The Daily Campus: May 1, 2013

Volume CXIX No. 133

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Project Unbreakable gives survivors a voice

By Annie Pancak Campus Correspondent

LONG RIVER REVIEW CELEBRATES ITS LATEST PUBLICATION Award winners and published writers read from the Long River Review FOCUS/ page 5

ROCKED LIKE A WAGON WHEEL Huskies beat in-state rival Sacred Heart at J.O.C SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: ONLINE DISCUSSION MUST NOT LACK CIVILITY ANY LONGER Rape threats have no place in discourse.

COMMENTARY/page 8 INSIDE NEWS: BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT’S WIDOW WANTS BODY RELEASED Medical examiner determined cause of death, remains private.

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STORRS – Photographs of 17 University of Connecticut sexual assault victims holding signs with quotes from their attackers are displayed at the end of Fairfield Way this week.

Before entering the two panel walkthrough where the images hang, a sign says, “Trigger Warning: This display contains images and subject matter pertaining to survivors of sexual assault and gender based violence. Please be aware that these images may be triggering for some people.”

Upon entering the display, the first photo reads, “‘I’m an Eagle Scout and you’re a blondie; who do you think they’ll believe?’ The judge believed him,” Another says “UConn police officer: ‘Rape would stop happening if women would just stop spreading their legs like peanut butter’ I was told when I reported stalking by my rapist.”

Or across from that, “You better be clean cause I don’t want to infect my girlfriend.”

The photographs are from “Project Unbreakable” done by a women’s studies class called “Seminar in Rape Education and Awareness,” said class teaching assistant in charge of the project Theresa Govert.

“The goal is to let survivors of gender based violence have a voice and recognize what they have been through … and have the UConn campus see how many people are part of our community,” said Govert who is an 8thsemester senior.

The class, Women’s Studies 3271, is part of the Violence Against Women Prevention Program, and taught by the director of the UConn Women’s Center, Kathleen Holgerson, said Govert.

VAWPP is a program through the UConn Women’s Center whose three goals are advocacy, education, and support. VAWPP is the education part of the goal, and having an open forum such as “Project Unbreakable,” provides the

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Photos of University of Connecticut sexual assault victims holding signs are on display at the end of Fairfield Way this week. The photos are part of “Project Unbreakable” and compiled by a women’s studies class called “Seminar in Rape Education and Awareness.”

support part, said Govert.

In the fall semester the class had 30-40 students. The first semester was dedicated to teaching students about genderbased violence, myths, false images created by the media, and knowledge on facilitation skills. The students went into high schools to teach young people about healthy relationships and such, said Govert.

The 10-20 students that elected to continue the class during the spring semester worked more independently on “Take Back the Night” and this project. “Take Back the Night” in April

was a opportunity for gender based violence survivors to get up and speak of their experience and recovery, said class teaching assistant that worked on it, 8th-semester senior Cassidy Kushner.

UConn’s “Project Unbreakable” is modeled after a national project with the same title. “The mission of ‘Project Unbreakable’ is to increase awareness of the issues surrounding sexual assault and encourage the act of healing through art,” says the website projectunbreakable.org.

It began in October of 2011 by then 19-year-old Grace Brown, says the site.

Brown was a photography student in New York City. One night a friend told Brown that she had previously been sexually assaulted. Brown was disturbed and the next morning came up with the idea for the project, said the site.

Brown photographed survivors, some survivors sent their own photographs, and other groups began to submit their own reactions. The project now includes over 1500 photos, says the website.

They can be seen at projectunbreakable. tumblr.com.

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Rainbow Center Students to compete in Russia offers free HIV against 91 countries, world finals testing, Thursday

» UCONN PROGRAMMING

By Domenica Ghanem Campus Correspondent The UConn Programming team will be heading to St. Petersburg, Russia this summer for the world finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).

Gregory Bonik, Kevin Johnson and Gabriel Ilie will compete in June against university teams from 91 countries around the world. The team took first place at the local preliminary competition at Western New England University. They then moved on to the North America regional competition at the Rochester Institute of Technology, which qualified them for the world finals.

Before the first local competition, Ion Mandoiu, a Computer Science and Engineering professor and the programming team coach, organized individual competitions at UConn.

The top three competitors formed the competing programming team.

“For me it was quite spontaneous,” said Bonik, a Mathematics graduate student. “I learned about the contest randomly, and now we’re going to the world finals.”

The students will have to solve eight or more problems within a five-hour time limit. The teams must solve each problem with an algorithm that must pass all of the tests that are prepared by the judges in advance.

“They give us example tests,” said Johnson, a Computer Science and Engineering senior, “but we are not able to see the tests they run on our program. A lot of times there will be tricks to throw us off.”

Gold medals will be awarded to the top four positions. Fifth through eighth place will receive silver medals. Ninth through twelfth place will win bronze medals. The World Champions will also receive $12,000. Monetary prizes will also be awarded for fastest solving times.

“I learned about the contest randomly, and now we’re going to the world finals.”

Gregory Bonik Mathematics grad student The UConn team meets once a week for four hours to train for competitions. They work on problems provided by their coach, Mandoiu. To practice for the world finals, the team was invited to participate in a competition at the University of Chicago where all of the competitors from North

America competed against each other.

This is the first time that a programming team from UConn has made it past the regional competitions. “I think all of us have complimentary skill sets so we definitely work well together,” said Ilie, a Computer Science and Engineering graduate student.

This contest is one of the most prestigious in the world. Since the rules do not allow teams to participate in the world finals two years in a row, all of the teams are new. “The Russian and Chinese teams are very strong, very serious competitors,” said Bonik.

The team will stay in Russia for a week where they will attend special dinners and dress rehearsals before the competition and some time for sightseeing afterward. IBM, the official sponsor of the ACM ICPC World Finals, is paying for the hotel stay for every competitor and coach. UConn will be funding the team’s plane expenses.

“I’m excited to get to see St. Petersburg,” said Johnson, “I’ve never really left the country before.”

The team members give thanks to their coach, who put the team together and drove them to the regional competition.

“He basically volunteers to do this every year. It’s very cool of him because he gives up quite a lot of his time to do this,” said Ilie.

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By Annie Pancak Campus Correspondent

Free, confidential and anonymous HIV testing is being offered to all students and faculty from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday at the Rainbow Center in the Student Union, room 403.

There are six spots available for the 30 minute test. The spots are on a first come, first serve basis and reservations are not taken due to confidentiality.

“When the participant walks in they are given a number, asked nothing, and wait until their number is called,” said a representative from the Rainbow Center. They are guided to a private room where an oral swab from the cheek is taken, and then wait approximately 20 minutes for a result.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention relased information in November last year that 1 in 4 new HIV infections occurs in youth ages 13 to 24 years, and that 60% of all youth with HIV do not know they are infected, and are not getting treated.

Testing is being sponsored by the Rainbow Center, and provided and funded by the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. The service is open to those of all sexual orientations.

Testing is also available at Student Health Services on a scheduled basis for a fee. At SHS, testing is confidential, but not anonymous.

For more information about HIV testing, go to rainbowcenter.uconn.edu, or shs. uconn.edu.

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What’s on at UConn today...

Last week of classes All week Storrs campus This week is the last week of classes for the Spring 2013 semester.

Project Unbreakable: It Happens to Huskies 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fairfield Way Modeled after a photography project started by a young woman named Grace Brown in New York City, UConn Project Unbreakable works to empower survivors and raise awareness.

Writing Center Workshop: ESL Composition 1 to 3 p.m.

Babbidge, E Classroom 1 This two-hour workshop will complement the typical guidance for ESL students by focusing more sharply on one element of writing—composition.

Admission is free. Registration required.

Baseball vs. Holy Cross 3 to 6 p.m.

J.O. Christrian Field UConn baseball takes on Holy Cross.

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Big cuts in NE fish catch officially released

BOSTON (AP) — Federal regulators have officially released new rules for the 2013 fishing year in New England that implement broad cuts in catch limits on key fish stocks.

The reductions became official Tuesday, a day after fishermen rallied at a Boston fish pier and called for changes to ease some cuts. The 2013 fishing season begins Wednesday.

The most severe of the reductions is a 78 percent year-to-year cut in the catch limit for Gulf of Maine cod.

Fishermen who target bottom-dwelling groundfish, such as cod and flounder, argue the cuts will destroy the local industry. They say the fishery is so badly understood by scientists that regulators are destroying jobs based on bad data.

But regulators say a poor 2012 catch in key species proves stocks are struggling and cuts are needed to help them rebuild.

New England states, grid operator settle dispute

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — New England’s grid operator and attorneys general, regulators and consumer advocates in four states have settled a dispute over the regional agency’s proposed budget.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that ISO-New England, based in Holyoke, Mass., and state officials in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island agreed to a settlement in principle. Details are not available as a formal settlement is being worked out.

Officials last November criticized ISO’s $165 million budget request for 2013. They said spending grew too much in the weak economy.

ISO said its operating budget minus depreciation and other expenses is about $136 million. It said it added positions related to gas as a growing energy source and cited higher interest expense for debt. And it allocated $1 million for in transmission planning and other areas.

Police: Remains not those of missing Conn. girls

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — Vernon police say DNA tests show that human remains found in a wooded area in March are not those of three girls who disappeared in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Police announced the test results Tuesday. Authorities say they still don’t know the person’s identity and a DNA sample entered into a national database came back negative for a match.

The testing ruled out any links to the cases of Lisa White, Janice Pockett and Debra Spickler.

White was 13 when she disappeared in Vernon in 1974. Pockett went missing in Tolland in 1973 at the age of 7. Spickler was 13 when she vanished in Vernon in 1968.

Vernon police say they will continue to work with other law enforcement agencies to try to identify the remains.

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Photography project raises awareness from PROJECT, page 1

The original “Project Unbreakable” now is a team of Brown and four other women.

Brown travels to universities around North America to discuss the importance of sexual assault awareness and showcase the photography project.

When the UConn class began most of the male and female students in the class had heard of “Project Unbreakable.”

One student had the idea to recreate it at UConn.

Of the four teaching assistants of the class, Govert took on this project. She said she has contacted Brown and other schools that have done the project to see how they went about it. Brown was booked so could not speak at UConn, said Govert.

The first step to begin the project was dealing with the legal process to ensure that the project would be safe for survivors, said Govert. Through the “Daily Digest,” the class put out a message calling for survivors who were willing to be photographed.

After 17 UConn students responded, the students from the class set up appointments to meet with the survivor and photograph them. Two students always went to meet to survivor, said Govert. In all, there are 19 photos; two from two students who wanted

express two quotes. All of the photographs will be submitted to the greater project’s tumbler blog, said Govert 4th-semester sophomore in the class Holly Havens said it was “the best experience I’ve had at UConn so far.”

She said that her group of classmates were all passionate about the project which made for an incredible experience. Havens decided to take the class because she comes from a family of survivors so has always thought learning about gender-based violence was important, she said.

Senior Zia Kanner, and 8th-semester senior, said she took the class because she is a women studies major and was looking for a one-credit class. “It was different than I expected,” she said, “but in a good way.”

The students from the class are taking turns this week to stand by the photographs and answer questions. Kushner said is has been successful and that a lot of students have told them the photos were powerful.

“I thought they were really moving, infuriating actually,” said English department adjunct faculty member Michael Jones.

8th-semester senior Michelle Baj pointed at the image where the police officer was quoted.

“Can you believe that?” she said to her friend, 8th-semester senior Hillary Lackman.

“It’s embarrassing because I grew up in Storrs, the UConn police,” said Lackman.

