-10.

Both teams were scoreless for the first two innings, before UConn’s Audrey Grinnell knocked in Taylor Townsend with an RBI groundout to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.

The Bobcats answered with five runs in the bottom half of the third thanks to five hits off of pitcher Katelyn Callahan. After a scoreless fourth and fifth inning for each team, the Huskies were able to tack on another run thanks to a Dominique Pinto

RBI single down the left field line to score Val Sadowl and cut Quinnipiac’s lead to three.

Quinnipiac then answered with a two run homer from Nikki Barba in the bottom of the sixth off of Kayla Doty.

Despite the 7-2 deficit, UConn managed to rally and score eight runs on four hits in the top of the seventh, largely due to drawing four walks and capitalizing on a key Quinnipiac error. Heather Fyfe and Alyson Ambler had two RBI a piece to give the Huskies a 10-7 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh The Bobcats scored two runs on a triple from Brittney Cyr to put Quinnipiac within one. Lauren Duggan then came in to relieve Doty with a runner on third and quickly

had the bases loaded with one out. After walking in the tying run, Barba was the hero again, singling to left to give the Bobcats an 11-10 walkoff win.

This weekend, the Huskies will take on the University of Houston Cougars in a doubleheader Saturday and one game on Sunday. The Cougars are 20-10 on the season and 6-0 in the American Athletic Conference. Their most recent win was a 2-1 victory over No. 18 Texas A&M, who defeated UConn 14-5 and 6-1 in late February and early March.

The Cougars offensive attack features three batters hitting over .300, including Katie St.Pierre, who leads the team with a .384 batting average. St. Pierre also leads

are coming off of a win against Mary Washington University, 6-1.

With the win, Georgetown snapped a five-meet losing streak that began at the end of February.

UConn looks for another good performance from sophomore Andrew Ginzberg, who won a tight contest at the No. 6 singles spot against Bryant. In that match, Ginzberg started in good form to take the first set, 6-4, but dropped the second in a tie-break, 6-7.

Ginzberg dug deep in the ensuing set tiebreak, to eventually prevail 10-6.

This meet will go back to the

normal format for the Huskies, who contested their matchup against Bryant in a 9-4 format that counted every match as a point. Just two of UConn’s five points came from the singles matches, as the Huskies managed to post just a 2-7 record in singles play.

The Huskies look to rebound from collecting back-to-back losses, to Temple and Bryant. They look to enter the win column as they travel to D.C. and Penn., before finishing the season with two meets at home.

the team in on base percentage and hits. Kendra Cullum leads the Cougars with 11 stolen bases in 13 attempts and could wreak havoc on the bases against UConn this weekend.

Houston’s Diedre Outon is the ace of the staff, leading the team with nine wins and nearly 89 innings pitched, holding opponents to a .262 batting average. In the Cougar’s 2-1 win over Texas A&M, Julana Shrum threw a complete game with four strikeouts and three walks while surrendering only one run.

Both the doubleheader and Sunday game will start at noon at Burrill Family Field.

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UConn looks to bounce back against Houston and snap their two game losing streak.

Men's tennis to play Georgetown Kelvin Sampson introduced as

By Eugene Joh Campus Correspondent The UConn men’s tennis team travels to the nation’s capital this Saturday, taking on the Georgetown Hoyas in a head-to-head dual meet.

The first serve is set for 12 p.m.

The Huskies, 6-9 on the season, are coming off of a loss to Bryant University this past Wednesday, 5-8. UConn continued to play well in doubles, however, earning a 3-1 record against the Bulldogs in team play.

The Hoyas, 6-8 on the season,

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Ollie looks forward to the pressure Florida will bring on Saturday from IMPOSSIBLE, page 12 What Ollie hoped his player could learn from that game, however, is the intensity that Florida brings.

“It really helped going forward playing against a different scheme and playing against a pressure that they apply each and every play,” Ollie said. “It really allowed our team to understand what level we have to play and

compete to ultimately get to become the first team to a Final Four. beat the Gators twice “I just wanted in one season since our guys to see Tennessee during how we were the 2011-12 season rotating, how we when they face off were playing, how in the national semiwe were challengfinals on Saturday at ing them and that 6:09 p.m. they can have that same experience » Notebook again and play that same type of way.”

