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THE LAST CRUSADE UConn blanks Holy Cross 8-0, allows four hits. SPORTS/ page 12 EDITORIAL: SPRING WEEKEND SUCCESS SHOULD LEAD TO LOOSER POLICIES Student body will not remember tragic events of Spring Weekend 2010 next year. COMMENTARY/page 8 INSIDE NEWS: TEXTS, TV, THEN TROUBLE FOR BOMBING SUSPECT’S PALS 3 removed backpack from Tsarnaev’s room NEWS/ page 2
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UConn’s introduction of a new online student survey for course and teaching evaluations has been met with implementation struggles and mixed reactions from students. The UConn Office of Institutional Research is branding the change as part of the push to “go green” on campus. GreenMetric World Rankings recently declared UConn “the most sustainable university in the world,” and the Office of Institutional Research believes “this will go a long way in fortifying our standing.” The elimination of the countless bubble sheets and comment sheets will save the university money while reducing the environmental impact of administering the survey. UConn students have evaluated their instructors at the end of each semester since 1947, but this may be the first year where a significant number of students do not participate in the process. While the university strongly encouraged professors to continue setting aside class time to administer the online evaluations, there is no evidence to suggest that faculty members are taking the same amount of time to ensure the evaluations are being completed, since not all students
can readily fill out the survey in the classroom setting. The shift away from paper forms for evaluations has been ongoing at major universities across the country, but participation rates could be in jeopardy if students cannot find the time to complete the surveys. In spite of this, Suresh Nair, the interim associate vice provost for institutional effectiveness, has shown some optimism that the digital shift will not create a response bias in the end. “The research has shown that comments about courses are more extensive in online surveys than written evaluations,” Nair said to UConn Today. “This is something most of our peer institutions are already doing, and the research shows that there’s no significant difference in how students rate their professors online versus on paper.” Changes to the Student Evaluation of Courses and Teaching first began in 2004, when a task force was formed to design a better system of evaluation. After three years, the group presented their proposal to the university Senate in May 2007. Faculty committees and the university Senate made additional changes from 2007 to 2010 before the final version of the survey was completed, according to the Office of Institutional Research’s
website. A pilot version of the survey was tested in spring 2009 before being approved by the university senate. Major modifications to the form include the change from a 10-point rating scale to a 5-point rating scale, along with a change from using calculated averages to calculated medians as numerical value to assess instructor performance. Additionally, the survey now includes questions about the course to accompany questions about the instructor. Grant Watkins, a 4th-semester finance major, said his experience with the new system was similar to that in years past. He said the only major difference he experienced was the transition from the paper standard to the online system, which he believed to be beneficial. “I feel like I could provide a more accurate evaluation of the teacher because there was more room,” Watkins said, adding that he spent more than 45 minutes completing some of the surveys. On the other hand, Daniel Pfisterer, a 5th-semester mechanical engineering major, said taking the time to complete evaluations outside of the classroom would not fit into his schedule. He said he opened one of the emails from the university and saw the number
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Raissa Levsky, an 8th-semester pre-med major, completes a course evaluation in its new online format.
Athletics, organizations provide support for LGBTQ players
By Domenica Ghanem Campus Correspondent
NBA player Jason Collins’ announcement that he is gay reignited many conversations about LGBT athlete issues, and while Collins found himself surrounded by support from his teammates, the general public and President Obama, many athletes, especially student athletes, still have trouble being open about their sexuality. Professional athletes and their managers spend a lot of time and money on building up their images in the media. UConn’s athletic department has said that it does not manage the image of its student athletes. “We’re looking for athletes who are serious about their athletic success, their academics, and are good, upstanding members of the community,” said Mike Enright, the UConn Associate Athletic Director for Communications. For student athletes that are struggling with LGBT issues, UConn’s Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes provides several resources for support and information. “We have made our Allied Athletes website a part of the main athletic website,” said Ingrid Hohmann, the Academic Counselor and Coordinator for the counseling program. “We’ve had a lot of athletes who are questioning their sexuality, so we wanted to have a safe place for students to do research if they weren’t quite comfortable yet speaking out.” The CPIA works in tandem with the Rainbow Center and has been working more closely with the Athletic Department itself. The program has also introduced workshops into student athlete FYE courses.
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In this photo provided by ABC, NBA basketball veteran Jason Collins, left, poses for a photo with television journalist George Stephanopoulos, Monday, in Los Angeles.
“In the FYE courses, we do education about LGBT issues and athletics,” Hohmann said. Jason Collins has done several interviews since opening up about being gay, and he has rallied much support for his courage. Other openly gay celebrities have talked about the importance of role models for younger people that are afraid to come out. “I think it helps a lot to have people around them or that they look up to that are struggling with the same issues that they’re struggling with,” Hohmann said. Students and teammates display support when it comes to players deciding to no longer hide their sexual preferences. Kumar Rajendran, a 6thsemester physiology and neu-
robiology major, does not feel that people’s perceptions of athletes should change because they are gay. “It doesn’t matter as long as they play up to their potential,” Rajendran said. “They are like every other athlete.” He pointed out that the No. 1 draft pick in the WNBA said she was gay as well, and that homosexuality does not make you a better or worse player. It is not only the LGBT athletes that speak with the counselors. “I hear a lot of their teammates say, ‘Why didn’t you trust me enough to tell me?’” said Hohmann, “These teams are more like families, and I have to talk to the other athletes and say, don’t be offended, it is an internal struggle.”
UConn has been looking toward implementing more of the policies outlined on the Champions of Respect website, which advocates for the inclusion of LGBTQ student athletes and staff issues in NCAA programs. The goal of these programs is to provide athletics leaders, institutions and students with information, and to make best-practices policy recommendations regardless of anyone’s sexual preferences or gender identity expression. The policies aim to create a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for everyone and to address any issues of discrimination or harassment.
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After a busy day of classes, residents of The Oaks on The Square Apartments say they can’t wait to come home. UConn Students in the Oaks are gushing with praise over their “brand-new,” “spacious” and “comfortable” accommodations. “I chose to live here because it’s a new opportunity no one had ever done before,” said Amanda Mehtala, an 8th-semester French and history double major. The apartments in the Oaks are, in fact, a type of accommodation that was once foreign to UConn; never before have students living offcampus been able to both walk to classes and access a myriad of new shops and restaurants. The apartment complex, which opened in 2012 in the heart of Storrs Center, houses students in accommodations ranging from studios to three-bedroom, threebathroom suites. The apartments also boast laminate hardwood floors, 24/7 maintenance, security controlled access and a full kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances – rare luxuries for many college students renting their first apartment. Students unanimously agreed that the cost of living in The Oaks provided a better value due to the quality of the accommodations, the high number of amenities included, and the relatively low number of additional fees. However, apartments in The Oaks come with a one-year lease, meaning that students must pay rent during the summer months when their apartment is vacant. UConnowned apartments, such as Hilltop, Mansfield, and Charter Oak, come with a nine-month lease. The monthly rent for The Oaks
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Conn. renewable energy plan passes first test
HARTFORD (AP) — New rules for renewable energy use in Connecticut passed their first big test Wednesday when the state Senate approved legislation proposed by the governor to boost hydropower from Canada. The 26-6 vote was a defeat for environmentalists who fought Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration, demanding a greater reliance on smaller-scale wind and solar energy. “We should be able to get more renewable energy and get it at a cheaper rate,” Sen. Bob Duff, co-chairman of the legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee, said at the start of the Senate debate. Connecticut’s renewable energy portfolio, established in 1998, was intended to finance new and clean renewable power by guaranteeing markets. The portfolio standards require electric suppliers to use a certain percentage of renewable energy as part of the electricity they sell. Defining which forms of renewable energy – and how much of each – have been the focus of a fight between environmentalists and the Malloy administration. State Energy Commissioner Daniel Esty has said the renewable energy portfolio fails to support the cleanest possible renewable power. It relies too much on biomass plants in Maine and New Hampshire and landfill gas projects, primarily in New York, he said.
Malloy: School safety is a top priority in state
HARTFORD (AP) — School safety is “the next round” of priorities in response to the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday. “Ultimately, safety is a local issue,” he said, “so what we have to do is really get good at working together.” His comments came Wednesday at a public conference on school security at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. More than 400 people who work in or around schools attended the event, inspired by the massacre that resulted in the deaths of 20 first-graders and six educators. “We also learned other things about who we are, what we are, and how we can make our children and our families safer. That’s the next round in what we need to do,” Malloy said. “And as much of that as can be done needs to be done by September.”
Bill requires study of Conn. higher ed salaries
HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed legislation requiring the UConn Board of Trustees and Board of Regents to compare their administrators’ salaries to those paid at out-ofstate institutions. The bill, which passed on a 125-19 vote Wednesday, also requires administrator-to-faculty and administrator-to-student ratios be compared. Last fall, the embattled president and executive vice president of the Board of Regents resigned amid a public outcry over unauthorized pay increases for staff members totaling $250,000. The board, which governs 17 state institutions, is currently seeking a permanent president. House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr. voted against the bill. He said there’s nothing to stop either board from awarding higher-thanaverage salaries while cutting direct services to students. The bill now moves to the Senate for further action.
Clergy want lawmakers to raise minimum wage
HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is joining the Connecticut Council of Clergy in advocating for an increase in the state’s minimum wage. At a rally Wednesday on the steps of the state Capitol, Malloy reiterated his support for raising the current rate of $8.25 an hour to $9 over two years. Malloy said, “The time is now to get to this number.” While they welcomed his support, the clergy are backing a bill that would increase the wage to $9.75 by 2015. That bill also would link future rises to the Consumer Price Index. Rev. Sam Saylor of Hartford said the legislation will help struggling families earning minimum wage to “get a little closer to paying the bills.” Sprague Sen. Cathy Osten, co-chairman of the General Assembly’s labor committee, has said she hopes a compromise can be reached with Malloy.
Wesleyan officers fired, accused of voyeurism
MIDDLETOWN (AP) — Wesleyan University has fired two campus police officers who are accused of spying on a female student. Mike Whaley, the school’s vice president of student affairs, said in a statement that the officers are accused of “surreptitiously viewing and possibly video recording a female student in her residence.” The school notified students in an email Tuesday night, but did not identify the officers or where the voyeurism allegedly took place. The statement called the alleged voyeurism an intolerable breach of trust. The school says the officers are cooperating in a police investigation.