“I thought they were really moving, infuriating actually.”

Michael Jones English department faculty Both Lackman and Baj are on the UConn women’s soccer team. Although it is a coincidence that “Project Unbreakable” is being shown a week after the Carolyn Luby case they both agreed that as female athletes, “something needs to change … it’s embarrassing.” Carolyn Luby is a UConn student who has been the target of violent rape threats online after writing a letter to President Susan Herbst criticizing the violence among UConn’s male athletes.

The photographs have been

Montana company faces fines in fatal bear mauling

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The death of a Montana animal trainer mauled by a pair of 500-pound captive brown bears could have been prevented if standard safety practices had been followed, federal authorities said Tuesday, as state officials revealed that the private menagerie where the death occurred has seen numerous animal escapes.

Benjamin Cloutier, 24, was killed in November while cleaning the pens of two Syrian brown bears — named Griz and Yosemite — at Animals of Montana near Bozeman. The company provides captive-bred predators and other animals for photography shoots and motion pictures.

The U.S. Department of Labor said the circumstances of Cloutier’s death violated federal workplace safety rules. The agency proposed $9,000 in fines for allowing employees to have direct contact with bears and for not promptly reporting Cloutier’s death.

Investigators determined the death could have been prevented if the bears had been kept in a separate enclosure while their pen was cleaned, said Jeff Funke, area director for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“Those types of apex predators, it’s common knowledge that they’re dangerous,” Funke said.

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Boston bombing suspect’s widow wants body released

Springfield mayor selects MGM for resort casino

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno on Tuesday chose MGM Resorts International as the preferred developer for a resort casino in the state’s third-largest city, selecting it over a competing proposal from Penn National Gaming.

“Quite simply, we’re ecstatic,” MGM Resorts President Bill Hornbuckle said in a call with reporters. “We think we have done this probably better than we have done any other development campaign in our company’s history.”

MGM is seeking to build an $800 million resort casino on 14.5 acres of land in the city’s South End that sustained extensive damage in a June 2011 tornado.

Sarno announced that he had negotiated a host community agreement with MGM that would include annual payments to the city projected at more than $25 million a year, if the casino is built. The agreement must be approved by the Springfield City Council and by city voters. Springfield officials said they are aiming to hold a referendum on July 16.

The state’s 2011 gambling law allows for up to three regional resort casinos, including one in western Massachusetts. Hard Rock International has proposed a casino in West Springfield and Mohegan Sun has a plan for the town of Palmer. The state’s gambling commission will chose one of the three projects, likely in early 2014.

The Springfield proposal offered by Penn National Gaming — in partnership with Peter Pan Bus Lines chairman Peter Picknelly — called for a casino and hotel project on a 13.4-acre parcel in the North End that is now home to a newspaper and a bus terminal.

The company submitted a preliminary application to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission along with a $400,000 nonrefundable fee.

In a statement, Penn National spokesman Eric Schippers said the company was disappointed in the decision but wished MGM and Springfield the best.

“As a company well known for its disciplined approach to new development opportunities, we put forth the very best package we felt we could justify from a shareholder return perspective,” Schippers said.

displayed since Monday, April 29 and will continue to be until Friday, May 3. They hang from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

At the display there is also information about UConn’s Community Response Team.

This includes a pamphlet titled “Sexual Assault an Acquaintance Rape a guide for UConn families,” a paper with the definition of consent, and a list of phone numbers. The student are also able to answer questions.

The UConn Women’s center website offers facts and figures about sexual assault including that “One fifth of college women experience forced sex by someone they know,” and “90% of all rape survivors are women.”

More information about gender based violence and the UConn “Project Unbreakable” can be found at womenscenter.uconn.edu. The Women’s Center is located in the Student Union, room 421.

To greater “Project Unbreakable” website is project-unbreakable.org. The site also takes donations at active. com/donate/projectunbreakable.

raven or something else it would have been a different story.”

But Animals of Montana owner Troy Hyde rejected the assertion that Cloutier’s death was preventable, saying putting its trainers inside the cages of predatory animals “is absolutely something we must do.”

“We work inside a business that’s a highly dangerous business, and everybody that works within this business is very aware of the dangers,” he told The Associated Press.

“Those people don’t understand what we do. We’re not a zoo.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects will ask the Massachusetts medical examiner to release his body to his family, her attorney said Tuesday.

Attorney Amato DeLuca said in a statement that Katherine Russell wants Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s remains released to the Tsarnaev family.

Tsarnaev, 26, died after a gunfight with authorities. Police said he ran out of ammunition before his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene.

Authorities say the medical examiner has determined the cause of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s death but it will remain private until his remains are released and a death certificate is filed.

His parents are still in Russia, but he has other relatives on his side of the family in the U.S. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, a crime that carries a potential death sentence. He lies in a prison hospital after being wounded in the shootout with police as he and his brother made their getaway attempt.

DeLuca said Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow met with law enforcement “for many hours over the past week” and will continue cooperating. FBI agents on Monday visited her parents’ North Kingstown, R.I., home, where she has been staying, and carried away several bags.

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Online discussion must not lack civility any longer

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n an attempt to raise awareness for a cause she believed in, UConn senior Carolyn Luby wrote an open letter to university president Susan Herbst expressing her displeasure with the new logo, albeit for unconventional reasons.

Luby, who openly identified herself as a feminist, made the argument to president Herbst that perhaps the university should be less concerned with rebranding itself with a new cartoon husky and name, and should instead do something to address the culture of violence and crime that some of the male athletes who play under this new logo have recently demonstrated.

The letter gained popularity and was eventually featured on Barstoolsports.com, a national website that allows users to comment anonymously on posts. After that, a litany of things fell into place. Because she was a woman writing about sports as a feminist on a website that allows people to post whatever they’d like anonymously, many comments criticized her appearance and threatened rape. It is a sad fact about the Internet culture that any time something woefully inappropriate can be said, it will be said. It is unfortunate that this situation had to get out of hand to the point where Luby felt so uncomfortable and unsafe that she had to turn to the police who, unfortunately, were not able to provide her with protection, only weak advice on how to keep a low profile on campus. That is not to condemn the UConn police whose hands were tied by the fact that Luby technically lived off campus.

The issue here is that a student wrote something that was meant to start a very worthwhile discussion about our campus’ culture toward sports, women and violence and was not able to. The article went on the Internet, a place that should be a free forum for necessary debates like this to happen, but as instead chewed up and spit out by the trolls who either thought they were funny, or worse, were completely serious about bullying this young woman into silence.

It is extremely unfortunate that someone who was trying to heal the UConn community was shot down by the very violence and ignorance that she was speaking out against.

It is our hope that both Luby and all those who agree with her, as well as those who agree with her right to start such a discussion, are not turned off by the ignorance of a cadre of cowards with anonymous names. Furthermore, we hope that one day, we can all live in a world where even those who can remain anonymous won’t corrupt an healthy forum for discussion. Until then, we can only join those who have already spoken out in favor of Luby and her message and hope that something like this doesn’t have to happen again.

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What ever happened to the Springfield Indians?

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Why did I get Yankee Candle hand sanitizer, though?

Remember when the women won the national championship? Yeah, I don’t know which of the eight times I’m thinking of either.

West Virginia would’ve just scored again if they weren’t TRAITORS. Do they make Brian Williams posters?

What happened to sad, confused 1959 Jonathan? Is that a funny joke?

Which is the better Berlin? The city, or the Teri Nunn band?

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ow that my college career is ending, my friends are reflecting back on times when the world seemed like it was at our fingertips. I attended a banquet for the Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC) and its graduating seniors (I was invited for my involvement with China Care).

During the procession of graduates they displayed little profiles for the seniors. The proBy John D. Nitowski file listed majors, hobbies and senior Weekly Columnist quotes, among other things. One category was called “What I wished I did with my time at UConn.” By far the most common answer was “Study Abroad.”

I don’t remember writing an answer.

But if I did, I also would have put “Study Abroad.” As incredible as it sounds, I’ve been trying to leave the country for four years. One of the first colleges I applied to was Saint Louis University in Madrid.

I was accepted and even had a 2,000 Euro scholarship.

I didn’t take it. I don’t remember why. Maybe my parents convinced me it was too early to be going so far from home. Rider University in New Jersey was already enough of a culture shock.

Or maybe it was still too much money, even with the scholarship. Either way, I didn’t go. But I visited the Rider Study

Abroad office over the next few months and continuously looked for new places to travel. Spain was still at the top of my list, but I soon became interested in Korea, southeast Asia and Egypt.

When I started to ask about traveling to Egypt, my parents (who’d just been there) told me things were about to hit the fan. I insisted that nothing would happen. I could study and be fine. Of course, a month or so later, the Arab Spring erupted and most colleges were just trying to get their students back from Cairo. Egypt was out.

I ended up at Middlesex Community College in an effort to save some of the money I spent at the expensive, private, Rider University. Needless to say, community college didn’t have a study abroad office. When I was accepted to UConn, my first trip was to the Study Abroad Office. Ever since that visit, I’ve been told I didn’t talk to the right people, or I should’ve been more persistent. Regardless of what I should have done, I was so discouraged by the words, “Well, you can’t go abroad with your curriculum. There’s no point.” That I began to consider taking a year off and just traveling on my own. I didn’t know what I was doing with my life (I still don’t). How can I be expected to make all of these adult decisions? I just wanted to see the world.

But I was convinced to stay in school sans interruptus. I switched my major about four times in a vain quest to figure out what a degree was for. Finally, I found my advisor after a semester and a half of wandering in academic limbo

who told me that with my assembled credits, I could make an English degree much easier than any other. So that’s how I wound up with this degree, and four years of hating a vast majority of my experiences in the Northeastern United States.

I told you that miserable story to basically end with this: get out. Leave. Go somewhere that will blow your mind.

I eventually did get to Spain on Spring Break one year. For ten days, it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. All that traveling did, however, whet my appetite for more adventure.

More places. More culture. There is a big wide world out there and if you wait too long, focusing on your career, degree or arbitrary goals so often set by society and not inner will, then you will miss it.

I attended a seminar discussing Careers for the Common Good. There I met a woman who introduced me to the Japan Exchange Teaching program. I’m excited to begin my application to teach English in Japan, meanwhile a young woman asked an AmeriCorps representative if she would have to leave the state to help. She didn’t like to be too far from home.

I bit my tongue on this one simple truth: the world is too big and too incredible to not see. And life is too short for degrees and daydreams. Go out. Travel.

And don’t let anyone stop you.

Weekly columnist John D. Nitowski is an 8thsemester English major. He can be reached at John.Nitowski@UConn.edu.

How the world benefits from Israeli innovation

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rystal clear MRI’s are generated at lightning speed to determine whether our loved ones are afflicted with breast cancer or not. The transistors in our computers symphonically perform billions of calculations per second, which allow us to explore the web for

By Faizan Khan knowledge Staff Columnist or cute cat videos.

Technology and innovation that is available to us now was inconceivable even 20 years ago to all but the most quixotic dreamers and innovators. Often, as individuals, we enjoy indulging in our little gadgets without paying a thought as to how they originated. As surprising as it may seem, Israel, a country with a population of less than 7.8 million has been overwhelmingly responsible for the convenience of life in the twenty-first century.

No one particularly enjoys a trip to the hospital. Stratospheric reams of paperwork, questionable sanitary conditions and prison quality food await a patient’s tenure. To make life exponentially easier, Israel’s army of entrepreneurs have developed medical technology so inventive that it seems to only be viable in a fictional futuristic universe such as Star

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Trek. One such innovation is SpineAssist, which is a robot that puts human hands to shame.