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» MEN’S BASKETBALL

Houston's basketball coach HOUSTON (AP) — Houston introduced Kelvin Sampson as their men's basketball coach on Thursday, confident that he can bring the once-proud program back to prominence and undeterred by his past improprieties with the NCAA. Sampson committed numerous NCAA violations regarding impermissible calls to recruits at both Oklahoma and Indiana, resulting in a five-year show cause order from the NCAA in 2008 which effectively barred him from coaching in college.

That order expired last year.

On Thursday, Sampson vowed that NCAA compliance will be his staff's highest priority and didn't shy away from his checkered past when he was introduced as the successor to James Dickey, who resigned last month citing family issues.

"Mistakes were made, lessons were learned, while I don't agree with all the conclusions that the NCAA made, I respect their decision and respect the NCAA as an institution," Sampson said in his opening comments.

Though Sampson touched on his past troubles on Thursday, he

wasn't exactly thrilled at repeated questions about his NCAA violations.

"I'm excited about the future," he said. "That stuff is in the past — all of it."

He takes over a program with a rich history that has fallen on tough times in the last two decades. The Cougars have made 19 NCAA tournaments, but just one of those appearances has come since 1992 and they finished 17-16 this season. These Cougars are far removed from the Phi Slama Jama teams starring Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes and Clyde Drexler in the 1980s which made five Final Four trips, including three in a row from 1982-84.

Sampson, who has been an assistant with the Houston Rockets since 2011, coached Oklahoma from 1994-2006 and Indiana from 2006-08. He made 11 NCAA tournaments during his tenure at Oklahoma, reaching the round of 16 in 1999, the Final Four in 2002 and the round of eight in 2003.

The 58-year-old Sampson has a 500-270 in 25 seasons as a head coach with stops at Washington

State and Montana Tech in addition to Oklahoma and Indiana.

His success on the court is undeniable; the problems came from what happened off the court.

Athletic director Mack Rhoades said they fully vetted Sampson and have no concerns about him because of his checkered past with the NCAA. "Not after we sat down and talked and did all the research we did and we got to know him," Rhoades said. "He was completely honest, candid, transparent, remorseful. (He) knew that he'd made mistakes and we've got great, great comfort with Kelvin Sampson being our head coach."

He believes that Sampson can help get the program back to where it once was.

"It was one of those cases where it was just a perfect match," Rhoades said. "We hit it off and I think he believes in what we're trying to get done at this university."

Sampson was an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks before joining the Rockets and some thought he'd never coach in college again after the show cause order.

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Baseball

April 19 Cincinatti 12 p.m.

(13-13)

Today Bryant 3 p.m.

Tomorrow Stony Brook 4 p.m.

Softball

(7-20)

Tomorrow Houston Noon

April 17 Louisville 4 p.m.

April 6 Houston 11 a.m.

April 6 Bryant 4 p.m.

April 8 April 9 Northeastern Brown 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

April 8 UMass 5 p.m.

April 9 April 10 Providence Providence 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field

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Creighton’s Doug McDermott holds up his AP College Basketball Player of the Year trophy at a news conference Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Dallas.

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World Series champ Red Sox return home

BOSTON (AP) — The rings will come back out, another World Series championship banner will be hoisted and the Boston Red Sox will celebrate their third title in a decade on Friday when they take the field at Fenway Park for their home opener.

“It’s a great experience. I have been lucky to have been through it before,” said World Series MVP David Ortiz, the only Red Sox player who was also on the 2004 and ‘07 championship teams. “We all look forward to Opening Day at home, especially the way things went last year.”

One year after limping into Fenway Park for the start of what figured to be an apology tour, the Red Sox will open their championship defense against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. In an hourlong pregame ceremony, the team will distribute World Series rings and the players will unfurl the franchise’s eighth championship banner.

“I can imagine it will be a real fun day and the atmosphere will be great,” first baseman Mike Napoli said. “Boston is really known for putting some ceremonies together. I’ve seen them on TV and seen them in person.

I’m anxious. I can’t wait. It’s going to be a fun day. I’m pretty sure it will be a day I will never forget.”

Charles Steinberg, who is in charge of special festivities for the ballclub, said the ceremony will also touch upon the Boston Marathon bombing and include a moment of silence for the two Boston firefighters who died in service last week.