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Busy schedules may lead to lower participation from NEW, page 1 of bubbles and form spaces to fill in and knew that it would require some effort. “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” he said jokingly. This reflects the attitude of many UConn students, who have found themselves too busy completing last-minute assignments and studying for the final exams, which are less than a week away. The survey’s description says that it will take “approximately 15 minutes” to complete. With a typical five-class schedule, a student would be required to find an hour and 15 minutes of time to adequately fill out the surveys. For many students like Pfisterer, that simply is not an option. Taking the evaluations out of the classroom could prove to have a significant effect on the total number of students evaluating the faculty members on campus. The broader consequences of this have yet to be seen, but Nair’s comments emphasize the importance
of a high response rate. “We really encourage (students) to have their voices heard,” Nair said to UConn Today. “Their feedback is so crucial to course development and planning, and the university really counts on it.” While the student participation aspect remains a relevant question, the university has already experienced some problems with the online evaluation system thus far, which could complicate things further. An error in an official email from the student survey’s coordinator, Cheryl Williams, sent on April 28 told students the deadline for evaluation submissions was that night at 11:59 p.m., causing some individuals to scramble to complete their evaluations before the day’s end. A follow-up email sent April 30 corrected the earlier message, informing students of the actual deadline. “I understand how busy the final week of classes can be, but want to remind you of the opportunity to complete the Student Evaluation of
Courses and Teaching,” Williams said in the email. “There was an earlier email that went out with an incorrect date. Please note that the SET survey will be open until May 3 at 11:59 pm.” However, it is likely that not all students have seen the follow-up email regarding the Friday deadline, which could result in even lower participation. Furthermore, the Office of Institutional Research warned faculty members who planned to administer the survey in class, saying that survey outages were possible due to network capacity limits preventing some students from accessing the form. Professors were advised to give the survey in lab and discussion sections as opposed to large lectures, even going as far to suggest allowing students to use their mobile devices with wireless carrier network services to complete the survey. The university also fumbled the expected release date of the instructor reports, which will be the first indicator of how many
students participated in the online system. An email sent from the provost’s office initially said the reports would be released following finals weekend. This proved to be inaccurate, and the Office of Institutional Research was forced to release a statement on their website saying the reports would not be available until after semester grades have been finalized. Despite these difficulties, the system offer many potential advantages for the university’s differing departments. Many of these departments have sought to analyze a variety of statistics in the past, but the paper evaluation did not allow any flexibility. The online system, though, will eventually enable departments to create specialized questions, according to the Office of Institutional Research’s website. This will give them the opportunity to better refine the courses offered at the university.
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Despite some downfalls to The Oaks, no vacancies for 2014 from THE OAKS, page 1 is still high when compared to that of on-campus accommodations. The Oaks apartments start at $989 per month, while Mansfield Apartments, UConn’s least expensive apartment option, will cost roughly $838 per month for the 2013-2014 academic year. A four-bedroom, four-person apartment on campus in Hilltop or Charter Oak is about $1,152, which is still less than the $2,729 rate for a three-bedroom, threebathroom space in Storrs Center. Parking fees are not included in the monthly rent, and the availability of parking spaces can be
a hassle, student say. And while students praise the affordability of The Oaks now, the figure they’re currently paying is likely to change over the years to come, as rising insurance costs and new apartment units may contribute to a spike in rent. For the 2013-2014 academic year, residents estimated that the cost of an Oaks apartment would increase slightly – approximately $50 to $100. Additionally, the new apartment units, as well as the grocery store, health center and second UConn Co-op location being built nearby, cause a din of construction much like the one that pervades the UConn campus. For those craving the highly
social environment of dorm life, The Oaks may not be ideal. Most residents are juniors and seniors who have already established their groups of friends and are not actively seeking new ones, as in first- and second-year residence halls. “It’s definitely not as social, it’s not as interactive as the dorms,” said Allison Schilling, a communications major who decided to move off-campus after living in the Shippee residential dorms her freshman year. Despite the reduced amount of social activity among neighbors, residents are familiar with each other and maintain a sense of welcoming camaraderie. “It’s
a friendly environment,” said Jill Laferriere, an 8th-semester communication disorders and psychology double major. “You can make friends if you want to.” Life in Storrs Center is a new, unique and exciting experience for UConn students, offering convenience, amenities and accommodations that are difficult for competing housing types to emulate. The Oaks has no vacancies for 2013-2014. “I think this complex will be a really big deal for UConn and attract a lot of people,” 8thsemester allied health major Allie Cooper said.
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Texts, TV, then trouble for bombing suspect’s pals (AP) – Dias Kadyrbayev was driving back to his apartment when he got a call from a college buddy. A clearly anxious Robel Phillipos told him authorities had released photos of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers — and one of them looked very familiar. When he got home, Kadrybayev turned on the television to see a shaggy-haired Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his friend, classmate and, by then, one of the most wanted men in the world. That call set in motion a series of events that on Wednesday turned three college pals into key figures in one of the largest terrorist investigations ever on U.S. soil. According to an FBI affidavit based on interviews with all three men, this is how it played out. Kadyrbayev first met Tsarnaev in 2011, when they both started at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, south of Boston, near the base of Cape Cod. He told authorities he became “better friends” with the ethnic Chechen in spring 2012, and that he was a frequent visitor to the rundown Tsarnaev home in Cambridge. Kadyrbayev and fellow Kazakh, Azamat Tazhayakov, hung out together on and off campus with Tsarnaev. The three 19-year-olds often spoke Russian among themselves.
Kadyrbayev, an engineering major, was headed back to the New Bedford apartment that he and Tazhayakov shared when Phillipos called. It was April 18, three days since the twin bombings that killed three and wounded more than 260. When he saw the images of Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, Kadyrbayev texted his friend and told him that he looked a lot like the guy on the television. “lol” Dzhokhar replied, according to the FBI affidavit. Then Tsarnaev’s messages took on a more ominous tone. “you better not text me,” read one. “come to my room and take whatever you want,” read another. A month earlier, during a meal, Dzhokhar had apparently felt the need to tell his Russian-speaking chums that he’d learned how to make a bomb. Even so, Kadyrbayev told authorities he thought his friend’s texts were a joke. The Kazhaks and Phillipos, who’d attended the prestigious Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School with “Jahar,” as Dzhokhar was known, agreed to meet at Pine Dale Hall, their friend’s dorm. Phillipos, the 19-year-old son of a single mother, said he wanted to
rid of the evidence. Just in case the roommate thought he was “stealing or behaving suspiciously” by grabbing the backpack alone, Kadyrbayev decided to take Tsarnaev’s laptop as well. The three returned to the Kazhaks’ apartment and watched news reports of the intensifying
manhunt. They discussed what to do with Tsarnaev’s things. As the situation’s gravity began to sink in, Phillipos – whose own text to Tsarnaev went unanswered – said everyone “started to freak out,” according to authorities. The other two men began speaking to each other in Russian. Around 11 p.m., according to Phillipos, Kadrybayev broached the topic of ditching the stuff. Phillipos says he replied, “Do what you have to do,” then managed to drift off to sleep. When he awoke from his twohour nap, the backpack and computer were gone. By then, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was dead, cut down in a hail of police gunfire, then run over by his fleeing brother. Later that night, the three friends’ college buddy, bleeding from several gunshot wounds, surrendered from his hiding place under a tarp covering a boat in the backyard of a home in Watertown. On April 26, authorities found the backpack in a New Bedford landfill. According to the affidavit, it contained the emptied fireworks, a jar of Vaseline and a UMass-Dartmouth homework assignment sheet from a class in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently enrolled.
NEW YORK (AP) — Using a pulley system and sheer brawn, police removed a suspected 9/11 plane part from between two buildings near the World Trade Center site, and the medical examiner said no potential human remains had been found there. About a dozen officers raised the jagged, 255-pound metal piece, which contains cranks, levers and bolts from the ground. They took it over a three-story wall, lowered it into a courtyard and they carried it through the basement of a planned mosque, where it was discovered by an inspector last week. Onlookers across the street took pictures as they heaved it onto a truck taking it to a Brooklyn police facility. The process took about two hours. “It’s a piece of history, and we tried to preserve it as best we could,” said NYPD Deputy Chief William Aubry, who leads the forensic investigation division. Aubry said they didn’t do any damage to the piece when they moved it. The part was discovered a week ago, wedged in a narrow space between a luxury apartment building and the mosque that
prompted a national debate about Islam and freedom of speech because it’s located just blocks from the World Trade Center site. An inspector doing construction work at the mosque site noticed it from the rooftop. Authorities believe the rusted wing part is from one of the two hijacked airliners that brought down the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001. “It’s a pretty eerie feeling known that we’re here 11 years later removing that part,” Aubry said. The 5-foot piece was initially thought to be a piece of landing gear, but officials later determined it was a trailing edge flap support structure. Located close to the body of the plane, the part helps secure wing flaps that move in and out and aid in regulating speed. Boeing officials told police the part came from one of its 767 airliners, but it isn’t possible to determine which one. Both hijacked planes that struck the towers, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were Boeing 767s. American and United have had no comment.
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This courtroom sketch signed by artist Jane Flavell Collins shows defendants Dias Kadyrbayev, left, and Azamat Tazhayakov appearing in front of Federal Magistrate Marianne Bowler at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Mass., Wednesday.
see for himself whether the TV reports were true. Tsarnaev’s roommate let them in, saying they’d missed him by a couple of hours. According to Kadyrbayev, the trio decided to watch a movie (he didn’t specify which one). At some point, they noticed a backpack. Inside, they discovered more
than a half-dozen fireworks, each about 8 inches long, according to the affidavit. The black powder had been scooped out. Kadyrbayev said he knew instantly that his friend was indeed involved in the bombings. But instead of calling authorities, he told investigators he began thinking of ways to get
No remains found near suspected 9/11 airplane part
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Officials load a plane part believed to be from the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers that was discovered wedged between an apartment building and a mosque into a truck in New York, Wednesday.
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his past Spring Weekend marked a small but notable change from the administration’s approach over the past two years. No letters were sent to students’ parents asking them to make their children come home for the weekend, student organizations were allowed to host events and the administration encouraged students to engage in community service projects and other positive activities. These policy changes, along with a cultural shift among the student body, led to a successful Spring Weekend 2013. While certain restrictions are necessary, we believe that this year’s success is a reason to further loosen these restrictions for 2014. For years, Spring Weekend was a controversial and deeply ingrained part of UConn’s culture. While many students certainly enjoyed the weekend-long party that sometimes began as early as Wednesday, many others felt unsafe due to reckless behavior by their peers and the thousands of nonstudents who flocked to campus for the event. The administration’s main response was a massive police presence and the requirement for residential students to obtain passes for any guests. This all changed after Spring Weekend 2010, when UConn student Jafar Karzoun was killed by a non-student just off campus. The following year, the administration clamped down, asking students to go home for the weekend, only allowing residential students to host other residential students, prohibiting all events on campus and countless other restrictions. These policies made Spring Weekend 2011 and 2012 essentially nonexistent. After two straight years of these strict regulations, student leaders worked with the administration to begin a gradual transition of Spring Weekend back into a positive, UConnfocused event. It’s clear that the first step in this process was a big success. UConn police reported making only seven arrests last weekend – miniscule compared to the Spring Weekends of years past – and many even said it was quieter than a typical weekend. In 2014, this gradual loosening should continue. There are certain policies that could be changed in order to make the weekend more enjoyable, while maintaining public safety and ensuring that it remains exclusive to students. For example, the Department of Residential Life should allow residents to host any UConn Storrs student, rather than only those who also live on campus. It makes little sense to prohibit commuter students, some of whom live closer to campus than certain residential students, from visiting their friends who happen to live in UConn-owned dorms or apartments. Next year, the collective memory of the old Spring Weekend will have largely been erased. Current seniors, who experienced Spring Weekend 2010 as freshmen, will have graduated. With little first-hand knowledge of what Spring Weekend used to be, barring student who have extended their studies beyond four years, students will be free to define it for themselves. Through continued efforts by the student body, in cooperation with the administration, we can ensure that it grows into a positive, safe and fun event. The Daily Campus editorial is the official opinion of the newspaper and its editorial board. Commentary columns express opinions held solely by the author and do not in any way reflect the official opinion of The Daily Campus.