Through SpineAssist’s repertoire of drills, cranks and brilliant computer code, surgeons are able to reduce the time that it takes to perform spinal surgery (a notoriously difficult operation due to the sensitivity of the spine) due to the accuracy of the machine’s fine motor components. Often we hear about smart phones with HD screens and elegant processors that bombard us with information from our Facebook newsfeed, email, etc. An Israeli company applied the concept of smart phones to a hospital bed known as EarlySense. The most interesting aspects of EarlySense are that it is contact free (no jungle of wires have to be attached to the patient for it to function and gain information on vitals) and it can track a patient’s movement, which allows for additional monitoring for sensitive cases involving the elderly or unruly.

The raw computational power that most people have access to has reduced time consuming tasks such as shopping or sending mail to a few mindless clicks. Virtually all tasks that a computer performs can be traced back to its processor.

Israeli engineers, unknown to most, are notorious for their

elegant hardware exploits which allow them to squeeze more juice every year out of the next generation of processors.

Intel, the world’s undisputed king of processors, operates an extremely active office in Tel Aviv. In fact, the Tel Aviv branch of Intel is just as active as the branch located in Silicon Valley. These processors are in virtually every electronic item that we own which means modern civilization would be inconceivable without them. Israeli scientists and engineers, well aware of the fact that Israel is surrounded by rapacious enemy states, are essentially forced to think outside of the box to survive. As a result, Israel has one of the highest concentrations of Nobel Prize winners and other award winning innovators in the world.

In addition to direct scientific contributions to the world, Israel is also actively involved in humanitarian efforts. With the entrepreneurial flair that Israelis are recognized for, Tzameret Fuerst, the CEO of Circ Medtech has developed an ingenious method to combat AIDS in Africa. Tzameret studied U.N. statistics relating to the global AIDS battle and ascertained that the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS is reduced by 70 percent if male circumcision is performed. Due to

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Africa’s severe lack of doctors and medical facilities, performing surgical male circumcision is implausible. Circ Medtech, recognizing these limitations, developed a non surgical circumcision device called the PrePex. This ingenious device requires no doctors, needles, anesthetics, etc…, to perform the circumcision.

For Israel to continue to generate mind blowing technologies, the United States must be willing to continue its monetary and military support of the state.

Despite talks of sequestrations and cuts in our current political climate, we must be willing to hold steady and recognize that Israel is a fellow democracy that needs our support. The implications of faltering on our promise to Israel would be immediate and hazardous. Not only will Israel have less capital to assign outside its military, but the United States is more likely to be attacked by terrorist organizations that Israel could have stopped, had aid been provided.

The paltry 3 billion dollars that the United States assigns as aid to Israel generates the greatest return on investment humanity could ever hope for.

Staff Columnist Faizan Khan is an 8th-semester mathematics major. He can be reached at Faizan.Khan@UConn.edu.

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- The forseeable future is good for making changes at home.

Set juicy goals for yourself. Pull together as a team.

Whistle while you work, and feast after.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- All of a sudden, everything starts making sense. Old puzzles get solved. Consider your friends’ suggestions, but it’s okay to turn down an outrageous request.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- A new assignment brings in new revenue, and the temptation to spend it all could arise. Rake in the dough, but count it first. Save some for repairs. Check for changes.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re stronger and more confident. Meditate on the value of compassion. Come up with a new future vision. Others encourage you to a challenge. Travel later.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Follow through on details for the next few days. Be sensitive to a loved one’s wishes. Invent a new story. It’s important to show you care. Call home if you’ll be late.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Things are getting fun. Friends want you to play almost all the time these days. The invitation says “dressy.” Invent your own style. New options surface.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Stay attentive, as new opportunities are worth listening to. Choose wisely. Tune out the static. You and a partner can win.

Learn as you teach.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- The day promises to bring you many surprises, for the good and for the bad. Accept a challenge and learn from your failures. A loved one teaches you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Work on the chores that you’ve been avoiding but that you know you really ought to complete. You have a keen sense for finances now. Research the pros and cons before deciding.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Work out strategy with someone who’s opinion you value. Logic is only one side. Clarify things by listing the facts. Look at emotional factors, too. New ideas arise.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- When it rains, it pours. Make the most out of publicity. Add efficiency to your work to withstand any storm. Don’t gamble or get distracted. Take advantage.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re entering a romantic phase. Find a quiet place to complete your projects where you’re less likely to be disturbed. Avoid risky propositions. Keep your promises.

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Bangladeshis turns to rescuers after building collapse

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe.

Working by the faint glow of a flashlight, he slithered through the broken concrete and spotted a beautiful young woman, her crushed arm pinned beneath a pillar. She was dying, and the only way to get her out was to amputate.

But Saiful Islam Nasar had no training, and almost no equipment. He’s a mechanical engineer who just days earlier rushed hundreds of kilometers (miles) from his hometown in southern Bangladesh when he heard the Rana Plaza factory building had collapsed and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of garment workers were trapped.

He also understood that maimed women can be cast from their homes.

“I asked her, ‘Sister, are you married?’ She said ‘Yes.’ I asked her, ‘If I cut off your arm, will your husband take you again?’ She said, ‘My husband loves me very much.’

And then I started to cut,” he said.

He had brought a syringe loaded with painkiller — his father was a village medic, and had taught him how to give injections — and he cut through her arm with a small surgical blade. It was easier than he expected because the arm had already been so badly damaged.

He pointed at fading specks of blood staining his vest and pants. He began to cry.

“There was no alternative,” he said.

Bangladesh is well-versed in tragedy, a country where floods, ferry sinkings, fires and cyclones strike with cruel regularity. But with state services riven by dysfunction and corruption, often the only hope is the person beside you.

It is a country that makes heroes out of everyday citizens.

Many of the first responders at Rana Plaza were men like Nasar — neighborhood residents, fellow garment workers, relatives of the missing and charity workers — and they repeatedly took some of the most dangerous work.

Using little more than hammers, hacksaws and their bare

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A Bangladeshi soldier gestures as a rescue worker uses a flashlight to walk across the rubble at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. By Friday, the death toll reached at least 270 people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered into a pile of concrete.

hands, they crawled into tiny holes in the wreckage, breaking through concrete and steel bars and working around the clock to drag out the victims.

They knew they were risking their lives.

Hemaet Ali, a 50-year-old construction worker who came to volunteer, told the people around him that his identity card, with his home address, was in his shirt pocket.

“If I die inside, please make sure that my body reaches my family,” he told them.

Nasar came to Savar with 50 other men from the small volunteer organization he runs, Sunte Ki Pao. Normally, they assist people who have been in traffic accidents, offering basic first aid, securing valuables and contacting relatives.

During seasonal floods, they help however they can when the waters rush into town.

Nothing had prepared them to work the front line of their country’s largest industrial accident.

“It was beyond imagination,” he said Monday, six

days after the collapse, when the search for survivors had given way to the search for bodies, and heavy equipment had replaced the rescuers.

Thin and lanky, the 24-yearold was well-suited for crawling through the tight tunnels he cut. At first, he had only his mobile phone to light the tiny spaces. He could see shattered chairs and tables. Sewing machines and fabric. And the battered bodies of the men and women who were crushed when the walls and ceilings came crashing down.

“I could just fit my shoulders in,” he said. “I often felt like I would die and I would call out to my God.” The rescues, each of which could take many hours, were exhausting, both physically and emotionally.

“We would shout, ‘Is there anybody here? Please make a sound.’ Sometimes you would hear an ‘Oooh, oooh’ and you knew someone was there,” he said.

Over six days, he pulled six people out alive, and removed

dozens of bodies. He would work until exhaustion set in and then attempt to sleep — the first night on the roof of the collapsed building, the next two in a nearby field. Even now that he has moved into a tent, rest does not come easy.

“The images of the bodies flash in my mind,” he said.

Eating also has been a problem.

“I have lost my taste,” he explained. “I just keep smelling the smell of dead bodies.”

The sickly sweet waft of rot from the building was ever present, and rescuers routinely sprayed cheap floral air freshener around the site in a futile attempt to control it.

Not all of the rescue workers at Rana Plaza were untrained.

The government sent some 1,000 soldiers and firefighters to the site. But from all appearances, the majority of the rescuers who went into the rubble were volunteers.

Altogether, some 2,500 people were brought out alive from the wreckage. The death toll stands at 386, but will surely climb as

the largest pieces of rubble are moved.

The military, which oversaw much of the rescue efforts, dismisses the notion that they let volunteers take the lead.

“I have not heard of rescuing so many people in recent history anywhere in the world in case of such disaster,” said Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy, a top military officer in the Savar area. “What we have done is excellent.”

But it is clear that volunteers once again carried more than their share of the country’s burden.

Sayed Shohel Harman, an unpaid community volunteer for the fire department, found a survivor whose arm was pinned under a concrete slab.

The man begged Harman to give him a knife so he could cut off his own arm and free himself. Harman refused, saying he would go and get help.

“The doctors said it was too risky for them to go inside,” Harman said. “They told me to go back and try to drag him out.”

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the insurgents’ annual spring offensive is underway.

The service members died in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.led coalition in Afghanistan said in a brief statement that provided no other information.

In another attack in the south of the country, a roadside bomb in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province killed three civilians and wounded five, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

The Taliban and other insurgent groups make heavy use of roadside bombs. They are among the deadliest weapons in the Afghan war for civilians.

In the north, in Archi district in the province of Kunduz, a roadside bomb killed two people, including a local police commander who had been credited with reducing the number of insurgent attacks in his area, said Abdul Nazar, a local council member.

Commander Miran and his driver were killed and two other police officers were wounded when the car they were driving toward Kunduz City was destroyed by a bomb hidden on the road, said Nazar. Like many Afghans, Miran only used one name.

On Tuesday evening, a roadside bomb exploded in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan, killing four civilians in a car and wounding two, said police spokesman Fareed Ayal.

The attacks came on the third day of what Taliban has called its spring offensive. The insurgents warned they would infiltrate enemy ranks to conduct “insider attacks” and target military and diplomatic sites with suicide bombers.

In past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces along with their local allies. This fighting season is a key test, as the international coalition is scheduled to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces next year.

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Logging permits are being abused in Africa, hidden

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Logging permits designed to promote small businesses are being allocated by the hundreds to industrial logging companies in West and Central Africa in a hidden pattern of abuse, according to a report published Tuesday by environmental watchdog group, Global Witness.

The use of these “shadow permits” are undermining efforts to curb corruption in the timber sector and is increasing the likelihood that illegal wood is being exported to Europe and elsewhere, according to the report.

The permits were originally intended to help small-scale enterprises but are instead being used to circumvent commercial logging regulations in Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia and Congo.

The European Union Timber Regulation went into effect on March 3, prohibiting the import of illegal timber.

But Global Witness said the continued use of shadow permits could render the measure ineffective.

“Unless European and African policymakers take urgent action, shadow permits could become the Trojan horse by which illegal timber is brought into the EU and passed off as legitimate,” said

Global Witness Europe campaigner Alexandra Pardal.

European-led efforts to reform the timber sector have focused on large-scale logging concessions, but these small-scale permits are not typically subject to the same regulations. Often intended for local communities or artisanal loggers, the permits allow for logging on a smaller territory or for a shorter amount of time than those awarded to commercial logging companies.

Global Witness says that in the four countries covered by the report, political elites, forestry officials and logging companies have colluded to use the small-scale permits for commercial purposes.

“The use of shadow permits to evade tighter regulation of other permits is now an escalating trend, which should concern policymakers and environmental campaigners worldwide,” the report says.