The Dropkick Murphys will perform the national anthem along with Keith Lockhart and members of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. A single helicopter from the United States Coast Guard will conduct the traditional flyover, representing all branches of the armed forces.

Rather than try to outdo the previous celebrations, Steinberg said his goal was to fit the mood of the time.

“It’s important to not try to make it bigger and better. That’s a dangerous path to go on,” he said, adding that he wanted to capture “what we feel as members of our community ... what images might move us, what people that we see once again might inspire us to let our emotions flow.”

The Red Sox collapsed in September of 2011 and then followed that up with a lastplace finish in ‘12 that included the franchise’s worst record in almost half a century.

With a purge of the fried-chicken-and-beer brigade that presided over the 13-month fiasco, management revamped the roster with low-risk and high-character free agents who took the team from worst to first.

Olympic athletes get their UConn block party will White House moment make it tough for Stanford

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What's On TV MLB: Milkwaukee Brewers vs. Boston Red Sox, 2:05 p.m., NESN Boston will prepare for their home opener today as they take on the Brewers in an afternoon game.

After a close series with the Orioles at the beginning of the season, the Red Sox are ready to get back on their home field.

The game is set for 2:05 p.m.

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NCAA: UConn vs. Stanford, Sunday 8:30 p.m. ESPN UConn takes on Stanford for the second time this season, however this game has more on the line.

The two teams square off Sunday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for the chance to advance to the final four.

Tip is set for 8:30 p.m.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama surrounded themselves with Olympians and Paralympians Thursday, saluting their success at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, praising their perseverance and marveling at their performances.

“I don’t know how you guys do it,” the first lady said. “You guys do crazy things.”

She singled out Navy Lt. Dan Cnossen, a Navy SEAL who more than four years ago stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan and lost both of his legs above the knees.

Within a few months he was seated next to the first lady at a White House dinner with military leaders.

On Thursday, he was back as a member of Team USA, a Paralympic Nordic skier joining other U.S. athletes for their moment at the executive mansion.

The event was much like many other salutes by the president to winning teams and sports figures. But the presence of Paralympians, many of them military veterans, gave the event deeper significance that was made all the more poignant coming a day after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left four people dead.

“We join that entire community in honoring those who lost their lives,” Obama said

of the Fort Hood victims at the beginning of his welcome for the athletes. “Every single one of them was an American patriot.”

Before meeting the president and first lady, team members took an insider’s tour of the mansion and the White House grounds.

Slopestyle snowboarding gold medalist Sage Kotsenburg wound up carrying around a bouquet of vegetables from the kitchen garden on the South Lawn, made up of broccoli and other good things. But he wasn’t quite sure what to make of that.

Women’s hockey player Julie Chu helped him out, explaining to reporters that the vegetables show the importance of healthy eating for top athletes.

It was all part of the first lady’s nutrition initiative.

“As Olympic and Paralympic athletes you also know that a big part of reaching your full potential is making sure that you’re putting the right fuel in your body,” Mrs. Obama said.

The president, meanwhile, admired the prowess of the athletes, taking special note of an intricate Olympic snowboard trick.

“Back to back, double cork 1260 — I don’t know what that means, really,” Obama said. “I’m pretty sure I’m the first president to ever say that.”

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Topranked Connecticut heads to the Final Four in Nashville as the best shot-blocking team in the history of women’s basketball.

The defending national champions swat more than eight blocks a game and have sent back 313 shots this season, eclipsing the mark set by 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner and her Baylor teammates in 2011-12.

Nine of UConn’s blocks came in a 76-57 win over Stanford in November, and the Huskies (38-0) have a rematch with the Cardinal (33-3) Sunday in the national semifinals.

“If we can block shots, we’re going to try and go get them,” said UConn All-American Breanna Stewart, who has 106 blocks this season to lead the team. “Stanford, obviously, has a great post presence and (it) will be a test for us.”

Unlike Baylor, who had one dominant post player in 6-foot-8 Griner, UConn blocks shots by committee.

Stewart (6-4), Stefanie Dolson (6-5), and reserve forward Kiah Stokes (6-3) each average more than two blocks.

“The timing and the length, obviously comes naturally,” Stewart said. “But it’s fine tuning.”