Is there any more snow left on campus? When I finally get a degree from this place, Step 1 will be to create a highly successful puppy picture Twitter account. Step 3 will be profit. I shall use my degree to figure out Step 2. Hey. You’re pretty. Just had my last pasta bar meal. Yup. This is what’s finally going to make me realize that I’m graduating. Don’t you suggest to me who I should follow Twitter. YOU DON’T KNOW MY LIFE. Holy crap seriously, where did all these “let’s go sit out on the grass” people come from?? Let’s pull a fast one on UConn and just have Spring Weekend this weekend. If I was president of this university my first order would be cleaning Mirror Lake so that days like this I can sprint out of class, take my shirt off and jump right in. Brb. Procrastinating.
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hanks for everything, UConn. I’ve arrived. After writing this column for two-and-a-half years it’s time to say goodbye as I prepare to leave my position at The Daily Campus, graduate and go off into the great unknown. I’ve been thinking for a while about what I should say to all of my loyal readers who have stuck with me once a week and read as I wrote about the things I love, the things I hate and everything in between. After everything I’ve experienced By Tyler McCarthy as a columnist for this paper and a Commentary Editor student at this university, only one thought comes to mind, a thought that every senior should express before he or she leaves: Thanks. Thanks to the educators who have made me the man I am today and taught me skills that I cannot wait to use in the real world. I haven’t the room to give all of you the individual thanks that you deserve, but I want everyone in the journalism department to know that I will perpetually attribute any success that I have in life to your work, brilliance and, above all else, patience. Thanks to the people who I’ve gotten close to throughout my time here. Thanks to the members of my improv group, the staff here at The Daily Campus or just the friends that I’ve picked up along the way. Anyone who says that college is about education and only education is a filthy liar, and they can’t be trusted. I cannot ade-
quately express my gratitude to all of the people who made me feel comfortable at my home away from home, both in times of happiness and those rare times of sadness. I’ve had the pleasure of breaking bread and having a drink with not only some of the smartest people in the world, but some of the kindest as well. I’m humbled every day by the amazing people that I’ve met during my time here and I can only hope that if you consider me a friend, I’ve done you proud in some way. Thanks, of course, to my wonderful family who, without realizing it, has driven me to strive for success and not be afraid of the challenges and opportunities that life throws my way. I’m well aware that paying for this great collegiate adventure was neither easy nor fun, but I also have no doubt that you’re the kind of people who would do it all again in a heartbeat just for me – don’t worry, I won’t ask you to. My family has been my safety net and my encouragement these past four years, but above all else, they’ve been my biggest fans. Thanks to The Daily Campus for giving me a job doing some of the best work that a person could ask for. Never in my life will I be as good of friends with my colleagues as I am with the phenomenally talented and ambitious writers, reporters, business workers and editors that make this paper a reality every day. I’m honored to count myself among the past, present and future editors of UConn’s greatest tradition. I can
only hope that the work I’ve done can contribute to this paper’s legacy. I’d also like to thank my amazing staff of commentary writers. Running this section is supposed to be hard ,but I can honestly say that thanks to you all, I’ve never felt that way. The DC, through this column and the radio show, has given me a voice capable of reaching this great community once a week for two-and-ahalf years, and I will forever be in debt to them for that. Finally, I’d like to thank you, the reader. Each week I’ve tried to write something to get you talking and thinking. I’ve shared things that upset me, things that I want to change and things that I feel deserve more love than they are getting. While I indulged myself, you were always there. Whether I saw you reading my column at the bus stop, whether you e-mailed me with feedback or praise, whether you told me in person that you’d read my work or whether you just visited the website without me knowing – you were there. You were there to keep the written word alive and give me a reason to come back, without fail, every week. I have had so much fun writing to you and I’m sad that it has to end. However, it’s time for me to go. So, I’ll leave you with this: Thanks, UConn.
“Only one thought comes to mind, a thought that every senior should express before he or she leaves: Thanks.”
Commentary Editor Tyler McCarthy is an 8thsemester journalism and English double major. He can be reached at Tyler.McCarthy@UConn.edu.
Media needs to tread carefully post-Collins
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hen Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay active player in the NBA and on a major American sports team, .he was met with an outpouring of support from teammates, coaches, politicians and many other Americans. To a certain By Kayvon Ghoreshi extent, it is Staff Columnist s o m e w h a t strange that Collins was the first major professional athlete to announce that he is gay, given that for weeks the media was circulating rumors of NFL players coming out. Regardless, Collins is a good first step in starting the conversation about gay professional athletes and how sexuality should not be a determinant of someone’s athletic ability or “toughness.” This brings us to the logical question of “what happens next?” Following Collins, the media needs to be very delicate in how it handles other active professional athletes coming out publicly. I think Collins’ decision may inspire other gay athletes to come out, since the pressure being first is some-
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what alleviated. There is no doubt that the media also thinks that more gay athletes will start publicly announcing their sexuality. And this part is where we need to tread carefully. While we may think that this is the perfect time for the athletes to come out, for them it could very well not be. Step into the shoes of one of the gay NFL players currently playing in the league. If you decide to come out, the whole world will know about it in an instant. While there will likely be plenty of support, there will also be detractors and people with less than favorable views of homosexuality. This includes the possible opinions of teammates and the treatment you may receive in the locker room. It is unfortunate that these gay athletes feel they need to hide, but we need to respect that personal decision. We cannot actively be pressuring these players to come out or make them feel that it is their obligation to do so in the wake of recent events. The media needs to respect their privacy, which it frankly hasn’t been doing so well. As previously mentioned, prior to the stories about
Collins, the media was abuzz about the possibility of active gay NFL players coming out. Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo initiated the interest when he said that four gay NFL players were close to coming out. This led to phone calls for players like former Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, an open supporter of marriage equality and gay rights, for comments on the situation. However, as Fujita pointed out, these reporters were much more interested in finding out if he knew who the players were. Now that the first gay athlete has come out, the media could very well pick up the search again for closeted athletes. I don’t blame the news for wanting to find out who the players are, as it would be a great breaking news story. But there is something very important we need to keep in mind. This isn’t reporting on potential trades or other transactions. This isn’t reporting on the extent of an athlete’s injury or their decision to retire. This is reporting on something that could drastically alter someone’s life. Do we really want the media pub-
lishing reports on how “Player X” is gay when the player may not be ready to say so themselves? If we want what is best for these players, the media needs to stop being so hyper attentive to the issue. I am sure that the gay community would love to have an active NFL player come out and provide a role model for young people that are struggling with their self-image, and I am sure that that day will come. However, there is a fine line between reporting the story and forcing people into telling their story. Jason Collins was a great first step for gay athletes, and we should be proud that we are getting to a point where athletes don’t feel the need to hide their sexuality. However, the most important thing the media can do now is nothing. It is better to allow other gay athletes reach their own decisions about coming out, rather than having them do so from outside pressure.
Staff Columnist Kayvon Ghoreshi is a 2nd-semester molecular and cell biology major. He can be reached at Kayvon.Ghoreshi@UConn.edu.
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An image from Electric Daisy Carnival 2010 in Las Vegas. Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electric dance music festival. It has been hosted in California, Colorodo, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Puerto Rico and now New York City. The 2013 lineup includes Afro Jack, Calvin Harris, Carl Cox, La Roux, Loco Dica, Empire of the Sun and Mark Knight. The two-day event will take place May 17 and 18.
By Joe O’Leary Focus Editor Looking for something different to do once school lets out? In two weekends, the home of the New York Mets, Citi Field in Queens, will play host to a decidedly different kind of home run: the lineup of the city’s 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival. Featuring dozens of electronic dance music artists, the two-day event will be held on May 17 and 18 in the heart of the city and is one of many shows the festival puts
on annually. The lineup in NYC this year is stacked, full of EDM musicians from lesser-known up-and-comers to huge names like Empire of the Sun (who just released new single “Alive” last week), “Bulletproof” singer La Roux, Dutch producer/ DJ Afrojack and “Feel So Close” and “Sweet Nothing” producer Calvin Harris. Not content with just the music, the EDC will also feature theatrical performances from costumed performers with mind-blowing special
effects, which are kept under wraps until the experience begins. One-day tickets for Friday (Saturday is sold out) start at $120 a pop, with full passes going for $215 before fees (which range from $13 to $24). Students looking to splurge on VIP tickets, which allow access to viewing decks, cash bars and separate entrances, can get the full experience for $320 or one-day passes for $200. New York is just one of the Carnival’s shows leading up to its main event, happen-
Utah NBC affiliate pulls gory ‘Hannibal’ TV show
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah has pulled the “Hannibal” TV show because of its graphic violence. The first three episodes of the serial-killer drama that aired on KSL-TV became increasingly graphic and “extremely gory,” drawing complaints from many viewers and rising eyebrows among station executives, said Tami Ostmark, KSL-TV vice president of marketing. KSL executives were somewhat uncomfortable with the “Hannibal” show after viewing the pilot and promos but decided to give it a chance, Ostmark said. “We knew it would be graphic,” Ostmark said. “But as the episodes went on, it just got more graphic and gory.” NBC declined comment Wednesday. “Hannibal” is the latest show the TV station — owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, which has its worldwide headquarters in Salt Lake City — has judged to be unsuitable for its audience. In the fall of 2012, the station opted not to run “The New Normal,” a sitcom about a gay couple who invites a surrogate mother into their home. Since 2002, the station hasn’t aired “Saturday Night Live.” KSL will fill its Thursday 9 p.m. time slot with a special edition of its newscast, Ostmark said. Utah residents will still be able to watch the show on Utah’s CW30 affiliate, which will air it Saturday at midnight, said Richard Doutre Jones, vice president and general manager of KTVX (the ABC affiliate) and KUCW (The CW affiliate). The CW30 also airs “The New Normal” and “Saturday Night Live.” Doutre Jones said there are many people that want to watch “Hannibal” and that since it’s at night, adults can make “adult choices” about what to watch, he said.
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This publicity image released by NBC shows Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in a scene from the TV series, “Hannibal,” airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC. NBC says it’s pulling the serial killer drama out of sensitivity to gore and violence.