Last year, Global Witness documented how so-called “Private Use Permits” became the main source of commercial timber in Liberia, enabling logging companies to claim over 40 percent of Liberia’s forests in just two years. The permits were intended to allow private land owners to take advantage of their forest

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One woman weeps as relatives of people believed to be buried in mass graves participate in a collective prayer on the site where officials were beginning the exhumation of mass graves in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Officials on Thursday began exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country’s 2011 postelection violence, as a new report accused President Alassane Ouattara of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. The first grave to be exhumed Thursday contained the bodies of four men aged 17 to 35 who were killed at the height of the violence in April 2011 while defending the mosque against militant supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo.

resources.

While the portion of land affected was greatest in Liberia, the use of these permits in the three other countries covered in the report “could lead to similar destruction on a grand scale,” said Global Witness Team Leader for Forest Sector Transparency David Young.

These permits are often granted in secret, and the response from governments so far has failed to tackle the system’s lack of transparency,

Young said.

“Governments do respond when you put them on the spot and close down individual contracts,” he said. “But the longer term problem about lack of transparency around contract allocation continues.

And we see that in pretty much every single country.”

In January, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf reaffirmed a moratorium on Private Use Permits while vowing to investigate those who had previously

abused the system. In March, however, Global Witness found timber logged through the use of these permits in a port in France, and Young said Tuesday there had been little progress on investigations and prosecutions.

In Congo, more than 100 Artisanal Logging Permits were allocated to industrial logging companies in 2010 and 2011, an arrangement the report says violated Congolese law “in up to 10 different ways.” Last month,

Belgian authorities seized a shipment from Congo of 40 cubic meters of Afrormosia wood valued at nearly 61,000 Euros ($81,500) that arrived in Antwerp after Greenpeace Belgium said it may have been illegally sourced.

Congo’s Environment Minister Bavon N’sa Mputu Elima told The Associated Press last week that an investigation had been opened into the situation.

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By Zarrin Ahmed Staff Writer At the release party of the latest issue of the Long River Review, prestigious awards were presented to members of the literary organization at the Co-Op on Tuesday afternoon.

The Long River Review is the University of Connecticut’s annual literary magazine run by undergraduate students with the assistance of faculty staff. It was established in 1983 originally as “Writing Uconn: fiction, essays, poetry” until the name changed in 1997.

In addition to a yearly magazine, the Long River Review updates its blog frequently, posting news about the magazine itself as well as the staff’s involvement in the magazine. It hosts competitions like the “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Writing Contest” and shares interviews with poets such as Bruce Cohen. All the members work closely together and for hours on end to put the production together, and this dedication was commemorated at the Long River Review Party.

Students and faculty filled seats arranged in a section of the Co-op, which was decorated with pink and navy blue balloons, the theme colors for this year’s issue of the Long River Review. The section also had a podium and screen with a slideshow set up, a table with cake and another table with issues of previous years’ magazines. Even as the program began, more people

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Pictured is the stage used at the Co-op Tuesday for the Long River Review’s launch party. The annual magazine, published with undergraduate content, is available around campus for the price of $5.

came to acknowledge the writers and staff of the review, taking up places along the bookshelves and aisles when seats ran out.

Managing Editor Chris DeMarco began the presentation by briefly speaking about the magazine and encouraging all to pick up a copy at the party for $5. He introduced Alyssa Palazzo, the editor-inchief, up to the podium. It’s Palazzo’s third year running with the Long River Review.

She said that she worked a total of 405 hours over those three years, which may not seem much, but contained a lot of work and effort.

Palazzo described the pieces in this year’s issue as ones that always have a missing element. The reason for this, Palazzo said, is because the “Long River Review retains lost stories.”

Throughout the party, winners of the three awards given annually went up to

of the piece. The third movement had the sound of a light march, accompanied by the main melody.

“I really like the Military Band piece. The drums makes it sound like the confederate days,” said Sue Schmieding, mother of Jonathan Schmieding, a 2nd semester clarinetist in the symphonic band. “I also really like the fact that there are different conductors for each piece. It gives different people opportunities to conduct.”

Conductor Marvin McNeil conducts the “Festive Overture”

by Dmitri Shostakovich. It starts off the triumphantly, with strong and loud trumpet and low brass.

Then, a solo clarinetist led the melody of the winds, gradually guiding to the full sound of the whole band. The constant staccato adds a jumpy festive sound.

The overture ends with a loud drumming and strong melody.

Conductor David L. Mills reenters the stage. He tells the audience the reasoning behind the choice of music for tonight’s band’s repertoire. “If I played for my last concert, these would be the pieces I would choose,” he said. Then, he recognized the seniors in the band.

“I would also like to congratulate Amy on the wonderful work she did for her edition of Jacob’s “An Original Suite: for Military Band.” She took lots of sources and created an addition to the band world,” he said.

The last piece played was “First Suite in E-flat for Military Band” by Gustav Holst. Jones said, “The last song brought reminiscence because I used to play the same piece in high school.

It was a good piece to end the performance because it was very inspiring and triumphant.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards committee largely favored tried-and-true stage veterans over flashy visitors Tuesday when announcing this year’s Tony nominations, with Hollywood stars such as Bette Midler, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes and Scarlett Johansson never hearing their names called.

With the exception of Broadway debutant Tom Hanks, the acting categories were mostly filled by established theater creatures such as Laurie Metcalf, Amy Morton, Laura Osnes, Nathan Lane, Tracy Letts, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen.

Hanks, who earned a best actor nod playing gutsy New York City newspaper columnist Mike McAlary in the late Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy,” joked that he was out of his league and that to win he’d have to beat Lane and Pierce.

“Olivier and Gielgud!” Hanks exclaimed. “It’s such a thrill and a delight to be included with these guys.” He added: “This makes me both giddy and nervous, and it could not be more special.”

The awards will be broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9. The snubs of big-name actors may mean a less starry telecast.

Stage veterans littered the play and musical categories, including the tight race to be crowned best musical. The leading contenders — “Kinky Boots” and “Matilda: The Musical” — are both stories that celebrate the little guy.

“Kinky Boots” is based on the 2005 British movie about a reallife shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life making fetish footwear. Cyndi Lauper’s songs and a story by Harvey Fierstein — both nominated — have made it a crowd-pleaser.

“When we were writing this, I kept thinking ‘I don’t know if this show is going to be any good, but at the very least I think I’ve discovered a new Broadway composer,’” Fierstein said of Lauper, who was writing songs for the stage for the first time. “I could hear it. My feeling is Cyndi’s

claim recognition and share their poems and short stories aloud. The three awards include the Edward R. and Frances Schrieber Collins Poetry Award, the Jennie Hackman Memorial Award for Short Fiction and the Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize.

Members of the Long River Review staff presented these awards to undergraduate and graduate students. During the awards ceremony, sections of staff members of the maga-

zine were also asked to stand and receive applause for their hard work. This included the Design Team and the Poetry Panel as well. All of the members were thanked for their effort, extra hours and thought in putting the magazine together.

Symphonic Band Tony Award nods largely skip stars for veterans finishes up the year at von der Mehden

By Shirley Chen Campus Correspondent

UConn’s symphonic band played their last performance of the school year at von der Mehden Recital Hall. The repertoire consisted of five different pieces of well-known composers from the twentieth century.

Conductor David L. Mills entered and opened the stage with Aldred Reed’s “The Hounds of Spring.” This strong, highenergy piece filled the recital hall. The winds’ beautiful soothing melody helped display the recreation of an ancient Greek tragedy through a musically modern verse.

A change in musical attitude began when assistant conductor Michael C. Black conducted “Elegy” by John Barnes Chance.

The low woodwinds began with soft blend of sounds. These blending chords did not have a distinct melody that could be followed, but a dramatic climax could be heard, ending the piece with a slow increasing volume of blended sound. The gradual diminishing sound starts with the silencing of the flutes as the low woodwinds continued. The blend of sounds ended the song with a feeling of incompleteness.

“It was borderline depression,” said Xavier Owens Jones, a 6th semester history and French double major.

Before intermission, Gordon Jacob’s “An Original Suite: for Military Band,” edited and conducted by assistant conductor Amy J. B. Dauphinais, was played. The three movements in this piece were distinct. The first movement began with the snare drums, followed by variations of the theme through different sections of the band. The second movement started with an alto saxophone solo. The melody was much lighter and smoother.

It was not as deliberate, giving off a more climactic ending

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going to be around for a while.”

The show earned a leading 13 nominations, including sets by David Rockwell, directing and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, and nominations for its two leading men, Billy Porter and Stark Sands. Annaleigh Ashford earned a featured role nomination.

Close behind with 12 nominations is “Matilda: The Musical,” the witty, dark musical adaptation of the novel by Roald Dahl that is still running in London.

“Matilda” earned nominations for Peter Darling’s choreography, Matthew Warchus’ directing, Chris Nightingale’s orchestrations, Dennis Kelly’s book, Tim Minchin’s lyrics and songs, and Bertie Carvel for best leading role in a musical.

Carvel, who also played the evil headmistress Miss Trunchbull in London, said he is enjoying his time in New York, although he did admit to being nervous about how Americans would react. “I feel like I’ve landed on happy shores,” he said. “The show is in great shape. People are loving it.”

“Matilda” was one nomination shy of “Kinky Boots” and could have caught up if the four girls who rotate as the lead — Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro — landed a best actress nod. But they were deemed ineligible.

Both “Kinky Boots” and “Matilda” will duke it out for

the best musical prize with the acrobatic “Bring It On: The Musical” and “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” adapted from the beloved holiday movie.

The nominations Tuesday proved that recognition for theater work is not easy for stars.

Midler, appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, got nothing despite being in a onewoman show. And Johansson and Chastain, Hollywood princesses, were greeted with a Broadway shrug.

The best play nominees are Richard Greenberg’s “The Assembled Parties,” Ephron’s “Lucky Guy,” Colm Toibin’s “The Testament of Mary” and Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”

In addition to Hanks, nominees for leading actor in a play are Lane for “The Nance,” Pierce from “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Tom Sturridge from “Orphans,” and Letts from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

“Lucky Guy” got six nominations, including a best featured actor nod for Courtney B. Vance.

He and Hanks were among the few actors in the production to work with Ephron before her death last year. “She’d be ecstatic.

She’d be grinning ear to ear,” Vance said. “And she is, right now.”

The best musical revival

The past few conversations I’ve had with my female friends have traveled more or less along the same lines: “I was having sex with this guy and like, halfway through he just pulled the condom off!” This was bizarre to me; what exactly is the point of putting on a condom at all if you’re only going to whip it off towards the end, when it’s actually needed (although the pre-cum can contain sperm as well)? Why even bother going throughout the whole charade of acquiescing to put on the condom and go through the process of having sex? What possible thrill can be achieved by increasing the chance of pregnancy or STDs? It wouldn’t come as such a surprise to me if men were, overall, less concerned with contraception than women are. In fact, most men I know don’t carry around condoms (the girls do, which is interesting in and of itself—they make overtures to protect themselves but the men, who would be solely responsible to getting them pregnant, do not). I have known a certain percentage of males to assume that the application of birth control has somehow made the girl completely infertile, and that the chance of her getting pregnant now hovers at a solid, comforting 0%. A lack of sex education seems to be to blame, but the school system is only due in part.

People are not seeking to look up the risks of unsafe sex, and so things like condoms (which should be mandatory) are taken as being unnecessary.

Often, the biological fathers are not hunted down for child support (there are some who are, but the majority of them seem to slip under the radar and the government neglects to follow through).