At practice, the Huskies try not to knock the ball out of bounds.

Instead, they go straight up, tipping the ball into play, so that blocks become turnovers and translate into points.

“Our guards know that when someone drives into the paint, we may get a tip or a block and it’s

going to go somewhere,” Dolson said. “So they are aware and a lot of times can just grab it and go.

And then it’s a fast break.”

Coach Geno Auriemma said the Huskies’ presence underneath is a huge part of why they are undefeated and holding opponents to just 30-percent shooting from the field.

“If every team that you play against is forced to make jump shots, because your interior defense is really good, that is one step toward being a really good defensive team in the Final Four,” he said.

He expects the Huskies post players will get their biggest test of the season Sunday from Stanford’s front line. All-American Chiney Ogwumike is averaging more than 26 points, and Mikaela Ruef had a career-high 17 points in the Cardinal’s 74-65 victory over North Carolina in the regional final.

The Huskies will try to keep those two out of the paint, while staying out of foul trouble. None of UConn’s three post players has fouled out this season, despite how often they contest shots.

Stewart said that’s partly because of good technique.

“Mostly, shooters are righthanded, so you are always going to block it with your left hand, just because you’re not going to foul them that way,” she said. “The post coaches are always telling us to stay on our feet, not go for shot fakes. So I think that with that, we’re always straight up.”

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Napier trying to shed Walker’s shadow

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Shabazz Napier can shoot, drive and dish, hit big shots, pick off passes, carry a team down the stretch of a game and a season.

Sounds an awful lot like another recent Connecticut star: Kemba Walker.

Playing with the poise and confidence he learned from his mentor three years ago, Napier has followed Walker’s footsteps but created his own path while leading the Huskies back to the Final Four.

“He’s really smart, knows when to go, when to pass,” Florida coach Billy Donovan said Thursday from Cowboys Stadium. “I think he understands the length and time of a game. He’s played a lot of minutes over his career, he’s been in big events and big venues.”

Walker had one of the great runs in college basketball history, leading the Huskies through five wins in five days in the Big East tournament and a carry-them-onmy-back trip through the NCAA tournament.

On that team was a confident freshman point guard who was still willing to ask questions, taking his opportunities when they arose, learning what he didn’t know from Walker and the other Huskies.

Napier played in every game that season, averaging 23 minutes, 7.8 points and three assists.

Flash forward three years and Napier has another title within his sights.

UConn must first get through Florida (36-2), the tournament’s top overall seed, in one national semifinal Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium.

After that, the Huskies (30-8) would have to beat Kentucky or Wisconsin on Monday night to win championship No. 4.

Finish it off and Napier will secure a spot in history — alone.

“I just want to go out there, like I always say, and be myself,” Napier said. “At the end of the day, he (Walker) took that team to a national championship and I want to do the same. But, I’m going to do it a different pathway and I’m going to be myself.”

That the path is similar to Walker’s has led to the comparisons.

Walker was — well, still is — a slender point guard who was part scorer, part facilitator, beyond-hissize rebounder, defensive menace, clutch shooter.

The description fits Napier well.

A 6-foot-1 senior, he could have left the program after UConn was barred from the NCAA tournament last season for failing to meet academic standards. He stuck it out instead and returned to lead UConn with 18.1 points per game, 5.9 rebounds (tied with DeAndre Daniels), 4.9 assists and 1.7 steals.

Clutch? Napier hit the gamewinning shot at the buzzer to beat Florida — the Gators’ last loss before running off 30 straight wins — and scored nine of his 24 points in UConn’s overtime victory over Saint Joseph’s in the Huskies’ NCAA tournament opener.

Napier also is an 86 percent free-throw shooter and at his best when the game is on the line, making all nine of his attempts — three huge ones in the closing seconds — in UConn’s Final Four-earning win over Michigan State in the East Regional final.

Napier is arguably the best player among these Final Four teams.

“Shabazz is a great player, a great leader and that’s the one thing I see: he’s an extension of me,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “I asked him to do a lot. Not only be a facilitator, but score out of necessity when we get down to the thick of the thing, the thick of a moment when he needs to make a play.”

That’s where Napier may be the most like his mentor.