“There are a lot of shows on a lot of stations and a lot of networks that are more gory and violent than Hannibal,” Doutre Jones said. “It’s a well-written, well-done show. I have no issue carrying the show.” The show is a prequel to the 1991 movie, “Silence of the Lambs,” in which actor Anthony Hopkins earned an Oscar for his role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatristturned-serial-killer. NBC pulled an episode of the show earlier this month out of sensitivity to recent violence, including the Boston bombings. The episode featured a character who brainwashes children to kill other children. KSL’s Facebook page shows the decision to yank Hannibal has mixed support. Many applaud the station for protecting them and
their children from stumbling on to the graphic violence, but others criticize the station for censorship and point out that viewers can change the channel if they don’t like a show. KSL-TV isn’t coming under as much fire as it did in August 2012 when it opted not to air “The New Normal.” At the time, executives said the program was inappropriate to air during family viewing time, the dialogue was excessively rude and crude and the scenes were too explicit. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation sharply criticized KSL’s decision, and NBC defended the program, noting it makes “a statement about the changing definition of the nuclear family.”
ing in Las Vegas the weekend of June 21. Other EDC events this year take place in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, London in late July, Puerto Rico in September and Orlando, Fla. in November. The headline Vegas shows have grown in recent years, with last year’s festival attracting more than 300,000 people to Nevada. The New York festival is 18+, an unfortunate sideeffect of the EDM scene’s drug influences. Though the EDC has been running since 1997 around the world, recent
years have seen controversial deaths from drug overdoses ,including a 15-year-old girl at a 2010 Los Angeles show and a University of Arizona student at the Vegas event last June. As a result, EDC coordinators have put steps into place to ensure the safety of patrons; a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and narcotics will be in place at Citi Field, according to the festival’s website, with plenty of safety personnel on hand to assist patrons.
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PepsiCo pulls Mountain Dew ad amidst complaints NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women. The soda and snack food company said it immediately pulled the 60-second spot after learning that people found it was offensive. The ad was part of a series developed by African-American rapper Tyler, The Creator, and depicted a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men. A goat character known as Felicia is included in the lineup and makes threatening comments to the woman, such as “Ya better not snitch on a playa” and “Keep ya mouth shut.” The woman eventually screams “I can’t do this, no no no!” and runs away. The word “do” is in apparent reference to the soft drink’s “Dew It” slogan. Mountain Dew, known for its neon color and high caffeine content, is generally marketed to younger men and sometimes attempts to have edgier ads. But the controversy over its latest spot illustrates the fine line that companies must walk when trying to be hip. In fact, Mountain Dew also was criticized recently because of its endorsement deal with Lil Wayne, whose rap lyrics compared a rough sex act to the tortuous death of Emmett Till, a black teen who was murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Last month, Reebok also ended its rela-
tionship with Rick Ross after he rapped about giving a woman a drug to have his way with her. Laura Ries, president of Ries & Ries, a marketing firm based in Atlanta, said companies that want the “street cred” of a celebrity may end up losing control of the message they want to convey. If PepsiCo had created an ad for Mountain Dew, for example, she said it might not have been considered edgy or cool. But by handing over control to a celebrity, she said the company ran the risk of having an ad that wasn’t appropriate. PepsiCo Inc., based in Purchase, N.Y., said it understood how the ad could be offensive. “We apologize for this video and take full responsibility,” the company said in an updated statement late Wednesday afternoon. “We have removed it from all Mountain Dew channels and Tyler is removing it from his channels as well.” Jen Ryan, a spokeswoman for PepsiCo, said the company learned from its consumer relations team on Tuesday that people found the ad offensive. She declined to explain the approval process for the ad but said it was never meant to run on TV. A publicist for Tyler, the Creator did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. His raps have been criticized for being misogynistic and homophobic at times but he has also expressed support for the singer Frank Ocean, who revealed he was bisexual.
Because this is my last column of the year, I thought an appropriate way to sum it all up was to write about endings. In my opinion, endings are the most difficult part of a story to write, for a lot of reasons. Some people, like me, love a good ending and are sorely disappointed when the ending of a beloved story doesn’t meet their expectations (like the “Harry Potter” epilogue). Others, like the Doctor from “Doctor Who,” hate endings and will forever be disappointed that the story has to come to a close. A big part of a story’s success as a work of quality literature depends on the ending. So, how does one write a satisfying ending? The primary purpose of an ending is to provide some measure of closure. An ending should tie up any loose ends that may still be floating around, and a good ending leaves the reader with both a sense of loss and of acceptance. Closure provides those things. If your story ends with the tyrant being toppled, ways to close up the story include exposition about the world after the tyrant’s rule, the protagonist’s mindset now that his greatest enemy is defeated or the tried and a true “happily ever after” moment. But closure in and of itself isn’t what makes an ending. When closure happens but it’s not done well, a cop-out is born. Again, the epilogue of the last “Harry Potter” book is a good example, but I also think that the ending of the “Hunger Games” trilogy suffered from a similar problem. Often, an ending where everything ends up nice and perfect falls into this category. It is especially true in the case of stories with particularly dystopian settings, as an “all’s well that ends well” ending can feel jarring and unbelievable. One ending that I particularly like is the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy ending; the tyrant is defeated, but the protagonist must say goodbye to his friends forever. That isn’t to say that a happy ending can’t be successful. By and large, most stories that have enjoyed popularity throughout the ages have happy endings, with the obvious exception of tragedies. Tragedies by definition end badly for the characters involved. What sets them apart is the manner and meaning of the ending. In Shakespeare’s “Othello,” the tragedy is emphasized when Othello realizes his grievous error and takes his own life. Tragedy need not end in death, however. In Oedipus, Oedipus gouges out his eyes when the prophecy is fulfilled, providing the reader with a wonderful sense of the consequences of hubris. That being said, what determines a good ending is circumstantial. There is no formula for a good ending for every type of story. But what we can do, as both writers and as college students trying to eke out an existence in our world of finals and internships and deadlines, is just let the best, most natural ending come about.
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LL Cool J’s comeback album isn’t exactly ‘Authentic’
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Rap and R&B veteran LL Cool J has returned to the game with his April 2013 comeback album, “Authentic.” A longtime master of musical diversity, LL has always seemed to balance the soft with the hard, beginning with rap in his early days and gradually displaying his jazzier, smoother abilities throughout the last two decades. He was one of the primary hip-hop and R&B solo figures of the 1990s, while also producing some of the smoothest collaborations ever. His otherwise enduring and enviable career has seemed to have taken a strange turn in the goofiest direction possible. The 45-year-old’s spontaneous release will probably surprise many, as will his attempted topic choice. Admittedly, the first track, titled “Bath Salts,” is strange. Fitting for some type of grand theft auto scene in a movie, the song’s production nowhere near fits the lyrics. At first glance, it seems to be a song reminiscent of his often sexual themes; but to our surprise, it really is about bath salts, rapped and sung about with the truest grit and anger. Perhaps the meaning is too deep for understanding. Between lyrics, he tributes girl group Salt ‘N’ Pepa with a phrase from their signature jam, “push it real good.” He ends with a set of repeated lines, saying “Lookin’ kinda salty over there.” The song that rendered me speechless. One cannot specify what has prompted such an intro for an EP. The following track, “Not Leaving You Tonight,” features
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“Between the Sheetz” - LL Cool J ft. Mickey Shiloh soul-powered group Fitz and the Tantrums, who both enhance the song and upstage LL Cool J himself. Their vocals are accentuated by individual design, but all work in sync to deliver the perfect hook. The result is worthy of goosebumps and auspiciously earns listener’s forgiveness for the preceding track. Several guest appearances occur on the record. Features are comprised of a melting pot of artists: Seal, Brad Paisley, Monica and even Eddie Van Halen. “New Love” is another – thank goodness – solid tune. This is the old LL we love, combined with a similarly awesome voice, Charlie Wilson, an R&B/neo-soul-sounding artist which many haven’t yet heard. Snoop Dogg (now Snoop Lion) appears on “We Came to Party,” which to our dismay, sounds a little
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The cover of LL Cool J’s 13th studio album, “Authentic.” This is his first album since 2008’s “Exit Thirteen,” and features guest appearances from Seal and Snoop Dog, among others.
frightening. Snoop’s rapping is still quite intact, but the beat upon which his and LL’s vocals are laid is messy and disconcerting. He later makes a second appearance on “Bartender Please,” which has the same vibe. We witness LL Cool J’s attempt at what he usually does best: the slow jam. But it fails to make a positive impression. “Between the Sheetz,” which features Mickey Shiloh, comes nowhere close to classics like “Loungin’” (1995), “Doin’ It” (1996) or other favorites. The factor missing is almost purely instrumental. Production, as music fans know, is as important as the
words spoken on it. In the past, LL Cool J has successfully produced all-around quality R&B, encompassing smoothness, dance floor appeal and everything in between. In this new song, what we have is not a bad song, but a lack of a good one. Maybe it’s a lack of ideas, aging, shoddy producers or a combination of the three. It seems that LL is missing something; we sure hope he finds it. I admit, despite my longtime LL Cool J fan status, that this one gets tossed.
Alkaline Trio ‘tread familiar ground’ on eighth studio album Emily.Herbst@UConn.edu
By Anthony Glaser Campus Correspondent
Continuing the trend of supplementing album tracks with worthwhile bonuses, Alkaline Trio released its eighth full-length album, “My Shame is True,” concurrently with four-song EP “Broken Wing,” a 7” limited to 1,500 copies. Notably, all four songs appear on iTunes, comprising a deluxe digital version of “My Shame is True,” although no physical release contains all 16 new songs. Alkaline Trio treads familiar ground on “My Shame is True” and “Broken Wing,” the third and fourth releases for Epitaph Records imprint Heart & Skull, but the band’s approach is less an intentional revisitation of its roots and more the natural extension of its members’ recent punk rock leanings. 2010’s “This Addiction” wholeheartedly embraced the band’s roots. Returning to its hometown of Chicago to record with Matt Allison, who engineered much of Alkaline Trio’s earliest work, the band was moderately successful at recapturing the sound that defined its late-90s incarnation – simpler riffs, faster tempos, unembellished production, and alcohol- and depression-fueled subject matter. The album was comparatively straightforward after 2008’s glossy major-label debut “Agony and Irony” and 2005’s sprawling “Crimson.” But while those albums were pivotal in bringing Alkaline Trio to new chapters creatively, “My Shame is True” is neither a reinvention nor an homage to past work; it’s a stall in momentum.
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Alkaline Trio performing at the House of Blues in San Diego, California on July 20, 2011. Band members include singer/guitarist Matt Skiba, drummer Derek Grant and singer/bassist Dan Andriano.