A friend of mine told me that, once, she had had sex with a guy who had ripped the condom off mid-coitus, only to react sourly when she told him to put another back on. The act of stripping off protection during sex seems to portray a strange, maliciously dominant behavior—pivotally, that they are control off their partner’s bodies, instead of the partner herself (or himself). If they manage to get the condom of without attracting their partner’s attention, then they win. What the prize is, exactly, I’m not quite sure of.

It seems more trouble than what it’s worth.

A female student I asked about contraception hinted that for men, it just wasn’t an issue. “But I guess I wouldn’t be that concerned either, if I wasn’t the one who was gonna get knocked up,” she said reflectively, before reiterating that “it’s still dumb and harmful. You still have to think these things through.”

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candidates are “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ‘’Annie,” ‘’The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and “Pippin,” which nabbed 10 nominations.

Patina Miller, last on Broadway as the heroine of “Sister Act,” stepped into the Ben Vereen role of Leading Player in “Pippin” and earned her second straight nomination.

The first time, she said, “I was so nervous about saying and doing the right things. This time, I’ve enjoyed it, I’ve been given a great opportunity and I want to keep enjoying it. Not a lot of people get to experience something like this.”

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After a year and a half of getting to work my dream job, designing a video game newspaper page, this is my last issue as a student. Thanks for reading, UConn!

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One of the first Virtual Console purchases I made after receiving my 3DS was the original ‘Tetris.’ 24 years later, after years upon years of playing the game on my uncle’s, then my own, Game Boy, I’m happy to say the original still holds up.

Recent ‘Tetris’ releases, once the license left Nintendo’s hands, tried to add gimmicks from story modes to samecolumn online play, but the reason why the game remains a classic is actually despite these reasons, which is why they’ve paled in comparison to the original one. The gameplay in the original is distilled into the perfect competition; six different four-block figures fall from the sky in random order, and lining up full rows is the only way to prevent their hordes from overwhelming the screen and ending the game. ‘Tetris’ is equal parts puzzle and strategy game, the two halves coming together to form the perfect mix of brainpower and improvisation.

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This video game image released by Deep Silver shows a scene from ‘Dead Island Riptide.’ The new sequel to 2011’s ‘Dead Island’ largely feels like a retread of its predecessor instead of a new game.

By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor “Déjà vu” is a common phrase for a reason. No matter where someone goes or what they experience, inevitably something in their life will resemble something they’ve already heard, seen or lived through.

The phenomenon is especially pertinent when talking about “Dead Island: Riptide.” Not only are the characters in the game undergoing déjà vu, having survived one zombie-infested island only to shipwreck onto another, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that despite the subtitle, “Riptide” is the exact same game as the original “Dead Island.”

Zombie games live and die by how they’re set apart from their competition; the best series always manage to find unique, compelling hooks. The “Resident Evil” games were built around their scares first, then reinventing themselves with added focus on their stories and production value. “Left 4 Dead” capitalized on four-player online co-op. “Dead Rising” succeeded with its “Dawn of the Dead”-style free-roaming mall environments.

The first “Dead Island,” which came out in 2011, threw in a kitchen sink of hooks: online co-op, an RPG-based experience system, open-world gameplay across a zombieinfested island. However, the final product felt unfinished and sloppy. Controlling the game

Dead Island: Riptide ones I ran into), but it could have used a 4.5/10 spit-shine before hitretail. The graph360, PS3, PC ting ics are beautiful,

was a nightmare, especially when characters would get caught on trivial pieces of the background, trapping them in a deadly horde.

Despite dozens of different weapons, each customizable in multiple ways, gameplay quickly became a “bash zombie, back up, repeat” affair, every melee weapon bleeding together and effectively doing the same job with no noticeable differences.

Above all, it was a somewhat unstable game, which sometimes led to hilarious glitches and sometimes led to not-sohilarious corrupted save files.

An early warning sign about “Riptide,” to me, was its release date. Normally, big-budget sequels don’t come out in the relative doldrums of late April; with a development cycle of eighteen months (or less), instead of the usual two years or more, it seemed like there was no way developers Techland could have worked out the kinks from the first game. Less than ten minutes after putting the game into my 360, my worries were confirmed. In the middle of my first zombie attack, the moment “Riptide” should have grabbed me and never let go, the screen unceremoniously locked up, forcing me to hard reboot.

Not a great start.

Above all else, “Riptide” feels unpolished. It’s not quite unfinished, as there aren’t any game-breaking bugs (at least

unleashing the true power of the current generation’s hardware, but so much so that in certain situations (which crop up too often to excuse) the game either crashes or chugs along at half-speed. Zombies already move slow; slashing and smashing them in slow-motion kills the fun further.

Glitches still run rampant, too. In my favorite mistake, after barely surviving a mission by triggering its end just before I was slaughtered by a horde, that horde hung around after the cutscene, only now they were docile and peaceful. Some of them meandered off on their own, making me wonder what zombies do when they’re not hunting for flesh.

Another actually committed suicide right in front of me, falling face-first into some water and losing its entire health bar on the way down.

Sure, it may sound entertaining (it kinda was), but these glitches are inexcusable. If they weren’t fixed, were the save-game-killing ones?

The game did improve after some time, because in the thick of things, slicing up zombies in “Riptide” is fun. This isn’t a compliment, just recognition of competence. It’s hard to screw up the concept of zombie-killing, generally speaking; line

up legions of the undead, give players heavy weaponry to bash them around and everyone’s happy, especially when the gravity of the resulting violence is muted because, you know, zombies are already corpses.

Just like in “Dead Island,” slicing, dicing and nail-gunning the formerly-living is still a decent time to be had.

Unfortunately, that’s because “Riptide” is largely just “Dead Island.” The “new” setting is just like the old one, only the new one is a regular tropical island instead of one with a resort. Almost nothing has changed gameplay-wise; I may be wrong, but introducing a fifth character for players to choose from instead of just four is not the same as introducing new weapons, items, attacks or anything else to distinguish this one from its predecessor. About the only thing new here is the story, which seems tailored to teenagers; the dialogue in “Riptide” seems like it only has two purposes, exposition and unnecessary swearing.

While “Dead Island: Riptide” isn’t a complete waste of time, it’s a minor update of “Dead Island” that just so happens to cost $50. That’s a nice ten-buck discount off the usual price of a new game, but here’s a hot tip: to save an additional $30, just buy the newly budget-priced first one.

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Waste away the dog days with these games

By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer Ah, summer break. Those precious twelve weeks off that allow you to use your time in the most productive way possible, perhaps at an internship which will help progress your future career, or working hard to put away some cash.

On the other hand, you could pass the time playing video games, lots of them.

To ensure you accomplish as little as possible this summer, here are a few of the best time wasters.

“The Complete Edition: Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City” (PC,PS3,360) - Perhaps the most wasteful use of your time, “GTA IV” and its expansions take place in the living, breathing “Liberty City,” filled with Oscar-worthy stories, colorful characters and well-paced thrilling crime missions. But who am I kidding, you’ll just spend your

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‘Skyrim’ has hundreds of hours of gameplay. Just make sure you get some sun, or else you might look like this guy by August.

time crashing motorcycles into a wall at 100 m.p.h., jumping off of skyscrapers and blasting an RPG at anything you see move. Good times.

“The Mass Effect Trilogy” (PC, PS3, 360) - Enter into the most fully realized scifi universe created since “Star Wars.” As Commander Shepard, you’re the galaxy’s best hope against an ancient force that threatens all of civi-

lization. With an engrossing storyline which alters depending on hundreds of choices players can make through the games, it’ll take you at LEAST a hundred hours to plow through the trilogy, multiplied for every subsequent play through, not to mention adding time for completionists, not to mention the dozens of hours of optional DLC content.

“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”: (PC, PS3, 360) Hands down one of the largest open world titles ever created, “Skyrim” thrusts you into a fantasy world, filled with dragons, magic and hundreds of hours in content.

Completionists have claimed exploring everything in the game can take up to 300 hours, and that’s not even including

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As my time at The Daily Campus officially ends in two days, I’ve used last week’s and this week’s Gamer Pieces to remember the best times I’ve had in college with games. I’ll hop right back into the back-half of my college days now.

The “Mario Party” games – Late 2010-present College is a time of discovery, of both the world and of one’s own self. For instance, I had no idea how cutthroat, ruthless and heartless my friends and I were until we got our hands on the “Mario Party” franchise. Starting my sophomore year, every night without fail we’d have four people gathered around a Wii or N64, playing through a different map from Nintendo’s board game franchise. If you thought “Mario Party” games were tough against the computer, imagine playing against three fellow gamers, all of whom could go pro if going pro in “Mario Party” was a thing.

Every Battle minigame, Chance Time and free-for-all led to backstabbing galore, alliances formed and broke every four or five turns. Lifelong friends turned on one another all for the opportunity to grab one more glorious star. Games would come down to the completely arbitrary metric of who landed on the most “?” spaces. Fights, mostly verbal and sometimes physical, broke out. “Mario Party” taught me a few things: humans are irrational, you never truly know yourself and Peach is the worst video game character ever.

“Rock Band 3” – October 2010-present Yeah, I’m throwing two “Rock Band” games on this (last week, if you recall, was “Beatles Rock Band”).

But “Rock Band 3” was the peak of the music game, right before the entire genre went belly-up. I still remember pre-ordering it. I was so excited to pick it up from the Towers mailroom that I completely neglected to study for a Food and Culture exam (I managed to get a B+ in the class, so whatever). I even built a makeshift mic stand.

Here and there over the next two and a half years, I’d break out the game for the occasional party or winter weekend afternoon, where everyone would go bananas. I also logged some solo playtime, racking up half a dozen first-place Xbox Live drum scores on a few songs (OK Go’s “White Knuckles” comes to mind, though I’ve now fallen into the top 20).

As has been obvious over the past year, what with all the articles I wrote about “Rock Band” and Harmonix, music games mattered to me in college because not only were they a way for me to join my friends together with musical fun but they also helped me

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‘Redwall’ game possible via Kickstarter

By Brendon Field Staff Writer

Soma Games, an Oregon based company that produces game for the PC and mobile devices recently acquired a license to develop a game based on the “Redwall” series, currently titled “Redwall: The Warrior Reborn.” The production is still in a very early phase, with an expected release date in the next nine to 15 months, according to the Soma website.

“Redwall,” originally published in 1986

by Brian Jacques, was a high fantasy young adult novel. where instead of the characters being dwarves, elves and orcs, they were anthropomorphic woodland animals with traits derived from folklore. It was critically acclaimed and became a New York Times bestseller, soon developing a massive audience of adults and children alike. It spawned a television series, and 21 sequels and prequels until Jacques’ death in 2011.

Soma developers acquired the game rights on April 10 of this year, and have recently launched a Kickstarter campaign that has acquired over $7,000 in less than a week. As of yes, only concept art has been released. The company announced the establishment of a “Minecraft” server, to give fans an idea about the structure and style of Redwall Abbey the central location of the series and the game. They are also welcoming fan input in world development, and what direction the game should be taken in. The “Minecraft” will be used to communicate and engage with dedicated fans,

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Concept art from ‘Redwall: The Warrior Reborn’ shows some of the series’ trademark anthropomorphic animals, here rats, destroying a village. If funded, the game will release in nine to fifteen months.

who will be rewarded with early news and bonus content.

The story as of yet is unknown, and while it’s unclear whether or not it will follow the plot of an installment in the series; Soma has said the game will not alter or reimagine the “Redwall” universe. They have

also said they are looking to craft the game for the both the young audience the books were originally intended for, and the older audience who grew up with it. It is currently being developed for the PC, but tablet and console releases remain a possibility.