During Walker’s junior season, he hoisted the Huskies on his back, scoring an almost-unthinkable 130 points during the five days of the Big East tournament, and kept it going by practically willing UConn through the NCAA tournament.

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IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

Ollie and Huskies find success through failure

By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas – If anyone said UConn could be a Final Four team after the March 8 loss at Louisville, scoffs and laughter may have ensued.

After all, there are no adjectives of championship-caliber could be used to describe a team that just lost a game by 33 points. The Huskies, however, managed to turn that into a motivation.

“I think that through struggle, you get progression, and that [loss] was a struggle for us,” UConn head coach Kevin Ollie said. “We were looking at it as a possibility for us to get better as a team.”

Six wins out of seven tries later, and the Huskies stand as one of the last four teams remaining at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Now with hopes of bringing back a fourth national championship to Storrs, UConn first draws the No. 1 team in the country in Florida, who hasn’t lost in 30 straight games.

By now, Shabazz Napier’s buzzer-beater over the Gators has been shown over every media outlet and the storyline of UConn being the last team to beat Billy Donovan’s squad has been written on every page.

For Ollie and the Huskies though, that win carries little to no meanings for this weekend.

“It hasn’t done anything,” Ollie said.

“Coming out with the victory, that’s four months ago. They had a different team. We’re a different team.”

The Gators were without Kasey Hill and Chris Walker, with the former out with an ankle injury and the latter sitting due to a suspension. Senior guard Scottie Wilbekin also sat out the final three minutes of the game with a twisted ankle as well.

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The UConn men’s basketball team is not taking their early season win over Florida for granted. They look to keep their final four quest alive to show that impossible is, in fact, nothing. Tip is set for 6:09 p.m. at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Baseball to play in Dodd Stadium College Classic

By Jack Mitchell Staff Writer

The UConn baseball team travels to Norwich, Conn. today to take on Bryant University and Stony Brook in the Dodd Stadium College Baseball Classic this weekend, with games against the Bulldogs on Friday and Sunday and one game against the Seawolves on Saturday.

The Huskies (13-13, 2-3 American) played a pair of midweek games against Boston College and Yale after last weekend’s series with Rutgers, losing to the Eagles 2-1 on the road on Tuesday before regrouping to trounce the in-state rival Bulldogs 14-1 on Wednesday.

“You see that a lot in baseball where it’s feast or famine, and it seems to be that way for us all season long,” head coach Jim Penders said of UConn’s up-and-down offensive showings earlier in the week. “When we score, we score a lot, when we don’t score, we don’t score any, so it was good to see the guys fight back and score 14 [on Wednesday] after a pitiful outing on Tuesday.”

Sophomore first baseman Bobby Melley – who has been an offensive

force for the Huskies of late – has strung together stellar performance after stellar performance in recent weeks, most recently going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI against Yale on Wednesday.

Melley is now 11-for-16 in the Huskies’ last five games – good for a .688 batting average – with six runs scored, seven RBIs, three doubles and a home run. He currently leads the team in batting average (.376) and RBIs (21), and is tied for second in doubles (seven) and slugging percentage (.548).

“He’s been critical,” Penders said of Melley. “If we didn’t have him, right now our record would be a heck of a lot worse. He’s done a really good job over the last few weeks of staying within himself and keeping the ball in the middle of the field, and going to the opposite field when it’s called for. He’s got a lot of confidence in the box, and I’m hoping that his swagger rubs off on some of our other players.”

Penders said he expects his team will be slated for a challenging weekend of games against Bryant (15-8, 0-0 NEC) and Stony Brook (13-10, 4-1 America East), and that

the implications of winning or losing go beyond the boxscore and the win-loss column.

“They’re both very talented,” Penders said of the Bulldogs and Seawolves. “They’ve got good, talented young teams, and the guys that have been there for a year or two have experience in the NCAA tournament. They’re tried and tested.”

“They certainly look at it as an opportunity to knock us off and recruit even more heavily in Connecticut than they already do.

They both come to Connecticut to try to get players, so it’s going to be an ultra-competitive weekend, and even though it’s not a conference weekend, it’s going to have the feel of a very tough weekend.”

UConn is making its first of two trips to Dodd Stadium for this weekend’s series, with the other scheduled for May 13, a doubleheader against Rhode Island.