“My Shame is True” is a by-thenumbers Alkaline Trio album, but this is not entirely a fault. Songs are generally likable and catchy enough to ignore their formulaic structures, and the predictable synths scattered throughout are, thankfully, downplayed. Part of this may be attributed to Bill Stevenson’s fantastic production. Stevenson, who has previously lent his talent and studio to bands like Propagandhi and Off With Their Heads, keeps these songs grounded. Effects, like the distorted vocals of “I Wanna Be a Warhol,” are used sparingly, and the mixing is welldone. “Only Love,” in particular, is so densely layered and dynamic that it brings to mind the masterful work of the late Jerry Finn. “My Shame is True” lacks most of the wit and clever wordplay of previous albums, and instead falls victim to some clichés and lyrical shortcuts. “The plot, it thickens and grows,” sings Matt Skiba on “The Torture Doctor,” with a redundancy whose only purpose is to match the meter and rhyme scheme of the preceding line. “She Lied to the FBI,” meanwhile, is an endearing tale of
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romantic betrayal in the wake of an unsuccessful heist, but the song fails to elaborate beyond its initial premise. Alkaline Trio’s characteristic sincerity remains, even in spite of the album’s lyrical shortcomings. “Until Death Do Us Part” is a traditional album closer, complete with a brooding, acoustic guitar-driven intro, an anthemic chorus and the line, “Goodbye for now.” Here, however, the 37-year-old Skiba wears his heart on his sleeve, and the ballad conveys a genuine sense of longing for fan approval. There is also a recurring theme of regret throughout the record, as well as a healthy dose of self-deprecation. “There just ain’t words to say how sorry I am for acting like a school boy trapped in a man,” remarks Skiba on “One Last Dance.” Although “My Shame in True” contains an expected distribution of Skiba and Andriano tracks – eight and four, respectively – the unusual sequencing of two back-to-back Andriano songs midway through leaves the record more noticeably uneven. While “Broken Wing” is the first Andriano-centric release in Alkaline Trio’s discography, Skiba’s
“Pocket Knife” standing among four of the band’s most impressive songs in nearly a decade, the other three of which Andriano fronts. “Balanced on a Shelf” revisits the post-punk textures of “Crimson,” with a throbbing bass line and reverberating guitar riffs. And “Pocket Knife,” easily the fastest Alkaline Trio song in recent years, is a punchy song with wonderfully macabre lyrics, and would not have sounded out of place on 2001’s From Here to Infirmary. The title track and “Sun Burns,” meanwhile, conclude the record with warm guitar and vocal melodies, phenomenal drumming and heartfelt, life-affirming lyrics. It’s not unfathomable why these four songs were relegated to B-side status. They’re not instantly memorable, and none of them would make much sense as a single. But these songs shine in their subtlety, with nuances in each – be it a chord progression or a specific verse – that might remind the listener of why he or she fell in love with Alkaline Trio to begin with.
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Though I won’t have my writing displayed on the right side of this page every Thursday, I’m sure that I’ll continue listening, thinking and writing about music in some capacity in the future. But in case I never scribble another word about the acoustic sounds that people scratch into plastic circles, here’s what I’ll likely consider in the coming weeks, months and years. I know for a fact that I’ll cringe the next time I hear Kendrick Lamar jump on some other artist’s lead single. “[Expletive] Problems” bumps, and the “How Many Drinks” remix with Miguel was solid, but if he keeps this up, Kendrick is destined to flood the market with his voice and flow. The Weeknd’s first three mixtapes were mind-blowingly good. However, it’s been nearly 18 months since we’ve heard anything new out of Abel Tesfaye. Under the watchful eye of a major label and without the friendship of his former co-signer Drake, will the Weeknd fulfill his potential or will he crash and burn? I have no concerns that Drake will survive without Abel, but whether Abel survives after severing his friendship with Toronto’s founding father of hip-hop remains in my mind one of 2013’s great questions. The grapevine says that Kanye West has played his completed sixth album for Def Jam, and I’m intensely curious. I’ve bashed him for his childish antics and have despised him from selling out on his last two collectives, but I still have hope for his next solo project. I’m curious to know what rap’s biggest name has cooked up for this summer. I’m not sure whether he’ll continue his sell-out skid or build on the success of his five existing solo albums, but I have a feeling this one might be sink or swim; it’s time for Kanye to become a legendary musician or drown in a sea of his own distracting ego, age and immaturity. Kid Cudi never released a successful follow-up to “Man on the Moon: The End of Day,” Wiz Khalifa never could surpass his “Kush & OJ” mixtape, Lil Wayne’s on the down and out and Lupe Fiasco has been slipping since “The Cool.” There exists a huge void in hip-hop for talented artists with mass appeal, and many candidates seem poised to launch themselves into the top tier of artists. The hole has remained unfilled for a while now and yet no one seems ready to make the leap. “Who is next?” I keep asking myself. Will it be Schoolboy Q, Mac Miller, Big Sean or Chance the Rapper? I’m not sure, but we’re due for a big surprise in 2013. I’ll admit that I’ve never really understood Odd Future. I’ve always understood their importance, but they for me, they suffer from the same illness that mars J.Cole’s music. They sound at times boring, uninspired and generic. Rarely does any inkling of strong voice or character bleed through their music. At this point, Tyler reads like yesterday’s news (though his production of late is shockingly impressive) and Frank Ocean is an international star. In 2013, I’m looking straight at Earl Sweatshirt. He’s very talented and very young, and thus far, has surrounded himself with solid people. I’m curious to see what he can produce this year and beyond. Finally, what’s become of the South? With the ATLiens seemingly light-years from a reunion, the story raps and funk sounds of old seem to have given way to the simplicity and noise of posttrap rappers like 2 Chainz and Trinidad James. Is there even room
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Paramilitary soap Van Gogh Museum reopens opera stirs dispute in Colombia with new display
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Visitors look at paintings by Van Gogh, “Sunflowers” and “La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle); Augustine Roulin” at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with “Van Gogh At Work,” an exhibition that shows the famously tortured artist’s working methods right down to his paints, brushes and other tools. Appropriately, the final painting curators hung Wednesday was a selfportrait in which Vincent Van Gogh painted himself behind a canvas, brushes and palette in hand. Nearby, on loan from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, are an actual palette and paints that Van Gogh used. Marije Vellekoop, head of collections, said they were preserved by Dr. PaulFerdinand Gachet, the physician who treated the artist in the final months before his 1890 suicide. Although Van Gogh received little acclaim during in his life and sold few paintings, Gachet decided to hold on to some of his patient’s tools. “Van Gogh’s star was starting to rise, and there had been an exhibition of his work,” Vellekoop said. “Dr. Gachet saw his quality, or perhaps he had some vision of the future.” In all, 145 paintings and sketches are on display, almost double the museum’s usual collection. A highlight is the dis-
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play of two versions of Van Gogh’s famed yellow “Sunflowers,” hung on either side of a green-dominated portrait he painted known as “La Berceuse.” In a surviving letter, Van Gogh indicated that he intended the paintings, which usually hang in three different museums, to be displayed that way. The museum displays a replica of part of the letter, which shows sketches of the three paintings in miniature. Other displays show how Van Gogh, rather than being a self-taught genius as is sometimes thought, was a late starter who worked extremely hard to master his craft in the decade before his death at age 37. In many of his best-known works, he employed tools to help him render perspective correctly, with varying results. Some displays show the progression from a sketched idea in Van Gogh’s notebook to larger study to completed painting — such as the 1888 “Fishing Boats on the Beach of Les SaintesMaries-de-la-Mer.” Among the more surprising elements on display are copies that Van Gogh made of originals by other artists in order to practice different styles and techniques. One such piece is a large color replica of a Japanese print. It closely resembles the original on
which it is based, but with Van Gogh’s trademark thick brush strokes. The reopening of the museum is something of a milestone for Amsterdam’s cultural scene: with it, all three of the city’s biggest art museums are open for the first time in years. The Stedelijk, or city museum, known for modernist art by Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld and Willem de Kooning, in addition to many of their non-Dutch contemporaries, opened in September after a lengthy expansion. The Rijksmuseum, or national museum, which houses national treasures and many of the greatest masterpieces of painters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer and Jan Steen, opened in April after an epic 10-year, topto-bottom overhaul. Alterations at the Van Gogh were more modest, with fire and safety improvements, new floors and new paint. But the museum, which receives a million visitors a year and is known for long lines, has also instituted a new Internet reservation system that aims to smooth the flow of traffic over the day.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father. At the burial shortly afterward, amid tears and embraces, the brothers vow vengeance against the leftist rebels who kidnapped and killed him. It’s a crucial moment in a Colombian paramilitary soap opera that has stirred unprecedented controversy by dramatizing — and some say romanticizing — the career of the Castano brothers, central figures in the creation of the country’s murderous far-right militias. While founded to fight leftist guerrillas, the United SelfDefense Forces of Colombia evolved into criminal gangs, enriched by drug trafficking, that killed thousands and stole land from tens of thousands more, colluding with scores of prominent politicians. The soap opera is called “Three Cains,” an allusion to the Biblical story of Cain slaying his brother Abel, in part because Vicente Castano had his brother Carlos murdered in 2004. A grassroots campaign against the show, which runs on the Mundo Fox cable channel in the United States and RCN in Colombia, also has raised questions about a whole genre of Colombian TV series that focuses on the country’s top drug traffickers. Some say such shows glorify killers while minimizing victims. “It’s clear that those topics have to be dealt with. The question is, why treat them from the point of view of Cain and not Abel?” said Daniel Naranjo, who with three friends launched a Facebook campaign promoting an advertising boycott against the series that has gained thousands of supporters. Instead of focusing on the Castano brothers, or the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, he asked, why not instead focus on their victims? “Three Cains” portrays the brothers in their loves as well as their conflicts — aspects of their lives that were sometimes entangled, at least on the screen, as they sent killers after romantic rivals or those who betrayed them. The first few weeks also have traced the Castanos’ secret alliance with police and soldiers to attack Escobar and his allies. Less detail so far has been given to incidents such as the January 1990 Pueblo Bello
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In this 2012 promotional file photo provided by RCN Television, actor Julian Roman poses in character as Carlos Castano for the television series “Tres Caines,” or “Three Cains.”
massacre, in which the brothers’ gang kidnapped 43 peasants, loaded them into trucks, hauled them away to a family ranch and killed them, according to the Inter-American Human Rights Court. The Castanos allegedly believed at least some of the villagers had aided rebels who had stolen cattle from them. Among the dead was Wilson Fuentes, a 45-year-old banana farmer and rancher. For his daughter Katy, who was 14 when her father was seized, the series is an affront. “It makes me re-live that moment,” she said. “What it does is re-victimize us ... It’s a lack of respect for the victims.” Her father’s body, like most of those slain, was never found, and the possible explanations say much about the Castanos’ reputation. “There are many versions,” Fuentes said. “Supposedly they had an oven; they tossed them in the oven and they were incinerated.
Other versions say they had some lions and they gave them to the lions to eat. Others say they threw them into the Sinu River.” “The truth, nobody knows,” said Fuentes. “Or if they know, they do not want to say.” The fate of two of the Castanos themselves is a mystery as well. While Carlos was killed in 2004, just as the paramilitaries were disbanding as part of a peace deal with the government, Fidel and Vicente both disappeared under murky circumstances. Carlos had long maintained that Fidel died in combat in the 1990s but no corpse was ever recovered. Vicente’s fate is unknown. While some earlier TV series generated protests, the campaign against “Three Cains” is the first to prompt sponsors such as the Falabella chain of stores and Nivea cosmetics to pull backing from a show, local media analysts say.
K.R.I.T back in the rap game
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for honest, complex, intelligent and unique voice in today’s rap game? If there is, look for Big K.R.I.T. to occupy it. K.R.I.T. has now dropped four stellar mix-tapes in as many years, and though his studio debut last June was disappointing, his return to form on April’s “King Remembered in Time” shows that he’s still got the gift. Though I’m skeptical he’ll ever become a national star, I hope that he receives the recognition he’s earned while continuing to speak truth. They say that every year is a good year if you’re a die-hard fan. While Mets and Jets fans might take offense at that adage, as a Giants fan and music man, I couldn’t agree more. I’m graduating, yes, but the clock will continue ticking, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what the coming weeks, months and years will bring both through my speakers and outside them.
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Mirror lake makes a very lovely Springtime landscape with its fountains and tall grass.