Brendon.Field@UConn.edu

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

‘House of Cards,’ Frank Ocean top Webby Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s groundbreaking “House of Cards” may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby.

The Webby Awards are honoring “House of Cards” producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti with a Webby special achievement award. The political thriller, for which Netflix released all 13 episodes at once, proved that digital media can produce cable-quality drama. Netflix also won for best streaming media site.

The 17th annual Webbys, which celebrate Internet achievement, are to be officially announced Tuesday. Winners range from Justin Bieber (for the social media campaign for his fragrance launch) to The Onion (now with a record 19 total Webbys) to Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog for The New York Times.

The Webby person of the year is Frank Ocean, the R&B singer, whom the Webbys hailed “for proving the power of the Web as a medium for cultural change when he announced his bisexuality to his Tumblr community.”

Singled out for outstanding comedic performance is Jerry Seinfeld, whose 10-episode Web series “Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee” showcased the “Seinfeld” star hanging out with comedian friends.

Webby categories are split into a regular award, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and a “people’s voice” award. The Australian rail safety public service campaign Dumb Ways to Die, which went viral, is an unlikely awards leader with seven Webbys.

GIF file inventor Steve Wilhite also will be honored with a lifetime achievement award.

While working at CompuServe in the 1980s, Wilhite created the compressed 8-bit GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format) that remains a popular tool for lo-fi viral sharing.

Another special achievement award will go to President Barack Obama’s election campaign for its use of technology in last year’s presidential election. Claire Boucher, the Canadian synth-pop singer who performs under the name Grimes, is the Webby’s artist of the year.

Online poker is back as legal gambling website launches in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Poker devotees can now skip the smoky casino and legally gamble their dollars away on the couch — at least in the state of Nevada.

A Las Vegas-based casino subsidiary launched the first fully legal poker website in the United States on Tuesday morning.

The site, run by Ultimate Gaming, is only accepting wagers from players in Nevada for now, but it likely represents the next chapter in gambling nationwide.

Internet poker, never fully legal, has been strictly outlawed since 2011, when the Department of Justice seized the domain names of the largest offshore sites catering to U.S. customers and blacked them out.

This crackdown, dubbed “black Friday,” left poker fanatics with two options: They could either get dressed and visit a card room, or break the law and log into an offshore site.

More recently, the federal government softened its stance on Internet betting, and three states — New Jersey, Delaware and

Nevada— have legalized some form of online wagering within their borders.

With Tuesday’s launch, Nevada wins the race to bring Texas Hold ‘em back to the Internet.

“There was black Friday, and now we’re going to have ‘trusting Tuesday,’” said Ultimate Gaming CEO Tobin Prior.

“Players won’t have to worry if their money is safe. They are going to be able to play with people they can trust and know the highest regulatory standards have been applied.”

About 20 other companies— including Zynga Inc., the creator of FarmVille— are preparing to open their virtual doors in the Silver State.

UltimatePoker.com will look familiar to anyone who participated in the poker craze of the 2000s. Only the account setup and login process have changed. Instead of checking a box certifying they are older than 18, players will click through a lengthy setup process involving Social Security and cellphone numbers. Only

those older than 21 will be allowed to play.

Ultimate Gaming hopes to win the trust not only of players, but of regulators and politicians.

“It’s an opportunity to show the world how to properly run online poker,” Ultimate Gaming chairman Tom Breitling said.

Professional poker player Matt Stout, who decamped to Costa Rica after black Friday, said it will take more than one site, or even a whole state, opening its virtual doors to lure him back.

“Although it’s exciting to see the beginnings forming for legalized online poker in the U.S., it’s going to be a long time before it’s lucrative enough to convince me to move back to the U.S. full-time,” he said in an email.

Several cash-hungry states are weighing legislation that would allow them to tap into what is expected to be a multibilliondollar market. Some bills would legalize only poker, as Nevada has, while others would throw open the gates to all casino

Michael Jackson’s private life on display in civil trial

“I think the real excitement will be when we get a very populous state like a California or a New York allowing these companies to expand,” ITG casino analyst Matthew Jacob said. “But these changes often take longer to occur than people assume. It requires a change in law and then it takes a while from when the law passes until the sites are up and running.”

Prior says he intends to make Ultimate Poker profitable within a matter of years, in part through cross-promotion with mixed martial arts giant Ultimate Fighting Championship. Both companies are owned by brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who also control Station Casinos Inc., a chain that caters to locals in Las Vegas.

The Ultimate Poker logo has enjoyed prime placement in the UFC fight octagon for months. The Ultimate Poker Facebook page, which steers fans to a zero-stakes version of the site, features a mix of UFC glamour shots and stock images of guys in hoodies staring into laptop screens.

More games to while away your summer vacation from WASTE AWAY, page 8

the optional DLC expansions. Easily the biggest bang for your buck on this list.

“Star Wars The Old Republic” (PC) - Easily the most ambitious MMO ever developed, “TOR” brings you into the famous galaxy far, far, away, only set thousands of years before the events of the film series. With eight different class story lines waiting to be completed, “The

Old Republic” has hundreds of hours of content. Better yet, the title recently added a free to play option for those intimidated by the titles previously required $15 monthly membership charge.

“Minecraft” (PC, 360) - Imagine you were handed an infinite amount of Legos and were free to construct anything you wished?

“Minecraft,” amazingly has been the first game to pop-

ularize this concept. Build whatever you wish, explore other peoples’ creations and find out just what all the hype is about this seemingly simple sandbox title. Your only limit in “Minecraft” is your imagination, and the amount of time you’re free to commit. (Warning - This title is extremely addictive.)

“Skyrim,” completely ruining things for me in the process (why should I play through a game I’ve already seen every single second of?). In his early, obsessed days, he’d play a copy rented from Redbox nonstop, but that ended once the copy racked up $15 in rental fees in a week. Stupidly, I bought myself my own copy with some Christmas money a few months later, hoping to enjoy the game myself but instead finding Orest’s obsession had only grown. There was at least one night, that being a low estimate, where I’d go to bed at 1 or 2 a.m. and wake up eight hours later, only to find Orest had barely moved, his Khajit having gained another ten levels while I slept. In a way, though, I have to thank him for what he did to me. If he hadn’t played the game like that so obsessively, I might have fallen down the same rabbit hole.

“NBA 2K,” November 2009-present Before I came to UConn, I had next to no interest in basketball.

Back in the 90s and 2000s, the Celtics were mediocre at best, that 2008 championship notwithstanding. To top things off, my dad would always complain about the “me-first” playing style in the pros, which of course influenced me. Things obviously changed when I got to Storrs; the legacies of our men’s and women’s programs were more than enough reason to perk my head up and learn the game I now love to follow. My interest in the NBA,

though, grew not out of anything actually happening in the league but because of the “NBA 2K” series. Freshman year, some hallmates picked up a copy of “NBA 2K10” in October. I got my hands on it in late November. It was an early-December pregame my friends played that hooked me, though. In a boxed-wine disaster where every missed shot led to a sip, where one of my friends ended up being nearly catatonic throughout the night, watching them I realized the importance every possession held (especially to avoid getting dangerously drunk if I ever played with them).

As the series evolved over the next few years, I fell deeper and deeper in love with the NBA and basketball alike. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be sitting here writing this column while the Heat knock out the Bucks on TV. After four years and dozens of bylines on the Games page, with this column my reign as UConn’s gaming authority (no, I don’t have a big ego, why do you ask?) ends. I’d like to thank the Focus Editors who came before me for guiding my writing into the form it has taken today, The Daily Campus staff for welcoming me into their lives, the Tuesday night Focus design shift for allowing me to fill page after page with my musings and the UConn community for putting up with my writing for so long. I hope my columns have been super effective.

Alex.Sferrazza@UConn.edu

Gamer’s Piece: Looking back at the end of an era

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AP

Randy Jackson and Rebbie Jackson, background right, brother and sister of late pop star Michael Jackson, arrive at a courthouse for Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live in Los Angeles, Monday, April 29, 2013.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson’s mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer’s private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer’s bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he died.

Many other private moments from the singer’s life will be exposed as the case progresses over the next several months, with witnesses expected to testify about secret medical treatments, lavish spending and tender moments spent with his mother and children.

In the nearly four years since his death, nearly every aspect of Jackson’s life has been explored in court proceedings, documentaries, books and news stories.

Still, the negligence case filed by his mother against AEG promises to deliver the most detailed account of the singer’s addiction struggles, including testimony from his ex-wife Debbie Rowe about treatments involving the anesthetic propofol dating back to the 1990s.

Jackson died from a propofol overdose in 2009 while pre-

games, including slots, as New Jersey and Delaware have done.

Earlier this year, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval approved legislation that gives him the ability to sign interstate Internet gambling deals with other governors.

Players around the world currently wager an estimated $35 billion online each year, according to the American Gaming Association. A fully realized U.S. online poker market could generate $4.3 billion in revenue its first year, and $9.6 billion by year five, according to Londonbased research firm H2 Gambling Capital.

Still, with federal efforts to legalize Internet poker stalled, it may be a while before a critical mass of states link together to lure professional players back from overseas and drive up jackpots.

Nevada, a state of just 2.8 million people, attracts 52 million visitors a year— more than the population of California.

But who wants to go on vacation just to fire up their laptop and play some virtual cards?

paring for a series of comeback concerts at AEG’s O2 Arena in London.

Katherine Jackson contends AEG didn’t properly investigate the doctor who later administered the fatal dose. The company denies wrongdoing.

During opening statements, attorneys framed Jackson’s prescription drug addiction through the prism of his superstar status.

Attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine Jackson, said the drug problems worsened when the pop star was under the stress of live performances.

AEG attorney Marvin S. Putnam countered that Jackson’s stardom provided a cover to receive multiple, secret medical treatments, many involving propofol.

At one point in the proceedings, the harsh portrayal of Jackson’s struggle with addiction led one juror to lean forward and stare at the floor for several moments.

Katherine Jackson and two of the superstar’s children, Prince and Paris, are potential witnesses whose testimony would likely focus heavily on their grieving and losses.

Panish played a song Jackson wrote for his children

as a montage of photos played during opening statements. He also read a handwritten note from Jackson that his mother framed and has hanging on her wall.

“The only way you can assess damages, is to know what they had,” Panish told jurors Monday before reading the letter and playing “You Are My Life.”

Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue. On Tuesday, she left the courtroom while the paramedic described her son’s condition on the day he died.

It may be several days before jurors get another look at Jackson’s softer side.

The trial will also feature testimony about Jackson’s troubled finances, with debts that reached nearly $400 million by the time he died.

AEG contends the debts made him desperate to have a successful concert series.

“The private Michael Jackson was like a lot of American in the 2000s, spending a lot more than he was making,” Putnam told the jury after describing the singer’s lavish Neverland Ranch, his art collection and other spending.

fall in love with some bands I may not have otherwise, Them Crooked Vultures coming to mind immediately.

“Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3” – November 2011-present This is only on here for one reason. One of my favorite characters to play as in “Ultimate Marvel” is Rocket Raccoon, a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. You’ll know who he is when Marvel releases the “GotG” movie next August.

Anyway, he’s an intergalactic mercenary with massive bazookas who just so happens to be a sarcastic, Cockney raccoon in a space suit, which was right up my alley but right down my friend Orest’s. During a session of “Ultimate,” Orest became increasingly angry when I wouldn’t rotate Rocket off my fighting squad. His frustration quickly blossomed into actual anger, so after the tenth time in a row I used the little varmint, he unleashed his fury onto my left arm, punching me repeatedly, leaving the arm numb and nigh-unusable for a few hours.