Penders said it’s “always a thrill” to play at the stadium, which has been the home of the Connecticut Tigers – the short season-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers – since 2010. The stadium, which first opened in 1995, dwarfs UConn’s J.O. Christian Field, boast-

ing a maximum capacity of 6,270.

“Basically whenever we go on the road we’re in a nicer ballpark than our own, so it’s something that [the team is] very used to,” Penders said.

“We’re excited to go down there and play two really good teams. It’s a lot more comfortable than our own ballpark, and the fans seem to appreciate it. The field is in fantastic shape, and it’s a nice setting for baseball.”

Penders said the rotation for this weekend will be senior left hander Anthony Marzi, freshman righty Anthony Kay and redshirt junior Jordan Tabakman pitching on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Kay, a native of Stony Brook, N.Y., will take the hill against his hometown Seawolves in game two of the set. Penders said the freshman will be looking to avenge a subpar outing against Rutgers last Friday in which he allowed five hits, four earned runs and five walks in 4.1 innings pitched.

“He was very good for the first three innings and then kind of hit a wall and got behind some hitters, and I’m sure that he wasn’t happy with his performance,” Penders said of Kay’s last outing. “He’s a much

better pitcher than he showed last time out, and I’m sure he’s ready and raring to go to prove what he can do. He’s right down the street from [Stony Brook]. I’m sure he’s going to be emotional and amped up and ready to go, and he’s got to control that and execute his pitches.”

Sunday’s game will also mark Tabakman’s second start since returning from a back injury that kept him out of the starting rotation for just under three weeks. Penders said the former North Carolina transfer looked good in his first outing back on Wednesday, pitching two scoreless innings in UConn’s rout of Yale.

“We wanted to get him out so that he’d be fresh for Sunday,” Penders said. “He looked very good, he said he felt great. His velocity was there, he wasn’t hesitating with any of his pitches, so it’s good to see him back and healthy and hopefully that remains the case.”

First pitch on Friday is set for 3 p.m. Coverage of the game can be heard on 91.7-WHUS.

opportunity, too.

“This is something I’ve been looking forward to my whole life,” Reimer said Thursday as the team prepared to leave for Nashville, Tenn., for the Final Four. “I’m really excited for the opportunity. Our goals are still the same; we still want to win a national championship.

So that’s what we’re going to try to do.”

If the Fighting Irish (36-0) are going to have any hope of staying unbeaten and winning their first title since 2001, the 6-3 forward likely will need to step up her game. McGraw has said it will take a team effort to replace the team’s leading rebounder with 7.7 a game and third-leading scorer at 14.9 points a game and the task won’t fall on any one player.

But at 6-3, Reimer not only

is the same height as Achonwa, but also comes closest to matching her skills.

“She’s very similar to Natalie in that she can put the ball on the floor, she can pass and she can shoot,” McGraw said.

McGraw said the coaches have been telling Reimer they are looking for her to be herself, not to try to be Achonwa.

“She’s got to come in and play her game. We’re looking at defense and rebounding,” McGraw said. “That’s the key points for her.”

As a high school senior, Reimer won the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year award and she also played on a gold-medal U.S. under-17 world championship team. Reimer concedes she will be a bit nervous at the start of the game against Maryland (28-6) on Sunday.

“But once the ball goes up and we get playing, I’ll definitely be ready,” she said.

McGraw said the Irish have confidence in Reimer, who had her most productive game of the season in November when she scored 19 points against Michigan State.

The Irish probably won’t have a lot of trouble making up for Achonwa’s offense. The Irish are second in the nation in scoring at 86.8 points a game, lead the nation in field-goal percentage at 51.0 percent and 3-point shooting at 40.8 percent, and are second in the nation in assists at 20.4 a game.

Where they will miss her most is on the defensive end and as a vocal leader. The Irish likely will seek more out of senior 6-1 forward Ariel Braker on the defensive end.

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Notre Dame’s Reimer embracing her big chance

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Reimer (right) steps up for ND after Achonwa (left) tore her ACL before the final four.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame forward Taya Reimer appears to be embracing coach Muffet McGraw’s mes-

sage about the loss of third-team All-American Natalie Achonwa to a knee injury.

It’s a big loss. But it’s a big