Froot Buetch by Brendan Nicholas and Brendan Albetski
Lazy Girl by Michelle Penney
Horoscopes
by Brian Ingmanson
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You present a solid case with well-documented facts by credible sources. Edit for simplicity, almost to minimalism. Get down to basics. Explore after hours. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Being interested makes you interesting. Confide to someone you love. A benefactor appears on the scene. Explore every lead, and publicize financial gains. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Use what you’ve acquired to go further. Discussion expands opportunities. Your partner loves extravagant gestures right about now. Devote some attention to what they want. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Cast the net wide. There’s no shortage of information; the more diverse the better. Share that big picture story with others, and infuse it with optimism. It contributes. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Your earlier thriftiness paid off. Spend a bit extra now for quality. Facilitate creativity in others by sharing your favorite projects and mentors. What you need comes. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You move rapidly through new material. Develop a plan that uses it in a powerful way. Friends ask for your opinion. Give it straight but without gossip or insult. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Keep to the highest standards. It makes a difference. Perfection leads to abundance. Let people know what you’re up to, and find out their passions. Explore. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Ride today’s roller-coaster like you’ve never ridden it before, with the thrill of anticipation and the reward of accomplishment. Accept a friend’s encouragement. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Money may be tight now. Focus on the abundance rather than the limitations. If a door closes and another one opens, don’t be afraid to step outside. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Your self-confidence could take a punch. Get back on the horse and ride into the sunset. Time outdoors recharges your batteries. Plant a tree. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Don’t spend your earnings before you’ve collected them. You can handle all the work that comes at you and more, even if you have to delegate. Do the math. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Do the work with loving support and succeed. Plant a harvest for the future or a tree that will give shade to future generations. Listen to suggestions.
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Celtics stay alive, beat Knicks to force Game 6
NEW YORK (AP) — Back bench. in the series, now back to Jeff Green scored 18 points Boston. and Paul Pierce had 16 as he The Celtics, winners of the and Garnett, the two franchise most NBA championships, stalwarts, extended this season are two victories from making — and perhaps their Celtics more history. careers — at least one more Kevin Garnett had 16 game. points and 18 rebounds and Carmelo Anthony scored 22 the Celtics stayed alive in the points but was just 8 of 24 in NBA playoffs, cutting the New another dismal shooting night York Knicks' lead to 3-2 with for the Knicks, who blew a big a 92-86 victory Wednesday lead in this game and now the night. series. They face an unwanted The Celtics will host Game trip back to Boston instead of 6 on Friday night, needing two the rest this aging roster could victories to become the first surely use before the second NBA team to overcome a 3-0 round. deficit to win a series. If they get there. "We just wanted to keep it "I think we're fine," Knicks going," Brandon Bass said. coach Mike Woodson said. Bass added 17 points, steady- "Sure we would've loved to ing Boston as it shook off an close it out and move on, but 11-0 deficit and pulled away nobody said it would be easy." in the second half to stop the The Celtics were the first of Knicks again from achieving the eight NBA teams that have their first playoff series victory come from 3-1 down, beating since 2000. Philadelphia in 1968, "We didn't panic and put themselves and that's someon the short list thing we've done, teams that have Boston 92 of but we didn't," coach erased a 2-0 deficit Doc Rivers said. "I New York 86 the next year in the thought once the NBA Finals. game got back to that So perhaps it five, six area, our guys were would be fitting if they were good again." the first to overcome 3-0. J.R. Smith, back from his "I think so. I mean, I think one-game suspension for that would be wonderful, and elbowing Jason Terry with the someone's going to do it and Knicks way ahead late in Game I want it to be us, obvious3, missed his first 10 shots and ly, since that's the situation finished 3 of 14 for 14 points. we're in," Rivers said before Terry also scored 17 off the the game. "Someone will do it,
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and I really want to be a part of that." He's still got a chance. The Knicks limited the Celtics to 75 points per game while winning the first three, and nearly came back to win Game 4 on Sunday even without Smith. So they felt good even after missing their first chance to wrap it up. Though few of these players were here for the streak, the Knicks were perhaps a bit overconfident leading into the game for a franchise that before last year had lost an NBA-record eight straight postseason games. Smith said Tuesday he'd have been playing golf instead of practicing had he played in Game 4, and players wore black to the game Wednesday as if they were heading to the Celtics' "funeral." The Celtics didn't like it, with reserve Jordan Crawford exchanging words with Anthony and Raymond Felton after the final buzzer. Forget the funeral. The Celtics are still very much alive. Smith finally made a 3-pointer to end his drought, and then another cut what had been a 15-point Boston lead to 88-83 with 1:05 remaining. But Garnett made a jumper, then knocked down two free throws to clinch it. The Knicks were just 5 of 22 from 3-point range, which
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Kevin Garnett (5) and forward Paul Pierce (34) double-team New York Knicks forward Iman Shumpert (21) in the second half of Game 5.
looked worse until Smith hit three late ones. The Sixth Man of the Year received a loud ovation when he went to check in during the first quarter, but heard a few boos by the third. They will likely be deafening on Friday, the kind usually reserved in Boston for a Lakers player. By the time Anthony drove right into the middle of the lane for a dunk that made it 11-0, the Celtics already had three
turnovers. But Bass made a pair of free throws and then a dunk to settle them down. He added five more points in the period as Boston climbed within 22-20 even though Pierce missed all six shots in a scoreless 12 minutes. He made a 3-pointer shortly after returning from a break in the second, and another gave the Celtics their first lead at 34-33 with 5:46 remaining in the half. Then Garnett had two
baskets in an 8-0 run that gave Boston a 42-37 advantage, and the Celtics walked off at halftime to mostly stunned silence within Madison Square Garden with a 45-39 lead. The second halves had belonged to the Knicks in the series, but the Celtics remained steady in the third quarter, opening a 69-60 lead on Terry's 3-pointer with 41 seconds left, and pushed it to 75-60 early in the fourth.
Spurs lock up first spot in Western Conference semifinals By Eddie Leonard NBA Western Conference Columnist San Antonio vs. Los Angeles As predicted, the Spurs handled the Lakers fairly easily by sweeping them out of the postseason for the first time since 1967. If you asked me a year ago if the Clippers could be the last LA team standing in the post-season, I would say they didn’t have a chance. The city of Los Angeles is baffled that the Lakers put together a superstar lineup, but were unable to do anything productive with it. The Spurs are playing great basketball right now, and they appear to be on a collision course with OKC for the Western Conference title. They are healthy, and since they have Gregg Popovich as a coach, they are definitely well rested. This rest helps players like Tim
Duncan, who just turned 37, play like he is in the prime of his career again. My closing thoughts on this series are that for the Lakers, D’Antoni will be fired. He has lost 15 of his last 16 playoff games. Essentially, he is the polar opposite of Phil Jackson. For the Spurs, the series is just another first rounder in the books. The four-time champion, Popovich, could lead his team to the second round in his sleep. Oklahoma City vs. Houston This series is a lot closer than it looks, but let’s start from the beginning. OKC blew out the Rockets in game one, but less than three points decided the next three games. Game Two was very close, but the Thunder escaped with a 105102 win to take a 2-0 lead in the series. When the series shifted to Houston, things got interesting. Game Three had two huge
headlines. The first was that Westbrook tore his meniscus and was ruled out for the rest of the playoffs. But this didn’t play that much of a role in the game itself. The game was decided by perhaps the luckiest shot you will ever see. Kevin Durant hit a three when OKC was down by two with under a minute left. The shot bounced about six feet above the backboard, came down, bounced another three feet, then miraculously rattled in. This was the luckiest shot since the legendary Paul Pierce’s fortunate ten-foot free throw rim bounce to win Game Seven against the Cavaliers in 2008. These types of shots, as heartbreaking as they are, happen often, and you have to live with them. The Rockets showed great resilience by living with it, by pulling out a win in Game Four despite Kevin Durant’s one-man rodeo performance
in the Lone Star state. The Thunder could have won the game and finished the series, but Serge Ibaka missed a put back bunny to send the game to overtime as time expired. Serge, just be thankful you can play defense. Golden State vs. Denver The Warriors have taken a shocking 3-2 series lead on the third-seeded Denver Nuggets. The series, believe it or not, has turned out to be one of the most physical series we have seen in the playoffs thus far. Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets had a very dirty play in the Game Five on Steph Curry that has caused the series to explode in physicality. Curry was innocently jogging down the lane, and Faried stuck his leg out and kicked Curry’s well-known weak, tissue-like ankle. Mark Jackson, the coach of the Warriors, was furious,
and said that the Nuggets had “some dirty plays.” I agree with Jackson. I have no problem with a nice hard hack when a player is driving to the hoop, but when you go out of your way to try to injure another player, that calls for a suspension. Faried should be suspended for Game Six, which will take place in Oakland. If he is not suspended, look for Curry and the Warriors to come out with a fiery intensity, trying to close the series on their home court. Los Angeles vs. Memphis When I last wrote about this series, it was 2-0 in favor of the Clippers. However, I predicted the series would go seven because both of these teams are great home teams and the series is even down to the wire. And wouldn’t you know it, the Grizzlies won the next three games and have taken a 3-2 series lead. Game Five was very
meaningful game in the series, not only because a road team won the game, but because Blake Griffin left the game with a ankle injury in the third quarter. Griffin is a huge part of the Clippers team and he will need to be there in Game Six if the Clippers want to stay alive. There is no one else that can match up with Zach Randolph. Randolph dropped 25 points in Game Five. However, 10 of them were in the fourth quarter after Griffin left. Imagine what he can do to the Clippers in a full game without Griffin. If Griffin cannot play, Chris Paul will need to assert himself in a pure scoring role, and hope they can find a defensive answer for Zeebo in an elimination Game Six.
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Cano homers, Yankees hold off Astros
NEW YORK (AP) — Robinson Cano homered and Eduardo Nunez scored the tiebreaking run after a sixthinning double to send the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 5-4 on Wednesday night. Ben Francisco hit his first home run for New York and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead. Ichiro Suzuki's double-play grounder put the Yankees ahead and they held on to take two of three games in a series between the teams with the highest and lowest payrolls in the majors. The active roster New York took into opening day added up to $233 million in salaries, dwarfing a $22 million total for the rebuilding Astros. Still, the banged-up Yankees, missing a cadre of injured All-Stars, didn't have an easy time scratching out two wins after Houston rolled to a 9-1 rout Monday night. With the score tied 4-all, Nunez doubled down the leftfield line on an 0-2 pitch from Paul Clemens (1-1) to begin the sixth. Nunez advanced on a wild pitch and, with one out and runners at the corners, Wesley Wright was brought in to face Suzuki. He hit a grounder to second base and Lyle Overbay alertAP ly held up between first and New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday. second, forcing Jose Altuve to make his throw to first base to try for a double play. that was caught by a leaping beyond the auxiliary scoreboard base. Carlos Pena put the Astros That eliminated the force Cano at second base. Cano eas- in right-center for his eighth on the board with an RBI single at second, though, and Nunez ily tagged Barnes for an unas- home run of the year. Two outs up the middle that could have crossed the plate sisted double play, later, Francisco homered to left been handled by Nunez at the before Overbay was and Rivera whiffed for his first RBI in 30 at-bats edge of the outfield grass. tagged out, giving Marwin Gonzalez on with the Yankees. Phelps plunked two consecuNew York 5 three pitches to end it. Pitching in place of injured tive batters with pitches, forcing New York the lead. Boone Logan (2-1) Houston Astros starter Erik Ivan Nova, Phelps cruised in a run, and Brandon Barnes 4 Bedard got four outs for the fell behind through three innings on 34 beat out a potential double-play win. David Robertson after 11 pitches when pitches and had faced the mini- grounder to drive in another. struck out two in a perfect eighth Suzuki hit a leadoff triple and mum after 10 batters — includ- Dominguez's RBI single tied and Mariano Rivera closed for scored on Jayson Nix's single. ing a double-play grounder. it 4-all before Phelps struck his 11th consecutive save to The left-hander walked three But the right-hander suddenly out Gonzalez, finally ending a start the season. straight to start the second came undone with one out in 30-pitch inning. After a leadoff single in the inning but permitted only Chris the fourth. Phelps was pulled after 5 2-3 ninth, Brandon Barnes was run- Stewart's sacrifice fly. Altuve singled and Jason innings. He allowed eight hits ning on the pitch when Matt Cano led off the third and sent Castro grounded a double off and struck out five, throwing 58 Dominguez hit a line drive an 0-2 breaking ball a few rows the glove of a diving Nix at third of 87 pitches for strikes.