“Ultimate Marvel” taught me two things: how to successfully troll in an extended format and how to take a punch.

“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” November 2011-October 2012 Speaking of Orest, another of my lasting gaming memories has nothing to do with my hands touching a controller. Instead, it’s of Orest, who lived down the hall from me, logging way more than 100 hours on my own copy of

Joseph.O’Leary@UConn.edu

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Bruins, Leafs look to improve in Playoff series

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The Boston Bruins "Bull Gang" prepares the ice at the TD Garden for the NHL Playoffs.

Yavarone drives in winning run in UConn win over Sacred Heart from ROCKED, page 12 field to give Sacred Heart runners at first and second.

Feehan was replaced by David Mahoney, who subsequently gave up an RBI double, a walk and a two-run single to the next three batters he faced. With the score 6-6 and two runners on, Head Coach Jim Penders elected to call on his closer Jordan Tabakman for the final seven outs of the game. After giving up a single to load the bases, Tabakman got Rocco Gondek to fly out to right field to end the inning.

UConn answered right back with four runs of its own immediately after the seventh-inning stretch, thanks to some poor pitching and sloppy defense by Sacred Heart.

A one-out RBI double

by Eric Yavarone (2-for-3) plated Billy Ferriter (2-for-4) to give the Huskies a 7-6 lead.

Yavarone advanced to third base thanks to a fly out by first baseman

Bobby Melley (2-for-5) and then scored on a wild pitch. After a McDowell walk and an error by the Sacred Heart second baseman, UConn had runners in scoring position for junior designated hitter (DH) Tom Verdi. The leadoff hitter delivered for UConn, slapping a two-run single into right field to put the Huskies up, 10-6.

The Pioneers went down quietly in the eighth and ninth, as Tabakman only allowed one hit between the two frames to earn his fifth win of the season.

UConn is now 8-3 against New England teams this season; moreover, the Huskies hold a 5-1 record against Nutmeg State teams.

The Huskies will be back in action on Wednesday against Holy Cross in a home non-conference game. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at J.O. Christian Field.

Thomas.Souhlaris@UConn.edu

Morrissey: Change is on the way from WHAT, page 12 adversity of losing their head coach Bruce Marshall in the beginning of the season. Marshall stepped down for personal reasons and it was unclear which direction the team would go.

Under interim head coach David Berard, the Huskies battled their way to a 19-14-4 overall record, their best record in years. Although UConn’s magical season ended in the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals, the men’s hockey team is in great shape as they head into their final season of AHA play before joining Hockey East in 2014.

While UConn’s major athletic programs carried on with their seasons, the cloud of conference realignment hung over Storrs and has not gone away. The Huskies were denied entry into the ACC and the “Catholic 7” schools split away from the Big East, taking the name of the conference along with them. Next fall UConn will

begin a new chapter competing in the American Athletic Conference; this will certainly be a change we will all have to get used to.

While we are on the subject of changes, there is the normal changing of the guard at “The Daily Campus.” Next fall I will take over the position of Managing Editor, which means I won’t have the privilege of being a beat writer for UConn sports.

It was truly an honor to cover football and women’s basketball this past season and I have the utmost confidence in next year’s sports editors, Tim Fontenault and Matt Stypulkoski. I am happy that my sports column will still run each week next year and I’m sure there will be plenty to talk about as there are always storylines here in Storrs.

Follow Tyler on Twitter @ TylerRMorrissey

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BOSTON (AP) — Forget about the way the Bruins and Maple Leafs stumbled into the playoffs. Pay no attention to how Boston has dominated Toronto in recent seasons.

That's what both teams will be trying to do when they meet in the playoffs Wednesday night for the first time since 1974.

"If things would've been going all our way, we would've been downplaying it the same way," Bruins center Patrice Bergeron said Tuesday.

The Bruins missed a chance to finish second in the Eastern Conference by losing seven of their last nine games. The Maple Leafs dropped four of their last six regular-season games and nine of 10 to Boston over the past two seasons. They've also lost 11 of their last 13 at TD Garden.

"I'd expect we're going to get a Boston Bruins team that's different than the last two weeks of their season and I'd expect we're going to get a higher brand of hockey from our club also," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle

said.

Both teams are likely to get key scorers back from upper-body injuries — Nathan Horton for Boston and Tyler Bozak for Toronto.

Horton missed five games and Bozak sat out two.

"I think we're playing a little bit better. We're just not scoring," Horton said. "We get our chances but we didn't put the teams away and we just gave them a chance to stick around. That's how they come back and that's in the past now. We don't want to think of that."

The Bruins' 131 goals were eighth in the conference and they scored only 18 in their last nine games. The Leafs were fifth with 145 goals and now expect Bozak, who had 12 goals and 16 assists this season, to be ready for the opener of Toronto's first playoff series in nine years.

"When you have a player that takes all the important faceoffs for you, that's the first place you miss him," Carlyle said. "Bozie is a real smart hockey player. He knows where to be on the ice. The puck kind of follows him around and his

game is one where he does a lot of the little things that aren't noticed, but you notice them when he's not there."

One focal point will be former Bruins player Phil Kessel and Boston's Tyler Seguin, two top young forwards. Boston traded Kessel to Toronto in September 2009 for three draft choices, two of whom turned out to be first-rounders: Seguin and rookie defenseman Dougie Hamilton. Both have played key roles this season.

In 16 games against Toronto, Seguin has 10 goals and six assists. Kessel has fared much worse against Boston with three goals and six assists in 22 games — and he's had to endure the jeers of Bruins fans.

"They are obviously going to be loud, probably going to be giving it to Phil a little bit," Bozak said. "We're used to that when we go there, but it might be a little bit more upscale this time around."

Kessel probably will have more problems with a Bruins defense that allowed just 109 goals, second fewest in the East.

But the Maple Leafs

became a bit tougher themselves against opposing puck handlers as the season progressed.

"I think they've improved a lot really on their forecheck, on the way that they pressure," Bergeron said. "They really come hard, and they're in your face, and they're a pretty physical team. So we're expecting that."

Boston missed a chance to be seeded second in the conference when it lost 4-2 to the Ottawa Senators in the regular-season finale Sunday. That allowed Montreal to take that spot while the Bruins slipped to fourth. The Maple Leafs earned the fifth seed.

"It doesn't matter if we finished first or eighth," Boston goalie Tuukka Rask said. "You make the playoffs, you've still got to start with a clean sheet. And I think nobody's even talked about the regular season anymore. We're focused on the playoffs."

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Stat of the day

87

The number of appearances by UConn pitcher Dan Feehan, which ties the school’s all-time record.

» That’s what he said

Away game

By Scott Bernier Campus Correspondent AP

Jose Mourinho

Baseball (26-19)

» Pic of the day

May 4 Rutgers 1 p.m.

May 3 Rutgers 3 p.m.

Huskies finish year with top-5 finish

“Maybe not.”

- Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho on whether he would remain with the club after this season

Today Holy Cross 3 p.m.

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May 5 Rutgers 1 p.m.

May 11 Louisville 1 p.m.

See you at Wembley!

Softball (25-24) Tomorrow Boston University 5 p.m.

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Lacrosse (13-2) Tomorrow Big East Championship Syracuse 5:30 p.m.

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Borussia Dortmund defender Sebastian Kehl raises his arms as referee Howard Webb blows the final whistle in Tuesday’s match against Real Madrid. Dortmund lost 2-0, but they advance to the UEFA Champions League Final, 4-3 on aggregate.

THE Storrs Side

Mohegan Sun bidding to host AAC basketball tournaments

By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer

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Mohegan Sun Casino has set its sights on hosting both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments of the American Athletic Conference, according to the Associated Press.

The Casino features a 9,500seat arena that serves as the home court for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and it also hosts the state championship games for boy’s and girl’s high school basketball.

With the restructuring of conferences across the country, the Big East will have a new look starting this summer. The Catholic schools have taken the name and formed their own conference, and several Big East schools are leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten Conference either this summer or next.

UConn, South Florida and Cincinnati are all that remain of the old Big East, and will rebrand under the American Athletic Conference with Southern Methodist, Temple, Houston, Memphis and Central Florida.

Louisville (ACC) and Rutgers (Big Ten) will play one season in the AAC before moving to their

new conferences. East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa will join in 2014.

In a settlement with the Catholic members of the old Big East, the AAC lost the rights to a postseason men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden and now must decide what the next step is.

There are currently no plans for a permanent location, and rotating between member schools may be a possibility.

Mohegan Sun may not get both tournaments, but it is hoping to get at least one, as is the XL Center in Hartford. One of the two venues used by the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams throughout the season, the XL Center has hosted the Big East women’s basketball tournament annually since 2004.

Louisville, Cincinnati, Temple and Memphis are believed to be interested in hosting the men’s tournament in 2014, while locations in central Florida are also being considered for the women’s tournament.

The conference is set to begin meetings on May 20. Determing tournament locations will be a topic of dicussion for school presidents and athletic directors.

Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu

Signs of spring are beginning to show in Storrs, which serve as a parallel to the signs of success the UConn Huskies Golf Team has accomplished this season, concluding with a top-5 finish at the Big East Conference Championship.

In a span of three months, this team has come a long way, beginning the season in South Carolina with a disappointing 16th place finish in their first tournament of the season. From there they rebounded promptly and demonstrated consistent improvement, culminating in a first place finish at the New England D-I Championships roughly three weeks ago in Rhode Island.

The Big East Championship was held on the acclaimed Tom Watson inspired course in Reunion, Florida where all the conference foes congregated to claim the title over three rounds of 18 holes spanning Sunday through Tuesday.

The Huskies finished in fifth place with an aggregate score of 880 strokes, topping fellow schools like DePaul, Marquette and Georgetown among others. The University of South Florida, playing with familiarity in their home state, won the tournament with an aggregate score of 858, followed by St. John’s at 862 strokes, Notre Dame at 864 and Louisville with 866.

The individual performances of each team member for the Huskies were strong and consistent, navigating a difficult course and taking advantage of opportunities on some of the easier holes.

Leading the way was freshman John Flaherty, shooting a 3-over par 219, finishing the season strong with a 2-under 70 to close out his final round, good for a 17th place finish. Sophomore Chris Wiatr followed closely behind, finishing with a 4-over par 220. Freshman Zach Zaback and junior captain Mike Masso each had a round of 2-under par, but overall finished in a tie for 32nd place at 8-over par. Local product Dane Rosa rounded out the Huskies’ performance with a 9-over par 225.

The finish was a satisfying, cohesive end to a stellar season, with every member of the team finishing strong and providing a preview of a dangerous force going forward as this young team matures.

Coach Dave Pezzino certainly was aware of the untapped potential this team had, but he has to be overjoyed at the successes and strides the team has made this season. As the casual golfers begin to emerge from the cold weather months and romp around their local courses, Coach Pezzino will have his team working hard, preparing and priming to be even better come the fall. Some time off is in order and it’s certainly well deserved, as the rest of us finish up our finals and then take aim at some flags ourselves.

Scott.Bernier@UConn.edu

THE Pro Side

Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon suspended four games

By Andrew Callahan Senior Staff Writer Following his second violation of the NFL’s substanceabuse policy in less than a year, Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon has been suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season without pay.

The second-year product out of Oklahoma State was arrested last June after driving with a blood alcohol content alleged to be three times the legal limit.

It is currently unknown what caused this most recent violation.

Blackmon’s suspension will not only cost him four game checks, but also any future guaranteed money he previously had built into his contract.