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A reflective farewell Greg Keiser Before we get into anything, let’s just address what we all know to be true: these things always end up just seeming sappy and melodramatic to everyone but the writer and perhaps his or her mother. I could write this column a hundred times and it would be true for each version. Ergo, this column is for you, Mom. I will do my best to entertain you all, but I’m really not a fan of goodbyes. I wanted to just write a 50-word column saying things like, “Go on! Get outta here! I don’t want you anymore! Don’t you understand? Go on! Get!” My editor wasn’t too thrilled with the idea, though. You’d all see right through it anyway. I suppose I should follow up on my love column to Caroline Doty from around this time last year. As some of you may recall, I invited Caroline to join me at last year’s Daily Campus banquet, northern Connecticut’s most anticipated event of the year. Caroline received the invitation warmly and initially accepted, but she soon realized she had a team dinner that night and was therefore unable to attend. (The Daily Campus’ women’s basketball beat writer confirmed this, so back off, conspiracy theorists.) Naturally, one can only imagine how torn up about it Caroline was. Poor thing. Adele and a tub of Chunky Monkey can only do so much… Anyway, I will now pres-
ent sporadic thoughts reflecting upon my UConn career. Cohesion is for the birds, right? Long live the Buckley dining hall. The freshman fifteen is not a joke, kids. “Students today, Husky forever” is as real as it gets. Dairy Bar ice cream in every dining hall is the epitome of a blessing and a curse. The student that climbed up the light post at X-Lot on Spring Weekend my freshman year is an absolute legend. Classic UConn moment. “The climber,” as they call him, will forever live on in infamy. I will grow up to be one of those adults who love their college team a little too much, and I won’t apologize for it. Three national championships will do that. For those wondering, we’re still amidst the legal battle fighting for a recount for the 2011 Naismith. We’re hoping for a ruling by the end of this year. The swings in front of Mirror Lake are amazing. That’s the best spot on campus. Check it out. I’d love to write more but I truly don’t know what to say. Nothing has really sunk in yet. I think I’d have more to say in a couple of years, but we don’t have alumni columns; we have senior columns. So that’s it for me. Goodbye, UConn. I’ll miss you. Love, Sincerely, Yours truly, Rock on!, From, Greg Follow Greg on Twitter: @GregKeiser
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Sportswriters or coffee addicts? Huskies travel to Rutgers for 3-game set from WHICH, page 12 throw it away in disgust. The worst part? He did it again the next day, hoping for better results. I mean, come on, it’s a communal coffee pot at a daylong basketball tournament. Does it really need to be perfect? Tim: The day I watch Tyler drink something other than Timmy Ho’s is the day I watch the women’s basketball team lose the American Athletic Conference. I do have to hand it to him, though, he constantly tweets about how he’s ready for a cup of coffee or how he doesn’t know how he’ll get by
without a sixth or seventh or eighth cup. That way, we will all know the reason he winds up in the hospital or worse. For crying out loud, I think even Professor Kalb would be concerned with the amount of coffee that Tyler consumes on a daily basis. Matt: The sheer amount of coffee that Tyler drinks is concerning, yes, and could probably keep an elephant awake for days. But plenty of journalists have issues with over-caffeination. Few, however, have the excess money to blow on something as simple and seemingly immaterial as coffee. I don’t know much about French
Callahan: Keep sports in your life from THE END, page 12 it’s time to reflect and learn. Over the course of my sportscentered years, I’ve been extraordinarily fortunate in the opportunities and friendships I’ve learned from. By my own choices and the people I have surrounded myself with, I’ve followed a fulfilling sports path I would recommend to. While I did have wonderful traditional teachers growing up, I believe now that the majority of my most important schooling came via a field, court, rink or arena – including what I believe to be the most significant lesson of them all. Even something as basic and instructional as learning to read didn’t come to me by sitting in a classroom. I picked up language from the beautiful, clever phrasing of the sportswriters I read all those Sundays after church, sitting in a bustling old breakfast place known as The Sugar Shack. Later on, I learned about being calm and collected from the gamewinning drive of a young Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXVI. I came to know the importance of belief from the miraculous, championship runs of the 2004 Boston Red Sox and 2011 UConn men’s basketball team. I found true goodness and hope watching seven-year-old cancer patient Jack Hoffman run for a touchdown with the entire
Nebraska football team behind him, shielding him from the pursuing grip of death. I was trained in greater heartbreak than any pretty girl has ever delivered during the aftermath of Super Bowl XLII. I understood the necessity of proper preparation in order to do your best from years of broadcasting UConn sports across the country. I learned the meaning of excellence from the 90-game undefeated streak of the UConn women’s basketball team. But most of all, I realized the fact that all sports and whatever meaning you wish to assign to them are best when shared. The lessons and magic are real, but they only spring from interaction. No one person or team can incur all the memories, greatness, good and fun all on their own. You need someone to play with, and that necessitated togetherness is the best part. Whether in the stands with your friends or on the field competing, none of what sports has offered or will continue to offer is possible without the most basic, cliché lesson sports can teach – teamwork. It may be the end, but no matter where you go or quarter it may be, there’s always time to get in the game.
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presses, but I know they are an absurd waste of money, and even more importantly, I know they take a while to brew. Even more so than money, the one thing journalists lack is time, and Dan can’t keep using all of his to make a simple cup o’ joe. Tim: Don’t worry, once he’s living in that cardboard box outside the one newspaper in the City of Rhode Island, he’ll come around. That I’m certain of. Meanwhile, hopefully Tyler’s future employment at the Winnipeg Free Press — and therefore his proximity to about 2,000 Tim Horton’s locations – won’t kill him.
from THE LAST, page 14 stellar season, knocking in one run on three hits in five at-bats. “He did a great job,” Penders said of Ferriter. “He had to hustle out of here for a class obligation – he and Stanley Paul…we knew we had to have them out the gate at 5:15 at the latest, so we put them in the one-two holes [in the lineup] to try to maximize their at-bats and they did a good job, especially Billy, of giving us a chance to win.” Despite going just four innings – less than the usual five required – Slade picked
up the win due to the fact that he was scheduled for a short-start. Ahmed – who is the younger brother of former UConn shortstop Nick Ahmed – took the loss. The tally in the loss column was the least of Ahmed’s worries, however, as he was forced to leave the game after taking a line drive off his left shin in the fourth. Tom Verdi and Eric Yavarone, the usual shortstop and left fielder for the Huskies, were both left out of the lineup Wednesday. Verdi was unable to go due to back spasms, and Yavarone was suffering from the effects of
a fever. Penders, however, hopes to have both back in tow by the weekend. This weekend, the Huskies travel to Piscatway, N.J. to take on Rutgers in their second-to-last Big East series of the season. The games are scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m., and for 1 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday. All three contests can be heard on 91.7 FM WHUS or online at whus.org.
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Stat of the day
270
The number of career hits for both LJ Mazzilli and Billy Ferriter, good for second all-time in UConn baseball history.
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» That’s what he said “I kind of figured I was ahead.”
Away game
— Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard on the race for NBA rookie of the year.
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New York Knicks forward Iman Shumpert (21) and Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce (34) fight for the ball in the first half of Game 5 of their first-round NBA basketball playoff series at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) but couldn’t stop his momen— Oakland Athletics slug- tum and was tagged out by ger Yoenis Cespedes didn’t Angels second baseman Howie have a problem beating Hank Kendrick. Conger’s throw to second in the After Josh Donaldson ninth inning. walked, Brandon Moss flew out Stopping was the issue. and Reddick also drew a walk The Cuban cleanup hitter slid before Frieri got pinch hitter past the bag and was tagged Eric Sogard to foul out. out, a gaffe that was magni“That was a huge play for us fied when Oakland put two and we were more than happy men on base later in the same to take advantage of it,” said inning of a 5-4 loss to the Los winning pitcher C.J. Wilson. Angeles Angels on “We’ll take every Wednesday. one we can get, “He’s aggressive if it’s a car5 even and goes in with Los Angeles diac arrest situa lot of velocity,” Oakland 4 ation or if it’s a A’s manager Bob blowout. We just Melvin said. “He need wins.” had the bag stolen, obviously. Mark Trumbo homered for He just slid past it.” the third consecutive day while Oakland had come from Kendrick and Mike Trout also behind to beat Los Angeles in homered to help the Angels end each of the first two games of their four-game losing streak. the series and was poised to do Wilson (3-0) remained it again after falling behind 5-2 undefeated despite walking a heading into the eighth. season-high five hitters. He Luke Montz, called up from allowed two runs on six hits in Triple-A Sacramento before the 6 1-3 innings. Wilson struck out game, doubled in Josh Reddick five and stranded six Oakland then scored on a single by runners in scoring position. Adam Rosales to make it 5-4. Donaldson, Nate Freiman Angels closer Ernesto Frieri and Montz each had an RBI then hit Cespedes to open the double for the A’s, who had ninth. Cespedes got a big jump a three-game winning streak and easily beat Conger’s throw snapped.
CHICAGO (AP) — The owner of the Chicago Cubs threatened to move the team out of Wrigley Field for the first time publicly if his plans for a big, new video screen are blocked, saying Wednesday he needs new advertising revenue to help bankroll a $500 million renovation of the storied ballpark. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts until now had said nothing as dire, despite months of contentious negotiations over how to keep everyone happy in sprucing up the 99-year-old stadium in the heart of Wrigleyville on Chicago’s North Side. “The fact is that if we don’t have the ability to generate revenue in our own outfield, we’ll have to take a look at moving — no question,” Ricketts told reporters after outlining renovation plans to Chicago business leaders. He added that he remains committed to working out a deal and it is difficult to imagine the Cubs playing anywhere else. But the fight over the Friendly Confines boils down to money and, of course, something unusual — it’s the Cubs, after all. By far the thorniest issue is the plan for a 6,000-square-foot
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With the NBA playoffs heating up, there are a handful of former UConn players still playing. One of them is Caron Butler, who is playing the small forward position for the Los Angeles Clippers. Born in Racine, Wis., Butler experienced a troubled childhood, as he was arrested 15 times before the age of 15 for drug dealing. However, he managed to find the silver lining when he began playing basketball at the detention center. Butler attended Washington Park High School in Racine briefly and played a few years there before transferring to Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine, becoming a star prep school recruit. After a meeting with Jim Calhoun, Butler accepted a scholarship and came to UConn. As a freshman in the 2000-2001 season, Butler led the Huskies in both scoring and rebounding with 15.6 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game. While UConn wasn’t selected to be in the NCAA tournament that year, Butler managed to put up a spectacular sophomore season to put the Huskies back in title contention in 2002 when he averaged 20.3 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. He carried the Huskies to both Big East regular season and tournament titles that year and a trip to the Elite Eight before losing to Maryland. Butler was also named co-Big East Player of the Year and a second-team All-American. Following the season, Butler made the difficult decision to declare for the 2002 NBA Draft at a press conference where he was noticeably emotional and tearful about leaving the school. A few months later, the Miami Heat selected Butler with the 10th pick in the first round. After two years in Miami, Butler was included in the blockbuster trade that sent Shaquille O’Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers to South Beach. However, Butler spent only a year in L.A. before getting traded to the Washington Wizards, where spent four-and-a-half seasons. During the 2009-2010 season, Butler was traded again, this time to the Dallas Mavericks. He made solid contributions with about 15 points per game during his one-and-a-half seasons there, but suffered a knee injury in January of 2011, requiring a surgery that forced him to miss the entire year. The Mavericks went on and pulled off the upset over the Miami Heat in the finals that season and awarded Butler with a championship ring of his own. He’s since played as a Clipper. Outside of basketball, Butler owns six Burger King restaurants across the country after taking business management classes at Duke University in 2010. Butler also married Andrea Pink in 2005. The two currently reside in Centreville, Va. with their three children, Mia, Camary and Caron Jr.
Cubs chairman threatens to move team from Wrigley
video screen over left field, a common feature in many major league ballparks. The difference is that Wrigley Field — the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball behind Fenway Park in Boston — is surrounded by privately owned clubs with rooftop bleachers whose owners object to any changes that could block their bird’s-eye views into the stadium. The rooftop businesses have been left out of discussions on the proposed upgrade, but they feel they should have a seat at the bargaining table because they have a contract in which they share 17 percent of their revenue with the Cubs. Legal action is a possibility. Ricketts presented an architectural rendering of the video screen during his speech to the City Club of Chicago and insisted that the team’s own studies have shown it would have minimal, if any, impact on the views. He described the sign as “midsize” compared with those at other stadiums, though it is nearly three times as large as the scoreboard currently atop the centerfield bleachers. Another smaller sign with the name of a sponsor is planned for right field.
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THE LAST CRUSADE
The End
UConn blanks Holy Cross 8-0, allows four hits
Andrew Callahan “Is it halftime yet?” Seventeen years ago, I was at church. Seated, but squirming restlessly as small children often do, I leaned over and whispered earnestly to my father to find out if the first two quarters of this autumn Sunday service had passed. I was growing fretful. The priest, standing centermost in this large, holy room whose attention he commanded, was sermonizing longer than he typically did. This posed a problem. Excluding the opening hymn and exiting procession, I had a loose grasp of how much the hour-long ceremony had progressed at any one moment. So, I tried to better my understanding by dividing the service into roughly estimated 15-minute football quarters. On this day, my internal clock was indicating that mass should have been coming to a close, while the scoreboard signaled it still wasn’t halftime. Cognizant of my impatience, but resolute in his forward focus and attention, my father moved not an inch whilst quietly replying, “It’s the first two-minute warning. We’re almost to the third quarter kickoff. Be patient.” There it was. All that I needed to know about where we were in the service, described in a few succinct football phrases. In a handful of moments, the home stretch would be just around the corner. And thank God for that. The Patriots were on later. Ladies and gentlemen, this is my first ever memory of the life I lead now—one enveloped, warped and framed largely by sports. Truthfully, the world I know is in all likelihood different from the one you live in, because almost all I’ve seen has for better or for worse been through lens of a game. Coast-to-coast travel shaped around the visitation of ballparks, weekend afternoons spent sitting, shaping my couch, a Tuesday exam grade suffering because Monday night football went into double overtime. It’s all true. Now returning from memory to the present, we all know without having to whisper over to Dad that today is no halftime. It’s no first quarter, no two-minute warning, no break in the action. It is, for graduates like myself, simply the end of an era. While typically in sports any end is just another beginning, forcing us to look forward to next season, this is an absolute finish. Thus, instead of jumping ahead,
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On what started out as a planned staff day, the UConn baseball team ended up using just four pitchers in their 8-0 rout of Holy Cross. Sophomore starter Max Slade was a big reason for the Huskies’ change in plans as he breezed through the Crusaders’ lineup with efficiency – he threw just 55 pitches on the afternoon – and allowed just one hit in four innings of work. “He was very good, he was aggressive and he doesn’t have fear,” UConn Coach Jim Penders said of his starter. “The more he pitches, the more we’re going to be excited, and I like seeing him on the mound. He’s got good breaking stuff. He’s got a good moxy about him.” The UConn bullpen, using a combination of Stephen Catalina, Pat Butler and Will Jolin, managed to piece together the final five innings and close out the shutout. The trio yielded just three hits and really never allowed Holy Cross to threaten. UConn (27-19, 8-10 Big East) grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third inning with the help of some sloppy play in the field. Left fielder Stanley Paul led off the frame with a hard liner to shallow right field, then proceeded to swipe second base. That steal allowed the next man up, center fielder Billy Ferriter, to bring him around with a single up the middle. After a hit-and-run single by LJ Mazzilli, plus a bobble left fielder Bobby Indeglia, pushed Ferriter to third, Holy Cross starter Mike Ahmed gave away a second run by overthrowing home plate on a comebacker by Vinny Siena. UConn had a chance to blow the game wide open, as they managed to load the bases with just one out in the inning, but an easy comebacker by Bryan Daniello turned into a double play and allowed the Crusaders out of the jam. Despite the missed opportunity, the Huskies’ lead ballooned over the next two innings as they scratched across two and four runs in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively. Ferriter led the way with a career-high four RBIs and a 3-for-4 afternoon, and Mazzilli continued his
Centerfielder Billy Ferriters slides into third base yesterday in UConn’s 8-0 win over the Holy Cross Crusaders. Ferriter registered hit no. 270, which ties him with teammate LJ Mazzilli for second all-time in UConn history for career hits. The Huskies take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a three-game set this weekend.
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Huskies welcome Terriers for final non-conference game
By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer The UConn softball team will play its final nonconference game of the season on Thursday evening when it hosts Boston University in Storrs. The Huskies (25-24, 7-12 Big East) were inconsistent down the stretch in April. After reeling off a season-high five straight wins, UConn only won three out of its last seven games to end the month. With only four games remaining on the schedule, UConn may find itself looking ahead to their weekend series, a three-game
series against DePaul (28-19, 14-5 Big East) that will determine the Huskies’ postseason fate. UConn is in a tie for eighth place with Rutgers in the Big East standings, but they fall to ninth after tiebreakers. Only the top eight teams in the standings will qualify for the conference tournament next weekend. If the Huskies are going to recover from their recent run of inconsistency, they will need senior pitcher Kiki Saveriano to be the ace she has been for most of the year. Saveriano picked up her 15th win of the season on Tuesday against Boston College. For two weeks prior
to Tuesday’s victory, Saveriano had been dealing with soreness in her pitching hand, and she did not display the dominance she has had for most of the season. After Saveriano’s appearance on Tuesday, Lauren Duggan may be in line for the start on Thursday. Duggan has settled in as the No. 2 on the pitching staff behind Saveriano, and is 6-5 in 18 appearances with a 4.15 ERA. In 11 starts, she has thrown five complete games and struck out 42 batters for the Huskies. Aside from a doubleheader at Notre Dame where the bats went ice cold, UConn’s offense
has shown marked improvement since the beginning of the fivegame winning streak in midApril. Excluding the two games against the Fighting Irish, when UConn scored a total of one run, the Huskies have averaged 7.5 runs per game since April 17. Prior to that, UConn had averaged 3.4 runs per game for the entire season. Leading the way for the Huskies offensively is Marissa Guches. The senior leads the team with a .386 batting average, 37 RBIs and 14 doubles, and she is second on the team with six home runs. Boston University (20-23-1,
8-6 America East) enters the game on the back of a threegame sweep against Maine, which vaulted the Terriers into third place in America East. April was a month of streaks for BU. An 11-8 loss to UConn on April 3 extended their losing steak to three games. After that, they won two games in a row, then lost three, then won six, then lost three, and they are now on a three-game winning streak. First pitch for Thursday’s game is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Burrill Family Field.
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
Which sports editor is more over-caffeinated?
Dan Agabiti
By Matt Stypulkoski Senior Staff Writer As any good journalist worth their salt - or in this case, perhaps their sugar knows well, coffee is the lifeblood of good coverage. Our outgoing sports editor, Dan Agabiti, may not have the biggest, most crippling getme-a-cup-right-this-instantor-I-may-pass-out addiction on our staff, but his dependency has numerous quirks and oddities that makes it just as ridiculous and life-altering as any I have ever witnessed.
T-shirt tucked in?! You gotta be hopped up!
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» POINT/COUNTERPOINT Matt: Yes, Tyler has an unhealthy obsession with imported coffee from strange lands (Canada, ew). But Dan has decided that nothing but the finest, best brews of coffee are worthy of his palette, and we all know there is nothing worse than a snob. The kid uses a French press regularly (France, ew) to make his coffee however those crazy Europeans like it, and for some reason thinks that’s worth bragging about. I mean, my goodness, what’s wrong with a good ol’ cup of instant? Journalists don’t exactly rake in the dough, and his need for the highest-quality at such a young age is financially troubling. Tim: Yes, Dan is especially pretentious when it comes to coffee, something I noticed when I was brought to Starbucks in the media hotel in New Orleans
and made to look like a confused child. But come on now, Tyler has his coffee imported from Canada. Who does that? No one. He even wore his Tim Horton Maple Leafs jersey the day he picked up one shipment of it. Really? Dunkin Donuts is the same thing, and it’s American, which automatically makes it so much better! Matt: I can’t even argue with how crazy getting coffee delivered from Canada truly is. Utterly obnoxious is really the only way to describe it. But at least Tyler is willing to consider other options outside of his precious “Timmy Ho’s.” Dan, on the other hand, refuses to drink coffee if it’s even the slightest notch down from perfect. I watched him fill his cup at the Women’s Big East Tournament, take one sip, then
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Tyler Morrissey
By Tim Fontenault Staff Writer
I have plenty of addictions – all of them 100 percent legal – but contrary to many journalists, I have never had a cup of coffee, and I don’t plan to (challenge accepted). This is contrary to our sports editor, Dan Agabiti, and associate sports editor, Tyler Morrissey. Both rely heavily on coffee, which concerns me greatly, but Tyler has the most unhealthy addiction of the two. What’s the difference? Two words: Tim Hortons.
Timothy.Fontenault@UConn.edu
Hey, try some American brew, bro!