Thus, Jacksonville can now cut him without having to pay over $10 million that remains on his original four-year $18.5 million deal.

After vowing to stay out of trouble upon his first violation, Blackmon made an apologetic statement Tuesday as soon as his second breach of league policy became public.

“I’ve made a mistake and I have no excuse,” he said. “I am truly sorry and disappointed in

myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation, and I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person. I will have a productive training camp and preseason with my team, and during the suspension, I will work hard to stay in top football shape and be ready to help the Jaguars when I return.”

While talking to reporters yesterday over a conference call, new Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell emphasized the team would move forward.

He also refused to comment when the team became aware of Blackmon’s violation, which perhaps may have been before the team drafted South Carolina receiver Ace Sanders. Sanders will join Cecil Shorts III, Mohamed Massaquoi, Jordan Shipley and others to form this year’s receiving core.

Blackmon caught 64 passes in twice as many targets a year ago, amassing to 865 yards and five touchdowns.

He will miss games against Kansas City, Oakland, Seattle and Indianapolis before being allowed to return to practice on Monday, September 30th.

Andrew.Callahan@UConn.edu

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What a year it has been

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ROCKED LIKE A WAGON WHEEL Huskies beat in-state rival Sacred Heart at J.O.C.

Tyler Morrissey Another turn of the calendar page and another school year of UConn athletics are in the books.

This year saw some of the highest of highs and lowest of lows for fans across UConn Country.

In the fall the UConn football team finished with another disappointing record of 5-7. One of the hardest games to watch this year was on Oct. 13 when the Huskies fell to Temple 17-14 in overtime at Rentschler Field. All season long it seemed the cards were stacked against this team.

However, there was one bright spot for the Huskies when UConn upset Louisville in a dramatic three overtime finish on Nov. 24. This victory became even more significant when the Cardinals went on to defeat Florida in the BCS Sugar Bowl. I’m not saying this UConn team would have been able to do the same, but after this rough season, you need to look for a silver lining somewhere.

Fall eventually transitioned into winter, which meant the start of basketball season in Storrs. For the UConn women, the expectations were very high, as per usual.

Freshman Breanna Stewart played her first regular season game for UConn on Nov. 11 in a 103-39 victory over Charleston. At that time, nobody knew how important she would be later on in the season.

The Huskies continued to roll over opponents during the regular season with the occasional hiccup against teams like Notre Dame and Baylor. After losing three straight games during the season to the Irish it looked as if UConn would never conquer their demons. The Huskies proved everybody wrong and confidently defeated Notre Dame 83-65 when it mattered most in the Final Four.

UConn went on to face Louisville for the National Championship.

While I didn’t want to say it at the time, there was no way that the Cardinals were going to stop the Huskies and UConn’s rising young star Stewart. When all was said and done, the confetti fell from the rafters of New Orleans Arena and once again UConn stood at the top of the mountain as a National Champion. Being in New Orleans for this moment and seeing the jubilation and support for the women back at Storrs is what I will take away most from this school year.

While the UConn men’s basketball team was banned from postseason play, some critics said this team had nothing to play for.

Tell that to Kevin Ollie. It was Ollie’s first season as head coach as he took over for the legendary Jim Calhoun, who announced his retirement on Sep. 16. Ollie rallied his team around the notion of playing for each other and the name on the front of their jersey.

The Huskies responded by winning an impressive 20 games, not bad for a team who had “nothing to play for.” UConn’s signature win of the season came on Feb. 13 when the Huskies defeated No. 6 Syracuse 66-58, in what was the final conference matchup between these two rivals. Ryan Boatright said it best, “They got to leave with a taste of UConn in their mouth going to the ACC.” At seasons end, there was some speculation as to whether Shabazz Napier would return. Last week Napier announced that he would in fact return for his senior season.

Also returning to the hardwood next season will be Boatright and DeAndre Daniels. Excitement is already building for next basketball season. With the postseason ban lifted, watch out for the Huskies next year.

Another team that should not be overlooked is the UConn men’s hockey team, who overcame the

» MORRISSEY, page 9

By TJ Souhlaris Staff Writer

After getting swept by Big East rival Notre Dame last weekend, the UConn baseball team bounced back on Tuesday with a 10-6 home victory against Sacred Heart.

Freshman catcher Max McDowell had one of the best games of his career, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and a base on balls in the victory. McDowell also scored three times for the Huskies offense, which compiled 14 hits against the Pioneers and had six different players put up multi-hit games.

UConn held a comfortable 6-2 lead entering the top of the seventh inning, with freshman starting left-handed pitcher (LHP) Christian Colletti still on the hill. Colletti retired the first Pioneer he faced in the inning, but after a double and a single that put runners at the corners, senior righthanded pitcher (RHP) Dan Feehan entered the game for the freshman.

Feehan tied the UConn record for pitched games in a career (87) with his appearance in the seventh, but it wasn’t his cleanest outing. Sacred Heart knocked in a run when Feehan induced a run batted in (RBI) groundout to get the second out of the inning. In the Pioneers next at-bat, Brian Lamboy singled to right

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UConn shortstop Bryan Daniello gets ready to throw to first base on Tuesday afternoon in Storrs. The Huskies defeated Sacred Heart 10-6.

» YAVARONE, page 10

Saveriano picks up 15th win in softball victory

By Scott Carroll Campus Correspondent

The UConn softball team took down the Boston College Eagles yesterday 6-4. Kiki Saveriano earned her 15th victory of the season with a complete game effort. She allowed one earned run on three walks and six strikeouts.

The Huskies put the first run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second when Senior Brittany Duclos got a base hit with the bases loaded to score Marrissa Guches. The run gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead.

UConn continued their scoring in the bottom of the third with a two out rally. After Guches was struck by a pitch, Audrey Grinnell roped a single off the glove of the first basemen giving the Huskies a runner on first and second. Freshmen Jacklyn Dubois sent a screaming line drive down the left

field line that proved too much for Boston College’s left fielder as she bobbled the ball allowing both runners to score and Dubois to advance to second.

Dubois scored by a single off the bat of freshmen Lexi Gifford that just barely cleared the glove of the outstretched second basemen. The Huskies finished the inning leading the Eagles 4-0.

Boston College bounced back with a big rally of their own in the top of the fourth.

Eagles’ Senior outfielder Maria Pandolfo slapped a double into the gap between right and center field, scoring two runs. A single up the middle off the bat of CJ Chirichigno scored Pandolfo, cutting the Huskies lead to just one. The inning came to a halt when Maddy Schiappa caught a foul ball against the right field fence, giving the Husies their final out.

The Eagles evened up the game during the top of the fifth.

Freshmen Jessie Daulton sent

a shot down the left field line, plating one run. The double left the score 4-4 heading into the bottom of the fifth.

After Grinnell was hit by a pitch, Dubois stepped to the plate and sent a towering fly ball over the left field fence.

Dubois’s sixth homerun of the year would give the Huskies a 6-4 lead and be the final nail in the coffin as UConn would prevail.

The win brings the Huskies’ overall record 25-24 on the year.

UConn will be back in action this Thursday as they take on the Boston University Terriers.

The Terriers are 20-23-1 on the year and are coming off a sweep of fellow New England rival Maine. The Huskies have defeated BU once already this season back in April 11-8.

Lauren Duggan and Marrissa Guches each had standout performances in the game as each registered 4 hits and 4 RBI’s.

However the Terriers have

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UConn’s Valerie Sadowl throws to first during Tuesday’s 6-4 win over Boston College.

gone 11-6 since their last meeting with the Huskies and their standout junior Jayme Mask is coming off a series that saw her bat .529 while stealing six bases.

This performance earned her a second America East Player of the Week Award.

The game between the UConn Huskies and Boston University Huskies will start at 5 p.m. at the Burrill Family Field in Storrs, Conn..

Scott.Carroll@UConn.edu

The five greatest matches in the history of soccer

By Miles DeGrazia Soccer Columnist

I’ve been writing about soccer for The Daily Campus in one way or another for the last four years. During that time, I’ve written about many things; some serious (racial and homophobic problems in the game) some not (the best national teams that could have been, and the 35 best under-22 players in the world) but I’ve saved one topic for my last ever story; The Five Greatest Matches I’ve Ever Seen.

The rules are simple, any match, from any year, in any competition, as long I’ve seen it, it counts.

5. 2005 UEFA Champions League Final – AC Milan 3 (2) vs. Liverpool 3 (3) Simply put this is probably the greatest comeback ever in the history of soccer. AC Milan jumped to 3-0 lead before halftime and appeared to have one hand on the trophy.

Down 3-0 at halftime Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez made a gusty move to replace right back Steve Finnan with midfielder Dietmar Hamann and move to a 3-5-2 formation and go on an all-out attack. Liverpool central mid Xabi Alonso was thenable to dictate play and pick apart the vaunted Milan defense.

Liverpool then stormed back with three goals in six minutes, leveling the match in the 60th.

The final 30 minutes saw both sides almost win the match outright but neither could capitalize and the match went into extra time where both teams tiredness showed forcing the match to end with a penalty shootout.

During the shootout the most unlikely players for Milan missed in Andrea Pirlo, and Andriy Shevchenko giving Liverpool their fifth European Title.

4. 1970 World Cup Final – Brazil 4 vs. Italy 1 The 1970 Brazil national team is the greatest team by far I have ever seen play. With players like

Pelé, Carlos Alberto, Rivelino, Tostão and Jairzinho this team is why when we think of free flowing attacking soccer when we think of Brazil. This side was as dominant as Spain is currently but instead of a hypnotic possession game, Brazil played with an arrogant attacking flair I’ve never seen since.

3. 1966 World Cup Final – England 4 vs. Germany 2 Just 20 years after World War II ended, two of the main adversaries went head to head at historic Wembley Stadium in London for the right to be named World Champion. This match had one of the greatest midfield battles of all time as Sir Bobby Charlton and Franz Beckenbauer matched up against each other in the middle of the park. Germany went up 1-0 in the 12th only to have Geoff Hurst (who ended the match with a hat trick, the only one ever in a World Cup Final) level the match six minutes later.

The match then stayed tied until the 78th when England took

the lead, which appeared to be the winner until Germany scored in the 89th to send the match into extra time.

In extra time England scored their most famous goal ever as Hurst received the ball turned and fired a shot that hit the underside of the bar and bounced on the line. Linesman Tofik Bakhramov from the USSR gave England the goal, giving them a 3-2 lead.

England added another in the final seconds of the match earning the 4-2 win.

2. 1999 UEFA Champions League Final – Manchester United 2 vs. Bayern Munich 1 “Football, bloody hell,” is what Sir Alex Ferguson said after his Manchester United side scored twice in extra time to win their first European Cup in 30 years.

United were down 1-0 in the 91st when Teddy Sheringham put home a Ryan Giggs shot to tie the match and it took less than 100 seconds for super sub Ole Gunnar Solskjær to find the

winner, as United became the first and only English team to win the Treble.

1. 2002 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 – Mexico 0 vs.

United States 2 I doubt this match appears on many other greatest ever matches, but for me this match will always be the greatest as this was the match that started my love for the beautiful game. The U.S. and Mexico have always been rivals in their own region but this was the first, and to this day, the only time the two have met at a World Cup. American striker Brian McBride scored in the 8th (the last goal a U.S. striker has scored at a World Cup) to give the U.S. the early lead in the feisty match that saw eleven cards brandished. The U.S. added a second in the 65th when a 20-year-old Landon Donovan headed past Óscar Pérez sealing the win for the Yanks.

Miles.DeGrazia@UConn.edu